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Financial
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90
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-22
Dublin to Welcome
Eucharistic Congress

Colleges, converts and other institu-
tons, besides boarding houses, will be
thrown open TO receive and accommo-
date visitors to the Dublin Eucharistic
Congress in 1892, which promises to
rival Chicago's in 1926, it was made
known recently. There also will be
we'll equipped encampments for men on
suitable sites near the city. Even all
this will not suffice for all who are ex-
pected to arrive. and the suburbs, and
even towns within 100 miles of the cap
ital. are Joining in making the visitors
comfortable. Transport facilities are
excellent. Already, 10 months in ad-
vance, it Is possible to be assured that
no visitor will be left unsheltered or
unfed and, at reasonable price, all will
be provided for. The expenses of the
organization, amounting to about $780,
900, are being raised by public subscrip-
ton and by collection in all the Cath
olic churches throughout Ireland. Con-
fidence in the full success of all the ar
rangements is encouraged by the fact
that the organizers are the same men
who, in 1929, organized the celebrations
for the Centenary of Catholic Emanci-
patton in the Phoenix Park. On that
occasion over 100000 people assembled
for an open-air high mass in the park,
and every one of the immense crowd
was conducted to his or her place as
readily as to booked seat in a thea
ter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-22
Metallurgical Secrets
In ''Song of Nibelungs'

A strange theory, according to which
the famous Song of the Nibelungs" is
partly symbolic description of metal
lurgical processes, has just been pub
liShed by the German historian, Carl
Ludwig ANTI. While Herr ANTI. does not
deny that some of the personalities and
motives of the song may have a his
torical background, his thesis is that
the poet of the Nibelungs used old fairy
tales and myths merely as a garment.
The life of Siegfried, Herr ANTI con-
tends. is full Of such indications. In his
opinion, 1t is highly remarkable that
metals have been mined in the territory
around the City of Worms, the seat of
the NibelungS, for several thousand
years. Siegfried's fight against the
dragon is explained as a symbolic in
depreciation of mining. Brunhilde, who
lived in Brittany mot in Iceland), is
described as the queen of tin and Sieg-
fried conquers her for Gunther, the
king of copper. Gunther "copper"
marries Brunhilde tin) and the re-
suit is bronze. Alberich, the dwarf, is
a miner who reveals the secret of min
ing TO Siegfried.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-22
!. Europe's Caldron Boils


Germany and at least touches Czecho-
sloyakia and Great Britain. Here the
chief arguments consist in pointing to
what Is called the tneff1ciency of
democracy in dealing with economic
problems. Under wartime conditions
or crisis, dictatorship seems the ADLER
method and democracy Is additionally
identified with a shrinkage OF govern
ment powers or what is called weak
government. Habits of dealing violently
with wartime problems are still re-
membered and patience seems to be a
constantly diminishing quality.
Irritation Is Aroused.
The contemporary economic crisis
particularly arouSeS irritation with
democratic methods. All classes Of the
uoaulation accept economic betterment
as an inherent right, but demand a per-
sonal Scapegoat in the case Of dimin-
ished prosperity.
This seems particularly the case in
Great Britain, where the people seem
to be looking for a painless exit from a
latent economic crisis which has lasted
almost since the armiStiee. Voices are
rising steadily among fairly responsible
EngliShmen predicting that 1t Will be
impossible to solve the complicated
problem of empire tariffs, unemploy-
ment and shrinking exports without a
temporary dictatorship or directorate"
Even in France few such groups are
apparent and perhaps growing, but they
are mostly limited to the private lead
ership of persons like Georges Valois,
who first organized q French white
shirt FaScism, but now seems to have
abandoned 1t for q form Of near-Com-
munism, or Pierre Taittinger, owner of
the newspaper La Liberte, or the
perennial monarchists the Camelots du
Rio. -
Taken in detail, the chief examples of
European FaScism are the following:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-22

Some years ago German Fascism
seemed TO be a weak reflection OF the
Austrian Heimwehr, but the Heimwehr
seemed to decay while the Hitlerites
grew and today 1t is Austrian Facism
that receives support from German
centers and 1t is expected that the
Heimwehr without the Christian So
cialists will become a kind of Austrian
branch of the German National So
cialist party.
Depend on Economic Trend.
The chances for the party in both
countries seem to depend largely on the
world economic trend. In Germany the
result of the Fascist menace and Chan
cellor Heinrich Bruenings stiff opposi-
ton has been o new concentration OF
German democracy. This democracy
which seemed last Autumn ready 10
submit without struggle, is now de-
the offensive. Even a portion of con-
sentative German Nationalist have an
nounced a preference for parliamentary
methods against the gang rule" of the
HitleriteS.
The general picture is complicated
and the outcome will be enormously
Influenced by the ultimate choice OF
the two states which still very largely
set the tone of Europe-France and
Great Britain.
1t seems certain that the Fascist
movement, even if ultimately unsuc-
cessful, will in democratic states have
led to a strengthened executive. On the
other side, the failure of dictatorial
government like those of Italy and Po-
land to manage financial matters with
any nitable competence tends to create
a growing mass of liberal opposition in
those two countries.
The one apparent certainty Is that
coming developments in Europe will not
lack incident
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-22

Turkey is still controlled by the
typically Fascist MuStapha Renal
Pasha, under whom European reforms
have been carried out. Recently signs
of bitter opposition have been apparent,
but the opposition is no more demo-
cratic than Renal Pasha himself.
The Bulgarian cabinet seems to be
only slightly Fascist and Fascist
tendencies are kept awake only by the
agitation of irredentist Macedonians
which no Bulgarian cabinet can ignore
and live.
Jugoslavia enjoys a virtual dictator
ship under King Alexander and mill
tary clique. The initial object was to
prevent the suppressed Croats from
something like secession and today the
rigor of the rule seems to be diminishing
Hungary has a virtual dictatorship of
Regent Horthy and Premier Bethlen.
Recently under the influence of Adolf
Hitler's success in the last German
election, new Fascist organizations are
growing in Hungary.
CzechoSlovakia possesses q small
Fascist party apparently military in
character and small in influence.
Automatically Governed.
Poland, ruled Temporarily" by the
former Socialist Marshal Joseph PilSud-
ski, shares with Italy the honor of being
the most automatically governed state
in Europe. Poland, like Italy. is gov
erned by single party and practically
by a single man, who does not hesitate
to carry out his political programs by
illegal violence. Unquestionably the
recent acts of terrorism have provoked
a reaction in a considerable section of
educated Poland, but the masses have
no comprehension of democratic ideals
and methods.
The bad financial policies and eco
nornic perjury of both Germany and
Austria have greatly increased dislike
of democratic methods.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-22
New Zealand Buying
AvOcadOs of Hawaii

Hawaii has found an unexpected mar
ket for avocados, or alligator pears, in
New Zealand. A few small trial Ship
ments have proved so successful that
large consignments will be shipped
when the Spring and Summer crop
comes on. The Winter crop in Hawaii
is small and in such demand that little
remains for expert. This luscious prod
uct Of the islands is barred from Cali
fornia because of the presence in
Hawaii of the Mediterranean fruit fly
and the fear that this pest might be
transferred to California fruits. How
ever. few of the alligator pears grown
here are infested with the fly and in
recent years producers have been able
to develop several varieties whose skin
is so tough that it is impervious to
the fly. This circumstance, with the
steady advance being made in the Fed
eral Governments campaign against the
pest itself, gives hope that the Cali
fornia and other Pacific Coast mar
kets will be open to island producers
within few years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-22
BY EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER.

TINE relapse Of Spain into royal
dictatorship Is an undoubted
disappointment to most Euro
psan democrats, who were
awaiting something like
rebirth to popular government. For
they had hoped that Spanish reform
would mark the turning point In the
apostasy from popular government
which began in Europe close after the
armistice and lasted at least until the
German elections last September.
But the cabinet of Admiral Juan
Bautista Aznar seems to be only the old
dictatorship in new form and cynical
Alfonso" scores a new triumph, at least
for the time being.
European Tendencies.
The tendency toward dictatorship or
some form of Fascism in Europe is OF
two types The first affects those newly
created, recreated or backward states
like Lithuania, Poland, Bulgaria, Jugo-
slavia and Hungary where nliteracy Is
high. Here there was absolutely no
civic or intellectual preparation for
popular government and it is no wonder
that the parliamentary institutions so
hopefully installed began Immediately
to decay and Fascism replaced what
might in the light Of subsequent events
be called the prematurely suppressed
autocracy.
Moreover, internally and externally,
all these countries are. or believe them
selves to be, subject to great danger. 1t
seems to them only natural against the
threatened dictatorship of Moscow or
transcription by a hated foreign state
to oppose a dictatorship of their own.
This argument extends, to some extent,
to highly developed countries like Ger
many and Austria.
The second group Of states where
dictatorial ideas are present or growing
begins with Italy, includes Austria and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-22
Warsaw Plaque HOnOrs
DIR. p. F. Eve, American

A commemorative plaque was put up
recently in Warsaw to the memory Of
DR.. Paul Fitzsimmons Eve, an Ameri-
can who took part in the Polish insur-
rection of 1880 against Russia. The CEN
tenary of the instruction, which was
at first successful and was only crushed
in 1881 will be celebrated in Poland
throughout the year. The first celebra-
tons were held during the anniversary
Of the capture of the Belvedere, the
former palace of the Russian govern
ors, which is now the home OF Marshal
Pilsudski. Cadets paraded in the uni
forms of 1880 and plays dealing with
theaters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-22
Person Able to Judge
Time While Asleep

person can judge the lapse of time
when asleep.
DR.. C. N. Brush of the University of
Maine reports the results Of experiments
on himself in the latest issue of the
American Journal of Psychology.
When he went to bed he would set
definite time for waking. wake me
at X o'clock" he would repeat ten
times. He varied The time Of rising to
rule out the effects of habit.
1.-THE average actual time Of waking"
he reports, was far closer to the time
set in the experiment than one would
haYe expected ixaR habit"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-22
Cork City Prepares
For $2,OOO,OOO Outlay

Cork City. through its new corpora
ton. is providing for the expenditure
within the next few years OF over ST.
900 900 on Improvements. The most
important of these is a new city hall.
At present Cork has none; its old hall
was burned out by British troops during
1.-THE troubles" The new one now pro-
jected will cost 5000 900. The city got
compensation for its loss, but decided
to spend the money on working-claSs
houses for which there was, when the
country was able to settle down. an ur-
gent demand. The corporation, pend
ing the erection of a new home, meets
in the School of Art Three hundred
thousand dollars is to be spent on a
new School of Commerce. Another i'm
provement contemplated is the clear
ance of the slums in the northwest area
Of the city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-22
Canada Proves Land
OF 'COld and Honey

Rudyard Kiplng dubbed Canada
Our Lady of the Shows" but he
should have called it the Land of Gold
and Honey" Last year no less than
l,928,308 ounces of gold, valued at
$3986l 1858. were produced in the Do
minion, along with 30,978.735 pounds of
honey. Therefore, 1t will be seen that
Canada produced more gold than honey.
Ontario produced the bulk of the gold.
there having been 1922 ,267 ounces and
this all came from the E0rcupine and
kirkland Lake areas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-22

are q wonderful instrument in cement
ing the basis of international good will,
but they become the more powerful and
the more efficacious when actual facts
come to their support, lending them the
prestige of reality.
(Copyright, 1879
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-22
Vertical or Lateral?

From the Sioux City Journal.
A Paris fashion hint says stripes will
be the vogue this Spring, but We'll all
feel terribly nervous about 1t until we
know which way they are to go.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-22
A Bitter Inheritance.

From thsr Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
It must be depressing TO the child
born with q silver spoon In its mouth
to note present quotations Of the metal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-22

Origin Of Kingdom.
The Czech version of the Slovaks'
eenealogy is that in the seventh century
the Czech chieftain Same defeated the
Avars and Franks and established a
kingdom which included the Slovaks.
This was the origin of the Great Mo-
ravian Empire which cXtende" from the
Spree in Prussia TO Bulgaria. In the
reign of Svstopluk. Duke OF Moravla,
his enemy, Arnuli. Duke of Panonia,
called in the Magyars TO help him. The
Magyars obtained control of what Is
today Slovakia.
Those OF the Slovaks who do not ac-
cept the official version of their origin
point out that they are a different
branch Of the Slavic family, not re-
lated TO the Czechs, and standing
closest TO the southern Slavs. Accord
ing to this theory, their original name
was Crost ian.
Since the Magyars invaded Slovakis
under the leadership of Chieftain
Arpad toward the end of the first mil
lennium of the present era, TIE SioVaks
have been uninterruptedly connected
with the Hungarians for nearly 1,O0C
years Their only ss-tr..S effort u
wrench therssiTes free from the Mag
var S-.p was in l84B. when they par
ticipated in the uprising of the nation
alities TO Illustrate the attempt Of tho
Hungarian TO emancipate themselve:
from Vienna and the Austrian rule.
Another hotly contested point y
whether the language of the Slovaks u
Czech or Slovak. To those who are no.
privy to the squahbles Of eastern cen
txA Europe 1t might seem that tnl
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-12

The legislature OF the state OF Texas has been sum
noned in special session by the governor for the
primary purpose Of passing legislation dealing with
problems arising from the over-prcduction Of oil in
the East Texas fields.
Would It be surprising II following this session we
were TO hear q revival Of talk on the semi-serious
proposal to divide Texas into five states?
Here We have the spectacle OF legislators from al
parts Of Texas being called at public expense to deal
with a problem peculiar to one section Of the state
Only to the extent that We we're citizens Of Texas
does the problem OF the East Texas oil operator af-
feet citizens OF the Valley.
That part OF the state is five or six or seven hun
dred miles away from Us.
At present, no matter wfn may be our hopes for
the future, wa have no wells whose liquid gold Is af-
fected in value by the over-production IN East Texas.
And the same can be said Of Central Texas and Of
that portion or the state Immediately adjacent TO FL
Paso. between that city and the Big Bend country.
We Of the Valley are no more vitality affected by the
East Texas oil situation than We would be by over
production in the Oklahoma and the Louisiana fields.
And yet, our representatives viii go to Austin and
devote 80 or more days OF their time and effort In
helping to bring order out Of chaos.
Many a problem has arisen in West Texas OF which
we knew little and perhaps cared less.
And the same gees for the attitude we may ex-
pect OF citizens Of East and West Texas toward prob
lems peculiar to the Valley.
Except as We are citizens Of the same state. what
possible interest can an East Texan have In our green
fruit law, for example.
What does he care whether our fruit goes on the
market green. half ripe or over-ripe except as a mat
ter OF pride in Texas products?
Its al true enough, and yet-try to divide Texas'
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-12

ing a new artery. The thick plank
ing fell away to a vacant lot where
e~xcavators had left q miniature
gully and any amount of old ma
chinery, planks, boxes and debris.
On an ordinary evening. all this
would be particularly depressing.
But nov, the followed lot became
an arena. with boys and girls
climbing upon boxes and machinery
and board. turning X into an amphi-
theater. About midnight there was
70 be fireworks. and the set pieces
stood at precarious ANGLES waiting
for their part In the program.
Along the e.ectr1c-arched street.
balloon vendors cried 'N@i- wares.
Where push carts usually supply
vegetables and fruits. were ears
laden with cakes and candies and
strings Of beaded nuts. baskets OF
confetti, pompons and the pastries
most favored on a holiday occasion.
For dozens OF blocks the tene-
ments had turned their jewellers
4AAo bAC ctACCl. 4~DA3A1tG4c cldl1lE-
cred as at a picnic. The lolly-pcp
salesman busily handed out small
packages. A lone clam merchant
industriousiy cracked shells with a
blunt jacknife.
Then the band end she shrine born
on the shoulders or two dozen at
tendants. little gi-.s in white. ar
Tying candles. more paraders.
and, az the foot OF the shrine. a tragic
little girl, pathetically crippled,
seeking through faith relief from
malformations. And since all such
fiestas are for the benefit Of the
church, the crowds rush up TO toss
money: bills Of all denominations
+ pinned to the shrine's adorn-
ments: more bills are piled high on
platfers placed or the impromptu
altar.
There is singing and the echoing
Of a thousand voices babbling III
friendly conversation
Thus. through the East Side. are
the saints remembered "a world q
ice cream and toy balloons and play
for the tired tenement folk.
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clares Open
Season on MonopoHes

AUSTIN, July Thames v. AL
red, attorney general. has declared
open season ON m0nopolles IN Tex
as.
He has fired one barrel OF his
antitrust crusade. It was aimed TO
sweep the sector Of public utility
domination Of retail trade In cleo
trio and gas appliances.
II was to drive corporations back
within the field OF the purposes
legalized BIZ their charters, where
they have spread out into what he
asserted IN q court petition was an
Illegal field Of operation.
The first shot was ainedi at the
San Antonio Public Service com.
pany ard the Chicago corporations
owning control OF its stock.
The entire principle or public
utility competition in wholesale and
retail merchandise was covered by
the sights sat for the first voiley.
Repe-cussi0n promised Cd echo
politically at least as long as the
broads.de sizzles through the
courts.
Here II the theory unf0lded in his
court petition upon which the pug
nacious, youthful attorney general
opened his fight:
The public utility Is guaranteed
a return on its money. and can
raise its rates 70 maintain IL. This
fact gives il q practical monopoly.
If allowed 10 compete against the
private wholesaler and retailer OF
merchandise. the latitude given by
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-12
Speaking of the New Pan
American Highway

A ~Pan-American highway. linking Canada, the
United States and Mexico City was technically open
ed last week when the last barrier between two sec
lions OF a New Mexican road was removed by a blast
Of dynamite. according to an exchange. which supplied
the additional information that It will be several
months before this Canada 20 Mexico highway will
be available for automobile traffic. More important
than this Is the news from Laredo that the gap in
the highway in la Sale county has been closed and
the run from Austin to Laredo and on 70 Monterrey
is one OF the delights OF the American tourist. Now.
Laredo promises to make good rs claim OF being the
tourist gateway to Mexico and on ard on to Mexico
City. There are other important claimants. e Paso