Show R umaoon jls i ense Women Asldlerc Jor Mrs Ruth Snyder Outlawry bf War In Middle Europe She Isn't Fif B Sub ect econies j They Say idJUittponKmHer 0 ver Arms Dea w m m " wi H if By DR GUSTAV STOLPER Noted German Economist and Editor (Copyright 1928 Conslidated Press Association) 7 — The reply given Sj Parker Gilbert agent BERLIN Jan for reparations by Premier Poincare of France caused no surprise in Germany Its sharp tone was not unexpected because M Poincare knew that Mr Gilbert could not have touched on reparations policies without the American state department's advance knowledge — ' M Poincare spoke as always Hker a Jurist "The amount of the reparations debt has been fixed by the reparations commission" he said "and the reparations commission itself has no right to alter it Under article 234 of the "Versailles treaty only the governments can alter the A1 sum by unanimous decision Obviously the" number of annuities and their rhythm can:be modified This - Is but not the total amount of the By Ai Q OAEDINER England's Greatest Liberal Editor t (Copyright 1928- Conslidated Press Association) relations to Europe have been LONDON Jan of discussion in the political world this subject week owing to Secretary of State Kellogg 's note to France and the statement pf York Journal f6f " Commerce forecasting an early general debt revision in which the United States would participate —————— — in aplte of Secretary - Mellon'n - m If I - 'f the-Ne- -- -- - CONSERVATIVES 1 fry WAR OUTLAWRY FACE TROUBLE debt" merely an official repetition of Senator Berenger's formerly expressed opinion France holds fast toj the opinion that the London payment plan of 1921 settled Germany's debt 132 billions and it still regards this astronomical sum as a political and financial reality PRESSURE ON U S Mr Gilbert has not answered and probably will not answer reproach of "confusion" Cut the "unavoidable political debate concerning reparations is not facilitated by this controversy At the outset" it will not have any practical effect The whole world knows that M Poincare's thesis is less directed against Germany than against the United States upon which it is desired to bring pressure b£ insisting on the formal letter of the law The French citizen also understands! clearly "that the Dawes plan is merely provisional and it lies in his economic nature to prefer financial certainty and to make financial sacrifices-tattain it Then one at least knows how much one can count on But jthe reparations problem-I- s not- the- - only question pending between 'Germany and France And It it is not "an isolated problem one is equally complicated on the hand by the question of inter-allie- d debts and on the other hand by the question of evacuation of the Khlneland PROMISES GIVEN Foreign Minister Stresemann in the foreign affairs committee of the reichstag recently Inferred that he had received in Geneva certain prpmises In the event the reichstag should elections in Germany strengthen the" parties of the Left Hence he favored early elections But these promises 'extend only to the beginning of negotiations with the government" under the next Reichstag This has no bindeven ing forced And nobody not Foreign Minister Brland v can ' in France J today obligate himself to anything since nobody: knows how the next French chamber of deputies will be made up If the present complexion is unchanged then the Rhineland occupation will remain as a pawn for reparations negotiations and further political alms The situation in middle Europe Is tense The discovery of Italy's great' consignment of weapons to Hungary has cast a glaring light into the darkness covering this part of Europe Italy is strengthening the ring around Jugo Slavia Hungary received Italian weapons in violation of the peace treaty In Rumania the Bratiano regime still "nodepends on French help But body knows whether with Brati-ano- 's corning overthrow ther Rumanian policy again will make advances to Italy The Bulgarian dictatorship is supported by Dictator Mussolini and the relationship to Greece has recently been rendered more intimate All this does not look like longing for peace and in it all France is Italy's great opponent And as sitin the south the Franco-Italla- n uation is tense so in the north the Anglo-Russia- n tension dominates European policies Germany as the sole "disarmed power lies to 'the middle of the zone of tension In such a situation politics must be carried on with themost extreme caution and patience: And it does not Justify much optimism in any event This: is i j j o - ° : - " ELECTIONS FOES SKEPTICS i Prediction For Both Prance And Germany ' - PLAN HAS ITS Army And Navy Men ' Hard To Convince Claim j By WILLIAM BIRD (Copyright 1928 by Consolidated Press Association) PARIS Jan 7— The parliamentary elections in France and Germany a few months hence will be fought largely on foreign issues and hence will be instrumental in deciding whether the two countries shall continue friendly relations or return to the mutual distrust of a few years ago The on both sides of jthe Rhine are doing their utmost to upset the present pacific edifice of which Foreign Ministers Briand and Stresemann are the architects (Their election tactics consist of the crudest sort of chauven-isti- o propaganda in an effort to revive old hatreds But simultaneously the same parties are claiming credit for r monetary and fiscal stability domestic reforms obtained under the present government LITTLE HEADWAY It is evident from the majority of the reports from Germany as well as from daily observation in France' that these campaigns are making-littljheadwjiy if indeed Inot actually driving voters theyare into the 'other camp Premier Poincare's this week in endeavoringexperience to draft his long jjawaited political declara-etio- n Is enlightening After much hesitation he agreed some weeks ago to issue a proclamation calling upon the country to support candidates pf whatever party who have! upheld the coalition cabinet and who promise to stand by its program in the next parliament But the conservatives not satisfied with this desired him to insert a passage calling attention to the chaos of last year under the left cartel government This M Poincaref refused to do as It would be an ao-- of partisanship and constitute 4 direct! slap at the left member! of the cabinet and particularly at Edouard Herriot Consequently the address has been held up awaiting the agreement of the conservatives NOT IN FAVOR This incident makes it evident that the union nationale is not yet complete and that the conservatives particularly although in the njiinority will not be satis-fle- d unlfsa they are allowed to direct not only domestic problems but foregn policies also In Germany also if reports can be believed the conservative parties are overreaching themselves With a virtual promise of the evacuation o the Rhineland during the coming year their chauvinism finds few echoes among the masses of voters and many competent observers fwould not be surprised to see a "jrirtual landslide in both countries toward the liberals and socialists BY GERYILLE REACITE One of the Foremost Journalists of France t es and-othe- 1 r By ALLEXE SUMXER who desire Governor Al Smith to NEA Service Writer comnrntej the' sentences of Mrs (Copyright 1927 NEA Service) Snyderiand Gray to life imprison- -' ' Woman's Inhumanity to woman is ment I i - ' to be proverbial and uniRead what' they say:-- "' supposed versal i Amenta Galli-Cui-prima don' : Which is exactly why no smart na: i defense attorney takes a chance "TheJ questiin is notrwhat to do' with a -- woman in his Jury- - box with Riutjh SByder:atidvJUdd'Gray' when another woman sit 'ia- th&fwh'oarfiientiUed"t6 the ame 'con sideratfon no "more and' no less as prisoner's seat t Which is also why of course other offenders but what- - to do everybody expected that the sis- with1 ttfej law terhood of this countryNOT IN MODERST' SPIRIT vould band itself together to insist on "The idea- of capita punishment the death chair for Ruth Snyder is to' me abhorrent and not In convicted of the murder of her keeping with the spirit of modern husband ( and sentenced to die on America The guilt of the above 'i Jan 12 The parties is not questioned But the sisterhood fools us! agritatidni regarding carrying out WANT EQUAL MERCY the sentence is Intuitive recogniA questionnaire submitted to sev-- r tion that the law itself 'does not n conform to eral of the country's leading the highest ideals by NEA Service Inc brings Moses may have advocated such 'a forth the Interesting fact that law biit it is inconceivable that these women unanimously want Christ wpuld have Are we ChrisRuth Snyder shown the same tians?"! Elsie: Janis actress: ' - ' mercy no more and no less that is shown her partner in crime 'l din't feel" I am' qualified to Henry Judd Gray the little "rab- sit in judgment "but t donot like bit man" who helped her wield capital tounlshment"! the sashwelght and picture wire 'America's "foremost of "No capital punishment for any- the yeajf— Eva Le" Galllenne actbody — not even such atrocious ress andi theatrical producer: "I daj hot believe in capital puncontemptible murderers as these two" runs the almost unanimous ishment for anybody at 'anjtime" Kathleen Norris writer! opinion of these famous women ) - ci - - - - vo-me- i' i - "I have followed the Snyder-Gra- y case carefully in the news- papers and appreciate its atrocious features: but Ii cannot feel that the execution 'of the man and woman Jby the st&te would be than another murder in a different and jarticularly cruel-form- " '"J-"The 'idea' or" revenge by killing is long outdated by every other aspect of our civilization The two should be treated as the dangerously vlck (or dangerously demented areby Isolation and mental dftid ' medical care My owrl "recommendation would be for a! life term! or better still an - indeterminate sentence" Gloria Swanson actress: "I do not believe in capital punishment Two wrongs do not make a right"'1' WON'T- - COMMIT THEMSELVES Leaders of women's ' organizations such as Miss Relle Sherwin of the National! League- of Women Voters' Miss- Lena Phillips of the National Eederatlon of - Business Women's clubs and Mrs John Sherman of the Natiopal Federation of Women's clubs "refused to comment on the question on the grounds that it was outside the work of their own organizations Even women In public life avoid any-hijrgmQ- 4 re " -' - - - - Congresswoman Florence P Kahn sidestepped with a plea that she was "unqualified to express an- opLnion" t i Prominent women Judges and attorneys raised the pjea that it was "unethical" to attempt to to Governor 'Alx Smith what die-tate -- to dq Ruth' Male 'presldetif ' of -- the Lucy Stone League and president of the League to Abolish Capital Punishment made it very clear that her belief that Ruth Snyder should escape the death ' chairwas positively - coupled with a similar belief that Gray should 'also 'escape HATES CAPITAL PTNISIXMENT "My interest is motivated by the strongest equal rights belief as well as a hatred of capital punishment" said she "Xt Governor Smith must respect the laws of the state and send these two to the chair I would certainly if I were Al Smith godrown myself' in the Hudson rivT think that of all criminals Mrs Snyder Is the most contemptible There is not a thing about the woman worth saving The fact that she is a woman only makes her lower and more depicable But I wouldn't advocate the death chair for a worm" ' Goldfish Farm Otice Big Joke Big - 8 : 8 8 8 8 8' 8 Birds Crawfish Shakes Eat ProfUable Little Fish 8-- : : -- 7— MARTINSVILLE Indof Jan the millions of goldfish ' that brighten homea with their dash of color or dart between the rocks in artifi-ciponds throughout l America are hatched" on what was once the waste ': swamp ' ' land of a central Indiana farni Hidden among the hills near sou-veni- His Cplogne palace the envy of WAITS FOR TAXI many of his friends no longer satHe decided he would OVER EIGHT YEARS isfied him prefer n summer at least to live a genuine Japanese house with The Associated in BERLIN(By thin paper walls and many colored — Press) Karl Tesseri a chauffeur whose taxi was stolen during the parasols revolution adopted a novel way of attention to the slow- WARNER FAVORITE attracting ness with which bureaucracy has WITH CHILDREN been 'handling his claim for recov' CHICAGO Jan 7 — Thor Jf ery Tired of waiting i years Tes-se- n so many dialects lexicon of Little Joe Warsimply packed his early bener of WCFL longings consisting of an old dirty sofa that served him as a bed a Chicago that torn bed spread a sorry looking Maurice Wetzel 'dithe station's anpair of extra trousers and a nouncer lapidated stove on a borrowed refers hand cart and' wheeled it to the to him ns the main entrance of the finance minV"WCFL" Dialec s 1 t istry Two signs adorned the vetician" He is hicle: f'A Victim of the GovernWCFL's bedtime ment" and "So Slowly do the Mills story telling and of the iFinance Ministry Grind" entertainer When a crowd assembled he told suche's a big and of his efforts to ret his taxi back cess among thou and of his present sad plight 1 sands of' children Thereupon the doors of the minI A"t t h e v a n I among his radio istry were opened and Tessen was asked to come in He was given rans are his own to understand that a job would be Warner children for the found for him eVen if the state only way they can get their dadaw no way of restoring his taxi dy's "Good Night" is by radio 4" -- '' " i V vi-- i J ' " J'ri V ? 1 f"rr y $ rsj A "-- s al Martinsville and known to few outside the Immediate persons" — BERLIN (By The Associated vicinity lies the largest goldfish Press)-!-D- r Carl Duisberg chief farm in the world of the German dye trust and presiSix million fish worth "hundreds dent of (the Federation of German of thousands of dollars are Industrialists prefers living in a shipped from" the pqnds of this little Japanese house to dwelling in farm every1 year to serve in parks his gorgeous palace at Cologne He and households has recently let he contract for FOOD BY CARLOADS the erection of a Japanese dwellThe magnitude of this enter$ ing prise built up on what was conDuisberg about a year ago took sidered worthless landj is "indicate a trip Via the United States to ed by the fact that food for the Japan He became infatuated with growing fish is bought not in the the civilization prevailing in the familiar little pasteboard boxes or land of (the cherry blossom and re- even by bushels of wagon loads but by carloads V During several turned pith many Japanese - - f 1 ATTRACTS DOCTOR in-th- " By NEA Service I months of the year these fish consume greater - quantities of food "7 V than all the dairy herds in the ' county It was twenty years " ago that Eugene Shireman started what was considered a ' joke by many of his friends— started a goldfish 1 raising business He called the swampy land where he established his enterprise the Grassyfork Fisheries It v began to appear that the V:i jibes of the skeptics were well 1 founded The single pond used ? ' f ' t was visited by plagues of birds that prey on fish by turtles crawfish sunflsh and all the other enemies of the scarlet finny creatures OF DEVELOPMENT The first breeding stock too was poor and ' the experimenters were surprised to find that many of the small fry were black instead of being the desired reddish color Most of them turned red but only after several years of expensive feeding Three hundred and fifty ponds ranging from - a few square feet to several acres in extent cover the 200-acd valley earthen dykes separate the ponds and serve as roadways for the 'carts Part of the 200-aogoldfish farm where 6000000 fish are prothat carry the food to the fish duced a initially Is pictured at the' in the sorting anw ship--piu- g Natural springs feed the ponda room below" r h : 1 ft ff if -- 3f 4 X s s " - " - re Grass-covere- " xc top-A-sccn- is-bho- e n f - 5 -- " !''' it - - One large brick building with storage tanks that will accommodate 800000 fish serves as winter quarters A second structure houses the sorting packing and shipping equipment Four five and fish — several times larger than the largest' offered for sale— stock the Grass growing breeding ponds in wire frames is lowered into the water The eggs are deposited and stems of the along the blades ' ' grass Eggs grass and frames are then taken to concrete hatching ponds If the eggs were left in the breeding ponds instead 'of being removed they would be eaten by the grown fish When the eggs hatch several weeks later the water in the hatching ponds is clouded with tens of thousands of tiny black dots These ugly little creatures turn red when they become about an inch long and later' are sold for their Ftriking beauty SOLD AT FIVE MONTHS The fish usually" are marketable when five' months old The ponds are drained and the' wriggling mass shoveled Into buckets with scoops made of wire net At the packing house the goldfish are separated from sunflsh crawfish and 'turtles graded and placed in ten gallon cans for shipping Orders range from those for a few fish to those for thousands ' Birds of prey sunf fsh" snakes frogs turtles fungi water insects and : muskrats are among the enemies of the goldfish The birds not only eat hundreds of fish— they carry sunf ish eggs on their legs and in their feathers and strew them through the water as dive for their food A half they dozen sunfish can eat all the newin a pond in ly hatched goldfish a short time ' Crawfish and muskrats "burrow through the dykes The greatest difficulty with the former however is that they become excited when a pond is being drained and snap their claws cutting many small goldfish into pieces A salt bath of The water Infungus growths sects are killed by allowing the ponds to - dry - for several days after they are drained BOYS GET TARGET PRACTICE To keep down the invasions of the other pests — birds snakes turtles frogs and muskrats — boys of the neighborhood are with guns and ammunitionsupplied For no other-pathan the enjoyment of hunting they watch thejponds The size kind of goldfish and quality determine the market value Many of the common varieties sell for five cents each while others bring several dollars : six-pou- nd - -- - - ed the question so-call- ed JAPANESE HOUSE 1928 Consolidated (Copyright Press Association) PARIS Jan 7 —On April 5 last Foreign Minister Briancl invited a group or American newspaper correspondents to the Quai d'Orsay and there launched the idea of a pact outlawing war between the United States and Francs Today Secretary of State Kellogg after studying various projects develop ed by Dr Nicholas Murray Butler Prof James T Shotwell and Sir Austen Chamberlain puts this idea into action and presents two separate proposals which attract the attention of the whole world Agreement Is practically reached on- the proposal for? an- arbitration convention but the pact outlawing war remains to be discussed All sane minds in France and In Europe at "large rejoice " at the grandiose proportions' which these peaceful ideas have- assumed although: they remain- somewhat "nebulous as yet' " ive ultra-conservativ- 7 " frees-the-fis- -- WAU'-jO-R -- PJEACE var or peace? If wants peace it modern civilization can ' only be obtained by arbitra tlon of disputes and' progressiva ln disarmament' But progress these directions is slowfo"r ' many reasons First we must avoid Utopian schemes and demogogic offerings such as Maxim Lltvinoff of Russia recently 'proposed at Geneva which amounted to a plan for a worjd revolution abolishing all frontiers at the same time as all Do we want - prompt repudiation the Journal's forecast of America's intentions on the subject has aroused much Interest in view of the notorious fact thati the - revision problem is' In- evitable The general view here is that such a scheme as the Journal of Cpmmerce indicates would not affect the position of this country as "the German payments to England now approximately balance England's payments to America al- -' though in the past England' payments to America have exceeded receipts from Germany by more than $200000000 COMMENT RESTRAINED But from the English point of view the opinion is held that such an arrangement would simplify thes situation while in regard to European interests the advantage would be Indisputable But in view of Mellon's Secretary brusque denial the Intentions to the attributed pf the: government general tendency of press comment1 on the subject '''' t Is restrained' 'fIt Is otherwise In regard to the Kellogg note which is s matter of iPress and ufilversal discussion - j nubile alike are Pernlexed hv th the note which leaves purpose-b- f much scone for elucidation It is not- assumed j in any quarter that the note indicates any (change in the American attitude toward participation in the affairs of the league of nations AH' the evidence points "rather to '"a hardening of American ppinion against such par"i ticipation In view of this fact is Secretary Kellogg's rroposat-t- o be regarded in 'any sense as : an alternative to the league? If so the idea is t not likely to meet an enthusiastic ' ref sponse for in spite of slow progress due mainly to the absence of American suppor the league now is1 an established feature of the European system and any external understanding would need to conform with Its policies - -- V armaments Next there are the skeptics who ' : are even more dangerous' They MEANING OBSCURE to the convention of Hague point In1807 for peaceful settlement of tMf Kellogg's meaning is held ternational disputes which was obscure in view of the fact that signed by 44 nations and remark he speaks first of a declaration and sarcastically "it 'worked wonders then a treaty A declaration outfully in 1914"lawing war Is not a policy but an the army and aspiration Great Britain certain- -' Finally there-arnavy men who gain a living by war ly would gladly join in such a decand who are as hard to convince laration and It Is recognized that as an opium merchant to whom a demonstration of its Influence in you say "opium does more "harm moulding the thought ofj the world than good and should be supregs-ed- " would be important But an aspiration needs to be im Joined with these are the ultra plemented by action to become ef- -' fascists whose doctrine recently ex- fective and opinion here eagerly pressed ' by the' Rome "Tevere" Is awaits Mr Kellogg's development' "Down With Democratic Anaes- of the idea Is the proposal to be read In conthesia" They' doubtless prefer the anaesthesia of' cannon and gas nection with the Root treaties which now are due for ilmmedlato bombs " renewal and with the Bryan treaty SOME OBSTRUCTIONS Such are the obstructions that o 1914? If so Is Mr Kellogg premust be overcome Alas there are pared to extend the scope of those It is agreed they are others which remind us suddenly of treaties? second rate political speeches "We excellent within their llnts especall have our little reservations our ially the conciliation provision of Nicaraguas our Monroe doctrines the Bryan treaty But theyof fall the which disturb the symmetry of all short of fulfilling the terms these universal plans for making declaration to which Mr Kellogg war impossible" writes the Morn- invites subscription Emphasis is laid limitations on the the fact exclaim: that And "But others Post ing of the- Root treaty leaves such will Secretary Jvellogg's scheme not for iwar as to torpedo the league of nations?" ' abundant "loopholesdefense in times The extension of the arbitration offer inadequate real stress And if they repreprinciple fits perfectly with the of extent of American league's program Moreover France sent would not consider a pact 'which willingness to advance in the direc- a they offer destroyed what already has been tion of arbitration for a declaration accomplished at Geneva" 'And poor foundation America's endorsement of the same outlawing war ideals does not imply it has changed IIOrER ARE HELD The its policy toward Geneva or Monroe doctrine the Hague In liberal and labor circles here America simply rises above that strong hopes are expressed that Mr policy to declare her willingness as Kellogg's invitation means that the strongest nation In the world something more than a pious decf to Join with others in an effort Iaration Is intended ao4 that to prevent atmed hostilities will ' offer a scheme apAmerica True war still "exists Men are proxlmating all in arbitration That killing each other here and there would be a policy of real outlawBarbarism will not disappear over- ry of war and would offer a chalnight But Is not the lesson of lenge to Europe which no country ! -- ? to-b- - e ' - " - -- the-full j 1 " 1 - '" - 1914-191- 8 enough That Immense holocaust of young men among whom doubtless many-werthat wholesale material destructions-are they not enough to make us all anxious to undertake whatever gives reasonable hope of making a repetition impossible? If in 1928 the world can take only one short step along the path of peace let us take it gladly without unconsidered optimism but without destructive skepticism also e geniuses-— LEFT HAND GLOVES SOLD FOR' CARELESS x could refuse and that most coun ' tries would welcome or In the of out Whether league America is the greatest potentiality for peace in the world but It must give us a policy as well as an an CHINESE PRINCESS : IS BROADCASTER OAKLAND Jan 7— America is going to ' understand China and Its ambitions or lit tle Princess Der Ling Is a poor LONDON — (By The Associated She'i prophet — So many hand gloves doing her best In Press) right this country to are lost in the London underground bring aboutr this regularly that a business has understa n d I n g grown up where odd gloves may be and she's calling purchased to match the remaining on the radio ' for one Forty thousand gloves were left in the' underground tube- in the help She started last twelve months J by broadcasting ' KGO at Umbrellas figured next In the from Calif Oakland figures announced by the "palace of carelessness' as the house will keep and where lost articles are assembled this up through Is called There were 12000 umother ' stations brellas and 500 canes JThe princess was The lost articles are kspt six Princess Der Ling aaxe to the late dowager empress of months and - if not claimed - ' ' Bold" - - - - - - - - China'1-- - lady-in-waltl- - |