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THE OREGON, DAILY ' J6URNAL, PORTLAND, MONDAY, MARCH 24, 1919. Genrian Leaderk of HUN INTELLECTUAL SITS TREMBLING AT RUIN HE MADE Marx, Nietzsche and Other Lead ers Are at Bottom of Debacle Wrought in Berlin 'HEAVY' THINKERS' ARE LOST Do Not Dare Go Back and Have Found Socialism Impractical; What to Do Next Is Problem. By Ba Heeat , Special Wirdeaa to The journal and Th Chlcato Dsn News, ICopyrffH 1010. ty Chicago Daflr Newt Co.) Berlin, Germany, March 16. (De layed) I have, after considerable effort, traced the German Intellectual to his lair.- I have found hira professor, stu dent, -artist, dllletante and professional Idealist-r-sittln bewildered in a fash ionable studio before the debacle in the front yard. Jt Is the same German In tellectual who yesterday was hailed by . the world as the leading scintillant and infallible theorist. What is he doing? He la chiefly engaged In eating his words of yesterday. Marx and Nietzsche and all the textbooks - of hisher thought, nobler life, Utopias and millenniums lie buried somewhere at the bottom of the debacle. Socialism Pro Yes Impractical socialism, which for 60 years lured the imagination of the intellectual, has been proved impractical. Today's in tellectual, broadening in a spiritual vacu um, has repudiated the communist fan tables. 1 have attended numerous fore gathering presided 'over by men like Robert 'Frledlander, Baron Von Glelehen, Dr. Paul Lentach. Dr. Edward Stadtler, Oscar Muller, Professors Ernest. Ru binder and Schumacher, and dozens of (similar erudite and passionate thinkers. Testerday I was a Socialist." said Herr Frledlander. "Today I am noth ing. "With mds of the intelligentsias in Germany I am adrift. When I think of Socialism I look at Philip Scneidemann and the present. Socialist government. A conservative I can never be; Reaction 1b Impossible to mi, and yet there Is only one kind of radicalism in the , world today that is the radicalism to be found on the outlaw side of the bar ricade throwing hand grenades at gov ernment trooDs. Never- win th wnrM so without intellectual guidance as it is today. .Unless the world's thinkers step into the breach, Bolshevism is sure .to usurp the entire radical tendencies of the race and bring On a world war be tween the - worker and .the exploiting classes? ' '.,. Guild Soviets 8b ggetted At one of the meetings' I attended I found 209 of the leading "heavy think ers" of Germany assembled, struggling to formulate a new political doctrine for the salvation of the world. Baron Von Gleichen, a lineal descendant of the ' poet Schiller, explained to me : "Germany needs new ideas, new thinkers and new blood. We have col lected half a billion marks ($1,260,000) tor propaganda purposes. Germany needs a new philosophy and new ideals. So far we have worked on a scheme based on the present Bolshevism. This Scheme is a system of guild Soviets. Soviets constitute the only weapon against. Bolshevism. A perfect soviet represents all classes workers, merchants,- capitalists, Intellectuals and pro fessionals. It will prevent the eventual dictatorship by a minority of the work ers as In Russia. The trouble with the German politicians now Is the power of their thick-headedness, their stubborn ness and .their old-fashioned theoretics." ; " Combining in a vacuum, providing a frightful wavering obligation to the German political tumult, German Intel lectuals today are up there watching, bewildered, the fighting in the streets, the killings in the market places and the executions tn the prison yards. Make Plea for Guarantee Paris, March 14. Gabriel Hanotaux made an earnest plea In the Figaro Sat urday lhat Francs be given adequate guarantee against Germany, who, he thinks, will be ready to strike back in Six years.. .-. ' . mmim iVOVL Maud 7y j 'f(lk - gff !?QUAllTr5 H y Del Monte Canned Spju Li?e serving it fresh from the ' , ; . garden-twithout all the trouble of I cng and cooking Ttyacan ' 1 I . today and learn how easy itis to" I 1 : - , this deHcious, - I V . V healthful food:. . J SVS.; J CALIFORNIA BACKING - r A T . . . corporation , ; V - . "." . h ' " ..... AMERICAN SOLDIERS BOARDING I Americans boarding the transport TRIP FROM BERLIN TO PARIS IS ALMOST AS EASY AS IT EVER WAS Correspondent Says Jouney Was Quiet and Comfortable, Par ticularly irv Germany. By Jnnlns B. Wood Special Cabls to The Journal a ad The Chicago Daily New. rCopyrisht, 1919. by Cliicago Daily Newi Ca) . Paris. France, March 24. "Is It pos sible to escape from .Berlin with his life?" is the question everybody asks of a person who has Just returned from the capital of Germany. For more than four years Berlin has been barred to the remainder of Europe more effectively than the uttermost . part of the world. Parisians receive an Individual who has returned from the enemy's capital with expressions of incredulity and glances of asj$zeteat. Possibly they pictured Belfiaa In the throes of a revolution with the buildings bombarded, citisens shot down in cold blood and the streets held by mobs. The trip Was so easy for me that until I talked with others I did not comprehend what It actually meant. Probably I was ths first civilian who made the complete trip from Berlin to Paris by railroad lrt several years. Be fore the war a Journey from Berlin to Paris could be made in' 13 hours. . There was- nothing particularly .novel about my trip, which was quiet and comfort able. American army credentials made it possible. For the benefit of the thousands of Americans who recall their own travels in Europe, I will explain that by the present route one leaves Berlin at 1:45 in the evening and arrives in Cologne at 10:30 ths following morning. When one enters the sleeping compartment a German officer looks at the credentials. and when one enters the British bridge head area ' around Cologne a Scotch soldier does likewise, i took luncheon at tne juritisn orricers' club In Cologne, leaving the city at 3 :30 in the after noon and arriving in CoblenS two hours later. Leaving Coblens at 10:30 o'clock on the following morning, I secured another sleeping compartment at Trtv at noon and arrived in Paris at 9 :S0 the next morning. It is an actual fact that the Journey across JFrance was harder than tnat. across Germany. 8asoned slabwood and inside wood, green stamps for cash. Holman Fuel v o main sas. A-3353. Adv "KuJlur" Hunt Vainly Mercury at St. N'azsire, France. This the signal corps, U. S. A. ALLIES SHOW ENTERPRISE; HUNS WHINE Special Cable to The Journal and The Chicago Daily NaWa (Copyright, 1918. by Chicago Daily Kewa Co.) PARIS, March 14. The Germans who stole so many ladsstrlal secrets la Belgium and Northern France, are complaining bitterly of the cariosity manifested by the al lies In the maasfactsrlBg process ef the German factories la the oeca pled territory. "The Weltwlrth sehaftlicbe Kachrlcbtea says the French have takes doeameats eon cernlng the raassfsetttre of dyes, and that the Americans, la addition to making a careful strnly of oer man processes, are trying-to hire the best German technicians by of ferlng high salaries. Coal Production Is Vital Element In Saving Europe Parts. March 24. (TJ. P.) Industrial salvation of war stricken European countries depends more than anything else upon increased production of coal, it is Indicated In a special report pre sented to the supreme economic coun cil by Herbert Hoover. . ' Diminution of ths coal supply In Eu rope has already made It impossible to operate ths railways and municipal serv ices in Austria, Germany, Poland and ths Balkans at anywhere near normal. Under such conditions the life In those countries has been seriously affected and threatens total collapse. Ths only country which has shown increased coal production since the armistice is Belgum. Holland Prepares To Help Out France By W. 1. L. Kiekl (Special Wirelesa to The Journal and tbe Chicago Daily News.) (Copyright, 1919, br Chicago Daily Itews Co.) The Hague. Holland, March 24. The Dutch commission for an inquiry as to how Holland can help in the reconstruc tion of ths north of Francs concludes, after visiting the devastated districts and conferring with the French author ities, that building materials and cattle are most needed and In line with t the things Holland can furnish. DeSpite the present shortage of milch cows In Holland, it is hoped that as soon as suf ficient fodder is imported, together with fertilisers to insure good crop it will be possible to export some cattle. British Plan Loan Fund for Fanners London, March 24.- (I. N. S- To en courage farming and food production generally in the British Isles, the gov ernment has . announced It will grant 1625 annually to a "considerable num ber" of officers for two years, to such officers in the army or navy who wish to farm on their own account. . In addition, scholarships and fees, amount ing to ins annually for three years will be granted other officers who have had previous experience at farming or have naa a technical education, if they , wish to specialise in some phase of agricul ture. Tne latter are to be given places as agricultural teachers or organisers, li tney wish them. Japan Asks Monroe Doctrine in Orient By Ernest W. Clemest gacUI Cable to The Journal sad The Gbiesss Dally Nass (Cnpyrlgbt, 1919', ft CUcmo DaHy NS Co.) Tokio. March 4. -Tha Hochi hlm- bun, commenting - on the possible revi sion ; of the League ot Nations cove nant for the purpose of obtaining ratifi cation by the American senate, declares that In - case such revision -is made for the sake . of ths Americans a similar Privilege should be granted : to other; powers. The paper adds that In case the maintenance ot the Monroe doctrine be deemed justifiable the Orientals are equally entitled to claim Asia tor the Asiatics. - : - '-Former Emperor Charles' has asraln requested the Vienna government for ermlssion to be allowed to - live - in witserland. - . , TRANSPORT ii copyrighted photograph was maiVj by T ACCEPT PRELIMINARY TREATY IN SPITEJF TERMS Necessity Will Force Action, Is Belief of Official in Brlt . ish Ministry. London. Uarch 24. (U. P.) Cecil Harmsworth, under secretary for sign affairs and minister of blockade, told the United Press that Germany will not refuse to sign the peace treaty xor tne reason that she cannot do other wise. 'The Germans are bound hand and foot." said Harmsworth. "I do not an ticipate any difficulty In getting them to sign the preliminary treaty despite the report that German statesmen de clare they will refuse to accept unsatis factory terms. The reason I do not see any treaty cumcuity is that the blockade of Ger many still exists. Germany has no fleet and the allies hold the Rhine bride. heads. - It Is impossible to predict what win happen in the remote event that German statesmen should refuse to sign the peace treaty." Harmsworth, who has Just returned from Paris, where he conferred with Herbert Hoover and others regarding the revictu&Ilng of Germany, said the blockade will not Interfere with the work of feeding the German people. "The blockade is only operating against shipment of raw material into Germany," he exnlained. "Some food has already gone Into that country and more will follow. We do not Want to see tbfon sterve." Dutch Expect to Aid In Policing World (Special Wireleas to The Journal and Che Chlease Dally !w.) (Copyright, 191S, by Cbicaco Daily Hews Co.) The Hague, Holland, March 24. M. Colyn, former minister of war, expects that Holland will be called upon after the formation of the League "of Nations to furnish a contingent for the interna tional police fleet. He considers that this is likely because of Holland's large colonial possessions In all parts of the globe, with a 'total population of some 50,000,000. He also believes that Hol land will have to keep ah array of 200.000 men for the International police force. - Tar Red, Yftak, W fcr fcts seek tfEra writs Women HUNS Xap w w m'i m ' - - who entertain With war dethroned. tKg.nmnwenUww' wwnw ' Women who entertain must look w!l They must have ail of the glow,'ihe gaiety and magnetism that only a vigorous woman can haTev Women who entertain must keep their blood rich red and pure. The Red Blod BuUder" GudVi Pepto-Manean improves the color because 5reV a It radically Improves the source of good color; the r Wood k And it increases strength, vigor and viiatky. 1 because it increases the power of the rd blood ceils to . fSN carry xygen-the - breatl, of life to every ceil ad r PI ' FI Q, tsitue A solendid reneral onu: m .i . I I 1 1 J 4 ' assimilate, eweedinv pleasaat to tests. UoiverMlly endorted and prescribed by the medical profession. I PKIBmtJ WAftr;. tI ta !,. Ppt. MaacaB and tht la Osda's. Sold In Wtl aad pMk. ' m esre uibowsbtn. Sold by traoittairarywban. Fftpte-srMiaeMaarfCMVfey - t- J. BREITE NBACH CO MP A NT . . slaafacfrlng rhetlaes. Wesr.Terti : for Solution of World's Political Problems COMPLICATIONS IN GERMAN FINANCES GROW WITH TIME Figuring of Indemnities an Easy Matter, but Collecting Same Presents Many Difficulties. " MAY TAKE OYER CUSTOMS Precedent Is Called in Case of Creditor Nations When Turkey Went Bankrupt In 1878. By Fast Scott Mowrer Special Cable to Th Journal and tha Chieas: Dafly Newa. Copyrirlit, 1619, by ths Chicats Dally Sews Cs Paris, March 2 4. The more one studies the question as to what Germany Is to pay the more complicated it appears. I The present indications are that certain feature will be adopted and combined from the various plans which have been proposed. This Germany will be required to make whatever restitution she can In kind. For the rest, she has no gold and her paper would depreciate to noth ing if exported, the allies can hoe only to Impose a mortgage on Germany's future income which must be paid direct by the German government. But beyond this there ts a possibility that, the allies will themselves take over the administration of the German cue toms during a number of years. This was "done successfully by the creditor nations when Turkey went bankrupt In 1878. The Turkish customs were ad ministered by an international commis sion until the young Turk , revolution. Germany is expecting something ot this kind, but It is felt that the period of payment must not be protracted beyond 10 or 15 years, for no people can be per manently enslaved. Moreover, if the allied administration takes over certain fiscal functions from the German government It must act with great care lest the action will ulti mately entail military occupation, the cost of which would swallow up alt the Indemnities. One of the great French newspapers demands that as there is a deficit of 11,000,000.000 francs (83.200, 000,000) in the French .budget and as the Interest on the German debt is about 11,000,000.000 marks ($2.760.000,90), Ger many should be forced to cease paying interest on the debt and use a corre- To fortify Tho Sys tem Against Colds, Grip and Influenza Toko. Be sure you get the Genuine Look for this signature on the box. 30c EoifiOLSW Best Flavored Perfectly Baked a)k. 1L f $ sparkle, the vrrkl,,vitaL - V - H ft " ) spondmg sum io meet the deficit In the French budget -t:v. Anyone who takes 4 moment td think will see that, as Germany has no gold, and as paper which goes beyond the frontier loses . its value, the only way Germany could meet this deficit would be In manufactured goods, which the French themselves would be the first to refuse. '"The question as to what is the maximum Germany can be made to pay within 10 or 15 years Is still unsettled. X understand that the American experts reported to the American commission that the figure was 120,000,000,000. When the American delegates compared this figure with the total ef the allied de mand, which is said to be 1 110,000,000,000, tnere was consternation and at least one delegate declared to the experts that the maximum - must- be - doubled, as the Americans never could ease their eon sciences with such a low figure a dec laration which in other days would have been called, an Irish bulL 1 ' Note: other -authorities Save held that Germany is well supplied with gold, rmving retained all she had at the out break of the war and levied tributes on conquered cities. Thin amount has re cently been estimated at one tenth ef the needed supply. Ed.) , . ' i Major Davidson Was News Contributor By 2asl Seett Mowrer (Special tVitekae to tit Journal and the Cbtcaso Daily Newa.) (Opyriayit, IBIS, by Chicago Daily W.wa Co.) The Daily News Peace Conference Bureau. Paris, France, March 24. Ma jor David JlcK. Peterson, who was accidentally killed by a fall with, his airplane a Daytona Beach, Fla., last week, was formerly a regular frequenter of the Paris office of the Daily News. Although he was not permitted to write under his own name, he acted for sev eral months as a special correspondent of the Daily News with the Lafayette squadron and furnished the service with many exclusive stories concerning this famous band of air fighters. His cor respondence was as clear and vivid as it was prompt and reliable. 6000 Welsh Miners . Go Out on Strike i - Cardiff, Wales, March 24. (t. N. 8.) felx thousand Welsh mlhers went on strike today as a protest against the ac tion of the coal inquiry commission in not making a favorable report on all of their demand. ftLWKOe; CO&TIAIIDT 4t Ut MtHANOta DAWSOie vsuew tstrrrvtt e AerUNuts er asaer asmus susw Aetsassa seeufrv MMtui sts tne. tJfevnd Lodgv,ef 'Oregon A noient Order $vl ted V6rtoat5u; fieatiefleni ' - ii::. We erebycertJyrtbftt'Wdve'tnade'ft'valimtion the Grand XOdge of Oregon. Jaualent Ordef CTnited Wortoen, tfe of Aeeetg aetuai afsi'oontttetrrit Present t&d-year: ralue of JTUtiire iiet A8BB 1 0 , tmblllttege Xn exceee llatio of. aDoVd Vaixiatioii, indicate that oa tuetaole'of tha iJOongreM tabl of MaOrtalitr inth interest 'tSSSSli? fttJ"aent. of the; aooiety, at -the 'net axidalove-; statutory .BtcadSrSliJ i , D. C Hen-fa, Grand Master 415 Ore gOnian Eld., Portland, Or. CATHOLIC CHURCH TO OPPOSE SOVIET Plan for Bolshevist Government In Ireland IsNot Favored -for Emerald Isle. . By Bath Bstiell Special Wifaleta to Tho Jmimal and The CUcato Zftilr S'ftfWaf (aajrriafct, itio. by Chieato Dailr ices c. Dublin, March 24. "Whatwlll the at titude of the church be toward an Irish soviet?" Since Countess Msrklewlct proposed the soviet for the Bt. Patrick constiU uency - which elected her to parliament the question has been asked by many DubUners. If the leaders of the Trans port General Workers' union of tn.ooo members advocated a workers" republic It is thought that the Catholic church might actively oppose the union. But there will be encouragement not oppo sition, the answer has come. It has been announced at the Arch episcopal palace at Drumcondre that a committee of priests wilt be appointed to deal With labor problems. The com mittee will attempt to obtain social Jus tice for laborers not only through me diation between employers and employes but through the encouragement of unionism. The Dublin Transport Gen eral Workers' union includes all the south of Ireland unions. "Social justice rather than the form of government under which it exists." said the Rev. S. P. Flanagan, who has been appointed executive secretary of the committee by Archbishop William Walsh. The Rev. Flanagan is now sta tioned at the Bt. Marys Procatbedral in Dublin.. He was a classmate In Rome of Archbishop George W. Mundeleln of Chicago. "But it Is not thought that the soviet Idea has any great hold on the people. The committee Is the first of the sort and will probably be copied not onlv thrnurhrtut T ralanil hut m try where the Cathollo church has to meet ins taoor prooiem. "How will It operate t It will attempt to obtain a living wage by private ar rangement between employer and era- brought it by individual employes. wnere vainoue ana otner employers paying sweated wages are discovered f h A pntnmlttca will tirina' inflnano t a bear to get raises. In addition the oom- mutee win encourage tne unions to a wMWAwuBua. r eiet .-' T aettial jatirynoontittinty Present old-year Talut of promised tenef Ita --..-. , totaX' of liatoXiiieg. aaset to IlaWlitiea 104.O9 fraternally Consulting Aotuariee 50 YEARS IN BUSINESS THE OLD A. O. U.W. IF YOU ARC DON'T WORRY fuller life through suggesting coopera tive purchase and operation in tbelr own Industries." , Japanese to Have Line of Steamers Via Dutch Indies By MT. J. i. XIrhl (Stwcial Wiralos Jo Tha Journal and tla fhlcaao (CorrHsbt. It It, by Chicago Daily Nana Ca) The Hague. Holland. March 14. The Japanese steamship company. Nippon Tuesen Kalsha, is going to run a line of steamers to Rotterdam from , Yoko hama by way of the. Dutch Indies. There will be two monthly freight steamers, which will also touch at other European ports, with Rotterdam as the final port The service Is to begin In April. According to Takuro Toklda, the Japanese commercial attache here, the interest displayed by Japanese, capital in the Dutch lEast Indies Is due to the importance of the raw material which IS supplied to Japanese industry from the Indies. Althoua-h luriir la lnrr.lv 1 "cultivated In Formosa, the Japanese ) prerer tne sugar rrom the Dutch East Indies, as it Is better and cheaper. . A REALJC0N0r,1Y Because of Extra Wear There is no better judge of shoe wear and comfort than the policeman who is on his feet all day long. W.H. 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