Evening star., 1932-10-25
Higghligghts ON the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands
GAZETTE Peiping-

"ENCH1NG GAZETTE, Peiping.-
- 1t is reported that public opin-
ion has come to the support of
L the drastic action the United
States Government took Thurs
day in clearing rioting veterans from
Government property. This is gratify-
ing. One hopes that the public of the
United States will come to support and
advocate similar drastic action in deal
ing with the other forms of graft and
racket" that exist throughout the
country.
It is undeniable that the present at
tempt of the veterans to obtain imme-
diate cash bonus payments is simply
another racket, in every sense of that
expressive word Although not employ
ing the machine gun and bomb of
more familiar racketeers, the veterans.
through demonstrations and appeals to
the sloppy sentimentality of add,e-
headed sections of the populace and
Congress, have tried to blackjack" the
national Legislature into handing over
tremendous sum of money. That this
sum would have to be raised by taxing
an already overburdened public. who
even now may be called upon to lqui-
date enormous sums of war debts.
seems to hive made no difference at all
to these "we-did-it-fcr- cash" heroes.
There will be cries Of base ingrati-
tude" from many of these eX-dough-
boys and from the addle-headed. serti-
mental sections of the public referred
to. These sound pretty thin when the
Government insurance, the already paid
bonuses and the hospitals and voca-
tional training schools which Uncle
Sam has provided for soldiers since the
war are remembered. Even now, it is
hn Nnfn -
ing more money than any other depart
ment of the Government.
We are forced to conclude that the
demands of the racketeering veterans
are entirely selfish and even vicious.
When they defied the request and then
the order to evacuate Government
property and leave the Capital they
were begging for trouble When they
started throwing bricks at the officers
ordered to force them out they earned
the violent kicking cut" they seem to
have received.
Public opinion seems to have turned
against them. Citizens of the United
States in 1892 are particularly accu-
rate observers and unsentimental judges
OF raiders upon the public treasury.
Even the sober minded sections of the
veterans themselves have from the
first been against the present bonus
drive. Members of the Bonus EXpc-
| dictionary Force" have deserved little
sympathy and ere likely to receive little
in their present plight.
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Bali Feud Draws
Crowd to Managua.
La Noticia, Managua.-A special train
arriving in the capital today will bring
, no less than 1000 fanatics IN the
! cities of Granada and Masava. These
: sporting enthusiasts are coming TO wit
, ness the .epoohal bail game between the
Beers of Managua and the Wasps of
/ Granada. These teams. as all our lead-
| er5 know, are in triple equality OF
| title to first place in the Liga Nac.o1al
| National League), the third competitor
being the San Fernando Cub, all with
| percentage of .S33. Today San Fer
| nando, which represents the City of
Masaya, will play the Corinto team in
| the former city and tomorrow will play
f.; either at Managua or Granada, accord
| ing to whether the Eoers or the WaspS
| win the contest today, in the final
elimination for the championship. The
three teams are so evenly matched that
no one has the temertty to predict
! which shall be the ultimate winner of
i the cup presented by the league to the
team finishing the season fi-rt in num-
ber Of = victories, and also of the cup
and banner to be conferred by the
Compania Ovomaltina.