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Show THE SAIINW SUN. SAUNA. UTAn Is SEEN-- -' HEARD around the National Capital i .ns By CARTER FIELD5- - Wusliingtou. Desire of the administration to prevent the few profiting at the expense of the many" the avowed reason for nationalizing silver, will enable foreign speculators to reap a rich harvest, while depriving American speculators of such an opportunity if the world price of silver follows the course now generally expected. The treasury has been doing its utmost, in the period between adjournment of congress following the passage of the silver act and the nationalization of silver to prevent Ameri- can speculators taking advantage of the situation. Many requests to transfer money abroad for purchase of silver in London were declined. Prior to the passage of the silver act the treasury had insisted on a stiff tax being included on any profits made on silver. This was fixed in the law at 50 per cent, despite the insistence of the silver senators that the regular Income taxes would give the government a considerable revenue from any such profits. The real cause of the sudden act of nationalization was the discovery by the treasury that American speculators had found a way to effect purchases on the London market despite treasury refusal to permit transfer of American funds to London for that purpose. The system was surprisingly simple, and was being worked in volume right up to the moment of nationalization. The point was that certain stocks, including International Nickel, had their registry offices In London. So an American speculator, wishing to buy some silver in London and denied treasury permission to transfer funds there, could buy 100 or 1,000 or 10,000 shares of International Nickel on the New York Stock Exchange. Then he could ship the certificates to London direct or by way of Canada, and sell the stock in London, taking of course pounds sterling in payment. The ownership of the. stock would be transferred in the London office, and the American speculator would have his pounds In London with no strings on them leading back to the So he could . American government. use those pounds to buy silver. Treasury Wakes Up Purchases of silver through this maneuvering of International Nickel and other stocks with registry offices In London had run into a good many millions of dollars when the treasury here found out what was going on Wires were hot in the next few hours after tills discovery between Secretary Morgenthau and the President, and the order was rushed out just in time, it is learned, to prevent tremendous further operations of this character. Brokers at once started to figure a,t a new way to beat the restrictions in the nationalization order, and skim some of the cream represented by the difference between the nationalization price barely over 50 cents an ounce and the alleged objective not less than 70 cents for silver all over the world. There were complications enough before, one of them being that silver as traded in at London is of a different fineness from silver as traded in in the United States. Some brokers hold that the International Nickel route is still open, despite the nationalization order. But the real objection of the brokers is that speculators in Europe, In japan and in China and India are free to buy silver at the present world price, counting on the obvious objective of not only the United States government but that of Great Britain to put the world price higher, whereas the restrictions make it hafrd Tor any American to profit, even by paying the 50 per cent tax imposed in the silver law and such income taxes as would result. Fort Peck Project , Both army engineers and reclamation officials were startled at Presi dent Roosevelt's comment, in his speech at Glasgow, that some 85,000 acres of land would be irrigated by water from the Fort Peck project The point is that the project was not de signed or planned as an Irrigation projecf at all. It was designed for two purposes. One was flood control. The otlifir was to provide a navigable channel for boats and barge lines on the Missouri river. Obviously, engineers and reclama tion officials point out, water cannot be used for both keeping a channel at navigable depth throughout the length of tljls very long river and for irrigation of some 85,000 acres of land in the vicinity of the reservoir. What they think happened is that the President, aghast . atf the dust .storms over deserts where fertile farms used to be, leaped to the conclusion that water on the land was far more Important than a navigable stream especially as most of the area is already served by more railroad capacity than there is any likelihood of being tested by bumper freight offerings for years to come. All of the other projects which the President visited on his return trip were primarily Irrigation projects. So there are some who think the Presi dent simply made a slight slip in dis cusing the Fort Peck project. But a much more reasonable assumption, according to friends of the President here, is that Mr. Roosevelt is convinced that the drouth problem far more Important than any Our Qtiltt ques-io- n a channel in the river. Obviously also, they point out, the second purpose for which the project was planned flood control would be served just as effectively by diverting the project to irrigation. of maintaining Thrills Here for the Young Lady PATTERN 1752 "arms Come First Water Impounded behind a big dam for the purpose o preventing a flood on the lower river can be used in either way, they say. It can be released, as originally intended, at times when the water level down stream is low, or it can be distributed on arid and. The flood oontrol function would be served in either event. It is just a question of whether the water would be more valuable used for Irrigation than if used for keeping the channel navigable. When the President realized this, he decided quickly, his friends here say, that the drouth aspect was far fnore important than the transportation diff- GENIUS First, little Jones ran excitedly from the room and fetched his wife. Then he went out into the garden and called the twins, who were telling the children next door what they would do when they arrived at the seaside. After that he persuaded young Albert to abandon, for .the moment his efforts to get Radio Paris on the wireless, brought cook in from the kitchen, and even asked nurse to lift baby from the perambulator. And, to his delight, he found that when they all sat on the largest trunk at once, he could Just manage to fasten the lid. London Opinion. iculty. For one tiling, they assert, the drouth situation is new, and very menacing, whereas the transportation problem would merely be adding something ro transportation facilities already adequate. There is very real fear on the part of many observers of the present drouth situation that this year may not see the end of it. The rainfall In the whole affected area has been subnormal for ten years. Majbe the curve will start swinging upward next year. . 'hit maybe not. No one knows. If the winds which formerly brought rain to this region by way of the Mackenzie river valley, and which this year were diverted eastward, down the Hudson Bay route, should continue to blow that way next year there Is nothing that can be done about it. This is the real explanation of President Roosevelt's dream of the huge forest belt so much discussed. lie wants some plan which would prevent the northern Middle West from being turned into a desert if it should develop that a change in the wind currents points In that direction. At any rate, If the upper Missouri valley should become permanently more arid than It has been, there would be no particular use for a navigable waterway up the Missouri. Sultan of Sulu Is a Modern Ruler. THE potentate ruling under protection of the United States, has recently been bereft of all political WNU Swvica. pines. The new governor of the Philippines, Frank Murphy, decided not to appoint the sultan to the Philippine senate. Although the sultan seldom took his seat, the honor had been accorded him since the time of Gov. Gen. Dwight F. Davis. In real life the sultan of Sulu is e that not the amusing George Ade put into comic opera three decades ago, but a decidedly modern ruler of the Sulu archipelago, which forms a series of oceanic stepping stones from the Philippine group to British North Borneo, writes George M. Ilanson, former United States consul at Sandakan, British North Borneo. Although he partly acknowledged the temporal sovereignty of the United States in 1S99, and completely so in 1915, he retains some of the glam-- , or ascribed to him by the dramatist and remains locally a potentate to the native Sulus, or Moros. He formerly maintained at Slaimbung, on the southern coast of the Island of Jolo, a two story frame palace for himself and six smaller dwellings for his wies and retinue. In 1992 a storm wrecked most of the buildings. Purely religious, his title connotes nothing more than leadership of the Mohammedan church within the limits of his sultanate. The sultan of Brunei, British Borneo, the recognized royal highness in the greater part of the territory, is inclined to regard him as a poor relation who pays tribute to Brunei ; but nevertheless he is a sultan and has authority of a sort over perhaps 300 small islands and that part of British North Borneo with administrative headquarters at Sandakan. In Borneo, as elsewhere, the British are good colonizers. They believe it is wiser to placate the Sulus on the Borneo side of the Sulu sultanate than to run risk of trouble; consequently they still pay tribute to the sultan and accord him military honors on his visits to Sandakan. lie Is given a salute of guns when he conies to collect his annual tribute, and is entertained for two weeks or more by British officials at Government house. Here he receives local native chiefs and other notables. Many Wives but No Children. The sultan prides himself on being an American, though his domestic arrangements have hardly been of a kind sanctioned in the United States. Under the Koran he may have four wives at one time; and, since lie has power to dismiss a wife or divorce her by waving his royal hand, the limitation of number has not been irksome. It is said that in his day he espoused many wives. He has no children, however, and the Rajamuda, or heir apparent (muda is a Malay word meaning unripe), is his younger brother. Although the 1915 treaty recognized him as the spiritual heait of the Sulu MohSmnrtdans, its terms were such as will eventually cause . polygamy to be abandoned. Matrimony Is somewhat casual among the Sulus, and it is not unusual for girls of thirteen, twelve, or even eleven to be claimed as brides. When I was United S'ntes consul at Sandakan, I had an amusing experience which Impressed upon me 'the peculiarity of native marriage customs. Shortly before the sultan's visit to Borneo that year, a German landholder whom the British had ordered out of the country for the duration of the World war requested me to take charge cf his rubber plantation near Sandakan. I agreed, since it was then my duty to take over representation of German interests, to go there on each pay day and check the accounts, but I declined to assume joflPcial control of the plantation. Thus I became for a short time master of the Malay laborers, pending appointment 5f a permanent superintendent. Upon my arrival on the first pay day, the accountant, a Singhalese from Ceylon, brought to my attention a plea from Alus, the houe boy, who needed an advance of $10, Singapore currency, for wedding expenses. Alus prospeo, the bride, the intermediary explained, was Canapa, daughter of Samat, the chief tapper. Canapa Was Too Young. Canapa was rather a little girl, and, it seemed to me when her mothd British Fleet Ready Copyright. he semi-savag- The most amazing thing about the alleged threatening war clouds in Europe, from an inspection of which the writer has just returned, is that Mussolini is even more firmly in the saddle than at any time since his amazing rise to power, and that apparently the duce does not wish a war at this mo uient. So despite all the bad news from Vienna, following on the heels of the bad news from Berlin, the strong probability is that there will be no war fo some little time to come. Instead of provoking a war, the as sassination of Dollfuss actually drove the two most bitter enemies in Europe Italy and France into each others arms. Each was equally determined that Germany should not absorb Austria. It is the first time that Italy and France have had a common objective for twenty years or more, leaving out of the picture the agreement which brought Italy into the World war on the side of the Allies. But let no one think that the temporary agreement of Italy and France means the beginning of a beautiful friendship. The feeling Is still there. It is still nourished by a controlled press in Italy especially and It is apt to provoke the next war. Italy still feels that she was badly cheated at the council table at Versailles. She thinks she got nothing like her just deserts. She. believes France got the lions share. The most encouraging feature is that no other nation agrees with Italy in this interpretation. All her neighbors to the east think she got far more than she deserved. actu-uall.- power, although mother,-hersel- still exercises religious authority over his Moro subjects in a little group of islands which are part of the Philip- Duce Does Not Want War Nothing was printed about It in the newspapers In Europe, but Britain managed to get quite a fleet together in Greek waters, with a general holi-- 1 day cruise idea, during the troubles in Austria. The big airplane carrier Furious, with ten destroyers, cast an- chor in Corfu, the northernmost Greek port, right across the Adriatic from the important Italian ports of Bari and Brindisi. Perhaps there was no connection official statements mean so little but American tourists returning through northern Italy at the time were aghast at the movement of Italian troops up toward the Austrian frontier. In short, there was every indication of trouble, so much so that there was a v widespread rumor In Europe that the announcement of the news of the killing of Dollfuss was concealed for at least forty-eighours. But there was no popular excitement in Italy. It was Just maneuvers. None of the tragic working up of tlfle population to fever heat which preceded the breaking out of the World war. In other words Mussolini had the situation in his own hands. The Italian people would follow him to war in a moment if he decided that it was necessary. lie does not have to resort to any propaganda in advance. It continues to be the most absolute rule in modern times. Italian after Italian, Interviewed by the writer, would denounce most of the other countries, but, pinned down to such a pertinent question as to what he thought of Mussolini knows Hitler, would reply. all about that. lie will decide what ought to be done. er presented her for inspection, much too young to be thinking, of matrimony. I decided a little delay would do no harm. Although the Prepared bv National Geopraphlo Society, Washington, D. C. ANU Service. sultan of Sulu, the only ' - over-harsh- . d Ca-nap- ' - d f , argued that only twenty-four' Canapa was long past eleven and ready to marry, I announced kindly but firmly that no girl under twelve could be married without my special consent. The mother asked it the wedding could take place wlien the girl was ,. twelve. Not wishing to seem I assented. I even offered to take a photograph of the supplicants and to give them a print as balm for their disappointment. , They eagerly posed for thfe picture and went away seemingly well pleased. On my next visit to the plantation, I sent for Canapa and her mother and gave them a print of the photograph I had taken of them two weeks .earlier. They seemed very happy, and the mother asked again If Canapa could be married when she was twelve. Again I said yes, and told her to go ahead and (irepare for the wedding. Alus also asked the same question, and I repeated my assurance to him. Canapa would be twelve at the full moon, which would occur, so fie had learned from the accountant, on Sunday of the next week. Entertaining the Sultan. A week after this episode the sultan arrived and received official entertainment at government house. I could not let the British outdo me In showing him the courtesy due his position and Influence, and accordingly 1 invited him and his party to the consulate to tea. Tin guests included the sultana, the rajamuda, the sultans minister, and several datus. or chiefs. I offered them cigarettes and handed the sultan a package labeled 'Egyptian Cigarettes, Turkish Tobacco. lie examined the package critically, and when be saw the hieroglyphics he was delighted. Egyptian cigarettes, he said, were made by the followers of the Faithful and not by Christian Infidels.' I did not disturb his sublime faith though I could have told him that those cigarettes were machine made In North Carolina from tobacco grown in Asia Minor. And So They Were Married. "While I was entertaining the sultan at the consulate, it occurred to me that it would be a fine tiling to have him perform the wedding ceremony. This would be an unexpected honor to Alus and Canapa and no doubt would prove highly gratifying to all concerned. The more I thought of the idea the better I liked it. I would have the young couple come back with me to Sandakan on Saturday, and invite the sultan, to another tea, where lie could smoke Ills fill of Turkish cigarettes made by the Faithful in North Carolina. The wedding of Alus the Bajao and the Malay beauty, Canapa, would follow. The incident was ail but closed. When I went to the plantation the following Saturday, the full moon that regulated Malay birthdays for tli The month had vvqtied perceptibly. accountant met me as usual, but no smiling Alus stood In the doorway to ,a , greet me. Where is Alus?' I askedj a He is here.no more. He anil live In the, little hguse behind the rubber factory with Surlnlm, the kaboon (gardener), and they went to. Sandakan toijay In the hope of getting to see the sultan.' , Living with Canapa? I muttered. What do you mean? They were married at the full moon, a week cfgo, 0as the tuan had said, and. he is at this house no more.' , Married a week ago? Who married them?' Why you, Tuan; you married them. " T married them ! What are you driving at? ft was tfie full moon, Tuan, and Canapa was twelve. And so they were ifiarried, as the tuan had said. They sleep in the house of the kaboon who Is not, the tuan is Canapas uncle. pleased? '"Then the whole .thing, suddenly davvned. The accountant was wight, and all my paternalistic, plans for. giving the house boy and his - child is!) fulncce a wedding of regal pomp and circumstance had come to.naught. I had married them, however, unin 'certain but noimtin-li7tentioiiaTfy ly. Because of my inexperience with native customs in affairs of the heart, I had spoken fateful words too casu ally. The tuan had signified hi consent and had fixed the ti'vo. That . was enough." tvvelve-year-ol- . As to fashions for the younger set theyre cute and pert u? can be, with necklines and sleeves designed to thrill any young heart. The adorable model sketched here has several possibilities, all of which Mother will want to work up. The complete way is the frock boasting the high collar, youthful shoulder ruffle and adorable sleeves. The ruffle may be omitted, If you like, and for summer days the frock would be cool and Just as smart without the collar and sleeves. The new serai-beltewaist line and front panel are designed to make you look divinely tall. Perfect for gayly printed cottous! Pattern 1752 13 available in sizes 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12. Size 0 takes 2 Of .Course Not! Voice on the Telephone-1- ordered -! that erab meat three hours agoand ft hasn't come yet. Grocer We expected a. fresh shipment this morning and Iv been waiting for it Voice on the Telephone But my husband Is here complaining because his dinners not ready. Grocer But you wouldn't want to serve' an old crab,-woulyou? London (Ont.) Free Press. . Just What Did He Mean? What do you think? The chief clerk had the nerve to tell me I was a blilhering idiot. The chief clerk, mark you I I don't mind that sort of thing from the boss, of course. After all, hes known me for over fifteen years I. London Answers. Mrs. Naturally Upset Her Old Jonas Ileigho Hard- scrabble fell plumb off the roof of his house while he wuz shingling it." Mrs. Whyso Didnt his wife feel awful? Awful Is no name for i.t he fell' right Into her bed of sweet . peas." Brooklyn Eagle. ' Have .yet?. Modern Politician you seen the candidate l'es; he flew over . . our house this morning and dropped down a lot of literature arid threw a kiiss to the yards 30 inch fabric. Illustrated step-b.slop sewing instructions Inbaby." Pathfinder Magazine. cluded with each pattern. Send FIFTEEN ('ENTS (15c) In HIS SOLE OCCUPATION? coins or stamps (coins preferred) for this pattern. Write plainly name, address and style number. BE SURE TO STATE SIZE. Address orders to Sewing Circle Pattern Department, 213 West Sevens teenth Street, New York City. v PREPAREDNESS Johnny was very hard on trousers. One day, while shopping with a friend ills mother bought cloth for a pair of trousers .for Johnny, but ordered a good bit more than seemed necessary. WJiy do you get so much? asked the friend who was with her. Oh, was the reply, "this is for reserved seats. Jim Will you marry me If I stop smoking cigarettes? Maude No. Jim; I coufdnt think of marrying a man who did nothing. ( REAL FIGHTERS Invaluable Knowledge Aw, what good lsiercpi)tage? growled little Tommy. Now, Tommy," asked ills teacher, dont you want, to reproachfully, learn how to figure batting averages?" Toronto Globe." Mortgage Included Customer But you (Jidnt tell me, about the mortgage on the house? CunJain Why did you retreat? I Owner Doift you remember? You had the other slide outnumbered Imall modern the told you Jt had and technically defeated. provements. Vancouver Province. Sergeant I know, captain, but a ! nest of hornets got Into the game. Couldnt Daunt Him I must tell ?u that my daughter Stand Himself ( jCouIdnt can bring a husband only her beauty An elderly man became somew liat and her Intellect." worried about himself and wen1 to I dont mind many oung couples see a doctor. The doctor listened have slarted in a very small way. and smiled. My dear sir, he said, this little Funny Thing, Age habit of talking to yofirself Isnt A very handsome woman, that to worry about. . . llrl Miller. Isn't it? said the patient, indig- - t You ought to have seen her 15 or nantly.- You dont know what a 20 years ago when she was 10 years darned bore I am. younger." London The Mean Thing Service First Actress I like to .act in a , Walter Tea or coffee? .' play that brings tears. Guest Chocolate I Second Actress Wont any play Waiter (shouting) MIxum. you're In do that? anj--Ihin- Tit-Bit- |