The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, December 10, 1916, Section One, Page 4, Image 4

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ALLIES' INVASION 111
GREECE DEFENDED
WIFE OF ITALIAN COMMANDER PRESENTS MEDALS OF VALOR
TO NURSES.
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Viscount Grey Declares Situa
tion Differs From That of
Belgium in 1914. ,
CONSTANTlNE IS CRITICISED
Treaty Is Explained Whereby Xo
' Troops Arc to Be Allowed to Enter
Without the Consent of Other
! Courts Signing Document
LONDON, Dec. 9 The following
statement on the Greek situation,
which Is authorized by "Viscount Grey,
British Secretary of Foreign Affairs,
has been handed to the Associated
Press: .
"It sometimes has been said by critics
in neutral countries that our presence
In Greece does not differ appreciably
from the presence of the Germans In
Belgium. It is not meant to suggest
that our troops ever have been fjuilty
of the excesses and atrocities which are
now reaching their climax in the Bel
gian deportations, but that the landing
of our troops at Saloniki can no more
be defended from a juristic point of
lew than the German invasion by way
of Liege in August, 1914.
"The position of Belgium before the
German invasion needs no explanation.
The ablest historians have made It per
fectly clear that the neutrality of Bel
glum was guaranteed by certain pow
ers, one of which is Germany; that Ger
many on the derisory pretext that she
might have to meet a French Invasion
through Belgium, first delivered to that
country an ultimatum requiring her to
allow the unhindered passage of Ger
man troops and that then, on the de
mand being met with an unqualified
refusal Belgium's only possible reply
consonant with loyalty to her other
guarantors), she proceeded to occupy
the country with the results which are
only too well known to us all
Treaty Is Recalled.
"The form In which the protecting
powers. Great Britain, France and
Russia guaranteed the kingdom of
Greece Is less well known to the neu
tral world. It is more ancient history,
and .to some extent wrapped up in the
technicalities of diplomatic language.
"On July 13, 1863, a treaty was signed
containing the following as its third
article:
" 'Greece, under the sovereignty of
Prince William of Denmark and the
guarantor of the three courts, forms
a monarchical independent constitu
tional state.'
"The first article of the treaty pro
vides thatMreek sovereignty should be
hereditary? so that Prince William aft
erward was known as King George.
His descendants are on precisely the
same terms in this respect. It is the
duty of the protecting powers to insure
that the Greek state should retain
three characteristics mentioned in the
third article, and the means by which
they must do so in a last resort are
indicated in an unrepealed article In
the protocol treaty of February 1, 1830,
to the effect that 'no troops belonging
to one of the contracting powers shall
be allowed to enter the territory of the
new Greek state without the consent of
the two other courts who signed the
treaty.'
King Constantino Assailed.
"Unconstitutional behavior of King
Constantine, his refusal to abide by the
terms of the Greek treaty with Serbia
and the flouting of the decisions of M.
Venizelos and his parliamentary major
ity, hardly admit of denial, even by
the Germans who content themselves
with saying that he acted for what he
believed to be the best Interests of his
country. As Great Britain, France and
Russia have uniformly acted together,
the whole matter of their landing
troops to neutralize the King's uncon
stitutional action was both their right
and their duty.
"Objection may possibly be brought
that the arguments up to this point rest
on technicalities In old treaties, and
to Justify our action, at any rate mor
ally we must show that we were not
acting against the wishes of the Greek
people. To this may be replied without
the possibility of controversion, that
our troops went to Saloniki with the
'express approval of the head of the
Greek government and that he had sug
gested the stipulation in the. Greco
Serb Ian treaty for a provision by which
the Serbian government's needs could.
In view of the default of Greece on this
point, be fulfilled by the dispatch into
Greek territory of an equivalent force
by Great Britain and France.
"Nothing that has happened since the
landing at Saloniki can, of course, af
fect the legal position of the allies in
sending troops there: but proofs have
come thick and fast of the unconstitu
tional policy of the King and of the
Skouloudls Ministry, who existed simply
to carry out his policy. When M.
Skouloudls was taxed by some of his
deceived colleagues with the surrender
or Fort Rupel, he showed them a docu
ment from the German Minister guar
anteeing that the fort would be re
turned to Greece later on; and this
document was dated three days before
its surrender, proving that there was
no question of seizure and forcible oc
cupation.
Venizelos In Upheld.
Who can then be surprised at the
action of M. Venizelos in declaring a
provisional government? He has ex
pressly stated that he holds no anti
monarchical or antl-dynastio views. He
has taken this way as the protecting
powers nave LaKen theirs, to bring the
King back to the constitutional regime
oy wnicn atone ne exists. The pro-
Kcrnig powers -nave nad no choice In
their action. It was sanctioned and
Trooaoiy required by their treaty ob
ligations, of which it was a national
corollary, and was carried out the fact
cannot be stated too often with the
expressed approval of the one man who
could and did represent the Greek gov
ernment and people o us.
"The events of the last few days have
brought out in a striking way the
almost Intolerable . difficulties with
which the protecting powers have had
to deal. During the past months they
have had on several occasions to take
steps to exact from the Greek govern
ment the 'benevolent neutrality,' which
had been promised them, and it should
be realized that this 'benevolent
neutrality was a minimum. Greece had
constitutionally declared for something
much more and benevolent neutrality
was a small remnant of It promised
by the government which succeeded
that of Venizelos.
Promise Carried Oat.
"But even this promise was not car
ried out. The Greek posts, telegraphs
and wireless stations were being used
to the prejuaice or tne allies. The
police and so-called reservist associa
tions were becoming centers of anti
allied propaganda and the enemy
legations had become the agencies of
an elaborate system of espionage. These
dangers had to be averted and it was
also necessary to ask the Greek gov
ernment to hand over to the allies an
amount of material equivalent to that
with which.it had furnished the central
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Photo from Underwood.
DtTCHESS D AO ST A AND COMPANION.
Duchess D'Aosta, wife of the Italian Commander, Is here shown entering
the Constanzi Theater, Rome, where the ceremony of awarding medals to the
Red Cross nurses took place. Every Red Cross nurse who has served with
the Italian army throughout one year was awarded a medal and the Duch
ess pinned it on. The Duchess made a short speech dealing with the bravery
of the Red Cross nurses and stated that their work was even greater than
the soldiers at the front The Duchess is on the right.
powers by the pre-arranged surrender
of Fort Rupel and Kavala. This the
king had spontaneously offered to hand
over to the allies and when the obliga
tion was not fulfilled the demand for
the surrender of the material was the
cause for the recent grave disturbances.
"Allied troops were landed to en
force this demand, and. although a
definite promise had been given by the
King and government that order would
be maintained and that the Greek
royalist troops would in no case begin
hostilities, the allied troops were
treacherously attacked and suffered
considerable losses. The Royalists also
took advantage of the situation to treat
the adherents of M. Venizelos, who are
in the minority in Athens itself, with
the grossest brutality, of which partic
ulars are now beginning to arrive.
. The behavior of the royalist gov
ernment during the past week is the
strongest Justification of the attitude
of the protecting powers toward Greece
during past months."
HOOD RIVER TO BE HOST
STATE HORTICTJIrCRAIi SOCIETY
WILL CONVENE TOMORROW.
I ARMY ANNIHILATED
Falkenhayn Said to Have Cut
Roumanian Force to Bits.
OTHERS ARE RETREATING
Thirty-first Annual Meeting Will "Last
Until . Wedneaday Night ' and
Programme Is Drawn.
HOOD RIVER, Or., Dec 9. (Special.)
A complete programme for the thirty-
first annual meeting or the Oregon
State Horticultural Society to be held
here has been received from C. D. Min
ton, secretary of the organization. .
The programme follows:
Monday Address of welcome. Dr. H. I
Dumble. Mayor of Hood River; response, R.
C. Wftahburn, of Central Point, president of
the society; annual address. President Wash
burn: reading of minutes of last meeting;
annual report. Secretary Mlnton.
Monday afternoon in memonam, w.
Power, ex-secretary; Homer C Atwell, Dr.
J. R. Cardwell and IL M. Williamson;
Observations on Spraying in 1916," LeRoy
UChllds, of the Hood Kiver experiment sta
tion; Dust spraying. r A. crazier; " Win
ter Kill in Mild Climate." Professor C. L
Lewis, dean of the .horticultural depart
ment of the Oregon Agricultural College;
"The Influence of Commercial Fertilizers
on Bearing Orchards," C. G. Brown, horti
culturists of the Hood River experiment
station; "Satisfactory Garden," Professor A.
G. Boquet, associate professor of vegetable
gardening of the Oregon Agricultural Col
lege. Tuesday morning "Needed Legislation."
A. P. Bateham, of Mosler; "The Relation of
Pruning to the Formation and Function bf
Fruit Sours," Professor A. B. Gardiner, de
partment of horticulture, Oregon Agricul
tural College; "Raising and Maketlng Cel
ery," G. M. Hollowell. of Mllwaukle; "Veg
etabla Crops as a Phase of Horticulture,"
Professor Boquet.
Tuesday afternoon "What Shall We Pack
in Apples?" E. H. Shepard. editor of Bet
ter Fruit; "Marketing." Wilmer Sleg. sales
manager of the Apple-Growers' Association,
of Hood River; "Has High Apple Grading
Paid in 1918?" C. A. Malboetif. general man
ager of Western Oregon Fruit Distributors;
election of officers.
Wednesday morning Report of commit
tee on publicity, B. S. Johnson; "Publicity,
Good and Bad," A H. Harris, Portland,
"The Manufacture of Fruit By-Products,"
Robert Paulus, manager of the Salem Fruit
Union.
Wednesday afternoon "Raising and Mar
keting Broccoli," Dr. C. H. Bailey, of Rose
burg; "Blight Resistant Pears." F. C. Reim-
er, horticulturist of Southern Oregon experi
ment station; "Studies in Fruit Bud Forma
tion," Professor J. R. Magnes; "Orchard In
paction and Law Enforcement," . A. C. Al-
len. horticultural commissioner for Third
Oregon district.
The Oregon Horticultural Society Is
the oldest in the Northwest. Members
of the board of trustees are:
A. P. Bateham. Albert . Brownell and
Judge Charles L. McNary.
Russians, Too, Are Retiring in Wal
lachia, but Make Gains In Car
pathians 70,000 Ramans
Are Captured in Week.
LONDON, Dec. 9. An official state
ment Issued today by Austro-Hunga-
rlan headquarters, as received here
from Vienna, says the Russians and
Roumanians are in full flight before
Field Marshal von Mackensen'a Danube
army ana mat the Roumanian army
which was in front of General von
Falkenhayn's right wing, has been an
nihilated. The Russian forces which
tried to Join the Roumanians from the
mountain region. It adds, are retreat-
ins, i
PETROGRAD. via London. Il Tn
the Province of Wallachia, says the
Russian official statement issued today,
the Roumanian troops under unceasinir
hostile pressure continue to retire to
tne .eastward, in consequence of this,
it is added, the Russian trooos, who are
on the left flank of the Roumanians
also are' retiring.
Russian troops on the Northern Rou
manian front attacked the Teutonic
forces in the Putna Valley region yes
terday and dislodged them from two
heights, -the War Office announces.
They took BOO prisoners, including 10
uiiic-ers, six macnine guns, two bomb
mortars and one cannon.
BERLIN, Dec. 9. (Bt wireless to
Sayville, N. Y.) Strong attacks were
made yesterday by the Russians in the
Carpathian forests, the War Office an
nounces. North of Dorna Watra and
south of the Trotus Valley, the Rus
sians gained ground at the cost of
Heavy losses.
In Western Roumanla several thou
sand more prisoners have been taken,
as well as many cannon. The Rouma
nians are retreating rapidly. Since De
cemDer 1 tne Roumanians have lost
more tnan 70,000 men and 184 cannon.
CITY DIVISION TALKED
COOSTOS MAY SEEK TO SEPARATE
KIIOM EASTSIDE.
FURNITURE PLANT VISITED
Progressive Business 3Ien Inspect
Doernbecber Factory.
The fourth of the Industrial excur
sions under the auspices of the Pro
gressive Business Men's Club was held
yesterday, when a party from the club
and irom the Chamber of. Commerce
drovVout in the afternoon and enjoyed
a personally conducted inspection tour
of the plant of the Doernbecher Fur
nlture Company. The party left from
the Multnomah Hotel at 1:30.
The Doernbecher plant employs- 300
men, with a payroll of J250,000k and its
factories have a floor space of 522,960
square feet. nevertheless, the man
aged asserted that there Is room in
Portland for another plant of equal capacity.
The members of the Better Portland!
and Industrial Progress Committee,
which Is conducting these Industrial ex-
cursions, consists of: E. A. Clark, W. P.
Jones, B. C. Burntrager, Frank Bar-
ringer,- Sidney- Rasmussen,- Bert Rich
ards.
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YOUNG MANSFIELD FOILED
Son of Iate Actor Caught After Fifth
Flight to Stage.
NEW YORK, Dec. 9. (SpeciaLV
Richard Mansfield, 18, son of the late
actor, after running away from his
studies in Tutorial College, South
Beach, Conn., for the fifth time and
taking a whack at he drama, is back
home with .his mother at their big
house in New London.
Young Mansfield's career on the
boards was brief, thanks to the de
tective ability of his mother. He began
his rush toward fame Wednesday aft
ernoon when he left" school. He came
to this city and presented himself to the
Provlncetown Players in MacDougall
street. It was agreed that he should
join the company under an assumed
name. He was rehearsing when his
mother appeared on the scene. ,
WHISKY SOLD FROM SOX
Sailor Also Is Held on Charge of
Transporting" liquor Cargo.
Edward Barry, a one-armed laborer.
was arrested last night and charged
with selling small bottles of whisky
for 25 cents an ounce. The police es
timate that at this rate he would re
ceive about $8 a quart for the bever
age. Two small bottles of llquoij were
found on Barry's person, one of which
he was carrying in his sock.
Arthur Osborne, a sailor, and Victor
Schneider, a clerk, were arrested by
Patrolman, Whitehead last night after
Osborne, who is employed on the
tanker Heron, said to have deliv
ered a suitcasecontalnlng 12 quarts
of whisky to Schneider. The Heron
tied up at the Associated Oil dock in
the lower harbor yesterday, with a
cargo from California.
Fake Order Defrauds Meat Market.
A "short change artist" defrauded
the Sixth-street Market. 411 Sixth
street, of J9 early last night, by order
ing meat sent to a fictitious address
and then swindling the delivery boy.
The swindler met the boy a short .dis
tance outside the butcher shop and of
fered to take the meat home himself.
BURGLARY IS HUB!
Wife-Murder Suspect Says He
Was Robbing House at Time.
Ind., reformatory for burglary April
22. 1911, after having been arrested in
Fort Wa'J-ne.
DEAD BODY NOT IDENTIFIED
Woman Found in Bed at Salt Lake
With Head Crushed.
SALT LAKE CITY. Dec. 9. On the
morning of September 24 the dead body
of a woman was found in bed in a
rooming-house. Four days previously
she and a man purporting to be her
RECORD INDUCES FLIGHT
Inconvenience In Attending ' Conncll
Meetlna-s Bis; Drawback Ntw In.
dun tries May Be Factor.
MARSHFIELD. Or.. Dec. 9. (Spe
cial.) Eastside, an Incorporated city.
is about to be assailed by a secession
propaganda, the details of which have
as yet not matured. Eastside lies on
the east side of tho Coos Bay channel,
opposite Marshfield, on a point of land
between the bay proper .and Catching
Inlet.
Several years ago the Cooston dis
trict, lying two miles northward, and
separated by the bay and two channels,'
was induced to apply for admission as
a portion of Eastside, the political rep
resentation having been agreed upon
before the election which was favorable.
The Cooston people have no grievance
about the keeping of all compacts on
the part of original Eastside, but there
is one. Inconvenience which controls the
new movement for separation.
The Councilmen from the Cooston
precinct are obliged to travel nearly
five miles In order o attend meetings.
The meetings are always held at night,
and the Cooston delegations whch de
sire to hear what is being done at the
meetings must travel in boats through
tortuous channels, and then return
home late at night.
The Portland, Eugene & Coos Bay
Land Company has lately made exten
sive improvements in the Cooston
neighborhood, and it is said this com
pany is Interested In the proposal to
sever the awkward association. It is
rumored also that the Cooston district
has several industries under consider
ation, and probably this is a feature
Wheat Freight Kate Rise Suspended.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. An , increase
of one cent per 100 pounds in the
freight rate on wheat in carload lots
from points in Kansas to 79 destina
tions in Oklahoma was suspended today
by the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion until April 9.
Howard De "Weese, Who Says He Is
College Graduate, Declares He
Can Prove He Had Fled Cltj
When Wife Was Killed. '
CHICAGO, Dec 9. To clear himself
of suspicion of having murdered his
wife, Howard De Weese tonight con
fessed to having committed a number
of burglaries in Salt Lake City.
De Weese said that he returned from
robbing a house about September 20
and found his wife with hr head
crushed. He fled from Salt Lake City
then, he said, because he feared that
his record as a former convict would
prevent him from clearing himself of
the murder charge. Now, he says, he
will return and stand trial on the
burglary charge in order to prove an
alibi in the murder case.
De Weese said that under the name
of C. D. Bobbins he had been employed
in a haberdashery in New York City,
and in November, 1915, had eloped to
Reno, Nev., with the wife of the pro
prietor. Mrs. Harry Fisher. Mrs. Fish
er obtained a divorce in Reno in Aug
ust, 1916, he said, and a few days later
she and De Weese were married there.
He and Mlrs. De . Weese traveled
through the West, he said, for several
months, during which time he com
mitted many burglaries.
He declined to say where the
burglary occurred the night on which
his wife was murdered until the truth
of his identity could be established b
the police.
He returned to his home at 5 o'clock
In the morning of the murder, found
his wife dead, her head crushed and
the diamonds and jewels missing, he
said.
De Weese said he was a college grad
uate, but declined to give the name
of the college or to reveal any of his
family connections.
De Weese's photograph was found in
the police files here. The record at
tached said he was known as Martin,
Morton and Crovier, and that he had
been sentenced to the Jef fersonVille,
husband registered as Mr. and Mrs. D.
C Bobbins. After the discovery of the
murder Robbins could not be found.
The woman had been oeaten to death,
with a flat iron, wrapped in a cloth.
The efforts to identify her proved un
availing and she was burled, unidenti
fied. She was about i2 years of age and
store labels showed that some of her
clothing had been purchased in San
Francisco. She wore rings valued at
about $700.
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