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V THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, FORTLAT. FEBRUARY 16, 1919.? OUESTIOWOFRUSSIA IT Supreme Council Prepares to Study Slav Problem. FRENCH VIEWS SET FORTH Leon Bourgeois Tells Conference That Military Force Is Needed to Back Cp Peace League. 'Continued From First Pase. provided for in the last articles of the covenant, are similar to some which liave existed already, bet which were scattered through various' parts of the world and which had never been brought together to form part of the . common body of humanity; The foun dation now Is laid and we are certain that the organizations will be multi plied and will help humanity more and more to attain its common aims. "We have been unanimous In pro claiming these principles, and we have felt the force of these principles so much that we have no doubt that a strong light will penetrate even Into the darkest parts; that the light radiat ing from those principles will find its way Into lands that seem to be the least open to It. Flan Declared Simple, "But It is not enough to proclaim euch great principles. We must or ganize a system of guarantee and a system of action, both judicial and practical. The plan laid down Is a clear and simple one. There is a council, where all the states are represented equally, each having only one vote, and there is an executive committee, which is constituted on a different principle. But even in this case, where It has been found necessary for pur poses of action to give five votes to the larger powers, the principle of quality has been secured by giving as much as four votes to the smaller states. "Respect for the decision given by that body will be assured by definite rules, the violation of which shall be considered as an act of war against all the contracting states. If one state It may be the smallest and most re mote of all the states is attacked without Justificative!, then the whole of the league of nations Is baing at tacked, and will lesiKt. -But we musi go further. In order to secure the execution of interna tional sentences, there must be a lim itation of armaments. This has been the wish of the world for a great many years. What was formerly so difficult has today become possible. Our victory has made it possible, be cause it has enabled us to disarm the barbaric force that was in the way of auch an Improvement France Fears Future "That limitation must be such that no state can be capable of prevailing against the will of the law of nations, but at the same time each state should be strong enough to contribute to the force that will enable the league of nations to impose its will. There has been unanimity upon ail these points. "There are one or two points upon which I wish particularly to insist, be cause they are connected with dangers that jnay be of special moment to some of us. There are special dangers for countries like France. Belgium, Serbia and the new 6tates that are in the stage cf formation in central Europe. It is necessary to give them special guaran tees and this has been recognized by the committee when it states that spe cial account should .be taken of the geographical situation of, and the mode of application to. each state in the acale of armaments. Where the fron tiers are more exposed it must be pos sible to have stronger systems of de fense and possibly, also, greater arma ments. "This is all right, but there is no doubt that it will put on the shoulders of the nations that happen to be in that difficult position a special burden. It will hamper them in the peaceful com petition that is the life of the world. Barbaric Science Triumph. "And here again two practical ques tions must be put. To give all nations necessary security, the principle of the limitation of armaments, must not only be executed, but executed very fast. It has bean said and no one has said it more forcefully than President Wilson . that modern war has become a war of material; that in such a war a the one we have just seen, and such as we hope never to see in the future, what has triumphed has been science turned into barbarism. "Now. it is necessary for us to con trol the war industries all over the world. The nations who are the con tracting parties of the covenant pledsre themselves mutually to communicate to each other full information about their nmiemente and tfi.ir mans of produc tion. This is a very good plan." withl which I am particularly satisfied. "At the same time I propose an amendment which, I think I ought to mention. I thought it would be neces sary to institute a permanent organi zation for purposes of inspection, and this amendment was not at the mo ment embodied In the text. We have accepted the text as it ia before you. and we now mention that amendment It is because, as the whole Is going to be discussed by the world, it ia better that all' he points that have been oc casion' for important observations should be mentioned. Snddrn Attack Feared. "Here is a second point. Take a state that violates the international covenant. That state is supposed to be in a state of war against all the mem bers of the league, and all are pre pared to compel it to execute its obli gations. But war is not something that can proceed at once, especially when the question is bow to bring: to gether forces belonging to states which are very different from each other and may be at the four corners of the world. Each nation will have to wait in order to act until a certain prbced- rinnr nr hi i-ri rutin LLHUULUI I.HMUIIJ j COVEfUTPlSEOI London Newspapers Congrat ulate Framers. SOUND START COMMENDED ' fritz told to be careful whose: ocean he defiles. (Copyright by the New York World. Published by Arrangenioot) PARIS, Feb. 15. (Special Ca ble.) The best story the peace conference has brought out is this: When the German fleet surren dered to the British, American and French squadrons the captive crews were taken aboard British battleships. One big, round-beaded German was plainly disgusted with the way things had gone and showed it. Walking up to a group of Brit ish sailors, he spat overboard and said: "That's what I think of your verdammt fleet, and as for Ad- . miral Beatty, why" and he spat over the rail again. Then he spat a third time by way of express ing his opinion of the whole British nation. As he finished, a big British sailor hitched his breeches and said: "Look here, Fritz! Tou can say what you please about the Eng lish fleet and act as you wish toward Admiral Beatty . and think what you want about the British. But you be damn well careful whose ocean you go spit ting into:" The story goes big over here, and biggest with the English. Some Provisions of Draft Criticized and Hope Is Expressed That Re vision Will Be Made.sf" luiimmm.ni.i.iiimimmiMiiiiimimiirmmiimim lllallllllf llliilllllllllllllf lllillllllllillllllllilllillilllllllllllltlllllllllllltlllllllllllllillllalllllllllillllltllllllillllllllltlllllllllltlllllllllllllilllllllltllal YES, All America Is on the eve of the greatest homecoming the world has ever known. It will be an epochal thing, this "Home-Bound" Cruise of the "Heroes" from "Over There." Nothing you can do will rive adequate expression to Its memorable aignifi- . cancel -But this yoir can do: Cover those bare floors with good rugs. For immediate consideration are offered these $44.50 Size 9x12 Axminster Rugs $34.65 $5 Cash $1 Week No Interest fj In all there are eleven patterns to select from. Sure, there are Orientals and florals, as well as conventional and all over - - patterns. NO TONIC LIKE HOOD'S Barsapartlla for a Time Like This, After .iDflnessa, (he Grip, When purified blood, rebuilt, strength and regulated bowels are essential. In tn after-effects of Influenza, the grip and other prostrating diseases. Hood's SarsaparilJa has remarkable bealth-helplns effect. It expels the poisons that have weak ened and depleted the blood, causing pallor, anemia, flabby flesh and lajc ; the swamp and the lake Itself, destroy- ure is Rone through, and until, for each particular nation, a vote has been taken by its parliament and so on. This means time and delay. "And. supposing: that there ia on the part of the a e stressor a will to precipi tate a situation, then we must provide for the possibility. For this purpose it would be desirable to have all the means of resistance studied, and con certed action prepared before the oc casion arises. This would be the best check against any lll-deslgn. - "If the would-be aggressor knows that resistance is fully prepared against any action such as he contem pla ted. then he would be restrained. Where, on the other hand, he knows that no such preparation exists and that sudden action on his part would encounter no prepared and well thought-out resistance, perhaps he would not be restrained, and it would be extremely dangerous. Military Forte Advocated If you you do not wish to see the terrible ordeal through which the world has passed renewed in the fu ture, we ought to have a permanent or ganization to prepare the military and naval means of execution and make them ready in case of emergency. "This has been objected to by some of the members of the committee, be cause it involved some difficult consti tutional problems. This is why we have agreed to the text without amend ment, but we think the principle of that proposed amendment ought to be put before public opinion at the same time as the scheme to which we have agreed. "I hope that no one either here or anywhere in the world will he mis taken about my intention. I will not say, and I have not said a word that could weaken the feeling of our com plete and hearty unanimity. . We have acted as one heart for the triumph of the cause which is that of our confer ence, the cause of right against vio lence, the cause of right against might. We believe that this scheme that is now before us is an excellent one. We believe in its virtues and its .possi bilities. The observation jvo have made on some points will, we hope, be of some value in the further discussions, since we are at the beginning of the examination of the whole plan.- "Now w must, at the end, express our deep gratitude toward our col leagues, and our deep gratitude toward President Wilson, who presided over our labors In such a competent way and with such high spirits, and we wish still more to express the sincere wish of France to see that the great pact becomes, possibly with some -improvement on the two points 1 have mentioned, the law of nations." BILL - CAUSES PROTEST DRAIXAGE OF MALHEUR LAKE DECLARED POOR SCHEME. LO.YDOJT, Feb. 15. The London news papers generally praise the draft of me league of nations. - Many hail it as the moat important and most memor able document in history, and congrat ulate the framers, especially President nson. - The morning newspapers express sat isfaction over the "sound start" made, thougn several point out that consid erable work nas yet to be done before the Ideals of the league can be fully realized. . A few'' provisions are criticised, namely, the omission ox a. provision for a "general conference," as includ ed in the league of nations' plan of General Smuts. In deploring the ab sence of this feature, the Manchester Guardian, long a champion of the league, says: Defect Pointed Out. "We stand a good chance of getting the league of nations run, not by the peoples, but by officials. . . . . The- defect la one which cannot be overlooked, and when President OTiicnn comes back from America we trust that I toe constitution of the league may be subjected to a somewhat searching re vision." But apart from this the Guardian finds that the document "corresponds with all the hopes that have been grounded on it." It says that the draft covers not only the question of boun daries, but also of religious liberties and local autonomies, and declared that tne care of backward nations Is a mat ter which cannot be neglected, "and it comes within the . province of the league." The majority of the evening papers also join in praising the document. The Evening News calls it "the great cnarter which win put an end to war." The Star says: "We rejoi.-s exceedingly, for here at least we have the Magna Charta of mankind, the covenant of humanity." Poet Make. Complaint. The Liverpool Post, after analyzing the draft, complains that "it looks a trifle official." and says that although this is not the moment for unsympa thetic criticism, that for the league "to obtain the full moral authority that should belong to it, it will sooner or later have to derive its direct inspira tion from a genuine parliament of men." This Store displays 90 of its rugs on a huge wall rack large arms swing back and forth like a book so you can see the entire rug not half or only the border, as is the case when they're "Piled Up" on the floor. Promoters Alone Would Profit, Says W. L. Finley, While Resi dents Would Lose. The fight that is being waged against house bill 3TS to hold Malheur lake as a federal wild bird reservation has brought out the fact that the pro moters of the scheme intend to drain muscles. It is the standard blood rem edy with a i access! ui record of nearly fifty years- in not only the bird reservation, but ruining the settlers and stock owners that have titles to the large area of Many people .t Is really astonishing ! swamp land around the lake itself.' how many need a tine, gentle, easy ; said William L. Finley, state biologist, cathartic in these trying times. We j last night. recommend Hood's Pills, vsed in the I "The fight against holding Malheur beat families, and equally effective with i lake reservation and in favor of the delicate women or robur men. take. easy to opera'e. -Adv. Easy to HOWTOSAVE ONSHOES i "Out of curiosity I tried a pair of Nefllin Soles,' writes W. P. Macartney of St. Louis, "'and today, alter five months of hard sen-ice I fail to notice anv real sins of wear on them." This statement points the way to real economy in shoes. What your shoes cost, by the year, depends lanely on how the soles ear and leolin Solos do wear a very tone time. Moreover, they are esceedindV comfortable and waterproof scientifically made to be exactly what sdes should be and so worn now by millions. They are available everywhere on new shoes and for re-solinR. They are made by The Goodyear Tire & Rub ber Company, Akron, Ohio, who also make Wingfoot Heels, guaranteed to outwear any other heels. neolin Soles M JU, X. I ., I'M. O0. promoters' scheme to drain the lake is led by two attorneys, Pat Gallagher of Ontario, who is in the house, and Julien Hurley of Vale, who is in the senate. "I, have jut received a letter from C. A. Byrd, editor of the Harney County Aews, who says POINDEXTER ATTACKS LEAGCE Constitution Proposed at Paris Is Deemed Abhorrent to TJ. S. WASHINGTON. Feb. la. Vigorous attack on four articles of the league of nations constitution those provid ing for disarmament, arbitration, super vision of the munitions trade, and for mandatories of foreign countries was made by Senator Poindexter of Wash ington, republican, in a statement to night. He declared the disarmament and munitions trade paragraphs were unconstitutional, the arbitration provi sion "unconscionable" and the clause for mandatories and others abhorrent. Regarding the eighth article of the constitution on disarmament. Senator Poindexter sa:d: "This provision transfers to the teague the sovereignty prerogatives of fixing the relative and absolute size of the armies and navies of the several countries. The provision is unconsti tutional and an impairment of the sov ereignty and independence of this country. There Is no power in the president, nor in the senate, nor in congress itself, nor in all combined, to transfer in this way the sovereign pow ers of the nation.' Referring to press reports of adop tion by Germany of an army conscrip tion policy. Senator Poindexter deplored disarmament while Germany was tak ing military measures of her own. Article 12 of the constitution provid ing for arbitration and suspension of war for three months after theMeague acts. Senator Poindexter declared. "would place under the control of for eign powers every question, which might affect our Independence, safety, honor and existence." It is unconscionable and the Amer ican people will never understandingly ratify it." he said, "and if ratified, it would never be end could never be kept in the face of an attack upon our vital interests." Declaring unconstitutional evrticle 1!, for supervision of nations' munitions trade. Senator Poindexter said: 'Furthermore, it is abhorrent to the self-respect of the United States and a surrender of our sovereignty. It can not be supposed that the United States has reached such a condition of imbe cility that it must have a guardian appointed for it to control its inter national. Internal and domestic affairs. It is curious that such a proposition should even receive consideration." Article 19, providing for mandatories over foreign countries. Senator Poin dexter said, would require .use of Amer ican naval and military force in vari ous parts of the world, at enormous expense and possible lass of life. "We are not called upon," he said, "by any obligation as a nation to assume such duties, and It is even doubtful whether there is any extensive desire anywhere in the world that we should so impose ourselves upon the affairs and peoples of other continents. It is abhorrent to the traditions of the na tion and in conflict with century-old policies inherited from Washington. Monroe and other statesmen." Senators Pittman of Nevada and Raiydell of Louisiana, democrats, were outspoken in approval of the league. "The president has won the greatest diplomatic victory recorded in history," said Senator Pittman, member of the senate forelcn relations committee. He has overcome the cynical diplomats. Just a Moment, Please! Why not have a bed in the room where you thought there wasn't room for a bed? This etore Is going to sell this week their regular $76.00 Unifold Bed Davenports! $68.50 No, they're not like the illustration; they're far better. Front corner posts are square and massive. Bide panels, arms and cross top rail are quarter-sawed oak; seat and back are upholstered with rich brown leatherette. - Sure, the bed part ia built under the seat. $52.50 $10 Cash$1 Week No Interest It Is the new Brunswick method of reproduction that makes it possible to play all records as they never have been played before. There are two essentials to correct reproduction. 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Any Size Monnrcb Gas Attach ment Will Fit Any Slae Monarch Range A Word About' the Construction of This YOUH CREDIT IS GOOD AS GOLD SEIECT ONE SINGLE PTECK OR A HOUSEFULI, IT'S-EASV-TO-PAV-TBE-EDHABDS-WAY- JUST TWO BLOCKS NORTH OF WASHINGTON. THE ENTIRE QUARTER BLOCK FOUR FLOORS. TWStay SotisfactorRajg Permanent tightness attained only by riveting, with a solid base to every seam. Vitreous enamel flue and oven linings are non-rusting. E very desirable convenience Is provided, from a polished blued top that needs no blacking to a dust tight ash compartment. You'll like the loa-ks of a Monarch and appreciate its quality still more. See 'em the first time you're downtown. .- ii Duuvci(.umc Lucbiunoi ui'vn'. There is no scheme on the part of tne gkeptjcal statesmen and the hope the citizens of this county, who are materially interested, to artificially drain Malheur fwamp. There are some outside "fly-by-niht" promoters who dream of such a thing, but that is all just dreams. " 'The fact is that Malheur swamp is now supporting fully half the live stock industry of this section. as the receding waters allowed the harvesting of a rank growth of swamp hay that has proved a boon following a summer of excessive drouth." "Inasmuch as many people think that the state of Oregon should hold this reservation, in conjunction with the federal government, house bill 376 has been amended in the game committee to this extent and the name given of 'Roosevelt bird reservation.' We do not care whether the state or federal gov ernment, or both, have charge, provid ing Malheur lake is not drained." . Seasoned slabwood and Inside -wood. less materialist. Words and technical construction matter little. The world has . solemnly agreed upon the true principles of justice and right and laid the foundation for universal peace. Our people will know the way to sustain the agreement." "The league of nations provided in the charter reported yesterday to the e!ied conference." said Senator Rans dey, "will prove the greatest agency for world peace ever devised by man. It Is filled with many wise provisions. A most hopeful sign is that it was re ported by the unanimous vote of rep resentatives of all the 4 nations par ticipating. Some of the provisions may require change, but . the general plan is correct and Is very remarkable." Pension Granted Baker Resident. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Feb. 15. Mrs. Emma L. Free- green stamps, ror cash, noiman jruej i man, .-413 jiaaisun Biruei, wner, ur., Co. Main i5J, A3Ji3. Adv. J has been SJ. Taliia t a IllllllIlllllllllllllllilllllllllllillillllM ' month. Representative Sinnott is ad vised by the commissioner of pensions. Deputy Auditor Resigns. C3EHALIS, Wash.. Feb. ii. I spe cial.) W. G. Born has resigned as dep uty county auditor and B. F. Arnold w hen annointed to nu uie Mr.' Born will move from Centralla to Chehalis and will become head of the office force of the western pany of this city. Mr. Arnold is a Chehalis man and has served as county treasurer and deputy. ' Hear Dr. Henry Van Dyke, fofemost American man of letters, former min ister to The Netherlands, author of "The Other Wise Man" and "Little Ravers," here with peace league speak ers, at Westminster Church, East Seventeenth and Schuyler streets, 7:30 tonight. Adv. . ' Phone your want ads to the Orego uias. i'hoao Alaia 07o, A iiiiti. IF YOU HAVE ECZEMA THIS WILL INTEREST YOU " A BOUT two vears ago," writes "prominent business man of Port land, Oregon, "an itching sore ap peared on my leg, halfway between body and knee. For a time I used home remedies without success. I then went to a prominent skin specialist. He said my trouble was Eczema. He treated me for some time but without any im orovement. 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