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DAILY EAST OREGON1AN, PENDLETON, OREGON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 28, 1020.
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THE G
KlATEST
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Ever held in Pendleton, including as it does, our entire stock of ehoiee New Silks. AVe are trying to do our part in reducing the II. C. L. Now is the time for.
youtohuy juices will he higher later. . ' " " '
SPECIAL SILK NOTICE
We have just" received a special lot of silks that should
have been shipped months ago for the early spring busi
ness. Here is the list. ' They all go in this Silk Clearance. '
Crepe de Chine, an excellent quality and ' splendid
weight, 40 inches wide in colors of coral, peach, Belgian
blue, old rose, sapphire, African brown arid black. These
silks would have sold at $3.00 per yard if they had arriv
ed on time. Offered at the yard $1.79
t - EXTRA SPECIALS '
i Black Taffeta Silk, S6 inches wide in a high grade
quality. $3.50 grade, special at $2.39
Navy Blue Taffeta, 36 inches wide, extra fine quality,
$3.75 grade, special !.... $2.49
Garden Party Taffetas
1 A taffeta silk with large
. and small floral designs
printed on solid grounds in
colors of blue, yellow, gray,
etc., altogether a lovely silk
. for an afternoon frock or to
. work in combination with
i plain silks. -We have been
selling these pretty taffetas
at $4.00 and $450 yard. Dur
' xng this sale, we of- (to 1 Q
fer them at the yd. u
Light Blue Taffeta Silk, one
piece at the yard. .... 98c
Pongee Silk $1.25 grade 98c
Pongee Silk, very fine qual
ity, regular $2-25 grade
for . $1.39
White Pongee Silk, an excel
: lent high grade pongee
silk, $2.35 grade for. $1.95
CREPE DE CHINE
40 inch widths, flesh color,
pink and white, $3.00 and
$3.50 grades for ...... $2.39
GEORGETTE CREPE
over 60 colors in the $3.00
grades, on sale per yd. $1.98
BLACK SATlN MESSA- ;
LINE
A special piece of this $3.00
grade at the yard. . . . ' $1.95
LIGHT YELLOW TAF
FETA SILK
very fine quality, special for
this sale, the yard $1.69
WASH SATINS
White and pink, the $3.50
grades on sale at yard $2.79
CREPE DE CHINE
One lot of dark colors to
slose out at the yard. . $1.49
SILK MESCALINE
in the best $3.00 grades, all
colors at the yard $2.29
100 PER CENT ALL WOOL KHAKI
COLOR ARMY BLANKETS
. Weighing from 4 1-2 to 4 3-4 pounds.
vThis blanket will wear for years, the construction is
very firm assuring best service, ideal for camping, sleep
ing porches and rough wear, $11.50 regular price.
:"' ' " " " On Sale at Each $9.85
BLACK SILKS
of unusual value and popularity. A splendid opportunity
to supply an entire year's needs at these worth while re
ductions. - t
Black Chiffon Taffetas, 36 inches wide " 1
$3.50 Quality, on sale at $2.85
$3.75 Quality on sale at $2.95
Black Chiffon Taffeta, best Swiss finish, 36 inches wide.
Our $4.95 and $4.75 grades in this sale, per yard . $3,85
Black Messaline, a good quality for linings, etc., 36 in.
wide. Special in this sale per yard . . ". . . .$1.95
Black Messalines, best $2.75 and $3.00 grades in this sale
at per yard , . . . $2.39
Black Satins, '36 inch extra heavy and fine finish, $4.00
quality on sale, per yard V $2.98
Black Duchess Satin, extra heavy and fine finish, the
$5.95 grade on very special sale $4.65
'Black Satin Etoile, very heavy and lustrous, an exceed
ingly long wearing' good quality, $4.50 reg. on sale $3.59
Black Charmeuse, 40 inches wide, best heavy grade, $6.50
quality, on special sale at the yard. $4.65
Black Charmeuse, 40 inches wide, on sale
$5.50 Grade for ... ....... ........ $4.29
$4.50 Grade for ...... . v. $3.59
Black Pussy Willow Taffeta, 40 inches wide, a splendid
quality in the $4.50 grade, on sale at the yard. . . $3.59
Black Crepe De Chine, 40 inches wide, a splendid quality
for the price, $2.25 grade on sale, per yard. .... $1.79
Black Crepe de Chine, extra heavy, 4(Hnches wide, $5.50
grade from best manufacturers of high grade crepe, on
sale per yard , $4.19
SPECIAL EDITORIAL
Please remember that this SILK
SALE will be conducted in the usual ef
ficient and thorough manner that this,
store is noted for. ;
Every piece of silk in the store will be ;
placed on our counters in this gigantie1
clearance of over $14,000 worth of new
standard, high grade silks. Don't miss
the importance of attending this k sale
while selections are unbroken. , '
Novelty Lining Silks
Fancy printed designs of
all silk and cotton back sat
ins that are so much in
. vogue for lining suit jackets,
coats and making petticoats.
The range of patterns is ex
tremely large and offers an
excellent selection for every
purpose., Buy what you
need now for your fall lin
ings. .
$2.50 Lining Silks on Sale
per yard .......... $1.98
$2.75 Lining Silks on Sale-
per yard $2.19
$3.00 Lining Silks on Sale
per yard $2.39-
$3.50 Lining Silks on Sale
per yard $2.69
$3.75 Lining Silks on Sale .
per yard $2.95
$4.00 Lining Silks on Sale
' per yard $3.15
We Offer Our Entire
Stock of High Grade
Dress Satins ,
of famous makes, such as
"Satin Etoile" and "Satin
Francais" in every wanted'
color, such as white, black,
navy, brown, copen, sap
phire, gray, taupe, ' green,
plum, light blue, pink, yel
low, maize, etc., at these ir
resistable prices:
$3.50 Satins, sale price $2.79
$4.00 Satins, sale price $3.19
$4.50 Satins, sale price $3.59
$5.00 Satins, sale price $3.98
Crepe Meteors
A lively soft finish satin
lustre silk for street or eve
ning wear, nearly every
wanted color, $3.50 IJO OQ
grade per yard . .. J.OiJ
Don't Overlook These
White Silks
in this Grand Clearance
Sale. White Pussy Willow
Taffetas, ' White Pongee
Silks, White Satin Stripe
Crepe de Chine, White
White Charmeuse, White La
Jerz Silk, White Messalines,
White Taffeta Silks, White
Crepe de Chine, White Wash
Satin. All of the
$2.25 Grade, sale price $1.79
$2.50 Grade, sale price $1.98
$2.75 Grade, sale price $219
$3.00 Grade, sale price $2.39
$3.50 Grade, sale price $2.79
$3.75 Grade, sale price $2.98
$4.00 Grade, sale price $3.19
$4.50 Grade, sale price $3.59
$5.00 Grade, sale price $3.98
$5.50 Grade, sale price $'4.39
$6.00 Grade, sale price $4.79
All Plain Satin Linings
in solid shades of rose, green
light blue, white, brown,
taupe, etc., on sale as follows
$1.75 Grade per yard. . $1.39
$1.95 and $2.00 Grade -per
yard . t .'. .... . . $1.65
$2.25 Grade, per yard. $1.79
$2.50 Grade, per yard. $1.98
$3.00 Grade, per yard. $2.39
" Taffeta Silks
are at their height of popu
larity. Here is an opportun
ity to buy what you ' want
considerably underpriced.
Standard colors "of grey,'
green, purple, plum, red,
copen and many others aa
well as changeable taffetas. -$3.00
Grades, sale price $2.39 '
$3.50 Grades, sale price $2.79
$3.75 Grades, sale price $2.98
$4.00 Grades, sale priee $3.19
$4.50 Grades, sale price $3.59
$4.75 Grades, sale price $3.89
Reductions on Fancy
Silks :rt
This means plaids, stripes, .
checks and foulard patterns.
Your choice of the entire
lot at these prices:
$2.25 Silks for. '. . J . $1.79
$2.35 Silks for $1.87
$2.50 Silks for . . $1.95
$2.75 Silks for $2.15 k.
$3.00 biiKs lor $z
$3 50 Silks for . ; r $2.69
$4.00 Silks for .."..v.", $2.95
$4 50 Silks for ; . . .::V. $3.59
DON'T FORGET OUR MEN'SSPECIAL
: T SUITS AT 55.00.
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JfxeTWplesrefaous
1 WHERE IT PAYB TO TRADt 1
ASK TO SEE OUR BOYS' SPECIAL
SUITS AT $9.85 ' -
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CPDCXG'8 KEYNOTE SPEECH Immediately following the last elec- even eager to cooperate'in the acom-
tion, was reorganized with a person, j plishment of these en da when the war
nel consisting of the open foes of the j s over with every influence and re-
-t i.v tiitr treaty. Amongst the number was source at their command."
?EL , riTnt nJirlv aator Bh. who declared that he This was four months before Ameri-
!t,ry.21 d.a"f" ' , wou!d not fr "e ' nations, ca entered the war.
. : . were the Savior of Mankind to advo-
To this Identic note, the Central
foTr Tan in m S im I "-J0 HL" d evasively, but the a.
- . . i iwuawi invwa, nuvEC Jit- Ho. in hc)p ran ir Hitf a t Par
wee oanic lauureB; tred of the pre8ident amounts to ait
failure, ad 1 1919 o bak'failtires at all.'
' rraasinff to the record o? the repub
hta.u congress, lie said it had Ignored
the president's recommendations for
oboes I on, were also members, and Sen
at or Lodge was chairman.
"The treaty was referred to the
measures relating to profiteering, tax. . --.......- .T
utioa "appropriate action relative to
for its hostile reception. The members
of this committee adopted every, sub
terfuge to misrepresent the document
which they were supposed to be con
sidering as - statesmen. . . , The
senate had even bexun discussion of
Cummings launched Into detailed4tne treaty months before its negotia
ble returning soldiers," etc. He term
ed ihe session "barren of achievement,
shameless in waste of time and money-"
c . .. , . t
defense of the treaty and the league
of nations. He said America is in
honor bound to ratify the treatyand
cited erents in chronological order to
prove his point -
"Thus, befure we entered the war,
we made the pledge, during the war
we. restated the pledge and when the
urollstice as signed all the nations,
omlv-es Included renewed the pledge;
Had it was upon the faith of these
prombies that Germany laid down her
arn he said.
He called the league of nations cov
enant the Monroe doctrine of the
world and said its purpose is "to give
Imlice that if any nation raises its
Moody hand and seeks to cross the line
into any other country the forces of
tion was concluded, and did not ter
minate until nine months after the
submission of the treaty."
That portio of the Cummings speech
dealing with the League of Nations
was as follows:
The l&equtrcment of Honor.
There are men who seem to be an
noyed when we suggest that American
honor is bound up in this contest, and
that ratinjc requires that we should
enter the League of Nations. The
whole republican case is based upon
the theory that we may, with honor,
do as we please about this matter and
that we ave made no promises which
it is our duty to redeem. Let us turn
again to the record.
The republican party in Us platform
eJviiizHtum will be aroused to suppress j $ had declared f or a world
the common enemy of peace." I court, "for the pacific settlement of
Huch a. covenant, he said, would international disputes." The progres-
nave prevented the worm war. sjVe party in 1912 and In had"
, ' The republican plank regarding
peare tie termed as "a vaue promise"
which docs not name "our proposed
Co-partners' -in "different form of
aswMriit-tion among nations of a tenuous
and shsriy- character.'
He drfoded the league along much
the sme lines as were followed by
likewise declared for an arrangement
between nations to make peace per
manent The democratic party in 191s
had declared specifically in fa.vor of
the establishment of a ieague of Na
tions. The senate itself, on August
28th, 1914, fry unanimous vote, passed
ja measure requesting the president to
President Wilson before his sickness, j take the lead in such a world move-
He attacked the re-publiean members
n the senate foreign relations com
mitted as "designing from Hie outset
to mutilHte the treaty becau It was
"negotiated by a democratic presi
dent. He said Senator Lodge had re
fused to suggest amendments to the
fc'aty, but that President Wilson had
ewu to it tluit amendments offered by
Ti Hot and Hughes had been in-
Ogrporated
merit.
On December 18th. 1915, the presi
dent addressed an identic note to the
ntttions at war, requesting them to
state the terms upon which they
would deem It possible to make peace.
In this note, he proposed the creation
of a League of Nat ins. saying;
'In the measures to be taken to se
cure the future peace of the world,
the people and government of the
lies, in their reply dated at farts.
January 10th, 1917, declared:
"Their whole-hearted agieement
with the proposal to create a League
of Nations which shall assure peace
and Justice throughout the world."
On January 22nd, 1917, the presi
dent addressed the senate with refer
ence to these replies, and said:
"In every discussion of the peace
that must end this war, it is taken for
granted that the peace must be follow
ed toy some definite concert of power
which shall make it virtually impos
sible that any such catastrophe shall
overwhelm us again."
Speaking of te League of Peace
which was to follow the war, he said
"If the peace presently to be made
is to endure, it must be a peace made
secure by the organized major force
of mankind."
Acting upon these proposals, both
the French and the British govern
ments appointed committees to study
the problem while the war was still
, in progress.
On April 2, 1917, i)e president de
livered his famous war message to
congress, and the thrilled the heart of
the country anew by his announced
purpose to make the contest a "war
against war." High above all of our
other aims, ho placed
"A universal dominion of right by.
such concert of free peoples as shall
bring peace and safety to alii nations
and make the world itself at last free."
Following this message the congress
by resolution, passed April 6th, 1917,
recognized the state of war.
On January 8th, 3918. the president
weut before congreHS and set forth his
famous Fourteen I'oints. The four-
teenih point, which is practically iden- j
tical In language with the provisions!
and the intent of the president was
that there could be no peace until we
could create & situation whore no such
war as this could recur."
Former . President Roosevelt on
July 18th, 1918, said:
"Unless w,e stand by ail our allies
who have stood by us, we shall have
failed in making the liberty of well
behaved, civilized peoples secure and
we shall haVe shown that our an
nouncement about making the world
save for democracy was an empty
boast."
On November 4th 1918, the armis
tice was agreed to and it was conclud
ed upon the 'basis of the fourteen
points set forth in the address of
President Wilson delivered to congress
on January 8th, 1918, and the prin
ciples subsequently enunciated by him.
At no point, at no time, during no pe
riod while this history was in the mak
ing, was one responsible American
voice raised in protest.
Thus, before we entered the war,
we made the pledge; during the war
we restated the pledge; and when the
armistice was signed, all of the na
tions, ourselves included, renewed the
pledge; and it was upon the faith of
these promises that Germany laid
down her arms. Practically all of the
civilized nations of the earth have now
united in a covenant which constitutes
the redemption of that pledge. We
also have thus far failed to keep our
word. Others may break faith; the
senate of the United States may break
faith; the republican party may break
faith; but neither President Wilson
nor the democratic party will break
faith.
The Fundamental Purpose.
In this hemisphere, the mere dec
laration of our young republic that
the attempt of -any foreign power to
set font on American soil would be
considered an unfriendly act, has serv
ed to preserve "the territorial integrity
and the political Independence" of the
nations of Central and South America.
The treaty pledges all of the sigalo
ries to mnke this doctrine effective
of Article X of the covenant, provided I flvnrywhere. It is the Monroe Doc
that "a general association of nations ! trinf of the world.
llegmrdinr the senate foreign rela-I Inited States are as vitally and direct -
lens Committee, he said: jly interested as the governments now
. "The foreig-n relation committee, (at war. . They stand ready and
must be formed uder specific cove
nants for the purpose of affording
mutual guarantees of political inde
pendence and territorial integrity to
great and small nations alike.'
Kenator Lodge himself, before the
exegencics of politics forced him to
take the other side, said that an at
tempt to make a separate peace would
"brand us with everlasting dishonor"
The purpose of the league Is to give
notice that if any nation raises its
bloody hand and seeks to cross the
line Into any other coutry, the forces
of civilation will be aroused to sup
press the common enemy of peace.
Therein lies the security of small na
tions and the safety of the world.
Kvery war between nations that has
ever been foucrht began In on attempt .
and that "the intent of the congress to seize foreign territory on to Invade
political independence. If, in 1914,
Germay had known that in the event
of hostilities, Great Britain would
have entered the war; that France
would go in; that Italy would go In;
that Japan would go in; and that the
United States would go In there
would have been no war.
Objections to the Treaty.
The opponents of the treaty cry out
"Shall, we send our boys abroad to set
tle a political quarrel in the BallAans?'
Immediately, the unthinking applaud
and the orator records a momentary
triumph. Have we forgotten that that
is precisely what America has already
done? Have we forgotten that we
sent more than two million men to
France, spent more than 20 billions
of dollars and sacrificed nearly a hun
dred thousand lives to settle a Bal
kan dispute?
There was a controversy between
Serbia and Austria. Territorial ques
tions, political rights and boundary
lines were involved. The crown prince
of the house of Austria was assassi
nated. A little flame of war licked
up into the powder house of Europe,
and in a moment, the continent was
In flames. It took all the power of
civilization to put out the conflagra
tion. How idle to Inquire whether we
wish to send our boys to settle political
disputes in the Balkans!
It is extraordinary that men should
waste our time and vex our patience
by suggestion the fear that we may be
forced into future wars while forget
ting entirely that America was forced
Into this greatest of all war's. No
League of Nations existed when we
entered the war; and it Was only
then we formed In hastes, in the mldHt
of battle, a league of friend.shlp. un
der unified command that we were
able to win this war. This association
of nations, held together by a com
mon purpose, fought the war to a vic
torious conclusion dictated the terms
of tho armiKticf and formulated the
terms of pence. If such a result
could he achieved by an Informal and
temporary agreement, why should not
tho association be continued in a
more definite and binding form? What
plausible reason can be suggested for
wasting the one great asset which has
come out of the mar? , How else shall
we provide for International arbitra
tion? How else shall we provide for
a permanent court of International
justice f How else shall we provide
fos open diplomacy? How else shall
we provide safety from external ag
gregssion? How else shall we pro
vide for progressive disarmament?
How else shall e chweck the spread
of bolsheviuh? How else shall Indus
try be made safe and the basis of re
construction established? How else
shall society be steadied so that the
processes of healing "may serve their
beneficent purpose? Until tho crit
ics of the League offer a better moth
od of preserving the peace of the
world, they are not entitled to one mo
ment's consideration in the forum of
the conscience of mankind. '
Not only docs the covenant guaran
tee justice for tho future but it holds
the one remedy for the evils of the
past. As It stands today, war is the
one way in which America can ex
press Its sympathy for the oppressed
of the world. The League of Nations
removes the conventional shackles of
diplomacy. Under the covenant, it is
our friendly right to protest against
tyranny and to act as counsel for the
weak nations now without an effec
tive champion.
To Kxistlng JiCngue. v
The republican platform contains a
vague promise to establish another or .
different form of association j
amongst nations of a tenuous and
shadowy character. Our proposed
co-partners In such a project are un
named and unamablo. It is not
stuted whether H Is proposed to Invite
the nations that have established the
present league to dissolve it and to
begin anew, or whether tho purpose
Is to establish, a new association of a
competitive character, composed of
tho nations that repudiated the exist
ing league. The devitalizing character
of such an expedient requires no com
ment. Fatuous futility could be car
ried no farther. There is no mental
dishonesty more transparent than that
which expresses fealty to a league of
nations while opposing the only league
of nations that exists or is ever apt to
exist. . Why close our eyes tnactual
world conditions? A league of nation
already exists. It Is not a project. It
Is a'fact. Wo must cither enter It or
rctnalti' out of It.
What nations have actually signed
and ratified the treaty?
Brazil. Bolivia-, Great Britain. Can
ada. Australia. South Africa, New Zok
u nd, India, Czecho-Blovakia, Guate
mala, Liberia, Panama, Jnru, Uruguay,
Hiain Greece, Poland, Japan, Italy,
France and Belgium.
What neutral states, Invited to Join
the league, have actually done so?
Norway, Venezuela, the Nether
lands, licnmnrk.- Colombia, Chile Ar-,
gent i ne, Paraguay, Per? In, Salvador,
Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
Kveh China will become a member'
when she ratifies the Austrian treaty.
Germany has signed and is prepar
ing to take the place which awaits her
In the league of nations -v
V. hat nation stand outside? Revo- .
liirlrifiiiTv Mnrlin llnluhovlHt T) 1 1 mi n.
UnfcpettHRl'le Turkey and ths United.
States of America. i ,
It Is not yet too late. Let us stand
with the forces of civilization. Their
cholse is plan. It Is between tho dem
ocratic party's support of the league of
nations, with its program of poace, dls-
armament and world .fraternity, and
the republican party's platform of re
pudiatlon, provincialism, militarism
and world chaos. iswilfciiHI
KquaUly of Voting
Tncre Is great pretense of alarm be
cause the United Wales has. but one
vote in the International assembly
agaluBt the six votes of Great Britain,
Canada. Australia, New Zealand, South
Africa an 1 India.
This popular argument against, the
Icagaie of nations is aa sincere as it is
Htiperflclal. If ignores the faot . that ,
ha executive council, and not the as
sembly. Is the governing body of the
league and-that our cutiutry ia one of
the five countries having permanent 1
membership in tho council. The co
lonial votes exist only -in the assom
b!y. Nor should we forgot that France
has but one vote; ItalyluLS .but ooo ,
voto, and Japan has but one vole. . If ,
there were any lojUHtiro --In thenar-.
rangoment, surely these nations would.
have sensed it and objected to it. . No
affirmative action can betaken In any.
CKvcntlul matter without unanimous
vt.to of all members of the council of.
tho league. No derision of tho league,
if America Joined it, Oould be made
effective or oven promulgated without
our consent. Like evnrx other nution,
wc have a veto power upon every res
on(fon or act of tho league. .We can
be involved In no enterprise except of
our own choosing; and If we are not
Hnilsfle.; with the league, we can sever
our connection with it upon two years
notice. The rink exists only in tho
Imagination, the service Is Incaluuabie.
Moreover, the United Mates Insisted
thst Cuba Haiti, Liberia, Panama, Nic
aragua. Honduras and fust ems la
should each be given a vote, as well
as th,e nations of Mouth America, great
nd small. Including the nations
which are bound by vital Inter t
the United States, or Indeed, direclly
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