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9 y BotwII U—u BarawcIL&C. Tkanrftr. Dcccabcr 1 1«7 NmmMtwitm mi Cmrremt Ecemis CHINESE QUIT NANKINS Chiang Will Lead His Armies Against the Invaders... Congress Is Expected to Enact Tax Law Revision M if he had Jwt bitten tnte a soar, very soar, pickle. Norman H. Davis, chief of the American deleyatAn to the nine-power conference in Brussels, is pictured chatting with British foreign minister Anthony Eden (left) and Preach foreign minister Yvon Delbos (right). ^BduraJcd W. ftickjoJuL v Ni fiinunuraDTTro •mgr* tt/rtot T SUMMARIZES THE WORLD’S WEEK n Wsaurs M«wspap*r Un Chlang Kai-Shek Chinese Flee From Capital N ANKING. capiUl of China. wa» abandoned as the seat of the government because of the rapid ad vances westward of the Japanese forces. Officials were being scattered in several cities, the centra] point being Hankow. on the Yangtse 300 miles west of Nanking. One army of the in vaders was moving from Shanghai on Nanking, and anoth er was about to at tack Tsinan, capital of Shantung prov ince in North China. China, however, was far from giving up the fight It was reported in Shanghai that Generalissimo Chi- ang Kai-Shek had resigned as pres ident of the executive council in or der to lead his troops in a final ef fort to stop the Japanese and win the war. H. H. Kung, it was said, would succeed Chiang in the presi dency. He is finance minister Thousands of civilians and-' 1 for eigners were fleeing from Nanking. But military authorities remained there and declared the city would not be surrendered to the Japanese without a desperate fight If the Japanese penetrate the pow erful "Hindenburg line” anchored on Soochow. Changshu. and Kash- ingT the Chinese were expected to fall back to new positions stretching from Kiangyin, on the Yangtse riv er, to Wusih, 100 miles east of Nanking. Paris heard that Japan was threatening to establish a naval blockade of the Chinese coast if any nations attempted to send supplies to the Chinese armies. Britain Woos Hitler V ISCOUNT HALIFAX, lord presi dent of the council in the British cabinet, was in Germany ostensibly for the purpose of visiting a hunting exhibition but actually to negotiate with Hitler and other Nazi chiefs for the establishment of more friend ly relations between Great Britain and Germany. Public belief was that he was authorized to hint to Hitler that there was hope Ger many might regain some of its lost colonies if Germany would abandon its economic isolation and co-operate with other European pow ers in a revised League of Nations. The British want to detach Ger many, and Italy, too, if possible, from their alliance with Japan. Hal ifax was a fitting messenger to send to Berlin, for he is an outstanding friend of Germany among British officials. U’ Leaving It Up to Uncle Sam [NLESS congress changes the neutrality act. it is probable the nations that signed and adhered to the nine-power Pacific treaty will take no positive ac tion against Japan for violating that pact The delegates to the Brussels con ference. with the ex ception of Italy, vot ed to censure the Japanese for mak ing war on China, and then adjourned to get further in structions from their governments. N. H. Davis Great Britain and France agreed to Join in any effort “short of war” which the United States may de cide should be made, this meaning economic sanctions against Japan. But the isolationist policy of this country would have to be abandoned if such sanctions were to be of any avail A long document was submitted to the conference by Chins asking that the war be ended by the inflic tion of penalties against Japan. The memorandum gave statistical tables that showed economic sanctions could halt Japan because of that na tion's dependence on foreign mar kets and foreign sources of supply. Norman H. Davis, chief Ameri can delegate, in addressing the con ference, was rather conciliatory to ward Japan, but he said: ‘The question in its final analysis, is whether international relations shall be determined by arbitrary force or by law and respect for in ternational treaties. In fact, that seems to be the greatest issue fac ing the world today.” _♦— Airplane Crash Tragedy G rand duke george of HESSE, his wife, mother and two little sons and six other persons were killed when a Belgian air liner crashed and burned near Os- tend. They were on their way to attend the wedding of the duke’s brother Ludwig in London. Ludwig succeeded to the title and the mar riage ceremony was performed pri vately with him and his bride, Mar garet Campbell Geddes, daughter of Sir Auckland Geddes, in deep mourning. Ludwig was the third grand duke of his line within a week, for his father died only a few days before the airplane tragedy. Extra Session Opens W ITH the evident intention oi doing what it can to aid busi ness. congress began its extraordi nary session. Its first business was to listen to a rath er long message from Mr. Roosevelt in which the Chief Executive commit ted himself to limit ed tax law revision for the purpose of removing admitted injustices suffered especially by small business and non- speculative inves tors. Mr. Roosevelt proposed tax “modifications ade quate to encourage productive en terprise.” but explained that he sought primarily to aid at the ex pense of individual or partnership undertaking. The President said exercise of "ordinary prudence” would protect the nation against prolonged busi ness recession. He reiterated his intention to bal ance the next fiscal year budget, and demanded that congress find and provide new revenue for any added expenditures authorized now. The President asked congress to provide: 1. Wages and hours legislation. 2. An “all-weather” crop control program. 3. Reorganization of executive de partments. 4. National planning for better use of natural resources. It appeared certain that a vig orous opposition to all or part of this program would arise, but near ly everybody seemed in favor of tax law revision. Plot to Kill Stalin? F ROM foreign diplomats stationed in Moscow came reports that a plot by German agents to assassi nate Dictator Stalin of Russia had been uncovered, and that it might compromise Maxim Litvinov, for eign commissar, who left the Brus sels conference suddenly and ap parently seriously worried. Investi gations by the G. P. U. already have resulted in the recall or dis appearance of many leading Rus sian diplomats. The German con sul general in Leningrad was or dered to leave the country imme diately. It is believed two German agenU arrested some weeks ago confessed the conspiracy to murder Stalin and involve the country in a civil war. President Roosevelt ,M> Jidnkd about The Law's Injnstlea. S ANTA MONICA, CALIF. —Had it happened in an other country, we’d say, “What curious ideas foreign ers have of law enforce ment.” A footpad with an evil record held up a victim. A bystander saw the crime, identified the thief. The ruffian was held under indict ment ut he could give bond. The spec tator was “de tained” as a mate rial witness—a gen tle way of saying he was locked up, ex actly as though he had been the crim inal Well he was g. Cow, guilty of being poor. Six months later came the trial. The defendant having been out all that time on bail looked hale and hearty. The prosecution’s witness was produced under guard, pale and sickly from close confinement It didn’t help his health any when the crook’s attorney browbeat him, yelled at him. practically accused him of perjury. The citizen sued the state for false Imprisonment for loss of wages, for separation from his fam ily, for all he’d suffered. Under the statutes he had no standing. They threw his case out Meanwhile, the convicted crook had been released by the parole board and was free as a bird. • • • Aquatic Novelties. INTERESTING discoveries were A made in Hawaiian waters by gov ernment ichthyologists. For fear the similarity of sound may lead to wrong impressions.Tet me state that this department has nothing to do with Secretary Ickes, although, since ichthyology pertains to fish, Mme. Secretary Perkins might pos sibly have a contrary view on this point. Because they do say there are moments in the cabinet when all is not sweetness and accord. However, the point is that Uncle Sam’s piscatorial sharps dredged up a fish that is most delectable for six months of the year, but poisonous the other six months. So at least they’ve found a creature emblemat ic of the California climate. Let this be regarded around here as treason. I will state that I’m as loyal a native stepson as any that ever came out of Iowa, having been here long enough now to join in passing resolutions endorsing the scenery and at Intervals uttering three loud ringing cheers for the sunsets. Also let envious Florida refrain from gloating. To typify Florida’s climate that fish would be good only four months of the year and power fully hard to put up with the rest of the time. • • • Lecturing Adventures. I N ALABAMA is a sect which for bids its converts to laugh or even smile. Now I know who it was bought out the house when I delivered a humorous lecture down there. The other day a chap asked me why I didn't go back on the lecture platform. I told him I’d appeared in practically every sizable town in America, and, though it was years ago and probably popular indigna tion had abated now. still I wasn’t taking any chances—I was waiting for some new towns to be built. Once I tric’d the experimemt of slipping around to the front door to hear what the crowd said, coming out. That was the night I attempted suicide by gas, but was saved when someone, passing through the hotel corridor, smelled something that smelled even worse than the hotel smelled. A lecturer’s lot is not a happy one. But usually it’s the audience that suffers most. • • • Eating Oysters. T HERE’S a brand new movement called eat-oysters-in-any-month- you-please movement, or, unless you're working on space rates, it may be called E. O. I. A. M Y. P. M., for short. Its sponsor says the prejudice against eating oysters in months having an “r” in them is a fallacy dating back 2,000 years when, between hiccoughs, a Roman senator said: “Oysters should be eaten only in certain seasons.” So it appears we’ve been penaliz ing ourselves ever since then for the indigestion of a Roman senator, although, so far as eating the Cali fornia oyster is concerned—he runs around forty to the dozen—I per sonally could refrain for the whole year without any undue longings. The California oyster looks some thing like a brass overall button suf fering from vertlgris. Still maybe it's all for the best Because during May, June, July and August is when the oyster does prac tically all his courting. There’s lit tle enough romance left in the world —and anyhow, who am I to come between an oyster and his love-life? He doesn’t seem to have any toe much fun the rest of the time. ntVIN 8. COBB. National Topic* Interpreted by William Bruckart National Proas Balldlnr Wa*bln*ton. D. C Washington.—Word comes from Rio de Janeiro that the government . . of Brazil has de- Braxtl Quite cided at long last Crop Control ^ place its coffee business again on a competitive basis. That is to say, Brazilian coffee once more will be sold in world market conditions. It was 14 years ago that crop control was started, and now it has flopped finally after costing the growers losses accountable in millions and after virtually wrecking some por tions of Brazil’s foreign trade. I think it might be said also that the fallacy of the coffee control pol icy was among the real causes which eventuated in the dictatorship that established itself in Brazil re cently. President Getulio Vargas succeeded in placing himself at the head of the nation “indefinitely” and he did so. be said, because of “un rest among the peoples” of the prov inces. The first dictatorship in the Western hemisphere, therefore, is a fact But to get to the coffee question: it was the determination of the Bra zilian leaders that a policy of scar city would force coffee prices higher In the world market The state of Sao Paulo initiated the scheme. It failed to work, and its sponsors said the reason was its scope was limited. Thus, it was expanded un til the whole nation was embraced. Still, coffee prices did not go high enough and it was then that actual destruction of coffee began. Mil lions of tons were dumped into the Atlantic ocean and other millions were burned—even as we in this country burned surplus wheat and corn and killed 6,000,000 pigs. As the destruction continued and the growers found themselves tied tighter with regulations and de crees, there were some increases in prices. But the promised great profits proved to be as illusory as a mirage on the desert The whole thing was a boomer ang. Not only were the producers in Brazil disillusioned by failure to gain the record returns they had been led to expect but they found another sad and wholly disadvan tageous result staring them in the face. There was some increase in f the price—just enough, indeed, to reduce consumption to some extent' —for the growers, but with Brazil reducing available supplies others got into the producing business. Among these new coffee growing areas, Colombia sprang into prom inence. Maybe Colombia coffee was not as good as Brazil’s, in quality. Maybe it was not quite as accepta ble otherwise. But it was cheaper, and it was profitable for Colombia planters to produce. They found a ready sale. Thai however, was not the worst When other coffee-using nations bought coffee from Colombia and other growing areas, Colombia was able to buy other commodities from the nations buying her coffee. New trade agreements suddenly showed up; new relationships were estab lished, and some of Brazil’s former business connections throughout the world are gone with the wind. They may never be re-established. We, in the United States, ought to give quite a bit of thought to Bra zil’s coffee experiment for we have had, and are threatening to have more, experiments of a kindred na ture. Lessons in crop control are right expensive, and more impor tant is the fact that sooner or laterJ| all through history, they have had r to be abandoned. And when I re fer to' crop control, I include all kinds of production control whether agricultural or industrial Some body always has to pay dearly for it and usually the cost has been ex tended. It is reflected in other com modities and in taxes until the ac tual loss from the experiment is multiplied many times over. Speaking of congress, the way it has started off makes me think that . , the extra session Political was purely a po- Move litical move. I am quite sure it is go ing to accomplish some great good like amending the neutrality act Of course, I suppose I should not be selfish. I ought to consider that the representatives and senators must have time to make speeches for this or that or the other so that their constituencies back home will be duly impressed with their impor tance. Maybe so! But I repeat that the prospect of anything worth while in either the special session or in the regular session to follow in January is decidedly dull Poitically, there are several things to watch for in the time that congress will be heave-ho-ing. One of these definitely now visible is the maneuvering among the Democrats to find out whether President Roose velt really wants to be a candidate for a third term. I think I am violating no confi dence when I say that a good many of the President’s real friends at the Gapitol would like to know, and know now, whether he is going after a third term. He hasn’t told them In a way that is convincing. He made a speech at the "victory did- ner” last March 4 in which he said ha had an ambition to leave the President’s chair and desk with "the nation intacl a nation at peace, a nation prosperous,” etc. He said he planned to do that in January, 1941. That would seem to be clear enough. Yel it is amazing how many members of the President’s party at the Capitol contend that those remarks did not constitute a final withdrawal. They point as well to the fact that other Presidents, after being re-elected for a second term, have come out flat-footed with their announcements and have told their party, in effecl “Go out and get yourselves a new candidate.” So, I am making a small predic tion. There will be plenty of odd maneuvers, unusu- How About al situations, that Third Term? will appear to “just happen” that way. Their purpose will be to bring about a circumstance wherein President Roosevelt can appropri ately tell all of those who have so faithfully stood by him that he is. or is nol a candidate for a third term. The other phase of congressional activity that will prove interesting links in somewhat with the third term question. It involves the per sonal political fortunes of the repre sentatives and senators who will seek re-election in 1938. It is easy to see how many Democrats, if they know definitely that President Roosevelt will seek a third term, will want to ride again on the New Deal wagon. It is equally easy to understand how some of them, de sirous of observing the tradition that no man shall serve more than two terms as President may want to take a stand opposing the course if President Roosevelt decides that way. This condition leads far afield. I am informed, for instance, that some senators and representatives who have been back home in con servative sections of the country want to dodge further support of the New Deal. This class obviously is biding its time for something to happen to justify a jump. Announce ment by Mr. Roosevelt of intention to be a candidate for the third time would provide the reason. The con verse is true, as well for there are those in the house and senate who have found the President’s personal popularity at home as great as ever and they are looking for an excuse to sound off that they believe in the Roosevelt policies 100 per cent and want him to have a third term. The election results in various parts of the country will have some influence on the attitude of repre sentatives and senators as the ses sion continues. Take the vote in Arkansas, for example. Representa tive Miller won the senatorship in succession to the late Senator Joe Robinson. His victory was over Governor Bailey, who announced that the New Deal was for him and that his defeat would be a slap at President Roosevelt It is a fact that New Dealers were pulling for him—but Representative Miller was elected. That is just a sample. The sena tors and representatives are going to interpret such elections in the light of sentiment in their own baili wicks. Undoubtedly, some are go ing to show more spunk in behall of the New Deal while others have come back determined to foster their ideas of Democratic principles rather than those of New. Deal I SUNDAY latrrme/nmsl 1 SCHOOL LESSON-:* By REV. HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. Dean of Um Moody Bible Inatituto of Chicago. • Western Newspaper Union. Lesson for December 5 CHRISTIAN REST LESSON TEXT —Matthew U:»-30; Hebrews 4:1-11. GOLDEN TEXT—Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.—Matthew 11:28. PRIMARY TOPIC—When We Are Tired. JUNIOR TOPIC—God’s Great Invita tion. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP IC—How Christ Gives Us Rest. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP IC—Christian Rest. HOUSEHOLD QUESTIONS This date being what it is, I want to record a tribute in these columns, ^ # a tribute to a T ribute grand public serv- fo Halsey ant w ^° never has sought publicity for himself nor claimed the credit that is due him. For, it was 40 years ago this week that Col. Ed win A. Halsey, of Tye River, Va.. entered the employ of the senate. Now, he occupies the post of secre tary of the senate, the highest avail able outside of senate membership. The senate never convenes but that I am again impressed with the smoothness of the senate organiza tion under “Eddie” Halsey's direc tion. I truly believe him to be the best informed man at the Capitol on legislative procedure. As his col ored messenger once said to me: "Yessahl De cunnel he suah do know his stuff.” And that goes for Colonel Hal sey’s political acumen, too. He has performed the chores of the Demo cratic side of the senate to every body’s satisfaction. I suppose some of the senators who like to be re garded as big shots won’t care for this exposure, but I have seen them saved from unnumbered mistakes that would have made them the laughing stock of their constituen cies. Day after day, in season and oul “Eddie” Halsey has done more for the Democratic senators than they can ever repay. He ought to be called “the Sage of Tye River,” for his counsel warrants that de scription. The state of Virginia could do itself a good turn if it kept "Eddie” Halsey in mind for some thing higher. Union. “Time, like an ever-rolling stream, bears all its sons away,” so sang Isaac Watts in 1719. One won ders what he might say today! The mad rush of modern life—its relent less'drawing of us all into its terrific tempo—leaves us distraught, nerv ous, overanxious. Nervous disor ders are on a rapid increase, even among children. The condition pre vails in the country as well as in the city, although it is aggravated In metropolitan centers. Let us lay down the burdens of the universe for a bit and counsel quietly about that almost forgotten Christian virtue, rest Nowhere can the troubled spirit find calm of soul as surely and as quickly as in God’s Word—and in the One revealed there, for true rest is found not in a theory, but in a Person. I. Found in Christ (Matt 11:28- 30). Rest for our souls is found not in the cessation of activity, but rather in joining with Christ as our yoke- t fellow and in going on with him in 1 meekness and lowliness of heart Most of life’s restlessness is the re sult of pride, of driving ambition to be somebody or to attain something. True humility removes all such dis turbing factors. But we do have a yoke and a bur den to bear. Yes, it is true that not a!l is easy in the Christian life. But as someone has suggested, the bur dens are like the burden of feathers on a bird. They may seem to be too heavy for his little body, but as a matter of fact they are the thing he flies with! Such are the “burdens” of Christ II. Received by Faith (Heb. 4:3). Those who believe enter into rest Faith in God through Jesus Christ brings a man into an abiding place that the storms of life may beat upon but can never move. Fair weather followers of Jesus who fall into a frenzy of fear and worry when sorrow or loss comes upon them need to learn to walk by faith. “Be not dismayed whate'er betide, God will take care of you,” is more than the pious expression of a hymn writer, it is a statement of fact IH. Rejected by Unbelief (Heb. 4:1, 6-11). "The worst thing in the world” is unbelief — because it effectually closes the door to God’s blessing. Jesus could not do “many mighty works” in his home town of Nazareth "because of their unbelief’ (Matt 13:58). Unbelief will keep us from the rest that God has prepared for his people, for it not only hinders men from coming to the Saviour, but keeps them from resting in him after they are saved. IV. Necessary to Useful Living (v. 11). Only when the follower of Christ appropriates that rest of soul which results from turning from his own efforts and trusting himself fully to Christ will there be that absolute surrender of every detail and prob lem of life to him which will bring out in daily living the glorious beau ty and power of a life at rest with God. A poem by Fay Inchfawn which has blessed the writer’s soul is here passed on, with the prayer that it may help you who read these notes: Well. I am done. My nerves were on the rack. « I've laid them down today: It was the last straw broke the camel's back. I've laid that down today. Vo, Ml not fume, nor fuss, nor fight; Ml walk by faith a bit and not by sight, . I think the universe will work all right. I've laid it down today. "So. here and now. the overweight, tha worry. Ml lay it down today; The all-too-anxious heart; the tearing hurry; I’ll lay these down today. O eager hands. O feet so prone to run, I think that He who made the stars ana sun Can mind the things you've had to leave undone. Do lay them down today.” How true it is that we are prone to bear all the burdens of the uni verse when God’s Word has told us to cast all our care upon Him, for He careth for us (I Pet 5:7). It is a powerful testimony for Christ when distraught and worry-ridden non-Christians see God’s children walking steady and true in the midst of disappointments, trials, and sor rows. And the opposite is also true, that failure to trust God is a prac tical denial of our professed faith. Improving Vegetablea^-Sugar, added in the proportion of a fourth of a teaspoon to two cups of vege tables, will improve the flavor of cooked corn, beets, peas and lima beans. # # # Manipulating Velvet.—The usual method of pressing seams, espe cially in velvet, is to get a second person to hold one end of the mate rial while you hold the other. Flatten out the two sides of the seam, then pass the iron along on thfe wrong side. \ • • • Kidneys With Apple Rings.—Cut three sheep kidneys in halves and skin. Fry lightly in 2 ounces of butter. Fry also as many small rounds of bread as there are half kidneys, and a large cooking ap ple peeled, cored, and cut into rings. Place the rings on a hot dish, with a piece of fried bread and a half-kidney on each. Sea son and sprinkle with lemon juice. Put a scrap of butter on each and serve immediately. • • • Vegetable Water Sauce.—Two tablespoonfuls butter, two table spoonfuls flour, salt and pepper to taste, one cup vegetable water or half cup milk and half cup vege table water. Melt butter in a saucepan, stir the flour and sea sonings into it, and stir over the fire until frothy. Add vegetable water gradually and stir constant ly over the fire until it boils and thickens. • • • When Mending Gloves.—Slip a thimble on your finger when mending gloves and the dam can be made very easily. Increased by Advertising In 1869 the per unit of popula- ! tion value of manufactured prod ucts in America amounted to $89.60. For the year 1929 the per unit of population value of manufactured products had increased to a total of $579.70. Advertising created the demand that called for the employment of three to four times the number of workers and re duced the cost of products to con sumers. 666 LIQUID. TABLETS SALVE. 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