THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL,"' PORTLAND; MONDAY, MAY g. ' 1919.
Drastic Peace Needed
HUNS
LEFT MED
E
OF LONG CONFLICT
Traveler Finds People Going
About Daily Tasks as Though
. Unmindful of Catastrophe.
ACT AS IF IN STUPOR
Masses Apparently Bewildered by
Rapidly Succeeding Strikes,
Revolts and Changes.
BYsUDDEN
HUG
, i By Gordon Stiles
1 SmcUI Cabl to Th Jonrntl and Th Chkfo
' Daily Htm. -iCopyrlfht.
1919. bf Cttictsc DUy New Co
London, May 5. At the end of
four : months spent in Germany I
feel Impelled to write a. short um-
" mary of , the impressions which this
sojourn s has left upon me. These
are f quite definite. I have had
an opportunity to study the course
V. of events from one end of the coun
try to, "the other and much that
puzzled me at first is no clear in
my mind, tvlien I ent to Berlin
'.- In December I found the German
' people dazed. When I came -away
last week I left them still dazed.
v ln December that wU not, to be
Wondered at. Their misfortune then
was too new. They could have no
perspective.
BESET BT HETOLTS
ThenNsame the Spartaeus - uprisings
. and the presence of physical peril did
its share in keeping: the German mind
i occupied. The uncertainty which ac
companied the struggle of the social
ists in their efforts to form a govern
ment Interfered with the calm consid-
, eratlon of Germany's status. A govern-
:: ment of sorts was established and close
upon this accomplishment, which was
a prodigious feat considering the dif
ficulties attending it, came a general
strike linked wtth further Spartaeus
troubles. And through it all ran the
threat of the armistice dickering, while
the specter of hunger stalked every-
. where.
These things and others of a kindred
r nature have been part and parcel of
- Germany's history Bince the abdication
of the kaissr. Thus having stood by
and watched these events and having
been able to observe the theoretical and
emotional tendencies of the German 'peo-
pie through this period, it would be im
possible not to arrive at various . con
' elusions. The outstanding fact is that
Germany does not know what has hap
pened to her. The suddenness of her
catastrophe left her stumbling about like
a child in the dark. And thus far her
frantic gropings have not enabled her to
locate herself. She has been skidding
since November and she is still skidding.
CAUMITT NOT UNDERSTOOD
In spite of the indication of absolute
and i crushing defeat which are every
where apparent to everybody except
.: themselves, the Germans do not begin
. -to realize what their experiment in mili
tarism has cost them that what they
have destroyed in four years ' cannot be
' rebuilt in a century, it at all. The
first realization of it is coming prob
- ably-next week when peace is concluded,
when the military barriers are removed
v and when they find themselves ready to
.- move forward again as one of the na
tions of the world. But what they
MRS. BUNKER
HAS GAINED 19
LBS., SHE SAYS
Los Angeles Woman Suffered
Twenty Years Before
Taking Tanlac.
"When I first began taking Tanlac,"
said Airs. Olive I Bunker of S611 Hoov
er Street, Los Angeles, "I only weighed
one hundred pounds and I now weigh
one hundred and nineteen pounds, mak
ing ; me an actual gain of nineteen
pounds on five bottles.
"I had suffered from stomach trouble
for nearly twenty years,", she continued,
"and could hardly eat anything without
suffering from indigestion. I bad no
appetite at all and would often go for
three or four days at a time without
- eating anything. I was troubled with
constipation and was so nervous the
least noise would excite me. I couldn't
sleep at all well, my complexion was
yellow like a pumpkin and I ' was so
Weak and run-down that I couldn't do
any of my housework at aM.
- "I am certainly very grateful to the
good people who told me about Tanlac
, In the, papers for it has been a won
derful thing for me. My apatite im
proved with, my first bottft. I soon
got so I could sleep better, enjoy good
hearty meals and then I have been
gaining in ' weight and strength right
along. Tanlac baa done me much
good that I recommend it to my friends
very time I hear of one who X think
needs it. My complexion is clear now
and I think, a medicine that will do
what Tanlac has for me, after suffer
ing so long, deserves all the praise that
can be, given- tt." x-
: Here is another instance of the won
- derf ul reconstructive powers of Tanlac.
Mrs. Bunker is only one of many thou
sands who have testified to using it
with the same remarkable results. Tan
. lac : proved of great benefit to her be
cause it contains certain medicinal prop
erties which enrich the blood and pro-
. mote a healthy appetite for nourishing
food. Tanlao has been Trery successful
In overcoming nervousness and sleep
lessness, not from a quietiag effect on
the nerves, for it has no such effect, but
by strengthening the nerves and body
and bringing back the., normal state of
health through Its effect .on the appe
tite ana nutrition of the body.
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I WHERE GERMAN "REPUBLIC WAS BORN
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Scenes at Weimar. The upper photo shows the minister of war of Germany, Colonel Roinbardl and General..
MaeAer inspecting the guard f honor at the theatre In Weimar while the constituent assembly was ill
session. -The lower $hot shows , delegates to the assembly leaving the Protestant church at Weimar fter
"prayers were said for the future, of the new republic. t J: , -
will 'have to go on with will not be
what they expect. They will find in
place" of their old efficient organisation
a mass of military, financial and in
dustrial wreckage. They will find a
people whose morale has been reduced
to an unbelievably shocking state. The
national machinery will consist Of a
miserable assortment of scraps of Cogs
and pinions which do not fit and which
will rasp and grind for years. ,
The national body to . Which they
must look for guidance is weak and un
stable. . I have not met " one . thinking
man who believes that the present Ger
man government is a government which,
will procure for the nation any" sub
stantial place among the powers of the
world. It is not at all impossible that
the political history of Germany since
the armistice was signed will turn out
to be the history of the ..downfall of
socialism.
DO OXI. AND WATX& Mill
So far as the German experiment id
concerned it ' has not been possible to
mix the oil of conservatism and the
water of radicalism into quasi social
ism. The Weimar government is a
Socialistio government which does , not
dare to socialize. In fact the tendency
since the day of its birth has been to
swing to the right. That Is why the
Independents are out for Philip Schefde
mann's scalp.
But I do not mean to go into the
political aspects of the situation. 1
wish rather to give the best idea I
can of this people with whom we are
trying to make peace and from whom
the entente expects to collect the most
staggering Indemnity the world has
known. The forni of the German gov
ernment is of trifling importance com
pared with the attitude of the great mass
of the German people. When the terms
ot peace are laid before the world the
German public is going to wake up. And
something very definite is going to hap
pen over there. One of two things will
be the outcome. Either the country will
run . absolutely amuck or after a mild
flurry will settle down and pay its buls
with ah energy and determination which
will surprise the whole world.
The national fabric Is in a terrible
condition.- The' very vitals . of the na
tion have been sacrificed -to the god of
war. I have only a feeling of amused
pity for those "investigators' who have
reported that Germany is not really
starving and - that the industries are
ready to spring forward with a bound
the minute peace is concluded..: Both
the American and British governments
have had. some priceless incompetents j
on ma jou coucciiais uui laiDrmauon.
Thousands of Germans are starving:
today. The food situation - is worse
now than . It has ever been before. The
shipments from - America and : England
have not had time to take effect. Up
to the time I left the only evidence
the public had of the incoming food
stuffs was the privilege of buying half
a pound of flour a week per family.
This flour( I understand,' is delivered in
uermany at one mart izt cents) per
pound, - but the ; consumer - pays two
mams ana iv piennig (es cents or
150 per cent advance. It is so with
all other items. The poor cannot pur-
coase won. . -
MACHINERY USELESS ; .
as to the manufacturers, I leave it
to any engineer ; to sav whether ma
chinery which has been idle two or three
rears for lack of materials is going to
stand up to the Job,s ; especially when
there has been no oil available -to pre
vent, rust and corrosion. . I have ? been
told that 60 per cent of the manufac
turing machinery in 'Gessnany has be
come practically worthless.- I have seen
eviaence ; or . that . In the cotton mills,
wnere irom s.uw.owi to 10,000,900 spin
dles have been idle for years. - Those
who are looking . to see Germany: walk
out ana capture the world trade in 30
days or so should stop to consider that
It would take at least two years, given
all the necessary materials, for Ger
to Rouse
many to put her own internal affairs
again on a normal. basis.
Here are a few instances to illustrate
what I mean. . Her. railroad rolling
stock is In an appalling condition. The
windows in the coaches are broken, the
seats are upholstered with paper , and
even the window" straps have been cut
away for military use. In the hotels
tablecloths are used for sheets while the
tables are covered with paper.
CLOTH IIC DEMAND
It would take months for all the cot
ton mills to turn out enough material to
even partially relieve the dire need of
the public for clothing. The boot and
shoe makers must work day and night
fo- about a year to keep pace with the
demand for footwear.
In the -country the farmers must be
gin all Over again to accumulate herds
of cettle and the possibility Of Ger
many being able to export dairy pred
ucts like butter, cheese and similar art
icles, will be very vague for a long
time to come. Soap, twine, drugs and
scores of other commodities - must be
supplied to the immense population. The
pressing need of so many ordinary ne
cessities of life at home Is such that
Germany is not likely to be a danger
ous competitor in foreign markets and-
by the time she Is ready to go out for
world trade on a large scale it will
be the fault of the business men ' in
other lands if they lose their commer
cial grip.
Germany Is about to be taught a bit
ter lesson and the attitude of the Ger
mans today causes me to feel that the
lesson is deserved. For during my four
months spent in traveling ; about the
country I have never heard of one ex
pression of regret for anything that
Germany did during the war.. There is
no doubt that in 1914 - the country was
wild with enthusiasm over the toll they
expected to collect from the other na
tions. The scales will be brushed from
the eyes of the Germans by what hap
pens in Versailles in the Immediate
future. - .. - . ;
Bolshevists Flee
On Siberian Front
London, May ' B. Th Bolshavlnt
fleeing; on the entire Siberian front, a
news agency dispatch from Helsingfors
says. - a central News dispatch says
the Poles have occupied Pinsk.
Sees More Naval Fights
London, May 6. (L N. S.) "I would
bet 1000 to 1 against the battle of Jut
land being the last large naval engage
ment," Admiral Beatty. commander of
the grand fleet, told a representative
of the Liverpool Echo. The reporter
asked Sir David's opinion-"as a navy
man and a sportsman," and not In htt
official capacity, - J i
Coughs and colds,
sneezes and. sniffles
quickly yield to
ME
analgi5siqje
BENGUE;
The : - relief is most
gratifying and so re-r
freshing. Get a tube
Thee. Lecsuag ft Ce.. N. T,
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Germa
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Freedom of Sea
Rears' Its Head
Again as Puzzle
At Peace Table
Delegates Wondering Whether
Pact WillBe Signed With-
out Actfon by Powers'.
By Pasl Seott Mowrer
Special Cble to The Journal and The Chicago
Daily New. , -
(CoPTricU, by Chicago Dally News Co.)
The Daily News j Peace s Conference
Bureau Farts, France, ""May t.--That
old, International ghost, th.freedom-of
the seas, is ' beginning to . walk again.
People are asking whether the peace
conferees 'Intend to close the negotia
tions without having even discussed the
subject. Freedom of the seas 'might
mean many tilings, but in its American
Interpretation it means the observation
of sea laws -and the safeguarding of
neutral rights In time of war.
The allies in replying" to the Germans
acceptance of the armistice on the basis
of . the tH points made reservations ; re
garding this particular point. Sometime
during President "Wilson's visit to Eng
land in December the matter was dis
creetly dropped. One reason was that
In view ; of England's unexpected sup
port of our League of Nations project
we felt disposed not to press an Issue
unpleasant to England, but the principal
reason was the supposition that with a
League of. Nations there would be no
war and even If a war should- break
out there 'would: be no neutrals, and so
no sea. laws for war time would be nec
essary. This seemed to be a sound position at
the time, but now that we know exactly
what are the statutes of the League of
Nations we find that, although there' is
every disposition to: prevent- war,-' the
possibility of war is openly, registered in
the text." So long as this possibility ex
ists there ts- danger of neutral rights at
sea being . violated s by the belligerents,
for not only does the league ; covenant
not declare war against war but It gives
no indication that In case of war many
nations may not properly remain neu
tral. , -i,..;;-.
Such being the ' facts 'there Is appar
ently - sound, reason for ; reviving the
Question and : drafting" sea laws, as this
Interests not only the. United States but
England as 'well.' : Perhaps our states
men are preserving,. this - point to be
dealt with as one of the first functions
of the League of Nations.
Strike of Laborers
In Kingston Ended
Idngstpn.7 Jamaica; May The strike
of the dock 'laborers is ended. - A depu
tation . saw the- governor,' who advised
the men to try to reach an agreement
with the shipping; agents., A compro
mise, was reached by which the- dock
ers are to receive 13 cents an hour, and
shlpworkers 14 cents,; with double pay
for night work.', The - day counts " from
7 o'clock ; in ' ths morningvto 6 In ' the
evening, with two hours for meals. . .
Realizat
?pSn camp
ieli great tales
five Americans Who -Return by
Way of Moscow Are Gaunt but
.? Say They Are After Bolsheviks.
FOOD LAWFUL CONCOCTION
Tell American Mothers not to
Fear for Boys in Russia, as
Homesickness Worst Trouble.
By Robert W. Ritcblo
- London, May 5. Five soldiers of
the 33d infantry, the first Ameri
can prisoners from Russia, just ar
rived here by way of Stockholm today,-
gave a, - wonder tale of adven
ture in the black heart of mad Rus
sia. They are: Walter Houston, Mus
kegon, Mich.; George Albers, Mus
kegon, Mich.: Antone Vanls, Chica
go; Haurltak Mike (naturalized
Russian). Detroit, and William
Schuite, Manistee, Mich.
They wei six weeks en route
from Moscow, where they had been
Imprisoned, via Finland and Swe
den. They left behind John Tripler,
a itentueky mountaineer, who was
lost in the crowd just as they en
trained in Moscow: M. J. Arnold of
Nebraska, a T. M. C. A. workey, who
was released with them, -and' John
Ryell of Ohio, another "Y" worker.
THB.EE other tank pkisonebs
Three other Americans remain pris
oners in Moscow together with G
French and English soldiers.- When in
terviewed at the Kagle hut here the
refugees wore Bolshevist caps and
nondescript clothes. The latter were sup
plied by the British consul at Helsing
fors. Their faces were gaunt and lined
with deep furrows from months of semi
starvation. But they unanimously gave
this cheerful pledge:
"We are going back to get those Bol
shevik! as soon as we get rested up and
have a big feed."
Before giving their story here I must
convey a typical heart appeal very
earnestly put to me by young Schuite :
"Tell everybody's mother back home
not to worry. Our boys in Russia, are
doing fine. There is nothing the matter
Ifcith them except homesickness."
feeated In a-circle in an inner room of
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ion- of their Grimes, Says Expert
the Kagle hut. their outlandish boots
hanging on the rungs of the chairs, the
boys spun breathless yarns about, their
experiences. ranging; from .. digging
graves at 2S rubles a day for persons
that had Starved to death, to addressing
a Socialist congress In s Petrogtad and
visiting the . winter palace. Their nar
ratives - were kaleidoscopic of weary
marches in the bitterest cold, their
comic , opera", imprisonment at Moscow,
and wild junkets through the Bolshe
vistic capital. By mutual consent. Al
bers, a raw-boned lad who mixed Rus
sian words with his Yankee speech,
was appointed spokesman. Said he : -
"X was captured on November 3, the
others here were captured later. Schuite
didn't get caught till last March 17.
but we. all had the same experiences.
None of us. I guess. Is ashamed of the
way we got captUred-they got us
fighting.
CApf CRED AT SESTftT POST- '
Tn my case, a guy wearing a white
nightgown crawled through the snow In
on a moonlight night when I was on
sentry, gun-butted me senseless and
took me witlThim. When I came to I
was being carried on a stretcher headed
for Bolsheland. - .
"The first thing they did when I got
Into the Bolshevist camp was to swipe
my fur coat, shoes and uniform. They
gave nte a Bolshevist uniform, and
then, with Some French and British
prisoners, I started en a terrible hike of
800 versts Tmore than 150 miles) to
Vologda. It was about 40 below zero.
, "Otherwise we were having a hot
tune.
"It. was hell, pure and simple. We
were fed a gruel, black bread and fish
soup that would gag a hog. Of nights
we slept in peasants huts alive with
vermin. We couldn't talk to our cap
tors, because they didn't know Kngllsh.
But I laughed and kidded 'em and
called 'em all the rugged names 1 couia
think of. and they'd laugh and yell
Amerlkal'
FIRST AMERICA IT I2C MQSCOW
From Vologda I was taken by train
to Moscow, where I was locked up In
the barracks, not a regular prison. I
was the first American to get to Mos
cow, but French and British fellows
were with me, also Captain Wilson of
the Royal Engineeers, Major Fraser,
a British supply officer, and a Cana
dian flying lieutenant I don't remem
ber his name, but he was a regular
prince.
"For two months I was the only
American there, then the rest of these
boys and the T' workers drifted In. I
nearly died of lonesomeness before they
arrived.
"All these boys suffered worse than
hell in marching to the railroad because
they were captured later When it was
colder. Houston .was captured on No
vember 29. He didn't get to the rail
road until New Years and was all in."
FEB KASHA AHD FISH 8O0F
"How did they feed you?" Queried the
correspondent.
Then big Schuite bellowed :
"Kasha!" '
All laughed and sang a song in queer
Russo-English about black kasha and
fish soup which "makes your belly
stick."
Then Albers resumed his tale:
"We were all In bed when the first
meal - was " served soup. Ood knows
what's In It occasionally somebody
would make a mistake and leave a bit
Than
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Also on display here. Sold on easy
of meat in it. but is was mostly dried
peas and punk fish. . XII never eat
another fish as long as X ' live.
HORSE PUT 13T SOUP
The last two months they began put
tine; horse In the, soup I know, because
1 found a horseshoe nail in mine. We
got a pound of black bread daily. You
had to soak it In soup to bite . it.
"Imprisonment was m Joke. Rsch day
we got passport permitting us to go
anywhere we liked in ... Moscow, .but - we
had to return by p., m. a. . v
"The Bolshevists treated us fine. We
never got a : rough word because we
were Americans ; in fact, the: reds tried
their est to make us comfortable. r We
had as much as anybody to eat and
they paid us 25 rubles when we worked."
DANIELS SAYS LEAGUE
OF NATION'S PACT IS
WORLD MAGNA CHARTA
Has No Sympathy With Ameri
cans Who Fought Altruistic
Purposes of U. S.,
London. May 5 .(I. N. S.) "The days
of our Isolation when we shied at co
operation wtth other nations have
passed," declared Josephus Daniels, sec
retary of the American navy, in a speech
at the American club today.
"I have no , sympathy with Ameri
cans who. at the termination of the war,
forgot the altrusistic causes and -are
urging a return to the ideals of the
days of sailing ships.
"We entered the war Unreservedly.
We must enter wholeheartedly into the
task of winning the greater peace. A
withdrawal now Would be comparable
to withdrawal, at the height of battle,
of our best regiments for some slight
and unworthy reason."
Mr. Daniels was the guest ot honor
at a luncheon at the club.
Secretary Daniels referred., to the
League of Nations as the world's mag
na charta, "In which militarists see no
rainbow of promises across the sky."
He continued :
"Here and there a note of doubt is
heard, but honest doubters become the
ablest champions. The parallel between
the adoption of the American constitu
tion and the League of Nations cove
nant Is perfect."
Mr. Daniels then proposed "a pos
terity tribute to the forward-looking
statesmanship of President Wilson and
former President William Howard
Taft."
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WAR S BLIGHTING HAND
STILL RESTS HEAVILY
ON WAR-TORN FRANCE
The Larks Even Are Silent; Trav
eler Jinds Parties Working
' In the Villages.
By Justus B. IT ood
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- - Daily Num.
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; Coblens. Germany,- May 6. The
blighting hand of war still rests heav
ily on France. Full comprehension of the
suffering, misery and destruction which
the 'conflict entailed can. never be bet
ter 'reached than by a. trip through the
battle sones where a few montha ago
the cannon were never stilled; where
men tolled in the trenches by night an-1
fought by day and where -everything
vibrated with strength and action.
flow all is changed. The , silence Is
unbroken even by the chirp of birds.
The trenches ere filling up and the
ruined villages add a gruesome feature
to the denolation. There are no longer
any trees, for even nature seems to be
dead; All life is gone where hosts once
tramped.
I have Just completed a 1064 mile auto
mobile trip along the Argonne-Meuse
front where the Americanarmy did its
best f iahtlnr. ' Coming from Germany,
where the villages are undestroyed, the
contrast is-all the more marked. It Is
like stepping from a room full of life
and aaletv into a death chamber, ex
cept that the comparison Is magnified
many times. Ruined villages, barren
fields, forests of dead trees and graves
marked with crosses follow each other
In monotonous succession. During the
days and nights when war's strident
voice alone could be heard, these tilings
passed with little notice. Now the per
spective is changed and It strikes home
with chilling force.
In two of the villages X found signs
of organised rehabilitation. In one the
French committee for the immediate re
habilitation of the devastated areas had
Its sign on some newly built barracks,
while a force of men were putting up
more buildings. In another" place the
committee formed to perpetuate war
souvenirs had a gang of German pris
oners restoring various picturesque dug
outs formerly nsed by the Germans.
Frequently groups of prisoners were
seen in the fields rolling up barbed wire
and filling in the trenches which scar
this part of France.
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