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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-06-29

Howdy. Wen. Il was fine sum.
7 mer. wasn't Il,
Jack Johnson. heavyweight pugiI.
1zt will bc up against the old rock
pile July :. So will Carpenter.
NEW USE FOR HOME BREW
Twelve hundred quarts OF Fourth
Of July beer were seized by the police
I Tuesday afternoon The Star.
Why buy giant fire crackers when
an extra raisin In bottle will do the
1x1ck.
j Wonder how Tarxan the Terrible
} would act II he walked into . hotel
and asked for medium priced room
ana the clcrk said, Here n . nice
nttIs room on the tenth floor back
at IS . day
seattls needs less aview~rs with
ais2n- ana mare -psintsrs with
WElATrA W. SEAxs
Nv. II. Thompson win preach his
- 1rewsIi sermon on Sunday next The
Choir win render an anthem OF JOY
, and thanksgiving specially composed
for the occAsion.--From the Buriing-
ton Free Press
wen. anyway. With the def1ation
10 credits comes the defiation OF
tmrrn~ H&ada
Rev. Chauncey J. Hawkins told his
congreeafion last Sunday that
wealth ana power and The comforts
I OF life come with the attainment Of
keodliness. Which probably explains
the millions Of suiiman and Stanley
Joyce.
And DR.. Matthews declared THAT ne
liked 10 pay taxes. How the good
ypastor must love Gov. HART
KEPT N THE sTOCKROON
Newspapers now keep the line.
~srhe bandit escaped in waiting au-
tomobilc." in type to put at the bot
tom OF all holdup stories
81 we are now, feIlow-cit.xsns. pass
I&<>g thru the tail Of Pons- Winnecke.
~ ne wandering comet. That smell Ia
Y 4ot a leaking gas main; II Is the
burnt vapor left behind By the cos
mic joyrider.
PLEASE OMIT FLOWERS
Desks OF seattie counciImen are
decorated with flowers fbis week.
should have some made rp into flor
al offerings.
some steaks must come from
Ford's mechanical COW.
Seattle motorists depend too much
on their horns and too little on their
brakes.
ENGLISH LIKE THE DICKENS
An advertisement from siamese
newspaper: THE news OF English
ue tell the latest. Writ In perfectly
style and most earliest DO murder
got commit we tell OF H. DO a
mighty chief die, we publish IT. and
IN borders OF somber staff has each
one been college and writ like Kip
4 ing and the Dickens. We circulate
= very town and extortionate not for
y. ,rertizements. Buy us"
u Fourth Of July committee wants
900 pies 10 feed sailors. what're
they trying TO do-siDk our fleet?
Congress votes down beer. says the
newspapers. Shux, now we'll have
TO keep on drinking whisky!
Carl Sawyer. Pacific Coast league
umpire, uses a large wire cage when
on duty on the field. 1t IL guaran-
teed TO stop the fastest pop bottle.
In~S--h hnrayr>oI
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-06-29
THREATENED GIRL
WITH ARREST. CHARGE

II is charged that he went to the
Rainier hotel, operated by Jacob
Biteman. on June 8. that he threat.
ened Betty Gordon. a roomer. with
arrest. that Miss Gordon managed to
collect from her own pocket and
from friends sufficient money to mol.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-06-29

4 NJ. r. thompson VIII preach his
s 1rewcil sermon on Sunday next The
choir win render an anthem OF JOY
and thanksgiving specially composed
for the occasion.--From the Buriing.
ton Free Press
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-06-29

Fourth Of July committee wants
] 900 pies 10 feed sailors. Whatre
they trying TO do--sink our fleet?
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-06-29
ENGLISH LIKE THE DICKENS

An advertisement from a siamese
newspaper: The news OF English
we tell the latest. Writ In perfectly
etyle and most earliest. DO murder
get commit we tell OF II. DO a
mighty chief die. we publish II. and
IN borders OF somber. staff has each
one been college and writ like Kip
ing and the Dickens. We circulate
very town and extortionate not for
=. ,vertizements. Buy us"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-06-29

Wen. anyway. With the def1ation
10 credits comes the deflation OF
some heads.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-06-29
PLEASE OMIT FLOWERS

Desks OF Seattle councilmen are
decorated with flowers tbis week.
should have some made rp into flor
al offerings.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-06-29

Congress votes down beer. says the
newspapers. sbux, now we'll have
to keep on drinking whisky!
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-06-29

y We are now. feIlow-cit.xsns. pass
I<1g thru the tail Of nswinnecke.
Y ne wandering comet. That smell IL
Aot leaking gas main; II Is the
burnt vapor left behind By the cos
mic ioyrider.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-11

are sent to American papers. One
recent report, for instance, said
seven hundred rebels were killed and
one British officer was wounded and
one soldier killed. We can assert
without fear Of contradiction that
machine guns from housetops have
been used to NOW down unarmed
people to strike terror in the heart
of the masses.
One British government report in
our possession admits that bombs
from the aeroplanes were thrown
upon villagers. In a recent fight on
the northern frontiers of India Eng.
fish soldiers used poison gas against
noncompliance. And only q few
days agd the new policy of the Brit.
ish general staff has been put into
practice; that no quarters be given
to prisoners. The confederation of
this fact is evident in the following
dispatch:
London, Nov. 21.-Sixty-four of
100 Moplah prisoners died from suf-
location while being transported in
q closed railroad car from Tierur
to Belary in Madras Presidency &C.
cording to a dispatch to the Daily
Mail from Madras. The government
has started an inquiry :"
The inhuman treatment perpe-
trated by English military author
tiles in India is much worse than
that of the Black and Tans in Ire.
land.
Success of the Indian revolution In
assured because 1t has nationwide
support. 1t is not only a mass
movement, but 1t is led by the best
brains of India. According to Lord
Sydenham's statement in the House
of Lords on October 25. more than
$4,000 students from colleges and high
schools in the province of Bengal
alone have Joined the rank Of active
workers among the masses. This is
a very conservative estimate. Lead
ership of the Indian revolutionary
movement is in the hands of the
most enlightened men and women Of
India and thousands of them, includ-
ing Moulana Ali Brothers, are now
rotting in prisons for their efforts
to establish a federated republic in
India. The chosen leader for the
presidency Of the All-India National
Congress, which is to meet during
the Christmas week at Thamedabad
with the representatives chosen by
universal popular suffrage all over
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-11
''Bll" is a Whirlwind
Rounding UP Viola
tors of the Income,
EXCESS Profits, and
Other Tax Laws in
Islands.
Islands,,

This was the first serious thing Bill
ever faced and he lost his nerve
A wire was sent his mother at
Pasadena and she began sending
down checks in a perfect stream.
Then Colonel Hathaway. who is q
brilliant lawyer. got into action and
acted as animus slientibus. Of friend
of the accused. He bought the girl a
new comb for $3.50, gave her lawyer
a bottle of seized okolehao and paid
the hospital. The whole thing was
settled for $500 and the colonel got
a new necktie as a reward for his
labors.
"Bill" still Is. cn the job and 10 .
perfect whirlwind, but when the
colonel goes out Of office and opens
law office he is going to act AZ the
secret service man of the firm. In
the meantime Mrs. White In perfect
ly happy and enraptured with these
islands. The only fly in the oint-
ment In that she brought down six
fur coats. one costing Bill some
thing like sec. 900, and she hasn't the
slightest use for them hese. But
she thinks she can trade the fine
coat for bathing ,suit which viii
10 In daily requisition.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-11

him q compact army and q serious
obJective7
When reconquered. Spain must
put the zone on a sound economic
basis. She must administer 1t well
and exploit 1t. or else Germany
will stretch forth her hands to
grasp 1t. This France cannot regard
with complacercy.
The. danger is that the Riffians
will dispense. Morocco armies are
always nebulous. Although Abd-el-
Krim is supposed to have 1000 men
which he trains and pays regularly.
the other 10000 are only human
dust. They will scatter at the first
strong blow delivered by the Span
ish army.
Then will come the long-difficult
task Of waging guerrilla warfare In
an inhospitable country with little
water supply. 1t might take years.
A group of German capitalists
tried to get control Of Morocco In
1909 when they financed the famous
native chief Raissouli. and planned
to create a great chartered company
to pacify and exploit the Spanish
zone for the benefit Of German pock-
etbooks. The plot was discovered
and ended in total failure.
But Germany is tenacious. and
German prospectors camouflaged as
Hollanders have continued to study
the rich mining regions Of this coun-
try. Should Spain fail in the colonial
task which she has assumed since
the Treaty Of Algeciras In accepting
the heavy mission Of putting north
ern Morocco I'm a good economic posi-
ton. we shall see Germany offer
Spain immigrants, engineers and Of
ficers.
Germany win be our neiGhbor. We
must prevent IL.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-11

National defense forces have been
organized all over India. Because
of the successful general strike and
the activities of the National yolun-
teers the government Of Bengal and
the authorities in the Punjob have
declared the organization as illegal,
but the people have defied the gov
eminent order.
MOPL4AHS DISPLAY
STRENGTH.
Although Mahatma Gandhi and
other passive resisters do not ap-
prove Of violence. actual fighting il
going on all over India. In south
ern India the Moplahs have been
holding their own since August %.
They are giving their lives for the
freedom of their motherland. Ac.
cording to the House Of Lords re-
ports. Vol. ~. No. &c." until the
twenty-fifth of October over 1000
Moplahs were killed in engage
ment."
In Bombay. in spite of the pres.
ence of $1,000 soldiers on the day of
the arrival of the Prince of Wales.
the police station was burned. The
same thing has happened in Cal
cutta and in Champaign. in the
province of Behar. where the upris-
ing n Of the most disQuieting
nature.
While the militant section Of the
Indian nationalists are giving battle
to the British authorities, others
are concentrating on boycott Of
English goods and non-payment Of
taxes. This non-payment of taxes
viii break the very existence Of the
government from moral and eco
nomic point of view.
Even Mr.. Shastri. who Ia In
Washington In the capacity Of an
agent Of the British Indian Govern
ment in the Washington confer
ence. has declared thatthe misery of
the Indian people of today is most
appalling. The average annual in
come Of the Indian people IL less.
than ten dollars a year and India
has been reduced to a famine land
by exploitation by Britain. Mr..
Shastri will not be able to deny this
statement: In eighteen months, be-
tween. 1s1s-1s2o, about $4,000. 900
persons starved to death in India
while the British government ex-
ported 100000 tons Of foodstuffs
out Of the country. principally
wheat. rice. barley and other grains.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-11

The British government is souan-
dering millions Of dollars for the
visit Of the Prince of Wales in
India and to line up the Indian
tories against the Indian indie
pendence and or the very day mil
lions are facing starvation and thou.
sands are dying of starvation.
WHOLE NATION BEING
DRUGGED.
The gravest charge against the
British policy in India is that she
Is drusging the Indian people by
her opium monopoly. The British
government advances money free OF
interest to the Indian peasants who
cultivate poppy. The British gov.
eminent manufactures opium and
1t has a monopoly. 1t distributes
through auction sales annually an
amount of opium to tho extent of
100000 pounds. Britain licenses
$4,000 opium dens in India. and men.
women and children can buy opium
there with tho same ease. one can
buy candy in America. Britain is
poisoning America and China with
Indian opium and its derivatives.
Opium addicts are increasing In
America because America IL now
becoming the new market for Indian
opium.
The question Of neglecting the
education Of the people Of India
Is well-known to all those who have
studied the educational problems
Of India There is no free primary
educational system in India. More
than IS per cent of the children
are growing up in ignorance be.
cause Of Britain's policy of keeping
the people In ignorance so that IL
will be easy to keep the nation
in subsection.
India must be free, one fifth of
humanity must not be deprived Of
their birthright. India is struggling
for her freedom and the freedom of
all nations which are kept In sub
lection. The Washington confer
ence should not end in making an
alliance or understanding with
Britain and America or Britain and
Japan or with all the participants
in such a way that the status quo
be preserved and Imperialism Al
lowed to flourish with American sup
port. America should not, violate
her time-honored principles by ex.
tending even indirect aid to keep
other nations in subsection.
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One day Bin walked into a JAP
anese place and bought a bottle Of
very rare perfume for the sum of
312. which he put up himself. There
wero no Government stamps af-
fixed to the bottle and soon the
seller faced q stern and unyielding
Federal Judge.
HIS SALARY RAISED.
Bin nashsd from place to place in
his high-powsrsd car pr on his swift
feet At ill hours Of the day and
night He went openly or In dis
guiss and with an uncanny sense
unearthsd things which never had
been suspected.
II didn't take tho colonel long to
get on to the efficiency Of his new
deputy. and in about two weeks he
put Bill on the payroll at $3.50 a
month. regretting that the Govern
ment could not pay enough to main
tain the young couple in the state
to which they were accustomed.
Don't worry" said Bill, II get
little check for about q thousand
a month";"
Everything was going well with
Bill; but into each life some rain
must fall, and one day he got. or
gave. q Jolt which disturbed the
whole family. He was driving in
from the Elks Club at q higher
rate Of speed for these sedate
islands. Some people were stand
ing in the street near the beach at
Waikiki, waiting for a street car.
With accustomed gallantry. Bill
picked up couple Of Japanese girls
and carried them for some distance
on his fender. when they dropped off
with a dull thud. He rushed the
girls to a hospital and was much re-
lieved to find that they were not
badly hurt; in fact. the doctor could
find no bruises or scratches.
But the next day II was different.
A lawyer waited on Bill and demand
ed unhearTl-of damages for shaking
the comb out Of the Japanese girls
hair and the sandals off her feet.
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Speeding to New York, Mr.. and
Mrs. White found no trace OF the
gems. They had vanished com.
pletely. Now. rBill' did not worry
II q man borrowed a few thou
sands from him or took q like
amount away in a poker game or a
horse race. or even II his pocket
was picked by one who needed the
money, but to steal his wife's jew
elry was different. .
He lighted his pipe. went into
executive and mental session with
Holmes and DR.. Watson. and within
twenty-four hours he had the jewels
back and a plumber who had come
to fix the bathroom pipes in Jail.
Striking some streaks Of bad luck
at Tia Juana, the racetrack town
over the Mexican border. and else
where, White decided to sail for
Honolulu and engage in q useful
occupation for the first time in his
life. He is thirty-two years old. but
always he had been too busy to
work, his hardest labor consisting
in drawing checks against his fat
bank account. He had pushed that
detail to the limit and decided to
change his occupation.
Arriving at Honolulu, he called
upon Col. Howard Hathaway. COL
lector Of internal revenue, and ap-
piled for . Job running down vio-
lators of the income. excess profits,
sales and other taxes. but said he
wanted nothing to do with the en-
forcement of the prohibition law.
HE GETS A JOB.
The colonel told "Bill' his force
was fully recruited and that there
were no funds available for the
salaries Of additional men.
That's all right" said william.
"Just deputize men and I'll work for
nothing, pay my own expenses and
furnish an automobile. II I make
good and cause lot OF recalcitrants
to dig up. put me on tho payroll.
II don't, then kick me out"
This sounded good to Colonel Hath.
away. and he agreed to the proposi.
tion. Bill went to work. and in .
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QuiS de SegOmZac.

ahd automobile camions. Their de-
fensive positions were excellent.
Within forty-eight hours this
army was practically destroyed and
its equipment captured by the
Moors. Two days later Melilla was
besieged. Three small detachments
put up a heroic resistance at Nador,
Selouane and Mont-Arruit. but by
August Is the last Of these had been
forced to surrender.
In few days Spain had lost ter
ritory eighty miles in depth which
had taken twelve years to conquer.
The conquest had cost millions of
dollars and thousands Of lives.
The Moroccan army grew from a
few thousand to nearly a hundred
thousand in a few days. They were
we'll equipped with artillery. By
the middle Of August they had con-
centrated $4,000 men and la guns
near Melilla. The fact that they
were not particularly well trained
and had large amount Of defective
munitions was the only thing which
saved Spain from being driven out
Of Morocco entirely.
When General Berengucr arrived
in Melilla in August he found only
200 soldiers in the city, and of these
thirty-fivc were armed.
When news of the disaster reached
drid the Spanish press imme-
e., broke out In q TRADE against
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-11
Failing as a Park and
Land Speculation, Will
liam G.. White Lands
Job at $3.50 a Month
as Secret Service
Man at Honolulu.
Man at Honolulu.


BY MAJ. n. W. FATTUN.
WHO ts IN the South Pacific to inves-
tigats tho e1pansion Of japanese
issnsisrotion and influence hers.)
TTONOLULU, +. H.. Dec. 1o.-In-
heriting \ fortune, spending
$500. 900 Of II in four months.
losing lot moro in the hog business
and then coming to Honolulu and
taking . Job at $3.50 . month IL the
somewhat spectacular career Of VII
nsm q. White. nephew Of the IA
NOUS architect Stanford White. who
was killed by Harry Thaw.
Young White is known from one
sod OF the island to the other a. .
secret service agent. He is credited
With all the qualities Of Sherlock
Holmes. Alan Pinkerton and "Bin"
Burns combined.
After White had bought all tho
i've hogs in Oregon and traded them
for some unseen real estate in Dem
yer when tho nrice Of pork declined.
ne went back to Chicago and sent a
wire to hts charming wife. who was
then in New York. The wording of
the telegram was confused. Mrs.
white became alarmed. rushed from
tho bathroom Of her apartment and
caught . train for Chicago.
e.S,oes GEMS GONE.
Finding billie Boy" we'll. her
alarm subsided and she recalled tire
trivial circumstance that she had
.eft jsweiry to the value Of some
S.s, 1000 Sm the stand In the bath.
resm.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-11

France, declaring that French agents
had incensed the natives against the
Spanish army. This accusation
alone proves how densely ignorant the
Spaniards are Of Moroccan condi-.
tions. France could not raise up a
rebellion in the Spanish zone with
out running the, risk of a revolt in
her own neighboring colony.
All Europeans are regarded by
the Moroccans In the same light:
they are infidels and interlopers.
They have no right to colonize in a
Moslem country. Therefore any ad-
vance of colonization in Morocco
the Moors consider a new form of
crusade. They will oppose France
and Spain alike. and revolt when
ever favorable opportunity h Of
fered.
The Spanish zone in Morocco was
a marvellous field of action for Ger
man agents during the world war.
Germans aided and financed four
serious revolts which broke out be-
tween 1915 and 1918. The agents
received official recognition from
the German government in 1918.
Germany wants to get control Of
Morocco-history shows this clearly.
Spain now has large we'll equipped
army In Morocco under General
Berenguer. He is a brilliant gen.
eral. His army has just taken the
offensive but will he find before
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-11
By TARAKNATH DAs,
International Secretary Friends of
Freedom.

Ausoru3tIOn1l SECRETARY Friends OF
Freedom.
There can be no world peace, not
withstanding efforts Of the Confer
snce on Limitation of Armaments
Or any other conference, unless the
900. 100000 people held under SUBJ
lection by the systems of imperial
ism achieve their birthright of
Independence. Commenting on the
situation in India. after the arrival
Of the Prince Of Wales in India
which has become the signal of
nationwide civil Neutrality-suspicious.
, payment Of taxes. general strike
and conflict between the government
forces and the people whom the
British Indian authorities want to
coerce-the Westminster Gazette Of
London makes this significant state
ment:
Let there be no mistake about
1t, the situation in India Is more
critical than that at any time since
1857 tthe year of the Sepoy mutiny)
Reverbrations Of the Amritsar mas
sacre have shaken British rule to
Its foundations. Evacuation will be
an act Of cowardice and Of despair.
In the long run. II 100000. 900 people
Of India wish to go, we shall have
to let them go, for it will be i'm
possible to coerce such numbers. but
that is not the position yet. We
have accepted responsibility In
India which we can not honorably
abandon until we are forced to do
DEMAND BRITISH GET OUT.
In answer to the English sophis-
try of acknowledged Responsibility"
in India, the people Of that country
are demanding that the usurpers
should get out, They are demand
ing swara5. which means self-gov-
eminent; they have arranged
boy colt of everything English, and
they have become 50 successful that
the armed force Is being unsparing-
ly used to keep India under sub
lection.
Brutalities perpetuated by the
British authorities on the Indian
people surpass the acts Of tyrants
of any age in any other country.
Machine guns are being used
against the unarmed people who are
supposed to be In league with the
rebels in India. This II quite EVIL
dent from the British reports. which