Salt Lake Telegram | 1941-01-07 | Page 4 | Views of the Press

Views of the Press "Angary" is the right of a na- tion, whether belligerent or neutral, to requisition in rasa of necessity ships or goods situate situ-ate in its territory, subject to adequate compensation. The term Is a Persian word, meaning mean-ing "messenger" engaged in royal service and therefore empowered em-powered to requisition transportation. trans-portation. It was extended to the requisitioning of ships in the seventeenth century and as such became fairly common in the eighteenth century. Application Appli-cation of the right of angary during the World war period established it firmly in international inter-national law, In trie view of authorities on the subject . . . Presumably, exercise of the. right of angary by a neutral must be founded on existence of a national necessity. Whether It could be legally invoked by the United States as a means of replacing essential American shipping transferred to Great Britain is a question. Portland Oregonian. There have probably been few worse exhibitions of spoils politics anywhere than that now going on in Illinois, where Governor Stelle is busily making mak-ing hay in his 90-day term between be-tween the Horner and Green administrations. The virtual wrecking of the state highway police force is an example of what is happening. Chief Walter Wal-ter Williams and between 200 and 300 experienced officers have resigned as a result of the coming change in administration. admin-istration. Virtually all will become be-come guards at the new government govern-ment munitions plant at Wilmington, Wil-mington, III. Jesse Grlssom, the new chief, will take office Wednesday and Governor Stelle will fill the ranks hy appointing ap-pointing men who cannot ex- ' pect to serve much longer than two weeks, for new appointments appoint-ments are expected soon after the Republicans take over, on January 13. What this double turnover will do to the efficiency effi-ciency and morale of the police po-lice force can readily be imagined. imag-ined. The Illinois experience Is a strong testimonial for the Missouri rule of keeping the state police out of politics. . St. Louis Post Dispatch. Nowadays an eight-ounce steak is a large meal. Fifty years ago a three-pound steak was an appetizer. Nowadays a cocktail, a few sips of wine and a demitasse supply all the liquid required. When Diamond Jim Brady set the styles a quart of champagne was only a tasty touch to a nine-course dinner. Those may have been the good old days, but a modern mod-ern man lives longer, even though he may get Indigestion merely from reading of the trenchermen of old. Atlanta Constitution. Some days ago the .Omaha World - Herald published this three-line "filler" on a news page: "It's against the law to give away a cigar in Nebraska unless you have a license." Promptly the assertion was challenged chal-lenged as ridiculous. But after investigation, the World-Herald quoted a Nebraska law reading: read-ing: "It shall be unlawful for any person to aril, keep for ale ur give away any cigars to anyone without first obtaining ob-taining a license." Accordingly the Nebraska paper chalked up "a victory for the filler writer." adding: "We are proud of him. If we knew who he was we would hand him a good 10-cent cigar and to h with tht license!"