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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. THURSDAY. MARCH 21, 1918.
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HEALTH OF ARMY
IS REPORTED GOOD
iJJeath Rate Called Low, Though
24 More Died Than in the.
Previous Week.
"- Washington. March 21. (L N. S.)
; Although the health report for the wnk
name Jiarcn is, as maae pudiic oy m
surgeon general today, stated that the
health of the troopa in training con
tlnuea good and that the death rate con--'
tlnuea low, the figures ahow that there
j , were 14 more deaths for this week than
for the previous period. Pneumonia con
i tlnuea to lead with 83 deaths.
." Camp Upton, at Yaphank, I. I., with
- ' ; a total of 15, had the greatest number
i.'of deaths of any cantonment. Of these.
,11 were from pneumonia.
. The national army reported II deaths,
the regular army 71, and) the national
i guard 21. With, the exception of the
".national guard, these figures show an
; Increase.
"The health of troops continues very
- ' : good," the report says. "Admission and
.non-effective rates are slightly higher
' than last week. The death rate remains
low. National guard camps have rela-
tlvely low sick and death rates for the
week. National army camps, on the
., other hand, have the highest rates,
' probably due to recent arrivals of large
numbers of selected men at these camps.
, "In the national guard. Camp Bowie,
Fort Worth, Texas, has the highest ad
, " mission rate, and Camp Sevier, at
Greenville, S. C, the highest non-effective
rate. Ninety-one new cases of
pneumonia were reported for all na
tional guard camps, against 87 last
week
"Camp Funston, at Fort Riley, Kan.,
has the highest Vslclt rate of all na
. tlonal army cantonments. Pneumonia
. ' admissions show an Increase, 255 new
cases being reported, against 202 last
week.
. "In the regular army. Camps Merrltt
"and Stuart have the highest sick rates
of the larger stations of this group."
1DUTCH ARE WARNED
TO EXPECT BLOCKADE
(Contlntwd from Pair Or)
ea -had .undoubtedly been hampered
to an agreement by the threats
of Germany.
He showed how the Dutch govern
ment under, a temporary agreement for
, using Dutch ships in Belgium and
Swiss relief work had been unable to
' fulfill her part, evidently because of
the. Teuton threats to torpedo ships
leaving Holland.
i With the ships actually In possession
of the United 8tates and the allies. Httl
lime will be lost n putting them in the
Transatlantic transport service.
- American naval crews were at once
available for manning them as the bu
Teau of operations and navigation had
piannea tnis matter carefully in ad
vance. Actual seizure was accomplished
'' about 7 o'clock last night'and as far as
, reports here show no. difficulty was en
countered.
i The Dutch will be paid for the ships
unaer tne terms of International law.
-' Seizure It Blow to Germany
In making his statement as to seiz
ure, the Dresldent not nt Art mil fnilv tvo
Holland had acted under the shadow
of the hampering German influence, and
emphasised that this government is en
tirely friendly to The Netherlands. She
will get food supplies, as originally pro
' posed, and the Nieuve Amsterdam will
be permitted to return to Holland be
. , cause of an agreement recently made
, for such return.
' Requisitioning of the ships at this
time was regarded as a vitally import
ant blow at Germany, aiding as it does
In the American' speeding up of supplies
and troops to France.
Regarding the government's action
President Wilson authorized the fol
lowing statement :
For some months the United
States and the entente allies have
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DUTCH MERCHANT FI'IN'':'NWORKhHORi'SIEZra BY U. S.
SOME of the Dutch vessels which were taken over and will be operated by Amreican government, lying at anchor in lower New
1 York bay. The ships have been tied up since President Wilson's food embargo order went into effect. In return for the use of
these ships by the allies Holland is to be awarded badly needed foodstuffs from the United-States. - - ;.
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been conducting negotiations with
the Dutch government with the ob
ject of concluding a general com
mercial agreement
A very clear statement of the
character of these negotiations was
made on March 12 to the Dutch
parliament by his excellency, the
minister of foreign affairs of Hol
land. As appears from the statement,
the discussion proceeded upon th
basis of two fundamental proposi-.
tlons, namely, that the United .
States ajid allies should facilitate
the importation into Holland of
foodstuffs and other commodities
required to maintain economic
life, and that Holland should re
store her merchant marine to a nor
mal condition of activity.
Xentatire Understanding Beached
It was .the task of the negoti
ators to develop a specific applioa
. tion of these propositions which
would be acceptable to. the govern
ments concerned.
Early In January, 1918, the ne
gotiators came to an understanding
which was embodied In a tentative
agreement which was submitted to
the governments concerned In- order
that. If possible, It might be rati
fied, or, if unacceptable, a counter
proposal might be made.
The negotiations becoming pro
longed, the Dutch delegates pro
posed. In order that their ships
might sooner be put Into remun
erative service, that Dutch ton
nage lying idle In American waters
should, with certain exceptions, be
immediately chartered to the United
States for periods not exceeding 90
days.
Plan to Charter Accepted
This proposal was accepted by
the United States government and,
on January 25. 1918, the Dutch
minister at Washington handed to
the secretary of state of the United
States a note expressing the terms
of the temporary chartering agree
ment and ,hls government's ac
ceptance thereof.
This agreement provided, among
other things, that 150,000 tons of
Dutch shipping should, at the dls-
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employed, partly In the service of
Belgian relief and partly for
Switzerland on safe conduct to
Cette, France, and that for each
ship sent to Holland In the service
of Belgian relief, a corresponding
vessel should leave Holland for the
United States.
Two Dutch ships in the United
States ports, with cargoes of food
stuffs, were to proceed to Holland,
similar tonnage being sent In
exchange from Holland to the
United States for charter in the
case of other Dutch ships lying
In the United States ports.
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The agreement was explicitly tem
porary In character and, being de
signed to meet an Immediate situa
tion, prompt performance was Of the
essence. The Dutch government at
once disclosed, however, that it was
unwilling or unable to carry out this
chartering agreement which It had
Itself proposed.
The "first desire of the United
States was to secure at once ship
ping, as contemplated by the agree
ment to transport to Switzerland
foodstuffs much needed by that
state. ,
One difficulty after another was,
however, raised to postpone the
chartering of Dutch ships for Swiss
relief, and, although the reason was
never formally expressed. It was
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generally known, that the Dutch
shipowners feared lest their ships
should be destroyed by German nub
marines, even though on an errand
of mercy, and though not traversing
any of the so-called "danger zones."
proclaimed by the German govern
ment. German Threat. Is Feared
. That this fear was not whooly un
justified has unhappily been shown
by the recent act of the German
government In sinking the Spanish
hip Sardinero outside the "danger
zone" when carrying a cargo of
grain for-Switzerland, and after the
submarine commander had ascer
tained this f act l)y an inspection of
the ship's papers.
In respect of Belgian relief, the
Dutch government expressed its
present inability to comply with the
agreement on the ground that the
German government had given Hol
land to understand that it would
forcibly prevent the departure from
Holland of the corresponding ships,
which, under the agreement, were to
leave oolncldently for the United
States.
The Dutch government ' even telt
Itself unable to secure the two car
goes of foodstuffs, which, under the
agreement it was permitted to se
cure, since here again the German
government intervened and threat
ened to destroy the equivalent Dutch
tonnage, which, under the agree
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United States.
XegotlaUoat lond Useless
Nearly two months' hare elapsed
since the -making of the temporary
chartering agreement, and the pro
posed general agreement has lain
eveif logger without reply on the
part of " Holland. Meanwhile, the
German threat have grown mora
violent, with a view to preventing
any permanent agreement and of
forcing Holland to violate any tem
porary agreement.
On March 7, through Great Brit
ain, a final proposal, expiring on
March 18, was submitted to Hol
land. A reply has been received,
which, while in Itself unacceptable,
might under other conditions have
served as a basis for farther nego
tiations. But the events to which I have al
luded had served to demonstrate
conclusively that we have been at
tempting to negotiate where the es
sential basis for an agreement,
namely, the meeting of free wills, is
absent. Even were "an agreement
concluded, there is lacking that
power of independent action which
alone can assure performance.
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I say this not in criticism of the
Dutch government. I profoundly
sympathise with the difficulty of her
position under the menace of a mil
itary power which has in every way
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demonstrated. Its disdain of neutral
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- Bot, since coercion doea in fact ex- .
1st, no alternative is left to us but -to
accomplish, through the exercise
of our indisputable rights as a sov
ereign, that which is so reasonable -that,
in other circumstances, wo
oould.be confident of accomplishing'
tt by agreement.
"Steps are accordingly being taken
to put Into our fcervloe Dutch ship
Fplng lying within our territorial
jurisdiction. This action on our part
and the similar action which is be
ing taken by governments associated
with us leaves to Holland ample .
tonnage for her domestic and col
onial need.
We have Informed the Dutch gov
ernment that her colonial trade will
be facilitated and that she may at
once send ships from Holland to
secure the bread cereals which her
people require. These ships will be
.froely bunkered and will be Immune
from detention on our part.
The liner New Amsterdam which
came within our jurisdiction under
an agreement for her return, will,
of course, be permitted at once to
return to Holland. Not only so, but
she will be authorised to carry back
with her theN two cargoes of food
stuffs which Holland would have
secured under the temporary chartering-
agreement had not Germany
prevented.
Ample compensation will be paid
to the Dutch owners of the ships
which wllL be put into our service
and suitable provision will be mad
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to ueeb-ths possibility of ships be- -Ing
lost through enemy action, '
.. It is our earnest desire to safe
guard to the fullest extent the in
terests of Holland and of her na
tionals. By exercising in this crisis
our admitted right to control all
property within our territory, we
do no wrong to 'Holland. The
manner in which we proposed to ex
ercise this right and our proposals
made to Holland concurrently there
with, cannot. I believe, fall to evi
dence to Holland the sincerity of
our friendship toward her.
WOODROW WILSON.
Feeling In Holland Bitter
Washington, March 21. I. N. &)
While the United States, through Its
responsible officials, today. was plan'
ning the future of the 7? Dutch ships
seized at 7 :0S last night, its diplomatio
service was watching closely the effect
this action will have on.HpUssid. The
feeling there at present is overwhelm
ingly bitter against the United States
and Great Britain, who acted jointly in
the matter.
However, officials said today that they
believed that eventually this will disap
pear when the Dutch people realise
that the United States, which Is chiefly
blamed, intends scrupulously to carry
out the promises made regarding feeding
Holland and safeguarding the vessels.
Bood River Man Is Held
Oregon City. March 11. Uel Parker,
a married man of Hood River. Or is
in the Clackamas county jail facing a
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Hs was arrested in
Hood . River and
returned to Oregon ;
City today by Constable XX jE. Frost.
Parker is 21 years of age. . ,
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