PAGE SIX
THE DALLES DAILY CHRONICLE, FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1921.
THE DAILY CHRONICLE
atablUhcd 1890 The Dalle. Or.
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PROTECT AMERICA
"I wish you might never be called
upon to fire a gun again," said Presi
dent Wurron G .Harding in an address
dollvered to tlio officers of the Atlan
tic fleet. "I would not have a peace
without honor or without the con
sciousness that America is right and
la.' protecting every Interest."
In short President Warren O Hard
ing speaking for tho government of
the United States asserts that while
he hopes that war shall cease and
great ships he junked, until such time
as all tho nations of tho world meet
upon this common principle of dis
armament, it Is futile to stop our
armament building.
AVhllo ho was delivering tho speech
to tho officers of tho Atlantic fleet
the house of roprosentatlvos was bul
wnrklng his .views with concrete ac
tion. The disarmament measure in
troduced by Representative Connally'
of Texas which provided that tho
presidont must call a disarmament
conforoncu before any of the $90,000,
00 appropriated for new battleship
con.:! ruction could bo used was Big
niV.i dofon'.od by vote of 212 to 15.
Amorlca is waking up at last. Sunt!.
mont is bolng overruled by reason and
etorn fact.
In tlto mind of every thinking man
doslro to lonvo off competitive naval
building Is strong. Every thinking man
knows that most of tho monoy requir
ed by tho government is used to pay
for past wars or to l'lnnnco futures
ones. lOvory thinking man knows that
tho taxes which bunion the poop'o
are but reflexes of building . great
battleships to junk them as obsolete
In a few short years. Every thinking
man shrinks from building engines of
destruction. .Much rather would ho up
ply tho monoy thus expended to con
structive work say reclaiming land
and build irrigation systems and con
structing highways and developing la
tent national resources,
But the high ideal cannot be carried
mt until tho Mine Is ilpo. It 1a all very
well to want to discontinue competi
tive armament building.
Hut it wore veriest suicide, to flu ko
'unless other nations followed tho
.same course. In a short time, the na
tion which through high Ideals had
stopped preparing for war would fall
prey to tho greedy and avaricious na
tions which continued to build war
ships. The world must act as a unit In this
dh:aimlng. One nation cannot act
alone.
Talk of disarmament is Idle unless
all nations leave off tho cruel game.
America cannot, must not (ult arm
ing so long as other nations build
uM navies .
Japan, our neighbor to tho west, la
entering upon the greatest carnival
of warship building In her history.
lint means It?
Japan, tho covetous, Isn't doing this
jUbt for Hie fun of the thing. Shu Is
bringing herself close to bankruptcy
as a direct consouuonco of building
a great tluet. Her people aro reutloss
as a result.
Why, thou, 'la Japan building war
ships? hut us calmly consider tho cuu of
Japan. She Is the most ut'gresslve na
tion on (he fnce of tho earth today.
am h sM-rew- :iwvcmmiw jm m mm
his arrival here Thursday was met
by Chief Eagle Calf, of the Blackfeet
Indian tribe, who insisted that Old
field become one of the red-skinned
tribe of the north.
Oldfield was initiated into the
tribe with all customary ceremony by
the chief and six of his followers in
a private room in a hotel.
Main 6061-
-Bennett Taa-
-Main 01 tf
Taxi Sorvloe
Day or night. Stand at Club Cigar
store, Telephone red 1711. It. Wlnter
tnutli. jii
Brown's Dufur Stage Time Table
Two round trips daily. Lea re Bank
hotel, 9. a. m. and 4 p. m. Leave
Uufur 7:30 a. m. and 1 p. m. tf
LOOKING BACKWARD
She has seized Shantung when no
right of God nor man entitled her to
this strip of Chinese territory. When
she appropriated it, she promised to
return it in a year to China. But the
year has passed and there is no wild
desire to give the peninsula back to
its rightful owner.
Japan has taken over Korea, lulln
tho country with a rod of iron.
The Nipponese have sent troops into
Siberia under pretext of maintaining
order. Now that all is peacoful sttf
does not withdraw the forces. No,
she sends more many more.
Japan coveted the island of Yap, a
;rait n.ival base In .the Pacific. She
refuses to lot other nations have any
rights upon tlio island. She wants k
for her very own Does she contem
plate launching a war drive from this
vantage point?
Japan has looked for years with de
alt o upon the western coast of Amer
ica. .Her people have come hero in
droves and have colonized. In Itself
this means little, but coupled with
her other moves, tlio mntter Is truly
significant.
Japan is building a vast navy. It
would be folly of tho worst kind for
America to leave off building war
ships so long as covetous Japan In
creases her weapons of destruction
'All America can say with President
Harding to tho fleet oi'ficors: "I wish
you might novor bo called upon to
firo a gun again " All America can
applaud tho action of tho house in de
feating a movo to bring about dis
armament, before tho other nations
of tho world cooporato In this groat
program.
HISTORICAL PAGEANT.
-Much vital history was made out
hero in the west.
In tho old days Tho Dalles was the
nal of many a man's nostra. To the
ond of The Oregon trail ho sought
to win through, in his winning through
oftentimes ho had to exorcise rare
skill and courage and sacrifice.
Tho old days may have been rough
days, ot they were fraught with de
cency and gondmws and fair-dealing
it was a time when men were strong
and women nervy. Our present state
of development Is largely attribut
able to the hardy pioneers who laid
he foundations for our very charao
ors, who certainly bulldod tho strong
material foundations of this commut;
Ity. Hut the old west when Tho Dalles
was the ond of tho Oregon trail N
Bono. Its romanco and Its legend is
oolng forgotten. Its wholesoinenoas Is
being overlooked.
With a view to Impressing Its sin
nlflcanco upon UJ, Wlth a view to Riv
ing all of us a glimpse of Its romance
Its courage demanding situations, Us
spectacular clash, good with bad, a
historical pageant has boon Innugur
.Uod In this city wherein tho old west
will live agalp the ploneor episodes
of Its life.
Wo shall all bevonio bottor no
jualnted with tho Dr. Whitman party,
vlth Missionary Spauldlng, with Mrs,
Whitman and Mrs. Spauldlng. Wo
hall learn to know Dr. McLaughlin,
'uthur Do Smol uml the Hudson's Ray
'oinpany officials. Prom actual pre
sentation we shall learn of the Lew
is and Clark expedition. The historic
Importance of the old Fort Dalles Mil
Itary post will be Impressed upon u
by pretty drama, The Ninevah Ford
emigrant' train shall toll creaklngly
and wearisomely over rutty roads to
play its part in the early west. Joe
Meek will trade again.
The traditional story of Mt. Hood
and Mt. Adams, young gods who fell
in love with Mt. St. Helens will be
told in pageantry.
I Thus tho old west will bo revived.
! Thus the romance days when this
1 land was young will be ' lived over
j again. It is well.
Tho old west stands for high type
manhood and. womanhood and any
thing which focuses our thoughts up
on such standards works good to u&.
It is to be hoped that this histori
cal pageant to be given May 27 will
be made a permanent, annual insti
tution In this community ranking
with tho Pendleton Round-up and the
Portland Ro3e carnival in state-wide
! appeal.
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38 CENTS OFFERED.
(From The Chronicle, April 29, 1896.)'
Work is progressing fast on the
Vogt and Williams buildings.
,Mr. D. P. Ketchum went out today
to the Deschutes, Bakeoven and An
telope country to buy mutton sheep.
Those who have traveled the new
road three miles from the city now
wonder why it was not done twenty
years ago. It only costs abouf if 250
and dispenses with oae of the worst
hills in the country.
The jury in the case of Dono-an
vs. Taffe has been secured, and Is as
follows: John Robinson, Andrew Ve
larde, G. B. Adams, Theodore Preige,'
F. Ross, R. F. Gibons. The trial conies
off it 10 o'clock tomorrow before Jus
tice Davis.
Mr. J. T. Peters went to Srrague
Landing, Wash., this morning.
Miss Etta Story left thU morning
for Cascade Locks, where she will vis
it Miss Aldrich. ,
Mr. D. 'L. Cates of Cascade Locks
was In the city yesterday, returning
this morning.
Dr. S. Burke Massey, dentist, First
National bank, rooms 307-308. Tele
phone main 3911. res. main 1691. 8tf
nut would you think of a man
who beat his bills? Suppose a man
wero to run a big bill at a store. Then
ho disappeared. Finally he was lo
cated and the proposition of payment
was put up. to him. Ho whined and
sniveled. He said that he couldn't pay.
His finances were wrecked. Oh, he'd
a
like iver so much to pay. He admit
ted that he owed the bill.
When he feared that his homo and
hlu possessions would bo snatched
lrom him by the man to whom ho
owed tlio bill, ho made a proposition
to .pay in part the bill he admitted
owing. Ho offered to settle tho whole
account for 38 cents on tho dollar.
You wouldn't esteem such a man
highly. Yon term him a tramp and
a crook nnd a rascal. He is all ol
iheso epithets and moro.
Germany Inflicted a groat and un
righteous war upon the world. The
wot Id becamo a great territory of mis
ory. Loss and destruction and doath
nul shattered lives those resulted.
The allied reparations commission,
after Investigating' tho losses which
Germany inflicted upon, the world
nrs scaled down the bill to Gortnany'3
ability to pay. The bill Is placed by
l.ii r-ommUslou of exports at 132,
mn in u.OOO gofd Darks". Germany of
fers u pav 50.(100,000,000 gold marlt3.
Her offer is ijKul to 3S cents on Uio
dollar.
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Beyond the problems of the
present is the smooth level road
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The outlook for business holds
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