The Alamance Gleaner
VOL. LVII. ~ GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY NOVEMBER 19, 1931. - NO. 42.
News Review of Current
/ Events the World Over
Japan Still Defies League of Nations and China Threatens
?Grocner Asks Fair Play for Germany ?
in Armaments.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD ,
THERE Is no war In Manchuria be
cause, as the League of Nations
and other authorities agree, there
cannot be > war until a competent
government has Ue
??HHHMHB9E Harad war. Rut thprA
have been bloody bat
tles up there almost
every day, and the
situation during the
week was getting
worse. The league
council was to meet
again on November
1G, and it was con
fronted with the fact
that Japan had not
heeded its order to
withdraw her troops
ifh tl.A ...
"J nuucu a^iatu
tlon that Tokyo had reiterated the
statement that it would not obey the
order and would make no concessions
to the league.
Then China came to bat with a
statement b^ its representative at
Geneva, Dr. Alfred Sze. In a note
expressing his government's condition
al acceptance of the one-year arms
holiday Doctor Sze told the league
secretariat flatly that if the league
covenant and the Kellogg pact should
fail in the Manchuria crisis, China
would build up her fighting forces to
protect herself against Japan. Be
fore that he had asked the league to
send an international force to police
the Manchurian railway zone.
Gen. Ma Chan-shan, commanding
the Chinese troops In southern Man
churia. was said to have attacked the
Japanese at the Nonni river bridge
which the latter were repairing, and
after a sanguinary conflict the Chi
nese were driven off. But they did not
go far and at Inst reports were gath
ering for another attack; and more
Japanese soldiers were on their way
hurriedly to the scene. There were
other battles, but this was the biggest.
What was more alarming to foreign
nations was the spread of the fighting
to the big city of Tientsin. This be
gan with outbreaks of Chinese mobs
that attacked the Japanese conces
sion. The Japanese officials said the
disorders were due to the fighting of
Chinese factions and that the real mo
tive of the Chinese was to occupy
the foreign concessions In the city; so
the Japanese forces went into action
"for protection" and shelled the Chi
nese. American. French and other
troops were held ready to act, but at
this writing had not been called on to
do anything.
In the background of all the trou
ble is Henry Pti Yl, who us Ilsuan
Tung was the last Manchu emperor of
China. The young man is a quiet rentr
Ing householder in the Japanese con
cession in Tientsin, but loyal mon
archists have always been about him
and now It is asserted that there is
afoet a plan to separate Manchuria
from China and put Iienry on the
throne. With this in view, it is said,
many thousands of troops have been
gathered together by Gen. Liang In
ching, former ally of the Manchu
dynasty and for years the enemy of
the Chang family now headed by
Marshal Clmng Hsueh-Liang. It is true
most of these reports come from Jap
anese sources, but they have the ring
of truth.
Ambassador Dawes was instructed
to go to the league meeting.
WHAT Germnny can and will do
and what she asks the other
powers to do for her continue of ab
sorbing interest to the world. The
reich's stand on dis
armament was set
forth by Oen. Wit
he 1 m Groener, the
brilliant soldier, who
la now minister of
war and minister of
the Interior and who
may succeed Von Hln
denburg as president.
"Germany has the
right to the same
treatment as all oth
er nations." General
Oroener said.* "S h e
to entitled to the same security ana
to the same methods of disarma
ment aa other nations. It was ex
prersly guaranteed In 1919 that the
other powers would follow the path
Germany took when she was dis
armed.
"When we disarmed we were for
bidden to possess heavy artillery,
tanks, war planes, submarines, and
warships over 10.000 tona Even anti
aircraft artillery was prohibited. Mil
itary conscription was forbidden, and
Germany was Instructed, even to the
slightest detail, on how to orgnnze her
army.
"Therefore we object to the drafts
of the disarmament agreement as
worked out by the preparatory dis
armament commission at Geneva. It
Is a violation of the principle of the
equality of nations If It tries to make
eternal the difference between the vic
tors and the vanquished by freeing the
victors of their obligations to dlsgrm
and making the vanquished hear the
full brunt of the disarmament clauses
In the Versailles treaty."
Conferences and conversations
In Paris and Berlin concerning
reparations and war debts were held
behind closed doors, hut 'It was re
liably reported that the French gov
ernment sent word to Berlin that
whatever concessions are made to
meet the German situation must be
only temporary and within the frame
work of the Young plan; that France
will not agree that Germany's private
debts shall be given precedence over
reparations payments; and that If
there Is any permanent reduction In
the conditional pnrt of the Young plan
nnnultles, It must be accompanied by
a corresponding reduction In the war
debts owing to the United States.
Germany, on the other hand, Is evi
dently seeking to take advantage of
her present economic distress to ob
tain a great permanent reduction of
reparations, or even their complete
obliteration. The French nationalists
are determined that Premier Laval
shall not abandon the principle of
reparations, no matter what pressure
Germnny brings to bear.
OUIt political pot Is already seeth
ing and bubbling and there Is a
lot of talk, loose and otherwise about
next year's campaign. Senator George
\V. Norrls of Nebrna
ka gave voice In
Washington to a few
characteristic o p I n
Ions. The Insurgent
Republican made a
strong attack on the
policies of Mr. Hoover,
and seemed to the
correspondents about
ready to participate
In a bolt of radicals
from the G. O. P.
ticket that presumably
will be put up next
summer. Here are a few of the things
the Nebraskan said:
"If we are to keep men employed,
why discharge them? It may Ik neces
sary In some Instances for private In
dustry to reduce Its employment, but
there is no justification for the gov
ernment discharging workers.
"If we expect Industry to keep men
at work the government ought to set
an example because the government Is
the largest employer In the nation. I
favor a bond Issue to cover the emer
gency and provide work for the unem
ployed. I do not favor bond Issues In
peace times, hut this Is an emergency
tantamount to war conditions. I
mean a bond Issue, not to provide
charity, but to provide Jobs by road
building nnd other federal construc
tion. Instead of lighting over the dole
the government ought to provide work
for Its Jobless citizens."
Concerning the world court Senator
Norrls said: "I shall favor American
adherence only If a reservation Is
adopted requiring the senate's ap
proval before any controversial Issue,
Involving the United States, may be
submitted to the court for decision."
COMING back to the supposed op
position In the Republican ranks
to the r^lomlnation of President Hoo
ver, which If It exists will probably
be futile. It Is Inter
estlng to note that
Senator Hiram W.
Johnson of California
Is going to visit Chi
cago for the purpose
of finding ont what
support he would re
ceive In Illinois If he
became a candidate.
Some of the Repub
lican leaders of the
city and state said
they would give the
matter ? serious
Illuugm, flHU inrj T.t <?.v.
opinion that Johnson might be ap
proved by all or part of the Illinois
delegation In the convention. The J
cited thf fact that tbe Callfornian has
opposed all of the Hoover policies
ttint proved most unpopular lo this
part of (he country, and ulso they
thought Ills coming Into Illinois as u
presidential entrant In the April pri
maries might help their state ticket.
Those of them who oppose Mr. Hoover
had heretofore had no one to suggest
except Frank O. l.owden.
RUMANIA'S royal family has sup
plied the world with unother ro
mance. TMs time It Is I'rlnce Nich
olas, brother of King Carol and Prin
cess Ileann, who Is the
centra i figure. imoii
olas met accidentally
and fell in love with
Mmc. DeletJ, divorced
daughter-in-law of a
former cabinet minis
ter. He asked Carol
for permission to mar
ry her and the king
refused, whereupon
Nicholas climbed In
to his automobile,
picked up the lady
and drove at top
ix?j times 10 iiie vitiate ui n?
han. There he compelled the mayor
lo perform the marriage ceremony, and
the happy coUple rushed away, while
the terrified mayor telephoned the
news to Bucharest.
So far as is known, the king has
not relented enough to recognize the
marriage as even a morganatic union.
But he probably will not take severe
measures, for he Is fond of Ids brother
j and gives him much credit for his own
success In gaining the throne of Ru
mania. Then, of course, Carol can
not fall to remember his own affairs
In the past. Prince Nicholas, who Is
twenty-eight years old, accompanied
his mother. Queen Marie, and the
Princess Ileana on their tour of Amer
ica In 1020.
DEATH having removed from the
senate the forcible and pictur
esque Thadfleus II. Caraway of Ar
kansas, the Democrats of that state
are considering the choice of his suc
cessor. The suggestion has been made,
and well received, that the senator's
widow, Mrs. Hattie Caraway, be nomi
nated to fill out the unexpired term.
This would be tantamount to her elec
tion. Mrs. Caraway Is said to be will
ing to accept the office. She Is a close
student of public affairs and has been
a charming and popular h >stess In
the Lord Baltimore mansion, u colo
nial home Just over the Maryland line
neor Washington.
WILLIAM L. Edison, second sou
of the late Thomas A. Edison,
who Intends to contest the great in
ventor's will, Issued a statement nt
Wilmington, Del., In
whl/>h ho sfiM hp hp
lleved Interests op
posed to him are
trying to establish the
Impression that he
was not always on
friendly terms with
his father. As proof
that this Is untrue he
pointed out that when
. both had perfected
like radio equipment
he (William) did not
market Ids set In op
position to Ills father's even though
It was patented.
"I have had the highest regard for
every member of my fatner'a family,"
he said, "hnd never since his second
marriage has there been a single In
stance of unpleasantness either with
my stepmother or any of my full or
half sisters and brothers.
"Until the conditions of my father's
will and codicil were revealed no dis
agreement of Importance ever had
come between us. Even now I do not
Intend to allow the case to degeneraic
Into attacks on personalities."
Edison's will left the hulk of the es
tate to Charles and Theodore Edison,
the two youngest sons. Thomas, the
eldest son, has said he would not Join
William In contesting the will.
OBSERVANCE of Armistice day
was the occasion of Innumerable
ceremonies and addresses In all parts
of the ceuntry. and In the lands of the
allied nations as well. President Hoo
ver. of course, led our nation In ob
serving the day. In the morning, ac
companied hy General Pershing. Sec
retary of War Hurley and Secretat7
of the Navy Adams, he went to Arling
ton cemetery and laid a wreath on the
tomb of the Unknown Soldier. At
eleven o'clock, the hour symbolic of
the ending of the war. the President
was In West Potomac park, where he
dedicated the beautiful marble temple
which the people of Washington have
bnllt as a memorial to the soldiers who
went from the District of Columbia.
In the afternoon Mr. Hoover paid a
visit to the old frigate Constitution at
the Washington navy yard.
General Pershing and American Le
gion officials participated In a com
memorative program In the evening,
and the Carnegie endowment for Inter
national peace held a mass meeting
which was addressed bf Houston
Thompson and Frederic R. Coudert.
nil. Wsstsra Kmtuit Umlow.)
Henry Pu-YI
ho fhnf (tflln ti*l
Gen. Groener
Senator Norria
Son. Johnson
> ralhor fit tho
Prince Nicholas
w. L. Edl.on
OTHER TH7NOS THAN TURKEY INTERESTED 1
PILGRIM COUPLE THREE CENTURIES AGO <
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Dan Cupid ha* hi* innings while the task of gathering material for the
Thanksgiving feast is temporarily forgotten.
t Not All Americans Look on Day of Thanksgiving
' With the Pessimistic Eyes of Will Carleton
Will Carleton In his verses on "Cap
tain Young's Thanksgiving," says:
Thanksgiving day, 1 (ear,
ft one the solemn truth must touch.
Is celebrated, not bo much
To thank the Lord for blessings o'er
As (or the sake o( getting more.
It Is the "feastlve" day on which
Little Willie, on nearlng the end of a
bountiful meal, wl|l sigh, "I've pretty
near reached my bust measure." And
dhd will again wonder why Thanks
giving day doesn't follow Christmas so
he can be thankful that both purse
bending days are over. It is also the
season In which dogs and cats beat a
tattoo on drumsticks wlttrthelr teeth.
Truly, a man is old when he begins
to fear mince pie. What this world
needs Is for some one to devise a plan
whereby the bone of contention can
be utilized like the Thanksgiving tur
key for making hash and soup. But
'twas ever thus?these big Thanksgiv
ing meals. Indeed, some 140 years ago
the Thanksgiving menu of which
George Washington partook at Uount
Vemon consisted of:
Conceit of Fresh Fruit
Oyster Soup
(Sirs. John Marshall's recipe?black
eye peas and Virginia ham knuckles
added.) /
Roast turkey stuRed with wild rice,
pulverised boiled chestnuts, artichokes,
L
truffles, chicken livers and toasted
bread crumbs, flavored with rosemary,
sage and mother of thyme, larded with
Virginia ham fat snd basted with
Madeira wln^; served with bogberry
sauce, fresh cauliflower and candied
sweet potatoes.
Old Virginia mince pie, served In
flames.
New Orleans old French market
coffee.
Mmml Those were the good old
days! But, observes the Providence
Bulletin:
The special blessings for the sake of
which children and some adult persons
celebrate Thanksgiving day are transl
lory at best. They center round the
dinner table, "groaning with good
things." But even It Will Carleton
thinks that most of us regard such
matters as these more seriously than
the flner and nobler teachlnga of the
day, surely many of us grace the occa
I slon with the spirit of gratitude for
our "blessings," and endeavor to spread
this spirit by providing for the com
fort and happiness of some less for
tunate household than ours at this one
festival of the year.
It Is a familiar law of nature that
the more we give the more we have.
This may not be true of material pos
sessions, but It Is certainly true of the
things of the spirit. If we Increase
the sum total of others' happiness ws
increase our own.
Anyhow, here's hoping you get the
long end of the wish bone!?Pathfind
er Magazine.
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Thanksgiving Day
Ah) On Thanksgiving day, when from east and from west.
Prom north and from south, come the pilgrim and gueat.
When the gray-haired New Englander aeea round his board .?
The old broken links of affection restored, A
When the care-wearied man seeks his mother once more,
And the worn matron smiles where the girl smiled before. . . ,
?John Greenleaf Whlttier.
' Thanksgiving Dinner in 1621 Hardly What Would
( Be Considered Much of a Special "Spread" Today '
A modern, transplanted to Puritan
New England, wouldn't give many
thanka over Thanksgiving day dinner.
Cranberries were available In 1621,
and wild turkey?If the head of the
house was a good marksman. There
were nat trees In the woods, and wild
grapes. But the stock of perishable
foodstuffs was tneagre. Probably grain
was to be had to supplement the small
supply of Indian corn, but butter, milk
and eggs were almost unheard of In
Plymouth 810 years ago. Maybe they
had potatoes In 1621, but If tbey did
they came by ship.
A modem expert In nutrition, given
? Puritan Thanksgiving dinner to an
alyze, would have several conniption
fits. Dr. Walter R. Eddy point* out
In Good Housekeeping ihnt he would
tin (I flew green vegetable*, no milk, a
high preponderance of proteins and
acid ash.
"Wild fruits may have helped to
seen scurvy." says Doctor Eddy, "bur
this disease was always Imminent In
the winter, and probnbly much of the
so-called winter rheumatisms were due
to scorbutic joints."
Pneumonia and what was called con
sumption wiped out whole families In
old New England. Doctor Eddy point*
out. because the food did not have the
proper vitamin content" _
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HowPeoplePlajr
Tha PhllippiiM Slapping Gam*.
(PrtptrM by National Geocrapnle Soetoty
Washington. D. C-> ? WNU Scrvlca
WITH Interest Id miniature golf
waning, enterprising mem
ber* of the "plaj Industry"
In * western city substituted
Ashing poles for golf dab*, flsh for
golf ball*, and transformed the dlmln
nflve golf coarse* Into Ashing ponds,
do* ushering In the "pee tree fishing
grounds "
Play knows neither geographical
boundary, nor historical limit. There
was a law among the Persians by
which all children were to be taught
three things: horsemanship, shooting
with the how, and telling the truth.
Carthaginians and Phoenicians owed
something of their maritime glory to
a lore of swimming, the sport by which
they first mastered their fear of the
sea. One wonders whether the- more
rapid strides made In Knglnnd to
ward the political emancipation of
women may not be traceable to the
ardor of British women for outdoor
.exercise and sports.
Cllinnte often determines the way a
people play. It Is obvious that coast
ing Is popular In a tone where snow
falls, atid reasonable that those peo
ples most generally proficient In swim
ming should be found In the equa
torial Islands, where limpid waters In
vite surcease from the scorching sun;
but less well known, perhaps, that
card and board games developed In
routhern Asia, where zest for play I*
Just as keen, but temperature damp
ens the ardor for exertion. To the
Netherlands Is traced the origin of
stilt and skate which even yet have
their work-a-day use In flooded and
frozen areas, but to the rest of the
world they are playthings. Norway
once had a regiment of sknters and
Holland's soldiers were taught to
drill and play on Ice.
just as ine inaiviuuai aaopis games
which meets hli bodily needs, so na
tional pasrimea are modified to foster
and fortify the peoples who piny them.
In the age of personal rombnt, there
were men like llllo of Crotonn, a
veritable Samson, reputed to linre
been able to break a cord wound
about his head by swelling the mus
cles; or Polydnmns of Thessnlla. said
to have slain nn Infuriated lion, and
to have been able to hold a chariot
In Its place while horses tugged at It.
Those were the times when boxing
and wrestling, most ancient of sports,
were In their heydey. though they
were not always gentlemen's diver
alone, reckoned by modern standards.
Missis-Throwing Oamea.
When mlssle throwing become the
technique of warfare the Italian city
youth reduced stone-throwing to a
line art, and In winter made use of
snowballs on fete days. In Perugia
as many as 2,000 would engage In
this game. Defensive armor was worn
but many fatalities resulted. Old
Kngllsh laws encouraged archery, and
Charlemagne sought to popularize tbe
sport Play and love of competition
have often been the mother of Inven
tion. The great automobile races have
revolutionized the automobile Indus
try. Benjamin Franklin, employing a
boy's familiar plaything, snatched
from the clouds a secret that outdoes
the pranks of a magic carpet On the
other hand Invention made popular
certain ways to play. For example
tbe Invention of the rubber bladder
was s boon to the game of football
and the gutta-percha ball added Im
mensely to the popularity of golf.
Walking is one of the most henlth
ful and Invigorating "games" and ts
free to everyone. Yet It Is much neg
lected by Americans. Perhaps the auto
mobile Is to blame In some degree;
but tbe fact that walking Is delib
erate and lacking In that element so
dear to the American heart, competi
tion. also must be taken Into account.
To tbe seasoned pedestrian. "Joy rid
ing" cannot compare with "Joy walk
ing."
The Instinct Is Universal.
Sports of a nation afford an almost
Invgrtble barometer of Its progress In
civilization. itaseball Is one of the
most complicated and highly organized
pastimes known to any people It Is
a veritable Instrument of the moat
delicate precision In tbe world of
sport. A South Sea Islander no mora
coold play It than he conld operate
a linotype machine or deftly handle
the paper money In a bank teilefa
cage.
Vet tbe Instincts baseball satisfies?
ttie zest of racing to a goal ahead of
the hall, the deep satisfaction of dk
vertlng a swiftly morlnx object fa
serve his own ends, tbe mere Impart
of the speeding sphere against the
Instrument he controls, bagging the
spheroid as It flies afield, the suspense
of nine men as they await tbe better's
fate?each and all find their coonter
pnrt In play as old as animals that
walk on two feel and hare enough
gray natter atop their spinal rotamns
to control nature's laws for their he
man purposes.
The foot-race was tbe roost popular
of the 24 Olympian events. Romans
batted halls with the forearm swathed
with bandages, and tbe Gilbert is
landers wrap eoconnt shells with cord
so they will rebound to a blow from
the open palm; Homer's princess of
Phaeacla Is represented In the Odys
sey as Jumidng to catch a ball tossed
by her maids of honor; and the Chi
nese had a game In which a suspended
hall was kept hurtling to and fro by
blows from the players.
Wrestling Is mncb older than Greece,
as Indicated by boata pictured on
toinbs along the Nile In Greece box
ing fell Inlo disfavor among the Spar
Inns for an unusual reason The
Greeks had developed sportsmanlike
rules for the game, geminating kick
ing. biting and ear palling, and the
bout closed when one boxer admitted
his defeat. Lycnrgus held II Improper
for any Spartan to acknowledge de
feat. even In a game. Boxing and
wrestling have been popular sports in
Japan for ages.
Gunning. throwing, liming ana kics
Ing are the fundamental muscular op
erations of America's characteristic
sports?baseball, football, tennis and
golf. The peoples of antiquity mani
fested all these Instincts In rrnder
form.
In old England football was even
rougher tbnn most sports of those
hardy times. James I thought if iras
"meeter for laroelng than ranking able
the user thereof." Edward II frowned
upon It for Its Interference with arch
ery and also because of the commo
tion It aroused
Tennis Goes Far Back.
One must also go back to the Greek*
and llomans for tbe origin of tennis.
In the Twelfth century a gam* with
boll and plaited gat bnl was played
011 horsebnek. Then can.* "Ijt bolide"
In which the horse was abandoned.
Louis X died after excessive playing
of tbe game. Henry VIII was a de
votee of the game. Until the Six
teenth century the hand wns used for
batting the ball, hut soon the rackef
came Into general ase.
ir tennis has a royal lineage, golf,
which was later regarded as a rich
man's game had most plebeian be
ginnings. Contrary to widespread be
lief. It seems not to have originated In
Scotland, but In northern Europe. Ap
parently It was first played on Ice.
being one of the winter sports adapted
to the physical geography of the Low
countries. By the Fifteenth century
golf had attained such vogue In Scot
land thai It threatened tbe cherished
archery, and It wns classed with "fute
ball" and other "unprnfltnbH sportls"
by .lames IV.
America's love of play Is a distinc
tive part of her Anglo-Saxon heritage.
Where two or more English siieaklng
lieofde gel Ingether. he it In Bagdad
or Bnenos Alrea, fhelr common tongue
makes tbe point of contact, hut It
generally Is Ihelr love of active play
thai forms tbe tie that bind* their
comradeship.
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