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if 1 THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, OREGON. FRIDAY; NOVEUBER 18. H2L DOtIT FORGET FRANCE, PLEA OF ,-. HNVjn Mary Kokerts Blachart (WrtUM Kiprm for Cntwml Barrios) (Cemrrtsht. 111, ky Camml Berries las.) .. Wsshlngton, Nov. It I met Marshal 'Vech saata WiditNt night after six 7 car. la that Cut dramatic winter of the ir. whva ' Paris and London motor tosses, rouhly coaUd with srajr paint. r stilt carrying soldiers to the front. when, the rreach army u still wear tag Its old field uniform of blue and VlllLant rod, when Oerman observation lane sailed without opposition ,fron the air low oyer the allied lines, wen the first wave of the Oerman advance Dad Just been checked at Tpres and the .Xante I met General Poch. 1 It Is difficult to reconstruct those early days of rapid movement, swift hang. The Oermans were hammering at the allied lines day and night, feeW ,tg for a weakened spot through which to break. As they attacked, men were nwhed from other point" to strengthen . aw. iipa imrA section, and contra' i..w. ar laiinotaed to prevent the muiint In one place. The allies MMft Milt nil inhered. outeautDDOd. but . ..t t TTis front was a place, net of Its later siege warfare, but of nnnMnt Towni were being lost ...t ..nfnrsd over nlcht.- service of mnr.hr wrs chaotlo and hunger often Ui rule, and the French officers were carrying about sample of thick gTay hiu doth, which was to b ths new aalform. WOUND O HIS XVEES t.ii - town near Tares one day maIav rrmA an AiMtioan woman with at leCUr to General Foch. Ths town was Old and paved with cobblestones and fMaiini uie SDn eauare was a small double bouse. General Focb's headquar ter. . Bentiies stood, at ths door. Un earned sUlrs led up to the office and ths noise of typewriters Indlssotubly connected now with military operations, i mm thrnush the onen door. . Oeneral Koch was not there, he had srttns All L for a few moments. ' The American woman, her letter In 'ker band, wandered around the town and ended at the church, a very humble eh arch. She pushed open the door and went In to find the building empty, ears for a uniformed figure on Its knees .Beer the altar. Ths uniformed figure was Oeneral Foch. Ths American woman slipped away and later, and In due form, presented tor letter. The general's office was a small bare DDr room, overlooking the square. A desk near the front windows, a great snap on the wall, a mantel with a clock. threo or four chairs that was ill. Kx sept for the general himself. He was ot a young man oven then, but the . tragedies of those later years had not yet written ths lines on his face that .. are there now. The smiling and genial . wiarsrta of France, who stood Wednes day night In a corner ot the French em bossy building holding a genial court of kls own line while the line pressed and urged to clasp Ms hand. Is older, very tired, and tragically marked by the years fltnew that winter of 114. ; l!e was very kind to the American woman. For three days she remained at the small hotel as his guest, spending the days In ths Tpres salient and dining with ' ths general and his staff ln the vnlnrs. rOBESAW LOHO TfAK At; a time when Kitchener was dls- evedlted for prophesying at least three years of war, Foch put It rather longer Me was supporting the British against Kitchener In the fight for high explo sive, and he spoke almost with awe of the French 75s. He declared that the Oermans were already defeated, since they had planned for a brief war. but that It would take time to convince them they1 were beaten and drlva them out ; that ths Oermans wars not fighting ca Inst an army, but against nations, to destroy their past, their present, oven heir future. Those dinners wers the ugh points in the American woman's day. She could not dress for them, but she could be punctual and ce rein on to as. - And since anvtnins? about the world s greatest sol dier Interests us. it wUl not be ewt of place to reconstruct one of taose eve nings. The general was living in e. sasu bouse down the street from bis quar ters. Some 10 minutes before the dinner hour his staff gathered In the little dining room, where a long table was set for 12 and a small table by the window was laid for one. For the American woman made an unlucky thir tsenth and the sone officer was de tached to eat la lonely state. The staff remained at ease until Gen- si Foch aDDeared. At the sound of bis approach It stiffened and so remained While he entered, went around the table and took his seat Then a buts of con versation, eood and a little laughter. Not much laughter.. ATE AMEEICA5 "FUDGE" There was at that time one very lm-i portent movement toward the end of the dinner, a ceremonial movement heralded by a slight hush. This was when the soldier-servant entered, carrying a large American paper box on a tray. The top oi the box had been taken off. and re vealed to the eyes was blocks of Amer ican "fudge." Each person present sol emnly took one piece and the servant retired. An Americas girl, unknown to the general, had sent It to him. Mirac ulously It had survived the malls and had been received Intact. No doubt be has eaten most of our native delioacies since he reached our shores, but I sometimes wonder if any one has thought to give him "fudge." Dinner over, and accompanied by such members of his staff as were on duty for the evening, he walked back over the rough cobbles, for he chose the street rather than the narrow pavement, to his quarters. Almost always it was raining. The streets were dark and the wind raw with the damp cold of France in winter. His progress back to his quarters was silent for already hie mind had traveled ahead of him to the work that was to be done. Ills big blue cap bellowed la the wind, the staff fol lowed In silence and Foch, heed down, went to the business of winning the war. CASE TO BE OFFERED Vary soon now France will present her case to the conference. She will tell in Imposing figures of her losses and in splendid oratory of her fears and ot her needs,. It may be hard for us to think back, beyond the victorious France of today to the prostrate France of that first winter of the war. It is hard to remember early defeat In the light of later victory. It may be too easy to re member China and forget France. But we must not forget France. The entire movement toward peace Is predi cated on the resolve that there shall be no repetition of the case of France. And it is well to bear this in mind. Nations before now have sat In confer ence with their tongues In their cheeks. Or have signed honestly, to turn crim inal overnight There are such things as secret Armaments. And reduction In armament, valuable as It Is, so long as It reduces all arma ments in the same proportion leaves the ratio of power as before. It is not vis ible armament so much is the ability to arm quickly that win count now. The dye plants of Europe can also make poison gas. The only efficient peace movement of the world will be refusal of the people to right vara. Marshal Fox- Is Not Kleaele n ! t t l. i Lardner Likes Indian Rites Lssiuwsf f By Blag "W. Larsaer (CoprrisM. 121. by The Bn Syndicate) Washington, D. C Nov. IS. While the regular delegates to the conference Is still' engaged in secret practice the rest ymmmmi or ut young vis itors In Washing ton is spending the most of their time getting honored. Like for Inst the commander in chief of the French army, who my ele vator boy has nicknamed Mar shall Fox, picked up a couple more degrees Wednesday and it now looks like he had pretty near enough to start a fever. Mr. Fox got one of his new ones from George town and the other from Howard Uni vermity where the colored boys goes to school. Georgetown also presented him with a slight token of their esteem in the form of a sword. FOX NOT A KLEAGLE Just what I needed." was the Mar- shairs delighted comment. The Howard students might of give him a rasor for all I know. Marshall Fox. Is now prac tically everything which the United States can make him except a Kleagle. No foreigner .has ever been given such a welcome as Ferdinand and he says they must be more than 110,000,000 peo ple In this country as he has shook hands with twice that amount He also says he wishes some American hero would visit France so as the French people could return some of the com pliments that has been showered on him. But it would be well for our heroes to remember that over there they will klsq you instead ot shaking hands, but maybe the experience would be ok for Mr Hughes, as he is well protected on both cheeks. The Crow Indian tribe honored Gen eral Dlas of sunny Italy by making him a member of the tribe and the chief of the tribe also give him his own name which ta supposed to be the highest honor that can be bestowed on anybody. Though personally I named one of my kids after his old man but he insists on being called Bill. The Crow chiefs name. which is now ' Jointly held by General Diax. is plenty coups so when this con ference has made war impossible .the General can open up a chicken ranch. The above ceremony was pulled off light here In the. Hotel and started with a hymn sang by two Crows named Red neck and Whiter aced Bear. How would it be if we was like the Indians and gave ourselves names that you could tell what we looked like from hearing them. For instI might have lunch with some friend of mine and he could go home and tell his wife that he just had lunch with Plenty Moles or my Mrs -might ask me who I played poker with last night and I would "say I played with Prominent Gums and Lengthy Adams Apple. SEEDED SHAKK BOXES After Red Keck and White Faced Bear finished their' duet Gen Diss was pre sented with a necklace of shark bones and like Marshall Fox he remarked that It was just what he needed. Personally I went out to the Robert Dawklns home on 15th Street and they give me simple honors, a couple times but no sword or fish bone necklace. I am not being took Into the secrets of the different committee meetings which Is going on around town, but the boys is still said to be arguing over the far eastern situation which near as I can make out. The crux of the situa tion Is that America wants the open door to China while Japan wants the door shut and not even let nobody but them selves pekin at the Chinks. That Is what I been doing all week is thinking up that gag. but now I have thought it up it don't read so good. Well, they aint no more news except that a young man from George Wash ington University called and wanted to ask me a few questions and I told him to go ahead, and his first question was What did I think of College students of the present day as compared with col lege students of the last generation. I suppose everybody is crasy to know what answer I give him but if the con ference delegates is going to be so dog gone secret why two can play at that game. However, I am going to call on the Chinese minister Mr. Sze tomorrow and try to find out how to pronounce his name and I will let you know what he Sze.- ii. i JAPANESE EAGER FOR BIGGER NAVY Tl KPROPOSED By Robert J. Bender United News Staff Corraspaodsat. (Copyright. 1951. by tatted Km) Washington. Nov. 18. S ecretary Hughes' plan for limiting naval arma ments is now being subjected to its first definite bombardment from. Japa nese and British quarters. Admiral Kato has served notice that Japan "deems It only fair" that her gen eral naval tonnage allotment be of "slightly- greater" proportion to that of England and the United States than the 0 per cent set forth In the Hughes program. wiiti worrit, vtvtii .. - ... . Japan also suggests that in the matter fr're , - of etrtctly defensive" craft not sub marine, but light cruisers and destroy ersshe be given aa allotment approxi mating that of the greater powers. England, through her spokesmen, has advocated the complete abolition of sub marines and submarine construction, on the ground that this type cf craft is too easily used tor barbaric practices, rather than, tor strict offensive or defensive warfare. England also takes the position that the fleets of France and Italy must be brought into the American program be fore there can be any final settlement. And, further, England believes there must be some binding interpretation made designating definitely the term of the naval agreement finally entered into. Admiral Kato Thursday revealed def initely for the first time the amend ments to the Hughes program advocated by Japan. WHAT JAPA2T PROPOSES "Because of her geographical position," Kato declared, "Japan deems it only fair at this time that the other inter ested countries should agree that she maintain a proportion in general ton itage slightly greater than 0 per cent and in a type of strictly defensive char acter she might even desire to approxi mate that of the greater navies. This type of defensive vessel does not include submarines." While Kato declined to designate lust what type ot "strictly defensive eels" he referred to. Inquiry elsewhere brought the belief that he referred to tight cruisers, such aa are used by the Hatted States and (treat Britain on trade routes, and poesibty destroyers. It is in this type ot vessels that the United States baa aa enormous superi ority over Japan at the present time. It was believed - by some authorities that Japan, in taking this attitude toward the Hashes program, may putting forward her two reservations In the hope of having one of them accepted. American authorities contend that with Japan's superiority over Um United States in battle cruisers, proposed by Hughes, this government could hot re duce its superiority in light cruisers. And on top of the revealed stand of Japan came official word from British Spokesmen that the British would make a very urgent effort to bring about the complete abolition of the submarine, be cause of the barbarous practices in volved In Its use. A1HPLA5E8 BROUGHT 15 "Might not this same objection be applied to the use of airplanes?" the Hi itlsh spokesman was asked. "Not to such an extent" he repiled The airplane can be effectively used In bombing capitals, war offices, etc to throw fear into an enemy. Occa is an unin tended victim. But if the British ttand seems to be strengthening in the matter of subma rlne curtailment, far below, if not en Urefcy wiping out. the proportions set by Hughes aha does) not stCl adher to a proposal, at first pat out trees British quarters, that shipyards should be re tained by England aad the XJalted States sufficient to build at least on ship a . year. This proposal has bees mcdified. It wowld Been, to assume mere ly work and training for those experts that develop the essential parts ex cap ital ships. In other words, the British Idea would seem to conform strictly with Hughes" desires In effecting a otnplets It-year naval holiday, with no laying down of vessels, but MOWCh work on parts ta one or more shipyards t keen la trala lng men later to be oalied upoa par UM building of replacement vessels. Body of Watchman Is Found in Lake The body ot J. A, Austin, are satchman on Saavias island duck lakes. was found Thursday afternoon lying in about six inches of wstsr. by Ray R. Klng. owner of the lakes, and Roes Duncan, a companion. Coroner's depa ties believe his death was due to natur al causes. An autopsy will be held to day. Austin lived at sieVe First street. and had been employed a the Island since Tuesday. Man Found Pinned Under WreckedAuto C. L. Ward. 121V, Morrises street. found pUused under aa orerturned a use- mobile Tarwtlllgsr boulevard lata Thursday afternoon by John Cre- n. m Cnited States bonk bua- tng. Croaan took the lnjared roan to the Good Samaritan hospital , Wards' right arm was broken and he was bruised about the head. He was In a delirious) condltloa Thursday night sad aaable to tell hew the accident occurred. VOTE YES! Far 11 1 Btsestttoa see wah ForUaad grew. Osr elerttieal bsvl aes It ere wtie, dee re esr lew prtoes- bet we 4 est wl est frew tfce etty. EYinrude Electric Store Where Prices Are lower Eleetrleal Eepairieg. F.tertrlral hs. Tltes. Phose Msrshsll i:u Morrison street. .Near Hrl Look ter the Me. -Elrrtrlr" jssrOBea ftararssy Htghu I Bin C!eea QCderxDayr BpailioiB.eie Left Wife to Eoam But World Was Cold; Jail Is Now Home For a long while Mrs. Perry Jasper had been a dutiful wife, but her patience at length reached its final limits. So she gave her husband 120 when he promised raitnruiiy to leave town, never to return, and was well satisfied with her bargain But soon Jasper and his money pro verbially parted, and with hunger star ing him In the face he forgot his bar gain and again returned to his wife for protection. But Mrs. Jasper appealed t the po lice. Thursday afternoon Judge Ross man ssked Jasper why he returned. "I got hungry so I came back to my wife." he replied. Judge Rossman gave him 30 days tor vagrancy. JA. JJ. GOOD ii famous Since the days of 7SarbamJrietchtc "sM Tt . 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Our entire stock Kuppenheimer Good Clothes and Lion Service Clothes reduced in our Great Stock Lowering Sale Suits, Overcoats, Raincoats at $21 Suits, Overcoats, Raincoats at $29 Suits, Overcoats, Raincoats at $3442 Suits, Overcoats, Raincoats at 38 Suits, Overcoats, Raincoats at 42 Suits, Overcoats, Raincoats at 46 Entire Stock Furnishing Goods, Shoes and Hats for Men , and Boys Reduced Buy for Self and Christmas Gifts - Portland's Best Clothes Shop ' S. & H: Stamps Morrison at Fourth A Sales Campaign When the business man says the market is dull he refers to the market where has been accustomed to sell his products. Business will remain dull for such a man if he does not find means to extend his territory. 0 Keen business men are always on the alert to find a market beyond their usual territory. Some enterprising stock men from Massachusetts ex hibited at the recent Livestock Show in Portland and thus enlarged their trade area. There is, always a market if you can find it. 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