Evening star., 1933-08-22
VIENNA HERALD.-The Austrian


" Emma Faber-Johanny, is in
Calais for a months training
before she attempts to swim
the English Channel. Her previous
achievements include swimming the en-
tire length of Lake Woerther. and also
the Danube from Linz to Vienna. a
distance downstream of more than 100
kilometers. Frau Faber- -Johanny aban-
doned her Channel essay last season
because Of unfavorable weather.
Liquor Control Proves
Hard Task in Ceylon.
Ceylon Daily News, Colombo.-Some
attention ought to be paid to the
charge that resthouses. particularly In
taverns catering to residents In their
The Illicit trafickers in toddy and
arrack are already doing much to coun-
teract the intentions Of local option. In
many areas the closing Of taverns has
reduced neither drunkenness nor the
temptations to drink, but has only
given lawbreakers an opportunity to
ply an offensive and lucrative trade.
The purpose Of local option and the
object of the temperance workers would
be finally and completely thVarted II,
in addition to Illicit toddy and arrack
booths, each dry" area had q foreign
liquor tavern. The law permits the
sale Of liquor In rest houses only to
bona fide visitors or travellers passing
through, but It Is fairly common knowl-
edge that any one who Is able to pay
the slightly higher charge q resthouse
makes for drinks can obtain his I'LL re-
co VS ~ hA ia at hok 1n L.
resident.
It might be dificult for the Home
Committee to devise q means of bring
ing this practice to an end. Il should
not, however, be altogether impossible
for excise officers to check 1t by closer
supervision and surprise visits. II
rest house keeper is detected In the act
and given q deterrent punishment he
Is likely to pay more attention to the
regulations afterward. There Is a reve-
nue. aspect to the matter, apart from
the breaking Of the law, for the rest
house keeper goes scot free Of the tav-
ern license fee, which the owner of q
retail liquor shop would have to pay.
In any case, an honest foreign liquor
tavern is preferable to spurious dry
ness" under which the rest house sur
reptitiously functions as q speak
easy. But It would be well for the au-
thorities always to bear In mind the
fact that their duty Is to prevent Of
fenses against the law rather than to
detect them. The organization must be
50 emcient that once an area goes "dry"
by the option Of its Inhabitants 1t re-
mains strictly dry"
SANDING Proclamation
Answered In Nicaragua.
La Notica, Managua.-We have re-
ceived q new proclamation from Gen.
Augusta G. Sandino in the same old
vein and vigor. According to Gen. San
dino, the Guardia Nacional Is all wrong.
In fact, there shouldn't be any national
guard; the very concept Of such mill
tary force Is unconstitutional.
We believe that the objections Of Gen.
Sandino to the Guardia Nacional are
rather personal and not fraught with
consideration Of the true interests Of
the republic. The national guard, as
at present organized, Is q serious menace
to any one meditating another coup
people. A ttmid Nicaragua would un-
doubtedly afford more fertile pastures
for an incorrigible insurrecto. but along
with President Sacasa we hope we are,
done with furnishing an arena for the
caperings Of mischievously inclined
cavaliers who may raise the machete at
will against peaceful citizens. We opine
that this interesting thesis of Gen. Au-
gusto C. Sandino will not be approved
by any of the thousands who have suf-
fered from his previous escapades in
far too many sectors of the country.
Better to arm every civilian than to
give Gen. Sandino his option in such a
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Andes Test Party
OF Cycling Sportsmen.
IN Razon, La Paz.-The group Of
sporting gentlemen who rode to La Paz
from Oruro returned yesterday to their
native city, apparently in no degree
fatigued as the result Of this dimcult
route twice within o week. While the
journey did not actually involve the
crossing Of the Andes, IL did require the
reGotiatin1 of many StIpeudQuS dtllS