The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, February 02, 1919, Section One, Page 4, Image 4

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    THE SUNDAY OREGOM-VN, . PORTLAND, . . FERRUARY 2. 1!)19.
GERMANS SEE PERIL
ON EASTERN BORDER
Strong Bolshevist Armies Men
ace in Prussia.
POLES REPORTED WARLIKE
Military Authority Is Actually in
Hands of Soldiers Council.
Xcgoliations Held futile.
BERLIN", Jan. 30. (By the Associated
Tress.) Thus Tageblatt. reviewing- the
situation on the eastern frontier, says:
"Strong Bolshevist armies stand be
fore the borders of Kastern Prussia, an
eruption of Poles threatens West Prus
sia, and that portion of West Prussia
"which is still in German hands is sub
ject to a renewed Polish menace, which
means that the province of Branden
burg is also in danger.
"Military authority, despite recent
decrees of the War Minister, is actually
in the hands of the soldiers' council,
which has not been able to decide on a.
united and purposeful action against
the Prussians, but, on the contrary, still
believes it can stop the enemy's ad
vance toward our borders by negotia
tions." BASEL,, Friday, Jan. 31. The arrest
of Admiral Schroeder and Captains
ICoester and Regrner, of the German
navy, has been requested by the cen
tral committee of sailors at Hamburg.
The officers are accused of being re
sponsible for the execution of two sail
ors, despite the general amnesty order.
Admiral Scliroeder otorloiia.
' Admiral Schroeder became notorious
when he ordered the execution of Cap
tain Charles Fryatt. "
BERLIN, Friday, Jan. 31. (By the
Associated Press.) An order issued by
t'olonel Reinhardt, Prussian Minister of
War, has aroused open revolts on the
part of soldiers' councils in the Ger
man armies. The council of the ninth
army has declared htat it will not obey
the order, and has been informed that
the government will find means to en
force It.
The order of Colonel Reinhardt con
cerns a lessening of the authority of
the sollicrs' councils.
opposing views on this question will f
be presented in three prepared ad- J.
ureases, after which the subject will I
be thrown open for general discussion
oy the. delegates present.
- Another session- will-b devoted to
discussing how far the railroads should
be -permitted to-go in -reducing -rates
to meetj water competition while main
taining hiKher rates-to inland points.
The railways insist -that "unless' they
are allowed -to meet the . water rates
ttie boats would carry all the traffic
between competing points, and the
waterway advocates jay- that it is cutthroat-competition
by railways which
has driven the boat lines out of busi
ness. Also there are people in inland
towns who say, "We pay taxes. for the
improvement of waterways which we
caji- not. personally use and then pay
the railroads from five- to 1j times as
much per -tern per mile as. they charge
the people who live on those water
ways. Where is' the justice in that?"
Their - question - .promises -to develop
some interesting debate.
Some time ago in a report made by
a board of Army engineers, it was
recommended that waterways as well
as railways should be placed under con
trol of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission, which should have power to
fix both maximum and minimum rates.
When it was proposed that the Ship
ping Board should be given a control
of water transportation similar to that
exercised over railways by the Inter
state Commerce Commission the steam
boat men made such a vigorous fight
that the meajsure was defeated. It is
safe to say that a lot of them will
be on hand at the convention to oppose
the present proposition. This question
will be brought before the. convention
in an address by Major-CJeneral Wil
liam M. Black, chief of engineers.
The Administration will be repre
sented by three members of the Cabi
net. Secretary of War Baker. Secretary-
of the Navy Uajiiels and Secre
tary of Commerce licdfield.
BAYONETS HIM STRIKERS
RIOTOUS CLYDE AVORKERS ARE
CURBET) BY MILITARY".
he tirst open revolt came from thecity and preservinK order.
Advocates of Direct Action Seem to
Be Growing in Numbers and Sit
uaiUm Is Deemed Grave."
BY JOSEPH W. GRIGG.
CCopjrijjht. mt'.t. Dy the New York World.
Published by Arrangement.)
itoVDON, Feb. 1. (Special.) Glas
gow;., which was in the grip yesterday
of .the riotous strikers on the Clyde,
toiay has "been restored" by soldiers
Yth fixed bayonets and equipped with
steel helmets and supported by plenty
of military reserves ready to augment
Uic strong body of troops guarding the
GENERAL IS CREDITED
T
mm
RULER
Aux Ecoutes Devotes 2 Pages
to Luxemburg Revolution.
r icucn unci icirnir, lur 11 quuica &.'..
temburg newspaper, which it calls I C'.'';-." & J
'rench, in which appeared a note I f " 4
ffairs, Pichon. to the Luscm-
ernment , which read: t?."- VV
rench government wiil not re- j V.Z' -
iresentatives of the Luxeni- P'ji .1
ernment. Events have taken il1
Soldiers' Council of the Ninth Army
Corps, which sent delegates to GustaY
Noske, military commander of Berlin,
demanding that the order be rescinded.
Herr Noske refused, whereupon the
delegation informed him that the orler
would not be obeyed. " .
Agent Ordered From City.
, The Council of Luzbeck, to wjlch a
colonel was sent by the Government to
discuss the matter, ordered the -'colonel
to leave the city within 24 hours.
On the day after the publication of
the order, 200 soldiers from he garri
son at Allensteinparaded with a pla
card inscribed:
"Down With Officers.!' Officers were
stepped in the streets, and, theirshoul
der straps torn off.
The soldiers' council at Coburgissued
a warning against enlistment in the
forces designed to protect the eastern
frontier. The Workmen's Council at
Steele, Rhenish Prussia, "forbids the
recruiting, of volunteers for any troops."
The council of the 39th army corps at
'Dresden has issued' a similar .or-ler
The council at Arnswalde. Branden
burg, forcibly deposed the president. of
the civil district. ' ;
Korired Orders Are Imned.
In Northern ' Berlin, a Spart'acan
etronghold, forged military- orders Jto
report to the colors are-being sent -to
hundreds of -men of .military , age, The
governmentrhas formally declared these
orders to be forgeries and. "that there is
no intention of conscripting anybody. ,
Dodgers are being distributed in. Ber
lin by the "Red Soldiers' Union," which
is a Spartacan .military - organization,
calling on the proletariat to arm and
consolidate. . .
FEDERAL TOPICS AT ISSUE
NORTHWEST. MEN WIIX. ATTEND
NATIONAL CONGRESS.
"What Shall Be Done Willi the Rail
ways?" ;Among Important Sub
jects for Consideration.
OREGON'IAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Feb. 1. (Specials) Members
of Northwest delegations in Congress;
especially those from Oregon . and
Washington, are hoping to be able to
lay aside their official duties for three
days to attend the 14thlannual con
vention of '-'the National Rivers and
Harbors Congress in this city February
5, S and 7. . ;
One entire session will be givenove"r
to a discussion of -the question "What
ehall be done with the railways? Shall
we have government ownership, .re
turn to corporate control,. as before the
war. or some intermediate plan?" The
This' was the government's deter
mined answer to lawlessness. Belfast
nd other storm centers still are living
t night by candle light, with a great
urtailment of conveniences and pro
tected in part by the strikers' police
orce, which, however, has not entirely
been able to prevent hoodlumism. Bel
fast is trying to be optimistic, but is
ery anxious under the deadlock condi
tion of the strike.
Meanwhile incidents of industrial un
rest are being displayed in other quar-
ers, especially in London, and by next
Thursday the metropolis itself may be
In the throes o a huge strike set for
that day by the Amalgamated Society
Engineers, .involving 200.000 . men
nd possibly 30 other unions.
There are ' two distinct labor cur
rents in. the . present industrial uo-
eaval, which is the greatest of modern
imes . in this country. One of these
urrents is marked by the determina
tion . to . effect a far-reaching better
ment of . labor conditions, in hours.
wages and housing along constitutional
lines under regular leaders. The oth-
r is to achieve these by direct action
regardless -of the regular' leaders. : and
is. the latter movement, which is
tigmaUed by-much of the press as be
ns under Bolshevik - leadership and
etermined to precipitate a class war
the. plan notably pievalent among the
Clyde, workers.
Those who favor constitutional meth
ods axe likewise aiming to unionize the
workers of the country to a hitherto
unparalleled extent. Even the bank
lerks are now talking of amalgama-ion.-
One of- the- weaknesses of the
constitutional programme pointed out
by-'the radicals is that many accepted
labor leaders are much more engrossed
with the political aspect of labor than
n aligning themselves on stricter
trades union questions.
Labor leaders' in. the Government
have largely lost their influence with
the masses of workers and the influ
ence of others, has been greatly under
mined by the growing belief in the
principle of direct action.
It is reported again today from Paris
that Premier Lloyd TJeorge will return
for a brief visit, which will give him
first7hand knowledge of the Impending
crisis which threatens to tie up the
great programme of reconstruction and
development of British trade.
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applied you'll wander, what became of
the backache, sciatica or lumbago pain.
tit. Jacobs, Liniment"-stops any pain at
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or discolor the skin.
It's the only application to rub on a
weak, lame or painful back, or for
lumbago, sciatica, neuralgia, rheuma
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Stop that weakening, persistent cough
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ECKMAN -LABORATORY, Philadelphia,
FRENCH SOLDIERS BLAMED1
Article In French Weekly Tells How
the lirand 'Duchess Charlotte
Was Placed on Throne.
BY WILLIAM COOK.
(CopyV'Kht. lln. by th "Sew -York World..
Published, by AmiiiKemenl.)
PARIS, Jan. 31. (Special.) Aux
Ecoutes. a French weekly publication,
prints a two-page story on the revo
lution in Luxemburg showing how the
Grand Duchess Charlotte was placed on
the throne. The story recalls the sur
prise created in France by the acces
sion of the Grand Duchess when a re
publican form of government was ex
pected, and says:
"But one ignores that which should
be told how this simple shifting of the i
ruling beads was the fault of the French i
troops of occupation. The restorer of a
German Grand Duchess, the person re
sponsible for the suppression of the
Luxemburg republic, Is General de la
Tour."
R-epresentati vea Dented Audience I
The French journal then goes on to
deift with the fact that the French cov
ernment evidently was not aware of
this French Interference, for it quotes
a Lux
pro-F
addressed by the French Minister of
Foreign Affairs, Pichon. to the Luxem
burg government, which read:
"The Fre
ceive rep
burg govc
place which practically spell a severance
of diplomatic relations. This is also tho
reason why M. Mollard has not re
turned to his post. I must add, however,
that the Luxemburg people have all our
sympathy.'.'
Then the Aux Ecoutes relates the
story of the Luxemburg revolution and
of the "French military intervention,"
which it resents.
Public Kiprrmilflit Prevented.
"On January 9 the Luxemburg people. :
who had interpreted Foreign .Minister j
Pichon s note as 'get rid of your Grand '
Duchess before we talk," paraded around j
the streets to shouts of 'Long live !
the republic' 'Long live France." while j
the Luxemburg House of Parliament i
met and 'called for the abdication of j
lie .Ittaaiiu-uliiKitlice tJ luioi nuu ui u-
clalmed the Luxemburg republic.
It was then an event, incredible to
the eyes of the French people, occurred, i
Acting upon instruction Issued by Gen
eral de la Tour, the soldiers of the
French 109th Regiment, billeted in Lux
emburg City, prevented the people from
expressing their sentiments in favor of
a republic." -
Scenea Are Discredited. ,
Aux Ecoutes then quotes from the
Francophile newspaper, L'Independcnce
Luxemburgoise, the name of which
proves it is to be a republican organ.
In an article discrediting the scenes of
January 9, this newspaper shows how
General de la Tour ordered his. men to
have the neighborhood of the Luxem
burg Parliament cleared 'of people and
that order be maintained In the streets,
and concludes by saying sarcastically:-'
"This, morning the situation, seems
to be the same. All the public build
ings, "the postofftce and the govern
ment offices are 'Occupied ty French
troops." .. -
On the following day the same news
paper told of how the inhabitants of
the neighboring villages were prevent
ed from getting into the center of. the
city. '.
" Soldiers Ashamed of Work.
VToday," says L'Independence, "thenol
diers of the 109th Regiment are ashamed
of the work they had to do. They, dare
not face the inhabitants, who had re
ceived them so well." .
Yet, on January 13, Premier Clemen
ceau's newspaper, L'Homme Libre, said
France could congratulate herself on
not having interfered in, Luxemburg's
Internal affairs. , "Finally," says Aux
Ecoutes, -"one reads in Luxemburg
newspapers under date of January 19. J
Their royal highnesses urand uucn-
esses. Mary Adelaide and Charlotte this 1
morning received tne memoers.oi me
government In audience.' . '
'Thus -the.- uermanopnne . Adelaide, '
who. abdicated, was maintained in pow-
er by the intervention or- uenerai ae ia
Tour." - ,
WHITMAN TO HONOR DEAD
President Penrose's Quarter-Cen
tennial to Be Observed In June:
WHITMAN COLLEGE. Walla Walla,
Wash., Feb. 1. (Special.) The quar
ter-centennial anniversary or tne aa
ministration of President Penrose will
be celebrated this June by the over
seers, faculty and alumni of Whitman
Coliege with public exercises lasting
for three days. June 8, 9 and 10 have
been set for the celebration and speak-'
ers irom tne Atlantic ana tne racmc
coasts have accepted invitatiops to
participate.
In the Fall or 1B94 Stephen a. l. fen-
rose became presiaent or -nnuran
College. He is a graduate of Williams
College and of lale Liniversity ana
came to Washington in 1890 as one of
the "Yale Band", to try a co-operative-experiment
in home missionary work.
After four years as pastor of the Con-
creeational Church at Dayton he ac
cepted the presidency of Whitman Col
lege. Here he has remained ever since.
SENATE RAPS HUN TONGUE
Measure Now Goes to House lor
Final Consideration.
STATE CAPITOL. Salem, Or.. Feb. 1.
(Special.) Senator Dimick's bill pro
hibiting the teaching of German-in all
public and state-aid echools of Oregon
passed the Senate on third reading Fri
day, after it opponents had attacked
it in a . series or debates extending
throughout the morning session and
part- of the afternoon. -
Opposition, however, was but slight
ly stronger than yesterday, votes
being recorded against the measure.
Senators who opposed the bill 'were
Senators- Glll Howell, Huston,- Jones,
Lafollette. Moser, Nickersen, Norblad,
Porter, Smith of Josephine and Strayer.
The bill now will go to the House,
where the opposition is expected to
gather its forces in an effort to kill it.
OFFICIAL SHIFT ANNOUNCED
Several 'Changes Made by Inland
Kniplre Company.
SPOKANE. Wash., Feb. 1. (Special.)
Waldo G. Paine, chief traffic offfter
of the-Inland Empire Railway-Com
nanv. . will become treasurer - or ttie
eomnanv February 1J.
Elmo Edwards, present auditor, will
on the same date assume the. duties
of secretary of the company.
Robert Crosbie. now , secretary ana
assistant controller, and Paul McKay,
treasurer and purchasing agent, with
offices in Portland, have resigned their
offices as of February 15. Mr. Paine
and Mr. Edwards were- appointed to
their new oinces toaay oy air. Con
nors.- They will be stationed in Spo-
kane.
Drive 'Aims 'at 'Careless DrK-er9.
LA GRANDE. Or., Feb. 1. (Special.)
Because several small school children
have' been run over and seriously hurt
by automobiles of late,' the Parent-
Teacher Association has launched
campaign against carelesn driving In
the vicinity of schoolhouses particu
larly. .
. Seasoned elabwooe and inside wood,
green stamps, for cash. Holman fuel
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NEGRO CONGRESS OPPOSED
. '
Time Meld Inopportune for Pan-
African Meetlnjr.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 1. Passport's
for negroes desiring to attend a nan-
African congress at Paris have been re
fused by the State Department, which
announced today that the French gov
ernment -id not consider the present a
favorable time to hold such a conference.
. V .
. Balloon Companies to Return.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 1. The 3d, 6th
and 8th Balloon Companies and the
308th ' American Train have been as
mtnt announced todayt-.thu eta sh e
signed to early convoy, the War De
partment announced today.
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