THE OUZGOI? SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND," SUNDAY HORNING, AUGUST "27,- 1522. l'y; STANNARD BAKER The Sunday tomnl berwrttfc mma fie tuny. im reua," wmea Is as aaUtorttatm narrauv ( how tba peae of nris nt coocrudrt. Woodrow Wllsoo t. Mr. Baker acrm fat all hie personal, mpabfcafaea, ptrwra, which r iba WW reuaow ana laoontroTertiMe faperts of tb soaa piouu. xoa epocnaj leatats ana m bobuzom la The Journal aerially umregiKmt ttie nan Vtjpymas, iaxa. uj ucmmeGr, face ca.. pnbiuhed By Special Amsxeattat wtt .. -tha UcQiira KeWanaoer R-mdieatat - v : L3LOTD CEO RGB Had been insistently urging that the three "pateti was now to have an opportunity to . v v j wwfc of, the "new order public opinion. had rone home ence had neither Ray Stannard Baker 1 - s ;,4." ' " i 'ft',' ,' t I J A 1 railed. The Italians had come ! drooplns back to . 'Paris with their claims still .unsettled. '. They had lost certain advantages, but they had by no mean capitulated. While they had been unable tbf orffl a united frost with Clemenceau and Uoyd George and thus isolate Wilson, they had also prevented a united front against themselves on the part of 'the three. This had been due largely to the uncertain-and shifting policy of Mr. .Lloyd George as shown in the last chapter. : '" The situation, then, on the return of the Italians (May 6) was as hazy as favorable to the methods ei "patching up an arrangement" as it bad been before. -". "Wilson, and to a large extent Clem enceau. seems to have said to .Lloyd George, in effect:, - . Tou have been unwilling to stand unflinchingly either with Wilson QT hla principles or with Clemenceau n the strict Interpretation of the secret treaty of London. You take oh the Italians." Lloyd George was apparently not at all loth to try his hand. He attacked the problem, not only with confidence, but with -a kind of Impetuous and growing enthusiasm. It was as though he eald, "Just leave it to me." Lloyd George, throughout the confer ence, had two Invariable methods of meeting every difficult problem both indirect. He never willingly met any problem squarely, oh principle, with a policy on which he was prepared to fight an unyielding battle. His first method was delay or avoidance. Every really hard problem was. if possible, to be put ahead or pushed aside. His second was "arrangement' a policy of bargaining an the basis of national Interest He now tried both with the Italians. His first crafty move after the return of Orlando and Sonnlno Was to ask the peace conference to" shoulder off the burden of the Italian Jugo-Slav contro versy upon the disputants themselvea Settle the peace terms, he argued, with Austria and Hungary: they were any way to lose the lands which the Ital ians were demanding, and let the two" Interested parties, Italians and Jugo slavs,, settle It between them. There was a good deal f force In his sugges tion, if It had been satisfactory te any body. And in the end it was what the controversy finally came tooths sep arate treaty -of Bapallo,. In November, 1928. But the Italians promptly end vig breutely objected. They wanted ho such dealings with the Jugo-Slava They considered them enemies, wished to yield them nothing and, more than all else, wanted their claims firmly nailed down by the recognition of, the great Miwuni In the reneral Peace. Orlando insisted that all the new boundaries of the former Hapsburg empire be -determined at the same time. He dis trusted Lloyd -George's proposal. t m iK4W4tinn. TTilitrm for VeTV 'different reasons supported Orlando. He felt that the true principles ot tne peace would stand a better chance of application in a general settlement than In a series or Isolated transac tion., and would give a sounaer foun dation to the future League of Nations, and it was finally decided. Because tne itaiiana were Insistent, that the effort to settle thel claims by continued and. as far as possible compieiea in xne treaties of peace. Lloyd George thus lost out in his first proposal. ut soon rebounded with Ms next, that or irans bargaining with the Italians..'' . r 70HXS02rS yO&HTJXA Professor Douglas Johnson, special adviser of the American commission pn the Adriatic, question, built up a jtlever new form of settlement, to which even, the Jugo-Biavs gave a somewo reluctant approval. Its main features were a plebiscite by three oistncts ana the construction of a new port atBuo earl by the Italians In case Flume should Vote for union with Italy. These main conditions were accompanied by certain other concessions to Italy. The president was greatly attracted by this clever memorandum, although In his Interview with froressor jonn- sod he objected to certain provisions id It one of them essential. This met tne Problem of financing the proposed great expenditures on the new port. Of course. It would not be rair jo saa dle the Jugo-Slavs with the expense if creating this artificial substitute for their natural outlet, especially as tney had already borne their share in the development of .Flume under Hungary, The money Would have to come irom the only nation that had any money" America.- The experts were theretors for lending to Italy all sums that America received from Germany unaer the Versailles treaty. Wilson dismissed this aurcrestion by saying that America did not Intend to claim any payments from Germany and he could not see his way to a financial Commitment of any sort ' :'.-- ATTER J?ATCHJiI-TJP AGlBtaEKttifeST But the bresident put the Johnson formula hopefully, before Lloyd George and Clemenceau, but to his disappoint ment his two colleagues did not warm up to these proposals. Lloyd George in particular was now bent upon ms scheme ot quite another patcbed-up agreement. After a somewhat hasty and indifferent discussion of the hew rlAnt-e PArtl out with what was really on his mind. He made aT characteristic! speech long, ram bling, enthusiastic, and as .his imagi nation began to take hold, - warmly over emphatic. He seemed to, think that at last he had the "open sesame of all the troubles of the conference. His Idea was cosmic 1 They were to get away from the petty details of cities In the Adriatic and settle the whole Italian-Turkish Mediterranean problem In one swoop. H would sat- isry the Italians by Kiving them nig elice of Turkey. . - The Johnson formula was thus tem porarily brushed aside by the three but it did hot entirely disappear. Colonel House made it the feasts tit otia hf Mm t extranno.Ili:tnrv fwarnMatlnnia. with a new errort to bring the Italians and Jugo-Slavs together. In order to understand clearly what was involved 4a Lloyd George's gran dieae scheme for a "general settle ment." a brief review of the Turkish fljBiaaiiijiniwiiiiiiii',iii(iiiiBiiiiiHiM j!8Bim!aB thirty - fifi iaata&BMet 4 ar Staahard Biker tacts, and whica batetoforr bm twrcr MM practice It to his heart's content viog aicaaa xnuw v But ba9 wugra.v the Italian claims. Wilson was demanding a settle ment .on the basis of the .American principles and had tried the two most Important diplomatic methods expert advice and the appeal to Both had f ailed. Iitterljvrbe four had tried the great tactical method of . the old diplo macy -arrangement in secret conference and that had failed.; The Italians, on their part, had made a grand play to force the hand of the conference; they in a blaze of glory. T Bat the confer yielded nor broken tip. ,riiat had situation up to this time will be nec essary. ; in the ehaptere on the secret treaties it was shown how the allies had sought to arrange a distribution of the spells of war in Asiatic Turkejf with disputa tions extending right on through the pe riod of the peace conference. At the special conference of March 20 on this subject all hands had agreed to Wil son's suggestion that a commission be sent to inquire into local conditions and "the wishes of the nooulationa But the commission, oppbsed by both France and Great Britain, was hot yet under Way, and the attitude of the parties to the various controversies showed , no sign of Changes. . Italy also had a finger in the pie. Her claims in Asia Minor rested upon two secret documents. That to the region of Adalia was embodied in the Treaty of London and must stand as long, as the treaty Was acknowledged by the allies. But also, by the agree ment or st jean a Maurienne, in 1917, Italy had been nromised larn nAAI- tlons to the west of that province, in cluding Smyrna itself. In sending war ships to that Beaport, Italy might al lege that ehe was .keeping within a recognized sphere of action and Was merely squatting en a claim already admitted. But the weakness In thia position was that- the other allies did not consider the agreement of St. Jean de Maurienne as binding, because the approval of Russia, a stipulated condi tion, had never been fulfilled. So little hampered did the western allies feel by the agreement that they cauiur approTea Lae claim of the Greeks to Smnrna Whti, they promised it to them in the secret deal, by which Greek troops Were ob tained for the Russian Campaign at Odessa is 'uncertain. Wilson had been won over to a recognition of the Greek ciajra on tne region by the eloquence pf Venizelos and by the fact that Smyrna was largely a Greek city. The news of Italy's action in sending ships to Smyrna was, therefore, most un welcome to everyonei as raising a question full of dynamite. At first the three at Paris contented themselvea with sending warships of their - own to Smyrna, but the Italian naings continued. On May 6 Italians a t Auaua and Marmaria. ,f. .spfe2 ' lest trxP! might' be rX omyrna itself. At least, score. -What he proposed was an im 1Utt ef " - f , a lh th wl the occupa tion of Smyrna by Greek Iroons. Con nUZ end Armenia to be occupied by Americans and British STorodS!! lf11n8 "Sen tL FnL i m thfe Cucasus. 2iZ ?fleh would, naturally, be gratit- ueorge was characteristically in a great hurry: he wanted all arranse- gotBbacltoPP befor th got back to Paris, on the ground that disreputable intrigue bfVnferenct A IJISMSPtTTABL COSPIRACT tnH'Si !t TT tt0s anxious not to ,hT th Italians "anticlpste- de cisions of Smyrna, and his colleague fell to quite easdany with hjTpiposal send troops to Smyrna at once. The STJL? t11 Venlseiog In ulyd to keen ?tA,? PreoauTiohs 1 ke? the Italians . from knowing ray hothing to Italians or Turks until the Greek force had started. In the end arrangements were made for hav- i" Tfu1 PJ!tl!f of Brtttsh, French and Italian martnes take part In the rri-i"? it an international ZICa I rorts were to be haaded over to the Greeks. All this, of wurse, was in the nature of con S?ey ini f Patable conspiracy at I5a rfJlr 1 11 r8 only doing what i?,.11110 doiagw-playing the Italian game. It was meeting the Ital ians en their own ground and it marked, assuredly, the lowest depths the Peace Conference reached. President Wilson Joined in this movement no doubt be- momeat, tt cffeckmatlng the lawless ef forts ef the Italians to anticipate "tor force the decialoaa of the Peace Con ference. r: Arrangements : for the coup were completed bn May 11 ; all was in readi ness, the proper orders issued. On the morning of the-t2th. in a most casual manner. Clemenceau informed Orlando of the decision lh a council meeting. A flood of embarrassed explanations followed from the French and British premiers, implying that the initiative had come from the Greeks, and that all had been decided before the -Italians could be consulted. Only the president remained unflutterd, keeping the story straight, teHihg the truth, stubbornly facing the thing feat In the feeling that there was hathihg to excuse. Orlando at first reserved als opinIon.but in an afternoon session approved (the, enter prise oh Clemenceau's reiterated1 assur ance "that the landing waswithout prejudice to the ultimate disposal of Smyraalt was dirty business, but the Italian schema had been fchecked. m All these facta, then., lay behind Lloyd George's proposal Of the 11th, that the three powers proceed to frame a -Tgaetnl settlement" with Italy; in tne nope ox buying off some of her Adriatic claims by concessions In. Asia ; But B6 sdoher had the problem' f Turkey been raised than there annearv ed a tangle of Jealous claims that would nave been amusing if it had not been So sinister. When it came-Veahy to cutting est a piece of Turkey for Italy it appeared that France and Great Britain . wanted practically ' all: ef it themselves exce&t. Armenia. vrhich. having only miserable people and no great riches, could go tq tho United CHAPTER 35 States. All that Clemenceau. od April il - and Lloyd' George, on May - IS, cculd suggest to off er vaguely was "partrof AhatoUa. But which part? Wilson insisted on Greece's claim to a large slice on -the west, and when Armenia Was out and France satisfied. all that rem a in ed alrd they themselves seemed astonished at the result the relatively small region of Adalia, already - promised te Italy under the Treaty of . London. There - was thus nothing really left to trade to Italy zor yielding on Flume. - 1 . - At this point Lloyd George had ah Other right idea which was also pro foundly if unconsciously humorous. If Italy could not be sattefied by giving ber lands in Turkey, wnicn. -or course, were hot theirs to a-ive, why. there was all Africa. .Now, Italy had been prom ised, in the plaguing secret Treaty z London (Article It) compensations la Africa It the other allies enlarged their Possessions there by the acquisition of the German colonies, i t j-w But the 'trouble in Africa was ex actly the same as In Turkey. What was not already taken up was acutely wanted by Great Britain and France (and Belgium). But Lloyd George made the grand ,gesture--much ap proved by . Wilson of offering- Italy territory- already owned lh Africa by France and Great 'Britain. ; There was Sotnallland," he declared. But he said naively that When he pro posed this to the Colonial offices he had encountered opposition. - - . ) 'As soon as the questloh ' was raised. he- remarked (secret minutes, May 13), "the French said they could hot live Without ! Djibouti, and -the British said much the Same. Wilson thought It would be an ac tion of real significance If France and Great Britain would thus really offer something ocV their own to bring about a settlement, and urged it 'strongly but it came, ot course, to nothing. "The French could not live without Djibouti.' BAtFOTJBS MASTEBLT JCOTB SO the glittering, dream of ah Af rican bargain was dismissed And the three returned to the Turkish proposal, and finally, on May 17, Mr. Balfour, whose adroit pen was commandeered in many such embarrassing crises, was called upon and produced one 'of the most remarkable documents not only in a literary sense, but iq the grasp it exhibited of the entire .slippery and sislster sttuaUon-i-of the peace con ference. It-has never yet, of course, been published, but it lays bare in a masterly way. the essential sordidnesa of all the council was then trying to do. The object of his endeavor, he wrote, was "tefind some method of satisfy ing Italian ambitions' without rousing the indignation ef the entire Moham'i medan world by such bartering about of the Turkish people as Lloyd George's project entaiieu. His, solution was to keep1 the sovereignty of the sultan in tact, but to have him delegate -certain governmental functions, deal out cer tain economic rights to different pow ers In divers parts bf his land, i - Balfour not only set forth the Turk- ish problem with consummate skill, but he also introduced certain con siderations that had a decidedly cool ing effect Upon Lloyd-George. Indeed. the British premier suddenly diSeov-t ered that fas had Stirred a wasps best in his own campi the sultan, the titular head of the Moslem - religion. upon the Vast, slow Mohammedan population ot India, already restless and discontented. This seemed to strike hint, as impor tant considerations often did, all in a heap. He was in a; blue $funk' about Turkey., He saw that in his light hearted excursion into" that domain, for trading purposes with ttaly, he had jumped from the frying pan into the fire. He therefore prepared with tm- mense agility to jump out aealn. For- this purpose he called in his chief ad viser. Secretary Montagu, and n May It they Unexpectedly staged a demon tratlen bf the British Mohammedan delegates before the council bf fouf al the president house. These delegates. In their impressive exotic uniforms. solemnly protested against robbing the sultan and deliberately overturned most of the proposals which the prime minister had been setting up during we several aays past. Lloyd GeoTere how wished fr - mn tlrfely hway from ahd cut Of Turkey and began sounding Orlando again about the situation in the Adriatic And Lloyd . George, who had so re cently been offering Italy a slice of Turkey to get out of Flume, was how wnoiy trying ; to offer ber Flume, to release hint in Turkey. AJr Ajttrsttra colaLiCAtidir . Colonel House had hetta mitv, t.t.n With the proposal and had been trying to get the Italians and Jugoslavs to agree upon it is a bisLs of negotiation. However. Orlando seemed sndifoniv to have realised the extent of Lloyd George's panic over the Turkish settle ments, and the trouble he was having with hla own Italian office, and, drop ping at ence the negotiations through Colonel House, with which he had been toying, he seised eagerly upon the op portunity presented by Uord Gears-' difficulty. He appalled IJevd Georere rMav 11 by a demand for nothing less than the whole of Anatolia. Then he switched, aruuna ana stayed tnac ne would sur render all claims there if . only they would give hhn Flume. , . , Lloyd Georsre. now tolllne- tnrt-fhlv. tried to get the negotiations out of the foul morass Into Which they had sunk into which he himself had been largely responsible for precipitating themw He twisted and turned, tried hewjb. po&ats. and finally, not only failed hi the least to satisfy the Italians, But (May ziKgot Into a desperate alterca tion With Clemenceau. who objected to haying Lloyd George trade away what he considered French fights in Turkey in order to satisfy the- Italians and set him (Lolyd George) out ef the scrape be Was in. Here, In passionate and bff-guard speeches by Clemenceau and Lloyd George, emerged more of the noisome business of the old secret treaties and the chaffering over Oil, rights, railways ana pipe lines already referred to in the chapter on the secret treaties. - " -;-v:--- WUson began, fen Mar IS) to be in tensely disgusted and to consider ways of getting entirely out ef . the whole morass. The only escape was to bring tha council back to a firm basis of prin ciple, wltn the us of . the methods bf the "new order. Ha therefor nm. posed ' that the commission to Turkey, which had, lens; , ago been ; tentatively approved and the American members (Crane ahd Kiftjr) appointed. Which had been held back by evasion and -opposi tion bnlenr of the Tenel be e m Dow ered to start at once. The solution on the basis of the real wishes and true interests bf the people of Turkey not the Interests bf the European powers was, after all, the only safe and honor able cburse r abdthe only way to de termine that was by an impartial add honest commission.. . - - : . XT ALIAS CLAniS ttAXG flRS ' on May. 2 V Wilson Sad reached the end of his patience and despite his in tense desire to keep allied action unani mous, he. Informed the council that he had Instructed his ' commissioners (Crane and King) to leave at ence for Turkey. . Whatever the others did he wins determined to have the lnvestlga Uon made for his own nformatioh and, tf necessary, for public use. The' American -commission left Paris May 25 and 29 and did not return until August ft, after the treaties Joed bees signed and Wilson had salled for home. Their valuable report, was .thereafter buried in the American etate department,- v. .s,,': .-.V i It is useless here te) tonowafl Vthe wearisome and hopeless conferences. Town Hall Gossip -Gleaned Ky r. a.t.4- -s sr -r 1 The real secret is out Mayor Baker has confessed,' at, a public council Bes eion. the grand ambition of hls.lifeL Some, there: are who " surmised . it was that of being governor of -this great comnon wealth; others Ini clined to the belief that it was that ot Wearing, the sen atorial ioga,; and still others tha itt was being th head 6f.:a.rgreat 8xpoamo that - is to bring fame and nonnlitUnn tn Tpr-t- land and to the whole etate of Oregohi -But George ' Baker say ' himself that his? great ambition is to see, before he departs from ' the mayoi'S" 'chair, ne-Way traffic Installed kndehforeed Lin the congested districts d.PoHlafaid. "The ban of my yfe," says MayoBak. er,. "is that everywhere I go people7 are jumping onto. me about the traffic regulations. ySome lr these days, when the city council gets bid enough,' we ll have one way traffic and no parking In the downtown congested district. A great exposition is coming to Portland and We've simply got to adopt ideas that wih provide for it and the im mense, influx nf people IV will bring." TofnorroW "night is the time set f or the grand onslaught on municipal serv ice. When the - charter rsvisbn com mittee meets then, ? the special order is. consideration x)f the Joyce, proposal to pull , the teeth of civil service by giving authority Hi the new charter to heads of de partments to fire employes Without their having -ny .recourse to ap peal. .The argu ment Is advanced hot tvinra a dead wood In the list of city employes and It is practically im possible, to get na oi iv unuw u service. But the records do not sus tain this claim. They show that Since and including 1316 there have been 6T - iuturra r munlclcal em- cue, ww"1 - p- j , . . - ployea" where appeals Were made to tne civil service board. Of these, 12 disj. charges' wre hot sustained . and 11 were modified to suspensions. But in St cases "ffie discHarge of the employe was sustained,, .Aside from this, mere have been a numuer oi u,ow..e. where ho appeals were taken and-tn Incidents ended there. .. Aft innocent looking item appeared In the public prints the past Week to the effect that the city planning com mission is prepar ing a department al estimate to go to the budget comi mlttee. But at once it' has aroused a big black question mark in the minds of citizens and taxpayers with long memories. Notwithstanding the fact that" this commission ddring the Current Tear has been operating without cost to the city, it is remembered that When there was a budget provision made for it the eost ef a city planner at "300 a month for one Week's work, as the expres sion went, was included. It's true that this city planner has passed en, but there are others to be had, yon know. In fact, members of the city planning commission feel that now, If ever, Port land should have such a service, in view of the rapid development that may Be expected lh connection with the 1825 exposition, and that, they feel, should be worked out on some com prehensive design to include more than the exposition plan itself. Tet a bud get for this commission is delicate ground just at present. Mighty dry stuff, these sessions ot the charter revision commission. I Storm-Bound st A comparatively gentle fain twept Over Portland the night et August 1. The rain, when it reached the top ot Mount Hood, had turned to sleet and snow, and the wind bellowed and blus tered lh a terrific gala The mercury fell to 22 degrees below aero. Charles A. Phelps '"ot Cresham, In charge of the forest ..-service lookout station oh the mountain,' who with Sam Rotsky, his assistant, was In the little seven, by seven station during the storm, ''wrote a letter- describing it while that wind bowled around." ' "Whipped by the sleet .and show and terriflo wind : up here our ' telephone line ' became 'broken,' he wrote. "Sam Rotsky and I decided we would find the break, for Uncle Sam's ' business can's be neglected. The thermometer showed 22 degrees below sera. - We felt eur way along the awful wall of the Mammas Plan to M&ke Ascent of Wild Oat Mountain . Wr will visit new territory to the club during the Labor day vaca tion In a climb bf Wild Cat mountain, east of Sandy. They Will leave Port land at 1 2 - o'clock Saturday afternoon by stage ; or private car for ,a ranch foil- miles beyond Sandy, through Sasi 1 camp into virgin forest, - where can wL!l be made beside St cold moan tain btream. ; They will Climb Wild Cat, tSss feet high and a distance of i " f X X K , X Blizzard . A five illes from camp, Jn time for sun memoranda, discussions, arguments, in trigues which dragged along through the latter days of May and Into June. Scarcely any new points ware made the Italians, with, their divided control. backed and filled, accepting one day to reject them next, bargained and traded at every pomt Wilson, on hla part. while be was wining t make adjust ments here ane there, refused to com promise n the essential points, v ; - And thus matters - drifted along through presentation of the treaty to the Austrians (June Si in which the Jtalians, thoatfa unsatisnd." took part ana iinany to the signing, of the Her man treaty: at Versailles on June SS. in which the Italians, with their ciaims still hanging tire, also took part. af (To be continued next Suhday.) - the Gossiper & speak from experience, having ' been - sentenced : to alt through several ef 'em. But that may be all redeemed When the tail-end meeting arrive. There's the mat. ter. ; of franchises yev to be cbnsid ered, for instance, and I hear peeps about Some plan to, provide 'lor indeterminate franchises - ; -for Street ra.i Intra 1fnn r" je J,e- ouring -good f be ". om auinoriaing the city to c.oso aown jon them If otherwise. And the joker lies In the plan to provide also thaim. such cases -the city is to -" cr tnrune losing its franchise hnd pay the holders therefor at in appraised valuation. The P.'R. Ji. A P. rrancnises. will be expiring soon. If rci imng enouia oe that It wanted to unload its Urban lines, that would b a' snap. Get ah Indeterminate fran fchlse ; give such poor service the frah chlse would he revoked; city take over the Knes, company gets the cash, Se attle's streetcar experience but what's the use of discussing that subject? ',y - ' iii . .... And there's another Item that may raise merrie Ned around the city hall that of keeping the hall open officially . every Saturday arternoon. For, io, these many years this Satur day afternoon hoi" iday for city hall folk has been a sacred Institution. But each week, end afternoon sees weary taxpayers and citizens drag ging themselves to the doors of the city hall to pay their assessments. on streets and sewers or their license tees xor tne right to do business iri Portland, or file their petitions for this and that. . And disappointment, id tne worm ; jnau Closed Half Holi day, impudently stare thm In hi face. It's .proposed, iust how wriAsii I couldn't say, to keep a shift on Saturday afternootjs, at least enough persons to take care of the stragglers who come, unaware that business 4 is hot going on as usual. It really wouldn't work a great hardship ' at mat, as the duty could be passed- arouna so tnat no one Individual would be caught for the task more than once In about six weeks,1- U Ms said. Yet the howl will go ub lust .the same from those whose salaries are paid by citizens who wprk the full six' days a week and are glad of the chance, Isn't it about time that Portland should put its water works oh a more ousiness-iiKe system, and that all householders should pay fully fbr the water they consume? Is there ahy, reason why one set of houses holders Should pay full meter rates while ethers pay a flat rate for the season and use all the water they want? There are many "water hogs" in this -city, ao cOrdins "to obser- vatlon of water bureau Inspectors. Water is consumed on hundreds of places beyond all reason, simply be cause it is not metered. The result, says Chief Engineer Randlett, will be that a general metering system must be gradually worked out or the tax payers will have to dig up thousands Of 'dollars, for increased tankage and local reservoir construction ln. order to give the same service that7 la now given, with the "water hog" running the water to waste. People appreciate what they have to pay for, and - this applies to water the same as any other commodity. At one time meter ing of Water services was -a-matter of politics, but Portland ought to have reached the point by now where it Is a matter of good! business. on Mt. Hood Close-Up mountain, with the sleet covering 1 lis like masts 'of a ship -at Bea. It Was 10 :to before'We HnaDy found the break and get Jt fixed. Then we literally crawled back up the mountain to the lookout cabin. We Were again' In con nection with the World. -' "I am in a towtr 11,223 feet above the sea. During the electric storm, -the. telephone spits 'fire WHh every flash. .The nail heads around the cabin walls look like flakes of fire, end the wires of the telephone like long strings of gold. X am walled In in a seven by seven room, with two windows making up each side. When the keen flashes come,! go stone blind for a few see- onds. Clouds go by In a whoop. It Is hard to imagine the force of the storm. X wish the Masamas were up here to keep me company. I guess X will have to get the Boy Scouts to make me a member. I've nearly passed the test" rise. From the peak five snewcaps are visible. ' - , ,.' The remainder of . the time vwiH be spent - in exploring the surrounding ridges and forests 'and visiting the huckleberry patches. - The return to Portland Will be made Monday evening. ,:.. Registration should be made at the Masama club rooms, t33 Chamber of Commerce building, as early as possi ble, so that final arrangementa can be made for transportation and dunnage. Miss Marie Koennecke will be leader of the trip. The reason paragraphefs don't Striki is because tney know it Would be too darned easy to fill their places. Akron Beacon Journal. ink Republicans Make " ' Issue.tof MHerTberrHsm' XfTASHINGTON, Aug. M. (WASH W 1NGTON B0REAU r?. OF - THE JOURNAL) The Republican national Committee is circulating a , legalistic defense of Senator Newberry of Michj Igan. pfeBpared by Charles H. Hughes, one of the attorneys for MivNewber. Yf when, his case was before -the su preme eourt of the United .States, the defense being in the form of a letter Addressed t Mr; Hughes by; the Rev. Hugh B. MacCauley of Peterson, N, J. This Charles E. Hughes, is the aame flUKhea who is secretary of state;- and ho doubt his letter was sought. for cirVt culatiod at this time because of -the good repute that Ml. Hughes bears as secretary of state, as many persons will not recall that be was one ot Newberry's V attorneys. : irsRev.' .Mr. Mrr'Bl,i i Sftrtv' iftMtklna? a de: tense by a Newberry lawyeri he might have applied to eome ot the ether at torneys for Newberry, and tfiaVwould not have aroused the question -of pro priety which may now be raised as to tne secretary ot state taxing up tne cudgels for" Httghesv. -Neither would It have aroused any particular atten tion. ' 5i- . . I The Hushes letter, three columns long, adds nothing to the- history of the Newberry case. It is a rehash of some ef the legal questions involved, under, cover bf , which .Newberry es caped the veMict of a Michigan Jurjf which would have sent .him, to . the. pen Iten t iafv. Tha cnu for Wrltinsr it seems to oe that Mr. Hughes is anx ious to dispel what he calls a "general misconception of the nature - of ' the litigation. by1, which is meant that the trial failed to show that Mr. New berry bribed anybody or persoaaliy attempted the corruption of voters, hii conviction being based upon the judg ment of the- jury that- he violated -a Michigan - law limiting the expendi-. tares bf money and the-amount which a candidate might spendT ! The Hughes. defense,, which the Newberry defense that failed to- avail before a fury is' about what any law- yer would offer for-a cllelft, but con tains one "twist", which many people have not suspected - was . in the . mind of Mr. Hughes, He refers to comment by the late Chief Justice White that the most high minded candidate might heroine sublect to the criminal law if he had Knowledge '"that his supporters had put up the necessary money te enable him to conduct- a legitimate campaign." " The implication that It is "neces sary . to spend large amounts when the law forbids such expenditures, in order to conduct a "legitimate" cam paign, Is the point that may seem sur prising when advanced by Mr. Hughes. A more ordinary ! construct ion would be that an amount is not -"legitimate' if It far exceeds the limits set by the law.--1- 4. ,-i ..,.ci-;;,c, i.,-.- In the Newberry case the amount ot money that might " lawfully be spent by the candidate or by others with his consent was 13750. .The amount ad mittedly spent by the Newberry head quarters was $197,900, over half of it admittedly . contributed from the c counts of Newberry and members of his family; . His friends, denying that he hdpersonaI knowledge as to just how much the campaign was costing, confessed that he was generally in formed of the - fact that large suras were being spent, all. in defiance of Michigan law. Nine Republican United States sen ators saw the point clearly enough to cast their votes against Newberry, and to point but the corruption to -which such expenditures must lead. The friends of Newberry have ' evidently ben working on tne secretary of state to secure a defense that Would have the prestige of his name, and the Re publican national committee appar ently gives Its indorsement to New berry Ism by circulating the document. War Debts Arise to" Plague Washington. Aug. 2. (Wash ington BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL) Around and around in a vast circle goes the discussion of the payment of the war debts which the countries of Europe owe the United States. '- The plain fact of the matter is that the European countries still hope that the United States will can cel part of the obligation, but the ad ministration does- not believe that pub lic opinion will support any proposal of that kind." ?- The British note to th allies bf Britain gave forth plainly the intima tion that the solution of the queetiod lay with the United States,- and served notice that unless this country relentst Great Britain will call on France and her ether debtors to pay up. France promptly brings up the question of reparations, urging that unless the agreement .for reparations Is kept, France . cannot consent to strike oft any of the debts owed to hec, , France has the treaty of Versailles behind her, ahd Sits tight oh repara tions. This is the source named in the bond whereby she. was 'to recoup hef fortunes and pay out Great Britain - - , . " A AtACIIlNlSTS BLACKSSllTHS - SHEiET METAL W0RlaER3.i;ik.v;i. ELECTRICIANS i i V; . 70c per hour - STATIONARY ENGINEERS VvV. . . Various rated STATIONARY FIREMEN; ai'i :i i . . , . v. Various rates . BOILER.MAKEHS i.V.i70c td70Hperhour . PASSENGER CAR MEN. . -V. . . v. s v. 70c per hour FREIGHT CAR MEN .; w...v...63c per hour HELPERS, all classes . i. 47c per houi; tlecliaiucs and heipers are allowed time and one-half for time worked IxS - . ' -f excess of eight hours per dayk - . " , ' , ; A strike now exists on Northern Pacific ftadvte?. : ' APPLY XtOOM 312 COUCH BLDO, 109. FOURTH &TJ NEAR WASHINGTON :-'z - ; -PORTLAND as a means of hastening tne rehabili tation of Europe, would deal more len iently with Germany and hold a. gen eral party for the forgiveness ot debt. If the United' States will" not come in. hewevery she wants her- money; Meantime -there are protestations all around -that no eountry intenda to re pudiate, t Great Britain will pay, it she must, bubs others must pay, (France will pay., some day but she must have reparations, l Bo the traii runs from one country to another, and all back to the United states, in tms country the general .view as ..reflected in the Dress and in consrress. is that a loan 1 1 a. loan, and hot a gift,; and that 211 000.OQQ.000 from abroad will be helpful Mn payments of the soldier bonus and tne Teaucuon ei - taxation. ?: v VThe original purpose of. treasury Of ficials was to first discuss' the debt question with Great - Britain. . France unexpectedly stepped tn- and . sent a commission to - Washington . to talk over the question with. Secretary Mel lon ; and , the American commission. The discussions have been secret, but It is understood, that France done lit tie more than to set forth her finan bial position and ' test out the ideas bf the American commission; . The French mission ' is regarded - as A "feeler" thrown but to see If there wesi any prospect of remission,. In any degreevby, this country. . , , The British-commission will be over next, and it is .with that eountry that the first progress should be made la translating into a definite form the foreign, debt.' . France, ; in her, present condition, ,has hot been expected to pay. because she " could not. Great Britain has made positive gestures, however,- and the treasury has relied upon repayments from that source to the extent ef Including them ' in the budget for 'next -year. The - plan pur Sued with Great Britain la expected to settle , the policy, which' will be ex tended to other countries,-with periods of grace appropriate to their financial situation. ' -i-'iA- ' Whose Face Shall . . Appear on Stamps? ' ! Washington, Aug. 2-(wash-INGTON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL) The y. postoffiee- depart meht is receiving a- large number of suggestions concerning the portrait that are to be borne by the new issue of stamps, the department having re solved that there should be a greater variety of faces or designs. , One .to 1 cents now carry the like ness of George Washington, and those from 8 cents to $5 have an. etching of Benjamin Franklin. By greater variety. It is stated, there will be fewer mistakes in cancellation, as In rapid handling the stamps are so much alike that the denominations are hot readily detected. - ; Roosevelt, Lincoln and Grant are reported to be the choice, in the order named, of those who have . submitted Ideas to the department. - put many of those "who write -prefer that his torical events or scenery " should . be depicted, Such as Faneuil hall. Inde pendence hall, Washington crossing : the Delaware, Niagara falls. Mount Shasta and the Yellowstone. Others,, more facetious, propose Charlie Chaplin and Babe Ruth, and one Juts suggested the picture Of a Fora with a spread eagle perched en the radiator as a typical American symbol. . ; McNary Would Have SalMoii tafct With Catiada TVA SHiNGTONV"' Augi 28. (WABH YV INGTON , BUREAU OF - THE JOURNAL) Senator. McNary is not Satisfied to give up 1 effort to arrive upon agreement with Canada for the protection ot. salmon outside the three-mile limit, and Is asking the state department to renew negotia tions In the hope that all Pacific fishery , questions may be taken" Up together . and a solution reached. Canada,- through the British am bassador, recently Informed Secretary Hughes that, while favorable to . the proposed agreement tor the protection of salmon as proposed by the McNary resolution, the iiorthern goverpment desires first to drapes of other treaties relating- to sockeye salmon fi in . the Fraser river system, protection of hall, but and reciprocity -of port privileges for the fishing vessels of the two countries. " - . . . Declaring that the salmon industry is imperiled by the lack of protection on the feeding grounds 'outside the three-mile limit. Senator McNary an nounces his purpose to, continue - the effort to secure some basts for action Canada ; having - agreed that such action is desirable. . "Th Canadian r rt'vernment, . said the British note, "snares the view of the United States government that it, Is necessary for the , proper prbtectloh of the salmon' . fisheries that they should be adequately Controlled beyond as well as within territorial waters." Canada ; holds back assent to such a treaty, however, because the Sockeye treaty was withdrawn from the senate,. 1 MEM r - FOR SHOPS AND. ROUNDHOUSE; 1 a- 8 inmsmwmiiffliuj, following opposition by the Washing ton senators. Ad the belief that it could not be .ratified. t.t .Senator Wesley L. Jones ot Wash ington says ; Washington fishery in terests objected to the treaty because they, held that it Imposed restrictions favorable to the Canadians and gave the Americans - the worst of it in fishing for the sockeye. He thinks negotiations should r be resumed.4 with the hope that a more satisfactory agreement ' may-' be reached. " One suggestion made . is that' all fishing for sockeye in the Fraser river system be, prohibited for a' period of five year.; This would ."give full pro tection to the salmon while Allowing time for consideration of permanent measures. - While Canadian fishery interests would be slightly affected, If at - all. by extension of control beyond the three-mile limit at the mouth of the Columbia, In which violnity the Co lumbia river salmon feed, it is recog nised that this country .under inter- , national law-cannot make regulations for the high seas. - With, the coopera tion of Canada, It is believed that the two countries, the only ones with ter ritory fronting on 4he north Pacific, could ' adopt regulations that would net be challenged by ether nationa , . : The note ot the British ambassador' conveying the views of Canada bears date -of AprU 3. 1922, but. Secretary ; Hughes explains that verbal views have been exchanged since, as a re sult. of which, he saya "It seems clear that the British government. Is not disposed to conclude a : treaty - for" the protection - of . salmon . beyond - terri torial waters unless steps can be taken to, conclude the sockeye salmon treaty which' the senate, seems disinclined to accept," .-. . f -- -It Is Senator MeNarysi view that, all questions n?ay be brought Into a new treaty. Tor failing that, that the senate may be given an opportunity to vote' on a treatv Similar to the One already negotiated, but withdrawn be cause ot the opposition of the Wash ington .senators. ' 'r--: ' ,tr - r I 1 . 1-fin r . Sn."n,i i?'ti:.-''.ii'' Ask Welsh. Ndt to Cut Babies' Ears Loudon. Aug. 2b. (L K. 8- Ah ap beal to mothers in the Welsh districts of Carmarthenshire to cease from the practice of , cutting their babies' ears ' at the waning of the mobn has been made by Dr. David Arthur Hughes, health officer. . 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