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to a desolate supremacy in his vii
lage.
Nicolo is now forty-two, for three
years he has been secretary of the
committee of Ten on War, and in
general secretary to the Republic Of
France. Already his head is a lit
tie bald, and his hair considerably
gray; for as the most conscious man
in his city, knowing all history and
all politics, he is already marked
with cares of Office, and an excessive
knowledge Of the ways Of men.
A slightly cynical, but not bitter,
smile runs between his thin lips and
his small bright eyes; it is quite a
human, not a Machiavellian smile.
His friends will tell you that he is
the best story-teller in Florence; he
has in this field the dubious reputa-
ton that Lincoln will have, ana de-
serves it better. The laXer ladies Of
Florence frequently entertain him.
And ow what does he say to this
embattled buccaneer whose doillgs
he has been sent to report? Does he
denounce him as a william against
whom Florence must arm to pre-
serve its liberties? No.
HE is a right splendid and mag
nificent Prince" Nicolo to the City
Council; "in arms so enterprising
that there is no great deed but seems
small to him; and in glory or gain of
a state he resteth never, nor knows
peril or WEAKNESS; he comes be-
times to a place, when no man
knows yet what enterprise he leaves;
of his soldiery he is loved, and of
the best and most picked men Of
Italy; these things make him tri-
umphant and redoubtable, combined
with unending good fortune"
u
THERE is only one thing in the
i world that Nicolo admires more
than Borgia, and that (barring him
self is Italy; Il love my country
more than my very soul"
And what he hates most is the
disunion of Italy its division into a
score of sovereign" Ii. e. warring)
states; he perceives the coming Of
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THE STORY OF CIVILIZATION --
MQCK1iaUeIH PYuyS for Armed Italy
Written for The Times bu VIII DnraMt

nationalism, of great states like
Germany and France; he invites the
formation of a compact patriotism
in the north, and asks what Italy
will do in the hour of attack and in
vasion if her people have learned
to love and defend only small por-
ton Of her soil? What would he not
give to make Italy one?
Being at heart a Rabelaisian her
etc, he does not for a moment con-
slider the possibility of uniting italy
under the papacy; on the contrary,
ne believes that the policy of the
popes, ito divide and rule" to main
tain papal ascendancy in temporal
by playing off one italian state
against another, has been the CEN
trail cause of national disintegra-
ton; and beneath this he sees a
cause still more fundamental, and
that is the Christian exaltation of
humility.
"Our religion has glorified men
Of humble and contemplative life,
rather than men of action. 1t has
placed the summon bonum in hui
mility, in lowliness, and in contempt
of earthly things: paganism placed
it in high-mindedness, in bodily
strength, and in all other things
which men make strongest. And if
our religion requires us to have any
strength in us, it calls upon us to
be strong to suffer rather than
to do"
Asked, over an inn-table, what his
plan for Italy was, he traced on the
cloth a banner with this strange
device: ITALY united, armed, and
unfrocked."
He prays for a standing army,
every citizen with a gun; for ma
ton defended not by cowardly mer-
cenaries, but by men fighting for
their homes; and for a leader who
will discipline these individualistic
Italians into some obedience, some
unity. and some power. He is the
Nietzsche of the Renaissance, and
Caesar Borgia is his Napolean.
Copyright. 1923. by VIII Durantl
TO Be Continued
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China Ablaze

Once again highly explosive situation, extreme
" dangerous to international peace is flaming up in
China, where the bloodest civil war in years is
raging between the North and the South.
Fighting has broken out between the japanese and
Chinese at Tsi-Nanfu, capital Of the province OF
Shantung and reports have it that some fifty Jap
aneses soldiers and civilians have been killed with
approximately 600 casualties among the Chinese.
Gravity is added to the incident by of the
fact that several days ago the Southern or Ma.
tionalist Chinese charged that Japan was attempt
ing to block their drive on Pekin only 275 miles
away across inviting plain. The world even then
was warned of possible "untoward developments"
Whether there is any truth in the charges or not
at least some color is lent them by the attitude of
the Japanese. JeEdn is the headquarters of Mar
shall Chang Tso-Lin, Northern dictator, for years
recipient OF the open support of Japan, from which
country he has been supplied with money and NUM-
TONS along with military and financial advisers.
Shortly after the Nationalist drive northward got
under way, about 5000 Japanese troops hurried
into Shantung large proportion of them being sta
toned at Tsnanfu.
Whereupon summary orders were issued to both
Chinese factions not to modest the Shanng Railway
the 26o-nle branch line connecting Tsinanful with
Tsingtao the Shantung port, where Japan claims
specia interests and to keep the trains running and
opon to foreign travel
such order manifestly difficult for the
Natonlist general, Chang Kai-Shek to keep even
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MACHIAVELLI

ATICOLO MACHIAVELLI m e t
~ Caesar Borgia at Imola in
June, 1902. The Duke was in the
midst of his boldest campaign; he
had routed one army after another,
captured one stronghold after an
other, subjected one city after an
other to his iron sway; within few
months he had conquered half the
peninsula, beating a dozen petty
States into one kingdom, and dream
ing of a united italy.
Duke Valentino, Caesare or Caesar
Borgia, was the bastard son of Pope
Alexander VI; an eX-Cardinal who
had renowned holy orders for the
delights of war and murder.
Giorgione lis it?) has painted him
for us; black-haired, black-bearded,
black = noustached, black eyed,
handsome and terrible, his clenched
fist symbolizing him, and his gaze
fixed upon a distant purpose which
will justify to him any means.
One of the governors whom he
leaves over subjected cities abuses
the power delegated to him; the
next morning the governor lies in a
gutter cut in half.
Four captains take advantage Of a
temporary relapse in Borgia's for
tunes, rebel against him, and con-
spire to betray him to the enemy; he
discovers the plot, invites them to a
conference, surrounds them, kills
them piecemeal, and hangs their
bodies, naked, in the street.
Others he treats more leniently,
giving them, at feast, a venenum
atterminatum, a gentle poison timed
to work only after several hours
have elapsed.
Il e
A ND Machiavelli, who is only a
N philosopher, what is he doing
with such a man? For Re is all the
world different from the conqueror;
he has the face of saint, though
the appearances are deceptive; GER
tainly a meditative face, given to
bordering even in the midst of ac-
ton! if he, too. loves life of action
it is wistfully and enviously, as one
who knows that nature has troubled
him with too much thought for de-
cisive leadership. Intellectuals are
like madmen; they dream of being
Napoleons.
He is of good family, though his
name Originally MalchlavellD
means Bad Nails; his father was a
member of the landed aristocracy
but preferred obscurity in Florence
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Mussolini does not believe it
democfatic Government.
Popular sovereignty" he de-
scribes as a dire fiction" The
right of universal suffrage appeals
to him as of small consequence,
and the constitution, he puts aside
as an empty sepulcher," when il
interfereS with his plans.
He brushes those who disagree
with his views, either by pointing
cut the commercial success of his
administration, or with a dose Of
castor oil.
Like most men of his type, he
believes in despotism because he
wants to be despot, making 10
! allowance for the circumstances
which created the opportunity for
his appearance, or what will hap
pen when he passes out of the pic
| ture.
His ideas of what a Government
should be do not extend beyond the
kind Of Governments he has found
it possible to run.
Having become a dictator, he
assumes that dictatorship is the
proper thing.
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Test of Endurance

Democracy is still on trial not
only in Europe but right here.
Great as this Nation has become,
it has not finished its career.
Having proved its capacity to pro-
gress. it must now prove its capacity
to endure.
The temptations of tyranny are
much stronger and Subtler than
those of liberalism. 1t requires little
imagination to realize that we are
gradually yielding to them
Blacklists, censorship and inhi-
billions, not only as practiced by
various societies and organizations,
but as they are creeping into our
law, show plainly which way the
wind blows.
Easy enough to keep the Consti-
tuition and wave the flag on the
Fourth of July, but can we hold the
doors open for a free conscience and
a free expression of public opinion.
or will we get scared in some tense
moment, bang them shut to keep out
the noise, hide under the bed and
80 the Mussolini way9
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60 OIP,
rPEES
STORY OF THE MAPLE

= OIGI OF Il HE MAILE
1t is said the sugar of the maple
was first discovered by the squaw
of Woksis, a mighty hunter. One
day when her kettle of meat over
turned in the fire, she was fearful
, her lord would be angry at the
delay, and filled the kettle with
maple sap from trough near by
instead of running to get water for
it.
To her dismay the sap boiled
down and the meat was sizzling,
sticky mess, ruined she feared.
But Woksis munched away on it
in silent delight and then made
haste to tell the other braves of
the wonderful sweet discovered by
his squaw.
The hard or sugar maple pro-
duces not only sugar but an ex-
cellent lumber much in demand
for flooring, particularly in such
places as dance halls, bowling al
leys, skating Kinks and shops.
In the United States there are
thirteen species of naples. OF these
sugar maple is by far the most i'm
portant as we'll as the most album
dant. Other naples of CONNER
cial Importance, commonly called
soft naples, are silver maple, red
maple, boxelder and big-leaf maple.
Some 200 uses of maple have
been listed. Figured maple, in
Guiding bird's-eye, wavy and curly
maple, is highly priced for furni-
ture, interior finish and musical
instruments.
In 1924, 100000 pounds Of
maple sugar were produced from
some 100000 trees.
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/. The idea of letter golf is to
change one word to another and
do it in par, or a given number of
strokes. Thus, to change COW to
HEN in three strokes, COW, HOW,
HEW HEN.
2. You can change only one let
ter at a time.
3.You must have a complete word
of common usage for each jump
Slang words and authorizations don't
count.
4. The order of letters can not
be changed.
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DY majority Of nearly four to

DY a majority of nearly four to
- one, the italian Senate passes
a bill which deprives the people Of
their right to expect deputies to
Parliament and assigns that i'm
portant task to corporations OF
trade unions.
The bill must pass the Chamber
of Deputies to become a law, but
no one doubts that it will.
Mussolini has gone far enough
with his program for the destruc-
ton of democracy to make public
opinion of no consequence even i'll
the legislature of the land. What
he says is law. Letting it be con-
firmed by Parliament is a mere
| formality.
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Same Old Story

Italy is no more infatuated with
Mussolini today than France was
with Napoleon 1875 years ago, nor
has Musso,ini offered more con-
vincing preof Of his ability to Or
ganize and rehabilitate a demor-
allied country.
His chatter about the failure Of
democratic government, the fulfill
ity of universal suffrage, the in
efficiency of popular rule and the
folly Of party systems is all old stuff.
He is saying nothing that most
European statesmen did not say
when the United States was estab-
lished ana he does not say it half
as we'll.
II
Just the same, a good many
Americans are impressed with his
arguments and still more impressed
by the way he has helped business.
The propaganda coming from
Rome represents a far more serious
threat to our institutions than that
coming from Moscow.
For every parlor Bo,shevist in the
United States. there a dozen parlor
fascists, and the worst of it is they
belong to classes of people who
ought to know better
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Marion Leader Tribune

Marion Lea0er-IrlDunO
The Democratic party wants
Frank Daley as its candidate for
Governor. The majority of the
peaple of Indiana want him.
The tremendous lead which he
received in the recent primary is
an indication of his popularity.
He did not get majority of votes
cast, but, with the large field of
candidates, such a showing would
have been almost impossible.
There were in some counties al
most as many candidates as there
were voters. But the sensational
plurality of Mr.. Daley is con-
vincing to the rank and file of the
party, including those who voted
for other candidates. 1t should
be convincing to the opponents Of
Mr.. Daley.
All of them should gracefully re-
tire in favor of the popular choice,
and in the convention vote to
make his nomination unanimous.
Frank Daley is clean, courageous,
capable, honest and industrious.
He is a great lawyer and he is
even more, a great citizen.
He is just the man needed to
redeem Indiana, and his election
will turn a new page in the history
of the State. Once again, when
this happens, we can hold our
heads and our shoulders erect and
be unashamed.
The situation is a challenge to
the opponents Of Mr.. Daley in the
primary. They have an opportun-
ity to do great, patriotic service
to their party, to the State and
all the people of the State.
We believe John E. Friedrich,
second to Mr.. Daley in the voting,
will be among the first to appre-
ciate his responsibility and his
duty.
Mr.. Friedrich would have been
an ideal candidate. He would have
easily won with different condi-
tions. But the people believed
Frank Daley is the best-qualified
to deal with the present intoler-
able situation.
And the Democrats, Mr.. Fred
rick among them, realize the great
opportunity which is facting the
party in the coming election. AS
one OF those who voted for Mr..
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Future Rule in Doubt

The chief point to remember re-
garding Italy's present condition is
that Mussolini happened to step on
the stage at a psychological mo-
ment and that by nature he hap
pened to be an autocrat.
The happy economic result thus
far accomplished by his administra-
ton should not blind any one to
the unhappy political results which
are bound to ensue.
In the long run, people love lib
erty better than any other human
possession and will sacrifice more
to gain or regain it.
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Success for Tyranny

Italy may have become. prosper
GUS under Mussolini's management,
but If so, nothing of great i'm
portance has been proved, except
that we'll ordered despotism is bet
ter than chaos.
Admitting that Italy needed a
strong government, it might have
come through strong democratic
leaders as we'll as through a tyrant.
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With other Editors

Friedrich in the primary, the writer
feels he has right to be candid,
and to present the state of facts
as he actually believes them to
exist.
We hope the very sincerity of
our appeal will impress every
candidate for governor in the re-
cent primary.
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War for Democracy?

Is it not curious that a war ito
save the world for democracy"
should result in two such formidable
anti-democratic experiments as
MuSsolini and Bolshevism?
Is it not even more curious that
while able to recognize the latter in
its true character many Americans
should be blind to the object CT the
former respecting the kind Of gov
eminent in which they have been
taught to believe?
If anything, Mussolini is more
undemocratic in his philosophy than
was Lenin, and has been more sue
cessful in setting up institutions de-
signed to discredit it.
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This Date i'm
u. S. History

May IA
1501-Amerigo Vespucci sailed on
third voyage along coast of
Brazil.
1787-National Constitutional Con-
vention assembled at Phila-
delphia.
1804-Lewis and Clarke started on
their exploration of the north
west.
1861-Mail was withdrawn from a
number of southern routes.
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BRIDGE ME
ANOTHER
Copyright. 1928, by The Ready Ref
erence Publishing Company
BY w. w. WENTWORTH

Authorizations: A-ace; liking; O.
gueeni lacks X-any card lower
than 100
/. In determining the value of
your hand, why is yom position at
tire table important?
2. Is ] x normal expectancy?
3. Is a singleton @ normal ex-
pectancy?
THE ANSWERS
l. Hand increases or decreases In
value, depending upon whether you
can play through declarer or
whether he can finesse through your
high cards.
2. No.
3. No,
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David Dietz on Science
Cruising Five Oceans
No. 40

NN May 1, the non-magnetic ship Carnegie sailed
~ away from the Seventh ST. wharves of Wash
linton, D. c. under the command of Capt P. j. Ault.
1t will be three years before the Carnegie returns TO
Washington.
During those three years. the Carnegie will steer
zigzag course up and down the five oceans of the
world.
Studies Of the utmost Importance to the world will
be made during those three years. There will be
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studies which
are not only i'm
portant for the
scientists blu t
important to
the navigator,
t h fisherman
and the econo-
mist.
Fluc tuations
of the compass
will be studied
a II d mapped
Fluctuations ir
the atmospheric
electricity viii
also be studied
Conditions il-
the ocean anC
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storks were frozen in recent blizzard in Poland,
says dispatch. Sometimes the stork gets chilly
reception in this country too.
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Ell DuCe, the DeSpot

Mussolini does not believe it
democtatic Government.
Evening star., 1928-06-03

man Denison, Charles Ford, George Ha-
venner. Thomas Phelps, Henry Smith;
basses--Charies Kinscila, George Mason,
Frank Tcw; violinist, Warwick Spates'
organist and director, Carl S. Millard.
r. Deane Shure has just completed
new suite for organ depicting the Incl
dents which occur In the daily routine of
the church organist The title Is From
Yonder Chapel" The incidents depict
ed are "Dawn's Ecstasy" wedding
march. ''Fount Of Faith (baptisrn) 8,
Altar Tears" (conmunion). Divine
Alteration" (prayerJ and Lament OF
Twilight" funeral naTch)
The church organist Is called upon
To preside at these functions almost
weekly and the suite viii furnish some
thing new in the way Of music for each
event
w. Madison Taylor, tenor soloist at
the First Congregational Church for
the past two years. Is Tesigning. as he
Is moving 70 New YORK City the middle
OF June, where he has accepted a DO
sition with the National City Bank.
Mrs. Frank Byram presented a group
OF students in a program at her home
/ studio last night, when WORKS by master
composers such as Bach. Grieg, Cho-
/ pin Beethoven, Rubinstein, List. Mac
I DoWen and others we're presented by
/ Elizabeth Sherier, Agnes yogelzriri.
Davis Holtzscheiter. Louise Tompkins
June Fleharty. Alice Law. Marcia
I Staufier and Louise Mack. The assist
+ ing soio1st was Ina Holtzchciter. So
[ prar1o, who sang group Of songs.
Evening star., 1928-06-03

in Germany She Is en- route this week
to South Africa where she expects TO
continue the concert work which she
has laid aside for opera during the
past few seasons. Later there Is q
possibility of her going to Italy and, OF
course, eventually, as Is true Of every
American singer, there is the shadow Of
the Met" always before her eyes.
Miss Redell has built up fine reper-
toire already. including in her roles, In
addition TO those previously mentioned
the title roles of Aida. 'Turandot'
fher newest role first sung in Novern-
ber), THE JewesS," Madame Butter
fly" and leading soprano roles in The
Masked Ball" 'Lofengrin." The Fly
ing Dutchman," "Ariadne auf Noxas, y
III Trovatore. "CavalIeria Rusticana. $
"Jenufa," Der Freischutz" The
Of Hoffmann'
Miss Redell tells incidents that prove
that the American singer Is no more
fayorably received IN Germany than
he or she, Is known to be received In
Italy. 1t is the rare exception that an
American singer receives a contract
with pay. even a modest sum, and there
are noted American singers who sing
In that country for nothing while there
are even those who have 10 pay for
the privilege" This seems doubly
uneven state of affairs when one con-
siders the very generous salaries that
even the lesser stars from those coun-
tries receive In concert and opera en-
gagements in this country. Although
the star system does not hold in re-
gard TO the opera performances in Ger
many, Miss Redell reports that in con-
ceTts the state of affairs Is quite SINH
lar to that here when the name Of a
singer who has become famous In opera
wins the best audience in concert work.
Evening star., 1928-06-03
Major Music Assembly
Friday at Eastern

THE special Major Music Assembly
for students of the higher semes-
ter classes of Eastern High School will
be held in the school auditorium Fri
day at 80 pm following the similar
meeting for the lower assembly Sec
tions held the same day at am. Mrs.
Frank Byram Is in charge Of both
events. Classical compositions. both
songs and Instrumental numbers, In
cluding piano cornet and violin solos,
will be featured and there VIII be en-
samble numbers by the 6Re Club. by
a violin ensemble and by the school
orchestra.
Students having prominent parts In
the morning program will be Rachel
Niedomanski, Charles Kocher. Lucy
Heard. Frances Tucker. Lillian Llewei-
lyn, Ralph Bucca. Gertrude Effenbach:
those featured In the afternoon pro-
gram will include Alice Law, Victor
Hefiin, Frances Tucker. Lillian Level
lyn, Genevleve Spence, Herbert Cooper
and Doris Bishop.