WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1821:
THE OREGON .DAILY JOURNAL, i PORTLAND, OREGON
HUGHES BREVITY
p imusi QN IN G
physical coercion will solve the situation
has been . the dominant, factor in the
whole issue.' -! : - t-h .-! , ,V- ..-
. Since the British and French have not
been in entire accord the American gov
ernment is unwilling' to add further fuel
to the flames by siding; with the British
as against the Ffench. On the other
hand, the decision to give the Germans
a week or more with which to frame new
proposals meets with favor here because
of the conviction that Germany will at
least see the handwriting on the wall
and bow. to the inevitable.'
;By David LAwrence
6opyrflht. 1921, 'by The Journal)
Washington, May 4. The United
States government has notified Ger
many that she can 'expect neither
aid nor comfort from the Harding
administration in the controversy
over the payment of damage done
in the war.
this, in effect, is the plain meaning of
the note dispatched by President Hard
ing and Secretary Hughes, advising
Germany not only that her recent repa
ration offer made through the medium
of the United States was unacceptable
even as the basis of discussion, but tell
ing Berlin to negotiate directly hereafter
with London and Paris.
-- What particularly aroused the folks
Jhere was 'the cablegram from Berlin to
the effect that Germany would pay no
attention to the allied conference in Lxjn
con on last Saturday so long as the door
to. the "White House was open..
HYPHENATES WALLOPED
The 'Germans 'hoped for American
diplomatic Intervention as a means of
splitting the allies or at least softening
the Prencn demands, but the Harding
administration, sensitive about the
taunts of certain-Americans of German
descent 'who had been telling Berlin that
as soon as the Wilson administration
passed out of power President Harding
would prove himself the friend of Ger
many as opposed to the allies, has taken
occasion to remove any doubt concern
ing the administration's- pro-ally stand.
So determined is the United States to
arrange itself alongside the allies in the
reparation" controversy that, the White
House has again and .'again asked the
press to emphasize the point. The deci
sion of the American government not to
forward the German proposals is ex
actly what has been expected and con
firms the Information contained in these
dispatches a week ago even " before the
text-of' the German note was published
in Berlin. . -
HO DOUBT IX WASRISGTOS
The Washington government from the
beginning' 'has' had no doubt that the
German .offer, was unacceptable and.
though there was a brief period when it
was .considered good policy for officials
to deny they had been advised of the
allied viewpoint, the move-was. taken to
gain time in : sizing up the situation
itself. .The ambassadors of the foreign
governments never had any doubt of
the ultimate step which America would
take. The new development really is
trie decision , to. return tne oerman note
unanswered and the notification to Ger
many to conduct her negotiations with
the allies direct.
ALLIES AE PLEASED
This refusal on the part of the United
States to act either as an umpire or
mediator or even . as a messenger of
communiation pleases the. allies, more
than they dare publicly express. They
do not want to read into the Amerian
action more than is apparent on the
face, but it ts a fact tTtat there is more
hope of allied solidarity at the -present
.time than, when Germany began her
efforts to d.-ive a wedge between . the
. United States and her associates In the
war.
Balked by the United States the Ger
mans must after all deal with the allies.
The viewpoint here is that the American
government's firm attitude will hasten
rather than retard a settlement, for it
will convince Germany that further ne
gotiation or parleying is out of the
question. - :
HARDING SHOWS INTEREST
The president took a deep interest, in
the phraseology of the note to Germany
and the communication may be said to
represent unanimous agreement inside
the cabinet' The move has another sig
nificance, it means that the United
States la unwilling "to discuss at. this
time the merits of the reparations con
troversy and that all expressions pur
porting to put the American government
in the position of taking sides are un
authorised. ,
The Washington government has views
of its own as to how much Germany
should pay and as to the wisdom of
drastic measures, but these opinions
will not be volunteered at this time
IRRECONCILABLE9 OX TOP
The Hughes note is one of the shortest
on record. : Since it is in line with the
SCHOOL
REVENUE
DEBATED PRO AND
AT
pleases, the -."Irreconcilable" element in
the senate who, by the way, are on top
these-days.: : Itf disappoints to some ex
tent those who believed American leader
ship might "have intervened to bring ; the
Germans ' and allies 1 together. The In
sistence of the French, ' however. i that
by Portland contractors for school port
ables. - ' - I . . ; ' . s- ; .
"I mean boilers," explained ' Max son.
"Did you advertise for' competitive bids
on those boilers you got at St. Johns?"
Titters ; were heard over 4 the room.
Thomas' jumped to. his feet.
"That; is no laughing matter,"' be. ex
claimed, . "I ? am going . to show you I
know something; about boilers, " if : you
don't. Are you In the hoiler business?",
Maxson admitted be was. '. ' "
1 thought so,", replied Thomas- "Ycm
can't furnish ..that type of holler .for $15
a. hersepower." ... " .
"It is : not necessary to get a Cadillac
to do the duty of a Ford,'" was the re
joinder of Maxson, ' .
Thomas- started a heated reply when
motion was made to adjourn.: .
Weather Man' Is Not
Certain, But "Looks
For ; R a in 1 e s s Day
"Portland stands a mighty fine chance
to. get by; today and tonight without
rain," speculated K. . Lv -Wells, weather
forecaster, as he stood in front of the
weather map this morning plotting with
the elements on what kind of weather to
hand the city. . ...
Only four places in the United States
reported rain this morning, this being
one of the lowest rain reports this year.
None of the rain, areas appeared close
to Portlands '? V r
But Wells has grown cautious in mak
ing his predictions and instead of coming
out in ' the open - and predicting fair
weather, he Qualifies. The prediction for
tonight is "generally fair."
CON
MEETING
Good natcred 'banter between op
posing parties on the question of
revenue for' Portland's school build
ing i program i enlivened the ' special
meeting of j the school board held
Tuesday night for discussion with
representatives of . civic 1 and other
organizations of the merits of a tax
levy, a bond issue and an economy
program. I
Director W. i T. Woodward .delivered
speeches urging recognition of the needs
of the children as equal to the needs of
the port. Director Frank H. ShulL op
posed to Woodward, presented figures to
show that the three mill levy will take
care of the increased school population.
replace several portables and build sev
eral permanent buildings. :
BEHARKS ARE APPLAUDED
The taxpayers were represented by E.
B..MacXaughton and R. I. Sabin of the
Chamber of Commerce, Herbert Gordon
and Coe Ai McKenna of the Realty
board, U. D. Maxson of the East Side
Business Men's club, all of whom support
Shull's stand,' and S. E. Seeman of Greg
ory Heights district. Dr. Moore of Lau
relhurst and a- larpe group of parents
throughout the city, who applauded
Woodward's remarks.
, The opinion of those favoring the econ
omy program was that while there is no
question of the need of more . school
rooms, now is not the time to make great
expenditures ; that the portables are not
so bad as made out and are more health
ful than many permanent buildings ; that
it would be folly to undertake a great
building program now, when costs are on
the decline that it were better to get
along with building a few new buildings
each year, and that the 950,ooo as pro
vided in the three-mill levy voted last
year, if again voted this year, will not
only take care of the urgent needs, but
provide a few new buildings.
POIXT TO OTHER CITIES
The advocates of a big building pro
gram, on the other hand, pointed to the
achievements of other cities in floating
big bond issues to take care of the build
ing that-had not been done during the
war, and dwelt upon . the "unsanitary,
unsightly and insufficient number" of
buildings in which Portland children are
housed.
Sentiment was about equally divided
between a tax levy and a bond issue.
some debaters opposing any increase -of
indebtedness and urging non-building
until the district can pay for it. Others
held that since it was the children of to
day who would receive the benefit of the
new buildings, it was right that , they
should pay for tem when the bonds ma
ture. !
WHAT $IM,M WOULD DO
Shull's figures showed that the $950,000
available this year would build' the
James John high school, the Hawthorne
Buckman. Alameda, Rose City Park and
43 portables, and that, -figured on present
costs which may decline, $67,815 will be
left, and if a permanent building is
erected at Marysville. - replacing pro
posed portables, there will be a surplus
of 923.00a k . . v
Discussion, which at times waxed live
Iy over the building program, centered
finally in a: verbal tilt between Maxson
and Director Thomas over the boilers re
cently purchased by : the board, which
was ended only by -Director Newill's
making an immediate move for adjourn
ment. j ;'..
MAXSOX URGES BIDS
Maxson suggested that the board
should give taxpayers the privilege of
submitting- bids on equipment to be pur
chased. Thomas replied that the board
did, but would not stand for any gouging
by these taxpayers or otner taxpayers,
referring to the recent high prices asked
desire of the Harding administration to
keen hands off European affairs, it
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. . Papers Are Filed
Salem,' Or., May 4. The Tundas-Mar-tin
corporation, capitalized at $300,000,
filed articles of incorporation with the
state corporation department here Tues
day. The company will maintain an of
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general brokerage business. The incor
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