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Show jlJA'fS BEHIND THE WAR IN CHINA Here's Planned Prettiness I .Lee Seek New Wealth They Failed to Fin,! i Manelmkuo-Yet Not Are Chinese Ready for Unified licHMance. Self-Deni- al Little self denials, little honesties, little passing words of sympathy, little nameless acts of kindness, little silent victories over favorite temptation these are th silent threads of gold which, when woven together, gleam out so brightly In the pattern of life that God approves. j lady of leisure, but whatever sh is she'll look the part and prettier in a take-of- f on Pattern 1327. It la new, novel, and easy to sew. It ia undoubtedly the frock to wear when your escort, the time, and the place are important. The Patterns. Pattern 1372 is designed for size 34 to 46. Size 36 requires 4 yards ' ' r OUTER J X K of material. 35-in- ch Pattern 1937 is designed 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12 years. for sizes Size 8 materequires 2 yards of rial, plus yard contrasting. Pattern 1327 is designed for sizes 12 to 20 (30 to 33 bust). Size 16 rematequires 4Y yards of rial, plus 3Mi yards of cord for lacing. With long sleeves, 4 yards required. Send your order to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept., 149 New Montgomery Ave., San Francisco, Calif. Patterns 15 cents (in coins) each. 35-in- 39-in- fl 1 7 m .w map above are the five North China provinces which may be led on (he By WILLIAM C. UTLEY j nation and a needy one. Her is the governmental and economic leadership of lAsia, or at least eastern Asia. Her needs are territory lor an population, raw materials that cannot I own islands produce in sufficient quantity, for rkets her manufactured goods and adequate defense ""I PAN is an ambitious ever-expandi- am-fbiti- ng e Bell TF AUTUMN comes will you be left behind with faded summer frocks, Madam? No, no, many times no that is, not if you will but accept this cordial invitation the next step in Japanese expansion from It's the of to become frock-sur- e easy way With Tsingtao. Hopei and Shansi, chic for and your daughyourself Shantung forms the transportation ters, as well. So Madam, why not center n. of North China. In possession of the peninsula Japan would be in a position to control the Gulf of Chihli and the Yellow sea. Key to domination of China is its railroad system. Who controls the railroads can control the territory they serve. It may be seen upon the accompanying map how the railroads of North China radiate from the area about Peiping and Tientsin. Once Japan is in complete control of this area her influence could follow the rails to the important city of Kalgan in Chahar, and from there to Paotow in Sui- sew, sew, A Dutch Treat. It Isn't often mother gets a break (it's beauty before age, you know) but this trip she does, has designed, especially for frock (above her, an 11101 wet left) that's simply lovely to look Manchukuo. As a new home for Ls is why you read every few at. If father's compliments have Japanese colonists Manchukuo was or even every few months become a bit rusty from lack of new war scare in North China. pretty much of a flop; less than use, this frock will bring them 250,000 Japanese live there today. letimes it is not merely a scare, back to their former brightness. an actual war, even as today, It was apparent that Japan could It's pretty in any fabric: gingham, Jther war has been officially silk crepe, rayon prints, percale, not, in pursuing her hegemonic polDr sheer wool. glared" or not. icy, continue marking time for very It's a treat, too, for mother when long. In North China were larger k Always upon the Chinese who fields for her exports; in addition, yuan; into the southwest over the she finds a dress for Little Sis her gradual expansion, Japan railway to aaks a vengeance which to us the area was that much closer to and southern Hopei, and of China the market the Pacific proper. seems great all often .ss to in Shansi; southward 4 of proportion to the "aggres-'$- " So the Japanese began to cast cov- fromTaiyuan to Tsangchow and Tientsin incommitted by opposing her. etous eyes upon Hopei, which across the Yellow river to Tsinan, ti"-iniv.- J. is Sew-Your-O- op--t- that's as carefully planned as the captivating model above center. It gives the growing girl the fluffing out she needs in the shoulders, and the prettily flared skirt offers her graceful poise indoors, plus full freedom for activity out of doors. It's adorable with the collar and cuffs in white linen. It heightens the contrast of her luscious healthy suntan. Chic for the G. F. And a treat for all concerned is the frock has created for The Girl Friend. She may be collegiate, high schoolish, a steno, mother's helper, or a young WNU Servlca. Syndicate. NEST YEAR GO TO Westminster College SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH A 4 Year Junior CoIleKa Two High School and Two Collegt Ytara Beautiful 40 acre campus. Modern Buildings tad Equipment. ili$h Scholarship, Strong; Character and iocial deelop-men- t. Special Music department. Physical education. Low Cost Tuition, Board and Room in regulated homelike dormitories. Self help offered. Writ or CatalotM ROBERT D. STEELE, Aaaodatc Pru. Sew-Your-O- ran OIOUR I Our STORES TOlDtl-lJO- llR I community Includes the farm homes surrounding the town. S-l The town stores are there for the accommodation and to serre tbo people of our farm homes. The merchants who advertise "specials" are merchants who are sure they can meet all competition in both quality and prices. Peiping-Hanko- of these i after eachwhen I is retributions the smoke and clear away, to have domination or even actual over one more piece of ter- - found, fies as-jfc- Itrol r how much more her influ-- e will be extended after the Rent conflict has died out it is possible to say. Indeed, that may fend upon the degree of oppo-J- p she meets. If the Chinese government at Nanking, dictatorship of Gen. Chi- decides to let the army carry the main jfional P e of pen defense, Japan will prob-f- y with nothing more extension of control to cov-- t emerge pthean area and province of Chahar. If, Wr, a China now more united fen at any time since the down's of the Manchu dynasty decides come en masse to the aid of the army, Japan may at-to punish China to terrible Peiping-Tientsi- V: of the h Pee. -- 'd Successful in this, Japan probably extend her domi-.c- e throughout all the five north-F Provinces and virtually south of the Yellow all of river I Japan's Westward March. does throw the Strenpfh f,f r1!.; t u ui japan, J be a fiuht tr th, n..u Japanesu are full of thnt a"ge Orin.tal nriflc nnr. ,Jno loss of nrpstifm ti, ( China i iirt uiuui enai iDe- i etney willin '"i- - u.i submit to a compro-o- n their demands. "Death bc-- e dishonor:" is morc than a gIo. thIt is a law of na- I11 Chiang K u-- hek , ,;n t.''rh Cavity. I The t in North China to- i 1 lapan s 'Mil "4 Earlier steps ? e those which resulted in con- ? tamoi m t i cimiexaiion, 'er ,lne Chinese rrovinces nf Man. V ' (J . ana Jchol. l S ". 50Sf SU:?s 4., - pC8 were take strengthening t enemy. her against Russia, LK!nChulU, S Supposed to nnon ncw and desirable "P:'n's Population of 70.000.- - 7 ye'"'r: hrr needed more raw mnt. nas poured in" h ii1uu."",uuu yen ir.to thp o ct.. oome re- its . ,... fuller "'r,hpor"ing-soy iMkaniJ beans Che nicals, I slight in- in iron B""' ore and coal, and Pa, 1.. j incr. Mire m ana inro irni v,menti t,V in ., ir,ese 'ell I Pes. f ln2ektUr' i e in Oil ir short VVns Chain of Nippon's fWed to open mark for Japa- lu,ea 8"ods; but the ase t0 the Unltcd Sutfwioporl8 te Ver 1934 was e3ual ethlrd ( the total exports to Nmar : cludes the cities of Peiping and Tientsin; Chahar, which lies between Mongolia and Manchukuo; Suiyuan, Shansi and Shantung. They penetrated (peacefully, to be sure) through Hopei and Chahar, until these two became practically states. Spirit Grows. In Hopei' s eastern countries, Japanese influence blossomed into a But when it virtual protectorate. reached a certain point Japan's peaceful invasion was halted. With the the rise of Chiang Chinese were developing a new unity, although they were not nearly so unified as our states are, for Yet the instance. spirit was becoming more widespread and more open. It probbeably culminated in the skirmish tween Chinese and Japanese at Marco Tolo bridge, the incident which gave rise to the present grave crisis. K is assumed by many observers in the Far East that the incident was seized upon by Nippon as an excuse for further Japanese invasion on the pretext of retaliation, which would extend Japanese control over the five North China states and even to the south, evenJatually. Others contend that the is pan's immediate objectiveon Hopei of her grip strengthening and Chahar only. Yet it cannot be overlooked that the other three provinces hold rich prizes for Tokyo. Shansi contains more than half of the coal in China; the other northern provinces are capable of great cotton production for Japanese industries and for the manufacture of gunpowder, so essential to a militant nation. bulk of the Japan once imported the which is third of China, cotton crop Chiin the world's production; but na began to restrict her cotton latter exports to Japan and left the in a bad way. Suiyan and Chahar are extremely military to Japan's important as an strategy, for they would act flank efficient buffer along the left Asiatic front, greatly of her on the strengthening her position mainland. On the other side of these provThe inces lies Sovietized Mongolia. Chahar, and terrain of Suiyuan Gobi desert, partly included in the and without is wild and difficult, facilisatisfactory transportation a small, only take ties. It would to preJapanese army Russians the by vent penetration comand to prevent the spread of in munism. Further, the Japanese, two provmces, these possession of use could then put on end to their communist guerilla for as a base Jewarfare against Manchukuo and Anti-Japane- Kai-she- well-traine- d ll ol. Railroads Key to Control. are On the peninsula of Shantung and valley river Yellow the rich and the ports of Chcfoo, Weihaiwei thence southward again to Nan- king itself and eastward to the port of Tsingtao. These railroads, in addition to one across Hopei from Tsangchow to Shihkiachiang which the Japanese wish to build if they can get the permission of China, are of tremendous military impor- fH. iff Sv i IVJijjL "LET S AAHOVPr SPOIL S HIS FUN1. ? FELLOW 6 LOOK,MARVt A RAISE! fN BOCKS ry STOP ( OH, I TS I V j SHOUTING ABOUT TIME YoO Got A RAISE, tance. From the latest dispatches it appears Japan is in control of the line between Tientsin and Peiping, although it is a precarious sort of control, with the Chinese twenty-nintarmy conActo attack. stantly threatening tually, during the early days of the present crisis, the Chinese did press capa drive along this railroad, turing three key stations, only to lose them again after a brief tenh ure. Liukoucliiao, the railroad junction south of Peiping which controls railroad route, the Peiping-Hankois also vital to Japanese hegemony; it was the scene of one of the early battles. As this is being written Gen. is faced with a deChiang has had to make China that cision acain and again since, the Japanese awakened to the necessity for expansion. Shall he declare open warfare against Japan, or shall his national government continue to make feeble protests while the local troops of the North defend their country ineffectively, as they are Kai-she- k " HONEY, 6E, I THOUGHT YOU WOULD ALL YOU I THINK ABOUT IS HOW lb GET MORE WORK OF ME I NEVER YOU'D BE GLAD! WAS GOING ITo Surprise YOU AND BOY THAT I NEN I I VOUVE BEEN AN AWFUL KILLJOY LATELY WHY DON'T You GET FKIO OF YouZ INDIGESTION ? You KNOW THE MARY KT think about my DOCTOR TOLD YOU f7Z AND INDIGESTION, HEADACHES v NONSENSE ! j COFFEE-NERVE- causing ) I J WAS S it I I rZFriyrK 1 f) ClookoutXs f SipS swEEPERy wont to do? Japanese Better Equipped. China is more united today than in the it has been for many years of unity bond the indeed very past; of has been the common feeling encroachment the over indignation f the Rising Sun. of the Land There are many demands for war from the provpouring into Nanking inces. Rut the feeling is generally come that the time has not yet to unified efurt and for general invaders. throw out the Local Chinese forces in Hopei and Chahar are not equal to the task even of repulsing the Japanese, man Is ready to last every though The twenty-nintlife. lay down his well equipped, is fairly army but hordes of the provincial troops which have only long swords with artilto battle airplane bombers, machine guns. The lery tanks and are ready to make war Japanese with the finest modern parapherof troops nalia, and there are plenty for replacements. Chiangs war onlv'hopc. if he should declare natmnal the to dispatch would be to he government's best troops defeat the and front China North sheer power of Japanese with outnumber them .i A WHY DON'T YOU "NJ TAKE 7HE DOCTOR'S ADVICE QUIT COFFEE AND SWITCH To PosTUtA ( 1 J t,rv2 1 oH,ALL RIGHT1. I'LL TRY IT IF ) YoULL JUST LEAVE I ME ALONE ! J JrCX I H f 30AV5 sf THEY'VE BEEtJ LIKE A COUPLE OF LATER " V "'Sl j - f 'V;f$L 'ASiSlNcE JS Qjtl sR' oF " i J f J , J )' HoNEYMOONERS SHE GOT h re-id- nurn-bcrs-f- he could two to one, and better. to let the Rrobahlv he will decide what they want, just Japanese what they wanted in took as they Jehol. and Manchuria "have Union. C Western Newspaper 5 IF SWITCHING TO POSTUrf ; DOESN'T HELP YOU! ,S rANT people can safely drink coffee. But many othen and all children aliould If you lutpect that the caffein in coffee if i never drink it. teat. Buy can of with you ... try Postum's Postum end drink it instead of coffee for a full month. If. ..after 30 dayi... you do not feel better, return the Pottum container top with your name and address to General Foods, Battle Creek, Mich., and we will refund y live in Canada, purchase pries, plus piita;-?- ! (If General Foods, Ltd., Cobourg, Ont.) Postum containa no caffein. It ia simply whole wheat end bran, roasted and slightly sweetened. It comea in two forms... Postum Cereal, the kind you boil or percolate.. and Instant Fmtum, made instantly in the cup. Economical, esy to make, delicious, hot or iced. You may miai cof-at nrst, out you M aoon love Poatum aratxau. u. r. cr I yl aa :e for ita own rich flavor. A product of General Foods. (OfTar eipira Dee. 31, 1937.) DONT BE A GLoortKlt ifDRiNK Postum f J VSr |