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THE OREGON DAILY: JOURNAL. PORTLAND, THURSDAY. JANUARY 25. 1917. CRISIS JAPANES E NTERNAL POLITICAL SITUATION REACHED Diet Is Dissolved and Papers ; Center Attention on Prob ; lem Now Presented, OTHER MATTERS IGNORED Mom VoUtlcs So Absorbing Vo Com aaeat on President Wllioi'i Speech Km Bees Blade Up to Present. i Tokio, Jan. 25. (U. P.) The Japan ese diet dissolved today, bringing the Internal political situation . in Japan to a crisis. With the dissolution of tbe diet the whole attention of the newspapers was centered on the- problepa presepted by that situation. So far they hare made no comment on President Wilson's speech, proposing- a league of nations to enforce peace. Home politics Is absorbing Tokio officialdom and the general public to the exclusion of other matters. The Nationalists in tn diet, and the Constitutionalists, in the house of peers, uniting in opposition to Premier Count Terauch), caused the dissolu tion or the diet which re-convened Tuesday. Kver since the emperor selected Terauchl as bead, of the Kovemmen in succession 10 Maryuis uicuma. 4 bitter political fight on the admlnis tration has been in progress. Count Terauchl, who is leader of the mill tarlst faction in Japanese politics, has been fiercely attacked and even tbe emperor has been criticized for selecting him as premier. The principal ground on which th figbt was made was that the selection of Terauchi's cabinet was not made In accord with the constitution of Janan. Tbe real leader of the opposition to the government Is Viecount Kato, who served as foreign minister in the Oku ma cabinet. Heading the power ful constitutional party in the house or peers, he Joined hands with the Nationalists In the diet with today's Terauchl has , been one of Japan's great military leaders, but his selection as premier created a great political sensation in the orient As ; governor general of Korea, when that country was absorbed by Japan, he used stern methods in maintaining order. Canadian Wants Job as Hangman 1 At $75 a Hanging Springfield. 111., Jan. 25. (I. N. 8.) Attorney General Edward J. Brundage has re- rfc celved . a letter from I. M. Holmes, public executioner of Montreal, Canada, asking that he be made executioner of II- linois. He will perform every K, hanging for J75 and expenses from Toronto, he says. M JUDGE RULES BACKUS 'LOOTED' TREASURY OF E REGULATION OF SALE OF REVOLVERS IS AIM OF GILL SENATE BILL Purchaser Must Give Written Statement of Purpose of Purchase in All Cases, CABINET MEMBER - ANSWERS ADDRESS COLUMBIA MIN FRM Circuit Court Decree .Gives $17,157 to Frank S.1 Baillie, Manager, as His Interest. Baker, Or, Jan. 25. A ruling by Judge Anderson In circuit court Wed nesday in the case of Frank S. Baillle vs. K. W. Backus and others, gives Ball- lie Judgment for $17,167, Including $14,600 tied up under court order pending the outcome and recovery of the balance from Backus. The ruling upholds Baillle's charge that Backus looted the treasury of the Columbia mine of which he was principal stock bolder and Baillie was manager. Backus was held personally respon sible for conversion of funds of the mine to other corporations controlled by him. Baillie is upheld for paying mine creditors and tying up $14,500 to secure his personal rights. The case has been long drawn out. testimony being taken several weeks here, and later in Minneapolis, where Backus is prominent In financial and business circles. An appeal Is likely. Findings and conclusions of the court are lengthy, covering 40 typewritten pages. The case was of extreme in terest here, Baillie being; very popu lar. Since leaving the Columbia he has been manager of the Baker Mines company at Cornucopia. Anti-Pumpguo Bill Opposed. Washington. Jan. 25. Oregon sports men and business interests are send ing telegrams to the delegation in con gress asking them to oppose Rep resentative Meeker's bill to suppress hunting with automatic or "pump" guns. Oregon has solved that ques tion, they say, by putting a bag -limit on the hunters.. Seventy-five per cent of Oregon sportsmen use repeating guns, it is stated. "Assassination Is Attempted. Tokio, Jan. , 25. (I. N. S.) Politi cal unrest In Japan culminated today in an attempt to assassinate Tukio Osaki, leader of the constitutionalist party and former minister of justice. Thi attempt was made while Ozaki i rested. In the midst of the commo Vse Vldressirifr a mass meeting which tlorr two. other men also tried to at- Wu advocating the resignation of the ' present' cabinet. Just when Mr. Ozakl was In the midst of his speech two men sprang to the platform from which he was sneaking and attacked him with two C short swords. Men on the platform ., rushed to Osaki's assistance and the tv assailants were overpowered andar " . - ... I,. tack the statesman, but they also were overpowered and arrested. The last pair were badly beaten by tne en raged crowd. The attack on Ozakl came immedi ately after he had urged the resigna tion of Premier Terauchl. He de clared that the premier's administra tion was unconstitutional. Salem, Or., Jan. 25. Senator John Gill has Introduced In the senate a bill to regulate the sale of revolvers. The bill provides that persons wish ing to sell revolvers or pistols must obtain a license from the county Judge. Only persons over 21 years old and of good standing and reputation, and who a if engaged in regular retail busi ness, with a permanent place of busi ness in the county, are eligible to ob tain a license. " Applications for licenses are to be filed with the county clerk. If an ap plication is filed by a firm or corpora tion, it must give the name and place of residence of every officer of the firm or corporation. Each license shall be for a term of one year. The person or firm selling a re volver must take from the purchaser a written statement giving the name, age, sex, place of residence and occu pation of the purchaser and tlje pur pose for which the weapon is being obtained. The statement must also contain a full description of the weapon. The record of the sale must be delivered to the sheriff and also the record of the license Issued to the dealer. Section four of the bill says: "No pistol or revolver shall bo sold or disposed of to any person under the age of 21 years, nor to any degenerate or abnormal person, nor to any person, unless he Is of good standing and rep utation and procures the same for lawful purposes." County Protection Of Game Favored Sportsmen of Benton Generally Commend Movement om Toot to Abolish State Commlssioa. Corvallis, Or.,' Jan. 25. While the Benton County Rod and Gun club has not gone on record officially in favor of abolishing the state - fish and same commission, sportsmen generally are commending the action of the Linn county sportsmen In the initiative movement to abolish the commission and let each county re ceive its .own license fees and take care of its own fish and game. The mountains In the eastern part of the county abound in deer, yet there is not a game warden In the county, nor has there been for sev era! months. An official of the sportsmen's club said that with half the money paid into the state commission Benton county could, have a warden on the job all the time and that the warden would be working in the Interests of game protection rather than for the state commission. I BONAR LAV ASSERTS ALLIED AIM IS SAME AS THAT OF WILSON Same Point of View, How ever, He Declares to Be an Impossibility. STABLE PEACE IS DESIRED Overtures Xejected Beeawe Peace Vow Would SSeas Peace of "Victory With Military aZachine Unbroken. Chancellor of Exchequer Bonar Law '"" T6en writing to er cslhng en advertisers, pleaae mention The Journal. (Adv.) Centenarian Passes Away in Pendleton Joseph Cunningham, Inmate of East ern Oregon state Hospital for Two Weeks, Xs Bead at e of 100 Tears. Pendleton, Or., Jan. 25. Joseph Cunningham of Prlnevllle is dead at the eastern Oregon state hospital at the age of 100.' He had been committed less than two weeks ago. Cunningham had no known relatives and had been a county charge in Crook county since It was found that he had frosen his feet during the recent cold snap. It is said he had a farm near Prlne vllle, but had deeded It to persons who had promised to keep him. State Official's Car Hits Salem Woman Salem, Or.. Jan. 25. Mrs. C. B Stone, an elderly woman, sister of P. H. Raymond of this city, was struck by an automobile yesterday afternoon operated by R. B. .Goodin, secretary of the state board of control, and seriously hurt. She sustained a gash on the back of her head. The doctors be lieve she will recover. 'eVtteBaasjsasjjSBBsBjgf 11 A. M to H P. M. THREE DAYS ONLY xiroaaway at auutn. Beginning Today GIABYS MUILETTE IN Hot Ywlk A human -interest story that shows the big city's sympathetic side as well as its heartless side. A Brand New Christie Comedy i I I I I SPECIAL ATTRACTION J A WVMVJf5LjV . . - - ''sii-tv I ' , London. Jan. 25. (V. P.) "Presi dent Wilson a speech had this aim to gain peace now and secure peace for the future. This is our aim, and our only aim." 'This was the phrase from Chan cellor of the Exchequer Bonar Law's speech last alght that waa regarded here today as England's official an swer to the American suggestions. Editorial comment regarded It as suf ficient answer, taken with Bonar Law's reminder to the United States that America has a share of responsi bility in the past and present. Bonar Law said: 'The end of the war is peace. The Germans made us what th:y have called arr offer of peace. It received from the allied governments the reply which it deserved the only possible reply. Frank Answer for Prank Speech. "Most of you, howevc, I presume, read the speech by President Wilson, which appeared in yesterday's papers. It is a frank speech and It is right that any member of one of the allied governments who refers to it should speak with equal frankness. It is im possible that he and we can look on it from the same point of view. "The head of a great neutral power, whatever his private views may be and I know as llt'tle as any of you what they are must adopt a neutral attitude. America Is very far re moved from the horrors of ' this war. We are in the midst of them. America is neutral; we are not neutral. We believe that the essence of this con flict is a question which is as old as time the difference between right and wrong. Peace I Only Aim. "We believe, we know, that this war is a war of naked aggression, that crimes which have accompanied the conduct of the war, which have been unbroken in the world for centuries, are small In comparison with the in itial crime of plunging the world into war by cold blooded calculation be cause those responsible thought It would pay. 'President Wilson's .speech hed this aim. to gain peace now and secure peace for the future. That is our aim, and our only aim. He hoped to secure this by a league of peace, and he not only spoke in favor of such a league, but he is trying to induce the American senate to take the steps necessary to give effect to it. It would not be right to regard this pro posal as something altogether Utopian. Question of life and Death. Tou know that almost up to our own day duelling continued, and Just as th settling; of private disputes py the sword hanow become unthinka ble, so, I think, we may hope that the time will come when all the nations of the world will play the part which Cromwell described as his life work to act as constable and keep peace. That time will come. I hope. "But this whole question is not an abstract question for the future. It Is a question of life and death' now. In Judging whether that result can be secured by his methods." it is imposi ble or us to forget the past. For gen erations humane men,' men of good will among all nations, have striven by The Hague convention, by peace conferences and by all other means to make war impossible, or at least to mitigate the horrors of war. "When war comes, by what means can hese barriers built up against barbarism be made effective? - Thsy cannot be preserved by the belliger ents if any of them choose to Ignore them. It is only from neutral states that effective sanction can be given to them. Charres Ag-alnst Oermany. "What happened? At the very out break of the war the Germans swept aside every one of these barriers. They ; tore up treaties which they themselves solemnly signed. They strewed mines in the open sea. They committed every atrocity on sea and land against The Hague convention, which they them ' selves had signed. They made war on 'women and children. They destroyed J neutral as ruthlessly as they did their ' enemies. They are at this moment driving the population of conquered territory into slavery, and. worse even than that, they are making some of the subjects of their enemies take up arm against their own country. "All this has been done and no neu tral power has been able to ston it. No , neutral power, indeed, has made any protest against It. We must, then, take other means to secure the future peace Of the world. Peace Kust Be Secure. "We have rejected the German offer to enter into negotiations, not from lust of conquest or desire for shining victories. We have rejected it not from a spirit of vindlctlvenesa or a desire for revenge, but because peace now would mean a peace based on victory. It would be a peace which would leave . the military machine unbroken, with the halo of auccesa surrounding 'it. It would leave the control of that ma chine In the ' hands of the same men who for a generation prepared for war. wnor wouia maae me same preparation again, and who would choose their own time to plunge the world into the hor rors which we are now enduring. "Our aim ts the same as President Wilson's. What he Is longing for we are fighting for: Our sons and broth ers are risking their lives for it, and we mean to eecure it. The hearts of the people of this country are longing for peace; we are praying for peace. for a peace which will bring back to us In safety those who are fighting our battles, and a peace which will mean that those who will not come back have not laid down their uvea In rain." esponsibUlty of United States. Lauding Bonar Law's address which was delivered at a war loan meeting at Bristol the Daily Chronl cle today asserts: "In a practical world we cannot safely shape our plana for the future without reference to the past and present, and Bonar Law la Justified in his reminder tnat ror the paat and present the United States has a large share of responsibility . We are bound to. ask ourselves what sort of value the concurrence of the United States in International agreements ot this character has been to their mala tenance In tbe past and preeerk -and the answer is that, under Wilson's own administration. It has prored of no value at alL "Where parties to the straggle are fighting for such tremendous Issues as we are. It is impossible ws should commit their settlement In any seri ous degree to a statesmanship which by deed and word has ostentatiously disclaimed sympathy wllb. them.' New Yorker Is Killed In Old Political Feud Underworld Character, Witness in B cent Murder Trial; IMee After Bstaf Xlddled With Bullets by Gangsters? New York. Jan. 25. (L N. 8.) An other chapter was added to the annals of New York's gunflgbtinr gangsters when Salvatore Zurica died after being riddled with bullets. Zurica, known in the underworld as Choc", was a. witness in the recent trial of Michael A. Rofrano, charged with the murder of Michael Oaimari. Police say the murder is one of the series of crimes growing out of a po litical feud in big Tom Foley's district in lower Manhattan. speed for a modern warahlpi. . "' The amount of equipment and ma terial that can be saved from the Mil waukee will be worth Sl.00e.30 J. say the contractors, and Tt would oat the navy department at least $700,000 to refloat her and put her In shape again. MilwankeeTs Metal Not Worth Saving Salvage Contractors Say Boilers, Ana orplate and Host of Bsglnee SKast xBe Abandoned j Balrafe Xs LOOO,000. Eureka, Cal., Jan. 16. (U. P.) The boilers and armorplate of the cruiser Milwaukee cannot be saved, according to salvage contractors here today. Most of the cruiser's engines will have to be abandoned, too, owing to the heavy cost of taking them out. As Junk, the metal would be worth only $20 a ton, and It would cost S100 a ton to save It, contractors said. The engines are not suitable for merchant ships, and are not of great enougn ,; Sheridan Hits Measles. s . V" Sheridan. Or, Jan. Say Measles have broken out In Sheridan and. the epi demic, has caused the quarantine of . seven .families. The cases are . not serious sad schools will continue for the present under strict regulations. '. r 1 , fe"-- ' '.; 1 MAJESTIC, SUNDAY, JAN. 28 THEDA BARA in 'The Darling of Paro" FromVictor Hugo's "Hunchback of Notre Darrie.' 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