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If V L '- V-'....'. - V. X THE MORNING STAB, WILMINGTON, N. C SUNDAY, FEBRUARY l3 1921. FOUR 5 ; nHK OLDEST DAILY IN WORTH CAROLWA" fcllshe4 pTW M.rln I Jut IIIGTOX STAR COMPAKT. toe, 1J Ct " I Street. Wilminzto. A.rtk CaraUaa Entered at tbe Postoffice at Wilmington. N. C, is Second Class Matter. Editorial Busines Office Teleei rrrrr"rrrrr.r...N..8i StMSCBlTTION 'BATES-BY CARRIER On Year ..$7.00 Three Month (IB Mouth . . SUBSCRIPTION XATEf BY WAJI. ii Poatac Prr pal Daily . only une . ear ........ . . 6li Months f Three Months ! One Month, ........... i. ....... Dally and Sunday $7.00 S.S9 1.71 .$0 Subscriptions Not "Accepted for Sunday Only Edition - BIEIIBKR OF AOCIATai FBES Th Associated Preaa 1 axclaaiTtly tWd tbe use lor publication of all news cxeoited to II or not otherwise credited la Uli. ,vtFmL nuhl local news published hera. AU rtta re-PUb-licatlon or special dispatches herein are also reserved. , - " - rOREIGN ADVERTISING OFFICES I Atlanta: Candler BuUdla. J. B. XBOWH vw Toric Boston caicaao m . Fifth Ave. 11 Devonshire Peoples' Qaa Bid BRYANT. dRlFFITH ,e BBTJIWJW. ' SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1921. Rats and Waste There is one part of our population which we can, and fihould, eliminate. That is the rat popu lation, now numbering at least 100,000,000, or one rat Jor every human being. The Biological Sur rey Bureau, which compiled the figures, has com puted their annual consumption of foodstuffs as being at least $200,000,000, or two dollars a head. That is no smairfood bill, especially when one re calls that "Ten dollars will save a child's life" was, and is, the slogan of those working for the children of Eastern and tentral Europe. For their "keep" the rats make return chiefly in the form of disease. They are credited witn i high degree of efficiency in the insidious busi ness of transporting the black death and other plagues. They make some return also in the way of property destruction and general annoyance. Because of this, a campaign of "starve and slay" is urged upon the American people. The two means of destroying the pest lie within the power of every housewife, farmer, storekeeper, whole sale dealer, railroad station officers, and so on down the list of people whose business is en dangered by rajs. The toleration which has permitted the growth of our enormous rat population is the child of our national sin of waste. It is safe to say that starving millions could be fed from the food wasted in homes in this country, even with the pressure of the high costs. The same mental attitude which results in the thought that one can do what he likes with food, if ho pays for it, has caused us to ignore the steady dribbling from the nation's grain bins. During the war, the determined effort of the Food Administration brought aliout the most widespread attention to real food economy the country had ever had; the war against the rat will make that economy function on a peace basis. The War Saving Certificate was urged as a. thrift medium, as it encouraged the saving of small sums which would otherwise be frittered away. Today the government has outstanding $800,000,000 in War Saving Certificates a monu ment to the power of the small investment. Within four years time, or less, at their present rate of Increase, the ordinary brown rats of the: United States will have destroyed 5800,000,000 in food stuffs. The situation suggests the old story of the man who labored at pouring water through a basket. In one year's time, the grocery bill of the rats will be twice as great as the appropriation asked under the Smith-Towner bill, which would provide $100,000,000 annually 'for the educational systems of those states which would raise propor tionate sums in their own borders. The burghers of Hamelin town found that Iheir penury served them ill, for, though rid of the rats, they lost their children, too. We may lind that our extravagance will serve to maintain the rats, while it destroys our children's chance. Our Pied Piper is at hand, and. unlike the magician of Hamelin, he pays himself. He wears the sober garb of thrift, but he will be none the less effi cacious for all that. r The Red Cross in Action In the succession of headlines, when disaster be falls an American community, there s always to be obtained a glimpseof the effective relief service which the Red Cross holds at the command of those in distress. The headlines Friday morning told of a Georgia village laid in ruins by a tornado, of more than a score dead, many injured and . homes swept away. Saturday's headlines brought - the story of "Red Cross Tents Set Up Where' Storm Wiped Out a Village." Within a period of .less than twenty-four hours, the homeless resi dents of storm-stricken Gardner found new shelters erected upon theirhome sites, trained and ' sympathetic workers in their midst on the mission of emergency aid, and a carload of relief supplies from Atlanta on the most accessible railway sid ing. It is not the first or the second time within quite recent years that the Southern Division headquarters of the Red Cross has been the best and readiest friend of storm sufferers within the bounds of Georgia; and we suppose there Is not a Southern State that has not learned, through ex perience, to look with comfort upon the same source of aid. Community distress of the extent L that calls the .emergency service of the Red Cross fully into play is,7happily, not of everyday occur i ,-ence; but when ' the emergency arises, the Red Cross does not, respond tardily or without the means and , spirit essential to the most .effective treatment.;';; -' ' 4- o - Few of us are prepared to assert offhand whether Germany's reparations account has been set tod high or too low. : We believe it is somewhat ex- . cessive, if Germany-islto'get only BergdolL Lift the Embargo The movement to raise the contract Interest rate from eix to eight per cent dots not originate in the selfish designs of a bankers cabaL The proposal, on the contrary, Is clearly inth in terest of the farmer and the worker. The former benefits through the larger credits which can be released to him. The latter finds his services at a premium by reason of the building operations which are certain to spring up with an influx of capital. . To raise the Interest rate is equivalent to bring ing North Carolina into the main current of in vestment. Already we ara feel in the pinch of a steady" withdrawal of outside capital. The time, may come when the situation will assume the form of an emergency. The time will come if the drain continues, if foreign investors, finding that their money brings larger returns in most of the states, make a definite point of avoiding our own state. Capital seeks the highest lereL That is a law which can not be legislated away. Men who know how steadily insurance com panies and other lenders are avoiding North Caro lina 'are becoming alarmed over the prospect of restricted funds for the development of our re sources. They have reason to be disturbed. Such a blockade means stagnation, means retrogression. Men who know how much North Carolina money is going to other states where a higher Interest rate prevails appreciate the injury implicit in this fact. North Carolina money should be invested' in North Carolina projects. It is a pity that vital izing capital should be flowing away from us. We should be placed upon a parity with the other Southern states. Six per cent is not enough to attract the money the lack of which will seri ously retard our progress. Eight per cent would not be burdensome. It would accelerate the forward-going of North Carolina business and enter prise in a fashion utterly overshadowing any ap parent discomfort which it might bring. The em bargo should be lifted. A Word to Mr. Haniing The Springfield Republican warns Mr. Hardipg to beware of choosing Mr. Hughes to be secretary el state, reserving for Senator Fall the direction of pur relations with Mexico. It warns Mr. Harding to think twice before he makes Mr. Hughes "pre mier," with the expectation that Senator Hiram Johnson will have charge of Japanese .affairs. "The very thought," it declares, "of Mr. Hughes suffering his job to be divided into preferred shares and distributed around among other cabi net officers and United States Senators has humorous implications. It sounds as funny as if that man of strange oaths, Charles E. Dawes of Chicago, were to be invited to accept the secre taryship of the treasury with the understanding that Senator Penrose, chairman of the Senate finance committee, was to issue a weekly bulletin for his guidance in the performance of his duties." Mr. Hughes is so dearly and manifestly a man who stands on his own feet, a man so little in clined to take orders or to, permit some one else to look after his job, that there would be scant harmony in a cabinet in which he would be com pelled to insist upon his rights. The prospect of his appointment has greatly disturbed the Sen ators who desire to run the United States for the next four years. They know him to be very much a man of his own mind. That he has always been, that he is certain to remain. As secretary of state," he would be anything but a kneaded clod, and his business would not be that of a looker-on in Washington. We are not at all sensitive to small slights, but we get sort of lonesome when we reflect on the fact that nearly everybody else in the country has been invited to call on the President-elect. There has been some comment on the news that Eastern cities are in receipt of a large shipment of eggs from China. Our own interest in the mat ter is heightened by our recollection of several eggs which apparently had been to China and back. A committee of the Netherlands parliament has suggested to the government that the former Ger man Crown Prince hereafter be required to pay for the use of his quarters at Wjeringen. The way Frederick William beats his rent bill beats the Dutch. The Louisiana sheriff, who got the State into a legal tangle by forgetting to carry out a death sentence in the case of one of his prisoners, is likely to make matters still worse some of these days by suddenly remembering the hanging and forgetting who was to hang. We are informed by correspondents that the so called Ku Klux Klan is going to have a big pub lic meeting at Raleigh and lay its cards on the table. The display will bo of little value, how ever "unless the Klansmen produce their calling cards along with the rest'of the assortment; ' Figures from the Bureau Internal Revenue are taken to show, that Mr. Rockefeller's income is not as large as it was two or three years ago. Happily, however, John D.'s tastes have always been simple, and he ought to be able by the prac tice of rigid economy, to weather the present slump. ' Contemporary Views ': t . A JINGO NAVAL, POLICY New York Evening Pott: "It is the opinion of .your committee that-this country should maintain ' a Tiara nfr laa &4-. .-v-. n 1 A. . . . V. T)nfn. - j vonjjuai m max i any uuwi tunsi. Such is the startling reply of the Senate Commit tee on Naval Affairs to the resolution directing it to determine what constitutes a modern fighting navy and to consider the advisability of our. u-. pending building for six months. The report goes far beyond what was asked. The committee was not directed, to lay down a general naval policy. But it has seized the opportunity afforded .St by a resolution drawn in the interest of peace to advo cate an oldrfaahioned Jjpgo programme. "The les sons of history, warns the report, "teach ns with Indisputable truth that we cannot afford to depend for the mafntenance of our rights and the defence of the lives and commerce of our citizens upon the mercy, generosity, or good-will of other Powers with rival and conflicting interests or ambitions." Would any one suppose-from this oracular utter ance that we have existed for a century and a quarter without the protection that the commit tee deems indispensable and that, although ws have never had the largest navy afloat, wo have in some way become one of the great Powers? What is th quarter from which we are men aced? The'' committee gives this hint: "For one nation to leave itself exposed to attack while an other is preparing all the engines of war would be not only folly but' the greatest danger to the peace of the world that could be imagined." What is the nation which "is preparing all the engines of war?" Why, it is the United States! Our naval programme is the most ambitious naval pro gramme now being executed or even considered by any country. It is so ambitious that within fouryears it will enable us to overtake the hither to unapproached navy of Great Britain. If the reasoning of the Senate Committee is sound, Great Britain must at once begin to strengthen her fleet. Otherwise she will commit the folly of leaving herself exposed to attack and incidentally bring on "the greatest danger to the peace of the world that could be imagined." And if she should start increasing her fleet, we should be compelled to re double exertions on ours. A pretty world this, as seen by the Senate Committee on 'Naval Affairs! Senators who are in the habit of sounding the alarm over Japan's alleged militaristic designs are left looking foolish by this jingoistic report. If they make any such speeches hereafter, their words will fly back in their faces. On the other hand, Japanese who have been opposing the course of Japan's military party will be greatly handi capped. All that a Japanese jingo needs to do now in order to justify the hugest military and naval establishment is to read from the report of the Naval Affairs Committee of tbe United States Senate, which condemns anything less as foolish and dangerous. What is foolish and dangerous for the United States, he will argue, is foolish and dangerous for Japan. And who can gainsay him? This report simply places a weapon in the hands of the militarists everywhere. Fortunately it does not represent the sentiment of the country. The vote on it will show whether it represents the sentiment of the Senate, and consequently whether the Senate in this matter is representative. The committee professes itself to be "as anxious to bring about a reduction of arma ments and relief from the burdens which those armaments impose upon the nations of the earth as any one can be." But it holds that "no disarma ment would be of any value unless it was general and in the case of the great maritime Powers uni versal." This, it continues, is unhappily not the case at the present time. It would be much nearer the case if the committee would strike a higher note than that of a jingo naval policy. At a mo ment when the world is looking to us to take the lead in limitation of armaments we propose to build the largest navy afloat! It is an anchron- Kism. The action of the Senate upon this report will be a test of its quality. It is unthinkable that the report should not he riddled in debate and overwhelmingly rejected. THE IRREPRESSIBLE MOONEY CASE AVc York Xl'orlrt: Abundant evidence has been produced that Thomas J. Mooney, the San Fran cisco labor leader, did not have alTair trial. The confession of John McDonald, one of the witnesses on whose testimony he was convicted, which was printed in The World Tuesday, gives additional confirmation to what had already been revealed. Less than four months ago Draper Hand, the .de tective, confessed that he was the chief agent in securing and drilling the witnesses who swore away the lives of Mooney and his companions. The Ftories of these two men absolutely agree in point ing tova conspiracy to build up a case against Mooney through worthless and perjured testimony. The cattle-man Oxman. who rendered the prosecu tion invaluable assistance at the trial, beyond a doubt perjured himself. When the Supreme Court of California in a lame decision denied that it had power to afford Mooney relief, the only means of saving his life was through an act of clemency by Gov. Stephens, who commuted Mooney'a sentence to life imprison ment. He is still in the penitentiary, though every circumstance today strengthens the belief that he was the victim of a sinister miscarriage of justice. If ever there was a case where the law has failed to afford a remedy for it3 own gross misuse, it is that of Mooney. That he had a guilty part in the bomb outrage on Preparedness Day in 1916 was never credibly established. That the!- prosecution employed methods to justify his conviction at the time, dishonorable and corrupt, is sfiown in the sworn statements of men dnce at. its- service. Judges and Assistant District Attorneys connected with the case hav since declared that on the evi dence presented against him Mooney should not have been convicted. Yet nothing is done to rectify a .wrong which strikes at thejvery foundations of the administra tion of justice. rv Keeping Justi ce Blindfolded A London liquor merchant says he is still filling orders from American patrons, and that, hearing nothing to the contrary, he assumes they're get ting the stuff o. k. If his brands are anything like our home brew goods, he should attend a table walking seance and inquire how his patrons are getting along. , . The supreme court decision which threw out tbe Berger case "because an affidavit of prejudice bad been filed apalnst Judge Kenesaw Mountain Lan dis, who presided, split press opinion as well as' the court itself. The major ity of writers, it Is true, feel that the step, was a triumphant answer to the socialist charge of unfairness of "cap italistic institutions" but there ar those who complain that annulling a Judge's decision pn the charge of preju dice puts tbe judiciary on a level with talesmen and weakens .not only the re spect for the law but its power as well. A number of newspapers, disagree ing with the supreme court' decision, declare that no man can be frea from prejudice. "All we can ask," says the Chicago Post (Ind.). "is that it be on thgright side. This being so we hate to see even an. Implied rebuke of a man whose prejudice, if any,- is on the side of his country- and against those giv ing aid and comfort to the enemy." The Flint (Mich.) Journal (Ind.) adds that "so far as can te learned the , only prejudice attributed to Judge Landis .was shared at. the tinie, and is now shared, by all' patriotic Americans." Expressing the opinion that most peo ple will view the decision with "utter amazement," the'TalSa, Tribunex(pem.) takes it as "a rebuke pi a patriot' and the El Ifaso Times (Dem.) after quot ing Justice McReynolds' dissenting opinion remarks: "To carry Justice McReynolds' ; rea soning a bit further it mights be held that no patriotic judge could preside in the trial of a person accused of de stroying the institutions of the United States that is if he had ever expressed these patriotic opinions as Judge Lan dis did." From the aspect of its legal signifi cance many view the decision "with alarm." It will result in "legal delay" says the Janesville (Wis.) Gazette (Rep.) which, it observes, "is the foundation cause of lynchings." It is "unfortunate" asserts the Columbus Dispatch (Ind.), for it tends "to weak en the respect for the law and Its methods of procedure." With this pre cedent before them, the Worcester Ga sette (Ind.) fears that "many crimi nals will feel encouraged to attack the fitness of the judge who happens to preside." Thus, though "ex parte al legation of prejudice" may disqualify a federal judsre under the law, the Lynchburg News (Dem.) makes the statement, which is typical of many of its contemporaries, that "nevertheless it appears to run counter to common sense." for "it is calculated' to inter fere with prompt dispatch of criminal cases," is "plainly susceptible of abuses" and invites "obstructive tac tics." It is only a step from this at titude, the Reno Gazette (Kep.) be lieves, to subjecting the judge "to ex amination by the defendant's attorney, as to whether he could, by acquaint ance, relationship, or outside familiar ity with the facts, be by any chance predisposed personally against the man over whose trial he is to preside." On the other haad there is a strong feeling amorij many editorial writers that the supreme court acted wisely! It was. indeed, "a wonderful object les son," says the Minneapolis Journal (Ind. Rep.) for it "proved conclusive-, ly that the United States . government A long be-,, repnd.at'i tion which havo i -l olitical 4 believes in a square deal to each and every citizen" and thus as the Syracuse Herald (Ind.) remarks, "refuted" the socialist theory, "that our judicial sys tem does not safeguard" this principle. The "platform of the radicals" the Al bany Times Union (Ind.) declares, built on the contention "that the ma chinery of justice is organized against their rights and that it operates for the benefit of private interests" has been "completely cut out from beneath their feet" by the decision. Says the New York Times (Ind. Dem.): "It shows the highest court eager to remedy the slightest shadow or sus picion of unfairness, to protect to tho uttermost rights of defendants, to take advantage in their favor of the small est cloud of doubt, to give even to the foes of our institutions the fullest measure of their privileges and liber ties under the laws and the courts which they condemn." - But whatever the defendants' beliefs, "like any other American citizen," the Deseret Salt Lake News (Ind.) points out, Berger and his associates "are clearly entitled to trial before a fair and Impartial court" and further the decision without branding Judge Lan dls "aa biased and prejudiced" simply states that "when the defendants at tested solemnly their belief that he was not fair to them, he should have let some other judge take his place." To this the Florida Times Union (Dem.) agrees. It remarks further: "Speaking generally we can see but one reason why a judge, objected to as prejudiced, would insist on sitting on a case instead of getting another, conceded to be unprejudiced, to sit in his place. This is the fact that he is prejudiced and intends to convict the accused if possible .... A defendant has a right to a trial before an un prejudiced Judge and it is a travesty on justice to have a judge whose fair ness is in dispute decide the dispute." It is interesting to note the similar ity in the comment of the Non Partisan League Courier News of Fargo, N. D., in reference to the supreme court's ac tion and that of the Republican Sioux City (la) Journal; both consider it a step in the right direction. The former finds it "refreshing" that the highest tribunal is movine "to restore Ameri canism" and the' latter considers it "in keeping with "American standards and fair play" since it "practically allows the defendants to select his own judge." In the words of the Norfolk Virginian Pilot (Ind. Dem.) it is a triumph for American democracy ana aemocranc justice" and it shows that "American justice as jealously guards the rights of socialists as those of any and every other element, that America's law is no respecter of per sons and that the very government at which the socialists level their bitter- j est attacks ran be relied upon to pro tect them and give them a tair aeai. For thoe who defend the decision, without wishing to express sympathy for those who have benefited by it. the Houston Chronicle (Ind.) states the case in what it calls "commonplace terms": "This country is safer," it says, "with five men at large who ought to be in jail than it would be with them in jail under circumstances which might expose many persons to trial by prejudiced judges in the fu has oozed into action mil T formal attitude has been th hil ing Europe' to Its ,.wJ 2. . ,hat 1 lea has all' alone ,... Air laries of isolatio cited 1 her nolit times sounded priestlv a, r. , S',;T" America has all the ti'm- ij,. v,ti"a the good Samaritan l.v ", '.' a cause, like ourselves. oLtr the claim of the u.i, ..... n.', Jt The impulse to help i tlll ,r,.' Mr' pulse which makes the K;iic 1 lrr the instrument throti-', -;; to,i- V. i "fil ""on as ocen nung i,, t)l(. 'an -sue iph riv purpose of tho Prpirior,, ,,.J r other than to unleai as v" strength, and, with that i-MJir'" fu the ascendant, we arc nr,t ' nn n ; sive of any fundamental discr.T hf?' how a 'workable' agrecmen- ! constructed." S!,d!l t WOMEX AD -I)OPF Drug-taking among younr Vo prevalent and increasing i !,T ?n 1 harge cities, says the Lotvlor, Psycho-analysis ascribe th. cause of the drug habit , I..roc conflicts in the unconscious '1- Th conscious sufferine js f.ftr.n m j' ' The woman has a sense of ce"er, happiness, which she attributes , ' Un scious worry or disappointment T the true source of the cravinE ,j u den and obscure. Chronic alcoholism is to from the same source. ;Ut aLr," intemperance and tho v.arnn E ' "dope" may be symptom of enL'!1 One authority states that th' IT of drutrs is to deader. th Ie' mental. conflicts, and that'tb, dril there is a temporary abnenuoti trr- the rime Sn lrno- ac . u . 111 ; . " "" i'"- rootg of tvJ .v,oi,e narcotic indn' gence are 1 concealed from conCiou iww "Mii i triiiains incurable ar chronic. In some casps hvm,,i, . gestion will cure the less severe' fori vi. " -wiJfe in women, hut th method frequently fajls in the a,: vanced forms of drugging md in d..' somanja. k The vice commission of :hirag0 h made a searching inquiry into t question of the cocaine and morphir habit among women. In one district of the ciiv f,-.. j. , - - .-j,, i ui j stores -sen at least four pounds morphine and six ounces of cocai each month." Two women hav .!'. w. v . uuj uii an aiciBge jug J lets per. week of morphine sulpha Another customer purchases thirnv grains of morphine and cocaine daily DUTCH EAST INDIES DEMAND THEIR INDEPENDENCE o European News and Views Two Views of? the New ' Association Good roads advocates will be interested in the announcement by the American Road Builders Association in session at Chfca&o that it is plan ning a stiff fight before the Interstate Commerce commission for immediately reduced freight rates on gravel, sand, cement stone, brick fta'd other road materials, when consigned to, officials or contractors who are engaged in road construction.' And while asking the commission to make a re duction to encourage road construction, they also ask the producers and contractors to lower costs of material and construction - to a point ''which will permit of tb jrrteat road building era in th hiftory of America,"! Certainly lower rates 'and lower prices will be an encouragement to the building tbie year of. roads and-streets. " - Charlotte Observer: Governor Coolidge finds that he will not be able to accept the invitation of the North Carolina Legislature to make an ad dress before- it. Our secret belief is that he might have found no obstacle in the way if the Legisla ture had specified what it wanted to hear him talk about, or if there was anything particular on his own mind lie wanted occasion to get rid of. In short, Coolidge, having nothing to say,-decided not to say it. . v Raleigh hews and Observer: Tariff duties of 40 t 9Ti Wheat and 2 ce1lt a Pund on rntH?,Ll0fa0k a.8 if th Republicans who are car whether Poor man DaweveCtoihVThe adv,ce Wi Charles ' JSJ2!-ffSJ? HoU8e war investigating com- Sse 'fo trnd6 " n0t plea8inff: herf is no use to try . and throw mud when ou were not there to know conditions." Congress is now S Ivftbi6 b6lief that th farther 'yoi are f rom rIn5SsrfhqUalifled yu are to besmirch tS reputations of the responsible persons. CotlF10 aS a "'000,000,000 congress. And apparently in the hands of a lot of thicty-cent. Congressmen, ' - One reason why Europe may hesitate i i,. orfnnt h HaWline "Association"! X. J puvrjtr, .a- .- ' "--d f plat .'is pure pride: t- .Essentially f vue j plan may be as goodas another in, people the Europeans isUke to change the. whole subject "of "'an : in-ternational combination at America-' behest. , The British press, 'aav whole, is more sympathetic in its, tone, but. un der the title "Mr. Hardftig? Illusions" "A Diplomat" writes-or-aoi&jewhat flip pantly, perhaps in ParfsrJlidi as fol lows: ' "We hear that Harding, the new President of the United States has the intention of callingtogether shortly representatives of the powers at Wash ington to consider liis pian of interna tional arbitration. "Scarcely arrived, if they do arrive, these representatives of the civilized world, hat in hand, wiU hear something lilte this: . " 'Gentlemen, an American President called Wilson (Woodrow) persuaded you two years ajfo. to create an in ternational oreariization called, the league of Nations: America, having; now changed her President, it is only proper that we should also change th'Sj organization ad replace it by another j institution ,wlich I yill tell you about. Iluf remember of course that if in four years' time by chance a Democratic president should come into power the: civilised world would have to decide to change once more.' "In other words," says the writer, "we must make up our minds hence forth to sneeze as the Americans sneeze. But this is not all, for the plan of international organization which Mr. Harding Is going Jo present, even if it really' came into" existence, would have extraordinary conse . quences. "His idea appears to be to form the nations Into groups according to con tinents. On one side there would be the American nations, on the other the Eu ropean. A court, called the court of ar bitration or justice Mould dominate all the other groups. "In -this way .the United States, you understand, would not be obliged to Intervene Jn political affairs In Europe, but at the same time would not cut all communications witn- me om ci.n nent. It is an artful trick, 'but will it please everybody? "We may cheerfully bet our heads that rather than accept such a plan the South American nations would pre fer an alliance with China. The Mon roe Doctrine - has always seemed to them an agreeable excuse 'for the United States to devour them with nothing but salt. To consent to' take part In a purely American group, where the United States would necessarily be all-powerful, would be for the South Americans ' to throw themselves will ingly into the lion's .mouth. "And what will the Washington peo ple say." continues the writer, "when Japan proposes in her turn to form a group of nations in the Far Fast? Of course, it would be understood, tna$ neither the United States ndr any Eu ropean state would form part of this group. But who would henceforth dom inate the Far East? And what "would become of the American policy of. the "open door in China? "The more xwe think about IV the more we are corvlnc that 'Harding's plan,, if this is really final, will come ridiculously" to - grief.' Moreover the T-ieague of Nations exists already. "Af- ter its difficult birth, Europe Is not going to bury4 It to facilitate the elec toral plans of Mr. Harding." In reference to Mr. Harding's letter to the chairman of the British Sul grave institute the London Observer comments in a highly sympathetic vein upon the President's International attitude. Concerning the "moral com munity of the British and American peoples"' the Observer declares that the nations can unite with the feeling that they are not "merely rallying round a theory but joining themselves to a concrete nd already formidable part nership of faith and purpose." The paper continues: "It Is scarcely necessary to Insist upon what Mr. Harding can do to ex tend and solidify the work of organiz ing peaoe; which the League of Nations begun. How far the league falls short of completeness and full efficiency, we, who are among its staunchest uphold ers, have never sought to disguise. When the President-elect Epeaks of aiming at 'a workable, as distinguish ed from a bungling, agreement we do not Infer that his essential purposes will collide with those of the men who have In the teeth of tremendous diffi culties, made the league an operative reality. When America enters into counsel with us for th purpose of broadening Its base and adjusting its methods, we believe her statesmen may be agreeably surprised to find how gen uine a' principle of life exists within its organization. For the present, we cannot too warmly acclaim the pros pect held out by Mr. Harding' decla rations, of America adding her moral strength and her political action to the resources which are to be marshalled In restraint of warfare and for the fostering of a 'positive brotherhood.' The lead which he .has given accords with the genius of his nation, which THE HAGUE, Feb. 12. Details of Mohammedan agitation for indpnc deuce in some of the outlying ts: of the tutch East Indies are reveaK by a report of the government of tL archipelago On murder of the Dutc controller, De Kat Angelino, by them tlves of Toll Toll, in Middle Celebes 1919. According to the report, the murdti followed a fanatical address by AMc Moes, who advised the natives not obey the Dutch government but to jo the Jsarekat Islam movement. T; Dutch . press is now clamoring for tv punishment of Abdoel Moes and f strong measures to protect gnverc ment officials particularly at isolat posts. The report says the official Sarek? Islam movement is more or lers harm less, but that the real movement working secretly and is exwding dangerous The nativefof the Celebes Islam calls themselves Mohammedans many worship a pagan god. They a of the Malay race. TRIXITT PHYSICAL, DmEtTOR STATE CHAIRMAN OF A. 1'. E. (Special to The StHr TRINITY COLLEGE, Durham, F(' 12. Ca'pt W. W. Card, veteran direct of physical education for Trinity, M been notified of his elertion as sta chairman of the American I'hysi Education association. The object this association is to rais the stands of physical education courts given college. As state chairman, Captain Tard have oharsre of furthering: in P'; poses of the association amoni; the r lesses of the state. He will mak annual report to the national lira quarters of the organization mnctr: ing the progress In physical rdurati- nnteri In the utate. This reP'Tt, alo; with that of the other states of tij union, will be published in the Amen can Physical Education Review. MAKKS lilt V CELT, BATTEHY " LAST FOR MAM A VE (Special to The Start TTMNTTY (TlI.LEilE. Durham, 1 12 "What is the use of buyinc a ' cell battery for your electri.- rXr' three months when by a simple rangement the ordinary roil three years?" asks Dr. C. W. M,var head of the department of phyi;s does It is to suspend thp hat fry the air Toy means of a wire. Thus i TumrleH tn fh air instead of 1,Aj . pk.lf i a hnx, the t does not "leak" so rapidly. 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Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Feb. 13, 1921, edition 1
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