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? - ? ~ ? i The Alamance Gleaner . ? j VOL. LV. GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY DECEMBER 26, 1929. NO. 47. 1?Bathing beauties decorating municipal Christmas tree In Venice, Calif., where It Is sunny and snowless. 2? New portrait of Joseph R. Grundy, appointed senator from Pennsylvania. #?German troops saluting the flag of the relch as It rises over Ehrenbreitsteln fortress after the departure of the French troops of occupation. NEWS REVIEW OF GURRENTEVENTS Senate Approves Tax Reduc tion and French War Debt Settlement By EDWARD W. PICKARD WITH the tax cut bill passed by both house and senate and the Mellon-Berenger agreement for the funding of the French debt ratified by the upper house, congress quit work on Saturday and went home to cele brate Christmas and New Year's. Fourteen senators, most of them classed as radicals, voted against the tax reduction measure but G3 were recorded In Its favor, and it wag promptly signed by President Hoover. The act, whose terms are already quite generally known, remains In ef fect only one year, but It Is presumed that congress a year hence will pro vide for another reduction If tax rev enues continue at the present high level. The vote on the ratification of the French debt settlement was 52 to 21. Senator Howell of Nebraska, Repub lican, led the opposition on behalf of the radical group, which consistently fights about everything the adminis tration seeks to accomplish. Howell contended that the effect of the settle ment was to cancel the entire prin cipal of the debt. His theory was that the payments over a period of 62 years represent merely interest at a rate of 2.17 per cent. PROSPECTS for the naval limitation conference In London In January are no quite so rosy as they were. In the first place the Japanese delegates, who have been entertained In Wash ington on their way to England, re vealed that their program differs sharply from that of the United States In the matters of cruisers and submarines. The Japanese are still asking a 10-7 ratio for all auxiliary craft, including the big gun cruisers, though It Is'hoped they will modify their demands slightly In order to gain their point concerning submn rlncs. They wish to retain 78,000 tons of underwater craft now In their fleet or under construction. As the United States Is anxious to sharply reduce her submarine tonnage and there are some Indications the cruiser demands by Japsfi may be modified, the Jap anese submarine proposal now fur nishes the chief obstacle to an accord between the two powers. American naval officials, especially, are opposed to permitting Japan such a large submarine force. One big rea son for the navy's opposition lies In the fact that possession of a big sub marine navy, together with numerons naval bases, would give Japan control of the Asiatic trade routes over which the United States must transport Its supplies of tin and rubber, raw ma terials not produced In sufficient quan tities In this country, but absolutely essential to the prosecution of a suc cessful war. Over In Paris the chamber of depu ties' commission on foreign affairs and naval matters, sitting jointly, ap proved the government's viewpoint that all results of the London confer ence must be considered tentative and must be submitted to the League of Nations' disarmament commission for consideration of their possible Incor poration Into a general disarmament program. Foreign Minister Briand I explained to the commissions that France bad accepted the theory of limitation on the basis of global ton nage Instead of categories; that she demanded the right to devote as high a percentage of her global allotment as she wishes to submarines, and that she Insists that each power tell the others just what types of vessels It Is using In Its tonnage. Premier Tardieu and his delegation. It Is believed, will demand a full 800,000 tons for the French fleet, which figure Is thought too high by both Great Britain and Italy. There Is reason to believe, however, that France and Italy have made progress In reconciling their viewpoints. JAPAN Is deeply concerned over the new situation In Manchuria, and statesmen the world over see In It the possibilities of another big war In the Far East Mongols In the Barga dis trict have seized control and declared Barga Independent of China, and the young Mongol party in Hailar Is re ported to have organized an Inde pendent government Installing as offi cials emissaries from Urga, the cap ital of outer Mongolia. These move ments are believed to be inspired and supported actively by the Soviet Rus sian government, and If they are suc cessful they., will bring the Soviet zone several miles Inside the present Chinese-Russian frontier. Dispatches from Harbin said Japan had lodged a verbal protest against the Soviet activities with the Russian ambassa dor to Tokyo. PRESIDENT HOOVER'S request for authority to send a commission to Investigate affairs In Haiti was ap proved by the house of representa tives. The debate provided an oppor tunity for Oscar De Priest, colored representative from Chicago, to make his maiden speech. In support of the proposition. He took occasion to give the Southern Democrats some shrewd digs that made the Republicans laugh. One opponent of the opposition was Representative Huddleston of Ala bama, who recently declined to serve on a house committee because De Priest had been appointed one of Its members. Seven Haitian political organiza tions have asked the United States to supervise the Island's presidential election In April, 1930. Their petition Is considered the climax of a cam paign of the antl-Borno factions which hope to effect the withdrawal of American marines before the expi ration of the treaty In 1036, under which the United States took over the safeguarding of the republic. UNDER the terms of a decree recom mended to the Supreme Court of the United States by Charles Evans Hughes, special master, the Chicago sanitary district would be required to complete a 1170,000,000 sewage treat ment program within the next nine years. Meanwhile there would be suc cessive reductions In the diversion of water from Lake Michigan at Chicago from 8,500 cubic feet per second to 0,500, 5,000 and finally, on completion of the sewage treatment works, to 1,500 feet per second, which Mr. Hughes holds Is all that Is required for navi gation purposes In the Chicago river. The figures given are exclusive of pumpage for domestic purposes. The proposed decree Is of Interest to the entire Great Lakes region, and the Mississippi valley. In the light of the adverse decision of the Supreme court.of last January, which held that there Is no legal basis for diversion of water beyond the comparatively small amount necessary for navigation In the Chicago river, the Hughes report was regarded as being about as favorable to Chicago as could have been expected. Mr. Hughes made It clear that It Is within the power of congress to p*0 vide for a greater diversion for navi gation purposes. It appeared evident that if congress approves the Illinois state waterway as a federal project the way will be opened for a sufficient diversion of water to maintain navl gatlon in a nine foot channel from Chicago to the Mississippi. TWO members of the British royal air force. Squadron Commandei Jones-Williams and Flight Lieutenant Jenkins, started on a 6,000 mile non stop flight from England to Cape town bnt crashed and were killed on a mountainside 30 miles southeast ot Tunis. They had run Into a severs storm and supposedly lost their way. More fortunate were MaJ. Tadec Larre-Borges of Uruguay and Lieut Leon Chnlle of France, though they too, failed in accomplishing what they set out to do. They took off fronr Seville, Spain, hoping to fly without stop to Montevideo, but, having crossec the ocean safely, they lost their bear lngs In the dark and made a forced landing In a Brazilian forest. Thelt plane was smashed and both men were Injured slightly. NE of the worst mine disasters ol ^ the year occurred at UcAlester Okla. An explosion In the Old Town coal mine trapped 59 men, and not one of them escaped death. Seven other: who were on upper levels got out alive. Rescue teams penetrated wltl great effort to the lower levels, whlct were Oiled with gas, and there fount' the bodies of the victims, many ol them charred by the blast. The ma Jorlty bad died swiftly of gas suffo cation. CONSIDERABLE relief was assured disabled veterans of tbe World war when the senate nnanlmousl> passed the veterans' hospitalization bill which had previously been put through the house. The measure car ries a total appropriation of $15, 950,000. PRESIDENT H&OTER appointed Jo seph B. Eastman of Boston, a Democrat, and Robert M. Jones ol Knoxvilie, Tenn., t? RdirntWiti, mem bers of tbe Interstate Commerce com mission for terms of seven years be ginning January L Eastman has been a member of the commission for more than ten years representing the New England section. Jones, who is chan cellor of tbe Eleventh Judicial district In Tennessee, will succeed Richard V Taylor of Mobile, Ala., appointed three years ago by President Coolijge tr fill out an unexpired term. DWIGHT W. MORROW, ambassa dor to Mexico and delegate to the naval conference, has formally an nounced his acceptance of tbe ap polntment as senator from New Jer sey upon the resignation of Senatoi Balrd. He will assume bis new duties as soon as his work In connectlor with the London parley is completed Balrd was given the place when Edgi resigned to be ambassador to France with the understanding that he would step aside for Morrow. SP. McNAJL'GHT, who bos been ? engaged in prohibition work In Iowa, was elected superintendent ol the Indiana Anti-Saloon league to suc ceed the late E. S. Shumaker. He war tbe choice of F. Scott McBrlde, th? national superintendent of the league so, other candidates retired from com petition. In the process of frying up the Na tional Capital George L. Cassldy. known as Tbe man with tbe green hat" and reputed to be tbe bootlegger to United States senators, has been Indicted on der the Jones act. I lilt. WnUtb Kavqwie Caloa.) irs Mi;Bj=jAPPY NEW TEAR, Daddy 1" j+fj II not Martha's timid greeting as she entered the room ^ where the shades were Iravrn. Her father had been so de spondent since the tired little mother was gone. "Nothing ever goes right for me." he would say. To Martha's greeting he scarce re plied. Suddenly Inspired she caught lis hand and led him oat Into their Southland garden, fresh with dew. to in easy chair In a rose bower flooded with sunlight?then ran away to play. Half dazed, the disconsolate one plucked a red rose and pressed the mot petals to bis cheek. . . . A bird of the self-same hue alighted in the trellis. "You beautiful bird, tow came you here?" asked the sur prised man. "Yon are sad," sang the bird, "I came to wish yon a hnppy New Year." "How sweetly you sing, Ittto bird?but you are happy. How came you to have such marvelous crimson feathers?" Then the little bird sang such a long as mortals seldom bear. In a glorious burst of melody the story came from the bird of the crimson Feather. In a day that has long been'forgot ten by all save the red-bird's world, inr species was the sombre one In a land where birds of brilliant plumage Iwelb Ttie King of our Flock was tore ashamed and very, very sad. It chanced one day that he was lying near the shore and saw his poor reflection In a muddy pool. Filled with self pity he resolved to leave this bird-bright land for a distant ihore where he could hide himself. A great ship was raising anchor. lie tnew not whither the ship was bound, but he hid himself on the deck. On snd on the great ship sailed?away to the Golden West One balmy day In springtime a sun beam found Its way to the nook where "And Three Wee Blrde Chirped Their Eager Greeting." the weary heart sought refuge and whispered, "Follow me." Rather re luctantly the bird came out of the shadows?Into the light. The sunbeam led him -to a pansy-colored butterfly, caught In a fisherman's net At first the little bird hated tbe butterfly for Its beauty; but, as he saw It Impris oned and suffering, his little heart fluttered with pity and love. Flying quickly to the net. he Industriously picked away the threads with his sharp bill until the butterfly was free. As It spread Its gorgeous wings and soared away, tbe little King felt s warm glow of gratitude and he was glad?for the butterfly I The sunbeam came again and whis pered, "Follow jne." This time tbe little bird came willingly. Joyfully, Just as the great ship reached the Land of the Setting Sun. Over the rippling waves he flew and lol be saw a new reflection In the waters, for his plumage shown In glory with the sunset on tbe sea. "Can this be If he asked of tbe sunbeam and the sunbeam whispered, j "The real you." The dear little bird was so rejoiced that he sought the ' most beautiful red rose tree In the world's most beautiful garden fn | which to build his nest?back In the land where birds of brilliant plumage : dwelt. Did be then seek the loveliest of all tbe bright birds for his mateT j No He chose the homllest of all his species, saying. "I will teach her to ' reflect the sunlight of Love that she too may know the Joy of making oth ers happy." When the Great Father, who lores all the birds, saw our King, wanting to share his new-found beauty and blessing. He caused three tiny eggs to be placed In the nest?eggs tinted like tbe afterglow of evening?unlike any our King had ever seen. One day when the father bird came with a store of ripe berries to feed the patient little mother, the eggs were broken aa? three wee birds, as j ?ill: 111 ii 111111111:11:1111 . lw\ 111111111111111 i 11111111T ?? resplendent In beauty as tlie sunset on the sea, chirped their eager greet ing. ? The garden rang with the wild notes of his rupture. Again the sunbeam come nn<". whispered, "Your children shall always be called, 'The Birds of the Crimson Feather.'" "Why, Daddy, you've had a nice nap and you look so rested I" cried the radiant Martha. "Yes, dear," her father replied, "and now hum nwnke and ready to wish you and all the world a Happy New Year." (?, 1929. Western Newspaper Union.) uic^ in -giN'.NE sat before the glowing *?e|^3 Are of her living room Ions I after the other memhera of the household had retired It was New Year's eve and as the hour of midnight approached, both sweet and sud memories flooded the soul of the unhappy girl. Tor two years past she and Tom Anderson had held a trystlng New Year's party with in that very room. Another had hecn planned for this New Year; but Tom had not come. Now she held her lone ly vigil, waiting for the flrst sound of the usual noisy welcome to open the sealdd resolution he had placed In her hand the year before lo be opened one year from date. Things had not gone well with het and Tom since his return to college It? September. Ells letters had come less frequently, and they seetned to Anne to grow colder and colder as the time went by. Perhaps she was Im aglnlng things because of an nncon firmed rumor thnt a fair co-ed had enthralled him. Still, she lived on the prospect of seeing him during the holidays ard tho thrilling plan nl opening their last year resolutions In each other's presence. Hut alas I She had heard nothing front him for twe weeks, nnd now the magic hour was at hand. Finally, bedlam broke loose. Midst the uproar and confusion Anne Cn ruthers broke the seal and drew forth a slip of paper to read: "Resolved, Thnt one year from date, no matter where I nm or what the circumstances. I'll come to you again to make one more plea for a positive answer to my oft-repented quests in." A smile of disdain twitched about the corners of Anne's mouth as slit recalled her own resolution now In bis possession: "Resolved, That nothing will evet cause me to doubt you until you yonr self tell me that you no longer cart for me." "Anne!" Then came ? toft tap on the window. "Annel Let me In quick, I'm freezing!" There was no inlataklnc that voire It woa Tom's. Anne (lew to the door flung It wide, nnd the next Instant wna In the arms of her lover. Oh Tom, I thought you had forgotten," at tears of Joy coursed down her cheeks and he tried to tell of his forced de lay on account of Illness. , ? "1 stole away, Anne, to come to you Now you will hare to marry me and nurse me back to health. Dease get a doctor." There was confusion enough In that house during the rest of the night A doctor was obtained and Tom was put to bed with a bad case of Infln enza; but when all was over, Includ Ing the marriage ceremony, Tom de clared that the risk of his trip bad been well taken. nit. w?tsra Mvwvpspvt Ustas) mMmm, U ?' ... -ili-l- ????m---f T? " t i Rubber Planter's Home In Malay States. (Prepared by the National Geographic Society. Washington, D. C.) THK Federated Malay states, on Asia's southernmost penin sula. have been literally snatched from an all-covering wild vegetation. Where once the choking Jungle crowded men hack, a Jungle so thick that a man swimming In a stream could hardly land because vines and plants hugged so close to the water's edge?broad tields have now been cleared, and Malaya plan tations ore among the richest In the world. Forty-five years ago a few para rub ber plants smuggled out of Brazil fruited here. Today, three-fourths of the world's rubber comes from this region. And In this magic develop ment Americans have played a lead ing role. This Malay peninsula, stretching hundreds of miles from the Siamese frontier down toward the equator, forms a vast humid region of dense forests of Jungle, wild elephants, snakes, and naked people, rice fields, rubber plantations, and tin mines. There Is a governmental mixture In this region. Singapore, built on u tiny green Isle of the same name, which lies Just ofT the end of the peninsula and nearly on the equator. Is the cap ital of the British crown colony com monly called the Straits Settlements. Tills colony embraces the Province of Wellesley, the Dfndlngs and Malacca on the mainland, and the Islands of Penang and Singapore. The Federated Malay states, on the peninsula and adjoining the Straits Settlements, comprise the States of Perak, Selnngor, Pahang, and Negri Sembilan. Kuala Lumpur Is the cap ital. Just opposite Singapore, on the mainland, is the Independent native state of Johore, which has Its own sultan and government, but which Is under British protection. The British governor of Singapore Is also high commissioner for the Federated Malay states and Brunei, and British agent for north Borneo and Sarawak, thus linking up British possessions and spheres of Influence In all Malaya and .establishing close contact, through one man, with the colonial office In Lon don. Many Race* There. The Melting Pot of Asln," they coll this prolific, potent penlnsuln, becnuse of the hnbel of rnces, colors, and castes which Its wealth of rubber and tin has drawn to It. But In all this Industrial army of Kuropeans, Chinese, Japanese, Tamils, Hindus, and assort ed South Sen Islanders, the Chinese are the most numerous and powerful The Malay himself Is loo lar.y ever to be a good fisherman. He grows i little rice, a few coconuts, and neti the fish he needs; but nature Is se kind that It Is said one hour's effort a day will support him and his family It Is the Chinaman who Is the tlr miner, the fanner, shopkeeper, artisan contractor, and financier. The Tartl and the Hindu add to the stock o local labor and own small farms ant herds, hut the many millionaires modi In Uulaya hare mostly been Chinese The palatial homes of the rich Chlnest bosses In Singapore and Pennng, It contrast with the miserable shacks o fhe natives, afford proof enough of thi singular commercial superiority of thi yellow race. Here, Indeed, Chinese Immlgratlot has worked a modern miracle In thi magic reclamation of this once reek Ing, fever-cursed. Jungle-grown wlldei ness. The Chinese It was who firs braved the poisonous darts of the lurk Ing savage, the perils of tigers am reptiles, the flames of fever, and th danger of dysentery, to conquer thes Jungles and dig the .tin that put Ma layu on the mop of tlie trading world Chinese say llmt tin "grows" and tbe; use toe divining rod to locate It. Singapore Is both a great trndlni center and fortress of the Par Cast II Is s shining example of bow Grea Ilrttalo has "muddled"?as the British themselves put It?Into possession of some of the world's most Important strategic gateways. Singapore Is an is land 27 miles long by 14 wide, and just ndsses being the southernmost point of the continent of Asia by a half-tulle water channel. It Is at the funnel point of the Strait of Malacca. How Raffles Made 8lngapors. I.lttle more than a hundred yearn ago the Island, owned by the sultan of Jnhore on the nenrby mainland, was a deserted Jungle save for a little fish ing village. Ships In the China trade passed It hy as they passed many an other Jungle shore; the only ports of call In that region of the world were those on the Dutch Island! of Sumatra and Java. But these ports took a big toll In fees, and Sir Stnmford Raffles, un olllclal of the Cast India company, began to dream of a free British port that would facilitate trade. In 1810 he obtained the seemingly worthless Island of Singapore for his company for a small fee. Developments quick ly proved him s prophet, for within two years the little trading center be established had a population of 10,000. In the little more than a hundred years since It was founded, the Jungle of Singapore has given place to a huge city of close to 400.000 population, car rylng on trade valued at a billion dol lars nnnually?one of the metropolises of the British empire. Its quays and anchorages serve thousands of craft of all sorts and sizes, from the pic turesque, graceful Malay sampans and the stodgy Chinese Junks to the fa miliar freighters of the West, and what Kipling asserts are the "lady like" liners. They build op Singa pore's shipping to the tremendous to tal of i'7,000,000 tons yearly. Tnougn Mngnpore 19 irw irunj uit ties, and to this fact owes Its very existence, still the people who mnka up the city take their toll from the stream of world trade that flows about them. They live. In fact, by and for, and In an atmosphere of commerce. Tens of thousands make their livings by caring for shipping, conditioning and supplying vessels, and taking part In loading and unloading goods. The port Is primarily a trans-shipping point for both Imports and exports. It gives what the economists would call "place value" to hundreds of commodities which trickle to Singapore's reser voirs of goods from scores of districts In the Cast and are there obtainable In the large quantities that world trade demands. In the city's "godowns"? as the East calls Its warehouses?are handled a very large phrt of the world's finest rubber before It begins the long Journey that will take most of It eventually to American highways. So. too, much of the world's tin Is smelted In and shipped from Singa pore. It might be dubbed "the world's pepper pot," for more pepper Is assem bled there than Is ever held In any other port. Real Cosmopolitan City. I If ever a city conld claim to be coo I mopolltan, Singapore can. AtoDeofthe ? principal world crossroad!, and with l n population 100 per cent Immigrant, ! It could not escape cosmopolitanism. 1 It has drawn Its population from prac f tlcally all parts of Asia, from Oceania, s the Malay archipelago, Africa, Europe e and America. The Chinese predomi nate, making up about one-half tbe i population. There have been many e thousands of Immigrants from India. Europeans, Americans and Australian* -. number less than 10,000, and there are t probably as many Japanese. The appearance of Singapore shows J Its mixture of many Influences. The e visitor may ride In 'rikishas or elec e trie curs, automobiles or ancient borse i- drawn carriages. In the chief busl I. cess district he sees modern streets r and buildings, and In the Asiatic quar ters he encounters facilities and sights C and odors that smack of the Orient. U Singapore's houses of worship furnish t an excellent Index to Its varied llfei .
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