THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORT LAND, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 211918 TIME FOR CHANGE IN GERMANY HELD NOT YET ARRIVED Council of Six in Control Prac tically Has Assumed Executive PoweryThough Without Right. MUCH DISORDER PREVENTED Country More or Less Continuing Under Momentum of Tradition, Though Iron Rule Is Passed. By A. It. Pecker Special Cabla to The 'ion ma I and ChicafS Dally Srwn. (Cnnyrlrtt. 1018, by ChW-aao Parly 3 Co-I Berlin. Dec. 11. (Delayed) The po litical situation In Germany being in a period of transition is somewhat com plex. The former Iron rule Is gone and the country is more or less continuing under the momentum of tradition. The ship of state, still manned toy the former secretarial bureaus, has a new helmsman who is as yet uncertain upon his course and la trying to choose between the democracy of different shades of social ism and anarchy. - German rule now lies in a council of people's delegates of six men. of which j;bert Is president, lie and Scheldemann and Lannherg are all moderate or ma jority Socialists. The others are Haase, Dlttman and Barth. 'Independent So cialists. This council has .practically assumed executive power. At the time of the revolution the 'soldiers and work men, being quickly organized into coun cils, were able to claim the largest- rep resentation. Using their Influence to maintain order and then, gradually real izing their power, they began to assume the political functions of government, though a large number of people were not represented by them. v Cornell Effeets Compromise The council of people's delegates being Meak compromised, admitting the workmen- and soldiers as a parliament and designating themselves as the executive power. No doubt the organization of the soldiers'- and workmen's council pre vented much disorder, but, not having been chOHcn by all the people. It has no right to assume the government promi nently. This is recognized by most of the soIdlers and workmen, who are willing to dissolve their council when Its work has been accomplished, but this time has not yet come, they claim. The executive committee of the council of soldiers and workmen is composed of two men, Richard Muller and Brutus Molkenduhr. who are quite strong and who, perhaps, dislike to give -up their power. . The great majority of the people seem to be behind the present government of i the Ebert. or moderate- Socialist, wing. Khert and his associates are considered honest by all, but many think they are 4oo radical and some think they , are too weak. The moderate Socialists-want to gain their ends by evolution and not revolution. They desire the gradual socjaiizarion or puDiic utilities, railroads afid mines, freedom of speech and press and Just taxes. They wish to have IadeprndeaU Cater .to Extremists The Independent Socialists who are quite radical wish Immediate socializa tion. They are really, though not open ly, catering slightly to the extreme So cialists.' When the Russian Bolsheviki aid that they wished to aend delegates to the national assembly1, the independ ents said that they would be welcome. Since the revolution the moderate Social ists tried to carry out radical schemes which they found would not work la practice. They discovered that they needed the advice of experts and re verted often to the old fundamental eco nomic laws. They found that the fac tories could not operate without raw materials, engineers, an office force and merchants. The extreme right consists of the Ger man National party, composed of former conservatives, free conservatives. Junk ers, some peasant and clericals. Then there Is the German Democratic center, j or Clerical National People's party, and then the moderate Socialists which in Berlin, include many workmen's and soldiers' councils. The Independent So cialists include provincials, soldiers and j workmen. The extreme left is com- j posed of but few men. These are the Spartacus group, who are also - called Bolshevikl because they are In favor of cooperation with the Russians and a world revolution. ' " "Internationalism" an Element ' Independents favor the "internation al," though they offer nothing definite for Its realization. Probably these will go with the party, though the data are rather unreliable. The German Demo-, eratic party, just to the left of the German National party, consists of all the liberal elements, the old Progressive People's party and also the National Liberal party. The liberals are mainly city people and bourgeois capitalists. The National Liberal party had pan German tendencies, favored the subma rine warfare and was represented by Stresemann, The National Liberals wanted to Join the German Democratic party, which declared that the door was open and that all National Liberals could enter but that they could not have any special seat or committee rights and could not be leaders. - The center -or' Clerical party is quite strong and well organized. It has con siderable Influence among the women who now have the vote. The National People's party leans toward moderate socialism. Berlin at present does not have any considerable influence over the provinces, though the influence Is grow ing as the provinces thought Berlin was too radical. Rnla of Business Feared This was true particularly of indus trial centers like Westphalia, the Rhine and Bavaria, which feared the ruin of business through the weakness of the government. Under the old regime the domination of Prussia was always un questioned. Holding 17 votes, it always obtained a majority. This domination is definitely gone. The tendency seems to be towards the formation of a num ber of small republican states all within Germany and more or less federalized with their boundaries 'slightly changed, Bavaria, becoming larger by including smaller neighboring states, and Prussia, becoming smaller through Wurtemberg, Baden, Hanover and Schleswlg becoming separate states. There is talk even now of a new capital at Wimar or Frankfort. ENTENTE ADVANCE MAKING KRESS FAR INTO RUSSIA Finns Expected to Act in Full Accord With Allies Now That Mannerheim is Again at Helm. REVEL BRITISH FLEET BASE Russian Leaders Opposed to Bolshevik Movement Meet in Conferences at Stockholm. Lumber Company Employes Present Cup to N. E. Ayer Employes of the St. Johns Lumber company to the number et 200 assembled this morning to present' a silver loving cup to N. K. Ayer, president of the com pany. O. Howard, an employe, made the presentation speech. Mr. Ayer was somewhat overcome; but made a heart felt reply. The cup bears the inscription, "Christmas, 1918, to N. E. Ayer from his employes and in lecognition of his manly, fair and helpful conduct toward us at all times." Mr. Ayer has . been president of the company since its estab lishment in 1905. v IRE THAN 0 Auto Driver Given 100-Day Sentence The heaviest Jail sentence ever meted out in the municipal court on a charge of driving an automobile while intoxi cated was given to William Joores this morning by Judge Rossman. He was sentenced to serve 100 days in the coun ty Jail. Joores denied that hfe was in toxicated, saying he had not had a "good drink" for two years. Oysters can be kent in filtered water for two weeks without injury or loss of weight, according to a French scientist. By Bassett Dlgby 8pecial Cabla to Tha Journal and Chicaio Daily Newa, (Coprricht. 1918. by Chicago Daily Newa Co.) "Stockholm, Dec. 21. The decks have been cleared for action in Russia. En tente troops are flowing up to Kiev from Odessa,' our southern base,' the Murman expedition has the northern situation well in hand and the Ural forces are advancing with new and excellent organization and equipment. Through the London consultations with General Mannerheim, wbo is now the leader, Finland' will be in full accord with such steps, active or passive, as may be taken. The British fleet has reached Reval at the urgent request of the Esthonian authorities and the entente Is taking over the administration of the Estho nian railways, posts and telegraphs. Reval must constitute the Baltic base, as by this time the ice conditions ren der water approach to Petrograd im possible until the 'end of next April. Conference at Stockholm Important political conferences will occur .shortly in Stockholm, where the former premier, Trepoff, the former assistant minister . of interior. Prince Volkonsky, the former chief of the department of foreign affairs, Baron Taube. Senator Zasseadks. Gener-U Massalskl and other noted Russians are assembled. I learn that Terestch tnko Is also here. The American min ister, Ira Nelson Morris, has- conferred with M. Trepoff and General. Tudenlch, the hero of Erzerum, is also visiting the legation to confer with Mr. Morris. Swedish social democratic and liberal riewspapers have expressed alarm at what they Imagine to be preparations for a monarchtstic or autocratic coup, but I am assured that the discussions were limited to the ascertaining of a wide range of views, the transmission of which would be valuable to the entente government in the formation of a Russian policy. It will be recollected that there was a similar gathering of Russian political personages recently in a town in Southern Russia. 31 sen Work Ahead The Bolsheviki have made such utter chaos of the Russian administration that much expert testimony will oe needed before the details of our line of action can be made clear when our military forces reach Petrograd, Mos cow and other Rusuian centers. A Russian temporary administration wiU rrobably be established if backed up byn armed force. Then food will be brought in for the sufferers and prep arations will be hastened for a constit uent assembly that will enable the peo ple to elect the kind of a government they want. ARRIVE ON BALI Several Casual Companies, 865 Sick and Wounded and Others Among Passengers. New York, Dec 21. (U. P.) The White Star liner Baltic arrived In port today with 99 officers and 1943 enlisted men. They are classified as follows: Twenty-nine officers and 1070 men of Winchester casual companies 1057, 1058, 1059, 1060, 1061. 1063 and 1064 : six casual officers and 859 men sick or wounded ; seven officers and 13 men of medical detachments; 13 officers of quarter master's corps ; eight officers of air service ; 30 officers of chemical warfare service : one officer of adjutant general's department, one officer of medical corps one officer infantry and one enlisted infantryman. The United States transport v George Washington which took President Wll son to France is due to arrive in port on Christmas day, it was reported at the embarkation headquarters today. She will bring the complete 139th field artillery consisting of 63 officers and 1484 men. Headquarters company of the 137th field artilleries and batteries A, B, D and E. consisting of 33 officers amf 824 men, also are aboard. Others on board are 49 officers and 82 men of advanced school detachments of the 11th division ; two officers and 103 men of casual detachment No. 1 of the chemical warfare service ; 35 of ficers and 149 casual officers of the 138th field artillery and 938 sick and wounded. WALLOWA COUNTY HASW.S.S, QUOTA Full Amount Pledged and Will Be - Collected; School Children Help to Intensify Drive. .By Fred Lorkley -.Enterprise, Dec. 21. With a per cap ita wealth of $1673. it will not be diffi cult for Wallowa county to 'meet her quota of $208,540 worth of War Savings Stamps. In fact, there la only $44,000 yet to raise and this amount is already pledged, so it la merely a matter of re minding those w ho "have not yet bought their stamps of their promise to do so. Jay H. Dobbin of Enterprise is county chairman of the War Savings drive. I hadthe pleasure of meeting at lunch eon a group of the' workers in the drive. Those present were Jay H. Dob bin, county chairman; W. J. Ortman. county organiser; Ben Weathers, post master of Enterprise; W. C. Jackson, chairman of the industrial committee of the War Savings Stamps; George P. Cheney, editor and proprietor of the Record-Chieftain ; L. A. Cook, editor and proprietor of the Joseph Herald; J. M. Bledsoe, editor and proprietor of the Wallowa Sun. and J. W. Boyd, editor and proprietor of the Wallowa County Reporter. Plana Made for Publicity Every newspaper in the county being represented, plans were formulated for wide publicity. Each paper is going to carry a story from Counte Chairman Dobbins in its next issue and all the county papers will come out with strong editorials urging their readers to make good on their pledges. Printed cards are to be sent to each of the 21 post offices in the county to be placed above the general delivery windows. Those who have pledged sums of from $100 to $1000 will be notified and in spite of the ban on speaking on account of the Influenza, a whirlwind campaign is planned to put Wallowa over the top. so that she will have a clear record In every form of war work activity. Between 500 and 600 Wallowa county boys are in service, of whom 334 are selective draft men. There are 19 geld stars In the-county's service flag: School Children Are Active The school children have demonstrated that they can work and save. James J. Hill once said: "If you want to know whether you are destined to be a suc cess or a -failure in life, you can easily find out. The test is simple and it is infallible. Are you able to save mon ey? If not, drop out. You will lose. You may think not. but you will lose as sure as you live. The seed, of success is not In you." .. . . Friday I interviewed Howard James, city superintendent - of school, and also J. C Coney, county superintendent. "Enterprise has 550 pupils In school." said Professor James, "and SI teachers. The schools have been closed during the last eight weeks and will not reopen until January C on account of the influ enza. "Every pupil above the third grade wrote an essay on thrift and every pu pil above the third grade delivered a four-minute talk on thrift and War Savings Stamps. The winner in each room in the. grammar grades competed with the other winners in the grammar grades. The final winner' was Alice Revis. The' winner In the Intermedi ate grades was Alice Amey and in- the high school Leola Ratcliff. We raised about $3500 from the sale of Stamps In our school." . Rainbow Keglaeats Formed "We organised the school children of the county Into five Rainbow regi ments." said County Superintendent Conley. "The first regiment raised $1600. the second $1150. the third $900, the fourth $1300 and the fifth $150. "There are 3530 children of school age in Wallowa county, of whom 1833 are males and 1677 are females. We have 134 teachers, of whom 22 are men and 112 women. We did have 87 school dis tricts, but 10 districts have been aban doned through the buying up of home steads by wealthy Individuals or com panies. "We pay an average monthly salary of $65 a month to teachers 1n one-room school houses and $77.40 in school houses having two or more rooms. The total amount expended on our schools last year was $190,943.22. of which $59,448 was for school buildings at Enterprise. "Yes. the children took a lot of Inter est In the W. S. S. drive. It teaches them habits of thrift and makes them better citizens. "Wallowa county will make good in this drive as she has In all others." Bolshevik Fund Sent to Berlin Berlin (Via Copenhagen). Dec 21. (I. N. rS.) Twenty-four million marks were sett by the Russian Bolsheviki to Jaffe. the Bolshevik envoy at Berlin, for the spreading of propaganda, the Socialist newspaper Vorwaerts stated today. A majority of this sum remained in the hands of the Spartacus group. It was said. Steamer West Modus Launched Week-end activities at the Northwest Steel company closed at noon today with the launching of the 8800-ton steel government ship West Modus, the twenty-first hull to take the water at the yard. The- launching was a success. Miss Elizabeth Gray, daughter of C. H. Gray, sales agent for the United States Steel Products company of Portland, was the sponsor. MISSTATES A. P. FACTS, SAYS LODGE Senator Demands Correction of Dispatch Carried by News Service. X VA NEW SHOW TODAY VIEWS OF WILSON i ON RUSSIA WANTED LSP-.J : 1 i f- v v I If uyi-Af 1 1 l4 f i i ' A' - " 'V T :Kr'P'T - J 4 '- . it L-U - - f " s 's- -x L ' v ' ' ' fx-'' " j- ' v-- ::: y.-::. .: :.: :v-. : Sailing Dates Announced Washington. Dec. 21. (U. P.) Sail ing of the following transports from France for the United States was an nounced by the war department today : j Aeolua left tecember 18, with 2929, sick and wounded ; 2824 enlisted men, 105 officers. TJisdonari left December 18, with casual company, 112 men and 17 casual officers. Sam Land sailed December 17, wlth- 18 casual officers. ; La France left December 17 with head quarters Sixty-third field artillery bri gade ; advaice school detachment 11th division ; batteries C and F, 137th field artillery with supply company, ordnance detachment, medical detachment from Arkansas, Mississippi. Alabama, Illinois and District of Columbia ; casual com panies 314 to 319 inclusive ; medical de tachment casuals, sick and wounded, totaling over 1600 men and officers, Washington. Dec. 21. (L N. S.) As serting thst he had been "grossly mis represented in Associated . Press dis patches from Paris." Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, on the floor of the sen ate Friday, demanding a correction of a dispatch published in Friday morning's- papers relating to Senator Lodge's 21 points of peace. Senator Lodge called attention to the dispatch, which said President Wilson was receiving voluminous reports of oc currences In Washington, ail of which he was closely studying. The president had read with particular interest, the dispatch said, what purported to be 21 points of peace outlined by Senator Lodge. , "1 made no speech in the senate." Senator Lodge claimed. "I have not out lined any 21 points of peace or any other number of potnts. On December -10 I presented a petition for printing In the Record, which I had received from the National Association of Patriotic Soci eties. It contained 21 points of peace. "They were not mine, nor did they represent my vlewa. Tomorrow I shall give my views to this chamber. Two oi these peace points are a league of na tions and control of raw materials by the allies. "As for a league of nations. I don't think it should be made a part of the peace with Germany. It should be treated as a separate matter entirely. As for control of raw materials by the allies, i never neara or sucn a propo sition. ' "This is no time for misrepresentation of men or Issues. The events through which we sre passing are too important. No press association has the right to misrepresent the facts. The press asso ciation that has done so, in Justice to me, should Immediately correct It." It L. Palton D 1 R. L. Patton. 67 years of age. an em ploye of the Northern Pacific railroad, died Thursday afternoon at 67H Third street as a result of pneumonia. Deputy Coroner Goetsch has been unable to lo cate any of the relatives or friends of the dead man. TWO NURSES SUCCUMB f TO INFLUENZA. WHILE CARING 0 PAINTS Miss Maud B. Myrick and Miss Mary Weitzel Die at. Posts ' of Duty. . Miss Maude B. My rick, chief nurse at . "The Cedars." detention home lor , women near Troutdale. died Friday ' night at St. Vincents hospital following an attack of Spanish influenza. . IIm Xfvrllr la th. uw rH ti lira n imnmK tn AimMmum In tti Iwn days. Miss Mary Weltsel. aged 31. a graduate nurse, having died Thursday night at the home of her sister. Mrs.. Lt. n. i nompaon, or uz .-ortn xwenty third street, where she was' llvinar. MIks Weltsel was nursing sn lnflu- ensa patient in Laurelhurst, but became too weak to stand any longer and called a taxicab to take her home. She died two hours after arriving. , ' Miss Weitxel was enrolled in the Red, Cross snd expected to be called into service at any moment. ' Miss Weltsel is survived by her father,. street, three brothers and three sisters -Her body is at the Ericson undertaking , parlors. Miss Myrtck's body will be sent to SU Maries. Idaho, her former horse, for burial. . . KIIP VOUS) SH-BOOr -uv w. a. a. . KEBP VOUR SXKDOI BUT W. 8. S. BREAD if gt The Bread of All Seasons ' ARK TOI U UROCKR What EritaaB Warniits GERMANY PLANS FOR ELECTION (CooUniMd Crorn Far On) MARGUERITE CLARK WHO ECONOMIZES EVEN ON HER HEIGHT. AS "LITTLE MISS HOOVER A Royal Entertainment, of a Patriotic Little Woman Who Believes That Uncle Sam Is Worth Supporting in Peace ss Well as in War. JUST LIKE GOOD FOOD YOU'LL RELISH THIS. British Liberals, It Is Said, Will Urge Definition of Stand Puring London Visit. By Lowell Mellett London, Dec. 21. (U. P.) President Wilson, arriving here immediately after Christmas, will be urged by liberal leaders to define his attitude toward Russia. Many officials regard the Russian situation as one of the most important problems now confronting the world. The belief is expressed that, inasmuch as the president probably will publicly discuss freedom of the seas and the league of nations, he should also ex plicitly define another of his 14 prin ciples, self determination and its ap plication to Russia. Such action on his part, it is believed, certainly will clarify the situation. The controversy regarding continued presence of allied forces In Russia is rapidly involving everyone in the em pire with any pretense of political opin- i ion. It has been given fresh impetus by rumors that the British government plans.-to send a great expedition to oc cupy Petrograd. Moscow and other cen ters this winter. ' Kven the Liberal newspapers. Includ ing Premier Lloyd George's- personal organ, the Chronicle, indicate they will bitterly oppose any plan contemplating further military action against Russia. Opinion is divided - here as to the thoroughness of Lord Milner's explana tion of he government's attitude to ward EJiasia that the allied armies must remain to prevent the spread of "DarDansm- tnrougnout the country, and to protect the majority of the Russian people from the Bolsheviki. In some quarters the war secretary's statement is accepted without reserve but a number of newspapers and civilian groups maintain that the gov ernment should at once clearly .define its plan of campaign in Russia and "nake it evident that we are not pursuing illegitimate ends." ALSO Pictegrssh and Matt and Jeff 1 " t v , -J 5 - jYi 'C ?to : nm k t .t. A l - tlis . fjijLJJi,..J.'.'. .,-,.:,..it ; H H ui?? ',a . FOR ONE WEEK At th e ac FaMe purporting to represent all the best front regiments bearing signs on poles, turned out to be a mere bluff prepared by George Ledebour for the soldiers, who represented his personal friends rather than the support of the violent So cialists who werd today denounced by otner soldiers. The opposition is merely based upon a desire to continue the present sol diers and workmen's council, who. hav ing been poor wage earners, are draw ing 60 marks ($12.50 a day) and wish to cling to their jobs. Ledebour and Liebknecht, though violent char acters and pitiless, if in "' power, are more or less bogiemen who make more noise than they do harm. This afternoon the same tactics were tried . to break up the assembly as yesterday, but the delegates knowing the smallness of the motive refused to tolerate interruptions and futile dis putes. At noon a few demonstrators from the Spartacus group formed out side the Herrenhause (house of lords) but they were ignored by everybody. Then the people are becoming tired of the red flag which is losing its power to frighten. Doubtless Herr Ebert will begin to execute the measures adopted by congress. The Bolsheviki in the Herrenhause see the !end of their dream of being able to wreck everything in order to save some from the debris for themselves. The leading article in THE LITERARY DIGEST this week presents an enlightening sum mary of the demands that Britain may make at the peace conference as revealed in the editorial pages of the great English newspapers; also the most significant editorial comment in this coun try regarding them. While German sympathizers and propagandists, we are told by Judson C Welliver in the New York Globe, are blowing assiduously upon every spark of anti-British feeling that is still alive in this country and are magnifying every suggestion of divergence between President Wilson and the British government, we find the American press discussing in an entirely dispassionate vein the outspoken words of Winston Churchill and Lloyd George concerning Britain's naval policy and other questions that will surely come up for discussion at the peace conference. Other articles of greafinterest in this number of "The Digest" are: Holland's Unwelcome Guest Translation from the Dutch Press Which Throw a Clear Light Upon the Present Condition of the Kaiser in His Retreat in Holland Military. Camarilla Active . Zurich, Dec 21, (L X. S.) The mili tary camarilla in Germany is in control of the counter-revolutionary movement that is brewing there, according to in formation from the German frontier to day. General Ludendorff and Admiral von Tirpitz, both of whom were previ ously reported to have fled from Ger many, are now known to be In that country and are said to be in accord with the other military plotters. Germany Not Starving Our Share in Winning the War A Critical Moment for Jugo-Slavia Ninety-nine Per Cent Starvation Substitutes for War Rostand Sowing Seeds in Shipyards Whitefield on the Pennsylvania Campus The Shipyard Religion News of Finance and Commerce War -Taxes for Peace Years The Peru -Chile Tiff Wireless Emancipated by an Ameri can Inventor Whale Steaks How the "Flu" Mask Traps the Germ Democracy in the Berlin Opera Where Women Do Not Lead Bolshevism Challenging the Church Personal Glimpses of Men and Events Best of the Current Poetry Mrs. G. W. McMath, Named Secretary Of Board of Relief Sirs. George W. McMath. well-known clubwoman and former president of the Oregon Congress vat Mothers, has been appointed secretary of the county board of relief, to serve during the leave of absence allowed Henry Griffin, perma nent secretary. - The appointment was made Friday by the county commission ers. ' The selection was basbd soon Mrs, McMath's training along welfare lines, through her connection with civic en terprises. She is now secretary of the state; board of vocational training and chairman of the legislative committee of the vClty Federation of Wuiun'i f UUOsV v Budget Estimate Of Washington Is j Indorsed as Fixed Hillsboro. Dec 21. The Washington county budget meeting this -morning unanimously voted, to sustain the esti mates for 1919 as published by the county : court- C. O. Roe of Forest Grove presided as chairman, and Ben ton Bowman of Hillsboro was eiected secretary. The general tax .voted is J393.S93.60. including the state tax. Aside from this, StO.OQO was voted for permanent road work on ' laterals lead ing north and south from Hillsboro and Forest Grove and other important roads. A resolution was carried by a, rising vote instructing the Washington county delegation to work in the legislature for the reenactment of the 2 per cent re bate on taxes promptly paid. Public Ownership Proposed By Frank J. Taylor Berlin. Dec. 20.(Night) (U. P.) The Arbeiter-Soldatenrath at its final session adopted a measure providing for government ownership of mines and all essential industries. It also instructed the peoples' council to begin socializing Many Striking Illustrations, Including Maps and Cartoons The Digest Your Best Mirror of World Events The outcome of the epoch-making visit of the President of the United States to Europe to take part in the peace deliberations, and of the great task that lies before him and the Allied leaders associated with him of effecting a just' redistribution of nation alities and establishing stable governments in the new states to be created, is of vital moment to us in this country no less than to our brothers overseas. The best way to inform yourself upon the attitudes in which the various delegates approach the peace conference is to study the real issues, the actual con ditions that lie beneath the surface, that are every day making history at a rate that is simply amazing. 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