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good heart, nor good v
Standlngs. We ought not to
ttilnk ill of any on. till we
have palpable proof, and l even
then we should not expose
tliem to others. Colton.
C.KRMANY'8 COLONIAL
SESSION'S
POS-
Germany
W
mmtmuv. ultimatum to
Ifrom England's ally, Japan.
brlngaAiome to us the extent
of the strife for territory be
tween the great powers of Europe.
They confront each other, not only
"along the closely guarded fron
tiers of the home countries. Far
over seas on the teeming shore of
the Orient or in the dense Jungles
of the tropics or on the scattered
Islands of the Pacific, the struggle
for sunremacy has been carried on
hv alt the resources of diplomacy.
Germany was the last to enter
the field. Her colonial empire ns
grown up only within the last
thirty years. Kiao Chao, in the
Shantung Peninsula, which Japan
calls upon her to surrender, is the
last won of her foreign posses
sions. It was seized in ioji
a .recompense for the murder of
two German minaionaries. Though
Germany holds less than two hun-
, dred square miles, it gives her a
strong foothold and brings her
into close rivalry with England,
.which holds the port of Wei-Hai-Wel
at the extremity of the Pen
insula. Farther to tho south in Pacific
waters England and Germany are
again near neighbors. Germany
has annexed small and scattered
holdings in the numerous Islands
to the north of Australia. A third
of New Guinea is hers, the Bis
marck Archipelago and the Caro
line and Marshall Islands. She
alw owns several of the Samoan
group, lying between tho English
possessions there and our own.
But altogether her holdings in the
. . . .a
Pacific are less man a uuuuieu
. thousand square miles.
Africa offered the only consid
erable field for colonial expansion
when Germany woke to the ambi-
. tlon to plant her flag across the
seas. Bismarck, in 1884, some
what unwillingly consented to es
tablish a protectorate over the
African regions where German
traders already had extensive in
terests. It Is a romantic story
how three young and ambitious
members of the German Coloniza
tion Society, disguised as me
chanics, landed at Zanzibar with
blank treaty forms, and a supply
of German flags and pushed into
vno interior, cuiuia mo uiuumm
gathered at that very time for the
Berlin conference knew what was
being done, they had secured from
native rulers rights over a terri
tory twice as large as all Ger
many. As the boundaries of Ger
man East Airica were iinawy uo
. . termlned they run through the
three great lakes, Victoria Nyanza
to the north., Tanganyika to the
west, Nyasa to the southwest Eng
land, Belglnm and Portugal hem
the Germans In from further ex-
panslon all their foes In the pres
ent conflict.
On the west coast at about the
same time Germany acquired ter
ritory nearly as extended in South
west Africa, which the Orange
river separates from Cape Colony.
Above the mouth of the Congo, at
the sharp bend of the "coast line
westward, she gained in the same
year Cameron, and farther west
Togoland, a narrow strip running
r Inland between the Gold Coast and
and Dahomey. Both these colonies
are now flanked by English and
French possessions. England waa
caugnt napping ana ouiwinea,
though the made vigorous efforts
to cut off the advance of the
newcomers when she realized their
suddenly developed ambitions. A
' consul sent to extend a British
protectorate over Cameroon arrived
. vJnst five days after the German
emissary bad signed a treaty with
the native king and had to con
- tent himself with annexing Nigeria.
. England succeeded in preventing
'farther German acquisitions but
rOermany retaliated by blocking her
plan to secure a strip from the
' ' Congo Free State in the Jnterior,
'which would have bridged the gap
T' between the English possessionem
dvuuiviu auu uiuoieiu Allien. ai-
together. Germany has less than a
1 'million square miles of territory
while England controls, Including
i the .country nominally ruled by
. Egypt, 2,700,000 square miles.
MR. WITHYCOMBE'S BAD ADVISERS
ORSE advice was neyer given a . candidate than Is that . by
"the advising politicians" who aro urging Dr. Withycombe to
flop , on the single Item veto. ; ,
On, principle, Dr. WItnycombo is against the single item
veto, and he has frequently said so. On principle, he is against the
irequent use of the reto, and he has frequently said so. tie is noi omy
against the single item veto on principle and against the frequent
use of the veto on principle,' but he believes In a sort of working un
derstanding between the members of the legislature and the gover
nor, -and -he -has frequently said
Dr. Withycombe says the single item-veto Is "a sharp two-edged
sword." He says it would , be 'dangerous. He says It would be an
instrument with which a governor "could run the legislature." 'ahus,'
at the Civic League luncheon In Portland, he said: ,
It (the single Hem veto) would be a two-edffed sword. It would fiva
room for an executive of opposite political tendency to work political re
venge that would prove dangerous.
There is no equivocation in these words. They are Dr. Withy
combe's words. There is no way to misunderstand their meaning.
There is, no way to wipe them. out. They are of record and fully
known to the whole state.
He later reiterated his opposition to the single item veto. He
said again that it is ?a sharp two-edged sword." He said It would
greatly aid a governor to carry out his spites. At the Pioneers'
Picnic at Brownsville before an audience of thousands, he said:
Now that (the single Item veto) looks splendid. But it looks to me
like It would give the governor power to do anything he likes, that any
tendency for spite would be greatly aided. It would afford a splendid
chance for a man who had a little spite to make it a SEASF TWO-EDGED
BWOBD by whloh he could run the legislature. I am very skeptical about
this. -
There is no way for Dr. Withycombe to forget these words. They
are his words. There is no way for the public to forget these words,
or whose they are. When "the advising politicians" tell him to deny
them or go back on them, they counsel him to a course that can
bring him nothing but embarrassment and disaster.
Dr. Wlthycombe's opposition to the single item veto and to any
frequent use of the veto springs from the fact that he believes that
there should be a stand-in between the governor and the legislature.
He says the way to reduce appropriations is for the governor and
the legislature to be "harmonious." Thus, he said in his Chautauqua
speech at Albany:
What we want is the legislative and executive to work in harmony,
and when we do that we will solve this question of appropriations. We will
then get down to good sound and sane business, and there will be no log
rolling In politics, but it will be clean and harmonious.
These, too, are Dr. Wlthycombe's words. They show why, on
principle, he is against the single item veto, and why on principle,
he is against a frequent use of the veto. They show that his whole
idea is against vetoes. They show that he has a deep-seated faith
and trust in the legislature.
It would be the sheerest folly for Dr. Withycombe to attempt to
change his position. He cannot afford to be on one side of an issue
part of the campaign and on the other side of that Issue the rest of
the campaign.
To change now would be proof of temperamental weakness. To
permit the "advising politicians" to take his own words out of his
mouth and put their own words into his mouth would be a pitiful
surrender by Dr. Withycombe of his convictions.
It would put him in the attitude before the whole state of stand
ing, not for what he thinks, but for what "the advising politicians"
think. It would place him before the people as a shifting political
weathercock, blown hither and yon by any kind of advice, good or
bad. It would cause men to say that, if he shifts his position be
fore election, how can he be trusted to remain of one mind after
election.
If he shifts his position on the single item veto, it will discredit
not only his new position on that issue, but discredit his position on
! the efficient competition , of the
United, Press, the Oregonian denied
its own "news", in Its own paper
on the same day of publication.
Part of Its readers were told one
thing and part another.
The public is witnessing an un
seemly exhibition on the part of
these Associated Press newspapers.
It Is out, of harmony with the sim
ple, patriarchal character of the
good man who is gone. The man
who with quiet firmness maintained
the dignity of the Vatican cannot
now look down upon a squabble
over his demise with any degree
of approval.
A FEW SMILES
Because The Journal kept faith
with its . thousands of patrons and
announced the death of Pope Pius
X shortly after it occurred instead
of withholding the announcement
that the Oregonian might print it
as ancient history, the Falstaff of
the newspaper world whines. One
of the best tests of character in the
competition of life is the spirit
shown by the unsuccessful com
petitor, if he is a strong man he
will gracefully acknowledge defeat.
ir he is a weak one he will excuse
his falling down by some flimsy
pretext.
- An' Irishman, an Englishman and a
Scotsman were out of work. They
traveled together In
search of employ
ment, and cam to a
farmer's house adn
applied for the work
'of ploughman. The
farmer's house and
ever told the biggest
! lie could have the
iod. The Englishman
eald he went to the NortA Fole in a
tub. The Scotchman said he swam to
the South Pole. The farmer then aaked
Pat:
. "Well, Pat. what's your 11 eT
"Begorra, sir." said Pat, "I believe
these lads." Pat got the Job.
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PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
QMALIi CHANGE OREGON SIDELIGHTS I
all other issues.
These things are 6ald in advance as sound advice to Dr. Withy
combe. If he flops from one 6ide to another on issues like a but
terfly flitting from flower to flower, it will lead him to political dis
aster and political suicide.
tion by Europeans and there less
than ten thousand have settled.
They lie too near the equator. A
handful of German officials, rep
resentatives of commercial houses
and owners of plantations, are the
only white inhabitants in her other
colonies. Moreover the cost of ad
ministration is heavy, sometimes
greater than the total export and
import trade. England an call
on many of her foreign colonies
for men, ships and food supplies,
Germany's foreign possessions
seem at present only a source of
weakness, points dangerously ex
posed to attack. Through Japan
England has struck at one of
them.
SUSPENDED FAME
A section foreman on a southern
railway heard the following conver
sation between two
of his dusky labor-J
eta.
"Jim, you bettah
come here ah he'p
me. I's talkln' up
fer you."
"How's datr
Wy, dia here
man . von ain't
fit fer de dawgs, an Ah tole him
yes you Is!" Everybody's Magazine.
Someone writes to The Journal
to ask why the Telegram frequent
ly carries in big type an editorial
utterance on the first page? That's
easy to answer. Simply because
the editor thereof realizes that
though a few people read the first
page of that paper, no one reads
its editorial page.
Letters From tho People
1
i
N CONNECTION with the gen
eral European war it is Inter
esting to note the recent death
of John Phillip Holland, who
contributed much to the solution
of the problem of submarine navigation.
He was an Irishman by birth and
his first experiments In the sub
marine field were largely prompted
by a desire to cripple England's
supremacy of the sea. At first he
met with the usual discourage
ments of the Inventor. In 18 1 S he
submitted to the United States
Navy Department plans for a sub
marine boat which were coolly re
ceived. He continued his experiments,
however, and in 1893 received as
a result of competition a contract
from the navy department. Upon
the failure of his boat, which he
attributed to interference by naval
officials, Holland organized a com
pany and produced a submarine
boat which proved to be a success
in its trial at Perth Amboy, New
Jersey, In 1898.
His ideas have since been util
ized by foreign governments in ad
dition to those of other Inventors,
Admiral Scott of the British
navy recently predicted that the4
submarine would be a most 1m
portant factor In future naval
warfare and the world is watching
the present conflict with interest
to see whether this prediction is
to be realized. If it should be,
the fame of Holland will be post
humous as in the case of many
others.
guiae ror nxmg Dlame. We are
unable to see the war in its true
perspective; our information comes j
largely from one side; we are not
equipped with the facts sufficiently
to form deliberate judgement. That
is why the president saijj:
I venture, therefore, my fellow
countrymen, to speak & solemn word
of warning to you against that deep
est, most subtle, most essential breach
of neutrality which may spring out of
partisanship, out of passionately tak
ing sides. The United States must
be. neutral in fact as well as in name
during these days which are to try
men's souls. We must bo impartial
in thought as well as in action, must
put a curb on our sentiments aa well
as on every transaction that might be
construed as a preference of one party
to the struggle before another.
The United Sjtates contains many
people who by birth are tied to one
or the other of the waning nations.
These people are now Americans,
and while they naturally have
strong ties which bind them to
mother countries, they should re
member that they are now Ameri
cans. It Is absolutely necessary
that all citizens of the United
States, native as well as foreign
born, should observe fully their al
legiance to this government.
American citizens should heed
the president's words because they
are rounded In American principles.
They are recognition of the fact
that this Is a democracy. The peo
ple rule in America, and it Is the
people themselves who can plunsre
the United States into foreign com
plications or hold it aloof from
trouble abroad.
WISE WORDS
There is One great drawback in
Germany's possessions in Africa
and also in , the Pacific Islands.
F
RESIDENT . WILSON'S state
ment counselling Americans
not to become partisans in the
European conflict was timely
and wholesome. The United States
has declared -its neutrality, and tho
declaration will have full force "and
effect only if .the people of America
observe its letter and spirit
Europe's armies and navies will
determine the winner. When the
war's history Is written will be
Soon 'enough to determine who is
primarily at fault American par-
Nohe of them except Southwest i tisanshin at this time will not af
' Africa are suitable for coloniza-! feet the-tnitcorae, nor is it a safe
AN UNSEEMLY EXHIBITION
A
SIMPLE, kindly man is dead
in Rome. From every cor
ner of Christendom prayers
go up for the repose of his
soul.
And yet Portland . newspapers
dependent upon the Associated
Press have precipitated an unseem
ly controversy as to the first bearer
of. the sad tidings. The Journal
Is accused of "ghoulish Journalism"
because it printed the news of the
Pope's death on the day he died,
instead of waiting, as did the As
sociated Press newspapers, until
the official announcement was filed
in the archives.
It has been established that the
Pope died when The Journal said
he died. The official announce
ment was not made until 1:20
o clock Thursday morning. It was
sad news, and yet it was news
The United Press was Its sole
bearer, and now that agency Is ac
cused or "ghoulish journalism" be
cause It had the only American
staff correspondent in Rome, and
he sent word of the Pope's death
immediately after the event.
' The Journal is berated by the
Oregonian because it printed news
that was so, and yet the Oregonian
this morning told some of its read
era that Anna Sartor sister of the
late pontiff, had died of grief
Other readers of the same paper
were told that it was an "errone
ous report." In its effort to meet
t?fBn,.c"tlon" efnt The Journal tor
DtrblicatJon to thla department aboald b writ
ten on only one aide of the paper, ahould t
exceed 300 words In length and must ba ac
companied by the name and address of the
sender. if the writer does not desire to
nara the name published, nejr.houid so atata.)
"Discussion is the greatest of an reforjs
era. It rationalizes everything; it toucbea. it
robs principles of all false aanctlty and
throws them back on their reasonableness. If
they have no reasonableneaa. It ruthlessly
crushes them oat of existence and sets up Its
own conclusion in their stead." Woodrow
Wilson.
Christ's Teachings and War.
Portland, Aug. 18. To the Editor of
The Journal In your issue of August
17, W. J. Garrison of McMlnn villa
takes exception to statements from a
sermon by me, which were published
recently in Portland newspapers. He
asserts that L ascribe the war in Eu
rope to infidelity. He has been mis
led by the caption. "War Laid to In
fidelity," appearing in one of the pa
pers, over the quotation in question.
I did not write this caption. It was
written in the editorial office and does
not give an exact Interpretation ofi
what I said, which I will refer to sub
sequently. With this matter made
clear, I will address myself to Mr.
Garrison's criticisms.
He says that I ascribe this war to
Infidelity. I do not. if "infidelity" is
taken to mean otherwise than failure
to abide by the teachings of Christ.
He says that the Socialists to a man
are against war. Are they? Tester
day I received a letter from a Social
ist, in which he expressed regret be
cause he was too old to go back to
England and fight for his mother coun
try. Also, in yesterday's Journal. Karl
H. von Wiegand, the United Press
Berlin correspondent. says: "Dr.
Liebknecht and hundreds of thousands
of other Socialists are fighting for the
i- atnenana. uoes such carticiDation
in war look like opposition to It?
Mr. Garrison says that the churches
call the Socialists Infidels. There is
too much misrepresentation on this
score, due to loose thinking and care
less assertion. Some churches may
call the Socialists infidels, but not all
churches. The Episcopal church, of
which I am a member, does not." And
there are other churches that do not.
I know of ministers and laymen who
are Socialists and base their theories
upon the teachings of Christ Mr. Gar
rison's statement that the churches
can tne socialists infidels Is too
sweeping. He not only puts the part
for the whole, but what he says is un
just to both the churches and the So
cialists. JOHN D. RICE.
Vicar of St John's Church, Sellwood.
For a People's Harbor.
Banlcs, Or., Aug. 19. To the Peo
ple of Portland The state of Oregon
and tne municipality of Portland hav
ing failed to. protect the publlo right
in tne snores oi tne narbor of Port
land, so that, as far as our local au
thorities and courts can do so. they
have become divested to upland own
ers to the exclusion of the public, and
that publio having nov been called
upon for funds to reinvest these
shores In the public for improvement.
and a proposal made that other bonds
be sold to buy Swan island to be
dredged out to enlarge the harbor, at
the same time that the Port commis
sion Is filling for upland owners be
tween the bank and pierhead lines, I
have applied to the secretary of war
that a harbor line be located to pro
tect the public right in the shores of
this harbor, and that the pierhead line
be changed.
The hearing will be held August 23
and I urge upon those interested In
the development of the commerce of
this port to be present to support this
application, particularly for this rea
son: The war department is no more
interested in Portland as the port of
the Columbia river than in any other
point, say, Astoria or Vancouver, and
it stands in hand for those interested in
the conservation of Portland's advan
tages to seize every opportunity to re-
A philosopher stepped on board a
boat to crosB a stream; on the pas
sage he inquired of the ferryman if
he understood arith
metic. The man
looked astonished.
"Arithmetic? No,
sir, never heard of
It before."
The philosopher
replied: "I am very
sorry, for one quar
ter of your life la
gone."
A few minutes after he asked the
ferryman: "Do you know anything
of mathematics V
The boatman smiled and replied:
"No."
"Well, then," said the philosopher,
"another quarter of your life Is gone."
A third question was asked of the
ferryman: "Do you understand as
tronomy?" "Oh, no, no, never heard of arach a
thing."
"Well, my friend, then another
quarter of your life I gone."
Just at this moment the boat ran
on a rock. The ferryman Jumped up,
pulled off his coat and asked the
philosopher: "Sir, can you swim?"
"No," replied the philosopher.
"Then." shouted the ferryman, "your
whole life is gone, for the boat Is go
ing to the bottom."
Baste makes waste, out It saves mat
'A little learning is a comfort In tiano
of trouble.
,
Procrasticatlon Increases the de
lights of anticipation.
T . . . .
i f pr rauns ui someooay ror-
a
Cain did not invent war. Ha was
merely the first murderer.
a
A millionaire temporarily out of
funds is a helpless creature.
some people marry In haste and
men live to nave golden weddings.
a
Birds of a feather have reason to be
uianaxui to tne Audubon people.
a
Soma actors get divorces for the
advertising and others Just because.
A bird in the hand may have been
some time in cold storage. Then
wnatT
All the waiters in Paris have gone
to war. They ought to be able to give
spienaia service.
The fly In the ointment shows that
the apothecary has been negligent in
Early to bed and early to rise would
put the theatrical Industry entirely
uui ox Dusiness.
a
The toughest Job we know of Is that
of a candidate for office trvlnar to talk
politics to men who are only wanting
to near tne latest war news.
a
Here's more trouble. While the sov
ereign Texan Is rubbering the bulletin
board Bailey Is going to try to sneak
oaca into tne united states senate.
a
Twentv-nlna doers wera electrocuted
at Medford Tuesday by the health au
thorities. Their owners naa raiiea
munle them within the limit required
by ordinance.
The Rend librarv has lust received
a gift of 24 volumes from tha Bend
uiee ciuo. iot dooks were yurauiKni
with monev earned by the club at a i
concert several months ago. .
When the CorvaUis schools open on i
September 21, it will be with a corps
of teachers increased to 4. who. the
Gazette-Times says, are one and all
uncommonly well equipped as regards
professional training and school room
experience. I
The proposed rravellng of tha busi
ness streets of Wallowa has been aban-
doned by the city council, and the mat
ter of a permanent tiavement has again
been taken up. A large majority of tha '
property owners protested against tne
gravel, asking that pavement be sub
stituted.
Hood River Naws: Opening of the
Panama canal Saturday and announce- 1
ment of a new steamer Plying on the I
Columbia from Portland to The Dalles
both mean Increased shipping facilities
for Hood River. Such advantages will ,
go far towards contributing to tne eco
nomical marketing; of the local crop.
Weston Leader: Despite the strong
market position of all manner of food
stuffs, due to the European war. there
was a decided drop in pork the other
day on Weston mountain. George Fer
ituson, who is farming the Dr. Kern
plae went out in his hog pasture one
morning and found that 14 good shotes.
averaging about 100 pounds had all
fallen down an unused well and all
were drowned. It is supposed the luck
less pigs followed each other Into the
well while hunting for some place in
which to wallow.
THE SUNDAY
' JOURNAL
Following are some of the Il
lustrated features that will "P-
Slement the tiew re pert In THE
UNDAY JOURNAL for next
Sunday.
WITH TJCB afalSaaTaB OS XT.
TOLSTOI'S VISION OF A WORLD WAR
The Ragtime Muse
Ballade t of Joule
Obsolete views and outworn creeds.
Selfish actions and foolish pride.
Hates and rancors and cruel greeds.
Acts by a low mind Justified;
Acts that the doe would seek to hide.
Gains that would come from another's
fall.
Evil courted and rood defied
Into the scrap heap with them all I
Motors driven at reckless speeds.
Oysters roasted or boiled or fried,
Toung widows' unbecoming weeds.
x-aper ana pens py "tne nouse ' sup
plied, Doors too narrow and folka too win.
The porter's tip and the brakeman's
Daw .
The other stocklnr that love to hide
Into the scrap heal with them all!
Congressmen .who end garden seeds,
" oiks wno gee angry when they're
guyed.
Chickens and dogs and fancy breeds.
ijeneiny ipeecnea ana auu, beside,
Apples and peaches and apricots,
dried.
Men who for hard luck tales wont
"fall."
Agents who will not be denied
Into the scrap heaD with them all I
L'ENVOI.
Prince! May your power be magnified!
To your attention we wish to call
Tiresome things that we can't abide
Into the scrap heap with them all!
The following Is an Interview with
Count Leo Tolstoi In 1910, written by
his grandnlece for the Chicago Record
Herald, in which he predicts the pres
ent war:
I see floating upon the surface of the
sea of human fate the huge silhouette
of a nude woman. She la with her
beauty, poise, her smile, her Jewels a
super-Venus. Nations rush madly aft
er her, each of them eager to attract
her especially. But she, like an eter
nal courtesan, flirts with all. In her
hair ornaments of diamonds and rubies
Is engraved her name, "Commercial
ism." As alluring and bewitching as
she seems, much destruction and agony
follow in her wake. Her "breath, reek
ing of sordid transactions, her voice, of
metallic character like gold, and her
look of greed are so much poison to the
nations who fall victims to her charms.
And, behold, she has three gigantic
arms, with three torches of universal
corruption In her hands. The first
torch represents the flame of war, that
the beautiful courtesan carries from
city to city and country to country.
Patriotism answers with flashes of
honest flame, but the end is a roar of
guns and of muskets.
The second torch bears the flame of
bigotry and hypocrisy. It lights the
lamps only in temples and on altars of
sacred Institutions. It carries the seed
of falsity and fanaticism. It kindles
the minds that are still In cradles and
follows them to their graves.
The third torch is that of the law,
that danrerous foundation of all unau
thentic traditions, which first does its
fatal work in the family, then sweeps
through the larger world of literature,
art and statesmanship.
And, behold, the flame of the third
torch, which has already begun to de
stroy our family relations, our stand
ards of art and tnoraJa The relation
between woman and man Is accepted as
a prosaic partnership of the sexes. Art
has become realistic degeneracy.
Political and religious disturbances
have shaken the spiritual foundations
of all nations.
before the Underwood tariff went Into
effect; that the failure of the enter
prise was not one involving the tariff
in any particular, but actually due to
the fact that with Its limited output
It could not compete with eastern
mills whose production was many
times greater, whose "overhead"
waa far lesa in proportion to the out
put, and whose market was always as
safe and certain as any Industrial
proposition could be, whereas the Ore
gon company had to create a market In
competition with the larger and otd
established eastern mills; and last but
not least the Oregonian would have
discovered that the eastern mills,
backed by millions of capital, could
and do buy the raw product at more
advantageous prices than could the
Oregon mill.
The statement of Mr. Toung. of the
Multnomah Mohair Mills company. If
ho is correctly quoted In tha Oregonian.
is so full of holes that it need not be
discussed. I do not believe Mr. Toung
has been correctly quoted.
But 'twas ever thus. Nothlnr la too
loW for the Oregonian to stoop to, to
attain Its questionable ends.
"MADE IN OREGON."
The a-reat conflagration will start
about 1912, set by tho torch of the first
arm In the countries of southeastern
Europe. It will develop Into a destruc
tion and calamity in iis. in mi year
I see all Europe In flames and bleeding.
I hear the lamentations of huge battle
fields.
But about the year 1915 the strange
figure from the north a new Napoleon
enters the stage of the bloody drama.
He Is a man of little militaristic train
ing, a writer or a journalist, dui in ms
grip most of Europe will remain until
1926.
Th end of the great calamity will
mark a new political era for the old
world. There will be left no empires
nor kingdoms, but the world will form
a federation of the United States of
Nations. There will remain only rour
great giants the Anglo-Saxon, the
Latins, the Slavs and the Mongolians.
After the year 1925 I see a change In
religious sentiment. The second torch
of the courtesan has brought about the
fall of the church. The ethical Idea
almost vanished. Humanity is
without moral feeling.
But then a great reformer arises. He
will clear the world of tha relics of
monotheism, and lay the corner
stone of the temple of pantheism,
God, soul, spirit and Immortality
hii molten In a new fur
nace, and I see the peaceful beginning
of an ethical era. The man determined
to this mission is a Monjouan
He is already walking the earth a
man of active affairs. He himself does
not now realize the mission assigned to
him by Superior Powers.
Only small spots here and there have
remained untouched by those three de
structive flames. The anti-national
wars in Europe, the class war of Amer
ica and the race wars In Asia have
strangled progress for a half a century.
By then, in the middle of this century,
I see a heroine of literature and art
rising from the ranks of the Latins
and Persians, the world of tha tedious
stuff of the obvious.
It is the light of symbolism that
shall outshine the light of the torch of
commercialism. In place of polygamy
and monogamy of today there wl'.l
come a poetogamy relations of the
sexes based fundamentally on the po
etic conceptions of life.
And I see the nations growing larger
and realizing that the alurlng woman
of their destiny is after all nothing but
an Illusion. There will be a time when
the world will have no use for armies,
hypocritical religious and degenerate
art Life is evolution, and evolution is
development from the simple to the
more complicated forms of tha mind
and body.
I see the passing show of tha world-
drama In its present form, how It fades
like the glow of evening upon the
mountains. One motion of the hand of
commercialism and a new history begins.
The late author-reformer finished.
opened his eyes and looked at me
slightly confused.
"Had I gone to sleep?" ha asked me.
I beg your pardon."
When I read the vision talk to him
he listened gravely and nodded, saying
that It was correct Upon my request ;
he signed the document and handed j
It to me with a blessing. I left him 1
w. w nan v. t , a.iv. ... ... j r .
my arrival infornrwl the crar of my
readiness to see him.
I was received at the court In an
informal way and led Into the cars J
private study. I handed him the paper.
He opened it nervously and read with
pronounced agitation.
"Well, it's very interesting," he said.
"I will make a copy for myself, anJ
forward the other copies, with trans
lations, to the kaiser of Germany and
through him to the King of England.
The original shall be kept In my pri
vate archives. I shall ask the kaiser
and the king not to make any com
ments on the matter, aa I do not like
to figure as an Intermediary between
them and the old man whose seditious
writings I do not like generally."
It is because I have heard that one
of the royal principals is going to In
clude the secret message In his private
memoirs that I take this opportunity
of publishing the whole truth about it
and how I received the unusual docu
ment The cxar has told me repeatedly
that the kaiser of Germany thlnka it is
A photographic and word story
that records the essential happen
ings on the MaEamas recent as-t
cent of Mt Rainier.
COX.VMBIA XZOKWAY XTZAKX
COKPX.ETZOV.
Within a month it Is expected
that a section of the new Colum
bia highway will be open to traf-r
fic. In all the world it Is tmpoaw
sible to find a route that la rlchei
In scenic splendor. A set of new
photographs shows tha present
status of the work.
rorx TtVU X.
In the passing of Pope Plus, the
Christian world has loit a strong
figure. A review of the remark
able career of this remarkable
man offers wide appeal.
WAS aTZSZUOrKTB. .
A group of Illustrated articles
which discuss many phases of th
colossal European conflict will
claim the Interest of all readers
who would keep Informed on tha
people and places concerned.
OEXXATaT OtZ?I3Ul TOJUTTOIOJ
WAS nVASB.
General von Bernhardl of tha
kaiser's army wrote a book mora
than two years ago in which he
declared that in the event of war.
Germany's only hope lay In ag
gression on land and caution on
sea. The volume is full of what
has proved to be prophetic state
ments and a review of the salient
points made is of timely Interest
TUB KSS ASOX72CD TUB
KAX8ES
Frederick William Wile pre
sents interesting studies of each
of a group of Germany's strong
men who have played leading
parts in shaping the destiny of
tne empire.
suuTBAUTT or racAxx,
HATXOKS.
A veteran diplomat makes the
statement that neutrality pacts
are of little avail to small na
tions, cltlne the fact that Bel-
glum has been drawn into a 'war
which she foresaw and for which
she prepared and that Holland is
little better off.
A BIT Or BXCSZT XZ8TOST.
Anything that savors of diplo
matic intrigue and war la of in
terest nowaday. Accordingly,
Herbert W. Bowen's recital of
what transpired In Barcelona.
Spain, Just prior to the Spanish
American war when he was Amer
ican consul at that point com-
manas a wide audience.
Fiction Features
PAPlfl STSATAQX3S.
An illustrated atorv hv Rohrt
Herrlck that represents the best
in miasummer riction.
THE TSZnr O' HZASTS.
The third Installment of Louts
Joseph Vance's thrilling atory of
romance and lntriarue whlrh holds
additional interest In that after
reading each week's Installment
in THE SUNDAY JOURNAL,
readers may see each installment
enacted at the movies.
ros woMEsr kxadess
Four pages of THE SUNDAY
JOURNAL Magazine are devoted
exclusively to subjects of interest
to women. Features coverlnar
wide field are prepared bv spe
cialists. Those for, next Sunday
include: "Hair hints for the
busy woman." by Mrs. Henry
nj mes , Advice on seclal customs;
Answers to beauty queries; "Mod
ernizing the home." by Wlnnifred
Harper Cooley; Menus and recipes
for a week, by Ellen H Whlttem:
Hints for the home dressmaker;
French fashion nots and attract
ive needlework designs by Ade
laide rjyra.
rrCTOBXlX, 8TJ3P&EVE2TT.
Two pages of photographs from
near ana rar. including a full
page reproduction of Wefater's
picture, "The Pillars of the
uescnuwi ; two unconventional
pnotographs of Mt Hood that
draw closer attention to what this
snow clad peak has to offer the
tourist ana a group of snapshots
ot people and places you have
ueen reaoing aoout In the news
columns.
COMIC SECTION.
Your friends of the funny sheet
are shown In series of new antics.
THE BTTZTD AT JOtTSHAX,
Complete la firs news seo
tloas, magaaina and woman's
section and cotnio, S oasts tha
copy everywhere.
Popular Science.
In the Malay peninsula an Eng-a
llsh naturalist has discovered a spa
cies of ant that makes Its nest In tho
fleshy stems of ferns that crow on thai
one of the most lmpresslva literary llmha of trees hlgh ln the aIr
propbeciea of this age.
Prolilbition in North Dakota.
Lebanon. Or., Aug. 19. To the Edi
tor of The Journal Although I have
been here for only one year, I am
greatly interested ln the future of this
state. North Dakota, my native state.
has had prohibition for 25 years, and a
big majority of the people are well sat
isfied without tha saloon.
For North Dakota prohibition has de
creased crime. Insanity and pauperism,
and very materially Increased the pros
perity of the people. " It has attracted
capital and desirable Immigrants. It
has exiled tha baneful Influence of the
liquor forces from state poltlcs. It
has been a splendid safeguard for the
boys and young men. Farmers, mer
chants and bankers are staunch sup-
move any obstacles to the development ' porters of prohibition there,
of Portland's harbor. Remember that ! Every patriot in Oregon, every one
there has been no effort to errant .who is loyal to the best Interests of
away the shores of the Columbia, andi'ts young people, every one who loves
they have that advantage of us. Port- peace, justice ana righteousness, will
land Is ln this rescect handtcaonfe far 1 rejoice in the opportunity of banishing
beyond all other ports on the Pacif lo 1 th blighting curse or tna liquor traf
coast
IN NON-EUROPEAN MARKETS
J. B. ZIEGLER,
The Mohair 31111s Case.
Salem, Or., Aug. 20. To the Editor
of The Journal Once more the Ore-1
gonlan has got ln its work on the Wil
son administration. Now It is the
tariff that is responsible for the clos
ing down of the Multnomah mohair
mills. Has the Oregonian stooped so
low that It must blame every indus
trial, disaster to the Underwood tariff
and the Wilson administration? Is any
conclusion safe enough for the Ore
gonian to Jump at so long as that -conclusion
can be used as a slam at the
present administration? Does the Ore
gonian aver investigate anything be
fore it printa such erroneous and mis
leading articles aa today's on the clos
ing of the mohair mills? If the Ore
gonian had made an intelligent Inves
tigation it would have learned the
truth, and these facts:
That the Multnomah Mohair Mills
company was in trouble long before
President Wilson ever was nominated:
that the mills virtually were closed
fic from the state of Oregon.
F. THORD ARSON.
Writes About Emma Goldman.
Gervais. Or, Aug. 19. -To the Editor
of The Journal We do not uphold Em
ma Goldman If She is an anarchist but
since the drys have used her as an ar
gument against us we will say we are
glad she Is not a prohibitionist There
is nothing on record In California
showing that aha was responsible, like
prohibition, for an attempted $700,000
000 confiscation.
Compared with our multiplicity of
people, the drunkards are but few.
People die every minute. Why should
tfiey be expected to lives forever?
Horses sometimes drink too much, and
get foundered. Man, being; a superior
being, should know whan ha has
enough. X am told there was but 12
drunkards on Salem's black list I
have lived ln Portland and Salem. I
have seen the farmers pass my door
for years, and never saw them drunk.
That's Oegon
By John M. Osklson. i
Everybody knows that England and
Germany have fought savagely for the
markets of the newer countries of the
world. They have been rivals ln South
America, in Mexico, ln China and in
Africa.
As part of their campaign for secur
ing hew and growing markets as out
lets for their manufacturers they have
become tha lenders of capital to the
new countries. It has been like the
typical bank In a growing western
community:
Banker Jones from Kansas City goes
to X county ln Colorado, where set
tlers are gathering in anticipation of
the opening of a new Irrigation pro
iect. Jones commands capital owned
in Kansas City; he will lend this cap
ital to men who show that they can
usa It to develop farms, and to mer
chants who can show that their trade
will be profitable.
ln tha same spirit the directors of
one of the big railroads will vote to
extend a branch into X county. In the
expectation that later enough traffic
will ba created to pay a profit on the
money spent in building the branch
line. Jones and the railroad are count
ing on the future of X county.
nut ther romes a crisis in the af
fairs of Kansas City and the financial
capitals ln which the railroad must i
borrow the money to pay xor n
branch line through X county. Neither
Jones nor the railroad can get any
more outside capital. What's going to
happen to X county?
What's going to happen to the man
ufacturers, planters and railroad build
ers of Argentina, of Bratil. of China, of
tha African dependencies?
They must do what the wide-awake
dozens of X county are compelled to
do. They must find new financial
backing. Where will they find it?
It is Jnevitable that they should
look to the United States as a- source
of supply. We are the greatest and
richest cqruntry in the world not In
volved ln the wealth-destroying war
that is raging. Under the pressure of
necessity. South America and Mexico
and China must forget that we have
heretofore been indifferent to their
needs, must forget their racial praju
dicea, and come to form financial and
trade alliances with us.
So the newer markets will be forced
upon us.
Dr. Naegell, professor of medicine at
Liege university, commends thi prae
tice of yawning. A good yawn tha
Belgian professor maintains. Is excel
lent for the lungs.
gathered from all over the state. They
looked many. A bunch of prohibi
tionists gathered together look sane.
One would not think them crary enough
to destroy tha Oregon hop industry. A
bunch of drunkards in Portland gath
ered from' everywhere, mostly tran
sients, who will not vote, look many.
They represent themselves, not Oregon.
God gave morphine, his production, of
tho beautiful poppy, to make easy tha
pangs of death. No one should abuse
It Carloads of it should be sent to
tha Jaattleflelda to soothe the wounded
and tho dying. It would not be as
craxy as the usa of bayonets ahd.bul-
lAtai to lOaA thai arrt nnl With mor-
Xn Salem I saw a ! Phine Pllla. shoot tha soldiers and let
crowd of crazy men from the asylum, them sleep on the battlefield until
ready to make them prisoners of war.
Save production. Vote wet to save
the hop Industry, and to prohibit pro
hibition. ELLA M. FINNEY.
HOO'S H00
By John W. Carey.
The Languages of the Belgians.
Portland, Or., Aug. 20. To tha Edi
tor of The Journal Please state what
are the principal languages spoken In
Belgium, and the proportion of Ger
man as compared with the other lan
guagea. J. N. M.
The latest available figures are
those for 1900, whlrh are aa followa:
Those speaking French only,' 2.674,805;
Flemish only, 2.822.005; German only.
28,314; French and Flemish, J01.687;
French and German. 66,447; Flemish
and German, 723; the three languages.
42,859.1
Who guards your Unci Sam'I'S .
health and shines bogie man to
hookworms and bacilli all from York
to Yucatan?
Who goes to Vera Crux and makes
of same a. Spotless Town, aa spick
and span as Mary Ann In bran new
Sunday gown?
Who hies with rat traps by tha ton
to Gulf of Mexico, and routs tho
plague bubonic In a fortnlghfa tlma
Who makes things so unpleasant for
the yellow fever germ. It beats A and
does not come back to seek a second
term?
TJLTVi s 4 ii aw A Visa ftrtaaiaataTern - tha m .
ti taw- jwo a v w i vitBrvii a am ear
fought off that love bug. too? Step
up. unmarried lac lea. and meet Sur-
I geon-General Blue!