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Show BRISBANE THIS WEEK "My Empire"' Wants Peace "ME, Too," Says Selassie Fogmis for Uncle Sam $900,000,000 More England's lord high chancellor, Vis-count Vis-count Ilallsliam, read tlie king's speech. M h- written hy the king's cabinet. The king's references to steps "urgently necessary nec-essary to safeguard my empire" are recommended rec-ommended to tlds government. W e haven't any "empire" "em-pire" exactly, hut we have a republic worth defending. Some of our loose billions might he well spent in that direction. Arthur Brl.bane Ignoring gome Ita. Ian friction, the king went on to say, "My relations with foreign powers continue friendly." Mentioning the Italian misunder-gtanding, misunder-gtanding, he said : "My government, will continue to exert their influence Id favor of peace." If it does, pence will come. Haile Selassie, emperor of Ethiopia, sensibly asked the Patriarch Johannes, supreme authority of the Ethiopian Coptic church, to arrange peace, if he can, with Mussolini, and Abuna Cyril, high bishop of his church, is asked by Selassie to do his best. And now comes from. Universal Service the important authoritative report re-port that Haile Selassie has agreed to give part of his territory to Italy In return for peace. Washington says this country plans series of Pacific ocean "Gibraltars," armed with 16-inch guns with a fighting fight-ing range of 25 to 30 miles. Quite amusing, considering that the original Gibraltar has become a useless rock, thanks o airplanes and submarines. Invading airplanes might not be kind enough to come within 25 or 30 miles of those Interesting fixed Gibraltars. What ihis country needs for coast protection Is airplanes, for fighting, and dirigibles for observation, located close enough together and high enough up in the air to make them really useful use-ful in the next war. Uncle Sam .borrows $900,000,000 more, bringing the national debt above $30,500,000,000, but $40,000,000,000 below be-low the amount that certain "great bankers" told President Roosevelt this country could easily carry. Congressman Congress-man Hamilton Fish Jr. wants President Presi-dent Roosevelt to tell who the great bankers were, but it is understood 1 that they talked in confidence. j Prince Surui of Jafian, brother of the Mikado, fourth son of the late Emperor Yoshihito, takes the title "Prince Mikasa," meaning, literally, "Prince of the Three Umbrellas." The j name "Three Umbrellas" is taken from i a Japanese mountain and is also the much revered name of the flagship on which Admiral Togo fought the battle of the Japan sea.. "Three Umbrellas" seems appropriate appropri-ate one for Japan, one for China, one for the Philippines ; all Japanese. The village of Verde Cocha, near Guayaquil, in Ecuador, exists no longer. long-er. A landslide wiped out everything, instantly killing fifty inhabitants. A slice of green mountainside, two miles wide, came roaring down, and there was no trace of the village and no man lived to tell about it. But other men will rebuild Verdo Cocha for men are as persistent, as 1 nnts, that rebuild their littxa villages when the gardener's hose sweeps-them away. Poor China abandons hope for her northern territory and its 95,000,000 inhabitants, that Japan wants. China suspects that Japan "plans a series of blows to force the entire Chinese nation na-tion Into vassalage to Tokyo." "Asia for Japan" is the Japanese motto, and Japan knows how to go about It. No signs of "fifty-two members of the League of -Nations" telling Japan, "You must not." Senator Horah of Idaho and Congressman Con-gressman Hamilton Fish, Jr. of New York had a long talk, and reporters "guess" that Senator Borah and Mr. fish have agreed to run side by side. Senator Borah for President, Mr. Fish for Vice President. It is not safe to "guess" about Senator Borah, but it would be wise for the Republicans to decide soon. When experimenting starts, it keeps going. Hitler, manufacturing cannon, knows they will need "fodder," and Insists on more babies. A German farmer gpts a divorce because his wife wants no children. "It is the duty of German wives to perpetuate the German blood," the court says. Miss Edna Maria Granitsas, twenty-two-year-old member of a Massachusetts Massachu-setts school committee, says teachers talk too much, do not let children talk enough. She says children should be encouraged to express themselves. The Massachusetts lady goes far when she sys "If a child wants to yell out in c,ns$, let the child yell until he decides not to yell." Discipline is also a part education. Kins Foaturft.i Syndicate, Inc. WNU Service. . , |