THE OHE G ON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY CD, 1Z21
By RA Y. STA.NNA RD- B AKER
- The Ptnnar Journal herewith ' pnmiti the thirty-first installment of Bar EUnnard Baker
VrJ, "The Peace," which to in authontaUT narrative of how the pne, of Paris was concluded.
Wowlporw Wilson fiK Kt. Biktr access to ail ha persons. Bnpnb&siKd paper, which are th
mlr tellable ami incoooroTertiblo reports- of ths -and which, heretofore new bees
Blade vubttc The apocbal feature will b pablutwd tn Tho Journal aerially throoshowt tha year.
; .-! . ( 'op j-crht. X9-2, bjr Doufcieday. Pace Co.. Pnbb&hd loj Special Amnteswnt with
. .- too MeClnre Nrw5pp-r-6yndict) - .:. j. v. ' r .-i':-
rpiIE French crisis of tho peace conference, lo far as the four,were
concerned or, better, the three "(for the Italians had had practically
nothing to do with it) was now past.' Byjthe'end of, April the official
settlements having
3 mostly completed" ' .. -; - -
I But, like all compromises on -really vital issues,
I they; were satisfactory to nobody, w While the French
1 felt that theyhad, received too little the British and
Americans feared they had ; been given : too much.
1 Therfe followed, during those: desperately .crowded
I and feverish weeks, -attempts, both , to modify . the
I terms by. processes of further discussion, or to evade
I or. circumvent them by an' extraordinary series of. Itf-
trigrues. " Borne of these episodes. have thus far been
kept wholly from public .knowledge! They, furnish
an Illymlnatinar "commentary upon the extent of ; the
wild and. ungovernable -for-cea of violence and. chi
la.
Kay -Stannard
. .Baker -
canery released
tainoua difficulties which, tha. Americans bad constantly, to meeU" Tbey
are the perfect expression of the methods of the old diplomacy; for even
th ftttAmnt At trt o--r t mrwlfrifltlrkn nf tift Urmfi.. frr t H rri ns r rtart.
were "not dictated, by a desire "for a Juster peace, bjit either to serve the
political" necessities of the various leaders or: out ofjfear lest the "Ger
mans refuse to sign." ' . .,-"". , '','", . i -' ',;-"
la vthe case of the French efforts at
evasion or modification, which wili.be
treated In this chapter,; the obstinate
consistency-; of the French., especially
s the extreme group, in adhering lo the
.utmost ..limit of their claims, as first
et : forth,? is., remarkably, exemplified.
. The -French ..never stopped -fighting-have
not stopped yet! for their run
program. . These efforts at . evasion
show how bitterly - they -'resented - the
concessions which Clemenceau .had. ac
cepted, to which he had .been driven
by the pressure of events and by Presi
dent Wilson's insistency... . - va ' -
Consider first what has been called
the "Rhine rebellion. In accepting .the
demilitarization ahd temporary-- occu
pation clauses of the compromise
agreement as to the BbiniurCiemenceau
had, of. -course,' abandoned the early
French demand for a special political
status In the German territory west of
the Rhine. . ,
Eut.no sooner was this settlement
publicly known than there began, to be
strange reports of intrigues to break It
down, both by politicians and military
men. , These became so serious that on
April ?9 (secret minutes Four) Lloyd
George called the attention of 'Wilson
and Clemenceau to a "speech of the
burgomaster of j Cologne "intimating
the possibility of the establishment of
a separate " republic for!, the , Rhenish
provinces and Westphalia," ,
THE RH1SK BEPtTBUCS - ;
COJiSPIBACT ..,... :.
:- This project (dropping Westphalia)
continued to simmer along more or less
publicly under j the direction of I Dr.
Dorten and. a band of conspirators at
. Wiesbaden. These ; were " in constant
touch with General Mangtn, : command
ing the French army! of occupation.
who favored their project. About the
middle of May, wheoFoch was making
a tour of inspections of. the armies, he
w a informed of this situation and' ap
proved Mangin's course. The conspiracy
rspidly matured, to the point of execu
tion, General Mangin personally gave"
advice to the plotters, disapproving a
project of April IT and accepting one
of th.e . J.9tl. , 'A proclamation was
drawn bp announcing the separation of
all German portions of tho tleft bank
and their constitution as an fauton
omous Rhenish republic, , under a prefc
visional gbvernment ' and, , witb' a , call
for election of an tSsserabiy. The capi
tal was declared to be Coblens. within
the American sone of occupation thus
disguising the French influence. May
. 3 was fixed as the day for Issuing the
saanifesto. : - :. i . i
Before a successful result of the coup
could be assured, however, the approval
of tho . other . commanders along the
'Rhine American, British and Belgian'
must be " obtained.: so that proceed
ing would not be interfered with. Jklan
gin, on the 22d, eent staff officers b
interview - them alU, President Wilson
was startled on the same .day by-a tele
phone message .from General Liggett,
forwarded by Pershing,: stating , that
one - Of Mangin's office had asked
what -would be his attitude toward the
Btating that 5 "deputies were ready to-
enter; the American Sone to start -the
revolution. Ha had declined id consider
the proposition at SU. "Wilson and "Per
shing, both vigoroursly confirmed bis
stand and ordered the exclusion of ail
agitators.;';'' , . t -
Wilson wrote to Clemenceaa, asking
that the affair be looked into at onesa
CIEMESCAS COURSE
Here t again arises the - qneation of
Clemenceau's connection with these
mIitary intrigues. Of coarse, we know
Jh was , not , on1 good terms '.with the
generals; they detested his, policy of
compromise and be res anted their inter
ference in his conduct of af fairs. Nei
ther party took the other Into its con
fidence. Yet could all of these tricks
The Largest . Circus
'lT 'Street Parade "- , - l-fC
V ) -Thursday, f
j I
Seat sale at Sherman, ' Clay & Co.
ons 9 a- tn. Aug. 9. Prices, adults,
7c; children, 50c, inrltidins tax. ': .
- to do witn the "Trench claims were
by "tha war and reveal, the moun-
been played, behind his back if he had
chosen to prevent them?- Bid he de
liberately calculate that It was better
not to know? As responsible head of
the 'government, he was pledged, to
certain things. But. many-such enter
prises must profit by the closing of his
eyes. J He never did seenvto see or find
out Any of these- intrigrues -until they
were brought to nls attention by his
American or British colleagues. Once
informed, . he - always took honorable
and jstraightforward step to undo the
mischief he-could not -do otherwise.
But no blame 3onld attach' to him if
they came ; too, , late, as in the case
of the Polish conquest of Eastern Gal
icia. v . - .', - Air:- ,t-"i4
i-In the -Rhine affair f-Clemenceaus
course was entirely . jcorrect. He ; at
once dispatched an under secretary .of
state, Mr. Jennenney, to make a com
plete InvestlKation On the spot and rec
ommend action to fbe taken. On June
1 Clemenceau forwarded this "report
to Wilson, together with his own letter
to General Mangin, written In conse
quence. ' - '
K 0 BEAT, CEXSFBE OP V1
In this letter ! there was no real
censure of General Margin, much less
any repudiation ! bt the' project for
evading ; France'a agreement in 4 the
peace- conference ' to ' drop - the idea
or - an independent Rhineland. - In
deed, no secret Was made of'the-con"
eurrence of the -government in Mangin's
sympathy with the movement of revolt;
he was only reproved for having com
promised his military ; position, and so
having really injured the cause. .
Whatever the chances -of the-movement
for independence might have been,
they were spoiled by the course General
Mangin had taken, with Ithe American
commapder.vf Much credit should here
be given to the I clear " headedness of
Genera! Liggett . if his suspicions aa in
L the - infjuences; back- of the- -revolt?, had
not Deen aroused, it might. bave gpt
under way at least 1 But in the face of
his hostile attitude; the French officers
could only do- their best'to restrain: the
coup .Amtil some more-favorable mo
ment.. Iorteri was Induced to -countermand
the rising of the r4th j and Man.
gin's agent to Liggett devoted himself
to me melancholy task of turning back
the plotters toward Wiesbaden. . But.
as h reported to his chief, the order
to , poftpoone could not: reach - all in-
oivea -on such short aotice.v Conse
quently, the rising, instead of eing put
off as a unit, fixated out In rumoys and
minor demonstrations, such as the one
put down by. the military ' police at
Coblens on the 25th. '
' "Oa Jun l the 'proclamations were
actually posted here and there, but
without serious effect. ; What realty
ui.-raiiu m movement were, the
counter demons tratlorm Amnno v,. i!
boring population in the form of ge'n-
t BiriMs i voiogne- on May 27 and
at4 Coblensvon June 2. Th war.
fended by the military authorities, but
they exposed the artificial -character of
me aernana ior. independence ; and its
lack of popular support. The German
government also ; sent-fln unanswered
protests ; against i ; the action, of the
French authorities. The dream of the
Rhme republio faded .- quickly, -away,
leaving the compromise with - France
unaffected including ne special politi
eal regime in this territory, except in
so far as necessitated bv that (vriim.
tion. President WUson's personal idea
on the project was expressed irt the
conference With the American delegates
and experts on June 3, when he replied
to a Question concerning-. th r.r,v.t.. .
V. I don't believe it is at all genulne-1
x mean spontaneous, X. would be very
suspicious of it in the present circum
stances. . 1 i - .
We now come to a second group" of
efforts to evada the agreements ar
rived at ... Under' the arrangements of
me lour: uw r rencn not only wgreed to
thV World Coming
CHAPTER 31
abandon their political designs for the
left bank; but also their project . for
severing this region from Germany in
an .economic sens and attaching it t
Franca , As early as February IV at
the renewal of the armistice, the Ger
man' government bad protested vehe
menUy against the continued suspen
sion of intercourse . between' Germany
and : the -occupied ' tefritorJes,- maintained-!
in violation of engagements
(secret minutes: of the Ten, February
1TV -..i But fno- real .- relief was secured.
A convention supplementary to ' the
treaty, regulating the relations between
the-toccupying forces and .the - civil
authorities, was in process of drafting,
and ;tmder American and British pres
sure it was. being framed to make the
occupation, inUrf ere as little . as pos
sible with the normal life of the coun
try. But. -the real-, purpose -f the
French being to cripple Germany eco
nomically xand make her permanently
less powerrai than France, continued
breaking over these agreements. f .
rHE"SCHTSESIGKS 63T Bt'Ha ' '
'The occupation of certain" cities ;V of
the Rum district as , another of these
'8aBCtions., also fitted into the econom
ic side of this program of aecurityi Xt
goes toward, satlsf yinga Gestre which
did not enter into the compromise be
tween. Clemenceau and Wilson, because
it was never put forward as a condition
of peace. The French could not lay
any permanent claim to this district,
dared not even go so far as to stipulate
a " regular and prolonged) occupation ;
but ytey longed to' squeeze this pul-i
sating heart of .3ermart industrial life.
In the Louche ur report of February.
1919, on disarming Germany in advance
Of the peace the seizure of the region
was advocated as a means of prevent
ing rearmament, y The opposition was
warm j and -even Foch, who dtebelleved
i the e'ficacy of disarmament, - de
cried the proposal. "But, , in his- speech
of May 6, before the-Plenary Session,
Foch criticized the schema of evacu
ating ; the occupied territory, on '-. the
ground of releasing first,, "the bridge
beads which ' furnish access to : the
basin of the Ruhr, ths principal source
of Germany's .wealthr- which wo no
longer menace? and whose seizure we
renounce. Even Clemenceau shortly
before ; the signature of the German
treaty, on June 24, advocated seizing
Essen- after the signature as a
means of crippling Germany's -re-sources
for an 1 attack ? on? Polandi A
note was to be sent demanding satis
faction f or ' the scuttling of ' the Ger
man ships at Scapa Flow, the burning
of the captured French flags at Berlin,
and the reported intrigues against Po
land. There would be little time for
an answer before , the treaty -was
signed. As Balfour, remarked:- i .
"If ho, understood -M. Clemencean's
Intention, he WQuld , prefer it to come
axter. men, if the answer were, un
satisfactory, which in an probability
would , be the case, the. allies swould
have to take action, -and 'the action
proposed by M. Clemenceau Was to oc
cupy . Esserv. ;. : . ; . i 1
To. this ironical expose of. his plan.
Clemenceau naively,, replied that Mr.
Balfour, -had ' quite understood '. his
policy." - - ,t - ,
. Needless o say; It was not approved,
and next day. the suggestion, probably
inspired by the extremists, ; was with
drawn on the advice' of "Mr. Fromageot
that it might appear as an act of war.
, -.' In the third ' place, - among France's
efforts .to . get -more security than, the
compromises Of April allowed ber, must
be noted certain further attempts to
put, life-into the pallid dream of the
disintegration of Germany.. Th, Roi-
shevist adventure in Bavaria (April 5
Mayl) showed the dangers attending
tr;s3; out me fTencn would
not give up the dream. The scheme olA
(lor ayiTh f m - - - a T I
-""s na Dy a separate re
Trlctualling organisation, referred to in
another chapter, Was not dropped until
April 25,, whea the supreme economic
council reported it - to be economically
ju pracucaoie, p (secret Minutes Five,
April- 26).-. Soon afterward nr h o,.
Clemenceau laid before the four a pro
ui juies uiniDoB that the Ger
man plenipotentiaries be required to
produce credentials from all the con
stituent; state authorities as .well as
xrom tne central Government, wiun
informed nextj day of l.ansing's opln-
wu- iusi me treaty-making power be
iPeed fuUy to the- central government,
- C1nncea said that had not been
the case in 1871." ' This; characteristic
utterance showed the limitations upon
Clemenceau's vision and bta minxtHM
to admit; that the clock could not - be
turned back to 18IL This man seemed
actually striving- to force the Germans
to sign by separate states saa rfnii
of ; the reality - of the prodamaUon of
wis terman lump ire In the same Hall
of Mirrors 4$ years before. vBut Clera
enceau gave ud the tda.' nhii 1.1.
grip on reality, and even opposed later
usuucsuugiu in xavor ot it -.
The , more reacUonary elements in
eawy convinced... Foch especially, the
most hopeless victim of illusions once
ne loosea beyond his technical field,
believed In the vision and even pro
posed, attempting : t6 "give It reality.
This was in the days when the Council,
was beginning: to consider how Ger
many might be coerced into signing
the peace if she balked. . . It, was also
during the time of inception of the
Rhine republio plot. That plot was
kept ,.- under cover ; but, on May 19
(secret minutes) Foch reported an in
trigue,, of " v different aort to- the
council. : This was the request of Dr.
Heim of Bavaria, who vu af wi
baden with the Rhineland conspirators,
10 cam to some u rencn representative
about a new; separatist movement
there. -Although Foch reported the af
fair, he had already taken . the: re
sponsibility of detailing General tes-
uw ana question tne would
be revolutionists and the conversa
tion, held at Luxemburg on' the same
oay as rocn s notice . or ' it, was re-i
ported to the council on the 23d.' Helm
talked confidently of the separation
of all the other considerable German
states from Prussia and the" formation
or a new confederation, including German-Austria,-
under a "protectorate,"
mainly economic, of the ntente. He
argued that such, a Catholic and con
servative "bloc" would form a- more
effective barrier' against Bolshevism
than a Prussianized . Germany could
ever (constitute. The Frenchman ob
jected to the inclusion : of Austria,' and
as unable to get very satisfactory
assurances concerning the payment of
reparations. TTn ' unwillingness ; of
France to renounce anything in this
line was the main obstacle to any real
encouragement ? of separatist move
ments. -. ' - "
FOCH'S START LI'S G PROPOSAL
Jvo action was taken upon this report
by the council : but when, on June 16,
Foch was summoned by tb four to
give final details of his plans for co
ercing Germany, he made the startling
proposal: of basing them on a separatist
policy. He srjrued that his troops
were insufficiently numerous ta-pn-
trato far into Germany without such
means of securing the flanks and rear
a consideration he had not previously
advanced. V; "When asked if -he - meant
.to-1 buythe consent of the separate
states to, separate, treaties of peace by
remissions of indemnity, he replied no.
He could only define his ldeajof Bpe
clal treatment for them by remarking-
that they would have a pistol at
their throats', at the - beginning. Ko
one undertook to quit the marshal as
ta- what Itind rof security be-- would
consider-: ' a 1 peace so obtained i ' for
everyone, i realised ; that - he i was - not
speaking from a military viewpoint at
all. ' As . Lloyd George put it c - ' v .
."What he feared was that Marshal
Foch was mixing up politics - With
strategy. He hoped that Marshal Foch
would not mind .his saying that he
feared he-was. allowing his judgment
on political matters to ' create- doubts
in bis ; Judgment on strategical, mat
ters. , - -
.Even ' Clemenceau : opposed, .the plan
as foolish - and dangerous to allied
prestige.: A- variant of the project,
based on the signing of separate' armis
tices, was hardly ? more favorably rs-
celved ; but the council decided to hold
its final instructions in abeyance until
definite-word was received, from the
Germans as 'to whether -or not they
would sign. --''
, The. decision of .theGermans to sicrn
the treaty as it stood obviated the ne
cessity of .considering a new policy;
and ; the ' delegates '- subscribed - them
selves as ''acting in the name of the
German empire and of each and every
competent state." The idea of i inter
ference -with--"Germaa "unity, was 'thus
finally abandoned.:' . fisi A .
i: W coma ?finally to" a ? numbec-.f
seemingly -trlvtal.i but really important
efforts 'to' evade or modify - the : agree
ments made by the four with -."diplo
matic jokers"- in the actual drafting of
the ' treaty.-1 The French ihad- special
opportunities for' making conversions
more favorable than the actual agree
ments, in view of their control of the
machinery 5 of -treaty - making chair
manship of committees, etc. ' : In the
hurry and bustle of the few days pre
ceding the banding of the treaty - to
the Germans several ' little' . "jokers"
were passed over unnoticed, only to be
discoverd later. -One such annuling
any vote for "Germany in the Saar dis
trict if the German government' failed
to redeem the mines of ; gold was
pointed out by the Germans and recti
fied at once. (May 22.)
The story of . another of these dig
covered by - President -Wilson; is most
Town Hall Gossip
---Gleanedby the Gossiper 77
- "j "Tis passing , strange, .aver ,the wise
ones at the city hail, that the city gov
ernment should wait nntil it- finds
- " itself caught in a
jam before steps
are .taken to refi
nance the munic
' i lpal bonded in
r debtedness. Fall
h ure - to sell 500,
000 worth of wa
v. tar bonds, because
; of ' the condition
of - the ' sinking
fund,; Is - the par
ticular bump tiTTt
? has brought about
specific consider--,
ction .of the sit
; uation ; but the
lack of "a more rapid accumulation in!
the sinking mna nas . Deen a wnuer
spot for ,-yeara The fact is that. city
officials years ago were remiss in not
meeting -this obligation, and now" some
definite "plan either, raising of the wa
ter rates or direct -appropriation from
city' taxes must be -evolved to - meet
the- deficiency. ' Maybe the proposed
raftaancintr. throusrh an amortization
scheme, by Investing in syndicate l(r
year eertliicates oermg tVt per oem
interested, compounded annually, will
prove "the way out" ; but, at all
events,! It's time; that a different sys
tem is evolved.. - "
- And now. with the announcement
that the city council is about to insti
tute a second division of the municipal
court,omes the
grand rush of ap
plicants for ap
pointment v. to . a
municipal : judge
ship.' Gentlemen
will please line up
'in, the south corridor-leading
-to
Mayor Baker's of
fice and take their
turns.. Don' I
1 shove, men t That
will . not. hurry
things any; 'and,
like as not,, the
decision as- to
who will get the'plum. already Is made.
But, of - course,- there'll be. the usual
going through the., motions, of giving
various candidates weighty , considera
tion. - When Judge RossmaA was ' ele
vated from the municipal judgeship to
the circuit court bench, - there was a
long string of applicants to fill the va
cancy thus created. ' It's likely 'the list
will be fully as long for the new Judge
snip. . The ermine of the municipal
court may not bo as costly-in, texture
as that of the higher -courts, but these
are a lot of barristers who - firmly be-
lieve it would look well on their par
ticular" shoulders - s - - - - - .
In --these piping days of disputed
costs of living the query arises at the
city hall : -Is. 11 an hour- a sufficient
rate tor over
time payment for
-experts'- Ci.ty
A u d 1 1 or Funk
says : "Yes. - in
deed.". Said ex
perts -say: "No,
certainly not t . it
should be XL SO
per hour. It's
like this : The
. Oregon state .au
dit - - co mm 1 1 1 e
has-: dem a n d e d
'that the city fur-
' - nish it certain in
formation for the state economic sur
vey. This will require a lot of extra
work in Its compilation and it can be
done much more advantageously by
experts .In the city departments than
by outsiders. Funk proposes that such
of the- expert city employes who , de-J
sire may work overtime on this task;
There are a lot of "era willing, but
they balk at the rate of tl an hour and
declare it should be' J1.50. Funk thinks
otherwise, declaring this is & period of
descending prices and L guess He will:
win. In any case, the city is stuck for
the costs of work required by a state
department, but it getting used to
that soirty of thing. '
j Bven though the city dads have to
cut "off some furbelows on other de
partments, it seems they really must
take funds to get
a new "car for the
emergency hot-
taL .'The old
gas -wagon is
, likely - to give
people on the
atreets ner v o u s
prostration, and
. thus cause addi-.
lional work for
the . emer g e n c y
,M. D.'s. The
other day folk on
the street heard a
terrific screech of
the siren on the'
- pi
significant,' The draft agreement, of j
April 20, concerning the" 15-year ecu- 1
pa ti on of the left bank, bad. contained
a vaguely qualifying , clause permit
ting reoccupation at any time if the
reparation commission ."recognize that
Germany refuse to execute the whole
or. part of the, conditions agreed upon.
by her,aceording to the present treaty."
In nis denunciation yf the Rhine com
promise in the plenary, session of May
.; Foch' -made the - astounding obser
vatio,' that ;the task of : reporting all
violations " justifying V; reoccupation
"even those which haver no connection
with indemnities" fell -to the repar
ation ' commission. '' Amid "the - general
annoyance aroused by. the - marshal's
speech: this remark passed without
immediate effect; and the treaty, waa
delivered to th4 Germans as it stood.
But when Wilson came later to examine-
tho article- (4S0)- referred to by
Foch, be found, that tha. language bad
been" altered -so as to authorize re-
toccUpaUonJ'in case the., repar
ation commission nnas mat. Viermany
has failed to observe the whole or part
of her obligations under - the present
treaty."-. On May the .president
pointed out ; in the - council how far
this wording diverged from the Intent
of the agreement ; but he had to admit
"that the original 4,ext was partly mis
leading." The misleading tendency had
not only. been retained. but Strength
ened in the direction of giving, the
reparation commission power .to, pass
on all violations of the treaty instead
of, being confined to" its own chapter;
whereas the intent nad been-1 make
this ousJlfication f the withdrawal
time apply 'only to. financial . obliga
tions." Moreover, j'a real and material
change bad been made in substituting
failed to observe" for. "refuse to exe
cute." Correction of these slips was
authorised "' without objection but
nmiB(v4rt refused ; his assent to- .a
revision of the original text requested
by Wilson a change from i "will" to
"may" in the reoccupation phrase. The
new article 430, approved finally May
12 - applies only . to obligations '."with
regard to- reparation." ;: This correction
restores the balance of the agreement
from the slight further tilt it had taken
toward the French side.
But If the French, dissatisfied with
the compromise, endeavored to evade
them, the British--and Americans !
were also, dissatisfied and- endeavored
to modify thenjv-a .will be shown, in
the next chapter. . ,s
(To be continued next Sunday.)
(Ooprnsht,f1922, y rJouhledaj', Fa . Oa)
, ; :(AU rights xoaerred.)
ancient r bus from - the hospital. ". Dis
creetly they parted-right and left, gave
a. clear right of way and waited for
the mad dash by. But, instead,; came
the , old . cart rambyng ' along at less
than ' 1 miles an - hour its - utmost
speed attainments Fact - is, the siren
was blowing as a safety measure lest
some other '- car would run down the
vehicle with : the 4,tortoIse-Uke gait 'as
It was "hastening" on a hurry-up call.
Mf. any qualified person has a t burn
ing desire to serve tha city as a mem
ber of the board of censors- of movr
ing pictures, they
migjt offer them
seivea t o Mayor
Baker, This board
is in the peculiar
position where all
-three -of its- mem
bers f are serving
simply by cour
tesy, as their reg
u la r appointive
terms ; have , ex
pired. "Mrs. Alex
ander Thompson's
terra was the last
to reach its rimit
i-but she still
holds the place, mainly, I judge, be
cause Mayor Baker doesn't want to be
put in the light of stirring up old
troubles by removing her. . The mayor
and Mrs. Thompson had - quite seme
words in connection with the matter of
exhibiting. Some Wild Oats" at The
Auditorium and X reckon neither of
them has forgotten the incident.. The
mayor, doubtless, " wouldn't - grieve
should Mrs. Thompson resign, but she
shows no -such inclination. At any
rate, those who pretend wisdom
around the elty hall say that anpoint-
iieiiL qt an enura new Doara ifrabout
the only move the mayor - can make
without bringing- upon his head the
outpourings from 'the viol of criticism.
When It comes to disbing the' dirt
about . City ball , departments,- there's
one- that must escape the muckers, be-
i ' cause -of its . me-
. O ticuloua - care n t
C7" i . O t h proprieties.
civil . service and
its conduct of ex
amination of can
didates. Why, it's
no unfrequent
sight to see the
shades on -the
glass-doors opening-into
the coun
, cil chamber.wherf
where v . examina
tions are held,
carefully drawn down full length, so
no wicked, person mignt signal to any
candidate the answer, to some puzzling
question or !- soma other! potent - rea
son. 'And the ground glass door into
the ante-chamber ia carefully closed
when candidates are! reading the eye
test charts, so no one can prompt the
weak of sight.' But ths supreme test
of carefulness came the other, day,
when the examiner took it upon him
self to personally, conduct to the wash
room a man candidate being exam
ined, so' that' the man did not talk
with any outsider wbUe the examina
tion was in 'progress. ' No, slr-ee, the
Civil service exams, are above -suspicion."
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The city's exchequer Is more than
$36,000 to the good, because it doesn't
have to" pay The Auditorium eontrac
f ' -r tor's claims ths
, -ii. in i w supreme court
b a v i n g decided
there ..was - no
Amoral obliga
tion", on the part
of. the : city . of
Portland." -And
now Hal x White,
manager .. of The
Auditorium, is
casting hla, covet
ous .- eyes toward
that nifty pile of
"Jack," as he needs
Just about S36.000
for much... desired
layouts at ' the
hall. He wants to put in a . moveable
dance floor that will cost about $10,000
or : 115.000 : , he needs new scenery
for the stage, not for himself and
there are a dozen other things that are
considered: highly, desirable ; to- make
this the very best auditorium west of
Chicago. Whether the city" fathers
will be susceptable to Hal's plea is
considerable of a question. , Meanwhile
Hal has met the complaint of scarcity
of drinking fountains at The Auditor
rlum. Twenty-eight fountains are now
installed..: And , two sidewalk foun
tains are to be provided for at once.'
through use of the Nellie Robinson
fountain y fund, cow junounUajr to
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McNary in Charge
of Agriculture
- .Washington, July 29. (WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THB JOURNAL)
The departure from Washington, of
Senator Norris of Nebraska, chairman
of the senate' committee on agriculture,
places Senator :McNry." that "Second
In command. practically In chsrge of
Its -activities for the " rest of the ses--
sion.' Several important measures are
ripening in that body,, including " the
decision of policy as to Muscle Shoals
and the, new grain futures bilL-
. i It is recalled that Senator" "Norris
threatened to resign the chairmanship
last wmter because of -his differences
with tthe president and colleagues , of
the - committee regarding .the . war fi
nance corporation bill and the Ladd
bin ' for - establishing standsrd -prices
for - farm products. . His health Is not
good, and be la. not expected to return
here until the warm season is over.
. ' Tha .desire . of Senator' LaFollette to
return to Wisconsin:, to look after his
campaign, also throws upon ; the; Ore
gon senator -the;.-conduct of the sen
ate lnvesttgatlon'ef analleged gasoline
monopoly.:? This is- n ;the hands of a
subcommittee of - the t committee" , on
manufactures,: beaded by La Follette,
with McNary as ranking member. ;La
Follette has requested McNary to look
after It in his absence;
The first task is the assembling and
classification of data secured through
out the; country by means of a ques
tionnaire. Gilbert E. Roe. New York
attorney.; and former aw partner of
La Follette, has been retained by the
committee and has asked for a force
of eight texperts t,o prepare this data
f or presentation-'- -to ' the - committee.
After that will come the examination
of witnesses, leading - off with experts
of ths federal trade commission. - .
The fight on reclamation is expected
to bobup again as soon as the senate
takes :: up the- soldier nonus measure.
Apparently there are "enough votes' at
hand to postpone the bonus runUr; the
tariff is ut of the -way. bur,that Will
not be until late -tn-August -v, When U
does come, there "Is bound to be a fight
en reclamation as against the land set
tlement provisions of the bill as it was
passed by the house. -,;-i,';f V''.:
' It is too -early to pilct'what the
' course of this battle will be. I The presi
dent will be asked to indicate his views.
and . if - be . believes 1 that reclamation
should be kepfe out of the bonus bill,
tho majority leaders will acquiesce In
that decision. :5 Senator McNary, one- of
the authors of the reclamation bill, no
doubt will assist in the same direction
If it shall appear that the; president Is
Inclined to; veto the bonus, bill. j i" i
Columbia Basin : f '
Project Deferred j '
Washington, Jury 29. (WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE ; JOURNAL.)
The liesure of i tho house - of repro-
sentatives. . which wiir not -i be inter
rupted: .by-work until the middle of
August, maker, it- certain that nothing
of-, conaequence an : be . done toward
investigation , of -, the Columbia n basin
Irriration orolect untU : next year.
.Some preliminary work and organiza
tion-can- be performed in -tne winter
months, but . the engineers will not at
tempt : - the main v task until " good
weather conditions can be had next
year. -.: .--
"This Is the best outlook that can be
forseen on the. Polndexter. bill provid
ing for the investigation. - Although it
has r passed the 'senate, the bill will
have to wait on the house, which may
or may; not be willing to rush jit
through. ' Senator Polndexter has been
nrglng1 action -n it. jH is running
forroeIetion,ianl; saw all of Eastern
Washington is interested in the Co
rjmbla basin- project, .it is considered
rnexc'ellenfr card - for . him to play.
Better-yet, it the -engineers "could ' be
sent' into Athe field .- and' made visible
before .tha'ISovember snows : and bal
lots begin to fly : - - i '. - - 7" -?
' -As originally: Introduced by Poln-
,w, .
1'
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7jrr.. if
E cherish
JJ pleasant
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1S1;'
pathway brighter. u . - - '
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There is, however, one solemn duty that every- rule of
love demands shall be reverently and rightly performed.
Wrt-ari trt- Rnirit- frpd. winira its wav into ip.temitv and
7y"'Jr vysZy 'ff ' ' - ; ' - -w - -7 - , -t, - .
it'-'vB- , -r the body, weary,' sinks into everlasting slumber it has
4v
spectiui. -
V But when we abandon it to the earth we- fail -
7Nt. -4 .; -4 tact- Hntw. - Flnwprs above never can .
billow such a couch. ; Nor should we fail be-,
cause there are two incomparably better ways
Vault Entombment or Cremation -1 hey are:
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fCtfs the reverent ways that give to the living, peace
of mind in the knowledge that their dead truly
rest, tender! v protected and cared for."
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.Visit the Crematorium's
- . teauiiful grounds any time , k
Pordand Crematorium
East 14th and Bybee
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dexter, the bill provided for a report
by a commission of three by January
1. ij-j. -j-'irector uavia or tne reciama- 1
at .- 1 .- t sn iaa ."I
tlon serviee - informed ' the committee
on reclamation that it would be impos
sible; to make a report. In that;" time,
as much of the work, hits tq be during
favorable weather and not much good
weather twill be left this ""year;' after
September, the .earliest date by which
rtha passage of the bill can- bo" hoped
for..,. So the. committee .extended the
time for .report jantil January ;i. 1924.
-The committee on Irrigation ; and rec
lamation, meeting under a hurried call
by Chairman McNary to hear .the argu
ment, for the bill, lost no tlmV in order
ing a. report, the measure-having been
approved in advance by Secretary
Fall. The committee comprises West
ern senators who do not haw to have
irrigation explained to them, and keen
Interest was -manifested in this pro
posai lavel-rtns- tho greatest project ot
the sort ever attempted: .....;, ---
f The preliminary inyestigationa made
by -the state of Washington 'with, a
fund of 1 150,000, and backedJ.wittr- a
favoring report by General George W.
Goethals, was undoubtedly the factor
which secured quick action.1 This ir
vestlgjAtiori is unofficial, so far as the
federal government la concerned, but
It carries considerable weight in hav
ing the approv of recognized experts
before being brought - to congress.
Director Davis ofthe reclamation serv
ice said the data already secured can
ba,ntUized,ras far as it goes,-but fur
ther engineering studies are required,
which he estimates will cost-J20Q,00J
to complete. The Polndexter bill au
thorizes IIOO.OOO. .
It bads been ; . proposed to create a
commission with experts from the. de
partments "of the interior, commerce
and agriculture, but Ore committee der
cided to leave the investigation to the
wterlpr depsrtmnVwhicb'WiU put the
reclamation -service in charge. - Asked
What commissioners of ths kind re
quired should be paidr Davis said that
in the ; preliminary investigations the
service - has employed H.-C Henny of
Portland and he" was paid ISO a day.
He thought men of the right type could
not be had for less. - .: . t
Estimates of cost of the project first
given to the committee were -at the
rate of approximately f 200 per acre.
These werereduced by J. c Ralston
consulting engineer of : Spokana, who
explained that tha figures had been
worked . out when crtces m . k-.
highest levels,-and that under present'
vwuujuuus ma construction cost should
oe around 125 an acre. This wouM
10 ' pj'rcximaieiy - IZ20.COO.000 as
grand total for the reclamation
J.753,000 acres.- : - , . ,
Postal Rate m ,
Re vision XoomV t?k
asWngton. JUly 29. (WASHTNG-
nuiuiAif Oif THE- JOUBNAL.)
. wiun i . jjusuii rates is - ex
pt cted . to be ; revived as a lire
issue r befora - -; the A next congress
oyr ne . investigation vwhieh : has
oeen oruereo mto, the v cost, pt trans-
n'Sf8 ?f maU
matter. it ua8 been several rears
"w " 1 cuaoia statisucs nave been
gathered. r t , ,
T The postofflce ) dpartment. prepar
ing to report to" the joint congressional
committee, will begin weighing the sev
eral .tslasses- of mall atall postoff ices
September 18 and continue for SO days,
during which time; for. seven dava
counf; .will be made of the number; of
pieces nr.- eacn class and the revenue
received from oach,- An 'officer from
each: railway mail service, division has
been called to Washigrton to receive
instructions. ?and they will later- visit
all , the; central . accounting, postoff ices
to make sure that the details of what
is wanted are understood. ' in,
A conference; for Oregon is; fixed ytor
Portland. June ao, 1923 ; for Washing
ton at Seattle en July '4, for; Idaho at
Boise on -"July. 6 5 and t or Montana at
Butte on July I. 1 ,
: The
Valley of Peace
memories. ; We value recollections of
things done for those now
" " often, too, regrets are our portion when we think
of, many other things we could have done, but failed to
do little things, perhaps, that "would have made the
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I Lenroot Criticises
1 "Follow the Leader"
- Washington, July 29. ( WASHINcJ.
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.)
"The way these amendments are beirs
voted upon is not to the credit of ths
Republican side, is tho way - Senator
Lenroot puts it referring to the ga mo
of "follow the leader" which most of
his fellow Republican - senators ara
playing as they vote, day after day,
for tariff rates that go nearer the sky
than ever before in the, history -of tari:'.
making. "" - .- .
, Senator Lenroot, who-stands so hi 'i
In' hi party councils that the- sena
torial cabal tried to nominate him fur
vice president two years ago, made
some other easily understood remarks.
He told his Republican colleagues that
he. believes it the duty of a senator 10
have and to exercise an Independent
judgment, and .. not blindly follow a
committee. a ; - .
"The committee might make a Ci-0
per cent Increase and senators 'wouiJ
com in and vote in the. affirmative,"
be said. ; "Is it any wonder that th:.;
bill ;i being criticized tho -country
over, - when .Republican senators- take
the attitudewith reference to It wh:"i
they - have taken, J when;' Republican
senators- do not take the pains to try
to Inform themselves as to the correct
ness -of the rates? , ;;:Hi';
- ,an not impugning the motives bf
any ser.ator ; 1 am not criticising ; I
am merely stating facts Which they will
all, admit.. Senators, justify themselves
by saying that tha- committee has ex
amined into these questions and that
they are following the committee. I
suppose that is thjalr riiht and that it
is their privilege;-; but I do say that
if we want to mnke a tariff biU, which
will ; command the confidence r,f the
country, and which , Republicans can
defend. Republican senators oug-ht., 10
exercise some responsibHity ; with ref
erence to their . Individual votes."
When; tho Wisconsin senator' ma4e
these remarks the senate had just vot
ed down an amendment he had offered
to, reduce 4h duty on cotton knlt.un
(ierwtar from 50 per cent ad -valoresn
tkr to perr cent, the 40 per cent being 10
per cent higher than existing law, un-
xier which, there are practically no im
ports.. He had pointed ont that Sen
ator Smoot, in defending- thei-coramit-tee
rate, got bold of the wrong figures
and. stated tho imports - had amounted
to Jf3.000.000, when further inquiry de
veloped that the true imports were
only' $84,009, and -that the senate, went
ahead and voted the high rate becausti
It had been reported by the committee,
although, the reason given to support
the high rate was a mistaken figure.
The- vote on the Lenroot aruendment
was 2 S for and 2ff against. Refpub 1 lea ius
voting with hira were Borab. of Idaho,
Capper of Kansas, Jones ofWashlng
toti, Kellogs of Minnesota, Sterling cf
South Dakota and WiUls, of Ohio.
Lenroot; made another try-with an
amendment cutting th -rate to 45 per
cenv and en this be wow 88 to 57. O
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this- vote he gained thoee more Repub
licaiuv Nelson of Minnesota, Norbeck
of South Dakota and, Raw son of Iowa.
One Democrat wfho had voted for"th
first amendment- was absent -when tlv:
45 "per cent rate, was voted on... . :"
Lenroot also offered an. explanation
as to why soma senators, who are tie !
up to the agricultural rates, tiling to
tho committee and do not use -"independent-judgment.'
After the commit
tee had " suffered reveraea on-part ot
J th3 cotton, schedule, he aadd, word was
sent around that unlesa the committee
was sustained the agricultural rates
will be lowered when the bill emerges
Into thejfinal stage bif ore the senate.
Lenroot' stated that he was iunable
to say - whether - or : not these threats
are having- an effecc, but that the way
amendments are ham died Is not a credit
to the Republican T?arty.
cone. . And
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