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.THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, -PORTLAND SUNDAY MORNING," AUGUST .11,, 1918.
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WHEN WAR IS NEAR
THE war never seems quite so near
as when' our boys leave for the
' front. They, go a the draft found
, them, ununiformed and unre
aiV(npHluat hovel The training
p bihvu al an m - w
eamp transforms them into well dis
ciplined, properly uniformed American
soldiers, their vital initiative concen
trated on a single purpose, and men
I i.ie core I
f Thus aey left Portland one morn
ing last .week a contingent of a few
Hundreds nouna ror me rar-away
battle line in France, going by way
f Camp Fremont. A breakfast at The
Auditorium, rather than in the several
homes, because when our boys go
from us to war, we of Portland are
merely one big family, eager to make
every departing lad feel that he is
endeared by his going. Breakfast was
served by a group of mothers and
any one of them had love and to
pare for every Bon whom his nation
despotism.
Farewells were spoken. Cheers
vere given. How meaningless- are
words and cheers by the side of a
tingle tear on a mother's bravely
smiling facel
Out In the street, waiting for the
band which would lead the proces
sion to the Union depot, a tiny fox
terrier wagged a tail so friendly
that instantly the chap who had
stowed in his pocket a segment of
apple pie to meet the hunger pangs
of mid-day, laid It on the street, an
offering to further acquaintance. The
band struck up "Over There." The
terrier rode proudly in a, pair of
gentle arms, already' the self ap
pointed mascot of the company he
had adopted.
. Bare of head, municipal officials
led the brief column. At the sight
they saw, casual pedestrians swept
hats from heads and hands applauded
vigorously. Mothers, fathers, . wives,
sweethearts, brothers and little ones,
were keeping step to "Over, There"
in that strange column.
The fat boy whom you have often
seen selling Columbia highway trips
at Broadway and Alder kept a quiv
ering mouth trying to grin as usual,
but his old mother and father were
clinging each to an arm, the mother
Shamelessly weeping, the father
stealthily wiping proud eyes.
i The young fellow, whose wife two
ponths, ago gave the world a boy
and left it in the same hour, marched
in military fashion, the tiny form
close' in his embrace all he had left
1 to say goodbye to. There were
brothers and friends, awkwardly half
smumg, nan weeping, as ir they
fearoe knew what propriety expected
of them. There Were sweethearts
Ivlth arms intertwined as thougii
there were none in the world but
them. Youthful wives dropped tear
Jvet faees against comforting shoul
ders and baby carriages persisted in
Vetting . the marchers out of line.
. J Lumps rose in the throats and the
Jf yes misted over of those who
looked on. But it was no scene of
morbid sorrow and depression. There
was no father, mother, wife or
Sweetheart who by clinging strove to
hold back any man on his way to
war. They all marched on together.
When they reached 'the' train, they
."Wept but there was not one who
could not 6ay, "Go. and God bless
you."
. There was in that group the spirit
. that in all times has sent men out
io war for righteousness and has kept
parents and wives at home to work
ana wail, li was a revealing of
tthe heights of sacrifice to which
fcravery and tears may ascend to
gether.
Owing to the need of the govern
. ment for wool the indications are
hat there will be a shortage of men's
)veaj goods next- spring. Anyone
Vhoee heart sinks, over the prospect
cf having to wear his old suit next
jVear can forget his sorrow by keep
In: tab on the -launching of shins
jn . . the Willamette and Columbia
rivers. . Every,, hull, that slides, int.)
.the water brings the new suit that
much nearer. So does every. Liberty
bond and Savings Stamp.
NATURE'S WAY
T
HE! Queen Bee got her title before
the habits of her race had been
very accurately studied. It should
be much more apt to call her the
Mother Bee, for she reproduces the
swarm, she does, not rule it. The
workers heap attentions upon her.
They look after her welfare with
constant' solicitude but it Is? for the
most prosaic reasons. Bees are pro
sale, or practical in everything they
do. There is not a trace of romaijtie
flunkeyism in the swarm.
. Nor is anything useless tolerated.
When the drones have made the next
generation safe they are killed off.
There are royal cells in the- hive
but the queen lays no royal eggs.
Her eggs are all alike. Whether they
develop into queens or workers de
pends entirely on the way the work
ers feed the young after it ' is
hatched.
If the swarm feel the need of more
mothers they feed the larvae mother
food, which we misunderstandingly
call "queen's food.".. If they want
more workers they feed the larvae
workers' food. So the queen does
not hold her office in the hive by
divine right, -ne is made what 6he
is by the workers and derives all
her singular tation from them.
No queen bee who candidly faced
the facts of ! er history would ever
be heard to say that "the Lord had
made her a trustee of the swarm's
future." She would be obliged to
confess that the trusteeship hacLbecn
conferred by her humble attendants.
The idea of a trusteeship conferred
from above on particularly favored
individuals can not be buttressed by
anything in uncontaminated nature.
It shows itsel only among men.
In every herd or flock there is lead
ership, just as there is sacred moth
erhood among the bees, but it s
always founded on 6heer merit. As
soon as the King Wolf loses his vigor
he is superseded by a younger can
didate. The rise and fall of kings
provides Incessant tragedies among
all the races of living beings, but,
outside the human race, no dynasty
ever becomes hereditary. Kings are
dethroned and executed the instant
they fall to conquor all rivals.
The idea of a trusteeship conferred
by heaven itself on Mr. Jones or Mrs
Williams is not devoid of charm.
There is more or less poetry in it.
When Mr. Baer proclaims that the
Lord has put the coal mines of the
United States Into his possession for
great and good purposes we may be
lieve him or not, bflt if we do be
lieve him then the fact that Mr.
Baer actually has the coal mines
leads us to assume, somewhat hastily,
perhaps, that the divine purposes are
being fulfilled. For if they are not,
heaven would surely . look out for
another trustee. And as soon as we
admit that kings and millionaires
are selected by the powers on high
to act as trustees here on earth, wc
must also admit that they can do no
wrong. For it is untnmkanie mat
heaven would confer its trusteeship
upon a wrongdoer.
It is a matter of history that as
soon as the' British Stuarts and the
French Capets got their thrones es
tabllshed by divine right their per
sons became sacred and they lost
the power to do wrong. They ac
quired "sanctificatlon," as some of
our American religious sects ex
press It.
In the days of the Stuart kings
church of England divines constantly
preached the doctrine that "the king
can do no wrong" and with it the
parallel doctrine of non-resistance
When Cromwell and Jthe Puritans re
belled against Charles' I they had the
whole established church and count
less scripture texts against them
There is no gainsaying the doctrine
of non-resistance to evil the instant
you admit the doctrine of divine
right. If William II was made kaiser
by his "Gott," it is the undeniable
duty of the whole world to submit
to his rule, because when we resist
him we resist the Almighty will that
made him what he is. If Mr. Baer
was appointed trustee of our coal
deposits by the Almighty it follows
with Irresistible logio that we must
not. seek to restrict Mr. Baer's hand
ling of his trust on pain of open
impiety. .
Thus the doctrine of divine right,
or divine trusteeship, begins in one
absurdity and ends in another. It
begins in the absurdity that if a man
happens to have wealth or power
tne L.ora must nave chosen him foiy
ma trustee, n enas in me aosura-
ity that wealth' and power should
never be questioned or ' resisted, no
matter; to what lengths of evil
they go.
This doctrine has been taught and
obeyed in' spite of its absurdity, for
many centuries. It held France in
chains ;or a thousand years. It
dominated the mind of England for
almost as long. It is the demoniac
inspiration of Germany today.
The doctrine of non-resistance to
evil works out curiously in two op
posite effects. At home it gives the
autocrat a horde of mindless slaves
ready to do. whatever he command
Abroad it breaks down the national
defense, as we have seen it do in
Russia, and exposes the country to
devastation. Our revolution had to
fight the doctrine of " non-resistance
just as the United States has now to
fight and destroy it in order to strike
effectually at German despotism.' Our.
fathers in 1776 met it with the coun
ter doctrine thaw "resistance to ty
rants is obedience to God," and their
children still think as they did.
As an evolutionary principle tlje
doctrine of non-resistance, or paci
fism, has not a leg to stand on. It
is the fighters who have won for us
what we have In the way of liberty
and Justice. And it must be confessed
that the fighters who have pushed
tfie world ahead have usually started
out as rebels. Of course their suc
cess purified them of all taint when
they did succeed. But when they
did not they were hanged. i
The world's great men have, al
most without exception,- been great
f ebels against the twin doctrines . of
divine right and non-resistance. There
is no evil in the World, from human
slavery to rum, which has not claimed
trusteeship from heaven, and the men
like Lincoln who fought them had
first to fight down the belief or
their sacredness.
If we have a solid foundation for
democracy 4oday we must not forget
that it was laid in strife and cemented
with blood. Every gain for democracy
has been won in battle against divine
right, or divine trusteeship. I When
an American Wall street magnate
says that he regards his money as
a sacred trust imposed upon him by
the Lord," he uses exactly the same
language as Kaiser Wilhelm does and
the implications frqm it are the saim.
Democracy denies that the Lord
creates any such trusts. It finds in
creasing wisdom every day in the in
stitutions ef the bees where exalted
rank depends on usefulness alone.
When the usefulness ends the rank
ends with it. The swarm tolerates no
idlers. Even the drones have a duty
to perform.
The American attribute of landing
on one's feet was again exemplifiedj
when newly arrived soldiers wer
thrown into the battle line. Wher
ever the American finds himself he
quickly adapts himself to his-environment.
PARTNERS IN VICTORY
T
HE heart of every American must
beat a little faster; he must walk
a little straighter, and hold his
head a little higher because of
the exploits of American troops in
the splendid successes of the allied
forces overseas.
Particularly must they flush with
PFide who own Liberty bonds and
War Savings Stamps. It is their
victory no less than the victory of
the men in uniform. They-too are
taking a real part in the advance of
the arms of humanity against the
hordes of the Hun. Their money.
loaned to the government, has helped
to buy the guns the soldiers carry;
the bullets they shoot; the- olothes
they wear, and the food that gives
them strength to carry on to victory.
The fruits of recent American suc
cesses are sweetest to those at home
who save and serve for those abroad.
Coming events cast their shadows
before inx the nomination of
wounded soldier for county treasurer
in Illinois.
GOOD POLITICS
F
OLLOWINQ the fashion of the
hour, the Detroit street railway
company has, by its' own ukase,
imposed a six cent fare upon the
home of the Ford car. The company
shows its originality by not waiting
for the railroad commission and the
courts to break its contract. It does
the breaking itself.
Unhappily for the ease of the mo
nopdly, Detroit is in the throes of
a mayoralty campaign and one of
the candidates, James Gouzins, stands
for the validity of contracts. He
refused to pay the six cent fare on
a car the other day and was thrown
off. He now brings suit against the
company.
Unless we misread the signs of the
times, Mr. Cousins' defiance of the
extortionate monopoly will make him
mayor of Detroit. Once In a while
we notice something that seems to
say that traces of the Boston Tea
Party spirit still linger here and there
In the hearts of Americans'.
The sons of the men who fought
rather than pay unjust taxes are not
likely to submit forever to unjust
levies on their pockets, to pay divi
dends on watered stock.
The casualty lists growing longer
each day are bringing a realization
of what war is. Not only should our
losses harden our resolution, but they
should bring a new sense of intimacy
and sympathy and common obliga
tion.
GERMANY'S COLONIES
S'
PEAKING of the return of Ger
many's lost African colonies after'
the war, Mr. Balfour makes a
point which deserves considera
tion. With those colonies regained
Germany would do two things, say3
Mr. Balfour. One step would be to
organize a black army aimed at the
world's liberty. The other would be
the building of submarine bases on
all the main routes of commerce.
Germany would thus be prepared
at the outbreak of the next war, to
which she is already looking eagerly
forward, to launch an immense army
of blacks at the heart of Europe
while her submarines swept all com
merce from the seas.
This would enable the war lords
to carry out their cherished plan of
starving their enemies Into Submis
sion: They believed they could do
so in this war, but the combined
British and American, fleets thwarted
their scheme.
Let them establish submarine bases,
however, from Kiel around the earth
in both directions, and there will be
another story to telL In Mr.' Bal-
four's opinion ; the safe plan for tho
democratic jnations, now that they
have ' got Germany's colonies, is to
keep them. ;
FOUR MINUTE MEN
A
RECENT edition of the "Four
Minute Men News," published at
Washington, brings tardily to
light the fact that to be first in
exceeding its third Liberty loan quota
was not ; the , only "Oregon first"
record made by this state in the most
recent campaign to finance th- war.
In the efficiency records of the Jour
Minute Men, Oregon stands at the
top of the list of states. Of 60 j
-r . I
amy aone in presenting io raovms
picture and theatre audiences the
tarts nnrt th iirffenr.v of thft loan M"
. . ...
as a means of winning the war.
Oregon's grade for efficiency in Four
Minute work is 98 per cent. To gain
thA ,, liHno- nr
540 addresses , by 300 speakers to
audiences aggregating 222,845 people,
Sherman R. Hall, a prominent Port-
land business man, is the chairman of resourcea. Even now we are only be
for Oregon of the Four Minute Men. ginning to have an approximate notion
To him primarily is due the credit
for the achievement. He has worked
unremittingly aM with much skill
in organization. He has been sup-
ported by a body of intelligent artl
. , . ... . . .-.
enthusiastic men ready at any time
for the tedious and concentrated
preparation necessary to the effective
s min.,u nf enhUotc
naiionai in 6Cope.
Under Mr. Halls leadership the
Pmir Minute Men of Oreeon are ner-
, . . .
forming a service to their govern-
ment the value Of which is beyond
ordinary measure, and from their
leader down they are doing It with
as little regard for personal conven-
ience as though they were in unl-
fnrm anrl -ainHer militarv ass'mmp.nt.
Verily these are complicated days.
If street car fares continue to go up
a srreat manv DeODle will have to
walk. If One has tO walk far thlS
takes a lot of time. Industry can
... .
not be 8peeded up. And yet the pub-
lie will .not be able to save any
money, as the price of .shoe leather
is still going up.
WILD WAYS IN ZION
Q'
UITB disconcerting is the report I
from Palestine that the Zionists
who are founding a new nation
there intend to keep the title to
all land in the government. This is
outright socialism. We should not
be surprised to learn from some of
our contemporaries that it is nothing
less than anarchy.
The farms of Palestine will bs
I
leased by the government te persons
who intend to cultivate them and
"the annual rent, so it is said, 'will
be considerably less than the annual
tax on his preiriises paid by the from one dl8trict w, ,haU see men. seek
Amerlcan farmer who hojds his land ing election, compelled to appeal to the
in fee simple.
It has been proposed to provide
r r I
returning American soldiers with land
on a similar plan. The government
would keep the title. The soldier
would enjoy a perpetual leasehold
without the power to mortgage or
sell. This would save him from the
sharks who gnawed the bones of so
., , .
many Civil war veterans to whom
the government - gave homesteads.
The Palestine project has the as-
sent of some of the most eminent
. , . . . , .
uiiuB.ciB am "iiiuucis u kuo vYuiu
as well as tne sanction OI tne BJbie.
It may encourage us to carry through
something similar here.
The principal argument for In-
creased street car fares is that the
companies need the money. This is
also a need felt by the public.
THE AMERICAN ENGINEER
1
N THE nature of things it is the
man in tne ioreironi or name
, m m . m . .
who gets all the glory. Scarcely
a thought is given to those be-
hind the scenes who made victory
possible. There is 'seldom a word
for the man whose efforts in the rear
sustain a prolonged offensive.
rvi j -i .v , j
While details of the present ad-
vance by the allies are not to hand,
Dast exnerience warrants the conelu-
sion that the engineers who come
. .. ... .. , , , . .
behind with rails and bridges and
highway repairs are doing a won-
derful work. From the fact that
v,o . .
uir;i c 1.CL0 asci uv uaik. n biiQ
caused Dy aeiay in cringing up guns,
ammunition and supplies, it is do-
rlncprl that th Biinrlnr mMhnH nf
th American engineer are effprtiv
ne American engineer are errective.
Tne rapidity wiin wnicn Americans
lay down tracks is not only amazim?
to the allied forces but it is count-
ing heavily. Germany is being beaten
as much , by the American engineer
as he is by American infantry and
ine inougui is auimrauiy expressed
by Amelia Josephine Burr:
"Wv buUd the roads wher oth.ru
.march to glory. "
"'1 ,' "
com. . . . .
story ;
Ours Is the story that is never told.
A WILDWOOD HARVEST ,
HOUGH neither the Indian prophet 1
T
nor the' Oldest resident has Of-
fArofl a wnril nf Mnlanatinn th
lered a word OI explanation, the
fact remains that in the Wild-
WOOdS Of the City's environs the ha-
zeinut crop is larger this season than
for some years past. To those who
seek for such there may be ah omen
in this circumstance. It may fore
bode an early winter; or a late one;
a short one or a long one;' an open
or a' hard one; it may mean great
crops or small ones, or what-not 1
Be that as it may, the nuts are
there , and the harvest is on. . The
squirrels are laying In a supply
against' the long night soon to come.
Thrifty .housewives ' find them as
sweet as any for cake filling and
salads. Gathering them is one task
to which the children go with glee. .
NAMES AMERICA'S
WAR REWARD
French Savant Says Moral Momentum
WU1 Carry Hef "to the Skies."
Paria Correspondence NeV York E Teuln Foot.
This one .imnresslon which has been
made so strongly that it can never be
unmade la told by Henry Laved an. one
A(admT. whou hi,anan It Is tm jrr.
press what all feel
"War had to come a world wa;
transformation and convulsion
and quaking- of the earth and opinions
and ideas - among , au peoples, even
among neutrals, for such a thing to
happen. America, unanimous, repre-
seniea oy an us Classes ana an us
over the sea and piants down among us
her industry, her troops, her riches, her
machines, her methods, all the power or
of what she is, what shells worth, what
fh! ia" do; wh8l!e wJu.t,id l?m.k"
From tha day 8he came lnto tne war.
threw herself into the war to win it, we
have had th feeling of discovering
America. And that does not mean, in
.lt. of tha nroBre we . makIn,
that we can yet boast, after discovering
ber. that we know her
J-ei us noi go loo iasi or us an
holds in reserve surprises which per-
haps she will be unable to prevent
coming back on herself for we ma
well foresee that the effects of her
tremend0U8 effort go beyond her
own conception and prove superior to
all she hoped and promised herself from
ow 0TZl
morrow. It i, tne game for the settling
of vast moral and social conditions and
be too the American will scrape the
skies."
Letters from the People
ution in thia department ihould ba written on
J"1 n "f18 ,of J prr. houid not cei
300 words in length and must ba dened by the
writer, whoae mail address la full must accom
pany tne cont nDuuon. j
The Budget Versus Jobbery
Portland, Aug. 8. To the Editor of
The Journal Chester L. Chambers, in
his letter in The Journal commenting
on your editorial on a budget system,
is to b con crra tula ted as another stood
citizen doing his best to introduce a
much needed reform, in his illustration
of the Bourne Placard appealing for
tiona ne obtaineci for Oregon, Mr.
Chambers, in my opinion, put his finger
unwittingly on the source of the evil,
That is, that Bourne knew that he
rAii1t vat tViA vnt.i nf thnM whn flerMw!
wltn hlm tn national politics without a
special appeal, that he could not get the
vote political opponents even
.1.1 tV..V eV.e V IVaV
'tr
enough to change a majority Into a ml-
nority and vice versa by hjs appeal to
M0 interest, so long as we retain a
prejudices of voters who have : neither
conscience nor party prmcipies; ior our
trntlnar anvoraim malraa avi n man rns Triao.
ter8 of wno conscience and
principle.
The French, with their characteristic
l8
mKiy voted to introduce a system which.
by allowing patriots as valuable a bal-
lot M provincialtsts, would reduce log-
rolling to a minimum. - The cry of the
amnnlirn waa m.n , th.
prisoner of a minority" meaning the
few necessary to turn the scale.
e?n, rererendum nas put the
principle Indorsed by France, and In use
,n mny countries. Into her constitution
as a permissive clause. If she adopts
ta 1920 proposal, now being discussed.
P& . appiy proportional repre-
nuuiuvu w uio icg loiai ui Olio y .11
have a bodv in which lncaJlfima. will K
subordinated to the general welfare, and
thus set an example to the whole coun-
Walter j. millard.
Would Force Aliens to Help
Lake County, Or., Aug. 5. To the Edi
tor of The Journal Inasmuch as we are
soon to have another Liberty bond drive.
TJT. ZZ'Z" "
a . , A Jt 1 aV
OCOIllO ft WW aaa - - '
make the aliens do their part in float
ing this bond issue? "We have 4hm all
registered and know Just where to find
mem. Jei uio eiecuwi juugq iu cha;u
precinct see that the aliens in his dis-
trict subscribe. If they fall to subscribe
when notified, let their names be pub-
llshed In each, county and sent to the
naturalization board or Judge, who
8hould fuse them citizenship papers
for 10 years at the close of the war, as
it will take that long to make them
fJTV"Z
and money, while they are In most part
looking idly on. In some places they
have exasperated people to forcing
them to subscribe, but violence is not
best. President Wilson warns us always
1 jgjljllg It-
i have In mind a young German who
will not even give one dollar to the Red
Cross and who has refused to subscribe
to tne Llberty loans- Yet h enly
hlg,h wage8 when he works, and expects
sometime to become naturalized and
prove up on a homestead. All around
him Amerjpan boys have left their
our country. The loved ones at home
toll and give freely of the little they
have. Is it right? Is It Just? I hope
to see others express their opinions
see that every alien has a Liberty bond.
Let the Boche do his part, or forever
n alien. SUBSCRIBER.
Opinion Asked For
Portland. Aug. S To the Editor of
The Journal Is It disloyal or unpatii-
otio to publicly discuss a question favor'
Ing the enemy during the period of the
war, where the merits of the question
are strictly on matters after the war Is
settled? You. will confer a favor by
giving your opinion on this matter.
A. READER.
I hardly be said, hewerer. that any utterance
'Men tends to grt aid ana comion to tne
.-mT" or to hinder, confuse or dishearten
J one'a. own fellow-citizens or fOTernment in the
otfc grounds, no matter what the "merits" of
Ui tiaestion may be. and no matter at wnat
point in time the issue attaches.
Germany's Vice Offensive
From the Baltimore American.
When the war broke, out. Germany
wa. aHv tTtrmis-h its afrents in this.
country and abroad in disseminating
Btorles calculated to give the Impression
that the French were a . nation of degen-
J mankind and the age to-whip them with
AFTER WATERLOO
By Lord
THEY mourn, but smile at length; and, smiling, mourn:
The tree will wither long before it fall;
The hull drives on, though mast and sail be torn;
The roof-tree sinks, but moulders on- the hall
In massy hoariness; the ruin'd wall . -Stands
when its wind-worn battlements are gone;
The bars' survive the captive they enthrall;
The day drags through though storms keep out the sun; ,
And thus the heart will break, yet brokenly live on:
Even as a broken mirror, which the" glass '
In every fragment multiplies; and makes
A thousand images of one that was.
The same, and still the more, the more it breaks;
And thus the heart will do which not forsakes.
Living in shattered guise, and still, and cold.
And bloodless, with its sleepless sorrow aches.
Yet withers on till all without is old,
Showing no visible sign, for such things are untold.
There is a very life In our despair,
Vitality of poison, a quick root !
Which feeds these deadly branches; for It were
As nothing did we die; but life will suit
Itself to sorrow' most detested fruit.
Like to the apples on the Dead sea's shore,
All ashes to the taste. Did man compute .
Existence by enjoyment, and count o'er
Such hours 'gainst years of life- say, would he name three-score?
The Psalmist riumber'd out the years of man:
They are enough, and if thy tale be true,
Thou, who didst grudge him even that fleeting span
More than enough, thou fatal Waterloo!
Millions of tongues record thee, and anew
Their children' lips shall echo them, and say:
"Here, where the sword united nations drew,
Our countrymen were warring on that day!"
And this is much, and all, which will not pass away.
r From "Childe Harold."
JOURNAL MAN ABROAD
By Fred
Orecon bo ys who are maklnt rood In bi ways
hsTe furnished Mr. Lockley many a theme since
ha haa been serrinc The Journal as staff cor
respondent in Franca. lis now writes of one
who had already made a name in his own land
and who Is accumulating additional honors for
himself and for tba rood cause he represents.
Paria I was going down a hallway at
my hotel. A porter was. carrying a trunk
into an open doorway. My eye roved over
the trunk to find the name of its owner.
The porter set the trunk down, end up.
and there I saw, in bold, black letters.
Kinney Miller. In a second my mind
had bridged the gap of more than 20
years, and I saw a round-faced, merry
eyed youngster in short trousers in South
Salem. I called out. "Hello, Kinney."
and a very much surprised young man
came out to greet me. "When did you ar
rive, and where are you going?" I asked.
I have Just struck France," he an
swered, "and am on my way to Borne. I
have been assigned to Y" wqrk In Italy.
How long have you been over?" We
made a lunch date and I went on. A lit
tle later I met Dr. Carl O. Doney of
Salem in the same hallway, his room
being two doors from Kinney's. I told
him that Kinney Miller, one of his old
Willamette university boys, a graduate
of the class of 1905, was here. He said.
"I should very much like to meet him,
for only a few days ago I was introduced
to a T. M. C. A secretary out near th
front who said to me when he learned I
was president of Willamette university.
I owe all that I am to your schooL' 1
sked him what year he graduated, and
he said he never attended the university.
He said, "One of your graduates, Kin
ney Miller, found me, a drunken, sot on
the road to nowhere. He loved me and
trusted me and put my feet on tho road
to the kingdom. I have been serving the
Master ever since Kinney Miller led me
into the better way. so I owe all that I
am to one of your college men.
I knew Kinney Miller when his grand
m m m
father. C W. Scriber, was one of Salem's
best known citizens. Amelia Miller, his
mother, was a woman of high ideals and
most exalted character. Their home was
on the South Salem hilL Kinney gradu
ated In 1905 from Willamette university.
Just 10 years after my graduation from
the normal department of that Institu
tion. When we wret at lunch we at once
began to talk of old times. "I have seen
you only three times in 10 years," I said ;
'once at Spokane, once at Eugene and
once with Harold Dalzell at the Portland
T. M. C A" "Right you are," said Kin
ney. "Our trails haven't crossed very
often, as a fact." "Tell me all about
yourself," I demanded, "mat wm te
easy, saia Jijnney. i went, to icgm
from Salem in lsoo. l was in tne x. xa.
C. A. work there for three years. I was
in the SDokane T. M. C. A. during the
latter part of 1908, and In 1909 I re
turned to the Tacoma Y, where I put
In two years more. In 1911 I became
secretary of the T. M. C. A at Eugene,
staying there four years. From there I
went to Tuscon. Ariz., as secretary of
their T. M. C. A I was there from 1915
to 1917, when I went to Pittsburg. Pa
and now I am over here for work on the
Italian front. And, to tell you the truth.
I Rave to pinch myself to be sure I am
not dreaming that I am looking across
the table at you. in Paris, as calmly as
If we were at the T cafeteria in Port
land." "Fine skeleton, Kinney." said L "Now,
the military lash of German Kultur.
When Italy entered the war it was like
wise blazoned abroad as being in the
last stages of corruption. To the charge
of degeneracy placed against France
was added that of atheism. France has
shown itself to have moral stamina In
finitely beyond that of-lts detractor, and
It has shown ability to sustain ethical
ideals which, Jf their counterpart could
have been found among the Germans,
would have lifted that people from the
rating of barbarians delighting in abom
inable atrocities to a plane of high civ
ilization and virtue. As for the Italians,
they have shown themselves, i their
mountain-top fighting, to be marvels of
stamina, and have received the highest
meed of praise for endurance. Only the
Germans in their books, official or ap
proved publications, have condoned and
defended rape and outrage and all the
despicable deeds of vice that have be
come matters .of exact record In the
hands of their enemies.
This i" the Germany that has now
opened a vice offensive against Eng
land. From the time of Tacitus to the
present moment, Germans have held
reputation for low regard for woman's
virtue, and have been consistently ad
dicted to habits that are offensive to all
moral men. Conditions that are sporadic
and exotic In some other countries have
been notorious in Germany because of
the aristocratic German mind in mat
ters of exact moral rectitude. One has
only to delve into German literature to
discover the general cast of the Ger
man mind in this direction.
This -vice offensive, so far from sha
king the British empire, will recoil upon
the nation that has permitted this infa
mous form of warfare first against
France, then Italy and now England.
The United States and Its persons of
prominence may be the next subjects of
the International DiacKmauers nousea in
the precincts of the worst vice circles
of Germany. German desperation could
not go to greater lengths than it has In
this offensive against its foes.
Palmerston's War Predictions
From the VneoTr World
astonishing forecast by
Lord
Byron
Lockley
put a little meat upon its bones. Why did
you make such a long Jump as from
Arizona to Pennsylvania. Why did you
leave the West?" "Well, that's a long
story, and involves the whole problem
of why don't the men go to church? Har
old Dalzell, as you know; was the stu
dent boy secretary for Oregon and Idaho
under 'Dusty' Rhodes, who is now in
charge of the 'Y' work on one of the
most active sections of the front here.
Dalzell and I were close friends. He
went to Chicago to serve as secretary
of men's and boys' activities of the
Fourth Presbyterian church, of which
John Timothy Stone is pastor. Wonder
ful work is being done there. They have
realized that the church that is in touch
with the public only two hours a week
has no real hold on its people. The
church must be as much of a man's life
as his work or his play. Most men go to
church through a sense of duty, not for
any real Joy or good they get there. Re
ligion has in vnmy places lost the vital
spark. It is perfunctory. It is a side
issue. Those who go to church get no
living message. They are fed on meat
that has no nourishment. We have the
same Christ as ever. We have the same
Bible as ever. The fault doesn't lie there.
Men have begun to realize that to pile
vast sums into church stee'ples and
church bells or Into brick and stone, and
use the equipment only two or three
hours out of the 168 hours in a week ia
an economic waste. The seven days a
week church in Chicago began to be
heard from. It was found that men and
boys would rally to a church that had a
constructive program and would show
them how to be useful.
"Th pastor of the First United Pres
byterian church of Pittsburg the North
Side church had a vision of service. He
is that rarest of rare birds, the man who
has both consecration and business abil
ity. He Interested Miss Arbuckje, who
had about $35,000,000 at her disposal from
the coffee business built up by her father.
She caught the reflection of the light
he saw and gave him f 350,000 to build an
interdenominational "community house.
It is tied up to religious life, for you must
be a Bible class student or a Sunday
school student of some evangelical
church to be a member. The fees for
boys are 25 cents a year ; for men, J2 a
year. This means thav use of the swim
ming pool, the social life, "the gym, the
games and all the other things that
wholesome men and boys crave. Two
floors of the building are for men and
boys ; two floors are for women and girls.
You can see what opportunities we have
to get In touch with the life problents of
our people, and how we are able to make
the church mean something in their lives.
For example, our visiting nurse1 keeps
careful tab on all prospective maternity
cases, and gives aid and advice to the
mothers both before and after the ar
rival of the 'new' club member.
"When I was asked to-take hold of
that Pittsburg work 'I couldn't refuse.
That's how I happened to go from the
West to the East. ,
"And now5 it sems to me this work
over here Is the jrreat opportunity of
every man's life to be a service to his
fellows. I couldn't help feeling that If
a well paid Job, a pleasant Job, a Job
where I had honor and responsibility,
kept me away then I would be a
slacker. So I came."
Palm erst on as far back as 1841, of the
approaching conflict between democracy
and autocracy is given by Dr. Maedon
ald in a recent volume. He reprints a
memorandum made by Dr. Smith when
Texas an Independent state and
when that gentleman was Its minister
at St. James.
At a banquet confined exclusively to
British and American diplomats.
Palmerston, who- was at that time for
eign minister, said that great changes
were coming. How soon they would
come he could not say definitely, be
cause, he added, it took time for great
movements to come to a head. But.
he said, he was confident that at the
end of the century the greatest war in
Europe would take place. He said It
would not be a war for territory or for
commercial advantage, but would be a
conflict to the death between antagonis
tic Ideals or policies of government, be
tween liberalism and absolutism. In
that war England must, from her his
toric position lead the forces of liberal
ism and gather to her side all thoe
forces In Europe then striving for
liberty.
"In that desperate conflict of Ideas and
principles," he added. "England's
strength and resources will be tried as
never before in her history. She will
be strained to the utmost limit to pre
serve her very existence as a free and
independent nation. And If In that
hour of direst need she cannot reach
forth her hand and bring help from her
mighty daughter across the sea, then
woe be to the hopes of the world for
civil and religious liberty."
In two particulars only Is th proph
ecy beside the mark. Palmerston could
not foresee the events which have made
Germany, instead of Russia, the em
bodiment of tyranny, nor the growth
of a group of daughter aviates whose
aid has been so freely given to the
Motherland. But his anticipation of
the world combat, and his appreciation
of Its Inner causes, given as early as
1841, is -a remarkable instance of pre
sclent statesmanship.- - - .
Ragtag
and Bobtail!
Stories rom Everywhere
A Tale T Chivalry
WaiLE ther was some difficulty in
putting down disloyalty during the
opening days $f the Civil war. It ap
pears, says "Girard" in the Philadelphia
Ledger, that ft was more easily ac
complished, at times than it has been
in me present -conflict. A story of the
president's mounted guard, which ia
told In a recent paper by Allen C.
Clark of Washington on "Richard .Wal-
lach, and the Times of His Mayoralty."
in tne national capital, is virtually a :
new Lincoln anecdote.
"The declaration of war was over
hanging," writes Mr. Clark. "It was ftl
the air that tie president might be as
sassinated. . The president's guard was
organized under command of the Kan
sas terror. General Jim Lane. A hand- .
some young Southerner, an employe In
the treasury department, at once enlisted
in it. A woman of Union sympathy, an
acquaintance, went to him Immediately.
"'I thotffeht you were a Southerner V
she said. 'And so I am,' was the answer.
Then, what are you doing in the presi
dent's guard?' 'Oh. I think it is just as
well to be near Old Abe in case we
want to get ) rid of him. There are
several of us from below Mason and
Dixon's line in that troop.'
"The woman informed her husband,
and he informed Jim Lane; and Jim'
Lane was for discovering him and hang
Ing him up as an effective example.
The woman declined to divulge his
identity, notwithstanding threats.
"The case was presented to the presi
dent and in his great magnanimity he
applauded the woman. She reported to
the young man what had occurred. He.
in his chivalric acknowledgment, re
signed, saying, 'I cannot betray such
a man.' "
f A ! Hopeless Case
Passing a hand over his forehead the
worried drill sergeant paused for breath
as he surveyed the knock-kneed recruit.
Then he pointed a scornful finger.
"No," he declared, "you're 'opeless.
You'll never make a soldier. Look at
you now. The top 'alf of your legs is
standln at attention an' the bottom 'alf
is standln' at ease I"
He Surely Was Some Talker
A woman went Into a pet store with
the announcement that she wished to
buy a parrot, and was shown several
promising specimens by the proprietor,
says the Philadelphia Telegraph.
-I like the looks of this one." said the
prospective customer, deslgnaUng a cer
tain bird, "but are you quite sure that
he is a talker V
"Oh yes, madam." was the prompt
assurance of the proprietor, "he is a
talker, all right."
"Some of them are very disappoint
ing," continued the customer. "Will you
guarantee him to talk a lot?"
"I surely will," answered the pro
prietor. "Th lady who last owned him
sold him because she couldn't get a
word In edgewise."
Out So Snap Either Way
A professor of history met one of his
class who had returned from fighting
on the western front, says the Kansas
City Journal, and asked him if he had
learned any 'particular lesson from the
war.
"I ha.va Hvvere.d ." renllad the vounar
man, "that 'it is a great deal easier
studying history than it 'is making It."
The Eats of War Time
"I lunched," said Bishop Waterhous r
of Los Angeles, quoted by the Washing ?
ton Star, "one meatless and wheatleas
day with a family that gave me de
licious provender. In short. 1 never
ate a better-' luncheon. The lady of th
house, in acknowledgment ef my warm
compliments; told me how the nut steak
was "made and how the flourless biscuits ,
were concocted.
" 'Marvelous !' I exclaimed. "Necessity
is Indeed the mother of Invention.'
" 'And invention.' she answered with
mother these days." "
Told in Barracks
Examining officer: "And why did you
assault the sentry in this brutal f sah Ion?
Private Hank (late of the gashous
gang) "Well, de guy sec he challenges
me, so I busts him one in de Jaw."
- I Remember
I Tmemher. I remember.
The shoes I used to wesr.
And whst I pay for them today
Would- orx-e bay forty pair;
They made them all of leather than.
Straight black, no colored freaks.
Full of honMt workmanship,
And also full of squeaks! "
I remember. I remember.
The Sunday shirts I wore.
The bosoms white aa driren snow.
Hard as an oaken floor;
And eT'ry time I sat ma down.
Why. Jivtt as sure as sin.
That old starched bosom buokled op
And hit Bie In tba cbinf -
I remember. I remember.
In my youthful days of ease
There waa quite a difference la
The stjle of beereedees; J,
Nothing light and airy then. ,-
Nor "nnion" style. Instead,
They cama in inch-thick flannel.
Double sections fiery red! -
I remember, I remember, -
My early days of speed i
When I tore down through Ms la street -
On my elocipede: "
I bare an Abia Complex now, .
And that should gie me Joy. 1
But I'm? farther off from Hearcs
Than ;when I was a boy!
. l-o Angeles Examinee.
Untie Jeff Snow Says:
Nebuck Jones admits he hain't n
partie'lar objection to bein' a bootlegger
as fur as any conscientious qualms Is
concerned, but he's figgered it out that
by the time he learns the profession
there won't be no raw materials -to
operate with, the way these here Pro hi
chaps is a-carryln' on. All of which
shows thatjfer a young man not up to
even Chamberlain's draft age ' he's got
some brains and might eyen be trained
to be a useful man. -
Journal Travel Bureau Notes;
Josephine i County a Scenic, Wonder
land and a Sportsmen's Paradls.
Crook county la a vast plateau bound
ed by mountains. The Cascades form Its
western boundary, with peaks rising to
an elevation of 10.660 feet, the height of -ona
of the Sisters. It is an inspiring
sight to look westward and see th
snow covered and glistening summits of
Three Sisters, Old Broken Top. Elk
mountain. '.Irish mountain, the Twins,
Maiden Peak and others.. The eastern
and northeastern boundary Is formed by
the Blue mountains, ' Along the south
eastern part of the county the Buck
mountains 'are to be seen, while In the
extreme southern portion are th Paul
Ina mountains. With its old tim cattl
ranches, its prosperous and growing
towns, its-; dry farming. Us Irrigating
projects, its deep fissured and rocky
canyons, ft sagebrush plains, it hunt
Ing, fishing and . fairly good roads.
UroOK COUnur Will oellrht th tnnriat . I
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