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THE ALAMANCE GLEANER . . . ? , M VOL. LTV. * GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY AUGUST 9, 1928. v NO. 27. ? I i . ? ? ?s? WHAT'S GOING ON .. . . - n -?,v NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENTEVENTS Europe Worried by Prospect of War Between Poland and Lithuania. By EDWARD W. PICKARD TI7AR drams were beating again In * * Europe and there was "alarm In the chancelleries" last week. Marshal Pllsadski, dictator of Poland, dis played renewed Intention of attack ing Lithuania, and the Lithuanian troops were being concentrated at strategic points along the Polish fron tier. Germany especially was wor ried and the Berlin foreign oipce of fered to mediate and warned the Pol ish minister to Germany. . Plludskl was quoted as -saying: Til march Into Lithuania's capital of Kerne in September at the latest. If the Lithuanians then form a govern ment prepared solemnly to give up all claim to Vllna, I might be Induced, perhaps, to withdraw my troops." The marshal already bad ordered his military organizations to meet In VII na on Angust 12 and quarters were being prepared there for 40,000 men. The German official fear was that this army, fully equipped, would be used by Pllsudskl to carry out his threat and that If the Poles once got a foot hold In Kerne their next step would be the lnramon of East Prussia, which Is separated from the fatherland by the Danzig corridor. Berlin sent a note of warning to Warsaw and also asked France to help preserve peace, but meanwhile the Poles were serving out ammunition to the troops along the Lithuanian border and the police partly cloked the frontier. Lithuania Is frankly counting On the support of Eovlet Russia if open warfare results, and France Is tied up with Poland to a considerable extent. poll three months Sir Austen Cham " berlaln and M. Briand, foreign min isters respectively of Great Britain and France, have been working on an agreement to end naval construction rivalry between the two nations, and last week It was formally announced that this had been accomplished. Each government Is to communlgate if the other at least a year In advance Itp naval building program and desires, and the fleets of the two countries are to be complementary and not an tagonistic. England and France have taken this action as founder members of - the League of Nations. The agreement apparently has to do largely with the size of cruisers and the question of submarine con struction, matters on which the United States did not agree with England and France at the naval con ference In Geneva. It was said Moth sides tried to avoid anything that might annoy the American govern ment, but that some objection was ex pected from Washington on the clause relating to the size of cruisers. A compromise was reached on the ques tion of limitation by tbe total ton nage or the category system. It was said In Paris that proposal for another naval conference would be discussed when Secretary of 8tate Kellogg, Sir Austen Chamberlain, M. Briand and delegates from Italy and Japan meet there to sign the Kellogg treated outlawing war. The British wish such a parley to be called by the United States. AMERICA'S Independent action In gran tint tariff autonomy to China la hat'Int the expected effect In bring ing other powers around to the name position. Shanghai reported that Prance had notlfled the Nationalist government of Its willingness to make a new treaty, that Great Britain was soon to open negotiations to tha same end and that tha Japanese govern ment had decided to modify Its posi tion. Finance Minister Soong be lieved all the powers soon would be In line with the United States and that China would enjoy tariff auton omy by next January. The fifth plenary session of the Kuomlntang or Nationalists' party opened In Nanking. It Is considered the most Important In the history of Social Worker a in "Spccchlasa" Scaaion Social work era of the world held > conference In Paris, Prance, at which not a atopic speech waa deliv ered and probably I eta time waa lost In "mntoal admiration'* than on any dmllar occasion. ? The United States' delegates for the fortnight of dlacnaaloo an all branches at social war* were out the Nationalist movement, and will eonalder questions of financial reor ganization. troop dlsbandment, and re construction, as well as the questions of national defense, the development of a standing army of 500,000 men, compulsory military training In the schools, and the question of foreign policy. Japan denied that It had forbidden Manchuria to unite with Nationalist China, merely asking It to defer a de cision. But whatever It was, the Manchnrlans decided to Ignore It, for they made an agreement by which the three eastern Uanchurlan prov inces will co-operate with the Nation alists with a view to complete nnlon later. /GENERAL NOBILE Is still -a hero among bis countrymen, even If be has lost some prestige with the rest of the world. The unfortunate commander of the Italia and bis res cued comrades reached Rome last week and were welcomed by cheering thousands that could not be restrained by the police cordons. There and at all points In Italy on the way to the ' capital the explorers were warmly' greeted and showered with gifts of flowers and wine. Government offi cials were equally cordial toward them. PRESIDENT COOLIDGE, after de * llverinf an excellent address at the unveiling of the monument to Col. William Colvlll, hero of the battle of Gettysburg, at Cannon Falls, Mlnm, made another excursion from the sum mer White House later In the week. Accompanied by Mrs. Coolldge and their son, John, the President visited 'the Iron range of northern Minnesota under the escort of W. A. McOonagle. president of the Duluth, Mlssabe & Northern railway. They saw the big mines at Hlbblng, Virginia and other, places, the huge Virginia Rainey Lake lumber mill, and other sights of the region and then returned to Cedar Island lodge. HERBERT HOOYER and Governor Smith both returned from their vacations, the one In northern Cali fornia. where he found the flshlnfe In different, and the other on Long Is land, where he had good swimming. While Mr. Hoover put the finishing touches to his notification address his campaign managers carried forward their plans to try to break the solid 9Hnth.' They professed to have real hopes of accomplishing this but were held back somewhat by the question of funds. Tbey feel that about all the money they can raise will be needed la the East and Kiddle West Democratic campaign managers are' concentrating to a considerable ex tant on capturing the farm vote, and Gedrge N. Peek, farm leader of the IfcNary-Haugen persuasion, visited Governoc-Smlth and Chairman Raekob and told them how, In bis opinion, some of the Middle Western states might be wrested from the Republican column. The Presidential candidate has not Indicated how far he will go In satisfying the disaffected Arm leaders, "and the chairman was still stodylng 'the equalisation fee. Defections from parties by Individ uals continue about equal, apparent ly. Last week Vance. C. McCormlck of Harrlsburg, Pa, former Democrat ic national chairman, announced be would support Hoover because of the prohibition Issue; and Brig Gen. Wil liam Mltchel, retired, declared himself tor Smith, saying the Republicans had' been dishonest, seldab, inefficient and hypocritical and deserved to be turned out. WllUam Allen White of Emporia, Kan, who dug up Al Smith's record as a member of the New York legis lature and speaker of the bonse and based a lot of accusations thereon, drew from Smith a spirited rejoinder add then withdrew bis charges con cerning Smith's record "in so far as they affect his vote on gambling and pMlltitutlon, but not his position as to the saloon." CONSTERNATION prevailed In tbe gwift set* of New York when a fed eral (rand Jo 17 returned Indictments against 138 persons connected with tbe night clubs of the city for viola tion of tbe dry Iswa. Among the pro prietors Indicted were Texas Oalnan and Helen Morgan. It was disclosed that prohibition agents, working an Tlx conference wai called not to ?hake decisions nor to pane resolu tions, bat almplj to (lea the del*-' Vatet a chance to exchange views. Though the American delegates were handicapped because foreign languages were spoken almost en tirely, they derl red much benefit from Information presented concerning the organization of governmental social Work la Carsgb, they said. This was tha me iaiai Imenl of nodal atist In dMlktr^MMl either ahtod ar known to Administrator CampbeH of that area, obtained the evidence by the expenditure of aomethlDf like (00,000 for liquor and aet-upa. Fed eral Judges Atwell of Texas and Meeklngs of North Carolina were In New York handling the boose cases with uncompromising rigor. The na tional capital also had a dose of this law enforcement when Judge Hatfield granted a permanent injunction against Le Paradls, a fashionable oasis, and ordered the premises pad locked for one year. n EDUCED air-man postage rates ^ went Into effect on August 1, the new rate being 5 cents (or one ounce or fraction thereof and 10 cents for each additional ounce. The result was an Immediate aud large Increase In the alr-mall business that gratified the post-olfice officials. Plans to handle a much larger rolume of busi ness have been made by alr-mall con tractors, of whom there are 17 operat Ing 25'alr-mall routes In the United States at present, who hare been transporting mor? than a quarter of a million letters a day. JOSE DE LEON TORAL. slayer ol General Obregon, testified at hi! preliminary hearing In Mexico City that Manuel Treje, who gave him th< gun nsed, did not know he was going to kill Obregon, and then went on tc accusf Mother Superior Conrepcioa Acebede de la Lata - of having Indi rectly Influenced him to commit th< crime. He said she told him the trou bles of Catholics In Mexico would never be over until Obregon and President Calles were dead. The nun took the stand and denied that she had ever Influenced Toral to kill any one. American Ambassador Morrow speaking before the American Cham ber of Commerce In Mexico City, pralaed highly the calmness with which President Calles and the Mex ican people haTe met the crisis In the country's affairs. CAPT. CHARLES T. COURTNEY, British aviator, and three compan ions, flying from the Azores to New foundland on a world -circling tour, were forced down In mldocean. Their radio called for help and gave their position and within a few hours they were picked up by the steamer Mln newaska. TITILDIAM S. TAYLOR, central fig *" ure In the notorious fend over the governorship of Kentucky 28 years ago, and Indicted for connec tion with the murder of his successful rival for the office, William 8. Gobel, died last week In Indianapolis. He fled to the Indiana city when Indicted and had resided there ever since, the Hoosler governor not honoring requisi tion papers for his extradition. Delphln M. Del mas, who was at torney for Harry Thaw In the latter's mnrder trial more than twenty years ago, passed away at bit home In San ta Monica, Calif. Other deaths In cluded those of T. B. Walker,, multi millionaire lumberman and art patron of Minneapolis, and Federal Judge D. C. Westenhaver of Cleveland, Ohio. BOWLDER dam project Is now be ing Investigated bjr tbe new board ot engineers and geologists appointed (or tbe purpose, and Secretary of tbe Interior Roy O. West told the board members be wished tbem to Inquire Into tbe matter thoroughly and Im partially so the administration may determine Its policy. He emphnglzed the fact that they are to regard them selves as entirely Independent from fldals of the Interior department and that they are to report with complete disregard to the effect upon the de pertinent's policies. The board elect ed Gen. William L. Slbert chairman and Prof. Charles P. Berkey secretary and agreed to meet again in Denver, where much of the needed data Is available in the offices of the reclsma tloa service. THIS Seaman medal for the beat record In the earing of life In the Held of aanltatlon and accldenta haa been awarded bjt the American Mu senm of Safety to Herbert Hoorer for bla "great public aerrlce from the standpoint of human ralnea. and par tlcularly for hla conaplcuoua work In the Mlaelaalppl flood relief." A (erica of exhibitions relating to social work was one featnrc of the conference. The International exhibition of boosing and social progress was of particular Interest In connection with the hnge building program of the French government, calling for the construction of moderately priced lodgings. Within a few months a date and place of meeting of another cooler saoa at tMe nature assy be Axed, giahahly la ? ?arspaaa cttj. * . ?0O?maoaoeooaaax?K<*^x?x 1THE , I RAffTYT-DAY f HUSBAND : (ffi br D. J.vrtuh.? FBOU her kitchen window Alice witched the Bbughlands depart on their annual Vacation. 81ie watched Mrs. Bonghland ruih to the fence and hand/Aunt Carrie, who had Juit flntohed pinning dazzling white abeeu oh the I line, a house key and a big purring cat Alice smiled as she drew back the curtain and wared an encouraging fareiwelL Aunt Carrie came In with a noisy bang of the screen door. "They're off!" she laugfied. "Wonder what Jlm'll say now *" she speculated, de positing the cat on a chair and giving Alice the key for safekeeping. Alice stroked the cat's velvety head absent-mindedly. "The usual predic tion of the Houghlands coming to grief, I suppose, and next summer In stead of seeing them wallowing In debt we'll wave good-by when they start out on their vacation." She frowned at the purring pussy. Aunt Carrie chuckled. "Leave It to Mamie Bonghland to get away each year. She's a wise little woman. Last year when the children had been sick, all winter we thought doctor bills would keep them home, but Maude told me that she and the children needed the sea air and off they went 1" "But this year," protested Alice feebly, "Mr. HougMand was out of work three months. Tbey can't af ford it, really I" "Maude said they could not afford to stay home! She said her husband needed a change, that he was all run down from worry and they'd all come home ready for a winter of hard work. And Mr. Bonghland agrees to anything she says," added Aunt Car' rie pointedly. Alice's cheeks grew quite pink. "That Albert Bonghland!" she tossed her head, "why be couldn't tie Jim's shoestrings. Bow does he take care of his family? Bas he a cent laid up for a rainy day? Answer me that? Does he own his own home? Or build a new, sun porch like Jim did thl? spring? Bow about the new living room suite Jim bought this winter? And the real Chinese rug? And Mr. Bonghland tripping over the hole In his parlor carpet night after night" She worked herielf Into a heat "Well," answered Aunt Carrie tran quilly. "Chinese rug or not Albert Boughland takes bis family on a va cation every summer and let me see, you've been married eighteen years, and you haven't left this town except once to go over to Coalville to your uncle's funeral." "We did Intend to go last year," Alice explained, "but there was such a wonderful opportimity for Jim to Invest his savings In that Jones prop erty. And this spring we built the sun porch and now Jim's paying off on a bond. Maybe next year." she added. "Next year!" sniffed Aunt Carrie. ?Jim Stover will be straining to meet another Investment I know his kind, so Intense saving for that rainy day that be has no time nor money to en joy the sunshine of today." ?He's making good with his firm," Alice protected her husband loyally, "and It's Just because he pleases Mr. Pulver and you know he never en courages vacations. It's his brother, you know, always going off on vacs* tions and getting into some trouble." Footsteps In the front ball stopped the conversation and both women hastily busied themselves with the cooking dinner. "Bello, there!" Jim Stover came rni?ny into the kltrhen, positively beaming. Alice looked up with concern, for Jim was usually very quiet and not given to beaming at all. "Dinner will be ready in Ave minutes," she antici pated bis usual urgent query. "No hurry." he remarked genially, and Aunt Carrie was so astonished she dropped a fork. "Great day. Isn't | it?" Tbey stared at him In dismay for Jim never mentioned the weather j except with reference to the future rainy-day period. "Say, Alice, how'd you like to run down to Atlantic City with me for a week?" Alice hastily put down the pot of potatoes she was draining "Mr. Pulver suggested It today," Jim explained, nonchalantly. Alice gave a little squeal of delight as she flew to him. Aunt Carrie looked at them doubt fully. "There's a string to It some where, Jim. Old Pulver Isn't urging anybody to go on vacations!" Jim laughed boisterously. "No string to this. Aunt Carrie! I guess the Stovers can afford a week at the shore. There happens to be a shoe exhibition at Atlantic City and Mr. Pnlver mentioned that I should drop In and look the thing over." Monday morning they were off. lauxhlng and talking excitedly like two adventsrous children. "Mr. Pul eer told^a tha Brendow^waa as geof ? place as any to atop at, ao I wrote for reservations," Jim mentioned Id the train. Alice gasped. "The BrandonT Why Jim, it's one of the most expensive hotels down there 1" Her gray eyes danced with delighted expectation. For a moment Jim fell heavily oat of his holiday mood. "They'll soak as, I'm afraid. I have the address of a good boarding house, bat Mr. 'Pulver may ask me when we come back bow I liked the hotel and then he said he might run down himself over the week-end, so I guess we'd better go there." "Ob, it'll be heavenly!" Alice glghed rapturously, "but did yon take money enough along, Jim?" "Drew every cent out of the bank. One hundred and fifty dollars. Guess that ought to see us out, eb?" At the hotel, which towered above Alice's most extravagant dreams, Jim's holiday mood received another dent when he heard the price of the room. He fhlght have changed to the boarding house but Alice firmly re fused to move. The dinner In the vast fairy-lighted dining ball with soft-footed attentive waiters and dreamy, entreating music was to Alice an hour of exquisite Joy well worth waiting eighteen years for, but Jim grew heavy with concern. Out on the boardwalk be told her. "We can't eat there again, Alice. Eight dollars and twenty cents for that dinner!" "Oh, Jim," she remonstrated, "it was worth a hundred!" The next day he led her to a cafe teria on a side street where in a din of noise and a smell of fish they ate a lukewarm dinner In less than fif teen minutes. Right there In Alice's breast rose a great protest backed by a tremendous determination. Noth ing could move her, she would eat at the hotel; she bad some money with her, saved from her allowance. Jim argued, but he could not convince her. This was her first vacation in eight een yeurs and she was going to en joy it to the fullest extent So Alice ate delicious, expensive meals at the hotel and Jim patronised dairy lunches and cafeterias. Between meals they were mostly together, both tactfully not* mentioning the subject of eating, (hough Alice noticed Jim was continually munching peanuts or salt water taffy. She wondered, a lit tle conscience-stricken, if be were hungry. Sunday moming Jim came In with a telegram. "Mr. Pulver wants to see me Monday morning early?it's Im portant?so I'll go down and settle the bill while you pack. Let me see" ?he fished out his roll of bills? "twelve dollars a day for this room?" He did a little reckoning?"I'll Just have enough for the bill, tips and our return tickets." Alice, who was finishing dressing, grew a little pale. "But Jim," she faltered, "the bill will be much more. Tou see," nervously, "I Just signed checks for my meals, and the money I had with me-ls all gone but $3. I bought some linens and a dress and?" Tbey began to figure, Alice strain ing to remember the amount of ber meal checks. Jim fishing in all his pockets for loose change. It was all of no use, they were nearly ?50 short. "It's Sunday," Jim was saying in a hard, flat voice; "I can't telegraph the office. No use to offer a check, I have no funds at the bank. We don't know a soul here to borrow from. Can't stay till tomorrow?got to be In the office and straighten out that misunderstanding or the flrro'll have a bad lawsuit." He looked at Alice in reproachful disapproval. "You think I enjoyed eating at those mis erable Utile places? You know how I love good food I You always think all my sacrifices are foolishness; per haps In the future you'll be more willing to save. This Is the resnlt of thoughtless extravagance. Well, TU go down and face the music I" She rushed over to blm. "Jim, oh, Jim, what can happen?" She clung to him, trembling; "they couldn't ar rest us?" Was Mr. Pulver right? Did all vacations end with trouble?" She Insisted upon going down with blm to the office. If only she had brought ber engagement ring with ber they might offer that as security! And Jim's watch was Just gold filled! She shrank against Jim at the cash ier's cage when after several unsuc cessful efforts her husband asked In a low voice for their bill. "The bill?" the cashier fumbled in a file. "Oh," he brightened, "there Isn't any. Mr. Pulver?he's patronised our hotel for years?wrote us that be is taking care of that end of your visit I hope you had a pleasant stay with- us, Mrs. Stover?", he 'waxed very sodsble, "and was the shoe ex hibition satisfactory from a business viewpoint Mr. Stover?" Cp In their room the Stovers stood looking at each other for one brief second, then Jim, throwing back bis bead, burst into a great boyish laugtu "Alice," he gasped wiping his eyes, "don't ever tell a soul, will you, about my being hungry and all, and hooey," be drew her dose, "well have ? va cation every year and aava a UttVe less!" .< -a.' /Hl, -mi",., .i ? simfwses JNPBKfN?-? Tho Groat Wall North of Poking. (Prep*fed by the National Geographic Society. Washington. D. CI ALTHOUGH Peking has been renamed Peping, and Nan king is to supersede it as capital of China, the old town, with its structures and tradi tions that have played their part In history, cannot but continue aa an Im portant center of Chinese life. There Is much that the tourist to Peking finds that Is unexpected, and every visitor to the old capital has pretty definite ideas of what he Is to find. Kor one tiling he expects to find the town corrupt and contented; nor is he disappointed. In the places, the government offices and the multitude of barracks which surround t/ie city, some self-seeking gangs of grafters who have plundered the Chinese people since the overthrow of the monarchy are atlll to l>e found. Rut the age long Chlneae tradition which would have centers of government also cen ters of learning has, in spite of re actionary rulers, filled the capital with thousands of eager students for whom Peking la not only a city of splendid memories, but a city of hopes There Is the Peking university, a first-class American mission Institu tion: the University of Peking, an" equally high-grade government school; I lie new Chin Hwa college and a score of lesser schools It was among the students and teachers of Peking, particularly among those of the universities, that the lib eral movement of recent years In Chins started, and continued in the face of wholesale arrests and suppression by corrupt officials By the Peking students the movement was spread throughout the land. To find Peking the source and cen ter of this forward-looking movement for reform Is not the least of the surprises which await the visitor. Buddha and Confucius. In the great lama temple In the northwest corner of the cfty, with.Its seven sun-lit courtyards and its hun dred deities, one may see on any fore noon three-score yellow-coated do vices droning the morning lesson, cross-leg ged. before the mnny-handed God of Mercy, or half a dozen monks In pur ple piilllums celebrating a I.umlst mass with rice out of a silver howl and wine from n gold mounted chalice fusbloned from a human skull. ~ Just across the street from these Idolatrous lamas, who represent the debused Buddhism of Tibet and who minister chiefly to the Mongols of the North, Is the qniet, shady close of the temple of Confudus, wherein are neither monks nor idols. Here the muster Is represented by a simple wooden tablet bearing the letters of his name. It Is bat little more ex alted than the tablets of the four notable philosophers and the twelve particular disciples who .share the ball with him. and the two and sev enty famous scholars whose name* are recorded In the long, low build ing on the sides of the court. The initial reaction of the visitor to much that he sees In Peking Is apt to be one of disappointment followed by snrprlse, then by delight and, ad miration. Exploring tha Western Hills. When he leaves the dty gates and goes to the western hills, there Is surprise and delight, bat no Inltinl disappointment. Perhaps that Is be cause he has heard so much of the city and so little of the hills that be goes expecting nothing; perhaps It Is because the hills. In spite of their barrenness, are altogether love ly However that may be, half tie charas at Peking Is net is W&ag at to* to Its nnwsHISR Shite* WP*a shrine. palace upon palace. De with out the dty walla. They dot the' surrounding plainthey Dest on Dear by wooded knolls; they lodge la ere*- .. Icea of the wide-circling, treeleaa nnu those quiet hills, alow curving, like , billows after storm; verdant and vel vety In summer; In winter bare and red-brown, deepening Into twilight purple. To understand Peking and to love It, one must feel its glory to the setting of the hills, not see It through the critical dust of the strested plain. One of the most pleasant ways la' which to explore the hills la by rick shaw* Blankets and qullta mast ho taken, for every provident traveler hi China carries his bed with him. Away one goes three and a half miles, at a v, dog trot/to the western gate, thence seven more over the willow-shaded highway to the Mountain of Ten Thou sand Ancient* a pleasant wooded hil lock: Before It lies a broad lake and aa ' Its slope stands the far famed Sum mer Palace. Though several rmtnrloa more recent than Kublal Khan, this la Indeed the stately pleasure ? of the poet's Imagining* K atrial might well liava. decreed It with Its graceful, spiry, triple-roofed pavilion set upon s massive four-square hat of stone, towering above portlcoe and pnllona. kiosks and summer house* grottos and labyrinthine passage* to lands and lily pond* bridges of mar ble. and grotesque dragons cast to bronze. Another Jog of seven miles r?at one past the Jsde Fountain pagoda, past leisurely camel train* beyond the high road and the dost of tourist auto* under the shadow of somber, square, bescoa tower* marching to single file, at half-mile interval* out over the bill crest* Pushing on deeper Into the hills one cornea at PI Yun San. to the temple of the Green Jade Cloud* the loveliest temple to the north. Trip to the Great WalL One of the moat fascinating tripe to be made from Peking Is to the Great Wall. It la wonder enough for one Journey to walk atop the wall and look out over the dusty brown plaint of the north where Tatar horat ipen once swarmed toward the r?toia. and to tee trains of pack-moles strag gling Uyoqgb the great stone gate ways oblivious of the traffic on the nearby rail* their backs laden with merchandise aa were the backs of pack-mules two thousand years ago. Like so much to or near Peking, the Great Wall la at first disappoint ing. It la disappointingly small It I* in place* only twenty feet high and as many broad, while the city wall of Peking Is twice aa high and, at tbe baa* thrice as broad. When one* stands close under the Peking city wall tt looms above with the maaslve grandeur of an abrupt high cliff; hot when tbe traveler gets off the train at tbe Nankow pass and sees the bit of wall acaambling up the hillside before him, he wonders why It is called "great." That, however, to only at first. Us has only to cllmh up out of the p and follow the wall for half an hour and he begins to understand. Away It goes before htm, and be hind. up, np the topmost ridges ef the hllto?bending, swinging, climbing, leaping llke^he supple, agile dragon of tbe palace-garden screen. It na dulate* It sway* It marches before, tt takes the curve of tbe hllto like a awlft auto on a mountain road, oe and on and on, serosa the farthest gully, beyood the farthest peak. Where the mountains blend Into the deed* thane it to; where the kmt hoetan vwatofcm