foed
Prediction
Today mill Wcdiicitdny
Fnlr mid Warmer, (
putty Fniirtamith Year.
MEDFORD, OREGON", .TUESDAY, JUNEi H, 1919
NO. 62
to
lorly-lilnlli Year.
RENEW RE
U.S. BOLSB
, The Weather
Maximum yesterday HT
Minimum yuntcrdu)' -lit
Med
ERROR
TWO KILLED
NATION WIDE
BOMB DIE
Second Offensive Bv American Anar
chlsts More Serious Than First
I. W. W. Leader Pittsburg Shoots
nt Officer When Arrested Activi
ties' Extend Over Eastern States-
Italian Anarchist Killed When He
Stubs Toe Before Residence.'
WASHINGTON'. 'Jump 3.-Leader
III lllllll Hut house llltll tiClllllC Kllill to
iIkv tbev were, rcmlv lo net inline
diulclv in niixHinit iiiiv Icuisliilinn iii'i'-
eswnrv to ili'iil with nets of violence.
tlesiulicd III overthrow lll. IHlVCIIl
lui'iil, lull some believed exisliuir In w
. WHS sufficient.
Tim bend of 1 1"1 ilonil anarchist wns
found mi Ilm roof of it house more
limn n block nwuv from tho mcciiu of
the explosion.
PITTSIICRO. Jimo 3.-Robert
Johnson, president of the I. W. W.
here, mill internationally known n n
radical, wiih arrested nt I. W. W.
Iiuudiiunrlt'r.' When . tleteolives , mill
federal nconts entered Im opened rr'
wilb ii revolver, several bullets piiss-
inir Ihrouuh the clolliinv of it detec
tive. .,
WASHINGTON. Jnm 3. No nr
rests hud Iiihui mailt' this nflcrniinn
in the plot to assassinate wiih hir.li
explosive bombs inhnv envcrnmoiit or-
fioinls nnil pruuiiiient business men
lint niilii'e and iiu'i'iilt of llio iliumrt
input of iimlico tliroiiuliout I bo iroiin-
rv arc hniitinit nawMfiuU'" of llm nn
nri'liiil who wiih blown to niiu-ci while
atluiniilititf lo ilnc nn infernal ma
oliino hnr niuliir lb Iidiiko of At
tiirni'V (Icni'ml A. MitidmU I'nlmcr.
Tim ili-iiil ti'mirixt hiiii! bv I lie
linlieo to liuvo been iilcntil'ii'il iw n
i'liiliulidiibiiin: but bix niinin Iiiih nut
bcon niiiilo imblii!. Tim policu ix-
piH't to ho nlilii In identify liix uiiKii
piutcH. Homo ot wliuin tiniliiiibtiMllv
wn) concerned in oxnliiHiuiiH wliidi
took nliieo liit niulit in nevernl oilicn.
Tliroimbotit tlio iliiv tlio nolico ein
t'nued to iliHCOver uorlliiiiH of the
dead iiiiid'k iiiiiitoiuv. Tuck, nt fimt
thoiiuht to bo finiiem or tlinmbH. were
found. Ono cur iiIhm wiih located.
WASHINGTON. Juno 3. Dennrl
mont of iiiHlico imeiitH ami nolico
IhrotiL'li Ilia I'ounlrv toilnv were hunt
intr llm oririinixcil bund of iiiinrchiKtH
who luxt niirht hinnchi'd what llivv
culled un utteniut to oyerlhrow llie
eiivcrnment bv iiHMiiHHinntim! wiih
hieh vxiiloHivo biimliH public ol'ficinln
nnd prominent men who nro nelivc
nitniiiHt the Hprciid of IiiwIcssiichh.
KxploHionH look phicu in W.iiHliim;
ton. I'ittHburir. Cliivelnnd. Ntiwlon
villa. MiiNH.i MoHlnn, rhiliidclidiin.
I'nterHon. N. J,, nnil Now York. Nono
of the men for whom tho bombs worn
intended wiih hurt, but ono mnn. a
; wiitchnmn in New York, was killed.
Kovorul perHonn wore iniurud. Iiinlil-
Iiiuh were wrecked nnd in WiiHhiiik'lon
ono of the plottorH hiniHelf wnu blown
to pieces whim nn infernal machine,
intended for Attorney vlunoriil A.
lv,
Tho police hnvo oHtilhlished ; that
' the dead anarchist who wan probnblv
nn Italian, cnnio to WuHhmuton lrom
I'hiliidelphin, nnd (hev liuvo' rennon
for holioviuir that tho niilion.wiilo
plot wiih eonooivoil in nnd directed
from t int citv
Hope was held out hv federal
nuonlH'lhnt the plottora mvuht be
npprolionded. Tho nlontitv of the nn
nrchit who wiih killed, npimrcntlv
Iiiih hoen OHtnbliHhod, nnd tho next
. utep in to detormino which woro his
nHHociatca
The outrniros woro heliovod to bo n
senuol to tho May llav homli plot
when infernal nmchinoH woro mailed
to n seoro of proininont men over tire
cnunlrv,
Tho homo and porHoiiB of prom
inent offcials and biiHincKS men in
' WnHhiimton nnd olsowhero woro bo
iiiff protoctod today iiKUinst further
tulnfrna.' ;
, Stubbed Ills Toe
Tho nolico nro confident 1 ho plana
to blow up tho hoiiHO of tho attorney
' eenurul nnd lull its occupants would
not hnvp miHCiirried had not tho nn
arcliiKt in his oxciloment in tho dark-
nvu. HtMbbed 111" ton nn n low coil'
inur Fiix font from llio front' ilonr
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tttt 4 4 4 4
4
4 ' CHICAGO, June 3. Ono mil- 4
lion, tun thousand dollar In 4
currency was tiilniiut by 24 4
4 liniim wliu ii tliliivon lowered a 4
4 Son-pound steel anfo from ttiu 4
firili floor of army lumdiitiur-
lum building down llio flro 4
4 oiirapo rurly Bunday innrnliiR, 4
4 II became known tailny. 4
4 Viilimliln papers woro In tho 4
ufo, but tbo amount of inonoy 4
4 contained In not revonlod. . , 4
Tim Kovornmnnt Hunt n chuck 4
4 Tor f 1.-000,000 to pny off ol-
4 dlnr biilnu mustered out nt 4
Cimip Omni, mid omi for
Sin. ono to pay off Clilcnuo und 4
Fort Hhnrldiin employe. The
checks wre rocclvod on Friday
4 inornlnit. u bnlldny, but Camp 4
4 (iriiut needed money a id llio 4
4 bits chock was cashed by llio 4
redo ml Itomirvo bank. Tho
4 smaller clmrk wan not cushod 4
4 until Huturdiiy. 4
INCREASED RATES
ESSENTIAL IF U. S.
WASIIINOTON. Juno 3.0nlv bv
IncrtuiHcd rnlcn enn the uovenimenl
coiit ruled riiilroiuU uiccl oncriitini:
cxpciiHCH, Uiifclnr (li'nerul HincK of
the railroad iidiiiiuiMrntion told the
limine iipiiriiiir.iitinnx comuiitloc. lie
in uiHied to any iucraiitie nt this
liliio however, becuiine it niiuhl in
crease the coil of nvcoHxilie nf life.
Mr. Iliiii'H. who mipcared to Ask
for irl.'.MM.UOn.mm udditiouui for the
railroad iidiiiinixIriitiou'K rcvnlvim;
fund lor the remainder of (bin calen
dar vcar, declared that while wanes
of, railroad einnliivcH had heen in
creiiMd Al to 12 per cent duriuir icov
eminent control lliev now were only
"reunnnlilc iijul fiir.'' llc.lnddcd
lluil he could hcu no prospect of re-
Lluciiik' them.
DEFIES
VANCOl'VKIt. Wimh.. June 3.
The SlnniliTer Shiiitiuililinu corpora
lion which closed ilx Hteel Kliipvnrd
here yesterday iih the result of n
slrilic, will reopen the vard tiunorrnw.
reifiirdless ot whether tho strike is
Hcltlcd. it was announced today.
Kiirhlcen hundred men went out on
strike and .V-00 emplov'H refused to
strike, Willi these and Severn! linn
ilrcd men from tho ranks' of the
strikers, who appeared ut the vards
toilnv rendv to return to work, the
corporation oIIiciiiIh slated tbev
would opcr.ulc the yard becinniua to
morrow.
A disiiL'reenicnt has arisen ninonu'
Jho union men, Hume claiminir thnl a
minorilv tnction lorccd tno wnik-oui
over a minor matter. A demand for
reinstatement of liobort Wishurd, n
boss foreman riveter, disclinrucd for
nlleirod inel'ficicncv, broimht on the
strike. , - ,
Slandifer executives 'anid today
that Wishurd would not lie reinstat
ed.
REVERSES IN RUSSIA
CHECK FINN REVOLT
LONDON, , Juno 3. A Russian
Ilolshovlk plot baa boon dlscovorod
In Finland, according to an ICxchnngo
Tologrnph dispatch from Copen.
bnKon. Many arreatB hnvo boon
miiilo.-' . . ' :. ' '
Sovorul million -marks - had boon
smiiKKlod into Flntunrt, tho toloitram
stntoB, and a lloluhovlk reprosonta
tlvo had distributed inoro , thnn
3,000,000 marka of this. QuuntttloB
ot woapons lind boon given out
among tho unomployod, but tho coup
d'olat was postponed "owluH to uo
velopmoiUs in ltiisulu."
GENERAL LABOR
SHE CANADA
I
Vancouver, B. C, Tied Uu In Svmoa
thv With Winnluea Policemen In
Latter Citv Ttieaten to Walk Out-
Government Contemplates Calllna
Out Military to Prevent Disorders.
YANCOfVKH. U. ('. June XK
Kriieriif strike wiih culled nt 11 u. pi.
here lodiiv.
Yiincoiivcr did mil iippcnr to be ma
terially nl fueled bv the strike.' Tele
phone mid tclcirrniih systems operat
ed ns usiiiil nftcr the strike cull, civic
vinpliives remained nt work, bukcrv
nnd milk wuuons continued their de
liveries, IcniiiHlers were ut their posls
nnd postal deliveries continued. Last
niuht llie postal employes refused to
answer (he call.
I'n nil lenders suid the street car
men would walk nut nt umlnirJil. The
cur men, however, said they did not
know if (hev would strike or not.
Telephone (monitors, it was suid. Hre
consideriiiir joininir the striko.
I'olieeuion nnd firemen were nil
thorixed bv the strike committee to
remain ut their posts: Laundries nnd
hotels were exempted from the strike,
A uencral walk out did not follow
(hestrike cull.' At noon it was re
ported thu .nnlv workers on strikes
were the seamen on llrilish Columbia
coastwise vessels, the workers in five
shipyards, union lonushoreinon nnd
the m Hi employed in the . Northern
Iron works.
WINNH'KQ. Man.. Jane 3. Strike
svuinnthizcis who. have made three
parades to the provincial parliament
since Fridnv and who vesterdnv an
nounced n similar demonstration
would be held today, cliunirod their
minds shortly before noon. A small
iiurado proceeded lo Yiclorin I'nrk
for n muss meotimr nnd several of the
lenders went to parliament to obtain
n personal interview with Premier T.
0. Norris. .
When several hundred of the svm
puthifcerH dithered in Market Siiunre
this forenoon it .was reported that
the military authorities were prepared
to net if llie pnraders titteuudcd dis
orderly luetics.
ll was announced nt the citv hull
that executives of the policemen's
union have formally notified the citv
that if lilt attempt is tnude to enforce
llie new policemen s pledue.i the en
t're police force will iro on strike
The cilv police commission recently
dcmniided Hint everv policeman siun
a plcdue thai he would not participate
in sympathetic strikes:
Police lU-ftiso Terms
WINN1PKG. Milii,. June 3. Xt n
muss meclinir thin mnrniiur the po
licemeu's union unanimously voted
nut to siu'n the modified terms con
Iniiied in the ultimatum presented bv
the pol;co commission providim; that
tlio police must not participate in
a svmpnthetie strike. A. resolution
Was passed to support constituted
authority at all times in mnintuinlnc
law and order,'
Officials of the War Veterans' as
sociation explained that most of the
returned soldiers who f inured in the
previous parades "neeoptcd Hie ad
yico of their executives" to refrain
from further (lonionst rations. Tbev
'nt hunted thnl tho pnriidcs "probably
fell thronull" heennse olthis (net,
Kor the f;rst timo since the svm
pathetic strike was declared; the La
bor News loduv assailed llio ruilwav
brothorhoodH. This statement was
published : '
"As for th runnine trades effect
inn 'n setllcmcnt. they wore tho old
Tories of the labor movement, but th
strike committee in accept inn their
offer of mediation 'bus shown it
tvillincncss to try nil nvenues Hint
niieht lend to n settlement." '
Tho brotherhoods have formally
disapproved llio nnejiii: union move
mont wiliich local labor leaders nnd
tho Labor News nro support inc.
- ' ,- .'i..,-.; ' ",,v-)
PARIS, Juno 3. Sweden nnd Pen
murk hlyvo notified tho penco confor
ouco Hint they will not ioin in i
blockndo of Oermnnv in tho event o
u Clariunn refusal lo siitn the pcaco
trcnlv. Thcsv slate that a bluuUad
could not he mndo effective without
their violutintr tuuir uculrahtY.
REACHES COAS
GE
ORDER FOR ARREST
' OF RHINE LEADER
.
.
IIBHLIN, June 8. Tho Ger-
man government has isiued an
ordor for tho arrant of Dr. Dor-
ton, tlio president of the new 4
HhunUh republic, the North
German Gazette announced.
The Rovernment also, the
newspaper atates, baa protested
the peace conference at Paris 4
and at Spa, headquarter of the 4
J '.. I ... I " t ..I A-
lirillliLlt:o vuiiniiinitiuu, HKamni r
the behavior of the Trench 4
4 Biithorltlea In tbe occupied 4
4 area of tho llhlneland. 4
4 . Mexican cmbiissv ouninst llio speech
The president of the new 4 delivered bv Hpcii'kcr Gillett vesier
Ithenlsb republic probably Is 4 idnv at the Pnn-Amcr'ean congress in
Dr, H, A. Dorten of Oberkassel, 4 1 which he declared Mexico the crcntest
near Bonn. . Earlier cabled ad- 4 impediment to the establishment of
vlcea' rsKardlim . Dr. Dorton 4 ,satfuctorv trui'e relations between
atalcd that ho waa from Bonn 4 . the American reiiublies.
and bold a civilian office before 4 ' The protest deidures Speaker Gil
thfl war. Dr. H. A. Dorten Is 4.etl's iitteninccs false so far ns thev
listed In a pro-war German dl- 4 J related to Hie state of Mexican com
rectory an an assessor nt Ober- 4 . merce which it is asserted bus shown
kansul. . .- ' 4, remarkable development diirimr the
- 4 bint vear venr or two. .
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YOFFICI
-WASHINGTON. June 3. Reports
of disturbed conditions in the Yniiui
Vnllev in Sonorn have -euused tlic
state department tbroiiuh the Amcri
cun cmbnssv in the Citv of Mexico lo
reiiucst the Mexican authorities to
station cnoiiL-h troops in that section
to snfciriiard American lives and
property. , '
WASHINGTON. June 3. State de-
purtnient officials snid todnv the
American L'ovoniment was not rccon-
sidcrintr its refusal to permit Mexi
can troops to pass through the Uni
ted States from 8onorn to Chihuahua
and there was no intention of recon
siderinir at this time. In view of the
outbreak of Yniiui Indians in Sonorn
the presence of Mexicnn federal
troops Wns retarded bv officials here
as more important than in Clphua-
hun.
2 CHANGES IN PEACE
TREATY CONSIDERED
PARIS. June 3. Two chances ii
the German pence terms, one territo
ial and the other financial, nre bcintr
considered bv. the council of four, it
bceunie known todnv.
PARIS TUBE CLOSED-
BY LABOR STRIKE
PARIS'. June ' 3. (Ilnvas.) The
Paris subway lines arc shut down this
mnrnnitr ns n result of a strike ot
tbo employes. The strike wns declar
ed last niuhl nt n meotimr attended
hv more thnn (i..r00 workers.
A dispatch from Lillo states that
approximately 48.000 men nre' out in
the ecnernl strike in the Pas dc Calais
miiiinir district.
THE EUROPEAN SITUATION IN BRIEF
HY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Juno 3. With the penco terms, with
tho exception of a few sections, sub-i
mittcd to the Austrian representa
tives, and with allied experts workiiur
on tho reply to be mndo to the. Ger
man counter proposnls, work, of. the
penco con fcronve in Paris is mnrkine
time. There was no nicotine of the
council of four todnv, President Wil
son conferred with American special
ists whe hnvo the German answer in
bund, und with the othor members of
tbo Amerienii mission. 1 s '
Dr. Knrl Renner. Austrian oliiin
ocllor nnd head of the poaco mission
of llio former dual empire, is oxpeet
ed to leave Paris for Switzerland today.-
It is pfobnblo. ho Avill proceed
as far as the Austrian frontier where
he oxpeeteil to meet members of his
cabinet who will discuss with him
Austrin's answer 1o the allied termsi
The Austrian reply is duo Juno .17.
, There, hub us Yet been uo official
MEXICO MAKES AUSTRIA ASKS
PROTEST ANENT
GILLETTE TALK
Mexican Government Indignant at
Statement of New Speaker of
House Before Pan-American Con
gressMexico ' Greatest Imoedl-
rr.ent to South American Amity.
WASHINGTON. June 3. Diplo
I nuitie protest bus been made bv Hie
State department officials nre dis
turbed bv the inc dent and nre ex
pected ' to deny responsibility nnd
jirobnl.lv express rcuret.
WASHINGTON. June 3. Secre
tary Red field was the" principal
snenker at the morn'n session of the
Pnn-Americnn Commercial Confer
ence todnv. He was followed bv Min
ister Tiideln of Peuro. The kevnote of
Secretary Redi'ield's address wns mu
tiuil service of commerce. f
Pointing out bow American busi
ness- men now Were able to extend
cred't and no lontrcr were compelled
to depend upon tbe fleets of compet
ing nations to handle their soods. he
onno'ineed that nt th reuuest of the
shippintr board he had suL'iresfed two
new steamsliip routes, one to the
north nnd one to the south of South
America, not onlv for icommunicn
t;ons between tbe i'nitcd Stntes nnd
the South Amcrienn nountries, but
also' for eominuniciition hetwean the
states of South Aniencn themselves.
He pointed out what had come to Ger
many bv a nolicv of national selfish
ness instend of national helpfulness.
. "irness we serve you we shall
fail," he said, "unless vou serve lis
von will fail, nnd unless we both
scn-o the world, nil wili fail."
EPIDEMIC. SALEM
- c"; . ;;
SALEM. June 3. Miss May
Looslij. head of the nursing depart
ment of the Red Cross In tbe north
weat, arrived here today to confer
with local Red Cross officials rela
tive to'meana for meeting a third In
fluenza' epidemic. There are said to
be 100 cases of the malady In North
Salem.. Most ot.them are In light
form and there has been but one
death as a result ot the present out
break. Miss Glodys Pllchtord, sec
retary ot the Willamette chapter,
Rod Cross, will appear before the
meeting of the city council to obtain
aid from the city In providing nurses.
Frank Vanderliu Resigns.
NKW YORK. June, 3 Frank Ar
thur Vanderliu announced todnv his
resurnlition as president of the Nn-
t onal Citv bank. Mr. Vnnderl'p wns
elected president in January. 1009.
intimation of the date when the allies
will .present their rejoinder to the
German counter, proposals, ,
An 'unconfirmed teleernm received
in Copenhagen from Vnrdoe reports
that Kslhoninn nnd Finnish troops
have taken Petroarnd.
Dispatches rcnchinir Paris from
Vienna via Unsel sttite that the Bol
shevik rcuimo in Hunirarv has been
replaced by h irovernment headed bv
llcrr . German, former minister of
commerce in the Kurolvi cabinet. Ilcrr
Gorn'iim is rcportod to huvo been in
vited to no to Paris to confer with
allied representative. . f
A German detachment is said to
have violated tho armistice acrccment
with the Poles und to have crossed
the Polish frontier from East Prus
sia. -The Wnrsnw dispatch telline of
this action on the part of the Ger
mans suvs Hint the Poles launched
u counter attack and succeeded in
repulsing; thu iuvmleru,
Ur uUIAIl Mo I mnn
ROGUE RIVER VALLEY
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4 4
4 PORTLAND, June 3. Sev- 4
4 eral hills to compensate the 4
4 victims of Oregon Indian wars 4
4 hare been introduced by Sena- 4
4 tor Jones of Washington,' nc- 4
4 cording to dispatches from tbe 4
4 national capital. 4
4 One bill would pay tbe heirs 4
4 of Arl Contrell S1.G50 for loss 4
4 of horses and other property 4
4 sustained by Cantrell In Rogue 4
J 4 river Indian depradations and 4
4 at Evans ferry, Oregon, In. 4
4 1855. , : .4
4 Another bill would pay Ma- 4
4 tilda Elizabeth West, only heir
4 of Eleanor . Umber, deceased, 4
4 $12,117, representing a claim 4
4 assigned to Mrs. Umber by 4
4 Davis Evans for loss of his 4
4 pack train In a Rogue river 4
4 Indian uprising in 1801; and 4
4 still another bill would pay 4
4 Mary Wait for losses sustained 4
4 from Indians I n Jackson 4
4 county, Oregon, in 1855. 4
4 ' . "4
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SENAlEiCOMMIITEE
WASHINGTON, June Factor
able report on the bill, of Senator
Kellogg, ' republican, of Minnesota,
tor the Immediate return of the tele
phone and. telegraph wires to private
ownership, was ordered today by tbe
senate Interstate commerce commit
tee after the measure had been
amended so as to continue existing
telephone rates for 60 days after
final action by congress: The vote
of the committee was unanimous.
No provision was made for con
tinuing telegraph rates which recent
ly were increased by order of Post
master General Burleson, whose ac
tion was sustained yesterday by the
supreme court. Clarence H. Mackay,
president ot the Postal Telegraph-
Cable company, in recent letters to
members of congress urging imme
diate return of the wires, promised
a 20 per cent decrease in rates by
his company.
WASHINGTON, June 3. The sen
ate interstate commerce committee,
by a unanimous vote, ordered favor
ably passed a bill by Chairman Cum
mins restoring at once the rate
making powers ot the interstate
commerce commission.
AVIATOR STARTS TRIP
10
CHICAGO, June 3. Harry John
son, nn aviator of Denver, Colo., left
Ashburne field, Chicago, this morn
ing in an airplane with the intention
of flying to Denver. He purchased
the machine here yesterday. He ex
pects to arrive in Denver about noon
tomorrow. ,
. Johnson carried two passengers
and expects to make the trip with
one stop. .
DENVER, Colo., June 3. Harry
Johnson, who left Chicago for Den
ver today' In an airplane, is the son
ot E. J. Johnson, automobile dealer
of this city. The aviator is a recent
ly discharged lieutenant In the
United States, naval aviation service.
He is 23 years old. While in naval
service, Johnson was stationed at
Buy Shore, Long Island.
N. Y.
HAS PEACE TREATY
WASHINGTON, Juno 3 Senator
Lodsrc. eliiiirmnn of. tlio scnuto for
eign rotations committee, told the
senate todav ho hnd seen in the hands
of business interests in New York1 ft
copy of -the trentv with Gormnnv,
sriveu out bv nn American represen
tative at Paris, but withheld bv the
statu department from thu Senate.
T OF SELF
Kllitl
DETERMINATION
Dr. Karl Renner Pleads for Leniency
to Peace Delegation New Repub
lic Has No Connection With Haos
burg Regime Starvation Onlv Pre
'vented Bv Hoover's Aid.
ST. GERMAIN, Monday, Juno 2.
Upon receiving the treaty from the .
allies here today, Dr, Karl Renner,
chairman of the Austrian delegation,
outlined briefly., the history of the'
establishment of the German-Aus
trian republic and declared it had
no relation with the former Haps- .
burg empire. -.
'For a long time the people of
German-Austria were watting In dis
tress tor this present day to come,
which shall relieve the tension caus
ed by tbe uncertainty as ' to that
people's future state," he Bald.. "The ,
Danube monarchy against which the
allied and associated powers, have'
waged war and with which they '
have concluded an armistice, has.
ceased to exist. The 12th of Novem
ber, 1918, may be considered the day ,
of its death. From this day on there
was no monarch, nor a big power ' .
over which he could hoM his sway.
There was no more the fatal dualism,
neither an Austrian nor a Hungarian '
government; no army or any other
recognized instlfw"oa vested with
public power. -'"There
remained otflv eleht na
tionalities deprived .ot. any public or-.-ganlzation,
and ov;r sight they
created their own parliaments,' their
own government aud r their own
armies; in short, their own inde
pendent states.. In the same way as-
the other national states; our new
republic, too, has sprung intoi.llte. '
Consequently she can no more than ,
the former-be considered sucessor of
the late monarchy. From this very
point arises the fundamental contra- '
diction under which we are laboring
and which is waiting to be cleared
before this high assembly. .
Never Declared War . ' .
"The German - Austrian republic, -in
its present shape, has never do- .
clared war. never carried on a. war
and, in relation to the , western ,
powers, never had the position of a
warring power from an international
point ot view.
"We are before you as one of the
parts of the vanquished and fallen -c
empire. We ssume our portion ot - :
the liabilities growing out of these,
our relations to the allied powers, ,7
and we are well aware ot the fact-,,.
that our fate Is resting In your hands. v -
"We hope and believe that the. .
conscience ot the world shall not
deny to our people nor cuVtall the
inalienable right ot selt-determma- .;,
Hon, which the associated ' powers . ;
have always proclaimed to be the ...
very aim of their war waged against
the Hapsburg and the Hohenzollern -monarchies,
a right which our peo
ple, confiding in the principles re:-,
ognized by the allied powers, have
adopted as a fundamental basis of -their
new constitution.
, Appeals to World ' ;
"We trust that the world's com
mon sense will not have in view nor
will permit our economic ruin. Tho
destruction of the economic unit ot
the monarchy, ho separation of our
mountainous country from , all Its
national resources has condemned -
us, these last six months, to priva
tions which are by far exceeding the
sufferings endured in war time. - It :
was only due to the generous relief
action organized by Mr. Hoover, on
resolutions passed by the allied
powers, that we have been saved
from downright starvation."
WATER 20,646 ACRES
SALEM, Juno 3. The Klamath
drainage system is the first drain
age district to apply for water for
Irrigation purposes under a law
passed by tho 1919 session ot the
legislature. Tho application was
received at the office of the state
engineer today. It asks for an ap
propriation of water from Klamath
river sufficient to Irrigate 20,646
acres. : A main canal seven miles In
length will be constructed with head
gatos of concrete. The cost la eatl- ,
mated at $205,000. The project 18. i
ten miles south of Klamath Fulls, ,
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