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MEDFORD, OREGON, .'THURSDAY ;MAY 22, 3919
NO. 52
yuriy
'ninth Your,
MEDFORD
U.,TReOKS ARE IRDERED TO ADMWCE
RECALL U.S.
Generals Llnnett and Hlnes En Route
to Lonrtrfn Called Bock American
, Armv Prepares for. Advance Into
. Germany If Peace Not Sinned
Troon and Motor Trucks Now
' Advancfno From Rhine to the
Bridgehead Areas.
i COBI.KNZ. Muv 22. (IW Ilia A--
hnciutcd I'romO Lieutenant General
Hunter Liggett, eommiinilcr ol the
Armv of OenupMioii, and Muior (It'll
cnil Jiilin llincs, ('tniimiiiiili'r ol' Iho
Third I'lirim. wlm wore nil Ihi'ir wuV
to London, todnv . were recalled In
i'tilili'iix tiv order I'r Anuirii'iin
general lioiiduiiiirlcrH,
Nihil hundred inolor IriiekH begun
In move Tiiosduv midnight from wwl
of Ha' Rhino to tlio brideohoiul area,
Tim trucks uro being distributed to
various iioinlM of ndvnuliigo intuitu;
tho triiuiM holding II"' xnno flint of
the Khini' Klmiilil the, occasion nne
for tlin Americans to start ntt ad
vance, v ' .-
f.i... ii .. n........i.. f .11 .....t
l H rwcl'll III linn-nun
Itinp in imrt of tho new program
for tht American nrtnv in the event
the German ilo tint iiui'ept 1 lie pence
trvutv. '
llUturb Hun Hlocp
The fiiiiititwito regiment of the
Tliinl Armv, nrgiinired Tor purtiei
luilion in the Empire Day festivities
in Loudon is being luilil in ('ublcnr.
because of Hie new turn in tlio pence
situation.
Tin- movement of tho motor trucks
wn llu topic of conversation among
Ihu. Gorman rovilinnit in Coblonr.
Mnnv civilians cnmplnwicd tlio trucks
iim thov rumbled across tlio Rhine
bridge tit niulit disturbed their
ulcott; ,
, Tho trucks whii'li luivo n cupaoitv
m- nrt ... .... ....l.ll
Ol irum )f lo noniii'm. iirw Mint
complied. Tho nrniv of ocpupiition
nt present consist of tlio Kir!, Kno
oihI, Third. .Fourth nlnl Fifth divis
iotiH, Prh'tlnn Increases
CORLENX. Mnv 22. (Bv tho Ah
KiK'iutod Pre.) Because of in
creased indication of friction be-
twucii (Icriuun civilian nnd soldiers
throughout Iho American nron of oo
otiiuition, Aincrii'iin offii-orsi todnv
norui'd tlio biimomiixti'rA und nlhor
OiTinun ol'fifinlH thnt lliov would !
ludd roHiionMihlo for nnv viuloni'fl or
uiiv iitli'iimlH tit ilPHtriti'tion ul Aiucr-
li'lin nrinV properly. ,
SALE OF SHIPS
WASHINGTON. Mny 22. Ropro
Kontntlvoii 'of tho ountry'a shipping,
IndiiHtrlnl. im'rlciilturul iiml flnnnciiil
IntoruBtH bomin todny n throo-iliiy
conforonco huro with tlio HhlppInK
honrd to tllBcuas roconHtructlon pol
IcIoh, -. i. 1
Ohnlrmnn llurloy ot ' tho .-honrd,
tii'gud cooperation nmoim tho Intor
uutn ropronontod In .framltiR ti Bhlp
plnK urogram, Ho auKKOBtod thnt
tho throe grant iiooiIh 'ot the uiorr
chnnt flent woro nn Amorlcnn oconn
mnll service, n contrnlly ontrolled
wlrotoBH ByKtom on tho Bona, nnd
Bomo provlBlon for trulnlng ot por
nonnol for tho morahnntmen. . ,t .
Oppoaltlon to , 'Mr. Hurley's., plan
for mile of government 'built ahlpa
to private IntoroatB wns oxpronRod by
F. C. Mnrah, spOnklnR for tho niit
lonat fnrmora' oounell.
HOUSE VOTES BIG
FUND FOR RELIEF
. WASHINGTON,' Muv 22. An ur
uont deficiency appropriation lull
' onrryinir $4fi.044,f00 for immodiiitu
nllolinonlH to fnmilioH of mldiern nnd
sailors and dependenls of civil war
volenius wiih pnHHeil loduv, liv llm
liOHHO, i-.' ,
TO RHINE
PREDICTS SUFFRAGE RBlTivH RFAT
L PASS SENATE
6 VOTES TO SPARE
WAKIIIVflTOV.' Mnv '.
Tin' woiiiiiii Hiil'IriiL'o conKtilii-
tiomil iiiiu'iidtni'iit roKotulion T
tk'lkil.ll U'.IU IIIIUMII.I V'f.l...iltl V I.V
Ihu Iioiinc. uuiui'd tinolhur vote
in thv Ri'iinto with tho un
noiini'cnii'nl lodiiv bv Kouuior
llnli'. rcpiililii'iin. of Miiiiio. Hint
ho would Hiipport' il. Kcnnlor
I liilc votud itiruiiiKt tlio roxolit
lion nl tliH.hiht soKMioti. Huf fni-
uintN ' previously hud iduiinod
Niirriifiiuit viili.M In inHliro fldoll
lion ol' I lui roHolullim ill. tlio
Ktu'littn.
Adoplion of tlio miffniuo xv-
i.lulii.n in llin MMintn with nut
l'i tliiin nix voton to mmrp wim
..I...I...I I... W..n..l..t .f
Xuw Moxico.
i
TREATY MAYfBE
JUNE 12 AND 16
I'AKIS. Miiv 22. (lluvtiH.i-TI
Hi'vi-ii ilnVn uruiilod III (lennuim lie-
foro Ihu limn .limit for llin tmluniH
Kioli "of reiiht'A to tho iillind duiiimi
Ici'iiiH. I'Xpiri'H will not bit devoted ex
I'liihivelv to tlio lrii rtititr of iioIph ii
Wrxnilkw, hut wilt bo emploved u
llerlin fur the pinpose of iiiiielini; nu
iliitiuim tbere. iiceordiiiu lo newsim
nerM hero. . -
It n pointed out I hut there in nn
inl'lueiiliiil tuirlv in (lermiinv, mnde
on of independent und uiuiorilv ho
einlistri. whieh fnvun tb niunini: of
tho trenlv. tliinkerH. niiiniifnetiirerH
und biiKiniMA men L-enenillv nn well iim
tho mililiirv mithoritic nre Hiiid to
nhiiro tliU view, helievinir. it is de
clared thnt unvthint; m preferublo in
UiolHheviMii. which might ciihiiu if
(lermiinv retiiKod lo imreu to tlio
leniiK of penee, .
I'hilipn Si'lieideiniinii. Iho (lermiili
ehimeellor. nnd (iuhIiivu Noske. min-
ihter of del'ense. it is Knid. luivo eorn
promrHed llieir poHiliou bv exuu'L'er
n ted NliiloilienlH nnd ' have ideeed
theuiHelve.s in n difficult Hitiuttioti.
1 Newsi'mpers declare that tlio ps
teiiHioli crunted viwlerdav will ho the
hist eoneest.:oii ari to time made to
Iho onemv. 11' this ii true, it is' cx
pceted tho treaty mnv be Mwied be
tween June 12 und .lime 1(1..
GOVT SUBSIDY FOR
AEROPLANE IRK
KICW YORK. May ' 22. llefore
startinir for F.iiropo today us head of
a' commisi.snn Avhich will stiidv moiins
of developinir-in this; cnuntrv the
commercial airplane industry, A
sislant Secretai v of War llonedisl
Crowell deelared Hint in his' opinion
the object could bu attained only wilh
Ihu, aid of ft government aiibsidv.
NF,V Y0K1C. Muv ',21 An nrmv
plane which loft Washington this
morniiuf willi impors for' Assistant
Seert'lnrv of War Crdwell, failed to
reach hero holoro the secretary,
aboard the transport Mount Vernon,
loft for 'Franco. The idnno had not
sgen seen when tlio liner started down
tho linv. Foiruv woathor provuiled.
INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE
WINS PERU ELECTION
"LIMA, Peru, Wotlnoadny, Mny 21
AuttUHto .11. Lonulii, cnnilldato ot
tho Indopoudunt purty fur tlio pront
doncy of Porn, toduy -olnlmod .his
oloctlon by n greiit majority over An-
toro AnnllliiKn, noxt nouroHt. rival.
As to his pdltcy, ho mild foreign
capital would bo given ovory oncour
ngomont for development ot the ro.
80iirco8 of iPoru.
Mobile Fire Los? $800,000.
MOHTLK, Aln.i Mav 22. A cor
rected estinmto of daniniro bv yester
day's firo btiro shows iv total of 24Q
homos' burned and ,()"() people nre
without homes, Tlio loss h enl limit
ed nt 800,000,
UI1IMUII ULni
AFGANS, WE
DAYS FIGHTING
Attack Bv Hoavy Forces of Rebel
Troops Near Frontier Repulsed
Several Hundred Killed On Both
Sides Esthonlans Near Petroarad
Loyal Russians Take Povlenetz.
LONDON. Mnv 22.-, (llrilinh WiKo-
It-HH Service,) llritish troops L'nined
new huccedxei oven the AfulmnK on
Muv 111 iiud.17. mid on Muv 1H the
xiiuution in the reirioii of Dnkkn,
west of till- Indo-Afuhnn frontier
near the Klivlicr humh wim reported
ii h verv HiilixI'iictorv bv tho pouiinand-
er of the Firt Indian division, in u
dirtpiiti-h to tho Indian uovcmmoiit
forwarded here.
On Muv 111. tho British force nt
Dukku were, nttneked bv a Inrco
force of Afudinnii who wero eventunllvj
driven off. The ltritixh nnd Indian
ciiKiuillie were-IHO. On the 17tli (l):1
First Indian hrk'rtde, with tho coop
eration of nirpliini .nttneked tho
A Minns on the bills west of Dnkkn
nnd captured the hills. Mora thnn
lot) of the enemv were killed in the
fiublinir on Iho 171h.
STOCKHOLM. Mnv 21. The Ek
tliiinianH. in llio'r enmnaiim ncninsl
the llolshevifvi. re nushinir closer to
I'etroL-rad. nccordiiii; to nn Kslhon
iuu official statement received here
today. This states thnt the Ksthon
ionn "near Oiitschina hnvo onptured
the railway slntion nt .Vriisu. wilh
70(1 priHoners." (Outscliiiin is 35
miles direct Iv soulli of I'elroirrad.)
AliCHANUKIi. Mv 2n.-(Hv the
Associalcd 1'rcKA.Vff.ttiiKKiun tmops
couiieratinr' witle the allied .force on
the Murmansk" front. . eunliired ' the
own of l'ovicilplzu at . the' liejid of
Lake Oncini on Saturdilv. . . ,
BRING HOME 1 5.1 48
.NEW YOKK, May 22. Two giant
Hlilpa formerly of (lormnny mer
chant marine the Leviathan ' and
Iho Imperntor brought homo 15,148
troops o( the American expeditionary
(orco today. More than half of the
troop'.were from the SDth.dlvlalon.
The, troops -wero arartoa men irom
Kansas. Nobrnska, Missouri and
Colorado. ,
Among tho civilian passengers on
tho'I-evinthan wna Henry P. Davison
chairman ot tho Hod Cross war coun
cil. ... .,
The steamship Yalo from BreBt
arrlvod today wltji 288 cnaunlB, nonr-
ly nil discharged from service.
Whon tho 104th engineers. 2ilth
division docked hore today on the
steamship Mnnchurla, from Urost. Its
porsonuol liicluded in on from virtual
ly overy stato. , , '
The Mnnchurla brought 4784
troops .Including 1035 recovering
from Illness or wounds, nnd cusuuls,
' Sovouteon officers and 1356 men
of the ,12Sth Infantry, honilquartors
of the 3rd battalion sanitary dotach-
mont, supply and machine gun com.
pnnlos. Companies 1, K, L, and M
and de'tnchmontB ot compnny O, ar
rived on tlio stoninslilp Ohionn from
llordonux. Thoso are 82nd (All
America) division draft troops from
all parts of the country.
IRELAND WON'T BE
BOUND BY TREATY
PARIS. Mnv 22'. Prcmior Clomen.
eimit. president of tho pence eonirross,
bus reeuivod it lottor from Kdwird Do
Vnlera," Count' Pliinkett' niid Arthur
flriffits, Irish Sinn Foment, in which
thuv decluro llt'jit frolniid will itot ho
bound bv tho action of .the British
doleitiUos on tho nuestioti of peace.
Thev nsk r'ccoiyiit.ton on behiilt of
Ireland. ' . : ' . - y
Modal Clask for Cambral Fiahtei-s.
WASHINGTON. May 2 2 Tho bat
tle of Cambral has boon added to the
official' lint ot major operations for
which spoclnl victory medal clasps
will bo awarded, ' i
1 6 MALAY NATIVES
PLAY.WITHI GFRMAN
MINE -ALL KILLED
" ' .
HKATTUK. Mnv 22. Oct-
ninn V'hiirtH rccijntlv mirri'iidorod
iluttritni llm .v!hI..ii... in llin
t 'Ii in h muu of n liu't'i' mine field
nvttr' u'lio.h A nlitpienn klf.iililllillM.
iuiioriinl of itH oxiftenee. pnK"i"d
ch!'jv miin vtiuuiM. C;ipu:n J.I K.
(luplill. nmxtor. of tin l'mdfic
Steamshiii conipiitiv's iiiissetiuer
sloumer Senntor Jsuid here to-
dav. .
Th "S..nnl,,r " Ilic !H,li-'n
assorted passed nine times over
the tield before t wan dis"ov-
crcd. The German raider Wolfe.
, in September. 11117. laid till)
mines in n field Hi) miles Ions bv
two wide, but set them too deep
to do nnv damiiL'e. 1 '
Chinese .trawlers, commanded
' iiur the tnines.' Cuotn'n fiiiutill
UHsertcd. One rn;nc flouted
ashore on an island in the Chiiin
sen. Sixteen Malav islanders
found the mine and started to
.hrenk it mi to obtain the cooper.
On,. Iifoiv una Htrilck., Tlin minn
exploded und killed the sixteen.
ARE
EATING THE DEAD
CONSTANTINOI'LIC. May 2(1 -
Starvation nnd misery prevail anion
Armenian refueees in the Caucasus
reeion. aecordimr to 11 teleirrum Kent
to Herbert Hoover in Paris bv How-
u rd Heinr.. Xmericnn food eomniis-
sioner for the Nenr East. who. is iu
this citv. ' : t '-'y-:.
Mr. Heinr snvs thnt food for COO,
000 in that territorv will have to, be
Provided bv outside sources for an
other venr. ' , '
"Kosrardinif nnuiiUs of cannibal
ism which hnvo come out of this dis
trict from Con." said the telegram. "I
have been forced nsrninst mv will to
believe these reports to be truo. I
saw with mv own eves mutilated" re-
mains of corpses whieh hnve been ex
humed from newlv mndo craves,- 1
did not see nnvbodv who had aetuulh
witnessed the eating; of human flesh,
but there is so much circumstantial
evidence that I personally came to be
lieve it true.
"Cholera is makine its appearance
and tho outlook is tbreateninir."
GUILTY HUN PRISONERS
' i TO BE GIVEN TRIAL
.; PARIS. May 22. The council of
four has delivered its roplv lo the
Ocrman note on the prisoners of war.
The replv indicates that the allies
differentiate' between ordinary pris
oners and those miiltv of crime, nnd
thnt the latter will he held nnd pun
ished. RUSSIAN SOVIETS' ARRANGE
CALENDAR FOR B0LSHEVIKI
HELS1NGFORS. May 22.-l'ho so
vlet government has introduced t
now, ehronology whereby tho yoar
begins Octolior. 25, the date of the
STARVING MASSES
OF ARMENIANS
establlshmont of the Bolshevik re- rieultiiro. home economics and cova
gime. , ' . I t;onal courses will probnblv increase
The year la to contain 2.j working
days. v
THE EUROPEAN SITUATION IN BRIEF
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Muv 22. Great Britain, Franco and
the I'nited Slates httvo sent n joint
note to. Italy askimr for tin explana
tion of (he landiiiL' of Italian forces
in 'Turkey. Premier 'Orlando nn
sweik'd the note and it is reported
there was a personal olush between
him nnd Premier Venizelos of Groeeo.
which ' resulted in tho tnttor with
di'tiwinsr from the councjl pioetine.
The difficult v apparently is ovor
iho lanirinir of Itnlinn forces in SniV
nn. which the allies nre trvinc iointlv
to pneifv with a viow to a mandate to
Greece for ils administration.
Apparently! the Germans contem
plate submit tins very voluminous re
plies to some of I lie terms presented
by tho peace comorenco, An cxten
PEACE TERMS
REVIVE SPIRIT
HUN WARRIORS
Correspondent London Daily Mail Re
ports Old National Feelina Arous
edUpper Silesia With 130.000
Prussian Troops JJnder Arms De
termined to Fioht. -
LONDON. Muv 22. Full realizn
tion of the peacu terms has restored
some of the national leelinir -in, Oer-
many, which seemed cnt relv to have
vanished, und todiivJherc in almost
solid national .opinion aicainst the
treaty; .nccordinit to the travelinc
correspondent of the Dailv Mail in
dispatch duted at Iienthen. in Silesia.
near tho I'olish front er. Mav 20,
Germany is slowly finditie men
around whom sho will rally, the cor
respondent ndds. Upper Silesia will
fiuht. lio snvs. und may soon be the
storm center of tho attempted peace
settlement. ; , ,
. Tho correspondent adds that Umjcr
Silesia is determined to remain Prus
sian nnd that l.oOH.000 persona hnvo
sinned ii solemn pledne that the min
ing and fonndn- indn.stnes of the re
ninn will be handed over to Poland
only in ruins and the price "takn in
blood." I'pper Silesia today, he says.
bus l.'in.DOO Prussian : troops under
arms. Tlie trftoos are said to bo sea-
sone.il fiuliters.,: .:--r
' -4 ' Somo Goose Step '. . '
.' The correspondent describes a par
ade of, thousands' of' these troops ut
Kuitowitz. : ' 1 . ' ; ' . : - ! '
"It was just Ihat loll',', steady
Iniiup of Klcel helmeled J'russian in
fantrv eompunies.'tintcrsperscd with
field nuns lind nmcliiiie :euns. dlso
rompnnies uf Uhlans, iwith pennoji:
flviiur. as in the daw of tho empire.1
1, 'iScores of children rode with the
drivers on the horses, nndthc troiio
horses and euns were festooned with
flowehi. These were the men who a
few weeks aao refused to obey their
officers and waved the red flair. Thev
now are ready acuin to take up the
battle of .tho fatherland. . -
' i .'.,.-, Iilacksmlth Is IOader
"The parade wjis headed bv Gcn
crnl llofer. who led the first counter
attack ncninst tho British at Cam-
brai. The salute was tnken bv a short
thick set man in a rcudv made tweed
suit, to whom every eve was rawed
ind every sword lifted.. This was! a
ihieksinith. Otto Horsine. who' had
nude lit triiis to the United Stntesias
i firemun on the Kaiser Wilhelni Der
Orossc. nnd now is hisih commissioner
for I'pper Silcsin. Horsine has ro
stored order and work in the inilus
trial reuion. orsnnized nn nrmv and
pufGiUCTal llofer at its head. Prince
Donnorsmarck. one of the urenteist
names of the old reirime. works under
him,;'.;,, i v, - .' . ; ' .' ""; '
i; BERLIN. Mnv 21.-WVin London.)
The Grentcr Berlin Soldiers' nnd
Workers' Council today adopted a
resolution demnndimr thnt the Pence
treaty besiuned nnd appealing to the
urotetnriut of the allied countries.
EXPECT LARGE ATTENDANCE
0. A. C. SUMMER SCHOOL
COKVAI.LfS. Ore? May 22. The
summer session at Oreson Atrrienl
tii ml Collosre is expected to hnve n
lnrae 'enrollment, iiiduina from the
: number of innuiries nlroadv received
The bur demand for teachers of .au-
I he number who will take these sub
iocts diirius: tlie'sunmler months.
sion of seven dnvs has been granted,
the Germans for their final answer.
Count Von Brockdorl'f-Rnntzaii,- the
chief of the .Gorman delegation, has
asked for , permission to bring a
printing, jiress from Germany to Ver
sailles, wth printers to print the ob
jections , that will be made bv the
enemy 'government, v. ,'
The treaty between the allies nnd
Austria may not be presented as soon
ns expected. . Itnlv is reported not
to he satisfied with the boundaries
fixed between Italy nnd Jugo-Slavin,
nnd this meeting must be ndtnsted be
fore the terms nre laid down. There
is no.indienlion ns vet that the .dead
lock 'over the Flume nueslion lias
been li.ro.ken by nnv definite ngree
mentr. . ,
WIFE ARRIVE NOYON
HISSED BY CROWD
GENEVA., Switzerland, May
4- 21. iKx-Emperor Charles and
Bx-Empress Zlta, accompanied
by several Austrian archdukes.
a numerous suite and a moun-
tain of luggage, arrived laBt
evening at Noyon on the wealern
side e! la'KC Saneva from Bt.
Gaul. , The former Austrian
4'spyal pair were hissed by the
crowd as thoy alighted from the
ordinary train and took auto- !
4- mobiles for the Chateau Fran-
zlns, near' Geneva, their future
home, which was once the real-
deuce of "Prince Jerome Napo-
leon Bonaparte. Tho ex-emper-
or appeared 111 and depressed,
while the ex-empress wore a
4- gay air and was attired in-a
gown of the latest Parisian
mode.
Swiss gendarmes will tempor-
arlly guard the chateau.
, '"'"
4.4. 4,4.4.4- 4-44 '
VOTING ON WALK
m
a
CALGARY. Alberta. Mav 22.-Cal-
carv labor iiniohs affiliated with the
Trades and Labor Council today
starlcd votinc on the nueslion of so
inir out on a evneml strike Monday in
sympathy with the Winnipeir strikers,
Labor leuders predict the local work
ers would vote in favor of the wulk
out. .'' ,"x .
About 30.000 workers will walk out
if the ccneral strike is called here,
The result of the strike vote will be
announced Friday niuht or Saturday
mominir.
Practically every class of labor in
Calcnrv will nnswer the strike call
if it is issued. v
WINNIPEG. Man.. May 22 As-
srressivc resumption of commercial en
terprises in Winnipeir, which had
been paralyzed bv the week lonireen
ernl strike of union men besinn this
forenoon while hich government of
ficials wore conferrinsr with union
leaders reirnrdine a settlement oJj the
industrial disagreement.
Senator Gideon Robertson, minister
of labor, and Arthur Meiahnn. minis
ter of the interior, and also minister
of iusticp. arrived from. Ottawa.
The Winnipeg Free Press published
an extra edition tins forenoon. I)e
purtment'fstdres 'niifde their .first
morning dujiyerv since the strike be
gan. City Srtd proynciul- official
declared, they were convinced the dan
ger point was passed. Union lenders
said there never Juid been nnv inten
tion of violence. . - . :
2S
S3,
NC-4 IN PORT
WASHINGTON. Muv 22. High
winds today nguin preyontrd the, na
val seaplane . NC-4 from leaving
Ponta Delgada, for Lisbon on the sec
ond leg of her trans-Atlantic flight.
The navv department this morning
received the following message
from Admiral Jackson nt l'onta Del
gada : '
"NC-4 will not.. leave todnv. Seas
too rough for start."
The woathor - forecast for the
Azores district 'cabled to the navv de
partment today; held put promises
that conditions' might be favorable
tomorrow for continuation of the
flight as the' blow from the south
west was moving northeastward.
SHIP 21 SHIPLOADS OF
TIES FROM NORTHWEST
SAN FRANCISCO, May 2 1 Twcn
ty-oao cargoes, or 3, 500, GOO feet of
railroad ties are being shipped out
of Portland, Columbia river and Pa
get Sound points to England, accord
ing to an announcement by shipping
men here today. A third of the total
shipment Is being handled by, Port
land shippers..
. The shipments will lie completed
by August 15," It was announced.
BIG THREE
ASKIiy
Joint Demand for' Explanation of
Landino, Italian Troops' in Turkey
By U. S.. A.. Great Britain and
France Premier , Orlando Has
Clash With Allies. Demands Re
tirement of Premier Venezelos of
Greece Turkish Situation., ';
PARIS. Mav 22. (Bv the Asso
ciated Press.) It, has been learned
in trustworthy Quarters that the Uni
ted States, Great Britain and France ,.
have united in sending a note to
Italy rcouesting an explanation or.
the binding of Italian forces in Tur
key. '-" . :"'.'; .' .
Premier Orlando is said, to have
mode a replv to the council of four
after a sharp personal incident ilunni? '
which ho obicctcd to the, presence or.
Premier Venizclos , ot .Greece. ' A he
latter retired from the meeting. -.
Tho Italians landed forces at Adal- ,
ia. Budmm and Mnrki duriDS tho lie- .
nod when Premier Orlando and for
eign Minister Sonnino hud withdrawn
from the peaee- conference, making
the landings without notice to the
allies. .'.."- ' .
' The nature of the Italian replv nnd
wbetbert won. acceptable ; to tho .
senders' ofHlic.jiote." W'ns not' knowit ,
this forenoon. ,V
The reported Italian " incident ap
parantlv complicates fbe Turkish
problem, already; n vexed one. with
which the peace .conference heads
have -been st niggling for sonie lime,
';; , , Italians lnd Troops., ,. :
In evident antii'ipntion o a Grceco
mandate to administer the Smyrna
district, allied forces were lunded at
Smyrna Inst Thursday, meeting with
considerable resistance ' from the
I Turks, but making themselves masters
of the city. Italian troops were rc
ported to hnve participated to s.omo
extent in this landing. According to
n Paris dispatch of May 20. how
ever, the Italians liatl- previously
landed forces at Adaha. ;' on tlio
southern const of Asia Minor, and
likewise disembarked troops nt Bud
rum. 08 miles southeast, of Smvrnn.
and at Makri. on the Gulf of Mnkri in
the Vilavet of -Smyrna.
There had been nothing to indicntd
that these landings were not bv agree
ment among the allies and indeed.
some of tlie unofficial forecasts as
to the probable division of lilrkish.
territorv under the League of Nations'
mandatories "had indicated the prob
ability that Italy would V given tho
Aduliu district to administer;
.. Premier,. Venizelos was invited to
attend a recent meetinof tho coun
cil of four at which the subject of.
Smyrna was under" eonsideriitiry;
because of. the Greek intorost in
Symrna. When Premier Orlando en
tered the council chamber. -President
Wilson, putting aside the usual dip
lomatic formulitv. addressed him di
rectly, asking what the nnswer was
to the note inouiring ns to the landing
of Italian forces in Turkey.
The Italian premier replied that ho
was prepared to explain to the cotiu
cil of four, but not with oulsidors
present. Premier Venizelos nt onco.
offered to withdraw, but President
t-:i : :.i tn l... .... ;.w-t-l-nrl m.rtn
his remaining. Premier Orlando dc-
lined to proceed, however, until Pro
uner enizelos withdrew.
The members of the council later;
expressed their regret to the Greek
premier for the. incident. ,
IS
NEEDED SAVE FOOD
PORTLAND, May 22. The Anil
Saloon League of Oregon In a bulle
tin made public today tlecliirod that
tho war-time prohibition measure
was passed to conserve food products
of tho nation and quoted Herbert.
Hoover to prove that tho need was
nevor greater than at present, In
voicing opposition to the recommen
dation of Prostdent Wilson on tho
subject. "''.'.'- '
Edward Rawden, Buperlntondont
of the league, characterized the
waste of food in the manufacturing
of liquor as "worse than criminal"
In view of tho natlon'B task ot fecdi
ing the world. r . . i