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Show THE HELPER TIMES. HELPER. UTAH of work performed. The measure Is designed to increase the "material interestedness" of the farmers and thus enlarge production. Heretofore collective farmers have been paid partly in money from farm earnings and partly in produce, according. to the size and needs of their families, many taking their share of produce at the outset of the harvest. These factors, combined with inadequate organization and management of farms, were cited in the decree as responsible for a break in labor discipline and consequently losses from the harvest. News Review of Current Events the World Over Germany's Financial Plight Worries All Other tions Hearings on Railway Freight Rate Increase Begun. Na- By EDWARD W. P1CKARD r X7UILE all tlie V looked world with anxious interest Germnny was "p'unged 'nt0 a financial crisis that threatened the country with utter r , I1 economic conupse 1 ,' and made possible even the supervision of the governIn ment Delay acceptance of the Gates W. Hoover moratorium McGarrah by France had re sulted in the withdrawal of vast sums from the German banks, the conversion of these funds Into foreign currency and its removal from the country. The big Darmstaed-te-r und National bank closed Its doors, primarily because of heavy losses sustained through the failure of Germany's largest on f1 concern. Dr. Hans Luther, president of the Belchsba'nk, rushed from Berlin to London and thence to I'aris, seeking old. The French government refused to participate in a loan to the Relchs-banunless Germany would agree to conditions which Berlin regarded as impossible of acceptance. These included suspension of the pocket battleship building program, k abandonment of the customs union, further credit restrictions In Germany and relinquishment of any hope of regaining Danzig and the Danzig corridor President von Hlndenburg and his ministers said they would resign rather than submit to these deAustro-Germa- for that caused by the death of Aswell of Louisiana has been filled by the election of another Democrat, John Overton. cancies, INVESTIGATION was ordered by Secretary of Commerce into charges made by Dr. Ray O. Hall that he had been dismissed from the department for protesting against falsification of the recently issued report on the "balance of international payments." Hall, who prepared most of the report, alleged figures were juggled and delectlons made to suit He said "political expediency." particularly that a comment to the effect that Impending tariff legislation possible was In part responsible for merchandise Imports holding up relatively well during the first half of the fiscal year 19U0 had been omitted in the publica- nt tion. The point he had endeavored to bring out and which, he said, was omitted, wa that, in anticipation of higher tariff rates later, foreign shippers had sent greater quantities of goods to this country during the first part of the fiscal year than otherwise would have been the case. UMWJWJP n rediscount credit of $100,000,000 accorded to the Beichshank June 25 and due on July 15. Tills credit was advanced Jointly by the Federal Heserve hank of the United States, the Bank of France, the Bank of England and the world bank. The sum was welcome to Luther, but It was only n drop in the bucket which he bad to fill. AJIK AN the WHILE German nment gover ordered all banks closed for two days, shut up the stock for a exchanges week, and decreed a two-daatorium. y mor- It thus checked the exodus of capital and of the transfer marks into foreign currencies or se Hans Luther curities, for the There was some time being. rioting, but in general the German people exhibited the calmness of despair. The German authorities cannot believe that America and the other nations of Europe would permit the insolvency of Germany, and the decree issued by President von Ilindenburg stressed the fact that the crisis was largely metaphysical and due to lack of public confidence. At the suggestion of the French government, an important conference was held In Paris Saturday and Sunday, the chief participants from other nations being Chancellor Bruening and Foreign Minister Curtius of Germany, Foreign Secretary Henderson of England and Secretary Stimson of the United States. This was a preliminary to a conference in London called for July 20 by the British government. To represent the United States at the latter President ver designated Secretaries HooStim- son and Mellon. It was understood they would not concern themselves with matters of European politics, and Mr. Stimson already had explained that this government could not participate in a loan to Germany, that matter resting entirely with the federal reserve and private banks. President Hoover kept In close touch with the German situation, but It was the official view in Washington that Germany must help herself by strong measures, and that in the matter of outside assistance Europe must take the lead. Mr. Hoover took the position that In bringing about the moratorium he had done all that he legitimately and properly could do. France refuses to be abashed by the attacks on her apparent harshness toward Germany. She holds that her demands are fully justified and that they tend to promote the cause of world disarmament and to assure security for Europe In general and France in particular. "MlARLES G. EDWARDS, Demo- crat, representative in gress of the First Georgia district, died suddenly of cerebral In Atlanta. He was years old and his home was in Savannah. Mr. Edwards' death restores to two the Republican maHe was the jority in the house. seventh member of that body to die since the election. The Republicans now have 215 members to 213 . for the Democrats and one There are only six va fifty-thro- Farmer-Laborlte- I AIL WAY offl- cials, shippers and other Interested persons gath- ered in Washington for the hearing before the interstate commerce commission on the application of the mands. Luther then flow to Basel and laid the case before the Bank for International Settlements and representatives of American. British and French banks. Gates W. McGarrah, American president of the B. I. S., announced that the directors of that institution had agreed to renew Its participation In the ",lll railroads for an increase of 15 per cent in rates on all It freight trattic. Ezra Brainerd, is one of the biggest questions that Jr. Chairman Ezra Brainerd, Jr., and his fellow commissioners have had to handle or some time. There was no disposition to question the fact that the railroads are In a sad financial plight. The problem is to find the In the first five months remedy. of this year the class one railroads had a net railway operating income of $1S8,;?87,587, or 2.W) per cent on their property investment, nnd 44 of the 171 roads operated at a loss, of which 14 were in the eastern, 6 in the southern, and 24 in the western district. Conforming to the wish of President Hoover, that existing wage scales be maintained, the roads are seeking an Increase of revenue in increased rates, but their executives have made it plain that If this Is not granted, wages will have to come down. Many shippers have let the commission know that they favor the latter alternative, asserting that they cannot bear higher President transportation charges. Hoover has taken no part in the controversy, but Secretary of Agriculture Hyde has publicly asked the commission to take into consideration the fact that while the revenue of the railroads dropped 10 per cent last year, the revenue of the farmers dropped 20 per cent ; that farm prices are down to prewar level, while freight rates are relatively high; that with many taxes, products manufacturing costs, and railroad rates can be passed on to the consumer, but that the farmer cannot pass his costs on. Two security holders' committees appeared before the commission to set forth the danger that many millions of dollars of rail securities may become ineligible for life Insurance, savings bank and other Investment unless the freight rate Increase is granted. One of the committees represented life insurance and savings bank Interests and the other trust and fire insurance companies and institutions. In an effort to determine whether certain practices of the railroads are consistent with "econom ical and efficient management," the interstate commerce commission announced that It would conduct an investigation on Its own motion Into practices of carriers which affect the operating revenues and expenses. Among the practices the commission is Investigating are prices paid for railroad fuel and the handling of coal at tidewater ports, lake coal, private freight cars, the spotting of cars at Industries and the construction and maintenance of sidings for shippers. PAPTS. GEORGE ENDUES and Alexander Magyar of the Hungarian army made a remarkable nonstop flight from Harbor Grace. N. i to within 14 miles of Budapest. That city was their goal, but their fuel ran out Just before It was reached. Joseph Lcbrlx and Marcel two famous French aviators, Do-re- t, set out on a flight from Paris to Tokyo, hoping to make the 6.000 miles in G2 hours. They were making good progress when they were forced down In Siberia 310 miles from Irkutsk. The plane was ruined and Lehrix was slightly In Jured, non-sto- p OOV1ET Russia has taken an other step In Its return to old time ways, it has been decreed by the people's eommissiarlat for agriculture that payment to workers on Russia's collective farms shall henceforth be made only on the basis of quality and quantity TWENTY-EIGH- natlons.through T at Geneva, signed an International convention limiting the manufacture and regulating the distribution of narcotic drugs, and It was expected that other signatures, including that of the United States, would be added wifhiu a few days. The treaty was the result of discussions of delegates from 56 nations which have been in progress for many weeks. Among the first to sign were Germany, France, Holland, Switzerland, Great Britain and Japan, six of the leading manufacturing states. Turkey and Jugoslavia, chief states, are not expected to sign at present. opium-producin- g new cabinet headed Blanquler who, besides being premier, is minister of finance. Blanquler was formerly finance and public wprks minister, as well as director of the state railways. He Is regarded as an efficient technical man and it is believed in Santiago that he can find the remedy for the precarious state of Chilean finances. has a CHILEPedro came an FROM the White House reply to the attacks on the tariff commission that have been made by Senator Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas and other Democratic leaders. The statement represented the tariff commission as a most Industrious body which had completed investigations of 110 different articles under the flexible provisions of the tariff act nnd has investigations of 119 articles still undor consideration. In 22 investigations completed and reported to the President, it was pointed out that on only 10 of the 40 articles Involved had there been an increase proclaimed. On 12 articles the duty was cut. On 20 there was no change; on 4 others there was no change, the report having been returned by the President. , It was also explained that In addition to its duties under the flexihad ble clause, the commission been called on by congress for reports on 10 subjects, four of which have been completed. On its own initiative the commission undertook and completed an Investigation of leaf tobacco. "The cases brought before the are being handled expeditiously," the White House statement declared. "The tables presented herewith reveal that the is disposing of the commission cases at a rate of oue per week." commission more report from the commission has been made public. It deals with methods of criminal procedure, and an Interesting paragraph denounces as "shocking to one's sense of justice" the laws under which the famous case was conducted. The commission cites the case arising from the HUG Preparedness day bombing in San Francisco as one in which motions for a new trial "were held Inadequate to prevent Injustice." It makes no direct recommendation, however, that the case be reopened. . In the body of its report, signed by ten of the eleven members, the commission concludes that blame should be iaid at the door of "inor politics - ridden competent, Judges" for much of the general complaint against this country's criminal procedure. Monte M. Lemaun, New Orleans lawyer who declined to sign the commission's prohibition report, likewise refused to sign this document. He charges that the report was made without sufficient research to back up the conclusions ONE Mooney-Billlng- s VIRTUALLY the father of the army air service, Brig. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois will, next December, reap the reward of bis long and earnest labors. The War department tt nn fry n4 announced his promotion to succeed MaJ. (Jen. James E. Fechet as chief of the army air corps. effective December 20, when General Fechet's term expires. Foulois will then become a major general. He was one of the pioneers in the development of aviation through association with the Wright brothers. He flew the first airplane and the first dirigible balloon purchased for the army, and In 1910, when the appropriation for the air service was only $150, he contributed $300 from bis own. pay to make up a deficit. He organized the first flying unit the nrmy ever had. As assistant chief of the corps he supervised the gigantic air maneuver? along the Atlantic coast last May. Machines That Are Almost Hainan R. FALL, former sec- -' of the interior, was ordered by the Department of Justice to be committed to the New Mexico penltenliary to serve out the torin to which he was sentenced on his conviction In the Elk Hills bribery case. In order that Fall, because of Incipient tuberculosis, nilgh: serve his term In the Southwest, his sentence of a year In Jail was chnngpd to a year nnd n day by Justice Jennings Bailey of the District of Columbia Supreme court. del. 1931. Western Newsnaoer Union.) WORLD WAR YARNS By E. C. TAYLOR The Wireless Light by WILL not be many years, sciITentists predict, before we will go home, press a button, and a crystal globe, having no wires Inside or out,, will cast a pleasant light in our homes. This wireless light is now a fact, and Is used in several robots that surprise us by their human-lik- be exposed. One of these wireless lights, a huge one, operated by radio, recently was mounted on a tower in Schenectady, N. Y., and It threw off sufficient light to read a newspaper two miles away. These wonder lights cost little and give off almost no heat The new magic lights are similar to the neon tubes used for the new type of. outdoor advertising lights, but cast a soft glow instead of the the neon glaring red or blue of outdoor tubes. The ' neon tubes need wires, but the magic light has no wires, and the crystal globes could be carried from one place to another and set down where one wants it. This magic wireless light utilizes the principle of the ordinary electric doorbell, where by pressing a button, a current of electricity Is sent through a coil which repeatedly pulls a hammer that rings the bell. Scientists discovered that In the neighborhood of a rapidly changing mngnetic field, electrons in a bulb started first one way and then another, thus producing light. The wireless light can be used only in proximity to changing magFor home lighting netic coils. these coiJs would be placed in walls, and they could be started agitating by pressing a button. Just as the doorbell Is made to ring. This principle of magnetic colls is used to make a robot work in the- - United States government assay office in New York city. That robot literally picks gold out of the d air. A considerable quantity of gold formerly was lost In the fumes that off during the smelting passed process in the assay office. Now these fumes are forced to rise between two metal plates. These plates are charged with a high voltage electric current. The gold particles In the fumes become electrified and settle on the nearby electrodes. Then they are shaken into a collecting chamber below. Hundreds of ounces of gold, worth many thousands of dollars, have been recovered in this way by the robot. Another electric robot now used by railroads detects broken rails and prevents accidents. The robot Is housed on a small car resembling a handcar, that Is As towed slowly over the rails. it passes along the rails It sends an electric current through the rails directly benealh tlm car. When a break In a rail is encountered, the current Is Interrupted, nnd the robot squirts a dab of paint on the spot where the break Is Indicated. This device detects flaws of so minute a nature that they could be seen not by the human eye. Countless railroad accidents have been averted by the use of the roboL The magle light Is helping to perfect television, that remarkable device that brings pictures of actual events along with sound over the Scientists have progressed radio. l screens so far In this, that have replaced the fourteen-inescreens of a short time ago, and many more persons now can see the radio talkies and movies than With a development of formerly. the new magic light. It Is predicttelevision will be ed that Demonstrations already speeded. have been made, showing both par ties to a telephone conversation, nnd It will not be long, say scientists, before you can see the person, you are talking to over the teleYou also will be seen, phone. though. stx-foo- h two-wa- ((Si y 1931. Western Newspaper Union.) Best Wood for Chessmen The forest production laboratory says that the best chessmen are probably made from genuine boxThis wood Is Imported in wood. relatively small quantities because of Its scarcity and high price. It probably can be readily had. however. In the small sizes required for West Indian boxwood chessmen. should also be suitable for chessmen. The wood Is much more common and Is considerably lower In price. Among American species holly Is probably best suited for This wood Is light col chessmen. ored. rather heavy and quite hard It carves well and takes a smooth finish. On the Dot "In some parts of China," says a New York wrller. "'they tell us. people ore able to tell the time more or less accurately by looking at the eyes of a cat." Skill In this art Is not confined Here to the flowery kingdom about, too, when a man sees a pair of cat's eyes, glean. Ins on a fence at night, and gcN hold of a missile. It Is time f r the animal to This Is the last word leap down. In accuracy. Lieut. Frank E. Hagart "The Unknown Porter" Nearly every combatant nation war has erected a! In the World monument to LiiXiy r ,'l,..i.l.;;;i.,',y,r-"- '"- : -'V T.i im' ., its Unknown Soldier: and a British historian (CapL H. Liddell Hart) has suggested that a "statue in Whitehall to the For Unknown Porter is overdue." It Is easy to build up a chain of evidence that will prove that this unknown Porter won the first Bat- -: tie of the Marne, brought about the downfall of the German war plan and changed history. It all came about when a British', railway porter with a vivid imag-- j ination and no more evidence to, back up his theory than the factj that the occupants of a troop train through England one night spoke' an unfamiliar language started the rumor that a Russian expeditionary force was coming to the western front to help crush the Germans by a flank attack through Belgium. As a matter of fact the troops which the porter heard talking were Scotch and the language they spoke was Gaelic, but after the porter had spoken of his dis covery, that busy old laay. uaaie k Rumor, did the rest. Also the fertile brain of Wh ston Churchill was very busy. He had succeeded in having a brigade of British marines under Brigadier General Aston sent to Ostend and ordered that this move be given the fullest publicity. They stayed ashore only a few days, but they made themselves very much In e performances. The new wireless light looks like a crystal sphere when not lighted. It has no filament Inside it to burn up and break, and has no metal inside or out. It contains gases rendered highly luminous by a electric current in a near-bcoil of wire. In homes of the future mechanical age, these coils could be placed in the walls, and no lighting apparatus or wires, only crystal lighting globes, would Gen. Fouloia ALBERT Across Afthanistaa Motor Car of Tra Expedition. stores of wool and other products Geographio (Prepared by the National D. C.) Society. Washington, destined for India. along a route Kandahar shows its trade ImporTRAVELING by AJexander the tance and the cosmopolitan characand a half ter of its 31,000 inhabitants in Its Great twenty-twexcenturies ago, the Trans-Asi- a bazaars. Hindu, Afghan, Persian, pedition has just crossed Isolated and Baluchi merchants handle to The east from west Afghanistan goods from Europe, Central Asia, expedition, with which the National Turkestan, and India. The Hindu is Geographic society merchants predominate and are found the caravan tracks in poor shipping agents as well. Their outIn vehicles wheeled condition for going caravans carry, in addition to many places; but even the worst wool and dried fruits, relawith stretches were traversed asafetida for the drug trade, intive ease by the special cars different tobacco, madder for the equipped with a tanklike band drive outside world's paint tubes and dye in place of rear wheels. vats, silk, and cleverly carved The three major stops in Afghan- prayer beads for devout Moslems istan were made at Herat, metropoPlenty of Sunni Mosques. lis of the western part of the kingThe Afghans belong to the SunnI dom ; Kandahar, in the south ; and branch of Mohammedanism, a rival Kabul, the capital, in the east. creed to that of the Shlahs, acceptTo locate distant Herat on the ed by the Persians. There are 180 world map an American may start Sunni mosques in Kandahar and in known territory at Knoxville, not one Shiah mosque, although Tenn. A line drawn due east will many of the city dwellers from almost bisect Herat, seventy miles outside Afghanistan are Shiahs. from the western Afghan border. Topping the town's skyline Is the No one knows how long Herat lofty dome of the tomb of Ahmad been broad has Shah Durrani, which may be seen evidence. dominating the The final result was that the plain in which it is situated. Re- by the traveler while he is still far over the from the outer wall. mains of buildings strewn Germans became very nervous at Kandahar is In the same latitude a moment when a determined push plain nearby were ancient to the ancients. Alexander the Great is as Dallas, Texas, but because it is would have won through to Paris. credited with the building of the surrounded by deserts and mounFrom the German supreme comHerat walls. If that is a fact, tains its climate is more nearly mand came Colonel Hentseb to the Herat is at least two thousand comparable to that of the drier por- "threatened" German flank army two hundred and fifty years old. tions of northern Mexico. There is with the news that "The English A sort of hut for caravan routes little rainfall, and in summer the are disembarking fresh troops conon the Belgian coast leading to many parts of central temperature rises to most uncomtinuously doorAsia, and one of the fortable heights. There are reports of a Russian exways to India by land, Herat has East and north of Kandahar betpeditionary force in the same parts. been a tempting "plum" for rulers ter roads were encountered than A withdrawal Is becoming Inevitaof nearby countries and imperial those of eastern Afghanistan, and ble." Gradually in the mind of the strategists of the eastern hemi- the expedition had little difficulty supreme command those 3,000 masphere bent upon annexing portions in reaching Kabul. It found that rines grew into 40.000 and the Bus-siaSo the withof southern Asia to their domains. the ambitious modern capital city numbered 80.000. Herat Often Besieged and Taken. which former King Amanullah had drawal started, gathered momenwalls sur- almost completed on the outskirts As a result its tum and speed and the allies won mounted by 150 towers, have with- of Kabul before his visit to the the battle of the Marne. stood many sieges, but it also has United States in 1928, is now deoften fallen before attacks. In the serted. Governmental activities, as The "Fast Mail" to Paris Thirteenth century Genghis Kahn during past centuries, are carried Isolated instances have been and his horde of Mongols swept on In old Kabul. noted in recent months where letdown upon the city, leaving only a Kabul is one of the three of the ters mailed during the war-torhalf hundred of its hundreds of least known capitals in the world days of more than a dozen years thousands of inhabitants alive; and today. The others are Lhasa, capiago are only now reaching their these survived only because they tal of Tibet, and JRiad, capital of destinations. Such cases usually feigned death. One hundred and the newly country, recognized may be explained by shifting adfifty years later Tamerlane, no less Nedj, in central Arabia. dresses with which the mail has exKabul granted the Trans-Asi- a merciless, nearly duplicated the andifficulty in catching up or for nihilation. pedition permission to" enter, but some other logical reason. The Persians frequently took customarily it hangs out no "welDelays during the war, however, Herat and remained in control for come" signs to visitors, distinwere often not so easily excused a Pera time. Today many years at guished or otherwise. The Afghan witness the correspondence resian blood flows in the veins of capital, like the rest of the Asian ceived in Paris from a soldier situf of the' Heratis. In monarchy of which it Is the largest ated not more than 100 kilos away. about 1837, some 35,(XK) Persians set out city, asks little from the outside He wrote: to take Herat. After a siege of ten world, and would like the attitude "The attached envelope postmonths, the Heratis, with the help reciprocated. The desire, for Isomarked Paris, April 21, was re- of British forces, defeated the Per- lation is a heritage to the Afghan ceived by me today. May 1. sians. Herat them became an in- of today from bis remote ancestors, "It contained a letter dated April dependent city, but in 1801 a quar- who "took to the hills" from the 21 which acknowledged receipt on rel between the rulers of Herat and plains to escape being overrun by 19 of my letter dated April Afghanistan resulted in the city's some of Asia's migrating hordes. April 10. Kabul Big and Busy. passing of the latter. "While I can readily understand Kabul itself is a busy city of the difficulty of transportation beDespite frequent revolts and attacks, Herat continues to rank with about 100,000 people. One can only tween here and that the great cities of central Asia. guess at the population because the city of delight, 1 have found it Frequent rebuilding of the city single effort at a census failed be- more difficult to get there than to within the walls has brought little fore the Innate exclusiveness of get away.. change to its people and daily life. the Afghan. Rather than tell their "The fact that an efficient postal No railroad approaches nearer than names and ages so many Kabul service can deliver a letter in nine 80 miles; the telegraph key has residents either left the city or hid in a place I have been unable never clicked within the city's away that business was disrupted days to reach in three months should, walls. ancient grave- and the census was abandoned. Unsightly of course, not be overlooked and is f Kabul's yards outside the walls have been dwellings rise In fully appreciated. put in order, new defense works sweeping tiers from "the banks of "I cannot, however, understand have been built, and a new exten- the Kabul river to it should require an extra day why sion of the city with broad streets foothills, 7,000 feet above the sea, in Only nine days to go, returning. flanked fcy modern shops Is rising higher than the peak of Mt. Michel), but ten days to come back. I sugoutside of the north wall; but the loftiest of the Appalachian chain. gest an Investigation." original moat, 45 feet wide and 10 The peaks of the Hindu Kush, Army records fail to reveal if feet deep, still Is there today as it three times as high, Jut into the his suggestion was complied with. was centuries ago. Hence its skyline not far away. Inside the walls Heratis live In winters are cold and Its summers "When Will the War End?" brick build- mild. low mud and Who wrote It or where It came did The as their ancestors. Piano ings players and phonographs from, nobody knows. But It bestreets are mere passageways. They give the ear an inkling of the home came a "classic" which went the are playgrounds for children and life of Afghanistan's capital a and. like of the rounds stages for debate by bewhiskered, home life which Is screened from tbe famous newspapers, of the Pollu," "Litany men. Some of the the eye by interminable mud walls. beturbaned flash of humor that streets are covered to keep out the Prohatly nowhere in the East Is was a little lightened somewhat the burden of sun. One chronicler was not far the seclusion of women more comBemany In those tragic days. wrong when he compared them with plete than in Kabul. The extent of cause of that and because It rerabbit warrens. man's walls Is the barometer of his flected somewhat the " Hard Route to Kandahar. social station. made the that philosophy When a western idea finally South and east of Herat the exwar endurable. It deserves to be pedition encountered difficult ter- reaches the Kabul home the Impact So here It Is: rain over which few motor cars often leaves a strange anticlimax. preserved. Absolute knowledge I have none, have passed. Many swift streams The story Is told of one wealthy But my aunt's washerwoman's lifhad to be forded and three moun- Kabullan who would have nothing ter's son tain ranges crossed. The only ma- less than a grand piano in bis Heard a policeman on his bent to a laborer on the street jor river encountered, the Helmand, home. After many months it ar- Sav a letter just last week had to be crossed by means of an rived, but minus a bench for the That he had In the finest Greek ancient ferry. The transfer of the player. "That's all right," said the Written From a Chinese coolie In Tlmbuctoo 21 cars, trailers and trucks across purchaser. "I'm accustomed to sitWho said that negroes In Cuba the Helmand consumed two days. knew ting on the floor. Saw off its legs." To Kandahar, Important trade One of the most Interesting sights Of a colored man In a Texas town center of southern Afghanistan, In Kabul Is Its covered bazaar, or Who got It straight from a circus clown caravan roads converge from sev- street- of shops, similar to the In the Klondike beard eral gateways into Persia from "Street Called Straight," In Damas- Tbat atheman news Turkestan, from Herat and Kabul cus. In Its mazes, struggling, burFrom a gang of South American In Afghanistan, and from Baluchdened, sweating masses of humanJews About romebody In Borneo istan and India. Geography has giv- ity, donkeys, sheep, en it trade value for two millen- camels, beggars, and dogs meet and Wbo Knew a man who claims to know niums. mingle amid the pungent odors of Of a swell society female fake The town lies on a level plain be- food and the welter of mid day. Whose mother-in-lawill underIn direct .on trust there Is the detween two rivers, the Tarnak and take To the and To prove that her seventh husband's north Arghandib. lightful gnrden of sister's niece a few miles west of Kabul. In northeast lie barren hills, but south His stated In a printed piece Irtlie corner of this and west of the city the plain Is That nad a son who had a friend rigated by numerous canaJs nnd Is spot lies the grave of Babor, "the Who she knows when the war Is going highly productive and thickly Tiger," who founded the dynasty to end This Irrigated land about of the magnificent Moguls. This 1931. Western Newspaper Union.) Kandahar is one of the best fruit shrine has long been a jJace of for people from all parts growing regions of the Middle East. Colonial Candles Peaches, apricots, grapes, figs, mel- of Central Asia. It was In this gn Marlon N. Itawson says. In "Canons, Mild pomegranates grow to per- dt n that Baber made the plans for dle "Bear's grease and deer fection. Fruits, both fresh and his Indian campaign, leading to the suet Logs": went Into some of the first dried, make up prominent items In great victory outside of Delhi In candles which the early settlers 1520. when a colossal fortune fell the city's exports. made In ibis country; and then A ditch and a wall ex- Into the bands of his Tartar horsetending for more than three miles men and burly nomads. Afghans spermaceti, the waxy solid obtained surround Kandahar. Outside the believe that one day a conqueror from the head of the sperm whale and brought to n,e ,.()ast of New eapt gate Is a large caravansary will come who will bring back tlie England before the middle of the where are often to be found huge glories of the Moguls. sixteen hundreds." a o g -- T 25-fo- n . one-hal- . . flat-roo- d sun-drie- d ,, - d hlgh-walle- d Ba-be- r, set-th-- (. mud-bric- . |