The Bismarck tribune., 1925-06-16
CHIEF EVENTS
OF THE WEEK
BRIEFLY TOLD
BY CHARLES =. STEWART
NEA Service Writer


China is easy for almost anybody
to beat in fight.
Physically the foreigners in the
Settlements" there have been in
little danger during the recent trou-
bles.
Lone travellers may have been ex-
posed to risks. As news begins to
filter in, it may transpire that some
missionaries or traders in remote
districts have been murdered.
The assassination of individuals is
possible, even III the treaty ports"
just as the same thing is possible
anywhere.
But the big bodies Of foreign resi-
dents at such centers as Shanghai,
Hankow and T.entsin, we'll armed,
resolute and backed by plenty of
cruisers and guuboats right at hand
are well able to take care Of them
)" Iar as nmb and life are
concerned.
Even inland Pekin is fairly safe
today.
he foreign quarters defenses not
only are far stronger than during
the Boxer outbreak of 20 years ago,
but it would be possible now to sup
ply it by airplane from the coast,
e..minatlng the peril Ot starvation
or an ammunltian shortage.
Passive Resistance
The present threat is of differ
ent sOrt-more in the nature of an
enormous lockout, passive but com
plete, which Will make the who ole
country impossible.
Resistance can be overcome, but
there1l be no resistance, except pos
sibly by some individual fighting
Chinese here and there, who, of
course, can be killed--but for the
most part 400,0O0,OO0 people simply
will "lie down"
Then there's the possibility, or
probability, that the outside powers.
each anxious to deal with the situa-
tion in its own way and to grab
something for itself, will get to
quarreling among themselves.
Immaterial
The question whether or not Rus
sia inspired the revolt isn't worth
asking.
The hypocrisy, brutality and greed
Of the foreigners-notably the Brit
ish and Japanese-caused it.
Possibly Russia slipped in time
ly reminder, but the feeling was there
'anyway-and justified
The truth is, however, that it
looks much more as if the outbreak
of resentment was of American ORR
gin-as if it's prime movers were
mostly of the little group of Chinese
who, educated in this country,
learned something Of proper pride
in their own land, Of a love for their
own people, and of hatred for alien
domination.
They show appreciation Of it, too,
for all accounts agree that Chinese
sentiment Of the moment, while
anti-foreign, excepts anti-American-
ism.
Afghanistan
A rebellion is on against the emir
of Afghanistan. 1t worries England.
lest it "slop over" into India, and
she's concentrating troops on the
border. AS usual, the agitation is
ascribed to Russian soviet influence.
Spain
Several plots have been discover
ed against the life Of King Alfonso
OF SPAN.
There may be revolution there
any day. It's been on the ragged
edge for "a dozen wears.
One good Spanish reverse in Mo-
rocco would be apt to start it.
Prohibition
c. j. Steinberg, New York, was
sentenced to five years in Atlanta
for failing to pay $46O,0OO tax on
his 1921 income, made as a bootleg
ger. Addressing his universi-
tvs graduating class, President But
Ter Of Columbia said, "Laws enacted
through fanaticism bid fair to make
law breaking cardinal virtue"
Resenting a warning from Presi-
dent Angel of Yale against what he
termed Thought and wine," Newell
Martin Of the class Of '75 notified
the head Of his alma mater that he
and many of his fellow alumni, boy
cotting New Haven, would have at
Montreal such an anniversary dim
ner as is lawful in civilized socie-
ties"
President Coolidge, in his Memoir
ial Day address, deprecated state
attempts to leave law enforcement
to the federal government.