anaheim-gazette 1929-02-07

PAGE SIX THE ANAHEIM GAZETTE ESTABLISHED 1870 HENRY KUCHEL, Editor and Proprietor ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY SUBSCRIPTION FOR YEAR $2.00 Entered at the Anaheim, California Post Office as second-class matter SIX MONTHS 1.00 PACIFIST PROPAGANDA This is the day of propaganda. Perhaps we should say that this continues to be the day of propaganda. For propaganda has been with us for a great many years, perhaps longer than most of us realize. We commenced to note its force and influence at the beginning of the great war back in 1914. Following the armistice came the propaganda for the entrance of the United States into the League of Nations and the quarrels of Europe. This was followed by the propaganda for the cancellation of the European debts. And so it has been just one wave of propaganda after another. The latest crusade of the kind has been staged by the pacifists who have bombarded Congress with all sorts of petitions and protests against the fifteen-cruiser bill. So successful was the propaganda during the last session of Congress that it succeeded in preventing the passage of the bill. And the pacifists bureaus are busy again. So bold have been their operations that there has been talk of a congressional investigation to arrive at the sources and the financing of the drive against the navy. Just what will come of this, if anything, is of course for the future to tell. But in the meantime why shouldn't there be a little organization by the other side—by those Americans in fact who believe not in war, but who think that the best way to keep out of war is to have a navy big enough to protect American interests at home and abroad. The pacifists have grossly misrepresented the purpose of the fifteen-cruiser bill and have held it up as the beginning of a new era of competitive armament and a new drive for war. ganda during the last session of Congress that it succeeded in preventing the passage of the bill. And the pacifists bureaus are busy again. So bold have been their operations that there has been talk of a congressional investigation to arrive at the sources and the financing of the drive against the navy. Just what will come of this, if anything, is of course for the future to tell. But in the meantime why shouldn't there be a little organization by the other side—by those Americans in fact who believe not in war, but who think that the best way to keep out of war is to have a navy big enough to protect American interests at home and abroad. The pacifists have grossly misrepresented the purpose of the fifteen-cruiser bill and have held it up as the beginning of a new era of competitive armament and a new drive for war. Everyone who has studied the situation knows that this is absurd, that the fifteen cruisers are needed to replace outworn craft, that they will not increase appreciably the size of our navy. But why let the pacifists get away with it? There are a number of fine patriotic societies in the United States who have for one of their purposes 'the preservation of American ideals and American constitutional government. Among them we can think for the moment of the American Legion, the Sons of the American Revolution and the D. A. R. Why not then have a little counter attack, or rahtre a campaign to show the truth to the American people? The Chicago Tribune excellently summed up the situation recently when it said: "We are not inclined to exaggerate the seriousness of these closely related organizations for peace eat any price. This is not a peace-at-any-price nation. The mischief is not that organized pacifism can prevent us from fighting when we have good reason for fighting, but that it can prevent us from being adequately prepared to fight effectively. Congress, even before the days of pacifism, has always been reluctant to spend money upon measures of preparedness. In this it obeyed our American optimism and our American dislike for spending money on what we feel is the foolish wastefulness of war. When this natural reluctance is supported by organized pacifism in the plausible guise of humanitarianism, peace, etc., the result is the defeat of moderate measures for the maintenance of the national defenss. "W don't expect much from an inquiry into organized pacifism though it might bring home to Congress and the public the extent and character of the resistance of proper defense measures. But it is certain that we need a counter organization of resistance to pacifist lobbying and propaganda, and we think the American Legion could readily bring it about by appealing to patriotic societies civic organizations, and business associations for co-ordinate action. Standing committees in all such organizations could be supplied with data on our defense needs and on legislation, and could be brought into effective co-operation through a central representative committee." It is not only unwise but absurd to let the pacifists do all the talking and to permit the attacks to go unanswered except for individual and uncoordinated effort. The real argument is all on the other side. Why not organize and get it out? Unless this is done the organized and noisy minority may be able to put it over the silent, unorganized majority again. CHINA SEEKS ADVISERS In its appointment of five prominent Americans, headed by Henry Ford, to serve as "honorary economic advisers." China's Nationalist Government is following a practice common in the Far East. But never before have the foreigners so selected been men of such outstanding ability and wide interests as those chosen by the Nationalists. Herefore the advisers of the Chinese and Japanese governments have been experts with definite tasks to CHINA SEEKS ADVISERS In its appointment of five prominent Americans, headed by Henry Ford, to serve as "honorary economic advisers," China's Nationalist Government is following a practice common in the Far East. But never before have the foreigners so selected been men of such outstanding ability and wide interests as those chosen by the Nationalists. Herefore the advisers of the Chinese and Japanese governments have been experts with definite tasks to perform, willing to serve abroad, as in the case of Professor Edwin W. Kemmerer, who has accepted a Nationalist appointment to unravel China's tangled finances. We do not imagine that the Nationalists actually expect these new advisers to abandon their interests in this country and repair immediately to Nanking. Yet we believe that "honorary" though the appointments may be the Chinese government has very definite purposes in view. If they can persuade such men as Henry Ford and Owen D. Young to associate themselves in any way with Chinese reconstruction, an important step will have been taken toward awakening foreign interest in their program. Another bond between China and the United States will have been forged. For the development of their plans the great need of the Nationalists is capital. Sooner or later, if they retain their power, efforts will be made to obtain foreign loans. In the same way foreign capital may be invited to undertake certain phases of reconstruction, such as the building of roads or railways. If the country's "honorary advisers" are interested in such projects it will be that much easier to interest American capitalists and the American public. Nor is it entirely inconceivable that the day may come when those interests which have won a first foothold in China will profit immeasurably. The country is one of the world's greatest undeveloped markets. Today there are no roads and consequently no automobiles, but reconstruction would mean roads and America would have the opportunity to supply the automobiles. It may be that China is no winddirectly seeking a new approach to the foreign economic intervention which has been so roundly condemned in the past, the appointment of "honorary advisers" making a first step toward obtaining the aid she needs for reconstruction, coupled with a safeguard against exploitation. But, whatever the motives of the Nationalists, they are slowly building for the future in this move, as in so many of the other steps which they have taken since establishing their government. ANAHEIM GAZETTE Sniping—By Albert T. Reid MARS KELLOGG PACT OUR WORLD THE PEACE PACT There has been so much talk about the Peace Pact as little more than a the resture but practically meaning- methods, not war, are to be the instrumentality of national policy. This at least gives the pacifist the right to say that he is the patriot, and the advocates of war the man who holds cheaply the concern of all the nations and over which by the Treaty of Lausanne supervises the Straits of the Dardenelles. There is no point, from a strategic angle in burdening ourselves with two canals which eventually will become the concern of all the nations and over which THE PEACE PACT There has been so much talk about the Peace Pact as little more than a fine gesture, but practically meaningless, that it might be well to call attention to its real significance. We doubt much whether the average man who has not thought the matter through deeply senses its tremendous import. In the first place, the Peace Pact is a treaty, and a treaty has all the provision of the statute of the United States. The Supreme Court of the United States in a decision on the treaty with Japan held that the only provision of a treaty is one of priority. If the treaty is passed first it may be abrogated by a congressional statute. But if it be passed after a statute with which it is in conflict, then the treaty becomes the lawt of the land. This gives a treet between the United States and a foreign power all the force of a law of the land, solemn and binding until it be abrogated by common consent of the powers making the treaty. In addition to that, it must never be overlooked that a treaty expresses the pledged word of a nation, and national honor demands its sanctity and its binding force. It is still looked upon as a grievous offense for any nation to violate its treaty obligations. When the German chancellor at the beginning of World War referred to the treaty between the powers of Europe guaranteeing the neutrality of Belgium as a mere scrap of paper, the nations opposed Germany were than ever convinced of the rectitude of their cause. A treaty breaking nation is looked upon as an international outlaw. A treaty between nations solemnly entered into as the Peace Pact treaty can never be thought of as a gesture. It is an expression of national honor and national obligation. It is in this sense that the Peace Pact becomes one of the most significant treaties that the United States has ever made. It makes war, hitherto sanctioned by the nations of the world as a perfectly legitimate activity of nations, an outlawed method of settling international disputes. Even though there is no machinery behind the treaty to enforce it, it is only necessary to call attention to the fact that obedience to law is much more often gained by respect for law than by physical force. Hereafter war is outlawed by a solemn treaty between the nations. Peaceful methods, not war, are to be the instrumentality of national policy. This at least gives the pacifist the right to say that he is the patriot, and the advocates of war the man who holds cheaply the solepn treaties approved by his country. Those who hold to the world of national honor as expressed in treaties or in statutes cannot fail to see in the approval of the Peace Pact one of the most far-reaching treaties ever made between the nations of the world. NICARAGUAN CANAL A resolution providing $150,000 for investigation of the Nicaraguan canal project by army engineers was barely prevented from passing the senate one day last week by Senator Vandenberg's insistence that the reapportionment bill be considered first. Members of the House and Senate are reported to be unanimously in favor of the passage of the measure. It will be recalled that in the famous Bryan-Chamroty treaty signed in 1915, the United States paid Nicaragua $3,000,000 for an option on the canal route. It is interesting to note, in anticipation of this $150,000 investigation, some of the things we already have been told about the Nicaraguan canal and our need for it or absence of need. It is estimated by the Panama Canal authorities that that canal will not reach its capacity until 1960. Secretary of War Davis declared last April that the traffic through the canal could be quadrupled by building additional locks and opening the canal to traffic after six o'clock in the evening. The cost of building a third set of locks at Panama would be $100,000,000 whereas the Nicaragua canal cost would be a billion dollars. From a strategic standpoint we will quote a reliable observer who says that "once we succumb to the strategic complex we will be tempted to annex half the earth." Again, the whole tendency in international relations for the passivity years has been to place internationally important arteries of commerce under the control of international commissions. The Suez Canal, in 1888, by the convention of Constantinople, was protected for the nations by an international guarantee. Freedom of international commerce for Kiel Canal is guaranteed by the treaty of Versailles. An international commission authorized by the Treaty of Lausanne supervises the Straits of the Dardenelles. There is no point, from a strategic angle in burdening ourselves with two canals which eventually will become the concern of all the nations and over which we will have no jurisdiction. There are those who believe that the proponents of the Nicaraguan Canal are more concerned with gaining control over Nicaragua than with the canal. We predict that the days will develop interesting facts. MIGHTY OLD WEAPON Viewed from the layman's standpoint if proof is required that there is need for revision of California's criminal code, it is furnished by the San Diego case wherein a street car motorman is charged with assault with a deadly weapon. The weapon the motorman used was a street car. While he was operating the car it struck 'and seriously injured a young mother. A small baby which she was wheeling in a carriage, escaped injury when she brave mother pushed it out of the way, risking her own life to save the child. Apparently only charge under the California law which the state could bring against the motorman to ascertain if the latter was at fault in the accident, is the deadly weapon one. We have a reckless driving charge for those who operate automobiles in a manner likely to injure others. Certainly a street car is not to be considered as deadly as an automobile. It is confined to a definite route and is not, like the auto, likely to appear from almost any direction or any angle. The street car gives some measure of warning, but a recklessly driven automobile gives little, if any. Back East there used to be a charge of criminal negligence lodged against operators of street cars or other vehicles which were driven carelessly. It appears to us this at least sounds like a more sensible charge. And if there is guilt involved in part of the operator, a jury is more likely to find an guilty of no negligence than of assault, so both headway man the word assault conveyed to desire to injure. One can be criminally careless and yet not have the desire to injure. We could accept the street car deadly weapon charge as sensible if we wore a race of physical giants, but we are not that. is no machinery behind the treaty to enforce it, it is only necessary to call attention to the fact that obedience to law is much more often gained by respect for law than by physical force. Hereafter war is outlawed by a solemn treaty between the nations. Peaceful missions. The Sunz Canal, in 1858, by the convention of Constantinople, was protected for the nations by an international guarantee. Freedom of international commerce for Kiel Canal is guaranteed by the treaty of Versailles. An international commission authorized HAVE SOME CANDY FREDDIE—LEMON DROPS AND LICORICE—WHAT WILL YOU HAVE? BETTER LET ME HAVE THE LEMON DROPS, POP-CAUSE IF I TOOK TH' LICORICE~ I'D JES' HAVE TO WASH MY FACE OVER AGAIN!! Animal Crackers WHAT'S THE DEFINITION OF A BACHELOR? A BACHELOR IS A FELLOW WHO GETS ONLY HALF AS MUCH MILEAGE OUT OF A PAIR OF SOCKS AS A MARRIED MAN! THANKS TO VINCENT BROWN, FACONIA, DUNKER OBSERVATIONS MEMO. OF MOTORIST Scene—Street Intersection—Bang. Two cars stop. Both drivers get out; look over vehicles; compare notes. Exchange names and addresses. You * * * * * Aw, you * * * * Drivers resume seats. One drives away. The other, after numerous attempts, remains. Telephones garage. Car and tow-line arrive. Crowd assembles. Many explanations. Street cleared. Things normal—until next bump. EVERYBODY WORKS BUT FATHER A society note says a well known movie star, who has just married, will continue her career before the camera. LOST HIS CALLING Now that sound "pitches," have got a foothold, the guy who reads aloud the sub-titles is partly put out of business—but the squalling babies are still up in arms. CHAMPING AT THE BIT The loud manner in which a certain lady, in an up the boulevard city, appears in their city affairs, the hick villagers incline to the notion that she is about due for a "contract," as they crave to see her. It all depends, no doubt, if she could qualify in the sound tests. SO LONG AS THEY ARE MADE THEY'LL BE USED And yet again, speaking of experiments, it is unlawful to carry a pistol, but murders are getting so frequent nowadays that people pass up the sensations without batting an eyelash. Of course, jealousy, a twin brother of insanity, is the cause of many casulaties. THIS MAN MUST CARRY A RABBIT FOOT A wife who eloped with her paramour, before leaving on the honeymoon helped the new man hogtie the old husband, rob him of $45 and then left for parts unknown. Some men have to go to law to break the matrimonial shackle, costing something like one hundred smackers. FAILED TO BURN THE BRIDGES A married man and a woman were "surprised" in a hotel room in a near-by town the other evening by the police, when a "mysterious tip" came in over the wire at headquarters, which spilled THIS MAN MUST CARRY A RABBIT FOOT A wife who eloped with her paramour, before leaving on the honeymoon helped the new man hogtie the old husband, rob him of $45 and then left for parts unknown. Some men have to go to law to break the matrimonial shackle, costing something like one hundred smackers. FAILED TO BURN THE BRIDGES A married man and a woman were "surprised" in a hotel room in a near-by town the other evening by the police, when a "mysterious tip" came in over the wire at headquarters, which spilled the beans. CHICKENS WILL COME HOME TO ROOST A man who engaged in the popular indoor sport of trying to keep two wives was brought up in a court up-state by one of the mates in a divorce action with alimony attachment. The other mate, whom he had sent far away, believing she would never know about it, had a hunch and seeing in the paper where her bread winner was enmeshed, she started back on foot, traveling one hundred miles to get in court in time to press her claim for her monthly stipend to keep the wolf from the door. BUTTING THEIR HEADS AGAINST BRICK WALL People who try to divert river water from one watershed into another area are wasting their time, and by doing so only pile up a lot of trouble and expense for themselves. The raparian water rights of the people of this valley are undisputed and remain inviolate. For any person to even attempt to divert the river flow from the Santa Ana river is the height of folly. The pioneers of the valley, the men who made this section what it really is today, are the men, with their foresight, who laid the foundation for the growth of this matchless valley. The water goes with this land, and there it will remain. TIME TO REFLECT A man who became enmeshed in the law there a while back, when he was charged with a number of "counts," said he was thinking of taking a change of venue. If half is true, a lot of people believe what he needs is a vacation. POST MORTEM EXAMINATION That after-the-election talk over a national hook-up, was a good deal like the fireman who went to a fire and after it was over he remarked that, anyway, they saved the brick chimney and the lot. IT'S A GREAT WORLD — IF YOU DON'T WEAKEN A simple little love story was the theme of the play, "No Children Wanted," shown at a local theatre the other day. It ran something like this: A young woman plighted her troth and married the man she loved against the wishes of her parents. They were happy for a time. A child came to bless them. The husband then deserted. The mother, heart broken, took her babe and secretly placed the child on the back porch of the home of her parents. She left a note, saying she had been deceived, asked her mother to care for the child and to forgive her. The young mother then went away, expecting all would be well. But just then a dear little winsome miss, about 12 years of age, who went t othat home to deliver a basket of vegetables, found the abandoned waif snugly tucked away in a basket; and after telling the surprised butler to take the child, she was roundly rebuffed by the pompous steward, who said the child did not belong there, and for her to take it away. This the little "god-mother" decided to do. were happy for a time. A child came to bless them. The husband then deserted. The mother, heart broken, took her babe and secretly placed the child on the back porch of the home of her parents. She left a note, saying she had been deceived, asked her mother to care for the child and to forgive her. The young mother then went away, expecting all would be well. But just then a dear little winsome miss, about 12 years of age, who went t othat home to deliver a basket of vegetables, found the abandoned waif snugly tucked away in a basket; and after telling the surprised butler to take the child, she was roundly rebuffed by the pompous steward, who said the child did not belong there, and for her to take it away. This the little "god-mother" decided to do. For a time she did not know how to gain her grand-daddy's permission to take the child home. He was her only comfort and joy—beside her pet dog. The grand-daddy, who was the village huckster, finally decided to adopt the waif, provided they could get by the old hard-boiled female proprietor of the rooming house (which they called home), who had a sign conspicuously hung over the door, "no children wanted." The grand-daddy and the little "step-mother" decided to run the gauntlet and succeeded in getting the babe into their room, called home. The brave little stepmother set about to rear the new-found babe. And then the child's mother, who had drifted for several weeks, finally took refuge in a room in the very house where her baby was being cared for by the little loving god-mother. The sound of a baby's squalls sent her distractedly to her parents' home, seeking the child she had abandoned. When told by her mother the child was not there she became frantic and collapsed. So the case rested so far as she was concerned. In the meantime the little god-mother was doing finely, until one day the authorities came and took the waif to an orphanage. Later arrangements were made to have the child adopted by a young married couple. And while the proceedings progressed, who should come to the orphanage but the little god-mother with a batch of vegetables, and espying the same little orphaned child she surreptitiously took the youngster away with her. Excitement prevailed at the child's disappearance. The little god-mother was seen later with the child and a spirited "man hunt" was staged. Finally, since she believed she would lose the baby the little god-mother decided to return the babe to the home where she found it. Lo and behold, there was the child's real mother, and at sight of her lost baby she became overjoyed, pressed the child to her bosom, wept, and the scene was over. And what became of the little godmother? Oh, she was taken into the home, adopted ,and everybody was happy ever after. Some men who call themselves fathers (but who desert their wives and children) should profit by this narrative.