The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-03-30
FRIDAY, MARCH 80, 1928
ADVENTURES IN FRIENDSHIP

Lindbergh is the ace adventurer
in friendship. He is the most sue
cessful of aviators. He is young.
He is friendly-and therein lies his
greatest strength.
1t is that friendliness which has
brought such good results in Mexico
and those countries to the South
which are heing classed as the Car
ibbean Basin.
But while Lindbergh is the out
standing friendship adyenturer so
far others have tried the feat success
fully and are demonstrating the
truth of the folk tale that sunshine
is more effective in treating with
men than is storm. No one needs
to be reminded of the story OF the
contest between cold and storm and
wind on the one side and sunshine
on the other to make man lay
aside his close wrapped cloak, nor
of the fact that it was sunshine
which was successful.
So the sunshine of friendship has
been tried-and always with success
in putting over messages Of good
will between nations
There was visit OF two women
to the Near East. There was, and
is, the sojourn of a college boy Tor a
year in Japan. The Japanese dolls
are now touring this country and
they come in return for the dolls
sent the Japanese children last year.
And four friendly visitors recent
| ly returned from Nicaragua and
Central America. These visitors
were Carolena Wood, Ebert Russell,
| ]. Nevein Sayre, and Robert Jones.
They visited first the capital cities
Of San Salvador, Honduras, Guate-
mala, and they reached Managua
just before Christmas. Christmas
day they spent on the road towards
the SANDING country. I'VE started
before daybreak," says letter, land
ate our Christmas dinner OF pineap-
pie and eggs on the road"
But the visitors had previously
been warned by the authorities in
Managua of the dangers OF the en-
terprise. They were permitted to go
only so far as the edge OF the San
dino country-and that only after
letters had been received from San
dino's brother, who lives in Brook |
Ign, N. Y, introducing them to the
SANDING family at the village OF Nj
quinohomo, after visit to this fami-
ly and further assurances OF safety.
They reached San Rafael, where
Sandino's wife lives. SANDING is
only thirty-four and his wife is
described as a young woman with,
bobbed hair and sidecombs and
wearing a short skirt. They gave
Dona Blanca SANDING letter to her
husband which she pronounced good
and which she forwarded to him.
But no answer was ever received.
Sharp lighting had begun. The
visitors waited as long as they could
and then returned.
They came with definite ideas OF
certainly two things. One was that
in letter to Secretary of State KEEL
1O66. ALA0oPSCLAvO "a WhCtAOA yOu
think that SANDING is bandit or
patriot or both, it is undeniable that
he is a Nicaraguan lighting ON his
own soil against the soldiers OF
power that is foreign power in
Nicaragua To kill him is to light
The fires of war passion and furnish
a battle cry that will resound throu-
gh Latin America. Do not extermi
nate SANDING.
The other plea is for better
schools and better educational facil-
ties for adults as well as children.
The resources OF their rich land
should be studied. The mind of the
people turned from destructive revo
buttons to constructive developments.
In other words books instead of bull
Sunshine more powerful than
storm.