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j—Nelson T. Johnson, assistant secretary of state In charge of Far Eastern affairs, who was appointed minister
to China to succeed John Van A. MacMurray. 2—Walter F. Frederick of Chevy Chase, Md., with his model for the
George Washington Memorial building to be erected In the National Capital. 3 Two-thousand-ton clipper ship.
Benjamin F. Packard, that was sold at auction in New York as an item in the art collection of Mas Williams—the
largest antique ever so sold.
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
Hoover’s Prosperity Program
Goes Weli—China Asks
Russia Be Checked.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
D n DSINESS as usual—and then some.
'l'his appears to b e assured by the
responses made to President Hoover's
call and by the programs disclosed in
the series of conferences held in Wash¬
ington at his summons. The last of
these conferences with different groups
was that with the representatives of
public utilities on Wednesday. They
were the spokesmen for the electric
power and light interests, the gas
companies and the street railways,
and after having held separate meet¬
ings In New York to canvass the situa¬
tion In their respective fields, they
went to the National Capital prepared
to assure the President that they, like
the other groups, were ready and will¬
ing to assist in his program for stabil¬
izing business conditions and assuring
the continuance of the country’s pros¬
perity. They told him their organiza¬
tions would spend about $t,. r >00,000 In
improvement and expansion during
10:10.
Mr. Hoover sent a message to the
governors of all the states asking that
they co-operate by canvassing the
state, municipal and county programs
and speeding upr-so far as possible,
public works so ns to further employ¬
ment. The responses were most grati¬
fying^ giving assurance of the expendi¬
ture with the next year of hundreds
of millions for road building and
other -pnliNc Improvements. Pennsyl¬
vania beaded the list of states making
definite pledges, announcing that
$150,000,000 would be available in 1030
for roads and public buildings and
that It would be distributed through¬
out the state with a view to taking up
any employment slack that occurs.
leaders of Present farm organizations met
with the Monday, Secre¬
tary of Agriculture Hyde and Chair¬
man I.egge of the farm board being
present. Mr. Hyde announced that
they were in hearty accord with the
Hoover program and promised to aid
it In every possible way, and he added:
“The general opinion expressed was
that confidence has been gaining In
agriculture and that the morale of
agriculture Is now better than It has
been for years past. Except In short
crop areas there has been genuine
Improvement In agriculture and an
Increased income, and therefore an
Increased buying power this year.”
n AILKOAD executives having an
*N nouneed extensive plans for ex¬
pansion and Improvement; leading In¬
dustrialists having promised there
shall be no reduction in wages, and
heads of organized labor having
pledged their word that there shall be
no demands for Increases in pay next
year: and numerous associations of
manufacturers and merchandisers re¬
porting good conditions In their fields.
It would seem that the prospects for
continued prosperity are indeed bright.
The nation is determined to show that
the speculation crash has not done
vital damage. Edward N. Hurley, one
of Chicago’s level headed business
men and a former president of the
Illinois Manufacturers' association, put
the matter so well that he Is worth
quoting.
"There is nothing wfong with
American business and tlte outlook for
1030 Is most encouraging,” Mr. Hurley
declared. “We have everything today
that we had on September 1 in the
way of brains, wealth and earned In
come. Nothing is gone except some
delusions as to the amount of profits
which American industries might earn
Id years to come.
“The deflation of so-called stock
values from about $5f0,000.000,000 on
September 1 to some $71,000,000,000
now does not represent the disappear¬
ance of one ounce of material wealth.
Ultimately this ‘loss' represents a
positive gain, because it will insure
more and cheaper capital and the in¬
dustries will be relieved of the pres¬
sure to earn extravagant profits which
Is exercised by a speculative securi¬
ties market.”
As a culmination of the Presi¬
dent’s conferences, gome two hundred
of the country’s leading business men
were invited by the Chamber of Com¬
merce of the United States to gather
in Washington on December 5. it was
announced that Mr. Hoover would
open this conference, the result of
which was expected to be the forma¬
tion of a business council for con¬
tinuing study of business conditions
and the co-ordination of activities.
A summary of business conditions,.
published by the federal reserve board,
reveals a higher Industrial activity
during the month of October last than
in the same period of 1028, although
there was a decline In both industrial
production and factory employment as
compared with the preceding month
y-xHINA’S Nationalist government
V-i and the governments of the three
eastern provinces of China have ap¬
pealed to President Hoover, the League
of Nations and the powers signatories
of the Kellogg pact for action to halt
Russia's invasion of Manchuria and
to punish the Soviets for ttie seizure
of Chinese cities and the massacres
of Chinese citizens. Russia's aggres¬
sion is termed a deliberate violation
of the Kellogg treaty, which both Rus¬
sia and China signed.. The message
from the Manchurian provinces was
dispatched directly to President
Hoover. It cited many definite in¬
stances of Russian Invasions, raids
and massacres, naming places more
than 100 miles within the borderlines,
and added: that if the world tolerates
this Russian policy It means “the tri¬
umph of Bolshevism and the end of
humanity; also the end of the anti¬
war pact, which certainly is not the
intention of the United States and
other signatory powers ’’ The appeals
from Nanking were equaiiy 'specific,
and urgent
It was said In Washington that there
was no indication that the State de¬
partment would take any Immediate
action in response to the call from
Manchuria. And the officials there
were rather at a loss to know what
could be done about it. since the Kel¬
logg pact contains no sanctions and
depends wholly on public opinion for
Its effectiveness.
Within the last two weeks the
Soviet invaders have made decided
advances in both eastern and western
Manchuria. Hailar was captured, as
were Muling and other important
points, and it looked as if the Rus¬
sians were getting ready to close in on
Harbin from both sides. Chinese
troops everywhere were reported to
be retreating almost without offering
resistance, and thousands of them
were made prisoners and disarmed.
Those still In the field were described
as lacking sufficient food, ammunition
and winter clothing.
Japan was excited by the push into
Manchuria, for she has many na¬
tionals resident there. The Japanese
ambassador to Moscow, Tokichi Ton
aka, told the Soviet government that
Japan demanded that full protection
he given its citizens in Manchuria,
and Russia promised to exercise every
care. The military group is very
strong in Japan and there is some
reason to believe it has been prepar¬
ing to have the country eventually
enter the conflict on the side of China.
CV NE more of the great figures of
' ttie World war—perhaps the
greatest—passed with the death of
Georges Clemenceau. who, as premier,
guided the destinies of France during
the most critical years of the mighty
conff’ct and by his tremendous cour¬
age and ability kept his countrymen
nerved to their task until victory was
achieved. The old giant—he had
passed his eighty-eighth year—died in
Paris of uremia after many hours of
suffering, and the next day the “Fa¬
ther of Victories.” as France called
him when he was its idol, was laid to
rest in a little village of the Vendee
with only a dozen to witness the in¬
terment. In accordance with his in¬
junctions there was no state funeral,
nor were there any religious rites, for
Ciemenceau was an avowed atheist.
Premier Tardieu. however, ordered all
flags at half staff and the firing of a
salute of 101 guns such as was fired
on November 11. 1918, in honor of the
armistice. And the Sunday following
the funeral the World war veterans
COURIER.
marched past the tomb of the Un¬
known Soldier In honor of the Tiger.
r\ HATH last week also claimed
L* Francis Emory Warren, United
States senator from Wyoming, who had
the distinction of serving longer in the
genate than any other man. He was
a member of that body for thirty-seven
consecutive years. A state funeral
for Mr. Warren was held In the senate
chamber, with President Hoover and
bis cabinet. Chief Justice Taft and his
associates of the Supreme court, mem¬
bers of the senate and house and the
entire diplomatic corps in attendance.
The body was then taken to Cheyenne.
Senator Warren’s death removes one
of the last three survivors of the Civil
war who held high office In Washing¬
ton. Warren served in the Union
forces with Justice Oliver WendelJ
Holmes of the Supreme court. Repre¬
sentative Charles M Stedtnan of
served the
Another well known American wbo
passed away was Raymond Hitchcock,
actor and musical comedy star, who
died suddenly in Los Angeles from
a heart attack. He bad beeD in poor
health since last May.
Lieut. George T. Cuddihy, one of
the best pilots in the navy, was in¬
stantly killed when an airplane which
he was testing at Washington crashed.
Cuddihy. who was thirty-three years
old. graduated from the Naval acad¬
emy in 1917, served in the World war
and later entered the aviation branch.
He distinguished hitnsplf in the Schnei¬
der cup and other races, and in 1927
flew over the Andes.
"pOKYO -I what purported correspondents be sent the ovpr Jap¬
to
anese program for the London naval
conference, and it contained the de¬
mand for a 19-10-7 ratio in cruiser
Strength and’other auxiliary ships, ns
well as a reduction in the size of cap¬
ital ships. It seemed certain ■ the
United States would oppose the in¬
crease of Japan's ratio in cruisers,
hut later dispatches from Japan said
its delegates had received private in¬
structions to accept considerable less
than 70 per cent of the British and
American auxiliary navies.
France and Italy were still trying in
vain to reach a preliminary agreement
on policy in the conference. The prin¬
ciple obstacle is that the Italians in¬
sist on complete parity with France in
ali categories of warships. The French
oppose this on the ground that Italy
has only Mediterranean interests,
while France also requires sea power
in the Atlantic and in the F.nglish
channel. The French also oppose giv¬
ing Italy parity because of France’s
widely distributed colonial empire,
whereas Italy’s possessions are chiefly
Tripoli and the area facing the Red
sea.
“THiE text of the trust agreement for
the Rank of international Settle¬
ments has been made public by a Paris
correspondent. The principal pro¬
visions relative to the issuance and
marketing of bonds are contained in
article 12. which provides that the in¬
ternational hank, as trustee, will he
guided in matters relative to mobiliza¬
tion of annuities "by the provisions
of the (Young) plan which govern
mobilization.” The bank also will in¬
form the creditor governments when it
seems "practically possible” to pro¬
ceed with the issuance of bonds.
/CREATION of five new cardinals
was ’announced jut the Vatican,
bringing the ineiabershfp of the sacred
college to. iTtaj 02. «f> whom 33 are non
Italians. new list included the
Most Re'JSA^iiseph MacKorv. arch¬
bishop ofwrtnagh; Msgr. Cerejeira,
patriarch a? Lisbon : Archbishop Ver
dier of Parish Archbishop Uavitrano
of Palermo and Archbishop Minoretti
of Genoa.
C'" EN. C. P. SUMMER AIX. chief of
vJ staff, in his annual report recom¬
mends the enactment of a selective
service law to operate in war time as
the one method of procuring new units
for the “far from complete’’ infantry
division of the agniy: ••'In other re¬
spects.'the'report reflects a generally
satisfactory condition; throughout the
army, 'says the decentralization sys¬
tem is justified, and that increased ra¬
tion allowances have greatly im
proved the morale of the. troops.
©, 1930. Western Newspaper Union.)
^fStia^faiV^about.tf"ChJW. Q .wisdom" that centered'the /
stiarrjfi / V
Little children, with
an&'iears, their joys
maf timeftcTdraw .
family together and-be-v,
come again as littTC^&hi
Then the asperitieCjof _
ened; the cares and^sra
life cease their clamor,
upon upon the the family family circle/. circle .\Wtijk the erripty X . iW ft ,4* ~
chair may have its occupant,- of the spirit, arid the “Touch ofv 1 i /
a vanished hand” may be felt rijThe softstnjrings; ofThe Night oi Peace.
THE REAL Vision of Cl
fethe family circle the symbol
.vfankind—and to catch in this/season^ goodwill f
glimpse of the Larger Brotherhood. Slowjy, for tiear! .^... - -----
years, that Vision has been/tgkihg fonri</Kithough everySfloafl frota trine to time\
eclipsed, it invariably returnsr-hursting^oyer of war and f
hatred, a little brighter, a little nearer, a little more defiffey^Whenever )
■the call of sudden disaster or spectacular sufferin£js KeardJ”generous-, c^|/ p,
hearts in every land respond. And in millions of unh«fldS^.ihsta n P
mercy is not strained and charity sprenSsits protecting wfhgs as geiltly * •
as foils the dew from summer skies
has ordained Christmas that once a year the harmonies of - >
X^^rteaven uloi^ly softened may from fall on the ears hardness unsealed of by the selfishness, daily grind, on hearts that in mirac- that *
hour of peace may come, a clearer vision of the Brotherhood of Man.
ANOTHER
MR.
SCROOGE
^ Blanche
Tanner
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their goods. Half of the things no one
wanted either to give or receive. It
didn't mean a thing any more—if it
ever did—he rather doubted it it ever
did.
So his mind was quite free on that
subject as he stopped for his morn¬
ing paper the day before Christmas.
“Ain’t Christmas grand?” the news¬
boy asked, his face wreathed with
smiles.
“Do you think so?” the man asked
as he paid for his paper.
“Sure!” was the enthusiastic reply,
“Ain’t we goin’ ta have a tree at the
church tonight?” pointing across the
street, .“with candy and nuts, and ev
erytliing. And tomorrow a dinner?
III say it’s grand i”
Then—“Oh, wait a minute, mister,”
he called after the retreating man
who quickly turned. “Lookdisplay
playing a red glass pin for the man’s
Inspection. “Ain’t this a peach!”
proudly. “It's for my Mom. She just
loves jewelry. ’Course this ain’t good
enough for her, but its the best I
could afford.” Then with a sigh, “I
sure hope she likes it.”
“Of course she will,” the man re¬
assured him.
“I sure hope so. Merry Christmas,
mister.”
“Merry Christmas,” returned the
man.
The incident was recalled later,
when one of the men in the office
showed hint, a watch he had for his
wife. In fact, it was recalled several
times, as others proudly showed him
gifts they had purchased for some
loved one. “More useless spending,”
was the mental comment.
Late that day one of the men laid
before him a package. “Isn’t that the
cutest?” Wade saw only a very crude
ly fashioned calendar bnt Larson was
smiling and his eyes were moist. “My
ittle five-year-old made that all by
herself. I tell you I'd rather have
'.hat than almost any riling,’“was the
jrov.d boast “She couldn't wait until
was to be no exchange
Christmas gifts that year,
the -family, as Gordon
had made very plain.
Christmas “stuff” was
“the bunk,” anyway—
and money wasted, just
the merchants sell
tomorrow to give it to me,” the man
chuckled.
“Funny,” mused Wade, “how much
those things mean sometimes.” lie
remembered a foolish little penwiper
hidden away in his dresser—the work
of Helen's five-year-oid fingers—sev¬
eral years ago —but he remembered
how happy they both were over it.
“It’s a good thing people drop their
grouches once a year and can speak
decently to a fellow.”
“Do you mean Christmas?” Wade
asked the man at his side.
“Sure,” was the reply. “Some peo¬
ple in this office grouch all year, but
just as soon as Christmas comes,
they’re all smiles.”
“Working for a present, maybe,”
was the comment
“No, they aren’t,” was the emphatic
answer. “They’re all talking about
what they’re going to give—not get.
No sir! They just forget themselves
once a year and remember there are
others on earth. And a good thing,
too, say I.”
Wade thought about it many times
that day. Maybe Anderson was right
Maybe people did give because they
enjoyed giving. Maybe it really was
unselfishness on their part. After ail,
life wouldn't be worth much if you
didn't have anyone you cared enough
about to ever give a present. That
wac one way you showed people you
cared.
It would be rather strange not to
have any of the usual excitement ot
Christmas preparations at home. No
whispered secrets and no excitement
about hiding gifts. It would be sort
of quiet, too.
Junior was “a great kid.” He cer¬
tainly did want that bicycle. And
Helen would be as proud as a pea¬
cock with that wrist watch she had
been talking about so much. And
Jamie, “the little scamp,” he surely
would be disappointed if that football
wasn't there tomorrow morning.
And Grace—bless her heart—she
was the best wife and mother possible.
She deserved something mighty fine.
They were all a “fine bunch,” and
nothing was too good for them. And
he was going to show them that he
thought so, too.
Was there time enough—yes, if he
hurried. After telephoning home he
would be late; off he rushed shouting
“Merry Christmas" as he went.
Hours later on the train on his way
home he was too happy to think of
how tired he was. “It was just a
case of another Mr. Scrooge,” ho
chuckled to himself.
(©, 1923, Western Newspaper "Union.)
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carcass of a sheep is barbecued for
the family meal, being stuffed with a
mixture of boiled rice, pine seeds an*!
raisins.
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