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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
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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"
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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- .
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Barsapartlla for a Time Like This, After
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When purified blood, rebuilt, strength
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In tn after-effects of Influenza, the
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It expels the poisons that have weak
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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."
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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
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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,
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promoters' scheme to drain the lake is
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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.
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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." .
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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."
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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
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ers, at Westminster Church, East
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