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jrn Bandar Journal bcmrtth present tha mhtaentb iastalbaeat of' Hay Staaaaxd Baker's
mti "Tb Peace." Urh ii an authoritative narratiT of bow til peso of Paris I was eonchided.
Woodrow U'iUon cav Mr. Baker accea to all of hi paraonaJ nnpabiiahrd paper, which ar
Um enly raoanta and ioeoTruoj lepuita of the fiveu, and which barwtofora ba nerar bean
aaadw publie. Tea epochal faator wiu be published
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XL.
yon n tries whose power is founded
It was the French who were the
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oi European Buaiecra.ii; ana iv was America cuwu;
that demanded change, and sought new methods to meet
new realities. if . ;J '.
1 While the problems of procedure wer before the
conference, an impassioned argrument . toolc ; place re
garding the choice of an " official langTi? for the
treaty. The predominance' of their fangruae in diplo
macy has ever been a mark of power upop which the
Fretech hare . set great store, land this wja's a battle
royal betweenTFrench and English. 1
This discussion of January 1$ is at once, so symbol
ical of the rise of a new influence in the world and
in Itself so, typical of the give; and take of the secret
J.
. Raj Stannard
( Baker
councils at Paris,
frhey were discussing section S ot the
in which French was made the official language for the treaty
Mi Plchon pointed out that French has
tavai-iably been used as the language
for fee standard texU of treaties. The
proposal that French be the' official
language did not mean that delegates
should not have the right; to, use their
wnj language. The particular reason
for having one. language as the official
language Is that there may be assured
but ion document containing- the stand
ard text ' There has been no exception to
the "use f French for that purpose, M.
Plchon referred particularly to the last
conference at The Hague. Moreover this
requirement would not affect the right
of .delegates to use their own language,
such as English, which has the widest
circulation in the world.
Mr. Lloyd George observed that he was
verjf sorry not to be "able to accept the
text: proposed for this section. He
wished to say that It was not a matter
of prejudice, but for the first time we
-nowihad the case of the United States
taking part in a European' peace and
this) made, with the British Empire,
a majority of the Associated Govern
ments having English as ' their official
language. He thought M-Ptchon's point
about a single document a lod one. but
It -Was interesting to recall that both
English and Dutch are used side by side
In JSowthwAfrica, aad English and French
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By RAY STANNARD BAKER
in Tha Jottrnal KtiMliy tbranatioat the 7r.
FnAHanatf by Brt. arraasraaet to ,
Uum Mcdana Wapapa BynrtV fa ) . :i ; ;
asks Clemeneeat, the first- Impulse of
upon the force of tradiUpBT
great defenders of the did practices
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that it la here set dowin complete.
proposed French plan -f ; procedure
in Canada. In both countries all docu
ments are published in both languages,
and both hold. This is mere important
that in the case of treaties.' where dif
ferences arise' on questions of principle,
rather than shades of meaning. In these
instances. ' questions' come up in connec
tion with the interpretation of legal
documents, and he know of no case
where any difficulty had arisen. Con
sequently, inasmuch as the majority of
the Alliance use the EngBsh language,
he. proposed san amendment to Section
VIII.. making English as well as French
an official language of the conference.
M. Sorinlno! stated that he preferred
that one language be used.' for if two
languages were chosen, j the Italian
language would appear to: be placed In
an inferior position. -. !J
WILSON SPEAKS FOB H?XISH
Mr. Wilson observed that all recognis
ed the historical claim fori French to be
made the official language, but there
were some circumstances twhich he be
lieved should not be overlooked. For
Instance, the official .language of the
East is English, and diplomatic docu
ments are in that language. This is not
a matter of 'dlserlminatioi, as M. Son
nino .has said, hut a mattes of generality
of use. It seemed to him that a language
which is the official language of the
greater part -jot the world jahould be the-
three years : ago shbwedi 44,800
panles issulag worthless securities, and
estimates that $500,000,00 annually is
going Into tSie pockets ofi promoters of
worthless or doubtful issues.
V : . J
Camp Lewis will be the; largest civil
ian, national guard and reserve officer
training ground on the Pacific coast
this year, despite the fact that there will
be a greater number of training camps
In the ninth corps area than before.
The Increased number of training
points is due to the desiije of congress
for reduction of expense pt' transporta
tion over long distances. ' The greater
concentration at Camp Lewis is due to
the increased appropriations, for civilian
training, the total number of trainees
this year being 80,000, against 10,000 in
1921. - ; ; , ....
The national guard troops to be trained
at -Lewis this year include California,
Oregon. Washington, Idaho and . Utah
field artillery, Oregon flleld hospital,
Oregon engineers and Washington coast
artillery. In the reserve officers train
ing camp will be infantry, -field artillery,
engineers, signal .corps and: machine gun
Instructors. ,: The civilian training camp
will include" Infantry, engineers, cavalry,
field artillery and signal forps.
Oregon and Washington icoast artillery
wi)l train at Fort Worden, with a total
of less than 00 troops. At, Fort Murray
will gather' the Washington infantry,'
tank .company, cavalry, machine gun
train and ambulance company, 131
troopa ; i ; :
The - national guard training conting
ents at Camp Lewis will aggregate 8397
men. In the; period from June 14 to July
29. . The civilian training griaaa call for
960 men from July 27 to August 25. The
reserve officer training camp Is to start
June IS and run to July 2f, with 595 of
ficers under instruction. : ; During the
same time f the organized; reserves are
to be in camp, a concentration of the
tSth division. 85 officers j and 338 non
commissioned officers. .', .
.
. The JlcNary bill to -extend the loan
making power of the war finance corpor
ation for one year from June 30 is temp
orarily held up v In the senate finance
committee while the question of welding
into it other features of .permanent char
acter Is. under consideration. .
' It la expected, that the committee will
conduct hearings to ascertain the ariews
of Eugene Meyer Jr.. managing director
of the ward finance torporattlon. who re
cently returned from - a awing through
the south and west' and made wide In
quiry Into S agricultural and i livestock
conditions. Mr. Meyer ha made a report
to the president which has. not yet been
made public, but-la believed to be highly
optimistic aa to the recovery : of agriculture.-
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It la understood to be the purpose of
the - leaders in congress 'to extend . the
activities of the war finance corpora
tion, and tfcls wilt be donei by , resolution
next month if in the meantime it is found
Impossible to secure time for considera
tion of a -larger' measure "f permanent
character. . J i , . .
, Wi r finance : eorporationj ofHcials are
ifflsiwniiiHwnMiuRn8ni9!iNatfii)isiuiiii
official language of the conference. He
did . not, however, propose that "French
be excluded. He only asked that it be
considered in a preferential manner, as
compared with Italian. ; , !. ,;
M. Plchon referred to the fact 'that
the resolutions of the Versailles Con
ference were in. French.;..,!; j,--,
Mj Qemenceau admitted that he was
considerably "embarrassed. ; He saw the
justice of the claim that the; English
language was the language most com
monly spoken throughout the world, and
that it has carried wherever : It has
penetrated, but he would point' out that
French hu taken the place 'of Ia.tin,
which, in its time, was 'the- official
language of the world, and, moreover,
it has the advantage of extreme pre
cision. Nevertheless, he had the greatest
desire to give each language its full
right. Consequently,, if English .Is ad
mitted. It would not be right to exclude
Italian. r- t i ;; j ; ,;.s jj.
He therefore proposed f that there
should be three official languages, and
if a question of interpretation should
ever arise .the French text , would rule.
Mr. Lloyd George observed that this
would make French the official language,
or, as Mr. Wilson suggested, the stand
ard language. -'
t Mr. Wilson Inquired whether the of
ficial minutes would then be kept in all
three . languages. . ..
; Mr. Balfour .requested that M. Clem
enceau be good enough to submit his
proposal in writing, so that he might see
the actual wording of. the clause, and
that this should be presented, for,-con-
Sideratlon at the afternoon meeting.
The conversations were resumed at
2:80 p. m. 4 - '
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M. Pichon submitted a new text for
Article VIII., proposed by M. Clemen
ceau. (English, French and Italian to
be the official' languages French the
standard text.)
Mr. Wilson asked permission to pre
sent the following aspects of. the mat
ter.: French has been the language of
European diplomacy, but we have now
reached the beginning of a new era and
enter upon world, diplomacy.; It Is hard
ly decisive to f oIIqav European preced
ence which, gives the French language
this position. The language of -the .other
side of the globe is English.4 and this is
a congress of the world. 'Moreover, the
greater part of the people represented in
this congress use . the English language.
He sincerely doubted whether any Amer
ican when ldcjtlnjE ;ythls document in
French would be satisfied that It was att
iraiffimrjmwBnui
expected to tell the committee that con
ditions nave so much Improved that
there may be no necessity for new loans
to agricultural interests for more than
six months, but they probably will offer
no objection to making the extension for
one year as a precaution against con
tingencies. There is felt to be need, how
ever, for devising a system ' for live
stock aid which will go beyond the,
emergency character Of the war : finance
act. -.;, . . ; .;:. ; .' ;,:
It, seems improbable that the Simmons
bill,! which was designed to fit m with j
thia' program, will be enacted. For one 1
thing. It sets up a new government
agency, and there is opposition i to in
creasing the number of : commissions.
Again, it was offered by Senator Sinir
mom,' a Democrat, and . the admhaistraf-1
tion ' forces prefer to have new :legislil
tion sponsored by members of the man
jorlty. .,:, 1 1 ' .-- i;
Just: what form the new legislation
Continuation of the Discussion
Catholic Attitude on
, ' - of the
DECLARES FOR CATHOLICISM -An
Investigator : Gives the Result ; of
Research, After Consulting Both Sides.
y- Portland. May S-To the Editor of
The Journal Tea. I belong to the Cath
olic church, and glory : to It. nothwith
standlng the fact - that l.; as well as
three sisters and vtwo brothers, have
received the enHghtenraent of a, public
high school and state university educa
tion. - . t - ' '
Too many times during my life have
X heard slurs cast at Mother Church,
and I determined to make av' careful
tnveatigatlon of a few of them, con
sulting both Cathollo aad Protestant
authorities. j ;
Two results are: '-1 , "
1, Catholic schools are on a par with
public schools. While teaching for two
years In one of the largest high schools
in Michigan. I compared standings of
the four classes. These standings are
taken entirely , from Protestant in
structors. They are: " ,
Freshman PubUc school, 87; Catholic
school. IS. i 4 . ' ! t
. Sophomore Publie school. It ; Catholic
school, ss. ' - - : :- - .-,1
p Junior Public school, S.J ; , CathoUc
school. 5.L - - r 'I
Senior Public school, j ;M i . Catholic
school. SS-5- - - 1
2. Catholic universities founded . la
Europe by Catholics, 118 : since. Reforma
tion. 42. .Protestant universities founded
In Europe. SZ. -')..
The- above results were, not accepted
from any one-sided authority,': but from
hours of careful Investigation, iMay I
be permitted to add that any maa who
f is- really a big man. whose thoughts and
studies l!ow ; an ' intenig j urse
Letters
matuaiaaaiBi
exact expression of "the decision of the
conference. j ; .
As regards r the arguments for the
Italian language, he would venture to
point out that It was spoken by;a lim
ited part of what might be called the
constituency of the conference.
; If English and French were placed on
a parity there- would be a perfect con
currence of mind of those who under
stood the French version with those who
used the English version. '
HIW ELEMENTS I3T D IFItOM ACT :
Mr. Wilson also pointed out that it
was proposed to have a permanent Secre
tariat for the conference; and this was
one more reason why the documents Of
this Secretariat should be In both
languages. Moreover; should another mi
nority language be admitted, others
would have to be included also.
He ventured again to lay stress upon
the fact that a new element has been
introduced In the diplomacy of the world
by the entrance, of a new power speak
ing English. For these reasons, he
urged that both English and French be
made the official language of the con
ference.' ' f, j . ;
Mr. Lloyd George submitted a proposal
providing for the use; of .French and
English as the official languages of the
conference, and for the reference to the
League of Nations for decision of any
question of Interpretation that may arise.
M Plchon remarked that this was not
the first time that the United States
and other States of both North . and
South America had, adopted French as
the official language. He referred to the
conferences at The Hague where accord
ing to precedent. French had been
adopted as the official, language by all
those present. j
Int answer to the .contention that The
Hague conferences had served no pur
pose and had been disregarded, M.
Pichon replied that it was not the fault
of France that this' had occurred.
In conclusion he referred to President
Wilson's statement that France in this
matter had a- historical privilege. He
believed that President Wilson would
be the last not to i-ecdgnlae that priv
ilege. In view of what France had gone
through, and in view of all her suffer
ings,; he thought 4t strange that the first
act of this conference should be to with
draw from her tha right. He pointed
out that M. Clemendeau had suggested a
formula which seenked J to meet the de
ala
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Federal Blue Sky Bill
Camp Lewis
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Loan Featiare Delayed
Philadelphia's Fair
Umpqua Approvement
More Electric Power
HospitalsSrXwait Law
wilt ; take probably will; iot be known
until Mr. Meyer appears to tell the com
mittee the results of his study. In view
of the Information that the agricultural
situation is considered to be In hand, the
emphasis is expected to be placed 'on
credit for the livestock interests, which
From
the
of Issues Raised by Mr. Coyle1 Recent Letter in Relation to the
Certain Questions Further Argument of the Question
Validity of Spiritualistic . Phenomena. r - '
would not stoop to deliberately stir up
the animosities and hatreds they cherish,
and on which both morally and finan
cially thrive. Two Of my brothers and I
have worked to large Eastern - labora
tories and have had. the real pleasure
of listening to and really learning of
men who are of. world renown in. the
scientific field. Never do-1 remember
their hurling abuse, nor do I remember
hearing such- abuse as. I have been
aware of since coming to Portland. .;
.1 am trying to find, out If Portland
is really aa bigoted as it seems. -;
Justine O. Jolrvetta.
FROM A FORMER CATHOLIC :
Telling Why. In Her Case, the Protest
ant Faith Was Preferred.
Portland, May 4; To the Editor- of
The Journal.- Just a few remarks on
some of Mr. Coyle's challenges of April
It: .Some SO years ago. when I was
a. Catholic; I had (to march around In
line - with the" congregation, kneel and
kiss the crucifix on Good Friday morn
ing. We were taught not to pray to the
pictures and images ; yet " X would like
to know what you1 would call this act
Just mentioned, and others similar to Jt.
A bit of Idolatry, was it not? ;
;We were1 taught; that It was a sin
to go to a, Protestant church.. Is this
not enough to cause . prejudice existing
In anti-Catholic : organisations today?
Then, too, why should the Catholic con
skier his cemetery any more consecrated
than the Protestant's? They would not
allow; my father to bo buried beside my
mother, because he! was not a CathoUc
Is this not : enough - to turn one away
from the fai:h?
Results in 'Wicli
m I MM II I ! HMII.IHII.M Willi ! I Mill II I ! l.lllllll W IIHIII.II I lHHW III I ! I II If IT,.. 1 IIM.II
sires of the President, and still ; left
France her privilege. '
M. ! Sonaino? pointed out that while , it j
was true that Italy had not a majority
of population, nevertheless it should not
be forgotten that she bad contributed
her full share to the war, and had put
Into the field, from four to five, million
soldiers. He repeated that if an ; excep
tion were to i be made to the historical
rule and Italy were left out It would be
a distinct slight against her. He wished
to support M. Clemenceau's proposal. Mr.
Wilson -spoke as follows:. ,j , ;, ,
"My sentiments would respond at once
to M. Pi chon's. appeal not only my own,
but also those of all the people of the
United States but I felt obliged to leave
sentiment out by views of practical ef
faces. The look of this conference to to
the future. We are trying to draw now
together to do away with contest. These
documents which we are to draw up and
sign will be the basis and life of govern
ment all over the world.' The interpre
tation of them will effect " situations
which are to come, and In such, inter
pretations a preponderance of the peoples
of the world wIU use the English text
I cannot refrain from reminding myself
that we are engaged in a practical bust
nessj and I am bound , to lay matters of
precedent aside. What will, be the
languages, in time to come.' which will
be easiest to Interpret? French and Eng
lish. I The world will find it easier to
interpret French and English texts, far
easier than, any other. Lee me aay that
it is not in my heart to show direspect.
Let jus so act that the future genera
tions will say: These men had bard
common sense, and put practical inter
ests to the front.' "
'After some general discussion the
Chairman read the text of Article VIII,
and 'put the -question as to whether it
was approved,, He referred to the fact
that! French had been the: official
language of the Versailles Conference
of the Inter-Allied High Commission.
OJfE 8TA3UJABB OB TWO u
Mr. Lloyd George observed that when
the commission sat in London, English
had been the official text. He reverted
again to his former argument that Eng
lish was the 'official language of a great
section of the world. 4 He laid stress on
the point; that the forthcoming confer
ence was to lay out a new era, and in
asmuch as it was now neceasary to deal
with realities, he gave his7 support to
President Wilson's appeal, although he
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need longer; loans than they can obtain
through the banking system.
Reports persist that Mr. Meyer may be
selected to take the place of W. P. O.
Harding as governor of the federal re
serve system. , His appointment is being
urged by western interests which have
benefited from the work he has directed
as the executive of the war finance cor
poration. Oh the other hand, Mr. Meyer
is a , New; i Yorker, and one member of
the federal reserve board, former Con
gressman Edmund Piatt, is from that
State. This may mlUtate against his ap
pointment, particularly in view of. the
fact that the agricultural bloc of the
senate has been fighting to secure the
appointment of a dlrt farmer." f
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: Bepreeenmtives of Philadelphia will
appear before the house committee on
industrial -arts and expositions on May
t to present their plana for the aesqui
centennlal celebration which It Is pro-
The' foregoing are manifestations of
ignorance, let alone the holy wates idea,
the blessing of trinkets to wear ; about
the neck' "to charm away disease, etc, 1
"counting off" prayers In a mechanical
way. just as they, do in some . heathen
countries .today, aid. worst ..of all.;.pajr
lngsums of money to .have souls de
livered out of purgatory. t-i v ,: ,.'
Protestantism is not perfection, by
any ; means, but I do feel that X have
taken a forward - step by . leaving the
Cathollo church. ; '-'- ;.;.'
i I., too. would like i to ; know Just why
the Catholics have separate schools for
their children below the eighth grade. I
wonder how many, vote In favor of any
tax measure for our .public schools.
t - . , , - Jane, l-
' f - MR. ADLER RBPLXES
Disputing Points Raised Against Spirit
- ualism by Three Opponents.' '
1 Portland April 30. To the Editor of
The; Journal I am much- pleased thai
my letter, published last week, has elicit
ed a controversy, which, -perforce," must
be productive of much 4good to the par
ticipants, aa well as many others. .
thank: Mr. " J. R. Wright for his In
junction to . ."cheer np," assuring him
that It, was a unnecessary as tt was un
called for,, since nothing to my previous
article justified bim - in assuming : the
need of It.; -t " - t ' .
y "Psych 1st" t is j more reasonable and
ctmsequential delegating, to. psycholo
gists the true segregation of "the wheat i
from, the chaff by purely' scientific edu
cation, based 'on truth and facta versus
(Csachidd a Fx Cohjma Tiiraa)
Peopl
CHAPTER
found It most difficult to resist the ap
peal of the Minis terror Foreign Affairs.
- M. . Clemenceau . believed that those
present were more In . accord jthaa ; tt
appeared. Mr. . Wilson had mentioned
the part taken m the war by English
speaking' people.- ThU ;U i true. U He
frankly recognised the v debt which
France owed to the men who speak Eng
lish. Like Mr. Wilson, he was ready to
faeej new problems. It - was not ; only
necessary to try. but also" jto succeed.
Thia war. however, took place In France.
It should not b forgotten (that! his pro
posal was that the official text shaU be
English. French and 1 1talian. I and he,
a Frenchman, had proposed it. If It
was ; now argued that the : English-speaking
people must be able to read the text,
he admitted it. and had proposed Eng
lish, French and Italian. .The mere fact
that a small text is hidden away in the
archives at The Hagae will: not make
any difference if it is in the French
language.- As regards Italian I believe
that not only, now, but In the future.
It will be necessary -tohave many , more
officially stamped texts, bat from the
merely : practical points of View ; there
should be but one text In the hands of
the Judge. There should be - but , one
standard to refer to. . -j ;
, Mr. Lloyd . George observed that the
question now under consideration was
whether there shall be but one text, not
two or three. If the French text is the
standard for scrutlaiaation. the British
delegate would have to examine It very
carefully. Why would It not; be well to
have .two or three Official languages, and
if there is a dispute, instead of referring
tt to a text, why not leave It to the
League to decide? In Canada. If the
Judge says that the texts are different
the matter is . referred to parliament.
Such cases will undoubtedly, arise, and
It would be appropriate and preferable
to have the matter referred to the League
rather than. 'to a text, p Why could not
the Fresfch language, so to speak, serve
for all. Latin . peoples.! and the English
text represent the others ? He suggested,
therefore, that It-would be better to pro
ceed1 to the consideration of th amend
ment first proposed, that Is to say. . that
there be two official texts, English and
French. If that be accepted. Baron Son
nino's proposal might then be taken into
consideration. K; 'M:v5"'vii! i '
Mttj Wilson thought It of interest to
I rsmmd those present that In jtreattea he-
' tween the United States and France the
ft
posed to bold In that city in 1926, the
150th anniversary of the Declaration of
Independence.- 1 - - j - I -
It has just been revealed that the
Philadelphians expect to come to con
gress ultimately with a request for 110.
000,000 to $15,000,000 of government aid.
At the present time, however, they will
not ask for a dollar. They have been
warned that congress' is not in the ap
propriating mood, and all they j will seek
will be the formal recognition of project
and, bf Philadelphia as the site. .
Members of the house committee" vis
ited": the Quaker 'city last! week and
looked over the Fairmont park grounds,
where it Is proposed to ,hold the -fair.. It
Is believed the committee .will favor the
Philadelphia plans, but without - any
pledges as to What will be done, in the
wajr j f federal aid; i That : iwill .'not , be
brought : forward until, the next con-o-ress.
' ,ft -;.,; ;r; '.;:?. i-,; -" -jVi
- The Philadelphians were told that they
should at once complete their organKa
tion and choose their director ' general.
The ihead of the exposition committee
Is Samuel Rea, president-of the Penn
sylvania. ' and he told ' the committee
that he to In search for a man to direct
the f enterprise. Secretary Herbert
Hoover was approached, but Mr. Hoover
does not wish to leave the department
of commerce. . . : '.
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W, ! H. Jewett, manager of the Gardi
ner Mill, company, .la here, and R. J.
Hubbard of Reedsport, Or., manager of
the Winchester Bay Lumber company.
Is coming,' to urge that congress at the
present session shall not neglect an ap
propriation for the Improvement: of the
mouth of the TJmpqua river.. .
. This Improvement was recommended
by- ; thes army 7 engineers; several years
ago, but it is not Included In the list
of new projects tor 'which authorisation
is carried in the legislative rivers and
harbors bill. Apparently the house com
mittee was under the Impression that
because Coos: Bay: and ' TJmpqua are- not
far apart. the needs of the region could
be 'eared for by the Coos Bay improve
ment,'. ;-:'" J.i
-: The TJmpqua river people have data
to show that' logging across ' country to
Coos Bay is not practical, and that the
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Immediate action : for Improvement at
that point,
V
: A' bearing will be requested before the
senate committee on commerce; so this
committee will be supplied with the tes
timony of Mr. Jewett and Mr. Hubbard,
to be considered later when the bouse
bill providing for ' new projects comes
before the committee.' -'J , " - r - .'
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' License has 1 been granted under the
federal waterppwer act to the 'Portland
Railway, Light Power company for a
development of 40.000 horsepower on
Clackamas river, ' Oregon, in caackamas
county. partlyi within . the: Oregon - na
tional forest involving the use of water
from ' Oak i Grove and x Three Ilnks
creeks.. : ; j . r . :f $ tyH? tft f lh
This application also Included the con.
struction of ). a ;f reservoir
at
Timothy
meadows ; at ; the - head of Oak Grove
in hi ill' mm 1 1 n mAlUm
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IIMIIIWlllW1WHtWaw'nmll''l'
text la in English and. French, The
Senate . of the" United States approves
the English text. Therefore, so far as
the United States Is conoemed. the Eng
lish text would rule. (Should there be a
disagreement. he matter. would be dis
cussed - and an agreement, reached be
tween the two governments. : :
M. Clemenceau observed that the Ver
sailles Treaty .was in French alone.: Mr.
wyson thought, this, treaty had lapsed.
M. pichon repeated; that In all' inter
national agreements - the French' text
ruled.' Even at the Congress of Berlin
French was used. . , !
Mr. Wilson pointed lout that be did 'not
dispute the fact that French has been
the standard, but as to the-Congress of
Berlin he would observe that: America
not..,, represented.: : M . Clemenceau
stated that he: could not go, further than
the amendment he had proposed. ; ' -
i Mr. : Lloyd George I suggested that if
that were to be the Case it would be
better to have no official text, and each
country would only understand the text
which its representatives signed.
m Clemenceau Observed - that If so
much importance were attached to such
small matters it . was truly a- bad be
ginning for the Society of the League of
Nations. , . ;;- r,,'-,.. f,
Mr. Wilson observed that he waa ex
tremely sorry that this aspect had been
given to the question. He did not like
to leave a question of this , sort where
it then rested, and suggested that the
delegates think the matter over, sleep
on it. and take it up at the next meeting.
E1TGLI8H TEXT -MADE OFFICIAL,
i The upshot of the matter waa that
English, and French were both made of
ficial and I the treaty was printed with
English1 on One page and French on the
next. It was one of the many evidences
of the shifting of power from the old
to the new. . Indeed, .' English waathe
dominant language at the conference. A
large proportion of the foreign delegates.
like the Chinese, Japanese, aoutn Amer
icans and others, spoke it as their second
language, and of thai Council of One five
heads of the great powers only Orlando
of Italy spoke no English, while only
two. - caemenceau .and '3 Orlando. " spoke
French. Clemenceau and Sonnlno: (For
eign Minister, of Italy spoke -.English
fluently, and jBaronj-Maklno of Japan
spoke -,welUfev:; 0 fK1v.;t?W
When ? the i three (the President, i Mk
Lleyd George an4,vMUCleraeceau .were
in sessions i alone, aa theyl often ere
creek; but It developed that the state
has not yet granted authority - for. ap
propriation . of water for this purpose,"
and that part of the application ,1a pot
granted, ' ' "i : '"
A preliminary permit was: also grant
ed the- Portland company for "construc
tion of two reservoirs, one higher up
on the Clackamas,'; another near. 'the
headwaters of Oak Grove ureek. v
Preliminary permit was granted to
Mushen & Cronemlller of LakeviewJOr..
to cover the development of 800 .horse
power on Deep and Camas creeks. In
Lake county.
' Another Internal revenue district may
be established for the state of. Wash
ington, with an Intimation that " the
headquarters will be at Spokane. A
bill has just been reported to the hduse
of representatives to create 10 new dis
tricts In the United States, and Wash
ington wants one f them, .
"."'' - V. y! i ; .:.';,; - it'!:
i While congress has Just authorised
117,000.000 for new hospitals to provide
12,000 additional beds for disabled war
veterans, and" President Harding -.f has
signed ithe bill, the money will not be
available until congress, baa further
acted and made the actual .appropria
tion. It Is expected this legislation wUI
be hurried.';:- -v xitfgf
Out of these' funds will come the1 $1,
000,000 for a newibospltal In. the Pacific
Nerthwest, for ; which It appear that
Camp Lewis will likely fe chosen.: -the
prelimmary reports favoring that, loca
tion. The 'war department: is not ; In
clined to give up the inactive and semi
abandoned military posts, l such as
George Wright and .Flagler, , which were
at first auggested, jas, the department
will use these for troops dispersed from
Camp. Lewis, y 4
':The Northwiest hospital is planned for
250 beds at the starts to: be increased
later to 600. This vlll rcarea for. mental
patients from district IS of the veter
ans bureau, which t comprises Oregon,
Washington and Idaho, and -Is also to
receive patients from' California, Ari
zona and-Nevada, .i - "; - ;i : .. ;:"..
Plana made by the bureau are for
EOO-faed hosnital , for! district i 10. . Minne
sota, North Dakota;! South Dakota and
Montana. : and an. Institution: of equal
size in District 5, Iowa, Missouri. Kan
sas and Nebraska. Another of equal
size is to go in District 7,-phio, Indi
ana -and Kentucky, while District t Is
to have a lOOO-bed hospital. tater to be
Increased to I3O0 - beds. - District 8 in
cludes Michigan, Illinois .and Wiscon
sin. .The hospital at. Little. Rock. Ark,
with: 20 beds at ipreseut. Is to be dou
bled and: later Increased ;. to ,750 beds.
Other .hospitals' will be added : In .the
East and South.; . ::.?:;f f
The department of agriculture is con
sidering extension of - the full- market
report j by1: leased wire ' to the1 Pacific
coasts to be : there broadcast, by - radio.
It is believed this would be. especially
appreciated , by the fruit growers. '
?Dr. H. C. 'Taylor, chief of the bureau
of markets' and ; farm crop estimates.
i' -' 1 11 i ii k.i i . i i " . j.'' r '..'.' "'. i ' ' ". r i i '. : 1 , "; . - ! n .
iwisiwiiwiiwaam siMBinwKlBwsiiiuiir
es
during the later days of the conference,
the conversation was wholly In English.
At other times, and In art of the larger
conferences, .the speeches had to be In
terpreted from Kngllsk to French and
French to English.: -'This work was done
by a remarkable Frenchman, Professor
Mantoux. ,, I have seen
him sit through
a long- conference, ane
as each speech
was made in English
ipldly made: notes
in , French, r if i the
ataajti ae st " tr
avvuvu . - wwksa . n
French, his note wer
in English ; and
when the speaker finished he arose im
mediately and - repeated his speech at
length- often eloquently end with such
accuracy, such complete understanding,
that he was rarely -corrected. -
- Italian- was occasionally heard at the
conferences, and, German, of eourse, at
theisingle meeting with the Germans at
Versailles, but other languages almost
never. When the picturesque EmIr.Fel
sal.j the delegate from Arabia,: who had
only his native Arabian, spoke at a con
ferencr he was I Interbreted In English
by jColonel LawrenoeJ Venlieloaj the
Greek I Premier, spoke French to per
fection. - j "-v- X; ;
.i Vn. iVahM fila . Amdlmltvi maVai TCnr
llshj coequal with Freineh aa the idiplo
matlc language of the (world hurt French
sensibilities and especially hurt IClem
enceauu i But Clemendeau met this and
other aetbacka at PaHe, for which he
wa4 later bltteriy eft tiolsed, like the
wise old: philosopher he was. " -"The
state of mind of onr allies. " he
explained (a quoted by M. Tardleu),
"la i not - necesaarlly the same as our
own. and when we are) ot in agreement
with them . it - Is1 unjust j to . blame those
who do not succeed in oonvtnotng them
or jtof oiame tnem :xpr jbiiuuuu.
whirih are not in their hearts.! ) '
"What are you golugfto do about It?
Each of us Jives eneaeea in mi wn
past. "i Augusts Comte said we; live dead
meifsillTes and It la true.
"There should be noLsurprlse t the
resistance we have encountered. I The
onei said or thought, 4! am English.' i the
other tbought L am American.' Each
had as much right to aay.ao.aa we had
to ay, wa are French. Sometimes It U
trui they; made me,,sffer oruellyi But
suchidiscusslons must j be entered Into
bott with the ! Idea fj , breaking off. or
smashing the serving; tables j and the
china, tea' was NapoleOnls wont, but with
ttel-,idea,-Ot making one's , self under-
stood.?-,ftr--! v::-: i . v -
Ooprrffhtt 122, by rxmbiaaay. re tw.
,:, f'--.:. Ail JUSOTS miuui um. ( . ,
Te Be Contiaaed Not Sunday. !
tella' of the department's plana and the
estimates of cost in a jtejtter to Congress
man ;CUy . Briggs ok Texas,? vho Is
anxious H to have service of this sort
brought to the: western ,'and southern
eutes' .!--;,.;;. v (.";": s j
.' "T, have made Inquli-yj" says Dn Tay
lor; "concerning the cost of j extending
a leased wire from Washington tb cen
tral Texas by way of 4-tlenta and1 Vrora
Kansas .City by way of Denver io the
Pacific toast. It appeals' that the ost
of the southern wire would be approxi
mately 160.000 a year, while the cost of a
wire-from Kansas City jto San! Francisco
would be $St,000. ? Ifir ty',fi: ::; V '': 1
'For effective iservlrle of theenojrmou9
producing area of the pacific : coast tlu.t
wire Should extend fijoia San Francisco
to Los Angeles at an additional cost of
$1500. ja total ofi 117io for wire rental
alone, I with no allowance for operators'
salaries.' To cover these, the amount
should be increased to f 1S5.000. -
:fcase:woreaV&J,the'Pacifio coast
at alt there would Undoubtedly be a
very strong demand for removal bf the
leased wire to the northwest by con
necUng Portland with Ban Francisco. ,
i Tha.present western i leased wire clri
cult,- connecting Washington with Min
neapolis, Omaha, Kansas City andi Inter
vening points, to -already -so heavily
loaded that little additional Information
now- going over that wire could be itrans
mitted to the Pacific coast without In
creasing the expenslveftess of our present
machinery. By putting in a manual re
lay at . Kansas iCtty.-j however, all ' the'
Information now going over this ; wire
could be transmitted to the PaclfW coast
without increase f expense, for oollect
tagjlnfotmatton.K. -j'.-. ..';; f .
"With'the proposed installation of high
powered radio transmitting service a t
various points on these j lines the broad
casting of this Information, could b
much more general than it is at present,
making the service valuable to art enor
mously increased -number of -producers-and
dealers enabling - us to eventually
cover almost the entire; country to this
' "There : will' always ( be regions which'
will be Interested In pqly limited; num
bers . of products, which- can . be (erved
more economically by brief wires over
commercial lines than by the more ex
pensive leased wire, i connections.! The
producers - and - shippers of perishable'
products, v both in the southern i states
and on the Pacific coast, are so vitally
interested. In all the northern and east-,
era markets' aa well as in the movement
of-1 crops and the prices prevailing In
competing producing areas that I it is
Impracticable to servaJ each district sep-
;. . - . L..., ... . i
nraieiy- ana niuuvuiru uy uiuniarv-
telegraphic means. The cost la almost
prohibitive -and i the service . at i best
somewhat trfegular." I'-i "
I The -interstate commerce comnr.lsslon
has issued' an order reopeningithejWest--em
grain and hay rate fase on the ques
tion of the relationship of rates on wheat
and wheat products and other grains an l
products between points in tht mounti'.i
i'piflc group." j j . : ; - j