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J mE MUfUNAJNl JA. WILMINGTON, N. C TUESDAY, .FJjJBRUABX2, ,1921. -'. 5S "Hi! ; 1 ' .. i 1 1 i 1 v l 4 2Hp ilornimj 0tar 'I THE DIVKST DAILY KOHXW V"" rakll.kcd Kry Waning li r T T MIXGTQBT STAR COMPAMY, Ie- 10 Ckirtt tret, Wilmington. ort CarcbM . Enured at the Pestofflc At Wilmington. N, C as Second Clas Matter, Editorial Buslnes Offlc TcleplMmcai w No. 81 SUBSCRIPTION JRATES BY CAUBIE0 One Year IJ.W Eix Months ...........-.. Three Months One Month s.so AVUSCBXTTIOK RATES BY MAIfc Peatftge Prepaid Daily only One Year ..,. $6 00 Six Moathi 2.60 Three Months 1-25 One Month , 46 Dally an Sunday 17.00 1.60 1.7 .10 Subscriptions Not Accepted for Sunday Only Edition MEMBER OF. ASSOCIATE! PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all news credited to it or not otherwise credited In this paper and also the Jocal news published herein. All rights of re -pub licatlon of special dispatches herein are also reserved. .- FOREIGN ADVERTISING OFFICES: Atlanta: Candler Bull dinar. J. B. KEOUOH New York . Boston Chicago 126 Fifth Ave. 21 Devonshire Peoples' Oaa Bid BRYANT, GRIFFITH & BRUKSOK. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1921. L ' ' K - ' " A Defense Not An Attack Representatives of the motion picture industry Should be foremost among those thoughtful men end women whp are waging -a nation-wide fight lor an intelligent censorship of the industry's product. Tempestuous individuals of the Thomas Dixon mold should not be permitted to give to this endeavor the appearance of an attack upon motion pictures. The petition which certain Wilmington citizens yesterday communicated to a committee of the General Assembly through Senator Burgwin may be taken, in our-opinion, as fairly representative of the sentiment that has inspired the demand for motion picture supervision; in this petition there is vigor, but 'there is also the moderation born of sympathy. Members of the motion picture indus try, we may assume, would seek the highest de velopment of their business, a place of permanence in public esteem and the promotion of public good. Manifestly, the present tendency of motion picture production is not consistently in the direction of the goal here described. Reaching millions daily, men, women and chil dren, the makers and exhibitors of motion pictures may not say that the conduct of their business is no affair of the public. There is, in fact, a very close, and constantly growing relation between the type of pictures that are shown on the motion pic ture screen and the whole moral tone of the people, Children are drawing from the themes vividly de, picted day after day their very conceptions of lifef and society would be unmindful of a solemn trust if it did not consider Ihe inevitaWeeffecfujiQfl -yie.' principles of a growing generation.' - '.?- .?"$! The petition sent , from Wilmington urges' the appointment of "capable and sane men and women" for the serious duties of censorshfp. The business is one that may be entrusted to censors of no other type. Sanely and conscientiously ad ministered, public supervision of motion picture production will in nowise impair the soundness or profitableness of the industry concerned. , ' o The Hazards of Childhood It is often said that there must be special provi dential arrangements for the safety of little chil dren, so numerous are the hazards which accom pany their footsteps. Gratefully conscious of the immunity that has been granted certain children, we are, perhaps, too ready to assume that all chil dren go about in comparative security. A tabula tion announced by the Red Cross shows that acci dents figure to an appalling degree among the causes of deaths among children; that 167 out of every 1,000 child deaths between the ages of five and nine are due to accident, that between the ages of ten and fourteen the ratio is 177 to each 1,000. Deaths from accidental causes, in fact, lead in the tabulation, exacting y. a toll even greater than that traceable to epidemic diseases. About one-third of the accidental deathsare chargeable to ,vehiT es, the, report shows. .1 .Few American communities, if any, have under taken in systematic, thoroughgoing fashion the protection t children from the usual causes of severe accident When we consider the difficulties often attendant upon the efforts of an adult to traverse city streets in safety we must marvel that there are. not many more fatal accidents among the young. Thrown upon their own resources, little children develop a remarkable degree of cau tion, a-degree, in fact, that often presents them as pathetic figures as they wait and watch for their opportunity and then dash for "another point of safety. But sustained caution is not high among the mental attributes of childhood, and it is to be deplored that Jthere is so great need of it. Cities must recognize more clearly their responsibility for their little wards. The figures presented by the Red Cross constitute an indictment of Ameri can municipal authorities. .. ... , o - , And Now Daugherty We are not going to quarrel with Mr. Harding over the constitution of his Cabinet In any case, we would be "disposed to wait; until all of hfs' ap pointments to-theV official family- have been an nounced," for, it Is largely -as a team that the" worth of a Cabinet should be estimated. N Nevertheless, It would , hare hen our advice,' assuming that h Just couldn't get along without Mr. Daugherty, that he held out this gentleman's name until some of the larger-calibred members were officially an-v nouncea. uonung o ciuse on me heels of ifta.; Hughes : announcement,,, .the 4 orznal launching of'; Daughertjr somehow istrikes en inharmonious; S0teB But, as we said', 'it's Mr. Harding's Cabinet, and if there is going to be a funeral he will have to jsiaim that, too. . " . 4 The McCoin Resolution The people of the State will watch with Interest the cpnrset and results of Senator McCoin's resolu tion directing the Prison Board to explain ;itsp parent intention to ignore instructions issued by the General Assembly of 1919 respecting the con version, of the old State Prison at Raleigh! Those Instructions were that the building should be njade available not later than March 10, X921; as ai additional asylum for North Carolina's,; in-, sane.' There-is said to be no evidence of anin tention on the part of the Prison Board to comply with ".this law. On the contrary; there is unmis takable evidence of a disposition on the part of the Board, supported by high officials of the State, to ignore, perhaps even to combat, the directions of the Assembly. Senator McCoin has demanded an explanation. His support in the demand is such that an explanation of some sort undoubtedly will be attempted, and the public will await de velopments with interest. Governor Morrison is quoted as haying recorded his opposition to the proposed conversion of the prison building, giving as a reason the need of a place' to which prisoners endangered by mobs may b taken for protection. We are not prepared to believe that the Governor really offered an argu ment of such utter flimsiness. The disinclina tion of the Prison Board to follow the orders of the General Assembly is, of course, not hard to fathom.. For our own part, we are not in this case con cerned with considerations of economy conven ience, patronage, politics or pure cuasedness; we are concerned only with considerations touching the proper treatment of the State's insane charges. The McCoin resolution, which appears elsewhere in this issue of The Star, is authority for the state ment that upwards of 900 of North Carolina's in sane are languishing in county jails we under stand there are many also in comity poor-houses because there is no room for them in the institu tions set up by the State for their care and treat ment. The number excluded is in all probability in excess of the total given by Senator McCoin. The people of the State and the legislators of the State have long been aware of this appalling over flow. Two years ago an impulse arising from simple humanity carried through the General As sembly a provision for the conversion of the State Prison into a suitable haven for the State's neg lected charges. It is this law which at the eleventh hour we find to be held in seeming contempt. This is a matter so closely touching the human ity of our people that continued Indifference at Raleigh should not be endured. It is earnestly to be hoped that Senator McCoin's investigation will illuminate every aspect of a situation that is not only anomalous to the point of absurdity, but a source of shame and chagrin to every right-minded citizen. A Commission for Wilmington Introduction by Senator Burgwin of the bill pro viding for the institution of commission govern ment in Wilmington starts on its legislative course a measure for which we may all wish godspeed. Simply stated, the proposed law would give us a compact governing body composed of men whoso personal business would be the business of this ijRb.crgeil 'with the conduct of the city's affairs ,on thoroughly buinessliliebasis. Three meiiQ one of them to serve'as Mayor, would consti tutethis comnissioh. They would be paid salaries commensurate rwithithe importance of their work, -and they would be placed in office as w-)iole,-time public servants. The advantages of the plan are too well known, have been too often demonstrated in the experience of other American cities to re quire elaborate review or support here. The cen tralization of authority and, which is no less important, of accountability the co-ordination of city departments, the daily contact and counsel be tween the heads of the city, administration these manifest advantages should be enough to indicate the power for good which rests in Senator Burg win's bill. ' It is to be hoped that the measure will complete its course through both houses of the General As sembly in its- present form. Rumors about the city have suggested the inclination of some cit izens toward a proposal to have the commissioners designated in the bill. We do not believe a pro posal so thoroughly lacking in democratic quali ties will be seriously considered by our representa tives at Raleigh, There is nothing in the situa tion here to supply the shadow of a basis for a proposal to take the selection of the commissioners out of the hands of the people whom theyvwill serve, . Mr. Bellamy is reported as favorable to the measure. We would take this to. mean that he wilj tator the bill as Introduced T azfd sponsor its passagfe in this form in the House of Repre sentatives. ' - 1 -0 Miss Betsy Buell, winner of the Smithsonian verdict as the most perfect American woman, has become a bride. Far from being content with the honor awarded to her for perfection, she announces -her desire to be "just a contented being." with out raising any question of this young lady's right to the Smithsonian verdict, it may be said that there are many other perfect women and, as in her own case they are not content with-the mere honor of being so. Perhaps most of them, in fact do not become so until after they have taken the step now. taken by Miss -Buell. The world .t11l thinks highly of the ancient theory that no man or woman is,' alone, perfect or complete. -J At any rate, it may be said in behalf of the pres ent short session of Congress that it is short. . . .- : o i CpntemiJorary Views RACE AND CULTURE Kmc York Times-: It may be freely granted that few issues are as important in American life as that between heredity ana1 environment but it must be added that few hava suffered as severely from prejudice, and illogic. Scientists of the high est authority express opinions diametrically opr posed, and are not always above the old pastime of calling names. - Says Frank Boas, Professor of Anthoropology at Columbia: "Modern anthropologists, almost with, out exception, consider themselves justified in dis regarding racial, innate inequalities as almost en tirely irrevelaht in the development of cultural history." He accuses Madlsbn Grant (and by im plication Professor Henry .Fairfield Osborn, who sponsored "The Passing of the Great Race") of being "unsound" and of ''stimulating race preju dice." Whatever may be : the case with an thropologists, however, a long and distinguished line of biologists, from the time of Darwin, have studied the working of heredity with an ever strengthening sense of itsower in the progress of civilization. Frederick Adams Wood, lecturer on biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Harvard Medical School, not only proclaims the sovereign might of heredity, but expresses it in percentages. Admitting that conduct is more amenable td influence than ability, he still finds that heredity 'explains" more than 50 per cent of moral differences. Of intellectual differences It explains 90 per cent. One must- admit that this expression of char acter in set terms, this reduction of the infinitely complex and indeterminable phenomena of human life to arithmetic", rather, staggers credulity. Let us state the problem in : its. simplest form. Agri cultural experiment stations have developed a great variety of seeds of the same .species Indian corn, for example, that thrives, in sandy soil or in black loam, that produces high percentages of sugar or of starch. They have found means of en riching the soil and of adapting it to this crop or that. Other experimenters have found similar means of improving. the breed and the feed of ani mals. But none of them has ventured to state that in producing a desired result the seed repre sents a greater or less important element of value than the soil. One might as well question whether food is more important to human life than air. Both are essential, each performing functions without which the other would be powerless. The warring schools of biologists and anthoropologists are not very far removed In logic from the high school girl who maintained in debate that the moon is a more serviceable orb than the sun, be cause the moon shines by right, when it is dark, whereas the sun only shinesVy day, when every one can see. v There is, of course, a reason why we all think quite clearly with regard to animals and vege tables, whereas even trained scientists lose their bearing when human beings are concerned. The study of mankind is the most' difficult for man, and, in spite of the poet, it is frequently the most improper. Many of our noblest impulses persuade ua.that-all men are created equal, and that all are q-j&lly precious in the sight of their Creator. In "Democracy and the Human Equation," Alleyne Ireland states the questjjgg" it appears to our traditional sense of thlng&'Siie affection, the care, the guidance, ; they iuetloh, the training given to a human beingd&terniine"the character, the ability and the action! of that human being?" Age-old" beliefs, both religions; and political, clamor that it can. Yet -we alijkpo. that five children, born of-, the same -parents ;anp?njdying identical advantages, may become-iand generally do be come, five very different persons. Therein lies the delight and the despair of parenthood. It is equally evident to those who can.fditresfc. themselves of dogma that the different races of Tnankind, though they may have sprung originally "from the same parent stock, have divergent characters and ca pacities. It is, true that, in races which the ethnologist ranks lowest, individuals are often found who are far superior to the average of any race. Yet, given a soil that is compounded with the utmost skill and resources, the result will not be uniformly good if the general run of seed is defective. It is only ostensibly, of course, that we have been discussing anthropology and biology. The fable teaches that we have need of a deal of clear thinking with regard to immigration and Ameri canization. . Whether or not traceable to a- "revival of Ger man propaganda," there is an undeniable effort, afoot in this country to weaken ih .ties' bkween ' America and our late allies. The extent to which this effort is of an organised nature is not yet apparent.-- Ih any case, it will bear close watching. i7Ut; Mr. Hughes recalls a former occasion when hV was so definitely assured of a public office which 'h.di4ncet'. ,wJmagii he will request Mr. Hard iitoput it" in " writing just as quickly as prac ticable., ' What one economistldescribes as "the slow and natural process of liquidation" may be facilitated ';to. 8ome extent in the? near future: we read that' -Congress .is gping to call off 800 to 1;200 prohibi- Hion" agents; , The, chief problem now ; to be' solved in connec tion with the reparations issue is the -question of; whether Germany is a turnip cu' a crocodiled . NOT "AN APPELLATE COURT" Columbia State: .Cameron Morrison, lately in stalled governor of North Carolina, has let it be known. In respect of the Dardoninsr Dower, that YHis office will not be an appellate court.' He aoes not neueve, tnat it is the duty or the right of the executive Ho retry cases. To pass upon the facts and to decide guilt or innocence of an' ac cused person is, in his. opinion, for "twelve men in a box," to whom the law has been expounded by a man on the bench. One doubts if Governor Cameron would trouble himself greatly to inquire whether or not a jury blundered. Why should he? . The constitution and laws ot Korth Carolina do not clothe him with the power of discovering the mistakes of Juries. He, apparently, does not assume that his judgment is superior to that of the jury. He. would be loath to inquire into the sanity, or insanity, of a felon condemned to imprisonment or death that being well within the province of the jury and one of its unescapal)le . obligations, besides, unless substan- tial evidence were set forth that the convict had lost his mind and subsequent to verdict and sen tence, v He -presumes that the courts of North Carolina scrupulously protect the Interests of the state and of the accused and that the latter , re ceives the benefit of the presumption of innocence until guilt is proved and the benefit of "reasonable! Vdoubt" as well, , NORTH CAROLINA PASSES THE STOCK LAW Charleston Hews and Couriers In North Caro lina, after a long and bitter fight, the advocates of' free range have at last been utterly vanquished. The North Carolina House on last Friday passed th6 stock 'lawi. bjll by an Overwhelming vote, after refusing either to refer the bill to a referendum of the people in the territory involved or to ex cept, any county from the provisions of the law. "Thus," says the Raleigh News and Observer,! passed a vexation: that has plagued every essian ' of the General Assembly for the nast'eeneratlon The last .bulwark of the sacred scrub heifer and tne oony pmewooas rooter went down before the implacable driving of the resourceful Murphy, and beginning next January, the sacred beasts of the East must be confined within fences." ' Good for North Carolina! But her lead in this matter, over us should be a very short one The South Carolina House has law bill for this State and the Senate should f oi ly low suit. before the present week is outv Daily Editorial digest -Jttt how big? an army the American people want, is hard to tell from the editorial comment upon the passage over President Wilson's veto, of the bill calling- for a maximum of 175,000 men under arms.':, Most writers appar ently, accept the limit set by Congress as satisfactory, 'but of those who dis cuss the method by which it became a law, a .great number are apparently less interested in the issue itself than in the fact that so few Congressmen were found tri support the , President.. . An interesting" viewpoint is taken by the Des Moines Register (ihd. Rep,) which "understands" the President's position, but does not "approve" of it. "The President believes," it declares, "that if a league of nations' is not formed to force world order America is bound to stand isolated in world af fairs and needs the support of a pow erful army and navy'," but "the trouble with this position Is that nobody ever takes it In good faith," and: ''the Presi dent, Secretary Baker' and Secretary Daniels Would have ,,flone much bet ter" to leave out a discussion of mili tary matters, support the Lreague of Nations' "and let it go at that." A par tial answer to this attitude comes from the El Paso Times (Dem.) which is on the other elde of the debate. It re marks on the fact that Wilson, Baker and Daniels have been criticised for their assuming "the role of a militant advocate of preparedness" which 'It does not find unnatural ' because of their former "pacifist leanings." But, the Times concludes, "Mr. Wilson, Mr. Daniels and Mr. Paker simply have found that they did not know what they were talking. a-bout' until they "had 'been' vouchsafed a glimpse of the inside of international affairs." Indeed, the veto, in the opinion of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Ind.), is only the Indication of a tendency away from any "effect to curtail arma ments," a tendency supported by the "raw facts" concerning world condi tions.' "It gives V8 a taste," the Post dispatch" concludes,' of what the repu diation of the League at the polls "is to cost us In army and navy budgets," and this fore taste is "in no way quail fled" by the fact that the resolution was passed over the veto. Among those who definitely express themselves as , favoring a-larger army, regardless of their attitude toward the Administration. ls the Providence Journal'" Ind.), Which makes its plea partly on the basis of the educational work the new army is doing: "It is not merely a question of econ omy, although preserving this educa tional feature is, in the long run, econ omy. It Is not somply a question of national safety, although" thait, too. must be considered; but it: is now es sentially the question of violating the pledged faith of the.; Republic and that cannot be permitted;" ' The Portland Oregonian (Ind. 'Rep.), admits that "for once President Wilson has shown sound judgment" in vetoing the bill, for thousrh "reduction in the army to 175,000 men is . prompted by economy," it shows that "this" desire is degenerating into a craze." In supporting the contention ofsthe President the Tacoma Ledger (IndTft points out that his arguments were based upon the calculations A of the War Department General Staff, which body most people will be In clined to consider "better qualified to judge than members of Cpngress," It is J'nonsense," the paper adds, to call this militarism for it is "an issue of national safety and the outworn doc trines of pacifism are entitled ' to no consideration." The Mobile Register (Dem.) believes that the action of Congress, 'wl mein "false economy" and will result In lessening greatly the army's efficiency." . It is proof , positive to the Chicago Tribune (Ind. Rep.) that Congress shows "as crass, an ig norance of the bitter lessons of 1917 and 1918 as Us predecessors did of the same lesson in 1861 and 189&." The Indianapolis News (Ind.) likewise feels- that the resolution makes the army "not only smaller, but less efficient," and the Manchester Union (Ind. Rep.) expresses vregret" that- the "unfortu nate dispute" resulted as it did, for "President Wilson, from a military view, wag thoroughly sound" in the reasons for, his veto. Admitting that criticism of the new bill- as passed "is logical and sound" and that "considerable adjustments win be necessary," the Topeka Capi tal (Rep.) feels that Congress has "voiced the sentiment of the country" when it gave "the plan for a bis army a stunning blow-" The country will prefer the present "mixup," the Capi tal thinks, ' to the large army that was contemplated." The Dallas News (Ind Dem.) also believes that "the country is not apt to be more responsive to the President's argument" than was Con gress. Despite, the "needs" that there may - be elsewhere, the great "need here and now the News declares, is "to avoid every dollar of government ex penditure for which there is not an indisputable and immediate require ment." The Sioux City (la.) Journal (Rep.) finds "President Wilson's rea sons" for vetoing the resolution "neither compelling nor convincing." and the Wheeling Register (Dem.), while it declares that the Congres sional action in this case as In others where it overrode the President's veto, "purely political," still "candidly ad mits" it sees "little reason" for a larger army.. From thei standpoint of economy the Washington Post (Ind.) points out that it is "beyond the comprehension' of the Representatives and Senators who are striving for "retrenchment in public expenditures" why "the government payrolls should, be loaded down with thousands of soldiers in times of peace" and the Knoxville Journal and Tribune (Rep.) expplains that "all there Is In it" is that it is unwise to "tax a people who arc taxed to an ex tent they were never taxed before tc support a larger army than the coun try ever had before." The Boston Transcript (Ind. Rep.) is satisfied that "the American people have seen" that an, army of 175,000 is enough and the Pittsburgh Gazette Times (Rep.) points out, on the other haiujl,' that- "had the President's posi tion been tenable, surely he could have commanded a greater share of his par ty's strength." rrassB.il cans attention , . v 1 iAg which he so JfSXS" the-war. not to go on to th, ,d durJ Benclvenga has also writt . "en on the -sublet fn ,v.t . dn artir France's military paw, L"6 sa"s thJ fear of Germany, is killing p ttJ a xi iir.i i r . i m 1 1 i unviAi. . - ia in r " VI M.HAICIV f j C is o . - a U U f ' S Tin 1 mm. me reai arms that f'0 1 H sesses ana which she is ,)Pr those of, intellect, an arm u.ng : treaty can take away fr0m r K'h ' "The French government h ma from the Italians. !n ! n,u service to Italy. Milierand ,,.1 dor did -much towards brlngin- rRnali treaty, of Rapallo. tV ,n a )0t lh ungrateful but she win . ' 1 not b to new adventures." L"einran GIRL QUINTS TO sta CHAMPIONSHIP CONTEST: High School Fives ti.. . 1 i(iy ioi Honors Frame Plan Thursday The Greensboro vn,m ,.. Christian assoHaH nW "as CO Plans for. staging a state-wide t Mwaunn nonors among the c' f high school quintets of North rf," H the contest to be played alone " lines of that followed in -dctermin the boys' team that shall have th ors. The contest, it , X? thf PUrpSe o: footing a ' school girls of the state. lle ferenccwm be hold at the K, notej, jioiasDoro, Tuesday liiKi eon msrht, i 10 con European News and Views Indication that France has postponed but by no means given up, the hope of cancelling her war debt to the United States is revealed in an inter view with M. Taul Doumer, the new minister of finance, printed in the Paris Journal. Questioned on the possibility of a di rect appeal to America, M. Doumer ex pressed great , confidence in the sym pathy of the" Harding administration. He said. In part: "I think that America has much more sympathy for us than we think. We must let time do its work and allow the new American government to be established. Let us wait with confi dence for the f 81st of March, when President Harding takes possession. We shall once -nore see the ideas of ou,r friend RoQsevelt ome to life again. We must not make a' mistake, Harding feels very favorably towards France." The new president, M. Doumer de clares, also shares the views of Myron T. Herrick, former Americn ambassa dor to France. "In 1914," continues M. Doumer, "be ore the United States . had tjome into the w;ar, a bomb fell on the roof where Myron Herrick was living. He did not lose his presence of mind but simply said, 'What a pity that I did not die for France for my country would have immediately esme ; In on hsivside,' " The JournalKthen suggests-." ' "If we may count as M. Doumer thinks on the help of Myron T. Her rick In making conciliatory arrange ments with his government about the liquidation of our debts, the English and American bankers appear- less fa vorably Inclined. They declare that the " French taxpayer does not pay enough on war profits and not enough income tax. Before asking help of the allies we ought, according to them, to increase our taxes and consequently increase Hhe personnel which collects them." M. Doumer agreed with this, stating that , the condition of French finances required it. He also declared in favor" of deflating the currency.: .. League Xoat All Prestige, Says Nittl The Tempo (Rome) publishes an ar ticle In which former Premier Nitti gives his ideas on the situation such as he sees it at the moment of the Paris conference. He says. ' "Europe at the present, time resem bles Italy..li the middle ages torn Into innumerable little states .which? cannot live separately and :dp not know how to live together. "Europe is divided into -two camps, of which one is supposed to control the other. "One "hundred and fifty million men are at the present time in a state of revolution; 300 million others are still talking the language of war. The masses of the people are difficult to govern. The war, instead of cultivat ing in them a spirit of discipline, has rather, cultivated, a spirit of revolt. "Europe - being -in disorder., means that the whole world is in agony.1 The league of nations lyis lost all prestige. I approve of the. behavior of the United States which would not join this Im potent league which hasy.noti yet ad mitted the- conquered countries, under the . pretext that they had not yet ful-i filled their duty. - The Argentine de serves 'praise for retiring fj6rn the league. . . .;. "I called attention to ,the dangers of this Situation to the, chfef politicians of . the . world.:; . Theywtwere' all v of mi opinion that things must be chansad at a.ll costar ...'-'. .. 'Europe wtlf only have Vele When the conquered states, see 'tht thk safty ot their existence is guaranteed, and that Germany especially can'ohee more take up her position- as -great pro ducing country. "Victorious" Turkey ' , The Hakiml et Millie, official Ke'ma list' organ, says: .jr' "Turkey has never been as strong as today. Europe begins to be afraid of her and to see that it is in her own interest that the treaty of Sevres should be revised. The fact is that we have gained the victory and that im perial Europe sustained an unexpected defeat in Anatolia. Europe now asks for a true but it is too late. We shall not loosen our hold before we have dic tated our conditions." ' Pan- A German-Italian Xnptial Alliance Ah Italian' writer in the Deutsche Tages Zeltung points out the influence Avhtch the wedding of the Princess Maria Bona of Savoy with Prince Con rad of Bavaria may have on the fate of Europe. Princess Bona's mother is a princess of Saxony and her father Duke Tomasao of Genuo. Prince Con rad is the son of Prince Leopold of Ba varia and Princess Gisela, sister of the old emperor Franz Joseph of Austria. At the wedding members of the two houses. Hohenzollern and Hapsburg, united with Xtalyvuntil May 1915. will be present, also the Italian king, and queen and the queen mother and the princes of the house of Savoy, as' well as Giolittl, the Italian premier.. The Duke of Genua is the same, who wasNln, command of -the Italian fleet at the time of Its visit to the French navy at Toulon and during the war held the position of royal governor in Rome. "Is this not ideal?" asks the writer. "It is a return to humanity which has been in hiding so long, but in Italy could not-remaiV hiddenUlways. , It is a great advantage to Italy that she is still capable of being human. There are two countries in Europe which have no longer this capacity. The new Ital ian ambassador in Berlin, Senator Frassati, published an article in the Stampa in which he reduces" the causes of the present misery in Europe to the following formula: Germany " cannot compensate France, for all the war damages without pommitting suicide herself, and France Us not ablerto give up demanding from Germany to be her xv-e-yiaiiB iur ui games. Th association, are: rctnhbor Will -be open only to North Va " 0 public high schools, citv and rlll3l Any standard high school of Carolina, u-lmso d-i-i.,' i .... '..'v,ni ,Illo wunKomaii tiii. can showa eood record, either f vi torles or oT-Tonstant improvement m. enter the contest, provided a renrts" tative is present at the conference v in his part ef the state. A conference Mill in, held at the r Henry In Greensboro Thursday nirh February 24, for thc west, and rn , the Kennon hotel in Goldfd.om M Thursday night, February m, fnr lh east.. These, conferences will' a nine the schedule of the. championship , ries, east and west, for the purpos, selecting the 'championship teams',, the east and west. ine nnai state championship fa shall be played between the v.lni! na.ii.- m VMe tfa.ni. aim west. Tills gam snaii De piayea in ureensboro at a h uegiaea upon y tne committee. Aftc the actual expenses of the same nr deducted, the proceeds will be divid ""wcni nit- iwo euuiesiing teams hp mileage basis from Greensboro. provM ed this does rtot exceed actual railroa fare. All girls who play on teams must J bona fide students of a standard his' school, and must have attended sa school for at least 30 per cent of :l . 1, 1 . - stiiuui year up 10 me tune oi any Rum in which student participates. A bmi jiue bluultu ia a Hiiiuent wno is l'lir suing a regular standard course of ; least four units. To be eligible for playing in ai gam a student must be passing at tli time of the game a majority of sul jects carried. Immediately before ca game, the captains should exchango list of players certified to by the prin cipai of each school. If. an ineligible player is used 1 team durint the game, that game fha be forfeited ,to opposing team. The-size of the court shall not i'i fcr from that used by boys. It shon be not less than 40 feet long, nor m than 65 feet. The play ins court sha be divided into two equal parts by "12-lnch-over-all" field line parallel end boundary lines. Five players shall constitute a icm Forwards and guards shall stay i their respective courts. Centers ma- play entire field and may shoot goal Centers, must wear conspicuous em blems. All guarding must be done accordin to Snaldinir's official guide for women basketball. A player may be taken out and w hack into the game once aurine em half. A game shall consist of two 1 minute halves with an Intermission ten minutes. For any points not covered in tliesH nnirtrestions. see SnalninR s omci guide.' for women's basketball. . FLYING PARSON VISITS CHARLOTTE NEXT FRIDAY Lieutenant Maynard to Addres Junior Order At That Time lieutenant Eelvin Maynard, fanion "flying parson" of the aviation corp of the United States army who won th transcontinental race in addition t" other events staged to increase inter est in the air forces, win ne a rtViaplnttA na-rt TTrirlav when he w IV Vj 11. xwi.v . , speak and fly under the auspices of"' Charlotte council oi tne .jumui v. I,. I . - . nnnhcr nf .TliniorS 01 IUllO .114111.'- V- " - . , mington and vicinity have expressefl desire to..-visit Charlotte ami famous flyer, and it is HKeiy Ind ¬ eral of them win maite me ni'- .' to.r.an Mavnarrt will Visit HO Ot .1 points in the state during this ' A nhorlnHs Tnntor ronceril WMim nionc Viqo Trrniis.(l to ll'H ULC9 auriaiicil I' . plane in first class condition for i-i-n tenant Mayard to fly. LEGAL HOLIDAY TUESDAY. FfeBIttTABY: aiSc, 1921 Washington's Birthday o UalneB 'Will Be Transacted bjr the Banks of ' hi" City on Tt Dayr . '....-... Wilmington Clearing House ; Association "... ' -v' THOS. E. COOPKH, Beerctary Wilmington. '.C., -jv . , V' : i "A - t- i - r
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Feb. 22, 1921, edition 1
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