THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL; PORTLAND, TUESDAY JULY U 1919. 10 AN INDEPENDENT KEWgPAPEB c. .- jackkon ........... .... I - . n i I rnbiuhi ,r.r -: ar. aiternVba exent auncter aftaBooni. ai " ri Buildinc, Hroidtti and TtWU him. poruurf. oaa. - - - -1 ' tnund t the vortiic f uJf1;.0! - for tranraUalo throes tbe bmuIs aa aaeooa um .iur. -- - : -- - iEilwHoNKs--ii Hilt A-ttosi. t"h ISTSSSS, "ttr Aaa, yORKKiH Af'VKBTLSlNQ gEPBKBENTATITE SlLtST Nr - " - " ' . 1 . ... ..which . Mr. Henderson describes as k.ih-r.,Uon tMTmt bl nail, of W W tMIW w . . . th Lntted atatn of Meiioo: , DAitT (MOBNiNO OR APTEBNOOwj One rear .avoo I One awaui ' . SUNDAY f: J.t2. SO I .Ont month. . . . .$ sdn dat - cm ....iT.Bo. i ob mont.... j ' 0 b anjrUilns. but I to lort on . r another t for n tht lortth BOthr bUl ' IttUUlMt th lw. uoduii ON COMMON GROtJ.ND I.uuue, eoran ana me oiner sen- . tors want the treaty changed, . The German Junkers waft the treaty ; changed. Here is " what the Berlin Tageblatt sdys ; The German people reject the treaty I JV'r'JT 22Sa moment that it will endura Despite tbe fact that it la written ; on paxco-1 ment.' it remains a "scrap of paper.' because It is a mockery of an the taws of reason and morals and the most disgraceful . exhibit in the museum of civilisation. This is a German defi. It means resistance - to the treaty; if no pro vision is made for requiring Germany to resoect the1 treaty. It was ex- aetly this spirit that the Paris nego- .,- th-v tnor- porated " the- league covenant in tha peace treaty. That, covenant, ratified ; by America and the other great pow- 'ei, would provide formal measures ' for forcing Germany to - respect the v Z Deav agreements. r V - The Lodge-Borah opposition f "tt- treaty, so far as effects go, are the 1 i.:-ft...rt-.:.M2,H,. iodi ndhl dm ratification, they will secure respite for Germany and give:, Germany an- other chance to escape the Just terms ot the treaty nrovisions It would thing the Berlin Tageblatt says should The question .before , the United States senate is practically the same as that before The Hague peace con ferences in 1899 and 1907. The ob- jo h-l BttlUC KS VllOfc UC1V1C Alio liafeuo lvu- ferences the reduction of : armaments and -settlement of international dis putes -by arbitration. 'J,''"" ,uau - ""V used the same arguments against the i The German delegates at The Hague TO U3IH5 buyy.8iusH i8U!. fri tnm n1n.Ao nfao 1 be for permanent peace Just as the r, . .1 delegates led directly to the hideous a,:.?t' "SLfor their own interest, in the coming 7. V .Ti .--. if adopted, will lead to future wa. Nothing but the Ameriean senate stands today in the way of the fu4LnA .nrrthm0.t nt mi,n-. mio-i- realization of what was attempted .at iw. , .H nasu .uu u.u u juwacis ubtuavvu .a iiuc. f a zar more periect jrorm, me league i covenant ouers , au ana more man we greai nauons nopea ior ai ine e .. j. .. i. . Mft i Hague, and the only thing that threatens us defeat are the Lodges ana Borans ana fenroses. , i s They are t-eenaetlng at Washing- ion ine pari piayea oy me uermaa delegates at The Hague and doing the exact thing desired .by the Prus- Stan Junkers .who. broughV' on this war trying to defeat the treaty Oven after it has been reluctantly signed 1 by Tepresentatives of. the German ceonle. " Removal of the nation's capital to some point in the Middle Wekt Is die cussed. '"Chicago is keen to have it In its vicinity'. ' Some day It may be done. The West feefa that, located as it Is on one extreme, aide ot the nation, the capital Is jrfot sufficiently accessible. The Wgpt also feels that. In its present geography, the seat of government Is too much under the! influence of the ' always-reactionary East. .PAYING OFF WAR DEBTS . ... . .m . t . Buuu -aviugs ""- loucueu axiu w Z scale of graduation which "will lighten: the burden qn the great nKtsa, mo uk,. uu smair traaers, - is , me propose ny u u typlcaI of tnj , age when Arthjfr -Henderson, as the plan, for vte interest seized a common herit England toUollow in pacing her war agevand made of it a source of in- ueni. - . . A portion oi nis arucie, rrom Christian tWork, is reprinted on this Page.- ' . ' . j He holds that. jtho Interests of fdur firms of the people would ce sare- guarded by his plan, and that holders or; immense fortunes- wouia. -noi- oejbe built across the .rivers,; which irjurctl. :. II.' argui'3 that.'-a ; nation :is lis Dot sorely pressed by taxes which ipv m utiivui vrvaaiv i9 ouu aa v- should be given them by taking grad- uatea taxes : on large jnoomes anu a - A . - -m . M large inheritances. t- ...i. l i suiicnvw, as iu bugutiju, v !intiv saw - the. government ; appeal- B to H the people : for loans of S.i,' i k - their savings In conducting the war. We w government asking .families Ive P ven the bread winners th WW, and W WOmeO oft those families. Prom this mass. four fifths of the people of England, fmafnlv came the suonort and strength that . won the .war. . .. . The strength, , then, of a . nation lies in: the mass of its people. If so. government should safeguard the nation by, conserving the mass.; Lay ing aside, the growing thought? that this mass 1 should be safeguarded- Ly government as a matter of ( Justice and general welfare, it is enough, on I grounds , of national safety,' that the I savings of the'Tnasses should be left 'untouched" as ar aa may be pos sible; in , making provision for pay Ing- the war debts. There is. no surer antidote for Bol shevism than reconstruction adjust ments that will distribute tie bur i dens among those best able to pay. Bwled over .hy a small roadster, a muscular woman at Seattle, picked herself up, Jumped ; on the running board of the machine and severely beat the driver with her fists. She first , shot a right-arm jab for the driver8'jaw. His upraised arm failed M a. sru&rd ' in il her fist i-eaehd It objectiVe. A series of uppercuts and cross Jabs rained on the face of tha protesting driver. After a final pimch, thejwoman, without a word, walked away. A spectator gave three cheers. " The : driver, turned, on the fc .P-ded away. He will steer better and drtve with more care here arier. AT LAST C OMMUMTIES beyond the Cas cades seem at last to realize that discrimination in freight ri tnem; rates has been practiced against ?nB w ' i shipped from, that region in years on which there ' was not paid a hevier transportation charge than . " 7 T, T ha "J? 1 a" k nJ other products, the freight fas had1 hean Mewon fhefi nma nra- 4r . " 7 V .k r of those ?who .grew the products. f he Journal began telling Jhl. .Ie K,A,J. - . . w . .iTX ?f5f iMA"1 i is riva1 aa a fAnitan aiiAof i nim that ti , rates at Puget Sound '' and to tidewater in the Columbia; should be the same, thei Cascade mountain ZJZ.,"TZZZ,.:,t" the contrary notwithstanding. No farmer hauls his grain to mar ket over, a high mountain when 18 8 good a road past the knows bow much more difficult it is to haul wheat over the mountains to Puget Sound than down hill -to tidewater in the Columbia, i Every locomotive engineer, - every fireman, vBrv . - ,A-.f. v.... hl h frW-ht atl tn th TnlanH v "vor- , hoe(,H: ' th- Koi .h- Hth mountain passes to Puget Sound ,. MmfflmiHH n .hf rate hearing. .Why should they, pay Lvpr h tnlia 'nvth nn M, lo cor K. .. I..,..,..! .f j . iuoyvi mwrraia auo real es- ule owners In and around Puget SOUnd whether we shall oav off our war abt in: 24 years, or only lew a suf . r - -ncient tax to finally obliterate it In 4 years, is a question under consid eration at Wsshinarton. We rii Revolutionary war . debt promptly; paid tne debts of tne wajr of 18IZ in 126 years, and would hate paid off the Civil War 'bill of $2,600,000,000 J with equal celerity had not the bonds I become the baals of national bank circulation. In any event, we shall be I taxed to pay the hills lot the late war lwr about generauoja. if hot more. it is a good reason zor tne League of Nations to prevent future wars. TAKING .TOLL IS' HERLN, county lies between the Deschutes and John Day rivers, Across ,the Deschutes is a -,t0U bridge and across the John Day Is a toll ferry. TO get into Sherman county costs the automobiUst one dollar and to get out requires another dollar. While It is worth two dollars to ride through the Sherman county wheat t . . - " w, - situation is reminiscent of medieval times when the robber barons met L.rftvftn A1tA tv.!in. - the rivfi- forvi. ah mrti.i 6-m anj exacted tribute. dividual profit. Tj,e day when a public utility can be made a. private Usufruct is pass- lag. . . . After a while it will be possible to j pass into and out Of Sherman county j without paying- toll. . Bridges: are to I form tlio east - and west bouadarie- of the county, affording' free and unrestricted" passage. , - .This . is one of the appreciable ; results . of - the state . highway improvement under way, -' . " ' ' ' - On Flanders field, where t! poppies blow, the larks still bravely singing flew, scarce heard amid the guns be low. ' But the guns are silent now. Their work is dona. Peace is here, and the larks above Flanders field carol their paeans of triumph to the boys who sleep beneath the crosses. row on row. - : t ROOTS WAR APPEAL B WILL stand by the pres ident as. we stood:. by Lin coln , when the fainthearted were crying that the war was a' failure, was a puhlic t.ite ment by Elihu Root, shortly after we entered the war. It was a wonderful enunciation of principles on which to make a nation strong and enduring. It thrilled the nation through and through, at the time. It struck a responsive chord hv millions : of hearts, as ; the' sol idarity of the " citizenry .throughout the struggle to well showed.' "For four years : to come, the : Democrats will be in control at .Washington, said Mr. Root. And he added t As we love our country, we must give to that party our wholehearted, earnest. sincere Or port, just as if every man there was a Republican. That is the only way we can prove not only our love for our country: ; but that the Republican party loves its country more than place and power i v we neea no coauuon government to make us loyal, we will make a coali tt6n ourselves with every Democrat in the ; country.-: The coalition . of the UniUd Sta.tM will be of all Its people to hold up the hands of the crovern- ment of the United States, noi matter from which party It cornea . - It ; is necessary to make a national army . with singleness of purpose and sympathy, responsible to. one' com7 mander in chief, and not stoop to bickeribga. S It was wonderful advice for war." But 'why is a plan that is good In war" no good , in concluding the pejice? Of what value is a victorious war If , the peace "treaty is not. to carry out what was r won ' in . the victory? When so mueh for future peace In a w-r : to end war, is car ried tn the peace treaty, is it not as sounU t citizenship to . support the president in concluding ; that - peace as It was in fighting the wart Rlr, Root went on to say:. There will be criticism and fault finding's and i 'discontent, but that has been an Incident to all our wars. It is an incident to - our free-and-easy democracy. . it will come again in evitably. Do not let us join the band of fainthearts when the time of crit icism comes, or withhold our support. When th Inevitable shortcomings of democracy - must come, then is tne time for stout hearts to stand by their country and - say that no matter what mistakes are made we will stand by bur rovernment and our country. , We will not . permit the chorus of discontent and criticism to obscure the real instincts f patriotism We will stand by the' government now and all shout hosannaa." WB WILL STAND BY THE PRESIDENT AS WB STOOD BY LINCOLN WHEN THE FAINT HEARTED WERE CRYINO THAT THE WAR WAS A FAILURE. Under the Root policy advocated for .war, how utterly condemned are the Lodge senators, in their efforts to block, the president in securing the fruits of the war in a peace treaty that is the first real peace treaty ever written I 1 : -v :. .' S- It la air over. " The uncertainty is gone. - Toe norriDie tmng is ended. Human affairs may h now go back into peaceful channels. It was oh. a June afternoon that the great docu ment : was signed. The' sunny skies were suited to the hope and gladness of the occasion. ' - t y CHIEF JOffiVSON'ff-CONTENTION successful loanng is not classed W among - the respected achieve- i ments. . No man Is credited with rigut iuiu uaui. ne uas worked to the point of: weariness.: No youth is ; deemed well trained who. learfis how to Hoaf before, he learns how to work. Tha . peculiar kind of mental and physical relaxa tion which rewards the youths under age who, seek the comfort of pool hall chairs and thai elbow support of cigar stands Is : displeasing to Portland's chief of police. ; ' It can certainly be said in. support of the chief that while the youth in question cannot exactly be called a . a. . a a . . icnaer excepi in . years, neiiner can their loafing.be justified by endeavor in. professional, business or -industrial life. . If their 1 parents eanoot make these youngsters - go to -work, the police ' bureau ; may ; well make their idleness more onerous than em pioymenl. A pool . of loganberries . at Salem has been sold. at 9 cents a pound. Once S cents a pound was accounted a good price. - Why tha change T Judged by tne same kind of change In the price of all5 things, the dollar is simply-worth less. . f AFTER DISTANT TRADE HlLE American doughboys were cancelling Germany's leasehold on invaded Europe American - business was preparing to ? go over the top in gaining the trade of South: America. ; German commercial Interests are reported by foreign cor respondents to be much saddened by the information that Americans have doubled , for the current year their expenditures on commercial " lntelli gence with the-object of improving Americah trade all ? over the world. especially with the west of South America.' '- It was In the west of South Amer ica it it Germany before the war was conducting a trade colonization cam paign designed to keep other nations at a distance. ""-It" was an ideal tirade field for a nation that wished prin- clpally to offer manufactured arti- il , - - . . , eles in exchange for raw materials, Service was kept at the top notch of efficacy. South American mar- , ; .. . kete .were studied with German thor- oughness. Goods came packed, as the South Americans wanted them. Cred- !" nn4ftfAne ItS were as generous as , COndiUonS permitted. Financial transactions were largely through European banking connections convenient, to. the Ger- man purpose. " - - . ' Now i '4he German tradesters look ajrhast at iht finrfarl? nf rDreMn- agnasi at uiespecucie or represen tatlves Of South America being wel- COmed in.the United States, arrange- ments being made to exchangecraW ..... , . .. : I ana limsnea producu Perween me north and south sides of, the western bemMPhere. and cordiality of 'rela- tions being assiduously cultivated on both sides. . ; - , These I nreoaraUons to suoolant ' . . I Germany In South America come as Jolt to . the conquered Huns, but to the I student of affairs In this coun try they are evidence that the United States is about to open oho after the other of the. doors of world trade With the ' master -key she has . long held in her hands but failed to use-1 Was the war won by the Smiths? There were 51,000 of tnem in the American expeditionary force. If the Smiths did Vin It. might they not have won it sooner if it had not been for the Schmidts? 4 - PAYING OFF. THE WAR DEBT A Proposal for Heavier '.Taxes on Big . . Jneomes and Hug Inheritances.. w- A.fcTT--j-'iWit.iat.-'wrvi B?nr,! ,de-moac p ... . a. . . . . a . . . f iMOboay aeienas tne exisung oraer. wiui it r mov9 wmi .- J f I i..t. Um JIM iiiuAr 1 m tm fMM.T,Aa , Main Tn 1 'nrnmnfA Ym hannn... anA V, flM nT I mankind, and to secure equality of op- portunlty for alL to extend the noun- dariea of freedom, and to establish per- manent peace are ideals which the work- ing classes do not monopolise. Can they be reaUzed? . i " Let us take a lock at the policy of re-1 construction. That policy is. in the first place, to secure the universal enforce-1 ment of a series of national minima in I health, in leisure. In rabslstence, ln edu-ius cation, which will protect the people's 1 standard of life. Through the extension j of existing legislation embodied in mini- mum wage acts, eight hour acts and the J like, the party seeks to lay the founda-f tions. of healthy and worthy oitisenship. I x&is is m no sense class legislation, its immediate fruits will, ficourse. be gath- ered by the less fortunate members of 1 wnuumuv Uj u wo uu- Skilled workers, the victims of accident and industrial disease the -very young and the very old: in other words, the social proiecuoB wnicn me party seeas to i secure oy its poucy vo a nauonaf mum will maintain a certain Hvel of rr'":ZZ" .fU.rr'K.IVr -iZ v., V. ".k" I r " Z .v:-",, i drflrd toremorone .na or the scale, for the aged and Infirm at the mh., mnt h.. t,Mihna th... m-,iT antees the whole community Is protected and the social structure is strengthened, This policy of the national minimum is tndi. in a milt utaral nM. th foundation of the new social order. With-! out adequate safeguards of this kind the prosperity and security of society as a 1 whole wiU rest on shifting sands. But such provisions - as these cost money, where is the money to come from to pay the cost of social reconfi' struction on th heavy. charges It is in the answer that the Labor party I makes to this very , pertinent question that the real nature of Its social policy is reveaiecu. we ciaim ior mat ' policy that it sets the- interests' of the munlty as a whole above the claims of I anjrclasarJot te the Interest f the wage earning class a feme, but of every grade and section of producers, whether they labor by hand or brain, the Labor party Insists that the wealth of the com munity must henceforth be devoted to Mav jmv -sas-a a-aau AwiiDtv ya aAA-O ca.i. itUD SvJ wiS th? tHa! nd de8lre be to tBy husband aS" Jni J rule over thee. And unto aWUJ 1. proprietors, and have seen It expended avagana divert this 1 stream to social purposes is the declared aim of the Labor party. Out of this sur plus wealth the community will be able to make provision for the aged, the Sick and the Infirm, to defray the cost of a nnmr, natinn.i v.rm m MaMiina and to 'pay for publto improvements off all kinds, including a great development of the means of recreation for- all &nrl the endowment of actentlfio and oriffinal reserch,' and the tultivation of the finer things of the mind and spirit .. How -can this surplus wealth be se-1 cured for these purposes? The Labor party makes two proposals: It declares that tha Capital needed for the develop-1 ment of these social enterprises . can be obtained, .on the one hand, by direct tax- atlon of Incomes above a certain level necessary to maintain'- a reasonable J Mft Olmstead wanU a new and dif standard of family life, and,- on the oth-l ferent interaretation of the er hand, by a great extension of public uwuaraup, weat ana national, ranpng from the nationalization of great under- takings like the railways, shipping and the mines, td the municipalization or the milk -supply and the distribuUon of household coal. These are. practical pro- over the earth, r ALSO A WOMAN, posaia. Since the war began we have l - " . ' n witnessed an enormous extension of this i The People Will Not Stand It 4 principle of state controL The whole . Portland, June the Editor of system of CaplfaUst production and dis- Journal -I have; read i with deep tribuUon has been superseded during the1 Interest the article in The Journal of war, and the Xabor. party at least does June 2C taken from the New York Jour rot intend to lend its countenance to its nal of Commerca 1 would like totre ' on . , war.' . ' luest your readers to re-read the article. . fifv,1 "thL4l''. Prty Tn, Knox-Borah-Polndexter' bunch 1.?, w1"J'iiiP,ff,rJUalltJr f eone beyond thei limit; of Amert- iZ ZZli&L i5e KWnUe nln. W thT extent of ontrunnlng the which future-ehaneellors ef the ex- ,wt and without imposing an undue burden ;;TrK; .T- . V. r. upon any class in the community. The party is opposed to any poUcyi which k. t,, .rW iT-r cost of food or any other necessary com - iHMiih, v. A v . "''" ' ' W was vw wa aMVaCSVIUUf MV tariff, and we are as one with the manu- laxeT whlch uoa or trace. For the greater part of the revenue which must be found te meet tne cost or social reconstruction ;. the. Labor party looks to diredt taxation of tncomesr and for. the capital necessary to pay of f the staggering burden of national oebt to the taxation ef private fortunes. The system of taxation advocated by tne lADor .party involves assessment bv i families, instead .of -.by ; Individuala ' in orosr xnai tne Duraen wit) oe lessened in proportion to the number of persona who have to be maintained. We propose that the minimum income at present As sessable for income tax be raised, and that a new scale of graduation for in come tax and death duties - we Insti tuted which will lisrhten the burden on the great mass of , the ,: professional classea and email tradera, and jsiaee it upon the larsest incomes and the big- IS" "if'im the nation from the burden of interest- bearing- Joans incurred during the war. the' Labor party -proposes a direct levy capitah chargeable. duttea, upon all property, ; but leaving rhe au wring. Untouched, in all these matters the Labor party hn the establishment of the idea of pubBd' right as . against the class Inter- f landowners, financial magnates, nd the owners of immense private for tunes. In this sense only, can the party Hr SrSoUZw" the interests of four-fifths of the nation against the remaining one-fifth which has hitherton enjoyed practical immun- doejj thrge of class Beinshnese sometimes leveled against ua We believe that the shopkeeplng class. the professional class, .wunm r.. clerks, ministers and the rest, ., are - as much concerned as the manual orker-J in placing the main financial burden r &&Xgi AZta,lutaL classea who have borne with : equal fortitude and patience the sufferings and sorrows f the war. to support a policy i which embodies - tne rdeai of eauiiity and mutual service and promotes the greatest-good of tbe great- est i number.- Letters From the People -r f Ccramunicatiana wot to Th Joornal for S" - ,3X52 ZxSZ (0O words in lcnith, and moot b oicnad by Um writer, wkm mail taareu in iuu jbuk iswoi cany the ccntxttratton. I j. i Politics vand the League Portland, June-ttsTo the Editor of The -Journal The opposition to , the League of Nations seems to be centered in .a few Republicans In the senate. Behind -this opposition is i a motive of a political nature. As the Wea of the League of ; NaUens sprang- from the mind of a Democrat, and i this same Democrat' was responsible for the exist ence of tha League ot Nations, it rankles tbe rock-ribbed standpatter to glvs a. -Democrat any credit for ever doing good to man. Had the League :N,ktinB been conceived -and,made by would now4 be well uca - a uu imr usii i aur iu i ' ti.m The narrow mlndedness of the Re- , , , ; - ..tit ' . A Plliuican rcuonafie bcooib iuu w U1,U A IttlO fl,UU . UVHUIMW". W wv uwuu, H uicj uiu ,u uw u jow wu r any credit today for doing anything foj humanity, and now that the greatest of all things has been accomplished for the benefit of the whole wide world, and a ; Democrat-, has done It. the Re- publican leaders are ereen with envy-. astounded and enraged at this greatest of human achievements, ana tney wouia say, "To Hades with 'humanity ! . Let tear down the League of 'Kationa It is no good, because the thing was made by a Democrat. . f ? . But the real . American, who backed the nation in war,! will continue to back ther Leaeue of Nations, to prevent war. Jtegardlees of all : things, political, they are. the only Americans worthy of the name, and the -League of Nations and principles will stand against all the tides or opposition. ' .;-. : . OTTO D.' DRAIN, ' 1 Lauds' Wifely j Submisslveness porUand. June 22. To thai Editor : of the Journal It has been interesting to r.ad ,etteT, ,n Th Joarnal ot jXnla Coe, A Woman." and Wflliam W. m- stead. -. First I will thank Louis Coe terapUUy th.;fim One ? it. iiTitf, helped me to do . the right thing. i y8! wo omethlng more than gallantry and thinking sometimes In our ves keeD us in the right path, .we eed God's eternal law. We need His holy Word as a light-in our, path. It tnrougn ages proven to do tne oest foundation for building a home. Wha peace, and beauty there is about a .home where the word of God Is used freely. A Chrlsuan home ! I can not agree with "A Woman." Hern kind ever make a good wife and mother? WiU she ever learn that true love is sacrifice and service? There Is a big cry i among the women of today for women's com-Jrlahta but.'! fear, less about our duties. A Woman" says She believes in a Jurt Tea. God is just as just as He Is merciful. Let us look t tbe Scriptures. - Let us .' read the story of the garden of Eden: "Unto the woman the; Lord Said. I will greatly multiply " "'w' ?V?'V?f Adam he said. . "Cursed IS the ground tot thy sake; in sorrow shale thou eat pf it all he days; of thy lite. Thorns " to thee, and thou Shalt eat the herb of the field; In the sweat of thy face shalt thou -eat ' thy ; bread , till. thou, return "P?n tte ground: for out of It was thou taken; for dust thou art, and unto dust shall thou return!. Thus each mas and romn 'waB given a due share Of the uurueuB carry, trtjo. is just. I: -s rerwnauy,; a - wm .coniess.t mat tnis conimandment has beeh rather bitter to ,rne rnany tlmeaH My; very soul ;rebelled against it-. But I have bowed my head ut obedience and won; lovew respect' and l protection. ' i did not become a serf. I My soul is free. X ant happy, . Peter, as a true follower of Christ, re J Ininded hue bands- as well aa wives of their duty. Louis Coe speaks only about J the wives in his : letters. J Carden of Eden, based on science and reason. Goa protect and preserve us from having anything.; either in the Old or the New Testament, based on our science and- reason, as His eternal wie- dom . is as much above us a heaven i mcluOlns B- Unitea States, in man- aer: which, if they succeed, would de ."VTrT inyitHonftTaV f,n" ! American institutions; are . founded, to- stroy the very principles on which all i&n institutions' are founded, to Self : rule of the people, by the' I gj I 1 ' t people. bunch should know, as they will know that tpeople ofUie United i T ,vV. v ,1.1 r nation ef this country,! much less of all the nations ef the world. ; ; - The plain matter ot fact la that they want to say to the world . that unless i the League of Nations is written as they dictate, they will not ratify, and the war.; and other wars, must go on indefinitely. IId - the kaiser ever go further T ' G- W. WELLINGER. Drinking Wet and Voting Dry g Portland. June It. To the Editor of The Journal A great' deal -has been written and said regarding the good and evil effects of liquor. Let us ana lyse the situation in Portland. Let -us be fair and broad minded. I am a stranger la your city, having been here but five months, coming from San Fran COMMENT AND . SMALL CHANGE . ' ' - - - it'. Cheer up! The thirst Is yet to coma Thouarh there ma v " a a . ti aa- hium said, very little difference between genius and foolishness,, this little is tn favor of , genius. . . , , t '" "Readinar maknth a full man' uv. Bacon.-Right this way, ladies and gen tlemen, to the- nubile , library and the free reading room. - - .-K'p-f ContemDoranr events in 'Mexico seem te Justify the opinion- ot the observer who reported that Mexico would be a charming country if it were not, in- zestea ey inhabitants , . Now the aviators are berinnlnar to talk shout the posslbUity of flying around tbe earth, and as soon aa tnev ctt that done they will doubUesa b wantlnr tn use tne moon as a way station on taeir trips to Mara ana venus. OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS I OF THE JOURNAL MAN By Fred Timelr comment ee Jthe peaee trjaty intra - dare an lntretin extract from -ft - letter r- caiTed by i Mr. lckler from a rriend. which reflecta conditions of distraas in Otniaar. imoni those of tbe princely esate. A Main from reeetit erordinm by Maxlmiliaa Harda ctoeet the preaent article.) The Germans have done the only thing they could do they have signed the peace treaty. They have not signed It willingly ; " they have signed it . because they had no other course. I believe the German people are not only unrepentant. but have no realization of the way in which the rest, of the world feels toward them,- Here, for instance, is a bit of evidence:- t - --; . r A day. or two ago I received a letter from San Francisco, from Samuel Hub bard; government director of savinga Mr. Hubbard writes as -follows: ri'; "My rear Mr. Lockley t Tou will be Interested. I am sure, to know that my wife recently received a letter "Trom-aae of her girlhood friends' in Lippe-Det- mold. We are both convinced from the tone of the letter, that tbe German peo ple as a rule have no realising sense of the frightful atrocities committed by the German government during the war. The i tremendous grip that the Imperial government had on the lives of the people, particularly m regard to the freedom of the press, is something bard for the American - public to . realize. Without condoning in any way the in excusable and unforgivable offenses committed by the Germans during the war, at tne same . time J. realize tnat there are many; fine, right thinking peo ple among them. What they will say and what they . will feel when - finally comes home to them the position they hold In the estimation of the rest of the world, it is difficult for me to imagine. ' a e Prince Leopold, the reigning prince of - Lippe-Detmold, whom I. had the pleasure of meeting, and who is at very charming gentleman, has abdicated his throne. . His wife died .last February. leaving five young children. - His brother. Prince Bernard, who owned . a fine estate in Posen and who was German Hussar, has been obliged to flee for his life. My wife's friend writes she has not tasted meat for months and only occasionally gets a small 'portion ef butter, which she gives to her mother. who is suffering from lack of nourish ment. She tells my wife that coffee is Sid a pound.' silk $20 a yard, and other luxuries cost In proportion. Her letter has filled both my wife and myself with sadness It Illustrates what can happen to. a prosperous and nappy people through the misguided ; ambitions ; of few scoundrels who have control of the government. A day or so ago I heard a demonstra tive newsboy shrilly crying his wares. AS I approached I heard him say, "Kaiser has fleaa" thought as passed by. Tor all X care, he can have cooties, or bedbugs." ' Then my curiosity got the better of me, and X retraced my steps to Invest a penny in the paper to see, if the kaiser was going to use flea powder or go through a delousing sta tion to get rid of his fleaa When I glanced at the headline I discovered it read, : "Crown Prince Fleea" and the story told how the ex-kaiser's son toad made his getaway. -" - There is no man today : in Germany who sees- more clearly and confesses Germany's faults more frankly a than Maximilian Harden. In an" Interview published some weeks ago in. the New York -World be said,, speaking of Preai- cisco. I have, in these five months, made a study of the liquor situation tn Portland and I ask,- Is Portland hon estly and truthfully, down deep in Its heart, satisfied with prohibition? I am not a prohibitionist, and I - can truth fully say that stnee my arrival In your beautiful city I have been invited to drink mors times in five months than It was ever my good fortune to be Invited- in - Ban FrSnclsco; ' 1 1 have not taken a Id rink of liquor since I have resided here-i Not that I am in favor ef ' prohlbltion,Y but because X am' in e dry state and I respect the laws of th community m which X reslda On every occasion that 1. am invited out to a card party,! bridge club or daeeijv- tice that Wine, beer or strong liquor IS invariably served in these homes. On each occasion I ask how these people voted, and: the answer- Invariably is, "We j voted dry. And when the wet goods and , glasses are laid out, the ahades are drawn,- everyone speaks in whispers- and walks on tiptoes, -if the doorbell rings ; there is a - hurry ; and scurry tot bide the contraband for fear the caller may be an officer of the law. In tbe eyes of the law. are these people any different from a thief ? ' Btlll they would say, -Arrest the thief ; place htm in prison ; he is a scourge to society." ' On several j occasions X have visited the gentlemen's clubs In your city, and While conversipg with business men X would remark that if we- were in San Francisco we could have a friendly cock tail, These gentlemen would say, YoU don't have to be . In San Francisco to a-et a cocktalL v There Is plenty? of liquor to be had heraT . If I . would come . out to ; their homes they would mix a cecktail- When .1 asked how they ' voted -wet or ; dry the answer was always, Dry. Would you call this hypocrisy!': Would you say; this shows ; strong character? i It would appear tnat1 the aiajorlty of your cltl aens have their -cellars well stocked with" liquor i stitf they vote dry.' Is this honorable? . Is: It justice for the. few who could not afford to stock up?, What Class; of citizens do such people make? Have they ? strong wills? Are they honest in their j convicuonsT -fii- K f As I stated, ;I am not a prohibition ist, but I say I we are to have liquor, let's have It; If w are not, let's not have it. Whichever It is, let us be hon est, truthful citizens and obey the law: I have on occasions called on business men at their offices. .When they learn I am from San Francisco they invite me to have a drink, ana when x say this ejty is bone dry they amile and answer, "Yea but we always have some on'hand.T - ; While San Francisco Is wet, no sue eessful . business- man - drinks during business hours. He knows, and all San Fram;iKCO knows, that liquor and bueiness Co not mix. A San Franciscan NEWS IN BRIEF OREGON SIDELIGHTS Wheat standing t feet 4 Inches in height has been brought to' Pendleton from the J. W. Maloney ranch on jthe reservation. The grain Is In fine shape and very tbPck. the East Oregonian saya .1 i '' '-' Ji-: v;.; --f- .; .laiaing near tne scene or tne acoiaenu of the fourth floor of I when . Interrogated, the latter ' an- . Ttamndlln(rT SLi Mary's hospital at Astoria lias-been! comraencea. rne roor, xne bui will be changed from the present "gingerbread" type to a square cornered structure to give the upper story ad. ditional space, m :,.". . ' "A survey of the tags on the tourist machines," says the Eugene Register, "reveals the fact tbat those who live In the south are going north, while thoce who livS north are going south. This might be taken as a sign of universal discontent, but it isn't it's merely human nature." Lockley dent Wilson's efforts to promote the League of Nations and-to secure right I ana juetice "Perhaps he arew tired of the strug gle with the allies when he noticed how slight , was our realisation of the situation, or the feeling of wrongdoing. or tne readiness for atonement irv-Ger- many. He had said publicly that with Germany Inwardly changed an, under- standing would b possible, but with r . i a uraiaiia peace. . necause we naa not i succeeded, because no attempt was made by our government to prove the genuine ness of an inner change, because . even Mr. Qompers, closeAs he Is to the social istic i elements, drew ; conclusions from bis European fislt, that the German revolution was only sham politics and propaganda, ' and that German aims were tyrkltered, therefore was mistrust fosteud. hy, during the sis : months -of rev- j 40 " lution, did we not offer spiritual secur ities and .guarantees i that there - was really al new Germany, willing to atone for everything. -possible? : Those who " did nothing td .effect the entrance of a new spirit1 Into their German fatjier- land, and to make that spirit credible to the eye and ear of the world, have I no right today to cry out and become I enraged over 'the inhuman' and: cruel verdict "A hard peace was to be expected be cause the German repubWo failed to draw a thick dividing line between Its i causa and the tost cause of the kaiser. From the head of the republic came no word of regret" nor i of will to make honest atonement, and parasites of the warumo, aisajuisea a nanajera-vn, sour i erai W. jf, lllcnaraHon ana a small ce llars and profiteers' of the. revolution, tachment of headquarters troops, have thrust themselves upon the enemy world. I embarked for Ureal,, since the beginning f of the armistice, as Germany's attorneya "Germany Is easentlal to the world, and even under the heaviest pressure It will not be annihilated If. firstly, the door of the League of Nations shall be opened to it after a short quarantine ; secondly,' If -disillusioned by its horrible experience it shall quickly accustom- it self again to work and self-confidence; and thirdly, if a government shall come into power whose spiritual and creative work shall prevent the clean forces f youth from going astray into the camps .a iu.i. - kuu.i., ki the influences of the Bolshevikl. the com- munists or, the jmlUtary monarchists. ; ,.. , ' f "2 . Because uwroani a nm napw W07 rejectea Engiana s wmmg. oner o give ud all. war on merchantmen and all snifflng ; after contraband, Germany brought upon- Itself' a frightful hunger blockaea-: Because it proxe into ei- glum and destroyed vast Industrial areas in France ana Because it tmporiea Jenin and frrotsky Into Russia, uermany . A ... u...atlu. In Hnt.t.T.llAii.1, missea its otiiwnuuii ii ticii-i..w.. and Bucharest to feconeie tne spirit 11 tft.wVaai.tW . 1. 'r- t " Uwuisvmf,- "Germany now Stands urider a colossal burden of duties that wllL; SoreV press but not oppress it. , I sfh the jeace .(.). i formula ted aa maw Mb. not - r- r ' a..aTi, m-Z io tt. T nteronaJon' d tne I . . , - , VA 1 . .1. - iciaiisauenua "vj w on me in.iMio -v-" . I see the day when the question wnetner the boundary of a country , shall be hoved a little further ahead or back will become insignificant, almost a mac - ter ot'general indtfferenca , -: ' . - ; wHl not doburtnees with "iw. Five hundred persons atUnfl-d the sn breath smells of liquor during business . Blcnlo of'the Yakima Pioneer a- houra BU:i none of us are prohibition- lata We thlnk.llquor is ail rignr. in sin the. upper Naches vaiiey iunaay. r.1as and its Place is outside Of bust-1 - r-l vrnrt P. Rtraln. a rraduate rf the nana. : We oroDrW owners of San fran- AiMco'iook at prohibition from a tax - ..ya nint of viewr The U paid by the Bailor interests of 8an Francisco la over 11.600.000 annually. If these In mtit are, farced out of business, taxes nennertv. real and personal,' must be increased rto maks up the deficit- We say, "Why w" t"c'"" ",7; Just It f satisfy a -few non-taxpayers I " . . . What wouia our city gam "y Nothinr.; If w would gain new parks, schoelhouses, playgrounds, that moid, be a different 'proposition, but wa. wauM not e-aln -these or anything T-Y,rrfctr we are opposed to prohibi tion. We come out epehly! and pro- ITaiMi'ie "we on to the tiolls and-vote! claim it. r we go to xe pons agalnst It.-"-- :.;-,,-h--.'--- ' j I Every . real man with . real red blood flowimr in bis veins likes to meet such another - man. - To him there Is none a deceitful, so disgustingly Inconsistent, as a person who drinks wet and votes dry..r charlks ml. uu Curious ,Bitff of Information a For the Curious - ; ! Gleaned From Curious Places There are more than 1,600.000,000 peo ple populating-the earth, according to estimates,! and as the! land area ; is a little mor than S1O00.O0O squar miles, there should be more than 20 acres for each person. ' But, owing to the uneven distribuUon of population, there are only li acres per capita In Asia and T In Europe, but It in America and '44 in Africa. For the entire earth it is esti mated there are il persons to each square mile. Olden Oregon How the John Day j Rive Got , Its i ' , -. ' Name. John Day. f rem whom thW John Day river lh Eastern Oregon gets its name, was a member of the Pacific Fur com pany and made, the trip, across the con tinent in 1812. with, the )Md -of in formaUon obtained from Indians, his party crossed the Blue mountains and followed the Umatilla river to the Co lumbia. ? hear Umatilla, where Chief Yeckatapan befriended ? them, From here 1 tbey followed the iine 'of the present railroad to the mouth F of the river which now bears the name John Pay. Here they wera robbed by Indi ans. They made their way back to Umatilla. i where they were picked un by Robert Btuart and carried to Astoria. ' . . ... ' Ragtag and Bobtail Stories from Kverywhere - Cause of Accidejil . TJlE driver of the car had been killed Instantly In the accident, pays Stray Stories, j The coroner summoned - st-v-eral witnesses, among them atnan rc- swerMj If .1 had to write that young fel low's epitaph, I should say: ",ire died trying tovget 60 miles' 6ut of a 10-milo roadl" , .- . . A i Hottentot Love Song ScmctimW bj aoHt ertni out like ai jackal In tne junaia, . for - Ilia thin end durtKliUy Ja-ia dlnJ-ilii, wttoM' teeth, are tory aiKl ybote toncite . ...... IJutI shall marry' the round. moon xaceq Moonni-atiuan, who head ta aolid. ' and ba aralla eontentKll - fert r, hwunM aha Mmm. Hn( - think ' Befidaa, kloeelii-sooah ' u neery of f not and alaept much, and not follow me about. . , and will beliere anytlimf ull hr. . ,- ; T - 7 Chicaie Xtn. ' fl. tJncle Jeff .Snow Says: I ' aeea : In -the papers t'other, day here a: Jot of. them there Hun officers wants Uncle Ham to. hire 'em - to kick American soldiers around. There's en- tlrely too much of the Hun idee In the army now, and our boys don't like to be made to knuckle down to officers 'elf they was rods, even when they alt Americans.,: What'd happen to, a Hun put in : command of Americans frenlv from the wild . and woolly wet'd be U AAAAamI ...I 1 - ...... .... 1 .. m0vift. t t The News in Paragraphs World Happenings Briefed f -V of Journal Readers for Benefit V-:.iv ' GENERAL ' Street j-ailway employes on strike at Vancouver, B. C, have voted to return to work. Pierre P. Caro. former rremler of Roumanla, U dead at Jassy. lie w as ti The evangelical churches of Germany " "V Sunday Juljr-8 " day ? a 1: -ia roi.imM .t BrVaSatrda troops occupied the railway station, -RAIUrra. nt ,-(im,i hank, renort erf under the eall of May 13 were announced Monday as 120.125.000.000. an increase of $807,000,006 since March, 4. Shipment of cattle Interstate without having them properly tuberculin teeted is proDlbitea by . an order just laauea by the secretary of agriculture. At a demonatratlon in Dublin Satur day night the -British flag was burned and cheers were given tor i-e vaiera, presldent of tbe Irish republic." J Archamjel wUh th0 exception of Gen- The 'last of the American forces at I Government coal production figures point to the "greatest coal shortage in history next winter, unless production is stimulated a per. cent or more throughout the nation. Expenditure of 1500,000.000 during the next five years, in developing a nation al waterways system is proposed In a bill introduced by Representative Camp bell of Pennsylvania. William Hohemtoliern's Income 1- said to amount to much' more than $5,000,000 a year. Besides he is the sole owner of SO castles and estates and has large pri- yatft interesU, outside of his former fath- I Jj , . ' . . . ' I Dr. von Bethmann-Hollwer. ex-Ger- "i"v;'-'"r.""' ',','-" 1Z' TZ. f f th. exmp.ror. claiming he Is solely re- IsponslWe - f or the acts of Germany dur- 1 ina- ma nerlda or oil tee. . Wt!Btern and southern senators and I rftDretMntattvaa Draaains- for water dow- j er legislation to unlock the resources of J their states now expect to win their " . 1 wei. tiwr m i : NORTHWEST NOTES i . yjuras BhoW that Umatilla county I . " . ... . u. . . i. ruB a automODHS or every aeven jer- sons. I Ifall.Jft 1 1 1 mh M ft ai ADSWaH lU. I ' wni, lUallllUB jiiiiBmv. va of I I near of J8D4, died at Lebanon Sunday, I aged So. - I The Fred Enbuak ranch of 480 acren, 1 10 miles from Pendleton, has been soia i i.t... ti.i.i. - 7n nnn J. Wellington t7ook of Brownsville Is home again afterJ3 month, of atren- 1 UUUI WrVWD WIU. W.l, ft ...WVOV M. I regiment In the great war. 1 ;. nm Ttantlat YnunrJMinl'l union held i ,u .emi.Snnual convention In Albany I gunday. Rev. K. B. Martin of TorUand I was tha principal speaker. 1 Voters of Tacoma win pass : on a j oo,ooQ-riKna issue on aukuh jz to m n mi..,' Mitm' nrnnitrtv. jtlon, which was held at Kagie r.ocic I Oreaon Agricultural coUese In 1315. i 1 now manager of a creamery operated by the Hernjlston irrlgauon district. I John Konkle, -14. lof Puyallup,Vuii., leaped Into the Puyallup river Bunday afternoon to rescue his brother Thomas. 10. and succeeded only to drown him self, .' rmi Four fine truck were rerelv'd by the rewis vmnty commissioners lat week Jrom Chicago. They were assigned t the county to be used in road construc tion. - A rnaiorlty ef.the mlll and log-glnc camps in the vicinity of lloquiam, ltli 600 employes, have closed for a week to allow the workmen to celebrate the Fourth. Work naa pegun on mi irn um pi t))( Ualley Clay Producu plant at Vsn- couver. - ft Is said that more thsn :oii Work .has begun on the first unit of I people will ultimately bejemployed by this new industry. Leland Hurd, a Eugene boy and at one time a football Player of the l.ni veraity of Oregon, will fly over Kan City July 4, doing ntunts in. Uie air with a big Pe Havlland plane. As a reault of a dam constructed for loeiring purposes, on Kprague river In Klamath county going out, a man by the name ef Munftey was crowned ami several others narrowly escaped. All spruce timber cot by the United States spruce production board alonrc the Lewis A Clark railroad has been eal-vas-ftd bv the Murphy Logging company. .and the concern is moving its equipment out from Astoria. The OreKon Packing company in Van couver, which recently enlarged It plant, has started operation n and t paying 10 cents a pound for 1 Loyal Anne cherries, the highest price local nrr--rs have ever recftlved. The company will employ 600 people. Doesn't Take Much Waste to . Equal W. S. Stamp (Sterlea ef-aehlaamant In tkf TO"i-' laUon ef .War Sain Htamix. ant Ut 1 1. . Jmrnal and ss-cerrtwi for publication, ba awarded a Xarlit Stamp. . . It doesn't, take much wni ti equal the value of a Thrift Ktamp, and. to purehassi a Thrift Ktamn in to open an account with the greatest government In the world, fsuiern Thrift Stamps and a few pennies v. i I purchase a War Savings stamp an income-bearing, -nondepreciable, nnn. fluctuating governmental scuri y and . investment and Inciif-nta. . spell the Inculcation of , the "hat "habit" of 'steady, systematla navinr, the steady, syatematic savlnc t; ,t means a peaceful future, a j;-eni;i.,.i stake In the country, the cori.c: tious avoidance of all watte. Thrift Staifna - and 1 f 1 f Var St,Ki now n u- at iiit x-