Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-12

X IL IEDEGhAtO, NudydQuu- 4 llc
l. tests in which Death flaps his
wings, in which shine splendor,
/ IL valor and temerity, are the char
acteristic glory OF the Latin
| countries.
In many Of the South American
countries they still celebrate the spec
| tacles in the bullrings, an institution
derived from the time Of the Spanish
Conquistadores. These carnivals OF
sunlight and blood have remained with
| these nations as an inheritance from
| their fiery ancestors, from whom they
| have received a nature passionate ana
vehement, now tempered in some de-
gree with the fatalism and melancholy
of the aborignes.
These mingled emotions have re-
suited in the abolition of bullf1ghting
in some Spanish-American countries,
| and in its clouding in some others.
Peru and Venezuela are some OF the
| few countries retaining the battle
of the arena in all its historic tradi-
| ton. In Mexico a prejudice is arising
against it. In Cuba they no longer
have the bullring, but they have an
| other diversion equally full of color and
| excitement-the sport of cockhghtlng.
Cockfighting Is brilliant and inspir-
| iting pageant, replete with life, color and
emotion. Some say that it is as cruel
and barbarous as bullfghting, but it
has less of savagery, in our opinion,
than contest where man is pitted
against a beast, as in the Plaza, or
man is pitted against man, as in the
squared circle" The pugilistic en-
counter, that so-called "virile" sport, is
| in reality the most horrible of all.
Mails Receive
Special Attention in Siberia.
North China Standard, Peiping
covery by the Shanghai post Office that
| mails from Europe via Siberia are tam
pered with en- route, three instances
| having come to notice, is not calculated
| to put confidence into the fast route
| between Asia and the Occident. In
| the last incident, alert officials found
the registered mail had received "spe-
cial attention" en- route. Notification
has already been sent to the postmaster
general at London, but what the
Chinese post Office hopes to accomplish
| in that quarter is not clear, except,
perhaps, that the evidence can be
| frightened against the Russian route.
Weight of opinion is that the trouble
| lies within Russia. Postal authorities
everywhere should exercise a thorough
check on bags which pass through
Russia, with view to securing absolute
|
| fractions of international procedure.
The public in China wants to feel
secure in its postal relations with Rus
sia That fast route is the one every
| body wants to use, If he can do so with
absolute confidence. So anything that
can be accomplished by the Moscow
Commissar of Postal Affairs will be APP
preciated at both ends of the Trans
Siberian Railway.
| X X X X
Denounces Us OF
Initials in Newspapers.
| Manchester Guardian-The London
correspondent of the Journal des De-
bates is much excited about the
growing use, particularly in newspapers
of initials in place of words. He de-
nounces the practice as alphabetical
orgies" What seems to him its climax
is the employment in an English news
paper of "B. I. s. to indicate the Bank
of International Settlement" The
English, he declares. are much the
worst offenders in these maddening
authorizations, which they began Ions
ago by turning "cabriolet'' into cab
and omnibus" into bus" What, he
asks derisively, are we to think of q
nation with whom up. c." may near
either "Privy Councillor" or police
constable" and with whom only the
use of capitals distinguishes ''P. M
for Prime Minister" from Up. m" fol
post meridian?
But the French critic has to admit
that his countrymen are fast following
the example set by us and that many
people in France fail to identify "S. D
N" for "Societe des Nations" Oeagut
Of Nations. And in some cases we are
using short, simple words where the
French are employing similar multiple
initials. Our wireless" against theil
at. S. F." is an example. And Their
again there is the "a. B. c." of Madrid
which. as the designation of an impor.
tant illustrated journal. has long beer