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Show LEH1 FREE PRESS. LEHU UTAH Grand Canyon National Park Where Will Japan Strike Next? By WILLIAM C. UTLEY "c" for American!, Europe and Asia for That is the marching song, figuratively, of the Jap--' anew army In eastern Asia, and the 'theme song of the drama of lmperlal-bsthat is unfolding today 1b the vast theater of the Far East To all appearances its true meaning, in the eyes of America and European nations is "East Asia (at least) for the Japanese." The rapidly expanding power of Klppon in East Asia which, for the present, means China is the result of a nationalism which has been growing steadily with the civilization of Its ' ' J f T 8 AMERICA Houtawife's Idea Box ' I m 'JuV i ... fTsrv? a p- -- lit " rt-r 'IK 'ftV . Ill I -i mrr" r.n Japan Backs Demands In China With Troops. people and came to a full awakening with the realization of those people that they had "gotten away with" the complete subjugation of Manchuria; the pressure of a splr tted population to make room for Its existence by enlarging Its boundaries, and the of a people'a genius for making all manner of com modities for which there Is a demand at a cost low enough to get the bus! g teas. Japan has conquered Manchukuo and Korea. She has an eye. It Is generally believed, upon the Islands of the South Pacific. And she hns already estabover lished a. virtual protectorate North China. How far she will go and how soon, are the answers to question which all the rest of the world would give a cookie to know. If the Japanese have gained control over the "heathen Chinee" they have certaluly also bewildered him. For while the Japanese ministry of foreign affairs shakes his hand with an atti tude of paternal benevolence, the Jan anese army sneaks up behind him and kicks him in the pants. Foreign Minister Hlrota eulogizes the Chinese leader, Gen. Chiang Kal shek; army leaders immediately dub bim a fake and a fraud. Hlrota honors China by making an embassy of the Japanese legation In China; the army Immediately declares It's all news to them. While Japan on one hand speaks of and the common good, Japan on the other hand goes right ahead with methods of out and out coercion. As an excuse for direct action, the Japanese army cited banditry, sup posed to have been encouraged by the Chinese, and the assassination of two Chinese editors who had been friendly toward the Japanese policy. The army of Gen. Yu Ilsueh-Chunhas with drawn south of the Yellow river and the Japanese army has moved in. Japs Will Dominate. Whatever government finally emerges In the North China area, it Is certain that It will be "guided" by Japanese policy and expediency. It is doubtful, however, if any kind of political union with Manchukuo will ensue, for the two areas combined In one would be a package mighty unwieldy to carry; the Japanese believe that It will be easier to adminster them separately. Under the provisions of the Tangku treaty of two years ago, China north of the Yellow river has been declared a demilitarized zone, but it seems the only demilitarization has been carried out by the Chinese in moving to the couth and west. The Japanese army is still there and Is completing occu pation of the province of Chahar, which Is rich In Iron ore. This, with the other three North China provinces, Hopel, Shantung and Shansl, will unite to form a new territorial unit, completely divorced from the Chinese national government and distinctly favorable in Its relations with Japan and Manchukuo. Chinese coal and Iron, and the opportunity for cotton planting, particularly in Hopel and Shantung, have been the incentive for most of the Japanese action; however. It Is pointed out that the loss of trade in other parts of China as a result may offset these advantages. This becomes doubly Important when It is considered that Great Britain, America and other powers may extend financial aid to China, Where Japan's imperialism and expansion will carry It next is open for conjecture. Japan is, or was, an "island empire," and to Its south in the Pacific are many Islands in which It has enormous commercial Interests. After a statement like that we In America are prone to think Immediately of the Philippines, but more important to Japan are the .Netherlands East Indies, which buy more goods from Japan than does even China. Japan has an annual balance of trade with these islands that Is more than $35,000,000 In her favor. As to the Philippines, Japes makes horrified gestures at the suggestion that her Interest there are anything g heavily-populate- d but platonlc. Certainly, although defending the Philippines from Japanese attack would be a man's-sizejob for America, the Japanese would venture no aggression there so loug as the Islands are under the wing of American protection. But in 1945, according to the present agreement, the Philippines will get their complete political Independence. With American domination will go the privilege of free trade with the United States; In fact during the next 10 years the tariff on Philippine goods coming Into the United States will be annually Increased. If the economic burden becomes too great for the Philippines nnd there are pleuty of those who'sny It will the Islands may be forced to enter some sort of union that would give them trnde advantages with another large power. That would be Japan. d Consider Russia. be remembered that there is another great power which has some- It must thing to say about the reapportion ment of territory In East Asia. That power Is Soviet Russia, which has 200,000 fighting men and a far superior air force north of Manchukuo and across the Amur river. The conflicting alms of these two powers was not so serious when Manchuria ex isted between them to absorb all the Now shocks. their borders have moved right up against one another. Already border skirmishes, allegedly provoked by Japanese guns, have caused vigorous protests from the Soviet ambassador In Tokyo. That the status quo is likely to be maintained for some time between these two nations Is due not to a mutual sympathy of Interests so much as to the unwillingness of both nations to take any action that would provoke a war between two forces which are so evenly matched that such a war might resirR In economic, if not physical, annihilation of both. The Siberian array Is far better mechanized than the Japanese, Its are modern and double the Japanese strength, and the Island of for Japan Itself Is a perfect set-uaerial destruction. To offset this, Japan will be moving from Interior lines, and administration of a Japanese army campaign would be possible on a much more concentrated basis, for Siberia Is on the outside of a great, curving, northern frontier of Mancllukuo. While Japanese could be moved In with comparative celerity, because of the proximity of the homeland and because of far superior rail facilities. It would take a much longer time for the Red army to move replacements from Russia proper into eastern Siberia. These replacements would have to come over one lone railroad which Is notoriously inefficient and easily susceptible to crippling by an enemy force. While Russia would like to reach an with the agreement of Japanese, Japan has so far avoided IL The possibility of having to defend itself from Russia is always a good excuse for keeping the military budget high. Japan Is also a trifle wary over making It easier for communistic propaganda to filter into Manchukuo, North China and even Japan Itself. alr-plnn- p The Test May Come. relations may come a little more nearly to a head next year when new contracts will be discussed to permit Japanese fishing off the Siberian and Kamchatkan coasts. Only 10 per cent of the fish taken from these waters bit on communistic hooks in 1927; now half of them do. Perhaps the red bait Is more enticing. At any rate Japan now wants to pay Its rental of fisheries In yen instead of gold rubles and wants to base the rentals on the number of fish actually caught, Instead of on the "standard catch" as It Is now. Maybe the answer will depend upon who counts the fish. By consenting peaceably to the waiver of Its ownership rights in the Chinese Eastern railway, Russia Indi cated that it was willing to let Japan have something of a free hand in Man- cJbukuo. The area, which is three Soviet-Japanes- e times as large as Japan Itself, Is now administered and very ably, too by the Japanese army of occupation. The Japanese policy in Manchukuo has been constructive. Railroads have been Increased in mileage more than one third in three years. These have all been built where they will make it easier to divert to Japan much of the traffic In goods which has passed through Siberian cities, particularly Vladivostok, which now must depend almost entirely upon inland Siberia for Its trade. New railroads planned for construction will make even the far reaches of Manchukuo readily accessible to Japanese commerce. Japan also built 4,500 miles of roads in Manchukuo in 1933 and 1934, and schedules call for 2,500 miles annually in the years to come. Last year Manchukuo became Japan's biggest export market, taking 18 per cent of the exported goods. The value of these exports grew from more than 75,000,000 yen in 1931 to more than 400,000,000 yen in 1934. This has confronted Japan with a serious economic problem, however, for If exports of goods to Manchukuo have grown, so have exports of capital Japan's capital investments there were 99,000,-00- 0 yen In 1932, 170,000,000 yen la 1933, and 237,000,000 yen In 1934. The cost of military occupation In Manchukuo Is about 150,000,000 yen annu ally. A balance of trade will have to be effected If Japanese Investments are to be secure. It Is not merely Manchukuo's tons of coal reserves, and the area's Iron which Japan wants. She Is honestly desirous of maintaining more peaceful and civilized conditions In Manchukuo, where the preceding rule was corrupt and oppressive. While she has admittedly Improved the country, she Is not so popular with the native population, probably because of her desire to acquire more high posts In the administration and In business than is seemingly' necessary. America Chagrined. Naturally, America has been chagrined by the Japanese abrogation of naval treaties and Insistence on naval parity, and has been offended by the Japanese policy of forcing out foreign oil companies In Manchukuo. We, along with Great Britain and other nations, have been provoked at her Interference In China and visualize the suffering of our trade. But Americans have only about $200,000,000 Invested In Clrhia. Great Britain has six times as much, Japan a little less than Great Britain. Our export sales to China In 1933 amounted to nearly $52,000,000 or approximately 8 per cent of our total exports. We exported $143,000,000 worth of goods to Japan in the same year. If we were to go to war with Japan the value of our Chinese export business would vanish In no time. The expense would paralyze Japan economically nnd destroy our best customer In Asia. The Japanese people- are probably much more excited over our recent naval maneuvers In the Pacific than we are over their policy In Asia. Influenced by a press which speaks only with the voice of Tokyo, they feel that we plan to carry out our Far Eastern policy with an armed force, and that the fact that we demand a stronger navy than Japan's Is evidence that we want to be equipped to carry on an offensive In the Pacific and have no Intention of fostering world peace by limitation of armaments. Japan, with her withdrawal from the League of Nations and her abrogation of armament treaties, has openly showed her disgust and disinterestedness In European affairs, and her Intention to devote her activities entirely to Asia. But she cannot forget Europe entirely, because of the Interests of European nations, particularly Great Britain, in her tlclnlty. More than anything else Japan fears an agreement which would form a potential union of the two greatest navies In the world. The great puzzle is whether such action would avert or bring on a serious crisis. Trouble which Is brewing in Europe may come to a head, and if it does, this will command most of the atten- tion of European powers. Japan will then pursue her aggressive Asiatic pol icy more Intensely, as she did during and Immediately following the war. But Japan harbors no Illusions of ruling the world. AH she is concerned about is Asia, particularly eastern Asia. . 4,800,-000,00- - Anglo-America- n 6 Waatsra Nearapper TJnlos, . 0 newsp.ptr rie. of article to pper in thisc:v.c Thij U on. of clulM of Club, assorted pouored br th. Salt Lake Adv.rti.ing part of a niral Utah, and chamben of eommtrce; outhcrn and local ror,le will M that program U point out Utah". roourc Know Utah Btr". Bj MARION C NELSON The route to the north rim of the Grand Canyon, most easily reached and through Utah, is so beset with scenes of indescribable beauty to yourvariety that by the time you reach Bright Angel point you say But Grand self, "This will have to be good to make me even murmur". too imstand will You speechless, more than that. do will Canvon to utter a pressed by the immensity and grandeur of the spectacle ounI- - There are three geologic subdivisions of the region from north to south; the High Plateau, the Terraced Plateau, and the Grand Canyon Platform. No country In the world reveals more fascinating chapters of geologic history. It has undergone great transitions, alternately sea bottom and mountain top; a region broken and titled by tremerous displacements, a region scorched and branded by volcanic action; but more than all else, from the viewpoint of human Interest, a region profoundly sculptured and given its most distinctive character by the beauty-creatingenius of erosion. The most picturesque route is the highway 16 which runs directly south from Zion National Park. It crosses the Rio Virgen at Rock-vill- e and climbs the plateau. Near the Arizona boundary appear the magnificent Vermilion Cliffs which stretch across Southern Utah for great distances; they present arresting architectural effects of vast castles and cathedrals colored a rich red which become vivid vermilion in the afternoon sun. After crossing Short Creek into Arizona, the immense blue arch of the Kaibab Plateau becomes more prominent. Upon this stretch of fascinating descent, range many wild horses, direct descendants, perhaps, of those brought to America by the Spaniards. On Cedar Ridge is a petrified forest. The road follows Vermilion Cliffs through Kaibab Indian Reservation to Pipe Spring, a celebrated oasis, created a National Monument in 1923. Two historic stone buildings standing there were erected In From beneath 1S70 In frontier style for protection from the Indians. one house flows the finest and purest spring In all this frontier domain, dally discharging 100,000 gallons of cool water. At Fredonia the road join3 the main highway again and the largest virgin forest In the world, the Kaibab Forest has yet to be penetrated. The Kaibab Forest for the most part Is as free of undergrowth as any well kept park, yet in area It covers more than 723,000 acres. Nature has somehow achieved that cleanness that permits you to look down long aisles of yellow pine, Douglas fir, and Engelmann spruce. Thousands of deer graze passively at the roadside, many requiring a warning note from the horn, to frighten them off the road. Far more reticent is the beautiful Kaibab white-tailesquirrel, found only In this forest, for he flicks from tree to tree defying anyone to approach close enough to photograph him. But before yoji know It you have arrived at Bright Angel Point with Its lodges and fine accommodations. Here you see your first view of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado. Now, in an instant, you realize why so little attempt Is made to describe It appreciate how inadequately a photograph pictures it. A labyrinth, not of one canyon but tiers of canyons, extends as far as the eye can follow. Color everywhere, vivid, subtle, and forever changing. Under your very eyes brilliant crimson changes to deep purple as the sun sinks. Words are of little avail to describe the canyon. Across the great plateau, the Colorado River has cut a series of canyons 220 miles long, a mile In depth, and twelve miles In width. On the north rim, a full thousand feet higher than the south rim the elevation is 8,300 feet. You are told that the canyon Is not a cleft, but Is the result of erosion by water, and that a natural calender revealing history centuries old, has been laid bare as the Colorado River cut its way through the rock. You can see rock strata from every era In the geological time scale. WThen you are Informed' that the chasm Is more than a mile deep you understand a little better how frost can be painting the trees on the rim while flowers are blossoming at the river's edge eight thousand feet below. In recognition of its scenic value, this area was made a National Park in 1919 and it Is indeed true that although no words can describe it no observer ever forgets the vivid Impression he received the first instant he viewed It. Ms. Reader: Do your part to advertise Utah. Please send this article to lomrf g d To Polish Your AutomobiU If yon keep your automobile clean Inside and ouUIde, It will give yon much more service. You will nud it very easy to keep the outside cleaa and polished If you use a waxy shot polish. Every week, or more often, if yon can, rub all the enameled parts with shoe polish. Then polish with a dry, soft cloth. THE HOUSEWIFE. Copyright by Public Ledger. Ina. WNU Service. Sahara's Immensity In Africa are natural wonders which almost challenge belief. The Sahara, a vast waste of rock, gravel and sand, is so big It would hold tha entire continental United States. The reason It is a desert at all is, simply stated, that the wind blows In the wrong direction down front the dry heart of Central Asia Instead of from the moisture-givin- g ocean. The temperature changes so sharply at nightfall that travelers who have suffered in the blazing heat find themselves shivering under blankets. 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Hiscox Chemical Works, Ptchogue,N.X. semi-tropic- friend or relative or business associate out of lie Slate. Intermountain News Briefly told for Busy Readers WORK FOR 1000 MEN REPORT THIRTY FIRES MARK BATTLE GROUND FLOWER SHOW PLANNED PLEASANT GROVE, UT. The site of the first battle between the early "Mormon" pioneers and Indians of Utah, immediately east of Pleasant Grove is to be marked with special ceremonies on Sept. 13. The mon- ument will be located on the main highway at the city park, with a cement and bronze marker to be placed at the actual site of the battle, which occurred in 1849. IDAHO FALLS, IDA. Idaho Falls' annual flower show will be held August 24 and 25 in the Bonneville county courthouse, sponsored by the Idaho Falls chamber of commerce beautifica-tio- n committee. The city, service, fraternal and study clubs, better housing committee for the city, and rural communities in the county are cooperating. Utah canning OGDEN, UT. plants are busy on the packing of the bean crop. Apricots will be packed in larger than usual quantities this year, and beets, carrots and potatoes also win be packed by several plants, the season's run concluding with tomatoes. Practically every cannery in the state will pack tomatoes this season, and acreages are larger than usual. BOISE. IDA. Thirtv fires have been reported in state timber tanas south of the Salmon river this season and have caused damages of only $50. BOISE, IDA. Two special elk hunts and one snppinl nntolnno TWIN FALLS, IDA. One of the most important phases of the public works program for Idaho; now being launched by the federal government, is the eradication of white pine blister rust. It will provide employment for hunt are now being planned for about 1000 men. me iau season in Idaho. POCATELLO, IDA. At a SALT nunting LAKE CITY, UT. Unof the meeting eastern Idaho dis- der the new $4,000,000,000 works projects will be started 6 and 7 were selected as the dates of this year's celebration, soon in almost every county of which will be held at Blackfoot. the state, according to R. A. Hart state director. ELY, NEV. Forty-fiv- e men BOISE, IDA. Total production will be placed at work in White bean growers, based on Pine, Nye and Lander counties of Idaho 1 conditions, point to a crop by the forest service, according July to Forest Supervisor George Lar- of approximately 19(5,000 bags son, who has been advised his in 1935, according to Richard C, . forest has been alloted $37,110 P.oss, statistician for the United for work and $6750 for materials. States department of agriculture here. The entire crop, Ross said, MOSCOW, IDA. The Idaho will be harvested from about record for milk production in one 140,000 acres. year is held by a Holstein Frie-sia- n POCATELLO, IDA. 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