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FAGS FOUR : TL OSEGON STATESMAN, Scdam. Oregon. Saturday Morning. October 13, 1943 3ftt( Fimr Cnr ff Nn Fmnr .CKtTf Jm" 4 From Flrst-Statesman, March 28, 1851 I n 1 -: J VJ t 1 . :. THE STATESJIAN PUBLISHING COSLPANt CHARLES A. SPRAGUZ, Editor and Publisher f Member of the Associated Press i The Astodated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this-newspaper. Left Get Together Again r . The trail of the test tubes is so paved with V nntrariirtnrv hnns and ' fears in the dav-to- t day news as to leave John Q. Citizen all but i breathless . in regard to . what "he can expect nhstarlp tn life: libertv'andthe f., pursuit of happiness. j JT?-; First we're told that atomic; energy can de- i' itroy the world but that we hold the sole key. if the verge of a similar discovery and that they'll I -find the formula, t too, within a short time. ; . Novr congress hears we're already developing j a defense to detonate such bombs long be ; fore they reach our borders. . . : It's all very interesting, very awesome, very discouraging, depending on how a prson looks at it. Boiled down,-'. all such information adds :. up to but one factthat there is in the posses- ' . sion 01 man Kin a a power capaDie oi opening the flood - gates to total world' destruction. t Scientific defense at , its best,; no matter how perfected, can hardly mean more than a de- laying action and a bloody j one at that if the will to power transcends the-will to live In the years to come. i ; If that premise can be accepted, where in the day-to-day news, we ask, are stories of the ' only possible, practical . and permanent plan of self-preservation the development of world wide justice and understanding?. It is not enough to know that , Bevin and Molotov still have hopes of reaching an accord which failed , to. finq fruition in London, it is not enough ' to read of the nation-by-nation ratification of the United Nations charter. I Isolationism as a principle is dead. But self interest has shown a discouraging resurgence, even in the face of atomic proof "that "united we stand, divided we fall. and it seems high . 1 time there was a more personal and "lasting 'contact betweenrepresentatives of the United Nations. ' We must take full cognizance of General Marshall's warning to prepare or perish" and . let the test tubes do their best. But it's even more important inai we continue 10 Keep na tions from withdrawing into their shells and .! building up the "Uncle Shylock" psychology of 25 years ago. Even if delegates were given no momentous Issues to discuss, it would be a move in the ; Tight direction to have Guiseppe, Jean, Ole, Rudolf o, John and other typical names sleeping ; under the same roof and talking over such . - things as baseball, soccer, fishing, new cars and -the price of eggs. The world's eyes again should be on a world exchange of views, such at at , 1 San Francisco, rather than on the atomic bomb. at increases in the bank dividend but he is also spared the chance at decrease in the dividend. So he can't protest very rnuch. i While the Bank of. England has been a pri vate corporation actually? it has been a quasi public institution, working closely with the chancellor of the exchequer and the government trade officials. It has risembled roughly our own federal . reserve j system in acting as the fiscal agent of the govej-nment, and our fed eraf reserve has had private banks as its Stock holders. 1 ' '-. , .:. The change in England will put the govern ment firmly in the saddle, which means that it can use the bank as the vehicle for financing its further nationalization of industries: such as coal mines and railroads. The history of government-controlled central banks 4tas not been good. The politicians fail to pay heed to the rules of economics ahd their bank becomes in volved in bad financiarpfactices. The argument for private control of central banks, such as the Bank of England, is that control rests with men who understand finance and keep out the political dreamers and aiders.;If any people can make a government-controlled central bank work it Would be the British because of their long xperience in financial management, their inbred conservatism I and their traditional in tegrity in financial matters. What we may see is that the government will confirm the present management of the ban k and not attempt po litical interference. However, if the Laskis and the socialists have their! full way the Bank of England will function merely as the tool of the treasury to usher in the socialist age in Britain. ' The American critics of the labor government should get over their first fears. Nationaliza tion in Britain doesn't Jnean confiscation and it doesn't mean extermination -not yet. 1 i' - m w a; n wr w a '' . I'"' fcy UMl wMi TW WaStteaau The Only Thing Checking. Its Progress is the Direction ThojUtorary News Behind the News uuidcpoGt Bf W. G. SOGERS 4 By PAUL MALLON (Distribution by King Features Syndicate, Ind -Reproduction tn whole Shirtmakers are now permitted by WPB to put back the three inches they cut off of shirt tails. Since we have tofwait to get any shirts at all we might as; well wait and get some that do not terminate just below the arm-pits. interpreting The War Neivo By JAMES ID.! WHITE Associated Press Staff Writer No Confiscation in England When the bolsheviks got control of Russia 28 years agatbey proceeded to take over banks and all industries by the simple expedient of ending in some soldiers and shooting off the wicked bourgeoise. The British labor goyern-w ment which is headed in the same direction as the bolsheviks, though on a parallel road, goes at nationalization of the famed Bank of Eng land, with no shedding of blood. There is not even any letting of financial blood, for the owners are gtven government securities which promise them' an annual income equal to the average annual gross dividend of the bank over the past 20 years. .The ordinary stockholder suffers only the loss of hisspeculative chance Editorial Comment IT COULD HAPTEN AGAIN , One of the things that contributed to the crash In the "roaring twenties" was the "half boom, half broke" condition that prevailed then. Many persons may have forgotten, during the prosperous-years we have had of late, but for an extended period after the last war-industry was soaring to new highs while agriculture was drifting to nw low. Wage, profits and dividends in In dustrial centers seemed to have no limit The stock market was in the stratosphere. Yet, aH the time -the price for wheat, cotton, eon and livestock were sinking. The -entire world was seeking self sufficiency with each country trying to meet its own food requirements and cut Imports to a minimum. , Well, it could happen again; not soon, but within the next four or five years. At least we have the ante setting. Industry is all ready to hum, one the strike situation ia clarified. Industrial labor probably, will receive at least; a 15 per cent wage increase, if not the 10 per cent now demanded. When reconversion has- been completed and the factories are turning out a - tremendous flood of .finished products, our industrial areas will be riding high. " ! Next let . us consider agriculture. Subsidies will be ended next year, it has been announced. We have a tremendous surplus of wheat. Farmers have been, assured parity prices for at least two years after the end of the war which means after Presi dent Truman has issued his formal . proclamation. But what will happen then?' W) still have meat rationing, yet the greatest rush of-livestock in history now is rolling to market. . Prices may hold up for a few more years, but after Subsidies are abandoned the future definitely - is uncertain. ;''"'.'.' "King ; Cotton still is riding 'high but many other countries -notably Brazil also are concen trating on the production of cotton. They have lower labor costs than the - American south, al though the perfection of mechanical cotton pickers may help equalize this disparity. . Corn, potatoes,. produce, fruits, huts, dairy pro ducts? All now are yielding various ' degrees of profit although potatoes and dairy products are on the "ragged edge." But the time may come when . over-production results in - ruinous prices, j in at "least some of these lines.- I .' . These are but a few of 1 many examples that could be cited. No one assumes that agriculture Is s due; for a "bust" overnight or even in the next, several years. But the surplus problem will be with us again, eventually, and if industrial prices 'are high and farm prices are low well, remember what happened in 1929?-7Tbe Dalles Chronicle. S a. Dv waits ..SAN' FRANCISCO, Oct t. -WV Manchuria, 4 breadbasket of Asia and f the nearest thing to an Industrial base in all the east seems 'in something of an uproar. ' :''''' ''.' ;': ".''!?- . This much is clear front the account by a jittery Frenchman who caught k plane out of Mukden, Manchuria's Pittsburgh. His account has been cabled back by Associated j Press Correspondent Spencer J Davis from Peiplng. f The" nervous Frenchman, M. Rennere, had been . consul-general in Mukden. He said the Russians gave mm so nours o get, ouu Jt is impossible to say hW much I account, but here is the gist of it, throwing possible light on what has gone on in one of the most important areas in Asia iince Ja pan surrendered. I- ! ChineseTreeps KeveJt I First 1 Japan's puppet Chinese troops revolted the sam day it was announced Manchuria would j reven 10 cmna. rnai was Augusx ; . . . :. fif' .- formed a provisional government and sent a mes sage of loyalty to Chungking two days later. That night Soviet troops arrived. M Somebodyone suspects the Japanese 4 because they have done it elsewhere threw open Japanese army warehouses to the public, which started a wave of looting which spread to civilian homes August 20, General Marienovsky of ih Russian red -army accepted Japanese surrender, but Chinese laborer, continued looting and raping. M. Rennere relates Jthm old oriental tal, sometimes true, : of Japanese girls shaving their heads and dressing like men to save themselves; -j The situation got -worse, with shooting going on all around by anyone who coult find a gun. The Soviet commandant Issued an. anti-looting order and tightened his .control fas he got more troops. ;' Enter now what called itself the Chinese- com Tmutust eighth ito army, swarming in from the hills oil Jehol and Iiaoning 'where the Japanese had never been able to subdue either communists, bandits'; or Uanchurian guerrillas. . Beth Claiai Kd Leader: Two groups appeared, one headed by a General Chung Chiu-ling, and another by a General Lt-Lung-chang, both claiming to be Chinese red lead- v ", : ; ; !- .. i'f ; They competed in recruiting former puppet sol diers to whom they gave Japanese arms. It is im possible to tell; which force, if either, is genuine. . But it may be significant that General . Chung's name was on a poster whfch'was put up demanding the release of the former Manchurian war lord, the young Marshal Chang H4ueh-liang. The young marshal never was a communist al though his troops kidnaped Chiang Kai-shek in 1938 at Sianfu in a . strange sequence which re sulted in an agreement between the generalissimo and the communists to unite against Japanese ag gression. Since then the young marshal has been Chiang Kai-shek's prisoner somewhere In free China. '.--..;- : . . ?;t Chang Ne Red Either J I T'; : So it may be that this'; General Chung is no red either, but a former subordinate of the young mar shal who says he is red because he thinks that will -please the Russians. I; ., .... . . , - i : In any case the Russians wearied of all mis and Oct 2 told the Chinese Communist troops --real or phonyMo pull out of Mukden and disband. They - stopped railway traffic, apparently to prevent large scale, movements ot these idle forces' S That's M. Rennere's stpry, and he adds that the Russians are now ripping out Japanese machinery and sending it to the Ukraine via" the trans-Siberian railway.-,- , t-" l- , : ' If true this would be serious charge,: and one which could strain the I recent series of treaties "between China and Russia. , . .. '. -T: ; A felix) w or infinite: JEST, ky Tbotta Toseloft (PrenUce-Hall; f- - - A fervent desire to win more: readers for Laurence Sterne, au j thor of the incomparable "Tris tram Shandy" and "Sentimental ; Journey,'? inspired the author of this biography of one of the greatest English writers. ' i i Few purposes could be more commendable. Sterne, an inept I name for a. genius so merry and playful, has suffered from a Vic torian prudishness which present generations do not share. Our il logical squeamishness which odd ly does hot extend to Rabelais, has attempted to hide from our children 1 something which was probably;; no news at all to them, and has succeeded only in depriv ing ui of the delight which we aje entitled to get from one of the joys of our literature. ; ; Certainly Sterne used his pen : to have fun with the facts of life; : apparently he was not faithful to his wife! Conceding all that he ! still created superb characters . . . or copied them from York ... in Tristram, the Widow Wadman, Uncle Toby and Tristram's fath er. And where can you find a zany bit j of fiction so profound, I so hilarious or so modern, though iit's more than a century and a half old as the incident of Wal ter Shancly and his clock? Yoseloff is perhaps a shade apologetic in places where I should prefer his attitude to be what-tbe-heck, but he is an eager advocate, and a conscientious . one. On what is perhaps the most " serious Of all : charges brought against Sterne: that he borrowed other men's, words and" phrases without jiving credit for them, the biographer exonerates him.: : Sterne might steal a wife, but : never a word, j " . TH MAN ATX. ? Matey Brvff i (Dattoa; $S.ss). . 1 Jabex f Folger, sea captain of Nantucket's whaling years, is the demoniac figure dominating .this story of "Jove and hate, begetting And killing. There's plenty of ac tion, but it's mechanically con trived and every character is as .woodeny as the single-breasted figurehead on Folger Ulfaied ship.',, I ' T 1 I or in part strictly prohibited.) "Hi' v . -. WASHINGTON, Oct. II Peo ple have written me asking an explanation of the strange new tactics i of Rus- sia in T diplom- acy. ? What puzzled them last was the editorial in Izvestia setting forth r e a sons for the incon clusive ' results at the London peace sconfer- Paoi auiioa ence. The bit tern ess of the tone was appar ently amazing, to many Amer icans. I . The really important facts of the matter which Staie Secre tary Byrnes presented lh a calm voice (and the republican John Foster Dulles fully confirmed) were omitted, particularly the fact which proved Russia guilty for jthe deadlock, namely that the 1 soviet delegation did not simply wish to withdraw the in vitations to China and' France, and refused a compromise, but reversed itself suddenly after days of silence and claimed the invitations should never; have been sent. r In short, they - did not tell their people that they? reversed their position, or that ?by doing so they' presented the United States and, Britain with a propo sition which could not be honor- ably accepted, as their 'delegates well knew. f Typical Russian Style In typical Russian style Izves tia launched out with a , tirade about i a conspiracy ? between Britain and the United States to "unload the guilt of failure from a sick head to p healthy one." Now they could a not have dared this " pretense. - without leaving out the most important basic facts. f 4 ' Such palpable and plain de ceptions are naturally something new in major diplomacy into which' Russia has now come with a loud voice - To understand the tone and technique-you must first realize mat Izvestia is not a newspaper. An ; editorial taking jthe - same GRIN AND BEAR IT By Uchty "TC- s i'V . -i'yfcyi' mm i i MS, Jrf tJl t iVJtSr Mm jr. -. tone against Russia in this, coun . try would mean nothing more than the; expression of the man who wrote it, or the paper.' I ! Izvestia represents an escapist Russian i technique for express ing official announcements. The Izvestia editorial was just as of ficial as the Byrnes statement Hides Stalin's Views The soviet foreign office does not dare or care to take direct responsibility for its position, but goes; to the extent of hiding Stalin's J views visible, right be fore your eyes, in the guise of an editorial. This is a sort of legerdermain in which the ma gician stands with his back to the audience so all can plainly see whence the rabbits come, yet we and. the Russian people are supposed to pretend we do not know. These 1 deceptions represent what American scientists might term a (rhildlike personality. The Russian I mind is not childlike, but it is preponderantly a Slavic type of mind, and therefore an emotional mind, one easily given to mysticism. It is furthermore a peasant mind which further .accentuates its Slavic qualities. It can write bitter, dark litera ture, but the amount which ever attained; the quality as mild classics is small. Nor has it de veloped $ any; great art Offhand I cannot recall a single World masterpiece which is Russian. Entirely; Abstractions i The modern art which it pro duces, but in which it does not lead (the Spaniard Pecasse and the French led that movement) is devoted to abstractions en tirely. They have never produc ed anything I have heard the " world Call beautiful. In musie they have distinguished them selves and In the ballet they are supreme;! but only in the ballet of all the arts, , I think this is due to their domination hy politics. Russia is -ruled by what the psychiatrists would eaU political obsession. Nothing ! matters. The search for happiness which moves most .men was found to considerable extent among the common Rus sian -soldiers- by the returning . Americans who thought them " jovial companions. But not so in their politics, or their govern- .ment ' - Caa'f Laagh At Selves ' :Nor is the common search for .psychological peace evident in their1 characteristics, or if it is present fin any degree it is al ways subservient to the com munist restlessness for agitation, .3 strikes, faction. They are roman tic but j their .romanticism seek . expression in conviviality rather than in! the greater expressions of the soul, such as an apprecia tion of bature or poetry. This is a type of mind which cannot laugh at itself, and its mistakes, and therefore does not' easily recognize them. This accounts fully to me for the new tactics with which we are faced in dairy counterparts of the izvestia editorial. These are things the American people 'must know, not to criticize, to praise or scorn, but to under stand the - diplomatic and inter- '. national game in which we are involved..;'"'.;' ' .1 ; By Kenneth L. DIxea ! " MANILA, Oct 12W-"One ' of the biggest problems In this case," said an erstwhile lawyer who was an observer at the in dictment of Lt Gen. Tomoyuki "Yamashita for countless atrocij tie in the Philippines, "Will be ' to keep a sharp line drawn be tween . moral feuilt and legal guilt" . - , -"There Is no queition in anybody's mind of Yamashi ta's moral 1 guilt - V ' but as yet the .courts haven't . started hanging , -men for moral guilt If a man . rapes a girl and she subsequent ly commits suicide, then you and I know he is morally guilty of murder. But we only can con c vict him of rape.- j , "Unless ; we are planning to set up a brand new type of legal . procedure for these war crim4 inal trials - - and maybe that wouldn't be too bad an idea - -then regardless of Yamashita's moral guilt it is going to be nec essary to definitely establish his personal and legal responsibility, - for, one or more of these atroci- ' ties. ; ' - ' . This means when the Ameri can; military commission starts the trial of the Japanese general and accused war criminals on Oct 29 in the high commission-. er's former home here the Amer i kan generals sitting in judgment over Yamashi ta will have their work cut out for them to Jceep from confusing his. moral-and legal guilt " " Pablie Informatiea .'-'' Like the lurid details of a much! publicized murder case, Yamashita's moral . guilt is a matter, of general information. After all, he was in command of Japanese forces in the Philip pines from Oct. 9, 1944 until Sept 9, 1945. Witnesses to crimes com mitted under his command walk on every Manila street every road, pathway and trail in these islands. ! There are thousands who can not bear witness against him. 'l ueir j uodies ne beside or be neath ; those roads and trails. . Massacre .Story The massacre of more than 1000 civilians in northern Cebu. province last . November is a . story begging to be told. The people of Puerta Princess on Palawan island can describe, in detail the bayonetting, burn ing alive and shooting of 141 captured American soldiers Dec 14, 1944. The list goes on endlessly v If you' can shake off the sense- dulling repetition of detail and realize that each of these thou sands was a separate, breathing, life-loving human being, it be comes horrible reading. v' Other rrimes: . The rape of nurses at Philip ..' pine general hospital Feb. 19, 1945; brutal murder of Juda Jose Carlos and his brother, Xarvier, of De Lasalle college, 'and the slaying of more than so" 'others there on Feb. 7, 1945; th - rape of more civilian women at the same place; the rape nut 'only of women but small. girls on the streets of Manila, not once but many times, throughout th? hellish year; the maiming an-1 murder of six Spanish. Catholic priests and 20 other persons at San Marcelino church last Febr uary; the massacre of more than 50 people in the Philippine Red Cross building Feb. 10, 1945, and the burning of the building; the torture - and subsequent masi murder "of approximately 10WJ unarmed civilians around St. Paul's ; college, Manila, Feb. 9, ' 19451 -, Xaplng Told The raping--often resulting in deaths of hundreds of women and small girls in the vicinities, of the Bayview hotel, Alhapftra'"! apartment hotel, Miramofl a-'' partment hotel and Manila Jjotel throughout February.; the tor tures and burning alive of ci vilians in Singalong; the maim ing and massacuring of approx imately 1,000 in Cuenca village, Batangas province; another 500 in the town of San Jose; another 200 in Mataasnakahoy; another 1500 in the town of Santo To mas. ' The horrible mutilationand murder of more than 40 in Manila's Paco district that 'dread day of Feb. 10, 1945; the mis- treatment, wounding and killing of more than 12,000 in the town of Lipa, Batngas province, last February and March; 4000 more at Fort Santiago maimed, burn ed and buried alive; 7000 mas sacred at Calamba in Laguna province; 6000 more in St. Aug- j ustine church,' Manila. , On and on the list goes. Those are the. bare "highlights" of -atrocities for which Yamashita is morally guilty because certain ly as commanding general he could have prevented at least a little of what became a whole sale slaughter -campaign. 1 But proving him' legally f re sponsible and guilty may! be a different story. The Safety Valve LETTERS FROM 8TATESMAN READERS L . r- cumstances suggest it and regu late the whole as necessary to make lt most effective. 1 Thus would be provided an anchor of security against im position . . . and effective, agency for employment education, and service to- satisfy every desire and circumstance, alwas avail able for the realization of democracy. i Rl A. Harris, Salem, Oregon. LUMBERMAN DIES "New, Otis Tea knew yea never -went to' cohere pot down that had -J-Z. ?. I hotUe and stop pretending yeVre an jJttmnusr VjS f PORTLAND, Ore, Oct 12 -yip) 1 Charles S. Keith, 72,, Oregon lunv- berman, died in Missouri Tues day, business associates were in !;: formed ' today. Keith built the f Oregon-American Lumber com- i pany mill at Vernonia in 1924. He . been - retired or- several ' years: 'i i ' In the Meantime ' t To the Editor: What is a hungry soldier with out a job going to do While th wise guys are settling their dis , putes and working put a pro gram? ! And in speaking of a hungry soldier we mean the soldier who fought, on the assembly line as well as on the battle line and all other unemployed who seek employment The problem of peace has al ways : been the problem of the unprotected. If our wise planners will pro vide in some practical and per manent way for transition from unemployment to interesting self i sufficiency they will find they may forget their worries about . permanent jobs, high wages and standards of living. It is high time we understand that a "job" is not the last word in the dictionary of peace. A permanent department of service offering sustenance, ed ' ucation and assistance to Inde pendent elf-sufficiency - is ' the idea that screams 1 from every situation involving employment of "the unemployed. . Active,' thinking humanity seeks escape from sol identity as cogs in the machine of indus trial autocracy. It wants and de-' mands identity as co-operating : units i in advancing democracy with the vision of liberty rather than of the certain advanc of " the rule of the employer. .. " Instead of communism, social- . ism, or any other ism, and all of good or bad such terms imply to - those who favor or oppose them. it is -possible and necessary to extend to the unprotected the manifest advantages of progress. This, is the issue of peace and war, past, present and future. It Is the universal issue upon which reasonable people agree regard . lesa of their opinions Of this Ism ;or that .; " :'-" .'- ? The -sharing of these advant ages is prevented and the strong continue to rob the weak upon the sheer basis of custom, prece dent or other hocus pocus. Thisnation has, in the one feature that most distinguishes it namely, its great free school system, the nucleus of the roost certain, peace and greatness for . the future., j Simply extend free education to the soil, the shop, the labora tory, and the factory to what everextent is necessary to demonstrate self sustenance un der the improvements of pro gress. Then make this education, sustenance, service, and protec- I tic4 avaHablevto .all whose ch f SHU LINE TO EE-OPEN - PORTLAND, Ore, Oct. 12 -(P) Harold , K. Cherry today was named assistant district manager in charge of traffic by Robert E. Piper, district manager for Lurk en bach Steamship company. The appointment was one of several mad preparatory to re-establishing service here. 7 Mask-making is one of the most-ancient of arts. SIEVE II S Always Dependable STRIKING COSTUME JEWELRY Many Designs Enriched With BriUIaat Stone Opea a Acceant 1 13t Caart St
