Paje Two THE PILOT, Southern Pines, North Carolina Friday, March 27, 1W2. THE PILOT Published each Friday by THE PILOT, IiM'orporate'd, SouUtem Pines, N. C> JAMES BOYD, Publisher CARL G. THOMPSON. JR.. Editor CHARLES MACAVLEY. Advertising Oin S. Kay. Mary Thompnon, Helen K. Butler, llejittie Cameron Smith. Charles CullinKfurd, A«*oeiates SabHorlption Rates: One Year Six Months Three Months J2.00 .>100 .. .50 natural resources needed by Britain; yet, until recently, the British have shown little signs of extending any pledge of free dom to India or of equipping an efficient, native Indian army. Book Review ES\tf red at the PostoWice at South' em Pines, N. C., as second class mall' matter. GAS SHORTAGE NOW CATCHES IT WITH I S There were a lot of scoffers last fall when colorful, and wide- By MRS. E. V. HUGHES Through the experiences of Peter We hope that it won’t takcjLamiter Achilles, a New England many more Thailand surrenders,, teacher in Shawei, Preston Schover Singapore defeats and Burmese} gives us a substantially new version of defections to convince us all thatlt^e Chinese conflict in his novel, the humble A.>!iatic coolie of yes-j‘The Foreigners." Mr. Schover lived terday is a potential soldier of these experiences himself, so the freedom to as thpv felt like that -ind expressed I? v , tJie.Quj Chinese, while Western doctors, - ' Xnited Nations have taken theiTjrses and ambulance drivers ren- ; dered heroic service in the invasion of Shawei. Many had stayed in spite of the cvTiicssm of tho-se who thought China would be a fine place without Chine.se and claimed to believe in Japanese despotism and controls. Most of those who stayed were Chris, tians. Here the author draws a no. themselves widely, just about everybody continued to use all. jhat is too obviously a piece the gasoline the> wanted. misleading propaganda. Ex- There were a few interested cept in Russia, there has been no folks who looked into the mat-indication of the Unitwl Nations fer. however, and at that time, taking the offensive. It is true they said, in effect, this: that wf now have hopes of Gen- “It’s true that right now thei-^ tral MacArthur in Au.stralia: i. no gasoline ^hortage._ But .but it is also true that the Unit-! ;";'abie'dist^ncU^n'Tlsc.’ The" bra';; jt.s also true that deliveries are|ec Nations have rapidly retreat-!performed surgical miracles and being curtailed. Soon, the re-ed from the continent of Asia. Uarded the gates of shelters, serve pool along the coa.st will ncro.^s the stepping stones t > be used up and then there’ll have!Au.stralia with the Japs hard a‘ to be strict rationing, because, their heels. The steadfast de little more fuel will be comin? fen.=;e of our .^mall Philippin ’ force, while heroic, can scarcelj* And now we’re faced with ex- \.e called an “offensive action.” actly what was threatened—the' Thus far, in our experience rationing of gasoline, and'many with dirtv. double-dealing die- of us are also faced with doing tators. we’ve learned that therethe loudest usually collaborated an about-face concerning Mr, is no trust to be put in any statc- Petroleum Coordinator Ickes. nent they may inspire! The Had we followed his advice about cleverness of their propaganda, con.=!erving ga.soline. and had a cf course, is in' that they dia- few others been as farsighted as I bolically blend the true with he in conservation of other es-'the fal.^e in such a mixture it is .'^ential materials, such as tires, difficult to determine lies from we might not now have to be,half-lies and half-lies from subjected so completely to the truths. rationing system. ; We should not certainly take One other lesson might be these “on the defensive’ ’admis- learned from this, also Because sions of the A.xus at their faceiu-.^t is West- never fails to arouse TIarold Icke.< is outspoken, tear- value; on the other hand, it may ^^^^d emotions in the reader. Here 13SS. and doesnt hesitfite to bo lust as serous a mi.stake tO:, ^ ,.e„ion which shows originality tread heavily on toes w-hich sticK assume that the complete orpo- well as dramatic and poetic sensi-^ into governmenta machinep-. he site of defensive i.s planned. I bi,itv. Peter had thought he was in oa? been distinctly unpopular in Perhaps the confusion which clover Browne. And here is many places. Perhaps we may these unprecedented admissions ieam not to judge a man's wi.^- are causing is exactly the effect a touch of picturesque speech: "E^ren her brown curls had a city.tred sub. mission;" also, her father, Commis- .'iioner Brown, "loved to crackle around in a boiled shirt." Clover un derstood China as did Peter, but she thought she loved Alex Murchison. Janet Wilde, thirty.five and an ob stetrician at Union Hospital, who maintained you could never reform China hut you could reform indivi. dual Chinese, also loved Alec, but with a disillusioned and wistful teji. derness. This love made Alec almost a scoundrel, but a repentant one, while Clover held him with her co- (iuetry. A beautiful Chinese girl, -Meilan. whom Peter protects, first out of curiosity concerning Chinese in trigue and later because of a mov ing passion, gives the plot a bewitch, ing appeal, a tragedy, a happiness and a mystery beyond all imagina. lion. There was a time some months ago, when we would have read this novel primarily for its enthralling story. Today many will re.id it to gain wisdom and courage from the ‘‘reasonable’’ Chinese, who were al. ways polite, even when hiding their sarcasm behind a bland .smile. It will not be read or digested hurriedly. It IS detailed and exact but it is worUi the time it takes to digest it. Too, all our own prejudices have been car ried over into this gloriously unpre judiced country, where bickering was much more picturesque than it is in America. Mrs. W. H. Stratton, who was in. jured Tuesday In a fall during the Hunter Trials in which her horse, CMoriaty, was killed, was reported yesterday considerably improved, al- OKiugh stiU confined to Moore Coun ty Hospital. Mrs. Stratton suffered a chipped shoulder bone and a detached collar hone, jt was reported. mw»««nm»>n»n»»m»8im:»»»»»i»H»:mnur>m»im»i»»inim»Km»iiiHi HAND WOVEN /Inflow Tweeds of Pinehurst, N. C. TWEEDS All Virgin Wool by the Yard Large Variety of Designs and Colors ORIGINAL MODELS For Immediate Wear CUSTOM TAILORING Our Head Tailor and Staff Here for the Season HATS, BAGS, MATCHING SWEATERS, and ACCESSORIES SPECIAL COLLECTION of Tweeds for Men On Double Road Ha]f-way Between Pinehnrst and Southern Pines Telephones: Pinehurst, 4832 Southern Pines 5812 1 Out of the debris of Mr. Schover's China arose a new race of people. Chinese, who had formerly thought themselves into safety for a respite, awoke to war alertness and safe guards. Some of the most comforta--1 ble people deserted the cause. Some ! talked too much and those who talk. ! with the Japanese. But millions gave ; up entirely their old traditions for | their united cause of helpfulness. In describing them Mr, Schover joins the | authors "^e^Ded in wisdom of war i all over the new world, who acclaim that ‘‘poor people are kind." His ,> » 5 r«trt 3 aid. S Wm.Jamtton&Co Everett, Zane & Muse Certified Public Accountants -WDITS — TAXES — ST.STK3IS Slavonic Temple Building Phone 461 TlifPintnfftllfs .MORE LIKE .A CLUB THAN A HOTEL Our own Championship Golf Course entirely surrounds the hotel and club house. Superb putting course, tennis courts, bridle trails. Steak Dinners at Hunting- Lodg-e. ^ Attractive Rates, i Sanderson. Mgr. 2 •« S s :: n •• 8 H dom by our personal likings. desired. I became a government official). !f we take them seriou.sly. we] when Guthrie was demoted may tend to relax our efforts, to head the textiles, clothing accept their opposite and leather goods branches, he C001.IF.S RECO.ME SOLDIERS If we accept their Chinese coolies, they wore Meaning, we may be inclined to pressed for a wool conservation known as. rather contemptuous- !"|iengthcn oiir defense, ratlier order but was opposed by Ken- ly, for many vears: now they are ^ ’leth Marrincr. S-a-year execu- Foldiers battling for freedom— time to look ri'.it. ijve of a large wool dealing con- ritjle go\ern-^textile industrv and was oppos- it COrP.mPntCfl upon tnO unwill- m4Ul*»iol T-4r»ei'fi*r»r\ • o ^ \ \ ^ position."—,-a-.\eai men ed by Ames Stevens, wool sec- ^ngne>s of P*i ‘ti. h officials in receive their real compen-;tion and Lt Col Ronert Ste- the F,r l„ arm f h.ne.^c 1 “eml o qi;aZma,ter Singapore. P>urmese in Burma - . iicau rd. or Indians in India. “It does not planning, both of; s^*em easv for some P.ritons in which led to the de-'^hom are associated with the' Malava to regard Chinese or large textile firm of J. P. Ste-, .iciuua i() legdia V sequent resignation are a .'^ei-ies yens ^"'hich have not been When Guthrie resigned, hei the pi^hcation commented. ,,videly aired, and these seenV.^said he had attempted to carrvj but british otticialdom is now, to point to decided opposition on out his duties “without recardi ready to dicker with India on',he part ot .?-a,vear men to'for ,peci.inntere,ls Jd to ap | the matter of that siib-conti-Guthrie s attempts to convert pjy uncompromising devotion to| nent s independence, and has sent needed materials strictlv to war the principles of the war effort one of its leading progressives, industry. ,He resigned’, he said, “since it' Sir Stafford Cripps. to handle Previously. Cuthrie had been;is no longer possible for me to the matter. deputy chief of the industries,do this.” Incidentally, when It is not pleasant to remem- branch with jurisdiction over Guthrie came to WPB from her that at almost any time since durable consumers’ goods. In Paducah. Ky.. where he was a 1937, it would have been com-i this role, he succeeded in getting department store owner and the paratively simple for the U. S.ian order closing down refriger- largest individuaj stockholder in and Britain to smash Japane.se, ator and radio industries at the, the White Sewing Machine Co., imperial aggres.sion by stopping lend of April, despite “fierce op-'he sold his holdings in the com’ shipments of oil. iron, copper, cotton and rubber to Japan and by supplying the Chinese armies with war equipment. The British strongholds in China and Thailand have fallen —through lack of cooperation with the Chinese. Recently the Burmese prime minister made a trip to Britain, asking for dominion status for Burma, and he was .scoffed at and charged »vith being pro-Japanese. Now’a- daj'S, the pres.s is reporting that the Burmese are cooperating with Japan. position ” One of the “per.>!onal pany at a loss, becau.se of going i conflicts” referred to by Nelson with the government. i was between Guthrie and Philip' Congressional committees are! Reed, chairman of the Board of now’ investigating the “con-! General Electric and also $-a-:fIicts” which, according to Don-1 year man in charge of the indus-|ald Nelson, have “impeded” thej tries branch dealing with dura-iv.’ar effort- Speed, accuracy andi ble consumers’ goods. Guthrie iruthle.ss exposure of the facts i.s had proposed an order !?huttingjdesired by the American pub-] down the refrigerator industry'lie. And if the $-a-year meni so that scarce materials and | must go—let them go, andj machinery could be devoted tolquickly. 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