THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL; PORTLAND, TUESDAY JULY U 1919.
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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
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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
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- 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
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. Buuu -aviugs ""-
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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
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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
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?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
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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
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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..
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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
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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
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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
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