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The Story the Week Has Told

ain. Presumably 1t is still undecided
dependent on developments) whether
the latter shall proceed to Shanghai
or be DETECTED to Hongkong.
Reply to Secretary Kelloggs pro-
posal that 1.-The international settle
ment at Shanghai be excluded from
the area Of armed conflict" has not
been received. 1t was addressed to
the Picking government, to Marshal
Sun Chaun Feng. Lord Of Shanghai.
and to Gen. Chang Kali Shek, gen
eralissimo Of the Nationalist forces.
A statement issued by Sun Chuan
Feng, Lord Of Shanghai, includes the
following, in which there is q good
deal Of truth together with some mis-
statement, the former greatly pre-
dominating:
Tho present war in China IL not
struggle Of militarists for power"
says Sun. I'VE are fighting not for
ourselves but for China. A minor
political party which had never been
able to hold more than one city in
the south became associated with the
Russian Komintern, which seeks a
! world revolution with a view to ex
perimenting with peculiar social and
economic ideas. These ideas have
failed in their country Of origin. but
are being imposed on China. We
resent the Komintern's Intervention.
and shall resist that Intervention.
These undesirable Russians have
| destroyed property in Ave provinces.
poisoned the minds of our youth.
abused our sense Of religion, stopped
trade and industry, debased the cur
rency and involved us in the posi-
bility Of war with foreign powers.
We must fight them as one fights the
| plague"
| Reports very greatly differ as to
the extent to which missionary opera
tons have been suspended.
| The following statistics have been
reported as emanating from our State
Department: There are about 1850
American citizens in China, including
| 1900 man missionaries, $500 woman
| missionaries. There are about 1000
| Americans in Shanghai. 1000 in
| Tientsin. 1900 at Hankow. 1000 at
Marking. 800 at Canton, 500 at Hong
kong Tor were before the recent de-
velopments, which no doubt have
caused much change In the distr1'
bution).
There ara CIT American houses
doing business in China. whereof half
are at Shanghai; almost all branches
or agencies Of companies In the
United States.
American capital investments In Chi
ma total between 500 900 900 and $780,
| 100000; about half philanthropic.
Our trade with China represents 30
/ per cent Of China's imports and IA
per cent Of her exports. It's total an
nual value is about $260,000,000.
We have a legation guard at Peking
| of 500 Marines, and an Army detach-
ment of 900 guarding the Tientsin-
Picking Railroad.
The. British in China exclusive of
! Hongkong) number about $1,000; the
French, $500; the Germans. $500.
| j \ X
United States OF America.--On Thurs
day the House passed, 214 to 17S, the
| McNary.Hauge farm relief bill; pass
ed it precisely as 1t came from the
| Senate, proposed amendment after
amendment having been voted down.
Fisticuffs seem to be the order Of the
day In the House and Senate.
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The Senate cruiser amendment to
the naval appropriation bill flies di-
rectly in the face of the following pas
sage of the Presidents annual mes
sage to Congress:
1T is proper to state that no pro-
vision is made in the estimates for the
Navy Department for commencing the
construction Of the remaining three of
the eight light cruisers which the act
Of December Is, 1924, authorizes to be
undertaken prior to July /, 1927. This
country Is now engaged in negotia-
lions to broaden our existing treaties
with the great powers which deal with
the elimination Of competition in naval
ornaments. I feel that 1t would be
unfortunate at this time, and not in
keeping with our attitude toward
these negotiations, to commence the
construction of these three cruisers. -
Great Britain has 81 cruisers built,
bAilding or authorized and appropri-
ated for; total tonnage 3S2,2s0. We
have Is cruisers built. building or
authorized and appropriated for; to-
tai tonnage $4,000.
Great Britain has 80 cruisers in
commission; but Of these 25 were COM
pleted before 1919 and only were
completed subsequently to 1922 We
commissioned since 1922. Their aver
age tonnage is $500 as against 5000
for the British cruisers in commits.
sion.
The President has expressed himself
in favor of authorizing 10 more
cruisers, but not for appropriating
therefor at present. That Japan or
Great Britain would be greatly i'm
pressed by such authorization with
out appropriation Is doubted by
many. The naval appropriation bill
as passed by the Senate calls for a
total expenditure of $320,000,000.
On February 9 our World War For
eign Debt. Commission automatically
lapsed in limbo. 1t was created on
February 8, 1922, and in 1925 it's life
was extended two years. Russia, Aus
tria, Greece and Liberia are the only
debtor countries that have not signed
debt agreements with us (the French
settlement still awaiting consumma-
tom. Austria has been granted a mora
forum until 1943. Greece has made
certain proposals now before Congress.
The LAberian debt is a trihe.
X X X X
and Spain are again discussing the
eternal Tangier question.
One hears that the German iron and
steel producers are already dissatis-
fed with the recently formed West
European iron and steel trust, which
so many hailed as prelusive to the mil.
lennium. The rumors have it that the
Germans threaten to withdraw from
the trust (which. Of course, would be
equivalent to smashing it, unless their
quota Is substantially raised. No doubt
the rumors are exaggerated. but here
is a business much deserving Of in
terest.
DR.. Edwin Hubble of Mount Wilson
Observatory Is studying from photo
graphs) the extra -galactic" G.e.) be-
yond the milky way, outside our stel-
lar system spiral grouping of stars.
Roughly speaking, these spirals are
about Ave Mquintillion miles or a mil
lion light years away from us. In
Of them takes Z million years to reach
the earth1
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unquestionably a fact that the
Marines are in Nicaragua, not on ac-
count Of local politics, nor even for
the mere protection Of American lives
and property.
1t must be remembered that the
President of tho United States can use
the armed forces Of the country in
only a few cases, unless he invokes
the permission of Congress, which
must then declare war. One of the
| best reasons and virtually the only
| one that permits him to use Ameri-
can soldiers abroad is the protection
of American lives and property. So
about 200 Americans and between
| 100000 and $4,000, 900 worth of
property in Nicaragua are the official
reason for the presence Of the
! Marines.
Various reasons have been offered
besides this, amongst them the alleged
bolshevistic propaganda Of Mexico.
the protection Of an option which the
United States holds on a canal site
across Nicaragua and the protection
of British and Italian interests, whose
| care devolVes upon us under the i'm
| plications of the Monroe Doctrine.
But as matter Of fact, even II au-
thorities cannot be quoted, It Is gen
orally admitted that the real reason
for the presence Of the Marines and
the ships is-Mexico.
Beat Mexico to Scene,
The Mexican policy Of the Depart.
ment Of State has generally been
based on the avoidance of trouble by
foreseeing it and getting there first.
In the case OF Nicaragua. the Ameri.
can forces are in Nicaragua so that
the Mexicans will not officially appear
there. 1t is the best way to avoid a
clash; the Department Of State had
much rather issue that tacit warning
than have to get Mexico out If she
once got in.
The situation is not the most COM
Portable one that United States
diplomacy ever faced, but its details
of discomfort need not be enlarged
upon here. The Mexican problem
must apparently be settled before
American Marines and ships can be
withdrawn from Nicaragua. That
they will be withdrawn when the
Mexican Issue is settled may be safely
misunderstanding at this time the
Department of State has no relish for
another 18-year vigil of American
Marines ut Managua.
The situation between DR.. Sacasa
and President DiaZ remains on Its
own footing, however, struggle be-
tween two once.friendly proteges OF
the United States. The moves that
are made are on the checkerboard OF
, diplomacy, and the object through all
OF it and, despite some unhappy ap
pearances. is unquestionably to seek
a way to tread fairly and to avoid
Intervention or interference. Perhaps
} some may say, that is too much to
ask. when the wave of hand or a
whispered word from Washington has
. such far.reaching effects as they have
in Central America. and particular,
= in Nicaragua, today. But such, q
) least, would be the ideal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20
BY WILLIAM GREEN.
President. American Federation Of Lal


TIME advocates of the shorter
Wor<-week are thoroughly
conscious of the fact that the
Il economic readjustments in
volved in the institution of the
shorter work-week cannot be made
until industry and those associated
with it are ready and prepared to
accept 1t.
1t may be that all lines of industry
are not Immediately ready to accept
and put into practice the principles
of the shorter work-week. The pre-
paredness of Industrial enterprises
for the inauguration of such re-
form depends upon their character.
equipment and the public interests
which they serve. Labor fully ap-
necessity of developing and applying
a policy, in the execution of this re-
form, which will be sufficiently fiex-
ible to permit its adaptation to any
industrial condition which may arise.
There are many lines Of industry
which can operate successfully on a
five-day work-week basis. This has
been made possible through the in.
creasing use of mechanical equipment
and the development of the efficiency
and productivity of the individual
worker.
The use of machinery and electric
power is Transforming our modern In
dustrial establishments so that the
service rendered and the commodities
produced have increased many fold.
while the character of such service
rendered has tremendously improved
and the cost of the manufactured
commodities has been greatly reduced.
Change Represents Revolution.
The change from primitive methods
of manufacturing and Industrial serv-
ice to mechanical and modern
methods represents the revolution
which has taken place in the indus
trial and economic world. We are
amazed at the progress which has
been made when we compare modern
manufacturing enterprises with those
of similar nature operating % or
80 years ago.
The best evidence that a shorter
work week is adaptable to industry Is
the fact that 1t has been accepted and
is operative in numerous lines of in
dustry. 1t has been tried and tested
and found to be economically sound
1t is in effect in many more Industrial
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Marines to Remain in Nicaragua
Until Mexican Menace Is Removed
Continued from First Page.)

Continued from First Page.)
ample arms and ammunition for their
fight against Chamorro.
No one is now wasting time denying
that the Mexican Government is fur.
uiShing these arms to DR.. Sacasa. His
supporters VIII state privately. al
though such thing Is never declared
publicly, that 1.-The Department of
State threw DIR. Sacasa into the arms
81 Mexico" by forcing him to seek
arms and help where they could be
gotten.
The vital fact of the situation is,
however. that DIR. Sacasa Is getting
more and more under obligation to
Mexico. The Department of State
denies that this obligation was the
determining factor in it's recognition
oi Adolfo DiaZ as President of Nicara-
qua on November IT, 1926. 1t is true,
as a matter of fact, that the Mexican
hand in the Nicaraguan situation had
appeared months earlier. 1t was we'll
known when representatives of Gen.
Chamorro and DR.. Sacasa met to dis
cuss terms of peace on the American
gunboat Tulsa, in October.
This meeting ended in failure. and
the report was made to Washington
that the Sacasa representatives had
refused TO consider their leaders with
drawing his claims to the presidency
because that would be unfair to our
Mexican allies" This phrase is fatty
denied by the SaCaSa representatives,
hut it shows the atmosphere, at least,
of the peace discussions on the Tulsa.
The Sacasa group withdrew, and only
Chamorro was left to find a way for
himself to resign and to set up a
government that the United States
would recognize.
Selection of Diaz Hit.
The selection of Adolfo Diaz at this
crisis was unfortunate. despite his
high personal qualities. But the De
t,artment Of State had let 1t be known
that II was insistent only that Gen
Chamorro was ineligible-no other
\icaraguan leader was implicated In
The coup d'etat, SO all the others were
free from it's stigma. The Conserva
tives selected Mr.. Diaz, a former
president, but unluckily the very
President who had invited the Ameri
gan Marines into Nicaragua in 1912
lie has been famous for his friend
shtn to the United States and his
enemies have made much of his al
legged subservience to the American
Government. =.
In a way, II was hardly compli
,nent either to President Diaz or Il
the Department of state to select MN
However. he was chosen, ana haVlnf
declared its Willingness to accept an,
f.onstitutionally elected President ex
renting Chamorro. the Department o.
state recognized him.
All this explains much, but 1t doe!
rot explain. exactly, why there are
:. 500 Marines and number of war
hips engaged in enforcing misoel
)aneous neutral zones" Throughout
Nicaragua. There Is, in fact. no rea
reason why Nicaraguan poiltic
should explain their presence. as II i
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20

Columbia University. Tie ls
the author Of two epoch
making books-"Mind in the
Making and 1.-THE Ordeal of
Civilization These books
have won world recognition
among scholars. Accordingly,
the following views of DR..
Robinson on the age long
problem of the determination
of war are the prophecy OF
a thinker whose leadership in
thought throughout the civ
ilized world is tremendous. In
the following interview DR..
Robinson makes the astound-
ing prophecy that civilization
has seen the last of great wars
and that war is doomed as an
institution. His interview comes
at a very opportune time. on
the heels of Mussolinis pre-
diction that many future
wars are to be expected and
that they will be fully as ter
rible as the late one.
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RysHENRY w. BUM.

mary of the most important
news of the world for the
seven days ended Febru-
airy 49,
France.-The French government
has replied unfavorably to President
Coolidge's memorandum suggesting
that the governments of Great Brit
ain. France, Italy and Japan en-
mower their delegates at the forthcom.
ing meeting at Geneva OF the prepare
tory disarmament commission TO
negotiate and conclude at an early
date an agreement further limiting
naval armament, experimenting the
Washington treaty on that subject
and covering the classes Of vessels
not covered by that treaty"
Space Is lacking here for a sum-
mary Of the arguments ably pre-
sented in the French note. Two points
Of chief importance among those
urged are: That the question of
further limitation Of naval ornaments
ought not to be ASSOCIATED from Ques-
tons relating to land and air arma-
ments; and that the procedure pro-
posed would prejudice the authority
Of the League of Nations, which has
made questions relating to armament
it's peculiar care.
While China Is having her political
and social revolution, something like
a revolution is taking place in Paris
in respect Of color effects in feminine
dress. Two-tone effects are the
ticket, obligato, so to speak. There
may be exact division along the
the sides; or one color may be
splashed or spotted on t'other.
The flowers Of last season are gone.
Where are the SHOWS of yesterday?
After a prayerful study Of the models
offered by LAnvin, Molyneux. Bou.
LANCER, Chanel and others, this writer
inclines to Chanel's "plisse georgette
Knockers under georgette skirts.
though with lingering regard for
Lanvin's short harem skirts, zouave
jacket and ruffied pantalettes. Skirts
are to be Shorter If possible"
X n X X
Portugal.-The Portuguese insur
rection, recently suppressed. was the
eighteenth since the foundation Of the
republic in 1910. Within the same
period there have been 40 cabinets and
a handsome record Of assasinations,
not to speak of arson. In 1918 Presi-
| dent Paez, perhaps the best man who
has served the republic, was assaS-
sinated, and the same fate befel1 a
prime minister in 1921.
The republican era was preluded by
the assassination Of King Carlos and
his eldest son in 1908.
The conditions under the republic
have caused a heavy emigration. The
net increase Of population in the IL
years, 1911-20, was only $4,000.
The area of Portugal is 34,250 square
| miles, it's population about $500. 900
| The natural resources are ample ant
| with decent management the coun
| try would be prosperous; but for cen
| turtles, except for the years 1750-77
during which the great Marques Pom
| bal was in power, the management
has been for the most part beneath
contempt.
China MY remark last weak that Il
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Shrinking of Mexico.

Prior to the war between Mexico
and the United States the two coun.
tries covered approximately equal
areas of North America, but as a re.
suit Of, that war nearly a million
square miles of territory were trans
ferred from the former country to the
latter. Even now, however, Mexico
covers an area as big as the aggregate
lin pre-war days--of Germany. Aus
tria, Hungary, France and Great Brit
ain and Ireland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20
AN OFFSET TO MUSSOLINI

Dr. James Harvey Robinson of the celebrated his
professor history
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20

China. My remark last week that it
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20
BY SIR PHILIP GIBBS.

A 7 this time of year, when frost
~ and fog prevail over most of
a the countries of Europe, the
4 a French Riviera is a land of
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A groan from the rear of the car
told him that Mrs. Daring lived
The car gathered speed. Joyce
braced herself and kept her mother
from rolling from the seat by al
most superhuman effort. In front
Deke was jubilant. Five minutes
more and they would be on the main
road. The main road and safety.
Fifty, fifty-five, sixty. He held
stoutly to the steering wheel, jar
red this way and that by the wild
jumps of the car. The road
To one side where the dirt road
joined the main road lay deep
shadow, cast by clump of trees.
Down the main road appeared a
bright light. The light OF speed
ing motor.
Deke turned the Marmon on two
wheels and grated to stop in the
shadow. He switched out the lights.
Quiet" he commanded of the back
seat.
The racing motor and bright head
light tore on. swung around the cor
ner of the road, passed the darkened
Marmon and toward the scene of the
hold-up.
Deke drew long breath of relief.
Hold on JOY" he said. We're safe
now"
The going was easier on the main
road. They were ten miles from
the nearest hospital of any size.
II want to try to make Lakeside. /"
he called back to Joyce. 81 know
the resident surgeon there. He'll
help us get in without so much red
tape or too many questions"
The admission clerk left them.
Deke sat on the hard bench by Joyce.
Neither spoke. Once Deke took
joys hand and held 1t for a few
moments. 1t lay limp in his and he
released it.
At the hospital the admission clerk
hurried Mrs. Daring to the surgery.
"Ill guarantee her BILL" Deke
said, giving his name and address.
"See that she has the best in the
house and send for DR.. Mcdonald,
will you please?"
The clerk turned to make the en-
try. Joyce stared silent and white
faced. Deke put out hand to com
fort her. He felt very tired and
sore, weary and faint. This was get
ting too much for him. That kick
i'm the stomach-Was that tall, tan
girl before him, growing bigger and
bigger, a girl named Joyce Daring?
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SYNOPSIS

Joyce Daring is put +on her
own" when her parents separate.
She gets a job on the telephone
switchboard of a hotel, and meets
Carter DeIanI, a wealthy bachelor,
through Henry Deacon, a college
boy who is IN love with hen. Their
love idyII is rudelg interrupted
when they narrowly escape being
run down by high powered auto
mobile while driving fn the cOun-
try. At the wheel, they recognize
Butch" Settler, a. CANISTER, and
beside him woman whOrn Deacon
believes is Joyce's moth err Shaken
by their escape, Joyce and her
companion go sOberly to qdimer.
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"Joy," he spoke her name in a far
away questioning tone.
Then he fell toward her.
joys cry brought a nurse. The
girl was supporting Deke's limp
body.
rs he dead?" she asked, the quiet
of desperate calm in her tone.
Tomorrow: Her mother seriously
shot, her lover collapsed i'm a fight
with a gangster, who Is mad over
her, our horine despairs Of hap
piness. Is there any sweetness left
i'm life for her? Read tOmOrrow's
Joy" the love story of an Ameri-
can girl.
Copyright 1927.
Famous Features Syndicate, Inc.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-17
GRIFFITH IS ELECTED
Udell Works Official Chosen Presi-
dent of Employers Association.

Udell Works Official Chosen Presi-
dent of Employers Association.
Howard T. Griffith, vice president
of the Udell Works, was elected vice
president of the Associated Employ
ers OF Indianapolis at a board of
directors meeting at the Hotel Sew
erin, Wednesday. Griffith succeeds
Walter B. Harding of the G. & J.
Tire Company.
Other officers elected were: W. D.
Hamerstadt. of the lockwood Manu-
featuring Company, vice president;
Edward w. Harris OF Hamilton
Harris & Co, second vice president;
J. Edward Stilz. of the Kiefer- Stew
art Company was reelected treas
urer and Andrew J. Allen was
chosen secretary for the twenty
fourth consecutive year.