anaheim-gazette 1927-02-10

THE ANAHEIM GAZETTE ESTABLISHED 1870 HENRY KUCHEL, Editor and Proprietor ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY SUBSCRIPTION PER YEAR.....$2.99 SIX MONTHS.....1.55 THREE MONTHS......75 Entered at the Anaheim, California, Post Office as second class matter. FRIENDSHIP, NOT ALLIANCE THERE has been some talk of late about the value of an English-speaking alliance to keep the peace and moral leadership of the world. All of which sounds very nice but will not bear close analysis. Undoubtedly the people of Great Britain and the United States feel close at this time. We have a common language, and the majority of our people are of British origin. Our relations are constantly becoming more friendly, and war between the two nations is unthinkable. Indeed, it is the common belief in America at least that a war between Great Britain and the United States would mean that civilization is a failure; that in such event we might as well destroy everything and begin all over again. All of which does not mean that we should go into an English-speaking alliance to control the policies of the world. For the rest of the world doesn't want to be controlled by us, and the making of such an alliance would probably be followed by an anti-English speaking alliance which would spell trouble sooner or later. Our people, of course, are not wholly of English origin. Any such alliance therefore would be regarded with suspicion by many of our citizens whose fathers came from other European lands, and this would not tend to unity at home. It is not to be forgotten either that although our relations with Great Britain have been growing steadily more friendly since the settling of the claims for damage against Great Britain growing out of the privateer incidents in the Civil war, we have had one more war with Great Britain during our brief national career than with any other nation. We have fought Mexico once, Spain once and Germany once, and have had a near war with France, but with Great Britain we have had two conflicts. With Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Italy, Russia and many other countries we have had no military trouble whatever. And so while trouble with Great Britain at present appears remote, it would seem that our record in the past would not justify such proposed alliance. Most Americans will agree with George Washington that we ought to avoid all entangling alliances for with Great Britain have been growing steadily more friendly since the settling of the claims for damage against Great Britain growing out of the privateer incidents in the Civil war, we have had one more war with Great Britain during our brief national career than with any other nation. We have fought Mexico once, Spain once and Germany once, and have had a near war with France, but with Great Britain we have had two conflicts. With Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Italy, Russia and many other countries we have had no military trouble whatever. And so while trouble with Great Britain at present appears remote, it would seem that our record in the past would not justify such proposed alliance. Most Americans will agree with George Washington that we ought to avoid all entangling alliances for the reason that there is no such thing as permanent friendships among nations. Another thing to be remembered is that an alliance means "helping one another" out of difficulties. Now our American difficulties, chiefly of the Latin-American variety, are such that we can easily handle them without British assistance. But Great Britain has troubles with Russia, China and many other nations, so it is easy to see where the mutual aid idea might be rather one-sided. Most important of all is the fact that though our relations with Great Britain are steadily growing more friendly, an alliance might not help matters. We are getting along pretty well without it, and an alliance is apt to be a promoter of mutual suspicion and discord rather than helpfulness even among the allies. It would seem wise, therefore, that we pursue the even tonor of our way, co-operating with Great Britain and other nations too when it is in the interest of constructive peace and prosperity, but keeping to ourselves the privilege of deciding just when and where we ought to co-operate. THE ALIEN INTRIGUERS In a recent issue of an eastern magazine, Garrett Garrett tells the American people much of what they ought to know about international propaganda; how foreign nations successfully conceive to put over on this country ideas which serve their interests rather than our own. With the beginning of the World war this system was transferred to the United States. If it were in the open, it would not be dangerous, but it is carried on under camouflage so clever that Americans accustomed to deal above the table have fallen easy victims to its deceptive influences. In the name of peace, international amity, altruism and other highly ethical causes, insidious attack is made on proper national preparedness, on a tariff protective of American standards of living, on American political and industrial independence, and on the very principles and ideals underlying the institutions of the United States. We need more propaganda in behalf of American ideas, ideals and interests, and more public understanding and resentment against alien propaganda. The politician or the newspaper engaged in serving any foreign cause antagonistic to the interests and welfare of the American people is little less than a traitor. The type of newspaper and politician that in every important controversy between the United States and any foreign power always assumes that his country is wrong, should fall beneath the scorn of every American who believes that the first concern of every patriot should be his own country. MISLEADING EUROPE How foreign opinion can be misled by the expressions of unofficial Americans on our policies is evidenced in a recent letter in the Manchester Guardian by a prominent Englishman. MISLEADING EUROPE How foreign opinion can be misled by the expressions of unofficial Americans on our policies is evidenced in a recent letter in the Manchester Guardian, by a prominent Englishman who had just returned from the United States. This traveler speaks on the "sourness" and "narrow rigidity" of President Coolidge's language on the question of war debts and contrasts this with the "generous" statements of certain Columbia university professors on the subject, emphasizing the fact that the debt plea for cancellation was signed by Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, "a life-long Republican," who had been freely mentioned as a candidate for governor of New York. This English traveler intimates further that this expression for drastic reduction of the debt is one commonly held in the economic and historical departments of most American universities, and other centers for the discussion of foreign affairs. All of which may be true, but if the writer believes that this indicates that the view of Columbia professors represents any considerable section of American public opinion he is due for a sad disillusionment. For in America, as well as elsewhere, no regions are more completely out of touch with public opinion, as a general rule, than the departments of economics and history in many universities. The American people as a whole, Democrats and Republicans alike, stand with President Coolidge in his foreign debt policy. They do not regard this policy as necessarily "sour" or "narrowly rigid." They remember what we spent in the war and what we got out of it, and they know that in this regard the allies fared much better than we. But the point to be remembered is that the only effect of professional outbursts on our foreign policy is felt in Europe and not in the United States. Democrats in the House voted against an appropriation for the immediate construction of three cruisers, under the impression that the President favored the bill. Now that they find the chief executive is against this appropriation, they announce themselves in readiness to vote in favor of the bill when it comes up for final passage. If this is not patriotism, what do you call it? THINGS THAT MAKE YOU SORE. By A. B. CHAPIN AWPUL WEATHER, AMT IT? YOU GOTTA COLD TOO, ANTCHA? WELL, ALL I GOTTA SAY IS, BE CAREFUL! REGULAR EPIDEMIC OR GRIP BOW! 'BRAND' EVERYBODY'S GETTIN IT! IT'S TERRIBLE !! FIRST THING YKNOW, IT GETS TO YOUR LABNYX THEN YOUR DROWNYXWATCH OUT, IT'S VERY CONTAGIOUS! IF YOUR THROAT FRIELLS LIKE A COUPLA SKID CHAINS AND YOU ACHE ALL OVER. THEN YOU'VE GOT IT—SUILB !!! HARDLY ANYBODY ESCAPES—THEY ALL CATCH IT! THE KIND OF WEATHER, IS WOT BRINGS AN 'NEWMONIA' THEN, GOOD NIGHT !!! —and SO ON, UNTIL YOUR 'RAIN CROW' FRIEND MAKES YOU SO SORE THAT YOU HAVE TO RESTRAIN YOURSELF TO KEEP FROM COMMITTING MURDER!!! Important Sessions Of Walnut Growers ing well through the third day, the regular conference program will be carried out at Phoenix, Arizona, and at the close of the program the entire Market Duck Hunters Get Heavy Sentences Important Sessions Of Walnut Growers Orange county walnut growers will be hosts to a large delegation of visiting growers from all walnut growing sections of California when they assemble at the ninth annual Walnut Growers' Institute, to be held at Tustin, on Saturday, March 6. J. A. Smiley, chairman of the Orange County Farm Bureau walnut department, has called a special session of the executive committee Thursday at the farm advisor's office to complete plans for local details in connection with the institute. Some 700 to 800 growers are expected to be in attendance. Word has just been received by Farm Advisor Wahlberg that a statistical report will be ready for presentation at the institute, showing the extent of new walnut plantings each year in California and Oregon and the trend of production in the north. The Tustin Union high school is cooperating with the committee on arrangements to make the day a success. The domestic science department will have charge of serving lunch for the growers, and musical numbers will be offered by high school talent. Regional Conference Will Be at Phoenix The first preliminary program for the western regional farm bureau conference has just been received. It includes a list of speakers well known through the west. The subjects to be discussed are of immediate importance to the farmers of the eleven western states that make up the region. A preliminary stop of one day will be made at Yuma, Arizona, on February 21, when the party will be shown the Yuma valley. The arrangements for the stop at Yuma are being looked after by the Yuma County Farm Bureau. Beginning February 22 and extend well through the third day, the regular conference program will be carried out at Phoenix, Arizona, and at the close of the program the entire party of visiting delegates will be taken on an auto excursion through the Salt River valley and spend the night at Apache Lodge, at Roosevelt dam, where they will witness the electric power plants from which electrical power is furnished by the farmers to the mining camps and smelters of the state. The Salt River valley irrigation district is unique in that farmers operate a cooperative irrigation project, as well as a co-operative power distributing enterprise. The western regional farm bureau conference will bring together the farm bureau leaders of the great west for the purpose of considering the common problems arising in the states, counties and local farm bureau communities of the western region. It is primarily a farm bureau workers' conference to develop plans for making a stronger and more useful farm bureau. Group action is the leading thought of the conference. Annual Citrus Growers' Institute Citrus growers of Southern California are making plans for the annual winter institute which has been scheduled for February 24, at San Bernardino, during the week of the National Orange Show. This arrangement will give local growers the opportunity of attending the institute and the orange show on the same date, thus saving an extra trip. The program will be held at the Elks Club, as in the past, and will start at 10 a.m., according to announcement from the farm advisor's office. Among the speakers are Gordon Surr, citrus experiment station; J. J. Deuell, law and utilities department of the California Farm Bureau Federation; H. C. Carr, Porterville; F. O. Wallschlaeger, and Paul Armstrong of the California Fruit Growers' Exchange. Market Duck Hunters Get Heavy Sentences California's wild ducks, about which so much has been said in recent weeks, will be permitted to find their way into the legitimate sportsman's bag (so far as one of the state's most notorious market hunters is concerned) for the remainder of the season. Taken at 2 o'clock in the morning by Wardena Shearin, Willard, Johnson and Sellimer, near Willows, while in the act of making a "big shot," the market hunter was taken before Justice L. P. Farnum of Willows, where he was assessed a total jail sentence of 225 days. The court decided that use of the "Long Tom," or extension automatic shotgun used by the hunter was good for 100 days; that night shooting was good for an equal sentence, and that 25 days additional would be about right for having over the legal limit of birds. The wardens found 100 birds on the ground after the market hunter's big gun had ceased firing. Justice C. S. Johnson of Stockton, recently assessed a fine of $150 each upon three parties taken in that city by Police Officers R. E. McHugh and Tom Long, with 200 wild ducks in their possession. Before paying the fine the three violators told the court they were engaged in running a gun club near Willows, had killed the ducks the night before their arrest, and were transporting them to San Francisco. Duck hunters shooting from motor boats had a bad week in San Diego county recently, according to reports from that section. A pair of violators taken by Warden Ed Glidden were fined $75 by the local justice. Still another was fined $50 for a similar offense. All of these rumors of scandal have settled one thing definitely. Judge Landis is still the Mussolini of the sporting world. Speaking of China, what is the League of Nations doing about it? The Purdy's by Paul Robinson PUBLISHERS - AUTOCASTER SERVICE REG. U.S. PAT. OFFICE WHOOP-EE! WE'RE FREE AT LAST! HERE'S A RECEIPT FOR OUR LAST PAYMENT ON THE MORTGAGE — HOT DOG! IT'S INDEPENDENCE DAY! OH THAT'S FINE NOW WE CAN BUY A CAR! A CAR? WHAT DYR MEAN CAR? AND YOU JUST TOLD ME YOU WANT A BIG DIAMOND RING FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY! WE SIMPLY MUST HAVE A CAR—ALL OUR FRIENDS HAVE BIG AUTOMOBILES—they think we're so poor we can't afford one if we don't get one now! AND WE'VE PAID OFF OUR MORTGAGE ON OUR HOUSE SO NOW WE CAN PUT ONE BACK ON TO BUY THAT BIG BLUE SEDAN WE SAW AT THE SHOW LAST WEEK! THAT'S FINE BUSINESS! PAY OFF ONE MORTGAGE AN THEN TAKE OUT A NEW ONE ON THE OLD SHANTY TO BUY A CAR! ALL RIGHT WE'LL GET A CAR BUT YOU'LL HAVE TO GET THAT RING IDEA OUTA YOUR HEAD! MAYBE WE COULD PUT A MORTGAGE ON THE CAR! Paul Robinson OBSERVATIONS BY A CONTRIBUTOR PEN MIGHTIER THAN SWORD A WELL-EDITED newspaper—the kind that stands up for the people's rights—whose editor knows how to wield the editorial pen, and who knows what not to print—that paper has a place on this mundane sphere and usually gets along all right. But ever and anon you see where a periodical goes up on the rocks of disaster. Even though there is plenty of money close at hand, that fact seems insufficient to keep the paper alive. A good newspaper must have a fixed policy, floating from its masthead, and must of necessity print legitimate news even though it is not to the liking of some people, especially those of the high places—men who believe they have a pull, to use the vernacular of the street urchin. A representative journal—one that has the respect and confidence of the people—is a valued adjunct to any community and should be prized highly by all good people. THEM WERE THE HAPPY DAYS It is said a champion is to receive a cool million dollars to defend his title sometime next year. A long time ago the late John L. used to bowl 'em over for a paltry thousand. SITTING ON THE LID Some of the big windjammers in congressional halls have been attacking the presidential policy of protecting and guarding the lives and property of United States citizens living outside of the borders of this country. But this criticising is ill-timed and foolish. According to the Monroe doctrine, this country must do that very thing—or some other country might do it. So far as these southern countries are concerned, this United States cannot—would not—stand for any foreign invasion. America is the friend of these harassed and perturbed republics, and it is time for them to get that right. WEANING SEEMS TO BE SAFE A NOTED English writer, speaking of the wet issue, says he does not believe the American people will ever return to the general use of intoxicants. "Science and experience have proved that these take the edge off efficiency, blunt the ideals, and are always on the side of the flesh in its war against the spirit," he says. GETTING IN ON THE GROUND FLOOR WEANING SEEMS TO BE SAFE NOTED English writer, speaking of the wet issue, says he does not believe the American people will ever return to the general use of intoxicants. "Science and experience have proved that these take the edge off of efficiency, blunt the ideals, and are always on the side of the flesh in its war against the spirit," he says. GETTING IN ON THE GROUND FLOOR INDUSTRIAL concern has acquired about thirty acres of ground near a trolley line in a suburban town just west of here, and preparations are already under way for a large building to house its plant. It is also reported that a banking company will establish a branch bank there. Rumor for months past says the town is to be made the hub of extensive electric railway activity. STRETCHING OUT THINGS grow tall in Kansas, a senator, who stands 6 feet 7 inches, is going to get a bill through, making beds in hotels that length. The next worst thing to a short bed is the short coyers, especially in cold weather. IT'S DIFFERENT WHEN INSIDE LOOKING OUT HAT honeymoon couple, who are real sports, that gave the young Canadian a long lift when his old motorcycle broke down, while he was on his way out here to get into the channel swim, have asked George for $1000, as a present, for helping him win the capital prize. But he says that was not in the specifications, and he turned a deaf ear. DOWN CAME THE HOUSE ON THE SANDS WELL-KNOWN citizen writes in the paper that some of the "modern" dwellings built during the past few years are unsafe and are wobbly, or something like that. He says some of the houses are sagging, and a tenant, after placing the piano on the main floor, may find it in the cellar in the morning. And he also warns people not to lean too hard against the structure. DAD'S NOSE ON THE GRINDSTONE WIFE upstate sued her husband for divorce and asked for $75 a month alimony. When the lady appeared in court, she wore an expensive fur coat. The judge cast a critical eye and, lamping the garment, gave an order lopping off $25. The husband took a hand, too, exclaiming friend wife kept him broke buying her clothes and everything. FISHING FOR THAT MEAL TICKET ORDES of promoters and managers are seeking to get the name of the young man who swam the channel on the dotted line. The young husky Canadian is popular now, and everybody and their sisters, and their cousins, and their aunts want to give him the once over. AN OBJECT LESSON THE swimming feat of the sturdy young Canadian should be heeded by the rising generation. Indomitable will and the love for his mother made the task possible. Will power is better than all the advice and preaching that can be offered. It makes HORDES of promoters and managers are seeking to get the name of the young man who swam the channel on the dotted line. The young husky Canadian is popular now, and everybody and their sisters, and their cousins, and their aunts want to give him the once over. AN OBJECT LESSON THE swimming feat of the sturdy young Canadian should be heeded by the rising generation. Indomitable will and the love for his mother made the task possible. Will power is better than all the advice and preaching that can be offered. It makes things look brighter. "OLD MAN" IN WRONG PEW CASE was reported there awhile back where it was believed a wife met with foul play, or something, when she disappeared wearing a costly fur, $1000 worth of jewelry and driving the family car. But now it's all cleared up. The wife writes to her mama and dad, saying she eloped with a real he-man and was happy, and would leave the outcome to the hand of fate. She claimed she had been perfectly miserable the last few years, but now she is contented. With her letter came also a note from Bob, the man in the case. Robert says she is safe and in devoted hands. Friend husband must feel like a flat tire. MOULDERS OF PUBLIC OPINION THE idea of paying large salaries to men to "keep the game straight" may be all right, but what would their "decisions" amount to if the newspapers kept silent on the matter. The pencil-pushers should get up on their hind legs and demand a "split." SHEDDING THEIR PIN-FEATHERS Now it looks like the Filipinos will be allowed their freedom, giving complete autonomy to that archipelago. A short while ago a clever performer on the vaudeville stage here, speaking to his auditors in clear and correct English, said he was a Filipino by birth and was also a 100 per cent American. That sounded good, and the man was proud of his antecedence. The natives over there have been well schooled by your Uncle Samuel, and there is no good reason why they should not now wear long pantaloons.