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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND. SEPTEMBER 1G. 1917. PATRIOT'S SPEECH SAVES DRAFT BILL Representative Kahn's Stirring Address Vigorously De nounces Disloyalists. WAR TO BE LONG, TERRIBLE llorn in Germany, Californiai! JUinces Xo. Words In House Talk, Predicting Germans Will Soon Learn What Autocracy Is. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, "Wash ington, Sept. 15. Born in Germany, a republican in politics, Julius Kahn. representative from a San Francisco district, led the fight for the Army iraft bill when the Democratic chair man of the House military committee laid down. Now, when the pacifists are clamor ing to know why the United States is in the war. and when the I. W. W.and other pro-German sympathizers are preaching sedition and disloyalty, Rep resentative Kahn again comes to the front to uphold the Administration in its declaration of war, to Justify the United States in taking up arms against Germany, and in denounclk" traitorous and disloyal citizens who ire seeking to handicap the Government In this war. In a brief but eloquent speech in the House of Representatives Mr. Kahn set forth clearly why we are at war and denounced vigorously those who have shown disloyalty of one kind or another. In the course of this notable speech Mr. Kahn said: "To me- this war is being fought in this country for a great principle, namely the right under international law to sail the seas untrammeled. It is the fourth time in our comparatively brief history that we have unfurled our battle flag to defend this right. In the early part of our history as a na tion, in 1798, in fact before we were ten years old, before we had paysed the first decade of our national life, we broke off our diplomatic relations with France, with France that had been our ally in the Revolution, France that had lent us aid and comfort and assistance in obtaining our liberty, our freedom. Navy Department Created. "But subsequently France interfered, and for some years continued to inter fere, with our rights upon the seas. The Congress of the United States, after many efforts had been made to settle the matter peacefully, voted to break off all diplomatic intercourse with our former friend and promptly created the Kavy Department. Up to that time the War Department also had been holding jurisdiction over our Navy. "A Secretary of the Navy was ap pointed. Congress immediately appro priated the money for that great line of American frigates of which 'Old Ironsides' the Constitution was such a glorious type, and which brought honor and renown to our country. The Congress also created forthwith the rank of Lieutenant-General in the Army of the United States. Washing ton was nominated and appointed to command the Army. He was then in retirement on his farm at Mount Ver non. The Secretary of War himself took the commission to Washington at that place. He found the foremost. American In the fields looking after his crops. He explained to General "Washington the purpose of his visit. And then Washington uttered a senti ment which I hope may be indelibly written upon the memory of every American boy and girl. -I am ready,' he said, 'for any service that I can give to Jny country. (Applause.) France soon came to terms and ac knowledged our right to the absolute freedom of the seas. "That early show of force and de termination to assert our rights on the part of the young republic, while many of the heroes of the Revolutionary War were still alive, compelled France to come to terms, and she ceased to seize or destroy our ships and our cargoes. She unequivocally recognized our right to sail the seas everywhere under in ternational law. .... War of 1812 Ileenlled. "In 1S12 we fought the second war with England on account of her inter ference with our rights upon the seas. We had negotiated this question with her, or tried to negotiate it, for many years. And I may add. parenthetically, that this country of ours always has been slow to enter into quarrel with other nations. We invariably tried to follow a policy of forebearance so long as forbearance seemed possible. The war of 1S12 was fought with England to maintain and protect and preserve our rights upon the high seas. "In 1815 we went into the third cam test on account of our determination to Insist upon and enforce this right. The Barbary pirates had been exacting tribute from all the maritime nations of the earth up to that time. We paid tribute along with England. France and other great ocean-carrying powers. Then in 1815 President Madison sent Commodore Stephen Decatur with a fleet of American ships into the Med iterranean. We whipped the Algerians and the Tripolitans. and they finally made a treaty of peace with us under the terms of which they ackuowledged our absolute right to sail the seas of the world unconditionally without thv necessity of paing a single dollar of tribute. (Applause.) "Incidentally, in making that war. Just as incidentally in making this war. we fought for -the rights of man kind and humanity. And for 102 years the rights of this country to sail Amer ican ships in any waters where under International law they had the right to go was never questioned. Emperor Challenge. IT. s. "And then the imperial .government of Germany challenged these rights. A number of American ships were sunk after the present European war broke out. The lives of American citizens w-ere continually being destroyed by German submarines In violation of all the rules of civilized warfare. The 1'resident of the United States, follow ing the traditions of this Nation, re peatedly had protested and objected to the illegal attitude of the imperial government of Germany toward our citizens and our ships. "Germany. after every protest, promised to ameliorate conditions. With every promise the people of the United States breathed a hope that we would be able to weather the storm and that we would still be able to maintain peace. At last, like a bolt of lightning from a clear sky, we learned to our amazement our pro testa were being treated with scorn and contempt. On January 31 of this year trie imperial government of Ger many informed the President that on the very next day, on February 1. the German submarines would ruthlessly sink every American ship found within certain designated areas of the -Atlantic Ocean. We had an absolute right in those areas. To have accepted that dic tation, to have accepted that proposi tion would have meant the surrender of American sovereignty oil the high seas. (Applause.) "It would have meant that we were willing to haul down 'the Stars and Strlxex' and hoist th wh'-- f - - , ' COURT-MARTIAL OFFICERS AT FORT STEVENS ARE APPOINTED First Lieutenant Edward B. Hyde la Judge Advocate and Lieutenant Mar tin W. Hawkins Assistant Sept. 11 Oregon Troops Draw Federal Pay. PORT STEVENS. Or.. Sept. 15. (Special.) Special order has been received appointing a gen eral court-martial to try all cases com ing under its Jurisdiction at this post. The detail for the court is as fol lows: Major W. G. White. Major H. K. Metcalf. Major W. A. Cheshire. Cap tain Van Svarverud, Captain J. A, Buchanan, Captain L. It. Woods. Cap tain P. G. Bond, Captain James T. Jef fries, First Lieutenant R. C. Dunham. First Lieutenant F. TV. Smith, First Lieutenant H. W. Brune, First Lieu tenant E. E. Lane, Second Lieutenant H. W. Kruger, First Lieutenant Ed ward B. Hyde, Jr.. Judg) advocate: First Lieutenant Martin W. Hawkins. Coast Artillery Corps, assistant Judge advocate. This court-martial will meet at the call of the president. Fifteen enlisted men, tight of whom are from the Oregon Coast Artillery, will be sent to the school for bakers and cooks at the Presidio, tan Fran cisco, as follows: Privates Jean Con don, Elmer Peachy. Byron Petty, Clar ence T. Terrill, Walter Anderson, Ches ter Mills, Otto Horn. Paul C Dawson. More than 2000 men are stationed at the mouth of the Columbia. Officials are pleased with the excellent show ing the troops have been making In the matter of good conduct and with the general good character of the men. The troops at Fort Stevens will soon begin field training. Night drills will be popular and officers' and non-commissioned officers' school of every class will hold full sway. The troops will be trained in field exercises of all kinds, including the gentle art of trench digging.- The Second and Third companies, Columbia, formerly Second and Third companies. Coast Artillery Corps, have received considerable field artillery training. Typhoid and para typhoid inocula tion and smallpox vaccination will have been completed for all the troops by September 18. No new promotion of officers from the ranks of the former National Guard can be made until nev regula tions governing this can te issued by the War Department. September 11 was payday. This was the first payday since the arrival of the Oregon troops at this post and marks the initial receipt by each Ore gon soldier of pay for services as a regular soldier of the United States. For the regular troops at Fort Stev ens and near-by forts pay was received covering the period from August 1 to August 31, inclusive, and for the Ore gon troops from July 25 to August 31, inclusive. Captain K. B. Lemmon is the disburs ing officer at Fort Stevens and the monthly payroll for all officers and men totals nearly 190,000 a month. Captain F. H. VIncil. attached to the Oregon Coast Artillery, has rejoined this command, together with, four en listed men of the sanitary troops, med ical department, attached to the Ore gon Coast Artillery. All are return ing from the medical training camp at Fort Riley. Kansas, where they have been receiving special training Captain Vincil and the four- mem bers of the sanitary troops will be stationed in these defenses. Captain "Pug" Huntley, of the Third Company, Oregon Troops, from Eugene, is on a short leave of absence to settle business matter in Eugene Major IT. K. Metcalf. Oregon Coast Artillery, is on a short leave to Cot tage Grove to settle up business af fairs. Officers and soldiers, when applying Tor leave of absence, must state rea sons for such. Officers may only ob tain leave under exceptional circum stances. One officer, in applying for leave of absence, and under the head "excep tional circumstances," stated that Ore gon laws prescribed a man must Pur chase a license and be examined in o:-der to be married, and therefore he requested three days' leave be allowed him. It was approved. A recent census requested by a rabbi of Portland, of the Oregon troops here, disclosed the fact that only three Jews were found on the rolls of the Oregon Coast Artillery. They belong to Ninth Company, Astoria. Mrs. W. L. Cheshire is a visitor at Forst Stevens. Mrs. C. C. Hammond has taken apartments at the Franklin Apart ments in Astoria during the period Colonel Hammond and troops are sta tioned at Fort Stevens. The following appointments have been announced within the last few days: Private Gerald H. Wenner, First Company, Oregon Coast Artillery, to corporal. Seventh Company, Oregon Coast Ar tillery Corporal George W. Vilas to sergeant. Corporal Robert M. Wilson to sergeant. Corporal Carl W. Ringer to sergeant. Private Code Hall to cor poral. Private Paul R. Schuler to cor poral. Private Frank L. Coleman to corporal. surrender in their stead. And no red blooded American, I hope, will ever be willing to surrender his country's rights rights that other Americans in other days have fought and bled and died to maintain inviolate. (Applause.) "If we had acquiesced in that doc trine on the Atlantic, probably some day in the Pacific, when other nations might be at war there, and we should attempt to ' maintain a- neutral atti tude, some of those nations would tell us to keep off this or that part of the Pacific Ocean; and, having surrendered our rights in this instance, we would have set .a precedent which many of the pacifists of this country would in sist we ought to follow for all time. I am unwilling for my country ever to be placed in that attitude or that she ever should consent to take such a degraded position. (Applause.) "And so in every age, and at all times and at all hazards, the American citizen must be ready to defend with life Itself, if need be, the liberty and freedom that have come down to us. . Long, Terrible War Kxpected. "For myself, I believe this is going to be a long, bloody and terrible war. I am not trying to delude myself into the belief that some miracle is going to happen before we fairly get into the struggle that will end it all. I wish to God that it were so. I feel that the armies that are now forming are but the beginning of things. I believe that the greatest mistake the autocracy of Germany ever made was when it minimized the courage and the determination of this country to main tain all of its rights unimpaired. (Ap plause.) And the German people, too, ultimately will realize what was done by their stubborn and autocratic gov ernment in forcing this, great Amer ican republic, which wanted to hold aloof, into this war. "And, my colleagues, I believe that before many months are over the pa triotic sentiment of this country will assert itself in . such tones that they will be heard even in the darkest re cesses of the deepest German forests. I feel that the people of the United States begin to understand what we have at stake. I feel that the men who are attempting to spread seeds of discontent, of treason, of sedition will be called to account by the civil authorities in every state and in every section of the Union. "I hope that our treacherous agi tators will be put down as they should be put down, and I have no fear but that this country once again will show the world that American rights and American honor cannot be trampled upon, but that they will be protected by the overwhelming might of a great and free people. (Loud applause.) BOXER PAY WAIVED Allies Make Terms Imposed on China Easier. TARIFF RISE IS PERMITTED BOARD TO HEAR DISPUTE TROIBLE OVER SOLDIERS HOME HOSPITAL TO BE AIRED. Commandant Markee . and Architect Thompson Will Ireent Differ ences to State Officers. SALEM, Or.. Sept. 15. (Special.) Disagreement over construction work on the new hospital at the State Soldiers' Home at Roseburg, promises to have a complete airing in all Its details. Commandant Markee today telegraphed to H. B. Goodin. secretary of the Board of Control, asking: to meet him in the Board of Control offices at the Capitol Monday and to have Archi tect Louis I. Thompson, x Portland, present. Mr. Goodin Immediately telegraphed to Mr. Thompson who responded that he would be here and then Mr. Goodin arranged for a meeting: of the Board of Control. Governor Withyeombe is scheduled to be here Monday morning, so with a full board present it is likely that a complete story of differences at the Soldiers' Home will develop. Architect Thompson reported to the Board a few days ago that Com mandant Markee had ordered him from the grounds at the Soldiers Home. where Mr. Thompson has the superin tendency of the construction of a new hospital. It developed that there has ben differences between the command ant and Mr. Thompson, which evident ly reached a boiling point recently The Board instructed the commandant to treat Mr. Thompson courteously while on business at the home in connection with the state. Mr. Markee's side of the story has not been beard so far. w.H nrobably develop Monnny. Concessions in Return Expected to Include Agreement to Intern Germans and Austrians and to Turn Over Their Ships. YEKfX, Monday, Sept. 10. (De layed.) Ministers of the entente powers at Pekin have advised the Chi nese Foreign Office that their govern ments are willing to waive the Boxer indemnity payments for five years. Russia waives only one-third of the first portion of the' indemnity, requir ing the remainder because of her fi nancial straits. The United States, It is said, prob ably will ratify the action of the en tente nations, but will not waive its portion of the Boxer indemnity, wliich is necessary to maintain the Chinese students in America. The entente countries also will grant to China the privilege of increasing her tariff to an effective 5 per cent, which will represent something like a 2 per cent rise. They will concede to China the right to send troops through the foreign concessions at Tien Tsin, if necessary. The Italian Minister has withdrawn his request that Italy be given the right to the Austrian con cessions at Tien Tsin. Preparations are under way for the formation of a tariff commission com posed of Chinese and representatives of the entente allies, to arrange a new schedule. President Feng Kwo-Chang and members of the Chinese Cabinet are considering what concessions they will make to the. entente allies in consider ation for their liberality. It is be lieved in well-informed circles that China probably will agree to interne Germans and Austro-Hungarians, place enemy ships in the hands of the entente allies for the duration of the war, en act a higher tariff against the central powers and offer laborers or soldiers, if tney are desired. The sentiment in official circles is In favor of China Joining the entente gov ernments in signing the London con ference agreement against a separate peace and the Paris economic compact. Herr Cordes. the German manager at Pekin, of the Deutsche - Asiatische Bank, has been arrested by the Ch nese on the charge of obstructing the government by destroying the records of the bank. Dr. A. Von Rosthorn. the Austro Hungarian Minister to China, the mem bers of the Legation staff and the Aus trian Consuls have been granted safe conducts. The party will leave Shang hai for Holland by way of San Fran cisco, September 15. KAISER-CZAR PACT CANCELED 1905 Ex-Ambassador of Russia to France Denies Statements in Wilhelm's Telegram. TRIPLE ALLIANCE SOUGHT 7 MILLION TO BE EXAMINED Provost Marshal Would Determine Who Shall Serve in Army. .WASHINGTON', Sept. 15. If a large part of the Governors of the states ap prove a suggestion by the Provost Mar shal-General, an immediate examination of the 7.000.000 men registered for mili tary service and not yet called for duty will be begun. The suggestion was made with a view to satisfying the great number of young men as to what they may expect. Telegrams asking opinions on the ad visability of such action were sent to all states and it is expected that all re plies will be received early next week. To obtain the 6S7.000 men already called for service it was iound necessary to examine approximately 3.000.000. . Under the plan considered, candi dates woulC know whether they are to be selected and could make plans ac-Iv, Kaiser Quoted as Saying Failure of Trance to Answer Moroccan Challenge Settled Question of Alsace and Lorraine. PARIS. Sept. 15. Some of the state ments made by Emperor William in a telegram to Emperor Nicholas of Rus sia, one of a series of recently published messages exchanged by the two rulers in 1904-05, brought forward to show that a secret agreement had been reached between them to attempt an alignment of Germany, Russia and France against Kngland. are challenged In an Interview in the Temps by Alex ander P. Iswolsky, exRussian Ambassa dor to France. Quite incidentally, ap parently, M. Iswolsky makes. the dec laration that this secret agreement was cancelled in the Fall of 1905 and was not renewed. He states also that Emperor William told him during the interview that he regarded the question of Alsace-Lorraine as a dead issue, since France failed to take up the challenge to fight Germany when Germany threw down the gauntlet during the Moroccan crisis early in 1905. Denmark TSot to Be Overrun. M. "Iswolsky. who was the Russian Minister at Copenhagen at the time in question, admits that he had an in terview with Emperor William at Copenhagen in July. 1905. but declares that he did not express himself as re ported by Emperor William in a tele gram of August 2, 1905, to the effect that should war come and an attack be made on the Baltic Sea by a foreign power, the Danes would be likely to resign themselves to an -ccupation of Denmark b.,- Germany and Russia." M. Iswolsky recalls that Emperor William solicited the interview through Baron von Schoen. German Minister at Copenhagen, at the end of July, short ly after M. Iswolsky had successfully negotiated with Denmark the passage through the grand belt adjacent to Danish shores of Admiral Rojestven sky's fleet on Its historic cruise to the Pacific in the Russo-Japanese war, and says that in view of the friendly way Russia had been' treated by Den mark he certainly could not have con sidered with the Emperor an eventual aggression by Germany of Denmark or any military action whatever by Rus sia against Danish neutrality. Emperor William s dispatch on the subject which you have Just shown me is entirely erroneous on that point." said M. Iswolsky. "I have a very pre cise recollection of my conversation with the German Emperor. I was struck by the - insistence with which he ex plained the necessity of an alliance between Russia, Germany and France against England. - Peace Kalser'a Desire. " 'The real guarantee of a solidly es tablished peace,' the Emperor said, 'is to be found in the close collaboration of the three great continental powers. Such an alliance would preclude Brit ish hegemony and assure the entire world the benefits of peace.' "The realisation of that vast project appears to me absolutely impossible.' I replied, because France would never consent to enter into such an alliance.' " "Why should not she consent?' asked the Emperor. " 'Because there is an unsettled Ques tion between France and Germany.' I replied. ine question of Alsace and Lorraine." " "Pardon me.' rejoined the Emperor, but that question is settled.' " 'I don't understand, sire," I replied. Treaty Declared Void. ' 'It is indeed settled," said the Em peror. 'In the Moroccan affair I threw down the gauntlet to France. France refused to take it up. She refused to fight me. Consequently the question of Alsace-Lorraine no longer exists be tween us." "In reply to doubts that I expressed," continues M. Iswolsky in the interview. the Lmperor developed -the idea that it was necessary, so to speak, to con strain France to accept a Russo-Ger-nian alliance and to oblige her. willing ly or not, to Join it." M. Iswolsky reveals that prior to the meeting between Emperor William and Emperor Nicholas at Swindemuende, ir the Summer of 1909, when accompanied by Iswolsky ; and Prince von Buelow, the German Chancellor, Emperor Nich olas broached the subject of the secret treaty declared to have been signed at Bjorke, In July, 1905, and expressed lits firm determination not to reconsider the cancellation of it, which M. Iswolsky states was decided on in the Fall of 1905. M. 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RUSSIANS CAPTURE TOWNS Premier First to Be Appointed by Council, to Organise Ministries for Polish Authorities. AMSTERDAM, Sept. 15. A decree published at Lublin and Warsaw on September 12 transfers the supreme authority in Poland to a regency coun cil of three members, appointed Dy tne monarch! of the occupying powers, says a Vienna message today. All the decrees of the council must be countersigned by a responsible Pre mier. The legislative power is to be exercised by the council. The consent of the occupying pow ers, the decree provides, is necessary for all governmental affairs the admin istration of which has not yet been handed over to the Polish authorities. The right to appoint international rep resentatives and conclude international agreements may be exercised by the Polish authorities only after termina tion of the occupation. 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