THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, NOVEMBER 4. 1917.
PEACE LEAGUE TOPIC
French Editor Discusses Com
bination of Countries.
INTERNAL STRIFE FACTOR
Jean Flnot Says Guiding Hand of
Reorganization Should Be Presi
dent Wilson's as Accepted
Champion of Society.
VARIS, Oct 15. (Correspondence of
the Associated Press.) "Will the pro
nosed society of nations come out of an
eventual peace, or will peace come out
of the organization of a society or na
tlonsT' asks Jean Finot, who examines
in La Revue, of which he is editor, the
possibility of bringing- the nations of
the earth together in a happy family.
"The principle of the society of na
tions." he says, 'requires equality of
representation amonp the participants
Keutrals as well as belligerents must
be invited, the smallest countries must
have an equal voice with the brggest,
euch as Great Britain, the United States,
Fringe Ttalv and Germany.
"The victory of the allies." M. Finot
asserts, "will proclure at least a dozen
new units in the list of nations." Those
countries that have not existed under a
regime of freedom will require several
years to become conscious of them
selves. Party struggles and diamet
rically opposite tendencies are rife even
now in some of these countries and in
unusually violent form.
Some Breakers Noted.
He noints to the proposed Ukranlan
nation as a sample of what difficulties
the newly-formed states may bring to
euch a concert of nations, inquiring
who may be able to say what the
proper limits of an Ukranian nation
should be. "Tumultuous disorder." he
says, is what more than one such na
tion would bring into the society.
"Is it not necessary to take into ac
count Germany s habicual metnoasr
M. Finot asks. . "Since no one may pre
tend to modify her mentality or her
morality from one day ' to another, it
must be admitted that she would work
inside the fold of the society of nations
as she has done before and during the
war. The coalition of the central em
pires, fortified by representatives of
other small or large states, might
easily compromise .the essential proj
ects of the future conference." M. Finot
cites in this connection the recent case
In which Switzerland was compromised
by one of her councillors, for the ben
efit of Germany.
Wilson Styled Champion.
M. Finot asks whether it is not doubt
ful that even the Socialists are ready
for what he calls "the divine kingdom
and cites the Dutch Socialist leader
Troelstra. as saying that "a method of
peace that would, by force, oblige al
the powers leagued together to fight
the one that might break the peace
would be equivalent to driving out the
devil of national militarism by the
Beelzebub of international militarism?"
The question. M. Finot says, "with
the support of the United States and the
allies becomes a living issue." He de
clares there is no use of thinking ol
the juridic organization of the society
of nations so long as German militar
ism and imperialism remain erect and
concludes by calling" upon President
Wilson, who. he adds, "passes at the
' present moment as the accepted cham
pion of the society of nations, to make
a declaration that a peace that would
not be the fruit of a. victory, permit
ting the previous organization of the
world, would render sterile all efforts
tending toward the creation of a league
ot honor among peoples."
COAL PRICES AT DEADLOCK
Miners Refuse to Agree to Automatic
Penalty Clause Against Strikes.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3. South
western coal miners' representatives
here for a conference with operators
and fuel administration officials re
fused today to agree that an automatic
penalty clause to prevent strikes be in
serted in their new wage contract and
called a convention of Southwestern
miners at Kansas City November 12.
Lr. H. A. Garfield, the fuel admin
istrator, has declined to approve any
new wage contract which does not
carry an automatic clause, and will not
pay coal price increases in the terri
tory involved until the situation is
straightened out. Three mine districts
are concerned, including the states of
Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas and Oklahoma.
ELECTRIC CONTROL FAILS
British Vessels Repulse' Attack and
Destroy Boat.
LONDON. Nov. ?. An nttaolr wn
made today on British vessels patrol
ling the Belgian coast by an elec
trically controlled high-speed boat.
The boat was destroyed.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3. Use by the
Germans of "an electrically controlled
Doat off the Belgian coast is believed
to mean a device similar to a radio
controlled torpedo with which the
united States has been exDerimentincr,
The principle is 20 years old. Its prac
tical application recorded was that of
John Hays Hammond, Jr., who recently
submitted a plan to the Government
controlling a fast motorboat at sea
from a land radio.
Irrigation Is Planned.
KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Nov. 3.
(Special.) County Surveyor J. C. Cleg
horn has returned from a trip to
Langell "Valley about 35 miles east of
here in the Eastern portion of Klamath
County. He went there recently to
survey plans for a new irrigation
project for D. G. Horn, banker at
Bonanza, at the upper end of the val
ley. The tract to be reclaimed com
prises 320 acres. It is planned to erect
a dam in Lost River above Malone's
bridge and divert water from this
point.
Spectacles Part of War Equipment.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Oct. .15.
(Correspondence of the Associated
Press.) Steel spectacles are the latest
addition to the equipment of The Neth
erlands army for modern warfare. The
commander-in-chief has ordered that
they shall be supplied to all the ma
chine-gun sections of both infantry,
hussars and fortress artillery as i
protection against splinters or pro
jectiles, flying chips of stone and the
like. Stocks of the glasses will be
kept in readiness to serve out to in
fantry in case of war.
FL000S AIO REBELS
Superstitious Chinese See
Heaven's Displeasure.'
IMPERIAL PARTY URGE IDEA
Ex-French Permler to Testify.
PARIS, Nov. 3. Joseph Cailleaux, ex
Premier, was called today to testify
before ,Captain Bouchardon, the exam
ining officer, in connection with one
of the charges of having commerce
with or communicating intelligence to
the enemy, which are under investiga
tion. M. Cailleaux was absent from
Paris today and will be heard on Tiles
day, w.-r? '
Agitators Under Dr. Sun ITat Sen
JLose Xo Time In Making Polit
ical Capital of Misfortune
of Northern Provinces.
(Correspondence of the Associated Press)
PEKIN, Sept. 29. Chinese politics
have been affected very unfavorably
by the disastrous floods in China. The
floods followed droughts in Chili and
several other northern provinces, which
are now' suffering from high water.
The droughts were regarded by the
superstitious Chinese as a manifesta
tion of the displeasure of heaven, and
many of them said the crops would not
have failed if there had been an Em
peror on the throne to intercede with
heaven on behalf of his people. The
floods have been construed by the
Ignorant classes as a further proof of
heaven s displeasure.
The agitators, under the direction of
Dr. Sun Yat Sen, who have established
a separate government at Canton, have
lost no time in making political cap
ital of the misfortunes of North China
with decidedly bad effect upon the
Fekin government.
Provinces Declare Independence.
General Lu Teng Ting and other mil
itary leaders in Honan province have
practically declared their independence
of the Pekin government. Sze Chuan
province, after a long period of unrest
and many local military skirmishes,
also has taken a decidedly Independent
attitude. These movements have not
added materially to the strength of the
psuedo government at Canton, but they
have weakened the central government
and made its problems more difficult.
Instead of turning the interned Ger
man and Austrian ships over to her
associates in the war for war purposes,
the Chinese government permitted them
to be leased to a Chinese corporation
called the Ta Teh Company. This com
pany in turn leased the ships to a Jap
anese company. The rates were far
below those current in the Far East.
Consequently Tso Ju Lin, Minister of
Communications, who is charged with
being responsible for the deal, has been
bitterly assailed by the Chinese press.
and wholesale charges of corruption
have been made.
Promises to let the entente powers
have the interned ships were violated
by the arrangement, and the press is
generally denouncing the adminlstra
tion for its failure to render a real war
service to its allies.
Troops Clash With. Japanese.
Several clashes between Japanese
and Chinese troops in Manchuria have
created a very bad impression, espe
cially the difficulty at Tsi An Hsleh
on the Talu River, where Japanese
troops took over the town and are still
occupying it.
Failure of the Chinese government
to resent Japanese Invasion of Chinese
territory and the apparent effort of the
administration to shroud the whole
Manchurian situation in secrecy have
given rise to many rumors of secret
agreements and spinelessness in deal
Jng with Japan. v - .
China's failure, to take active steps
to send troops to France has also
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MR. ERVI.V ERENYI.
Mr. Erenyi, who has been ' promi
nently identified with the music busi
ness of this city for many years, has
become associated with the G. F. John
son Piano Company. Mr. Erenyi -is an
accomplished musician and a very ca
pable and successful salesman. Ills
numerous friends will be heartily wel
comed at his new address.
Mr. Erenyi as sales manager of the
piano department will feature in a par
ticular way the celebrated Welte-Mlg-
non Player Piano. This marvelous in
strument, operated by electricity, re
produces, with fidelity, the perform
ances of the world's most gifted pianists,
among whom are: Paderewskl. Busoni.
Josef Hoffman, Gam, Carreno.and
De Pachmann.
This new music house carries the
Packard. Bond and other pianos; also a
complete line of Victrolas, records and
ukuleles.
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shaken confidence in the government.
Troops are available. France is eager
to have them. In fact, France has re
quested that China send 300,000, but
the Japanese government apparently Is
unwilling to have so many Chinese go.
and reluctantly gave approval for 30,
000 Chinese soldiers.
Young China is clamoring for action
of some sort. It Is demanalng active
participation in the war.
SINN FEIN TROUBLESOME
Feeling of Disquiet Develops In
Dublin.
LONDON. Nov. 3. Concerning the
political situation in Ireland the Daily
Mail, in its second edition today, says:
"There is reason to believe that a
feeling of disquiet has developed in
Dublin and some country districts over
the Sinn Fein situation. Professor De
Valera's meetings, fixed for Sunday at
Nedbridgo and. Kildare, have been pro
hibited."
Professor D Valera is a member of
the Parliament for East Clare, but has
never taken his seat.
MARINES BEG FOR SERVICE
Veterans Stationed In Other Conn-
tries Want to Go to France.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 3. After receiv
ing their baptism cf fire in the fights
and campaigns incident to the estab
lishment of good government in Haiti
and Sunto Domlnfro, United States
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Marine veterans, now serving In those
countries, are straining at the leash In
eagerness to take up arms with their
brothers oversea. Headquarters here
has received many letters from marines
in Haiti requesting their transfer to the
battle front in France.
Peace Is now thoroughly established
in the West Indian republics, and the
sea-soldiers are tiring of the compara
tive quiet of the various posts where
they are serving.
La Toilette's Course Deplored.'
MILWAUKEE, Nov. 3. Resolutions
deploring Senator La Follettp's course
in the war crisis and emphatically de
claring confidence in President Wilson
were adopted by the Wisconsin Teach
ers' Association convention at the clos
ing session of the annual meeting to
day. .
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of a giant of finance, the man who scorned
her. Her machinery set in motion, every
precaution taken to assure the success
of her diabolical .plot she -finds that
her happiness depends upon stopping
the machinery that she herself made
certain could not be stopped!
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