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cries, but it has done more-it has broad
ened the mind as it has widened the view
Of the investigator, and has given tol-
erance and an understanding and bal
ance which no degree Of intensive spe-
cialization alone could give. y
TITS my idea that here is a principle
that will work In other fields also-in
economics as well as in the physical
sciences, in government as well as in
astronomy, though admittedly the difa-
culties are enormously greater on these
social science frontiers.
when the Carnegie Institution was
planning means Of publishing and in
terpreting our scientific problems and
results for the lay public, said to our
board of trustees: If the average citi-
zen could be brought to understand the
meaning Of our new knowledge and to
recognize the gaps that yet remain, he
would realize how important it Is to
obtain the whole truth, and he would
be more open-minded to other problems
also Thus in study Of the spiral nebulae
we may develop an attitude of mind
which will be important in study of
problems of politics and religion-we
may learn the need for more informa-
ton instead Of snap judgment in every
thing, and appreciation Of the truth that
knowledge is attained by the patient and
dispassionate collection of new facts.
This is the greatest gift that science
can bring-the gift of seeing a problem
from the other side of the orbit"
One gets from DR.. Merriam no proud
claims for the material gifts of research
and invention. He is willing to grant
that after all the miracles of synthetic
chemistry are admitted, after all the
added miles-an-hour and bushels-an-
acre and INSTRUMENTATION are
counted, even after all the gifts Of medi-
cine and surgery are recorded, there may
still remain a question concerning what
he calls "the Joy of living and the ulti-
mate contribution of a life"
WITH the tremendous developments
of telephone and radio, can we
say that the material transmitted Is any
better than our communications before
these facilities were available?" he
asked.
DO automobile, airplane and other
rapid transports make more important
the aggregate Of things we rush to do?
"Have the movies and other easy
means of amusement developed only to
become substitutes for thought?
Does a materialistic view of science
crowd the reverential aspect of spiritual
living into a position of relative unim-
poFtance?
Tn other words, has the development
of science depressed the level of moral
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. OR some time have felt this craving
stirring within me and now I propose
to give way to it in large public way.
I want to start a crusade-organize a
cause if you wilton behalf Of certain
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Having reached 1t he climbed out OF
the water to safety. Then, seeing his
campanion about to drown. he jumped
in again and rescued him. When
asked to explain his strange action in
first deserting his comrade and then
returning to his rescue, he replied:
But I had to save myself flrst,
didn't -"
Members Saving Selves.
That is exactly what is happening
in regard to the League. Its members
are saving themselves first. Later on.
when the League may be on the verge
of collapse they will unquestionably
make heroic efforts to save it. Pessi-
mists believe that will be too late.
Among the smaller states" of Eu-
rope, however, there is a distinct
aWarenesS Of the situation. They de-
sire to do something positive toward
preserving what is left OF the League S
prestige until such time as the great
bowers are ready to again turn their
attention toward boosting Geneva.
The Scandinavian States-particularly
Norway. Denmark and Sweden. and the
CZechoslovaks. Spaniards ana Dutch,
are concerned over the immediate fu-
ture. Switzerland, despite her reputa-
ton for intenationalism and political
progressiveness, has chiefly materials
tic reasons for worrying. Through the
League and its activities millions of
gold francs come into that country
, annually The League alone has saved
the Geneva hotel industry from bank
ruptcy.
Two years ago the Irish delegation
to the assembly, headed by Foreign
Minister Patrick McGilligan, declared
that the time was rapidly approaching
when the League itself would have to
voluntarily limit its activities. The
words were prophetic. Recently Pre-
! mier Mussolini warned that: You
cannot stretch the covenant to the
Orient" That was one Of the very
few sensible comments II Duce has
ever made on League affairs. His
statements more often antagonize and
| muddle the situation than clarity 1t.
Threats Are Discounted.
On more than one occasion the
Facists have intimated that they would
withdraw from the League If they
! could not have things their own way.
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round the world from the Thessalian
plain. Gold had been found In the
Klondike, renewing the thrill that men
had last felt with the breath-takin
announcement of the discovery of the
Kimberley diamond fields in 1870. To
Alaska went Palmer, against the ad-
vice not SO much of his physician as
of most of the available medical pro-
fession. He went there to die in har-
ness, endured Arctic punishment that
must make or break any man, suffered
more wracking hardships than he has
ever encountered before or since.
Frederick Palmer rarely talks about
his experiences; with a capacity for
vivid reminiscence that few Of his COM
patriots can hope to equal. he simply
declines to reninisce. have never
heard him begin sentence with
when I was" His nearest approach
to loquacity. and a most remote ap-
proach to it, occurs when he mentions
Alaska. His own greatest battle-that
battle which the most peaceable ana
sheltered among us must one day fight
was waged in the white silences OF
Alaska-waged and won.
Then he switched to the Philippines.
Here, across the Pacific, replacing ma
ture against man, was man against man
C2ca nl9re-a sideshow to the war with
( .,ain, which was proving more i'm
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into an all but empty pocket and ten
dered a dollar bill. Not long there
after Palmer was in the thick of the
bustling New York newspaper world
of the COS. and before the end of 1895
he was in London as a correspondent.
Another act in the age-old sequence OF
alarms and excursions between Greece
and Turkey was about to be played,
and Palmer was sent to Greece to be
on hand when the curtain rose.
From newspaper mans point OF
view the Greco-Turkish war Of 1897
marked a turning point Of tremendous
import. For here was the final occa-
sion in history when reporter could
choose a seat on hillside. watch op-
posing armies come to grips and see
the vanquished finally yield the field
to the victor.
Out of it, in addition to dispatches
written and filed in the glorious days
when war correspondents could score
real beats by hiring faster horses or
higher-geared bicycles, and carried
their own paleozoic cameras, came a
slender and now rare book, Going to
War in Greece"-the first of score
and more filled mainly with flrst-hand
accounts of momentous events.
The year after the Greek deoacle
found Palmer nc:c tt..a EcI-"a.
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Mexico Completing Preparations
For Two More Repatriate Colonies

Two hundred and fifty already have
been notified of their selection and are
scheduled to cross the border soon to
begin the construction of the first needs
of the colony. The tract selected for
this group is federal territory and has
already 100 houses, constructed Of ba-
mana and palm leaves These dwellings
were formerly occupied by an inde-
pendent agricultural cooperative. The
land is described as fertile.
The other colony is to be established
in the southern district, according to
information obtained from the min
istry of war In effect, Gov. Juan
Dominguez obtained authorization from
President Abelardo L. Rodriguez for the
repatriate colony on land repossessed
by the government. Drinking water Is
reported found there at depth of 1C
meters. The government is turning ovel
5000 feet of lumber for house construc-
ton as we'll as the salvage boat Colon
bia, which has been aground in the bay
for some time. Among the first prof.
ects will be a road from the colony tc
Santos.
(Convrirhf 1Q32N
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Canada Studying N. R. A. Effects
On Trading With United States

MONTREAL-The movement for
trade and industrial revival under gov
eminent supervision has reached the
stage in Canada where organized busi-
ness is taking active steps to assure
federal support. The Montreal Board
of Trade will proceed at its next execu-
tive meeting to make plans to investi-
gate the Roosevelt program in the
United States. characterized by Henry
Morgan, president of the board, as OF
''extreme Importance"
The Canadian Manufacturers Asso-
citation has been studying the industrial
recovery act, but the chairman of the
Quebec Executive Committee, Alex McA.
Murphy, is of opinion that it will be
better to wait and see how the United
States emerges from the workings OF
the N. r. A. The executives OF the
Evening star., 1933-09-24
BY ALBIN E. JOHNSON.

- ENEVA-When the League OF
Nations Assembly conveneS for
T its fourteenth annual session
~ tomorrow it will have behind
1t one of the unluckiest years
in its career Almost everything that
it has touched since last September has
proved disastrous. Sir Eric Drummond,
secretary general from the Leagues be-
ginnings, has departed. Joseph Avenol,
an unknown" has taken his place.
Drummond, more than any other man,
was able to steer the Geneva organiza-
ton through the innumerable perils
which beset it. Disarmament, which
is really the Leagues greatest reason
for being, is on the rocks: world eco
nomic rehabilitation thus far has failed;
world finances never were more chaotic;
political ideals and shibboleths are fast
disappearing into the limbo OF the past
Japan has deflantly Haunted the
covenant in the faces of 50-odd League
nations, to say nothing of Russia. and
gotten away with it. The social
humanitarian. cultural and scientific
activities of the league are in almost
total eclipse due to financial stringency
Political Hates Flame.
All that lies behind the League.
Ahead looms national and international
chaos To ever-present economic rival
ries have again been added political
hatreds. Fascism, Hitlerism, rampant
nationalism and even Communism are
growing. Without exaggeration it can
be truthfully said that the League and
Europe, and maybe the entire civilized
world, stands at the crossroads once
more as twoscore premiers, foreign
ministers and cabinet officials and in
Vulnerable statesmen foregather at
Geneva. What will emerge after they
have surveyed the situation during the
coming fortnight will largely determine
the direction the League will go during
next year. As the League goes so may
we'll 20 the civilized world.
The withdrawal Of Japan from &C.
neva last February brought the League
face to face with most serious prob
lem. During the previous three or four
years the League had suffered repeated
minor setbacks. Its prestige had de-
clined steadily with the failure Of one
conference after another held under its
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MEXICO CITY.-Preparations have
been completed for the establishment
OF two more repatriate colonies, both
scheduled for Lower California, one in
the northern district and one in the
southern. The latter will be located on
land near Magdalena Bay. The first
actually established colony for repatri-
ates is already functioning near the
town Of Pinotepa. in the State OF
Oaxaca.
The second colony, which will be near
Ensenada, is to be different from the
first in that the colonists will not be
made up of 1ndigent Mexican nationals
but will be formed of picked group
of $50 Mexicans and their families at
present living in the Western part OF
the United States. These people have
no fixed residence but have had extern
sive experience in farming. They pos
sess implements and means for agricul-
ture and desire to become settled in
their homeland, rather than continue
the semi-nomadic existence forced upon
them by the lack of opportunity for
them In the United States
Evening star., 1933-09-24

LONDON-A list Of approximately
75O German academic workers, known
to have been dispossesed or placed In
danger Of 1t because of political or
religious opinion or racial origin In
Germany, has been compiled by the
Academic Assistance Council in London,
with view to providing opportunities
for these professors to continue their
scientific work. They are grouped un-
der the following subjects:
Art, architecture and music, IS; lit
erature and philology, At; philosophy
and theology, 48; law, IS; social and
political sciences, lis; physics and
mathematics, los: technology and en-
cheering, IS: chemistry, IS, and med
ical and biological sciences, 235.
The dinculties attendant upon the
task Of suitably accommodating these
scholars and men Of science to universe
ties outside Germany were outlined at
meeting of the Executive Committee
Of the council held In London recently.
The council is actively collaborating
with similar academic assistance COM
mittees in the United States and on the
continent with the intention OF dtscov-
ering where they could be most appro-
priately placed, it was stated.
1T Is clear that no more than frac-
ton Of the dispossessed can be accom-
modated in Great Britain and that the
whole of the 750 cannot be accommo-
dated in the academic world alone" was
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MANILA, P. 1.-The Philippine Leg
islature has awakened to the fact that
a boom exists in the gold mining indus
try and has taken steps to enable the
insular government to share in the
large profits being made by number
Of the big gold mines, most OF when
are located IN the mountain province
sso,ynd tie city Of Bagui"
A bill sponsored by Senator Jose
veIoso member of the Philippine mis-
sion which recently visited the United
States with Senate President Manuel
Quezon, has just been introduced IN
the Senate, seeking to amend existing
mining laws. Going farther than mere
participation in the gold mining prof.
its, the bill seeks greater control OF
all mineral lands in the Philippines by
prescribing regulations governing the
holding system and the operation OF
the mines
One of the most significant features
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auspices. The fact that these failures
seldom were the fault of the League,
but due rather to the selfish policies of
various of its members. does not miti-
gate in it's favor When any move
ment which originates through Geneva
collapses- practically every in
ternational conference which has been
held since the World War has either
had its inception in the League or
has been brought into its orbit has
been much easier for critics to gener-
alize than to place the responsibilities
directly upon the nation or groups Of
nations which are to blame. The
League cannot strike back at unfair
criticism; individual nations might do
so and thereby cause embarrassing
situations. In slang parlance, the
League IS always made the goat.
Confidence on Wane.
But regardless Of the fairness or un-
fairness of current criticisms, the hard
is in a bad way. Public confidence
in its efficacy never has been lower
Energetic measures to lift the world S
economic structure out Of the morasS
have failed for the moment. Like
wise nothing which has been, or is
being done to rejuvenate the League,
has counted. Most Of its powerful
members-Great Britain, France, Ger
many, Italy and Poland-are too busy
seeking to salvage the wrecks Of their
own national ships Of state to give
time and effort over the plight of the
communal ark in which they once ex-
pected to take refuge in times OF liz
tprnatiOnal storms
The question of whether or not the
League is worth saving is academic.
That it will endure, in some form or
another, is taken for granted. If the
present League should collapse an
other organization built along similar
lines will take its place. And before
the League can be discarded some
thing better will have to be devised.
But at this moment Europe is too
busy looking after its separate and
personal interests to give much thought
to Geneva.
The situation Is a good deal like
the story Of an Irishman. With a
companion who could not swim he was
boating The boat capsized. Lustily
the Irishman struck out for the shore.
Evening star., 1933-09-24
BY JOHN T. WINTERICH.

~ HR1STY MATEEWSON was
the worlds premier pitcher and
Maurice Mclaughlin its No.
0tennis player: everybody was
roaring over the antics Of John
Bunny and shuddering at the weekly
hairbreadth escapes Of Pauline (nee
Pearl Whiter); the turkey trot and the
Prince Of Wales was just coming OF
age; "Pollyanna" was a best seller and
SO was q novel called 1.-THE Last Shot,"
which was as far removed as might be
from the Pollyanna school of thinking
and writing.
Novels with prefaces are moderately
unusual, and it is possible that many
of the earliest readers of "The Last
Shot" ignored the four-page foreword
and settled down into the story with
out more ado, thereby missing this
sentence:
"The world must think of those wars
1.-THE Russo-Japanese and the Balkan
campaigns] comparatively as second
rate and only partially illustrative
when its fearful curiosity and more
fearful apprehension center on the pos
sibility of the clash of arms between
the enormous forces Of the two first
class European land powers. with their
supreme training and precision in
arms
Two months and three days after
the original publication of The Last
Shot" the Archduke Franz Ferdinand
and his morganatic wife Slumped life
Serajevo; five weeks later "the enormous
forces of two first-class European land
powers" were at each others throats,
to be Joined at intervals of minutes or
months during the next four years by
most Of the reputedly civilized world.
Ability to Write of War.
Frederick Palmer did not deliberately
set out to predict" the World War in
"The Last Shot" He is writer, not
a soothsayer: his concern has always
been with a tumultuous present. But
by very reason of his familiarity with
the cory technique Of battle he was
able to present q startlingly incisive
and accurate picture of what world
war, If it came and when 1t came,
would be like. He knew that however
intensive the application Of mechanical
and chemical skill to the science of
combat, however literal the translation
Of the fantastic conceptions Of H. G..
Wells and Jules Verne into lethal &C
tuality, war must ever remain at bot
tom a simple problem of one group OF
foot soldiers trying to force another
group of foot soldiers out Of their path.
No American Of his time, soldier or
civilian, had already seen so much OF
war in 1914 as he.
His first newspaper story was an
account Of Fourth Of July sham
battle by the G. A. r. in his home city
Of jamestown, N. Y, in payment
w..1cTefor his first editor had reached
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Nazis Ousting $50 Professors,
London Council Survey Reveals

the conclusion reached by the Execu-
tive Committee of the council.
In consequence the council hoped
that without injuring British research
workers, some of the German specialists
would be. offered posts in engineering.
textile or mineral research in this
country.
Fifty of the scientists already have
been given temporary work in Great
Britain through the efforts of the coun-
Gil, and it is emphasized that the coun-
Gil does not limit its activities to Ger
man scholars, but is prepared to assist
any person who is driven from his aca-
demic position by an attempt to coerce
opinion.
(Copyright, 1889
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Their threats have never been taken
seriously, however. For both Italy
and Germany the League Is indispen-
sable, at the moment. Any one can
see that. It is the one instrument
through which the international status
quo can be changed without resort to
war Neither Italy nor Germany dares
attack France or Poland. Were 1t not
for the League France probably would
have declared war on either the Ital-
ians or Germans or both, many times
during the past decade.
To attempt to predict what course
the League will specifically follow
would be presumptuous. There are too
many elements which enter into inter-
national relations these days for even
the most experienced statesman or OBJ
server to take anything for granted
But to point out the direction the
League will take is comparatively easy
When the Assembly meets it will be
confronted by one of the most unsatis-
factory annual reports in the Leagues
history.
Observation-Disclosures a miracle hap
pens-will be a debated balloon.
The world economic situation is un-
changed, or, in some respects, worse
than 1t ever has been.
Out Of Far East Picture.
In the Far East the League Is COM
pletely out Of the picture. In Japan's
departure 1t has lost one Of its htther-
to most valued members. China, hav-
ing found the League impotent and
unwilling to longer fight her battles
will henceforth pay only lip service to
the covenant-if that. The millions
Of dollars back dues which China
owes to the League treasury. are OF
even less importance to Marking.
The South American political situa-
tions-wars involving Bolivia. Colom-
bia and Peru-are reported to be on
their way towards settlement it is true.
But local conditions in the Gran Chaco
and Leticia, rather than the interven-
ton Of the League are the determining
factors.
Internally the Leagues secretariat,
which for the 13 years under Sir
Eric Drummond's direction was q
smoothly running machine, is demor-
allied. designations Of capable ofncials
have been many. Changes in the
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Evening star., 1933-09-24
Philippine Tax Is Asked on Gold
Mining Profits as Metal Booms

of the bill is the provision which seeks
to replace the freehold system with
the leasehold system. The government
would assume full ownership and con-
troll of all lands containing mineral
deposits, other than coal, petroleum,
mineral oils and gas, and all corpora
tions or individuals seeking to exploit
or develop such deposits could only
lease the land from the government,
paying a rental of $3.50 a hectare (two
and half acres) every year.
If passed by the insular Legislature
and approved by the President of the
United States, the new law would af-
feet not only future holdings. but also
claims now filed with the government
by individuals or corporations, with the
provision that parties who have claims
now on file would be given preference
to lease their claims, so long as they
file petition to that effect one year
after the new law goes into effect.
(Copyriaht. 1933)
Evening star., 1933-09-24

Canadian Chamber of Commerce, Eng
lish, and the Chambre de Commerce,
French, are both engaged in study OF
the NJ R. A. and the prospect of its
adaptability to Canada.
All legislation on property and civil
rights belongs exclusively to the prov
inces. But regulation of trade and COM
merce and authority to take action fol
the peace, order and good government
of Canada rests with the federal power
plus the residuary reserve of constitu-
tional authority. It is therefore believed
ordinate trade and industry and regu-
late hours and wages, as is being done
in the United States, will have the CO.
operation and support of the provinces
particularly since the federal strength
in finance is indispensable.
Copyright. 1933)