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La gaceta., 1934-04-18

intercambio por ell Este de Flo
rida. Ash Espana reconquist6 la
possession de Florida.
La caps Palafox recibi6 Ell
nombre del her6ico joven Official
del ejercito espanol que con un
grupo de campeSinoS y tropaS
indiSciplinadas resiSti6 a la flor
de los mariScales y soldados de
Francia. PalafoX conQuist6 asl
I'm lugar immortal en- la hiSto-
ria Y un sitio en- la nomencla-
tura de GALES de Pensacola.
OtraS GALES de eSa ciudad,
con aluiones espanolas, son Bal
len, que CORE paralela a la de
Palaf1x y conmemora la victo-
ria eSpanola sobre Francia,
Gale Romano, designada en-
honor del marques de la Roma
ma, uno de los mas i.ustres ge-
nerales de Espana en- la campa-
ma contra Napoleon.
Gale Alcaniz y Gale Tarrago
"a, designadas a conmemorar
ictorias sobre los franceses.
En- adicion, Pensacola tiene
Gales llamadas Cervantes. In
tendencia, La Rua. ReuS, De vi
lliers, Guillemarde, Barcelona u
De Luna.
La gaceta., 1934-04-18
LOS OBREROS EN- HUELCA
DEL HAMBRE

Habana, Abril l8.-Con In
entrada del nuevo secretario
del trabajo, ell gobierno parece
dispuesto a tratar a los obreros
con mayor consideration.
Entire los ciudadanos que van
q ser puestos en- libertad, por
haberse negado a acatar ell de
creto prohibiendo las huelgas,
figuran algunos que ~ las pri-
stones sostenian la huelga del
hambre.
La gaceta., 1934-04-18
LA TUNICA DE NUESTRO
SENOR JESUCRISTO

Madrid, abril 18.-Entre los
element0s cat6licos espanoles
circula una invitaci6n para que
Sc haga un viaje a Paris y ALI
Sc yea la tunica de nuestro Sc
nor Jesucristo, la que sus YER
dugos Sc jugaron a los dadOs al
pie de la cruz.
La sagrada vestimenta sera
mostrada en- la basilica de Ar
genteuil y esta tejida de una So
la pieza, finalizandOse la exhi-
bici6n ell dia 2 de mayo.
La tradici6n dice que ell en-
perador de Constantinopla con-
servo la tdnica del Salvador has
ia principles del Siglo TX, y que
entonces fue regalada por la
Emperatriz Irena a Carlo Mag
no, quien la deposit6 en- ell mo-
nasterio de Argenteuil.
En- ell ano 1856 fu6 mostrada
a los fieles, con la asistencia de
Luis VII y diez obispos.
Sc lie do ell color a la tGnica
con mordiente de hero, como
la que llevaba ell anacreta Sera-
pi6n, es decir, por medic de an
procedimiento OUT ,os egipcios
empleaban en- sus tejidos.
La gaceta., 1934-04-18

Ell Representative democratic
Haines, de Pennsylvania, a
quien hace pocos dias aludimOs,
pide que al tabaco elaborado a
mano Sc lie cargue solo I'm peso
por millar, en- lugar de los dos
que actualmente paga.
La intenci6n de Mr.. Haines
es noble y muy conveniente a
los hcmbres, que trabajan, pc
70 es cast SECURE que su propo-
sici6n no Sc aIprobara hasta la
venidera legislature.
Pero no basta csc pequeno
"alivio", porque ell maquinismo
'sin alma, produetor de eleva-
dos dividendos, tiene todavia
"mucha tela por donde cortar"
es decir, que su margen de ga
nancia Sc afectara con muy
POGO con la diferencia recomen-
dada a favor del industrial que
a mano fabrica.
Ell impuesto sobre la maqui-
ma es la salvation, de mOdo que
los brazos desplazados vuelvan
a las mesas que p%erdieron.
La gaceta., 1934-04-18

|frente al deshonor en- que esta
cayendo la R%epdblica. La Repu
blica no vino, ciertamente, para
anadir unos cuentos a la colec-
ci6n de Bocaccio 0 unos capitu-
los a la vida del Buscon". FL
designio fue otro, muy alto Y
muy noble. ST alguien hubiera
asegurado en- abril de 1881 que
en- ell regimen republican, que
darian superadas, archisupera-
,das todas las culpas de otros
tiempos, Sc lie habria tenido pOr
loco. Y, sin embargo, la reali-
dad es mas fuerte que cuanto
pudo temerse.'
La gaceta., 1934-04-18
RECRESO AVER A LA HA-
BANA Ell DE
VENDETTA

llabana. Abril 18.-Regreso
aver a esta capital ell Sr. Car
los Hernandez, uno de los ayu-
dantes del presidente Mendie-
Ia, que Sc qued6 dos dias en-
Miami con la esperanto de que
lie fuera entregado ell teniente
Juan Ramirez, un antimendie-
tista.
Con Hernandez regres6 tam
bien ell captain Sosa, del ejerci-
to cubano, que deseaba lie fue-
Sc entregado el teniente Y para
conseguirlo Sc qued6 EN- terri
tOrio americana.
Considerase improbable que
Sc conceda la extradici6n de
Ramirez en- case de que la soil
cite Ell g~obierno de Cuba. :.
La gaceta., 1934-04-18

La directiva del Circulo Gu
bano ha renunciado y sera sus-
tituida, provisionalmente, Ipor
una comisi6n de gobierno.
Al conjunto social toca selec-
cionar hombres que, pensando
en- ell bien de la colectividad,
realicen una obra salvadora.
Ell odio, justifieado Q injusti-
ficado, hay que "arrinconarlo"
para darle entrada a la concor-
dia tan necesaria en- estos dias
de crisis.
A la sociedad Sc la debe ayu-
dar V defender sin la mira de
obtener de ella beneficios no Sc
nalados en- ell reglamento.
La gaceta., 1934-04-18
TILLMAN Sc CALIFICO Co
MO CANDIDATE

FL conocido letrado Henry c.
Tillman Sc calific6 aver como
candidate en- las el~ecciones pri-
marias de JUNO, abonando la
cantidad que para gastos lie ha
sido senalada.
Los cheques del ST.. Tillman
fueron recibidos por j. B. Jones
s~ecretario del comite executive
democratico del condado.
James ID. Bruton, Jr., de Plant
City, Sc calific6 como candidate
a la legislature por ell grupo MI
nero /.
La gaceta., 1934-04-18
D~ECLARACIONES DE UN
CONSEJERO DE LA GE-
NERALIDAD CATALINA

Madrid, abril 18.-El conse-
jero de gobernaci6n de la Gene
ralidad catalina, Sr. S%elvas,
hizo aver declaraci9nes dicien-
do que Sc mantendra la campa-
ma para arrestar a tOdos los que
posean armas sin licencias.
Durante varios dias los auto
movies fuer0n detenidos en- las
GALES y sus ocupantes interro-
gados y registrados.
La vigilancia en- los sitios cen
La gaceta., 1934-04-18
INFORME DE UN CONSUL
CUBANO

Habana, Abril 18.-El Sr.
2. Utreras, consul de Cuba
en- Miami, ha remitido un infor
me del incidente ALI ocurrido,
y en- ell que aparece como pro-
tagonista el Sr. Juan Remirez.
Una copia del informe de
csc consul sera remitida a las
autoridades americans de in-
migraci6n.
La gaceta., 1934-04-18

La realidad es mas fuerte, 81,
porque no habiendo sido revi-
sada aun la Constitution, en- la
Republica de trabajadores de
toda clase, desligada del clero,
Sc van a gastar 100000 de
pesetas en- subvenciones a ciu-
dadanos de sotana.
Ell sacerdote espanol tiene
derecho a la misma considera-
ci6n que ell ciudadano laico, pc
70 no a pensiones pagadas por
ell pueblo.
En- la democracia americana
los sacerdotes, luego de haber
libertad, perO el estado no los
mantiene.
iPor que la naci6n espanola
ha de pagan esos 16 millenes,
no teniendo religion Official?
La gaceta., 1934-04-18
TEMBLOR DE TERRA EN-
CALIFORNIA.

Santa Ana, Calf, Abril IL.
Ell mas intense tembior de tie
ira desde MARIO de 1898. Sc sin
ito aver en- esta ciudad, causan
do la natural alarma.
Miles de personals s~alieron de
sus casas para buscar refugiO
en- parques y solares yermos.
No Sc sabe que hayan ocurri-
do desgracias personaIes.
La gaceta., 1934-04-18
JONES RETRO SU CANDI-
DATURA

A esta ciudad comunic6 aver
el Sr. John Page Jones que ha
retirado su candidatura a sena-
dor federal, dejando Ell campo a
los otros candidates, que son ell
senador Park Trammell, aboga
do Claudio PEPPER, Sra. Horton
STA Wall, James F. Skies y Char
les A. Mitchell.
La Sra. Wells es ell GnicO can
didato de Tampa en- Ell grupo,
aunque Trammell y Pepper
cuentan aqui con numerosos a
|migos.
Mg -
La gaceta., 1934-04-18
UNA GRAN FIESTA DEL
CENTRIC ASTURIANO

FL dia 20 de mayo verificara
una gran fiesta en- la finca MIS-
tai la poderosa sociedad Centre
Asturiano.
Los preparativos han sido mi
ciados va por un numerOso CO.
mite, bajo la presidencia homo
raria de Luisito Lopez.
La gaceta., 1934-04-18

tricos Sc ha %aumentado, ppr te-
NOR a los extremistas.
FL ST.. Selvas cree que el nue.
yo regimen catalan no puede so
meterse a los procedimientOs
a~nteriores a la dictadura, nj a
los mantenidos en- Ell periodic de
Primo de Rivera.
La gaceta., 1934-04-18

Hay que estampar en- los no.
cares de todas las personals que
anhelan para Cuba mejores
dias, sin politiqueros al uso an
tiguo, nj sometimiento a en-
bajadores y banqueros, las pos
treras palabras del coronel Ro-
berto Merdez Penate: La Revo
luci6n sc nos va de las manos,
volvemos a la reaction.
Y disgustado, persuadido de
que ell coronel Mendieta era
otro "presidentillo" mas, ell je-
fe nacionalista Sc quito la vida.
La gaceta., 1934-04-18

A~palearon de nuevo a los es-
tudiantes Y obreros, en- una ma
nifestaci6n efectuada anteayer
en- la Habana.
IA falta. de pan y justicia,
los parrotaZos no escaSean.
La gaceta., 1934-04-18

Ell pueblo de Cuba lleva toda-
via sobre SIS ~espaldas un ejer-
otto de 1900 hombres, como
en- los dias del "machadato''.
Trece mil .ndividuos que vi
ven "ricamente", en- un pals a
brumado por la miseria e ini-
cuamente e~nganadO.
Con seis mi, hombres de trO-
pa lie bastaria a Cuba para man
tener ell orden, 81 al pueblo Sc
devueiven todl5 sus derechos.
Mas tengasa oresente que no
deseamos la disminuci6n del
ejercito para crear a su sombra
una milicia ia ista, mas o me-
nos abecedista.
Los jefes de, ABC que Sc afe
iran a los ju@.sos sueidos del
gobierno, estan probando que
10 de "nuevos h mbres" guerra
decir:
:. Para nosotroz las p%osiciones
meior retribuilas; las quere-
mos todas, toda =.
La gaceta., 1934-04-18

Los ciudadanos de la Florida
no consentirian que su gobier-
no, a despecho de la Constitu-
cion, les obligase a pagan sub
venciOnes a los ministries de la
iglesia protestante, pongamos
ipor ejemplo.
La iglesia Sc halla separada
del estado y a ella correspondent
Jas cuestiones de religion, no
los ~problemas politicos
iEn que principle democra-
tico Sc ha basadO Lerroux para
subyencionar a los ministries de
una igfesia no reconocida Off
cAlmente por ell estado?
iLo ha hecho para mantener-
Sc en- ell Poder con Ell apoyo de
la derecha reaccionaria!
La gaceta., 1934-04-18

NCs"tros opinamos que bajo
las leyes de la Republica, tOdos
los derechos de la iglesia cat6li-
ca romano deben ser respeta-
dos; perO tambien decimos que
pagan 100000 de pesetas a
os sa~cerdotes, luego de haber
sido separada la igiesia del es-
tado, es crear I'm privilegio que
la Constitution no autoriza.
Haya para ell clero la alta es-
maci6n a que es a%creedor, perO
que las pensiones sean pagadas
por los fieles, no por la hacien-
da pdblica.
Ell buen cat6lico, como Ell
buen protestante, debe pagan
los gastos de su Iglesia, libran-
dola de toda dependencia del es-
tado.
Mayor sera la fuerza de la
iglesia cat6lica cuando no este
aliada con los gobiernos, nj ten
ga relaci6n directa con las in
trigas polfticas.
La gaceta., 1934-04-18
CHUNGAS Y NO CHUNGAS

Al Circulo sin la mira de obtener beneficios no
r~eglamentarios. = Ell impuesto sobre la maqui-
ma es la salvation. = Cuba y SUI eje.cito de tre-
ce mil hombres Ell republicanismo del diario
espanol "Luz."
La gaceta., 1934-04-18

Ash discurre e diario Luz,
Que para honor e los repubii-
canos espanoles 2 publica en-
Madrid: "Va lie 2ndo la bora
de que los repub. amos espano-
les piensen muy seriamente en-
IA obIigaci6n que les incumbe
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Duty of DepOsitOrS
Effective Organization

Effective Organization
Depostors in closed banks who to obtain dividends
without loss of time have clear duty before them.
They should and organize into active van groups
capable bringing pressure bear the receivers OF
their banks
ONLY THE DETERMINATION OF THE DEPos1ToRs
CAN FORCE THE RECEIVERS TO TAKE FULL ADVAN-
TAGE OF THE McLEoDsTEAGALL BILL ENACTED AT
THE LAST SESSION OF CONGRESS WHICH PROVIDES
FOR THE GRANTING OF LIBERAL LOANS ON BANK
ASSETS BY THE RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORA
TON
Washington deposors have been too patient for their
good at the delay procrasnaon which have marked the
receverships of most of the local banks
These banks have been closed for more than year.
They still locked up than twenty million dollars
money belongs the depoors who in dire need OF It,
That money can be released large part Of can be
brought of the vaults and turned into the channels OF
active trade.
The way to bring it out been prescribed by Congress
nnder the leadership of Representative Clarence Mcleod of
Michigan.
BUT THE DEPos1ToRs NEED NOT EXPECT RECEIVERS
or THE CLOSED BANKS TO STRAIN THEMSELVES IN
ExPED1T1NG THE WINDING UP OF THE AFFAIRS OF
THOSE BANKS. THAT WOULD RESEMBLE CLOSELY
MAN WORKING HIMSELF OUT OF JOB AND RE-
CEIvERs, AFTER ALL, ARE MERELY HUMAN.
Unless they pressed unremngy feared that there
will undue delay applying for the money which waiting
ct the offices the Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Chairman jones' of the Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration recognizes the part which depotos must play
in insisting upon speed the part of the receivers
Mr.. Jones recently stated:
eff depostors' committees would organize and in"
ss upon bank receiVers borrowing and distributing to
the depostors the greatest amount that can be bOr
vowed a great deal of money that is nOO locked up
in these closed banks could be released to the deposit
tors uvith Uery little delay"
Here Washington the depostors dormant when they
should be most active
THEY OWE IT TO THEMSELVES TO ORGANIZE AND
TO KEEP ORGANIZED; TO INSIST UPON ACTION BY THE
RECEIVERS, AND TO SEE THAT THEY GET THEIR
MONEY AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-07-17
Another Experiment
Probably Not the Solution


The socaled ehep experiment for the unemployed upon
which the Federal Government launching the District is inter
esting and it may be important
JUDGING FROM SIMILAR VENTURES IN THE PAST
HOWEVER, IT WILL NOT TO ANY GREAT EXTENT
SOLVE THE WELFARE AND RELIEF PROBLEMS.
In other the project has been tried and in some has
been in operation desuoy fashion for several
years.
Under the extensive of these projects about 500
sons have participated and it probable that about that num-
Der would be included model experiment to be started
here.
Briefly those on relief rolls who transferred to the
self aid projects would exchange their labor for the services
of others and the commodities produced by the Others the
medium of exchange being scrip
Various shops will be established in which the seaders
work. and it is planned also to include farm enterprises in
the project.
With about $1,000 individuals and families the relief rolls
Of the with the aid plan contemplating the
employment of only about 500 of these the project does
not seem to be tremendously important.
large money will probably be spent putting the plan
into operation and fortunately proposed to obtain this
money from the Federal rather than make the
District foot the bill
It will probably keep of the welfare workersf not the
unemployed-busy for few weeks and give them chance
20 write lengthy reports.
AN ENERGETIC JOB PLACEMENT CAMPAIGN WOULD
PROBABLY DO GREAT DEAL MORE GOOD AND DO TT
ON PERMANENT BASIS.
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vessels It gives Japan q de-
cidedly better position than this
country possesses at sea, ex.
perts say.
While Republican leaders are
worrying over funds with which
to finance the coming cam
paign, the Democrats are also
in a quandary.
Their Golfers are equally low
and every effort is being made
to persuade persons and inter-
ests to add to the coin supply.
On his trip West it is ex-
pected that Postmaster General
James A. Farley, who is chair
man of the Democratic COM
mittee, will make suggestions
here and there as to the neces-
sity of digging up a little
boarded money.
Although the Democrats have
the whip hand in the coming
elections and have no real fear
of losing much ground, they
want as much money as possible
to save them any backward
steps.
1t has come to the attention
of members of Congress that,
given Federal appointments,
pOstmasters are being reminded
that there is an old way in
which they could help the or
ganizatiOn. That is for them to
"kick in" with a portion of their
salaries.
In some States it has gotten
so obvious that leaders are as
sessing postmasters and others
for a share of the campaign ex-
penses.
In most cases, if not all, the
money is turned over to the
State organizations and does not
find its way into the Golfers of
the national organization.
The tax is being levied, how
ever, and from all indications
the assessment will go on until
the last campaigns are ended.
On the desk of Colonel Edwin
A. Halsey, Senate secretary, rest
four telephones.
Throughout the day when
Congress is in session the phones
ring continuously. And even
when the solonS are away there
are plenty of incoming and out
going calls.
Few men in government SER
vice have as many calls to
answer as the colonel, as every
government department and
thousands of individuals rely on
him for information. He usually
is SWamped with queries.
The queer part Of 1t all is
that Halsey has an aversion to
telephones.
If there is anything that he
hates to do it is to talk ever
the phone and usually If Sc ig
at all possible he limits his con.
versatiOns to terSe calculations
of Eyes" or "nO.''
There is one thing about 1t.
however, when he gets home and
there is any telephOning to do
Mrs. Halsey does it If she can.
Copyright 1884. The Washington
Times
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-07-17
The Human Side of the News
Sunlight Holds Secret of Enigma of Life
BIZ Eduvin C.. Hill
BIZ Edwira C.. Hill

Thousands of bronzed bodies
inert on the sand at Coney
Island. A scientist, strolling
with me along the boardwalk
quotes Charles H. Kemmerer:
"All we have or can ever hope
to have is the gift of the SUM-"
The Persians knew it with their
Mithras; so did the Greeks
with their Phoebus Apollo, the
Aztecs and the Mayas and the
Dravidians of midland so
does little Maize McNutt, stenog-
rapher for Reversible. Collar
Buttons, Ltd, cashing in that
new dispensation of off-hours in
bright gold sequins of sunlight.
She may not know it as my
friend the scientist knows it,
but she knows it instinctively
as the frowsy little bushmen of
Australia when they set up their
sun god. Reversible collar but
tons, that secondary life-giver
is limited. The sun isn't. Every
body has a piece of that depend
able old firm. Multitudes seek
the sun as unerringly as JAG
ques Loeb's little one-celled Or
ganiSms marched to the baton
Of his light stimulus.
Life-Giver
In the racial consciousness is
the knowledge that it is the
life-giver. It is sunlight which
may yet impart to men the Sc
cret of the enigma of life. So
say the scientists in a dozen
great laboratories, breathlessly
near to the answer sought
through the centuries by the
contending vitaliSts and mech"
aniStS.
One may be doubtful about
one of these mites down on the
Coney Island sands, or any Of
their descendants ever seeing
this secret unveiled, but it hap
pens that in this day Of flux
and change, man is penetrating
farther than ever before into
that subatomic labyrinth where
in is hidden the mystery Of life.
What is it? How did it start?
Why?
eve are none other than o NOV.
ing row
OF magic shadow shapes that
come and go -,..
Round with the sun-illumined
lantern
Held in midnight by the Mas
ter Of the Show"
One may believe with old
Omar that mans sentence and
understanding may carry him
no farther than this. The
why" of life may be forever
elusive. But the "how" of life
seems to lie just beyond the
sensitive antennae of science.
And, again, the answer is held
by the sun and sunlight. They
have narrowed their field to the
tiny cosmos of the protoplasm
and chlorophyll. They don't
need to get the Coney Island
beach on their microscope slide.
ProtoplaSm Is the raw material
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There is nothing new, noLn-
ing original about the strike OF
the longshoremen and steve
dores along the waterfront OF
San Francisco, which has para
lyzed for several months the
shipping of that seaport.
Even the threat of a general
strike aimed at the very heart
of the city of San Francisco is
not without precedent in Amer
4 lean history. Boston faced that
threat in September, 1919, dur
ing the Boston police strike.
There have been serious
strikes in the past and there
will doubtless be serious strikes
in the future. Under the Amer
lean system of government there
Is ample authority to protect
the public interest whenever
and wherever public officials,
municipal, State or Federal,
have the courage to discharge
unflinchingly the great respon-
sibility which great authority
involves.
Federal Assistance
Under the American system Of
government, the maintenance
Of law and order within a SOW
ereign State is a State reSpon-
sibility and the people look to
the governor of the State to
discharge that responsibility.
The armed forces of the State
are under the command OF the
governor. If they are insuff1'
Gent, or for any reason are un-
able to maintain law and order
and uphold the sovereignty OF
the State, the governor can ap-
peal to the President OF the
United states for Federal assist
ance and Federal troops to put
down the uprising, rebellion or
revolution against the States
sovereignty.
But the President of the
United States has his respon-
sibility, entirely independent OF
any appeal for aid from the
governor.
This responsibility has never
been more clearly defined than
Richard Olney defined it, Grover
Cleveland's Secretary Of State
defined it forty years ago this
month. The Pullman strike OF
1894 was then in effect.
On July of that year word
reached the White House that
the temper of the strikers was
such as to indicate that the
use of Federal troops might be
necessary "if the United States
mails are to be kept moving"
and the injunction of a Federal
court against the officials Of
the striking railway union was
to be respected.
President Cleveland took swift
action. Federal troops were
Immediately ordered to Chicago
to reinforce those already
there. This action brought o
protest from Governor Altgeld
upon the ground that he had
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-07-17
Blu John SnHre, J.

Out of the Orient comes a
report that has given our naval
experts a choice bit on which
to ponder.
In carrying out the provi-
sionS Of the ship improvement
subsidy law, passed by the
Diet in 1882, the japanese have
scrapped 100000 tons of old
ships and constructed 100000
tons of new vessels.
This achievement is made
one year in advance of the
schedule provided in the law.
American naval experts ad-
init that the ships being con-
structed under a government
subsidy of IS yen per ton for
new ships and the same amount
for two tons of scrap of old
vessels are OStensibly merchant
men.
But they point out that the
boats are fast, the majority of
them capable of making more
than Is knots an hour, and are
SO constructed as to be easily
converted into warships.
Under the law SO old vessels
have been scrapped and A ap-
plications for shipbuilding SUP
sidy were received by the Jap
anese communications depart
ment in 1882 and 1888. The
commerce of Japan has in
creased and the shipping bust
ness is very optimistic over the
outlook.
Thus far 80 ships have been
constructed and have a tonnage
of 1910. The law provides
that the ships must be over
1000 tons and capable of a
speed of 1875 knots. Of the 80
ships constructed, two are cap
able of making Is knots or
more, 13 are capable of max
ing more than 16 knots and IS
are able to log Is knots or
more.
With the construction of the
ships Japan believes that she
has a much better chance of
securing world trade and is go
ing after it, according to re-
ports.
The majority of the ships
that were scrapped were more
than Is years old so that a
large percentage of obsolete
craft have been taken out of
Japanese shipping channels.
American commentators and
observers of world commerce
say that the new fleet gives
Japan a decided advantage over
ships of the United States and
other nations. The majority of
American ships, used solely for
freight, are incapable of max
ing the speed of the new
Japanese vessels.
Instead of building new ships,
they point out, America is send
ing her old ships, many of
which are still valuable, to the
graveyards of old vessels.
From a naval standpoint. the
new Japanese fleet is most i'm
pOrtant.
If these ships can be changed
quickly and made into fighting