72 Pages
Five Sections
Section One
Pages 1 to 24
VOL. XXXVIII XO. 1.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 5, 1919.
TRICE FIVE CENTS.
III
EKES OF RUSSIANS
TURNT
1
S,
lSIXTY HUN AIRPLANES
TAKEN BY AMERICANS
CRAFT T CRN ED OVER TO SOL
DIERS AT COBLENZ.
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Internal Strife Steadily
Grows Worse.
E'S TRIBUTE TD!l INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
WILSON LUSTY ONE
PROBLEMS DEVELOPING DAILY
Cossack Chief and Admiral
, Kolchak Estranged.
AMERICAN IDEALS LAUDED
People Appear Confident of Aid
I'ran Great Republic Semen
s', off Coup Recalled.
IRKUTSK. Siberia. Wednesday. Jan.
I. (By tha Associated Fress.) New
Tear's finds Russia's Internal atrtfe
accentuated and offering additional , (
170 German Submarines Under I
Construction Found by Intcr-
Allied 'aval Commission.
COBLENZ. Thursday. Jan. t. (By
tha Associated Press.) Sixty more
German airplanes were accepted today
by tha Americana. One hundred more
which will be turned over to the Ameri
cans have arrived here and are being:
given trial flight by German aviators.
Eo far all tho machines offered have
been accepted. All were brand new.
Eternal City Indulges Un
broken Ovation.
AMERICAN FLAGS EVERYWHERE
Day Busiest of European Trip
for President.
LONDON. Jan. i. One hundred and
seventy submarines, all under con
struction, were found when the Inter-
1 1 1 .,4 M.v.i MmmlulAH visited Ger
many to make, arrangements for the VATICAN IS VERY CORDIAL
carrying; out of the terma or the armi
stice, according to newspapers here.
These U-boats, it Is said, will be
turned over to the allies.
150 MILES GROWS TO 1600
Executive Leaves City for Paris With
Cheers of Roman Throng.
Ringing in RIs Ears.
ROME. Jan. S. (By the Associated
Press.) President 'Wilson today had
Short Trip 3fade Long Between
Klamath and Bend to Get Prisoners
KLAMATH FALLS. Or- Jan. 4.
1 Knmm Idem of tha Inadequate
railway facllltlea of Eastern Oregon 1 I k.c n..i ......, "-j -
ndicated in the trip of Constable Fred gramme since he came to Europe, ana
problems to the allies and the United I jjoreley. who will leave tomorrow to I he accomplished It while thousands of
States. I secure two prisoners held at Bend. 15 I Italians looked on and cheered.
General Srnenoff. atung to action mlies north .and will travel about ifier th nrartaxlon from the station
ty the attempt made on his life at milea ln nuking the trip. I to tne Qulrlnal. the President visited
Chita. Immediately ordered his forces! R,ymond Frost and a Mrs. Peterson I tno Queen Mother, had conferences
to capture the Important strategic cen-I ar accU8ed of having atolen between wlth premer Orlando and Foreign
ter of Verkhne Udlnsk. midway be- I 300 ma 400 worth of goods from the I Minister Sonnlno. gave an audience to
tween Irkutsk and Chita, and depose Randolph residence In Crescent. In the I tne COuncil of the Royal Academy of
the officials. The correspondent on i northern part of the count. . and are I Sciences, was received at the House of
his arrival at Udlnsk found the Cos- j re portef to have had some of the stolen I Parliament, was the guest of honor at
sacks in complete control or the town. I gooa, jn their possession when appre- I a Btate dinner given by the King, and
- Qaletfy Aeeaaipllahed. I hended at Bend. I ended the day with a reception at the
Aman those arrested at Udlnsk were capuol. wnere ne received me citizen
rninn.i RiranafikT. the military com- tmiin n r- r- a e TT rtorrnMUHI""1" or Kom.
I lung 1 1 biBtar-i w to wii w.... ... xnere appeared to dc more oniooKen
than there were leaves on the palm
mander in the region, hia chief of ataff,
the commandant of the atation and
the telegraph operators.
advanced by the Cossacka for the ar
rests was that the officials were pro-
Bolshevtk. The townsmen, however.
appear to think that their offense was
that they were favorable to Admiral
Kolchak. the dictator of the Omsk gov
ernment, with whom General Semenoff
had differences. The Semenoff coup
The reason I Albert Ii. Perry, of , otl, Among! trees of Rome. There were too many
Those Reaching France.
beinr released from German prison
campa wer given out today ty me
War Department. The death of Lieu
v'Ha.rrt T Cammrvm. of Wash-
appareniiy was carnea ui -"..v.. "mg ton. D. G. while a prisoner in Ger
snot p.n urtu. vi...... .. . many, was also reported.
Tho officers released were Captain
Henry A. House. Duluth. Minn.; Lieu
tenant Christopher W. Ford. New York
City, and Lieutenant Herbert R. Ken
dall. Santa Ana. CaL Among the en
listed men ware
Or.
people for the streets and great squares
and too many for the trees, buildings.
WASHINGTON. Jan. . .Names or monuments and other nolnts of van
three officers and nearly juu enusiea tage.
men who nave reacneo. r rant: ir
General Semenoff have been installed
In the town.
Friends of Colonel Baronofsky sue
ceeded In capturing him from the Cos
sacks. They obtained three staunch
horses and a sleigh and forced the
Colonel to go with them. They then
began a wild dash toward Irkutsk
across frozen Lake Baikal. 300 versta
Americas Flaaa Everywhere.
The atmosphere was that of an aver
age American town on a holiday to
which waa added the Latin touch so fa
miliar to American tourists. .This, how
ever, should be multiplied In the imag
ination by about 1000. The result was a
fairly accurate picture of Rome as it
waa today.
After one month of rain sunlight had
come to brighten the parks and gar-
A'bert L. Perry. KotL fn n1 tha . city .was--fresh and
KiieieniiiB nucn me ricmueni arrived-
Many bands were in the streets and the
American flag- waa everywhere. Long:
War.
Official casualty list. Section 1, page 23
foreign.
Difficult' problem confronts allies in Russia,
Section 1. page 1- - i- .
Sixty German airplanes turned over to
Americans. Section 1. page 1.
Russian people count confidently on Amerl
can aid. Section 1. pare 1.
Rome's ovation to President is lustiest of
all. Section 1. page 1.
American troops mix "Winter sports with
. watch on Rhine. Section 1, page 2.
German ships to be used to carry food sup-
I plies to Europe, fcectlon 1, page 2.
Schedule of peace conference planned. Sec
tlon 1, page 4.
Germans prepare to act against Poles. Sec-
tlon 1, page 6.
National.
Purchase of 14 "camp sites recommended.
Section 1. page 1.
America must feed Europe's hungry, says
President. Section 1, page 8.
Railroads must be kept out of politics, says
McAdoo. section T. page e.
Three combat divisions ordered home. Sec
tion 1. page 7.
Secretary Baker declares permanent peace
America's right. Beet ton l, page 14.
Domestic m
All soldiers safely removed from stranded
liner. Section 2, page 16.
the President's route a sprinkling; of
American. French and British officers
Concluded on Page 3, Column 4.)
away. The sleigh was last seen ORANGE PICKING DELAYED lines Italian -troops just returned
Ins the suburbs, the driver lashing; the I I from the front guarded the streets and
Jierse furiously. The commandant of CaUforna' Growers Wish to Avoid mwched nd counter-marched. Along:
the station and the telegraph, opera- I .
tors also managed to escape. Marketing Frown fruit
Mark Ksswcle t V. . LOS ANGELES. Jan. 4 Orange
Th. a-orresnondent talked with some I growers of Los Angeles County, who
of the officers in General SemenofTs convened at the Chamber of Commerce
fnr.. Soma were mere boy but all here today to discuss the crop situa-
. . . ,K, j th, America, waa I tlon following the recent frosts, de
taklnar an Interest in Russian affairs, termined not to pick any citrus fruit
Th vnid ihlp ronfljenca in the I for ten days.
disinterestedness of America's assist-1 It waa estimated that w ithin that
nee. The Cdinsk operation was in time a careful survey of all groves
. harr. of Cener&l Skeoetroff. I could be iade and the condition oi
It U reported that General Semenoff the fruit determined sufficiently to
recently ordered that General Talstlkin prevent any iroxen sxoca going; on mo
and Colonel Romanovsky. Russian I market.
leaders In this region, be arrested and
hot for recognising Admiral Kolchak,
The officers escaped to the border of
Mongolia, where they are prepared to
Xlce Into China.
Asa erica a a Are 1'atehlag.
The operatives on the Siberian Rail
way continue at work, but continually
complain of conditions. They are paid
with Bolshevik money.
'American Army officers are stationed
at important points in Kastern Siberia
observing conditions. The officer at
Verkhne Cdinsk Is Lieutenant T. Ralph
Baggs. of New York.
Sport f .
Physical education association directors to
meet Saturday, bection J, page 1.
Pacific Coast directors favor eight-club cir
cuit, section Z. page i.
II Hard tournament opens tomorrow. Section
2. page 2.
Boiling leagues to resume schedules this
week, section ::, page
University of Washington plans full card of
atmeuc events, section page o.
University athletes planning to return. Sec
tion z, page a.
War develops trapshootlng. Section ' 2,
page 1.
Johnny McCarthy scheduled to arrive for
Wednesday smoker, section Z. page 4.
Pacific North weit.
Graves give up three murder victims Sec
tion 1. page 1..
Change In parole law favored by grand Jury.
bee tlon 2, page a.
Idaho Republican administration takes office
tomorrow. Section 1. page 9.
Reconstruction programme outlined for 1919
session or Washington legislature, sec
tion 1, page 7.
Bank deposits tell progress of Centralis.
section l, page S.
Bank deposits tell progress of Central! a. Sec
tion i, page v.
Commercial and Marine.
Government selects Portland for dairy pro-
auce mantes oureau location, section z.
Dare 15.
Corn holds -firm at Chicago on lightness of
rr lavgleotc S.nl cvern
arrivals. Section 2, page 15.
Renewed selling pressure weakens Wall
street stocK market, section Z. page J ft.
Shelterdeck ships of 8800 tons proposed. Sec
tion z, page i.
Motorshtp makes good ocean record. Section
. page is.
Portland and Ticlnlty.
Speakers for reconstruction selected. Section
1, page 5.
Hospital facilities of city and state declared
inadequate. Section 1, page 10.
New city traffic ordinance goes Into effect
January 10. Section 1. page 10.
Records uhow 1136 divorac suits filed dur
tng 1618. Section 1, page 15.
Return of 3rd Oregon as unit is asked. Sec
tion 1, page 16.
Women find place in local industries. Sec
tion 1. page 16.
Grand Jury charges bhd faith and makes
target of police department. . Section 1.
page 17.
Discharged soldiers advised to continue
Army Insurance. Section 1, page IS.
F. J. Meyer. T- M. C. A. secretary, returns
from overseas duties. Section 1, page 19.
Rote Festival for 1919 generally favored.
Section 1. page 20.
Oregon legislators fear "flue" epidemic Sec
tion 1, page 20:-
Soldiers at Vancouver Barracks manage own
theater. Section 1, page 22.
Weather report data and forecast. Section 2,
page 16.
GRAVES GIVE UP 3
MURD
VCTMS
PURCHASE OF 14 CAMP
SITES RECOMMENDED
BIG SLAV PROBLEM
UACLE SAM URGED TO INVEST
66 M1LLIOX DOLLARS.
Woman and Two Vj'
Found ;lHoppia.
BODIES REMOVED TO MORGUE
Finding of Papers Aids in Fix
ing Date of Crime.
POLICE TAKE UP SEARCH
Woman's Straw Hat, Found In Grave
of Boy' Victim, May Lead to
Identity of Trio. !
OLTMPIA, Wash.. Jan. 4. (Special.)
What, is supposed to have been the
murder of a dancehall grirl. from the
j resorts banished a year agro by order
of the Federal officials at Camp Lewis,
today developed unmistakable evidence
of a family slaughter. Search of the
place at Hawk's Prairie, where the sup
posed girl's body was found on New
Year's day, today resulted In the dis
coveryTf the bodies of two boys, a.ge&
about five and seven years.
While Coroner Mills, of Thurston
County, and Chief of Police Harry
Cusack, of Olympia, searched for evi
dence in an effort to establish the
identity of the woman, they found
child's white straw hat about 100 feet
from the shallow grave In which the
woman was buried.
Tiny Skull Furnishes Clew.
A step further into the thicket they
picked up a tiny skull. Three feet away
in a hole beneath a fallen tree they
exhumed the body of a boy, with the
legs hacked off at the waist. Twelve
feet away was another skull jammed
beneath a log-, from under which the
ground had bean gouged was the de
composed torse of another lad.
It is now believed that a motehr and
two children were the victims of
triple murder that occurred after May
10, as a copy of The Oregonian of that
date was found near the graves. A
copy of the Olympia Recorder, bearing-
date of July 5, 1917, was also found
nearoy. Tne woman was garbed in a
gingham dreas when she was killed,
while the boys wore overalls. She also
wore a cheap chip straw hat.
Bodies Removed Jo Morgue.
From the condition of the bodies it
has been impossible for the officers to
determine the weapon used by the
Provsiion for Future Training of
Army, Regardless of Peace
Strength, Is Advised.
(Concluded on Page 5. Column 1.)
CHITA. Trana-Balkalla. Dec. 29. By
th Associated Press.) General Sera-
ICE STOPS HOOD FERRIES
Still ' Water Near Banks and Floes
In Midstream Interfere.
HOOD RIVER. Or.. Jan. 4. (Special.)
With thick Ice covering the surface
of the Columbia In still water around
the banks and the midstream filled
with ice floes, local ferry systems have
temporarily tied up. The Tahoma. of
the People'a Navigation Company, how
ever, made the trip to Portland today.
It Is expected that she will tie up in
Portland until the river is clear of ice.
The minimum temperature here last
noff. who was quite seriously wounded" nlht w" 7 d'trees above aero,
by fragments of a bomb thrown in a
crowded theater here recently, re- LIEUT- SCHLEY DEnflRATFD
CvlTeQ IQt AIBVCIAICU r ( CDS vui i w
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cuaaeti Dneuy in crisis- an nuoaiii
Atparr I. siaUter. Wounds In Seven Hours
Tha dramatic background of the in- I NEW TORK. Jan. 4. Lieutenant J.
tervlew made It unusuaL A sinister Montfort Schley. Jr.. a cousin of the
atmosphere dominates Chita. Cossack I late Admiral Schley, wounded five
guards are stationed about public I times In seven hours during the second
buildings and move ceaselessly through I battle of the Marne. has received the
th streets. I Croix de Guerre, relatives her were
Driving through th town behind Ice- I Informed today. He Is rapidly recover
coated horses. the correspondent I tng and lb expected home soon.
reached General Semenoffs bouse in I It ws not until he received his fifth
the outskirts of the town. Armed Cos-I wound, a bullet in the leg. that Lieu-
sacks stood guard before it. Th cor-I tenant Enhley had to leave the battle
respondent waa admitted, but as the I field,
door closed behind him the key was
turned by a guard. A auave valet, an iCATUCP RCWCDAI I V CAID
orderly and then an armed Cossack ap- " - ""-'-""'-'- rin
narcd. the CosMck demmndinsr tha rea.-
son for the visit. He was General ",n9 l'ur,"S -acr nail i eek
Semenoffs bodyguard. I Probability,
A Ion r turlev anaued. durinr whii.li I
the correspondent was subjected to the
most rigid examination he ever Under
went. Finally his card waa sent In to
predictions for the week beginning
Monday, Issued by tne weather bureau
the General, who aent out word that he I toda'r' ar
teuld receive th correspondent.
Aawrltii AM Dealred.
Pacific States Generally Lmir wtuh
er and normal temperature, nut w1tn
Drnbabllitv of return of unaeiilerf
General Semenoffs room showed evl-I nd nln. ln Washington and
oenc oi me anisiio laaies oi its occu- Oregon latter half of the week.
pant, xi wavea a courteous welcome
with his left hand, exotainlnr fhat hi
right hand and leg had been injured by SHARKS USEFUL ON FARMS
me explosion, a aurgeon nad just re
moved fragments of th bomb from the Bis Cargo Brought in for Call for-
jujurev leg;.
Referring to America. General Sent-
enoii wss insistent to nis aeclaration
that American troops would b wel
comed by Russians.
"The landing of foreign troops on
Russian soil Is naturally distasteful.'
n said, -but It Is necessary now to
overthrow the Bolshevists.
Asked If his differences with Ad-1
LacluUd oa i'afe 2. Ctfiuma 1.)
nla Ranchers.
SAN DIEGO. CaU Jan. 4. Seven
thousand sharks, cut in half, dried and
piled up like cord wood ln the hold of
the motorshlp Gryme. formed the prin
cipal cargo of that vessel when it ar
rived yesterday from Guadalupe Island
and Ensenada. Lower California.
The sharks will be used as fertilizer.
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WASHINGTON,-' Jan. 4. Governmeat
acquisition of all 16 National Army
cantonment sites, leaving determina
tion of their ultimate use to the future,
was urged today by Assistant Secretary
of War Crowell before the House mili
tary committee.
He also advocated purchase of land
for establishing three big camps at
Columbus, Ga.. West Poinfi Ky., and
Fayettevllle, N. C, for future training
of the Army, regardless of its peace
time strength. The total cost would
exceed $6,000,000.
Mr. Crowell, Brigadier-General Jer-
vey, an assistant chief of staff, and
Major-General Snow, chief of field ar
tillery, declined to commit themselves
as to plans for a peace-time Army.
Two of the cantonment sites Camp
Funston, Kansas, and Camp Lewis,
Washington are owned by the Govern
ment, and the cost of the land of the
remaining 14 would be $9,654,000 for
131,000 acres, the annual rental of
which is $858,000. Leases that expire
next July must be renewed for three
years, Mr. Crowell said, in order to sal
vage the improvements, costing $145,-
000,000, that the Government has placed
onthe sites.
In addition, damages of $2,933,000 on
the land and $1,254,000 on improve
ments must be paid by the Government.
General Snow said that 300.000 Amer
ican artillerymen were in service
aoroaa during the war, using guns
bought In England and France. He
said American production of guns was
beginning in quantity when the armls
tice was signed.
CONFRONTS ALL ES
Speedy Curb of Bolshe
vism Deemed Vital.
POWERS' LIABILITY LIMITED
Effective Action to Give Aid to
Poland Probable.
REDS' STRENGTH GAUGED
Exterior Pressure on Russia, It la
Believed, May Show Lrnlne
and Trolsky to Be Wcuk.
EX-KAISER'S COLD BROKEN
Former Emperor Again Able to Join
Family Circle.
AMERONGEN, Jan. 3. (By the As
sociated Press.) The former German
Emperor has apparently shaken off the
effects of his recent illness and was
able to Join the family circle of the Von
Bentincks yesterday. He did not ven
ture Into the open air today, however.
The Rhine Is rising rapidly, and in
its lower reaches has overflowed its
banks, covering scores of square miles,
The low-lying meadow land around
Amerongen castle now looks like an
immense sea. The water runs directly
to the foot of the castle walls.
Wany farm houses are cut off from
communication with the adjacent vll
lages except by means of boats.
WASHINGTON SUMS UP LOSS
Approximately 58,000 Men Volun
teer; Total Casualties 929.
SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 4. Washing
ton state men to the number of 929
made the supreme sacrifice in the
world war, and the total may be high
er when final figures are in, accord
ing to official and unofficial estimates
announced here today. The deaths are
divided as follows: Killed in action.
392; died of wounds, 146; died of dis
ease, 327; died from other causes, 64.
Approximately 58,000 Washington
men volunteered for service in some
one of the allied or American armies
or weie drafted in the American mili
tary or naval service. Washington men
wounded or missing in action number
upward of 1200.
BT JAMES M. TUOHT.
(Copyright by the New York World. Pub
liahed by arrangement.)
PARIS, Jan. 3. (Special Cable.)
Foreign Secretary Balfour's arrival In
Paris immediately following President
Wilson's important conferences with
Premier Lloyd George and the British
War Cabinet is due to a desire on the
part of both the British and American
authorities to reach an agreement, not
only as to the course of procedure at
the peace conference, such as the order
in which the different topics shall be
taken up and the extent to which the
proceedings can be made public, but It
Is understood, particularly on the In
creasingly difficult and urgent prob
lems dealing with Russian Bolshevism
and Its threatened extension to Ger
many.
The Idea, at first mooted here, that
the United States should take ln hand
and settle the Russian Imbroglio has
been recognized as Impracticable, how
ever convenient it might by to other
powers concerned. Action limiting the
liability of each power. It is under
stood, has now been agreed upon.
Britain's Interests Large.
It is pointed out that, while all are
jointly interested in restoring as quick
ly as possible some sort of settled gov
ernment in Russia, certain powers are
specially concerned with certain areas
Britain, with the security of her In
dian Empire as almost her first con
sideration, may be expected to take her
part in encircling Bolshevism from
Persia and Turkestan, while it Is be
lieved she is ready to give fullest sup
port through her fleet in the Black
and Baltic seas, when Spring comes, to
ward enabling naval operations to be
carried out on a formidable scale in the
latter region.
Reports current a few weeks ago
that the Anglo-American forces might
be withdrawn from Murmansk have
ceased and have been superseded by
others, perhaps well founded, that Brit
ain might send a force through Austria
to take a hand ln conjunction with the
French and local Polish armies, in
restoring order In Poland.
The fact that Paderewski, the Polish
leader, was accompanied to Dantzig
and Posen by a high British officer
gives strong color to this latter sug
gested enterprise. On the report of this
officer Britain's action, both in its ex
tent and sphere, may be guided.
Advantage of Move Shown.
Effective action In Poland would en-
j circle both the Russians and the Ger-
man Bolshevists separately and cut
them off from each other as well. Both
I the Vistula and Nleman offer invalu-
OHIO DRY FORCES UPHELD i
Suit to Block Submission of Prohi
bition Amendment Fails.
I able methods for utilizing the smaller
CINCINNATI, Jan. 4. Prohibition aval warships of which both Britain
forcesgained a victory in the United
States District Court here today when
United States Judge Holllster dismissed
a suit to enjoin Governor Cox, of Ohio,
from presenting to the coming meeting
of the Ohio Legislature the proposed
National prohibition amendment.
Judge Hollister stated that it was
his opinion the chief point made by the
plaintiff, Albert G. Erkenbrecker, a
real estate man, that the proposed
amendment should have received two-
thirds of the total membership of both
houses of Congress instead of two-
thirds of the members voting, was not
good logic.
CALIFORNIA AFTER LEA
Salary of $5000 Said to Have Been
Held Out for Fair Secretary.
SALEM. Or., Jan. 4 (Special.)
Fred E. Ward, millionaire stockman of
Hemet, Cal., has notified A. H. Lea,
secretary of the Oregon State Fair,
that the directors of the Los Angeles
fair have Mr. Lea's name under con
sideration for a possible secretary of
that association at a salary of $5000 a
year.
Mr. Lea has let it be known that he
s not an active candidate for re-elcc
tion as secretary of the fair here, and
is considered likely he may accept
the California proposition if it is put
up to him in an official form.
YPHUS RUSSIAN MENACE
State Department Notified That Dis
ease Is Spreading.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. Typhus is
spreading in Russia, according to ad-
ices today to the State Department.
Two hundred and sixty cases are re
ported from Ekaterinburg, 700 at
Chilabinsk and 200 deaths ln Tomsk
during December. Irkutsk reports 450
cases.
The disease is prevalent among the
civilian as well as the military popu
lation. - -
and the United States have such large
numbers now available to aid in the
settlement of the Polish problem, which
is of vital urgency ln checkmating
Bolshevik activities In both Russia and
Germany.
When, shortly before the armistice.
Lord Milner sounded the warning note
of peril,' that a European peace and
its attainment required a settlement
with Germany, if German Bolshevists
bji jo Xjnuaq suj,,, juauioounouuo ui
got their opening, owing to excesslvo
allied demands and threats, he was Im
mediately made an object of suspicion
by thinking people both here and iu
England; but his wisdom and foresight
are now recognized and his influence
in the new British Cabinet will be
proportionately enhanced.
Poland's Freedom Dired.
The freedom of Poland has long been
a B'rench ideal; and France mat bo
expected to take a share in the work
of realizing It; for it is now not merely
an Ideal, but an imperative condition
precedent to the real security of futurv
peace for Europe.. Co-operation is assured-
among thj associated govern
ments ln this supremely Important un
dertaking, with its correlative effect '
in balking Russian Bolshevist schemes
of permeation through Central Europe
with their destructive Ideas of disss
warfare.
President Wilson was the first Na
tional authority to pledge Mmsesf -t
the attainment of Polish Independence.
Foreseeing, apparently before others,
Its enormous coming importance as ono
of the chief bulwarks of stable peace
conditions In Europe. Poland, like Bel
gium, has been a cockpit, in which the
Continental powers hitherto have bven
pleased to fight out their feuds for
dominance, and on that account Poland,
like Belgium, la entitled to the first
consideration of the associated govern
ments. ,The Czecho-Slovaks also are directly
and immediately Interested in estab
lishing Polish freedom, as well as Rou-
mania, both being equally concerned In
preventing the rising Russian Bolshe-
tCuncludud oa .fage 2, C'uluniu 1.).