Evening star., 1932-10-20
Higghligghts on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

and inspiration still exists. The Leader
disappears, but his ideals still live in
the world, making 1t school where
the ordinary types of men may learn to
rise above their brutal natures And
then from this mass of struggling hu-
manity there arises again the man who
has learned the lessons in faith, hope
and effort bequeathed to the world by
the glorious company that have gone
before. Thus, though those inferior In
aim and zeal are always as the leaves
on the trees of some mighty forest in
number, human progress, carried along
by the few who think, and work. and
pray, is never interrupted. but marches
steadily from one new triumph or recti-
fication to another.
Error.
Jewish Leader Calls
For Racial Harmony.
Jewish Advocate, Bombay y.-The Jews
in the two states Of Travancore and
Cochin assembled. for the first time in
their history. at the residence of S. S.
Koder. in Jew Town, Thursday. to dis
cuss ways and means to improve their
position. A. B. Salem. who was voted
to the chair, explained in a long speech
the objects of that meeting. He said
that their people had history of over
thousand years behind them and dur
ing that period there had besn always
Misunderstanding and discord in the
community. Hence cooperation or
union which is so essential for en-
lightenment and progress was absen, in
them. He appealed to those present to
form an association, at least. now and
work harmoniously for the betterment
of the whole community.
X
Ceylon Coolies Fight
Slash in Their Pay.
Ceylon Daily News. Colombo.-One
of the retrenchment measures adopted
by the Works Department of the Co.
lombo municipality has been to reduce
the number of working days of the
daily paid laborers. OF these the sewer
coolies in the Drainage Department
have been ordered to work for only
20 days in the month. The sewer
coolies, who number 225, have pro-
tested that they are asked to make
sacrifices which gully coolies and others
who do surface work are not called
upon to make. They maintain that
they take q great risk in going down
the manholes and sewers and are liable
to be gassed and that they actually
carry their lives in their hands. Rep
resentations have been made to the
higher authorities.
\
Rays Guard Border
For German Customs.
Neues Wiener Abendblatt, Vienna
The German government has erected
on its wester frontier an invisible wall
of special efficacy in the fight OF its
revenue officers against smugglers. This
bulwark Is an invention Of electro
optical science, and affords secure pro-
lection along any frontier likely to be
trespassed by these outlaws. The de-
vice employed is an electrical installa-
ton which sends out ultraviolet rays,
which though they can neither be seen
nor felt themselves, have the power OF
registering upon sensitive plates n the
oficial laboratories the immediate en-
trance of a smuggler within the zone
so guarded. Upon the manifestation OF
some such change in conditions by the
apparatus, the police. OF course, can
repair promptly to the point Of m
vasion. We are not acquainted with
the technicalities Of the method, but
understand that it is most eficient in
its operation. and believe that SINH
lar system could be adopted to advan-
tage by our banks. warehouses and
other establishments for better protec-
tion of money, merchandise and val
uables from thieves.