1918.
GERMAN ATTACKS ON GERARD REFUTED BYK AISER'SQWN HAND
Official Gazette Denies Truth of Former Ambassador's Publication in The Oregonian of the Now Famous Message Sent by Emperor William to President Wilson.
THE SUNDAY OREGOMAX, PORTLAND, APRIL
ITER
1J17. !
BT JAMES W. GERARD,
ism-rlraa Anbuudor at tno CntM Im-r-orlai
Cun July -'3. I'M, to F.bnaarr .
1M. Author of "Mr Foor Yoara In Gor
nur (Coprunt, 1U. 7 Pusue Uctv
ITER the appearance. In August.
In The Oregonlan and othe
newspapers in America ana in
Telegraph, la England, of the message
of the Kaiser to President Wilson, the
official North German Gasette. evl
ciently unaware of the fsct that the
original message of the Kaiser In his
can hand was In my possession, pub'
lijb-d the following:
-The London Pally Telegraph pub
llshes from the memoirs of former Am
bassador Gerard a telegram that his
Jlajestr the Kaiser Is alleged to have
ent to President WlliOD on August i
.!, and In which the events before
the participation of England la the
reent war are set ionn.
-wo. aro. In thse circumstances. In
the position to give the assurance that
a telegram of the Jvaiser or. ton u
ture does not exist.
"It la correct that an audience was
granted to Ambassador Gerard en Au
cuat te. Isli. In order to give the op
portunity to soread before bis Msjesty
the peace-mediation offer of President
,S iMun.
-The personal message of President
Wilson to the Kaiser runs as iouoa
As official head of one of the powers
'which signed The Hague Convention.
1 feeU according to Article III ot tnis
Convention. It la niy right ana my auiy
to declare to you la the spirit of the
truest friendship that I would welcome
eiery opportunity to act In the Interest
of the peace of Europe, wneiner now
or at another mora niling lime.
War Already Beaa.
T.i nroBoaltlon came at a time
sjrhen the opposing armies' had already
crossed the frontiers and when It
eeemed out of the question to halt the
anarch of events.
-Ht Majesty could, therefore, only
transmit to the President his thanks
fr the mediation offered and to add
thereto that It was too early for the
mediation of a neutral power, but that
Inter the friendly proposition of Presi
dent Wilson could be taken op again.
"His MaJ'sty the Emperor then talked
for some time with the American Am
bassador and set forth to him sepa
rately the events which led to the out
biealc of the war. Particularly did the
v-.i. -.11 .tt.ntlon to the equivocal
and vnloyal position of England "n,c!J
fcad destroyed the hope oi a pean
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FIRST A5D LAST PAGES OF THE KAISER'S PERSONAL MESStGK TO PRESIDENT WILSOX ATGIST 10. 1814, ADDRESSED TO THE PRES
IDES? PERSONALLY AND WRITTEN AND SIGNED BY EMPEROR WILLIAM.
If the press of enemy countries sees
.i.h... in thia. that only shows
that they are not acquaimea wiin
tierman White Book which eta forth
three events.
-l oealblr. during the Interviews, the
Kmperor wrote down notes for the Am
bassador la order that the latter should
rot eend anything Incorrect to Wash
ington. In this case we have to do only
with certain notes to aid the memory of
the Ambassador, not with a communi
cation of the Kmperor to President U
aoa F.solaaaHoa Lass and Silly.
The Tageblatt reprinted this lame
and silly explanation in lt Issue of
August 1J. and complained that,
although Us correspondent at The
Hague sent, on August 7. lli. this part
of my Mrat book In a telegram, only on
August 11 did the government permit
the delivery to the Tageblatt of this
tory from the correspondent. Then the
newspsper dispatch bad to be submit
ted to the cenaorshlp officials, who only
rolesaed it for publication at midnight.
The Tageblatt says "the form of the ex
planation which baa now appeared In
ho North Herman Gasette can hardly
be called very happy. What does this
mean -possibly during the interview
the Kalaer wrote down notes for the
Ambassador In order that the latter
ehould not eend anything Incorrect to
Washington T Now. after a week the
occurrence must have been fathomed
and It was not necessary to make use
of a poaalbly." Coutd Mr. Gerard con
alder these 'notes' In the handwriting
ot the Emperor as a draft for a tele-
gramT And no tnese notes rro
telegram of the Emperor to Wilson as
air. uiiiu '
t'easershlp Systran Easeoed.
Toes not the Tageblatt article gtve a
glimpae not only of how the newspapers
of Germany are hampered and censored,
but of the positively glorious Incompe
tency of the government officials who
denied the existence of an original
document In the Kalser'a own hand
which the mo.-t elementary Inquiries In
their own circle would have disclosed
not only was In existence but in my
poe session?
The redoubtable Reventlow, writing
in the Conservative Tagea Zeltung.
commented as follows:
"Kaiser William had possibly for his
answer written down notes and given
them to Gerard, but these were only
helps for Gerard's memory and It was
rot a question of a direct communica
tion of the German Kaiser to the l'real
drnt. In accordance with the Gerard'
rvports. It now eeeme that nevertheless
the Ambassador telegraphed the Im
pert.il notes Immediately and literally
to Washington. Mr. Gerard has, there
fore, again In this respect lied, which:
ts not surprising.- I
Keventlow, of conrse. had not then
seen the facsimile of the Kaiser's tele- j
strain, wnirn is neaoea in nis own nana.
To the President, personally."
Rrveallew'a Denial Coalrsaarloa.
Later the other German newspapers
took the Foreign Office to task for
risking such a weak denial of an in
controvertible fact. And note the
charming parliamentary language of
Orar old Reventlow.
The article, by Reventlow. comment
ing oa my publication of the Kaiser's
personal message to President Wilson,
of Auc-uat 1. llt. which appeared in
the Tages Zeitung of August It. last.
i Interesting because Keventlow is
without doubt the oracle and mouth
pice of the Prussian Conservatives,
lie continued to attack me In this ar
ticle, but much of the attack is In
Teality praise, and. as we say In ex
pressive slang, "every knock la
too.t."" The article continues:
"It is very desirable to know If the
farmer Chancellor was present at the
audience; It Is regrettably not Incon
ceivable, but It Is a new proof of the
Incompetence of the Chancellor that he
did not. according to hie duty, inform
b:i Imperial Lord of the political per
sonality and character of a man like
Gerard.
"In the L-boat crisis Mr. Gerard had
torn able to play a quite decisive part,
lie was. like Mr. von Bethmann-Holl-weg.
entirely of the view that the Ger
man empire must give In to the de
mands of the I'nitei Stales and con
stantly showed himself wonderfully In
formed about what step each inner
circle would for the moment take.
"The influence of Mr. Gerard la all
the more a shameful and heavy re
proach for the official leadership of
Mr. von Bethmann-Hollweg. since this
American Ambassador, while aa in
triguer, was not a personality.
"Out when Gerard said anything,
wished anything or threatened any
thing, that Imparted always a fear
exciting event, and he was finally sly
enough to eixe and use this halo to
the limit. That a man like Gerard has
Deea able through all these years to
win and keep such a position and such
an influence over German affairs is
.-without example."
.t I must roi:y put aside the bale
going on. I certainly did my best to
persuade Hethmann-Hollweg and on
agow and Ztrumermann aa well as tne
Emperor and numberless others from
defying America. If Von Bethmann-
Hollweg and any of the others were
against ruthless submarine war. seeing
that to adopt any other policy would
brins; America Into this war. then they
took this position and history will
prove them right.
Reventlow aays further:
"In the Winter ot lslt-17 one dreamed
already of loans and Imports from the
I'nlted States during the peace nego
tiatlona. Mr. Gerard came back from
America with alms for the wounded,
and the result of his sublime patience
and that of Mr. von Bethmann-Hollweg
was pictured by the Gerard celebration
in Berlin.
"Then came the decision for ruthless
submarine war. The first time In his
Ambassadorial service was Mr. Gerard
surprised, and the men who entertained
him were also surprised, for they
dreamed of and wished for quite other
things. It Is Incorrect. If it has been
stated, that at the time of the Gerard
celebration ruthless submarine war had
already been agreed on. That came
later."
Sabsea War Net f aexpeetesU.
But I did know that ruthless sub
marine war was coming, knew of the
orders given, and this is proved not
only by my reports, which are still
secret, but by what I told not only
many people In America, but several
editors who with my full approval pub
lished article showing this belief.
I am obliged to Reventlow for what
he says of me. I admire him aa a pow
erful writer, for whose ability I have
a deep respect, and perhaps If I were
a Prussian Junker I would follow him
aa blindly and confidently as do the
army and navy officers, the nobles,
great and small, and the land-holding
squires of Prussia, to whom his writings
are as seductive as the pipings of the
Pled Piper to the townsfolk ot Hamelin.
Reventlow's charge of lying was made
In the line of his duty as a Prussian
Junker, according to the best traditions
of a Prussian government and di
plomacy, but It Is so thoroughly dis
proved and the authenticity ot the
Kaiser's telecramso universally ad-
whlch Reventlow so graciously hands I mltted In Germany, even In official cir
me. While I was Informed of what waa cles there, that I feel only sorrow for
a Prussian nobleman and Junker and
editor compelled by the exigencies of
his position to make so ridiculous a
statement.
I think thn . the Germans Just now
are beginning' to realize that I always
told them the truth and treated them
fairly, a procedure, I admit, far more
disconcerting and disturbing to them
than the most subtle wiles and moves
of the old diplomacy.
Yen Bethsaaaa-Ilollweg's Denial Given.
Von Bethmann denied that the peace
terms as set forth In my book were bis
(he did not deny that they are the terms
of the Junkers), and criticised me for
"unethically" publishing an account of
my experiences In Germany. This is
what he said:
"la his published report of this par
ticular conversation Mr. Gerard at
tributed utterances to me which may
have been made in other quarters in
Germany and to which he frequently re
ferred In the progress of our conversa
tion, but which were not my own. This
applies especially to those references to
Germany's alleged Intentions to seize
Liege and Namur and of Uermany s
plans to take possession of the Belgian
ports, the railways and to establish mil
itary and commercial dominion over
that country.
I never unfolded snch German war
aims to Mr. Gerard. In the course of
my several conversations with him. as
also in our discussion last January, I
Invariably referred to my Reichstag
speeches, in which I stated that Ger
many would exact positive guarantees
that Belgian territory and politics would
not in the future be exploited as a
menacing factor against us. I did not
make any statement as to the nature
of these guarantees.
In the progress of our conversation
Mr. Gerard suggested that the realiza
tion of far-reaching aspirations in Bel
gium would give King Albert merely a
sham authority, and asked whether It
would not be better for Germany to
forego such plana and instead of them
endeavor to acquire Liege, which Mr.
Gerard thought possible of achievement.
Perhaps this suggestion was a bait
Intended to provoke a reply from me. If
so, the attempt failed, in an my dis
cussions with the Ambassador on this
subject I referred to my public utter
endeavoring to procure a peace that
would permit us to live in cordial and
neighborly relations with Belgium.
"Shirt-Sleeve" Diplomacy Cited.
"Mr. Gerard's memory would seem
also to have served him faultily when
he wrote down what was said about
Russia. He dealt but superficially with
Germany's eastern war aims, observing
that the United States' interest in this
direction was very limited and that
Germany undoubtedly would have a
free hand there. For Rcumania and
Serbia he also revealed very slender
sympathy. Mr. Gerard did not obtain
out of my mouth any of the statements
concerning these countries which he
attributes to me.
"When diplomats undertake to ex
ploit their official career for journal
istic purposes they are very apt to
bo misled Into putting into mouths of
foreign statesmen utterances which
either are the creation of an ample
imagination or are based on faulty
memory. Discussion of political opin
ions is bound to be transitory and fleet
ing. "You Americans are impetuous peo
ple. You do not seem to permit even
your retiring diplomats to observe the
traditional silences nor have you the
patience to abide the post-mortem pub
lication of their memoirs. S.ir Edward
Goschen (former British Ambassador
to Germany and Austria) or Jules
Camtion (former French Ambassador
to Germany, the United States and
Spain) probably could excel Mr. Gerard
in revelations of entertaining diplo
matic history and gossip. Count von
Bernstorff, former Ambassador to the
United States, too, I imagine might
startle us with a diary of his Washing
ton experiences.
"In Europe, however, it -was seen
that publication of such matters were
best postponed by common consent to
later period when Judgments were
both calm and more mature. Mr.
Gerard, however, may hold the special
license, conferred by shirt-sleeve di
plomacy, as you-call it, and I shall not
dispute his prerogatives. But he must
not give his Imagination the free rein."
Gerard Replies te Doctor Hollweg.
And this was my answer published
In the New York Times for September
2, 1917: "
"Doctor Hollweg apparently did not
have the exact copy of my articles, for
if he had read them he would have
seen clearly that I said the peace terms
described were the German peace terms
and not the opinions of the Chancellor.
Dcctor Hollweg said he himself was
subject to the rule of the military
party of Germany and could not follow
his own desires.
"In the second place. Doctor Hollweg
admits that the German Government
Intended to exact guarantees from Bel
gium, and makes the admission himself
after the interview in which he so
sharply criticises me.
"Thirdly. I ask if those terms as cited
are not the German peace terms, then
what are the German peace terms?
"Doctor Hollweg gives nothing dif
ferent from these and so it might be
assumed they are the German terms,
after all. I consider it a matter ot
great regret that the German Govern
ment put Doctor Hoilweg out of office,
and I feel that personally he is bitterly
opposed to the ruthless submarine war
far of the German government and
that he only refrained from resigning
his office out of deference to the wishes
of Emperor Wilhelm.
"I presume he was put out because
his ideals were too liberal for the Ger
man authorities to endure. This liberal
ity is shown in the interview. I am sor
ry to take issue with Dr. Hoilweg on
this subject because I have a great
admiration for him and I think he is a
fine old fellow.
Old-Style Diplomacy Blamed for V ar.
"The old-time diplomacy which Dr.
Hoilweg advocated has succeeded in
plunging almost the whole world into
the bloodiest war of history. When the
people of a nation know what is going
on in the seats of government such
wars cannot happen.
"I do not believe in back-stairs diplo
macy any more than Dr. Hoilweg. I
believe the people of a nation are en-
titled to know what is going on. Thls
German diplomacy may be all right in
a monarchy of the most limited type,
but it will not go at all in a modern
democracy.
"As to the ethics of publishing my
memoirs now, I pass over the obvious
repartee that to hear a German speak
of ethics borders on the ludicrous, and
especially the man who openly in the
Kelchstag announced that necessity
knows no law and that the German
troops were at that moment deliber
ately volating the neutrality of Bel
gium." "But I believe that the old-style
diplomacy In the dark caused this war.
Of course, it Is hard for a German ex
official to conceive that the people have
a right to be enlightened about this
awful calamity. But I hope, one of the
results of this war will be the end of
back-stairs diplomacy. When the Ger
mans, with the Chancellor's approval,
violated the usage of all nations and
times and kept me as' a hostage after
I had demanded my passports, I think
to talk of ethics comes with a bad grace
irom the German side. ,
Ex-Chancellor Talks of Ethic.
Understand that Bethmann-Hollweg
is not a bad man, but for one who
openly announced that necessity knows
no law and defended the invasion of
Belgium, failed to stop the cruelties
of the prison camps and gave official.
if not private, consent to the murder
of women and babies, not only on the
high seas, but in undefended towns,
to talk of ethics because I dared to
tell the world what was happening in
verges on the ludicrous; but why at
tack poor Bethmann? Opportunity
knocked at his door, but the want of
a cacKDone prevented his becoming a
great figure. .
History will laud him for opposing
ruthless submarine war so . long, hue-
will blame him for weakly yielding i&ZZ
lilt) Y?iiu. as lor liio t.mii:, iihtc"
been careful to give only official con-i.'--
Rpthmann Vnn Jcnw 5immrm nn " "
ana others. . inciudlne- mv talks wltn -
Bethmann and Zimmermann on the day
i icil uciuiuii), ucunuau 11. was uiiuvi
. , I . .1., un..l ' '
never be disclosed whatever happened.
And as time goes on more and more
UU X UC1ICVO 1110.L II1BLUI y Will VlllUlVjtlO
Von Jagow and teach the Emperor and V
the people of Germany that a faithful
ana skihiui servant, snouia never uu,
stiiiiiii.tru l u 1 1 1 c ijiki.guca ui a 11"
gossiping politicians. It is part of the
strength of President Wilson that he
backs up his officials and refuses to
listen even to widespread popular
clamor for their heads. It was the
business of Von Jagow to conduct the
foreitrn nolicv of Germanv: but the in
triguers demanded his removal because
he was too occupied to waste time talk-.
ing to amateur politicians and because
nis voice did not charm the Reichstag..
BUTTER, NOT GOLD, IS MOST PRECIOUS OF
ALL ARTICLES IN ENGLISH HOSPITALS
Edith Lanyon Writes Interestingly of Life With the Fighting Men in England Greatest Recent Event Is Arrival
of American Soldiers En Route to the Battle Zone King Sends Congratulations. '
BY EDITH E. LANYON'.
SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND, March
9. I have been taking a few mag
azines and cigarettes to our sol
dier patients. These were provided by
a kind friend of mine In California. 1
added a new copy of the Ladies' Home
Journal and it seemed to greatly Inter
est a big flying man. He told me, with
a grin, that he showed all the pictures
of scrumptious food to the boys in the
ward and made their mouths water.
Thia particular copy had by mistake
two sheets of paper dolls in instead of
one. I was therefore able to make two
little girl patients happy, so It was a
lucky mistake for them. One of these
soldiers was asked how his leg was
fractured and he replied:
"One of those things with long legs
kicked me."
Can anybody guess the name of the
animal?
Kipling has immortalized It.
I carelessly forgot the matches to go
with the cigarettes, but remembered
them next day.
MatehM Scarce In Hospitals.
Matches are getting so uncommonly
ances. In which I emphaszled that I was I scarce th we shall soon have to rub
two sticks together to get a light. Our
scout boy will undoubtedly be able to
manage that way.
My army service corps man. who was
kicked, informed me confidentially that
his sergeant-major was in the military
hospital quite near.
"Do you want to see him?" said L
"I'm not very keen," said he.
We both smiled understanding.
Those in authority are not always
greatly in request with their juniors.
That other hospital is rather annoyed
with us at present because we "stole
(so their sister expressed it) an appen
dicitis case of theirs. I assured her
we had appendicitis cases "to burn1
and would not dream of going out of
our way to appropriate one that did
not beyong to us.
Children Balk at Operations.
If everybody had their rights our
soldiers belong to them, too.
Our out patients this week Included
a number of unfortunate boys and
girls who have to have their little noses
and ears syringed. They simply hate
the operation and splutter and wail
extravagantly all the time it is being
done. Their only joy lies in the fact
that they are half an hour or so late
HOW PORTLAND MIGHT BE BOMBARDED BY THE BIG GUN OF THE HUNS, IF OREGON WERE FRANCE.
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For Pwrpowes ef CeaaparUea the Above Mum. Drawa by a Staff Artist of The Oregoalap. Shows Distant Points la Oregoa From Which Portland Might Be Bom
kardool by Sara Artillery aa le -Now Tralaed ea Paris. All Polata Indicated by the Dotted Limes of Suppositions Shellflre Are Witala a 75-Mlle Radios, the
Kstlaaated Haiit of the Geraaaa Uaa.
Some conception of the giant range of Germany's latest war device, the mysterious cannon which Is bombarding Paris from an estimated distance of 75
miles, may be gained by a glance or two at the map of Oregon.
Far be it from Portland to pretend to Parisian distinction, but If Portland were Paris and Oregon was to be translated "somewhere in France," the city by
the Willamette let us say, the Seine would afford an excellent target from the snows of Mount Jefferson for such a monster of modern artillery as the Huns
have trained on the French capital.
Vfunt Jefferson. In a southeasterly direction, looms approximately on the line of an Imaginary circle of 75-mile radius, with Portland as its focal center..
So dees the thriving Oregon city of The Dalles, almost dlrecUy east of Portland. From either point, the pinnacle of Jefferson or the City Hall of The Dalles,
the big gun could plump Its ZOO-pound shell Into the Portland shopping district on a busy afternoon.
Napa vine. Wash., is also strategically located for such an attack from the north, while to the west both Astoria and Tillamook are well within the radius of
range. As for the military students of Oregon Agricultural College at Corvallls, to the south, did they but possess the giant gun, they might shoot either at
a ship In the distant blue Pacific or a church spire in Portland, for the city of the "Aggies" is within the radius of range.
While imagining these sanguinary developments.lt is proper to remember that each of the points named is equally within range of Portland, and that the
merry ilaxamaa. cavorting gleefully on the crags of Mount Jefferson, might find their picnic onerous should Portland fire a round at the big peak.
And there you are. A huge state Is Oregon. On travels by train and stage, by horse and foot, up dale and down dale, to gain some point bo remote from
human habitation that the mountain trout know nothing whatever of the danger that lurks in a dusky miller. But the new hate device of the Hun would
cough gruffly and annihilate bo in distance and icenerjr,
for school, which is always gratifying.
One poor child could easily have ac
ceded to Mark Antony's famous re
quest:: "Lend me your ears," for he has
nearly cut them oil by falling on the
sharp edge of a coal pan. How he
could do them both at once is beyond
me, as I remarked to his mother.
A big man from an iron works, who
had part of his thumb amputated, came
here in a hurry a few days ago and
complained that the muscles of his arm
were still stiff.
"Look, nurse, this is the movement
I want to get," he said, hitting out
with that arm in a most pugilistic man
ner.
"Gracious, are you a prize fighter?"
I asked him.
He laughed and laughed and at last
saia:
"No, I'm a riveter."
We referred him to the masseuse up
stairs.
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Quite a small boy. one of our splut
tering army of syringees, has recently
adopted us and the whole out patient
department. We call him our orderly
and he begs to be allowed to wash our
windows or dust for us.
He is a dear little chap and calls the
swabs "swamps." Not a bad name, as
we use wet ones. Greatly to the envy
of the children who are only patients,
he is always turning the bandage roller
when he has nothing else to do. He
turns it at a high rate of speed, full or
empty, and when it has eaten up one
bandage it shrieks until it gets an
other. Its squeak is so brain-racking
that we usually hand him out another
bandage to wind in self-defense.
He considers himself a great expert
at powdering rubber gloves. Some
times, if our orderly scrubs his hands
very, very clean, we let him cut up
'swamps." That is the height of bliss.
Sometimes, when I am in town, I see
a boy stand at attention and salute me
and it generally turns out to be one of
my grateful young patients.
I, of course, feel quite bucked up.
But a sad thing happened yesterday.
went to an entertainment in aid of
the hospital and one of my most regu
lar patients was sitting three rows be
hind me, he in "the pit," I in the stalls,
and I never saw him.
He elmost wept with regret this
morning as he told me:
I were right back o' they three sol
diers, nurse, and you very nearly looked
right at me once."
I expressed my keen disappointment
at missing him like that, "and you
swanking to the theater in a nice, clean
head bandage that I put on you myself
in the morning," as I said to him.
Anyway, we were able to compare
notes on the merits of the entertain
ment and that made us feel decidedly
superior to other people who had not
been and could hear us talking.
Both society people, we are. More
over, he once spent a day in London,
because he told me so.
Mainly at the soo.
The only unwelcome food I have seen
lately was a weird meal of oatmeal
porridge ana Dismum, wnicn a poor
unfortunate patient had to swallow be
fore he was examined by the X-rays for
some internal trouble.
He was not at all anxious for more
than his ration.
Generally we are all quite grateful
for anything in the food line which
comes our way.
A friend told me that she counted
00 plum stones in a pound pot of plum
she bought. We have some of the
same sort and I call it "tinker, tailor,
soldier, sailor jam."
Stones are not very nourishing. They
ought to have them for munitions.
o o o
They tell me that in London you can
get "buckwheat cakes and mulberry
syrup," American style.
I remarked that they were usually
served with maple syrup, but I suppose
they thought anything that began with
an "m ' would do in war time.
Likes and dislikes are certainly out
of season.
If we want to express the idea of
great Talue we say a thing is "worth
ion in benevolence is to give up part ,
or one s meat or ouiter ration to a con -
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dividual will head the list with a do- -nation
of two ounces of his meat ra? .-.
tion to maKe Deer tea. io ooudi even
a widow s mite or a numoie nair ounce
of margarine will be gratefully accepts ....
ed. Especially if the convalescent one - "
is a typhoid case.
Truly, the Lord loveth a cheerful .
giver.
Of course real invalids can get a spe-;...l
ciai allowance Dy tre use oi a aoctors n-
certincate. :
I have mentioned in former letters i
tne amount or. our rations, unis is not--;
the national ration, but the local one. ; '
We shall be more generously provided :. .,
, ., n .ha ... i ...... 1 Ana .1 ' V. ... It la , ,1
come into use early in April. .. .
voluntary service at the food control - -office
here this week. Peonle have been i
asking me questions regarding food
supplies ever since.
o o a
The great event of the week is that -
at last 1 have seen some American soi- -diers.
To tell the truth, in my mad .,
rush to get to the window and have a .- -look
at them I upset a whole pot of a ,
tea on the table. ..
Last evening, as I was on my way-"-.
khaki talking pure United States.
T V. .. MnHA .V.nn hair a mini .1 cfnn.'
rnnrA nn Tno Rrrffr rnrnur h n in n ill
thA conversation. If I see manv more
T ln11nA .n m, i a nntino'
in the window:
"American understood here."
Two days ago I am sure I heard an
aeroplane with an American accent go .
ove" the house.
In a sDeech -of Lord Denbieh's he
speaks of a recently captured Hun, who .
said:
"I am getting worried. We have .
Gott on our side, but you have the
Americans."
I have heard again from the Oregon
hnvs In Franca ntiH hnvA RAnt them Off
a parcel of books and magazines with ,
the compliments of Portland.
No doubt they will write their thanks
in due time.
One of them, a corporal, writes:
"The Germans sure make a mistake
when they think the old United States
won't be ready for fighting before this '
Summer.
As he speaks Belgian, he gets on very
welL -
o -
The mother of mv friend, the ser-
geant-gunner, has received a letter
from the King. She let me copy it out
and it runs thus:
This non-commissioned officer was
mentioned in a dispatch from Field
Ufarnhnl Sir Tlnnirlfls TTaler. dated No-
vemher 7. 1917. for erallant and distin
guished service in the field. I am to'. ,
elation of these services and to add that ..
His Majesty trusts that their public
acknowledgement may be of some con-,
solation in your bereavement."
KALAMA-WORKER NOTABLE
Mrs. Carrie Carson Turns Out Much..
. Sewing for Soldiers.
KALAMA, Wash., April . (Special.)
Mrs. Carrie Carson, of Kalama, has
made an enviable and unusual record m
Red Cross work. Last Fall, when word :
came from headquarters to rush quilts
along as fast as possible, Mrs. Carson
completed seven quilts for the Red
Cross in a little over four weeks' time. .
She made the quilts entirely without
assistance, from the piecing to the
quilting. Later she completed three '
more. The quilts were pieced accord
ing to elaborate, old-fashioned designs .
that have been in Mrs. Carson's posses
sion for years.
This year Mrs. Carson turned her
energies into sewing for hospital sup
plies, and in three months completed
nearly 160 shirts, pajama coats and
trousers for wounded soldiers.
Albany Banker Resigns.
ALBANY, Or., April 6. (Special.)
Neil M. Bain, a young man widely -known
in banking circles In this part
of the Willamette Valley, has resigned
as assistant cashier of the First Na
tional Bank of Harrisbura to accept a...
position with the Hammond Lumber
Company, at Astoria. Mr. Bain, who re-
sided in Albany for several years he
fore going to Harrisburg, was formerly
ita weight in butter." The latest fash- cashier of the Albany State Sank.