Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-08
Higghlights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers Of Other Lands

ural instinct of the human heart and
that 1t cannot be eradicated. b,it the
same might be said of cannibalisnn.
BUSINESS men in favor of race tracks
and gambling in other sports do not
seem 70 ce aware of the harm done by
tne withdrawal from industry of $780,
0OO, goo devoted to gambling in the last
rev years: Time in the workshops and
trade m the shops are completely lost
through these reprehensible rnanipula-
tlonS. Gambling is telling against the
making OF better men. 1t feeds the
naSeSt passions of human nature. The
cnlet constable of Manchester Is tn be
congratulated on removing salru,tinx
machines from the shops by which chill
been called "killjoy." but the real real
ktllJoyS" are those who first intro
sports. ''''A
DIR. CuftiuS
Favcrs Young Pan.
Neues Wiener Abendblatt, Vienna
pr. CurtiuS, the new German foreipn
minister, made his first official sueech In
Inc Reichstag recently on the so-called
nneIatlon bill. DR.. Curtius is opposed
70 the bill and so IS his party. He as
sured his hearers that the present gov
eEnmenI OF Germany is much in favor
az "a 1ne foung plan and intends to follow
the policy OF the former Chancellor. Esrr
Gustav Stresemann, in helping Ger
many 70 adhere 10 all the Obligations of
notifications. 'e4uen'
Bulgaria Begins
TO Boost Agriculture.
Bulgarian British Review. Soma -Er-
ergetlc measures are being taken nv the
ministry OF agriculture with a view TO
increasing the crops throuphout the
country, both in quality and Quantity hv
tne use OF modern methods of cultivaf-
ing the SOIL, deep blowing, Fertilizers.
eI WIN the nigh tariffs on imports
S.u tne limitations on products of local
t1;nuuSCrles, coupled with the compara-
Lively SmaH quantities Of surplus prod-
use OF the soil which are available eech
year Ior export, the commercial balance
VI the country Is rapidly decreasin0
6uIgarla being an agricultural coIlntry
al enortS OF the government are heinv
centered on this branch of national in.
oustry. One reason for the limited nro-
u .tI eacn year is the primitive
methods which have been, ana 20 a
large extent are still being. used no The
peasants Tor preparing the land and
harvesting their crops iU anu
begnning with the current year there
mas neen tendency on the part 81 move
enlightened agriculturistS to aciont trsc.
IorS ana other modern machinerv and
results nave been entirely satisfscto
Inc nrst tractors introduced into MI
CARA were the Sanderson (British, toi.
lowed by the Fordson and McS.or,,,, III
SAmerlcan). Threshing machinas haSe
oeen employed in the country for ovsr
90 ySaLs, ana are generally owned by
Snlan syndicates Of farmers who make
use OF tnem In turn. Seeders. reanerS
Di1ers ana cultivators are also owned
ano operated on the same basis. as most
aaImers own and work only small nsys
ceIs OF land. The buying of fractors
neceSSltateS the purchase of thssa othar
nAcnlnes as well. ModerniziI1v RIi-
Sarlan agriculture viii be a Slow I,rccoss
however, as the older peaSan tS viii cIi,so,
20 old methods. Hope for Improved nroo
uuction lies In the younger generation
\ -
German Tongue
IN Alsace Lorraine.
cologne Gasette,-An anonnalv ~ tho
postwar situation In Alsace- i ,orret,,S s' ts
tnat, regardless of new political aTVSiso
IONS, inhabitants Of this territorv r,,,st
an know German. This is necesssrv Tor
tne transaction Of business ana ~
COnuuct OF daily life In the country In
wnlcn Sney have grown, or are growlnt
~. Depete IN the French ChamkerS iyy
o1cates that German - we'll - T.s,. In
- l uissle' ESSENTIAL 90 present.