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Show TIIE PAGE TWO News Review of Current Events the World Over ! President Hoover Declares Himself for Change in Prohibition Amendment Roosevelt Hears Mayor Walker's Defense Sec. Stimson Angers Japan. By EDWARD W. PICKARD ' opened the American protest to Japan against PRESIDENT HOOVEIl hostilities In China. Such a profur his with his acceptance speech, and test would have had far less welsvt, told tbe nation that. In regard to he pointed out, bad It not been supthe liquor question, ported by "the entire group of civhe stood not exact- the ly on Republic- an platform but a considerable step ahead of It lie said the administration's efforts to enforce national prohibition been of no avail, because the Eighteenth amendment President Itself was a failure Hoover except in states where the majority sentiment was actually dry. lie declared he could not consent either to restoration of the saloon or to the continuance of such grave abases as the speakeasy and the bootlegger which flourish under the amendment. Therefore, be proposed such modification of the prohibition amendment as would return liquor control to the states nnder federal control that would guarantee the dry states federal aid In keeping out liquor and prevent the restoration of the saloon In the wet states. In substance the position taken by Mr. Hoover on this prohibition problem Is very close to that of Alfred E. Smith In 192a It was warmly Indorsed by the Republle-a- n senators who consented to talk about It, even by such veteran drys as Fess and Borah. The Republican press generally commended It, and Democratic newspapers praised the President for "bravery greater than that of his party platform." The President's address of course covered practically all the subjects that appear In the Republican platform and was written with skill. In It he reiterated his stand for freedom In industry and commerce as opposed to radical and revolutionary proposals, for a protective tar-Il- l, for noncancellation of foreign debts, and pledged himself to work for restoration of prosperity. The notification ceremony took place in Constitution hall and the speech was heard by 4,000 persons gathered there and by countless millions who listened In by radio. The affair was preceded by a garden party and buffet luncheon on the White House grounds, to which 700 men and women had been invited. Former President Calvin Coolldge was not there because, as he said, he feared the trip would aggravate the hay fever from which be was Buffering. had VfAYOR JAMES WALKER of New York, appearing before Governor Roosevelt in the latter's office In Albany, made an impassioned plea for the right to face and question the witnesses who have accused him and whose tes tlmony before the Seabury committee resulted In the demand that the governor remove him from office. Mr. Roosevelt ruled that the mayor might present any witnesses or evidence that would contribute to the governor's examination of the case. He did not require the proof of Mr. Walker's guilt to be shown by witnesses, but he did go at once Into a of the mayor himself. Mayor Walker's answers followed closely his previous defense as given In his formal answer to the Seabury charges and In his testimony before the legislative committee. He admitted taking the $20,000 gift from J. A. Sisto, banker interested In taxlcab legislation, but denied he had given of his Influence as mayor to obtain the legislation. Answering the charge that he owned securities In a company doing business with the city. In violation of a state law. Walker asserted he knew nothing about its connection with city contracts. In succeeding sessions of the hearing he continued along the same line, denying all charges of misconduct and defending the acts on which those charges were based. n continually on the JAPAN,concerning her course In Manchuria, and extremely sensitive to criticism, whether direct or plied, has been aroused to great indignation by Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson In an ad dress before the council on foreign b '" New relations York the cabinet officer asserted that - Im- ,sk ? 'f't Jm. j I CHANCELLOR VON PAPEN and his cabinet acted to stop terrorism among the political factions of Germany by decreeing the death ilized nations." Later in bis address Mr. Stimson penalty for all persons convicted of acts of political violence. Including said: "As It stands, tbe only limitation rioting, treason, arson. Instigation to the broad covenant against war of explosions or floods or damaging Is the right of This railways or railway equipment. Deright Is so Inherent and universal spite this rigorous action, the acta that It was deemed unnecessary of violence did not cease. Adolf even to Insert it expressly In the Hitler Issued a proclamation to his treaty. It exists In the case of the storm troops to curb their disorderly Individual under domestic law, as enthusiasm. Von Papen Invited both Hitler's well as In the case of tbe nation 's and Its citizens under the law of na- Nationalist Socialists and II u Nationalists to share In the tions. Its limits bave been clearly defined by countless precedents. government which he will submit to "A nation which sought to mask the reichstag when It convenes AuImperialistic policy under the guise gust 30. But the monocled chanof the defense f Its nationals cellor Is determined to keep the ofwould soon be unmasked. It could fice of chancellor and to maintain " not long hope to confuse or mislead the government on the public opinion on a subject so well basis. The Hitlerites continue to understood or In a world In which claim full governmental control, one facts can be so easily ascertained of their organs saying: "If we are and appraised as they can be under not allowed to direct the governthe Journalistic conditions of to- ment we will fight to the finish." It is the aged President, Paul Von day." who must make the final The Japanese foreign office took decision. Mr. Stim son's remarks as an attack on Japan's acts In Manchuria field and track events and cabled the embassy In WashingWHEN the Olympic games came to ton for a detailed report of the speech. It was believed that formal a close it was found the United protest might be made to tbe United States bad won first place by a tre mendous margin; States government. Finland was second and Great Britain D Ot D. CIIAPIN, the Detroit third. Tbe climax manufacturer, was of this part of the sworn In as secretary of commerce program was the to succeed Robert P. Lamont, who marathon 1 resigned to become which was won by president of the Juan Zabala of ArAmerican Iron and gentina in record-breakin- g Steel Institute. As time. The he took office Mr. second week was Chapin gave expresgiven over to all sion to his optimHelene kinds of events, ism, saying: "NatuMadison mainly in the wa rally, like every ter, and Helene other American, I am gratified by the Madison, the premier woman swimmer of the United States, distinunmistakably better tone that now pre- guished herself again by winning race In the R. D. Chapin vails In our indus the 100 meters free-styl- e tries and marts of new Olympic time of 1 :6.8. She was trade. Concerning the future trend, first in the fastest field of girl swimI will not be so bold as to venture mers ever assembled, and every one prediction now, but one thing is cer- of them beat the old Olympic tain we must all exert ourselves to record. In other water events the flags of the utmost striving to strengthen all favorable factors and to make Japan, Holland, Australia and other the Inevitable turn come as soon and nations were raised. with as much security as possible." A LL the neutral nations of Cen- Secretary Chapin is already entral and South America Joined couraging the railroads to go ahead with the United States in calling on with repair and replacement work and finding money to help them do Bolivia to lay down her arms and arbitration with Secre- accept it; and in of the dispute with tary of Labor Doak he is working Paraguay over the on the plans for spreading employment by decreasing the individual Gran Chaco. They even set a definite hours of work. time for such subBotwenty-fou- r hours there mission, but FOR about a spectacular attempt at rev- livia's reply was not especially satolution in Spain by the monarchists Presidwho hoped to restore the Bourbons isfactory. to the throne. The movement was ent Daniel Salaled by Gen. Jose Sanjurjo, known as manca's govern-men- t said It was "the lion of Morocco," and for a President time he and his helpers were In willing to suspend Salamanca pending control of Seville. But the repub- hostilities lican government was apprised of arbitration, if Parahis plans in advance and the revolt guay and the neutral powers would was speedily squelched mainly by consent to the present positions In as tbe basis of nethe police. Sanjurjo himself was the Gran Chaco instead of the position of gotiations, arrested as he fled from Seville and the troops on June 1, as stipulated was taken to Madrid for trial by After June 15 Boand various others of by Paraguay. n livian patrols captured three the former king's military commandoutposts. ers also were apprehended. In Pacifists In La Paz. Bolivia, who Madrid there was little fighting opposed war with Paraguay, were when revolutionists sought to occud and eight of the, a py government buildings. were condemned nd shot. The whole affair was a mixture of comedy and tragedy and the net CHANG It result was the burning of many roy- GEN. be the suwill likely, alists clubs, homes and residences preme dictator of China. This reby the Republicans In several cities, the controversy between and the prospect of death at the sults from Chlng-wepremier, and Marhands of firing squads for the roy- Wang shal Chang Hsiao-HanPeipingwar alist leaders. Former King Alfonso lord. Chang refused to obey Wang's denied having any part In the uporder to make war on the Japanese rising. forces that were operating In Jehol and offered to resign. Soon province, O EWARD for his uniformly suc- after Wang and his entire cabinet cessful prosecutions of gangtheir resignations, the sters and politicians for evasion of submitted to step out being Finance Minthe federal Income tax has come to last ister T. V. Soong. George E. Q. Johnunlike Wang, Chiang son, United States disstill thinks the In attorney Chicago can be settled by direct negopute anHe has been jj. tiations and therefore refuses to , d pointed to the fed- take any warlike steps likely to aneral District bench tagonize Tokyo. Under the terms Hooby President of the Chinese constitution, General 4Vver, and probably Chiang as permanent chairman of win De connrmea i " "v1 . g the military council Is untouchable K i .1 f" III LliC DTliaiC UJ and Is in full control of the armies. cember with little -iopposition, as sue- k ' T"VO Democratic senators were cessor 10 Air. jonn-sosuccessful durinjr the week In the President G. E.Q.Johnson obtaining renomlnatlons. They were named Johnson's Aiben W. Barkley oi Kentucky, keyable assistant In tbe tax cases. noter In the recent national convenDwlght II. Green, who has been so- tion, who defeated former Senator licitor for the bureau of internal B. Martin and others; and revenue and has conducted many George Mrs. Hattle W. Caraway of Arkanof the trials Instituted by Johnthe only woman member of the son. Both the appointments were sas, Mrs. Caraway had upper house. urged by Senators Glenn and Lewis six male rivals for the nomination, of Illinois. but easily distanced them all. Johnson began bis drive against WNU Berrtc, C. 1933. Dell Syndicate gen-berg- "no-party- Uln-denbur- g, race, court-martia- l, Para-quaya- court-martiale- KAI-SHE- l, 7TrTir r. n, 1UUOU1MUUU OUIUUg signatory nations to p , 'J S' p ' XV ' '1 mobilize "moral disapproval" of acts Sec'y Stimson Of aggression Is Implicit In the Brltish-Kellogtreaty outlawing war and that a definite pact providing for such consultation H unnecessary. As an example, the secretary of state referred to the g hoodlums and crooked politicians In the fall of 1020, first indicting Ralph Capone and Terry Druggan aud Frankie Lake. Other Indictments followed, and trials, and Mr. Johnson was successful In sending the following persons to the penitentiary for evading lucerne taxes: Al Capone, Ralph Captxte, Druggan, Lake, Jack Guzlk, Sain Guzik, Frank Nlttt, former County Assessor Gene G. Oliver, and former State Representative Lawrence C. O'Brien. Christian P. Past-hen- , building commissioner In the last Republican Chicago municipal administration. Is now under sentence, but has appealed bis conviction. V3 Sfjj jt" Kai-she- Sino-Japane- TIMES-NEW- S. Thursday, August 18, 1932 KEFIII. UTAI1 Week This Arthur People and Things A Lopsided League Why Gen. Wood Travels A New Monroe Doctrine ' After a soul has spent a thousand years In Paradise It probably forgets to wonder, and no longer mentions ibe marvels of the place, pavements of gold, walls of Jasper, that strange beasts talk, or the red, black, white and gray horsemen. So In California, after one hundred visits, you take for granted that which amazed you and exhausted your adjective supply, on tbe first few trips. The flowers, sunshine, sky, the beauty of the ocean and the mountains are not to be described. You must see them. A drive through Los Angeles, out to Hollywood, off to the right among the hills of Beverly, and on down to the ocean over those bills through one of the fine roads built along the canyon walls Is, or ought to be, a part of every American's education. You cannot possibly imagine what this country is. There Is progress, then a check, then further progress. But always progress. There will be ten million people In Los Angeles and the little group of suburbs around It before existing lives shall end. There will he fortunes made here, far beyond the dreams of avarice, which Is saying a good deal In America. Come and see, remembering that In California the summer season Is the best season. The important world news, yet to have official confirmation, announces the retirement of Germany, Italy and Japan from the League of Nations; that would leave In the League only two great nations of Europe: England and France. This Is not our affair, for we are blessedly out and shall never be pushed into tbe League. But with the three nations out of the "Big Five," the League will feel like a centipede minus seventy-two legs. Europe will find itself preparing for war as In 1914, with no central gathering place, even, for talking about peace. Japan feels that the League Interferes In exclusively Asiatic matters. Germany feels that she has been badly treated. Italy resents too much advice, and being classed as a child, mentally, by the two big nations that really are the League. If Japan, Italy and Germany get out, that will begin a new European chapter. the list of important and intelligent people now In California, General R. E. Wood, now raveling through this Western country by airplane. General Wood, a West Pointer, was for several years in charge of Government work on the Panama Canal. Now he is president of Sears, Roebuck and has been visiting hi3 distributing departments and retail stores throughout the West. His answer to the question, "Are you studying and correcting mistaken methods In your branch offices?" should interest business men. "No," said he, "I am not looking for weakness In our branches. I am finding out by visiting these branches what is the matter with us at headquarters. If any part of a man's body doesn't work well, you know something is wrong in his head. If branches in a big organization don't work well, that shows something wrong, not with the branches, but with headquarters. By visiting our branches I find what Is the matter with my own methods, and with headquarters generally." Paraguay and Bolivia, may after all, not enjoy their "real war." Young gentlemen of Paraguay and Bolivia are "rushing to the colors" eager to fight somebody. In Paraguay young women, "including deb utantes and society ladies," insist on joining the army. They won't knit or do homework, but Insist on fighting, in the front line trenches, and if there are no trenches, they will dig some. But the South American ladies and gentlemen may miss the "pleasure" of finding out what a real war Is like. The United States has joined with South American countries in declaring that It will not "recognize territorial gains made by armed force." (This means a sort of Monroe Doctrine among countries in Soutb America. It would hardly be worth while to fight for land if you couldn't enjoy It after you got it). Europe should have had such a In agreement 1914. It would have prevented the silly program of carving out and setting up Impromptu nationalities, for which one of our distinguished Presidents was largely responsible. Coming west, passing the big gest pea canning factory in the world. Just east of Ogden in Utah, vou learn that ordinary workers Tornierly paid sixty and seventy cents an hour now get eighteen cents an hour, $1.80 for a ten hour day. Skilled mechanics get twenty-twcents an hour. o (.1932 by King heiturti Syndicitt, Inc. -- ! 4 j J LOS ANGELES. Well with the Olympic Games come and gone for another four years I dont kno . bow this won fM PuWikit thing doing " these games I mean I cant get my Just mind made up about It, but I guess Its all right. They Just as well be doing that as In some 'J ' X -- J VIUVI ..v;:-- ; "i This Swedish Housewife Bakes Only Four Times a Year. br th National Qaofrtphla tor sees first, as he nears the Swed(Prpa4 Society. Wixhlngton. D. C) ish coast, are those that encircle (WNU Swvlco.) the harbor of Gotbborg (Gothenyear all Sweden Is with memorial rites burg), chief shipping center and and exhibits, the three hun- commercial port of the country ; for dredth anniversary of the death In the usual approach to Sweden Is battle of Gustavus Adolphus, the by the "lonely passage" that rounds the bleak northern tip of Scotland Swedish hero king. Many are the ways of celebrating, and then threads down among tbe for as the traveler moves about Islands In the Kattegat. Sweden by canoe, coast steamer, Goteborg and Stockholm are river barge, motor car, railway or linked by a road of water, the Gota airplane, he Is confronted with canal. This connects the North and many peoples with customs and dia- Baltic seas and the large Inland lects unalike. lakes, Vanern the largest lake In The differences, however, fade In Europe excluding Ladoga and Oneretrospect and the outstanding Im- ga, In Finland and Russia and n and Malaren. The series of pression one gets of Sweden today locks that provide for the varying Is of a closely knit and homogeneous group. In its population an un- levels in the route the highest usually pure Nordic type predom- point is 303 feet above the Baltic were an engineering triumph inates tall stature, long face, light complexion, golden hair and blue when constructed nearly a ceneyes. The blond coloring gives the tury ago. streets of Stockholm a quality of Through Gota Canal. lightness. In contrast, Paris seems North of this belt of water Is ansomewhat somber and dark. other "lake district," Including the The one exception to the homo- Fryken lakes of Varmland, Lake geneity of the population of Sweden Slljan is Daleoarlia, and Dellen in Is the Lapp. Some seven thousand nalsingland, along the eastern of them, a race apart, dwell In the coast. Farther north come the ex Arctic wastes of the Far North. In tremes of summer and winter. Where some vague past their racial mem- the Arctic circle cuts through the ory Is short they wandered In fjelds along the Norwegian boundfrom the East, possibly from Mon- ary the sun Is visible for 24 hours golia. They bave not stopped to of the day for seven weeks In June carve their names on the eternal and From any of the acJuly. hills. They are deaf to the tread of cessible mountain peaks the midFor them the music of centuries. spectanight sun Is a breath-takinlife comes only through the singing cle of magnificence. of the wind above their nomad With a few outstanding exceptents of bark and through the vel- tions, there are no striking ex reinof fleet, vagrant vety tramp tremes of wealth and poverty in deer hoofs. Sweden. There are no slums In As protected wards of the Swedish for instance, though It Jonkoping, state,, members of this alien race Is the home of the world-famou- s roam securely over the tundras and safety match, one of the most Im fjelds of the North. portant manufactures of the coun For more than a century Sweden Eskilstuna steel, an equally try. has not been embroiled in war. At familiar trade-marhas not prono time in its hjstory has a conduced a Swedish Pittsburgh of vi quering foe invaded Its territory cious volumes of smoke. and left the customary aftermath The miners at Kiruna, north of of mixture of blood. During the the Arctic circle, live in a model past six years Sweden has entered community of neat, modern houses; more actively upon Its humanitaand Falun, center of the Bergs-rian purpose of trying to outlaw war lagen mining Interests, suggests altogether. neither luxury nor squalor, al Sweden has no colonies and so though one corporation, generally zest avoids entangling alliances. Its said to be the oldest in the world, was for empire and empire-buildin- g has held continuous possession worked off in the flush of youth. In since 1284 of the great mine, Stora the viking days brave adventurers Koppnrberget, with its vast under went West, and traces of their wanground pit. derings still exist on the coasts of Nearly All Live Comfortably. England and France, Iceland and The ordinary comforts of life are Greenland ; but in many of the lands reach of the majority, they touched they left no enduring within a the. With highly developed telephone record of occupancy. system, business and social matters No Immigrants There. are handled largely over the wire. Sweden has no immigration prob- At the hint of a delay, when a call lem, about 99 per cent of its six mil- is made, the Swedish operator an Not Im- swers, not "Just a minute," but "In lions being native-bormigration, but emigration, once the wink of an eye!" and she means threatened the national welfare. Be- literally and expeditiously Just that. fore American Immigration quotas The main railway lines, like the were known, nearly a fifth of SwePrivate are telephone, den's population was represented in lines supplement rather than rival the United States. this service, which Includes about Love of country dominates the a third of the total railway mileage Swedish people. Their songs re- of the country. Sweden has a more veal a passionate love for the extensively developed railway sysbeauty of the land which has been tem, In proportion to population, an unending source of inspiration than any other European country. to Swedish poets. The Swede's rep- Third class is cheap and clean. Sec-utation for melancholy may be at- one far outranks the ordinary Eu tributed wholly to his susceptibilropean second, and first offers lux ity of the vagaries of the weather. urlous means of travel. He is gloomy at the very thought The electrified railway that Is of autumn, harbinger of the dark farthest north In the world runs winter months. All the russet from Boden, below the Arctic circle. e of September and Octo- to Norvik, Norway's always ber is wasted on him. He is quick port, through which much of Sweto lament the briefness of the sea- den's Iron ore Is shipped. The elec son of light. Remind him of some trical current Is supplied from Por-Juevent In the past and he Is likely a modern industrial town that to say reflectively, "Oh, yes, that has sprung up in the wilderness of was the year the summer fell on a 25 years ago. The machine room at Porjus is sunk Into a blasted Tuesday." In that respect he Is the arch pes- mountain wall at a depth of 1C3 simist. Stockholm, to be sure, is feet, a precaution that gives a hint In very nearly the same latitude as of the low temperatures of the Arcthe southern tip of Greenland. This tic winter. s means that approximately Electricity, derived from waterof the country lies in lati- falls and rivers, Is being substituted tudes generally considered unfavorby modern Industry as fuel that In able to habitation and growth. But time will supplant the black coal the climate of the Scandinavian which Sweden lacks. Black coal peninsula, with Its Jngged coast line heads the list of Imports, and keeps sweepfng down majestically from the balance of trade unfavorable to polar regions Into the North and Sweden, but white coal is beginning Baltic seas, is tempered by the to take its place. warm Atlantic drift, which follows From the depths of the forests of the western coast of Norway and Sweden they cover approximately of its land area come dips also into the Skagerrack. three-fifth- s There Is a Joyons glamour about the commodities that head the exthe way spring and summer come ports. Wood pulp, pinned and unwith a rush. Almost overnight. In pinned boards, paper, beams, spars, the South, one sees the boech for- mnstwood, and box boards provide ests turn Into low ranges of jade. nearly half of the nation's annual The islands the transatlantic visi revenues from exports. THIS Va-ter- g d state-owne- Ice-fre- s, two-third- UDTII1UCUI, tilt sore does em take care of health. Course some say that It will be bad for em In the long run. but I doubt It. You know women always could endure more than men. (Not only physically, but mentally. Did you ever get a peek at some of tbe husbands?) But they can just stand more pain, there la Just lots of thingb where they are superior to the so called male. So I reckon that Its 'only a matter of time that they will not only be doing the same games as the men but will be In the same classea. There will be no male and female classes, for tbe men are getting pretty punk as a race. We will be wearing skirts In another generation. I want to pass out Just before they catch me doing some "battlek" work. You know there was some awful sad things out here In these Olympics even before they started. Take for Instance the trials. I saw the track and field trials for the American team at Palo Alto, and the dlssapointment of tbe ones that were beat for places. Its not so bad to beat in the Olympics, that means you were the best in your country anybow, but when you have built up a great reputation around your own home, college, and Btate, and your records show that your time, or the helghth of your jump 1b above certain other then to train for performers, months, even years, to make this Olympic games that are held at borne, then you deny yourself, train conscientiously, and then get to the trials and be beaten, maybe bjv Inches, and in lota of cases by mea who your previous' record showed was better than tbe time they beat you in. In other words, you know that you just happened to bave an off day that particular day. Thertfi is no doubt that there is men on the American team that beat men that day that they couldent do It again In a lifetime. Well you take a lossr like that, and darn It It hurts. If you absolutely knew In your own heart that you could beat the man that beat you, why that would sit pretty tough with you wouldent it? Course thats not taking any credit from the men and women that won, but its just one of those tough breaks of fate. They cant just let it go and make up for It at the next meet. The next Olympics is four years and all of em dont know what they will be doing four years from now.' Four years is a long time in an athletic career. But they all took it mighty gamely. They smiled but they smiled through many a tear. I begin to think this athletic racket is a pretty tough thing at that. There is about as many disappointments as successes. I think us fellows that cant do anything are just as well off. We are never disappointed. Wait till we get to golf, bridge, or cocktail shaking, then the American white man will come into his own, everybody out here is predicting this California record breaking to continue right up till after November fourth, when Roosevelt will outrun Hoover, Tolan, Metcalf, and maybe Babe Didrlckson. Its awful hard to get your mind on such insignificant things aa republicans, or democrat candidates, with hundred picked athletes of the world r e c-breaking ords under your nose. If an athlete wins an event and dint break a worlds record, we hiss him out of the arena. the man that Incidentally brought the first "slaves" to this country must have had those Olympic games In mind, for these "aena- gambians" have just about run th white man ragged. Every winner Is either an American negro, or an American white woman. Every year it gets harder and harder to tell the difference be-'- v tween a republican and a democrat. . (Course outside of the looks) their platforms and policies become more and more alike. But I believe I have found out the sure way to tell one from another this year. Its .'ust the way they talk. The republicans say, "Well things could have been worse" and the democrats says, "How?" make snow-cappe- Add to veden UK Brisbane by their 4 |