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v PAGE two Pbint 'of View of. the Freftclv Poilu as Reported by E f Phillips; C fei. Writing Ffom ‘'Somewhererrin France’*—“It Is Belg , who Shall .Malte Peacfe When It Comes; Who Has , ' ~ : '■ a Better Right?” \ t > y GROCER’S SIGN OFfERS ORANGE FOR POTATO Portland, Ore. — "MV Will Trade—YmrTm*Ti range 1 for a !’«*- vao.7 . '; - . - T-bls -sign dfspltayed In tr Fort in ml grocery store Is: aTFracHng wide" attention, and the grower has proved bis keenneVs for grlisjilng a pecifllar trade condi tion- 5 The merchant Is really getting the best of the bargain, for. tip* potato , is worth more fieri*'than the citrus fruit from e--t ••• rj ' By E, PHILLIPS OPPENH^tM fNendshlp the -hand -of one ,of 4ham„ ht»f behold, I have two sons left. -I have lost mtieh and sifffered much.. I lay by day I have -seen' th<? losses of those about-nic Increasing. l am flfly- '*l|ft>t. J5«attjiM»l<U’ Afcd peace would .jfiw me back tnv Iw*t sons.». Thefe are so York World.) (in iji;t N»w Somewhere In France.—It v alow IShd tedious crawl in French train away from tlu- I •earred country. There vhi* 114 particular going on atihd iron we seemed todJi* cordlmildly- s b for the passing .of huge «'>VPly t movimr clornatrv In the other ( rains, _l‘Madame,”, the soldier answered—; rhrec- a to! this tune he*, seemed to Include rolled iat- hr-t ln* nrjrurtTPTIt—^Ta'Ttee vvTTI not [ J he giveJhijek to the many hundreds of hurds titoHsimdsiof_;KrMm h mothers the sons -expected.r Frfffrrb stiihds l »t: Prnre* disttrayrd? rendr* to ^prirr memories, hour comes. And Russia all hitter- shown what she V-an do. ’ you, they mountain snows have gom ind their Ims scattered her men. sav of white ihist ho\erm )y plowed fh his. (he s«iund <*l «.he gunrsVaS still In our ears. The--fti.ee of the country, however.,, had changed. There wire farmhouses to hv- seen; some of th.en .Tnhto-r and iifipnreVdRy h is amTorever prosperous tj'i'-. In the end it is ilu■_ pawns.who m»-n and . woun-u Belgium ih work in “Hie Helds speak of. It * “ it is Belgium’.who shalf make peace When it conics Who lias a Iietfey .fight? /What will shy ask fur, I Wonder? Fifty 1 ’ thousand <ler- man‘men turd woufeirtn make slaves (Jer- -1 lie \i om/tn’s eyes wen **f .some L st nUybed. out , bur the rttj^ of.hot eolTee and* * pmter wheeled 1 Wfr; stoppedS; small fbv. n ft a wager handsfor and the rolls along*thMeiigth o warmth of the rofff man. - My two cb: t. i*' S 'FrfV‘'t' of tlit* -North”Island (• aliionda) r in America, holding the new “gun” camera. iC'ttigger. At 10.000 feetTrnm plmtograph /*m "Brave,. Talk, My Son." ^ “ft is brave talk." sin; Tried; “brave talk,.my son. v I shall speak to them In tin* village .lU .you. ^ Wot Hf me. nmi-kime/' he heggi-W f .Hie platform. The eTwas like a tails* lnjianlotf's; thawed, as Idld.-under Its genialIidlncfice. Mon sieur Roilu -accepted a. sip, 1 rom m,\ flask and a cigarette with a grateful, little a i^acuijition. Madame. elderly, In ih'cji mourning, a little shabby bu£ «, .iwierfnt i v inaj beamed content of them? Tiie nutidcnhii nuiti.v l.o nf-baUcliV "So, i Kbon.es. Kut strict JUfMl't i in-in 'all fli■ it,'7ilu±_liTorrr'“ WARLIKE PREPARATIONS IN FORI. DU PONT she jnutlered. "I t ■ v; *rt tn 'nTr"TA"""f i fr" i t""*TH»• 11 >t rv-'fi'i iiJati/iH agiVin.” > < rii'Tc. was n<> sound of guns here, vleiousfy. 7 .. 4/ j - “Monsieur,” Re said, glaneitig across at me, “I appeal to you. -Yu'ti are Kng- lisli. are youj not?” V-- “I am Knglish,”. I told. Jjini; “but permission I will be silent, friends call-us a somywjmt obsthra'te nation. .They say that we lio'il dilliculty in seeing ally side of ihise great issues save our own. Let III*- train clanked noros<j. the street s' v< >f an obi country town and drew up it the platform. Madame laid down ier iinskot and eiMiafcfCed tin- I'oif’.i. 'Son of. iny*’r r ou’ttfr.V'.'" -lie eXi laiined. Ha-, good (Jod guprd you !" . . j. , Slio- kissed Ills- checks and departed, riu- J’oilu handed dow n her basket t j iud weaved bis hand. lie was once liolhiug in the I or tiie brave you r (ieiti'|. TTfo~ts feiupTeiT Jo morning breeze, s which, at the soi whistle of our loC*i ducks rose hastily, word behind me w Inevitably stirs- tlu TJie 1‘oilu lit his cigarette. ’ Madame he ventured turning to no There 16 the Trap "l.isteir," she intervened. . “I have In'ard Ll said that the Koches now are willing to ivstor all Kelgtuiii,' that- iti'-y will give back (be whole of their i-«n(|uered territory.” "If.wej.enve (heir militnfy ma' hjiu*. iheir gm^it engine of.ityranny. autoc racy, aggression and destruction .'with all the pttw^tr in it iIt^ct made them begin tiie war," tin* I’idiu interrupted vigorously< "Ah, mmlame, there is the tritp.,__\Ye trusted oticc. to (Jirfnian treaties and (iennan faLth. See how tlu*y regarded tliem !, TreaMes ! "It haversack, with its queer collection of •■was (tvrinany Who iTfsinissedThem With mlseejlaiieous articles, was oji the seat . the immortal phrase. Mere scraps oj by his side.-' Themud ‘TifTlfe j reaches paper:* 1‘n.iiises: Listen, madamc. was thick iibrur* liis chluies. There Their own chancellor, he stood up in was a wei-k's heard bristling upon his. thel^ parliament and lie pleaded guilty chin. Yet ids - voice suddenly pro* to a great Jiroken faith. Necessity, he claimed him a maji «if, yome education, declared, demanded it. And I tell you who are this, when iieccssiiy. which Jvith them ge you '•peak." I; assured hiiu. leeepted mpre of fii*„cigarettes tr journey was resumed.- ’ 1 was i’euee ; i nil lieu a way the window and listened. "Hut. lity son, have patimjej old woman ..was saying. .“I ! who may speak, for 1 have husband and two sons. \ et ilid U is of t ow and looked forward," slmding Ins witt] his hand. “What Did M. le' President Mean?" Soon." lu? aunouncedi ’T rench my oiiie. For a week I shall rest: Mon- Fngllsh?" he askei), turning others flglifljig think. ■ If Indeed these 'Koche,s are weary of fighting, if Indeed It is iwmce they offer, why should not one nt-Wnrst *■*11:»r-s n the ftiortar pit "f Fort I>u I’ont, one of Uie strongholds that guard the l>glaw|ire river leur uddenly toward in* Wilmington and 1’hllatU‘lptiia !MICHAEL RENOUNCES THRONE GROWTH OF THE BATTLESHIP AnnUTca a greiit country. . America has bbeil the good friend of yourselves and of France. I wii^ld, not say a 'vrord which might seem laeirtitgUrrmiTjesv; and yet—there is this note width started this peace babble, the note which, they say. Monsieur It* 1’resJdent OittAM «K fCNCTH 3M.fi.ET. 4 * O t.Wr. GUMS 9* tCltSB T0M5 Madame," he means' (iennan ahibition, demands * I '" * \ 1 anything, then a-(iennan prrm^tse and a (ierrnah treaty are vvortlmjost ii snap of the fingers—no inure. Thai, is why l say—1 and those others who have emperor’s lived and fought through these deso late years—that with an uiiconquered (Jermany—there can he nq peace:" One Who Had Thought Much. YepaTt; tiie'greatest i “My son," the old lady declared, loo'klng'—«t him with ljKere.st, "you Fcftce, indeed, j speak like one who has tmnught much.” libftc'P'in their TheJ’ollu glanced down^at his mud- they to off**r peace as a gift, they who delihoTnTPtyTirbught this .war ut*- on the worlds And what sort of a peace do you suppose is liv their minds? lou have read tin* boastful, arrogant words of declnruthm? Is there anything there of . the humility of the vvrongdoor. of tho Bian who wishes to restore what he has stolen wrongs “which' have ever stained the pages of ^ history? motlier: There no hearts." . "It AhaH Bc-aft Belgian Peace.*) ; ifadame sigheil. She felt herself no j the war," in* said grimly. ‘“What I'am njHlch for this man in whom . her | novvjiod only knows; hut up there in words had kindled a sutTdcn do- (he front it is not all lighting. There quence. Kut in her. IiohTrt then* was are long’, lpliely hours when the rain the longing.- * works, horns of solitude When one "They are brutes and savaged, my sees the truth", son," she admitted, "and our- people Madame sighed. would do well never to cln^p again In “It Is not . often,” .she confessed, "It -has been answered," I remlnthuk. him. . W ^ W* ■' it y V*** - • *1 "It has been answered \X-ith ’ great words." the I’oilu assented, "and o^-D that no more. Kut aRvays This puzzles me—what did Monsieur le --President mean when, in black and white, he set fit down as an accepted thing that (Ter- mstmoukmma ma tsofttt 8 - CMC WS 14000 TCM3 « trkWOwtt tel 20009 TOM wo mw many, thafnur enenvles, were fighting for the same cause as \vt\ the Cause of the smaller nations? Have they heard of Belgium over there, mon sieur? Have they heard, ot. the ..many AMO McTttr. fit »K taOH Mg »$. 31.400 TWO tittmsamls—of ~ slaves'. bell nr .dra trued weekly from that country?. HtVve they lieaTd -of Serbia and Montenegro? They were small - countries.* monsieur. (Sermanv is very.grbat, indeed, in her care for the small nations, "Unit it Is her way of- caring, not ours. What did Hi 60000 TOMi IS' tflWCH CMi twit uactH oosnn he mean, do y«uj .ttdnk, monsieur?*’ I shook my head. "The ways of diplomacy are not al wavs so easy as they mav seem," I re lormep czar, wlm bus iumiu.-c4 ad rights to.the throne, deelaring tka.t ho believed the" country* best interest* wouli 14 >*• -R«>rved li«*uflon. — WIFE OF A-NEW SENATOR' plied. "Besides, there is much' which remains behind all that is said in "That Is Why- We Fight.” The man’s attontiomdmd wandered lie was gaging ecstatically out of. tIk window., lie beckoned rue to his side ’Abou*t_4I Tirtle wood-crested sbkn* ,*] ^piu;c had been cut.. A white /farm POPULAR OEfiUTAUlTE lemse sfo7eT-jht*l^ --nridr m?nr Try • ottages. 'am,l a church,.with a A little '-fond <>f| smoke surrounded the .soldier's head.'’ His (aim lied list stru<*k the- knajisnck by his-side. His <*yvs hoi nUjil red they were with fa tigue—flashed. , Forty Years of Preparation. "They talk like cattle, madlime." he declared "vigorously. “Where mv (jer- nmny’s timquests? Belglupi, with mtds against her of ten to one in men and tow**r w aa sack. Ills eyes were, curb nisi v hijghf, "You si*e,” lie concluded, “iliat is why we tight, tjuit is why the word H ace’ today ’stlfiks in <uir, novtrTts' \Yc shall fight inft-il. Fra nee is safe.--*, .Mijiilcnt-grcu.- a mountain *tribe, Serbia? Well, ft look them eighteen Iinuqlis and cost ! Iicm . a .. gmwF many army, corps to *iriv** tin**'Serbians from, their country, ViTid lliy end of them Is not yd Itou ifinnia t Victims of ..a foolish .cam- Fcared Papa- World Worry, . i_ w York. —'.Srvordy-.'lght iear-ofd w ar machine which I’utr.ick Hugln^A 'Pegged . th 4 i* .Ju'.lgc t'n . iiiv Ihinyjatc’jlf*ans .let, him gu_CumcdJ * qre ln-r victories "I'apq” might he worried. ^ r Russia, or Kng- His^fatlter is ninety-nine aiuj wurmv ps; TTSj^wheH yott liHHt TtiTIwr eviry dnrjr 7 mtqm-1tiigrr lieW* sena tTu iroui MijjJue*tfvta;.Tias bceh’ l’n s <>fl To. hClllw'e. Ma n I or nhui for some“yours ^ !„ .Mr y itslt)ng>»tfi vi'ns the “jtrdst 1 h»ster' admlnlstratioii. - Mrs. Kellogg wan* so cially popular thcO, and has kept in touch with the capital ever since. Solves One Labor Problem gun tMiiiee ■ tn Tor giy;. wc axg tin- botti-r race. Kng- __ build vi’as -JuRd is the. Ltd ter, rata* ;-Ku.ssin Is th«* of the ItomsevefF'BeftiT RiOTT TtW i ryfrir**'T say td’ foir -madame. waff! iiArtmmy’s last hour of triumph has struck. Englund has i gathered strength beyond all that was Nevv-’Bhiuswick, *N. ^Ic-Fr*>e rubbers am! umbrellftft^fqr giH employees hayr solved the‘"laT>of prohTem «Ta' TnaStf* faffurlng concern here. ^ghfi is Installing a special tUpfirellg FHzabeth tJhellcy or Selin*' *1nv, asrshe api^fr^rt on ht*r arihmT ii. £ aboard the steamship Flnjand. on which vessej she returned froip ierbla* where she hat been**?i nurse In the Groultch’ hospital. She ss li«*l«Ti i.'loss'; a pop.uja'r -drbu (ante of l’rovldence. It. I., is the grand daughter cf Senator and llra, LeJJafo*— & Cdt . ‘V" I overshoe department for fmployeea. ■he has adopted. MenRiMK :: I. ..k r I 89 - A •• ’ 1 •* •/ > r "I ' •' v ! t J||\ Mm 4 * y K ... v; !