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1 THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND; MONDAY; MARCH 1.11820 PEACE LEAGUE IS WORKING WITHOUT PAlCiPAlG U.S; Br Paul 4 Scott Mowrer Svssisl CbU te ItirJoonnl and Th CbIoro ' BmJIr Nm. ; (CoprTWb. ll0, br Ttaa Chfcweo Dsfl Km Parts, France, March l.i-Are the , prevision! of President Wilson and Colonel C M. Ho"-o already begln- nlna" to be realised? la the League ; ,f Nations, to found which they sac . riflced so much elM in the peace negotiations, destined Indeed to be come the salvation , of .humanity? . Who now in Burop would venture to say no. For the league Is al ready In operation. Despite tKe disappointment caused by America's prolonged "abstention It not .jtjr exists but Is working;. Its council ,j In the first session hss satisfactorily elabgnted stipulations for the rovern- metlt tit Ta ni r .anit thA:fiap :K-f.. T plans fn"tBe near future to make a greay lnivrnaiionai siuay or ine worja s nnan clsl ills, while doubtless one of Its most; important immediate functions will be the interpretation of disputed points In connection wiui tne various treaties, rvniic Ttnin cowftjaed , i The International labor bureau, which . Js affiliated with the league and which rectnur field Its second meetlns In Lon don, Is now ully organised utxler the ,oirecuon or jaiDert Thomas of Franca. Under Its auspices an international mA. I men's conference wUl beheld In Genoa, Jiair. on june is, and s second Inter national labor conference Is . being planned the spring of litu The local representative of the Polish government hss secured a vote on a motion lo make jut exhaustive Inquiry Into labor con- dltlons In ail European countries and particularly Russia. The connquoncei : or such a study by- such a body may be ..enormous, up to the present there Is : every reason to believe that organised labor of the allied countries Is eagerly supporting the bureau's work. While the league thifr gradually takes form it is possible to forge more clearly ; its general trend. More than 35,000 ar ticles have been written Concerning It within a year in Europe alone and there is. much confusion in the popular mind. But this much Is clear: It Is not a su perstate. It Is more like a permanent , association of civilised nations for the , study of humanity's political, social and economic problem with a view to mak ing recommendations ,,for the bett mer.t of human existence. BRITAIN DEEP1T INTERESTED Its Internal, organization, unprece dented In International affairs, has been aptly likened to that of a great modern . business concern, the assembly cor- . responding to a meeting of the share holders, he council the the board of director 'Md the permanent secretariat to the 'tecljljftcal personnel. In any case, the league obviously means business. Some of Its warmest supporters espe cially regret the absence of Americas from Its councils just now, for this is the formative period. Within the league four different In fluences can be distinguished struggling for dominance : N First. The small states want the league "to become more economic and less, po litical. They am praticularly interested in securing a reduction of their obliga tions In case of an armed conflict. Second. The British desire to endow the league with a large altruistic policy 'calculated to win popular enthusiasm by not merely judging conflicts but seeking to foresee and "prevent them They particularly emphasize the educa tional side. The League of Nations union has already established 150 re gional propaganda groups -in England for the purpose of developing the Senti ment of international solidarity by speeches, pamphlets and even moving , pictures. Lord Robert Cecil wants the league to take up the Russian problem. There are also British groups who are much Interested In relieving the distress Va'fcS 'IT f They will X"1 1 JT andcome In Armenia. Ail in ail it is the British Me which seems to be prevailing within th league, for at present the British are taking a more active part than any other people. FREircHr idea ' . Third, The French idea seems to be W mark the league largely a judicial body for the arbitration of threatened coiwj fllcta, K4' . - CI m. -r iiuuiy ur is ine American Met, which now lacks spokesmen within the league, but which many think was the best of all. -This was to make the league the heritor of the peace confer ence organisms, such as the council of ambassadors, the reparations commis sion, the interallied war council, the guaranty commission, the supreme eco nomic council, the plebiscite commission snd adding other bureaus for : health, education, and so on, gradually as needed. It seems to have been the jeal ousy of the pmrnssi-anal ilipIomntSfhVh succeeded In defeating this plan. They seemed to fear that such a league would Infringe too greatly upon their tradition al domain, but the partisans of the American plan still hope that America will enter"the league in time to Influ ence its definite formation. EXPECT V. 8..Tb JOIIT In the words, ot Leon Bourgeois, the French representative in the council of the league: "It Is hoped that the Amer ican people will See that they cannot remain foreign to an organization des- Uined to treat an great problems. We are certain thatthls people's "representa tives will soonr corns to take, their places beside ft should be borne In' mind, however, that whether America joins or not the present Indications are that the' league will continue to develop just the same. SYMPATHY STRIKE IS NOT TO BE CALLEa B By Henry Wood Paris, March J. IV. P.) The General Federation of Labor, which has 'assumed the direction of the French railway strike, today announced that it has re fused to allow the strike called In sym pathy with the railway men to be ex tended. The federation will extend its moral support only. Mobilisation of strikers ' subject to military duty was begun this morning. The strike situation remained sta tionary today. The city's food supply, government officials' said, was assured. Prefects in all the larger cities In the strike zone have been ordered to com mandeer automobiles and other means of transportation where necessary to insure proper distribution of foods. To prevent a fuel shortage the gov ernment announced that all war time coal restrictions will be reim posed, begrin- nuiK toaay. ine restrictions include early closing of restaurants, theatres and amusement places. The government today Inaugurated airplane service for distribution of mails and other essentials between - Paris, Lyons and Marseilles. Bordeaux,' Strasbourg, Brussels, Lolidon, Tours and Dijon; to be continued throughout the strike. - - Marcel Hutln, In an article In Echo de Paris, asserted that Premier Mil lerand plans organization of a perma nent civic guard.-composed .of techni cians and citizens generally, to flsrht revolutionary strikes.. The strikers today apparently had abandoned their more specific demands, particularly , for a promise for imme diate nationalization of the rail lines and were seeking to make the issues of more general nature. A majority of trains, taking consideration, regularly. the entire country into were reported running Had Good Cause London, March 1. (TJ: P.) Complain ing that-her husband roused the. family at 2 and 3 o'clock? in the morning for long "health , walks," and toolt the blankets from them In cold, weather, a wiuesden woman claimed a separation, RENCH LEADERS f To make young bodies, strong' bodies let the youngsters have plenty of delicious, wholesome,nutritious Del Monte Beans with Pork and Tomato Sauce. i . No food builds "bone and muscle more surely no article of diet so well combines wholesomeness with flavor and taste appeal. And the children like Del Monte Beans just as you do. A SrCP n II CALIFORNIA SCANDINAVIA HAS niFFiPWTV nvci) Ull I IUULI UILIl DRY LEGISLATION By Hal OTlaherty' Special OaMs to The Jsuaal sad Tba Chlesso Daily Neas, j (Coprrlcbt; 120. t? cfcfaaeo DaUr Nn? Ce.) Stockholm, Feb. ; 24. Partial pro hibition as enforced in the Scandi navian countries has met 411 the re quirements of those who laid the basis for Xhe liquor laws. It has reduced consumption to the! point where the individual cannot get more than is considered good for the average drinker and It has cut off the supplies to drunkards and lawbreakers, but everywhere par tial measures fall to satisfy either the wets or the drys. Even In Swe den, where the most perfect com promise system between l complete prohibition and unrestricted sale baa been operative for f live years, the bitterest antagonism : comes:, from both elements. J Norway stopped the sale of whiskey and other spirits last fall, but continued the sale of wine and beir. . This has resulted in widespread home distilling of whiskey and general abuse of the regu lative measure toy city consumers. These say that the peasants who are respon sible for partial prohibition can make Uhelr own spirits while the city dwellers jaVe Watched too closely, and are forced to go without. There is a strong In clination toward complete prohibition In Norway as a remedy for the bitter strife that' Is developing over the halfway measure, but as long as the surrounding countries continue to manufacture and sell spirits It Is doubtful If anything sp proachlng complete prohibition la pos sible. BATISTES NEITHER SIDE '. Dr. Ivan Bratt, director of Sweden's liquor control system and undoubtedly the most criticised man In the country remains firm in 'the belief that he has worked out the only compromise system offering the possibility of practical en forcement, but he refuses to make any prediction as -to how long .it will work. "We will continue the operation of this scheme as long as possible." he told me. "But we progress between two fires. The prohibitionists hste this system be cause It is preventing them from making progtess toward their objectives, while the Uquor Interests ho see their1 profits going to the government have an equal hatred for the system. We Have devel oped our Swedish plan upon the basis of individual control through the sale by ticket and placing the control of spirits under one company authorized by the government to realise only. 5 per cent profit on a year's business, any excess profit going into the state treasury, "Impractical application this system has worked admirably, but I cannot say that It has met popular approval. I hav defended It because I feel that it Is th sanest method of dealing with individuals who, through lack of "i-Ill povNfc, are unable to drink moderatelv. We stop h.s supply and prevent him from getting It ! even from friends, but we allow others to have a reasonable quan tity. I had many years' experience as the head of a hospital, for Inebriates dur ing which time I developed the present system. I intended to deal only with spirits, but now we find It' necessary Jo Include wine, which will be under con trol within a few months." MF8T KEEP REPITTATIOIC ; Dr. Bratt maintains an office in i building devoted wholly tt the direction of this liquor controlling corporation wnicn is Known as "Stockholm's "Svs- temet" He spends at least barf an hour each day answering personally the com plaints or those who feel that the system ta working them arr Injustice. In the same oujiamg- is an office where the residents or Stockholm apply for "mot DOOks," each of which contains 50 appli cation blanks in maKing an application eat them with relish- back for more no mat- often you include them in PACKING CORPORATION Francisco, California a resident or foreigner temporarily in the city must state age and birthplace, whether he is married, whether he has any family and ; whether he has ; been convicted in any court. He must also sign an index card. At the end: of each week all the police courts, inebriate asylums, hospitals and workhouses re port to this office any persons in their charge holding motbooks or who might apply for them In the future. These re ports are carefully examined and if any names? appear of persons holding mot books an order Is immediately Issued to lake up the book. Each card tells the social -standing of tne motbook holder, who must bear a good reputation or forfeit the privilege Of buying liquors. The central building also: houses the off lees of the purchasing department, which buys continual supplies from all the European countries and keeps the stocks up to a predetermined level In all the distributing center. Thirty-one been stores are established at various strategical points throughout the -city, where the motbook holder buy spirits at retail prices fixed by the governing board of the system. Married men are allowed four litres (approximately one gallon) of whiskey per month. Bache lors are limited to two litres and un married women are allowed two litres. Only one motbook is Issued to each family. I made a trip around Stockholm, ac companied by. an official of tne nquor system, and visited a number .of dif ferent distributing stations and also sev eral restaurants . operated by Hhe same system In the distributing ; .centers there is complete uniformity In handling orders. All, motbook holders are as signed to centers and provided with price lists. They visit these clean Utile shops where no . drinking is allowed on the premises and fill out blanks which must bear personal signatures. They "have their books stamped and checked with previous sales to prevent the holders from overdrawing the allowance. Then they get thj liquor. TJBurrihasers have a. wide range of choice. Th lowest grade of whiskey sells at S kroner (about $1.20) per-litre (one quart). A new cellulose, brandy made as a by-product of woodpulp costs t kroner (about 40 cents) per liter. In establishing the ration of llqupr. the con trollers of the system have been using the supply as a basis, giving each root book holder his pro rata share, but it Is possible that this plan will be discarded If the supply should reach the point of allowing a greater ration than the ave rage drinker consumes. i,eee,ee callows - ' My conductor declared that the pres ent ration of V?tur litres per month to families reprfcf' led the average con learn that ofSben's population of S.000,000 nearly ?igg,000 buy at least half a gallon of whiskey a month. Not all the motbook holders take the full allowance, but the big majority buy to the limit and are willing to take more if possible- The whole system applies only to purchases made In quantity out side the restaurants. Each restaurant secures a year's ration and Is allowed to sell this amount at a profit, but when the allowance is exhausted it must pay to the government all the profits made over-the controlled price in buying sup plies through the system. - Despite this elaborate and : intricate machinery for restricting the consump tion of liquors it is plainly only a half way step to the abolition of the traffic. Having taken the half step it Is only a matter of time before the completed ef fort is made which will make Sweden and the other .Scandinavian countries as dry as the United States. All have ex pressed the opinion that unrestricted sSle of liquor Is the worst thing possible for society. Having reached that stage they are now marking time until the people are ready for bone dryness. Big Tax on Tobacco In Germany to Take "Pills" Off Market By George WItte Spsdal Cable to Th Journal and The Chlcwo N Daily Sew. (Copyright, 1920, by Chicago Daily Nana Co.) Berlin, Germany, March 1. Germany may soon be without cigarettes. Fol lowing closely after the announcement of a government embargo on American and English cigarettes as non-essential, the German cigarette manufacturers have given notice to all their employes that the factories will be Closed and the workers will be out of jobs on March 8, when the new 75 per cent tobacco tax goes Into effect N Unless the tax is reduced or the date of its going Into effect is put off, the manufacturers say they, will not be ab;e to produce cigarettes at a. cost of less than 40 pfennigs (normally 10 cents) apiece. And who In Germany can af ford to pay 40 pfennigs for a cigarette or ,4 marks ($1) for a cigar of the cheapest kind?" they ask. Threatening strikes and the throwing out of tens of thousands of workers is a favorite method of the anti-government elements to protest against new laws which do not please them. Minister of Defense Xoske recently ordered the Berlin hotel and restaurant Owners not to close their establishments in protest against the law forbidding illegal traf fic In rationed foodstuffs. Profiteering in Titles Charged , London. March 1. (I. X. S.) Press opinion is mostly silent about the Mew Tears' honors and such as is offered lacks unanimity. The Dally Express de clares that, with exceptions. It smacks or profiteering, inasmuch as it places the seal of approval on too much of that kind of patriotic energy which consisted of amassing a fortune out of the neces sities of war. . Those who want to eniov the delicious flavor of find tea, free from the Duckerv taste of tannin, find what they're after in Schilling Tea--thefine practical tea for the economical American family. : . . There are fW flavors of Schfflia ' Tea Japan, Ceylon. India, Oolong, j English Breakfast. All one quality-' la I parch tnyn-Uned mofcture-proof packages.1 At grocers everywhere.- . - EUROPEANS DONT LIKE OUR WHISKEY By George TCltte OtMe to'Tbs Journal and Tba GbJeas Deuy Urn. ICaoniAt. 1SS0. b Chkasoi Daily xieriin, . uermany, jiarqn . j.. American ; whiskey is as popular among Europeans as it 1 1 among American prohibition j agents, aC cording to Joseph KHeg. vce presi dent of the Champion Bx jort oor poration of NeW York wn packed his trunks and set oat ioi Vienna, till in possession of all the JS.000 quart bottles of whiskey wftli. which he had left New Tork on January ' , I" J And Berlin was by no means Kriegs first stopover. In Rotterdam they told him American whiskey was too bitter; in Brussels that it was too I Intoxicat ing, and in Paris -that It lacked the fla vor of the Scotch article. I . Iu Madrid they turned a cold shoul der on me me, and said haughtily that it was a drmk unfit for ladle and gen tlemen." Sighed Krieg. ' "When I was In Paris they told me that English whis key was fat Boperf6r,to -American whl key. I told them, by ay of bringing home the quality and strength contained la the whiskey, that America won the war before it went drvi '. But all they had to say was that since ihe United States had . thrown out whiskey, they 1 Playing Now (A i 1 LEW CODY THE ACE OF HEARTS IN ; "THE BELOVED CHEATER" Ail of the 67 varieties of Love- matung. Every Section of the WW III .-. , - . II : III Ifi Lovely Dress Flaxons Only 49C Yard New arrivals, these, i n a choice selection of daintiest of patterns. Simon's Wonderful Sale Cotton Fleeced BLANKETS At Present Wholesale Prices! : : -.! ; . , "! j Two Sensational Offers! Honeycomb Bedspreads J- j Heavy, full bed-size and or an excellent quality. We tnem ipng ago, when the were cheaper than now, we're giving you the All-Linen Crash 1 59c,! 89c, $1.19, $1.25, $1.49 Exceptional values in 18-inch to 44-inch crash for embroidery work. Take advantage. Turkish Bath Towels' - 35c, 39 49c, 59c A wonderful value ! Heavy, double thread, in both bleached and unbleached. 4 ; did net want no lake a chance with it." In Berlin. Krieg's mission proved to be o,uite as hopeless as iC-had been everywhere else. American whiskey, he was told, was extremely unpopular. No body but Americans drank it, they said. at.d not even all of .them. ; ' -But i soon ' thousands of ". Americans will be coming over just for the sake of getting a drink of real Kentucky bour bon.'' argued Krieg. But all arguments were in vein.- ; ,-.v :a . 1t Vler-ns will not buy my whiskey." ssid Krief before leaving, "I will go to Budapest j thence to Bucharest and as far as Constantinople, if hecessary. Per haps the iTarks will appreciate a good shot of i hootch." . 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