anaheim-gazette 1930-01-02

THE ANAHEIM GAZETTE ESTABLISHED 1876 HENRY KUCHEL, Editor and Proprietor. ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY SUBSCRIPTION PER YEAR.....$1.50 SIX MONTHS.....1.00 Entered at the Anaheim, California, Postoffice as second-class matter. FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO THE FRONT The World Court seems to be an American issue that will not down. It has bobbed up in the past three administrations following the bitter League of Nations fight in the Wilson administration. In the administration of President Coolidge the United States Senate ratified a resolution of American adherence of the World Court with important amendments, one of which provided that the Court should not rule on any question in which the United States had or claimed to have an interest without the consent of the United States. It was thought that this settled the matter so far as American adherence was concerned, but certain other nation refused to accept this reservation. It then seemed that our entrance into the World Court was a closed matter. But about a year ago Elihu Root went to Europe and with European statesmen worked out what has since been known as the Root formula. This was said to have ironed out European objections to our Senate reservation without modifying the reservation and provided that in case the United States and the rest of the nations could not agree as to whether we had an interest in a question up for dispute, we could naturally and without prejudice withdraw for the court. Many authorities claim that the Root proviso will be satisfactory to Europe and is not an entanglement in the European diplomacy. The matter must go back to the Senate however and it is said that a number of the senators are not in agreement with the Root formula and will oppose it in the Senate. They claim that the Root formula weakens the Senate reservations and declare that otherwise there would be no necessity for it. This was said to have ironed out European objections to our Senate reservation without modifying the reservation and provided that in case the United States and the rest of the nations could not agree as to whether we had an interest in a question up for dispute, we could naturally and without prejudice withdraw for the court. Many authorities claim that the Root proviso will be satisfactory to Europe and is not an entanglement in the European diplomacy. The matter must go back to the Senate however and it is said that a number of the senators are not in agreement with the Root formula and will oppose it in the Senate. They claim that the Root formula weakens the Senate reservations and declare that otherwise there would be no necessity for it. It is not believed at this time that the World Court question will come up in the Senate for some time. Both the administration and the Senate are anxious to get the tariff an dother important questions out of the way first. However, sooner or later the country will doubtless be treated to further debate on the question of American adherence to the World Court and our foreign relations from the time of the Versailles treaty will be discussed both pro and con. Late developments are a statement from former Senator George Wharton Pepper opposing the Root formula and the announcement that a number of prominent men, who have favored closer cooperation with European diplomacy have organized to assist in creating publicity toward putting the World Court resolution through the Senate. The time for the senatorial primaries is not far off and there are evidences that the World Court question may crop up as an issue in some of these contests. ANOTHER SCRAP OF PAPER? There is no justification for the criticism of the recent notes of the American State Department to Russia and China on the ground that they represented gratuitous intermeddling with an international complication. What the American State Department was trying to do was to demonstrate that the Kellogg peace pact is something more than a scrap of paper; that international agreements for peace are not mere camouflage for betrayal of the cause of peace; that such treaties mean what they say and say what they mean. Russia and China signed the Kellogg peace pact. They solemnly renounced war as a means of settling international differences. Before the ink was dry on the paper Russia began an invasion of China to enforce her imperialistic designs on a railway running over Chinese soil. China had discharged Russian employees of that railway on the ground that Russia had broken the treaty under which she acquired control of the railway, by using it for revolutionary propaganda against the Chinese government. Russia denied these charges but China offered to submit the proofs of an international tribunal. Clearly this was a matter which called for peaceful settlement by arbitration, if the Kellogg peace pact was signed in good faith. But Russia disregarded the Kellogg treaty and began an invasion of China. Thousands were killed. The Mukden government was brought to its knees through inability to effectively resist the invading armies while the Nationalist government was busily occupied with insurrections in other parts of the country, insurrections encouraged, and in some cases forged, by the bolshivists. The American government, with the situation in Manchuria in doubt because of conflicting reports, then called the attention of the Chinese and Russian governments to their obligations under an agreement which the United States had signed. China indicated her willingness to take action. ment by arbitration, if the Kellogg peace pact was signed in good faith. But Russia disregarded the Kellogg treaty and began an invasion of China. Thousands were killed. The Mukden government was brought to its knees through inability to effectively resist the invading armies while the Nationalist government was busily occupied with insurrections in other parts of the country. Insurrections encouraged, and in some cases formented, by the bolshivists. The American government, with the situation in Manchuria in doubt because of conflicting reports, then called the attention of the Chinese and Russian governments to their obligations under an agreement which the United States had signed. China indicated her willingness to proceed under that agreement. Russia roughly refused and denounced the American government for alleged unwarranted and unfriendly interference. The American State Department has done its duty in an effort to save the integrity of the Kellogg pact; and to prove to the world that when the United States enters into international engagements it does so in good faith, and if they are to be rendered meaningless, and even harmful to those nations which abide by their obligations, it is no fault of ours. What Russia has done is to prove anew that contracts with such a government are worse than worthless; that they are signed by Russia in an effort to null the rest of the world into that indifference to danger which is the chief weapon of bolshivism. The effect of this incident is to raise new doubts in the minds of the American people as to the effectiveness of agreements for peace which sincere nations sign without mental reservations, and which nations with schemes of world conquest sign only that they may betray other nations into an unwarranted sense of security, while preparing to use military means of enforcing their design whenever opportunity shall arise. Sinclair Lewis repeats his charge that life in America is escapably dull. But we notice that he continues to hang around great deal. And he probably will so long as the public is dull enough to put up real American money for his books. In Kansas City there is a woman who is 108 years old and still spends her time putting patches on men's garments. We doubt whether the average woman will regard this as sufficient inspiration for growing old. With Senator Heflin barred from the official Democratic family and threatening to run independently it becomes evident that they are going to raise something more than cotton down in Alabama next fall. How Our Uncle Must Look! This Guy—— By Albert T. P. "Where ya goin'?" "N-n-n-no place!" INDUSTRIALLY SOUND Speaking at the annual meeting of the Davis Chamber of Commerce, State Treasurer Charles G. Johnson said: Our national concern is to preserve our present prosperity by safely managing our present strong economic growth obtained through development in natural resources. Our industrial progress has always been the object of aggressive foreign competition, and while we have enjoyed an unprecedented period of industrial prosperity, we must not handicap or impair our industrial structure by illogical and ingenious manipulations of our industrial securities. No other country in the world could have withstood the financial tragedy which has just occurred without great industrial and financial depression, and nation could have met the situation with the calm and cool resignation evidenced by the American public. This financial hurdle, which has now spent its fury, should awaken the American public to realize the danger of misappropriating the power of money. Our financial structure, supporting the development of our natural resources, has always been economically unstable and carefully calculated to merit public confidence. We must return to safe and practical means, and prevent either by national policy or law, the resurging parasite whose gambling instincts and selfish greed will impair, if we destroy our industrial credit obligations. The confidence of the American investor in American industrial securities has had yet set back, but has not been destroyed. We are undying a pursuit of economic adjustment which will undoubtedly terminate the dangerous operations of professional stock speculators who are busy by pool control of stocks, for the demand market upsets in Indiana. By this one-cancel pool control, the operating speculators create infectious values of securities and the public is lured into the vortex of speculation in the hope of quick profits. The valuation of American industrial securities is based upon their earnings and any investor should regard them. Industrial securities when purchased should be bought outright as an investment. The purchase of securities by margin deposits is a dangerous hazard to the investor, and should be generally discouraged. All securities should be bought with the intention of obtaining possession by full payment of the purchase price. American capital, totalling into the billions, is attracted to quick specutherly. The buying power of money must have a logical distribution, for in our scheme of economic life, the prosperity of one factor depends more or less upon the other. RED TAPE COSTLY The Lamb Seal and Stenell Company of Washington, D.C., sometime ago condemned an honest bill to the government. In adding up the small item, they made the sum $5.42 when it should have been $5.55, and after submitting the original bill they began to try to collect the larger amount. But the company didn't know the United States at that time. They do now. Yards and yards of red tape were unwound and finally in a four-page ruling, Compriller-General McCurl said that the larger figure could not be paid, and no further declares that "the interests of the government require that there be no decrease by way of correction or alteration in the total amount claimed on the vouchers unless such correction or alteration be made by the claimants and then only in the form of a new voucher for the correct amount claimed." There has been much correspondence. Considerably more than eleven cents has been used up by the company, and out of it they have learned the lesson to be accurate before they send their bill out. The government runs by rule and law, and if occasionally it is out of harmony with common sense and the victim has discovered to correct himself by common sense methods it is just too bad. We recall that during the Civil War man was commissioned in St. Louis to put food down to Grant's army. The food had to be got there; the army was depending on it; but the army could not rent a boat, and finally, in desperation, meeting a shipper who had a boat that he would sell but not lease, he bought the boat of him for $10,000. He got the food and saved that remnant of the army and reported to the government. And then the trouble began. He had never been authorized to buy a boat; he had violated the orders of the government and had done so when we were in a state of war. He was greatly frightened and did not know which way to turn. Speaking of it to a friend who was well to do, she friend said: "I will help you out. I will buy the boat of you and you can have the money for the government." So she soon sold the boat and reported again to the government. Then he was in bad. He had sold government property without orders which was a sinning crime. He was cited for court-martial in Washington, and while it has some time since we recalled the record of one case, as we recall, there had to be a special act of Congress passed to relieve this man of his discolourity. The methods of red tape are wonderful. It requires twice as long and double the expense usually to deal with a government commission than with representatives of private corporations. A MERCHANT MARINE For years publicists have argued, the public has implored, statesmen have ordered and declared to end that the American marine should be restored in all its pristine glory and importance—to the condition it enjoyed and held immediately after the Civil War. But American freight and commerce and American passengers have continued to be carried abroad by ships bearing another flag than Old Glory, the business of freight and passenger service has continued to come from other shores on bottoms of foreign registry. The American merchant marine had become a thing of traction. It is more than agreeable, therefore, to learn and now this incomprehensible situation is to be changed, and to the credit, profit and distinction of America. The federal government just has moved to such purpose that American shipwards are to become dilled with a new construction which will restore our merchant marine navy to its old-time prestige and importance on the high seas through approval of twelve new ocean mail routes. Forty new vessels of a gross tonnage of approximately 400,000 in the next ten years have been contracted for at an estimated cost of $250,000,000, and the construction will be worth every cent of the sum duplicated many, many times. HELLO - HELLO! IS THIS YOU, JIMMY? YES, THIS IS PINKY SPEAKING! YEH! GEE - THE WEATHER'S SO FIERCE OUT- ISN'T IT? RAINING AND SNOWING IS TERRIBLE. MOM, SAYS CAN'T COME OVER TO YOUR HOUSE TONIGHT! -SHE SAYS THAT ONLY A CUCKOO WOULD GO OUT IN THIS WEATHER - BUT SAY, CAN'T YOU COME OVER TO MY HOUSE? Pinky, Dinky, SINGLES IDEA LITTLE WILLIE WAFFLECAKE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO MOTHER SAID, FOR GOODNESS SAKE - WRITE A POEM FOR YOU! (THEN BABY ELEN, LAKENWOOD, OHIO.) OBSERVATIONS COPS A LA CAMEL It is said that all policemen in a town up state who "drink" while on duty will be fired and all of the boys who "drink" while off duty will be disciplined by the authorities. TAKING THE RUBBER OFF HIS ROLL There is one thing about the new currency that stood out prominently at first, and that was a fellow would spend it freely just to show the other fellow that he had some of the 'lil son of a guns. HEY, QUIT SHOOING THAT SETTING HEN AROUND Up in a northwest city they staged a novel business dealing for a day when eggs were used as a medium of exchange. Eggs came in by basketfuls and they were all (supposed to be) fresh. (YOO HOO) EDDIE BRING THE BROMO SELTZER It is said an officer had been arrested up state for being under the influence. Exhibit "A" showed that he had to sample the stuff when making an arrest, and having made many of them, he naturally carried quite a load, and his carrying capacity being limited, quite likely he became too heavy and failed to pick out a parking space before it was too late. Okay. MEEBE, ITS THE ACOUSTICS 'ER, WHAT? A vivacious and delectable young lady of the screen, whose friends among the drug store cowboys are legion, (and be it known those self same admirers can tell the young lady's curves blindfolded) has attracted wide publicity because of her cute smile, winsome ways and whatnots. Enter now the talkies. The voice, fellas, the voice, a kingdom for a voice; Ah, that's where the shoe pinches. Will it be another fade away? GETTING IT OUT OF THEIR SYSTEMS Horatio—What for the love of Mike, is a peace pack? Hidalgo—That buddy is all right, so long as everybody is peaceable, but it is a good deal like an earthen dam in a sandwash. Every little thing is okay while there is no water in the river, but let torrential rains descend in a short space of time, and the lern thing boils over. GETTING IT OUT OF THEIR SYSTEMS Horatio—What for the love of Mike, is a peace pack? Hidalgo—That buddy is all right, so long as everybody is peaceable, but it is a good deal like an earthen dam in a sandwash. Every little thing is okay while there is no water in the river, but let torrential rains descend in a short space of time, and the lern thing boils over. ON THE TIPTOE OF EXPECTANCY A charming and good looking divorcee who had quite a nice lady sum bestowed upon her in the property settlement, has had numerous proposals in marriage. But she turns a deaf ear, saying, "I'm more concerned about my theatrical career than the guitors." All right lady, let's go. Name your medicine. SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT THIS If appearance count for anything the Russians would annihilate the Chinamen. Pictures of the armies show the Chinese to be clean cut young fellows, many of them boys in their teens. While the Russians are huskies, big and strong; and their general looks like he would eat them alive. Every effort should be used to avert a war between those two nations. FAMILY REUNION After you are snugly tucked away on easy street, nice little family and everything, after you have retired with a lot of jack, and then have an old flame up and allege that you did not keep faith and she asks for a cool half million to heal her wounded heart, that's enough grief to last all summer. But when the former husband of that lady steps up to the bar of justice and asks for another cool half million for the loss of his helpmate, you feel as though you want to go jump into the lake. JUSTIFIED OFFENSE It is quite possible that an offense may not seem very great at first, but, after due deliberation, the enormity of it becomes more apparent. The prisoner was asked why he beat the victim. "Well, judge, he called me a rhinoceros." "Umph! Rhinoceros, eh? When did this happen?" "Jes' about three years ago, jedge." "Three years ago. Why did you wait until today to get even then?" "Well, judge, de facts am dat I never seed no rhinoceros until it's mawnin." EDDIE (YOO-HOO) BRING THE BICYCLE A militant man who has been in the limelight received a bunch of five other days and according to a newspaper, photostatic there is a left hand shiner in evidence, but where the subject still retains the power of speech the optical object is of minor importance still an impaired optic is a disadvantage when there are too many abbreviated skirts swishing around. From reliable sources it has been learned that the encounter was more argumentative that nugilistic, for be it known that a man who fights and runs away lives to fight another day. Nevertheless the hostilities were started it is said because of an insistent desire upon the party of the second part to broadcast the inner workings of an untoward attack upon an estimable and highly respected young lady. It seems however that this episode is only the first round A militant man who has been in the limelight received a lunch of five other day and according to a newspaper, photostatic there is a left hand shiner in evidence, but where the subject still retains the power of speech the optical object is of minor importance still an impaired optic is a disadvantage when there are so many abbreviated skirts swishing around. From reliable sources it has been learned that the encounter was more argumentative than nugilistic, for be it known that a man who fights and runs away lives to fight another day. Nevertheless the hostilities were started it is said because of an insistent desire upon the party of the second part to broadcast the inner workings of an untoward attack upon an estimable and highly respected young lady. It seems, however, that this episode is only the first round and as a state law permits ten rounds to a decision it may be that some hot shots will be put over before the smoke of battle clears away. Okay! IT STARTED, BUT FAILED TO FINISH A few months ago a couple of nations got into a dispute over a railroad and for a time it looked as though they would resort to arms to settle the matter. But both sides got to running around in circles and the big doings failed to materialize. It takes money to fight, just the same as it requires mazuma to finance the old car. And from all accounts the two belligerant bodies are short on cash. Besides, in order to keep an army in good condition the men have to eat, and it seems the cupboard over there is bare to quite an extent. The two nations are so big and have so many people on the last census roll that it would appear it would not make much difference if they desired to bump off a few of the excitable participants. Anyway, war never did settle anything, and in all probability the dove of peace will be cooing softly in the old apple tree. HE NOW TAKES HIS PEN IN HAND It has been learned from what is considered unimpeachable authority, that a certain prominent man in an Eastern city has been engaged in writing pieces for the magazines at two dollars per word, and from the same source it is learned that there were a lot of words. From a country editor point of view, that price is the peak of the pack. Lots of editors, no doubt, would do the work at a lesser figure. However, if the gentleman will give a palpitating public a treatise on the whims of voters on the day of an election, that would be intensely interesting. In other words, what makes a voter change his mind after going into the voting booth looking for that little rubber stamp. Another entertaining subject could be devoted to the idiosyncracies of nature, which causes a fella to switch his ballot at the eleventh hour believing that during the campaign he had been listening to a lot of hot air.