MEDFORD MATL TRTBUNT? MT1DF0RD, OREGON. MONDAY, JUNE 4, 1917
PAGE THREE
GOVERNMENT
I
Passports Refused Socialists to In
ternational Meeting to Hoodwink
Russia Most Brazen Piece of
Wartime Propaganda Delegates
All Pro-German Sympathizers.
(Staff Special.)
WASHINT.TOX, June 4. The rov
ornment has just squashed the bold
est piece of pro-German agitation
since? the war bejrnn.
Many pro-German propagandists
who crawled under cover when the
first wave of patriotism followed the
brealiin'.' of relations are now creep
jv'i out to do their work, brazen or
..ii'tivc. of paralyzing America.
P.oldesl of all are the membeie of
the pro-German machine which con
trols ihe socialist party.
Not content with adopting reso
lutions denouncing the government
and the war, this pro-Gennan eli(iie
proposed to send delegates to the so
called "international socialist con
ference" at Stockholm a "niade-iu-Gcrmany''
meeting engineered !v the
government -eotrolled socialist party
of Gennany.
United to Cneh Russia.
Socialists of allied nations repu
diated this conference. It was to be
m:ule up of delegates from Geni.nny.
the bullied neutrals, and Iiussia. Rus
sia is the fish for whom the trap is
baited.
The "American" delegates will not
sail, however, for the irovernmcnt has
refused their passports.
All three were men whose every
word and act since Ihe war begun
h:ts indicated approval of German
methods, fruni lielgiun atrocities to
su'iSnarine murder.
They have denounced their own
government for entering- the , war.
and come to the very edge of treason
in resisting every policy that might
make the war a success.
Morris Ililhiuit, one of the three
deliirates, since he came under fire
for his pro-German activities, has at
tempted to deny sympathy with Ger
many. Victor Rcrgcr and Algernon Lee are
the oilier delegates.
Xot one of the three is n workine
man. Herder is a newspaper edilor and
publisher.
Hilhpiit is a corporation lawyer.
Leo is ii teacher in a school found
ed by n rich woman.
All I'ro-Ciernmii.
All three indorse the terms of
peace sent forth by the govermr.ent
inspired "socialist" in Germany, l'hil
ip Scheideiaann, who is being iiscd
by the llohcMzollcrn government to
for-;e a general jicace favorable to
(ItJ'tiiiiny by hoodwinking the ruling
socialists of Iiussia.
The "American" delegates said
they would oppose a separate peace
by I'nsia. (lerniiiny wants, not a
separate peace with Russia, bat an
arrangement with Russia that will
force the I'nitcil tSates and oar allies
into a general pence favorable to
Germany.
The "American'.)' delegates would
mave opposed punitive indemnities.
They don't want Germany to pay for
her robbery and rapine in llclgiuin,
France, Serbia, and I'oland.
They want Germany to relinquish
the territory she has taken hut to
keep Alsace and Lorraine and per
petuate Iter control over the Turkish
sultanate with its enslaved alien pop
ulations, and the lierlin-to-liagdad
railway.
Friendly U Arlstomtcy.
Xot a word about abolition of the
Iluhenzollem autocracy occurs in any
s.tcmcnt of the "American" would
be delegates. There is talk about
"guarantees" for future peace, but
not a word as to how any "guar
antee" given by a I loheiizollcru gov
ernment can hold water.
"We shall also consider negotia
tions of a general international treaty
guaranteeing all nations absolute
frcedo-n of intercourse and com
merce. " llillrpiit says.
"Socialist" Ililhpiit is rielit there
to protect the capitalists of Essen,
Hamburg and IScrlin, who fear an
American merchant marine ami re
tention of the present economic ref
lations forced on th cl'iiitcd Slates
and our allies by Gennany.
1'eforc the war. Germany was free
to fill every nalion with her spies.
No wonder she wants "freedom of in
tercourse" guaranteed after the war.
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F0RJTR0CITIES
German Soldiers Punished for Little
Acts of Kindness and Forced to
Barbarism by Officers Women of
Devastated Region Carried Off In
to Slavery Worse Than Death.
LONDON', June 4. Little by little,
as the allied line moves on, releasing
from German bondago and horror the
French families that have been so
hold since tho great Teuton drive of
the early war, there Is unfolded more
of tho great tragedy of the living hell
on the other side of the fighting area.
Few scenes have surpassed In ago
ny thci:c with"czc:l wher. the English
occupied Vermand, taking another
bite out of the Hiadenhurg line. Ac
counts have just reached London
from a Dally Chronicle correspondent
who witnessed the scenes.
Tale of feasant.
An old man described a night spent
with more than 1000 others In a cem
etery just before the English advance.
"The Gormans sourched us there,
and took all our money," he said,
weeping. Some of the women they
stripped naked in the search. Tho
night was cold, but that muttered not.
"AH around the sky flamed with
the fire of our villages- Poeuilly,
Bouvincourt, Marteville, Trefcon.
Monchy, Ilancourt and many others.
"The people with me cried aloud in
all that hell. Vraignes was burned
around us. We were In a great ter
ror. The next day the English came."
"My three sisters were taken with
the Germans when they fell back,"
said a young girl. "They were
Yvonne, Juliette and Mndolalne, 18,
22 and 27. All our neighbors' daugh
ters were taken, too, from 1 G years
up and all the men up to,!0. They
have gone to slavery and great peril.
How can they escape?"
Soldiers Force! to Cruelty.
There is ample evidence that many
German soldiers are themselves en
meshed In tho German system of bar
barism. Wretched men they are, with
all Illusions gone.
Slyly they do little acts of kindness,
for if they are found out punishment
is swift and cruel.
A young French woman, before the
English advance, saw a German sol
dier beat an old man on the head.
Flinging up her window she called to
tho soldier in angry scorn and re
proof. "Cala bete! " she cried.
"Sala bete?" he answered. "For
that you shall go to prison." Finally,
though, he came closer and said in
contrite and shamed tones, "C'est la
guerre. C'est eruelle la guerre." He
understood and spoke French.
01ey or Ilo Shot.
""We ar under orders of men great
er than we," explained another. "We
aro hound to obey, for if wo do not
we shall he shot."
"Perhaps of all tho cruelties, the
enslaving of women and girls behind
tho lines is most hideous and sicken
ing." said a woman released by the
Hritish advance.
"All are compelled to work, and
there Is no exemption for those who
aro weak'. Frail women must toll be
side strong girls used to hard labor.
"And then there is now and then a
bad one one who consents to be the
prey of an officer. To her is given
exemption from labor and she may
flaunt her ease In tho face of those
compelled to toll."
WASHINGTON', June (. In con
sf ruction of railroads across I'e iernl
forc-l rccrve-t the supreme court de
cided today thai federal permits Must
lie secured and regulations complied
with.
The court affirmed a judgment for
IkS,(iiiii nirainst Ihe St. l'niil ron.l for
damages lo the Cocur d'Alcnc, Idaho,
forest reservation during constric
tion of its l'ugct Sound extension in
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DELIVERED RUSSIA
WASHINGTON', Juno 4. President
Wilson's communication to the Kus
slan government on the war alniB of
tho Vnltod Stales has been delivered
at Petrograd by American Ambassa
dor Francis, but will not bo pub
lished in this country or In ItiiFsia
for a day or two whlln the stato de
partment Is clearing up what aro of
' filially characterized as "matters of
Idctail."
TO DODGE DRAFT
REGISTRATION
Record of Men's Real Age Left Be
hind in School lists, Marriage and
Other Licenses, and Insurance and
Employment Papers, and in Voting
Lists of Countries.
NEW YORK. June 4. Uncle Sam
Is preparing to deal with the man who
tries to dodge on registration day!
The man who thinks ho can quietly
disappear from sight has had little
experience with the U. S. government.
Ho has forgotten the long trail of rec
ords ho has inevitably left behind him
in his years of life in a given commu
nity that will almost instantly give
his correct age to an Investigating
official, end render ucoless the at
tempt to dodge registration.
In a certain proportion of the terri
tory of tho United States, known by
the census office as tho "birth regis
tration area," records of the birth of
every child are sufficiently complete
and go hack far enough for an Investi
gating official to check up at once on
tho slacker who trios to dodge the
registration.
Complete Kecorrt.
Where this is not possible, there Is
a practically complete record of the
ages of every person, who has ever
gone to the public schools. This
school record extends, of course, to all
n i iifMrtiim
1 .uiitxW'Tsr;,.
Could amone fool you on a Rose
with your eyes blindfolded ?
Of course not
But
i7 ik r
colleges and universities, for those
yo'ung men who 'have gone to such In
st! unions. A little example in simple
ad litlon will servo to show Uncle
Sai z's investigator that the man who
left college four years ago must ho
within tho registration limits. A siin
ifcir deduction is possible from the
lower school statistics.
lnii?tically every married man in
the United Statos lias tucked away in
nn of.Vcial record in a marriage li
cense bureau tho little figures which
show j lust how old ho is. These are,
of collide. Instantly available to gov
ernment! officials.
Then,, too, every man who has tak
n out a. life Insurance policy, accident
policy, ;lndustrlal pulley, has a nico
littlo r N ord of his real age in tho
home office of his insurance company.
These records are required by law to
ho aceure.tely kept, and they aro also
available for public investigation.
lt 'orris in Many Places.
llavo 3? on evor tried to get a gov
ernment ;iob? If so, the U. S. civil
service ccmmlssion has a record of
your real ago In its files, and theso
aro right down in Washington, con
venient feer reference. Also, tho U. S.
labor dep I'rtinent has a record of tho
age of eviery man who has applied
thru the system of U. S. labor ex
changes at postoffices for a job.
i In many cases, too, corporations
aifd other employers have accurate
records of the ages (among other in
formation) of men who aro, or have
been. In thmlr employ. This Is espe
cially true tif railroads and similar big
organization s.
j Possibly Uhe intending slacker has
'at somo tinie applied for an automo
bile or motoccycle license; or a license
I to sell milk; put up a sign; obstruct
! tho sidewalk: or a thousand and one
i things for w-liich licenses have to be
secured from city or county officials.
. In each case. It Is probable that tho
blank form which had to bo filled out
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which Uncle Sam can utilize if It be
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and organizations of all kinds; labor
union records; membership records
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dreds of other cources can be exam
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