MKPFOTrn MATT, TlxTRTTNT, MrcDFOKn, OKKflOy. -MONDAY. JAXTTAnY 20. IMf)
TO
CAN HE MAKE THE GRADE? ;
I.OXDOX, Jan. 20. Chii'm looks to
tlio pence conference for permission
to tlirow off innnv of tho burdens
of oxtrH-territoriiilitv. nccorilinit to
information received hero. The
Chinese hone also to be granted per
mission to increase her tariffs to u
( point which will ttivc the republic i
clinuco to end the rule of money
lenders and establish a more stable
currency.
Under its nureement with the en
tento powers and the ,1'nited States
. to enter tho war on the side of the
entente. China was to be permitted
to advance its import ditties from
5 to 7.!i per cent. But when the de
tails of the promised increase were
d scussctl Japan insisted that the
valuation upon wlrch the tariff was
to bo imposed should be based on
tho nvcrniro price of goods for three
years before the increase. In other
words pre-war prices were to hold
in dotcrniinii tariff duties. and no
real enin came to China under such un
agreement. . .
Wants Restoration -t
China ospoots to have Tsinetan re
stored to her. together with nil the
rights held bv the Germans at the time
tho Japanese took over German in
terests in Shantung peninsula the
first year of the war.
All the entente powers excepting
liussin. nereed to waive all payments
of Boxer indemnity funds to their va
rious Governments for an indefinite
time in consideration of - China's
declaration of war nuivnst the cen
tral powers. It is believed likely that
China will make an effort to induce
the pence conference to soften the
burden of the boxer indemnity bv fur
ther postponement or cancellation.
Immediate abrogation of extra
territoriality may not be sought bv
the Chineso delegation. There seems
to be a disposition among Ch'nesc
statesmen to ask for the eradiinl ex
tension of the jurisdiction of Chinese
( courts over the affairs of foreiencrs
as tno Chinese courts prove them
selves worthy of confidence and show
their dispostion to administer justice
without prejudice.
Foreign Legation Guards
Tho presence of forcism lecntion
cunrds in the legation section of Pa-
kine has always been vcrv gallintr to SICMSII, Jan. 20. Describinir the
the Chinese authorities. Repeated ef- Bavarian food situation before the
Jorts nave been made to have these Workmen's coiincil at a meetine last
joremn armed lorces removed, ns I nislit. Minister of the Interior Auer
uev arc a consrnnt rem.nner 01 inc cited the wheat crop at 5.200.000
lack of confulenee in the Chinese eov- tons. ,lt dei.iared that fullv yno.000
. ernoiem on uie pari 01 ine powers tons of flis amount had nremv heeB
'7eT. 1 ,f.";"l "d ""'t not more than one-
" ; cMiectea ma me ho!f of ,,, remilin,icr wod 1)C
. v.mo x are, wiu en- avajllule. This, he said, assured
dcavor to ect the entente powers to hre.1(1 for thc entire ire , un.
uerce to witlidraw these euards af- ty February 7
tcr the Chinese republic shall have The ministe; BaM he hnil reUabIe
" information from abroad tliat the re
.uo lorewn iceauons nnci snail nave cent disoH(.rs in.Mimich had affected
demonstrated its effectiveness in pro- thc possibili,ies of imp0rtaion .
tectinc foreicners mra.nst v,o encc. favorabv am, ,,,, triven vales stii
In return lor the proposed abolition f,,u .i... r;.i i
of extraterritoriality China will be i" ; "
Mil?" 1" forci!nf,rS tl,e niaterinllV to the difficulties of the
rnrlit to reside m sections of tho re-
USSjaT Cr'h-ed t0 forcieners; 'Potato' deliveries had improved
present non-Chinese may not CBtab- : P ,i, ..A .i,..,
lish a residence leeallv except in "; ..:. 7... j '"
2T . 0f..t.,,e la.rend workers refused to remove them from
"! 'nte""JCitlC! of.Chlna the fields, and the majority of citi-
l -
RUSSIA SUBJECT
OF DISCUSSIAN
ATME MEET
(Continued from (png one.)
OF
ITER
hind lastyear. These features, coupled
with hoardimr and unfair tradimr. lie
asserted, made it evident that the fat
ration must be reduced.
Minister Auer concluded with the
declaration that communal fnrminc
must be put into operation ns soon
as possible in order that tiroilm-timi
of all farm products niuiht be increas
ed, since thc low value of the murk
made very difficult the importation
ot food even it it were possible to buy
food outside the country. When it
was possible ti import, however. In
believed the food situation of Bava
ria would be materially bettered
F
SONSIOF DEMOCRACY
I
have not been opened bv treaty.
The principle of extraterritoriality,
by which foreisners are subject to the
c i l icume uao uuen oiieren in me m
jurisdiction of officials of their own j... i :J . . , .
nationhUtM. has been accepted by h.. - ,y, f i
China since the seventeenth ,-entnrv tak1n- becuuse J.h.e
zens would receive from 75 to 100
per cent of the usual supply. More
cattle had been offered in the mar-
een
TTnt.t ii!(j,i. -o- t,i;iV ready money. . This would result in a
cd in Jnpan. Chincne officials did not
resent it keenly. But discrimination
between the two countries on the part
LTli ?rers .hn !nutcied l,?e butcisi
exercise 7unsdiction over foreicners.
shortuse next sprintr. and in consc
nuencc no increase in the meat ra
tion would be possible. .
Milk delivery was somewhat better.
as worse while the pro
duction, of butter wa a somewhat be- chapters fhrouKhotit the nation
SPOICAXI. Wash., Jan. 20. Spo
kane Chapter No. 1, Sons of Democ
racy, Great War Veterans, Is the name
of an organization of returned sol
diers which has heen formed lucre.
According to. the by-laws, which have
been approved by the executive com
mittee of the association, hrnorably
discharged officers and enlisted men
of the army, navy or marii:e corps
who served in the world war are eli
gible to membership.
The purpose of the organization Is
declared to be "to bind toge her thc
honorably discharged veterans who
shall further the welfare of th gov
ernment, both in a political and an
economic way, and to further the mu
tual Interests of the members." Each
member must take an oath .to suport
the constitution of the United States
and the articles of war. .
Local backers of the organization
hope to widen its scope to include
T
I.OXDOX, Jan. 20 A story of prop.
agnnda that proved a bomcrang has
reached London from Frnnce. In the
closing stages of the war when the
Germans were surrendering In large
numbers, a Hritlsh Intellgence oflccr
was greeted by a group of prisoners
with cries of ' Hot meal! hot meal!"
The oflccr showed surprise, but tho
Germans continued to shout, "Hot
meal!" and rub fhelr stomachs.
"Nothing doing In hot meals,' thc
oficer replied.
Thereupon tho .Germans pulled out
leaflets carefully hlden away In their
clothes, and cried, "Ticket for hot
meal ticket!"
Tho leaflets, nparently distributed
from the air, Informed Fritz thut If
ho came in and nurrendored he would
get a )iot meal.
In brief, military language the Mrlt
Ish oflccr told the Germans that he
know nothing of the origin of the leaf
lets and that there must be a mis
take hut tho Germans came back
with:
"Englishmen always kep their
word. Hot meal! Coupon for hot
meal!"
According to the story, nothing re
mnined for tho British division but
to set to work at once and prepare hot
food for the hungry prisoners stream
ing lij, thereby considerably slowing
up the advance at that- point of thc
line..
this one IVuturo to tint virtual exclu
sion ot till others.
Short Time. Limit
With a definite plan formed for
orocluur n structure upon which all
nations cmi umw, there arc about 2.)
w.u-kiiiu- iluvs ri'uiaiiiinu' of tlio lime
that I 'resident Wilson hit's allolcd to
himself for work in France, before
leaviiiir fur home, Tho oiicstinii hu
im; asked is whether ho can in this
comparaivclv short time brimr the
nations toirelher in mi ticrccincitt fur
n society ot nations. Many of the
president s closest advisers tiro rea
sonably convinced he can do ho. TIicv
huso their opinion on what appears lo
be spontaneous developments, on ex
pressions indieiitiiur ililhereiico to
the leuuuo plan hv Great Britain,
Kraiiec and Italy, and on the assump
tion that. lieiiiL' virtually m.'1'ecd upon
in principle and indeed as to some do
tails, (ho remainder of the work while
presentimr somo perplexities, docs not
tier hopeless obstacles if approach
ed in n spirit of accommodation pud
even sncrilicc. whieb virtual v a
leaders have declared in their public
addresses ns heimr unite necessary to
a satisfactory result.
Xo Supor-.Sovt'rclKiity
With discussions now past the point
where it seems to bo nureed that there
shnll he no stiper-sovorciuiitv, nor n
common police force and that the
uiieKtion of whether u nation shall
contribute force in carrviiur out the
lecisions of the leacue will lie left to
each nation individually in each in
stance, the general plan bienir most
talked about embodies mi ciiloruement
of tho principles contained j ,0
reaties neirotiated hv illiam Jen-
ninu'S Krvnn. T heso provide for a
lelav of a year before ileelariliL' war
and invostieatioiiH bv a special cum
misison of nil disputes and that no
leelanitioii of war shall be tuiiile
hereafter without uiviuv certain no-
ice. Mich a plan, current discussion i
n I'ans brums out. ts intended bv
hose who favor it to virtually cstab-
lish a concert of power aiiioim the
principal nations for preservation of
world pence. This would be extend
ed to what would be virtually a smir-
lanship of the s nnller nations, mi.
.ilvimr to them the principles which
overn participation in the lencue hv
heir uroater sisters,
International (iiumlliinjUilp
I!y this plan it is npparenllv pur
posed to internationalize tlm euar-
uinship of smaller nations, with the
leo that there shall bo no domination
over them bv one nation, economically
tin-iii-inllv It is proper to stnte
ill this juncture Hint I'rcsideiil Wilson
hiiiiHolf has a reasonably coinplele
plan for Hie formation pf tho l.einjiie
of Nal'ons, It mnv also bo slnlcil
Hint he hiuhlv rcKiirds munv features
of till' plan presenlcil bv General
Smuts iiml is wnrkiiur in close liar
moiiv With M. Iloiii-iteois ami Lord
liobert Cecil.
Aside from the alteiilion beina tuiid
to the Kussian siluuliou, I lie soeieiv
of nalioiiH iiuesiion is now in ad
vantageous position mul slenily do.
velopiucut iiiiiv lie expected.
WASHINGTON', .Inn. U0.--A Joint
resolution by Senator Jones of
Vnnhlimlon, miHiiendliiK imsemunonl
work on mining claims In Alanku for
four yearn licnlnnliiK with J It 1 7 was
liiiHimd by Ilia nointto Imtay ami mint
to (lie houMi. It hIho would extend
to mining claluin of Alaxkn tho iro
vIiiIiiiih of I lie. acta KtiKiumdliiK for
two year tltu rciiiilronnmt thai $100
worth ot work bo inT'urmeil oirch
.rear on eliilniH mid iixnmptliiK from
I lie re.ulriMiienl thono who nurvuil In
tlio war iiKalnut ilermuny.
CHICHESTtR S PILLS
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t4ltklnaUl.lllMl. AIkM UalUl.ka
SOUjMWilSTSEVCKYWNUE.
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Be Sure to Get
. BERXE. Switzerland. Jan. 20.-
The German government has sent a
note to the Russian Bolsheviki gov
ernment protesting against the sup
port eiven the Spnrtacans bv the fcol
sheviki. The government declares it
is : in possession of "irrefutable
proofs" that the revolutionists wore
paid with money officially, supplied
bv thc Russian authorities. '
Thc note snvs that thc fiermnn gov
ernment win take vigorous measures
aga'nst the Russians who aided the
insurgent sand are still supporting
them. :
COUNTY FAIR GROUNDS
The county court was in session
all day Monday considering various
maHors. At thlB forenoon's session
the Commercial club delegation of
Modford again discussed the matter
of "county aid In purchasing a new
site for the county fair. .
As a result the. court Is practically
pledged to levy a tax of one-tenth of
a mill, beginning with next' year, to
pay for a site, providing the county
fair association ties up a suitable site
nt a reasonable prlco in the mean
time, sutisfactory to the court. .
Everyone, old and
young, can drink
with benefit to
health, ooo A
delicious, drug
free bevera6e.
FigM iD WietF
The Nation demands strons
men strong women and robust
child ren. Wisdom suggests that
every proper means of safeguard
ing the Vital forces nnrl hnilHino
up of resistance, be utilized,
scoirs
affords definite help to those who
are "ightind to win" aaainrl
tne inroads of weakness.
SooSt', abundant in tonic
nutrient properties, builds op
the body by Nature's method.
UowncIllootnficUl.N.J. 18-14
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I'iiU : l il i :l I Ml III.
liiii
HE wax-urzpped
sealed package
with WR1CLEVS
upon it is a guar
antee of quality.
The laraest chewlna
sum factories In the
world the largest
selling sum In the
world: that Is what
WRIGLEVS means.
SEALED TIGHT
KEPT RIGHT
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The Flavor Lasts!
UOOD SPUDS at $l.n0 per 100
AUhf IfAI.IAN HKOWN ON'IOXS
$2.00 per 100
For Sulo Bv
Monarch Seed. & Feed Co
MEDFORD IRON WORKS
FOUNDRY AND REPAIR SHOP
AIho nccnt for Fairbanks und Morse
r.ntrines.
17 Smith Rlvnrslrln.
STOVES
WANTED
I have contracted in nunnlv nun
order of 30 odd Boeonrt hand stoves
and ranges.
WHAT IfAVH V'OU TO OI'FIOIt?
' We trado now stoves for second
hald.
Wo accent Mlierty JIoiiiIh the saino
ciinIi,
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FURNITURE
CO.
(Successors to Scott Woolf.) ,
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I now open for IiiihIiiosh nt .'II Xortli ffrnpo Rlreot.
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no doubt linvo experienced
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