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v.-wl« in fr<<nt of th«-««*
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without the neutral watrr« limit, to
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make such blockade «-ffective. She
ha» the right to take all v«*msis.
belligerent or neutral, to a Prize
court
and there determine what <«f
ntered at the tsMitoffice at Scio.
the
cargo
is conlrai»and of war But
Oregon a* secoml ria»* matter
she has not the right to sink v *-* m *1*
at sea without first giving warning
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and allow the passengers to take
1.60 small boats
AT KN I' of YKAR
The sinking of the Lusitania in
th«* manner in which it was dons,
cannot be defended by any right
thinking German, nor by any Ger* I
Ix' man-American who
h«.n«*»t when
I Oc he bream«- a citizen of th«* United
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A FEW FACTS THEN FINIS
Th«1 Triburw* will not continue th«*
editorial squabble with the News
further than to correct some tills*
statements made by that paper, and
others which, we ar«* told. are is-mg
circulated by word of mouth
First It is not true that I. T. L
Dugger, editor of The Tribune, sold
the Santiam News to L W < harles
in 1911
That paper was sold to I..
L. Gooding and he sold it to Mr
('harles
Second It is not true that I have
worked against th«* Santiam New«
in any manner whatever. Also, so
far as I remember, I have never
•aid that I could or would ruin that
l>a|M*r to anyone, nor had I anything
whatever to do with the late tinan-
ctaJ transaction of that paper, as I
was told Mr l'harles state»! that I
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•on makes this matter ver* firmly
though not in an off anal ve manner,
It is now plainly up to Germany to
«•ay ye* or no. There are no pah-
sting ctrcumstanrea and there ran
be n>> (.eating ataut th«* bush While
the note cannot I m * construed as an
ultimatum it. in effect, amounts to
one
Germany must either live up
to her treaty obligations with the
United States, else assume the re-
•|M.nsibility of severed diplomatic
relations brtw.-en the two countries
SHIFTING GROUND
German* srvms determin«*.! to per­
sist in her rcprewrntati.m of the sub­
States
marine war as retaliation for Britain»
When England and France declar*
placing food <>n itie contialumd list
ed German porta cl***«*d to general
Yet before any sugg«*«ti<>n had been
commerce, they so piaotl their war
| made by Britain of preventing im-
vessels that such blockade became
porta of f.HHl to tiermany, Admiral
effective and arc maintaining such
Tirpitx. head of the German navy.
blockade today.
When a tierman
<»n Ita-vmlivr 2 threatened a mile
ixiund vessel is captured, such vesaei
marine war on Britain for the pur­
is taken to a prize court, where her
I« mm * of starving that country end
cargo is pr«|M*rlv inspected; but in
terrorising its civil population, This
no inatamv*. yet reported. have the
was the very purp«we whu-h Germany
English or French sent a m.-rchant
now accuses her enemi«*« of pursuing
v «* mc I to the bottom without warn­
against her and which she now
ing.
mak«*s the excuse for her massacre
International agreements between
at -M-a Germany proclaim«*.! British •a
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Civilized nations, have made unarm­
water* a war area on February 5,
ed m«>rchant vessels, so far as the
announcing her purpose to ex«*cute
<i«*struction of life is concerned, im­
h. i threat iM-gmnmg F« ‘.*»’.arv I*.
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mune. Such -aptured v«-***«*l» must
PreMd.-nt Wilson rent hi* prot»-t
paw« through the prix** court, but in
and warning to Germany February
no case is th«* destruction <>f life de-
10. This di«l not prevent Germany
fensable other than which is m-cv*.
from warning neutral nations on
«ary to capture the v «« wm *I.
February 13 to keep their ships out
Germany has faii«*d to observe the
of th«* war zone.
provisions of agreements and treaties
Not until March 1 did the alli<*s
to which she is a party. She violat­
proclaim th«- long range bl<M*ka«ie
ed hei treaty with reapect to Bel­
against German commerce and n<>t
gium simply ta-cause, she nmerta,
until March ft was th«- British order
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Eingland was intending to violate it
<n council lssu«*d putting the block-
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She has violated her treaty with th«-
ad«* in effect. Its announc«*»! purpose
United Siates. well without there
was n«d to prevent f«ssl in juirticu-
being any power at hand to restrain.
lar from entering Germany, but to
Germany has assumed the right
«tastroy all German commerce
The
to interpret or observe tlw-se inter­
motive was reprisal against German
national agreement«, in her own
methods of war. t»*ginmng with the
way and as suits the conditions of
»»wing <>f mines in th«- North era.
Depends largly upon the regular movement
the hour. Iler pl«*dg>*«i word ha»
<*»ntinuing with the tambardment
been disregarded or forgotten and
of the child s bowels.
A gentle laxative
of und«*fendr«i English towns ami
she thus li«*comes an outlaw nation
is
very
likely
|ust
what
your
child needs.
ending with the submarine attack*
If Germany has th«* right to de­
on merchant shitw
clare a war zont* at a certain dis­
Food was not d«*clar«*d contraband 1
tance surrounding the British Isles
by Great Britain until after Von!
and warn neutrals through unofficial
Tir|HU ha*i nixie his threat to starve
means to stay out of such zx.ne, she
Britain nor until after the German
has the right to extend that zone to
government had «*stablished a fowl
cover the entire Atlantic orean as
monopoly, which remiered it impos­
well; unl«*ss *h«- has war v«*sm-l« to
Will tend to produce a gentle action sure,
sible for her enemies to discriminate
make the same <*ff«*ctivr
In such
safe
and not followed by the weakness
betwren fo«*d intended for the armed
case, she could come to within t Ki­
forces and that intended for the,
which so often accompanies Ixiwel regulators
three mile neutral limit of th.-
civil population. Yet Germany first
Unital Stat«*s
pretended that the submarine war
iCriall Baby Laaativa contain« no harmful drug*
When two German commerce dr
was can mm i by th«* stoppage cf fool
and i* guarantr^d to «atiafy or your money back
stroying sea vewcls sought refuge
imports and then rejected a plan
in a Virginia harbor. British war
propMcd by the United States for
vinwrls in pursuit stay«*«! without the
renewal of these imports with British
thrre mile limit until these German
SOLD ONLY BY
consent.
vernels lieeam«* interned, thus pre­
Wh«-n the United States proposed
serving the neutrality of Unital
that Britain |M-rmit importations of
States waters
fo««d to G«*rmany for distribution
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Without considering the causes among the civil i>opulation by Unit-1
SCIO
of the war and w hether either nation ed Stale« officials on condition that!
OREGON
is juatifird in levying war upon th«- Germany al>and<>n her methods of
other. Germany is not justified in warfare at »re. Germany promised |
sinking unarm«*.! vessels of either a only not to torpedo ships if they did !
belligerent or neutral nation, with­ not resist or carry a false flag Her
out warning and especially when the treatment of th«- Falaba shows that
lives of women and children are she regard«*«! flight as resistance. In
jeopardized. Such work |>artak«*s fact, she agre«*d to board and sink j
more of the savage than of civilised them mates«! of torpedoing them t
mankind.
This was not an acceptance of the
have hail
When I cold the Santiam News to
Mr. Gooding, he wanted me to
obligate myself to not start another
news|>apcr in Scio. This I refused
to do.
At the invitation of a numla-r of
the Scio bu»in«*«w man. I visited Scio
during the fair last year. They
stated to me that they had with-
drawn their jmtronag«* from Mr.
Charles and would not, under any
consideration, renew it.
BecauM* of this fact. I mo ve«i The
Tribune plant to Scio, I hart the
same right to do this that any other
man has. to come to Scio and start
a business
I. also, wish to state that I ain
not here as an enemy to the Farmers
Union in any sense whatever When
I differ with them in a general way
for buying their goods in Portland
or elsewhere. I know it is their
privilege to do so, if th«# think
beat
I am simply contending that
in the end. it is not a good policy to
make a cow pasture of the streets
of Seto and thereby destroy the
value of our farms lift to 120 tier
acre
I believe the town is just as nee-
cessary in the economic makeup of
society as th«* country and vice
versa
I know if the country pros­
pers. the town will participate in
that prosperity.
With nothing hut the kindest of
wishes for the Farmers Union and
the Santiam News, I. like Brother
Every American, native lx>rn or
Charles. write finis to the contro­
naturalized, who has red blood in
versy
his veins and the welfare of th«-
T. L Dugger
United Slate« at heart, must com­
mend President Wilson's note to
AN OUTLAW NATION
Germany relative to the Lusitania
affair. The president could not of
The American pe«*tde are accus- said lea» and maintain the dignity
tomeii to bear of individuai outlaws of this great nation. He could not
and of outlaws in companM». But have said more without proclaiming
thè prtwnt situation of a whole a state of war to exist betwren the
The
nailon of outlaws, aa in tha case of United States and Germany
Germany. is something berelofore note places the responsibility of de­
unhreid of in thè huitory of civiliaeù ciding what our future relations
pcipl«*«
with Germany shall I m *. We do not
Germany haa a perfect righi to want war with Germany, but the
deviare English porta of entry and wh**l«waie daughter of American
Preasdent Wil-
barboni in a state of biockatie lini citizens oiisl nw-
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E. C. PEERY. DRUGGIST
proposahand. l*reause it was not.
Britain turne«! down the American
suggestion
The facts prove that Germany first
proposed the starvation policy. It
did not b«*come inhuman in her eyes
until, according to her own state­
ments, it was turned against her.
When she had the oppoatumtv to
escape it or to transfer the burd«*n
of guilt to her enemies, she rejected
that opportunity and persisted in
h«*r campaign of marine massacre
Germany omtinually shifts ground
in defending her naval war
One
day it is said to be in revenge for
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