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This Week h Arthur Brisbane Revolution? , No A Fight in Technocracy More Debt Talk One 6-Year Term . President Edward A. O'Neal of the . American Farm Bureau federation startles you with this : "Unless some thing Is done for the American farmer, we will have revolution In the coun tryside in less than twelve months." And John A. Simpson; president of the Farmers' union, says: "The big gest and finest crop of revolutions you ever saw Is sprouting all over this country right now." Mr, Simpson says he has seen "rev olutions against the courts." This is the first real talk about revolution, and It is Just as well to have It. That which Is freely dis cussed rarely happens. This country Is too big for revolu tion, and too sensible. It would be foolish to shoot, when you have the ballot, Baflots should make bullets unnecessary, except among Idiots. But, there may be unpleasant riot ing, and here and there farmers dom-i lnatlng a state, and controlling Its legal machinery, may nullify the claims of those that have mortgages on farms. Experts on technocracy in a fight have expelled the "grand high panjan drum"- named Scott That's a good deal like a fight among ghosts In a ghost story. There isn't any technoc racy, only a foolish system of selfish industry, computed with utter reckless ness, whose only thought Is for profit. There is no limit to production, but every limit to distribution, based on lack of buying power. The present condition had to come, aB a similar condition must come when a little boy eats more green apples than he can take care of. But it doesn't kill him, usually. Cardinal Hayes, sailing for a short rest in the West Intiies, utters a time ly protest against Jeremiahs of tech nocracy, rebuking them for trying to frighten the people with a word. The word will not frighten the wise, but It frightens many, Including some men that ought to know better. This country will once more talk over Europe's debts to Uncle Sam. They owed and did not pay. Amer ica revised the debts, reducing all, canceling every dollar lent to France while the war was on. "They prom ised solemnly to pay according to re vision; now they default, and we pro ceed to talk It over again. Some business friends have a say ing, "He talks hfmself something In." vUncle Sam reverses It, and "Talks himself something out." Neville Chamberlain, able Britisher, Intimates that the British will force us to slash the debt by stopping Im portations from the United States, Such threats are foolish, In view of the fact that "'this country could be completely self-supporting, whereas the British Islands, as they learned in the war, would starve to death with out foreign supplies. Senator Pittman wanted a constitu tional amendment limiting Presidents to one term of six years, np second term. In favor of that Idea, It Is said that a President, as soon as he Is elected, concentrates attention on a second term, instead of concentrating on the business of the hour. - There Is another things to consider. With only one term, the President would have nothing/more to expect from the people, whereAs he might have a great deal to expect from cor porations and special Interests, treated kindly In his six yenrs. That would have no Influence on some Presidents, but might hove In fluence on others. Lines that will appeal' to mnny Americans, who thought they were rich and find they are not, appear In the diary of our old friend. BoHwell, its first sixteen volumes now available. The sad Scotsman wrote : "There havo been many people who built castlea in the ulr, but I believe I am the first that ever attempted to live In them." Perhaps he was the first, but many thousands of American?, With the "get rich-quick mania," have also tried It U cannot be dop? . If yodf business has dropped off In our . "little depression," It rnny, al though It should not, comfort you to know that other businesses have their troubles. 'For Instance, the paid attendance at professional baseball gRtnes hns fallen off one million five hundred thousand In two years. t . . This has temporarily reduced the value of home runs, but that Valus/] like everything else,' will come back. Sing Sing reports "no' depression." industrial employment is Increasing, sales are bigger, profits are growing in the state prison industries. That does, hot, sound pleafont to men thAf are out of prison and out of work. '<?/; * ,-H# ? ' i; ift ?I l'' ????' ? Paderewski says "machines .culture," and deplore* "crasy produc tion." Be forgets that the piano, to which he owes his fame, Is a machine, and very complicated. Without that Or torn # u?#1 irn 'Psdstewskl. ?$$#, . ,.%jr KM* THE LIVING BUDDHA Tho almost trndltlonnl figure of the Pnnchen Lama (or the living Buddha),' has emerged from his seclusion In the fastnesses 9f his native Tibet and es tablished tlio headquarters of his re ligion In the Tal-Ho Tien, the hall in Peiplng where foreign envoys were received In the days of th* Monchu dynasty. The above exclusive photo graph Is the first picture to be made of the man who rules over the re ligious fervor of approximately 500, 000,000 people. Legendary Vineta City Found in German Town Berlin. ? The legendary city of Vin eta, which for centuries was believed to exist only In fiction, now, has been located by a German professor. Prof. Dr. Adolf Hofmelster of the University of Grlefswald claims to have discovered the mysterious city of Vineta, once the thriving port of a mighty Baltic kingdom. The little town of Wollin In Pom mernnia, the German professor states, Is the spot where the ancient legen dary city once was jpcated. lie bases his assertion on old chronicles, Just discovered by him. According to these, VGneto once was ruled by an old Viking king. In 1100 It was destroyed by t\ie Danes, against whom the Vikings were carrying on a bloody war. The city was famous for Its marvelous architecture and streets. It even is said to have possessed a lighthouse, the only one believed to have been In existence In the Eleventh century. The real name of the city was Jumneta. By the mistake of a chronicler who wrote Its history, the name was changed to Vineta; Professor Hofmelster Is firmly con vinced he has found the remains of the legendary city In Wollin. An expe ditlon now has gone there to carry out excavation works. Opens Way for Products, of Mountainous Interior. ,y. ? . Washington. ? With the opening of a 17-mlle railroad between gan Jorge, on Lake Nicaragua, and San Juan del .<Sur, on the Pacific ocean, Nicaragua ' now ' has a second rail outlet to the sea for coffee, cattle, sugar, and other products raised in its mountainous in ferior. */ ? . "The new line pierces the Continen tal divide at on6 -of Us lowest points and cuts dlagouaily across the route 1 of t|ie proposed Nlcaruguan ?canal," ."says a bulletin frdm the National Geographic society, "At Its narrow est point this strip of land between Lake Nicaragua and the Pacific Is about 14 miles wide. The railway parallels the route of a stage-coach line that In 1840 carried hundreds of prospectors to the California gold rush. "Nicaragua also has come into world news lately with the gradual withdrawal of forces of Atnerlcan ma rines, who have been maintaining law nnd order in the former revolution torn nation. "Nicaragua Is the largest of the Central Amerlcnn republics and many acclaim It the most beautiful. It has vast forests of precious woods, untold resources of valuable minerals and soil so fertile that It has been said, 'If you tickle the ground with a hoe It smiles back with a yam.' "After a century of almost perpet ual civil war Nlcaragun has settled down to comparative peace In recent years and already has begun to reap the dividends In amazing progress to ward prosperity. Haa Lacked Atlantic Doorway. . I "The country has about the. same area as New York 8tate,"but its total population Is only a little larger than that of Pittsburgh, Ija. It has two mountain ridges which nearly Inclose the 'Great Lakes of Central America,' Lakes Nlcarugua and Managua. There Is also another railway line connect ing Its three chief cities ? Managua, the capital, I^eon and Granada ? with the Pacific port of Corlnto. "A glance at a Central America map tells the story of Nicaragua's back wardness In bygone years. Costa Rica, to the south, and Honduras, to the north, are accessible from the At lantic ocean; all of Nicaragua's Impor tant cities are near the Pacific, al though they stand on the long Atlantic watershed. At the foot ot the moun tains lie her lakes, but she presents to the Caribbean a very unprepossess ing 'back yard,' with the world's Rural Postmen to Feed Hungry Birds Nature Lovers of Country Will Supply Grain. Hartford, Conn. ? Official co-opera tion of 40,000 rural-free -delivery post man has been enlisted In a nation-wide "Fesd the Birds" movement, with the full approval of ' the first assistant postmaster ^-general In Washington. Nature lovers throughout the country will supply grain for "Mr. and Mrs. Hungry Bird," and the rural letter car riers will scatter It at places along their routes, where birds can find It. The Movement, under the leader ship of Thomas H. Beck, chairman of the Connecticut state board of fisher ies and game, Is an effort to save the wild birds of the country from the starvation which threatens them as a result of the snow blanket now cover ing most of the northern* and eastern states. ' i "The best bird food, under present conditions," says Mr. Beck, "Is the grain known in feed stores as 'tailings and sweepings,' which can now be pur chased In lOOpound bags at about a penny a pound, the lowest price in re cent yeai's. Any public spirited citi zen who wishes* to participate In this campaign to . save the nation's bird life may p'lrchase n bag of this grnln and address It to 'Mr. and Mrs. Hun gry Bird,' iln care of Rural Carrier, R. F. D., with the number of one of the rural routes In their neighbor hood. The rural cnrrlor will then see that the grain Is emptied in suitably Sheltered spots where the birds can readily find It." Packages of anywhere from five pounds upwards may be sent in this way, with the usual parcel postage at tached. ' ' In Connecticut, the movement Is al ready assured of complete success, thanks to the leadership of 09 sports men's clubs. In other svfltes, It will have the co operation of thv> Boy Scout organizations, the 4-H clubf. the Rftme Clubs and members of the Audubon societies. The leaders of the movement maktt Learnt to Fly by , Selling Own Blood ChattAnoogn, Tenn. -*? 0. II. Frankltn, who sold ft pint of hid own blood five years ago for his first, flying leason, finally has real* Iced his #Stnbltton ami hnn ,4nkon his flrit solo flight. / ; When -s pre-jnedlcal student at th? University of Alabama Frank llri sold a pint of his blood tor $26 for*a blood transfuaton, and spent ttift money tor his first' flying les son. .? ' V '. A ' lis has Men taking flying let (ions at various times slnpe then. llVlll III! i l *i in I Ml ? ? ? ? it clenr that they are not suggesting that food for the birds should In any I way be permitted to Interfere with food for humnn befngs. "Unemploy ment relief and necessary charitable enterprises must naturally take prece dence over everything else at this time," says Mr. Reck. "Rut there cer tainly are thousands of nature lovers who will wl8h_ to supplement their charity to their fellow man with a thought for the wild life of the coun tryside." ft U. S. Confiscates Planes of Border Alien Runners Seattle. ? For years your federal gov ernment has been confiscating automo biles used by smugglers and others, but not until recently ? in the North west, at least ? has Uncle Sam con fiscated airplanes on the count of smuggling. Two airplanes, belonging to Van Rendsll and Alfred NVnterbury, were ordered forfeited, following trial of the men -for smuggling aliens from Cnnnda to. the United States. Kach machine ^vas valued at $l,r>00. Coon* Hunt Hunter* Trner, Iowa. ? The coons are hunt ing the hunters In these parts, John Cochrane, farmer, heard a strange noise outside his house. Investigation revealed two large raccoons in the doorynrd. lie and his dog captured the animals, the larger of which weighed close to 85 pounds. wmm iVESm %% worst real estate designation, the &io8QuIto coast v "Today, with Los Angeles, San Fran cisco and Seattle to tap ber markets, Nlcaragu^ Pacific frontage Is a bless ing. But yesterday, when the Atlantic ports of North America and Europe were doing the world's shipping, she was severely handicapped. Named for Indians. "Curiously, tooi her Mosquito coast was appropriately named by error. The appellation was not Intended for the Insect, which abounds there, but Is a corruption of the name of the 0,000 Indians, the Mlsskltos, whose de scendants make up most of the popu lation of tho region. "The country's northernmost Carib bean headland, Cape Graclus a Dlos, Is a headline of geography. Columbus explored the Central American coast on his last voyage and, cruls4|?g east from (Jape Honduras, was compelled to take shelter from a storm at a point where the coast abruptly turns to the south. He named the cape 'Thanks to God' and took possession of the country for Spain. "That was In 1502. A century be fore the Mayflower touched at Ply mouth Rock, the Spaniards were es tablished along the lake region In far western Nicaragua, despite unwelcome volcanic outbursts. The most sensa tional single eruption, however, oc curred within a century from our day ? when Cosequlna blew ofT its head in 1835. For days a black pall ob scured the sun. dust blanketed the fields and forests, and animals died by the thousands, succumbing to thirst and hunger. "At the foot of Mount Masaya is a lake of that name, and near the lake Is the little town of*Masaya. Were It not so remote one might suspect tho writer of a once popular American song had stolon the cry of the women fruit venders who drone: 'I have oranges, papayas, jocotes, Melons of water, of gold, and zapotes, Will you buy?' "But Nicaragua also ha9 bananas ? she exports between a million and two million dollars* worth yearly. Only one other crop nets her more. It Is coffee." "Nothing in Bible About It," Refuse to Pay Tax Lancaster, Pa.? Because "there Is nothing In the Bible that says women should pay taxes," wives of Warwick township farmers refuse to ' pay per capita levies until forced by Hens. This was revealed by Jacob G. Con rad, township tax collector, and W. T. Wahls,; state tax collector, after they filed Hens, against the properties of four women. Thereupon the women paid the $4.20 per capita tax, and an additional $2.40 each for costs. Conrad explained there Is a strong faction of Mennonlte farmers in the township, headed by Christian Landls, which fights continually against pay ment of taxes by women. "They claim," said Conrad, "that the Constitution of the United States Is based on the Bible, and that nowhere In the Bible can they find any record of any woman having to pay taxes. "This group will not pay until forced to do so, as a matter of prin ciple." Passenger in Pilotless Plane Lands It Safely Chlco, Calif. ? Elmer Scott, assistant fire chief, Is no airplane pilot, but when he found himself In the air with out Pilot Billy Welschke, he grabbed the controls and landed the plane safe ly. Scott was sitting In the cockpit and, Welschke had Just whirled the propeller when the plnne took off. Scott maneuvered the ship over a grove of trees and power lines and landed It without mishap In a field a mile away. It was his second trip In the air. Old Fruit Savei Birds Carson, Wash. ? Last fall the price of berries and apples was so low many were not harvested. During a recont freeze, however, the old fruit proved to he a life saver for thousands of birds, denied their usual food because the ground was frozen. Routing Reds at Roosevelt's Home Policemen wading into the mob of 2,006 Communing who attempted to *torm the Now Yotfe city homo of PlreeldenMOlert Itoo*evelt while the nation** text head conferred with cbngi'emlonat leader*. The Red* bore placard* pro claiming demand* for Job* and rfcHef. 'IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY I chool Lesson (By REV. P. B. FITZWA.TBR, D. D.. Mem ber of Faculty, Moody "Bible Institute of Chlcmro.) C. 1933. WoKlorn Ncwspaixir Union. Lesson for February 12 JESUS TEACHING BY PARABLES ?FOUR KINDS OF HEARERS LESSON TEXT? Mnrk 4:1-20. GOLDEN TEXT? Herein t? my Fa /her Klorifled, that yo bear much fruit; bo shall yo bo my <1 > hc i p ! o s. John 15:8. /PRIMARY TOPIC ? A Story Jesus Told. JUNIOR TOPIC? Tho UlRhc Way to Hour. I NTKHirtKD I ATE AM SENIOR TOP IC ? How to Hoar. YOUN(* PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP IC ? Fruitful Christian Living. In order to understand why Christ at this time begun touching In par ables, we must consider the nature of the hour In his ministry. Oppo sition to him was becoming more defi nite and hostile. The parabolic meth od was not employed by Jesus until the rulers had set their hearts against him. When In the light of his won derful works they turned against him and attributed his works to the devil (Mark 3:22), he denounced them In scathing terms and begun to teach In parables In fulfillment of Isaiah 0:10. A great multitude gathered to hear him ut the seaside (v. 1), so that In order to escape tl>e pressure of the crowd he was obliged to enter a boat. From the boat as a pulpit, he taught many things In parables. In the pur able now under consideration, the sow er and the seed are tho same In all Instances, but the results are entirely different. The difference lies In the condition of the soil. The central pur pose of the teaching of this parable Is to show that the results of preaching the Word of God depend upou the con dition of the human heart. I. Tho Wayside (vv. 4:15). The wnyside means not the rond but the tract between the fields beaten down by the hoofs of animals and the feet of men. Because the soil was unbroken and uncultivated the seed could not get underneath the surface, and therefore was devoured by the fowls that came along (v. 4). The great truth taught here Is that the heart unbroken and hnrd Is not fit soil for the gospel. Such a heurt It penetrates not, but lies loosely upon Its surface. The gospel Is not given recognition by such hearts as God's means for restoring them unto himself. Because of this condition the evil one finds some way to snatch away the truth (v. 15). II. The Stony Ground (vv. fj, 0, 10, 17). This means not stones mixed .With soil, but stones with a thin Mayer ?f - soil on top of them. With such con dition the seed springs up quickly and likewise scorches quickly because It has not depth of earth. The great lesson Is that hearts superficially Im pressed receive the word with Joy, but when affliction or persecution arises, for the word's snke Immediately the.* are offended. ? They wither awny and die. III. The Thorny Ground (vV. 7. 18, 10). In this case the ground Is good hut has thorns In It. It Is mellow enough nnd has sufficient . depth but has not been cleared of the thorns. Such really hear the Word, hut "the cares of this world, and the deceltfulness of riches, nnd the lusts of other things entering In. choke the word, nnd It hecometh unfruitful" (v. 10). The thorny ground hearers of this world nre those. 1. Who nre so Immersed In worldll ness. business and anxious cares thjit the good seed cannot come to fruit age. 2. Who nre rich. Anxious enre In business brings riches nnd the effect of riches Is to hhint the spiritual per ception of men and women, thereby rendering them (insusceptible to Hod's call to higher things In life. .T Who are runnlnir nfter the pleas ures of life. Mnn.v of the enjoyments of the world may he Innocent In them selves but they nttrnct so much at tention nnd consume so much energy nnd time thnt Illble rending, medltn tlon, nnd prayer nre crowded out. A*' these things choke the Word. IV. The Good Ground (vv. R. 20). This ground Is different from nil the rest. It Is soft nnd mellow, nnd deep nndfmolst. Therefore, It Is cnpnble of bringing forth fruit ? some one hnn dred, some slxf.v. nnd some thlrtyfold This Indlcntes thnt even the good ground, the honest henrers, gives forth different degrees of fruit fulness, fn the measure thnt the heurt Is kept free from worldllness. rlthes. nnd pleas ure, the good seed matures. Continuing Lov?t One cn nnot think thnt any holy earthly love will cense, when we shnll he like the nngels of God In heaven T/Ove here must shadow our love there, deeper becnuse spiritual. Trunt In God God will not take away our Immor tality, because we have so little en Joyed the hope of It". Rest your head, childlike, on tho one visible arm of the INUernpl Deity, though you cannot see distinctly wheKe the other nnd out i stretched arm Is pointing. Thnt lend* not wrong. ? -W. Smith, The Sabbath I feel ss If God had, by, giving the Afibbftth, glfen flffjMwo rtprlnus In. ??erjr year.? S. T. Coleridge. -V ? . ' ' ' v /. 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