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Show BRISBANE THIS WEEK How Will Mussolini Fight? Airfields and Live Wires A Teapot Tempest I Will Eugenists Explain? Mussolini fought In the big war a a simple soldier in the trenches, f : 1 ' H f J A i- . was b a a i y wounded, saw the horrors of war from the bottom. Now, in command, com-mand, he will see war from the top. How will he manage It? Dispatches Dis-patches say he must do something some-thing In a "quick drive and make big gains" before the rainy season returns, seven Arthur Brlubnne monthS hence. Mussolini's driving power and efficiency, effi-ciency, that have transformed the fever-breeding Pontine marshes into homes for Italian families, should need no "seven months" to produce results In Abyssinia. The thing to do is to concentrate on the "Conquering "Con-quering Lion of Judah," otherwise the Negus, or "Power of Trinity." Make it clear that modern war means "the ruler of the country first, the little people afterward," and war will not last long. The "Conquering Lion" has expressed willingness, almost eagerness, to die for his country, but that must not be taken too literally. Near Burbank, Calif., a plane crashes. Three occupants, two pilots and a stewardess, burn to death, after striking a live wire. It has been said, "Alcohol and gasoline do not mix well," meaning that men should not drive when drunk. .Air fields and live wires do not mix well either. The Department of Commerce, ruling aviation and exercising ex-ercising admirable rules, might Include In-clude among the latter a rule against exposed live wires near air fields. There Is an unnecessary fuss about American business men having hav-ing secured in Abyssinia rights to develop oil and mineral wealth. An American should be ahle to go shopping shop-ping at his own risk and on his own responsibility, wherever he chooses, as Englishmen do, without having the State department Indulge In-dulge In "fits." If one of the great American organizations, or-ganizations, Standard Oil, Du Pont or another, undertakes to do business busi-ness In Ethiopia, It will not ask Uncle Sam to send over any of "our boys" to shed their blood. Strange sight In a New York court one boy, nine years old, accused ac-cused of killing a girl by hitting her on the head with a stone because she denied his assertion that he could eat more peaches than she could. Another little boy of twelve, also killer of u playmate, appeared In the same court. The nine-year-old boy seemed quite unconcerned, except that he thought his dog, "Lucky," would be lonesome without him. Prosecuting authorities accuse the nine-year-old boy of murder, but hanging or drawing and quartering for children are part of the past. Will stirpiculturlsts and eugenists explain these youthful crime phenomena? phe-nomena? The sad death of the queen of Belgium proves that the open car is the dangerous car. The queen was thrown from the car, struck her head against a tree, and was instantly killed. Had she been in a closed car, she could not have been thrown violently, and probably would have escaped death as did her husband, who was holding the wheel. The open car Is the ideal car to see the country and the sky, but a dangerous car for those who drive too fast. San Francisco, as old in the minds of Americans as the word "California" itself, Is cheerful The great bridge that will unite San Francisco to Oakland across the bay Is progressing rapidly. And the suspension bridge Is already stretching its splderweb cable's across the Golden Gate, where the Pacific ocean comes rushing in to the bay. Thanks to good management and an excellent engineer, Mr. Strauss, this Golden Gate bridge, with Its magnificent span of more than 4,000 feet, will be finished on time and for less than the $3r.000,000 guaranteed as maximum price. England wants no war, with prosperity returning and spoils of the big war not yet digested. But the wing feathers of the pence an-gel an-gel must tremble at sight of Brit sh and Italian fleets In the Med-Iterranean. Med-Iterranean. near the mouth of the Suez canal. If Britain tries to close that cnnnl o Univ. leaving tli.Misantls, of !,,. Inn soldiers cut off fro,,, ,holr and from food supplies. Uu-re will probably be some henvv gunfire |