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TIIE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, MAY G, 1917. fift BALFOUR NOT FOR EARLY PEACE Speech in House of Represen tatives Interpreted as a v Warning to Allies. , MANY PRECEDENTS BROKEN Minister Is First Britain to Speak Jn Congress and Wilson Is First President to Occupy Seat in Oallcry of Chamber. WASHINGTON, ' May 5. Foreign Secretary Balfour, speaking by invita tion today before the House of Repre sentatives, saI4 the world only now was coming- to realize that peace and material civilization may bring the greatest possible menace to free gov ernments. "When I was young," he said, "we used to flatter ourselves that progress Inevitably meant peace and that growth of knowledge was always accompanied as its natural fruit by the growth of good will. Unhappily we know bet ter now, and we 'know there is such a thing in the world as a power which can, with unvarying persistency, focus all the resources of knowledge and of civilization into the one great task of making itself the moral and material master of the world. It is against that danger that we, the free peoples of Western civilization, have banded ourselves together." The British statesman's words, in terpreted by many of his hearers as a warning against a premature ending of the great war, were cheered by the Representatives and crowded galleries. Among the applauding spectators was President Wilson, who broke an other Presidential precedent by slip ping unnoticed into a House gallery to hear the address. Spch Establishes Precedent. Mr. Balfour, the first British official to speak in the halls of Congress, de livered a warm greeting from the Brit ish Parliament and aroused his hearers to repeated applause by predicting that the cause of democracy "surely shall conquer." After his brief address he held a re ception in the well of the House, scores of members filing past to shake his hand. It was the first time, as far as Capitol historians could find, that any President of the United States had ap peared in the galleries. President Wilson entered the House gallery unnoticed while Representa tive Estinopal, of Louisiana, was read ing, in French, a message from the President of the Chamber of Depu ties of Roumania. The message said the Chamber of Deputies hastened to express to the Representatives of the American House its warmest con gratulations on Joining the war against Germany. President In Cheered. After the President had been in the gallery five minutes he was discov ered, and members stood up and cheered. The President rose and bowed, while the galleries Joined in the dem onstration. Then the House turned its attention to Mr. Balfour and his party,-who were escorted into the chamber to handclap ping and cheers-. - Mr. Balfour was immediately intro duced by Speaker Clark, and addressed the House. Mr. Balfour spoke, in part, as fol lows: "I rejoice to think that a member, a very old member, I am sorry to say, of the British House of Commons, has been received here today by this great sister assembly with such kindness as you havo. shown to me and to my friends. "Ladies and gentlemen, these two as semblies are the greatest and the old est of the free assemblies now gov erning great nations in the world. Kach of them represents the great democratic principle to which we look forward as the security for the future peace of the world. All of the free assemblies now to be found govern ing the great nations of the earth have been modeled either upon your practice or upon ours or upon both combined. ImpreMMlon In IverlnsttnK. "Mr. Speaker, the compliment paid to the mission from Oreat Britain by such an assembly and upon such an occasion is one not one of us is ever likely to forget, but there is something after all 'even deeper and more sig nificant in the circumstance under which I now have the honor to ad dress you, than any which arise out of the interchange of courtesies, how ever sincere, between two great and friendly nations. "We all. 1 think, feel instinctively that this is one of the great moments in the history of the. world and that what is now happening on both sides of the Atlantic represents the drawing together of great and free peoples for mutual protection against the aggres sion of military despotism. 'I am not one of those, none of you (ire among those who are such bad democrats as to say that democracies make no mistakes. All free assemblies have made blunders, sometimes they have committed crimes. Why is. it that we look forward to the spirit of free in stitutions and especially among our present enemies as one of the great est guarantees of the future peace of the world? I will say to you, gentle men, how it seems to me. Betrayal Held PoxKlble. "It is quite true that the people and the representatives of the people may be betrayed by some momentary gust of passion into a policy which they ulti mately deplore, but it is only a mili tary despotism of the German type that can, through generations, if need be, pursue steadily, remorselessly, un scrupulously and appallingly the ob ject of dominating the civilization of mankind. . Mark you, this evil, this menace under which we are now suf fering is not one which diminishes witli the growth of knowledge and progress of material civilization, but on the contrary it increases with them. "When I was young we used to flat ter ourselves that progress inevitably meant peace, and that growth of knowledge was always accompanied as its natural fruit by the growth of good will among the nations of the earth. Unhappity, we know better now, and we know there i:i such a thing in the world as a power wMch can, with un varying persistency, focus all these re sources of knowledge and pf civiliza tion into the one great task of making 'itself the moral and material master of the world. It is against that danger that we. the free peoples of W estern civilization, have banded ourselves to gether. Victory Is Declared Snre. "It is in that great cause that we are going to tight and are fighting at this very moment side by side. In that cause we shall surely conquer, and our children will look back to this fateful date as the one from which democra cies can feel secure that their progress, their civilization, their rivalry, if need be, will be conducted not on German lines,- but in the friendly and Chris tian spirit which really befits the age in which we live. "Mr. Speaker, ladies and gentlemen, I beg most sincerely to repeat again how heartily I thank you for the cor dial welcome which you have given us today, and to repeat my profound sense of the significance of this unique meet ing." President Wilson was among those who applauded loudest as Mr. Balfour began speaking. He removed his gloves and entered into th ehandclapping with vigor. Mr. Balfour concluded by again thanking the House and saying he had a "profound sense of this unique greeting." Apparently he did not know that President Wilson was one of the most interested listeners and when he ended his speech went to the well of the House, where members began pass ing by to shake his hand. President Wilson came down from the gallery and joined the line. As he appeared on the floor he was cheered again and took a place just ahead of Representative Jeannette Rankin. President Shares Reception. President Wilson chatted a moment with Mr. Balfour and then shook hands with Speaker Clark. Another receiv ing line formed quickly and the Presi dent greeted many members of the House. Justices of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice White occupied chairs on the floor. In the diplomatic gallery were American, British and French officials. Mr. Balfour gave a cordial greeting to every member as the line filed by. To one he confided that he was a little nervous. BEACH CASES ARE SET CITY OF SEASIDE CHARGES IM PROPER SEWER CONSTRUCTION. C. G. Randlea and James Kennedy Com pany and Sureties of Each Are Named as Defendants. ASTORIA, Or., May 5. (Special.) Two cases whicn are to bo tried in the Circuit Court nere during the com ing week are of considerable interest to Portlanders who own property at the beach. The first of these is to be called for trial on Monday morning and is the case of the city of Seaside against C. G. Randies and the surety company which was on Randies' bond. The action is to recover $12,885, the amount which the city of Seaside paid Randies for the construction of the Bast Side sewer system. The charge is made that the sewers were not properly constructed and are useless. The defendant answers that the sewers were built according to the plans and specifications, but the latter were not drawn to meet the con ditions at the beach city. The second suit is the one of the city of Seaside against James Kennedy Con struction Company and the company furnishing its surety bond. It was brought to recover $7967.58, the amount paid the defendant for construction of the Third-street sewer system. The allegations made by the plaintiff and the defendant are about the same as those in the Randies case. It is under stood the cases will be heard before juries. PAPER PRICE TO BE SET NEWS PRINT MAKERS TO AP PROVE FEDERAL PLAN. Trade Commission to Supervise Distri bution and Caaea in Court Are Expected to Be Dropped. WASHINGTON, May 4. News print paper makers are about to approve a plan for price fixing and supervision of the distribution of their product by the Federal Trade Commission which was dropped recently when a New Tork Federal grand jury indicted the manu facturers for trust law violations. They previously had declared they would have nothing more to do with the agreement and would fight the indict ments in the court. It is generally believed if the manu facturers enter the agreement and sell their paper at lower prices the cases may not be brought to trial by the Department of Justice. At the time the indictments were brought it was under stood the Trade Commission thought the Department of Justice was acting unwisely. ASTORIA HAS FLAG-RAISING Townspeople Participate With North Bank Employes in Parade. ASTORIA, Or., May 5. (Special.) A pretty and patriotic ceremony today was the raising of a flag at the North Bank depot grounds here. The pole, which is 80 feet in height, was pur chased by the railroad employes. Preceding the exercises there was a parade by employes. Ninth Company Coast Artillery, Boy Scouts, the Honor Guard and Red Cross societies, civic or ganizations and citizens. The flag was raised by Andy Sandstrom, of the me chanical department, the oldest em ploye in point of service at the rail road company's local yards. Addresses were made by Major Gilbert, chaplain of the Third Oregon Regiment; rail road officials from Portland and Astoria men. HUNGER PEACE IS FEARED Bavarians Are Urged to Hold Out Further. BASEL, Switzerland, May 6. A dis patch from Munich says that the food shortage in Bavaria is becoming ii creasingly serious. Herr Brettreich, Minister of the Interior, made an ad dress to a popular assembly in regard to the food situation saying. "We 1 can hold out until August 15 if the supplies we expect are received. By September the disappearance of our livestock will compel us to exist on vegetables alone. The Minister appealed to his auditors the dispatch states, further, to hold out so that the country would not De rorcea to make hunger peace." TROOPS TO BECOME CORPS Organization on Border Will Be First Since Civil War. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., May 6. The action of General Pershing in perfect ing plans for placing forces of the Southern Department on an Army corps basis makes American troops ready to take the field under that organization for the first time since the Civil War. Announcement of the plan of organi zation was made today at headquar ters. Read The Oregonian classified ads. BRITAIN, TOO, ASKS TROOPS FOR FRANCE Balfour Commends Psycho logical Effect of Ameri cans on Western Front. MILITARY SESSION HELD Time for Sending Expeditionary Force Depends on Opportunity for Curtailing Shipment or Supplies for Allies. WASHINGTON, May 5. Great Brit ain formallv Joined France today in expressing the hope that an American expeditionary force soon would take its place on the western front in Europe. Foreign Secretary Balfour told the Council of National Defense that the British would be overjoyed to welcome an American force in France and that its early dispatch could not but have an enormous psychological effect both ' on the allies and on their enemies. Today's meeting brought together for the first time for formal confer ences the British and American mili tary officials and there was a prelim inary stuay of the general situation under the five heads of intelligence work, munitions, material, hospitals and the expeditionary force in ques tion, five Joint committees were ap pointed to work out a series of recom mendations on these subjects. American Force to Go Soon. At the meeting the officials summa rized the results of the individual con ferences held daily since the British mission arrived and laid the ground work for general discussions of all phases of military co-operation. While no formal announcement was made, the Kupression grew alter the meeting that in American Army will go to the west ern front as soon as possible. The question of sending an expedi tionary force is understood to depend now almost entirely on whether the allies would prefer to divert from the transport of food the amount of ton nage necessary to carry the soldiers across the Atlantic. The committee on expeditionary force will consider this subject particularly, together with problems of. supplies, equipment and the like, before reporting. In addition, it will take into account the fact that sending a force would curtail the gen eral staff's plans for training the new armies. The committee on intelligence is ex pected to take censorship, espionage and related subjects. It is realized that the United States faces a great problem in maintaining liberty of the press without disclosing military se crets, and it is thought the experience of the British will be of value. More over, the enormous spy-hunting' system developed by the presence of thousands of Germans in England will be of value to officials here. Export Problems Considered. The munitions committee will face the task of enlarging the output of munitions in this country so as to meet America's new needs, without breaking up the vital flow to Europe. At the outset the material commit tee will be charged with an offer de termining whether an American force, if one is sent, shall be based and sup plied from England and France in order to save the 3000-mile line of communi cations. The hospital committee will discuss first the plans for sending base hos pitals to France from the regular American Army. Already trade committees of Ameri can officials and memherK British and French missions are at worK on a general export programme. A plan of apportioning American sup plies among the allies and the main tenance of a proper balance between munitions, food and other shipments is the first thing to be worked out. If a permanent allied commission is established here the American mem bers of the committees will deal direct ly with it. For the present the com mittees, it is understood, will not touch on actual purchasing problems, leaving mem id me permanent commission. MANY FIGHT FOR "PORK Northwest Items Endangered by Threats of Horizontal Cut. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash. ington. May 5. A lively row has de veloped In the rivers and harbors com mittee between pork barrel" Con gressmen and those who want to con fine the pending bill to protect the WOMEN'S LK" SWEATERS fiLslf A notable collection of s ' PM 1 Sweaters in Spring and mlWnm. Summer weights. fjj U Si Jj All the popular fabrics t5' '"" and colors in a complete sx':' range of styles and sizes. " HaP lyl WwS'.' Fibers $7.50 to$50.00 - WRl Wools $8.50to$16.50 . 1P Silks $25.00 to $35.00 IggJ Main Floor. ' raj v Ben Selling . . 1 Morrison at Fourth f7 EE" Jones . . .. JS''- continued improvement of which is Imperatively necessary. Threats were made today by some of the pork bar rel boys to defeat the bill if their pet items are not incorporated. Final agreement on the bill has not been reached, but the intimation Is given that radcial reductions may yet be made, and there is a talk of a hori zontal cut, which may affect the Northwestern items, with others, be made, and there is a talk of a horl- RECRUITING SHOWS SLUMP Illinois Again Leads for Day With 211 Enlistments. WASHINGTON, May 5. Regular Army recruiting fell off again yester day, but the 2255 men accepted were sufficient to bring the recruiting total since April 1 up to 60,681. Illinois again led with 211, Pennsylvania was second with 203. Nevada, first to fill her quota of 162. added another ten to her surplus, mak ing 235 since April 1. The recruiting in the Western states .is regarded as remarkable, inasmuch as other states with larger quotas have not furnished as many recruits as the states with the smallest population. These Include Arizona, with a quota of 408, recruits 71; Montana quota 792, recruits 189; New Mexico quota 654, recruits 64; North Dakota quota 116 4, recruits 156; Wyoming quota 290, recruits 121. MAY-DAY MEASURE UPHELD German Socialist Deputy Approves Manifesto to Workers. AMSTERDAM, via London. May 5. A Berlin dispatch says that General Groener. Minister of Munitions, de fended before the Reichstag his May day manifesto to the workers. His defense was in "-answer to criticism by the' Social Democrats. Deputy Schoepflln, a Social Demo crat, supported the Minister, and de clared that the manifesto was neces sary, "because the German people were at a fatal parting of the ways, oi which one led to defeat." The Deputy said that no one must Interfere be tween the army at home and in the field, and until the end of the war the working classes must remain abso lutely calm. STEEL SHIP STANDARD AIM Plans Expected to Be Announced bj General Goethals This Week. WASHINGTON. May 6. Plans for standardizing steel ship construction to increase tlsu output probably will be announced by the Shipping Board within a few days. Major-General Goethals, . who Is directing the ship building department of the Board, is about to approve standardized specifi cations. Although the Board will carry through its programme for a vast fleet of wooden ships. General Goethals, it is understood, is strongly of the opin ion that wooden vessels will not fill half the need and that steel construc tion must be hastened to overcome the submarine menace. DIPLOMATS ARE RELEASED Brazilian and German Ministers Are on Their Way. RIO JANEIRO, May 6. On receipt of a cablegram from the Brazilian Minister to Germany that he expected to arrive in Zurich today, the govern ment has ordered that the German Minister to Brazil, Adolf Pauli, be per mitted to continue his journey to Uruguay. Herr Paull had been ordered detained on information that the German gov ernment was withholding passports of the Brazilian representative. ANNAPOLIS TEST JUNE 1 Examination of Aspirants Will Be Held In Portland. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, May 6. Representative Haw ley had left before the final vote was taken to select candidates to fill a va cancy at the Annapolis Naval Academy. Representative McArthur will hold a competitive examination, open to all aspirants in his district, at Portland June 1. The examination will be conducted by Professor L. R. Alderman. PRINCE OF WALES IN LOVE Royal Heir to Ask for Hand of His Cousin. LONDON. May 6. Prince Edward Albert of Wales, heir apparent to the British throne, has answered for him self the question whom he will marry, according to the National News, a Lon don weekly. The' News says the prince has decided he will ask for the hand of y -r. J -J . .J-i . V ;; r.v apohcunere-tfj'aprmcjple! .fccfiy . ..J . .. - U- J teX V-.-- ..r . ca-Wvv ' fotiihe io GroocL 0henydtc come &iove ffis omeof Morrison at his first cousin. Princess Maud, the youngest daughter of the Princess Royal and sister to Princess Arthur of Connaught. The young princess is 14 months older than the prince, who is 22. She has lived a retired life, the inseparable companion of her mother. Her father, the Duke of Fife, was the closest per sonal friend of the late King Edward. MORALS AIDE IS NAMED Secretary of War Preparing: to Pro vide Amusements for Army. WASHINGTON, May 6. Raymond D. Kosdick, of New York, was named by Secretary Baker today as chairman of the advisory committee to consult with the Secretary regarding the "checking of moral hazards frequently associated DAYS ONLY "TE J PAT THRILLING! From the Saturday Evening Post Story "It Will Reach Your Heart's TIM AND MARION DEE Up-to-the-Minute Vaude villians ROMIG AND MACY Blackface Comedians MON. AND TUES. ONLY "THE VOICE ON THE WIRE" CONTINUOUS 1 TO 11 P. M. DAILY NOTE Children under 10 years, when with parents, admitted free to matinees, except Saturdays and Sundays ) . . r -" - r v. o j h f f v 3 - - me fourth1 with camp life," in connection with the Army mobilization. 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