Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1926-02-05
. Comment and Criticism

The Baltimore d Ohio Railroad, SO
progressive in its relations with the
unions, has ruled that it will not EN-
ploy women who are married.
The railroad, In making this ruling,
Is stirring up a fine hornets nest for
itself.
In increasing numbers women are
coming 70 believe that, married or
not if they elect TO work and earn an
income in that way they have a right
to b. regarded as people by employ
ers and not merely as the better
| half" Of some other person of whom
only the lesser half, to continue the
poetic smile, is entitled to work for
wages.
Old notions are going by the board
with great Iepidity and the action Of
the b. q o. in clinging TO this particu-
lar bit of ancient driftwood is interest
ing, perhaps as an example of what
the scientists call atavism.
Secretary OF State Kellogg has
handed Gen. Emiliano Chamorro a
wallop right where he lives, whereat
great rejoicing is due.
Except for the last year or year
and half this old boy Chamorro has
been president of Nicaragua, either
in fact or in fact and in name. That
is. he has been the president or he
has had relative in the job.
During the last presidential term
the Chamorrista president passed to
his fathers and vice president who
WAS not in the family became presi-
dent. Following that an anti-Chamor-
70 president was properly elected.
Then Chsmorro got busy. He chas-
ed out the president and the vice pres
ident, taking care to have himself
named designate BY the senate. Then,
with the constitutional president and
the constitutional successor in the
woods, old Chamorro again landed in
the presidency.
This is all according TO custom of
old in those parts, but it's a custom
that isn't as safe or as popular as it
once was. Such things are going out
rapidly in latin-America, thanks in
good part 10 the influence of Mexico,
which has shown how TO recover from
tyranny and how to let democracy
take its course.
Chamorro, again in the presidency,
sends his flunkey along to see Kellogg
about recognition and Kellogg tells
him, Nothing doing" Alta boy.
The non-Iecognition of Chamorro Is
based on his unconstitutional method
of getting the presidency. Kellogg
says SO bluntlv and properly.
Ii Is interesting to note that this
rebuff of Chamorro, who has as rot
ten record AZ any Dolitical yeggman
ever had, Is based upon precisely the
same grounds upon President Wilson
refused to recognize Gen. Huerta
when that willy Indian thought had
the presidency of Mexico safely an
chored under his bottle.
And upon the same ground, though
with other grounds in addition, Will
son refused recognition to the Soviet
autocrats and usurpers.
The principle becomes more fixed in
American foreign policy each year,
whereat Americans ought to be CRATE
full and just bit proud of one honor
able and democratic foreign policy at
least.
There's a great TODD about com
pulsory military training in high
schools and colleges. Washington,
d. c., has it. Many colleges have ii,
including colleges supported by public
funds.
Just why the draft or CONSUMPTION
method should apply in colleges and in
peace time when 1t does not apply to
the non-college population except in
war time is matter yet 10 be clear
| ed.
Ohio students have just added their
protest to this compulsory soldering.
School authorities like to put the bust
ness on the grounds of health pol
icy, which is IS percent darned fake
and the college authorities know it.
To make military trainin" ontional
would not be so bad, but to make il
compulsory is TO go one step nearer
the very thing that America was de-
signed to get away from.
Whv must there be such anachron-
isms in our civic life?
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