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History from the files of The
Mall Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 veers ago.
10 YEARS AGO
April 25, 1953 (Saturday)
Front st. buildings are con
tracted for by a partnership
of three Medford business
men. Rogue River Boosters form
ed w promote a national
rooster crowing contest there.
20 YEARS AGO
April 25, 1943 (Sunday)
Jackson county sales in
second War Loan bond drive
reach total of $1,002,981.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "Health
experts urge people to 'keep
fit' and not throw any.. Tan
trums should be barred for
the duration."
30 YEARS AGO
April 25. 1933 (Tuesday)
Civilian Conservation corps
camDs to be opened in south
ern Oregon within three
weeks.
40 YEARS AGO
April 25. 1923 (Wednesday)
Southern Pacific officials
and Medford city councilmen
confer on Sixth st. crossing
problem with no decision
reached.
Crater Lake highway sched
uled to be opened to the lake
two weeks ahead of 1922 sea
son. SO YEARS AGO
April 25. 1913 (Friday)
Maude Adams, in "Peter
Pan," to open new Page thea
ter In Medford.
Mayor W. W. Eifcrt and
Medford city councilmen ap
prove promotion of Pat Mcgo
Irom olflcer to sergeant on
the night police force.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct It superior;
uvon or eight li tucctlcnt; live or
id It good.
1. Cusllllc and A r u g o n
when combined formed the
heart of what modern coun
try? 2. How many equinoxes arc
there each year?
:t. Who popularized the
term relativity?
4. On ChincolCHgui' Island.
V.i . there is an annual round
up of what wild animals?
S. Nitrate can be obtained
from air: true or false?
t). Where is the last strong
old of Nationalist China since
1050?
7. What man served as a
U. S. Senator, later as Presi
dent of the U. S. and later as a
Representative In Congress?
8. What English novelist
wrote "Great Expectations'"'
9. Will one cubic foot of
helium lift about an ounce, a
pound, or a ton?
10. Does El Salvador lie on
the Pacific or Atlantic coast
of Central America?
Answern 1. Spain. 3. Two.
3. Einstein. 4. Wild ponies. 5.
True. 6. Formosa. 7. John
Quincy Adann. 9. Charles
Dickens. 9. About an ounce.
10. Pacilic.
RELEASES PRISONERS
Tokyo - (UPii - Qpmmunist
China announced today it has
I till MMM Im.I, ,,, nric.
oner of war captured during
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mum i iiiiititK mat (Tiiitt-a
JFK OUIDES GROUP
Washington -iljPli President
Kennedy, acting as his own
White House guidt , Wednes
day took a group of 32 labor
leaders on a tour of the ex
ecutlvt mansion's private liv
ing quarters
Ok?
THURSDAY. APRIL 25, 1963
Danger On the Right
Gov. Mark Hatfield made an interesting
and, we believe, accurate remark the other day
at Phoenix, Ariz., where he was attending the
western governors' conference.
He said that the Fascists "are here now."
They have, he said, gained an aura of respecta
bility through backing from some business lead
ers. And he added :
"It tends to oversimplify but if you want to say
that the left wing is Communist oriented, then you must
recognize that the right wing is Fascist oriented and
they are both anti-American."
17HAT IS a Fascist?
" tends to follow the
And what is Fascism?
Webster's Third
says:
"Fascism ... (a) any regime with severely nation
alistic policies, exercLsing regimentation of industry,
commerce and finance, rigid censorship, and forcible
suppression of opposition, (b) any tendency toward or
actual exercise of severe autocratic or dictatorial con
trol (as over others within an organization)."
Hatfield also said:
"I have no doubt there are men engaged in the
fantasies of sitting in the White House in uniform and
engaging in a blood bath in carrying out their hate
campaigns.
"The blood bath would mean the literal destruction
of the minorities Jews, Catholics and Negroes."
IN OUR view, since the end of World War II
I'whir'h w9b fnno-ht tn rlnrrnv FuKfiym iihrnarll
the dangers of this ideology have been over
looked. This is only natural, since our attentions
have been focused on the
munism an equally hateful form of despotism
which in many of its methods and teachings is
almost indistinguishable
But there has always been an incipient Fas
cism in the United States, and it has popped
into the open in times of stress. William Dud
ley Pelly's Silver Shirts, the Nazi - American
Bund, of pre-war days, the Ku Klux Klan, the
John Birch Society
out-and-out Fascistic, or leaned in that direction.
We will be doing ourselves a disservice if, in
our preoccupation with Communism, we over
look the potential dangers of our native Fascists
GOVERNOR Hatfield also said:
"I have no time for the extremists or fanatics of
either wing of the spectrum . . . Both do violence to
the basic concepts of the respective (political) parties
as well as American ideals. Often, Lhcy are similar in
the camouflage and disguises they use."
We agree fully except as to having "no
time" for them. We'd better take -time to inform
ourselves of the dangers to American liberty,
civil rights, democratic procedures and all the
other rights and privileges we hold dear.
"Eternal vigilance is
never truer than it is today. And the vigilance
must be in all directions, and not be half-blind
ed by seeing the danger from the left while ig
noring the danger from the right E.A.
Bay Area Rivalry
In California particularly in the Los An
geles area, and to a lesser extent in the Bay re
gion it is not unusual to have a whole lot of
contiguous cities, where the city limit of one
is also the city limit of the next.
There are fewer of these in Oregon. But to
the small list, add one. Coos Bav and North
Bend, neighbors und perennial rivals, now touch
each other, where for years they have been sep
arated by an unincorporated "strip."
In an election the other day, the residents of
tne strip voted to annex
J70R SOME reason we
to fathom fully, but
complex ol teelings and emotions about city
pride, jealousy and rivalry, the residents of the
Coos Ray-North Bend-Empire region have al
ways resisted becomine
wnoie area is mult up,
barriers between the communities of any
icance.
Perhaps now that Coos Bay and North Bend
are cheek by jowl, instead of almost cheek by
jowl, the citizens of the area will be Impelled
to review the consolidation proposal again, be
fore too long.
It was narrowly defeated last November. But
IIIC Sil l ) annexation vote, Willie ClOSC (llo It)
97) may indicate a continued swing in the di-
rection of a consolidation.
Some day, we believe, the communities will
join. E.A.
Statistics
Here are some vital statistics for April, 1868:
This is the -'oth day of April. So far 28 traf
fic deaths have been recorded this month in Ore
gon. On April -. 1962, '-'() persons had died.
This is the 116th day of 1963. So far this year,
142 people have died in traffic. Last year, 11!'
had succumbet
by this
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77117 Again?
On the cover of the current issue of a maga
zine devoted in large part to pictorial studies of
feminine anatomy ana masculine deeds of der-ring-do
is this teaser:
"Lady Chatteiiy's Lover L'nexpurgated
condensation." E.A.
ft V
One who adheres to, or
teachings of, Fascism.
International Dictionary
cold war with Com
from fascism.
all of these were either
the price of liberty" was
to Coos Hay.
have never been able
probably involving a
one citv, althoueh the
ana there arc
lit) actual
3ignif-
datt
K.A.
Department
"Well, Back To
... Communications
Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although under
certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible.
The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification end
condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters
printed in this column do
contrary is often the case.
Bast Possible Park
To the Editor: The unani
mous agreement of state and
federal officers on the im
portance of the Oregon Dunes
National Seashore makes it
almost certain to be establish
ed by congress this year. Let
us hope that it is the finest
possible park
This can be accomplished
only if the area between the
highway and the lakes is pro
tected and available for rec
reational use. The lakes are
the ntural eastern bound
ary. Unless they are the
boundary, we will have a
corridor of unrestrained com
mercial exploitation running
through the heart of this
great recreational area.
Senator Neuberger has in
troduced a bill that is a fair
compromise of all points of
view. It permits the private
homes presently there to re
main, but protects the unde
veloped land from being de
spoiled. Its passage would
mean that our children will
be able to see and enjoy this
wonderful area as we have.
It would benefit Oregon's
third largest industry, too, the
tourist industry, for it would
be a nationally known recre
ational area that would bring
people to Oregon from across
the country.
Mrs. David Burch
Vice Chairman.
Benton County Demo
cratic Central Commit
tee, Corvallis, Ore.
Rally Against Communism
To the Editor: Until (wo
years ago we thought that the
Monroe Doctrine was a Mag
inot Line for the defense of
this hemisphere against the
aggressive march of commu
nism. But the Soviet pres
ence in Cuba has made litis i
doctrine obsolete, and has de-!
fied us in the teetlt of our
military might. Today Cuba
has become a challenge to
our hemispheric safety, and
is bristling with all kinds of
intrigues and conspiracies
which aim at the overthrow
of all Die regimes In Latin
America. It is lite duty of
every American to be on con
stant guard against the per
ils of international commu
nism which is ninety miles
away from our shores. On us
lies the sacred duly not onl
to defend this countrv from
th,s menace, but all the free
governments ol Asia. Africa
and Latin America.
Some months ago m form
ed the Council For Freedom
And Democracy, a non-profit
corporation In Washington
which has a number of prom
inent mcbers of the Congress
on its board The objectives
of our Council are to impress
upon tne countries of Asia.
Africa and Latin America the
bnflls and accomplUhmenti
if the democratic wav of life
.ind to warn them against the
alien and totalitarian doc
trines which arc likely to
impede their economic de
velopment. In doing so nol
only do we win the friend
ship of the newly independ
ent countries but we also
atrengthtn the frontiers ol
our democracy.
Though we know everj
patriotic American is againsl
Communism, we would like
to hear from your readers
who are eager lo acl with Us
In these positive steps against
Communism. With their help
W can build an effective
American organization thai
will const ruclively assist in
meeting the challenge ol
Communism on all fronts and
a!I continents
D G Savarkar.
Executive Vice-President
Council For Freedom
.ind Democracy .
P.O. Box 1347,
Woodhavcn 31, N Y
M-DFORD MAIL TRIBUNE.
The Old Grind"
not necessarily represent the
Still Whittling
To the Editor: and those
who called to find why I am
keeping so still:
Too rainy. I whistle all day
when it's cloudy to keep my
spirits up, and 1 can't write
and whistle at the same time.
Crowing hens may come to
a bad end, but this ol' hen has
whistled most of her years.
Father said 1 whistled before
I could talk, and the trail lead
ing to a bad ending looks like
a smooth one-way highway to
me, but that ending place
must be around a curve some
place. You may stop sending those
pretty "get well" cards, for I
am able to do my home-work
now.
My flowers are blooming
and I am learning to live by
myself in this old house. It
makes little creaking noises
when the wind blows at night,
but it doesn't matter since I
can't sleep much anyhow.
You writer friends who ask
directions for coming to call
on me will find me at 307
South Fourth st., Jacksonville
if I'm here. I roam a bit. Call
899-1637 first.
If you drive, turn left bc-
Iwecn the Myrtle Shop and
Jubilee restaurant after pass
ing the post office. Three
blocks hillward, left corner of
Fourth and Fir-a light green
house with brown trim.
If coming by bus ask the
driver to let you off at the
Myrtle Shop, and hike.
I'm seldom here from nine
til five Wednesdays, Thurs
days and Fridays.
Just got the air mattress out
lo put under the sleeping bag.
Bet you guessed it leaks air.
It docs!!
Everything gels old. Yours
for getting rid o' Father Time.
Pearl Spackman
Jacksonville. Ore.
International Outlaw
To the Editor: I have here
a letter from Senator Morse
and 1 have his permission to
have it reprinted in Commu
nications. The last paragraph should
be enough to see which way
we are headed.
Ray Prlchard
414 South First si.
Central Point, Ore.
Deat Mr. Prlchard: Thank ;
you very much for your letter :
of March 14 in which you ex-1
nnutxiMl vnnr pnnenrn nvnr on.
at
lions of the United States In
the arena of world affairs.
It is my belief that soate
form of check should Oe es
tablished over the Central In
telligence Agency. The notion
popularized by Allen Dulles
that the CIA is sacrosanct is
completely contrary to the
democratic form of govern
ment. Congress at the present
time has no power whatsoever
"It's lika eonUmporary
eye and out the oiher!"
MEDFORD. OREGON
Proposed
From Red
By ARTHUR J. DOMMEN
United Press International
Hong Kong 'UPIi Commu
nist China, which always ob
jects to intervention by other
countries in Asian nations'
affairs, has made known its
displeasure over the prospec
tive new nation of Malaysia.
State Chairman Liu Shao
chl has expressed the opinion
that the proposed Malaysian
federation is a "trap of neo
colonialism." Millions of Chinese live In
the territories which will
form the federation next Aug.
31.
Peking's official opposition
to the plan appears to be de
vised more to appeal to sym
pathetic factions and to stir
up trouble than to prepare
the ground for any forcible
obstruction, either diplomatic
or military.
In the opinion of Commu
nist affairs observers. Peking
can make use of the conflict-
views of the paper; in fact the
to check the activities of the
CIA.
For this reason I have sup
ported efforts to create a joint
committee which would over
see the intelligence activities
of the United States. The joint
committee has been very suc
cessful in maintaining Con
gressional control over Ihe
atomic energy program of the
United States and could do
the same with the intelligence
activities.
There is good reason to feel,
as you do, that the United
States may take the aggres
sive role in world affairs.
Within the Pentagon the de
mand for a pre-emptive strike
increases all the lime. I for
one will never urge that the
United States make itself an
international outlaw forever
by engaging in preventive
war.
Wayne Morse
U. S. Senate
Washington, D C
Parade A Success
To the Editor: This is to
express my appreciation to
the many persons who helped
make this year's 10th Annual
Pear Blossom Festival Par
ade a success:
To all the committee mem
bers who planned and worked
on the arrangements for sev
eral months; to the members
of the Retail Merchants, both
downtown and the shopping
center groups; to the Medford
Junior Chamber of Com
merce and the Medford Po
lice Department for their
assistance in assembling and
running the parade: all the
bands and marching units
who participated; all the
youngsters and organizations
that entered to make this
1963 parade a very success
ful affair.
A very special thank you
to the Medford Mail Tribune
for excellent publicity and
coverage of the special event
and the parades; and to
KMED-TV and the several
radio stations throughout the
valley for their promotion of
this annual event.
Mrs. John L. (Kay) Mansfield
President.
Pear Blossom Festival
Committee.
Medford.
This Is America
To the Editor: I would like
10 "Uggesi mat you cnangc
the name of your ' Commu-
nioatlons column to read
"Complaincrs Corner." 1 am
really appalled at the altitude
of so many people these
days. It seems that the thing
to do is sit back and com
plain, then wait for "George"
to do something about it. I'm
sure that our forefathers
must be turning over in their
graves!
I read
Mr Benson's letter
music only this goes in onr
' : ill "
Malyasian
China; Friction Stir -
ing currents surrounding Ma- i away a diplomatic opportu-
laysia to foster just the prop- nity of the first order. Quot
i cr degree of friction among j ing Sukarno approvingly fur
neighbors whose previous re- thers Peking's aims much
lations have been peaceful. ! more efficiently.
Peking's stand is carefully ! By declaring its opposition
: phrased to make maximum
advantage of Indonesia Presi
dent Sukarno's well known
feelings on the subject.
Thus. Liu Shao-chi's speech
J at Denpasar. Bali, on April
I 18, stated according to the
official New China News
Agency:
"The Indonesian govern
I mcnt opposes the neo-colonial-!
ist scheme for Malaysia and
supports the people of North
Kalimantan in their struggle
tir inHrimnHrnro anri frpp-
dom. T It e Chinese govern-' Vienna - In a rather dusty, , dust ethnological surround
ment and people resolutely ! half-deserted room in the lo-1 ings. The Quetzal Crown
support the just stand and
great efforts of President Su
karno and the Indonesian gov
ernment, and arc convinced
that such efforts will surely
achieve satisfactory results."
To have said merely that I
Ihe Chinese government op
poses the Malaysia scheme
would have been to throw-
in your column and also the
One Mr. McCabe wrote on
t he same subject. However,
I have heard the other side
of the story. loo. and I'm not
so sure that many people
bothered to find out about
it. I'll never believe that the
members of our school board
are not acting in the best way
to benefit the people of our
community. After all, they
are taxpayers, loo. as arc the
members of our school ad
ministration! The Eagle Point schools
are growing at an astounding
rate and yet the administra-
tion has managed to keep the
standards man. litis is cer
tainly nol done by someone
who is only interested in fill
ing his pockets. As for full
pockets, President Kennedy
certainly is not lacking in
that capacity, and yet he re
ceives a salary worthy of the
President of the United
States. These men have more
important things than mon
ey on their minds, such as the
welfare of our children and
the betterment of our coun
try. There were also a couple
of other letters that were
certainly worthy of notice.
One was signed "Name on
File" in the April 18 edition
and the other was from "Out
sider Ditto" in the April 22
edition. We've all heard the
expression that you only get
out of an organization what
you put into it. This is true
of a community, too. New
people and new ideas are al
ways welcome in Eagle Point.
Those who live in a shell of
self pity are certainly not
contributing anything: there
fore, what do they expect in
return? There is a place in
every community for all types
of people, but each person
must find his own place and
step into it. After all, litis is
America! This country was
built by free men through
free enterprise. No one did
it for them; they got out and
did it for themselves. Let's
all get out and do our pari I
so as to be worthy of the her-!
itage inose great men nave
to us.
Thank you, Mr. Editor, and
please DO print my name. I
sincerely believe in what 1
Strictly Personal
By Sydney
Field Enterprises. Inc.
PERSONAL PREJUDICES
The two rarest public types
in the world of politics are
the liberal who knows what
requires to be changed and
the conservative who knows
which things are worth eon
serving but these arc only
one out of a thousand, in both
camps.
Small children instinc
tively feel more at home
with animals than with
adults; and this natural af
finity. I think, is simply
thai animals do not pretend
to be, or feel, what they are
not.
Some critic? pay so much
veneration to the authors of
antiquity not so much out of;
reverence tor the clean as out
of spite and envy toward the
living
The fatal flaw that for
ever prevents the clever
man from becoming t h e
wise man is his refusal to
accept !he truth of La
Rouchefoucauld maxim:
"On peut etre plus fin qu'un
autre, mais non pas plus fin
que tous les autres"-"One
person can be astuter than
another, but nol astuter
than all the others."
A person may not believe
your flattery, and may like
you no better for it, but still
he cannot help being pleased
that you consider him worth
flattering.
When we say that some
ona has "independent
means.'' we usually mean
precisely the opposite - that
he or she has inherited or
Nation Draws Fire
to Malaysia, Peking also cur
ries sympathy with the Chi
nese in Singapore, who face
the prospect of being a mi
nority in the emerged feder
ation government by a Malay-
stock government
To potential sympathizers
in tile Borneo territories, Pe -
Matter of Fact
to New York Herald
cal ethnological m u s e u m,
spread out in
-1 U ,.Un...
tcrs a
jewels
few:
: Alwp
I have done.
ever
The design us simple. From
headband patterned with
smaller feathers, bright blue
and red and yellow, and sewn
with row upon row of heavy
sequins of pure gold, the high
coronet of quetzal feathers
soars outwards and upwards,
blue-green, iridescent, a 1 1
glory and all grace.
The crown u-ed to be called
the "Cape of Montezuma"; for
its form is cape-like when
it is flattened out, although
it was in fact a royal head
; dress. Whether the prince who
wore the Quctzel Crown was
truly Cortez's unhappen Em-
peror-captivc, no one nowa
days can be quite sure.
rFHERE is no doubt, how
ever, that it is one of the
few surviving objects from
the extraordinary collection
Aztec and Maya feather
works, gold and emerald
flowers from the jewelry-gardens
of the Inca, and the like
-that the Conquistadors sent
home to Spain, to show the
king, their master, what man
ner of lands they had con
quered. Only the bullion and
the jewels mattered much to
the Spanish Court, so almost
all these marvels are now
lost.
Yet. somehow or other, the
Quetzal Crown came into the
possession of Archduke Fer
dinand of Tyrol, that all-voracious
collector who gather
ed everything from narwhal
horns and two-headed calves
and stuffed crocodiles to the
finest books, most glorious
pictures, and richest armor of
his time. His daughter was
the ugliest woman in Europe;
but profitable marriage was
the policy of the Hapsburg
House. Thus the Quetzal
Crown came to Vienna.
It is odd to find this most
superb of all remaining soti-
Aztec Em Ire Tn 0h
. ,
f .u . ..I n,-l
have said. Also. I'm proud to
DC a resident oi cagie ruiiuij.. FrcHrrirk it i..r,,-
' and the Rogue Valley and
: I'm proud lo live in America!
Mrs. Keith Krambeal
' Eagle Point. Ore.
J. Harris
married money and is de
pendent upon the legacy
achieved through another's
efforts. Such "indepen
dence" most often exacts a
high price.
Watching a beautifully
groomed and skillfully made-
mT I, k T !a5T k
" 1"
gcrs and adjusting her coat
collar, it occurred to me that
If a woman lacks repose all
her contrived appeal turns to
ashes in the beholders eyes;
and a woman who is overly-
conscious of being well turned
out. and preoccupied with the
impression she is creating, ut-
it-. i ucauujri wuii sue . uv -
jng to achieve
(And wasn't il Madame
Recamier's definition or a
"lady" that "she never
thinks of being one"?)
To explain away a mistake
is a more grievous error than
making the mistake in the
first place - the consequences
of making a mistake can usu
ally be rectified, but the habit
of explaining sway prevents
all future learning and
growth.
If people were prevented
from chattering about the
recent books they have
read, nine-tenths of the vol
umes on the best seller list
would perish in their first
edition.
Knowledge is power only
when it is based on self-knowledge;
otherwise it becomes ei
ther ineffectual or self-destructive.
UpSeen
king speaks of Mai a y a n
Prime Minister Tengku Ab
dul Rahman's "ambition to re
d u c e Brunei, Sarawak and
North Borneo to colonies of
the Malayan federation."
The men in Peking are con
fident that the new federation
will be open to infiltration
and subversion by Red agents,
and that the lack of experi
ence In self-government will
expose the new nation's po-
, tential stability to undermin-
1 ing.
By Joseph Alsop
Tribune Syndicate
i would be more at home one
! cannot help feeling, in the
, , a treasure rooms of the Aus
c a s e UKe a, . .
brilliant but-1 lrlan Imperial Palace, the
t e r f 1 y pre- i Hofburg, where they show
served in an i 'he regalia of the Holv Ro.
unworthy box, man Empire,
the Quetzal ...
Crown shim
mers and glitvriiHE Quetzel Crown would
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, Empire's Coronation Cape.
Yet, as an object heavy with
i romance, it could make no
mgher claim than the cape
makes. The cape has other
competitors in the treasure
rooms - the Crown of ihe
Empire, made for Olho the
Great 900 years ago. but now
lacking Otho's greal Talisman-Jewel
which Walthcr von
der Vogelweide called the
"wise" stone and the Holy
Lance of Lombardy: and the
Gospels of the Empire, let
tered in gold and silver on
purple vellum in the Palace
' School of Charlemagne
Yet of all these, somehow.
Ihe Coronation Cape is best.
It is scarlet silk, embroid
ered in gold and colors. In
its center is the Tree of Life
-the oldest motif in the his
tory of art, coming from Su
mer itself, from the first civ
ilized men. Flanking the Life
Tree are lions attacking the
camels - the ancient Asian
animal style's classical motif
of the combat between flesh
eater and grass-eater, which
you will find in other ver
sions in Scythian goldworks,
In lite earliest reliefs from
the Acropolis at Tthens, in
the Ordos bronzes, and over
and over again elsewhere.
The border of this rich hut
savage garment bears an
Arabic inscription, wishing
health, prosperity, and joy to
the "king." The king was
Roger II of the Norman Dy
nasty in Sicily, who reigned
in the twelfth century. Rog
er's weavers used Arabic be
cause the Norman knights
who won the rich island never
displaced its Greco-Saracen
culture. There were only a
few hundred of them against
several million Sicilians; and
the Normans were rude sav
ages in any case, in compar
ison to Ihe people they con
quered. , FT MT """ 01
Sicily, t h e Coronation
Cape came down to the
strangcst genius of the Dark
mundi. The marvel of the
world wore the cape at his
coronation as Holy Roman
Emperor; and it was used
thereafter at each succeeding
imperial coronation, until Na
poleon's unhappy Austrian
father-in-law glumly pro
claimed the dissolution of
the Holy Roman Empire, by
Napoleon's peremptory com
mand. Look at the Quetzal Crown
and you remember Cortez's
march from the sea, and the
captivity of Montezuma, and
the glories of ihe Palace of
the Birds, and the long, hard
fight on the Causeway, and
the Aztec warriors terrified
by the Spanish horses, and
I last- improbable triumph
i ol tne Conquistadors
I Look al lhe Coronation
Cape, and you arc reminded
of Norman5 si.
cily mucn a$ Cortcz an h
mcn sejzed Mcxi and o
Frcdcnck and his lo st .
,c wUn (hfi p t
loncs of Krcdcri5Sf wlsdom
and wickedne and the sad
1 ja,iL pai- i .
i of Frederick's race.
OUT above all. both crown
and cape are beautiful yet
stern reminders that even the
mightiest empires are born,
as men are born, with their
ends foreordained Wealth
and power, splcnder and
learning come to dust, or at
least to a mureum cupboard,
at the last. To some states,
only a generation is given,
to some ten. to some twenty;
but twenty generations Is a
long lease.
This fact of history is too
easily forgottcn-which is why
it may be well to reflect, for
a moment, on the Coronation
Cape and the Quetzal Crown
in this very different age of
Kennedy, Khrushchev, and
the H-bomb, when men have
the power to bring history
itself to an end
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