Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1933-11-16

AnS pOHcT udTluS 10 IT0SpaSS on SWISS
soil. All knew that every Swiss under
fifty is trained, armed, ready to fight
for his country.
Switzerland will now spend what
may be necessary to protect her bor-
ders, believing that If war comes Ger
many will try to go through Switzer-
land this time as she went through
Belgium last time, because of recent
Belgian and French frontier fortifca-
lions.
Through Switzerland the German
army might turn the French flank"
and connect with Italian allies. Ger
many expected to connect with Italian
allies last time, but the Italian allies
were not there.
The best defense for Switzerland
might be one good squad of powerful
bombing and gassing airplanes and the
statement, I'VE shall at once destroy
the biggest city Of any nation that sets
hostile foot on Swiss soil"
While Germany, with Captain Ecke-
ner and his Zeppelin, shows how easy 1t
is to fly from Germany to South Amer
lea and from South America to Chicago
and back to Germany by dirigible, the
British are pushing their heavier than
air passenger and mail line across the
Atlantic to the United States with q
base at Newfoundland.
The route would be, Liverpool to
Northern Scotland, Iceland, Greenland,
Labrador, Montreal and other Ameri-
can and Canadian cities.
This country that invented the flying
machine sits, watches and sings,
who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolff"
That is better song for three little
pigs than for forty-eight big States.
Study, in your newspaper. the face Of
Maxim Litvinoff, now here to arrange
common sense relations with the
United States, and you will see good
sample of Russia's strength, in the
combative, "brachycephalic" head,
wide from ear to ear, as opposed to the
longer, more narrow head of the Amer
lean type.
There is earnestness and concentra-
ton in that Litvinoff face, which re-
minds you that the human mind is like
a magnifying glass. To make magni-
flying glass burn anything you must
hold it steady, concentrating the suns
rays. To make the mind do anything
you must hold it steady and concen.
trate it's power. Litvinoff is one Of
many Russians able to do that.
Japan did not like our big fleet in the
Pacific Ocean, feeling that the feet in
that particular ocean represents a men,
ace to Japan. Considering that the
Pacific Ocean is our big front yard. on
which the United States fronts from
the Mexican border to the Canadian
line and ON by great Alaska, we feel
certain interest in the Pacific.
However, to oblige the Japanese,
whom we like, and who suffer perhaps
from some Asiatic complex, not under
stood by us, President Roosevelt will
withdraw the fleet from the Pacific
next year.
When Japan requests Russia to re-
move her large military concentra-
tons near the Manchurian frontier"
the answer is not as obliging as that
of Uncle Sam.
The pugnacious Mr.. Molotoff, speak
ing for Russia, warns Japan that any
attack ON Russia will be crushed, and
Stain, Russian ruler, joins in the ap-
plause.
Wise Japan will bear in mind that
In another war with Russia she would
not confront feeble Russian Car and
his Grand Dukes. but the real people
Of Russia.
Nikola Tesla thinks he has discov-
cred q principle that will make pos
sible Harvesting cosmic power" to
provide the world with energy, elm
mating use Of coal, oil, gas.
Mr.. Tesla has rendered practical
service to science, but it isn't likely
that he will harness cosmic power" on
any Commercial basis" to put It
mildly.
Things do not happen so suddenly.
Men walked, then rode on tame buffa-
loes, built OK carts, stage coaches, loco
motives, automobiles, flying machines.
They did not hop from the tame buff
falo to the flying machine.
They will not hop from coal to cosmic
power. In days to come they will
doubtless harness tides and the suns
power, making energy as plentiful as
water or air. To do that now would
be calamity; men are not ready for it.
"Cosmic power" exists, doubtless
and the ocean holds in solution enough
gold to make that metal cheaper than
copper, but you can't get It out.
President Roosevelt announces 9
plan to find Jobs for four million idle
taking them or the public dole system
supplying them with work on self-sus
tanning Federal, State and local pub
lie works.
The $400. 000,O 900 to be devoted to THU
task will be well spent. II the under
taking ia ouanaoof,,I