THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN. PORTLAND, JULY 29, 1917.
S
BERMANY REDUCED
TO PITIFUL STATE
Entry of United States Year's
Vital Factor in War's
Development.
FUTURE LOOMS BRIGHTLY
Fortune Has Favored Entente Allies
Consistently Since Turning Point,
AVlien Smashing: Drives by Kal
fccr's Hosts AVerc Stoipcd.
foriMnu-a From Ftrrt rr.l
probably in far greater measure, in
enemy quarters.
"But the whole lesson of the three
years of warfare is to emphasize the
military maxim that the man with the
last reserve is going to win, and we
mill have the whole power of the
Vnited iStates to draw upon.
Jermany has made the same mis
take with regard to the United States
that three years ago she made as to
Kngland. She found she could not win
n land. It was necessary to try
U-boat warfare. 'This.' said the Ger
man theorists, "will defeat Kngland and
bring the reign of the entente to an
end. AVe do not believe the United
States will come in. but if she does
she is an unmilitary nation and cer
tainly cannot become a military factor
soon enough to play any part la this
war.'
Plan Are Punctured.
"That reasoning- sounds unbelievable
to us, but a drowning man clutches at
a straw. We believe the German theo
rists will bo proved as wrong in their
estimates of the United States as they
Were in their estimates of Kngland.
"The first year of the war. broadly
Rpeaking. was an attempt by Germany
to put into effect elaborate plans
v hich her military strategists had been
preparing for years. The first phase
was a concentrated attack on France
and Beligum during- a certain allotted
period, in which the Germans esti
mated that it would be impossible for
Ttussta to disturb them in the east.
The attack on France was checked,
first on the JIarnc, later on the Yser
and at Ypres.
"Germany then, according- to her
plan, took the defensive on the western
front and turned her offensive east
ward in an effort to knock out Russia.
Here again she failed, although her at
tack enormously weakened Russia's of
fensive power.
Autumn ot 1913 Recalled.
"In the Autumn of 1915 Germany defi
nitely abandoned her old pre-war
strategic scheme and started in on a
new plan, namely, an effort to upbuild
-Mittel IJuropa' as a great block com
posed of four so-called central powers,
which would command the road to the
east. The Autumn campaign of 1915
consisted of the furtherance of this
scheme by conquering Serbia, bringing
in Bulgaria, and halting our Darda
nelles effort by rushing supplies and
Boldiers to the assistance of the Turks.
"By the Winter of 1915 Germany had
pone a long way toward realization of
her ambition, and this point represents,
to my mind, the grand climacteric of
Germany's offensive. All this time
Great Britain had neen building up
armies, and, with the beginning of 1915,
we, for the first time, had a real army
in me neiu.
Teuton Offensive Vigor Declines.
"With the Spring of 1916 Germany
had come to realize that Russia was
too massive to kill or crush. So the
German staff again turned on France,
snd the Verdun attack was the result.
"With the defeat of Germany at Verdun
came a turning of the tide in a suc
cessful British offensiv-. Previous
British military operations had been,
comparatively speaking, minor opera
tions, or operations undertaken in sup
port of the French.
"At the Somme we started our new
work, and really great, important work
It was. although a great deal of the
contemporary effect of the Verdun de
feat and of the Somme victory was neu
tralized by Germany's push into Rou
mania. The Roumanian push, however,
viewed in true historical perspective,
was merely a flash In the pan. The
German military power already was on
the decline, and her offensive strength
was nothing like what it had been the
year before.
lot? Vrnitful for Entente.
"The end of 1916 found the situation
between the two great groups of con
testants about equally balanced, but
with the scales leaning slightly in fa
vor of the entente.
"The year 1917 has presented a still
rosier picture. During the whole third
year of the war Germany and her allies
everywhere have been on the defensive.
The Turks lost Bagdad and the Sinai
I'eninsula. On Germany's western
frontier, although the Russian revolu
tion enormously weakened Russia's
military power, Germany was incapable
of taking advantage of the situation.
On the Austrian front the Italians got
in two powerful blows. In the west
the British and French struck repeated
ly, and the Germans have been power
less to answer back.
l.'-Bontfv Still C-erman Hope.
"This is the pitiful state to which we
have reduced the great power whose
whole military gospel was summed up
in the phrase, "vigorous offensive. tier
inany's military helplessness, owing to
the long strain on her man power, ma
torial and resources, is such that today
ehe barely is able to hang on. and her
only hope is that she may find some
way of similarly wearing us down and
forcing us out of the war before we get
up momentum to drive her back.
"At present Germany is banking on
the U-boat. She hopes against hope
that it will reduce the people of the en
tente powers to the same state of want
privation and suffering which she has
been enduring for months and years.
She hopes to make the entente peoples
cry 'enough,' and start peace parleys
while she still has the big pawns with
which to bargain at a peace conference."
1REXCH 1'I.VAXCES TTXSIIAKEX
rcoplc Invest in Short-Term Treas
ury Bonds at Billion a Month.
PARIS. July 2S. The French finances
have been unshaken by the war is the
opinion expressed to the Associated
l'rcss by Charles Gide, of the University
of I'aris. an eminent authority on
economic questions, discussing the out
look at the beginning of the fourth
year of the conflict.
"France." said Mr. Gide. "has spent
about 70,000,000.000 francs on three
years of military effort. Tet in the
r.K months of hostilities the French
people are investing in short-term
treasury bonds as freely as they were
two years ago. that is. at the rate of
about 1.000,000.000 francs a month."
j M. Gide pointed to the co-operation
of the United States, which, he said,
"brings formidable aid to Franco and
her allies.
"Tlii?." he continued, "not only re
moves all doubt concerning the result
of the war from a military standpoint,
but relieves the financial situation by
diminishing the drain upon French
gold.
"Increased prices paid for every com
modity, it must be remembered, also
has vastly increased the revenues of
the French people. Before the war these
revenues were 23.000,000.000 francs.
Xow they are 50,000.000.000 francs an
nually. These figures show that, for
midable as the war debt may appear,
the problem of its liquidation is not so
alarming after all.
"France can stand another year of
war outlay quite as well as she stood
the third year.
"1 do not think any country will be
ruined by the war. All are more or
less in the same situation as France.
The only real drain upon their re
sources is what they pay abroad. The
best expenditure is that which might be
called fictitious, that is. the transfer
of money from the pockets of some cit
izens to the pockets of "others a trans-
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ROSE BURG. Or.. July 28.
(Special.) Little Ross. Bates, 5-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. B.
W. Bates, the former of whom Is
publisher of a Roseburg news
paper, is the youngest if not the
most talented vaudeville artist
in Douglas County. In the vaude
ville performance given at a local
theater for the benefit of the
Hospital Corps, Ross appeared on
the stage for the first time, He
handled a humorous part very
cleverly and was the recipient of
much applause.
Ttie lad has displayed unusual
talent for a child of his age and
has already expressed a desire to
star in the movies. As a result of
the performance the mess fund
of the Hospital Corps was en
hanced materially.
MONIES TO BEAR
ADDED WAR COSTS
Senate Will Revise Revenue
Bill Upward, Leaving New
Legislation to House.
DEBATE BEGINS THIS WEEK
fer in which a great many new for
tunes have been built up, but In which
the real riches of the country have
been Kft untouched."
Referring to economic measures to
be taken after the war and to the
complaints by Germany of an effort to
ruin her. M. Gide said:
"The talk of an economic war after
the fighting has almost subsided. I
consider it neither possible nor useful
for Germany to be crushed commercial
ly. Her military power will be
crushed, but she will be left free to
work out her own economic destiny."
FRANCE CALM IN FACE OF WAR
Premier Ribot Expresses Determina
tion of Nation to Fight.
PARIS. July 28. France begins the
fourth year of the war in calm confi
dence and determination, expressed to
day by Premier Alexandre F. Ribot in
these words:
. "Until the people with whom we are
at war finally awaken and free them
selves from the detestable regime that
oppresses them nothing will stop the
allies in their effort that will bring
back peace to the world by the tri
umph of their arms."
At the request of the Associated
Press the Premier wrote:
"The entry of the United States into
the conflict was the capital event of
the third year of the war.
"That event resounded mightily
throughout the entire world. Certain
Iatin-American states already have
shown by breaking off relations with
Germany that they had a clear vision
of the Germanic peril.
"Greece, wrenched from the In
trigues of a foreign faction, is prepar
ing to send fresh contingents to fight
with us in Macedonia. The cause of
national liberty in all countries is find
ing more ardent advocates.
"The enemy, disappointed in his In
sensate hope of stopping ocean nayiga
tion, disillusioned in his efforts to sap
the courage of the allies by false of
fers of peace, can only seek to envel
opo the origins of his criminal enter
prise in a veil of untruth.
'.'May the peoples with whom we are
at war finally awaken and free them
selves from the detestable regime that
oppresses them. Until then nothing
will stop the allies in their effort that
will bring back peace to the world by
triumph of their arms."
Measure Now Pending Will Provide
Funds Sufficient "to Last Until
December, Raising Approx
imately $2,000,000,000.
WASHINGTON'. July 28. The Senate
finance committee reached a tentative
agreement late today to revise the
present $1,670,000,000 war tax bill so
as to raise at least $1,913,000,000. the
larger part of the increase to come
from higher income taxes.
Members of the committee said to
night it is possible the total of the
bill before it gets to the Senate will
be $2,000,000,000. Accodring to the
present plan about $230,000,000 of the
increase will be obtained through high
er income tax rates $70,000,000 from
individuals and the rest from corpora
tions. The committee figured on an
increase in the normal rate on indi
viduals from 2 to 5 per cent and on
corporation to 6 per cent. The rest of
the increase may be obtained by in
ereaslg the excess profits tax and by
consumption taxes on sugar, tea, cof
fee and cocoao.
Income Taxes to Be Tripled.
Under the programme $1,062,700,000
would be the total levy this year upon
incomes. The present law vields $300,
000,000. The pending bill originally
was designated to increase this by
$532,700,000 and the $230,000,000 addi
tional it is now proposed to levy would
raise it over the billion mark.
The Senate committee will confine
its work for the present to the present
war tax bill and will leave to the
House the task of raising the rest of
the $7,000,000,000 the Administration
believes it must have to prosecute the
war this year.
Majority Leader Kitchln, of the
House, was in conference with the Sen
ate committee today and this decision
was reached as a result of his conten
tion that the House might resent any
senatorial infringement on its consti
tutional prerogative of instituting rev
enue legislation. Whether the House
will prefer to authorize $5,000,000,000
in bonds or Treasury certificates to
supplement the $2,000,000,000 the Sen
ate is providing, will not be determined
until next week.
Senate to Hasten Action.
The decision to leave to the House
the task of providing $5,000,000,000 ad
ditional promised greatly to expedite
Senate action on the pending revenue
bill. Senator Simmons said the com
mittee plans to complete its revision
Tuesday and report the bill to the Sen
ate for beginning of debate the latter
part of next week.
Senator Simmons said tonight there
Is no immediate necessity for the Sen
ate to consider revenue questions be
yond the bill, there being ample funds
to meet all calls until December.
The committee's agreement to in-
increasing the pending tax bill from
crease income taxes by $230,000,000 in
$1,670,000,000 to at least $1,943,000,000
was said to be based upon belief that
the bulk of the increase should come
from incomes rather than war profits
already heavily taxed in the bill.
The committee gave much time to
discussing reconsideration of the
amendment already written into the
bill, leavying a tax of 15 per cent upon
corporations' undivided or undistrib
uted surplus. This is known as the
amendment of Senator Jones, of New
Mexico, and has been vigorously op
posed by corporations. There was much
opposition to changing this section.
UNIONS UPHOLD REICHSTAG
Workers of Germany Declare Desire
for Peace by Compromise.
AMSTERDAM, July 28. According- -to
the Berlin Vorwaerts, a resolution has
been unanimously passed at a confer
ence of the Kree Trades ijnions of Ger
many recording satisfaction that the
Reichstag on July 21. in the name of
the German nation, voted peace by com
promise. The resolution also declared that the
workers of Germany are willing and
determined to hasten the end of the
war on that basis.
CLERKS ARE NOT EXEMPT
Only Heads of Government Depart
ments Relieved From Draft.
WASHINGTON. July 28. Very few
employes of the civil branches of the
Government will be exempt from the
draft, according to an official ruling
published today by Provost Marshal
General Crowder.
All employes of military age are lia
ble for service. In all the executive
departments none but the executive
heads are exempted by the ruling.
Clerks, stenographers and many others
who expected to be exempt because of
their Government service will be dis
appointed. .
GRAVITY OF TASK IS TOLD
Continued From First l'aj?e.
citizens called by law to the National
defense."
General Crowder's communication.
mailed to all boards, reads as follows:
You are entering a deffiiult task,
the gravity of which is beyond any
thing that can be said in the way of
discussion. You realize the signif icancu
of what you are to do and you know
that a responsibility, heavier perhaps,
than any you have ever faced, is upon
you.
"War demands individual sacrifice
to the common cause. No people ever
approached war with a calmer appre
ciation of that sacrifice or a firmer
resolve to bear it and to present them
selves to be classified for service in
the place to which it shall best serve
the common good to call them.. This
calm determination could not exist
OREGONIAX KM PLOT K RE
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Jack Montgomery, another
member of the already large
family of employes of the circu
lation department of The Ore
gonian who have answered the
call, received his appointment
from Washington. T. C, on July
22, as radio sergeant, Regimental
Staff, Coast Artillery Corps, Kort
Stevens, Oregon.
Mr. Montgomery took the ex
amination at Eugene, Or., and
passed with honors.
were it not for the confidence of the
Nation in its institutions. In this pub
lic confidence is found the very spirit
of the selective service law. The most
sacred rights of cojntry, home and
family are entrusted for adjudication
to local citizens and officials, nomi
nated by state Governors and appointed
by the President.
Call Is to Other Life Itself.
"The most equitable rules that could
bo devised have been prescribed for
your guidance and the administration
of these rules and the sacrifice that
is offered by your neighbors is en
trusted to your hands.
"From everyone is demanded a sacri
fice. But there is one thought to be
kept always in your mind. The selected
man offers his life. There is no
greater giving than this: and that
thought should guide you always.
There may be a few who will urge
upon you claims for exemption or dis
charge that, whatever may be your
inclinatons of sympathy or affection,
you will know ought not to be granted.
It will strengthen you to remember
that for every exemption or discharge
that is made for individual convenience
or to escape personal loss of money or
propertv, or for favor or affection.
some other man, whose tlmo would not
otherwise have come will incur the
risk of losing his life.
"There can be no room for hesitation
in such a case.
"Another fundamental thought is
this:
Boards Are Not Conrts.
"You are not a court for the adjust
ment of differences between two per
sons in controversy. You are agents of
the Government, engaged in selecting
men for the Government and thre is
no controversy. You, acting for the
Government, are to investigate each
case in the interests of the Nation and
never in the interests of an individual.
"There Is not one exemption or dis
charge in the law or regulations that
is put there for the benefit of any in
dividual. All are there for the benefit
of the Nation and to the end that 'the
whole Nation may be a team in which
each man shall play the part for which
he is best fitted.'
"Therefore, no one has a vested right,
by himself or by attorney, to urge by
argument or pleading, his individual
case upon you. You should rigidly ex
clude this. Ordinarily you should act
on the affidavits. If you desire more
information you may proceed to get it.
If you doubt the affidavits you may
interrogate other persons. If you de
sire more proof you may get it. But
no claimant has a. right to submit
other proof than that called for by
regulations or than that you may call
for.
"There should be no rules like those
of court procedure, no technical rules
of evidence. You should proceed to
investigate cases about which you are
not satisfied exactly as you, as in
dividual, would proceed to inform your
self about any fact about which you
are in doubt.
Service Is nt Sacrifice.
"Last of all, it is important to say a
word about your own sacrifice. The
place to which you have been called
is one which no man would seek save
in the performance of one of the high
est of patriotic duties.
"There is not, in any real sense, any
remuneration. Because thousands of
citizens urged members of local boards
should not be placed" in a position of
performing their grave duties for pay,
the regulations provide that, ordinarily,
the service shall be uncompensated.
Because it was not desired that any
man be prevented from rendering the
service by the necessity for earning his
daily bread, a small remuneration was
provided.
"The Nation needs men and needs
them quickly. The hours will then be
long and the work absorbing. The
duty is always to take and never to
give, and human nature is such there
will be little praise and some blame.
The sacrifice of many of those whose
cases are to be decided is not greater
than that of the men who are to de
cide them; and your only reward must
be the knowledge that, at great per
sonal sacrifice, you are rendering your
country an indispensable service in a
matter of the utmost moment."
FEDERAL LAW HOLDS MEN
South Bend. Councilman Faces
Charge of Selling Liquor.
CHEHALIS, Wash., July 28. (Spe
cial.) Alfred Baker, South Bend City
Councilman, and Marion Cooper were
today bound over to the federal Court
at Tacoma on a charge of selling liquor
without a Government license. James
H. Woods, of Tacoma. deputy internal
revenue collector, was the complaining
witness, and the offense was alleged
to have been committed June 13.
The men waived examination before
United States District Court Commis
sioner Westover, of this city, and de
posited $600 cash bail for their appear
ance when wanted in Tacoma.
U-BOAT PLAN CONDEMNED
Aus-trian Socialists Say Purpose Is
to Gain After-War Supremacy.
COPENHAGEN. July 28. The Aus
trian Socialists never have been friend
ly toward Germany's submarine cam
paign. The party organ at Vienna, the Ar
beiter Zeitung. prints an article main
taining not only that the campaign of
uthlessness will not hasten the end of
the war, but was not undertaken to
this end, but to give the Germans a
shipping advantage in the after-the-war
competition.
Hoover to Have Western. Agent.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 28. John
Francis Neylan, former president of
the State Board of Control, will be ap
pointed representative of Herbert C.
Hoover in eight Western states, when
the latter is officially confirmed as
food controller of the United States
was the report from apparently author,
itative sources here today.
The High
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If you keep your teeth in perfect
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Most of our ills are directly
traceable to neglected teeth.
At this office you are guaran
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at very moderate cost.
Painless Extraction of Teeth
20 Years Active Practice
Dr. B. E. Wright
Northwest Corner of Sixth and
Washington, Northwest Building.
Phones l Main 2110, A 2110.
Office Hour S A. M. to 6 H. M.
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Palm Beach and Outing
Suits for Men
I am showing this week new arrivals in ex
tremely light-weight suits for vacation wear.
Come in and be made cool and comfortable
through August days. .
$8.50 $10
Khaki Clothes
For the motorist or camper there's nothing
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EDITORS ARE TO MEET!
WASHIXGTOX ASSOCIATION TO COS-
VE.B AT CHEHALIS.
ing them is desired in order that the
xsiate may be settled.
Hr. Ash is believed to have one or
more children living in Baker County.
A brother, Fred Ash, lives in Harney
County, and another, A. W. Ash. lives
at Weed, Cal. The property is located
in Chicago and at Peoria, 111. It is
believed that J. L. Ash died in Texas.
I'realdrnt Jap, of Bremerton, Prom-
isea Winning Programme, and In
creased Attendance Forecast.
CHEHALIS. Wash., July 28. (Spe
cial.) The Washington State Press
Association is to meet in this city Au
gust 22-i5. and W. B. Jessup. of Brem
erton, president of the organization,
announced that the programme will be
a winner:
X. Itussell Hill, secretary, of Daven
port, reports that more active news
papermen from Kastern Washington
will attend this year than ever. before.
and reports from various parts of the
state indicate a large attendance. Local
newspapermen and an entertainment
committee from the Citizens' Club have
charge of the entertainment of the
newspapermen. The following tenta
tive programme. Including addresses
and papers by newspaper men and
others on various subjects, is an
nounced: A. It. Kenwick, Kverett Herald. "Edi
torial and Hustness Independence"; Eric W.
Allen. University of Oregon, "In Orepon";
Frank J. Atkins, the editor and publisher.
"Business OetttnK Opportunities"; h. K.
Troxell. executive secretary Washington
Newspaper Association. "Prospects Worth
Gohiff After"; tSeorKe W. Hihherd. general
passenger agent Chicago. MUwirukee Ac Sr..
Paul Kailway. "Frfends and More of It";
Colin V. ryment. head of journalism de
partment University of Washington, "Wash
ington Newspapers and Newspaper Men as
I Kind Them';: N. B. Coffmun. Chehalis
banker. "Jood business versus the Average
Editor ; C'hapln L. Foster, publisher Craml
view Herald. "Starting Something": Kdgar
B. Piper, editor The Oregonlan, Portland
"The Newspaper a National Asset": Major
It. W. Patton. editor. Hoqulam, Wash., sub,
.lect to he announced: Mrs. A. W. Keardon,
editor and manager Monroe Monitor. "'Work
That Never Ends"; Mrs. R. A. Small, super
intendent Snohomish County Schools. "An
Appreciation of the Press": Frank H. Coie
editor Trade Register, Tacoma. "The Pres
Association in the lays of Albert John
son"; James A. Wood, Wood & Keber, ad
vertislng, "What the Advertiser Asks the
Agency to Give Him": J. V. Hopkins, ad
vertising manager MacDougall-Southwlck
Company. Seattle. "Is Any Legitimate Busl
ness an Alien Lnemy? Other features will
be added later.
ESTATE AWAITS HEIRS
Baker County Clerk Seeks Children
of J. Li. Ash.
BAKEH, Or.. July 28. .Special.!
Part of what is said to be a valuable
estate is awaiting the children of J. L.
Ash, formerly of liaker, whose sister
left property in Chicago at her death
four years ago.
County Clerk Comb's is trying to lo
cate the relatives. Knowledge concern-
CANTONMENT SPEEDS UP
Tacoma Camp Payroll More Than
Doubles This Week.
TACOMA, July 28. (Special.) The
speed with which the Army cantonment
at American Lake is going up is shown
by the payroll for the week ending to
day, when $60,532 was paid out in
wages. This is more than double the
sum paid out a week ago. The con
tractors are spending about J15.000
daily now for supplies, and this figure
will be exceeded within a week or two.
when more lumber can be obtained and
more carpenters hired.
The quartermaster's department is
preparing to pay out $105,000 In wages
for July to truck and wagon companies,
engineers, militiamen, clerks, hospital
units anil other Army employes at
Camp Lewis. This represents an in
crease of $40,000 over the military pay
roll for June.
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