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MGE 4. IWNI) I1ULLKTIN, IlKND, OltKGON, THUIUmAY, .lANUAKY . UM8 The Bend Bulletin IJEND, OREGON KMiiMMicd 3002. GKOItGC PALM EH PUTNAM Publisher IIOHEHT W. SAWYER Edltor-'Mnnngor. An Independent newspaper stnnd Inc for tho souaro dent, clean bust " Hess, clean politics nnd tho best In terests or Uenu nna uonirni uroKon Ono Year k, 1.0 Biz Months 7R Three Months 60 THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1918 KAY AND THE COMMISSION. State Treasurer Kay makes tho Fame point which wo suggested ou Monday In respect Jo thpresulta of tfco Desert Land IirdVconncctlo; xcjth the Central OtBRon Irrigation Company project. "I TcnoV we havo been attempting tor tho pajt eight years to get some of tho thugs' done which the commission seems ,Ablo to put on paper In a slngioordcr," says Mr. Kay. There is this dlffcronco be tween us, however. Mr. Kay thinks tho commission does not havo power but believe that Its assumption of jurisdiction and consequent orders tho vory best thing that could hap pen both for tho company and the set tlers. If tho Desert Land Board has been a failure for the past eight years so far as its dealings with the company are concerned, and this Mr. Kay ad mits, Its members ought to be only "too willing to have somebody with authority step In and exercise It. No assertion 4s raado that tho things ordered by the commission are not proper and desirable. Indeed, they aro the things tho board itself 4ias been trying to get done It Mr. Kay's participation in this effort has been sincere he ought now to wel come efficient action from another source. THE ELECTION. Yesterday's city election Is the first, we "believe, ever held In Bend when anything was voted down. We are frank to say that we do not know Just what this means unless a com mand from the voters not to start anything new while the -war is on. The charter amendments, of course, -were not starting anything new themselves, though tho first ono would have made possible the readier use of the Bancroft amend ment to the charter providing for dis trict Improvement. This should not create any municipal liability if prop erly safeguarded and we believe its defeat duo wholly to lack of under standing of, Its terms. It It had been given publicity and explanation we believe it would have carried. Tho same Is true of the second measure. No one has any idea of just what the situation created by tho constitutional amendment limiting elections Ib, and few knew how the proposed amendment was to affect the situation locally. The voters said to themselves merely, "Let's not start anything now," and voted the meas ure down. In respect to the taxes the situa tion Is different. Here the people havo said, "While It may be true that It requires $25,000 to run the city in tho way you have planned to run It, "wo prefer that you make a new plan and spend no more than the law now allows." This Beems to be clear and the council has a plain duty of cutting expenses down to the amount to which It Is limited. less envious, less rovongotul, less big oted, toss ninlovolcnt, less fastidious, less dejected, less gluttonous, less hateful, less irresolute, loss obsti nate, less wasteful, less vindicative, less boastful; moro charitable, moro generous, mofo resolute, moro liber al, moro hopeful, moro courageous, moro modest, more friendly, moro grateful, moro forglvlivg, more tem perate, more courteous, moro bunov olont, moro cheerful, mora efficient, more trustful, all with tho object in mind of lightening tho burden of thoso about me, making llfo more worth living for thoso with whom I como In contact, thus making them happier and moro efficient and moro able to do thoso things necessary for us to do to help bring tho war to a speedy ad victorious conclusion; to bring moro American soldiers safely homo to their fanjEtlle's abd friends; UTond tho danger of th6 festering In fection of Prusslanism that will ever threaten to break out andl ravish tho peaceful world with Its cruelty, Its Inhumanity, Its brutality, Its vulgar, sensual, selfish, pitiless, ugly, blas phemous malovolonco. Fulfilling theso promises for tho year 191S, I will thereby bo enabled to bo a civilian soldier In tho world's greatest war, tho war tor Justice, World-peaco and Liberty, and thus secure happiness nnd prosperity for mysolf, my country, tho world at largo and countless generations yet unborn. Amen! URGED TO SLAY AND SPARE NOT German Soldiers Incited to Aots of Cruelty by Gonoral Von Bisslng. 'EMANATION OF HIGH KULTUFV A NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION. (Corvallls Gazette-Times.) RESOLVED, That during the com ing year my primary aim In life will be to help America win the war; that to that end I will observe all posslbltvoconomles in conserving food supplies that our fighting men may havo a sufficiency of those things necessary to make them strong and comfortablo and efficient; I will even now begin planning my garden for next spring; I will contribute to the best of my ability to overy enterprise propagated to further tho cause of our country and our allies; I will help with tho work of tho Red Cross, tho Y. M. C. A., the Lib erty Loans, tho Thrift Saving Stamp campaign and I will encourage others to do likewise; I will gladly give of my time for commltteo work and solicitation; I will do whatever for the war I am asked to do, without grumbling and without discord; I will try at all times to help lighten tho burden of thoso who have friends and relatives in tho army by ahowirig thorn evory kindly consid eration that 1s within my power; I will do my 'best to lighten tho war-gloom by being cheerful and op tlmlstlo regardless of whatever sacri fices I. may bo making, realizing that whatever thoy aro they aro' as noth ing compared to tho sacrifice of thoso In the treuc,no4 Of-Uii Hie devastated regions at war; I will bo less self JshV less resentful, GET THIS RIGHT. What is Intended by the Meatless and Wheatlcss Day, called for by tho regulations of the United States Food Administration, Is cleary stated be low: N 1. Meatless Day No beef, pork or mutton to be served In any form. This includes sausage, hash, Ham burger, steak, Sweet breads, tripe, liver, liralns, kidney, pigs feet, meat soups, etc. Substitutes which may be used In clude game, poultry, fish, eggs and sea foods. Also cheese in combina tion with macaroni, spaghetti, rice, hominy, etc. ' 2. Wheatless Day No wheat pro ducts to be served In any form. This included bread containing any wheat flour, whether white or gra ham; wheat cereals; whtto and gra ham crackers; macaroni, spaghetti, cakes, pies and pastry containing wheat; sauces containing flour or bread crumbs. Substitutes which may bo used In clude breads, pastry and pics made. from combination of corn meal, bar ley flour, rye flour, oatmeal flour and rico flour. Popcorn has been found to be a satisfactory substitute for somo kinds of crackers. Do not uso wheat on Wednesdays on the theory that It will not keep over until the next day. It can be used later for toast and other pur poses, nnd must In no instance bo served on Wednesday. Recipes for broad, cake nnd pastry containing no wheat flour may be had on application to this office, THE ORDER. Matters of Interest and of great promise for the future satisfactory relations between the Central Oregon Irrigation Company and tho settlers on Its project are contained In the findings and order of the Public Ser vice Commission Just Issued. The whole paper is moderate In tone and there is absent from It any touch of the animus which has heretofore characterized much of tho discussion of tho company's affairs. It is fortunate that a seml-judlc!al body like tho Commission can tako hold of a situation like the ono exist ing and bring out something that poo pie can tie to. The Desert Land Board has never been able, to do this, largely 'because It lacked judicial' powers. Now that the Commission has shown that it can and will, to use a local pun, "irritation should ccaso and Irrigation reign." Remember tho Wheatless and Meatless Days and keep them wholly. To all Tho Bulletin readers. A Happy and Prosperous New Year. Havo you noticed how much longer tho days are 'getting? Lost: keep. Ono winter. Finder plcaco WILL FORM CHEHH CLUI1. (From Wednesday's Dally.) Next Sunday at 3:30 In tho after noon chess enthusiasts will hold a mooting In Dr. Connarn's office to mako plans for ,tho formation of n chess club. All thoso Interested In tho gamo aro asked to Join them. Twolvo men have already signified their Interest. What Germany did to Belgium 1s told In tho War articles begun in this Jssuo of Tho Bulletin. Be suro to read thorn. Governor General of Belgium on Rec ord as DecUrlna the Innocent Mutt 8uffer With the Guilty Irvln Cobb's Tale of Horror. of lielgxum by the German soldiers, umitr the orders of their commflmf tng officers, are shown in all theit hideousness by official document and the testimony of eye-witnesses, as well as by letters written by Ger man soldiers in the field. The bra- ten effott of Kmperor William to cast the odium of the fearful deeds on the Helgians is also shown. Quo tations given are from documents already made public or in the pos session of the government at Wash ington. Till Interview win reproduced In the Berliner Tngvblntt of November 20. 11UI. Mr. V. C. Wnlcott of the Belgian re lief eoiuuilHlon tells In the (lengmph leal Mncnztne for Mny, 11117, of meet Ini: (ion vnn Itenihnrdl : "As I walked out. Gen. vnn Bern hard! came Into the room, mi expert artilleryman, u professor in one of their wnr colleges. I mot lilin the next morning, nnd he nuked me If 1 hud rend his book, 'Germany In the Next War.' "I wild I linil. He xntd: 'Do you know, my friends nearly run me out of the. country for that?' They Fold. You linve let the cut out of the Ins. I wild. 'No, I linve not, tiermiHO nobody will believe It.' What did you think of itr "I said, 'General, I did not believe n word of If when I rend It, but I now feel that you did not tell the whole truth:' nnd the old general looked actually pleased." . Sneaking on August 20, 1014. at Minister, of the extreme measures which tho Germans felt obliged to tnko agnlnst tho civil population of Bel glum. Gen. von Bisslng said: "The Innocent miiNt suffer with the guilty. ... In tho repression of infamy, human lives cannot be spared, nnd If Isolated houses, nourishing vl laces, and even entire towns lire anni hilated, that Is assuredly regrettable, but It must not excite Ill-timed senti mentality. All this must not In our eyes weigh ns much ns the life of n single one of our brnvo soldiers tho rigorous accomplishment of duty Is the emanation of n high kultur, nnd In thnt, the imputation of the enemy countries enn lenrn a lesson from our army." Officers Encouraged Atrocities. ' Gen. von IUVslng. after his appoint ment ns governor general of Belgium, repented In substance tho ubove opin ion to n Dutch Journalist. The Inter view Is published In the Duseldorfer Anzelger of December 8. 1011. Irvln S. Cobb states tils conclusions on the remnIMIIty of the higher Ger man command for the atrocities: "But I was nn eyewitness to crimes which, measured by the standards ol humanity nnd civilization, Impressed me ns worse than any Individual ex cess, nny Individual outrage, could ever have been or enn ever bo; he eniisQ these crimes Indubitably were Instigated on ri, wholesale ImihIh by or der of officers of rank, mid must have been enrrled out under their persmiil supervision, direction, mid approval. "Taking the physical evidence offer ed before our own eyes, mid buttress' Ing It with the statements made to us, not only by natives, but German sol. dlers nnd German olllcurs, wo couli reach but one conclusion, which was that here, In such arid such a place those In command had sold to the troops: 'Spare this town nnd these people.' And there they had sold: 'Wuste this town and shoot these peo ple.' Ami hen' the troops bud dlscrlm- luately spared, and there they had Id' discriminate!)' wasted, In exact nc-. corditnco with the word of their supe riors." Irvln Cobb, .Speaking of Prus sians, New York, 1017, pp. 32-31. Hoodwinked German People. These Ideas, then, were syMemnt lenity Impressed upon tho military mid ofllclal clnsseM. It was necessary, however, to work upon (lie inlrulH of the German people, so that they might lend themselves to tho Inhuman poli cies advocated by tho military leaders. To do this wiih (lllllcult, for, ns has been shown often, many of the civil ian lenders of public opinion, tlmonuu again, expressed their horror of the new spirit which was animating tho military authorities. Tho relchstng debates give ample, evidence of this, and tho tusk of tho military lenders would tuivo been still moro dlfllcult If tho relchstng had any real power. (See War Information HerJes No. 8, "Tho Government of Germany;" eo nlso Gernrd'H "My Four Years In Ger many," chapter 2.) Tho military authorities mid thoso In sympathy with them have done ull In their power to stimulate u hutted of other peoples In tho iuIikIx of tho Ger mans. 'A campaign of education be fore Iho wnr was enrrled on with the object of Impressing iipoit the minds of the Germans the treacherous mil tiro of the peoples iiKiilnst whom tho mili tary lenders were iiuxIoun to wiigu war. Not only were the Geniiii"j gnul unly led to believe (hut It wiih neces sary Jo light ii defensive war ligulnst unscrupulous foes, but also that 'these foes would violate every precept of hit nmnlty, nnd consequently must be crushed without mercy ns u measure nf self-defense. The fi lilts of this riuupalpn of suspicion and hatred be mine evident when almost itt tint out break of the wnr tunny (termini In" mine possessed with the belief that the whole population of Belgium, the (lrst country to lie Invaded, had vlo Inted every rule of honorable warfare, thnt the frnncs-tlreurs (guerrillas) were everywhere present doing their deadly work In secrecy or muter the cover of darkness; that women and yen children worn mutilating nnd kill- . ng tho w.uundcd tirdfclpMsAiiirlmmer. .l.xtntct, fronj n Ivttor. .written by,,n 'lermrih soldier tn his brother. (Tills letter, now In the possession of tho United States government, wns obtain ed for this pamphlet from Mr. J. C. Grew, formerly secretary to the United States embassy nt Berlin.) "November 4. 1014. "The battle are everywhere ex tremely tenacious nntl bloody. The Englishmen we hnto most nnd we want to get even with them fur once. While Olie now mid then sees French nrlsiin. ers, one rfmrilly ever beholds French black troops or Englishmen. These good people are not overlooked by our Infantrymen; thnt sort of people Is mowed down without mercy. The losses of the Englishmen must be enor mous. .There Is n desire to wipe them out, mot mid nil." Urged to Kill Without Pity. Extract from another letter to n brother: Schleswlg. 2... 8 1 1 (Aug. 2.'., 101 1). "Dear Brother, . . . You will shortly go to Brussels with your reg. iflent, ns you know, Tnke cure to pro tect yourself ngaliiHt these civilians, especially In the villages. Do not let anyone come too near. They nre very clever, cunning, fellows, these Bel gians; even the women and children are armed mid lire their guns. Never p Inside n house, especially, alone. If you tnke anything to drink make the Inhabitants drink first, nnd keep at a distance frnmtheni. Tho newspa pers relate numerous onrirW In which they have fired on our soldiers whilst they were drinking. You soldiers must up rend nround so much fear of your selves thnt no civilian will venture to come near you. Remain alwnys In the company of others. I hope thnt you have rend the newspmiers nnd that you know how to behave. Abort all have no compassion for these cut throats. Make for them without pity with the butt-cud of your rllle and the bayonet. . . . "Your brother, WILLI." The emperor gave his smirtlon to the reports of the brutal acts of the Belgians In a telegram to President Wilson. "Berlin, vln Copenhagen, Sept. 7, 1014. "I feel It my duty. Mr. President. to Inform you im the most prominent representative of "principles of human ity, thnt nfter taking the French fort ress of Iuigwy, my troop dlsmvcrcd there thousands of dumdum cartridges made by special government machin ery. The same kind of nmmunltlon wns found on killed mid wounded trMips and prisoners, nlo on the Brit ish troops. You know uhnt terrible wounds mid suffering these bullets I ti ll let mid that their use Is strictly for bidden by the established rules of In ternational law. I therefore uddress n solemn protest to you against this kind of wnrfnre, which, owing to the methods nf our ndversarles. hns be come one of the most barbarous known In history. Not only have they em ployed these ntrocloiis weapons, but the Belgian government bus openly en couraged and long since cnrefu'ly pre pared the participation of the Belgian clvjl population In the fighting. The atrocities committed even by women nnd priests In this guerrilla wnrfnre, nlso on wounded soldiers, mcdlcul stuff mid nurses, doctors killed, hospitals attached by rllle lire, were such Hint mygeiieriils llnnlly were compelled to take the most drastic measures In or der to. punish the guilty and to fright en the bloodthirsty population from continuing their work of vile murder nnd horror, Some villages and even the old town of Loowen (Louvnln), excepting the Hue hotel do vllle, had to be destroyed In self-defense, nnd for tho prolertlon of my troops. My heart bleeds when I see thnt such measures have become unavoidable mid when I think of the numerous In nocent people who lose their homo mid property us u consequence of Die bar barous hclinvlnr of those criminals. Signed. William, Emperor nnd King,' "GERARD, Berlin." Lorenz Muller u the German Cnth otic Review, Der Fels, February, 1015, miido tho following statement In re gard to tio emperor's telegram: "Olllclally no Instance hi(H been proven of persons having fired with tho help of priests from the towers of churches. All thnt has been mail" known up to tho present, mid Unit tins been madii tho object of Inquiry con ceriilug alleged utroeltles attributed to Cuthollc priests during thin war, bus been shown lo be fatso nnd altogether Imnglnary, tdthout nny exception. Our emperor telegraphed to tho president of the United States of America thnt oven women mid priests had commit ted atrocities during this guerrilla will' faro on wounded soldiers, doctors mid nurses attached to the Held itmbu lanccH. How this telegram enn bo rec onciled with tho fact stilted above wo shall not bu able to learn until lifter tho war,' Wnlk-Over Shoes For Men REED-SMITH MERC. CO. 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