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COUNTRY
GERMANY'S LOKE TURKEY.
Special ('orre.spondeiH'o (lv mail).
SIIANCIILM, China, .Jim. 2(i. Tlio Invatli of war has
overtaken China's pronnnitioiiH for it. .Japan's ion do
niamls, made public today, have inflamed a nation now in
no condition to he inflamed.
Tlio leaders of tint icpuhllc Imvit foreseen this crisis, lint liavti been
rnught In the mlilnt or uucninplcto propnmtloim. An nrmy or n million men
In only i-nrllnlly trained Swelled, tin It miih, from the highly efficient nnd
itwwktrti Itnlf. ntlllLtti it I il !. Iml Imi'.. L.,,.1. .Illt...l ...Is l.f 1 1... .....a r
"" "imiiiwii rwmnjin umi ntij imtu iitnii'ii vtlllllll IIIU liiai Un
ji'iirn, tint lurKnr unit linn not yut reached tint standard of oilier nation.
An noon nit Clilnn overthrow tint Imperial government, thn no-called re
public uniltir Yuiiii Khlknlhcjnii, tin work or forming nn nrmy. nun Hint
wonl.l rnnk with tint Lout In tlio world, n well-trained butty or hnlf n mil
Hon men wns tlio result.
When tlio European wnr broke out Chinese statesmen wore told liy tlio
Commit nttvntn In Clilnn, of whom there were niuiiy, that an noon n tint bol-
1 1 tfit rtf1 1 M llfTntllll lltllirlt,..t In fll.tlr fiu',lllf.tn,l.t..l,inl li .. -II....I.. tnt... .......1,1
endeavor to rnston Kit grip morn strongly In Clilnn.
-Preparations for defense wore nished and did not
escape the eyes of the .Japanese. In about six months China
would have an army efficienl enough to resist, with somo
chanco of success, the activities of her neighbor, which
lone has been Irvine to forma protectorate over China. So
the .Japanese wailed no longer, it is declared, believing the
time to strike was now.
With thn fnlrly efficient railway pollen something llko the mounted
poll co or Cnnndn's northwest - nn a uucrlciin, Clilnn' nrmy wait formed.
(lermniiH nml (!friiinn-t,nught CIiIiicm) entered Into the drilling of thin nrmy
A fow Polish officers did nitirli to tench orgnnlintlou to tlio Chinese, nnd
thn best equipment wint purchased. Tlio Infantry hns Mausers nnd the
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iiiiim'i; III" lUII'Hl in iidiii I'(-U. I
Tlio young men of thn bent fnmlllen hnvo taken up tlio army, before!
unuiilly hold In disrepute, nnd cudeln are being trained In complete mill!
... miltlllllll . .. . u 1. a. lln.lli . ( .. .. u . a. a. , I .. ..ai
Whlln tho Jnpniiodn ileninudn nro strong, thoy am not near nn sweeping
nn thonn China expected nnd ntlll expects. These demand ank. In tho main,
Hint Clilnn trnimfer nil Cormnii privileges to .Inpnn, extend thn lenso on tho
.Mnnrliurlnn rnlltoml, sharo tho operation or no vera I mining proiwrtlet
with .Inpnn nnd itlvo Jnpnn numerous rights, whlrh nmnuut to tho control
or (ho rich province or Shantung, together with connultlnK no other power
on lonnn or national action nor nwnrdlnK uuy territory or Islnnd to a for
"Ikii power.
Tho .Inpnnrnn tell n vory different story nlioiit tholr nctlon townrds
Clilnn. Tlny miv Hint over since tho beginning of tlio world wnr, "tho dic
tator or Clilnn, Yuan, who In ruling with ns grent nn authority nn tho old
ouiierorn, linn ho en under tho thumb or tlio (lormnn oiubnnny nt I'ekln.
It In pointed out that when Jnpnn bej.nn to clenr the (lermnun out or
ShiiiiKtuiiK province, Clilnn throw every nhstncli. In Japan'n wny, In fnct,
inn evcryinitiK nut uennro wnr nKninni tno uniion which proiumeu to re
turn to Clilnn tho territory taken from her by Oermnny.
Jnpnn miya that ilurliiK the pimt nix monthn. (lerinuu offlcern hnvo car
rlei on nn ntroiiit n rmnpnlKU In I'ekln nn they did In CoiiHtnutlnoplo.
Tlio .Inpnneno nny that thoy have plenty or evidence, of a conitplrncy or
which tho following wore tho chief objectn aimed nt:
I, To compel Jnpnn to return to Clilnn nt once thn province con
quiieml by Jnpnn from (!ormnn. When tho wnr ended, China would Im
mediately return It to (iermaiiy, with the result that .Inpnneno blood nnd
trennuro would hnvo been npeut for nothing.
'i, Clilnn by necrol li eat leu mndo ilurliiK the wnr with the Ciermnn em
linHHy. would hand Oermnny Iiuko coucenHlnim In mlnen nnd rnllronil ronton.
n. Hint when pence In flnnlly hIkui'iI, (lermiiny would nuddenly npienr In
mil control or Industry, transportation and commerce In tho grent omplro
or China.
a, IJvor nlnro .Inpan'n entry Into thn wnr, Dermnii ofHcern hnvo been
In full control of then Chlueno nrmy. The plan wnn to nudilenly Inutich n
half million to million Chlueno tronpn imnlunl ItuhHln'n rear, cut tho ureal
Hlborlnn railway, ciittliiK Kumiln'n coinmuulcntlonn with tho I'aclflc nnd with
tho United Stotcn, and drlvo nil btit (lermnun out or eastern nnd north
enntern Aula.
Ilecnuno or HiIm counplrncy, my tho Jnpnnene, Jnpnn did not nend lt
troopn to keep tlio nlllen In Kuroiio. Jnpnueno troops expect plenty or work
In China.
Alio, to revent tho Chlueno dictator from throwing tlio country, ltd
nrmy anil !h regourcen Into tlio lap or (lormniiy, Immediately, Jnpnn made
IIh deiunuiltt or China.
THE OLD AND NEW TYPES I N CHINESE FIGHTING MEN
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HAS GERMANY SURill English
JAPAN AND CHINA ON THE EVE OF WAR
JAPANESE DEMANDS OF CHINA SAID 10 BE
TO PREVENT CHINA'S DICTATOR F
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NO. 288
MtAIYltlMUlf
BY SUBMARINES
British Transport No. 192 Sunk Off
Bcacliy HeadThe Oakly Torpe
doed Off Rye Crews Are Rescued
Armed Merchant Cruiser Clan
Mac Nactfiton Feared Lost.
HEAVY FIGHTING
CONTINUES UPON
EASTERN FRONT
.
LONDOKf Fcli. 21. The offitinl
information bureau announced this
afternoon tliut the Clnn Mac Xnugli
ton, an nnnei merchant cruNcr, !
nilftHinj,'. Tho vchkcI wnH Inht heard of
Kehmnry 3 and it U feared thai nIic
hn heen lost with her crew of 280.
Anion'.' the crew were twenty men of
tho New Foundhind royal nuvv re
serve. Tho commnndcr nnd offiverx
belonged to the royal nnvy, the oth
ers to the royal navnl re.scn'c.
German Losses in Driving Russians
Out 50,000-FJfllitlnfl Against Jim
Polish Villages Captured anil Re
captured Austrian Attacks In the
Carpathians Repulsed. .
BERLIN, Feb. 24, by wlrelewi to
London. Itoports nro heard la In
fluential circles hero that further ob
a laden have arisen to prevent the In
vasion of ItiiMla. Tho feeding of the
population In tho part of east whkh
had been occupied by tho Russians l
proceeding with difficulty.
TO SELL WHEAT
CARGO TO PEOPLE
CHINA, VITALIZED AS JAPAN HAS BEEN,
COULD RULE THE WORLD -
Spi'cnd China on lop of tho V. S. and it would
lump: v(' Alaska and Mexico. In population it boats
n better than four to one.
. Jn the Pennsylvania aulhraeito region a soven-
1'oot, rree-ninning coal vein is now a rarity. In
China's Ki,r0() stpmre miles of first-eluss anthracite
K coal land the seams average fifteen feet in thieUnosa
and otton roach lorty.
Thus far, no diamonds have como from China; but
naturo has endowed her with most everything olso
coal enough to heat tho world for ages; vast oro beds
of iron, copper, tin, lead and zinc; gold, silver, salt
and valley soils of incredible fertility.
Oil 1 1111 K ennl. ivrm nnd limnalnnn lir mn inirnfllOl'.
Sho can supply tho world with steel, and, when
4ill1(rlH uxwtllf ll'li u irnN.iili m.i ,!., ..... I'.wwl tx.. l-i wl
LONDON, IVI. 21. W. L. Ilrook
iiih', a member of the film of W. L.
(Jreen & .'., comnii-Hion mereliantK
of St. Louis nnd owners of thn mrpi
on board tho Ameicau sliii Willie!
mimi, reaelied London today from
Merlin, having in U ponehioii a de
claration from the (Icriiinn foreign
office hinnetl by (lotlleib von Jaow,
the foreign miniHter, and atleted b
.InincH W. (lerard, the American am-
haxnudor to (lenuany, which pledged
tho Oermaii government not to ns--umo
control of the carpi of tho Wil.
lu'luiina, nor of any other vccN nr
ihin from America. ThN deelarn
lion nays biich enrjzoes may bo sold
on the open market and will not he
tiM'd by tho unify or the navy.
The ciiko of the Wilhelmiiia is hoon
to come before a MritUh prir.e court.
Sho was loaded with a cnrj;o of food
product in Now York nnd started for
a (lennnn port. SU) W,H gathered in
by tho Ilritish marine authorities mid
the disposal of her cargo is being
watched with much iutcrcM.
Auovo. tyiiea of flclitfnr nu.n u-hini,
tho now leaders of tho Chinese repub
lic round useless nnd suimlnnted with
n modern army, exceptionally well
trained nnd equipped, of which tho
soldier In tho lower picture Is nn
example. Thousnnds of the former
still exist in China, hut tho republic
new nrmy of n million men Is nenrly
up to tho stnndnrd of other nntlonu.
Clilnn has about 50,000,000 men of
military uro to draw upon.
CONGRESS RUSHES
WORK UPON URG
RUSSIANS
SHOWING
i" iv .. .i nfji it ii i tu i v. niiu run irru iiiiiiiiviim.
Tlio native Chinaman is honest, capable, indus
rious, quick to learn. Let hi mbo organized for in-
' or war with modern methods mid tlrTu-o are
t
dustrv
enough of htm to make a inavlc.
Think of what Japan has done in fifty years on a
group of islands not as largo as Texas and you gather
a hint of tho tremendous stako for which she is play
ing in tho endeavor to capture control of China.
China, vitalized as Japan lias been, could, yes,
would, vule the world, ,
DESPERATE COURAGE
llKKLIN, Feb. 21. A dispatch
from Vienna nuotcs tho war corre
spondent of tho Frcmdenblatt as say
ing tho fighting iu tlio Carpathians
lias resolved itself into a series of
bitter and stoubbornly contested en
gagements. The Kussinus are show
ing desperate couraue. It is ouieter
in tliu Dukla Fuss, whero both bides
hnvo entrenched themselves. An im
portant engagement is raging to the
southward of Stuiuslnu, iu (luliciu,
whore tho Htissiuns for tlio third tium
have opposqd tlio advaueu of the
Austrian right flank.
APPROPRIATION!
E
LS
GERMAN
SCARCITY
OF BREAD A FAKE
LONDON, Feb. 21 A dwi.nteh to
tho l'ost from Heine says:
"All Oermany's war bread regula
tions, cookery schools and other ar
rangements arc not due to any real
scarcity of food, but nro a pretext
to induce cluiritablu Americans to
feed tho Helgtans and tho French to
feed tlio people in tho portion of
Franco occupied by Oermnny,"
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. In the
effort which is being made in con
gress to clear up all pending legisla
tion before adjournment of the ses
sion, tho senate met two hours earlier
than usual today in continuation of
its work on tho big appropriation
bills.
Tho postoffico appropriation bill,
carrying .fill 7,0 tf.Sli!), again was
taken up, while tho general deficiency
hill carrying .fD.OOO.OOO was ready for
consideration iu the house. The for
tifioutioiiAill, carrying .f(,000,000
was seat lo the senate today follow
ing its passage by tho house.
Consideration of (ho postal sumilv
bill was begun iu tho senate late yes
terday followini tho pnssauo of the
army appropriation hill, carrying
iu.f,uuu,uuu. Tho M'imto sustained
tllO action flf its militlirv pommillnn
ill eliininutiii? from tho tirmv hill no
it passed tho house, tho provision to
proline expenditures for scientific
shop management nnd stop watch ex
periments iu government plants.
GERMAN EAST AFRICA
BLOCKADED BY ALLIES
PARIS, Feb. 21. France and
Great Hcitain hnvo caused notice to
bo sorved on tho governor of florinan
Knst Africa of a naval blockade be
ginning February 28. Four days' no
tion Would bo allnwoil limitrnl ulil.iu ,.
(juil (ho blookudo r.ouo,
SALK.M, Ore., Feb. 21. Complying
with a promise mndo to tho Oregon
suuHto when tho two houses wero
deadlocked oer tho Schuobcl bill,
nnmedlng tho workmens' compensa
tion act, Miss Fern Hobbs, member
of tho Industrial Accident Commis
sion, todny offered her resignation to
Governor Jnes Wltbycombe. with tho
condition Hint it become effective on
May 21, when tho Shuebc! bill be
comes cfrcctlvo. Governor Wlthy-
comlw stated ho was not ccrtnln
what nctlon ho would tnko.
In her communication to tho sen
ate, Miss Hobbs said sho would re
sign when tho Schucbel bill becanio a
law ir Hint body would pass tho meas
ure In tho form the house bad passed
It. The scnato sought to reduce tho
commission from three members to
one. Ilouto mebers declared that
threa members wero necessary nnd
Miss Hobbs, nctlnjr on tho ground
that tho sennto merely nlmed to got
rid of Its democratic members, of
fered to resign In order to savo tho
commission.
IJKRLIN, by wireless to London,
February 21. Official announcement
was mndo last night that the Ilritish
transport No. 192 was sunk bv n Ger
man submarine off Hcnchy Head nt
4:45 o'clock yesterduy afternoon.
A dispatch last night from New
Haven, Kngland, stated that eighteen
members of the crew of the Cardiff
steamer Hrnuksomc Chine, a govern
ment collier, had landed there nnd
announced the sinking of their vessel,
cither by n mine or a torpedo in the
hngliMi channel twenty miles south
east of Ucachy Head, about 2 o'clock
yesterday afternoon. This probnbly
is tho vessel to which the British nn
nouncMnent refers.
GOVERNOR
SIGNING NEW LAWS
SALK.M, Oro.. Fob. 24. Governor
James Withycombo todny spent
another busy day signing scoro3 of
bills passed by tho recontly adjourned
state nssombly. Among thoso which
ho has mado into laws wero tho
Schuobel bill, nmending tho work
mens' compensation law, nnd tho
IMngham blUigiving Oregon manufac
turers a five per cent difforontlal on
niUtorlalB nnd supplies furnished for
public works over manufacturers of
other states. Tho Schuobol bill re
tains tho Industrial accident commis
sion of three inombors, a fight on
which deadlocked tho houso and scn
ato for several days.
Oakby Torpedoed
LONpON, Feb. 24. Another nrit-i-di
steamer has been sent to the-bottom
of the sen by a German subma
rine within the war zone established
by the decree of tho German ndmir
alty. Tho Oakby was torpedoed off
Ilyc, but her erev was rescued. The
loss of tho Oakbv apnarcntlv was
mentioned in n dispatch from Lydd,
hngland, uit night, though her name
wns not mentioned.
The Oakby wns bound in ballast
from Loudon for Cardiff, Wales. She
was struck on the port side. The
fishinir smack Gratia, which wok four
miles off, felt the shock and hastened
to the scene, arriving in time to tnkc
off tho crew, none of which was injured.
Miimmrlno Is heen
Tho periscopo of a siibmnriuo wns
seen before the cxnIoion.
An attempt was made to tow tho
Oakby to port, but she sank early to
day off Folkstonc.
Tho loss of the Oakby apparently
wns mentioned in a dispatch from
Lydd, Englnnd, Inst night. This mes
sage referred to tho torpedoing of
two vessels off Hastings. Ono sank,
but her crew was saved and Inndcd
at Ramsgate. Tho other was in n
sinking condition and n mine
sweeper was described as endeavor
ing 10 iow ner mio Dover.
The Onkby was 273 feet long nnd
of 1231 tons. She wns built in 1SU7
nnd was owned in West Hartlepool.
German Lom 50.000
PARIS, Fob. 24. At least 50,000
men wore lost by tho Gormans In
their attack on tho Russian positions
nlong the Itawka river nnd in tho
regions of BorJImow and Gumblnln,
according to Ludovlc Naudca, tho
"Journal's" correspondent who wit
nessed tho operations. Ho considers
tho general situation Iilehlr favor
able to tho Russians, and1 says:
"Tho Gormans arc bclne Kradunllv
but Implacably worn down. Whodi-
or they attack or merely defend them
selves, their armies melt away from
day to day. Their feverish activity
and their frightful sacrlflco of lives
show they real lie thov arn flehtfntr
against time."
Fighting In Progress
LONDON, Feb. 24. Along the
cast Prussian border In northern
Poland, some of the fiercest engage
ments of the campaign In the east
are taking place. An official state
ment from Petrograd reports that In
these battles villages changed hands
several times. Three German at
tacks on Przasnysz, whero the con
flict is sharpest, are said to have
been repulsed.
In tho Carpathians tho series of
detached battles continues -with no
Blgn of a conclusion. Tho Russian
war ofrico announced that Austrian
attacks nt several points wero re
pulsed; with enormous losses for tho
attacking forces. It Is claimed that
during tho last month mora than
48,000 Austrlans have been cap
tured. In the fighting around Przasnysz,
northern Poland, which has become
tho storm center of tho eastern cam
paign, 1200 Russians have been cap
tured, tho German "war office an
nounced today. Russian forces suc
ceeded In effecting a passage of tho
nobr river at two places but In ono
of tho resultant engagements are said
to have been driven back.
On the western front, tboro has
been heavy fighting Jn Champagno
and tho Vosges. Today's oHIclnl
communication from .Berlin states
that several violent attacks made by
tho French wero repulsed.
SEVER
E
QUAKE
PRESIDENT
FOR THREE MEASURES
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2L-lrcsi-dent
Wilson conferred on tho situa
tion in congress today with Senators
Stone, Simmons and Fletcher uud it
wns reiterated at tho whito houso tho
president had not abandoned his hope
that the ship, Philippiuo and Shields
water-power bills miulit bo missed in I
tho remaining seven days of tho con
gress.
AT MOUNT LASSEN
SUBMARINES
AT FALL RIVER
REDDING, Cal Feb. 24. News
was brought hero today of a severe
earthquake Sunday night, in Twin
Valley, 30 miles east of here and 20
miles north of Lassen Peak. Tho
ground has been cracked In all direc
tions and tho homo of Ivan Sampoy
hns boon, tilted five feet out of plumb
by the sinking of tho oarth. Largo
rocks 'have entirely disapopared and
now springs hnvo appeared. An
aero of groiind sank CO feet. Tho
snapping and roar of tho earth's
crust has been likened) by residents of
tho district to the roar of a heavy
wind.
Tho tromblor lasted two minutes
and affected tho entlro valloy. Much
damage was dono on William Mor
gan's placo whero a mouth ago there
wero earth movements following an
oruption of Lasson Peak, It Is not
known hero whether tho mountain Is
now Iu eruption, as tho peak Is ob-
PVIIIUII Uf uvnrf Ml VIVMMO,
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24. Pursu
ant to tho recent chargo by Germany
and Austria that submnrinou nro be
ing built in tho United States and
(.hipped in pieces to Canada for
Great Britain, tho stato department
has been informed by tho Fall River
Ship iJuilding company that it is not
building any submarines for delivery
during tho war,- Secretary Bryan
said today, however, that the inves
tigation was proceeding us to other
works whero submarines nro bciug
built.
TRAINS IN COLLISION
IN BLINDING STORM
ALRERTA LEA, Minn,, 'Feb. 24,.
In a blinding snow storm, a Chisago,
Milwaukee and St. Paul pRBeKr
train crashed head on into a freight
train three miles west of her ' last
night, Injuring seven persons, Om
of the injured, Engineer Dayld Jones
of Austin, Minn., the outy oh of tk
engine crow who did sat Juwu t
safety, probably will dl,
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