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The Vorld Cannot Exist Half
" Skive and Half Free,
Says : Salem Man
Editor Ktatpsman:
I to bp able to understand the
Situation in China It Is necessary
to consider its civilization, the
physical and moral makeup of its
inhabitants and the peculiar geog
raphy of that country.
; China! is composed of 4.000,000
square tiniles, much larger than
the I'nitjed States of America: the
western and southern part is very
hilly a oil unproductive, while the
eastern art is rich both in fertile
noli am natural resources. The
population is estimated at nearly
400.000j000 people, one-fourth of
the world's population, and some
parts are most densely populated.
Eighty per cent of the popula
tion batons to the agricultural
class, wfcile 20 per cent are made
up of .ictiolars, artists merchants,
.jprtaatsiand soldiers. The aver
i age Chinese farm?" consists of 4
acres of irrigated - land which is in
a high state of cultivation and is
farmed very intensively. A native
of China; can labor longer under
eitreme jweather conditions than
any othef human being on earth.
As a whle the Chinese are very
industrious, economical and intel
ligent, j '
We haye records of Chinese civ
ilization ifor over 4,000 years.
SnnningJ weaving, dyeing, rearing
of silk worms, iron mining, tea
trading, Ihorse and cattle trading.
manufacturing of forks, spades,
sickles," peedles, beds. Bteamers,
flat irons, pencils, and
many other things were known in
There haji, however, been very lit
tle change in the methods of liv
ing for the last 3,000 years and
the natural resources of thaCcoun
trv are afil untouched.
China wi ruled successively by
24 dyaastles of emperors, trie
teachings lot Conf usius taking the
place of a constitution. As ai
4'le the Chinese were governed
iessfulty and only 24 times in
4,000 years was it 'found neces
sary to change the dynasties.
... -f .'The Opium , Wir 'r .
The Chinese maintained a strict
seclusion from all foreigners.
During the year ISO Great Britain
sent momrivoys to China forthe
purpose off negotiating commerce
treaties, but. the Chinese govern
ment re fused to have any dealings
with foreign barbarians. At that
time the prlnepal merchandise
was opium Imported by English
merchants o China. This drug
was thought by the Chinese gov
ernment! to flead to the physical
deterioration of its. inhabitants,
and a law'wato created strictly pro
hibting tbeale of opium. Many
British and fa few Chinese mer
chants began Smuggling opium in
to China; and: in 1S39 the whole
stock of Opium in Canton "was con-
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Bicycles-Now Move in Best
of Society in Denmark;
True Other Places
COPENHAGEN.- AP) Bicy
cles move In good society in Den-I
mark. The- king and all thei
younger members of the royal
family ai well as leaders in. all
' wolV r-9 Ufa u oa n wheel.
, "North Prussia. Good roads and
teasy grades make a bicycle the
easiest means of getting about on
short it r ins. r Princess Juliana of
Holland, is i a keen .cyeiisirand
the putch queen Wilhelmma his
often been seen pedaling herself
about, her country 'home neat Ap
feldom .,-'--
All over Denmark and Holland
ladies in their best gowns bicycle
to teas and evening parties- Since
short skirts have leeome so fash
ionable society women find no dif
ficulty in using wheels " wlthovi
danger to their gownsv 4 H f
Churches, theaters and shops
must provide bicycle parking space-
Tor wheels -as men." -women fc ana
rrJren go ereryhere on bicycles.
f .f tor cars are relatively rare in
ta flat countries along the Baltic
afid North Seas. Itfis only the
vry rich who can afford motor
cars because of the high prices of
locally produced "cars and the
fc'ayy import duties on foreign
V Uirycles are used to a great ex-
tpBt in England hut rn'ore in a
aT of sport. Many Englishmen,
find pleasure in taftlfig long hl
cyrle rides Into the country in fine
leather.
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DELAZON SMITH'S
SUMMING IIP TALK
Oregon's Early Day Orator
Made Last Talk In Con
stitutional Convention
(The constitutional convention
that framed the fundamental laws
of Oregon was held in the court
house in Salem from August 17 to
September 18. 1S57. There were
giants in those days. Judge Mat
thew P. Deady was chairman of
the convention. Chester N. Terry
was 1 secretary. George H. Wil
liams was chairman of the judici
ary committee and Judge H. P.
Boise and John It. McBride. then
just admitted to the bar. were
members. Delazon .Smith, after
wards United States senator, was
One of the prominent members.
He was a finished orator. ; Col.
E. D. Baker, one of the greatest
orators of his time, said Delazon
Smith was outstanding in Oregon
and the nation as an able public
speaker.
-.The proceedings of .the constita
tionar convention-nd the "tMra6
have teen fathered Into a book
by Chas. II. Carey of Portland
The daily ' reports of the conven
tion were made up in three parts.
First, tlie official report of the
secretary. Second, the reporj in
the Oregon Stateaman. Third,
that in the Oregonian. The re
port in The Statesman was usually
the longest, and the best.
Came the last day of the conven
tion: that body was ready to vote
on the adoption of the Oregon
Constitution which had been
framed. At this point, concluding,
the whole matter. The Statesman
report contained the following:
Mr. .Grover. from special com
mittee, reported enorlleti constitu
tion and moved its adoption.
Mr. Smith said, before the
question is taken upon that mo
tion. I desire to detain the conven
tion whilst 1 review the whole in
strument briefly. The people,
sir, of the territory sent us up
here to prepare a constitution for
their consideration and adoption.
No work no labor pertaining to
time and sublunary matters, is
moTe important than that upon
whichr we have been engaged. To
frame the fundamental law of the
lartd, to prepare a constitution
which Is to regulate and govern
all other laws, and all the insti
tutions of the country for an in
definite period of time, is a work
of-Tnagnitude and of abiding im
portance.
For some four years last past,
this proposition has been from
time to time submitted to the peo
ple whether they would author
ize a convention to frame a con
stitution for a state government
Three several times the people re
turiied a negative answer to the
proposition, but finally at the
election last June the people of
the territory of Oregon, by an
overwhelming majority, author
ized the holding of this convention
for the purpose of framing a con
stitutions" 'The reflection which
the people have had -the discus
sion incident to the repeated sub
mission of this question to ' the
popular consideration of the coun
try; and the changes which had
taken 'place 'in the country in the1
year immediately preceding the
submission of 'this question last
JUne.' ted I repeat, a large major
ity of the people of thej country to
the conclusion that their present
and prospective interests required
that- they should fake this step
that the time had now fully ar
rived when the interests of this
people required that they should
throw off this state of colonial
vassalage and assume their proper
nositlon In the Union of the
American states.
What sit, prompted the people
to move with such remarkable un
animity as characterized their ac
tion at the last election when they
authorized the holding of this con
MCeatiaved on Pf
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American . Military Cemeteries at
TJony, France, srnil at. V;n r-g-beiii,
in Flanders
By Uicluml Soelye Jones
Two remarkable sentiments at
tach themselves to the two Ameri
can military cemeteries; in France
which lie to the north of Paris,
toward Brussels, and are not
reached on the more usual tours
of the battlefields to iht eastward
of the French capital.
"They broke the Hindenburg
line" wlil always, seem the na
tural epitaph for those Yanks who
lie forever in ' the valley of the
Somme, at Bony.
"They fell in Flanders fields"
is the literal as well as the figura
tive tale of those who lie in
Waeroghem, in Belgium, lf miles
south of Ghent.
There are 1H2 6 Americans re
posing at Bony, which is 11
miles south of St. Queutini toward
Cambfai. and is officially called
the, Somme American military
cemetery. There are 3 65 resting
at Waoreghem, and this is offi
cially called Flanders Field Amer
ican military cemejtery, the one
American cemetery in Belgium.
The men of two Yankee divisions
won this? ground, fighting under
orders of King Albert as a unit of
tftm army of Belgians.. Ve.nc!i',nl
Americans which wbh lasi uriTiug
the enemy back toward Brussels
when the, war came to an end.
Most of the honored dead at
Bony came from) two other (Ameri
can divisions, which fought with
the British forces. Thti while
the bulk bf the American expedi
tionary forces, were centering
their power on the last struggle
between the Arjonne Forest and
the Itiver Mouse, these four divi
sions were giving renewed power
to the battle scarred divisions of
our allies, pushing enemy
backward after his last desperate
drive toward the channel ;wl the
sea.
Bony lies jnst west of the tun
nel on the St. Quentm eanal.
which the (Jermans used as part
of the underground works of the
system of trenches known as the
Hindenburg line, and which was
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STIRRING DAYS AT SEA FOR LEGIONNAIRES
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(Special.) Days at sea, made
brief by fast ocean liners, pro
grams crammed full of deck
sports, attentive service, nd a
thousand good times. f havebeen
-arranged for the American le
gionnaires : who shove of r for
France next September, accord
ing "to '"information received from
Howard P, Savage, National Com
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NATIONAL GARDEN
iEKHHO
Purpose to Promote Interest
and Arouse Enthusiasm
in Planting
WASHINGTON. D. C. ( Spe-,
rial-) National Garden Week,
which has the endorsement of
President Coolidge and of Secre
tary Herbert Hoover, is announced
for April J7-24 by Miss Vida New
som of Columbus, Ind., chairman
of the gWden committee of the
General Federation of Women's
Clubs. "The United States of.
America Garden Nation of the
World in 19?.0," is the ambitious
slogan of the committee.
"The purpose of National Gar
den Week is- to promote interest
and arouse enthusiasm in the
planting of gardens as an ennob
ling avofation, a contribution to
the joy of the individual and the
community and as an attribute of
tcod citizenship," said Miss Xew
som. in effort tr havo KOCie rec
ognition given National Garden
Week by each of the 14,000
member clubs of the General
Federation, Miss Newsom offers
the following widely diversied
suggestions: prganize a garden
dub or form a garden department
in your club, have a speaker on
some phase of gardening or flow
er culture, adopt a civic flower
and encourage' its growth in pri
vate and public grounds; enlist
the interest and cooperation of
churches. schools. Boy Scouts.
Camp Fire Girls, Girl Scouts and
Girl Reserves, encourage compe
titive activities in the raising of
flower gardens, vegetable Kar
denR. window boxes, lawns and
land scapeing home grounds, se
cure prizes from local-dealers in
seeds, Karden tools', etc., have a
flower show, arrange for free dis
tribution of seeds and cuttings to
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mander, by Robert C. Lee, of New
York, Department France Con
vention Officer for this state. A
proud fleet of 28 of the best and
largest ocean liners in trans-at-iantic
service will carry the veter
ans overseas. -
A week spent at sea minns re
veille, detail.' abandon ship drill,
and -other troublesome duties ' of
HQLLVWOOD TRIP
OF MAUDE Gil
Salem's Representative on
the Delightful Journev
Writes About It
By Maude Gywnn
The trip to Hollywood given by
the Paramount Studios and the
Bell Line Stages was a hig suc
cess. Every effort possible for
our pleasure and comfort was pro
vided. The weather was perfect.
The journey over the mountains
was one never to he forgotten.
There were twelve in our party,
and it certainly was a' jolly, t are
free bunch. The boy irom Taco
ma. Wash., and the pirl from Kv
eiett. Wash., were the life of the
party. Mrs. Wallace Jessup. of
Bremerton. Wash., was a wonder
ful chaperone.
We stopped at every point of
interest, Mt. Shasta being the most
beautiful. Ar various towns we
were greeted by prominent busi
ness men.
After leaving Medford we were
very anxious to get to San Fran
cisco, and traveled until late that
night. We had quite a thrill try
ing to catch the ferry at Vallejo.
About ten mile north of there
we bad engine trouble and only
had a few minutes in which to
reach the ferry. However, by
phoning ahed and asking them to
hold it for five minutes, we ar
rived there in time. From Valle
jo we hurried to catch the ferry
at Oakland. After we wen.- all
safe on the ferry, the crowd went
up on deck. The wind was strong
and very cold. The. different col
ored lights along the bay made a
beautiful sight.
Upon our arrival in Frisco we
went direct to the Hotel Turpin,
where we retired for the night.
We departed next day at 11:00
a. m. and were joined at Oakland
by the president of the Bell lane
Stage Co.. 11. K. Shere. who ac
companied us to Los Angeles.
Given Royal Reception
Our next stop of interest was
Fresno. Calif. As we entered
there we werf greeted, by a dele
gation of citizens and accompan
ied "by state officials. We were
introduced to the manager of one
of the theaters ami two reporters
of the "Republican" newspaper.
After dinner the party was invited
to attend a dance at the "Rain
bow" pavilion. It is one of the
most beautiful dance halls I have
ever seen, and we had a splendid
time. We retired that night at
the Hotel Sequoia.
We departed early next morn
ing, as we were anxious to arrive
ih Hollywood. It was a long tire
some drive over the mountains
and some of us got Pick. The
flowers along the road were
simply beautiful, every color im
aginable. This was also the first
time some of the group haid seen
an orange or olive tree, and'it was
quite a delight to them. The or
ange trees were especially beau
tiful, bearing their blossoms and
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strenuous wartime will be a new
adventure for the balk of 30,000
who remember vividly the days
of the first A- E. P." Instead of
being battened down under in tbe
dark hold of the ship, the Legion
naires on the second trip over will
sleep between immaculately white
POET ESCAPES
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Ontral
Barg-r Clark
HOT SPRINGS. S. I). Badger,
Clark, poet, has fled from civili
zation, taking refuge in a cabin
in the fastnesses of wilderness
and mountains. 1
Clark, probably the best known
poet of the northwest, author of
"hTe Cowboy's Prayer," 'The
Glory Trail." and the rest of the
poems that make up his latest vol- j The poet walks 10 miles to the
ume of poems. "Sun and. Saddle j nearest town, Custer, for his food,
Leather." has taken a cabin in the' and cuts his own firewood, and
Black Hills miles from the near- tramps much through snow-laden-est
town and there has set himself j etl trails, in his pursuit of Pegas-
1 to work at preparing another vol- i
EDUCATORS DECLARE!
SIC ESSEIilL
School Supei'mlandents Pass
Resolution of Endorsement
at Meeting
A greater recognition of music
than ever before by the school
superintendents of the country
was manifested in the recent
meeting at Dallas. Texas, of the
department of superintendence in
the National Educational associa
tion. That recognition was voiced
officially in one of the resolutions
passed by the convention, wherein
music and art were declared to be
fundamental in the education of
our children. This action on mu
sic was called forth by a series of
striking musical programs, the
spot of which was the second an
nual appearance of the National
High School Orchestra. In the
resolution, the educators made
the following statement:
"We would record our full ap
preciation of the fine musical pro
grams and art exhibits in connec
tion with this convention. They
are good evidence that we are
rightly coming to regard music,
are ahd other similar subjects as
fundamental in the education of
American children. We recom
mend that they be given every
where equal consideration and
support with other basic sub
jects." Of especial educational signifi
cance was the appearance of the
National High School orchestra
before the convention, for an op
portunity was provided for dem
onstrating to the executive heads
of America's schools the degree
of artistic skill that is possible in
the artistic field among high
school students.
A total of 268 players from 38
states made up this super sym
phony orchestra. There were fif
ty, first violins, fifty second vio
lins, 32 violas, 22 'cellos, 19
double basses, 12 flutes, 10 clar
inets, eight oboes, seven bas-
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New Beacpn Light Abie
to'Hierce Mist or Cloud
BERLIN, AP) A new beac
on light, whijeh is described as
visible' througih mist and clouds
arid is easily I distinguished from
treet lamps, i3 nbw in wide use
in Germany td mark flying fields.
While the new light, known as
the "Neon" tube, is used chiefly
for marking boundaries and ob
stacles, a report says it also has
enough power to aid in Hlaminat
ing the fields and jsonsnmes -very
Jittle electricity, an advantage of
particular value In the marking
out of a fifing path along which
the lights are left burning all
night. . '
As guide posts for flyers, the
tubes are, mounted about 10 kilo
meters apart and are operated
Mil
CIV I LIZ A TION
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and Ills Cabiiv
j ume of verse for bi publishers.,
; Some months ago the poet
, reached the decision that civiliza
tion was coddling his genius and
that he needed solitude in the
, woods and hills. While making a
j lecture tour, he began making ar
rangements for the cabin in which
he now lives, a hermit. '
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PRESIDENT DDIMEV
TO SPEAK AT YW1GA
Subject of . Address to Be
' Men, Women and God"f
Banquet at 6:30 p, m,
That in his speech before the
young men's division banquet at
the YMCA next Tuesday evening,
he will place the blame for the
unsatisfactory modern social con
ditions directly upon the parents,
was indicated yesterday by Dr.
Carl (Jregg Doney, president of
Willamette university.
The president believes that the
older people are largely complac
ent figure-heads, wholly lacking,
as fai as true and wholesome
guidance is concerned, Hi influ
ences over their children. When
parents are doinj? exactly the
Mme things which are criticized
in their children it must be real
izedsthat they are creating a still
more impotent condition among
young folic. Parents 'and elders
have not heen the eounsellors and
friends to youth that conditions
have required.
People, young and old, are
much more informed about social
mjatters, and much more frank in
their discussion of them than they
used to be, fsaid President Doney
At the same time, there has come.
in large measure, leisure and
money offering many opportuni
ties for self gratification. There
has also appeared a type of phil
osophy which is crude and undi
gested, yet one which is prevalent
and Very influential.' It counten
ances and encourages the mater
ialistic program of living.
All these things, said President
Doney, make is difficult for many
young people to go forward in a
straight course.. They are dis
cussing, wondering, and wavering
in their judgments. .
If modern social conditions are
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Chaperons Back to Help
' Many Girls in Marrying
LONDON. (AP) The chaper
one, so whole-heartedly abolished
in the years during and after the
war, has come back to fashion
able London, and is more in evi
dence at dances and other public
functions than at any time since
Victorian days. t j
One reason, for this, according
to society gossip, is that young un
chaperoned girls, while having a
generally good time, have not
made good marriages or have re
mained single, while the eirls
more carefully brought . up and
chaperoned have secured the best
plums in the marriage basket. :
It is seldom now that society
girls go to a ball or dinner with
out their.mothers or' some woman
with i moderate Incomes . are In
great demand as paid chaperons.'
relative while many society dames
HISTORICAL FACTS '
ON REPEATING GUNS
Says I Custer's Men at Las I
Battle Had Spencer Re
peating Carbines
In. the report of a lecture -pub
lished in The Statesman of Fi b
17th last, there were statement
said to "have been made that "were
not facts but evidently tha r,esuli
ef erroneous Information, unfortu
natelyj '''''. '. ;
General Custer's men In the bat tle
of the Little" Big Ilorn ip which,
they were all killed except the In
dian Bcout, Cnrly, wero armed
with Fpoticer repeating carbine
and not with Springfield rifles,
which are more suited to Infantry
than cavalry. '
The! statement said to havo
been made that the -Indiana., could
have clubbed "all of General Cus
ter's riien to death is just simply
preposterous, as with their effect
ive guns the men could have kill
ed all pf the Indians engaged with
out any serious loss. '
The 'Indians who wiped out Gen
eral Custer's men were mostly
mounted and rode in circles witn
their borses. on the run, which
made them most difficult marka
for the soldiers.
A to the use of repeating rifles -iu!
the Civil war, they were used
to some extent in , that war ns
early as 1862 and proved exceed
ingly .effective in the battles of
Fair Oaks and Seven Pines in Vir
ginia, , though only a few regi- '
rz.ents were- supplied with thera.
Thei army nnder General 'Quell
in the fall of J862 was supplied
with Quite a number of repeat int.
rifles, for the winter saw" them' in
the hands of his men shortly before
the battle of PerryTille; Kentucky
Repeating rifles were-also used at
the battle of Chle.amauga in 1863.
so I am informed.-. '
After the battle of Nasbyille in
December, 18 General Thomas
placed; General "Wilson in com
mand : of 411 the cavalry f forces
with directions to raid 'through
Tennessee and Alabama, and Gen
eral Wilson gathered ; an : army
covps of' threo divisions, and ho
states Jin his jiistory -of that raid
that every man of his corps was
armed j' with -repeating rifles and
carbines,- and he met and defeated
the celebrated Confederate Gen
eral Forest; on his own ground
and captured among other cities,'
Selma, Alabama, and destroyed tin
great Confederate arsenal there,
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TO REGAIfJ HIKE
Emir jUsed Money, Propa
ganda and Promises to
incite Native Uzbeks '
OLD BOKHARA, Soviet Uzbe
kistan, RepubHc.--j-(AP)IloId at
tempts! are Wing'Tnade by the de
posed emir of Uokhara, now living
in Afghanistan, to recover his lost
throne 'and possessions. ; " ' .
Sending groups of trusted emis
saries to different parts of Turk
estan, tie has attempted by means
of money, propaganda and promi
ses to j incite the native Uzbeks
against the, present soviet regime.
He also managed to "smuggle
across I the Afghanistan border ' a
considerable number of rifles and
a quantity of munitions. ' -"
The emir, who is also the titular
kalif of the millions of Mohamme-
tans in this region, tried further"
to collect taxes? from the natives
to tsopjjort his campaign, threat
ening tbem with the "wrath of Al
lah" If they, refused to comply.
To invoke their aid he told tbem
that Bngalnd ; bad declared war
against 'the soviet, whose regime,
be asserted, would be of short du
ration.1 -
r The Ipeasants. however, refused
to accede to these peremptory de
mands : and appealed to the soviet
government: for protection. - Sol
diers of the Red army were sent
In pursuit of the emir's agents.
FlyingUo the open desert on fat
steedsj the latter concentrated
their forces .by forming small bat
taliohs, which later conducted sur
prise attacks and gorilla warfare
against the Red armq. After sev
eral wfeks of intermittent fighting
the etnir jrebet forces were routed
and their guns and munitions cap
tured. This was not accomplished
however without the loss ? con
siderable ; bolshevik, soldiers,' who
in many cases .were taken prison
ers by the fanatical Uzbeks", and
tortured to death. ' -;,JV
i Since the soviet government won '
the favor of the natives by lighten
ing their taxes helping them with
their crops and giving thfeni reas
onable latitude In' self government
these- spdradic incitements to re
volution' by the emir's Teptesenta--t
lyes' had less and lesa success."
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