THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLA ND. SUNDAY " MORNING, DECEMBER 16. 1917.
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He Is the rock, his soik b perfect; for
ID bh wars srs judgment; God of troth
sad without iuionur. just sad right 1 1m.
-Ieutcronomy S2-4.
THE WILL OF GOD
URLNG the darkest period of the
Civil war,, late in . I8C2." Lincoln
'put his innermost" thoughts on
f-. aDuv ui jjitper. nis secretaries
found it and published what the
martyred president wrote:
The -win of God prevails. In great
contests each party claims to act in
accordance with the will of 6od. Both
may be, and one must be. wrong". Qod
cannot be for and against the same
thing at the same time. In the present
ctvil war ; it ts quite - Impossible that
God's purpose is Some thin different
from the purpose of ' either party, and
yet the human instrumental i ties, work
In .Just a they dotre of the best
adaptation to effect? $hp purpose.
I am almost ready it?1 say that this
Is probablr ;true that God wills this
Contest, and SVllta that? It hII nnt'ml
yet. By his mere power on the mind
ofc 'the now contestants he could have
.either saved or destroyed the union
without a human contest. Yet the
contest began.- , And. "having begun, he
could give the final victory" to either
- side any day. Yet the contest proceed.
.The Civil war proceeded; it lasted
more than two years after Lincoln
had written on that slip of paper
1 But when peace came, after all th
j sacrifice, all the suffering and an
.gulsh, it was the peace of all time.
. from Atlantic to Pacific, from Great
Lakes td Gulf. Two nations wer".
" not placed on either side of an arU-
- ficlal border to hate eacli other. The
contest proceeded until great ues
t tlons of right and wrong1 were settled
forever.
I . A Lincoln would say, the. same
I thing today that the Great Emanei
pator said more than 50 years ago.
r i Is today's stupendous conflict the will
of God? Each belligerent, especially
the kaiser, claims to act in accord
ance with the Divine will, but all
of. them cannot be right
The trouble with the kaiser's claim
of having "Gott" with him is that
the contest, goes' on. As Lincoln said.
God could give the victory to either
side aoy day." Yet the war proceeds.
. H ais not God's will that a nation
engage in devastating war and butch
ery for conquest of territory and
material things. But it is the Divln-
will that right and Justice prevail.
f ..that righteousness be established on
earth, that men and races come to
know each other so that fair dealing
may be possible and future wars be
impossible.
It has been said that this war be
tween Christian nations is a terrible
Impeachment of Christianity. But
t the .war itself is only the outcom?
I of " false standards. If Christianity
I has failed, it failed before the eon-
flict, and this contest Is a possible
symptom of that failure,
f The world's hope Is that Europs
-and America may come out-of these
terrible times as chastened as the
l United States came out of the Civil
$ war. That happy eventuation, with
I 1 Its Justice, its liberty. Us peace and
good will on earth,, is the, most prac
tical evidence of where 'the divine
will" is in this conflict ,
That hope Is-a most stimulating
influence, for giving confidence to
the allies in their cause and confi
dence that God's wish Is for final i
Victory for the entente.
The refusal of the Seattle city
council w inaugurate ue impeacn -
f - ment proceedings against Mayor Gill
. .11 A . i . . . , .
proposed ny 25. civic organizations,
supports the surmise entertained by
many ;that there is a strong element
In Seattle favorable, to the) mayor's
. policy. It Is only on backing that
Mayor Gill would all along have pre-
senlcd so bold a front
AN OAI1NOL& LETTER .
E HAVE been reading the. trans -
lalion of a letter Which-v ts
said'to have been secretly clr-
'cuialcd in Germany. The clr -
t eulatwa must nave been- secret ;ln -
: deed If th? document 18 genuine, fo.-
j , noaisiig coukI be more plainspoken.
I p. It. sites the kaiser a searching ac -
i count of his sins to begin with, telU
TA$i kt'r reminds the kaiser of
Gen.i&nifs unviable : situation In - the
vorld of commerce letters and
Icieaco, before . the .war.". That coua-
I : Jwpie nave sacrt- railroad connecting, these territories. 1 marching through dangerousv
; "7-"' m w mow a iine wom Cairo to, the Cape..- But try. or when - charging a
i r ue 8rrZ: "J: Hfeuch a line was out of the, question point like a bridge head, to
try enjoyed everybody's respect Now. I
tas . letter continues with' terrible I
truth, "the mark of Cain Is on our I
foreheads. Men shun us In the street I
ana our language is forbidden." - I
The significant sentence In the . let- j
ter Is this: "We will no longer fol-1
low you,' Of. course- It : Is prema-1
tore, for the German ... people will I
follow the kaiser , for a time yet, I
though he bear 'the mart, of Cain.
But sometime the folly of It all wilVl
penetrate their minds and then good- J
bye HohenzoHerns, goodbye :Haps-
borgs. goodbye to all the war lords.
In the midst of war. we are con
fronted by the fact that Co per cent
of the crews of American ships
foreigners. How.ta mto our ships
with American sailors has been a
great American problem. Yet we have J
the spectacle of strong opposition In
this country to a law which guaran-
tees s? living wage and decent work
Ing conditions to ; American seamen
on American shipsf ' ;
IT HAY DECIDE
-r .
Vou are asked by your country j enemy. Hence, according to Prus
to purchase Thrift stamps and! sian logic, frightfulness was s species
Savings certificates. ; I
It is a part of the great plan
of financing the war. It is one of I
the ways by' which, to bur clothing,
food and equipment 'for Americans I
fjghting in France. - It is one pro-
cess of getting the nioney with
which to build ships to support
them - with' the many things they
must have for their eomfort and ef-
ICC Id TCUC59 UO Wie ironu I
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Buying a sump maxes the pur-
cnaser or a savings certificate a
nome ngnter ror tne cause for which
our otner ngnters nave gone over
the ocean. It enables the boy under
military age or the girl on whom
miutary service does not rail, toigeives which Is still mighty In tradi
help the fighters fight tions and legends, mav the name of
Thousands of Americans were I
filled with regret because they hadnt
the money to buy a Liberty bond.
ii was pamrui to tnem to see otner
aomg meir niL-in nnancmg tne wa-
and not be able to make their little
loan to their country by purchase
Of a bond.
Purchase of a Savings certificate I
neiping in me war vne same as
buying a Liberty bond. The Sav-
lngs certificate is within reach of
au. mere is none so poor as to be
uuauie w mj i.is-ior a ceruiicate.
u is a umu mj wie fcToverameni. 11
uraws compouna inwrtsi ana ai ino I
ena or rive- years, tne government
will pay back to, the lender the prin
cipal and interest, which will then
amount to $5.
Th. tll c, K- I
ernment from sale of Thrift stamp?
c,,.,
000,000. That is a mighty sum. It
may turn out to be the deciding
thing in whether America is to be
a victor, op a vanquished.
The enormousWantlties of cloth-
inr Drovided for in American armv
supplies are glimpsed in a report
from the quartermaster's department
Thu fimirea rim Him thi- Hta
8,092.021; shoes, 21,117,612; blankets,
17.931.682: overcoats. 5.691.350: winter
drawers. 15.43i.201: cloth for unl-
forms, 28,95,958 yards; woolen cloth
for shirts. 35.155.081 Yards. War la a
stupendous business.
GERMAN COLONIES
T
HE British have expelled from
Africa the last vestiges of Prus- No doubt he himself believed his jhld
sian military power. The colo eous precepts but he spoke only" for
nies on which Germany counted
So much to build up her military and J of the German nation and govern
commercial empire have all been cap-1 ment Americans smiled with satls-
tured. The question Is, shall they he
restored to the kaiser and his wtcjouflage. They were glad to learn
lords when peace is made ?.
It is an open secret now that the I
kaiser used his African colonies
malnly as stations from which to
plot against the British. Very few
Prusslans ever went to live thers
Except the natives almost the only
residents were Prussian soldiers and
officials who spent their time, not In
promoting trade and, agriculture, but
In building military posts for of-
fensive warfare Against thp.ir nirh .
bors'yfrthe day" should come.
Thtf?, jfnts all agree that tho
PrusstaajiHUitary despots In Africa
treated the unhappy natives with
-frightful cruelty. Forced labor dif
fering In no essential from slavery
was the rule.
There is another consideration. In
all their outlying colonies the British
have been great civiliters and devel
opers of free institutions. Their
colonies are invariably something
more and better than military posts,
To convince ourselves of this we have
onlv to look at Canada. Austral!
New Zealand. -
i nii.k - . .
1 omin puwer u&s ieen as mucniuces, wuicu nas seen compiiea ana
of a factor for good in its colonies I published for the national committee
Prussian power bas been for evil.
The, trend of affairs in almost every
British colony is toward self govern -
ment and ultimate independence,
while In the German colonies it was
unmistakably toward militarism. Who
tan hesitate between these two colo -
nlal methods? '":':-";;'
1 The German East African colony
lay like a wedge between the British
' - oossessiOns in the north anH
In the north ' was Eirvn tx-HH n
important Sutz' canal and, outlying
. tprrifrif ttMioMnr ' . k
1 Central African lakes arid the head
of the Nile.Mn the south lay the
great republle of the Cape region.
i The advancing civilization .nf tha
'world needed . a conUnuous line of
as long as the kaiser held the strata-'
gio position neiween Egypt and' th?!; . Cardinal Mercier .and thj Belgian
Cape. :f. free "government In Northern J bishops united In a statement that In
Arrica .was hopelessly, cut off from
free l government .In the south.,. , Be
tween tnem, menacing both with the
poisonous Intrigues. - of mill trltlc
sutocracy Uy the Prussian fortress
colony. . rT ' , .
- This ; colony ths free -troops T from
the Cape country have now captured.
People who deem Prussalnism more
important than freedom and clvlllza-
tlon argue that It should be restored
(when peace Is made. There Is no rea
on for restoring to tyranny any
ground that has been won from it.
PRUSSIAN WAR ' METHODS
T. IS a mistake to believe that the
policy of frightfulness on the part
of the' Germans, which has made
this war unexampled In history
rr its :; cruelty, was adopted as a
temporary expedient 1 ; On the con-
trary, mghtrulness ,was taught In
their regular military textbooks for
many years before this war began
as the proper method of conducting
all wars. The reason for it was that
tne more cruelly and destructively
la war could be carried on the sooner
lit would end In the-submission of the
of mercy.
The Instructions which the kaiser
gave his troops with his own sacred
tongue when thev were settina- out
to help punish the Chinese in the
year 1900 were substantially the
same as those his officers have acted
uoon in all the eonmiereri tprrltnrv
they have entered since this war
began.
'Vn mrv K. -,
w aaava J j mi a m aV V S7AS TV AAa MA
prisoners taken." Such were his in
spired Instructions, received no doubt
directly from his very peculiar
"Gotf and he went on to remind
bis soldiers that "as the Huns under
King Atti'la made a name for them-
German be made so terrible in China
by your deeds that no Chinese shall
ever again dare tolook at a German
askanse."
vh.n the .kasler sent hl trono..
mto Belgium and France it was agaiii
instructions to make the name
nt norm on .nHhl Arwl h.v K
done so. A thousand veara from now
-chool hllirn Rtiuivin th-h- hi-
torles of the twentieth renturv will
shuddfir at the tnrt. of th (.(.
tlcg wnich have becil committed so
that "no Frenchman or Belgian shall
-vr airaln dam to look aVana t a
German."
But the effect of the atrocities has
been the exact opposite to what the
divinely guided kaiser expected from
lhm . TtoU.I a t kl. I
"-v u vUntUS U1S IUCUU
.' . . ,k V "
armed prisoners and the murder of
babies, he has only fired them
to
fight all the harder,
Bernhardi's book, "Germany and
the Next War," was widely read In
the United Mates ; soon after tho
aaiser sem nis noraes to ravage Bel-
t. . . m .
fcum. It expounded the policy of
mgQiniiness wiin callous approval,
deliberately taught that nations are
not bound by the rules of Christian
morality, set up the doctrine that
might makes right and laid down
the Principle that war is part of
God's system for the government of
e world.
Everybody who read the book wa
horrified by its contents, but ou
pro-German friends had a plea In
avoidance all ready for us. Bern-
hardl, they said, was an old . crank.
himself. He was not the mouthpiece
faction over this plausible bit of cam
that Bernhardt- expressed nobody's
views but his own.
This agreeable illusion stows a trl-
fie thin when we put It beside Bern
hardi's own confession to F. C Wol-
cott of the Belgian relief commission
that in his book "he had let the cat
out of the bag." In other words, he
had prematurely exposed to the world
theGerman plan of war making.
But in truth the cat never was in
I the baa. V hav mintH a inoh
from that kaiser's Hps duplicating
Bernhardi's worst precepts, back in
1 the year 1900. Long before that
I Clausewitx, the great Prussian mill
tary preceptor In the middle of the
I last century, openly taught the sams-
I Glausewitx speaks of the "imnercentai
Ible and almost negligible rules of
International law" and goes on to say
lthat he "who uses force ruthlessly
without regard to bloodshed, must
wn the victory if his enemy does not
meet him with the same weapons."
This quotation and the others we
Iii.a In this article aratVen frAm a
I book entitled "German War Prao-
i . . . . , m.. , , . . .
I on - public Information. We have
I slightly 'altered the quotations verb
1 ally now and then and curtailed them
I a little for clearness and point
r It Is of no use for any apologist
of kultur to deny that the Germans
1 had ." reduced " frightfulness to fixed
I rules long before the war began. Thd
facts against them are too numerous
land well proved.
I vicinn n th Mmmtm r.ih
War Practices have actnally done,
lr.-. nf..l--- n..
and Screens, Fines, Deportations and
Forced Labor,
It has been
nt
children before their van when
coun-
difflcult
screeu
1 their' troops
1 many places, of which Ihey named
several. . "women . and children were
forced to march in front of German
regiments or to make a screen be for
them.". Sometimes aged priests wers
used; In the same way.' When the
German troops attacked the' Gette
bridge at Hougaerde In Belgium, for
example, "they drove a parish priest
In front of them as a shield and kept
him . there until he was shot down."
The flqes which .the Germans have
Imposed upon conquered populations
on the plea of military necessity, or
simply for the sake of frightfulness,
have been deliberately calculated to
ruin them. For It should be borne
in mind by all who wish to appreci
ate kultur rightly that il Include
the destruction of all the enemy's
resources,. Including his wealth, his
railroads, his . food and bis self
respect" ' : - . - , : "
Before the war began the German
military authorities made out a sched
ule of fines and Indemnities t
be exacted from French and Belgian
cities.. The lust for loot seems to
have filled their minds even more
than the passion for blood. When
we remember the savage money pen
alties which have been wrung from
suffering Belgium" It Is hard to listen
with patience to those who seek to
end ' the. war on the plan of "no
indemnities." The Prussian barbari
ans should be forced to disgorge the
last penny' of their' loot
The book from which we have
been quoting tells the harrowing
story of the deportations of workmen
from Belgium. Once in the power of
the German war lords they were re
duced to literal slavery, driven to
their toil half fed and' left without
clothing or shelter so that when
some of- them found their way back
home at last It was only to die of
some exposure disease like tuberou-
osls.
But It was the massacres which
blacken the Prussian name forever
and Indelibly. Village after village is
named to - which , the Prussians set
fire and either shot down the women
and children as they 'fled from the
houses or drove them back to perish
in the flames. Nothing like Jt In
horror has been heard of on earth
since the Indian massacres of our
own colonial history.
But the crowning horror of all.
says Brand Whitlock, was that at th?.
Rock Bayard, not far from Dinant,
where 90 persons without regard to
age or sex, were shot down in cold
blood. Babies In arms, boys adfe
girls, mothers, and old men were
killed together. Brand .Whitlock
gives the names of six little children
who were shot in- their mothers'
arms.
In another town the Prussians
killed a woman In the pains of child
birth and left her on the ground with
the babe half born.
A few days ago 28 young and hi
larlous soldiers returning to Camo
Funston from a little "toot" In Kan
sas City, were taken with whiskey
in their possession. Commenting on
the circumstances. General Leonard
Wood says that "nothing would help
on war preparations more in that
part of the country than prohibition
In Kansas XI ty." Why not apply the
remedy employed-by General Greene
at Camp Lewis?
RED CROSS SEALS
R
ED CROSS seals are borne hithe
and yon about the country car
rying their message of holiday
brotherllness into hearts and
homes. Every person who sees a
Red Cross stamp on a letter or parte'
wonders .what It is and why it Is
there. When he learns he goes and
does likewise If he is that admirable
kind ' of a, person we feel sure he
must be since he is a friend of youre.
The Red Cross seals are the sym
bols of the big fight against tubercu
losis which is waging throughout tho
civilized world. The fight is all th-
more necessary Just at present be
cause the hardships to whjch hi
poor must submit open the gates of
their bodies to the attacks of the
deadly .tuberculous germ. They must
be educated to know the danr
which surround them. They' must be
taught, how-to make the most of
their humble resources for self-
protection and the protection of their
wives and children.
Education ts one side of the war
we are waging against tuberculosis.
The more intelligently people under
stand the dangers besetting them the
better Yhey will defend themselves
uui education-is only one side. Then
is another. It Is as idle to try to
aereat luoercuiosis witnout warm
clothing, nourishing food and good
shelter as It would be to think of
defeating the kaiser with the flint
lock rifles of Fennimore Cooper's
novels.
To extirpate uberculosis we 'must
educate mankind to know the danger.
We must also provide adequate weap
ons of defense. It Is useless to tell
a slum family the physiological facts
about the disease unless we see .to It
that they are able , to procure food;
clothing and shelter.
. It comes out In the dally news re
ports that somebody : lost $G00 at
gambling In a north end resort and
that it "happened-to be SG00 that he
had won from gamblers In the same
resort' the day before," How much
gambling do they do there and else
where In Portland, the laws to the
contrary notwithstanding T .
There is agitation tn the state of
Washington J or a special session of
the legislature to pass- a law requir
ing every ablebodied man In the staU-
to . engage in some ' kind - of useful
work during the war;- Every able-
bodied man should workwhen serr
ice of every kind Is so much needed:
But if men ' insist on Idleness the
Maryland and West Virginia laws re
quiring them to work seem . highly
fit .. . . .
Letters From the People
rOaanranWUoaa mmt to Tk Jowaal fat
yblicauoa a taia Arpartaaaat akaald ba wrtt
ka aa aatr aaa alAa ml tba mm. ahoakl mm
Lateaaa AoO words Im laaana asA asaat m a.
aaaaaaM- TT Ua UM aaA addraas f tk
ataAar. It tba writer Aom aot Aaalra to as
mumm ynnnman aa aaaajg a atata.j
Question President Foster
Portland-. Dm. 11 To th sviitn. A
Th Journal In your AdttAiial und ar tha
naaain "Mix Cents a Dajr- 70a stats
that President Foster ot Red ooUec
inauc no narm ty xsaklrvc aucli a
statement. If that b trus, than you
wui b atl to tall us Just what ha did
mean or intanoAd to acoomplLah by
brinclng up that cxaibdI of oar and
oontentmant at that Dartleular tlma ajtd
piae. ijtt bm ask. why Praaldent Fostr
took so mach tlm tn h an Una; np that
zamplA. and-why hs eld not spaod as
much time prailnr Henry rord's $S a
day plan; or again th settlement with
8klnner ddy of their labor demands.
that enabled that firm to launch th first
boat of th a-ovrnreenf contract, al
thoorh It wa th iA-hty-thlrd boat let
by th government? .'o raan ever should
step upon a platform to deliver a speech
without th object of saying- sofoethlns
of great benefit to th people he Is ad
dreeslnc. and all his Illustration should
be brousht forth to that end. Now if
President Foster can show that th ex
ample used by him t of any great ben
efit to . th race he might confer a
blessing on humanity by proving to the
satisfaction ot th readers of his state
ment, this f aot : etherwt we can not
but think that a man with such Ideals is
Indeed In the wrons; place at the head
of any school or collet"- I hop he may
be able to place himself la a more fav
orable light before laboring men. In Jus
tice to both. JAJfE3 W. CAKNES.
Only One Event Lacking
.Yelm. Wash.. Dec. lO.-fTo the Editor
of The Journal I have sead your edi
torial in The Journal of December 7 on
Zionism and how the English cabinet
favors allowing the Jews to return to
Palestine. This make th last predic
tion -in Mother Bhlpton's prophecy no
more a mystery, as Rn Aland had always
allowed Jews to Inhabit their domain
That made this part of her prophecy a
mystery. I am lncloelns; a dipping
which I 'took from a newspaper about
10 year ago. Sine than th automo
bile, the submarine, the flying machine
and the wireless telegraph have all been
worked out to perfection. This leads
one to ask-the question. Surely la this
old world not about to end? Please
reprint the clipping. I. Q. KERNS.
Following Is a reproduction of the
matter referred to In the correspond
ent's letter. It consists of the text of
the famous "Mother Bhlpton's proph
ecy," with an Introductory note that
gives the 'prophecy Its historic setting:
Mother Shlpton lived In England more
than 600 years ago and uttered several
so-called prophecies. The following lines
were first published In 14SS. berore the
discovery of America and before any of
the discoveries and Inventions mentioned
therein. All the erents predicted have
happened except that predicted In the
last two Unes:(
CarrUcei wKhoot Tkonaa ihaQ r.
And accidents fin th world with wo.
Arovnd th worM lhouht ihaU fly
la th twiaknne of a ar.
Watora rfcaU rt asora wooden do.
Now (trance, yet shall fee trna.
Th world upalde Aowa ahall ba.
And sold b foaad at root of trt. ,
Thfwasa hills sua abU ride.
And no bona out ta ba at ma aiu.
I'ndar water awn ahaU walk.
HbU rUa. iha tlmwp, ahall talk.
la tba air aft ahall a aara. I
la white, in black, ia areae, '
Iron ia tha water ahall float.
As easy aa wood boat.
Gold ahall b faoad 'sUd stone.
Ia a Wad that a sow aakaowa.
Fir and water ahaU w muter do.
England ahall at last admit Jew.
And this work! t aa end ahall eosM ,
la eichteea sundred end etehty as a.
To Ilrlp Out aa "Oregon Day"
Grand Ronde. Or., Dec 11. To th
Kdltor of The Journal Th naval
loung- Men's Christian association ot
Vallejo, Cat, Is giving reception to the
boys of the different state, at Mar
Island, at different time. Oregon la
next In line, and I am requested by
my son. M. H. Petersen, first class mu-
slclan. stationed at Mar Island, to
have the people of Oregon send letters
of cheer and encouragement to the
sailors of Mar Island, also to send
flags and pennant from the different
dtiee. Oregon songs are especially de
sired.' like "we Lovw Our Home tn
Oregon.
Anything- to be sent can be addressed :
"U. H. Petersen, first class musician,
in care of Naval Young Men's Christian
association. Vallejo, CaL'-
- M. PETERSEN.
"Idle" Land-. '
Waluga, Or, Deo. 14. To the Editor
ot Th Journal I have read your edl
torlal ot December IS. "Idle Land and
fully agree with you, that the time and
th occasion are at hand to bring about
a twofold benefit to our farmer and to
the country at large in this her hour of
need, by taxing ot alone Improved but
unimproved land now held at exor
bitant price by speculators.
One case In mind will serve to Illus
trate: A 2 8-acre farm, with IS acre
under cultivation-and fair farm build'
lngs. Is held at $9500. Th farm rents
for 1250. cash rent, or about f IS . per
acre for the cultivated land, a- rat only
possible for, market gardening. And
yet. as high a rental a this pay but
SU0er cent on the asking prloe of this
farm exclusive or taxea and repairs.
P. G B.
PERSONAL MENTION
1 1
. Goldendale Couple Hrre
Mr. and Mrs. A. I Brunell of Go!
dendal are In Portland at th Cor
nelius to meet their daughter. Mis
Cordelia Richards, who Is a student
at Oregon Agricultural college, for a
week end visit. Mr. Brunell Is
prominent sheep man of hi vicinity,
a
Here t Visit Son
Mr. and. Mrs. J. H. Drlssler. from
South Bend.' are tn Portland at the
Multnomah where their son. who I
connected with th production of
spruce at Vancouver, will meet them
for a week end visit. -
' a e a.
Judge "William T. Daren f Golden-
dale la a guest In Portland, and la
staytng at th Nortotua.
Major W. Lewis Roe, from ' Inde
pendence, Wash., t a guest for a short
time at th Portland hotel.
airs. R. C P am brum and Mr. C L.
Bands from Pendleton, are guest at the
Cornel hi for a week end shopping trip.
Th following men from th Aviation
eorpa at Vancouver, are la Portland at
the Multnomah for th week end: Mor
ris Hunt. Donald B. Staube, P. XL Cor-
nlah, Chartea A.-Retf. all of Buffalo,
N. T.' ..'.-
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Wilson of Astoria
are guests at th Washington. '
Mr. and Mrs. J. TC Gllmor of Madi
son. WISl. are staying- In Portland at the
Hotel Portland for a visit of several
days. - . .
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Hamilton from
ooidendaie, are at th Nortonla.
Mr. and Mrs. O. Campbell of Seattle
JEWISH HYMN
By Henry Haft! Milman
GOD of the tkondcr! from whose cloudy seat
. Thy fiery winds of Desolation flowj
Father of vengeance! thit with purple feet
' Like a full wine-press treidjt the world below 1
The embattled armies wait thy sign to slay.
Nor springs the beast of havoc on his prey,
Nor withering Famine walks his blasted way.
Till thou hast marked the guilty land i or, woe.
God of the rainbow I at whose gracious sign
The billows of the proud their rage suppress!
Father of mercies! at one word of. thine
An Eden blooms In the waste wilderness.
And fountains sparkle in the arid sands,
And timbrels ring In maidens' glancing hands,
And marble cities crown the laughing lands.
And pillared temples rise thy name to bless.
.
O'er J u dan's land thy thunders broke, O Lord!
The chariots rattled o'er her sunken gate.
Her sons were wasted by the AssrlAh's sword,
-Even her foes wept to see her fallen state j
And heaps her Ivory palaces became,
Her princes wore the captive's garb of shame.
Her temples sank amid the smouldering flame.
For thou didst ride the tempest cloud of fate.
O'er Judsh's land thy ralnbow.-Lord, "shall beam,'
And the sad City lift her crownless head.
And songs shall wake and dancing footsteps gleam
.In streets where broods the silence of the dead.
The sun shall shine on Salem's gilded towers.
On Carmel's side our maidens cull the flowers
To deck at blushing eve their bridal bowers.
And angel feet the glittering Slon tread.
eeeeeee
The born In sorrow shall bring forth in Joy;
Thy mercy, Lord, shall lead thy children home;
He thlt went forth a tender prattling boy
Yet, ere be die, to Salem's streets shall come;
And Catfaan's vines for us their fruit shall bear,
And Hermon'j bees their honeyed stores prepare,
And we shall kneel again in thankful prayer,
Where o'er the cherub-seated God full blazed
the irradiate dome.
THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM
Tl-waa ia th thirty-third year f th ralaa
of Harod that Jaa Chrfc waa bare ta Bathla
bna of Jodee. Twa years later Bared dWd. His
rate had baaa m ienlr rnhaaiaa. bat he had
ba a sraat baifcter. bis work iarjadin vast
rortifiraUoe at Jir 111 and tha eoapkte
rabeUOinc of tha sraat Jewtah Tawpkt there. By
A. U. the Tvatple. work aa which has
forward madar tba ericiaal hnpakw. waa
pteted. sad vast BBubars of work
throws ot el eBpioyawnt. Tee
tent foOowwA. At that ttma
Droved ta ba - aroaT and raoaateaa.
The Jewa, already rsbalttoae baeaaaa at aala
Ure tyranaiae praettaad by Fteras pradeeaaeors.
rose ia reran, aae la ua aswra&inawa ta
Boaiaa aarrkwe at Jaraaalaak. Kerolt spread
over Palestine. The imperial Bonaa powar fU
into s ceruia eortfastoa foUowtne the death of
Kara, ia S A. IX 1a th aaxt fsw auia)he
three aoqwron roas sad feU. Vaapaaiaa. elected
by th army, tbea baeaaaa ' enperer, aad eant
Tiros, ia 10 A. LK. ts sahdo the Jsws. with
e.r0 Boaaaa troops aad aaxiiUrW.
Tha Jaws ( Jsrasaiata had ia the isantlaia
hUlee Into taternal etnfe. ts raadj to kui ewe
another aa to ftcht tha. Msistas. Two at tholr
throe prbaeipal faedonalt bjadora ware Simoo. aad
J aha. alradad t ta th subjmasd aceovnt. by
the Jewish historian Joaos. of tha rUsa
eaaa. The Mote lasted Ave teoatha. frees March
to aUd-Aarast. erary day of which wa rUlsd
with aU vtolaae aad atanehter. Jew aaiaa
kooasa upoa the walls, aad Jew aplnat Jew
wuhta,
And now, since his soldiers were al
ready quite tired with killing men,' and
yet there appeared to be a vast mul
rftude still remaining alive. Caesar gave
orders that they should kill none but
those that were tn arms and oppoeed
them, but should take the rest alive.
But. altogether with those' wnem'they
had orders to slay, they slew the
Aged and Infirm ; but for those that
fc ere In their JourUhlng ag. and who
might be useful to them, they drove
them toge in er into tne tempie ana
shut them up within the walls of the
court ot women; over which Caesar
set on of his freed men. - as also
Pronto, one of his own friends, which
last was to determine every one's fate.
according to his merits. Po this Vronto
slew all those that had been seditious.
and robbers, who were Impeached one
by another: but of the young men he
chose out tne taiieet ana moot oeautuui
and reserved them for the triumph ;
and a for the rest of the multitude
that were about 17 years old. he pu
them lntaabondA, and sent them to th
Egyptian mine. Titus also sent a
great number to the provinces, as a
present to them, that they might be
destroyed upon the theatre, by the
sword and by the wild beasts; but
thoe that were under 17 years of age
were sold for slave. Now during the
days wherein Pronto was dlntlnxMlah-
lng thee men. there pnna for wast
of food ll.OOe. some ot whom did not
taste any food, through the hatred their
guards bore them. andthers would
not take In any when if was given
to them. The multitude also waa so
very great that they were In want
even of corn for their sustenance,
e e e
, Now the number of those that were
carried captive during this whole war
was collected to be 17.000: as wa the
number of thoee who perished during
the whole siege 1.100.000. the greater
part ot whom were Indeed of the same
nation, with th ettlaen of Jerusalem,
but not belonging to the city Itself:
for they were corn op from all th
country to th feast of unleavened
bread, and were on a sudden shut up
by an army, which at the very first
occasioned mo great a stralghXnens
among them that there came a pesti
lential destruction upon them, and soon
afterwarde such a famine a destroyed
them more suddenly.
Now this wast multitude Is Indeed
collected out of remote places, but the
entire nation waa now . shut up by
fate, as tn prison, aad the Roman army
encompassed Jhe city when It was
crowded with inhabitants. Accordingly
the multitude of thoee that therein per
ished, exceeded an th destructions
that either men or Ood ever brought
upon th world : for. -to apeak only of
what was publicly known, the Romans
lew some of them, some they carried
captive, and other they made a
search for under groand. and when
they . found where they ..were, they
are tn Portland for th week end and ar
reeistered at the Multnornah.
Mrs. H. R. Rogers from Eugene Is a
guest at th Orecon. "
Mr. and Mrsv T. A. Lee of Seattle ar
In Portland for a visit among friends
and are registered at the Washington.
A. O. Anderson, from Condon. Is at
th Oreg-on.
C. L. Little of Enterprise la a guest
at the Perkins. -..
Jamee D. Hughe of Gardiner ia ree
istered at the Carlton.
J. H. Koburg of Hood River is at the
Washington.
Mr. and Mrs. George XL B teams, from
Olympia, Waalx. ar Among th guest
at the Portland.- .
Mr. and Mrs. T. L. ADen ef Donald ar
at th Cornelius for a week-end visit
In Portland. Mr. Allan la a merchant of
Donald. - ; ' " '
Earl Rlekard. from Condon, la a guest
at the Perklne.
R L..Bnnr of Corvallis Is at th
Oregon. - - - -
Leeli P. Hopkins of Ceatralla Is regis
tered at the Portland. , -
Mrs. P. D. Shea of srTverton. O., 1 la
J Portland on a shopping trip and la a
IN BABYLON
broke tap the ground and slew all th7
met with. There were also found slain
there above 2000 persona, partly by
their own hands, and partly by one
other, but chiefly destroyed by the
famine : . but then, the ill savour ot
the dead bodies waa moat offensive
to those that lighted upon them. In
somuch that some were obliged to get
away Immediately, while others were
0, greedy of gain, that they would go
in among th dead bodies that lay on
heaps, and tread upoa them; for a
great deal of treasure waa found la
these caverns, and th bop of gain
mad every way of getting It to be
esteemed lawful. Many also of those
that had been put In prieon by the
tyrants were now brought out; for
they did not leave off their barbarous
cruelty at the very last; yet did Ood
avenge himself upon them both, la a
manner agreeable to Justice, Aa for
John, he wanted food together with
his brethren. In these caverns, and
begged that the Romans would now
givf him their right hand for security
which he had often proudly rejected
oeiore ; but for Simon, he strurrled
hard with the distress he waa In. tUl
be waa forced to surrender himself: er
he was reserved for the triumph, and
to oe then slam ; as was John con
demned to perpetual Imprisonment. And
now the Romano set fir to th ex
treme parts or the city, and burnt
them down, aad entirely demolished
its walia j
And thus was Jerusalem taken. In
the second year of the reign of Vee
paslan. on the eighth day of the month
Oorpteua (Qui.) It had been taken
five time before, though this was th
second time ot It desolation ; for Shis
hak th king of Egypt, aad after htm
AnUochus, and after him Porapey. and
after him 8oalaa and Herod, took the
city, but ftui preserved It; but before
all these, the king of Babylon con
quered It. and made It desolate. !
years and six months after It waa
built- But he who first built It was s
potent man among the Canaanlte. and
la- la our toaru called Metchlsedek.
th Rlgheous King-, for such h really
was; on which account h was there
the first priest of God. and first
built a tempi there, and called the
city Jerusalem, which waa formerly
called -Salem. However. David, the
king of the Jew, ejected the Canaan
lte. and settled his own people there
In. It was demolished entirely by the
Babylonians. 477 year aad six months
After him. And from King Davids v. be
was th first of th Jews who reigned
therein, to this destruction undar Titus,
were 117 years; but from its first
building, till this last destruction, were
Z177 rears; yet hath not Its great an
tiquity, nor Its vast rVchee, nor the
diffusion of It nation ever all th
habitable earth, nor th atnes of
th veneration paid to it on a rellA
tout aeoount, been sufficient to pre
serve it rrora being destroyed. And
thus ended th siege of Jerusalem.
m m m
Now a soon as th army had no
more people to slay or to plunder, be
cause there remained none to be the
objects of their fury (for they would
not have spared any, bad there re
mained any other such work to be
done). Caesar gave orders that they
should now demolish th entire city
and temple, but should leave aa many
of the tower "Handing as were of the
greatest emlnency, that is, Phasaelua,
aad Hlpplcus, and Mariana ne, and so
much of th wall aa enclosed th city
on th west side. This wall was
spared. In order to afford a camp for
such a were to lie tn garrison, a
were the towers also spared. In order
to demonstrate to posterity what kind
of city It waa. and hew well fortified
which th Roman valour had sub
dued; but for all the rest of the wall.
It waa so thoroughly mad even with
th ground by thoee that dug- It top to
ta lounoAiioo, that there waa left
nothing to make thoee that came
thither believe It had ever been in
habited.
guest at the Portland hotel
Mr. and Mra O. & Uarner ef Spoken
ar at tn Washington.
T. H. Taylor of Boise. Idaho. 1 regia-
lerea at tn canton.
are. jnc appteton ot Deer island 1 a
guest at th Cornelius. Mr. Appletoa ts
a prominent rancher of hi district. :
Oeorge Jacob of Rainier ta at the
Oregon. : - mf.:
r. sc. parrisa, from CoTvanls. l at
the Perkins. -
B. L. Plemmer, from Baker, is res;.
Istered at th Cornelius,
P. U Well af Seattle la at ta Port
land.
- Mr. O. 8. Teung of Newberj Is at
in rvrkinav - -
Mr. aad Mra, C C Foreman of Sa
lem are at th Oregoa.
Mr. aad Mr. T. Haa-u ar registered
at th Portland from Marsh field. -.
A. R. Dimmlck of Hubbard is a guest
at ta rev km.
' Glenn B. Hit, manager of the Wash
ington hotel. 1 at Camp Lewis, Wash-,
attending the excursion. -
Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Blundell ef Baa-
doB Are gruesu at to Cornelius. -
Ragtag and' Bobtail
Btotie Prom "Everywhere
fT rhii aoiaata n - - ml Tha
see ferrlted t ooatnbwi ortctnal attar in
atery. In m ar aa phllasnphinai ansirratatis
er strata aarratiuaa. tauas any sours. Cow
nruona of sotptteaal sadl nil be paid fat
Ue editor appranaXl t f .
CtreumslaaUal Evidence) . ,
LXAM J. BRTAN. say Every
body's, told this story recently to
a weetera aotfieac to lllastrat hi at
tltad on th presidential question, as
concerning- himself : ' -
-a cowboy once decided ta at
tend a dance which waa being- held ta
te secena story flarg? hail in his tvwn.
He was comfortably well fortified with
liquid cheer, and had hardly climbed
th outside stairway and appeared on
the dance floor before the floor man
ager arrived and quietly escorted him
out. - - . - -
He went down. Imbibed a few mora
drink, and came bark. This time be
waa hustled out a Utile nor promptly
and with much leas ceremony.
AftAr further attempt to drown th
sting of these rebuffs he essayed a
third visit. This time he aad hardly
opened the door when a wen-placed
kick sent him spinning down th stairs
to terra firm a.
Sitting- ap and rubbing a variety of
brulaea, he remarked: -
By gosh, they can't fool me they
don't want me up there."
Why She Kails. KalU, Knits
The Prussian . murdered her three
slater and her brother In Bel slum.
ays Capper Weekly. eo Mrs. Wary
W 11 vers of Saline, at the ace of 72, la
knitting sweater and scarfs for our
boys In Prance, aad la teaching all the
girls who come to her how to do the
name thing. She 1 untiring- and I one
of the most active Red Cross worker
la Sal la a. Mrs. W liver says the rea
son the French have not yet whipped
the Germans ts because the French do
not approve of more than three chil
dren In a family, while In Germany
they have families of IS or more.
-A Sartorial Hint
"Do you think a man should be fas
tidious about the kind of cloth ee he
I do," replied Mis Cayenne. "Every .
man abould. If possible, be wearing an
army or navy uniform
The Dying Chernrr
(A
foe the eitesoioa of th bant of
GeasT Conrstrttoa to those reUerln
tonae aa th battle beld.)
Here km enhskwd aad hrMaaj bar I ada,
la aenay that sail farted sas snaps;
Thro th eoM SKat iatofarabl pain.
Thfo' thirst and tartar of the bwrain aooe.
aoiae. I aaaaot ntav ot rise.
Vcmb, shattered Jaws are flued with blond
And fettered br a inh that son wnrfaa.
My poor asoil a body forte the ushtenlag
bead.'
I here a Cod to pni to be. the nti
Who wa to wa as Uod. reeled back stone
I fell wboa ehartiae for Moot in the vaa:
hfy eotetacisi past ate like a whhiaind tea.
At early daws a eork rrew froaa sfsr
' With isaiinnry solae sii 1 to rente:
For I reaannbsnd fields antUaed by war-- '
Those pieaaeat pastnraa of nj satire hi e.
The eark etow erased, bat votes to
oioss of naiiaasinabie was
And hare a brother rawed his sorfe asd rrird.
There pawed the prnkws earth ia drta three.
"1 Voaid sot die." Aa! friends with tewtr'
heart
Thiak af th harm that, woaodod anl ia fear.
sail, wndytaa. in hi kmc drat inurt.
And only eks a ball behind th ess.
Shan aot th Christ, who came with Sarke
To hid ths trsrsil of rrrstioa eee.
Srad forth to fields bf war His Hee 1'rae hands
Aad live ths drta rhsrsrr tnlmm pssret
IL !. Rawnsiry as. Uwr la Antesais. , A
I'nrle Jeff hoow Kays:
There la plenty of mighty good thing
fer Christmas mad In Oregoa. and as
good aa made any w here else, it tn
Oregon people will tell the Oregon pee-'
pie what they have and now much,
most likely we ran have. a Christmas,
from soup to nut, all Oregon. -
THROUGH Iggl
Good moraine. -
k PU
"Pray for the - peace of Jerusa
lem: they shall prosper that love '
thee. ' Peace be within thy walls,
and sproepeiity within thy palace,"
realm.
Hi
A Pacific rort. Closed to Amer
ican soldiers. Unclean.
--- Sat
Bertie's butter ration bas been
reduced ta one ounce per week. This
seems to have been a case' wherein
a pound of prevention would have
saved an ounce of cure.
n sal
"'on Intelligent hotafne guam
' tnagnum rectlgal alt parstmonla.'
Otherwise, "men do not realise bow
great a revenue thrift is," orated
Cicero some year ago.-
Whleh .leadfoneTo believe that
America" War Savings Certificate '
and Thrift 8tarap campaign 1 not
the first one of the kind In th his
tory of this old world.
N Sa ,
Mlzht call it the Stamp Act of
U17.
n
Better get rour Christmas tree
A. H
Go west. younf an. a. go west,
a, ssj
Byng!
Learn to Live ; -1
As Vou Should ; . : "
Know Your Body and Mind as
You Should Know Them
Know "How to Uver -
that fcediTW
al k ra
U atekst hi eoss-
r. fsiter, obter, aad better ta awery way.
"Itew to lmK th attest and am
kit af SO health boob, traehte yoa. how te
We are
srseanoee is worth s esnnd of esra, A
anU haakh levaiiat ts now aw sepias
seer th entire world. Seas as tt br roan-
is nan ummvu in rajannions aa tajs
bass, aad ye vfil be hlikur.' buiemr
and Maes iniannS than eves boiora.
The a nth oca and aiHakiralara who an.
ewaad tha book ooaid herU be ef gtmmimt
satheray and tepwtetknv Th LM Ax
i mt Uu Tital kawlia Ths
rl m.tl w'
are wortiat lev the snkim watiaea. sad
ww mtmm wm rms ST
Vm, . 4. . a.
. - - " - - mi ll.fl,
Thronsb th eooporauo mt Th JowraaJ
M ean a iilalaU fM BAe at The J. A
ttffl Co.. Umtmt a frank Co.. Olda. Won
art A Ktec ee Jeemal bwiaii nffloa. or
tor Ike yea s th bonk aad smth
anbarrsjitioa to The Jearani. Add lee ad.
enlaa rear yaote, Uirini swee eapaetty
fee wets, asnHipiy ysaf kariU at. aad aha
the Aaor on BKMt of poor Uls.
haliil aad anaua ka propsmw a. - ta
nwpiy tho injmnriii of tee eeeatry
baninf setborntaa ee SyrJaea. peevaeuos