Show THE PRESIDENT has signed proclamation eliminating approximately 11 acres from the la national forest utah the lands eli mated have no value tor for forest purposes and tile the action is taken as ft result of recommendation by the secretary of agriculture based on a report by the forest service which made an intensive classification of the lands THE secretary ot of war has decided to contor confer a distinguished service medal upon commander evangeline booth of the salvation arm army y r the Secre action has caused a great deal ot of comment in washington in view ot of the tact fact that it was only a few weeks ago that he refused to the salvation to canvass the war department for contributions tio us to its fund tor for welfare work in the united states although every other cabinet member has aided in every possible way the salvation army campaign CHAIRMAN steener of 0 the house committee on post offices and post roads has introduced a bill to poi mit the post office department to return all unclaimed parcel post packages containing perishable goods to the sender or to a forwarding address without waiting wailing for the receipt ol of additional postage to enjoy this privilege which will protect shippers of foodstuffs the sender must attach to his packages pac hages a pledge that the additional dit ional postage will be paid by him or by the addressee GOOD ROADS are important fac tors in community building ot of course you know this but it is just mentioned here as a brief reminder good roads are just as essential to the country man as they are to the city resident tor for the farmer needs uie tile roads t tb haul his product to the market just as much as the city merchant needs to have him come if every man who hats hals a load or drives over bad roads had to pay in actual cash just what such roads cost him a wave of good roads enthusiasm would sweep the land of every last rut and As it is people pay tor for bad roads so indirectly that most of us do not realize how much more they cost than good roads ot of food it if the packers gie more for or less they will get the curt customers omers and railing at unfair competition will not head them off 0 it other food distri buters would keep the packers within develop ways of 0 bounds they must lessening the margin between what is paid to producers and what Is charged to consumers on this vital problem the commission Is practically silent has apparently nothing constructive tive to offer and this means while interesting is of 0 that a report little practical value new york tribune FOLLOWING upon the revelation of 0 barbaric atrocities of 0 the japanese autocracy in norea korea by the presbyterian church and an assault upon amer lean ican troops there for which reparation has not yet be made senator boamah of 0 idaho has ahr thrown own down I 1 the gauntlet to those who advocate the ratification of the treaty and league con venant as it stands by declaring that it if the rejection of the provision which permits the enslaving ot of forty milli millions of canese on the shantung I 1 peninsula by japan means war with that power we might as well I 1 have it now as later no nation lie he said has ever played its diplomatic game with greater foresight than did japan at versalles the treaty means that she Is not only in possession of 0 shantung but that she now controls the three great gateways to china this means as every student ot of eastern affairs rank frank ly says it means the of china it means tile the rupture and breaking brea kiny up of the chinese republic and the chinese nation when china u undertakes rider takes to get back her stolen territory and her bartered peoples it I 1 will be necessary for us to go to war under article X in order to prevent it what will we do about it shall we refuse to recognize the demand of 0 j japan it if so as those who are for the treaty as A it Is contend shall we transfer our fleet to the pacific and stand ready tor for war I 1 do not anticipate that because we refuse to un underwrite der the rape ot of shantung we shall be challenged to war but assuming tor for the sake of argument that something of the kind stares us in the face then I 1 beg you to contemplate the position we are in in this e entangling nt angling alliance affair the anted states tor for the first unie in its history must underwrite the slavery and oppression of forty millions of people under threat we have stood tor for years with a clean record but now we are told that we must have war if i we do not perpetuate the transfer ot of forty millions ot of souls jo an alien power it if the time has come when wo must violate our solemn treaties which we have with china to respect her territorial integrity or tace face the challenge ot of another power we will tace face the C challenge hal lenge of another power whatever else happens we will not sacrifice our honor one thing the american people will never submit to when the facts are known they will never remain a party to a treaty which has the effect ot of oppressing millions ot people when the true faits facts are known the american people will refuse to sanction the dismember the territory and people ot of the chin ese republic |