Show QUOTES 0 J COMMENTS ON CURRENT TOPICS BY NATIONAL characters FAITH IN DEMOCRACY by THE MARQUIS OF LOTHIAN I 1 AM not at all dismayed at the wars revolutions and dictatorships which have appeared in the last 20 years anil and which may even repeat themselves in some measure in the next twenty years I 1 see them as a struggle of outworn ideals and forms to resist the disintegration and birth pangs ot of a new and nobler age for the moment chaos seems to io have snatched from mankind many ot of hla his recent gains especially lit in the field ot of freedom democracy which seemed so v triumphant in 1020 has disappeared except in a few favored lands land fascist and communist dictatorships have created tyrannies tyrannizes tyr annies not only over the body but over the mind the real test of tyranny one in the name of 0 proletarian freedom the other in the name of racial solidarity and power hut but I 1 do not believe these reactions toward barbarism will be permanent LOSS OF THE MACON by MAJ hildebrandt ILDEBRANDT II german aeronaut HE disaster has shocked all the JL the countries especially interested in airships the german people who have a a great understanding and lilting for airships feel the greatest sympathy for america the accident probably will not be without influence on the plans just ripening for airship lines to north and south america the dutch east indies anti and across the pacific in railroad operation and on the road accidents are common and nobody thinks of reducing traffic but la in aviation any big accident usually produces fright the loss of the american airship and the english 11 wa will surely be cited again as proof of the airships insecurity of course nothing i must be suppressed and fill all possible lessons mu must st be drawn from the accident NEWSPAPER advertising by GORDON SELFRIDGE london merchant T THE HE advertising pages of the leading newspapers of america constitute a market place for every housewife for every man and during the last several years the great newspapers nes papers of the united kingdom have presented more of a family market place lit in their pages than formerly in the eighties marshall field and I 1 thought that when we appropriated seven eighths of 1 per cent of our receipts for advertising it was quite liberal last year I 1 spent 2 per cent of our receipts in newspaper advertising we will probably spend more than that in 1033 1035 ANTI SEMITISM by CHARLES A DAVILA rumanian minister IT IS my belief that a country like ours with a population of minorities cannot afford to be anything but tolerant and liberal it Is for this reason that I 1 am a against any strong hand blind policy ve cannot be autocrats and terrorists otherwise ther lse large countries the big powers would be autocratic with us and we mould nt have the moral authority to oppose them only an atmosphere of liberty could give us the cohesion which vi e need yes I 1 am for the consciousness ness of the national character I 1 and national virtues but I 1 am against racial discrimination and against oppression NAVAL competition by ADMIRAL OSUMI of 0 the japanese navy THE HE navy ministry has never said there would be no naval race if the 1935 conference failed lve we cant predict the future the japanese government Is doing its utmost to persuade other sea powers to understand and accept japans fair and just stand cut but if any power rejecting japans japan a fair offer embarks upon expansion of its navy this will be evidence of some ulterior motives ves FINDS SPIRITUAL COLLAPSE by BENJAMIN former devils island convict WHAT HAT has struck me most since my return to france is is the extraordinary spiritual collapse in the world orld and the decline in conscience and intelligence I 1 have been less impressed by the ma mate teil r ial al progress that has in these 20 years it Is not so the lowering of moral standards as the immeasurable stupidity of present day humanity which regards itself as so superior su perlor FAR EAST OPERATION cooperation CO by S D congressman froni from tennessee atwould ephe HE policy of operation cooperation co J would be the best assurance of peace in the pacific we ought to have ciare a coin common trion polley policy fifth great kitain in the Paci pacific in reference to trade which Is the basis of peace our relations ith G great reat britain always have been good an and are gu good now except for the war debts question which Is bound to be solved in time |