Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-24

IL MESSAGGERO Rome-People
who complain about the present
conditions have very little concep-
4 ton of what might have been the
state Of affairs had Signor MuSSo-
lini not developed within italy ma
tional, rather than an Individual, con-
test Prior to the evolution of FaScism
as a political doctrine little restraint
was put upon the entertainment Of dis
cordant views, and the Communists and
other disaffected organizations had be-
gun to disseminate their prejudicial
theories throughout the land. Against
these trends, Signor Mussolini welded
loyal opinion in the Fascist party and
erected a barrier to corrupt and disin-
tegrating practices.
Today, under the new regime, even
agriculture has become more produc-
tive, as if Nature herself smiled upon
the better order. Transportation and
other public facilities have greatly i'm
proved; mercantile shipping has been
increased, and the sons of Italy prefer
to remain within her boundaries rather
than to emigrate to foreign shores. In
these days italians place the interests
Of their country above their private de-
sires and projects. Criticism of II
Duce, even in foreign lands, is no
longer hostile.
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Ask Tighter Tax Law
To Check on Tip Receivers.
The Daily Mail, London-Income tax
experts are suggesting that there may
be a tightening up in the methods of
assessing the incomes of people such as
hotel porters, walters and taxicab
drivers, whose earnings mainly consist
of tips. The difficulty is that in many
Of these cases only the persons con-
cerned know the full total of their tips.
At some of the leading hotels and
restaurants the principal porters and
incomes, derived often solely from tips,
running into four figures.
1t was stated at catering trade In
quiry recently that a London hotel
porter, who had returned his income at
$4,000 a year, received note from the
authorities intimating that they could
not accept such low assessment of his
income.
Germany to Cut Salaries
OF Teachers and Judges.
Cologne Gazette.-In its effort to
economic in every possible direction
the government has now promulgated
new schedules affecting the salaries of
all school teachers. Worse than that,
at least 10000 teachers will be dismissed
from their posts. 1t is claimed in ex-
tenuation of this drastic action that
many people are no longer able to send
their children to school because of in
ability to buy for them suitable clothes
or provide the books and equipment
necessary for their attendance. The
salaries of all teachers retained will be
reduced as much as 10 or Is per cent.
Besides these reductions affecting the
scholastic departments of the nation,
public officers, including mayors, coun-
cilmen, judges and all classes of public
industrial service, will have their re-
munerationS reduced. These changes
will be most fundamental in the smaller
cities where these Offices and services
may be more harmlessly dispensed with.
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Japan's Activities in
Manchuria Checked.
The Japan Times, Tokio.-Japan'S
peaceful enterprises in Manchuria dur
ing the last 10 or is years have been
checked by China's persistent ignoring
of our right to lease lands in South
Msnchuria assured to this country by
the treaty of 1915. The Chinese au-
thorities have taken series of steps
IN order to prohibit the lease and pur-
chase of lands by japanese and
Koreans, thereby depriving them OF the
means of livelihood That treaty was
concluded between China and Japan
after much wrangling, during which
we showed our determination to appeal
to force Of arms, If need be, in order
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