Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-26
TNHE EVENING Times, alasgow.-
An AliltFIeHn SHIPS Object uB-
lirad in a raroa rkahin case ~

An American ships officer fig-
ured in remarkable case Of
4 car stealing" in the South Side
OF Glasgow. This officer came
ashore from a ship lying In the Clyde
and saw car, which he thought was
for hire, outside a garage. Entering
the garage, he asked for q chauffeur to
drive him In this car TO q certain desti-
nation. The garage attendant, assum-
ing that the car belonged to the Ameri-
can, readily obliged, and the car set out
on It's travels. After making number
of stops the American decided he would
no longer require the car.
You can take your car back now"
he said to the chauffeur. The latter's
establishment was great.
why, isn't this your care" he asked.
Certainly not" said the American.
IT aired 1t from your garage"
Explanations followed, whereupon the
pair drove back together to find an
irate, red-headed physician, the owner,
preparing to sue the garage company.
En- route they were stopped by a police
man who already had the car number,
and who accompanied them to see that
they were not lying TO him.
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Chile Urges Speedy
Action on Drug Question.
Ell Mercurio, Santiago.-Though for
tunately this country is as yet free from
the ravages of the dope traffic, there Is
no way Of telling how long we shall en-
Joy this immunity unless the decisions
OF the opium conference, held In 1925
at Geneva, are speedily put into effect.
This is q dependent organization OF
the Society Of Nations, and we have
Just received their interesting, procure
containing the report Of the committee
investigating the traffic In opium and
other prejudicial drugs.
China for centuries prohibited the use
and importation of opium, but the Eng
lish, under the treaty OF Marking In
1912, incorporated q clause permitting
free traffie In this and other drugs. par
ticularly from British territory In India.
Since then China has suffered more from
the infamous dope traffic than any
other nation on earth. And the ravages
are increasing because of the spread OF
Mohammedanism in Persia and the
Orient. This religion prohibits Its fol-
lowers the use of wines and other alco-
helie beverages, and they seek relaxa-
ton in narcotics. White men living in
the ports of South China, such as
Shanghai, Hongkong. and in the Portu-
gueSe colonies of Macao, also contract
| the habit of using Supplying drugs and
| soon reach a state of toXicomania as
devastating as the effects of excessive
| alcoholism upon mind and body.
The struggle against the dope menace
has been long and hard. but statistics
published in the bulletin to which we
have referred show that restriction of
production, by concerted action Of the
nations, and more drastic enforcement
Of the laws governing transportation
| and sale are beginning TO have a bene-
fetal effect.
Significant Growth
In Spread of Spanish Language.
FL NueVo Diario, Caracas.-There Is a
significant growth in the numbers Of
persons who are acquiring the Spanish
language. In New York City alone there
are SO 900 American youths in the pub
| lie schools studying this classic tongue.
The German language, and also the
| French, no longer have vogue. In
| fact, since the war Germany has been
taught but in very few elementary
schools, and French is now beginning to
| fall into a similar oblivion. In fact,
practically the only modern foreign
language studied in the schools and
even in the colleges of the United States
| is spanish. And this, We believe, Is as
| it should be, for Spanish now vies with
English as a universal language. These
| two tongues are the most diffused
| Throughout the world and the English
speaking population of the United States
by acquiring Spanish can complete a
linguistic course with which they can
practically encircle the globe. The fact
that there are 65,000,000 people speak
ing Spanish in territories In North and
South America, either adjacent or in
easy distance from the United States,
naturally makes knowledge of Spanish
q valuable assistance to all the citizens
OF the North American Republic who
! visit or engage in business with their
Spanish speaking neighhors. That
such large numbers of Americans are
now studying Spanish Is an encourag-
ing manifestation OF an increasing
aniity and commerce between all the