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MEDFORD, . OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH '12, 1919
NO. 299
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FEED GERMANY
AVERTANARCHY
SAYS
LANSING
Crisis In Allaire of World 8avs 8ec
- , rotary of State Bolshevism Now
Threatens the World Self-nreser-.
. . vatlon. Not Sympathy. Demand
' ' That Helplna Hand Be Held Out.
PARIS, Mnr. II "Wo havo roach
ecl t crlHln In llio uffnlm of llio world"
Kid Bocrolnry of Btnto Iloliort I.nim
ing lit a banquet itlvon tonight by the
Intor-Allled Press club In honor of
tlio Amorlcan peace commlRslunurs.
Mr. Lansing wuh omphalic In Ilia
statomont dial tlio allies must feed
tiernmny anil give tbo (iormuiiH op
portunity to noil I hiil r product In the
foreign markets If I ho danger of llol
ahsvlim waa tu bo avoided. 'Mr. I -on-slug
laid: "
"In tho Infancy of our republic
aoroaa tho sons tho aymputhy anil ulil
of Franca gavo tho aupport which
waa heeded to mako ludlvlilual lib
erty tho supremo ruler of tho domin
ion of tho new-born nation. From
that time 'forward liberty haa boon,
and atlll la, the moat snored and moat
compelling Impulao In political Ufa
in America.
Huffnml lllttrly
. "It waa when tho people of the
United 8latea camo 1o a full realisa
tion that tho liberty for which thoy
' had foiiKht waa In danger that the
nation with unaurpaaaod unanimity
took up tho (word with a firm deter
mination to do Ita part In freeing
liberty and tbo world from autoc
racy,
' "A mighty victory haa boen won.
Tha Imporlnl armlea of tho central
power have ceatod to threalon, They
no. longer exist. , Scattered and bro
ken,- they have returned 'to their
ttomea, where hunger nnd privation
await them hunger and privation
which are. the consequences of tbolr
own. blind faith In evil mon who led
them Into this unrlKhteoua war.
' "Oermany haa aufforod bitterly, la
, Buffering bitterly, and Germany la
entitled to Buffer for what alio haa
done. Today starvation and want
are the portlona of tho Oormnn poo-
pie. Violence and murder alnlk thru
the atroeta of tbolr groat elite. Po
litical. Inatltutlona, Induittrlnl enter-
prliea tho very atructuro of society
are tottering. It la tbo Juat rolrlbu
tlon of tholr crimen.
- - Not From Pity
- "We may ho disposed to plly those
Innocent among tho (lormana, hut
our pity la almoat dried up when we
consider what Franco and other na
tion! havo had to Buffer from tho In
vading armies of tho Teutons.
I "Franco haa endured unapnaknliln
wooa with a fortitude and determina
tion which oxclto the admiration nnd
wondor of tho world. I cannot pick
words to exprnna tho pralso I would
give to tho French armlea nnd tholr
great gonorala, to tho French people
and tholr groat londora who lived
thru Ihono black dnya of horror, whan
stoutest hoorts might woll havo do-
epalrod.
- '"And, now that tho great conflict
la ended nnd tho mighty wnr cnglno
of, Prussia la crushed wo hnvo now
problems to aolvo, now (liingora to
ovoroomo. Kast of tho Ithlna thnra
are famine nnd Idlonoss, want nnd
misery. Political chaos nnd outlawry
havo aupplnnted tho highly orgnnlxod
government of Imperial Oormnny. So.
olul ordar Is bronklng down under tbo
(llffloultles of dafont nnd tho hopo
lnssnoss of the futuro. Like tho nn
nrchy which mado an Inforno of litis
' alu, tho flroa of terrorism oro nblazo
In tho BtaloB of Gormany.
" Kinplro In Itulna
' "Ovor tho ruins of this onco groat
omplre tho fliimos are sweeping west
ward. . it Is no time to.ullow'sontl
monts of vengeance and hntrod to
stand In tho way of chocking thlB
conflagration which will soon bo at
the Gorman borders and threatening
othbr lunds. Wa muBt ohnngo tho
(Continued on page two.)
1 BASEL, March 12, The Frank
furt Oonoral Anzolger reports a gon
. oral strlko In tho mining districts of
, Bouthon, ' Silesia.. Anotbor raport
from iBauthen statOB that Spnrtncan
bands attacked a military post and
solzod a numbor of rifles and that
another similar attack was Vopttlsod
with hand gronndos.
,. A telegram from Grntidonii says
martial law has bean proclaimed In
. the Brlenen, Kulm, Thorn nnd
StrnsHhurg districts of West Prussia,
owing to ah advance of . Spnrtacan
, forces In that region. . :
HUN
SHIPS
CHILEAN PORTS
II
Allied War Council Reported to Have
Ordered 83 German Vessels Intern
ed In South America Turned Over
to United States Await Demand
for Delivery..
SANTIAGO. Chile. March 12. The
Chilean government has received ti
report to the effect Hint the allied war
council in I'n riM lies decided thnt tho
Gorman ships interned in Chile should
be delivered to the llnilcd States. The
government In awaiting n demand
from thu United States for their dtf-
liverv.. ' '
IttiKKOH A IRKS. March 12 Ac.
cording to n dispatch to tho Nncinn
from Santiago, the United Slates will
have turned over to it-8:1 (Jitrnian
ships interned in Chilean ports, bv
virtue of the decision reached bv the
supremo wnr council in Paris.
NKW YORK. Miirch 12.-0ermnn
shins self interned in Chilean ports
at the outbreak or the war numbered
3(1 steamers of 120.507 net tons, und
f2 sailing vessels of 1 14,571) tons,
irriind tuliil of H8 vessels' aggregating
241.IIH0 net tons, according to n list
compiled .in Kebruarv. 1018. The
largest of these ships in tho lorek
5.117 tons, inlenied at Valparaiso.
BE
WASHINGTON. March 12. Mur
I i n A. Morrison, of Indiana, nnd
Iconic . Willi's ol Vermont, were ap
pointed to tho civil service commis
sion today liv President Wilson, kiic
cecding John A. MeUhennv nnd Hcr
iiioii W. Craven, whoso resignations
were Kent to the White House somo-
timn ago. "
Tlio I'net that President Wilson has
decided upon n complete reorganisa
tion of tho civil scrvieo commission
waa disclosed totlnv bv efforts of
member of congress nnd others to
slav tompiiriirilv lit least n clean
sweep of the commission's member
ship. Messages havo been sent to
the president asking him to postpone
action until his return home.
Members of congress wero shown
n letter Irniii' the president to Cin
missinncr'Churlcs M. Onllnwiiv, ask
ing for the hitler's resignation with
out assigning n caiiHO. Ihov were
told that n similar letter had been re
ceived liv Cnmmisisoncr lloroioii W.
Craven, nnd that since John A. Me
Uhennv, president of tho commission,
resigned n month ago to go to Haiti
im ii financial ugent. the membership
of three would bo wiped out bv tlio
resignations.
3EATTLE
' SICATTI.E, Mnr. 12. Air-gun rlv
etors, silent In tho Soattlo shipyards
for wooks today starlod tho prelude
to tho groat Industrial song of noise
that will again bo heard along lilliott
Day hero when tho yards got Into full
action again. The plants oponed yes
terday after bolng cloBOd slnco Jan
unry 21 by a strlko.
StrlkorB nro bolng tnkon back hy
tho yards and shops as rapidly as pos
slblo.. Today approximately 4000
moro mon, Including workers of near,
ly ovory craft, woro ro-omployod
Hundrods of old omploos hnvo rail
ed to report. -Many havo loft tho city
or hnvo ontorod othor linos of work,
It was said. ' ,
NEWARK TRAFFIC
TIED UP BY STRIKE
NKWAKK..N. ,T. Mnreh 12. Vir
tually all tho Rtii'l'aee ear lines of the
Public! Servion Knihvav company
which operates through 141. cities and
towns in north Now Jersov. wero tied
lip-today bv tho wtrike of 4,500 em
ployeH' iil'l'ilinled with llin Anialgu
milted Ammunition ol1 Slreet nnd Klee-
trio Hiiilwwy Kniployes of Aniorivai
BRITISHTROOPS
TI
Returned British Soldiers Theat-
en to 8lnk Ship Unless Given
i .
, Transportation Home American!
Among Them Denied Admission to
Own Country By Immigration Aoent
)
HALIFAX, March 12. Throats ol
throo hundred troops of .tho British
army who enlisted In the United
fltutoa, olghty-ono of them American
cllUens, to sink the transport Toloa
unless Immediately allowed to land
and proceod to destinations In ' tho
United States by rail woro reported
to the Canadian authorities today by
Cuptaln Jacksdn, commander of the
transport. 1
The cniitiiin said that his orders
were lo lake the men tti Halifax and
disembark them, but tho militarv uu
thorif'ieM tit Ottawa relHiscd, it is
slated, to furnish tho men transporta
tion to their homes. After having
started for New York and being fore
cd to return, the men complained bit'
torlv and their threats resulted.
After consultation with the author
ilies, the onlv answer that Captain
Jackson could Inko back to the ship
toduv was that those who had enough
moncv to pay their transportation and
sufficient additional moncv to meet
the I'nited States inimiirration law
would be allowed to land. Hut onlv
a small number possessed the neces
sary funds.
Tho captain snid lie disclnmed all
responsibility for anything that might
happen when tho decision became
known to the men.
Tlio American immigration officinls
took tho ground that the men pos
sessed no papers proving them to be
Amerienn citizens or residents.
' The Toloa is under orders to remain
hero until Kridav. coaling, before nro
ccodiiig for Katy York again with the
American contingent.' Tho authorities
had not this afternoon announced any
intention of change in plans on no-
count of the soldiers' threats and pro
tests.
The Tolon, after debarkinir Cnnn
dinn Irooiw here, sailed for New York
with tho 'American hound contingent
mi March 10, but was ordered back to
this port to coal for the return trip
to Km.'lnnd because of tho outbreak
of the harbor strike in New ork.
Captain Jackson told tlio nuthori
tics that ha hail no guns aboard and
that his ship was at the mercy of the
soldiers.
F
WASHINGTON. March 12. Cas-
mil companies of Montana nro on the
Havreford, due lit Philadelphia due
about March 20, the war department
announced today in reporting that
fivo transports have sailed from
France.
Tim Havreford nlso carries the
niSth field battalion siirnnl corps
complete, most oC which will go to
Cn mp Upton, nnd mobile hospital No.
103 for Cunin Funston.
The niindain will nrrivo at New
port News March 2.1 with tlio 133rd
lield orttllorv pomp etc.
The Zncupa is duo at New York
March 21 with three convalescent
detachments, n portion of the 2(!th
engineers and 23 casual officers.
Tho Princess Mntoikn is. duo nt
Newport News Miucm 21, with tlio
37th engineers complete nnd the 12th
and 34th' balloon companies. On
hoard nlso nro tho 3rd and .300th
trench niortnr bnttorv nnd n ensuol
company o Iowa troops. 423rd tele
graph battalion nnd four convnlcscont
detachments.
Tho l'olnrlund is duo nt Now York
March 24 with n few casuals.
ON HOAHI1 THK V. S. S. G1CORQK
WASHINGTON, Mnreh 12. (Bv
Wireless to the Associated Press. V
I're.sident Wilson Hopes lo renc.li Hres
in time to lenvo there lliursdnv even
ing for Paris, pftcr n brief recent ion
nt tho port, llo took up toduv 'active
preparations for Ins peneo oonler
onoo Inhors and exchanges messages
with members of tho Amocicun dele
gntion in Pnvis.'
The sen is smooth nnd the Georgo
Washington is making good speed.
Tho president expeols to nrrivo in
NY OWN
TRANSPORTATION
Puns Friday moi'iuni;. . i ..
PEACE CONFERENCE WILL
INTERNA TIONALIZE RHINE
i OPEN KIEL CANAL TO ALL
FIRST PRESIDENT OF
i Tho Irlsb national assembly has
cently excnncil from prison nod whose
president of xa Irish Republic. :
SALENf. March 12. The stutc;
board of control lodnv npointed Cap
tain James Bhuw of Mihvaukic'.
Clackamas county, commandant of
the State Soldiers' Home at Koscbure.
to succeed Commnndunt Rubert C.
Murkee. who resigned vestenlnv, in
a letter to the board of control.
Captain Shnw, Governor Oleott snid
today, wus not n. ciindidate for the
position nt this time but was a can-
didalo in 1014 when Murkee wus ap
pointed. He was formerly department
rommnnder for the G. A. R. of Orccon
and .has been a resident of Oregon
for nearly 40 vears. lie served
throuirh the civil war nnd was wound
ed- three times, and decorated for
bravorv. During bis residence ip
Oregon, he has hcen n merchant nnd
manufacturer. According to the eov
ernor, tho new commandant has a
working knowledge of agriculture,
tvh idi should help him to make the
Soldiers' II oiue . n success.
The resignation of Coininnnilunt
Mnrkec made nnnecessnrv the hear
ing which was to have been held bv
the board of control on elinrues re
garding the management of the home.
WASHINGTON. March 12. Dc-
iiiobilir.atiou of tbo armv from Novem
ber lo March 1 had resulted in the
elimination of 70 general officers, a
table issued bv tho war department
todav discloses. Further deinobiliaa
tion in immediate prospect will cancel
tho war time rank of Jin ndilitipnnl
203 general officers, leaving onlv 12."
men in the grade of brigadier general
and above, out of the 404 wlio were
on dutv when tho armistice was sign
ed. Onlv 01 permanent general of
ficers arc authorized.
The great majority of those affect
ed bv demobilization are regular armv
men who held commissions as general
officers for war purposes onlv. '
LONDON, March 12. Hints have
occurred in various German towns
outsido Berlin and n Spartiiean ro
volt hns broken out in Hamburg, ne
cording (o nil lixelmngo Telegraph
dispatch trom Copenhagen. I he not:
nro said lo bavu resulted from a gen
oral strike supported bv tlio Simrln-
-j yr :tFKe ,
-- "4sPii?
- t an itxfftirw aawdtn war-rwi 'iaattB,- VTmrm-inriii - 3
1 , ryj, . 1
SHAW CHOSEN AS
COMMANDANT OF
SOLDIERS' HOME
"IRISH REPUBLIC"
elected Kdvrard no Valora, who re
whercabouta are unknown, first
POPE SUGGESTS
F
LEAGUE OF PEACE
ROME. March 11. The Osserva
tore Iomano. semi-official organ of
the Vatican, prints nn article on the
league of nations which is understood
to embodv the view point of the Holv
See. It says the league "might have
been constituted in a simpler man
ner" and outlines the functions of the
league as follows:. .;
The scttingUip of nn arbitration
tribunal to solve international con
flicts. . : .1
The fomintion of n society of all
civilized nations, including those de
feated in the wnr. which will pledge
themselves to subhiit their differences
to a tribunal and accept its rulings.
The bringing about of an agree
ment to declare un. economic boycott
against nnv nation which refuses to
submit controversies to a tribunal or
which will not neccpt decisions on
matters which hnvo been so submit
ted. V'v
In conclusion the article recalls
Hint such a project was suggested in
the Pope's appeal to belligerent nnr
lions on August 1. 1017.
16
AIRFIELDS
KEPT BY
WASHINGTON. March 12. Six
teen flying fields and three balloon
fields aro to be maintained perma
nently bv Hie war department,', Acting
Secretary Crowell said todav. Tho
fields have not been definitely decid
ed npon, but the secretary said two
would be near Newport News, three on
tho Pacific const, one near New York,
three in Texas, two in Florida, one
in Mississippi, one on the Great Lakes
and one each in Georgia and Okla
homa. The 10th field probably will be Gcr
stner field. Lake Charles, La. Fields
which are to be retained nnd which
nro now leased will bo purchased bv
tho government, Mr." Crowoll said.
Actual instruction in flying, however,
will bo conducted at onlv two fields,
ns previously announced. . Tho oth
ers will he held in reserve. '
LICENSE REMOVED
. LONDON. March 11. The 'Board
of Trade announces. that henceforth
all raw materials mav be imported
without license. The list ot articles
included under this order comprises
hides, timbers, sugni'onuo uud tallow
Germany to Retain Ownership
of Canal-America Protests,
Cable Monopoly - Belgians
Denied Ship Taxation
rARIS. March 12. Recommenda
tion that the. navigation -of the Rhine
be opened to nil nations without dis
crimination was made in a report to
the peace confercice todav bv the
commission on the international re
gime of waterways, railways and
ports. It is suggested thnt the Rhine
be controlled bv a commission similar
to the Danube commission.
. Kiel Canal Settled
The status of the Kiel canal has
been settled bv the commission on
the basis of the freedom of use for
all nations of merchant vessels or
warships in time of pence. The canal
would continue under German owner
shin and operation.
The nuestion of the fortification ot
the canal is left bv the commission
to the decision of militarv and naval
experts. , . -
Report was not favorable to allow'
ing the Belgian claim that special du
ties be imposed on German vessels.
The report further recommended
thnt a general .conference be held
within n vonr in dpAl with nil nUeS-
tions pertaining to the navigation of
international waterways which are
too intricate or complex to be settled
within the limited life of the peace
conference.
Cable Ownership
Realizing the possiblitv of a virtual
monoDolv f cable communications bv
Great Critoin should her claim to the
captured German cables be sustain
ed, with the .consequent -Submission
of the great foreign business interests
of the United States to alien control
in this respect, the American dele
gates to the peace conference are
endeavoring to make a strong pre
sentation of their case before the le
eal authorities to whom the subject
has been referred. The naval experts
who first considered the question were
unable to agree, and the supreme
council, upon motion of Secretary of
State Lansing, referred to legal ex
perts tho question of title involved.
These experts are being pressed bv
the Americans far n decision. ,
Early in the war tho British cut
the two German cnbles from Emdon
to America bv wav of the Azores and
also the cable between Monrovia, the
Liberian capital, and Brazil. Thev
took one end of one of the German
American cables to Halifax, thereby
securing another trans-Atluntic line
for themselves. The other cable thev
gave to the frencn government
which so far has made no attempt to
utilize it. probubly because of the
seorcitv of submarine cablo material
nnd of cable laving shios.
Claimed as Prizes of War
The British now claim that these
cables are prizes of wnr. Thev do
not intend to allow their return to
Germany or to regard them as subject
to disposition by the peace confer
ence. The American delegates, how
over., contend thnt the cables were
unlawfully, cut nnd unlawfully re
connected, because the United States
wns not at war when this was done
and had an interest in them ns. being
one of the termini. Nor,, they claim,
was tlicro proper warrant for tho cut
ting of the cablo between Liberia and
Brazil, us both these countries were
neutral at the time it wns done.
There never has been anv decision
STEW YORK, Miirch 12 With 1922
troops the steamship Iownn arrived
here todav from St. Nnzaire. Units
included the 314th trench mortar bat
tery, three officers and 129 men of
the 89th division, assigned to Camp(
Dodge.
315th trench mortar bntterv. 3 of
ficers and 175 men of the 90th divis
ion for Camps Bowie, Dix and Travis.
. Also the following: 53rd company
transportation corps for Camps
Grant, Logan, Meade, Lewis and Up
ton, nnd supply detachment of 657th
nero squadron.
V The stoamship Amphion ' brought
cnsuiil company No. 48 of Texas. This
vessel from St. Nazaire, had sailed
for Newport News, but wns diverted
to New York.
The hospital ship Morcv arrived to
dav from Bordeaux with 381 sick and
wounded men, most of them bcd-rid-den.
. . . ! ,
regarding the title to cables outsido
of territorial water in time of war
and the Americans are now extremely
anxious that no precedent should ba
established thnt might place Ameri
can business nt themerey of foreign
ers or prevent free communication
between the United States and Pentrnl
Europe atter tho 'conclusion o
in I'ociiic Maiers ,
In. addition to the trnns-Atlnntio
cables.--several German-cnbles in tho
Pacific also were sen zed bv.the Brit
ish as prizes of war. One of these
runs from the, Islnnd of Yap. one of
the Caroline group, to Singnporo.
connecting with the' Dutch. and British
cables. Another connects this cnblo
with the Island of Celebes. ' Posses
sion of these lines, it is held, insures
bnsiness control of a fair proportion
of Australian Polynesia, which is re
garded as property within the field of
American commercial effort. ,
The possibility of thei?e cables pass
ing in some degree under JJie Japanese
alone in case the latter is 'made tha
mandatory of the captured Pacifio
Islands, also is regarded with disfa
vor by the American representative
unless some plan to prevent nrry noa
sible discrimination is.-adopted.!
REVOLUIIONOENIES
WASniNGTON. March 2.-Mn A ,
letter to Senator Overman, chairman
of the committee which has been in
vestigating lawless . propaganda.
Coiherine Breshkovskay. aged Rus
sian revolutionist, todav assailed tes-.
timonv given before the committee by
Raymond Robins, former head o tho
American Red Cross in Russia.' .
Madame Brcshkovskava denied cm-!
phaticallv that the Czecho-Slovaks
had been guilty of atrocities- On tho
contrary,, she said, the Czecho-Slovaks
were admired bv ull Russians.
On the motion of Mnior E. -Lowry
Humes, counsel for the committee,
documentary evidence relating to tho
activities of the Non-Partisun League
and the I. W. W. nnd its of fUiatcd
body, the. agricultural, workers' or
ganization, wus placed into the rec
ord. The evidence consisted largely
of exhibits produced hitherto nt trials
nnd circulars sent out bv the I. V. W.
ol
BEING RELEASED
VLADIVOSTOK, Siberia, Mnr. 4.
(Delayed). British und. Canadian
authorities here are giving their at-,
tentlon to the desperate condition of
enemy prisoners and returning Rus
sian prisoners. Estimates show thoro
are approximately 200.000 enemy
prisoners and 300,000 returned Rus
sians in Siberia.,' '". c
. The Canadian Red Cross may tako
charge of the relief work as tho
British Red Cross Siberian unit has
been demobilized. Fivo carloads ot
supplies have been shipped for tho
prisonors. Immense operations aro
necessary to relieve sutferlng. -
ARCHAlNiGEL, Mar. 11.---(By As
sociated Pross.) .Tho food situation
in northern Russia Is causing somo
concern. . In the district .between
Archanged and Onega, where a heavy
frost late last summer killed even the
Arctic summer berries, the people
have already eaten the ration fixed
for noxt Juno.' American army Bur
geons have, analyzed the civilian ra
tion for the entire population in tho
North Russia district and found that
It contains only 1,1,16 calories dully.
A man .doing no work needs 1,770
nnd soldlerH rccelvo at leant 3,6 00
calorics daily. '
1MR0FRUSSIAN