The Sunday Oregonian., December 02, 1917, Section One, Page 3, Image 3

TIIE SUNDAY OREGONIAX. PORTLAND, DECEMBER 2, 1917.
TOTTERING RUSSIA
APPEALS TO HUNS
Von Kuehlmann Sees Appeal
for Help in Peace .
-Sw Proposal.
GERMAN AIMS ARE STATED
Foreign Secretary's SpeccH Before
Reichstag Committee Largely
JCclio of Chancellor's Re-
cent Manifesto.
AMSTERDAM, Dec. 1. During yes
terday's Bitting of the Reichstag main
committee. Dr. von Kuehlmann made a
speech, in which he said:
"Our eyes at the oresent moment are
turned toward the east. Russia has set
the world ablaze. The gang of bureau
crats and sycophants, rotten to the
core, overruling the weak and mis
guided, though probably well-meaning
autocrat, surreptitiously brought about
the mobilization of that country, vrhlch
'was the actual and immediate cause of
the gigantic catastrophe which befell
the world.
"Now, however, ' Russia has swept
Rside the culprits, and she Is laboring
to find, through an armistice and peace,
an opportunity for her internal recon
struction. I need not supplement the
clear words in which the Chancellor
yesterday stated the attitude of the
German government toward these alms.
Here again our policy will adhere to
the principle of firm ' statesmanship
based upon fact.
"The principles hitherto announced
o the world by the present rulers in
Petrograd appear to be entirely ac
ceptable as- a basis for reorganization
of affairs in the east, a reorganization
which, while fully taking into account
the right of nations to determine their
own destinies, is ' calculated perma
nently to safeguard the essential in
terests of the two great neighboring
nations, Germany and Russia.
Full Support Counted On.
I am profoundly satisfied that we
shall be able to pursue this course In
full agreement with our allies, and I
take it also with the almost unanimous
moral support of the representatives
of the German people here assembled
a fact which will give our action nec
essary weight."
After referring to the Teuton victory
In Italy and to the bittern ss caused In
Germany by Italy's entrance into the
war, Dr. von Kuehlmann said: ,
"Nevertheless there be some who in
this hour of utter collapse will not
withhold sympathy from the Italian
people."
The effect of Germany's military sue
cesses, the Foreign Secretary said, was
noticeable also, in England and France.
Kaiser and Volk United
"In Germany," the speaker said, "the
great words spoken by the Emperor at
the outset of the war have, during the
war, borne fruit and have developed
relations between the people - and the
crown which have on the basis of the
most,, sincere and mutual confidence
forever been rendered .'freer and more
act lice And therefore stronger." " "
"In Germany, the government is car
rying out the programme laid down by
the Chancellor yesterday, not giving
way. under party pressure, but rather
proceeding with clear perception of
historical necessity. .The. devoloomen t
has been actually opposite to that of
England and France, -where "freVdbm of
inougnt ana freedom of speech hav
been suppressed, partly, by violent and
brutal measures. In these countries.
wnicn naa oeen qemocracies, things are
tending more and more toward abso
lute dictatorship.
"In France, actuated by the dogged
desire to continue the war, which finds
its mainstay in Preside- t Polncaire,
Clemenceau has been called to power
as the last card in the game. At the
same time that in Germany the Chan
cellor is making the government pro
gramme a matter of detailed discus
sion with the various parties, in France
the newspapers devoted to Premier
Clemenceau are praising him for hav
ing constituted his Cabinet- entirely
without consulting Parliament in an
absolutely dictatorial manner, and as
one of the first functions of the gov
ernment the ruthless suppression of
pacifist efforts is announced.
"In England the development which
has now occurred in France took place
some time ago. The party for war to
the end brought Lloyd George to the
fore. He was invested with powers
under which, disregarding the pro
visions so dean to the British constitu
tion, he was made de facto dictator.
The Foreign Secretary said Mr. Lloyd
George probably had not quite come up
to the expectations of his friends, but
that, inasmuch as there seemed to be
no one to surpass him in the determina
tion to carry on the war, unless Lord
Northcliffe should be resorted to, "we
may probably for some time to come
see the western democracies under the
leadership of their dictators, discussing
in full harmony questions regarding
the command of the allied forces."
AVSTRIA'S AIMS PROCLAIMED
Premier Proclaims for Peace With
Trustful Co-operation.
AMSTERDAM, Dec. 1. Referring to
the Austro - Hungarian government's
acceptance of the Russian invitation to
discuss an armistice, Dr. von Seydler,
the Premier, in addressing ' the lower
house of tne Reichstag, is quoted in a
Vienna dispatch, saying:
"The Austro-Hungarlan government,
view of its repeatedly proclaimed
position, has decided to conduct nego
tiations in a spirit of conciliation, as
its aim is a speedy peace that will
make possible trustful co-operation of
tho nations in the future.
"with . these states which, on the
basis of the present Russian invita
tion, declare themselves ready to con
clude - peace the Austro-Hungarlan
government will endeavor to attain a
peace which will be honorable for both
sides and directed by the principle
that there shall be no territorial or
economic oppression.
"The government will acknowledge
the right of the states negotiating for
peace to grant their nations full lib
erty of decision regarding the future
of their state and will refrain from
interference with their Internal af
fairs, but, for its part, will demand
that there be no Intervention in our
own National organization."
The Premier declared that the Aus
trian state, with its lower house
elected on the basis of general, equal,
secret, direct suffrage, could claim to
possess popular representation, so that
its peoples have every opportunity to
decide their own political destinies.
In expressing agreement with the re
plies to the Russian peace offers,
Socialist Deputies inquired . whether
Roumania had made a similar offer to
the central powers.
HEAVY CLAIMS NOT EXPECTED
Hun Demands at Conference Will Be
Modest. Says Kuehlmann.
T n"n(l' T)pr- 1 The German For
eign Secretary. Dr. von Kuehlmann, is
quoted in a central isews aispatcn irom
Amsterdam as saying it was absurd to
imagine uermany would enter a peace
conference with large claims.
FUNERAL SERVICES HELD
Mrs, Elizabeth Camehl's Body Will
Be Taken to Mulloy for Burial.
Funeral services' for -Mrs. Elizabeth
Camehl were held yesterday afternoon
at three o'clock at the chapel of J. P.
Finley & Son. Rev. E. G. Heess officiat
ing. The remains'wlll be taken today
to Muiioy, Or., for interment.
Mrs. Camehl is survived by a son, A.
w. camehl, of Sherwood. Or.
RUSSIANS PUBLISH
PLANS OF ENTENTE
Details of Secret Agreement
Disclosed by Bolsheviki
Government.
MORE TERRITORY SOUGHT
Great Britain, Prance, Russia and
Italy All' Interested In Exten
sion of Boundaries as
Result of AVar. .
PETROGRAD, Wednesday, Nov. 28.
The text of a secret agreement among
France. Great Britain. Russia and Italy
has been published here by the Bol
sheviki government. The agreement
gives Italy sanction to annex certain
territory in return for entering the
Entente Alliance and embraces the in-
admissability of the Intervention of
Pope Benedict with a view to stopping
tne war.
The document was signed in London,
April 26, 1915, by Viscount Grey, for
mer Foreign Secretary; Paul Cambon,
French Ambassador to Great Britain,
and Count Benckendorf f. the Russian
Ambassador to Great Britain. It con
tains a memorandum from the Italian
Ambassador at London to the Foreign
Office and the allied Ambassadors.
Italy to Extend Hound.
Italy was to have the assistance of
the French and British naval fprces
until the Austrian naval force was de
stroyed. After peace Italy was to re
ceive the Trentino, the Southern Tyrol
to the Brenner Pass. Trieste and- Istria
and Dalmatia. with additional geo
graphical boundaries outlined) a great
detail.
Italy was to govern the foreign rela
tionships of Albania in the event that
that country became an autonomous
government, but Italy waa not to op
pose objections if it were decided to ap
portion parts of Albania to Montene
gro, Serbia and. Greece.
The agreement supported Italy s con
tention in the principle of the balance
of naval power in the Mediterranean
Sea, subject to future definition. Italy
was to have right in Lyba enjoined to
by the Sultan on the basis of the Lau
sanne treaty. Italy agreed to the pro
posed independent Mussulman sacred
places in Arabia.
African Territory Coveted.
In the event of France and Great
Britain increasing their holdings at
the expense of Germany, Italy was to
have the right to increase her holdings.
Great Britain was to facilitate the
cause of Italy in borrowing 50,000,000
in the British market.
France, Great Britain and Russia
were to support Italy in preventing
the papal Influence from ending the
war and in regulating questions con
cerning the war. Italy's co-operation
was to begin one month after the rati
fication of the agreement.
A dispatch from London , November
30 quoting a belated Petrog'rad advice
said that Italy also was to have cer
tain islands in the Grecian archipelago
and territory in Asia Minor, as condi
tions to her entrance into the war.
WASHINGTON, Dec. I. While nego
tiating with the Bolsheviki regime for
an armistice and a separate peace,
German military authorities have re
newed their campaign to disorganize
the Russian army and inoculate the
soldiers with German doctrine. "
Cable advices today said schools have
been organized in all the German di
visions on the eastern front for the
training of men to be sent out among
the Russians. Three noncommissioned
officers and six privates are drawn
from each division. They are chosen
with special reference to their knowl
edge of the Russian and Polish lan
guages and are instructed regarding
political conditions in Russia, lines of
communication in that country and
other facts that might be of value to
them in prosecuting their work.
In some quarters this campaign was
interpreted as designed to win over the
soldiers and thus strengthen the Teu
tons in their demands for favorable
peace terms. There were those, how
ever, who saw in the German .move a
not over-optimistic view of the success
of the peace negotiations and a' desire
to take advantage of the present sit
uation to so disorganize the Russian
army as to .eliminate it as a. further
menace during the war.
. Official Withhold Comment.
Officials today continued their policy,
of withholding comment on the Rus
sian situation. The negotiations be
tween :the Bolsheviki and Berlin and
Vienna were watched with keen Inter
est, however, as they might serve to
reveal, in part at least, the Teutonic
aspirations, so far carefully veiled by
conflicting statements of German offi
cials.
PETROGRAD. Wednesday. Nov. 28.
Ensign Krylenko, the Bolsheviki com
mander-in-chief, in exhorting the army
to support the Bolsheviki programme,
urged it "to mark with your condemna
tion the lying, hypocritical proclama
tions of General Duksionin and his
bourgeolse disciples, who have in
trenched themselves at staff headquar
ters and who for eight months have
misled the Russian nation with false
promises of peace."
Dakhoota Declared Enemy.
Ensign Krylenko declares General
Dukhonln, who refused to relinquish
his command when the Bolsheviki gov
ernment ordered Krylenko to supplant
him, an enemy to the nation, and says:
Those who support him, regardless
of their social or party position, shall
be arrested with him."
The diplomatic representatives of
Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland have
decided to acknowledge the receipt of
the armistice note issued by Leon
Trotzky, the Bolsheviki Foreign Minis
ter, adding to the acknowledgment
simply that they had taKen correspond
ing steps.
M. Maklakoff, the Russian Ambassa
dor to France, has been declared dis
missed from his post by Leon Trotzky,
the Bolsheviki Secretary for Foreign
Affairs. This action was taken because
of the Ambassador's participation in the
inter-allied conference, which is con
sidered a state offense, entailing a
heavy penalty.
Maklakoff In Conference.
Ambassador Maklakoff, who was ap
pointed by the Kerensky government
arrived In Paris on November 7, but up
to this time has not presented his let
ters to the French government, as he
has been watting to see what happens
in Russia. "He sits in the inter-allied
conference by special invitation and as
an unofficial observer.
M. Maklakoff,.. in Interviews during
the past month, has expressed his oppo
sition, to the Bolsheviki. On November
26 he predicted the fall of the Maxi
malists within a short time.
LONDON. Dec. 1. Details of a series
of documents published by the Bolshe
vikl government relating to successive
concessions offered to Greece for the
purpose of inducing her to assist Serbia
are sent- by the Petrograd correspond
ent of the Times. These included an
offer of Southern Albania, excepting
Avlona; an offer of territory in Asia
Minor and other offers at the expense
of. Turkey. These all came to nothing
for various reasons.
- One document, it is added, deals with
a proposal to hand, over Kavala to Bul
garia if Bulgaria joined the entente
allies. Another concerns Great Brit
ain's offer of the Island of Cyprus to
Greece, which lapsed, owing to the re
fusal of Greece to help Serbia.
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AUTOS CAUSE 801 DEATHS
New York Report for 10 Months In
1917 Shows ' Increase.
NEW YORK, Dec- 1. Automobiles
caused the death of 801 persons In New
York State during the first 10 months
of 1917, an increase of 197 over the cor
responding period in 1916, according to
a report of the National Highway Pro
tective Society, Issued today.
The licensing of drivers is advocated.
A Safe and Sane Christmas Store Aglow With
Large and Brilliant Assortments of Practical
Gifts Popularly Priced. Particularly At
tractive Is This Special
Showing of Waists
A Gift Always Appreciated.
A 11 Prices, S3. 75 Up to $11
Beautiful styles in Georgette Crepe, Heavy Crepe de Chine,
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HUN AGENT POSE BARED
COTTOJf SPECULATOR. ACCUSED OP
MURDER MAY BE SPY.
Witness at Trial of Gaston Means De
clares Defendant Represented
Self as In German Pay.
CONCORD. N. C. Dec. 1. Gaston B.
Means, in the course of his numerous
and often spectacular financial trans
actions, once represented himself as a
commercial asent of the German gov
ernment, with advance knowledge of
events planned in Germany, according
to evidence offered br the state today
at Means" trial In Cabarrus County
Court on a charge of murdering Mrs.
Maude A. King.
John R. Todd, a Chicago troker. tes
tified that when Means opened a mar
gin account with his firm last January
he said he had advance information of
the contents of the forthcoming- speech
of the German Chancellor in the Reichs
tag, produced a book in which he
said was the telephone number of Cap
tain Karl Boy-ed. former naval attache
of the German embassy at Washington;
and ment'nei the Hamburg-American
line as a "sort of reference." Means
lost $35,000 when cotton prices dropped,
the witness said.
Trestle Is Washed Out.
MARSHFIELD, Or.. Dec. 1. (Spe
cial.) The Coos Bay Limited, due to
leave Marshfield at 7:35 A. M.. was
delayed today. After leaving Myrtle
Point the train was held up on account
of a washout of a trestle. Equipment
was sent from Marshfield and passen
gers and mail were transferred, and
left here at noon for Portland.
Repairs will be made in time for the
trains to move on regular schedule)
tomorrow.
. Ltastaa'.
. fr old or young, for everyone gifts in the truest s ense of the word that truly meet the spirit of the times. But 19 shopping days left. Early shopping insures
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Books for Gifts
that entertain, that instruct, that inspire and at the same time
ease the strain on your purse strings. Give Books this year!
Three Illustrated Gift Books
Of Unusual Interest and Charm
"The Vanished Halls - and Cathedrals of
France"
George Wharton Edwards $6.00
A beautifully illustrated and charmingly written
book about the vanished architectural and art
objects of France, the uncomparable storehouse
of the ages. Illustrated with 32 plates in color
and monotone. A wonderful gift.
2. "Vagabonding Down tne Andes"
Harry A. Franck $4.00
The fascinating story of Mr. Franck's four
years' wandering through South America. Full
of adventure, color and incident. Those who
have read "The Vagabond Journey Around the
World" know what to expect in this book. We
heartily recommend this book for a Christmas
gift sure to please.
3. "A I.oMrrci- in New York"
Helen M. Henderson $4.00
Discoveries made by a ramble through obvious
yet unsought highways and byways. A delight
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in sympathetic words and pictures the romance
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War Books of Conspicuous
Merit and Particular Interest.
1. "All In It, K 1 Carries On"
Major Ian Hay Balth $1.50
Continuation of "The First 100,000."
2. "My four Years In Germany"
James W. Gerard $2.00
One of the most important books about the great
war a vital and gripping narrative of Gerard's
experiences as American Ambassador in Ger
many. 3. "Over tne Top"
Arthur Guy Empey $1.50
An American boy who fought in France for a
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4. Carry On, or Letters In War Time"
Coningsby Dawson $1.00
A book that appeals to everyone.
Good New Fiction
The holiday list of books for gifts is unusually
rich in good stories by prominent writers. We
recommend:
1. "West Is West"
Eugene Manlove Rhodes $1.40
A romance of miners and cattle lands of Arizona
and New Mexico. A swiftly moving Western tale.
2. "A Reversible Santa Claus"
Meredith Nicholson $1.00
A humorous book, but exciting; an appropriate
holiday gift. A Christmas story.
3. "His Own Home Town"
Larry Evans $1.40
Jimmy Gordon makes good in his own home
town under great difficulties and wins the love
of a wonderful girl. A story for men and women.
4. "The Light in the Clearing"
Irving Bacheller $1.50
An American historical novel of reality and
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woman and of love of country, of the simple
affections and fine ideas.
6. "The Dwelling Place of Light"
Winston Churchill $1.60
By many critics considered the great novel of
1917. A story of America of today, changing,
dynamic, diverse.
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