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    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
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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
- - , . "
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- 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;
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:-'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,.
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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--:
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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. . Ah old Welsh Custom
has been to slit the ears of a baby
at the waning ot the moon lh 6fder
that the child may , grow up to be
bright and clever.
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