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mendng a of drastic action which, if fol-
lowed might cause us bitter regret for century to
come.
There is such thing as not being able to see
the forest for the trees. There is such thing as
being too close to thing to see it well. From a
destroyer anchored off the Marking bund or from
behind the barbed wire enanglements at Shanghai,
the acts of this that group of undiscipned sol
diers may look like the biggest thing in the world:
To those so situated it might seem that only a
punitive expedition of the bloodiest sort could pos
sibly punish the Chinese enough.
The United States must protect the lives of it's
citizens And it must make it perfectly plain to both
sides of the revolution out there that they will be
held accountable for damage to American property.
But there are those in China who would have this
country join in with the British and clean up the
country, spank it soundly and make it behave.
To such we would only say, it can't be done. Oh,
certainly could lick China with hand tied
behind backs. But she would not stay licked.
Something has been begun in the Far East which
however it may go for the time being. will not stop
until that whole teemng half of the world is COM
pletely transformed.
Yesterday afternoon Alexander Kerensky was
in Washington. Kerensky is the man who headed
the Russia revolution which overthrow the car,
only to be overthrow by the Bosheviki, whom he is
now hgntlng
Said he, talking before the overseas writer's:
"The Pacific has definitely become the new CEN
ter of the world. Europe and the Atlantic pass
ing from the picture. Henceforth the great inter-
national theaer of action will be the Pacific and the
Far East"
Kerensky is hair-raisngly right. The drama
has begun China has started to free herself from
the shackles of the past She has set her face to-
ward the goal of equal sovereignty among the in
dependent, powers of the world and matter what
we, or Britain, or Japan any other power may do
to her now she will not stop until she reaches her
goal.
Our policy in China must be policy which looks
forward at least hundred years. We must not sur
render our just rights to her because we feel that
some day she is going to be mighty power but at
the same time must stop and think dispassionate-
ly just how far warranted in using our armed
forces in this or subsequent crises.
In other words must maintain the dignifed
traditions of strong and courageous power and at
the same time keep level head on our shoulders.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-30
A Much Needed Reform

Inc New York Legislature has just defeated a
proposed law that would have allowed public prose.
cutors' IN criminal trials, to comment on the failure
Oh the defendant to testify in his own behalf
10 our notion, there is bill that should have
passed. not only in New York. but in all other States
For the life Of us we can't understand whv an
innocent man should ever be reluctant to take the
stand when on trial. The fact that prosecutors are
unable 10 use defendants refusal to do SO as an
argument to prove his guilt u.s. believe one of the
things that makes the general public deeply sus-
pcious Of criminal law.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-30
Never Again, Says Hiram

- He'll never be candidate for President again.
says Hiram Johnson.
He may be mistaken but there's reason to be-
leve he means it. That is TO say circumstances NAV
make him candidate for President but we believe
he is determined not to make himself a candidate
And that in way, is splendid decision. It
is likely to greatly increase Senator Johnsons use
fulness a public servant Matter of fact there
are indications that it already has done so; indca
lions at the same time, that the conclusion now
announced, was reached some time ago.
Il am one member of the Senate who has had
the presidential germ and from whom it has been
thoroughly eradcated," is his way of expressing it.
He-coud not say it had been thoroughly eradicated
if this were sudden decision Like the germ Of
other maladies, it requires months and sometimes
years to tell whether it is entirely of the victims
system.
And Johnson, for not less than year. has shown
marked evidences of recovery He has been the
Johnson of other days, the Johnson that made Cali
fornia great Governor and later a great Senator
the able, aggressve-and independent Johnson OF
these the supreme adjective is independent
Johnson, candidate for President couldn't he in
dependent, not if he hoped for party organization
support. He more Independent than most of
those who look toward the White House with a
longing eye. He even went about the business of
advancing his candidacy in a more independent
manner than most. He frankly told the voters that
he was candidate because he believed he would
be- good President-and because he wanted TO he
mat was refreshing and set him apart from the
conventional candidate but his candidacy was a
serious handicap in other directions just the same
1t made it harder for him to be the Johnson whose
early days in the Senate marked by an attitude
which said: I'm for this because it is right and re-
CARELESS of personal consequences"
When man believes in himself and the good
he can do, if given the position in which to do if
1t Is pretty hard for him not to compromise a bit
IN the effort to attain that position. The whole Of
American history proves this.
But all that is behind him, Johnson saws and
ne unquestonably speaks the fact. The past wear
mas seen him come back into the popularity that once
was MS. With the germ gone, the rancor that fol-
lowed his first defeat has gone with it, Freed from
every consideration save his job in the Senate John
<pn applied himself to that job in the last session in
manner to make him one of the two or three ont
standing men in national life. He can continue TO
be for many years
Keep on forgetting the presidency. Hiram Who
Knows that may be the way to achieve it!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-30
It Happens Nowhere Else

The United States of America is the only large
country in the world where lame ducks legislate.
Carl l.. w. Meyer of the Library of Congress
legislative reference service has made a study of
election practice in fourteen leading nations at
the request of senators and congressman reused
over the situation at the close of the Sixty-nnth
Congress; and he finds this to be true
In practically every country officials assume
Office within few weeks after election. No other
country permits a defeated Congress to legslate
at all. But in the United States thirteen months
elapse before elected to either house of Con
gress may assume his seat.
Meyer studied election laws Of England France
Germany, Norway, Sweden, Canada Italy, Russia
Austria Hungary, New Zealand Australia Brazil
and Argentina in making his report
The English parliament and those of her de-
tendencies summoned Immediately after cleo
tions in order to determine whether the ministry has
support of these legislative bodies.
When the French Chamber of Deputies is dis
solved, elections must be held within sixty days.
and the Chamber must convene ten days after the
elections.
Most of the other countries fix date for cleo
tons and date for converting the legislative bodies
which only few months apart.
In contrast with these is the practice in United
States by which men elected in November 1926 do
not assume Office until December, 1927; when
conditions they were elected to cope with no longer
exist in many cases. when their campaign platforms
have been forgotten, and when their defeated pre-
decessors have had a chance to make irrevocabe
legislative decisions.
The Meyer report will be used in the next Con-
gress in an attempt to the Norris constitutional
amendment providing that Congress shall assemble
each year on January 4.
lis adj
would assume Office two months later.
The Senate has passed this amendment three
times. The House favors it but the House managers
have never permitted it to come to a vote there
Under the present system the administration has
decided control in the short session of Congress
The Norris amendment would in addition to
other reforms go far toward preventing flibusters
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-30
Interesting Exhibit of Art Work in =
City Schools on View at Instit6

miliar things, the things that one
has been taught to know and love.
Birds and animals and young things
touch every heart, and presentations
of them that are beautifully eXecut-
ed make a double appeal-the APP
peal of subject coupled with that of
technical excellence.
1t is this combination that makes
the queer little owls, Brothers of
the Night" a drypoint by II. e. Tut
tie, and Frank w. Benson's etching,
Ipswich Marshes" universally ire
sistible. Prints that are assured of
wide popularity are ]. j. Lankes'
woodcut of snug little houses re-
Elected in a dark stream and Charles
II. Woodbury's etching of bare.
headed boy drifting in an old fiat
bottomed boat down the river past
the town and the shipping.
The portraiture in the current In
diana artists exhibition is perhaps
the most interesting feature of the
display. Geraldine" by Simon Baus,
is a three-quarter length standing
portrait of a lady in black. 1t is
pleasing in pose and in color and
carries adequate suggestions of tex
ture and form. SANDY Selfridge,"
by Hugh Poe, is a more spontan-
eous performance. and lacks the
Formally of the Baus portrait both
i'm composition and handling. But it
has a virility, a directness, that give
it Importance. Three portraits by
Marie Goth are solid, fortnight pre-
sentiments.
The portrait of Charles w. Dahl
green is particularly agreeable in it's
color and shows a facile handling. f..
Louis Schlemmer employs a style
very different from Miss Goth's. He
achieves depth and modelling by
numerous thin washes of paint with
careful distribution of accents.
Self Portrait" and Lady Rebecca,"
by Crewes Warnacut are executed
in a similar manner, but lack some
what the dexterity that distinguishes
Mr.. Schlemmers work.
Reflection" is a dashinS little por-
trait by Virginia. True that dis
plays nice color and a skillful COM
position. Blanche Stillson's charm
ing outdoor study of a little girl
with book in her lap, done in oils,
and her atmospheric pastel of Bet
ty" are attractive bits of portraiture
and show a delicacy of Interpretation
and a pleasant feeling for harmoni-
Gus color that give them character.
Man with a Pipe" by Ruthven II.
Byrum is a problem worked out in
grays-all clean, thin paint, extreme
ly simplified in color. In forceful
contrast to this is j. Z. SchelPs "A
Character" which eXemplifies a very
different point of view. 1t is a con-
sistent example of character define
alton.
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Wrong Move

You remember that during the
war there was a grand campaign to
promote substitutes for wheat.
Among other cereals rice came in
for a good deal of advertising, and
among connections for which it
could be used for a base was that
Of rice cream.
l do not know how rice cream
was made, but it bad an appear
ance, if not a taste, resembling that
| of ice cream, and was put on the
market as n wholesome and much
cheaper substitute.
An enterprising Texan organized
rice cream and manufactury and
built up a good trade especially
among Italians.
Later on he became infatuated
with the ku-KluX Khan, not as a
matter of convictions, but because
he thought it offered an opportunity
to make money.
When his identification with the
Khan became known, the Italians
quit buying rice cream, and he lost
more in one way than he made in
the other.
Henry Ford has sold many cars
to small grocers; he risks losing a
large and valuable market in promo
ting an enterprise which might put
a considerable portion of them out
of business, and which is sure to
antagonize all of them.
No matter what his chain stores
might pay, or how great a patron
age they might attract, it would
hardly make up for such a loss in
cident to such a boycott as is now
threatened.
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Killing Jobs

Competition is truly the life of
trade, and not only that kind of com
petition that prevents monopoly i'll
any single field, but tie higher kind
which prevents an individual or COM
bine from grabbing off two or more
fields.
The idea of getting things cheap is
fine if kept within reasonable bounds,
but the idea of live and let live is the
real basis of prosperity.
If we ever settled down to the
notion of buying only what we need
and of insisting on a set-up that
would give it to us at the least
possible cost, nine-tenths of us would
eventually be out of work.
Luxuries and superfiuities are
what make general employment
possible.
The cash. carry and self-service
system would undoubtedly make
groceries cheaper, but how would it
be possible to sell cars to clerks and
delivery men, who lost their jobs?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-30
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Henry Ford Not Always
Right, But He Never
Stands Still.
BY Nj. r. Tracy

No matter what you think about
him, you are forced to admit that
Henry Ford has the courage of his
convictions.
lie started out to make low priced
automobiles when most business
men regarded it as little less than
financial suicide.
He chartered a peace ship and al
lowed himself to be victimized by a
lot of highbrow moochers in the face
of a war-mad world.
He raised wages when everybody
said that it couldn't be done.
He attacked the Jews, or the in
ternational bankers among them at
least, with a holiness that was in
teresting if not admirable.
His latest venture is to establish
a chain of stores, thus calling down
the wrath of every corner grocery
man in this country from PASSPORT
to San Diego.
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Copyright 1877
Topic for the Week
SPIRITUAL INTERCOURSE"
Wednesday


I'VE Should Pray i'm Public"
SCRIPT u r r: Read-Psalms
116:1-14.
worship Jehovah. in holy array
q. Chron. 1920. II will pay my
vows unto Jehovah, yea, in the pres
ence of all his people" Cps. 1879.
and let us consider one another to
provoke unto love and good works;
not forsaking our own assembling
together as the custom of some is"
QIeb. 1924, 25).
See Psalms 35:1S; 95:6; 1921,
Isaiah 66:23.
MEDITATION: Must we not
recognize the great fundamental
truths in mass psychology? In
crowds feeling is infectious. Here
souls are responsive and dynamic.
In the mob it means evil; in the con-
gregation good. The congregation
is the power-house of the spirit; the
worshiping throng is peculiarly
susceptible to Gods mind. The great
gatherings of Easter-time have be-
hind them the law of the spirit;
Furthermore this law reaches out in
to public morals. When the com
munity can pray it is in touch with
moral power.
worship is the homage of the
/ heart, and the heart can only pay
homage to that which is already in
it,"
HYMN:
Sun of my soul, Thou Saviour
dear,
1t is not night if Thou be near;
O may 10 earth-born cloud arise
To hide Thee from Thy servants
eyes.
When the soft dews of kindly
sleep
My wearied eyelids gently steep,
Be my last thought, how sweet to
rest
Forever on my Saviou's breast,
Come near and bless us when we
wakes
Ere through the world our way we
take.
Till in the ocean of Thy love
We lose ourselves in heaven
above.
John Keble, 1920.
PRAYER: Thanks for co-labor.
ers.
Pray for-molders of public opin-
ion; modern Pharisees..
Collect-Heavenly Father, whose
tender mercies compel our love, we
thank Thee for the gift of Christ
our Saviour. In Him our short
comings are filled up; our rebellious
of spirit are quelled. For salvation
full and free we bless Thee. In the
presence of Thy outpouring of love
our selfshness stands revealed.
Breathe into us of Thy spirit that
we may be strong to forsake sin. to
overcome temptation and to live in
the light which Christ supplies. o
our Father. grant us to know some.
thing of Thy passion Of love. Help
us to proclaim the gospel to all
mankind. Record our pledge before
Thee that we will exalt the things
of the spirit. Amen.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-30

When the superintendent section
of the National Education Associa-
ton met recently at Dallas, Texas,
art work from the Indianapolis
grade and high schools formed part
of an exhibition gathered from many
States throughout the country. AT
the close of the conference the work
done in this city was returned. and
is now on view in Gallery / at the
John Heron Art Institute.
Later it will be shown in other
cities. The schools of the various
cities that participated in the Dallas
exhibition confined themselves to dis
plays of related work, restricted as
to scope.
The indianapolis schools selected
printing processes and allied courses,
including free illustration, design
and applied design. Under printing
processes are listed block printing,
st6nciling and presswork. Examples
of free brush work from the primary
grades are shown. and the develop
ment of composition and technique
is followed through the years at high
school. Experiences of handling is
evident even in the work of the be-
ginners.
The fifty prints of the year were
selected by judges of catholic taste
to illustrate as far as possible the
various tendencies that influence
every form of modern art express
sion. The exhibition is a cross-sec-
ton of life. Works of art are a re-
Election of personality, and there are
personalities of many sorts repre-
scented. There are those who make
friends easily, those who are retir-
ing. of nature and must be sought
out and concentrated on to be appre-
ciated, and those that seem inten-
tionally to repel all intimacy and
appreciation. 1t is doubtful if any
individual finds them all interesting,
much less agreeable.
Some please him, some amuse
him and some 'irritate and displease
him. just as with the people he
meets. No one will like all of the
fifty prints. 1t is easiest to like ia
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-30
Going Too. ar

When Ford's critics suggest that
the chain store business may inter
fere with the automobile business,
they are on solder ground.
There is kind of competition that
counts far more than rivalry in the
same field.
Generally speaking, one market
depends on another and when a man
tries to grab two or more, he is
likely to find himself in a jam.
| saw this wildly illustrated in
Texas, where too much khan enthusi-
assn led to the SMASH of good rice
cream trade.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-30
Different

Henry Ford isn't always right, but
he is always doing something. Nine
times out of ten it is something no
body else has thought of. That, per-
haps, explains his success.
He made a poor showing in his
efforts to end world war, and an
even worse showing on the witness
stand in his libel suit against the
Chicago Tribune,
He has done a good job making
flivvers, however, and in running ii
railroad.
1t is too early to decide on what
side of the ledger his chain store ad-
venture will land.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-30
Where Rut Is

The grocers are sore because, as
they contend, Ford is underselling
them and developing competition
which they can't meet.
Whether the consuming public
will accept this as just grounds for
complaint remains to be seen.
AS a general proposition the pub
lie likes to buy where it can get
goods cheapest, even if the sales
manship smile" is lacking.
The craftsmanship smile" had its
advantages, but not too many unless
prices are right.
If Ford can retail meats, vege-
tables and groceries cheaper than
his competitors can buy them
wholesale, as is charged. the chances
are his trade will grow.
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Of Diamonds in Dummy, thus pro-
viding that the last Diamond in
Dummy is higher than the last Dia-
mond in Closed Hand, Then without
cashing the fourth Diamond, try the
Heart finesse again. When it wins,
lead trick 81 the Four of Diamonds
from Closed hand. winning with the
Six in Dummy. Seven tricks have
now been won; the two Aces insure
game, so with three Clubs left in
Vests hand the Spade finesse
should not be risked.
Tomorrow we will consider hand
in which Dummy has Queen-x and
Closed Hand Ace-X-x.
Copyright, 1927, John F. Ollie Coz
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The pointer for today is:

The pointer for today is:
With eight cards of a suit
headed by Ace-King-Jack i'm De-
clarcr's two hands, the Jack finesse
generally should be tried: with nine
cards, try TO drop the adverse
Queen.
Yesterday we left a Declarer i'm
the midst of a difficult problem.
namely: determining how he would
be most apt TO go game after the adj
Versaries had established a suit,
with which they will save game if
they obtain the lead in time to do
so. The complete hands follow:
North
S-9-6-4-2
H-S-5-3
D-K-J.6-2
Cos
West East
S-k.10 S-J-7.5-3
H-10-64 H-k-9-7-2
D-Q-1O-S D-9.5
C-A-10-6.42 C-K-7.5
South
S-A-Q-S
H-A-Q-J
D-A-7-4-3
C-J-9-3
Two Club tricks had been played,
the King winning the first and the
Queen in Dummy the second. The
play had shown that the Ace-Ten
and one small Club was left in
Vests hand, and one small Club in
East's hand.
AS East has a Club to lead,
finesse lost either way would be
fatal; and Declarers problem is how
to get the next eight tricks. His best
chance is to try for three Hearts,
four Diamonds and one Spake. The
Diamond suit should be tried first;
in it there is only one way to finesse,
so trick the Deuce should be led
from Dummy and the trick won
with the Ace. Trick 4, a Diamond
should be led from Closed Hand and
the Jack finessed. When that
finesse wins, four Diamond tricks
are assured; but to make game it is
necessary to win the Heart finesse
also. The Spade finesse would be
just as apt to win as the Heart
finesse, but winning it would not
make game, SO the Heart finesse is
the one to try.
Trick :, lead a Heart from Dummy
and finesse. When the finesse wins,
lead the Seven of Diamonds from
Closed Hand and win with the King
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-30

What is the difference between a
strait and a channel?
A strait is a narrow body of wa
ter connecting two larger bodies of
water. A channel is bed of a
stream, a deep part Of a river or a
wide strait.
Did the United States or Great
Britain produce the most structural
steel in 1925?
The United States produced
1904, 1870 long tons and Great Britain
1,107,S00 long tons.
What is the best way to clean
terry cloth?
Douse it in gasoline, squeeze gent
ly Between the hands and shake out
in the fresh air to dry. Do not rub
or iron it.
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On the Brink

out yonder in China the United States stands
on the ragged edge of precipice over which we
may be showed or in our blindness stagger, at any
time
The indiv~.----~ are that some of our Far East
ern diplomats about to lose their heads I'm the
excitement of what is going on. Some are recon.