THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH - 27. 1C21.
SECURITY BENEFIT
GETS READY FOR
NATIONAL C01CIL
Four Councils of Association in
I Portland to Welcome Officers
in 1924 Eyes Turned to West.
MOBILIZING
Burgomaster Max of
Brussels Choice for
Visiting Harding
(Br TJntted New -Brussels,
March 26. Burgomaster Max
of Brussels has been' asked to. accept
the mission of visiting the. United States
to congratulate President. Harding on
behalf of the Belgian cabinet.
Belgium ' la following the ' lead of
France In tier' decision to formally feli
citate the new American president, and
in choosing Burgomaster Max the gov
ernment is selecting the man who, next
to the king or Cardinal Mercler, atrals
most to American imagination.
It was ; Burgomaster' Max who first
had to deal with the Invading Germans
when Brussels was occupied, snd who
maintained a firm, defiant front through
out the period of occupation, lie is a
young man, full of the life and fire
that appeal to Americans, and a diplo
mat Of high order. ' -
Sixty-five Radicals Deponed ,
New York. March 2. I. N. S.)
Stxty-flve radicals of Spanish ancestry
were deported today aboard the RS. Mon
golia, which sailed for Vigo. Spain.
FRATERNAL ORDER l STEADILY INCREASING IN SIZE
Development of Shipyards Would
Be Necessary and Supply
' Contracts Would Be Filled.
FLEET
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DN PACIFIC WOULD
BENEFIT PORTLAND
'" The Security Benefit association is
one of the fraternal orders of the
United. States thai is steadily advanc
ing in numbers and solidity. It is
to hold Its next national, council In
Portland . in J924 and the; entire
membership ot nearly 300,000 is be
ing interested in the city of Port
land and - the state of Oregon ( be-
. cause of It. ,; . t
The headquarters Of the order is
located at Topeka, Kan., but it is by
na means impossible that Portland
might be made the center of its national
activities. J. M. Klrkpatrick is national
president : J. V. Abrahams,' secretary.
The order was founded with 11 members
in -1892. Its strong; social and fraternal
spirit, combined with rood business man-
a semen t, has advanced it until it stands
with but four other life benefit orders
above it in the country.
GO AX IS HALF MILLIOX .: .'
Members f and officers are " determined
to- come to Portland with a round half
million members on its rolls, and expect
to enter 100,000 new members in 1921
and another 100.000 in 1922-23-24. Oregon
will contribute 15S0 new members in 1921
as its quota in the national campaign
for 1921. now on.
I, M. Thomas, district manager for
the state of Oregon, is one of the roost
: active and successful organizers in . the
service oi tne organisation. - In propor
tion to population he has brought Oregon
up to the first rank in membership. In
the past six years since taklng'thls field.
Manager Thomas has never been below
fifth plsce in new membership and al
ways first place, considering the popula
tion ma memoersmp or Oregon. When
In 1920 St St. lunula h n a aiisvnaa'i,!
in securing Portland as the next seat
of the national council, it was because
of the loyal support Oregon people have
given the order. It is expected that
fllllV 20.000 dplae-nta rffr-arm an A
viBitors will come to Portland when the
convention meets.
TOUR COUNCILS INCLUDED
In Portland tha. trwat i-mtrwlla
Kureka No. 204, Anchor No. 748. Klrk-
paincs: iso. 2S37, St. Johns Z775, with a
eomoinea memoersmp or nearly 4000
' Thev are noted fop thir mi-aiii f.
ternal spirit, active social life and varied
lorms oi expression. Eureka council
meets every Monday evening at Mult
nomah W. O. W. hall, 112 Kast Sixth
street, and its 1700 members always have
ranaiaai.es or social activities to attract.
The same evenlncr St. .Inhni in
that flourishing part of Portland, and
It is attracting many visitors from Port
land, Vancouver and Camas from time
to time because of the hearty hospitality
always extended. Anchor council meets
juesaay evenings in VV. o. W. temple,
128 Kleventh street, and It is celebrated
lor ica pep in membership campaigns
'- coraiai spirit in its social ac
tivities. Which R rfl manv am) vat.l.v.4
ranging from a. card party to a picnic,
and from a little dance after meeting to
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a. uuuutou masqueraae Dail.
KIRKPATRICK 8TAJTD8 HIGH
Klrkpatrick council meets Friday eve
nings tne owiss nail en Third and
Jefferson streets npir Th a i.u-i.,.
It has commodious quarters and its 1500
members keep, something doing all the
time. It has been the first organization
since its founding eight years ago to
open the picnic season at Crvstai i.av.
park. Twice a month its open meetings
ana sociais attract many strangers and
visitors. Klrkpatrick council Is one of
the most prosperous and rapid growing
local councils on the Pacific Coast, and
in kuyiucs maxe it. one of the most
successful social fraternal organizations
in tha citv. ,
The Security Benefit association has
ii. iwu councils in tne state, with a
membership of over 6000, the larger pro-
wn. rems in juuiutoman county.
nrui r-Aimoil - . ,
utia. Ptwudant; Adolph Volkar. fin Tic preai-
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SiSii U? ld Dunto. prelate; Gaorg. H.
Ibomai, financiers tin. Maud 8. johnion secra
tff: lanen. commander of tie degree
Kirkpatrir council officer are; Fred C. Kinr
prcaident; Mrj. lora Warner, tint. iCe pntiL
?'1r; ir raos SU". OCQQd ce president:
rottia Hoch D re lata; . g. Tat. eecreur
commander of the decree ataif.
Anchor council officers are; J. M. Peter,
president: Krwin Howe, firat rice president
Tyaoo EUnsel, aacond Tica nreetdent: Mm. Km.
ii! p. t, M- Bsrt" Martin, secretary:
-. v.ura, financier; trans Alotter.
guard: George Taylor, sentinel ; frank Gates!
commander oi the decree staff. '
St. Johns council officers sre: Frank Gssser.
president: Chiriv H!. j "
Conrad Hanjr. second Tice president: Maud
i T. rr . uaioerg, financier; John
Mitchel. secretary; Flora Cannon and Lora
Hs berg, conductors: tius Lacier, mard: Elden
Ualberg, sentinel. '
JLm oouncil of Gresham principal offl-
VJ . I Hunt, president; Mm. Nora
Jackaoa. first Tice president; CUrence Jackson
second ic president; WW New land!
HOLDS STATU BANKER
." Anchor council is the proud possessor
of the state banner since early in the
year. A friendly rivalry of strenuous
proportions is on to wrest it from its
present custodians.
. Klrkpatrick council has the opening
date f May I for the eighth time for
a grand picnic at Crystal Lake park.
The profit ' will be used to purchase
regalia for the degree staff. It also has
a modern lantern for illustrating the
degrees of the order and to help out In
the many social programs In Swiss hall,
at least one being held every month. ,
, ' The different councils In Portland and
vicinity do not close up during the sum
mer season but maintain festivals and
outings In accordance with the season
and thus maintain interest.
The national home and hospital of the
order at Topeka. Kan.; is one of its new
features hat is attracting attention
Hundreds of aged members and
orphans are now being cared for in well
arranged and apportioned buildings on
a tract of 400 acres. The effort is to
make it a training school along home
.lines for the children and a comfortable
resting place for the aged members
awaiting the sunset of life.
The Security Benefit association has
established a thrift bureau and encour
ages its members to deposit " savings
regularly by an attractive combination
with life protection. -
It 4s extending Its field of operations
throughout the United States and has
strong promise of building an enduring
fraternity for future generations.
Aviator Is Fined
London, March 19. (I. N. S.) A case,
believed to be the first of its kind in
England, was decided at Glasgow when
a fine of 120, was Imposed on an air
man. William Reeve, for . violation of
the air navigation regulations by drop
ping leaflets from an airplane during
the local prohibition vet poll.
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Above, left to right Ii. M. Thomas, district manager for Oregon Security Benefit association; J. M. Peters, representative to National Council
j and president of Anchor Council No. 74; JVIrs. Nellie Gustln, president of Eureka Council No. 204; George H. Thomas, financier of Eureka
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j Bertie Robinson, secretary of Anchor Council No. 204; Frank C. Gasser, president of St. Johns Council No. 2775; Otto Talker, Tice president
Eureka Council No. 204.
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Letters From the People
A Strong! Indorsement of The Journal Discussions of The
Journal Editorials on TaxingSome Bogeys Exhibited by
Rate Raisers Pro-Rate Raise View Lodge's Self Reversal
LEADERS TOWARD HIGHER PATHS
Among Such This Writer Recognizes The
; t Journal.
Vancouver. Wash.. .March 21. To the
Editor of The Journal There is a say
ing that when you have a word of praise
to give In iavor of others who are work'
ing hard to make the world a little bet
ter place to live in, give it and don't wait
to be asked for it. This should be ap
plicable to institutions as well as indi
viduals. The writer hereof is a reader
here of a goodly number of big publics'
tions and . among them - The Journal.
which he values highly. All who are
deeply interested in the upward progress
of the world realize the powerful force
of the press la pushing things along.
Well may they be compared with the
great cannons on the battlefield.- Such
is my mental comment often when I take
up The Journal, turn to the editorial
page and read the masterly editorials
hurled against vice of every description
In such a forceful way. Truly may it be
said of our existence at this present time
that : - v t t ;: ; - -
Ws are living, wa are acting,, fa a stand and
awful time: -
In an ace on seas telting, to be Urine la sublime."
Looking backward, we "are impressed
with the fact that history does not re
cord any period like the present. But
we are quite well assured that sacred
history tells us of a time that would
come the conditions of which are almost
as those of the present "What the end
will be is not within human province to
tell. Of only one thing In this connection
can we be assured, and that is that the
right will triumph, since, ringing up
from the past, come these -words of the
Christ: "Heaven and earth shall pass
away, but my words shall not pass
away. . t
! While we hope for the best and that
all troubles now hanging over the na
tions will be satisfactorily settled, gradu
ally making way for peace of the World,
it is incumbent upon the people carefully
to consider that the higher paths of life
are the safe ones under any conditions.
" ; I. R. Whitney.
"UNDER THE YOKE"
Advocate of Single Tax Declares It the
Way to Emancipation.
Corvallia, March 24. To the Editor of
The Journal In your editorial entitled
Under the Yoke" in yesterday's Jour
nal, you have called attention ; to the
industrial tendency of the times, which
is nothing short of a 'drift toward an
archy as an outcome of our system of
taxation, which is in essence the prin
ciple of the destructive theory of Social
Ism. Socialism means the confiscation
of private property for public use, as
well as the contribution of Dublic values
for private use. If we do not believe
that all products of industry consulate
private property and that such property
should be held by its possessors immune
from state levy, then we must believe
that the state has the right of confisca
tion of labor products for public use;
and that belief, although its holders will
not admit the fact even, to themselves,
is a belief in Socialism.
It Is in the popular and) arovernmental
failure to make proper distinction be
tween the rights of public values and
those of private valuea and In fact in
large measure to make any distinction
at ail, mat, is to be found the kev to
our whole economic chaos and distress.
Taxation of labor or industrial products
is coniiscauoa or private valuea. Fail
ure to take for public use economic rent.
or the annual worth of all lands,
whether improved, or unimproved, but
Irrespective of all improvements therein
or thereon, is contribution of nubile
values for private use. Both are viola
tions of every Drinclnle of eauitv And
justice, t It is these violations which are
carrying us on rapidly to anarchy. The
taxation of labor products Inevitably in
creases their cost,, and to that extent
stifles industry, a condition which you
have very forcibly brought to public
attention. , Unimproved land values con
stitute .the one rurhtful and mni.
source of public revenue. To the extent
to which they are levied upon is their
cost decreased. To the extent to which
they are exempted, must the burden be
wrongfully thrown upon industry. A
tax upon labor products In every case is
passed down to the consumer. A tax
upon unimproved land values cannot be
shifted by the owner. It Is the one tax
which cannot be shifted.. Every other
tax not only can be shifted but ulti
mately must be shifted for the sake of
mere survival. !
The only remedy for the conditions
which you have brought to public atten
tion in your editorial is that of economy
I submit that while economy is good
and is necessary, mere economy is In
no sense a remedy for the present world
wide distress.
What industry needs, and what sooner
or later it must be given. Is not a shift
ing of taxation from one shoulder to
another, but complete relief from every
ounce of that burden. : The expense of
government must be drawn from the
one source of public values; In other
words, from all lands upon the basis
only of their unimproved values. The
question is to what further depths of
distress and disorder must we go before
mis 6avtng I act is recognized.
A. Reader.
THE GROWTH OK A BURDEN
Remarks on Taxation In Response to a
Journal Editorial.
Portland, March 17. To the Editor of
The Journal Your editorial entitled
The Everlasting Debate," especially
that portion referring to the creation of
innumerable salaried positions, until, as
you correctly star "th hnrH.n la ctu,.
to break the public's back." deserves the
commenaauon or every : citizen Of the
community.' ; ; . v t
Durlnsr th nait month wa, Ttava ail.
nessed the city tearing up perfectly
gooa cement walks in the South Park
blocks and replacing them with a chaser
for Our occasional viaJtnr Mr Pini.
N'ow a campaign is under way to secure
uie oia postonice ouuding for a central
park and a site for a monument to the
world war heroesT - .
Why not nut th!
Plaza block, opposite the Spanieh War
Veterans' monument, when 'tha Joitw
owns the ground, and let the govern
ment sell the valuable postoffice site
and use the proceeds to erect a building
on. a less expensive site? Why not give
the taxpayers the benefit of the increase
in the value of the present site? It
matters little whether it is national
government, state, county or city s that
spends the monev : when tha hnntan iu.
comes too heavy, the people wbo pay
me taxes ana in the last analysis that
is. all of tha people commence to shout.
The items referr! ta maw K. i
v w v. . ...I'V &
importance as adding to .taxes, as Is the
cne of salary for censors; no doubt, as
in other Instances, some expert will come
along to show the small frantinn
mill it will cost ? Past experience war-
rents tne anticipation. Tax levying is
like a progressive dinner of many
courses, each hostess trying to outdo
the other with this difference: the tax
leviers do us all. ,
Go after 'em all; show 'cm up. The
people are with you. E. H. Deery.
THE T? ATF! RRHWtBTvn .
Satirical Reference to Bogey Difficulties
xnat Have Been Paraded.
Portland MiN.1i MTa (V t .a
. - V . l. ILWi
The Journal It seems to me that the
mayor and city commissioners are un
necessarily - alarmed in regard to the
rehearing of tha telephone rate case.
It appears that arrangements are being
mads not anlv fn hava. Q .,1 . .
WIBS W
our rescue but the interstate commerce
commission as well. Why not hare the
governor order out the fttat miuti nt
go at it good and trong. If half the
energy naa neen spent at the time 'the
rate casa was tutlnsr haarvt v.a. i-
being put forth, the decision might have
wro Buieran. ii u is going to cost
more to even ask for a rehearing than
the increase in rates for the telephone, i
we had better- stop right now and give 1
it up as a bad job. Why all this political
bunk and these front page articles? Are
they for the purpose of calming the
temper of the public? Can it be possible
that some of the other officials are
afraid of the recall law? In view of the
present feeling of the public in general
I am under the Impression that it will
not be a very difficult undertaking to
get a rehearing In the case in "question
from the public service commission. The
commission is not in position to Ignore
the wishes of the people at this par
ticular time. The public is not of that
frame of mind at present to be flirted
with, and I apprehend that the situation
is generally understood. The law, In my
opinion, is sufficient to protect the pub
lic service commission from rendering
a decision until first a sweeping and an
exhaustive investigation shall have been
made, and even then it la given dis
cretionary powers. That Is, it may or
may not decide in favor of the utility
corporation. W. I. Archambeau.
' THINKS RATE RAISE DUE
Arguing From Reported Income and
Expense of Certain Companies.
Aurora, Or., March 17. To the Editor
of The Journal I have been a sub
scriber of The Journal for more than
four years and have admired the stand
you have taken in a number of cases
that have affected the public, but believe
you are too radical in your criticism
of the findings of the public service
commission In the gas case in Portland
and also in the telephone case through
out the state. I am not directly or in
directly Interested. In either, but t do
believe in fair ptay, whether it is a
corporation or an individual, or a serv
ant of the public
I happen to know something of the
operating expense of three telephone
companies in my vicinity. The local
telephone company that I now patronise
chiefly has doubled its business rates
and has 'increased its residence rates
60 per cent. I attended this hearing of
the public service commission with in
tentions of offering objections to the
proposed increase in rates, but on hear
ing the evidence felt that the telephone
company was entitled to the rate it was
asking, having not increased its rates
previously. I also know of one small
town where the telephone system is
owned by the Pacific Telephone com
pany. This small system gives 24 hours
service and its office operating expense
for the operators alone is as follows :
Chief operator, 85 a month ; two as
sistants, each 70 ; relief operator, SSS ;
making a total of S281 for help alone.
This central has about 150 phones and
present income is about $1.50 per phone,
making about 1225 gross income; so it
can be seen this system is not even
paying for the office operation. Natur
ally there will be some income due to
long distance calls, but I am informed
that this does not cover the losses ; so
I believe that before a radical move is
made to discredit the - public service
commission; who unquestionably are
more friendly to the public than to the
corporation, an unbiased and honest
investigation should be made. I ques
tion very much . that those promoting
this recall have made any attempt what
ever to acquaint themselves with the
facts.' .
I happen to know of a franchise dis
cussion some years ago at Tacoma re
garding the telephone. It was proved
by the telephone company that the
larger the telephone system operated
from one central the greater the cost
of operation per phone. In : this dis
cussion the details were 'threshed out
and the result was that the phone rates
in Tacoma automatically increased as
the number of subscribers reached cer
tain predetermined numbers ; so that the
added number of subscribers in Portland
would tend to increase the cost of oper
ation rather than decrease same. - Of
course, this does not hold true In smaller
systems save to, a limited degree.
F. D. Green. ,
LODGE, THE TURNCOAT
His Reversals on Political Questions De
note His Petty Caliber.
Oswego. March. 21. To the Editor of
The Journal A source ot interest and
information to me is your news in The
Sunday Journal under the heading. "The
National Capital."
The : American people like to talk of
American justice. Our very nation is
founded upon justice aa opposed to in
tolerance and oppression. Yet I think
sometimes that we talk of justice with
out realizing its moaning, ye all agree
that real justice means fair play an
equal consideration of all sides of a
question. We cannot be just and refuse
or neglect to award every man his
rightful due. .
Which brings me to the right-about-face
executed by Senator Lodge in his
attitude on the Colombian treaty. Sen
ator Lodge has by his action revealed
his own petty narrow-mindedness.
Parties are necessary, as man can do
more by group action than singly. Yet
that does not excuse the abuse of parly
acUon to the hurt of the people. The
members of congress who decline to
change their political opinion merely
because of a change in presidents are
more respectable than Lodge. Whether
we agree with them or not in their atti
tude toward the treaty in question, at
least we can credit them with sincerity.
Lodge has also revealed by his action
the political immolation of President
Wilson upon the altar of . partisanship.
Whatever else can or may be said, the
man who loses all for. the sake of a
principle is infinitely more worth while
than the man who trails along with the
power in control. There are still some
Americans who do not know the niean-
i"nT oi American justice.
Margaret Perrego.
POLICEMEN WHO swrwvn
Portland, March 23. To the Editor of
ine journal I "have read about a po
liceman who shot at a citisen and came
very near to killing him. We have a
right to ask who appoints such persons
to the police force. And will the city
the taxpayers not face a damage suit
on account of such act? And why not
the man lately appointed? We have
rour times as many policemen now as
we had when about 400 saloons were
running In the city. Is it true that
extra men are annotated in all dTrt.
ments to get votes to keep present par
ties in cower forever? .This ahmiM ha
investigated. How can good men ever
oe eieciea against sucn a combination?
Taxpayer.
HAS MERCY FOR WOMANKIND
Holds Man Responsible for Downfall
and Condones Their Vengeance. .
Portland. March I. To the Editor of
Tne Journal In an article published in
The Journal last evening, written by R.
v. Macaonaid, he alleges a discrlmina
Hon that trial juries make between the
gentler sex and the male sex. He says.
in effect, that In case of crime, and
especially In extreme cases, each should
meet the same fate. After citing several
cases . which he claims are on a par,
he has this to say : "Yet , there are
frenzied feminists who never tire of
telling us that woman is the oppressed
sex." The words "frenzied feminists"
are good ones. If this means a condi
tion of Which one becomes hypersensi
tive, perhaps there are some men who
are more or lees guilty this to a cer
tain extent hyperbole. I am not
frenzied feminist but I do believe that
a distinction should be made in the
punishment of the sexes for a like crime.
I would under certain circumstances vote
to hang a man, but under no circum
stances whatever, - irrespective of the
provocation, would I give my consent to
execute a woman. The main reason I
offer for my view in this respect is the
kind - and forgiving . spirit that I hold
towards the fair and oppressed sex.
They always get the- worst of it. The
average man is a gay deceiver and a
natural born polygamist. In nine cases
out of 10 he is to blame for the downfall
of a woman. There are no doubt some
exceptions, but very few comparatively.
The exception is entitled to have his pic
ture hung in the hall of fame. While
I cannot encourage and condone murder,
I do not hesitate to say that in the two
recent cases, in Oklahoma and Chicago,
respectively, wherein the men in both
cases were shot to death by injured
women, in my opinion the men got what
they justly deserved. No man has a
right to cast a woman aside after she
has served bis purpose during her flow
ering years. In each case above men
tioned the man told his contract wife
that he was tired of living a double life
and wanted to "go straight.'. What he
meant, no doubt, was to go straight and
get some woman of more tender age.
"Let him that Is without sin first cast
the stone." No stones are being thrown
down my way. Man should be held ac
countable for his acta and suffer the
penalty, even though it be death. I
would vote to clear the woman in both
cases above cited, regardless of what I
may be termed. W, 1 Archambeau. i
Portland and the - entire Pacific
coast will be benefited by the order
from the navy department to- cen
tralize the whole battle fleet of the
United States on the Pacific, accord
ing to - naval men. "i The order re
cently made public was that the At
lantic fleet should join the Pacific
and be known as the United States
fleet. This will do away with a fleet
in each ocean.
The enormous size of the combined
fleet will tax the facilities on this coast
and wilt hasten the building of yards
and stations already provided' for, they
state, j.-'i':-:---",.-,-.: - j-'?'-". "
While at the present there are but two
yards that can take capital ships, Brem
erton and Pearl Harbor, the completion
of the Alameda navy yard in San Fran
cisco bay will relieve the load carried
principally by Bremerton, it is explained.
Mare Island, while it has capacity for
large ships is handicapped by being in
a location that necessitates waiting for
tide, and that cannot be done in time of
war. "
SEW BASES Iff 0PEBATI0X
The naval establishment has bases at
San Diego, San Pedro and Key port, be
side the Mare: Island and Bremerton
yards, he said. These bases are in op
eration now. In addition there are ap
propriations for a destroyer, submarine
and aircraft base at Tongue Point, The
work of clearing the site deeded . to the
government by the city of Astoria is
under way now. When completed this
base will be an operating base for the
craft of the abeve mentioned type.
That will bring Portland a great deal
of business in t'te form of contracts for
naval stores besides the money spent by
the men attached to the station while on
leave. Then, too, it is known the policy
of Admiral Rodman is to send light
ships, such as destroyers and cruisers, on
junketing trips to get acquainted with
the various ports . and waters of the
coast. This will mean that many de
stroyers will visit Portland in the years
to come. The beginning of the policy
was seen In the recent visits made by
divisions.
OLD FBOBLEM REVIVED
.The proposed order, believed to be the
result of an agreement with Great Brit
ain for the subdivision of sea patrol,
brings up the old question of concen
tration of the American fleet in one unit.
Rear Admiral Man an, noted American
naval strategist, in his book on Naval
Strategy, printed in 1911, advocated con
centration of the fleet in one unit. This
he states will prevent any other nation
having a smaller navy attacking one of
the divisions and destroying it before re-
enforcement can be made by the union
of the absent division.
Concentration of purpose and material
he points out as the basic principal not
only of war but also of peace.
"Another Instance of more value for an
analysis," his book reads. "Is the concen
tration of the United. States battle fleet
in one body and command. This illus
trates the effect of the simple principle
upon the minds of those who direct the
navy, and also has a particular Indies
tlve value ; for international relations
have not yet compelled that concentre'
tion to be localized, either in the Atlan
tic or Pacific as that of Great Britain
has been in home waters. The concen
tration is due to a simple recognition of
principle not to pressure of circum
stances. That this concentration at pres
ent is in the Atlantic is merely a contin
uance of a tradition that our chief dan
ger is in Europe, as for a long time was
the case." ;
OUTLINES ACTIOW OF JAFA3T
This was' written In 1909 but with the
foresight that predicted war between
Germany and England and the success
of English arms because of the prepond
erance of e& power he outlines the prob
able action of future trouble with Japan,
as follows: . '
. "Should the United States have trouble
with Japan and the United States navy
beaten, it is improbable . that Japan
would seek ' to annex any part of the
American Pacific coast, but she might
demand Hawaii, or free immigration of
her laborers here, or ootn.
A recent canvass made by the Navy
league of officers in the navy indicates
that they regard the Pacific as the next
theatre of war and the majority favor
the union of the battle fleet on the Pa
cific coast. The opinion held by , navy
men is that sooner or later some collision
of interests will occur between the
United States and Japan that will make
war inevitable. The Langdon shooting is
pointed out as an indication of the feel
ing the Japanese hold lor America and
Americans. '
PACIFIC FLEET KEESED
In a letter published by the Navy
league an officer of high rank states :
"The pressing naval problem is con
cerned with the Pacific ocean. The en
tire Japanese fleet has been engsged In
maneuvers, including airplane attacks
upon coastal cities. The Japanese fleet
is fully manned and the navy department
has up to date campaign plans ready.
Before the war Germany was our prob
able enemy In the Atlantic and Japan in
the Pacific. The German navy has been
obliterated but Japan, judging from her
policy at the peace conference and her
increased naval - appropriation, has ad
vanced herself as a probable enemy. This
and the fact that the control of com
merce in the Pacific must be settled con
vinces me that a disposition that will
provide at all times an adequate, well
balanced force in the Pacific to deal with
Japan la a wise policy."
BEST SHIPS IN PACIFIC
At the' present time the newest and
largest battleships are In the Pacific
fleet. With the New Mexico as flag ship
the Mississippi, Tennessee, Idaho, New
York. Wyoming. Texas and the Califor
nia, when she is ready, make a fleet that
will protect the coast, but Is about the
same size of the Japanese navy. The ad
dition of the Atlantic fleet would put the
fleet to a strength tnat migfct be a
warning to Japan, naval authorities
state. Union of the two fleets would
mean that the entire bsttlefleet of the
United States would be assembled on the
pacific coast.
The Asiatic fleet, commanded by Ad
miral G leaves, consists of a few armored
cruisers, gun boats and destroyers, based
at Cavlte.
Talks to Airplanes
London, March 19. (L N. S.) Wire
less telephone talks from airplanes to
aerodromes 200 miles - distant are re
ported by the air ministry. England now
has six radio-telephonic stations, France
two and Belgium one. r Conversations are
restricted to bearings, weather and land
ing conditions ana unforeseen occur
rences. '
Mortuary
Services?
I . " .... " -
J In this day of advanced mental
conception, even those matters of
displeasing' thought receive their
allotment of attention.
Q In an older day a "burial service"
was the designation for the sad rite
of laying away the departed. Then
as the profession grew more refined
"burial" gav e p la ce t o "funeral
services" as the proper designation
for the ceremony. I
q Now, "M o rt u a ry Services," by
reason of a newer and fuller sense
of obligation, has superseded the
older term.
.! Mortuary services held by Finley
represent the highest interpretation
0ol this word in giving a sincere trib
ute to the departed.
J. P. FINLEY & SON
MORTICIANS
Montgomery at Fifth
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