Evening star., 1933-10-10

MPARCIAL, Montevideo.-The theme
OF the moment constitutes the dis
covery yesterday on the part of the
| i authorities at La Colonia (town
about 25 miles from the capitaD
OF a new base Of sinister operations
against the present government
Large quantities Of explosives, made up
into packages, were confiscated by the
police, and about a dozen persons taken
into custody. An analysis Of the mix
ture In the paper sacks showed 1t to be
combination Of gunpowder and dyna-
mite, and it was no doubt destined for
| the manufacture of bombs OF great
power. The department Of criminal
investigation has rejected the theory
that the composite was intended for
any employment In agriculture or other
| industrial operations, as 1t Is said some
OF the prisoners protested.
| "Once more the terrorist fanaticism
has reared its ugly head in threat to
| the de facto government" Thus begins
an account of this fresh sedition in one
Of the morning papers, which. moreover,
did not hesitate to help itself to entire
paragraphs regarding the grave devel-
| opment taken bodily from our edition
| Of yesterday. Overlooking this whole
sale appropriation Of data which we
had been at considerable trouble and
expense in gathering, we would make
brief comment only upon this rather
unconsidered declaration.
Whether the possibility of further dis
turbance gives anxiety to the de facto
government or not IS fundamentally a
matter with which we who are outside
the government have no immediate
concern. What we do object to is the
use OF dynamite in politics. There Is
no necessity for the introduction Of ex-
plosives into such affairs at any time,
and we are not in accord with the basic
principle whether the incumbents Of
any government are impressed by such
fanattcism or remain unperturbed.
Changes In government and reversals of
policy are always to be accomplished
by sane and reasonable procedures,
without recourse to such coercions No
government need fear them, for, after
all, they are but the blind and in
effective phenomena Of vagrant and
ephemeral illusion.
X i
U. S. Repeal Votes Stir
Hopes Of Irish Distillers.
Irish Independent, Dubln.-The re-
peal Of the Constitution amendment
imposing prohibition in the United
States of America may now be regarded
as certainty, judging by the number
Of individual States which have already
voted in favor Of the change For a
time, at any rate, 1t will hardly be
the demand for whisky. A chance will,
therefore, be given to Irish distillers to
increase their export trade, at present
TN q languishing state. In pre-war
days whisky valued at $4,000, 900 was
exported from ireland. Last year ex-
ports from the Saorstat had dwindled
| to the insignificant figure of f100, ,366.
Some Of the distillery companies,
anticipating trade with the United
States, have sent representatives to the
Republic to explore the ground. This
Is good enterprise on their part.
~ i
Results Of London
PaEiey Arc Deplored.
FL Universal, Mexico, d. F.-The re-
suits Of the Economic Conference at
London appear to be everything except
what was hoped for them. Its achieve
ments are not only disappointing, they
are actually lamentable, for now 1t Is
more clear than ever that the world Is
divided into various groups Of COM
mercial blocS, each one demanding 100
per cent concessions for itself, and will
ing to grant no rights or favors for
any other bloc.
Great Britain seems to have emerged
from the assembly with the greater
share of what benefits there were. At
each conference of this sort the British
dominions and colonies seem drawn
closer to each other apd to England,
and the preference they extend each
other virtually bars the opportunities
for trade hoped for by other nations,
unless these other nations can supply
the English metropolis and the British
Isles With commodities or materials they
cannot possibly obtain nom the domes-
tic c&yclo cQmpaasipR Tho world.
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