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I do not know bow to draw up as In
dictment against a whola people. Edmund
Burke.
AND FOR WHAT?
HE president in going abroad
revealed the grossest egotism
and an inability to resist the
lure of the limelight which
the average man looks upon with
undisguised disgust."
The above is from a speech in the
senate Wednesday by Senator Sher
man of Illinois. Three hours of the
senate's time was consumed in a
most malevolent and insulting at
tack upon the President of the
United States.
"Agreements made at the peace
conference will, for generations to
come, vitally -Affect for good or ill
the economic, political and moral,
well being of mankind," says a
statement signed by William Howard
Taft and others, and sent broadcast
over America. It continues:
The creation there of a league of free
nations can alone insure the orderly de
velopment of the world and preserve
peace. To get such a league President
"Wilson WISELY DECIDED. BY Ffc.R
SONAL ATTENDANCE TO THROW
1113 GREAT INFLUENCE ON THE
SIDE OF AN UNSELFISH AND
RIOHTEOyS PEACE WITH A
LEAGUE OF NATIONS TO SAFE
GUARD If PERPETUALLY.
An illustrious body or men signed
this widely distributed statement
Along with that of former President
Taft are the-names of Cardinal Gib
bons, Arthur Capper, Republican senator-elect
from Kansas,, Lyman Ab
bott, A. Lawrence Lowell, president
-oi narvara, Anna Howara naw,
jOscar Strauss, Cyrus H. McCormick
land . many other distinguished
Americans. ;
"The chief thing to be done by!
- America is to keep President WH-;
son in Europe," said Rabbi Stephen
S. Wise, formerly of Portland, in an
Interview in the New York Times
.cabled from Paris after a month re
cently spent in Europe. He added:
If the American people knew how lm
jjeratlve la the president's presence In
; JParls at the present time, they would
beseech him to stay here throughout the
, conference. Hia business is Europe's
peace conference in France. America
has - a great work to do there, and
President Wilson, above all men, is
deeded to do It. .
: f ' America is represented at Paris by !
the man who has come to command the
confidence of the people of allied coun-
- tries as no other living man has. The
faith of the allied people In Wilson is
. the American people in , Wilson through-
- vu w J cai o va n nj wo.,. wu Viittia
are needed; The president must remain
at the peace conference ; the American
people must stand united behind him In
TnaLing peace as In making war.
I ' HAVE SEEN AND HEARD
THINGS IN LONDON AND PARIS
THAT GIVE ME THE RIGHT AND
MAKE IT MY DUTY AS AN AMERI
CAN CITIZEN TO LAY IT UPON THE
HEARTS OF MY FELLOW CITIZENS
TO STAND BEHIND THE PRESI
DENT NOW.
Almost every day now, hours of
the senate's time are consumed by
reactionary senators, Democratic or
Republican, in -fighting the 'ieaguo
of nations, in traducing the president
and! assailing hint for going to Paris,
611 while Bolshevism is surging in the
Untutored mind of large groups of
Americans.
I A great war has just ended and
jthere-is before us the gigantic task
W reestablishing dislocated industries
in the work or peace. Pending In
the senate are these bills for recon
struction: . x
Reorganisation of the army tor peace
time ?
Re-establishment of the volunteer sys-
em.
,Legallation ' of informal contracts by
the war department.
I Legislation for purchase) of the 1919
Khat crop..
I Legislation as to railroad control. ,
Legislation for a new Liberty bond is
sue. -
v Control by the government of meat
' Control . of radio made necessary. by
Ciseoverles during the war.
; Great appropriation bills.
; The water power bills. - k
Forty rtUUion dollar appropriation for
- Immediate expenditure in building roads.
, Bill for big appropriation for reclama
tion by which to make lands available
for returning soldiers and sailors.
-, Other, reconstruction legislation.
. I Throughout the country, legisla
Itures, peoples committees of relief,
reconstruction committees,- the fed
lerat 'employment agency, mayors
land councils of cities, the Red Cross,
fthe unified 7- war .i,work ' organizations
land v almost - in&umerablo - activities
are struggling -with - the great' task
of organizing , the country for the
work of peace by adjusting the dis
locations caused by the withdrawal
of nearly five million men ; from
civil life, and I their sudden return
to their usual pursuits.
But there was the satiate listen
ing Wednesday 4 to three long hours
of vulgar denunciation of the presi
dent of the United States, and for
whatr '
- Scarcely a "day passes in which,
with the" country trembling, throb
bing. 'surging with anxiety, the
precious time of the senate is. not
occupied with Jong attacks on the
league of nations, and. Mr. Wilson,
and for what?
A- lower order of political Bol
shevisny 'was never seen in . the
United States, senate.
Abraham Lincoln, the great libera
tor said;' "The strongest bond of
human sympathy outside the family
relation should be one uniting all
working people of all nations and
tongues and kindred." Lincoln had
a fairly ; clear concept of a league
of nations ssnd understood the pre
cise principle, fhat would make It
workable, the principle of human
brotherhood.
NOT RUSSIA
A STRIDE leader at Seattle is re
ported to have said, "We wjli
take over, the plants and oper
ate them."
That kind of nroDosal is nonsense.
Such a plan was put into practice
in Hussia, but Russia is not America.
American Bolshevists must bear
this in mind: America is a country
of libraries, free schools, daily news
papers and people who read every
day all that is taking place through
out the world. Nota mere few, but
all the people are readers.
Russia is a land of dense ignor
ance. The percentage of illiterates
is enormous. They went through
centuries of tyranny. The peasants
did not own their own lands. With
the power of th czar once palsied.
bedlam broke loose.
Russia was ripe for what happened.
Chaos and anarchy, became a natural
order. The illiterate people were fit
dupes for Lenine and Trotsky.
The industrial plants were seized
and operated. Those who stood in
the way were murdered. People
maddened by the long n'ght of od-
pression, frenzied by the sacrifices
of war, became drunk with the
power won by the overthrow of
autocracy.
German money. German intrigue.
and German propaganda helped on
ine enaos, because the demoraliza
tion of Russia was to the then ad
vantage of Germany. German influ
ence was a chief factor in the deliv
ery of Russia over to Bolshevism.
It was one great means that enabled
tne Bolshevik! to seize and operate
the industrial plants.
Of all these favorable things for
mob rule in Russia, the strike
leader who proposed a similar
course in Seattle has not thought
mere is no German' money, or
German intrigue or German prop
aganda In Seattle to aid him In his
desperate enterprise. There is no
widespread illiteracy in Seattle to
make fertile ground for Bolshevism.
There are no people suddenly liber
ated from a tyranny that had lonz
crushed lives and dwarfed mentality.
un tne contrary, there is a citi
zenship, bred-up under free schools,
free institutions, a free ballot and
at the freedom that any govern
ment can vouchsafe. More than that,
they are people who have just
passed through a new baptism of
loyahy and consecration to the
United States.
And there are even graver "diffi
culties In the way: If this strike
leader should seize and attemDt to
operate the plants, where would the
money come from to pay the work
ers? Without that money how would
tne workers buy provisions for thfi
fj-rnilies?
Where would be the money for
buying steel for the shirsL rjav for
lumber from the mills, pay trans
portation, pay the thousand and one
things that would have to) be paid
for in order to operate the niant
Where would the market be for
sale of the output?
When a man makes Rinh wim
proposals he is drunk on his own
areams. He -is .crazed through a
mixture of ignorance ' and idiocy. :
He is impossible. .
Is there any 'answer in Ronatnr
Patterson's argument against increase
ji salaries 7 Each Official, he says,
knew before he rtn for office what
the salary of the position was to
be. That is true. Nothing was said
in the campaign by any ' candidate
to the effect that he expected an
Increase in salary. Then why in
crease 'it after election? '
IT IS COMING
THE expected is happening. An
organization has been formed at
EvansvlUe, Indiana, to include
all "the world war veterans of
America." it is said : to be some
what on the plan of the Grand Army
of the Republic, which gathered tha
veterans of the Civil war into Its
fold and made them a political power
In the land for half a century.
The new organization will be likely
to grow rapidly and in proportion
as it is more numerous than the
Grand Arrpy of the Republic It will
wield more . political power. . Tho
soldiers and sailors are intelligent
men.:. They may be trusted, in thb
long run, to look, out for their own
welfare. At present they wait upon
the tnolion of the politicians for
relief. In a year or two the tables
will be turned, - and the politicians
will be on their knees to the veter
ans. - ' I ;
It Is probably not . too : much to
say that the history of the United
States for the nexf 50 years, depends
largely on the alms, ideals j and
methods of this : new society; t of
veterans. Their published statement
of ! principles speaks for the welfare
of the great public equally jwit&
that of the veterans themselvesl
In the heat and turmoil Jl
French revolution of 1792 time
the
was.
found to invent the metric system
of weights and measures and give it
to the world. The French of ; that
day combined military vsior with
the love of science. Their, children
are equally zealous in both "direc
tions. They : are planning through
the- peace conference to give us a
calendar which divides the year into
13 months of 28 days each, with an
extra day for a holiday every winter.
Of course leap year would come in
as usual, affording two extra days.
SUFFRAGE
IN THE current number of :his
Monthly, E. W. Howe of Kansas
turns his pen to the subject of
woman . suffrage. He wonders
why the people defeated Miss Ran
kin and Ann Martin. The former,
he says, was. "grossly humiliated
when she asked for reelection.
Miss Rankin was defeated, .but
that is a common experience . for a
politician of . either sex. They do
not as a rule take it as a "gross
humiliation" when the people prefer
a -other candidate. 1
But Mr. Howe- has an explanation
all his own for the defeat 'of-the
two women aspirants, to congress.
He suggests that it was because
"the people are actually opposed to
woman suffrage." That is hardly
tlikely. If the people were opposed to
it they would not have granted it
iu " so many states. They might
confer it In two or three as a joke
but not in a round dozen, including
New York.
I But it is undeniably true that
few women have thus far been
elected to high office, or ' to any
offices. What thereason may be
is a question for debate. Perhaps
there are many reasons. One of
them seems to be the lingering feel
ing in women's minds and men's,
too, tha; it is indelicate for them to
run for office.
Tliey may vote because it can
be done inconspicuously but being
a candidate is another matter. It
plunger them into the turmoil and
deals of politics. There was a time
when the mere act of voting was
supposed to bo fatal to woman's
delicacy, but that fear has pretty
well evaporated. The time may come
when her womanly delicacy will sur-vi-
: the heat and dust of a political
campaign.
There is another reason why
women hesitate to run for office.
It is because they do ndt trust
their own sex. They feel in tlieir
hearts that other women will vote
against them because they are not
men. How much of a part either
of these reasons plays in causing
th-. abstention of women from seek-
i j office, of course, it is impossible
to say, but they must count for a
good deal.
A new million dollar "dry" hotel
in Harrlsburg, capital of one of the
wettest states in America, is a
significant sign of the times. Is
this precipitate and unexpected revo
lution as to booze to have its coun
terpart in other moral and social
fields looking to better lives for
America s millisns?
POTATOES
fpHE Eugene Register comments
sensibly on the state of the po-
tato market. It compares the
situation today with that of
two years ago. Two years ago the
Oregon potato crop sold readily, in
California at good prices. The pres
ent crop is not greatly desired in
that market. Why not? y
Tne Register explains that the
shipments to California two years
age "failed to make a hit" because
the tubers were not properly pre
pared for market. For one thing,
they were not graded as they should
have been. Scabby specimens were
thrown in with the clean ones.
Small and large were lumped in
discriminately in the same bag. '
Agin, ' the purchaser was " not
treated t fairly in other ways, j The,
seller," says The ' Register, would
knock r$ff Vsppngy ends and throw
what l was left, of the potato Into
the sack. This is not what ona
cculd call strict honesty." It is not
tha kind of conduct that builds up
and keeps a market.
Many little faults of this sort
seem to have contributed to produce
In' combination a somewhat disas
trous result. California Js looking
elsewhere for her potatoes this
season.'
The goose that , promised to lay
an indefinite litter of golden eggs
for our farmers has been killed, or
at Vny rate, pretty soundly chloro
formed. She may recover by and by.
f What is the preventive of this nit
or miss marketing? Is there any
way to stop it? Clearly it must be
stopped if our farmers are ever to
attain to permanent "prosperity by
means of steady, dependable mar
kets. The market question lies at
the very basis of agricultural wel
fare, i Once provide markets which
can be, relied on year after year
infallibly and the farmers them
selves - will attend : to production. -
They will study methods -0 of In-
creasing yield, eradicating pests, im
proving breeds: and varieties. But
so. Jong as the market is unreliable
the whole structure of our agricul
ture, is insecure, A thorough, or
ganization of the v potato growers
would have prevented the Ill-advised
shipments to California, which are
said to have destroyed our market
there. "
It is disheartening in vfew or what
organization has .done for" the, po
tato growers, fruit growers, nut
producers, dairymen, in other states
that so many of our Oregon farmers
still prefer to "go it alone"
f-etters From the People
CamnrairfcatfotM tent to The Journal for pob
Heation m this department ahonki ba written on
only one aide of the paper. abooU not exoeed 800
worUa In length and must be aisned by the writer,
whose mail addreaa ia (all miM accompany tha
contribution.)
The Government's Obligation
Portland, Feb. 5 To the Editor of
The Journal A bill appropriating
91,250.000.000 of government funds to
make good the guaranty price of 12.20
per bushel on wheat for the crop of
119 ia now pending in congress. That
there is an obligation of the government
to the farmers who were urged to aban
don other crops and plant wheat is ob
vious to any patriotic right thinking
person. However, there are certain
factors to be considered unless an in
justice bo done the very large majority
of people of the country who this year
are not wheat growers. The price of
12.80 per bushel on wheat was intended
noti only to stimulate production but to
insure the farmers a good margin of
profit even though they were obliged to
pay high wages for sowing, reaping,
harvesting and marketing their wheat
crop and were obliged to pay for them
selves a very high living at war prices.
Meantime, before much of the fall grain
and none of the spring grain was plant
ed, the armistice was signed. Labor
conditions Xor the farmers materially
improved and the cost of living and
supplies .of the farmers began to. de
dine. It would seem, therefore, that
the government would be exceeding its
promises to tho wheat growers If a price
of (2.20 per bushel for wheat was made
good.
It is a most astonishing thing that
practically everybody is pushing their
uttermost claims against the govern
ment while we are passing through this
grave crisis in history. A prominent
wheat grower was quoted in yester
day's dispatches as -having stated that
not only shoiild- the farmers be paid
$2.20 a bushel for every bushel of wheat
they could deliver but that the govern
ment should then sell back to the farm
ers sufficient wheat for feed and seed
at about 90 cents a bushel, which, in an
unrestricted and free market, would be
about the value of this year's crop of
wheat. Counting the wheat crop of the
country tf or' this year as 1.000,000.000
bushels at least S500.000.000 will be
saved the wheat producers in a lower
cost of harvesting and marketing, due to
the ending of the war. Then why should
thisrvast sum of money not-be saved to
the depleted treasury of the United
States? GEORGE SMITH.
Asks Why Hold the Soldier
Portland, Feb. 4. To the Editor of
The Journal In the newspapers of the
last two month much has been said of
our independent American soldier and
what he has done in France. Americans
have always fostered the thought and
practice of independence. Our -forefathers
fought for itand won, but now
congress passes upon a measure to hold
600.000 men for an army, against the
wishes of these men. Many of us, in
fact, most of us. have dependents
caused by the wave of influenaa which
has swept our nation, taking many of
our fathers, mothers and relatives, leav
ing us to take care of those who remain.
Orders were sent to the Columbia de
fense headquarters to discharged men
whose families were - in distress, but
application after, application for dis
charges have been turned back with
some excuse or other.
It seems to us men who were in the
war. and for the period of the war only,
that holding us for another year, as
congress asks, is rank injustice and
tends to bring hard feeling against this
measure. It seems as if the closing of
the war is not yet known here, or else
God has forgotten there ever waa a de
fense of the Columbia. I say frankly
that we men being held have a hard
time trying to keep up our spirits when
things such as these are going on. I
jpeak for many other men who have
been here since the first national army
men came.
Why can't America have her- army of
men who have no homes to go to. and
who themselves wish to go back into
the army or continue in it, and not go
against her policy of Independence and
freedom and hold men against their
wishes? A. E. S.
"ThewNew Religion"
Suntex. Feb. 1. To the Editor of The
Journal There is no new religion. When
Jesus Christ said. "It is finished" the
plan of redemption was complete.. Man
may speculate and originate newisms
but the only power that can transform a
sinful soul and make a new creature is
God.
We hear much of "the new religion of
social service," that strives to leave God
out of its thoughts and aspirations. As
well try to make fire without the pres
ence of oxygen as to attempt social serv
ice without the spirit' of Christ. Such
service, without Dlvime ; inspiration, is
founded on selfishness, does not reach
the heart, and can not endure. The
fruit of Christianity is social service.
The son of man came not to be min
istered unto but to nUnister."
What have infidelity and paganism
done in all the past to alleviate the suf
ferings of mankind? What have they ac
complished toward the moral uplift of
the people? What progress have they
ever made In the way of science and In
vention? No nation without the influ
ence of the Bible was ever known to
erecfan asylum for the poor, the aged,
the orphan, or the Insane. They .never
ha e originated or discovered a plan that
could save even a decaying tooth, much
less a sinful soul.
But it is said that Christianity is a
failure because it did not prevent a world
war. Those who make such assertions
do not stop to consider that unbelief and
positive denial of Jehovah's power was
rampant throughout the world.! They
overlook the fact that Gertoany with ner
higher criticism and ideas of superman
denied the decree of the Almighty and
claimed to be wiser than Jehovah. They
forget that these blasphemers discarded,
mm fables, the parts of the Scriptures that
did not suit their fancy, or Interfered
with their purposes. They fall to con
sider that ministers of the gospel from
other countries to complete their theo
logical education - went to Germany,
where they imbibed the virus of agnos
ticism and Infidelity of such teachers as
Fiscate, Hegel. ScbeUing, Scbonenhanr,
Trietsehe and Bernhardt. "He that ex
alteUi himself shall be abased.
, -.The great leaders tn, the war. who
stood for truth and right, charity and
brotherly love. Justice and liberty, are
followers of the lowly , Nasarene. On
Thanksgiving day at Chaumont General
Pershrng. addressing the soldiers, said :
"As soldiers inspired by every spiritual
sentiment, we nave each silently prayed
.that the success e righteousness should
be ours, r Great cause indeed, have we to
thank God for trials successfuUy met
and victories won.- With thankfulness
we acknowledge that His strength has
given us the victory." When the news
that General Joffre had thrown back the
Germans at the Marne reached the Lon
don office, that stern old warrior. Lord
Kitchener, said, "Somebody has been
praying. It might be further shown
that Marshal Haig, General Byng Gen
eral Pershing and General March are
devout Christians. The Journal not long
ago printed the story of General Focb at
prayer in a ruined cathedral, for victory
over the Hun.
The religion of such men as these a
religion that professes faith in God and
knows no such thing as doubt is the re
ligion that has stood the test of time and
is the religion of the future. It is the
religion that has never failed in the past
and is the only hope of the future. The
war has taught the different sects to bet
ter understand each other, to lay aside
petty differences and to cooperate more
fully for the advancement of the great
cause for which all are laboring.
G. A. COLLIER.
Contempt for Erzberger , 4
Portland. Feb. 5. -To the Editor of
The Journal Tour Sunday Issue con
tained two fine letters from your Eu
ropean correspondent, Frank Slmonds.
It also contained an interview by an
other writer with Matthias Erzberger.
which shows that the German sentiment
regarding things German has not
changed and that no feeling of regret
or shame has as yet entered the mind
of the German ruling class. Autocrats
have .learned that no form of demo
cratic governmental machinery has as
yet been devised that cannot be most
effectively and cruelly turned to the
uses of autocracy. - The existing gov
ernment in Germany, of which Erzberger
is secretary of state, is quite patently
banking on this fact. With Hlnden
burg and Ludendorff, former war-lord
men. shooting down their own people
as cheerfully as they shot the allies ;
with Matthias Erzberger. former chan
cellor for the kaiser, head and front
of the ecclesiastical German party then
as now, jthe world may well be wary of
"democratic" Germany.
Frank! Simonds bring: 5 out the fact
that Prussian stealings from France
began back in 1814. with the absorption
of the iSaar mineral deposits. Erz
berger, In his hypocritical whine of an
interview, laments the greed of France
in desiring to take back these fields,
which are In reality hers, and which
will not compensate for the devastation
of all her coal and Iron mines by .Hun
greed. ' Erzberger was engaged with
Bolo Pasha In the vilest kind of spy
work ln-Italy and Switzerland, the-kind
that buys sentiment and corrupts with
bribery. One respects the daring of
the soldier-spy who takes his life in
his hand to gain essential Information
for his country. The bribing spy of the
Erzberger type is the vilest thing in
human form. Tet this is the present
secretary of state in Germany. This
latest interview of his shows that he
has not changed. Eccleslasticism and
politics are a mixture no less deadly in
the twentieth than in the fifteenth cen
tury. Erzberger deserves the contempt
of all honest men. E. F. B.
Mr. Wood to Mr. Linscott
Athena, Or.. Feb. 6. To the Editor of
The Journal I cannot let Mr. Llnecott's
tirade against Socialism on religious
CTOunds go unchallenged. I know from
personal contact that Socialists as a
general thing will let cnurcn ana re
ligion alone if you will, but a great
number of people who oppose Socialism
Immediately Jump from a purely al
truistic proposition to a question of re
ligious faith, the precepts of which
they 4mve imbibed Just enough to be
bieoted- Soapbox orators are Just like
the rest of the world. Some of them are
all right and some of them are all
wrong, and If they talk religion at all
they are way wide of the mark. But
somo religious objector will often raise
the question, and If he Is not well versed
he is very apt to walk away second
best.
If Mr. Linscott has heard certain
Socialists express religious sentiments
at variance with his, why should he
condemn a proposition that has noth
ing to do with his faith or his church?
Are there not all creeds and sects in
the old parties? Did ever a Catholic
condemn the Democratic party because
tiere were unbelievers in it? Jefferson,
Tom Paine and Franklin did not belong
to any church, and yet they were al
truists. Why not condemn the Declara
tion of Independence because Tom
Paine as much, as any man made it
possible? Was the Republican party
condemned because of Ingersoll's elo
quent denunciation of Christianity?
Again, my friend is very unhappy in
his claim that Socialism "denounces re
ligious freedom and thought." If there
is one principle above another in the
heart of a true Socialist it is the right
of free speech and free thought.
Religion has nothing to do, in a po
litical way. with Socialism, and vice
versa. The question of religion has
been injected, to do the cause harm.
Those who are" greatly benefited by the
present social system would stoop to
any means to give the cause a black
eye. and such splendid Christian gentle
men as John D. Rockefeller and his Ilk
can point their fingers of scorn at
Socialism and say "Unclean, unclean."
As to tho "clique" that runs Social
ism. I do not understand what my good
friend means 'by tat. I thought that
a lot of clodhoppers like myself run.lt.
F. B. WOOD.
The Woman's Job
Portland, Feb. 6. To the Editor of
The Journal It appears to the writer
that there is a lot of talk about
women giving up their Jobs to soldiers.
Why should they give up these, jobs at
(3 to 95 a day to go back to work in
laundries, to housework, etc, for $B
to 10 a week? If the employers
really wanted to do something for the
returned soldiers let them say that
four hours will be a day's work, wljlch
would make work for ten million more
men and women. But they will not
do that, as it would leave them with
only two hours at unpaid labor In
stead of six to eight hours.
F. RICHARDS.
Legislation Worth While
Knappa, Feb.' 6. To the Editor of
The Journal L have noted, with in
terest, for some time. The Journal's
editorials and "Letters From the Peo
ple." The syndicalism bill is ciuidB s piay.
"Born in fear and reared in selfish
ness." is right. Some more of the
one-sided, money-mad stuff. Ignorance.
Why not a bill once in a while in
favor of the multitudes? Get up some
thing for the good of the producers.
We are living In ., modern times and
should cut out ancient laws and In
stall something up to date. 1 Put
limits on the amount of wealth allowed
to be accumulated. Limit the greedy.
Answer this: If a limit of $100,000 is
not enough, for the head of any 'fam
ily, then why does it serve a man
right to work day in and day out
with he and his family barely exist
ing? If labor produces and creates
the wealth, then it deserves some of
the good things of life. Why not
advocate and encourage a bul worth j
while? JOHN A. RASMUSSEN.
Alleges Sabotage m Ships j
Portland. Feb. 4. To the Editor of
The Journal l have been working in a ;
shipyard here and have seen how the
company tarns the steamer over to our
government. In one batch there are at
least two dozen rivet holes plugged up
with putty and there were some wood-,
v : COMMENT AND NEWS IN BR1EF
. SMALL CHANGE
.Smile awhile. 4 .
More power toMayor Hanson.
The grip, glory be. is losing Its grip.
. They are discordant notes now coming
from the 8ound country.
- There's one gTorious hope, however,
for Seattle's people: . They, can still
come to Portland. :
Hearty welcome to the home coming
soldiers who have eome over the low;,
long trail Into the landof their dreams
The season of grand opera nas at lemst
acquainted some thousands of Portland
ers with their splendid new auditorium.
Time was when motion pictures were
arrong the feature of entertainment in
saloons. Now the saloon must get out of
the motion picture.
Now that It's all over, we are enabled
to come to the , conclusion that the
UnHed States was mighty well prepared
todo a big share of fighting In a long
Comes now the season of the year
when you don't know Just what sort
of weather to prepare for, and when
you probably wish that yon had pre
pared for whatever sort you did not.
JOURNAL MAN AT HOME
i fey Fred Loekley '
Caa-ultr fixurm of tha iml war are pre
sented by Mr. Loekley today, particularly a Ubla
hawing tb toll taken of the Enropaan Seine
rata. Personal impreationa of traope otwenred
ovenaaa and an appreciation of tha "wop"
are featorea of the article.
' There were 66,592 fatalities' in the
American forces during the war for
world freedom. Of this number 27,762
were kUled in action. 11.396 died of
wounds and 14.649 are reported as "miss
ing in action." Germany has released
over 4800 American prisoners and re
ported that 111 Americans .died while
prisoners of Germany.
' . .
Lieutenant George S. Trevor of the
history section of the United States army
has recently prepared a table showing
the casualty record of the various bel
ligerent. This record Is up to Novem
ber 1 and does not include the last 11
days of the war, nor does it record the
prisoners taken. The following la- the
official list:-
Killed and
died of
Wound.
.2.045.000
.1,350.000
.1.100,000
.1,1 80.000
Total
Caauattiea.
Power:
Germany
Ruaaia .
Austria
Franoe .
Britain .
Woonded.
6.800.000
3.450,000
8.220.000
2.010.000
2.000.000
1,250.000
580.0O0
seo.ooo
200.000
ISO.OOO
145.000
20.000
7.845. 00O
4.SQ0.000
4.129.000
4.090.00e
2.658.000
1.710.000
785.000
400.000
278.000
i Z06.0O0
1 7.000
28.000
6SH.OOO
460.000
225.000
100.000
73.009
46.00O
S2.00O
8.000
Italr
Turkey .. . .
Serbia . . . .
Belcium ...
Bolsaiia. . . .
Roumaaia. . .
Greece
Killed include men died of wennda tint not
of disease. At least 60 per cent (maybe 70 per
cent) of tha wounded returned to duty in aorpe
capacity. Tha wounded column includes many
men hit more than once. Very slisbt wounds
are not catalogued. No prisoners are included tn
these totals. Russia lost tremendously "in pris
oners, and of course this would Increase her total
of lighting men put Out of action. Host British
lists of dead are larger by reason of including
deaths from disease.
e ' .
In our army the regular army divis
ions suffered more heavily because they
were put Into the fighting line sooner
than other troops. The following list
shows the losses of the divisions com
posed of troops of the regular army :
First division, 6248 ; Second, 2965, num
ber Including regiments of marines ;
Third, 3617; Fourth, 2986; Fifth, 2504;
Sixth, 122; Seventh. 326.
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The 9 1st division, trained at Camp
Lewis, and composed of men from Ore
gon. Washington, California. Idaho.
Montana. Nevada and Wyoming, had
1702 casualties.
a
While I was in France I saw consid
erable of the Thirtieth division the men
of Tennessee and of North and South
Carolina. The men wore a wildcat, cut
HOW ALLIES WON
By Paul
Special Correspondence to The Journal and tha
Chicago Daily News.
Vladivostok. When we arrived in
November In the Suchan mine district,
where American and allied troops were
required to bring about order and en
able the mines to resume production, it
was a peaceful valley. But It had been
something else when the troops entered
there In September. The Bolshevlki at
that time had been ready and were heav
ily armed with ' modern military rifles
and with machine guns. They had been
Informed that the foreign soldiers were
the enemies of their class and nation.
As the warriors under Colonel Loiing
... aUnA tn tha teeth and were ach
ing for a fight, the, bloodshed prospects
were very bright. But this was pre
cisely what had to be avoided. In ad
dition to the undesirabillty of mixing
up in an internal class-fight in Russia,
it was well known that a battle in
Suchan would be likely to pave the way
for international complications and
m.u I infinitely harder for
W V U Miv - -
poor Russia to free herself from foreign
ers when the proper time anoum
So the two things to be accomplished
tn ahnw the srood intentions
of the soldiers under Colonel Lortng.
and, second, to conduct a quick marcn
into the center of the disturbed district
a ..I,, tho f rno-etlr. oolnts before the
Bolshevik! really knew what was hap
pening.
e . a a
n-i.. a,- briefly these: On
-
September 10. 1918. the troops about
250 Americans. 00 Japanese, 60 or 0
Chinese and a squad of two of Cossacks
.oin. Vladivostok, filling SS
box cars. That evening they were at
TJgolnaya. and the next morning, very
early, they were at Kangause, where
the broad gauge line comes to an end.
A handful of American soldier were
left at Kangause, and have been there
- - TVia men who were to con
stitute the mine guard marched over the
mountain pass ana arriveu -
4:15 in the afternoon. At Fanza a
u..m. mimhcr of soldiers were
left namely, three squada of .Ameri
can troops, the whole Chinese detach
ment and 20 Japanese to protect the
. i tka ramslader of th command
entrained for Suchan, arriving there at
7-30 that evening. J-ne aineo gua.ru
spent the night in the Narodny Dom,
.,niv ttnune. at Mine No. 2. and
or vi.". w... ... .
when the sun rose th next morning
en rivet, painted over. If a workman
V s.M.riltvM tn t Vilas
7-i , ahAliM AAV. NOW Will
M fly LtVL IWeU.O va.v or -
you please let me know through your
naper u nua a -" - - ----
numtiMi mm m. na.tr iotlc
riutv aa I can prove this by witness.
frh tnanlm or anTone.elae knowing of such
arte should report then, ml ones to tha United
gtataa dutnci anrj. j
No Such Contract
. i i - tv. A TV. tYiM Elfnv f Tha
Jasionaa, - - "
Journal Could you please notify me to
jhis effect: Ha the United States gov
ernment lei wniusw
governmant i for . shipbuilding to the
. . . A AAA AAA . .
amount oi w,vw,wv
-" - - BunsuuDbn.
(Tha Putted State govenrmeat weeded ahipa
Lrvernment allowed steel ahipBtenta for Japan s
" . . l Uaaw aK aaa IltlSllllg sill tSlgl
lor war -carrying purposes. 1
Knrw Tbelr Geography -
'': riots tha Washington) Past
Herb' Hoover told ' two Gomaa food
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
A number of new dwelling house
are soon to be erected at Pendleton,
but the town needs thern by the dozen
In order to accommodate people desir
ing to live there, the East Oregonian
ays. . ; . . - '.;..:
! '
"It's odd , how many, people .who are
ardently opposed to alcohol are against
prohibition, and how many who are
eager for everlasting peace are down on
the idea of a peace league." observe Jthe
Salem Capital Journal. ,
.
-Fred Kuns. writes the Lexington
correspondent of the Heppner Gazette
Times, "has a crew o men cutting down
the talm grove opposite the depot on
the land which be purchased from K.
Nordyke. This grove was th scene of
the big celebrations of the early days of
Morrow county."
From the Democrat's report of the
latest meeting of the Albany Chamber
of Commerce i "George Taylor was
named a committee of one to have
charge fthe work of locating a landing
place for airplanes in Albany and the
member of the board urged that every
step should be taken to secure an aero
station for Albany."
from red flannel, on their sleeves, to
indicate that they belonged to the "Wild
cat' division. These farmer boy from
the South fought well. They Buffered
1772 casualties. X also worked with the
Thirty-second divisionmen from Mlch
igan and Wisconsin. Ifnade many warm
friends with these boys. Many of the
men were college men or high school
boys. They were punished heavily, hav
ing 3213 men killed or wounded.
' v a a a
At the Picardy front, in northern
France, near Amiens, I was with the
Thirty -third division, consisting of the
12th. 130th." 131st and 132d Infantry and
other organizations, from Illinois. They
lost 1171 killed or wounded. I saw them
under trying conditions, and they made
good. You can hardly imagine a more
cosmopolitan body of men, than the men
from Chicago. There was Mayflower
stock, and there were Jews, - Greeks,
Italians and all other racial elements
to be found In so cosmopolitan a city
as Chicago. But. Greek letter man of
Chicago university and Greek bootblack.
millionaire's son or "wop." they took
oride in the work and did it well and
cheerfully. The scion of wealth and the
college, man will come back with in
creased respect for his comrade in the
squad. The college man's "buddy" was
a "wop, and they shared amottes ana
grub together. They learned mutual
trust, teamwork and respect, and they
will all come back better Americana
Speaking of "wops," I ran across a bit
of verse bv Berton Braley tnat x ukc.
It is a tribute to the "wop." Here it is
When tha Una la surrey ed through tha scenery
For tunnel and culTert ana cut.
When the contractor haa his machinery,
Tha "big Job" is ready all but
"All but" nwans tha shovel and pick of it.
The hunkies who work till they drop;
And so, in the dust and the thick of it.
Look out tor tho Wop!
Tha big bosses: bear an the fret of It
Thav . r tha fellows who rjlan :
But the back-breaking strain and tha sweat of it
Fall to tha laboring man.
Dago and Rum and Hungarian,
All of the immigrant crop;
Where i the job we could carry on
Sara for tha Wop?
Subject for acorn and bederiling.
Victim of fraud and ehicane.
Still, with hia spade he ia leveling
Routea over mountain and plain.
Progress His soul is the breath of it;
Lacking his band, it would stop;
Facing tha danger and death of it,
Hera is tha Wopl
He knows the best and the worst of ft.
Ha knowa the hard-driven toil.
The ache and the heat and the thirst of IV
Never the dream or the spoil.
Caves and explosione make mud of him
Who earea a damn? Let him flop I
Progress is stained with tha blood of him
Only. Wopl
SUCHAN MINERS
K. Wright
.they were holding the mines. They have
held them ever since.
; a a
Colonel p.. T. Robinson, as envoy
extraordinary, addressed the people and
Issued proclamations and. in a masterly
way, convinced the miners that tho for
eign soldiery were not there to injure
them, but to assist and benefit them.
I have managed to get a copy of one
Of his proclamations :
"To the citizens of the Suchan Mine
District (1) The allied nations have
come to Russia to help the Russian
people and help win the war against
Germany. In the prosecution Of this
mission they have found it necessary
temporarily to see to the operation of
the mines in order to increase the pro
duction of coal which Bhall make pos
sible the distribution of. supplies from
one section ofl th country to another
This will prevent the people from starv
ing and will keep the Russian babies
and the Russian women warm this
winter.
"To increase tho production of th
mines the allies thought It necessary
to get the men! who are best acquainted
with the mines, and they have prevailed
upon Mr. Bgeroff to assume the manage
ment of the mines during the temporary
supervision of the allies. Mr. Egeroffs
order for the operation, of the mine
will therefore be obeyed.
"2. In view of the fact that th troops
are now here ; to protect the people
agralnst the Hunghutses there I no need
for the citizens to have public rifles In
their possession, and all such will be
turned In to the nearest anted com
mander. In order to prevent mtsunder
standing, any person who has need for
a rifle will be given written authority
to carry the same. This pass will be
written In Japanese and ISngllsh and
signed by both the American and Japa
nese commanders.
"3. Peaceable citizens do not keep ma
chine guns in their homes, as these
weapons are used only in war.' There
fore, all machine guns in the vicinity
will be turned in, land any one having in
formation as to the location of such
guns should immediately report that
fact to the nearest allied commander."
0,0
The miners went back to work and
have been at work ever since. . From
ambush a few desultory shots have
been fired at the soldiers, but so far as
I know no shots have been fired in return-
. -
robbers in Belgium to go to h with
his compliments, and they promptly re
turned to Germany.
Oldeft Oregon
Restrictions Imposed Upon Land
- Claimants n Early Days
. On of th most important subjects
dealt with by the provisional govern
ment of Oregon was" that relating to
jlitle to the soil. No individual could
bold more than a square mue, in square
or oblong form, nor more than on
claim at a time. Furthermore, all per
sons were forbidden to hold claims upon
city or town sites, or extensive water
privilege, or in place necessary for
the transaction of mercantile or manu
facturing operations. Dr. McLoughlln
considered this - was d lrect evidence of
the animosity of the Methodists, who
disputed wtfh him n claim at tft falls
of .the Willamette, where both hod
made th beginning of davsiopment of
water power,
Ragtag and Bobtail
StorltsFrom Everywhere
It llloht Be tVnra
TWO Irishmen met at a country fair.'
a iavi VvAnrK . , . ... ...
lowlng conversation : . .
Ait, pat. sure, ia it your
. - - at uitK lung dmivw
fl?et What's the news?"
its married I am. and I have a litU
-J ,ook" JU8t "ha m t"
The other surveyed him critically for
a n",mn and then replied consolingly.
uwumni mino. so long as he s
healthy." ,
An Enterprising Lad
Howard Miller, a Port Orford boy, who
lives with his parents on an acreage
tract near town, say the Tribune, has
a team that harks back to the times of
50 years mm - w a h,. tjr .i,An.
yearling calves that hs has broken to
urK. ne nas a sled and harness rixed
up for them and drives each one either
single or douhin. N'nt i rirttr i trt Vie krt
his father that he had discovered some
good bark for the heating stove and In a
short time, the farmer says, there wer
10 or 12 cords of the bark stacked up
in the woodshed. The young lad broke
his team and made their equipment with
out, the help of any older person.
Not EveiTXTrapo Juice .
Hush UMIe wine rak.
Why this stir up?
Soon you'll ba carrying
Juat grape syrup.
7 . ' San Francisco Call
, L'ncle Jeff Snow Ssys: j
On the Membres river In New Met-
n u.k . T T . . .
...v., .icu was president, a Duncn
of Injuns stole Doc Hembree's darter,
and. when we pressed 'em hard they
klUed her and flung her body In the road
with the notion we'd stop to bury her.
She wasn't burled till after the whole
bunch of Injun was. and we give Doc
their hosses as Indemnity fer her life,
poo 'lowed there wasn't hosses enough
in all New Mexico to pay htm fer that
little gal, and their wasn't. When I
think-of what them Huns done to the
women and children of Belgium and
France I ain't a bit afeared of tho
allies collecUn too much Indemnity from
'em. Their farms Is all serene, . and
their homes is all safe. They can pay.
fer all I care, until all their landlords
and aristocrats has to work fer a livln'
the rest of their natchurl lives, i
The hews in Paragraphs
World Happenings. Briefed for Benefit
of Journal Readers
GENERAL .
An amendment to the appropriation
bill provides that all government em
ployes who quit their positions to go to
war shall be given back their Jobs.
Return of the ' railroads to private
control, with government regulation. Is
advocated by Paul M. Warburg, former
governor of the federal reserve board.
General Pershing cables the war de
partment denying reports that mall to
and from the American expeditionary
forces has become congested at French
mail heads.
American rights In Mexico will ' be
amply safeguarded by the Mexican gov
ernment, according to Ambassador
Fletcher, who is In Washington from
Mexico City.
The Western Fruit Jobbers assocla
tlon, meeting in Chicago, adopted reso
lutions condemning . the service of the
American Railway Express company,
operating under federal control. -
NORTHWEST NOTES
Freezing weather has put a stop to
plowing in the Inland Empire.
i no fjvBiLiuii ui iiiv ii ici i ijm i.raiiun
Is going begging at f 100 a month. ,
Sixteen new Influenza cases are re
ported in the Brooks-Scanlon logging
camp near Bend.
The tobacco habit is considered a dis
qualification for a position In-the Yak
ma public schools.
A- few farmer of the Milton section
report portions of their fall sown wheat
damaged by freezing.
A snowstorm which started last Mon
day haa left about 14 Inches of snow in
the Whits Salmon district.
J. S. Dooley. an Alaska miner, was
probably fatally shot during an argu
ment with five men in. Seattle Thursday
night.
Th Yakima school board hopes to
Institute the system of free text books In
the grammar schools of that district this
spring.
Indorsement Is being given by ranrh
rs in southern Wasco county to the
proposed construction of the Mount Hood
loop road.
Mors than $200,000 worth of livestock
was saved to the state of Idaho bg
government predatory animal hunters
during 1918.
The Southern Pacific company an
nounces that a special. Saturday night
train will be put on between Eugene
and Wendllnrr.
Claud Baker. Pendleton boy. reported
dead as the result of wounds received
in action, is with the army of occupa
tion In Germany.
A. A. Elmore of Spokans wa elected
"resident of the Washington and Idaho
Farmers union at Its annual convention
in Spokane Thursday.
Announcement Is made of the purchase
TKw Via X7 u.hln.tnn WatAf Paw.,
pany of the Spokane Heat. Light
Power company for a consideration of
11.600.000. ,
Jesse Lon. son of Mrs. JT. C. Long
A 9 Vf umrtifl nrilaalntf In AffAr,
writes his mother that, although wounded
and gassed, he is now recuperating in a
camp in Virginia.
Friends of John O. Petty, a single
man of about 65 years, who disappeared
from Marshfleld. three years ago. now
believe he -either became . Insane or was
murdered for his money.
The Wasco county court has arone on
record as strongly opposed to the move
being-made in the legislature to take
"rom the county boards of equalisation
the power to regulate assessments.
FOREIGN ;
An armistice between the Polish and
Csecho-Slovak forces, which have been
fighting on the SUeslan front, was signed
February . ;
Rudvard Kloling has published a
rooem in London, entitled "Greatheart."
which pay noble tribute to the memory
of Colonel Roosevelt.
There was a brilliant and enthusiastic
scene at the reception of Ambassador
Davis by th oencner at ; tne Middle
P.M.U V. a 11 In Tiinrfnn. . .
AVUiri, ...... . . .-w . - w
W. r. Child of New York, chief reo-
resentativ of the Western Union Tele
graph company In Russia, Is , dead of
starvation in Petrograd. .
Count Karolri. president of Hungary.
has Informed hi cabinet that th dl-"
.e l.nfl. ah. I WMmmAiA a m wrt
as th land reform act is published.
Let Uncle Sam Guard Your
War Saving's Stamps1;
. (Stories of achievement is the acenasnls
tion of War Savings Sumps, sent to The
Journal and acceptable for publication, will
be awarded Thrift Stamp. J
Register- your War Savings Cer
tificates. They are valuable. War
'Saving Certificate may be regis
tered without cost to th owner at
any postofflc of the first, second or
third class, or at certain specially
authorised postofflcf of th fourth
class. Unless registered, the United
States will not be liable If payment
for the certificate Is made to a per
son not th rightful owner thereof.
r Thrift 'Stamp and 1919 War Sav
ings Stamp now on sale at usual
agencies. . . . ,