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Evening star., 1932-12-11
Chinese Plan Statues of Disgrace
To s'Warlord Traitors as Peace Move

SHANGHAI.-Iron statues built to
disgrace the memory Of traitorous mill
tarists is the latest recommendation Of
the Anti-Civil War League Of China as
q means of expressing public censure of
unpatriotic warlords who dissipate the
nations energies by indulging in pri-
vate warfare. The suggestion is widely
praised by the vernacular press.
A movement actually has begun TO
solicit funds for the erection of these
statues in Shanghai. The first sub
5ect, however, has apparently not yet
been chosen.
Such iron statues, II erected, will be-
come objects of contemptuous treat
ment by the people. They will be spat
upon, cursed, reviled with select epi-
thets, and have refuse heaped upon
them. This procedure would derive
from an ancient custom in China which
was to build an eff1gy in iron or stone
of men who betrayed the trust Of the
nation.
Buried Under Debris.
Most famous of these statues is the
one still in Hangchow, not far from
Shanghai. It was made in dishonor OF
Chin Kuei, who betrayed the Chinese
Sung Dynasty to the MongolS in the
twelfth century. BY reason OF his
treason he became one Of the more ig-
nominious characters in Chinese his
tory The Emperor of the Southern
Sung Dynasty ordered the statue of him
erected. 1t is now scarcely recogniz-
able, being practically buried under ac-
cumulated debris during several cen-
turies.
A letter urging such treatment ol
modern ''warlord traitors" recently ap-
peared in the local press, as issued by
the Anti-Civil War League:
"One of the most urgent needs OF the
Chinese people today Is the abolition
of civil wars" this letter reads. What
Evening star., 1932-12-11
Canadian immigration
Is Lowest Since 1900

OTTAWA, Ontario-The annual re-
port Of the federal department Of I'M
migration and colonization is authority
for the statement that in 1882 Canada
will receive fewer settlers than In any
year since 1900. At the present rate
the total will be less than 10000.
In ordinary years this news might
arouse criticism, but when unemploy-
ment, trade conditions and other factors
are taken into consideration, the re-
strictive policy initiated by Wesley A:
Gordon, minister Of immigration, win
generally be approved.
In the first quarter of this year there
were 9,313 new arrivals, as against
15,803 in the corresponding period Of
1881. OF this years settlers more than
80 per cent are coming from Great
Britain and the United States, those
from the latter country being mostly
farmers from the border States.
The report discloses that the Ca
madam exodus" to the United States
has almost stopped. This used to run
as high as 100000 year, often more
than offsetting Canada's entire inmi-
grafton from other countries. In 1891
there were $4,000 Canadians who settled
In the United States. This year there
win be fewer than 10 900.
A recent fmm. grat.on statement
shows that for the th. Years ending
March 81, 1892, q tstai c. 1864 per-
sons were deported from Csa Nore
than one-third, or 5.573, were English,
while the next largest national Kroup
were Scots. who numbered 1,60o. Lest
year 7,025 were dcported.
tcopyrisht ln1s1
Evening star., 1932-12-11
Famed Scottish Lochs Being Tapped
In Construction of Big Power Unit

the east, the head obtained being 800
feet
Lochs Treig and Laggan will consti-
tute the main reservoirs, the former be-
ing raised 40 feet. A third reservoir
eventually will be formed in the River
Spey for the purpose of diverting the
flood waters of the river across the wa
ter shed to Loeb Laggan.
The works include major and IA
smaller dams and 18 miles of pressure
tunnels. But one of the most striking
features is the tunnel through Ben
Nevis, which is Is miles long and about
Is feet in diameter, which had to be
driven through granite and schist and
was successfully completed in 1929 1t
is the biggest tunnel of its kind il the
British Empire and carries the water of
Loeb Treig under the mountains to the
steel pipe line Connected with the power
house OF the factories at Fort William.
Loch Laggan is to be extended by 4
miles as a result of the work now under
way.
Hundreds of Scots will obtain en-
ployment through this industrial prof.
ect, the construction of which has been
boon to a thousand or more OF them
| in the last three years.
! (copyright. 19321
Evening star., 1932-12-11


Some of the largest proposals for in
creasing payments to veterans have
been initiated by politicians, In Con-
gress or out. Every member of Con-
gress realizes that something like to
10 per cent Of the voters in his district
are veterans. Many candidate for
Congress has made 1t fundamental
part OF his campaign to, In the political
phrase, make himself solid" with the
veterans In his district. To do this he
In many cases takes the initiative In
suggesting for veterans, and promising
to them. largesse from the Government
which they, in many cases, had not
heretofore thought Of demanding.
Probably fair way to express all this
would be to say that In the beginning
many politicians melted veterans to ask
for money from the Treasury, or pro-
posed to veterans that they. the politic-
ians, r elected TO Congress, would pro-
Evening star., 1932-12-11

is the Anti-Civil War League going to
do about it?
I'm a way, Of course, the league
cannot be blamed for its inability to
deal with the civil war situation. be-
cause unless a fundamental solution Is
found for doing away with the curse of
militarism in China as whole, all our
present attempts must end in failure.
In spite of this there is one thing We
can do now.
Effigies of Ridicule.
"Of those militarists who refuse to
listen to the will Of the people, iron
images are to be made and put in con-
spicuous places in important cities. /"
And those who would like giving vent
SO by eXpectorating on these statues, or
in fact may do whatever else they
please with these efigies of ridicule"
If the leagues resolution is carried
out, the iron statue industry is ex-
pected to enjoy a great boom. Few gen.
erals in China are guiltless of partici-
pating in fruitless civil wars. From
Gen. Chaing Kai-shek down, the charge
can be made against every militarist
Hence the China Critic, magazine of
intellectuais, observes:
while we heartily indorse this pro-
posal, we are nevertheless skeptical
Most generals in China go to war at
instigation of those higher up, and un-
less the league is ready to offend the
latter it would certainly not accept Mr.
Hos proposal. Aside from the above
we see another difficulty. There are
altogether too many militarists in China
who are guilty of the charge of having
carried on private wars at one time OF
another for the enrichment of them
selves or the extension Of their sphere
of influence Iron is a useful metal
hence why waste it on militarists?"
(Copyright, 1927
Evening star., 1932-12-11

GLASGOW.-At an expenditure to
date of more than S21 100000 great
scheme of industrial development is be-
ing carried out in the Scottish High
lands that will eventually entail the
installation of a single hydraulic power
station, which will be the largest pos
sible in Great Britain and will have
plant capacity of l30,oo0,0Oo horse
power.
1t is being undertaken by private en-
terprise to produce electrical energy
for the manufacture of aluminium. PIC
turesque lochs known to thousands Oh
American tourists and which have been
Identified with stirring episodes Of Scot
tish history are being tapped to produce
the required power. Even the face OF
the land in this section of the High
lands is being changed by the project.
Another stage in the progress OF this
Iocnaber water power scheme was
reached few days ago with the COM
pletion of the Laggan pressure tunnel. 3
miles long and Is feet In diameter.
through which the waters Of Loch
Laggan and the Spean River will be
diverted into Loeb Treig. The scheme
draws on a cachment area OF 303
square miles with rainfall varying from
100 inches In the west to go inches IN
Evening star., 1932-12-11
BY ROY ID. CHAPLIN,

BY ROY ID. CHAPLIN,
Secretary of Commerce Of the United States.
THE United States since 1915 has
been the leading exporting ma
ton of the world.
L The fact that it still holds
that position IN 1882 may cause
Dome surprise to those whose attention,
especially during the last two years, has
been directed exclusively toward the
factors hindering our participation in
world trade. Indeed, one school OF
thought would seem to incline to the
opinion that our foreign sales have
dwindled to such point that We might
as well abandon any effort to expand
or even maintain what export business
We have.
1t is unfortunately true that our busi-
ness with other nations has declined
almost precipitately since that recent
golden age of international commerce
which reached its climax in 1929. But
trade in our home market was held up
little better. That is no consolation, OF
course, although it Is fact that has
highly important bearing on the state
Of cur world trade.
Every one of us has seen tragic evi-
dence Of the decreased buying power in
every section of our country. Yet,
0CSplGC dl OQL ClOublCoB NAAC bus
power in the United States has held up
better than it has in any other country.
Therefore, as the sales of our manufac-
turers and farmers have declined here
at home, it was only to be expected that
they wculd decline even more sharply in
other world markets, which were hit
harder by the depression.
Worldwide Effect.
To revive foreign trade, 1t is essential
that we succeed in our efforts to bring
business in the United States back to a
sound and prosperous position. As the
demand for goods reviveS in the Amer
ican market, 1t will bring about auto
matically an increase in our purchases
from abroad. Such purchases will help
to restore buying power In other coun-
tries and will result in more outlets for
toward reconstruction will have world
wide beneficial effect.
Our exports during the first nine
months Of 1882 amounted to 1,l89,-
100000. Compared with the years i'm
mediately preceding this period, this
figure Is not impressive. Nevertheless,
1t is more than the total of any other
country in the world during the same
period. And it represents goods whose
production kept hundreds OF thousands
of American workmen at their jobs and
contributed to tighten the burdens of
additional tens of thousands of Amer
lean farmers.
We cannot dismiss foreign sales Of
this value as negligible quantity. A
billion dollars worth of business Is still
a good deal, even for the United States,
and 1t looms even larger when we con-
slider that this figure is based on greatly
deprecated prices. 1t is decidedly
worth our while to make every effort to
maintain this trade and to expand it as
rapidly as possible.
Faced Handicaps.
This hliion dollars worth of busi-
ness was obtained in the face of handi-
caps such as our exporters have never
before had to face. Through circum-
stances, usually beyond their control,
the nations of the world have all been
forced to take measures that have di-
Evening star., 1932-12-11

I'D during the revolution was more or
less satisfied with her lot-she had not
seen anything different. But now that
she has been thrown into more intimate
contact with foreign women. and espe-
cially the American tourists who visit
Russia, she has become discontented.
The Bolsheviks did not foresee that
Evening star., 1932-12-11

when they had cast of women's chains
other chains would be forged to bind
them tighter-the chains of hopeless
poverty and OF hunger, Of miserable
working conditions and still more mis-
erable home environments. They did
not foresee a woman, her stint at the
factory already done, waiting three,
Evening star., 1932-12-11

MANY leading economists belieue. the
road to the general recovery OF trade
lies through the coming tcoTld economic
conference. In the followiro article
Secretary OF Commerce Chaplin presents
his reasons for accepting this Uietc and
outlines the foreign trade position OF the
United States
Evening star., 1932-12-11
BY HELEN SIMPSON.

BY HELEN SIMPSON.
TIME gargantuan labor pains OF the
Russian revolution, expected to
bring forth the liberated woman,
1 have brought forth slavey. In
Russia today women are ma
Evening star., 1932-05-27

bringing here under such conditions a
group of men unable to provide for
themselves he asserted.
He began by saying:
"Mr. Chairman. the statement I am
about to make is made at the request
OF hastily formed citizens commit
tee of this city of the most representa-
tive and all-inclusive chara cter. which
is deeply concerned over the prospect
Of wholesale suffering and misery
which must almost surely result if rub
llshed reports that large number of
eX-service men are soon to reach the
City of Washington in the interest of
adjusted service certificate payment
legislation, prove to be true.
No one can challenge my position in
respect to that legislation I am for II
now, and I shall continue to be for il ;
but after sitting yesterday afternoon in
that earnest group which met with the
District Commissioners and the super
intendent OF police. and after receiving
from them this request. l voice their
plea, and I think 1 have reasonable
assurance that it is also the plea of
this House. to those groups of veterans
not to come here in the numbers
planned, but to turn back to their
homes.
Perhaps these veterans would revise
their plans if they could know that be-
cause Of these depleted welfare chests
and municipal resources, money spent
to feed them will be taken from chill
dren and dependents who are
already undernourished and undersup-
Piled with barest necessities
Evening star., 1932-05-27
AGED MAN IS KILLED
when HIT BY AUTO
Stephen F. Hamilton, SO, Former
Pension Office Employe,
Dies Instantly.

Stephen F. Hamilton. 89-year-old Civil
War veteran and retired Pension ONCE
employe. was killed today when struck
by an automobile at Rhode Island ave-
nue. and Mills street northeast.
Mr. Hamilton, who lived at 1905
Jackson street northeast, was taken to
Sibley Hospital by taxi driver Edward
P. Tallinghast, 1888 Emerson street
northeast. There he was pronounced
dead by DR.. R. E. Dunkley, who said
death apparently had been instanta-
neous from a fractured skull.
The driver of the car that hit Mr..
Hamilton, w. F. Scanlon, 80, Of 1910
Twenty second street, declared the Civil
War veteran walked into the side of his
machine.
Scanlon was taken to the fifth pre-
cinct police station by Oficer S. j..
Walsh and held pending the outcome
of an investigation by Acting Coroner
A. Magruder Macdonald.
Mr.. Hamilton, who was retired from
the Government service about Is years
ago. is survived by his widow. Mrs. Katie
Hamilt On, SO, and two daughters, Mrs.
Frank Beech and Mrs. John A. Radcllf.
The accident occurred just few blocks
from his home.
Evening star., 1932-05-27
WET PLANK WARNING.

CHICAGO, May 81 LF).-The Repub-
lican Citizens Committee Against Ma
tional Prohibition wired Postmaster
General Walter F. Brown. an admins
tration leader today that any prohibi-
tion plank in the Republican presiden-
tial platform that would be acceptable
to vets and drys alike would defeat the
party"
In a statement drafted by its vice
chairman. Raymond Pitcairn of Phila
delphia. and sent from Chicago and
other Middle West branches. the COM
mittee urged Postmaster General Brown
to exert his efforts toward keeping the
party from 'pussyfooting' on the pro-
hibition question.
THE people are suspicious of schemes
to get votes from both Sides" the tele-
gram said Experience has taught
them the political parties love such
double-dealing. The Republican
electorate counts much on your
efforts to save the party from pussy
footing that will bring inevitable de-
feat"
The Committee Against National Pro-
hibition is an organization of former
contributors to campaign funds pledged
to withhold contributions this Fall un-
less a repeal plank is adopted by the
Republican National Convention.
Evening star., 1932-05-27
TRUCKS AWAIT VETERANS.
Bonus Marchers to Be Given Ride
Across Three States.

SEYMOUR, May 27 lP).-The hitch
hike Of the Oregon bonus marchers to
Washington. D. c.. today turned into
a parade of National Guard motor
trucks.
The 81 Indiana Guard vehicles that
brought the World War veterans here
from Washington. Ind. yesterday, were
expected TO reach Elizabethtown. Ohio,
on the IndianaOhio State line near
Cincinnati, shortly after noon.
Waiting for the ex-service men there
were trucks of the Ohio National
Guard prepared to haul them across
that State on their way to the National
Capital to demand immediate cash pay
ment of the bonus certificates. West
Virginia and Pennsylvania made similar
plans for movement of the bonus
brigade"
The veterans took to the trucks after
train rides from the Far West ended at
East st Louis ILL.,, and a capture" of
Baltimore & Ohio freight train there
failed to gain them ride farther east.
County groups at Caseyville, Ill, pro-
vided motor transportation to Washing
ton, Ind. and then Gov Harry G.
Leslie of Indiana ordered the National
Guard trucks into action.
Marching strength" of the brigade
was cut to approximately 240 yester-
day. A numbe, of veterans proceeded
to Cincinnati by freight trains and
other means, instead of waiting for the
motor cavalcade to form.
Evening star., 1932-05-27

in this surging sea of humanity,
shouting:
Jimmy wins second round" or Read
what Jimmy's telling EN-"
Cameras Dominate Scene.
Men with cameras seemed to be every
where. Nearly dozen movie machines,
atop trucks, were trained on the court
house door.
When the mayor came or went it
was the signal for deafening demon
stration. The crowd didn't know what
Walker was being accused OF or what
he had told his questioners. but 1t
cheered him to the skies anyway.
On one occasion it took him 10 min
utes to go the 200 feet to where his
car awaited him, and another 10 min
utes before the picked squad of de-
tectives could clear a lane for its pas
sage.
Two long lines of bluecoats extended
from the street right into the court
room, forming line for the march Of
the mayor to the witness stand.
Once when Seabury had won some
d-clapping, Democratic committee
members shouted an accusation that the
room was stacked with paid ap-
plauders."
Peanut venders, ice cream statesmen
and hot dog purveyors hawked their
wares through the court house corridors.
A, holiday air. pervaded the place.
It was as If the crowds had come to see
show. -
But for the mayor and seabury 1t was
IN adtoit battle Ct wits.
Evening star., 1932-05-27

Of the favorite son States could turn
the trick. His supporters have beer
sending out feelers particularly toward
Missouri, Illinois and Ohio, but there Is
no sign Of determining development
in the immediate offing.
At the center of the Republican
trt ubles stands the question Of what
to do about prohibition. PRECEDENT
Hoover with enough undispuced celo-
gates now behind him 10 insure re-
nomination on the first ballot has given
party leaders the impression that he
would not object to the right kind OF
referendum proposal but that he has
no proposal of his Cvn. There Is
general disposition not to ALLEVIATE the
organized drys, whose leaders apparently
are making no promises.
On the contrary, Bishop Cannon Eas
served notice that referendum proposals
are to be regarded as futile" and scme
of the dry leaders are listening to Spocu-
lation whether Senator Borah, VINO re-
Gently discussed prohibition with Mr..
Hoover and came away unsatisfed,
might not be wiling to run for Presl-
dent as an independent dry. The meet
ing of drys to be held here next week
may make real history.
The flare-up of certain congressional
leaders over party organization presents
for the President a lesser, but by no
means unimportant, problem. Some
how word reached Capitol Hill that the
White House would just as soon see Con-
gress remain in session during the con-
ventions and was making plans for
Senator less, Representatives, show
at Chicago.
That hurt several of those who have
long been prominent convention figures.
Il hurt them still more when they re-
flected that they had not been asked
about it. They told administration
leaders about it quietly and conflden-
TALLY, but forcibly. The result is yet to
)e seen.
Evening star., 1932-05-27

Continued From First PageD
q park bench near the old Pension Bu-
reau, addressed the veterans:
Fellow veterans and comrades:
shall be very glad to do everything I
can for you. I can't tell you men how
much in sympathy I am with you and
all others who are unemployed.
Il hope these two jobs vii. never con-
flict. l shall be very glad to accept this
responsibility, butt hope you will appoint
two CT three OF your own men TO assist
me-"
Recognized in Background.
Before his name had been suggested
for the position Glassford was called
up:n to speak by one of the veterans
who recognized him lowering in the
background.
The police chief began by saying:
I'VE are doing everything We can to
care for you men and I have worked
all day today and even yesterday laying
plans for caring for you.
But there are 10000 unemployed
residents of Washington whom We must
care for and our FUNDS are very low" "
he said. I'VE do not know at this time
how many veterans are going to come
here, SO cannot plan definitely just how
We are going to handle the Situati-n.
You must remember that while you
are in Washington, the reason for your
visit lies on Capitol Hill yet the bur-
den of caring for you rests solely. upon
the residents of Washington We
should have Federal funds for housing
and feeding you; and hope sincerely
that We can get them"
PraiSing the veterans for their Or
oerly meeting and for adopting reso-
lutions pledging cooperation with the
police, Gen. Glassford added:
THE only point where we might
clash would be in case of an emer-
gency, where we have more men than
We can handle Then, il such crisis
arises, We may have to ask that some Of
you leave to make way for others.
Until such time as it becomes neces-
sary to take such action, let's be
friends
A loud cheer went up as he con-
cluded and. as the meeting broke up
about o'clock, the veterans gave three
rousing cheers for the police chief, their
"comrade"
But he did not altogether escape un-
scathed. For one veteran, Harold B.
Foulkrod of Philadelphia. his chest
cleaning with medals, attacked the
general for drawing salary as super
intendent of police in addition to Army
retirement pay, calling it unfair and
un-American," while thousands of other
veterans are walking the streets with
out work.
Glassford's proposal for rounding up
unemployed veterans and all other job
less who are not bona fide residents Of
Washington contemplates their depor-
tation from the city within 48 hours
after their arrival. He pointed out,
however, that the plan was only tenta-
tive, but said he would take it up with
the District Commissioners and the
various veterans organizations here
and ask their approval.
Meanwhile on the floor Of the House
yesterday Representative Paul Kvale,
Farmer -Laborite, of Minnesota. called
upon the leaders of bonus brigades,
now reported to be en- route here, to
turn back home and not burden al
ready depleted relief resources of the
city.
THE leaders. whoever they are, are
taking a terrible responsibility in