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Queer Way? of T1
Complimenting Beauty
Buenos Aires, Jan. 5.?The everrecurring
question whether woman of 8p
Anglo-Saxon blood sojourning iti Ar- ex
gentina shoudl take offense at the
remarks freely addressed to them in
the streets by Argentine men has
flared up again, this time in a lively *
controversy of letter writers to the
Buenos Aires Herald. rn<
"Dear Little Bean!" and "Oh, my en
pretty potato," are some of the exclamations
to which objection is tak- 8 "
when addressed to women by Strang- ^
ers in the streets.
The Spanish words for "bean" and ^
"potato" are used in Argentina much ^
the same as are "peach" and "chicken"
in America, and the attractive
young woman who ventures into the ^
streets of Buenos Aires unescorted
seldom fails to hear herself addressed ^
in these terms by passing men.
The majority of the Herald's correspondents,
many of whom are womon,,
protest against this custom, dedaring
that it shows lack of respect
firo'
for women, and that, furthermore,
the remarks are not always as inocuous
as the ones quoted. Others,
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however, maintain that the men do
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merely complimentary. Argentine
women accept such remarks as com- jie]
pliments, they point out, although if?- on<
noring the men who make them. m
Indeed, the story is told that the
daughters of an Argentine family, a(j,
noted for their beauty, complained
on returning from a visit to New ^
York that American men were all
rude?not one had remarked on their jnjj
good looks on the streets. Lra
Move to Wipe
Out Speculation 0f
tht
Berlin, Jan. 5.-?A united move by for
federal and state governments to im
wipe out speculation in necessities for
of life has begun. Police and govern- me
ment secret agents have gone into bul
every city, town, village and virtual- fai
!y every farm house in a search for
evidence against usurers. Ch
Stringent measures have been
adopted against a continuance of
plundering and rioting, which, it has I
been ascertained, was instigated in An
some cases by "red" agitators for Spi
political purposes. Numerous ar- ed
rests have been made, both of profi- be!
teers and looters. Spi
An effort to induce workmen to
strike and join in a crusade against fha
"capitalism" promptly failed, even
radical newspapers adn labor leaders Prs
taking the position thtat "Germany the
would not tolerate introduction of tha
Bolshevist methods at this time." *
Recent investigations have disclos- *5e.
ed that the boosting of prices and ^
the great "selling out" campaign eg
which came on the heels of the da- we
preciation of the mark early in the ?.xj
winter was not entirely due to the 18.
hordes of foreigners who invaded the ^ai
country to make extensive purchases.
The German profiteers bought out r
whole stores and removed the mer- 101
chandise from the market, to await ma
the increase in prices which was cer- a
lain to follow. Some merchants hung e
out the ?ign "sold out," closed their
stroes and also waited. . _ .
Workmen, unemployed, and the ,ri
poorer people were so angered by ^
these methods that sporadic outbreaks
occurred in many parts of
Germany, shops were broken into and
plundered, and a few proprietors
were beaten or whipped.
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Newcastle-On-Tyne, Eng., Jan. 5.?
The old cable ship Faraday ended her
career of 47 years of cable laying and cor
repairing on the same day on which an<
the new cable ship, John W. Mackay, me
was launched here. The Faraday Qe
was the first cable ship to successfully
link the old world with the new.
She has laid 50,000 miles of submarine
cable in all parts of the world, ^
including nine lines across the At- ma
lnntic. Her record acihevement was
fishing up an Atlantic cable which ^al
had broken at a depth of 1,800 feet. Pn
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Famine In Armenia
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Constantinople, Jan. 6.?Famine in mc
certain parts of Soviet Armenia is de- ma
scribed as quite as terrible in the Vol- *01;
ga region. Although political conditions
are mor table, the general situ- '?8
ntion is considered highly alarming. P'v
Aid is being sought by an economic ?*
mission headed by A. Garinian, Armenian
Commissar of Justice. an<
In some of the eight districts of en
Soviet Armenia, Garinian says, crops
have been fairly good but in others Kel
the drought and the Turk have strip- 'nc
ped the country and the people are me
starving. ^ 001
'.'The total number of refugees de- t?
pending upon government is upward
of 200,000," Gariman said. "We have
besides 50,000 orphans, most of whom
are looked after by the American Relief
Committee. In addition to this
enormous figure, thousands of starv- rot
ing peasants in the districts affected Bu
V>y the drought are hopelessly strug- the
tfling fyr food. The government is Ita
utterly impotentto check the evil', tui
Thousands of Armenians will perish th<
this winter, unless help is extended to me
them from abroad. wil
"The Soviet government of Armenia cal
would welcome foreign capitalists to '
exploit the country's natural riches, a
They are confident that their capital Th
would prove an excellent investment." Ur
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Handkerchiefs used to be exchanged goes
gifts even by monarchs in the six- to
teenth and seventh centuries. at
Elephants neyer recover from
pneumonia.
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I* ffatfet Threatened
With Extinction
Moscow, Jan. 6.?Russia's greatest
ort, the ballet, is threatened with
tinction. The various municipal
viet# are tiring of the deficit which
ey have to make up in order to keep
e operas and the ballets going. Bal;
and operat alternate in the hi*
eaters. The ballet pays, but doesn't
ike enough profits to carry the op?
and the great orchestras necosry
to satisfy the music-loving RusHUT.
Ballerines are the subjects of endis
discussion.
Families break up over differences
out the merits of Smirnova, Gelser,
rdt and others w ho are now hold?
the spotlight in Petrograd and
>scow. To a lesser degree the same
ttle rages at Kazan and Kiev and
lessa. Just at the moment Lukem is
i hot favorite in Petrograd and Gelr
in Moscow.
Youth and beauty do not count with
issian ballet fans. It matters not
the ballerina is old. In fact she
nerally has to be fairly mature here
she can master the intricate steps
on which Russians give points. She
ty have muscles which give her the
pearance of a strong lady in the cir1
and still fascinate Russian spec;ors
if she can spin fast enough on
r toes and shift her weight from
2 big toe to the other at just the
unent prescribed in the rules.
i\t first a foreigner is inclined to
mire the beautiful young neophytes
10 dance mazourkas, and have all
i charm which grace and flowing
lite robes can impart to youth dancf
to the music of a superb orches..
That is the result of utter ignor:e.
Uelser, the strongly featured player
the Moscow circuit, recently fell on
! stage and had to beat a retreat bce
catcalls and howls which made it
possible for her to reappear for a
tnight. Russian balet fans are as
rciless as the crowds at a Spanish
ll-fight. There are no excuses for
lure.
arges Denied
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ay Ambassador
jondon, Jan. 6.?The charge that
lerican or British members of the
anish Foreign Legion were marchinto
battle with their hands tied
lind them has been denied by the
anish ambasador here, Senor Don
rry del Val. The ambassador said
it was field punishment resorted to
en confinement to barracks was not
icticable but he denied that any of
men actually came under fire in
it condition.
)ther charges of bad faith and
atment made by the Americans and
itish soldiers who quit the foreign
ion in October and November also
re answered by the ambassador. In
Sanation of the charge that the <jnment
bonus of 200 pesetas was not
d to them he said the Spanish cusn
was to withhold part of this
uis as a guarantee against desern
and that a deduction was also
de, according to custom, from the
n's daily pay to meet the cost of
ir uniforms and messing.
rhirteen Americans and about 55
itish members of the Spanish Forn
Legion quit that service in Octer
and November and on arriving
aris and London complained of
rdships and crpel treatment. The
aericans said that none of the
>mises made in recruiting in the
ited States were carried out, that
received uiuy line pc?i*ui ?i uuy
tead of four as promised and that
( food cooked in olive oil made them
They also criticized the sanitary
iditions in the Moroccan service
1 described the hospital arrangents
as deplorable.
rman Cities Threatened
With Bankruptcy
Berlin, Jan. 6.?A number of Gertn
cities have informed the central
vernment they are threatened with
nkruptcy because of the rapid deviation
of Germany money, and
ve asked advice and assistance,
rhe fall of the mark disrupted city
jgets and, on the heels of changing
iney values, labor came with deinds
for more wages, prices of maials
increased enormously, and
lities were operated at such heavy
ses that the municipalities were
inged deep into debt. The majority
tax levies are insufficient to meet
i running expenses of the towns,
d the portion of taxes due the govlment
cannot he paid,
rhe central government, also in urnt
need of money, has answered by
reasing its own budget, which augints
the burdens on the cities which
nplain they are already too heavy
bear.
rect Cable Between Italy
And South America
Buenos Aires, Jan. 6.?Juan Calio,
an Italian engineer residing in
enos Aires and chief promoter of
i project for a direct cable between
ily and South America, has rerned
from Italy where he obtained
t support of the Italian govcrnint
and anncurces that the work
II soon commence. He expects the
>le to be finished in two years,
rhe Italian government will allow
subvention of $8,000,000 annually,
e cabla will touch Spain, Brazil,
uguay, Argentina and the Canary
d Cape Verde Islands. The Italian
vernment's control over it is limited
the extent of preventing its falling
any time into foreign hands.
The Union Times $4 a year.
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federation of La&or
Split In Two
Paris, Jan. 6??The French Federn[
tion of Labor has been for some time
practically split into two factions.
' One is led by Secretary Leon Jouhaux
end the other by Communists who re-,
gard the present organization as too
moderate, and demand that it join the
Third Internationale of Moscow.
Now it is fnced with the active opposition
of extremists who have tuken
the name of the French Revolutionary
Federation of Labor (I,a Con|
federation Generale du Travail Revi
olutionnaire).
The program of the revolutionary
i group is the same as that of the old
I organization in general. It demands
nationalization of public services, such
; as railroads, and mines and a better
i share to labor in the profits of indusI
try, but it purposes to gain its ends
; hy methods that are more ene-getie
i than those of the old federation.
It advocates general strikes carried
to the bitter end, insurrectional movements,
international agitation and an
intense anti-militarist campaign.
The first act of the new organization
is expected to be its formal adhesion
to the Third Internationale of
I Moscow.
1921 Year of
Economic Battling
Moscow, Jan. 6.?Nineteen hundred
and twenty-one has been a year ot
diplomatic and economic battling for
Soviet Russia. It brought the abandonment
of the government monopoly
of domestic trading and gradual reversion
to capitalistic methods, tempered
in such a way as prevent dangerous
splits in the small Communistic
group which dominates the government.
But the trade for 1921 has
been many times what it was in 1920,
and the reopening of shops on the old
capitalistic basis has afforded an opportunity
to sell in a legal way manufactured
articles which are in great
demand.
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nampvrcu uy tne unpie aesire to establish
trade relations with important
foreign powers, to protect the Third
Internatonale, whose headquarters are
in Russia and to hold the Communistic
party in Russia intact, Lenine and his
nsociates were in a precarious situation
even before the drought produced
widespread famine in the Volga area.
Krassin managed to negotiate trade ^
agreements with England, Germany
and several minor powers, but the foreign
trade commissions which came
to Russia failed to find the large supplies
which Bolshevist leaders had
heralded throughout the world. The
concession plan which Krassine and
his associates had devised did not appeal
to foreign investors. Confidence
was lacking. Old owners had no desire
to invest more money in factories
which had been taken away from them
and other foreigners could not be induced
to take factories whose title was
clouded.
The Bolshevist government lacked
the gold necessary to buy abroad and
could not find creditors. The government
announced it would make import
and export business possible for individuals
and corporations, under government
control. This belated statement
came in October. Commissions
are working out customs tariffs and
1922 probably will se a far larger export
and import trade if the government
makes good its promise to release
its grip on foreign business.
Leslie Urquhart, a British mining
man, who attempted to obtain concessions
to work the mining properties
which he controlled in Russia before
the Bolshevist regime, said it would
be impossible for him to operate in
Russia until the government stops
the activities of the Cheka, or secret
service, which he insists is stronger
j than the central government with
which concessions are negotiated.
The Cheka always has had an important
part in directing foreign trade
arrangements. Many commissioners
selected by the Foreign Trade Council
have not been permitted to leave Russ:a.
Forigners are unabl to understand
th relations between the Cheka,
which operates under Umslicht, and
the socalled central government. It is
not clear whether there is a dual government,
or whether the men who are
generally recognized as heads of the
government use the Cheka and thus
avoid dfrect blame for acts which
meet with public disapproval.
Official figures for the foreign trade
of Russia during the first nine months
of this year show that the exports totalled
roughly 100,000 tons. These
exports were chiefly raw materials or
partly manufactured articles, such as
timber, railway ties, leather, fur, tar,
bristles, hair, asbestos and graphite.
Thirty-three per cent of the exports
went to England. Forty-si* per cent,
chiefly wood and flax, went to Latvia
for exportation to various countries.
The value of goods exported abroad
from January 1 until August 31 was
about $1,140,000.
Experiments Prove Successful
Paris, Jan. 6.?Experiments with
internal combustion motors as traction
power for branch railroad lines
in France have been so successful that
they are to be continued on a larger
scale.
Ordinary automobile motors of 40
to 60 horsepower hauled rural trains
at -an average speed of 16 miles an
hour. With higher power motors better
adapted to traction by rail it is
thought sufficient speed for all needs
of local and branch lines will be attained.
To a woman of the Marquesas
islands tattooed legs are the highest
reach of art.
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_____ years old and he has so many desecn- Brace of Warships
'Berlin Inn fi In enn?enuenee nf dents that he long ago lost count.
Berlin Jan. b.?ln consequence ol paris, Jiyi. 0.?A modern Methuse
the low buying power of the mark, The aged Turk .s a skeptic on the Mlamj m.a(.h Ca, Jan 7?.Miami
Germans are gradually reverting to ' . . . . . . oldest man on subject of matrimony. Having tried |; , , , )jk t h , f
trade by barter, or to counting com- has Parted out to see the world (ho experience four times he says h, l" V' "li Uncle Sam Ju readv
modities and articles as the real mon- before he gets ' too old to travel, speaks with a certain amount of .
el unit aructes 88 ine reai mon Zoru Mehmed, 140 years old, of Con- authoritv P Krcate.r P?rt of the flect
stantinople, has arrived in Paris, Zora ? . . ? ... , . an(' *be Cit.v C ouncil has voted to forIt
is reported from Pomerania that who hag Wn workinR prettv consist- Women, said Zora shaking his muj|y ,0(iuest that the Navy Departpeasant
fanners have pledged them- ont, for uo yonra js in' excellent hea^ bittor,y. "women. they may seem mPnt scn(i two vessels here to be
selves to sell eggs and butter at prices health and boasts of being able to swoet as tbo rosy dawn, but verily Sllnk off the jetties at the entrance to
measured in pound, of nails. c ft 200-pound weight. thoy are move oftcn ,ikc. th? S' hid* Biscayne Bay. The Councilmen think
In Berlin, Persian carpet, are re- 7/,mi producM i(|entiflration papers! d'" by " <""<'r"" " il'ey would make an imposing h.rgaided
as money. ^ provo he was born in 1775 nnd he _ . ,. . . Ka*e
. ... . Phoenicians, according to legend, ? - ?
refers to his closest competitor for
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