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W HO ’S NEWS
THIS W EEK...
Thursday, September 16, 1937
Scenes and Persons in the Current News
By L em u e l F. Parton
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EW YORK. — Possibly better
•I ’ than “horse and buggy” days
would be “square-rigger” days as
though the government officially re a phrase of poignant retrospect.
There was a touch
mains neutral.
Further, if our President declared Sea A ncients of nostalgia in the
that war existed between Japan and Stow Engines amazingly expert
press stories and
China, doubtless Japan would be in S ail Race
beautiful pictures
encouraged to declare war on China
formally. In that event the Jap of the Newport getaway of the Con
anese immediately would establish rad and the Seven Seas—the only
a naval blockade of the Chinese seaworthy square-riggers left in
America—on their recent race to
coast.
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Bermuda. Both boats have Diesel
In some quarters in Washington, engines, for emergencies, but they
one will hear arguments that the stow all that, and it is perhaps a
United S t a t e s bit tactless to bring it up now. This
Some Say
ought to continue is a machine age holiday.
With all its shortcomings, the
H an d » O ff
t0 keeP its hands
off the Far East power age does enable some people
situation. That school of thought to make enough money to get away
takes the position that the United from it once in a while. Young G.
States is not obligated either from a Huntington Hartford, owner of the
moral standpoint or from the neces Conrad, is the inheritor of a $200,-
sity of protecting American inter 000,000 chain-store fortune. That’s
ests, to use force in putting Japan a good beginning for anyone who
wants to voyage back into past ep
back within its own borders.
The basic reason why these think ochs—whether his taste is for old
ers argue against a firm American houses, old prints, old ships, or even
attitude, however, is that China nev a horse and buggy. Simplicity
er has been subjugated. China has comes high. Mr. Hartford spent
been attacked; it has been over $75,000 getting the Conrad in racing
run from many quarters and it is trim.
now being overrun again; but it has
One doesn’t think of a demon
never been conquered. That sounds 1 sauash player as a sailing man, but
like a broad statement but history Mr. Hartford was a squash racquets
proves its truth.
The Chinese wizard in his undergraduate days at
through all of their thousands of Harvard, in the class of 1933. He
years of history have managed to is the only son of Mrs. Henrietta G.
survive and maintain their racial Hartford, of Newport and Charles
characteristics and traditions. They ton, getting about a lot, having a
never have sought additional terri wonderful time and probably not
tory. They have been content to do “wishing you were here.”
things in their own way and to ab
He takes a hand in all sorts of
sorb Western civilization slowly. In sports, and probably stirs more
other words, the Chinese have gen n u c ' a
envy with this
erally allowed human nature to O ld G affers
square-rigger face
change only as human nature does D ream A b o u t than in anything
change through the years.
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he has done or
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Washington. — More and more
newspapers throughout the country
are
demanding
B ru ta l
that the President
Jap an
invoke the terms
of the American
Neutrality act with respect to the
war—undeclared though it is—that
is raging on Chinese soil. These
editorial expressions obviously will
have considerable weight and will
convince a very great number of
American citizens that President
Roosevelt ought to invoke the neu
trality act and, by so doing, pro
claim that Japan is the aggressor.
That, in simple terms, is what a
presidential announcement of ap
plication of the neutrality act would
mean.
There probably has never been a
brutality comparable to the un
speakable outrage which Japan is
committing in China; certainly,
never in modern times. It is a
stain upon the name of the Jap
anese people and the smooth work
1—Insurgent troops, led by a single brass horn, tri umphantly take over Santander, last important Spanish
ing of the Japanese military machine
government post on northern coast. 2—Maybe Max Schmeling is whispering to Mike Jacobs, promoter,
will never be able to offset the hos
what he’ll do to Joe Louis in the bout next June for which Mike signed him. 3—Out of breath, but not run
tility which the subjects of the Ris
ning from the Chinese is little Princess Yori-No-Miya, fourth daughter of the emperor and empress of Japan,
ing Sun are creating by this display
seen in sports at a Tokyo school.
of brutality.
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Although the Tokyo government
has yet to say it is fighting a war,
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Battle Infantile Paralysis Wave
the Japanese aggression in China is
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just as much a war as though the
United States and Canada had taken
up arms aga'itisteach other and had
Mobile, Ala. — Addley Baker,
proclaimed to tHfe world that they
twenty-five-year-old seaman pic
were belligerents. The very fact
tured here, swam a raging sea for
that there has been no declaration
i more than 25 hours to secure rescue
of war, however, complicates the
for the crew of the sinking freighter
situation as regards the United
Tarpon, off Panama City, Fla. His
States and Great Britain. Unless
these nations, along with some oth
ers which have interests in China,
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are willing to shoulder the re
But what of other world powers? many an old gaffer dreaming he is
sponsibility that comes when an out
side nation says publicly that two Lately, the Chinese have entered in | out on the yardarm in a gale, and
to a treaty with that—according to the Prophet Joel
powers are at war, neither nation
W hat of
Soviet Russia by —is as it should be, providing the
can afford to endanger its neutral
position by saying to the world that O th e r Pow ers? which that nation young men keep up with their vi
promises not to sions.
Japan is trying to subjugate portions
participate in war against China.
of China.
Mr. Hartford bought the Conrad
That is exactly what is happening. The treaty is simple enough and yet from Capt. Alan Villiers, Australian
In spite of the declaration of the what is written there is only a shad book sailor who sailed her all over
Japanese statesmen that their mili ow of what it all means. The So the world in his literary argosy. She
tary machine is only protecting viet, while apparently not desiring had settled down in the valhalla of
Japanese nationals, the whole af to engage Japan in hostilities, is old ships at Brooklyn when Mr.
fair may be treated as pure hypoc unwilling to see Japan go too far in Hartford brought her to life again.
risy—as a movement by the Jap extending her frontier. It is only a The ship was built more than 50
anese to gain control of new re short while since Japan set up the years ago by the Danish govern
sources, new land, over which the puppet state of Manchukuo. It bor ment, which later used her as a'
teeming millions from Japan may ders on Russian territory and the training ship. Her proper name is
run as (he hordes of Chinese are feeling along that border has been the Georg Stage. She’s a proud,
displaced. The whole thing shows none too harmonious. It seems quite staunch old ship, with two full suits
heroic work made it possible for a
how long we have been fooled by the logical then that the Soviet was de of sails, decks of teak and two brass
Preston Springs, Ont.—One of the most serious infantile paralysis coast guard cutter to save eleven
persuasiveness of the Japanese sirous of showing to Japan the pos cannon on the poop deck. She is
sibility of an attack from two sides 100 feet 8 inches on the waterline, epidemics in years has struck the United States and Canada. Science is men and recover the body of Capt.
statesmen.
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testing the efficiency of zinc sulphate nose sprays as a preventive among W. G. Barrow, who went down with
You may ask: What can we do if Japan forces her tentacles too far
aron konstantin von neu - 5,000 children in this Canadian town, where there was a dangerous out the ship. The crew had life pre
about it? The answer is exceeding inland in continental Asia.
Also, it ought to be mentioned that
RATH, German foreign minis break. Dr. John Hauch of the Hagmeier clinic is shown treating one of servers and clung to wreckage,
ly difficult. I have a fear that we
awaiting Baker’s return.
can do nothing because of the in the treaty between the Soviet and ter, asserts the right and intention the district children.
China
may
be
influential
in
Europe.
of
Germany
to
organize
Nazi
units
ternational policies that the United
abroad. The dec
States pursued during the adminis The general understanding is that
HITLER’S HALF-BROTHER
First “Trailer Widow” Seeks Lift
trations of Presidents Coolidge and Hitler has committed Germany to N a zis A b ro a d laration comes at
the peak of a
Hoover and those that are continu the aid of Japan if the Soviet moves O rg a n iz e to
against the island power. Besides
drive by the reich
ing under President Roosevelt.
B ack H itle r
to solidify and in
Only once in all of those years did this circumstance, the Soviet is un
the American government speak out willing, if one may judge circum doctrinate its minorities in all
firmly concerning the apparent Jap stances of the last two years, to en European countries and to unite
anese plans and on that occasion courage the ill will of Great Britain. Germans everywhere behind the na
the assistance given the United Dictator Stalin does not want to tional socialist regime.
In this activity, Herr von Neurath
States by Great Britain and Prance have Great Britain and France ar
amounted to little more than a whis rayed against him and he can see seems to have displaced the frenetic
obviously that Great Britain and Rosenberg, of whom not much has
per.
France, as well as the United been heard lately. The foreign min
So now the patience of a great States,
must favor China.
ister is of the ancient Junker clan,
many people is wearing rather
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close in with the monarchists and
thin. I think also, from what I hear
Word comes by cable from Paris the army, of aristocratic feudal
in diplomatic circles, that the Brit that
the French government has na background, and his new ascendan
ish lion has begun to bare his teeth
tionalized all of cy is interpreted by some observ
and unsheath his claws. Again, to
Takes O v er the railroads with- ers as an indication of the increas
what purpose I do not know, because
R ailro ad s
in the borders of ing dominance of his allied groups,
the United States and Great Britain
that nation. It os against the newcomers who head
thus far have discussed no plan for may be that this news
item will be the Nazi party.
acting in unison. Certainly, with passed over by many persons
He stems from pre-war Germany,
out concerted action between them the remark that the condition is with
i a hefty, ruddy, stag-hunting aristo
and including France, little can be eral thousand miles across the sev-
At crat, of an ancient Wuerttemberg
accomplished. It does seem that lantic. It is, however, a most sig
dynasty, with slicked gray hair and
they could get together because of nificant
Berlin, Germany.—This rare pho
step
because
France,
along
the community of interests but eith with the United States and Great close-cropped gray mustache. He tograph of Alois Hitler, oldest half-
was
a
student
of
law.
entering
the
er the United States lacks leader
long has held to the idea consular service in 1900. Serving in brother of the Nasi dictator, was
ship in the circumstance, or there Britain,
Revere, Mass.—Mrs. Sadie Hahn, fifty-six, believes she is the nation’s
that
private
and private many foreign capitals, he was am taken over Alois’ indignant protest.
are some bugs under the British brains always initiative
first
“trailer widow." She married Paul Hahn, fifty-five, last year in a
He
does
not
permit
himself
to
be
are
better
than
gov
and French chips about which we ernment initiative and government bassador to Rome from 1922 to 1930, photographed if he can help it. He Dalworth, Texas, trailer camp, and spent their honeymoon in a trailer.
and formed a warm friendship with keeps a small inn in Berlin and Recently be deserted her here, taking the car, but leaving her the
do not know. I repeat that in the
Mussolini, whom he characterized
face of Japan's devastating actions brains.
trailer in order, perhaps, that she might pick up a “lift" home.
I call attention to this develop as the ideal ruler. He dislikes pub shuns the limelight.
and the ever-growing threat of her ment
for
another
reason.
It
hap
appearances and rarely makes
overlordship in the Far East, these pens that about three years ago lic
three powers ought to work out an members of President Roosevelt’s a speech or grants an interview.
understanding by which they can so-called Brain Trust were planning
HEN the President Hoover
trim the wings of the Japanese v ar ' exactly the same thing for the Unit
was hit by an airplane bomb,
birds.
ed States.
Admiral Harry E. Yarnell assumed
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Strangely, the terms by which the emergency command of all Ameri
As the fighting continues on Chi French government, which is now
can shipping in
nese soil and as one disturbing act completely socialistic, took over the Rules A r e O ff Far Eastern wa
after another is railroads of France are identical
ters. Since this
Tough
committed by the with those which were under consid W h e n Japs
isn’t a real war,
F
ig
h
t
C
h
in
a
P roblem
Japanese, I imag eration by the Roosevelt Brain
just what he can
ine many persons Trust.
do about such random shooting isn't
are going to inquire why the United
It may be news to many persons quite clear—there are no rules to
States does not brave world diplo to learn that the bunch of theorists I govern the present situation—but. at
macy and invoke the neutrality act. who infest our government once | any rate, he’s riding herd on our
In that eventuality, there ought to actually drafted a bill for action by ships and doing the best he can.
be a clear understanding of the congress to nationalize the Ameri
In the Boxer uprising, at the turn
various implications and results can railroads. That bill would have of the century, he was an ensign
that would flow from such an Amer taken over the rail lines for their on the U. S. S. Yorktown. As Amer
ican action. In the first instance, bonded indebtedness and would ica pursued her “manifest destiny,"
Japan is now virtually self-sufficient have left nothing at all for the stock he hasn't missed any of the major
in the matter of munitions. If we holders. The French radicals have excitements since then. Previously
declare an embargo against ship done exactly that thing in national he had been in the Spanish-Ameri
ment of war materials to the fight izing the French railroads.
can war and the Philippine insur
ing nations, I believe it is generally
It may be that "It can't happen rection. He helped occupy Vera
agreed the action would hurt China here," but I must confess a very Cruz and he was an aide on the
more than it would hurt Japan. It deep fear. It seems to me the time staff of Admiral Hugh Rodman
would result in cutting oft supplies has arrived for those who believe when our ships were serving with
which the Chinese sorely need. in ownership of their own homes, the British grand fleet in the World
Americans are wholly willing to possession of their own money— war. He rose in the navy through
sell supplies to them because, gen whether the sum be small or large hia mastery of engineering tech
Nothe Fort, England.—A gun ere* goes into action as it wards off an imaginary enemy daring recent ma
erally speaking, it is apparent that —to awaken to the trend of world niques.
neuvers at this post which guards Portland harbor. The soldiers are from the Dorset Heavy Brigade, Royal
the sympathies of American indi events.
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Artillerv. Territorial Armv.
W N V Seraica.
viduals are with the Chinese even
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