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Arizona republican., 1921-12-04
DISARMAMENT IMPOSSIBLE
BY DR. FRANK CRANE Copyright, 1921. by Frank Crane)

President Harding, in letter which he wrote to Miss Ella T. Freed of Brooklyn, in reply to her con- muncaton urging him to work for complete disarma- ~l4nt said that while he in favor of reasonable limitation of armaments, he feared that universal dis armament is beyond the hope of realization and even its desrability at this time might well be questioned
 This Is perfectly true
 That is to say it is perfectly true that with the con- dons as they are, with the world disorganzed is at present, disarmament is impossible
 But when the president adds that "thousands of of history recording the and controversies of mankind, suggest that human nature would have to undergo revolutionary reorganization to make unl- verSal disarmament poSSble he iS with all due respect to his high office, emitting piffle.
 As it has often been asserted, the cause of wars is not human nature. It is not human nature for popu- laon to go up and slaughter neighboring population. It not human nature for people to leave their families and their business to go out and kill each other.
 If 1t be human nature, 1t Is human nature sinaon, theft, and basphemy human nature. That is to say it is perverted and minor portion of human nature which is the business of individuals and of cety to repress to punish and correct much poss ble, business the world has, although mperfecty ceeded measurably in doing.
 The cause of war is precisely the same as the of street fights It Is the lack of pollce which the lack of government.
 The reason why it is true that disarmament is in- practicable at the present time is simply that the United States refused to join the Allies at the close of the in such cooperative association of nations would render wars impossible.
 So long there are no courts in the city to settle disputes between the citizens and no policemen to en- force the judgments of the court just long will the streets be full of brawling
 And so long there is court in the world to settle disputes between nations and international consabuary to enforce the decrees of that court just so long will the fields of earth be of carnage and the seas graves of shattered fleets.
 So long as each citizen carries his own revolver, sword bowie knife and wreaks his private vengeance according to his notions of justice just so long will the city be barbarc camp and not ordered mart.
 And just so long as each nation keeps up its own army and navy ready to fight any other nation long as each individual nation refuses to acknowledge any of justice except its of honor; long the nations cannot agree to together and find some sort of international police just long will the n sane rivalry of national armaments continue to play havoc with the of the world and periodically to take its toll of humanity's firs-born.
 This is the plain, simple truth, the remorseless logic that some time other shall have to acknow- ledge.
Arizona republican., 1921-12-04
Listen to the "Naval Experts"

The proposition of some of the American naval experts that the limitation plan be modified so there may be bllt capital ship year the end that the art of building may not be lost will ap peal to those who looking to the of the art Of The ten-year holiday plan would put the five maritime nations peace level while the pro- posed modification would leave them a war level. If nation in the years forget something of the of building batueships so would all the others If at the end of ten years. the world should have come to the conviction that it could not get along without war, all the nations would in providing equipment for it.
 On the other hand, if we all hope. ten years of the experiment in peace shall taught that is unnecessary. we shall saved all the money that would have been sunk in the business of keep ing hand in' in the business building battle ships
 II is not a part of the Hughes plan that at the end of the en-year holiday the nations shall again engage in orgy of warship construction. It is rather proposed or at least hoped that the tenyear holiday may merge into perpetual holiday that never again will capital ship be built.
 To modify this plan would be for the nations to serve notice upon another that they expect the limitation of armaments plan to be failure It would mean that each nation would be standing on its toes for early start in new race for premacy on the sea
 The statesmen who meeting in Washington are not dresmers. They did not together with g conviction that be avoided. None of them -ssi.ed to make sacrifice which would leave his tion at disadvantage in the case of another out break of war. That is. of them were willing to lose anything Of comparative national preparedness They only willing that relative status should be maintained.
 It need not be said that they suspicious of enc another. On the contrary the deliberations have shown that all are acting in good faith and that they all have faith in another But all of them are appehensive of the future and human nature.
 II should be borne In mind too that the precipi- tatng motive for this conference was not abstract desire for certain and perpetual peace desirable that may be above all other things. But many de- srh,e things either certainly beyond entertain -a.-t he attainment of them is uncertain that
 u.r attempted. So if there had been no other
Arizona republican., 1921-12-04
maricopa County and Arizona

census bureau report gives Mareopa county, Ariz- rank the twelfth county in the
 United States in the value of its agricultural products and thirteenth in the gross value of it's
 sreps and live stock products. Nearly all the
 Arizona eounty's farming is within the Salt
 River Valley.
 Tn the foregoing paragraph is fact unfa- rniliar. it must be gratifying. to many resi- dents of this valley who had idea that Maricopa enjoyed such ordinal rank among the nearly 5000. counties of the United States.
 The rank presume fixed average of the countys progress within ten-year period with sa which has the establishment progress the long staple cotton industry In early part cf that period in fact for nearly half of it dairy industry great contributing factor to the sss present place among the great agricultural which led by Los Angeles county, California, and Chester county, Pennsylvania.
 We should see that this information should not te kept desscated statistics of census re- ports which comparatively sec but be put into attractive form and spread broadcast through out the nation There many details to be filled sn add attractveness of this information It should be pointed out further that what Iaricopa county has done is but small part of what it can do. but which it have help do shape of willing workers. who will become participants in the eounty's still greater prosperity.
 We have but scratched the surface. We have hardly begun farming which alone can de- Teiop to the highest degree the agricultural possib ties of region. We need for that people of the light kind. content take what the soil volun tariy yields. strive inelligently yield and more.
 Another bit of information affecting Ari- has been given more widespread publicity, its growth population the years following l910 This growth has been illustrated by two Of the United States prepared and published by the Liter
  different parts the states and the popula ton. In part of Arizona has there been gain of less than Is to 9 cent in the part the gain has been from 25 to 50 per cent, and in siderable part of it the gain has been from 75 per cent Arizona is the only in the union except the small states of New Jersey Rhode Island which does not in section show loss
 The second map shows gains losses by whole states; these showings indicated by shad ings showing degrees of gains: less per cent 10 l5 cent; Is to 25 per cent; per cent cent and The last named degree indicated by heavy oblique lines Arizona is the only one of the forty-eght states marked.
Arizona republican., 1921-12-04

for instance, who arrived at the Is- land from a South American country
 He had lived in the United States for three years, coming originally through Canada, and had an Ameri- can-born wife and child here. His trip to South America had been made to see his aged mother, who was at the point of death in the home of her other son. He appeared to have ev- cry qualification for residence in this country and was about to pass safely through the immigration inquisition when one official inquired almost as an afterthought as to where the young man had been horn. Unlucky young mani He was a native of British India, and as such could not possibly be admitted to the U. $. A. He was given permission to enter the country long enough to say good
 bye to his wife and child, and then back to India he had to go, back to a land he had not seen since early childhood, which was totally unfa-
 miIiar to him and where he had no friends or relatives.
 Sometimes" says an immigration
 official, "a whole immigrant family Is admitted, with the exception of one
 member-possibly girl of 15 or Is,
 who is pronounced a mental defective. The family may protest that she is
 normal but shy and dazed by her sur roundings. In some cases girls have been temporarily admitted through desperate necessity; once in the | country they have demonstrated their Eormahty to the extent of earning ! their own living; private experts have testified to it. Yet nothing can be done. Having been officially certified as feeble minded or for constitution al phychopathic inferiority' their ex- clusion is mandatory. Lest they get l into the poorhouse or asylum at the public expense or become the an | cestresses of a line of American de- | fectives they must be mercilessly sep arated from their families and are | deported.
 Tn other cases, where a very | young child out of several in a fam | fly is found to be defective. the moth | CT must be deported with it as an ! accompanying alien.' leaving her oth- CT children here and returning to a | land where she no longer has a 1 home"
 l Incidents of this kind are said to
 be part of the daily routine at Ellis Island. and there does not seem to be
 any immediate hope for improvement
 Yet many Americans continue to
 wonder at the ingratitude of our | aliens. their lack of enthusiasm for l Americanization, and their desire tc tote the dollars that they make over
 here joyfully back home.
Arizona republican., 1921-12-04
Questions And .AnsUerS

(Any reader can get the answer to any question by writing The Ari- zona Republican Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, director, Wash ington. D. C. This offer applies to information strictly. The bureau can not give advice on legal, medical and financial matters. It does not attempt to settle domestic troubles. nor to un- dertake exhaustive research on any subject. Write your question plain ly and briefly. Give full name and address and enclose two cents in stamps for return potsage. All re- plies are sent direct to the inquirer0
 O. How is wood treated to make
 it bend and what is the best kind of wood to use? C. M. C.
 A. The forest service says that hickory, ash and oak are the most reliable woods to be used for bend ing purposes. They are treated by steam under pressure
 c. On whet day did President
 Harding sign the peace proclamation |? K. M. E.
 A. The peace proclamation was signed by President Harding on No vember II. 1921.
 c. A says to weep crocodile tears" means to act hypocritically. says 10 weep SoPlouSlJs WniSH tS CoTI ISSNs : A. A.
 A. A is correct as the crocodile was said to week as it its its victim. O. Can you tell me whether soI- diers' wives are entitled to allot- ment7
 A. Family alotments carrying ! government allowance were discou- ! tinued through the bureau of war risk insurance on July 51. 1921. O. How far does direct rail con 1 nection extend between North and 1 South America?
 X. The Bureau of Railway Eco monies says that according to the ! latest map the United States has rail connection To Mexico City. The ! Pan American railroad. which is not ! quite Compl",ed will make cun- uection from the United States. down ' through Mexico. Central America
Arizona republican., 1921-12-04
UNDESIRABLE.S BUT HUMAN
vidual cases they cause intOlerable

yidual cases they cause intolerable hardship.
 Relentless Law
 Even the secretary of labor is vir- tually powerless to interfere with the immigration machinery, once 1t is set in motion. The late Secretary of Labor Wilson went as far as he could when he issued the following instructions to immigration officials:
 "While regulation and exclusion, and therefore detention. are neces- sary in respect of immigration, he said, it should be understood by all who participate in administering these laws that they are not intended friendliness to aliens that immigrants are detained and some of them ex- cluded, but solely for the protection of our own people and our own insti- tutions. Indifference. then. to the physical or mental comfort of these wards of ours from other lands should not be tolerated"
 That these instructions are not all ways carefully observed is evidenced by the numerous complaints that have arisen on that score. Indeed, they have recently become so vo- ciferous that the British government we are informed. has filed a protest with our state department. The i'm migration officials claim that they do all they can to minimize the neces- sary hardships inflicted upon aliens and to abilish all that is unnecessary but that they are handicapped by inadequate facilities. In other words. the just and equit- able treatment of aliens is prevented, according to one immigration official, by the slimness of congressional ap- propriations, unwarrantably limited, in view of the fact that the income from arriving aliens in head money alone, since the beginning of the inn migration service, has exceeded the total running expenses of the service 1 by more than $2.000. .000.''
 ! If congress were not so stingy, con l tinues the official Gin words to this | effect) the United States would pro- | vide an administrative board at Ellis | Island which would be authorized to act in individual eases, considering 1 the circumstances which alter each | one, and lifting the penalty of de- | portation whenever the facts seem to | justify such a course. Ellis Island | today is like a city with a police | system, but without courts. The alien who commits the crime of being ! undesirable for admittance in the l eyes of the law is arrested and sent | to jail Cor deported, which in some | cases amounts to about the same 1 thing) without a trial by judge or jury.
 A Typical Case
 There is the case of a young man
Arizona republican., 1921-12-04

purpose than to attempt to universal and ever lasting peace, the conference would not have been called.
 It the world grooming and crying for relief, under the burden constant and increasingly costly preparation for war; that summoned the con ference. The Hughes plan proposal to grant as relief could safely given in the light we now have, and coupled with it a hope that the experiment. would warrant the granting of full lief.
 The proposal of the experts for small con tnuous program, running start for the next race is contrary the spirit in which, and the purpose for which, the conference called
Arizona republican., 1921-12-04
THE ONCE OVER
By H. I. PHILLIPS

done about the directors. They are particularly careless about their kill ings. l am told that. not content 10 have an Indian killed once, they of ten insist that he be killed over and over again until killed to their per sonai satisfaction. unds-stand this is why Indians are generally referred to as Shredskins.
 WASHIN TON (Stiu 1aterl- Baron U-Chida I Stutter will insist upon the disarmament of ineXpert barbers. The baron was shaved in New York soon after landing and is now convinced there is a strong anti Japanese feeling in America.
 "I think the barber was a wood carver by profession" said the baron.
 WASHINGTON (Lunch hour)-Ad- miral Beeeveedeecy, lord of Cata- marau. will urge disarmament of habies-in-arms who suck tick candy in public places. The admiral rode in Washington street car yester- day. and an infant behind him rubbed a stick of peppermint lolly- pop over his collar and ears. The Swedish delegates are willing 10 vote for a resolution barring peppermint and substituting cinnamon or straw berry. but the admiral insists that the conference should act without fear or flavor as the saying goes
 WASHINGTON (NIuCh later1 --T am in a position to state positively that some action will be taken with regard to women who turu street corners with open umbrellas. More people are maimed by those women than were maimed in the world war, declared the Norwegian delegate "The women must bc compelled 1' set aside their umbrellas or sound q lsIaN0n before turning Corner-
Arizona republican., 1921-12-04

One of the horrors of the aftermath Of the great war is the change of place names in that part of Upper Silesia which transferred to Poland. The names never beautiful from the English speak ing viewpoint but at least could pronounce them hearing them pronounced, without taking snuff For instance the town of Pless will henceforth be shortened to Pszczyna. Other congregations of con- will be designated signify places that two hundred years ago had been less familiar, Konigshutte Kattowitz, Tarnowitz and Lublinitz.
Arizona republican., 1921-12-04

and down the coast of South Amer ica. This new American rail- road to date is completed from Mex ico City to San Salvador and from San Salvador to San Jose it is under construction: from Lima down the coast to Puerto Montt; also from the western coast of South America to the Eastern coast of Buenos Aires it is under construction.
 o. Please give the full name of Laura Richards, author of "Captain January" and the date of her birth, and death. R. E. |.
 A. The name of the author of Captain January" is Laura Eliza beth Howe Richards. Shewas born February 27. 1859. and is still liv-
Arizona republican., 1921-12-04

was only forty years that the Canadian Pacific railway sold its first land in Western Canada. The price s25O to be rebated at SIPS an all land brought under cultivation in three years. Manitoba year later had population of 622s0; now 613OOS. The editor of the Daily Sun of Brandon has witnessed all this development. His father was the purchaser Of the first section.
Arizona republican., 1921-12-04

ing. Her mother was Julie Ward Hoew.
 o. What is meant by drinking a heel tap? Q. w.
 A Drinking a heel tap means 10 drain the glass to the bottom A heel tap is a shoe peg stuck in the heel and taken out when the shoe is fin ished.
 O. What i5 an AIIadin window? s. R. s.
 A. One of the windows of Alad- din's palace was left for the Sultan to finish. His treasure gave out and the window was never completed: hence the popular allusion to an at tempt to finish something left un- finished by a great man.
Arizona republican., 1921-12-04
BertOn BraleyS Daily Poem MAMDYONES

hen angry, and young and happy'-Chesterton) They the srnashers of harsh tradition,
 They the breakers idols vain, The with raging mission,
 With furious heart and with seethng brain For their souls thrilled with a splendid ire
 At Mammon throned and at Man cast down. And their eyes baleful with angry fire
 And they their flaming crown! They cannot view with calm quiescent
 The sight of ancient. established wrongs. They fight with a wrath that is incandescent
 And march to battle with songs! They do not hate in halfway fashion
 The mercenaries of craft and greed But wield their weapons in righteous passion,
 For they a choleric, reckless breed. Oh 1t is clean white which quickens
 The struggle upward to better things, They joyousy mad when the conflict thickens, Their anger giveth their spirit wings; Theirs is the wrath that at last shall leaven
 The soul till it breaks the clod, A glorious fury straight from heaven.
 A thunderbolt the hand of God
Arizona republican., 1921-12-04
NEWS FROM THE DISARMAMENT
 CONFERENCE
(By H. Wilmington Spool, Special
 Correspondent at the Disarma- mont COufpreuca


 Correspondent at the Disarma-
 ment Conference.)
 WASHINGTON, --The closer one looks into the mental attitude or the delegates assembled here to con sider disarmament the more one realizes it is with them largely question of yes and no Sentiment is very obviously pro and con. IT anything, the con element Is lead ing
 have delved very carefully into the state of mind now existing. and am satisfied that if the peace of the world is to be assured rules should be passed at once requiring all dele- gates to wear nose guards, shin pads, and leather helmets during executive sessions.
 WASHINGTON U-ater)-Your cor respondent learned today that a wig orous fight will be wased for the disarmament of Tom Mix. William <. Hart. and other members of the heavy artillery school of moving pic ture stars. There is a general feel iu. that Mir. Hart should not carry more than two guns per picture or make more than eight bulfs-eyes Der reel. Some delegates favor complete disarmament, but this may be avoided if Mir. Hart will agree to shoot at somebody and miss.
 Not more than one mirror should be splintered per barrcom fight, 1t is contended. and the delegates agree that NIr. Hart must be prevented from wipins out more than one tribe of Indians per afternoon uuassistet. The Indian delegates are very keen on this point.
 Secretary Hughes said today "it seems 10 me something should be
Arizona republican., 1921-12-04
MOTOR TERMS

Muffler-A device to keep down noise; used by people when admitting their faults.
 Gut -Out-A device to open the Muffler, and make a racket; by people when speaking of their Virtues.-Richmond Times Dispatch.
Arizona republican., 1921-12-04
HIS UNKNOWN SUCCESS

q play bridge only for amusement observed the dub
 T have doubt" responded his partner. that your efforts amuse your opponents very much"-New York Sun
Arizona republican., 1921-12-04
STARTS AT WRONG END

don't you?
 Reggie-Yes, but l always dread his beginning Answers London.
Arizona republican., 1921-12-04
USED TO HARD TASKS

Do you think you could learn 10 love me. Eva ?" T don't know. Fred" she answered softly: 'I might. learned shorthand once'-Ednburgh Scots
Arizona republican., 1921-12-04
DECLINES RESPONSIBILITY

He-Have you read my latest book of poems? You they inspired by you.
 She-Oh, MT. Scribbler, don't think it's fair to put the blame on me.-Edinburgh Scotsman.
Arizona republican., 1921-12-04
SUNDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 4 1921

Deference IS the most complicate, the most indirect aud the most ete- gant of aU compliments.
 -Shenstone.
Arizona republican., 1921-12-04
COMPRESSED MOTION

''Why was he pnched?' His father let him his motor for hour" 'FWeu?"
 "He tried to ride an hour in fifteen minutes.'- Boston Transcript.
Arizona republican., 1921-12-04
BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TODAY

HUMILITY OF CHRIST T:-Let this mind be in you, UEch also 10 Christ Jesus Let nothing be done through strife or Uaingory but l loneliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselUes.- Philippians 2;5, 3.
Evening journal., 1921-07-01

The Want Ads are straws to show
which way the trade winds are
blowing.-Adv.
Evening journal., 1921-07-01
RAIN SAVES CROPS
IN LOWER DELAWARE
snecIal . The Evenmr journal.

Special to The Evening Journal
MILFORD. July 1.-THE drought
OF many weeks in this section OF the
State was broken yesterday after
noon by a heavy downpour of rain.
The storm was accompanied with
much lightning but no damage was
done II rained nearly all the aft
ernoon and the farmers will now be
able to plow after many weeks OF
waiting. The storm was the saliva
ton OF the corn crop in this part OF
the county. as the bad es had begun
to wilt from lack oftmoiszure in the
soil. II is said thatsthe rain came
900 late TO help the early potato
crop. as the vines are now practical
ly all dead, and early potatoes in
this market are scarce. The sec
onds are bringing sixty cents a
basket A few weeks ago potatoes
were selling In Milford for is cents
q basket
String beans. beers. late peas and
many other vegetables have been
perched by the hot suns and lack OF
moisture. but it is sexpectnd the rain
OF yesterday will save at least a
part Of the produce.