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TIIE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, OCTOBER 8, 1922 CORRESPONDENTS WRITE VIEWS ON MANY CURRENT SUBJECTS 6 PACIFISM CONSTAXT MEVACE National Preparedness Declared Only Bulwark Against War. OLiTMPIA, Wash., Oct. . (To the Editor.) Let me congratulate The Oregonian upon Its recent editorial on "Back to Unpreparedness." Never was a sounder article written for any newspaper. Unfortunately our failure to prepare against war in time of peace lias too much tra dition behind It. For this reason it must be fought all the harder and more continuously. It Is our great est public danger, now as It long has been in the past. Excellent work has been done against this by the National Security league, whose ob ject is to educate the public about national preparedness and other sound patriotic needs. In my propaganda for patriotism and preparedness (I am a life mem ber of the National Security league) I have much contact with the paci fist element and can well testify to its true character. Pacifism la not a doctrine in any sense. Except in cases of Ignorance or misconception of the true state of international re lations, It Is cult worship and noth ing else. No thorough pacifist can he a true lover of country. It is not In him to be such; this noblest of sentiments is beyond his comprehend sion: his cult worship is too much for It. One type of pacifist, however, de serves respect. He is one who ac cepts pacifism in the abstract but understands Its failure In concrete cases. The Bame Is true of a "non resistant" of that character; so is It of the kind alluded to In the last paragraph. In Washington from 1914 to 1918 the dangers of pacifism were most flagrantly shown, as you have often pointed out. They illustrated a rad ical fault In our form of government, that of being caught in a crisis with the wrong men in power without fa cilities for change. The British and other parliamentary systems with their responsible ministries showed brilliantly In comparison. We had 'the same difficulty in the peace ne gotiations Be you have also fre quently shown. ISever were the dan gers of pacifism so exposed. Pacifists are continually answer ing their own arguments. In the latter case, one excellent example was that of a woman of a woman's peace society who wanted to disarm and then boycott. The title of her pamphlet was "A Boycott," with the eub-title, "A boycott will bring any nation to terms in two weeks." Here is a pacifist advocating an act of hated war. Could inconsistency go farther? Poor simpleton! How long does she think a well-prepared power would stand a boycott from a porly-prepared one without mak ing war?. Another example is that utter pacifist absurdity of "non resistance." If a non-resistant fails to defend his wife against a bully he is a coward; if he does so he is a hypocrite. I once asked a prominent advocate of this dogma how he avoided those logical alternatives. He replied that his fad represented certain "Ideals" and not tame sub- m'ssion to wrong. Thus he admit ted the full force and fairness of my question. The most famous non resistant, William Lloyd Garrison, in supporting the civil war wren it became anti-slavery, thus not only made a like confession, but showed how base non-resistance -can be when a principle is involved. The Christian powers have long shown1 that to the Turks In the case of the Armenians. Our gretaest need as a nation is aggressive cosmopolitan more than local commercial spirit. Better still, more of the former and less of the latter than we have heretofore had. That is the surest and best remedy for pacifism. When we gain this we shall be a well-prepared military and naval power, especially the lat ter, as a matter of course. Without this it will be difficult to interest the public in a safe amount of pre raredness. It has long been a po litical and economic law that domes tic commerce means domestic peace, "while foreign commerce involves preparedness on a scale proportional to the extent of the latter. Such is the teaching of all history, our own Included. In the coming score or more of years there will be an enormous ex pansion of commerce outward from this continent. All history teaches that unless we back this with pre paredness we are headed for disaster in the way of war and likely. defeat thereby. Honee we cannot fight pacifism too strongly or continuously. So let us stick to our guns and keep up the excellent work. JAMES H. S. BATES. NEWBERIIY, FORD COMPARED One Consistent Republican, Other Profiteer, Says Writer. PORTLAND, Oct. 6. (To the Ed itor.) One of your evening con temporaries has extremely ; hazy ideas as to what constitutes politi cal partisanship in the narrow party tense. Overlooking Pinchot's J200.000 campaign fund and continually harping on Newberry's campaign fund indicates strong partisan bias, for Newberry has been rated as a consistent republican while Pinchot's conservation methods that have al most ruined Alaska have not met with general republican approval Constant criticism of N&wberry while offering no word of criticism of the part Wilson's administration took in that contest is another evi dence of strong partisan bias. "Ford" declared he was "drafted". by Wilson to g into that fight. His ignorance of American law and of American history, shown by him as a witness in court, his "peace ship" expedition, his performances as a "Jew baiter" and his recent attempt to secure Muscle, Shoals, that cost the government nearly J100.000.000, for $5,00 0,0 0 0, gives us a measure of the man. A man wno has accumulated a billion dollars in less than 25 years, if his name -is Carnegie or Rockefeller, is con sidered a malefactor of great wealth, yet Carnegie and Rocke feller have contributed benevolences greater than Ford ever did, by many millions. No man who is not a grasping profiteer can make a bil lion dollars in less than 25 years as Ford has done. To denounce Wall street and prate about Ford in the same breath is utterly inconsistent for Ford's accumulations are the result of shamefully usurious prof its. Why was the unfit Ford, a mere money maker, selected to run for senator instead of a democrat? Simply because it was figured that hia factories employing nearly 100, 000 men, and the hundreds of Ford agencies in Michigan, would more than offset a Newberry campaign fund of hundreds of thousands of collars. It was a flagrant violation of the spirit of the corrupt practices law. and fathered as it was, by the administration, it was a national scandal. When Ford, the father of Edsel, the slacker and draft dodger, at the call of President Wilson went into both the republican and, democratic Primaries against Newberry, who, with his three sons, was in the aamiy, the fight ng spirit .'of the tepXibllcans of Michigan was thor oughly aroused and they went to extreme lengths. To censure them, and at ,he same time remain- mute as to President Wilson's part in the matter, cannot be excused. Wisconsin has renominated La Fbllette. The government statisti cal atlas issued in 1914 shows that in 1910 Wisconsin had more than 225.000 Germar.-born residents, and many added thousands of their descendants. La Follette's war record pleased them. He was alBO indorsed by the wets and the so cialists. Of course, he was nomi nated, but he is no more a repub licdn than was Tom Watson of Georgia a democrat, and- his record as a governor was no better than that of a dozen other real republican governors. He was a rabid opponent of the league of nations. Lodge favored the league with reserva tions and was beaten by a combi nation of Wilson senators and re publicans of the La Follette type. Except for them we-would now be in the league. The continuous praise Of La Fol lette, the chronic political malcon tent, and continuous abuse of Sena tor Lodge, coming as it does from a professed supporter of the league, indicates intense partisan bias. "To attempt to account for the psychol ogy of the average political parti san is mystifying." REPUBLICAN. 100 -PERCENTERS ASSAILED So-Called Patriots Held Enemy of State Development. PORTLAND, Oct. 7. (To the Editor.) It is hard to understand why the so-called patriots, or self styled 100-per centers, dp not Intro duce some bills that will induce set tlers, and manufacturers to come to Oregon and thereby reduce taxation instead of asking the voters to pass a bill that would keep thousands of good -persons from coming here, as well as drive others out of the state. It is still harder to understand why this same class consider that all they do and say is 100 per cent American, while at the primary election it was a crime and un American for a democrat to vote for a republican. Now, these same 100-per centers and defeated republicans are out to elect a democrat to congress and governor of the state because both have declared themselves . in favor of this misnamed education bill Mr. Watkins, the democratic candidate for congress, after issu ing a challenge to all voters of the third district to show what Mr. McArthur ever did to earn his sal ary, comes out and tells- us he will support this spiteful measure and favor class legislation to earn his salary, and Mr. Pierce, after stating he wou4d not have religion enter his campaign, makes a bid for the votes of the 100 per cent protestors by issuing a statement that he Protestant and will support this measure. Both these candidates have cast an insult upon the party that hon ored them with the nomination at the primaries by bidding for an in dependent indorsement of the bolt era or protestors. Why don't they tell us where the state is going to benefit by this law, and where the state is losing on private schools? As a soldier among the Indians in 1886-92. I saw schools conducted by the Baptists, Episcopalians, Catholics and other churches and not any public schools, and the In dians were educated to respect the great father at Washington and the Father in heaven. There were 15,- 000 Indians on the reservation 65 miles from a railroad and the only white people there beside the sol diers were the teachers and preach ers and priests to - educate the Indians. At the time of the Spanish-American war. back in Minnesota, . the Indians, knowing that most all sol diers had left the state, went on the warpath. The war department rushed a small detachment of re cruits out there, several of whom were killed, so a Catholic priest took a cross and went out single handed, and as he approached the hostile camp he held up the cross, and the chief disarmed and met the priest and was told that the good father at Washington did not want war, but wanted to have him come to his representative in the city and state his grievance. The chief gave up and came in and the outbreak was over, because the Indians were educated to obey the word of the great father (president) at Wash-, ington and to lead a life according to law, not in public schools or in stitutions, for those days public schools for Indians were not known out on the reservations of Dakota and Montana, but by private schools conducted by the different c.urches. We have good school laws now regulating private schools,- and if we find they do not come up to the standard we can compel them to do. so without passing a law that would be unjust to some people and not beneficial to the balance. There fore I appeal to every fair-minded voter in Oregon to vote against this unjust bill and vote aga'nst those candidates who Indorse it. M. A. METTEN. DRY LAW JESTS RESENTED Trend Is to Lessen Respect - for Constitution, Says W. C. T. TJ. PORTLAND, Oct. 7. (To the Edi tor.) Believing that the newspa pers are among the most effective agencies for shaping public opinion and creating public sentiment, we, the women of the Woman's Chris t'an Temperance Union of Multno mah county, in convention assem bled, do hereby most earnestly pro test against the jests aimed at -the eigteenth amendment and the Vol stead act, appearing from time to time in the daily press. We believe that the trend of. all Jests or Jibes of that nature is to lessen respect for law, to belittle the constitution, and to increase the difficulties of enforcement. The management of one of the great theater companies controlling theaters in nearly every important city in the country, recently issued orders that all jokes tending to rid icule the prohibition law be forbid den in any of the playhouses on their circuit, thus showing their progressiveness. When the great American 'public fully realizes that prohibition came about through an amendment to the constitution of the United States, and is, therefore, a part of that con stltuttion, other bodies of men will, we are sure, fall in line with the theater management. And the public press Is the most ' efficient means to that end. Multnomah County - Woman's Christian Temperance Union. INEZ C. RICHARDSON, Corresponding Secretary. Questions at Issue in Coming Election and Other Questions Made Subjects of AMERICAN FILES PROTEST Innuendoes About Opponents of Education Bill Resented. PORTLAND, OcK 6. (To the Ed itor.) Please enter my protest against the insinuation of H. A. Jones that all the opponents of the proposed school measure are "aliens and the like." I- anr an American who stands for American principles and therefore I am opposed to the Spartan, Soviet school bill on our ballot this falL This bill is an in fringement upon the inalienable rights set forth in the Declaration of Independence and vouchsafed me and all Citizens of America in the federal constitution and the bill of rights of our state, Oregon. Those forefathers who fought so valiantly under Washington never knew a public school in our sense of the term. Their education was obtained either in the church-controlled schools of England or in the private and church schools main tained" In the colonies. The claim "The common school is the founda tion of the nation" is false because there was no common echool ot common school system in existence when our nation was founded. The following clauses: "Destroy it and the nation is destroyed thereby which is the tendency at present," contain a miserable insinuation and innuendo and a shameful misrepre sentation of facta. It would be American and the part of a man to say in so many words who is trying to destroy the public school. Let him mention definite cases so his fellow citizens can vote with intel ligence and not in a mob spirit, which is only a degree of I. W. W.ism, seemingly deplored by him. The fact is that Robert E. Smith, assuming full responsibility for this bill, in the name of the Scottish Rites Masons, had this to say in the Journal June 16, 1922; "It is not that there is any particular danger here." Mr. Jones' complaint about exper iments made in California is not due to the fact that there were too many private or parochial schools in that region but rather to the fact that the state could not or did not make the necessary provisions for those people. Conditions would most certainly not have been better if the private schools had been put out of commission. Why blame the private schools for conditions which they manifestly did not produce? Let-it be stated in this connection that the citizens of California re-, fused to sign in sufficient numbers to have a bill like ours put on their ballot. The illiteracy revealed on the part of "a large percentap-e of American born men" in the last war as not due to the fact that their parentj sent them to private and parochial schools, but rather that they sent them to no school. How can sup porters of private Schools1 be charged with contributing towards illiteracy? One must be defending hopeless case, when he goes to such lengths. Since all private schools of out state are under the supervision of the superintendent of schools as far as the standard of elementary edu- cation is concerned, let "eyery true American who loves his country and wants it to be one people and not a multitude of warring factions" work ana vote against this un- American measure. If it is un-American to attend a private school why erect the monu ment of Theodore Roosevelt in front of I.add's school to preach 100 per cent Americanism 'to the youth of our fair city? Teddy, our Teddy, all America's Teddy, is a product of a private school. Are we Americans ashamed of or afraid of such Amer icans? We true-blooded Americans will certainly not stamp our dis approval on his American-ism ty adopting the misnamed compulsory education bill. H. H. KOPPELMANN. 570 Salmon street, city. GREEK REVIVAL PREDICTED Revolution Declared to Have Re stored Confidence. PORTLAND, Oct. 7. (To the Edi tor.) The patriotic and bloodless revolution in Greece seems to have considerably affected the present situation ,in the near east. The idea prevails among the Greeks that the Greek army is by no means defeated. but that it was forced to withdraw from Asia Minor not by the hordes of Mustafa Kemal, but by the treach ery and cowardice of former king Constantino and of his government. The Greek people have confidence, first, in the bravery and patriotism of their army as reorganized by the revolution, and second, in the pres tige and genius of former premier Venizelos. now "general representa tive of Greece abroad." The confidence of the Greeks is not absolutely unfounded. The Greek army is almost intact. It needed ef- , ficient leaders and has undoubtedly found them in the revolution. It has not lost its .morale. It is de termined to meet the enemy again The Greek people, instead of being disoouraged by the awful disaster in Asia Minor, are more than ever determined to defend their rights and their country. This fact was shown by the coolness with which Jthey received at home some of the regiments disbanded after their re treat from Asia Minor. Hellenism is sure- that the new regime will soon be recognized by the allied and American governments and hat America and England will supply the Greek army with everything ne cessary for the preservation of Thrace and for the salvation of the Christian population there. Again the question arises whether or not the Greek revolution has changed the attitude of France and Italy toward Greece. It may not have changed the attitude of Italy, but It certainly has ehanged the at titude of the French people, if not of the French government, toward Hellenism. I do not think that the spirit of Chateaubriand and of Gam betta, of Victor Hugo and of Fab vier, is dead. M. Poincare may say that the policy of his government remains unchanged on the question of the near east, but M. Tardieu tells us that it is not to the best interests of France that Mustafa Kemal should be given what he is asking for from Greece. It is evident, therefore, that public opinion ia divided in France and that M. Poin care is liable to fall any time on account of his arbitrary and unjust policy on the question of the near east. I think that the downfall of the present government in Frace will become inevitable within the next few day, or, perhaps within the next two weeks. M. Poincare's probable successor will be M. Tardieu. adherent of former premier Clemenceau. and well known for his phll-Hallenic tendencies. In that case France will assume an Independent Attitude more favorable to Greece than to Mustafa Kemal. Consequently Italy will be forced either to change sides or to assume an independent policy. Then, with the active support of the small - entente and with the moral and material support of England and America In a morale ot iio Greek army will be completely re stored and the "confidence of the Greek people in the patriotism and self sacrifice of their troops will enable them to save Thrace from the sword of Mustafa Kemal and humanity from the menace of Is lam. How is all this going to be brought about? Christians and Greeks abroad must raise their voices to protest in behalf of the peace and welfare of humanity, and they must see that their voice is heard by their respective govern ments. The people must apeak through their governments, not through philanthropic societies, be cause in this way they will not ac complish anything. Instead of help ing, they will surrender the unfor tunate Christiana to the unchange able Turk. It is an imposed and sacred .duty of the Greeks .n this country and abroad to raise their voices firsf and make the example for other people to follow. Greeks, Armenians, Syrians and Jews must speak, and speak at once. Thefr "brothers and sisters are suffering at home and need a word of con solation from them. They must give it to them now, not when they are dead. DEMETRIUS LASCARIS. EDUCATION BILL DEFENDED Misrepresentation Campaign Is Declared In Progress. PORTLAND. Oct. 6. (T the Edi tor.) The effect of the compulsory education bill, if passed, is being grossly , misrepresented by " some speakers and writers, especially those opposed to its passage. There is nothing in the bill at all that would prevent the parochial scnools, Lutheran schools, St. Helen's Hall. Hill Military academy and other schools from continuing to exist and teach "their pupils provided they do so at such hours as will not conflict with the - hours that the public schools are In session. Schools for the teaching of religion and kindred subjects should be side issues, and not the chief means of education, for the American boys and gids. There is altogether too little re ligion in the public school system now; but the ideal method to train the- pupils along religious lines would be for every school board to allow so many hours each week for the teaching of religion and morals just the same as they do for geog raphy, reading or any other subject, only let such teaching take place in some other building, separate from the school building and main tained ht the various religious de nominations. Let credits be -given for the - time thus spent, the same as is now done when the pupils go to some other school building for manual training or other subjects. ; Jr. the Catholic parents, or any others, want additional religious teaching, let them give it after school hours or on Saturdays, but do not deprive the rising genera tion of the best education possible and the true spirit of Americaniza tion which can be acquired only in the public schools. Sectarian schools never have and never can give a child that spirit, nor can the private schools, which turn out snobs who think that work is disgraceful or degrading or which serve as boarding schools or chap erons for children whose parents want to evade their parental re sponsibility so they can gad around in society or spend all of their time on selfish interests, whether busi ness or pleasure, denying their chil dren what should be theirs by every right, the personal care of a father ana motner. I doubt if there is a denomina lion in Oregon which would not gladly provide for such religious and moral instruction of their chil dren, in co-operation with the public schools and without expense to the school board. The choice of which denomination should teach each child could be left to the parents and the children. The result would be a race of real loyal Americans. Is it really a true desire for re ligious education that causes the Catholics to oppose this bill so bit terly, or is it the fear that the light and truth which the present paro chial school students will learn in the . public school will breed con tempt among them for the church of Rome, just as it has done in the case, of millions of us who have been "fortunate enoug to enjoy the blessings of the public school sys tem? J. E. H. PRIVATE SCHOOLS DEFENDED Student at Old-Fashioned College Voices Protest. PORTLAND, Oct. 6. (To the Edi tor.) So much is said of late about school laws that it puzzles the ordi nary citizen. At least one of the mossbacks of long ago is curious in regard to the education of the rising generation. He attended the old fashioned college that did not sponge on any class of citizens a building that would not compare with a Portland school house; campus of a few acres, with locust trees interspersed. Horseshoes, and shinny and a few other exerciser furnished and used by the students. all young men and boys, were the chief sports. That college furnished many very able men. both in civil and military life, governors, judges, congressmen up to a vice-president, and did not holler for help. The ordinary courses may have reached 20. -1 read now of 85 or more, and millions of dollars appropriated from the general tax. And the report from investigating committees shows that the illiteracy in Oregon is, exten sive and In every community. A propaganda is going on for rais ing millions for show and recrea tion, on top of the millions scat tered over the hills, hollows and buildings, purely for recreation, an-J yet we scream about the expense of providing a reasonable education for every child born and reared in Oregon. My opinion, after a long life of observation, is that a moderate universal education will do more to protect the whole community from criminals than all the paroles and angels of mercy who continually labor to shorten or release criminals from punishment. Everybody who is deprived of an ordinary school education is on the road to slavery, vagrancy or criminality- Not very different with the girls. Perhaps it is patriotic and dutiful, for the laborers to provide a high education with adequate rec reation for the lucky youths of otrt own and other states, aa labor pro duces all, and let many of our own remain illiterate. Our New York court reports only four college graduates in 22,000 ar rests. New York seems to be dis franchising voter on account of illiteracy. Morality, but neither pol itics nor education of the people in a democracy, should be saturated with religion. History says, in 17 centuries after the birth of the Savior, 100,000,000 people had been slaughtered on account of their re ligion, and the same cause produce the same effect now Smyrna, for instance. JOHN M, PAYNE!, j WHY CRITICISE JOHN BTXL? Anglo-Saxon Unity Will Solve Troubles, Says Writer. PORTLAND. Or.. Oct. 7. (To the Editor.) We in this country art very prone to criticise and condemn Great Britain for her hesitancy about "going it alone with the Turk." What else could she do, with the cowardly action of France and Italy in withdrawing from the game? Again, what could she do, war- : weary as her people are business interests, because, of the high taxes; the laboring man for the same rea son, with the additional one that he is the underdog and as such has to bear the brunt of the fighting, as he always has done? What else could she do with the lukewarmness of this country so apparent on every band, for are we not like the snail drawing back into its shell? It is not so much the fault of the people, for at heart we always have been opposed to the Turk, but it is a")ack of leadership on the part of the president and secretary of 'state. Aa for congress, as Samuel G. Blythe would say, it is a mob. It is doubtful whether a half dozen real leaders could be found in either house, which is shown in the bonus question. All are so dreadfully afraid that theywill do something which would cTJlft them a vote in their home district. 'r President Harding, it is true. Is courageous enough when onse aroused, which is shown in his at titude on the bonus question; but, nevertheless, Jie has not shown true leadership such as the country has expected. He is more like the man with his ear to the ground. The Turkish situation will be solved when this country assumes the leadership which the world ex pects of it and not until then. -The war ended six months too soon. It ended with the German and Russian situations, and above all, the Turkish situation unsolved. Not declaring war against Turkey when war was declared against Austria was an error. It left us without a voice in the treaty of o . n .v.. a, Sevres. Not accepting the Arme nian mandate was another mistake and republican that I am, I believe now that not entering theTeague, at least under certain conditions, was a third mistake. The row we had over that document was not unlike the attitude of England, France and Italy over Turkey. No wonder the world makes no head way. With all nations furnishing their quotas for a police force under the league, the Turkish situation would be solved without much trouble or throwing much of a hardship o.i any one country. Under the clrcum stances one. Great Britain for In stance, has to go it alone. The atti tude of France and Italy, to say the least, is despicable. With them it is rule or ruin, and ruin I guess it is what it will be lt there ever was a time when blood was thicker than water, or ought to be, It is now between the two branches of the Anglo-Saxon family. With Britain and America acting In unison, there is not a prob lem that may arise that can be held Insoluble, least of all a Turkish problem. American generosity will continue to give the Armenian and near east funds only to have the Turk laugh in fiendish glee as It falls into his hands to replace his depleted stores. Meanwhile Wash ington continue with ears to the ground, marking time whilst an other hundred thousand Christians go to the slaughter. "How long, oh Lord, how long?" X. Y. Z. PRIVATE SCHOOLS DEFENDED Danger ot Drifting Back to Dark Ages Feared by Writer. PORTLAND, Oct. 7. (To the Edi tor.) Whither are we drifting? We read of a demand in some states for laws to compel the teaching of the Bible i the public schools; in ethers the teaching of un-Scrlptural- sci ence is compulsory, which will re sult in a sure crop of infidels. Now, we learn that an attempt is being made in some states to close up all home or private schools, and compel all children of the first eight grades to attend the public schools. This proposed measure is hostile to the rights of every American citi zen, and is not in accord with the constitutional guarantees of civil and religious liberty vouchsafed to every individual citizen under our federal constitution. The state has a right to require all its citizens to receive a certain amount of intellectual training in the fundamental requirements of good citizenship, but the state does rot have the right to say where the child of a parent shall be edu cated, or the precise road that shall be followed in reaching the Intel lectual standard set up by the state. The state may prescribe certain fundamental studies, but It cannot dictate the precise textbooks and formulas of the curriculum. Like wise, the state has a right to re quire a definite amount of prepa ratory training on the part of those who shall constitute the public and private teachers of the children In it domain, i The state has the right to test the intellect, but it does not have the right to shape the intellect without the consent or the parent. who has the first claim upon the child. The parent, and not the state, has a right to decide the character of education the child Is to receive, whether it be partly re ligious or altogether secular. The public schools, which are under the direct supervision of the state, can not impart spiritual or religious in struction. It therefore a parent,, or a denomination, desire to give a child not only physical and intel lectual training, but spiritual in struction also, the state should wel come such a plan rather than deter It. Because, as a rule, a child that is instructed in spiritual things as well as secular matters, makes a better citizen than one whose edu cation has been purely secular. We should not forget that our forefathers who founded our great and glorious republic, and who framed for us our constitutional laws and gave us our ideals of true Americanism, were all educated in private schools. For more than BO vears after the founding of our re public we were without any public school system, and our government was maintained and prospered, and all its- citizens who received any education were trained in private schools. This prove conclusively that private schools. " even without the supervision of the state, are not detrimental to good government, and are capable of producing--the highest and noblest type of patri otic citizens. - However good the public, school system may be. It may attempt to train useful and loyal citizen for thi world only. The Christian school will do all this, and besides give a spiritual training for citizen ship in the world to come. Plato said, "A good education Is that which give to the body and to the asul all the perfection of Comment by Contributors. which they are capable." If the wise parent prefer to rive hi child this more complete education at his own expense, why should anyone object? The growing tendency on "the part of soma to obliterate personal freedom in matters of religion is greatly to bs deplored. Every American parent aa such should rise up In defense of hli inalienable right. Every true lover of liberty and of the ideals of true Ameri canism should work earnestly, set ting before the people the, prin ciple involved in thi issue, and present an effective protest against the encroachments upon the right of conscience and the grant of re ligious liberty. Unless this 4s done with all diligence, we will awake some not far distant day to the fact that we have lost the dearly bought liberty of which we have boasted, and drifted back to the method employed by the dark ages. CLARA R. WINTERTON. WRITER CITES BAD MIXTURE Let's Keep Relllgon and Polities Separate,' Suggestion). PORTLAND. (To the Editor.) In a recent issue of The Oregonian a letter was published which objected to raising religious issue In mat ters concerning politic to which I heartily agree, because while rell-glon-sjs a personal matter it i a well - universal thing and cannot be mixed with a thing a local aa politics. Religion 1 a part of every human being's makeup, regardless of sex, race or state of civilisation. Every human being has a capacity and a craving for a devotional worship that satisfies a human instinct of the soul. We all need it, must have It and by the exercise of this re ligious devotion we gain our spirit ual growth. We admit all men have a spirit and a soul and a need of a religion. To my mind a religion I a sense of great good aad peace which we attain through worship. Civilized men use tabemaole wor ship. Less civilized men use other ,. forms. The more we know about religion the less inclined will we be to show an irreligious, blundering or bigoted attitude toward It, and the more re ligious (spiritually developed) we become the lees offensive in such matters will we be and the more In clined will we be to actuate our selves according to the high prin ciples of justice, truth and kindly consideration one for another. Then will we be able to show tolerance for the sincere views of our brother man and not wish to dominate or ha-te a single one of God's divine creation, made in his image and of one blooi. The love of God Is a combining In fluence. Therefore, I object to such phrases as "religious issues." "re ligious prejudice," or "religious ani mosity." These thing ""nave not to do with religion but perhaps are of the unfortunate attitude that some hold toward the mechanics of re ligious worship of which they know too little. There is. by the way," ample opportunity for us to know all there Is to know about religion with hundreds of church doors 'standing wide open to ua. and If any "come to scoff let hope that they "remain to pray." One word about patriotism. The highest patriotism we of the United States can exert is an unqualified support of the constitution of the United States, which gives to the citizens of thia great nation re ligious freedom. I hope we are not soft enough to fall for any foreign propaganda (German or otherwise) that would attempt to stratify us so as to gain its ends. Let us take orders from one man and let that man be Unole Sam, the composite mind of the men and wo men of the United States, Rule by an Individual or by one ex is not wise, safe or fair. It 1 un-American. Witness European dis aster along this line. l ours for brother-hood and TTncI Sam. CONGREGATIONALIST. KliAX LEADERS REPUDIATED Member Offers Fatherly Advice to Other Members. PORTLAND. Oct. 6.-(T the IMI toro.) KYGV! in the Mloak. lao Kotop! As one of the initiated, but one who Is not willing: to follow those whom f resrard aa unwtae leaders in their efforts to wreck the republican party, "may I not," in the lanRuaere of the late distinguished president, address to those of you who are still amenable to reason, a little fatherly advice, gathered from a somewhat extended experience in politics and a careful reading: of history. In the first place let me say that I joined the klan upon the presen tations made by the kleas-le who so licited me. My understanding at the time was that its sole purpose was to promote Americanism and with out any further particular inquiry, and being heartily in favor of any kind of a plan or org-anizatton that would tend to promote American ization, I paid my initiation fees, my regalia fee and took the work. I will confess that the nomencla ture and rather unnecessary ex altedness of the ritual -was some what of a disappointment to me. but I considered that It was Immaterial and inasmuch as Z was in I decided to stick and do what I could to help in the work that the organisation professed to me that it proposed to do. Likewise when the recount, on the governorship contest was started, believing that the story told in reference to fraudulent ballots was probably true, I dug up my share of the "wherewithal" to make the fight. I was somewhat chagrined, of course, to find that the stories that had been told me with refer ence to the fraudulent balloting, miscounts etc., were apparently without any foundation, and that in fact the -only appearances of Bhady transactions appeared on out side of the case. Becoming dissatisfied with the way the organization was being conducted for poHtical pur poses instead of Americanization I purposes I made up my mind that any more subscriptions obtained from me for the purpose of paying salaried officials who were unable to get anywhere in the republican ranks to exert their efforts to dis rupt the republican party would be obtained when I was more mentally dazed than I am at the present mo ment. I have talked with a number of brethren who in a somewhat guarded manner have left me with the impression that they feel the same way about it. In this connection as a friendly note of warning to a number of the younger brethren X wish to quote from the autobiography of ex-Bena-tor George F. Hoar. In volume 1, page speaking of ex -Vice-President Henry Wilson, Mr. Hoar says: "He was a skillful, adroit, prac ticed and constant political man ager. He knew the value of party organization, and did not disdain the arts and diplomacies of a parti san. He carried them sometimes farther, In my Judgment, than a scrupulous sense of honor would ! warrant, or that wa consistent with the noble, frank, lofty behavior which Massachusetts and the Ameri can people expect of .their states men. The mot conspicuous In stance of thi wa hi Joining the know nothing 1-e.rty. In whose in tolerance he had no Keller. Wilson rreeiy aamiiica m w - fore he died and aald I have no tioubt with absolute elrtcerlty that he wouid give ten year of hi llf If he could blot out that one trans action.' " The following Is an excrrpt fro chapter XXIX of volume 1 of the tame autobiography: It i a remarkable fact that of the men known to Join the know nothing party, no man. unless he were exceedingly young and obscure when he did it. ever maintained or regained public confidence after ward, with the exception of Henri Wilson. Anson Burllngama and Nathaniel P. Bank. These men ail left it after the flrt year. Wilson and Burlingame denounced it with all the vigor at their command and Bank led the force of the repub lican party to It overthrow. "I ought to ay. however, of thi movement and of the A. P. A. move ment, as It Is called, of which I am now to apeak, that I do not think the leader ia general ahared the bitter and proacriptlv feeling to which they appealed. The eecret organization, founded on religious prejudice or on .race prejudice. 1 a -rood Instrument to advance the po litical fortune of men who could not gain advancement la an estab lished political organization. So a great many men are active and buav In such organization who would be equally active and busy In move ment founded on precisely the op posite doctrine, if they could well find their advancement In them. Yet. a I have ld. the prejudice which ly afthe bottom of thi movement wa very power ful, very sincere and not unnatural. "Secret eocietle were formed all over the country. It eeemed not unlikely that the aurprlse of lib would be repeated, and that the great republican party, which had done o much for civil liberty, would either be broken to piece or would be brought to take an atti tude totally lnconttent with re ligious liberty. "The organisation, railing Itself the American Protective aseocla tlon. but known popularly a the A. P. A., had it branches all over the north. It member met In se cret, elected their candidate in secret generally excluding all men who were not known t sympathlne with them and then attended the republican caucuses to support can didate In whose selectiou member of that political party whe were not In their secret eouncllr. hsd no har. Ambitious candldr.tr for of fice did not like to encounter uch a powerful enmity. They, In many case, temporized or coquetted wl'.l the A. P. A.. If they did not profess to approve It doctrine. So far a I know, no prominent republican In any part of the country put himself publicly on record a attacking thi vicious brotherhood. Many men who did not agree with It were, doubt less, o strong In the publlo esteem that they were not attacked." And so. klinimrn et while I am tlll with you In any open effort that may be made to Amerlcanls America. I decline to be hog-tled and voted by a few men who make a living sitting In a aecret room and giving the rent of u Instruction The republican party la the bent Amerlcanlzer I know anything about anywhere and, so far a I m con cerned. It i going to continue to have my earnest support. Itsub! brother. Iteuht Your for a square deal. AKTA The Oregonian I the medium through which many people uTT!y their wants by using II claei-lflcd column. Telephone Main 7' MOTHER! Open Child's Bowels with "California Fig Syrup" Even aalck child love the "fruity" taste of "California Kla; Kyrup." If the little tonitu I coated, or If your child I llstleaa, croee. leverllh, full of cold, or baa colic, irlve a tea epoonful to clean the liver and bowels. In a few hour you can e for yourself hoar thoroughly It work all the contrtltpatlon polann, our bile and waat out of the bowels, and you hava a well, play ful child airain. Million of mother keep "Califor nia Fia; Byrup" handy. They know a te&Kpoonful today save a sick child tomorrow. Ask your druKKlat for a-anulne "California Fig Syrup." which has direction for bablea and children of all area printed on bot tle. Mother! You mut ay "Cali fornia" or you may (et an Imitation fig yrup. Adv. A CLEAR COMPLEXION Ruddy Cheek Sparkling Eyes Most Women Can Have gaya Dr. Mwirda, a Well-kaaws Okie l-kralelaa. Dr. F. M. Edward for IT yar treated score of women for liver and bowel ailment. Duiina; these year he rave to his patients a prescription made of a few well known vegetable Incredlent mined with olive oil, namln; them Ir. Edwards' Ollva Tablet. Tou will know them by their ollva color. Thee tablets are wonder-work-ers on the liver and bowel, which cause a normal action, carrylnr off the wat and potaonous matter In one's system. If jrou have a pal fea, sallow look, dull eye, plmplen, coated tonitu. beadarjie. a llstlea. nog-nod feeling, all out of sort. Inac tive bowele you tke one of Dr. Edward' Ollv Tablet nightly for a time and note the pleaaln- reult. Thousand of women and men take Dr. E-lward' o:iv Tablets the auceeseful substitute for calo mel now and then Just to keep them fit. 16o and I0o AAt, ' DEATH REPORTS M.MAMI I Correponden Would II Itewpon- sIMIItr ot rhjr-ilelan. ASTORIA. Or. f-t. (Tn the Editor ) The new Item relative te . m public coroncr'i attitude toward ,h. -i - online and j (rMrf , condition In Ms failure to report death occurring In doctor off ire. The writer, the other day. contem plating having hi toned removed, aeked If the operation wee serloua. The doctor replied: "Abaoiuleiy no danger whatsoever" He could not kelp but know of the two death occurring In doctor' of fice from thi operation In Port land recently. The question wa asked a Port land doctor by the writer who wenl there to be operated upon. The coroner" reason for shielding the doctor "rommtrriai "; the coroner w afraid it would hurt the doctor' business, because, of course, he. too. we a doctor. How about the life rrtriced Let u not a lw compelling publication of the ram of the at. tending doctor In every ce of death caused a a reeult of n opera tion. J. I. IWHORNt The OreronlaB I rhe tnem ttirouah wJi.-h many people ur"t' their want hy ueinr ! cleiriel coltiT-ne. To'f P'T, tittn T'Til If Ruptured Try This Free Apnlr Yt t Amy -, AM r Ke -, tmrn r mll n . Arr mm ik Hm4 'I mm Ma Sent Free to Prove This rMM, phould writ t n- to s , H !i-e. Main M . A'Um. N V , fr n ft trul t.f him Mrf u MtmulM ;nc artrh,i',n. 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Addr State LESS MEAT IF BACK Take n Glass of Sn!t to Flush Kidneys If I'.lai!cr Dothcrs You. Eating loo much me my rrti'a kidney trouble la some f-rm r other. My a well-known Uttthorltv. because the uric acid eicitea lb kldneya. they tecnm overworked, get !uBS'lh; clog up and cauae all sort of distress, particularly back ache and mleery In Hie kidney region: rheumatic tainaes, evr headache. :ld ammarh. ronetlpi tlon. torpid liver, lreplen, bladder and urinary Irritation. The moment your b-k hurt or kidney aren't acting rlaht. or If bladder bother you, get about four ounce of Jad bait from any gooi pharmacy; take a teanpoonf til in a slae of water before brakrat for a fw day and your kiflnojr mm then ar-t fine. This femou U ta niade from the arid of grarea nd lemon Jule, combined v. It h llthla. and has been ufed for generation to fluh clogged kidneys sd i!mu late them to normal tlviij4 also to neutralize the arlila In the urine so that It no longer Irritate, ttiua oftn ending bladder dtordr. Jad Halt cannot Injur anvone; make a delightful effervescent llthla-water drink which million of men and women take now and then to help keep the kldner and urinary organ clean, thus often avoiding serious kidney disorder. Adv. New Remedy Used In Tonsllitis Case rut Mc-dicU on Spot at XtghL ffn Almost Well Nt Morn Ing Think It Great Medicina. "I have been subject to tonstlltl for yrs." write V. H. Mulllnlx of Walla Walla. Witi., "and have tried several different remedies. A few days ago my throat be am very sore and npna examination found arge spot on the tonsl's. I put Medlcla on that night and th nit morning was almost well and applied , more at one and was entirely we',1. , "I alio cut my band on a piece of tin and put on som of th clay with wonderful result. I think It I a great anedlefa aad aa ahoald vritkraf It." Thi remarkable remedy from Na ture' own medicine chest I within th reach of all. Sold by leading drug More or by mall from th Medlcla Product Co., Ine, Walla Walla, Wash. Trie On Dollar th box.