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THE MORNING STAR, 'WILMINGTON; N. C, MQNPAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1921. FOUR . , - 1 9 1 ' ! I f 5 ' -I lu? Wonting stfar THE OLDEST DAILY IK ITOBTH ; CBOLA' Published Every Morntof t tfce hY M1XGTON STAR COMPANY, I- Ck"lnUf ww mauvw Entered at the Postoffico at "Wilmington. U. Cw as Second Class Matter. , Telephone i Editorial Busfns Offic ,.No. l .No. 61 SUBSCRIPTION RATES 1IY CARRIER n v..- ... .;....?oo Six MOntha ................'..." Three Months Un ,. MoBto .1.78 .4 fcUISSCRIPTION RATES BY HAIL Posts Ptcpmtd i Daily oaly One Year ........ .,,.;... .....5.Q Six Months f&0 Three Months One Month Daily ah4 Sunday 17.00 S.5 1.7S AO Subscriptions Not Accepted for Sunday Only Edition MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS . The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to th ie ioff publication ot ail news credited to It or net otherwise credited in this, paper and also t local new Published herein. Ali rights of re-publication of tfpsciat dispatches herein are also reserved. ' , FOREIGN ADVERTISING OFFICES! Atlanta: Candler Building J. KEOTJOH New York x Bowtow ' ChUJago X2 Fttllr Are. 11 Devonshire Peoples' Gas Bldi". BUYANT, GRIFFITH BttUNSOK. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1921. Beware the Garbage Can Makers of home brew have another enemy to ace. Note the following report from Auburn, N. Y published in the New York Herald: The humble, battered garbage pail has been raised to a post of dignity. It is now the ally of the Volstead enforcers. Auburn garbage collectors now are trailed by revenue sleuths who keep to leeward of the wagons and note the contents of all pails dumped. If they sntell sour mash. or hops,. good night for the , home brewer. Hie alarm has been sounded here. Look out for your garbage pail, it may betray you. The Good Roads Bill , 'The fat f tho proposed State system of modern highways has not yet been sealed, favorably or otherwise, but the news from tbe CapitaL is of the kind to inspire confidence among the men wh6 KNIGHTS, OF THE ROAD" - ' . New Bern Sun-Journal,: ''Theprofesslonattramp-; Is with lis again. Railroads running out Nf the larger centers report a- steadily increasing num ber of "bums'; riding "the blinds." Nearly all of lilt KU1U LU inspire CUIIUUCUW amuiis i.u.v. "vu " i ' - ' hate labored so unceasingly to bring this bless-1 them are headed sontbT ; Police court records as Here in Wilmington the open pail or barrel used for the reception of refuse has-been a witness to a lack of civic pfide, of regard for sanitation, and of a sense of beauty, but we have not yet had it revealed a3 a witness to the presence of home brew. The" Auburn story seems probable, though we wonder why trailing the wagons is necessary, since the smell of sour mash is usually sufficiently strong to be observed without close examination. There may be few garbage pails in Wilmington receiving such burdens, and Volstead enforcers may not think it necessary to use such methods of induction, but one can not but wish that the garbage pail could be raised in dignity of appear ance to keep pace with its dignity of function. If it can not harbor hops, it seems unwise to allow it to give food to all the flies who wish to make it a base of supply, and who succeed in 1 preventing a fly famine. And if it can serve as a prohibition officer, why not make it serve more efficiently in its present capacity, that of home sanitation officer? Now that the "humble, battered garbage pail" has been brought before the public, we should let the whitelight of publicity beat upon it and its itace in society. ing to, the, people of North Carolina. Governor Morrison, differing from legislative leaders in re spect of certain details, of the proposed measures, has demonstrated his readiness to waive relatively minor considerations in order to reach the larger goal. Gaining some of his points, he appear quite .willing to, concede some to those whose views diverge from the line followed by his own. The result, if not a Situation of entire harrtaOfiy' -among the road-builders, is at any rate indicative of the spirit that must be present if a constructive law is to .be enacted. , ' , The Doughton-Connor bill has been reviewed in the news columns of The Star. It now seems to have the right of way. The proposed serial, issue of fifty million dollars worth of bonds has fully met the demands of the State's good roads workers generally. It is possible this total will be reduced before enactment of the law. That is a matter of less consequence than the issue respecting modes of construction and maintenance. There now appears to be hb doubt whatsoever that adequate financial provision will be made to guarantee a complete system of highways in the State. : -The Dcughton-Connor. bill, in its essential features, has the support of good roads advocates at large and we hope it will win the favorable attention of the General Assembly. -O- Mr. Kramer's Little Story John F. Kramer, Prohibition Commissioner, has returned to Washington with a refreshing little story illustrating the naivete of one of our West-; ern Carolina "moonshine" authorities. The authority in question seems to have set up a mountain distilling school where the quiet art of generating a kick was expounded and explained at so much a lesson. The entire plant was stolen after a time, and the "professor" lodged a com plaint with the county officials. "Much to his surprise," we read, "he was placed in jail and later given a heavy sentence in the penitentiary for violating the Volstead Act." x Mr. Kramer's Story would have been more de lightful if he had not proceeded to violate one of the elementary principles of story-telling by his effort to make it argumentative. To say that "there are a number of people in North Carolina who believe that whiskey making is a part of their religious duty" may be to speak the truth in a certain literal senses We do not pretend to know the private belieTs of every person in the State, and the phrase, "number of people" is one of fair safety. Mr. Kramer continues: "And they re ceive encouragement and are given distinguished consideration by many good citizens in private, business and professional circles of life." With out pausing to note the manifest absurdity of a statement that any violation of the law is en couraged by "good" citizens, we may observe that the Federal Commissioner has stepped quite be yond the bounds of good taste and discretion by his inference of general disregard for the Volstead Act among the better citizens of North Carolina. The impression inevitably conveyed by the elabora tion on his little Bit of moonshine is that the representative people of the State will pause at any time in support of the law in order to pay honor to the illicit distiller. Mr. Kramer should learn how to tell a story. o- Shifting Residential Areas - A factor in housing little considered in most well as ocular evidence of "pan-handlers" selling all kinds of trinkets on the streets bear out the statement. , " The "bums" drift in, hang around for a day or two, and then take "the blinds" again, as is their immemorial custom. They are very adept too, in dodging inquisitive policemen, and to the kind- hearted housewife they tell tales of wondrous hard luck, embracing everything 'frbm fortunes lost in. oil speculation to the hard-hearted step father who drove them from home. The fall in prices" and the increasing number of unemployed in industry has started these gentry, who had mysteriously disappeared during" the stirring days of the great war, upon their annual peregrinations. What became of them during the war no man knows. It is hardly conceivable that they were induced by soaring wages to take a job of work. 1 Daily Editorial Digest Princeton University is In' the main, figure and say no mare shall enter, supported by the press for Its recently Virtually, : the only limitation possible announced policy of limiting student is insistence upon a fair standard of enrollment Such" criticism as- appears preparation; and the better our see ls directed not at Princeton's particular . ondary schools become the greater will problem. But at tna e'ffect upon educa- J;be the number of those who can meet tional facilities " as a whole if the ! this standard." 4 ' Princeton plan should become a general I But "higher education by -wholesale" tendency. The Rocky Mountain News ' as the Minneapolis Journal expresses (Denver) seems to state the case with jit, does not meet with UttQualifledyen a series of questions which are an- ! dorsement. "A .university, like a $tyi swered in various- ways by other edi--' .can become. too big for. its "own good,' torial writers. The News inquires: IS the step announced-for Prince ton -to- be commended or disapproved? the Journal continues, and while "stu dents who want, advanced education arid are fitted to receive It,' should not FARMING IN SAMPSON Sampson Democrat : '.'While the farmers of J Sampson county will make no mistake in reducing acreage, yet if a sensible course were pursued' by the farmers M other sections of the south, cotton would be, indeed, a money crop for all the growers. Sampson county raises its food supplies more corn and bacon than its population requires. True, it iS-short on feed stuff, but if other sections of the south would diversify their productions to the same extent that Sampson county people do, there would not be the crisis now existing. Under the circumstances, it would appear Just for our people to have to make the same percentage of reduction that the farmers who make no home supply of corn and bacon should make. But, since those people have so little sense as to destroy themselves, it IS certain that Sampson county growers cannot risk their salvation to the good sense of benevolence. Hence, for their own finan cial salvation they must cut off heir' acreage of cotton, though, as they already, make their food supplies, they have no recourse for reeompensa tion but in the minor matter of raising more feed, since to turn to corn or bacon as a money crop is to come into competition with the growers of the west, who have as great an advantage over the south in the production of those crops on an eco nomical basis as the south has over other cotton producing countries in the production of cotton. Truly, it is a pity that the folly of a great propor tion of the south in failing to make its hog and hominy should force our people into competition with the rest of the world in the production Of foods, when otherwise they might utilize their. acreage in the production of the south's own pe culiar crop, and at a profit. But it is a condition that confronts; so, farmers, cut and cut to the ""bone. Willard Aspires Je8a,Willard wants to come back. At forty he pretends to believe that he can de feat Jack Dempsey, the greatest piece of fighting machinery in the history of the ring He has even advanced an alibi for the terrible trouncing he received at the hands of this same opponent less than two years ago. Back on his Kansas farm, big Jess has managed to forget the battered hulk, which, blinded with its own blood, staggered f rom the arefta at Toledo. There are ( several reasons why Willard should not be allowed to face Dempsey again. Not the least important is the fact that boxing is steadily becoming humanized. After degenerating into a most brutal pastime, it 18 gradually being raised to a higher level. A repetition of the spectacle In Toledo, when Willard was literally cut to pieces In three rounds, will not help the efforts of ' those who are seeking, to make the future Of boxing safe. If Dempsey could deal out such punishment when Wiilard was in trim, it stands to reason that he can renew with interest today. Another reason Is a more personal one. Every other American ever fortunate enough to annex a world's fighting Championship died fighting wheh. the better man came along. .Willard quit cnld after his opponent had worn himself down. He threw away his crown when every expert at the ringside believed he Had an even chance of weathering the storm had he resumed the fray. But Willard quit, Now he wants to be king again. The king is dead. For the best interest of boxing let him rest. " The President Getting On His Feet The appearance of President Wilson at a Wash ing theatre is accepted as another token of his gradual return to good health, it is said to have been-his .first visit to the play-houses in nearly eighteeft months. He gave evidence of being fairly capable; Of handling himself, requiring only .the "Slightest assistance on leaving his car" and lean ing, without noticeable weight unon a walkiner ' cane. It not td be assumed, that the President. , is ear .ftOrmai. .health again. He has come back from the brink of the grave; few men, perhaps, would ve540fii back at all under the circum- . stances. Authorized reports from the-White House telf of consistent gains,, and it will be the earneit.hope of th American people that th4' gains . will ' continue uhtil the W Wilson of yes terday.? shall reappear. There should be many yiarjiiot distinguished Service before the retiring President. Thd-' prospect of liberal contributions from his pen during the next several years should, alone,4 bi .'sufficient .inspiration for a popular wish that-h may regain -every 'whit of his old'time discussions of the question is the instability of American residence sections. Because of, the rapid growth of most of our towns and cities, and the lack of foresight existent when the towns were planned, or-sprang up, a section that was desirable for homes five or ten years past may be utterly nnfit today. Industrial developments menace health, either by spreading fumes, or by causing dirt and noise and other conditions equally unde sirable; or business houses encroach upon homes, the town house of the leading family becomes at boarding house, and new areas must be opened for development as residential areas. Real estate men open rival sections, scattered homes are built, with vacant lots in generous proportion. If a certain section does not "take", it languishes and dies, factory sites creep in, and the search for a place for a home begins again. "These changes in residence centers," according to a student of housing, "entail a terrific waste and economic loss. It is Impossible to estimate how much the national investmentls impaired by shifts that ought to be needless. "The amount must run into hundreds of mil lions annually. The loss is not merely economic. It falls on citizenship and1 on the family life as welk -Any obstacle thrown in the way of home owning is' an obstacle to good citizenship. The economic hazard, that a man assumes in build ing a, home, through the instability of residence districts, is one of the great drawbacks to home building. ,ln every, city of any size there are thousands, of families that have had the experi ence of losing the value of their homes. What must ;be their attitude toward the municipality that permits suchNinjutlces; what must be the effect of such an experience on a man's civic pride and citizenship? v ' Wilmington, whose growth has been compara tlvely. of an even pace, has suffered less from this condition than have other cities. Now, how ever, faced, with an increasing population, an enlarging industrial life, and a housing shortage, it will be well for the city to take thougtit of the morrow in tbe necessary extension of the areas in which homes are to be built, and in protecting them as building goes on. . LEADING. OUT OF DARKNESS Columbia State: If all of the enlightened and educated people of South Carolina were aware of the work that the commission for the elimination of adult illiteracy is carrying on in South Caro lina, if they knew of thekeen wish and effort that have been shown by thousands of middle aged and some venerable men and women to learn to read and write, there would be no lack of generOus support for It. The worthy causes that appeal to busy men are so. numerous, that, notwithstand ing publicity that-schools for illiterates have had, they pass unnoticed by the majority of the people and the commission is compelled to resort to a variety of devices to find means to conduct its activities. If all the adults in South Carolina were illiter ates the state itself could scarcely exist. It would fall back into the night of semi-barbarlanism and, whenever one grown-up nian or woman is rescued from the thraldom of ignorance, he or she is en abled lo take the first and the greatest step in the direction of worthy and useful citizenship. The Illiterates are not to be Condemned as unworthy people; in rare cases is the fault of their condi tion their Own, but the man at disadvantage by comparison with hie fellows, other things being equal, is the man most likely to be discontented and yield to evil influences. He is the more often the victim of imposition and the more likely to give away to unreasoning resentment. What ought a state, as a state, to do be denied the privilege," still V'it Is open ' wide the doors to all and promtMe that several medium swed -in- SUftdry, -or 'make admission a more stittttidhs of learning are, better! both selective process? is it possible for a for the student and the statethan one nation Tike thi one. endowed with , huge Institution that is top -heavy." ootentialities for ereat wealth and Its Applying the principle of "a little distribution among the many, to be-; field, well tilled" to education, the come too promiscuous with Its higher Ferland Oregoman feels will "re educatiOnal facilities? Is U possible serve the facilities of collels for those to have a people over-educated In the who regard them seriously." Colleges,' ntrtfi,k" i f n if, rtnininn., "ar nni?r MttT nr nn uiiuiivu awuptaLivfi - Viewed as the result of economic t obligation to furnish a convenient four conditions, by which "the general high year loafing place for anyone. En- cost of living, naturally, has Increased ormouj preseur exerted by increasing the cost of education," the News -.feels numbers! who really want 6 learn has that Princeton has" merely taken the . has made inevitable the choice be step necessary to meet changed con- tween culling- the raw material and ditiohs and still maintain its standards, permitting educational workmanship td In that oositiort it is supported by most f deteriorate." 6t the papers participatingf in the dls- The doctrine of personal attention cussion. The Wall Street Journal, land relations between teaclvers1" and even "at the risk of being charged student body that President Hibben ad- with an attdrnpt to restrict education," ! vances as a prime factor in his decis holds that there "has. been ho better ! ion is upheld by the Syracuse Post development In the educational field Standard, which maintains that "it than the Princeton innovation. It an- 1 should be the permanent policy of swers one inciulry of the Denver paper : every university- . . . that classes Contemporary Views AShetiM.Citixen: The United States leads the world in the total gross tons of merchant vessels launched n 1920, but the rU test vili come later .vrhen we will be forced tor compete with the Cheaper wages and the government subsidies of the merchant marine industry of other nations - x " r . Charlotte:- Observer: One thing Mr Fairm Harrison,, president of the Southern Railway mav safely, count, on, and that is, i there Is kointf to be a lively- revival in the nasaen :,,lz I- his line Just as soon as the patroW-disniii new adminiSratiffifpuf lack of bathrooms t t. ., Thomas would quickly point 'Mr a tub with running water h ui th4t to do with the ultima, bodily cleanliness. a . , ,,n ? will keep clean eve.n nn,i " I!", and our . French" critic woul.i ulti. even chance, the paradox ti L, V7h'i cans are so indifferent to i eri as to get along without it ,?Unes is made precernaturaliv J"185 i to Indulge in it. Lik Ti, . Of thft stAoravc c , lr 'd o o.cdi() shift f,i . first class, "These peopi,. VX to dirty they're- always washing" a'fu Mr. Thomas thinks wo h u iimeni Decause we transport n, in auiuiuuutie nearses iu. .. a'i "''ause on- . F'ru n cracu.. urbs instead of in the hrt CitV. Close hv nnr Virv,,.. , 0 don't go into deep mourn iIUr f, T" after" a death in the fam.lv . ,Z not Apropos, I happen to hav and ? met months ago a young- Fifnc', of a good provincial familv. ' s rttma in Porta , ouiiiciviiiii aeairut i family's convictions. larenK- ,. r 4-1- , e . VI H.I I V IT M n Qcr,., j . w ... rtMU 1.0 , " grandmother who had cons..,.,,, 1 ;: ruined her various chances f0r " ! riase and for a lniino "af- "IT",-!"-.." , -areer. oiu tauy whs in iact t K I'M the whole, family, and I eat would be H'red thi ' ft led squarely : shall not be so large that every stu- "lt should be Possible, by -means of "dent shall not have personal atten- scholarships and endowments, for every 1 tion from men Qualified by experience boy and girl with the necessary self- and training and education to teach denial attd intelligence to work his him." And the New York Herald adds way to the highest gifts a college can that "perhaps graduates of the popular bestow. But there is an economic , universities, Where dlassmen not only waste in expending the time of compe- do not become acquainted with all tent professors on students with no their fellows but scarcely see them, thirst for learning. Those students may agree with ' Princeton that it is WHAT. GOLF DOES FOR THE TOWNS Jacksonville Times-Union: Some of the larger cities and roany of the smaller places have scouted the Idea that golf was of any benefit, but a prac tical demonstration has been given during the last week of the value of golf, especially to the smaller cities. The President of the United States, or at least who will shortly sit in the chair of the chief executive of this great nation, honored a number Of small cities on the east coast with a visit he cause they had golf links. He is a golf enthusiast and he wanted the exercise and at the same time wanted to see what was actually going on in Florida, so "he stopped at St. Augustine and Ormond and Vero and Fort Pierce and of course at Daytona and Palm' Beach and' Miami but there never would have been the slightest chance of Vero and Fort 'Pierce entertaining the head ot the nation nad they not had splendid golf courses. We have frequently commented on the growing popularity of golf, especially in Florida, which is the winter paradise of the people of these United States, Who have the leisure to enjoy the game that combines exercise, skill, ingenuity and perserver ance and acts as a stimulant to the human system. The cities that have adopted golf as one of the features of their entertainment have progressed wonderfully and those that have persisted in ignoring it are making less headway in the tourist business, Which is a profitable business in Florida. Miami now has three or four golf courses and is planning more of them and we all know that Miami is leading in tourist trade. Palm Beach Is following suit with two or three courses and many of the other. ..prominent resort cities and towns are coming along with one or two courses, We might Just as well recognize the game of golf as one of our leading pastimes and exercises and pre pare to adopt it into our amusement family and if we do not we will be left in the rear and be classed as a back number. For a long -time it was considered a fad, but it is now recognized as a real red-blooded sport for: real men and women and It is bound o grow in importance and popularity. : j- Kinston Free Press: There seems to be a tend ency on the part of some States to alter their prohibition; legislation to conform to the Volstead act as 5 passed; Congress.. Should this course be come universal throughout the nation, it would Blrhpllfr matters and strengthen prohibition en forcement - would be much better placed in me chanical employment. If 'all men are created equal,' as the Declaration of Independence so recklessly says, all students are not.- It may be doubted if there are really any of those 'mute inglorious Miltons' Gray supposed. They find themselves somehow. But democracies are forever disinclined to fade facts. Easy matriculation at the universities lowers the standard and the product from top to bottom." Two newspapers discuss the appli cation of this policy to state universi ties. The Detroit Free Press, for in stance, believes that "in principle" there is much merit in such a move, since "any education institution that grows cdntlnuallyj must in course of time arrive at a point where increase of numbers thereafter militates against the best and highest efficiency." Butf to a state institution the solution Is not so simple, sine the youth .of the state have a right "that cannot arbi trarily be cut off." Admitting that it is "a monumental task," the Fre Press nevertheless maintains that "the University of Michigan must develop its resources and its power of caring for undergraduates so largely that it can take care of all comers regardless of their number." Tho, Columbus Dis patch outlines a similar course for "Ohio State," since "we cannot, in fair ness, close the, doors at somechosen making no mistake But the Princeton plan, it is con tended,, offers no solution to the prob lems presented by the "growing de mand for higher education," which, the Baltimore American believes, are pressing for solution. "If it is valid for Princeton it is valid for very uni versity in the country," and the re striction policy "altogether fails to meet the point that . . . the number of those who 'wish to share In the benefits of higher Education has enorm ously increased." - Consequently the American feels that "as this is one of the most hopeful tendencies of the time, it would be nothing short of a calamity If, when bo many are genuine ly anxious to learn, there should be Insufficient facilities to satisfy their need." - Furthermore, the New Tork World is inclined to doubt the democratizing qualities of "a college education, limited." Granting the gain "on the economic side," and that "very proba bly the character of college instruction would improve if only students of the best promise were accepted," it still questions whether American colleges are "under rfo obligation to American youth to provide, a higher education to all who seek it;" and, in its opinion,, "giving a study-club aspect to uni versities will hardly seem to comport with American theories of education." her demise Well, the grandmother sn,i,i,.. and died." Was there reioieinc wardly, perhaps but the ffran,l,iail,!J' ter gave no outward sisn of jt returned from the funeral attind fr, head to foot in the deepest h-,J'K cicpc veil Hanging (luivn 1 , , . r j , and looking fif4een years o!,ur is .obliged to decline, all invitations' xvs a. j t ai cxi 1 1 a n i . Let not Mr. Thomas pretend net whir-.h is nutsiil.. r.,i; i 1 , .. ... , i , (T1. icism. To berate an Amerienn prami. uaugmer wno nia not act similarly no more sensinte man tor a c'hinps to complain of this French i:u- i caue sue laiieu 10 put a howl of r;, on the grave. writes or foreign lands should be recognise inai wiim is clinerelit is. ty necessarily interior. -Air. Thomas' (0'' tntit ci t c ii m lit i a n 4lit ...I. ... Diaiu . aosuiiijjiivji liiii i JlilL IS Hi French is barbaric, and that Anurit. will never get over its unci. mime until it imitates the social euiivtt. Uons of his country is unworthy Til .mlmiKli.it 4..1.-..if .....1 1.: mil UJiuuuuiiu laiciu dint Ills 11 I f 1 e able , earnestness and industry, European News and Views Raleigh News .and Observer It appears th$t the negroes; in ; Norllna who participated in the recent TiOting had plenty of firearms. 'These can not be bought., from North Carolina dealers with-: out. permission If rom local . authorities. But there is nothing to prevent their being bought, in large quantities from mail- order houses in other States, " Here ift work for Congress and the Legis latures .Let Congress forbid the 'shipment, of fire arms through the mails. - ' . By WILLIAM IVY PARIS. Practically the only foreign question in which the English people are interested just now is naval Arma ments. A controversy is ragiftg inthe press as to the relative merits of capi tal ships and sut marines or'other sinall craft including flying machines. Now one thing that ought to be-re-membered by every Atnerican-and every Englishman, for that matter is that when England talks about naval armaments she can have only one pos sible rival in mind, namely the United States. No othe power could dream of challenging British naval supremacy now, and no other power has even so much as planned a navy that could challenge .It in the future. Yet oddly enough, although nearly every average Englishman is convinced that England must keep the lead in the naval raee, there is practically no popular apprehension of a struggle with America. The American build ing programme is believed by the man in a London street to be directed against Japan, and although Japan and England have a naval alliance It is not considered as operative against America. In fact English sympathies' would be largely on our side in such a fight, because of the anti-Japanese sentiment in Canada and Australia. The battleship-vs. -submarine ques tion in England really comes down to this: England is financially unable to run an armament race with the United States, if supremacy is to depend on costly caital ships. She must, there fore, make up he"r mind to drop out and take her chances with American good will, or else allow herself to be persuaded that safety can be secured with smaller and less expensive craft. It looks now as though barring the possibility of a naval, "holiday" Eng land would adopt the latter course. In this connection the movement for agricultural development in the Brit- ish Isles is significant. Given suffi cient food supply to guarantee against starvation by blockade, England could wiage a very satisfactory naval , war with submarines and aircraft alone. To land and maintain ah army on ndr shores wtould be, according" t all ex perience,, an impossibility, and a fleet of submarine cruisers could do so much damage to the enemy's commerce as to make any victory at best a pyrrhic one. Colonies and- dominions might, of course, be lost, but their mere pos session, in the absence of a merchant marine wherewith to ' exploit their commerce, would be of small advan tage to the victor. It is ships, and more particularly sailors, that make a. .World empire. American naval authorities have" in sisted on this point., A. navy without a merchant' rriarine Is an anomaly. What nations really need navies for is to maintain possession . of their spheres xf trading influence, in other words, to protect their commerce Probably one reason why this race of armaments comes just now is that the , territory Which may be divided into ''spheres of influence" is considtr- ably enlarged." Not only are there the "mandate" countries mostly former enemy colonies but practically; all central and eastern -Europe will . be ex ploited b.y foreign, capital and' -reduced to a1 condition of economic dependency. T'hat the United States, the only .na tion .with considerable surplus capital for. export should have, a preponder ant share, in financing the industrial reconstruction of these dependent countries Is . a self-evident necessity. It is als quite understandable that after, financing such development, American capital should b unwilling to put itself at, the mercy of British shipping. And so British-American maritime rivalry is quite on the cards. The question, however, is whether .we can proauce the seamen. , GOLF PLAYERS llEM) IV AfU Kour.ci) ix ji;m I hadjnade a resolution not to per mit myself to be annoyed by the, American impression? of one Louis Thomas, who -is now making a second trip in the United States and writing his experiences for a French weekly. (At least I supposed that the previous trip was his first, for some of his comments Were excusable ojily on the plea of unfamiliaflty with the -country and its language.) But M. Thomas continues his ab surdities, and one's hopes that longer acquaintance might teach him some thing go glimmering. In a hew article now under my eye he describes the discomforts of kitchenette life in New Yorji "which the New Yorkers endure, along with many other trials, for the pleasure of living in New York, which seems to them the liveliest of all the world's Cities, and the one where are found the men who have the most money, and where women find the greatest luxuries and amusements." There is nothing -very noxious in all that, and if it amuses a Frenchman to believe thaf typical New Yorkers are money-worshippors, or that they prefer to cook on an electric grill .rather than wear out their nervets over the servant problem, very well But what is annoying is that a sup posedly serious writer in an undoubt edly serious journal should waste his time over such - superficialities, and should moreover interpret them as re vealing profoundly significant charac teristics of the American, people. I wonder what Mr. Thomas would say ir some visitor to his country snoum write in, let us say. The Inde pendent, a series of parallel comments On French life. Suppose it were gravely set forth that the French were such a ridiculous nennla u t prefer living ill France in ''spite of the NEWARK, N. J.. Feh. 6 Kit, men and women, motoring early from the Baltusrol (lult club at sprii,. field, where they had iumi iliun, guests Of Thomas Deln.-voi.se. fnrii). councilman at larse of Summit, v.. held up and robbed by thn bandits who had blocked the roads i., logs, tree branches, stones and uth; obstructions. Robert S. Huse. of Elizabeth, lawyer, who tried to drive r.ff. w shot by one of the robbers. Tbe Id. broke his arm. The occupants of the liit .tiiHin bile to reach the 1arri acie wen- lin up quickly and their numey tak The robbers demanded cash only, in ing no attention to the j '-.vil.s v.u by the iasnionaoiy trowiMi wn Similar tactics were employed with i occupants .of the other earn, until; in the party had yielded their mom The highwaymen then ordered Jan; P. Thomas, of Elizabclh, itm-klnol; to drive them away. Mrs. Thomas in the car. Two- got in with her and tin- h. stood, on the running board, tdiouir a final warning to the other icti, L-ave until Thomas st;i his car containing the robbers and wife when Huse jumped into this o machine and tried to start it bandit ridins on (he running ho' promptly fired at him. the bullet ii. Ing its mark. .Thomas -increased his speed unu1 threats of the robbers until near Ken' worth, when he was ordered to su The bandits then trot out, iieia a r. utrKiHTiArAfl consultation and (iisa - - peared in the darkness. Police automobile'-patrol wore f-: out from Newark and Elizabeth wi. news of the holdup spread, hut trace of the robbers could be found to make no attempt to Uave until C; wer out of siirht. Thomas star;- HARBORS AXM HIVKHS BILL l THIS HOI' WASHTvriTnv. Veh. n. The rivi: and harbors authorization bill was !: mally presented in the house. It mat provision for no new projects, but a; thorizes preliminary suive.va cQT-r-uin rr nut of Cttl tafn projects which appropriations already arc du able. Under the new rules the w mlttee handles no appropriations if is the first committee which f-' ... ....,i,rl mally had such control u legislative bill. . xv,.th Parniina and Viruima ' .,!o:iinn to l it' ID'-1 View XO IIS attuii3"i" i i Oldiea. ,e;inirl o hove ' nn"" marie-5- Cane Fear river ton, N. G. V aLtl ,,r,rL to ine Buu.ine ii - . the Calcasieu river and ortoi Tuof-orwav from Caleasi' u - . . " dAi.,, .-u-er Texa? J .uouisiana, 10 ouum Louisiana- . , , ionic M 11 I horl.e'l '". completed with modifications Inciu Escambia and Conecuh river.. . J eVI'Cllt ill." iaa ana 'Aittutiiiia, - . the Conn- tvQ month of the F-scain eluding that river an. is abandoned." : OF Hie Wilmington Savings & Trust Co. i WHEN YOU CHOOSE A BANK ; ..'.. 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Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Feb. 7, 1921, edition 1
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