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Evening star., 1934-04-18
Fleet Movement to Atlantic
Helps Relations With Japan

Most editors think that the move
ment of the American feet from
Pacific waters to the Atlantic will
help relations between Japan and
the United States, even though the
present plan is to return the ships
to their former base in eight months.
"In one of the great time
movements in the history of the
United States Navy" says the Pitts
burgh Post-Gazette, "l02 of Uncle
Sans veSsels-battleShipS, cruisers,
aircraft carers. destroyerS and auxil-
laries-shove off from the Los Angeles
Harbor, on the way to Guantanamo
Bay. Cuba. After drills and training
there the ships will be reviewed at
New York by President Roosevelt. and
will then proceed to new stations at
bases along the Atlantic Coast.
This is a magnificent and impress
sive movement; not quite as thrilling
as the 'round-the-world voyage Or
dered by President Theodore Roose-
welt years ago, to show the maritime
capitals that America had arrived
in world affairs. but still of unprece-
dented proportions and great inter
est"
The San Antonio Express takes the
view that the move is intended as a
friendly gesture to Japan. remarking,
That formidable array was long on
the North Pacific Ocean. so that some
japanese statesmen and naval officers
assumed that the United States was
aiming to dominate the waters be-
tween its Pacific Coast and the
Philippines"
Although the Savannah Morning
News is not so positive that the ma
neuvers have been planned as a ges-
ture to Japan. still it observes that
when the order was issued last No
vember for transfer of the fleet from
West to East, it was viewed in some
quarters as friendly gesture toward
Japan. although pains were taken at
the White House and Navy Depart
ment to make it clear that the cruise
was without significance in interna-
tional affairs"
/ lc lIUy IcCUlu SEES CIldIlkc III
the attitude of Japan and hopes there
may be an end of talk of strained
relations. That the United States
stands for peace and good will with
all nations is apparent" the Record
declares. eff the Japs were inclined
to be fair they would refrain from
carrying on a policy which really
strained the relations between the
Toxic and Washington governments
for a time So far as our people
are concerned. they see no reason
why the Pacific Fleet should not
maneuver in its own waters. Within
the last month or two the Toxic
authorities seem to have concluded
that the constant insinuation that
there might be trouble with the great
Western Republic was impolitic Hav-
ing incurred the ill-will of Russia,
having aroused the indignation of
Great Britain by certain trade meth
ods, having shown sensitiveness toward
other powers, the Japs now seem to
have decided that they would better
change their attitude. The Emperor's
representative at Washington has re-
ceived instructions to do everything
possible to indicate that his country
wants to be a friend of the United
States. In fact. there is hope that
there will be a restoration Of the feel
ing which was shown at the time
Evening star., 1934-04-18
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

ably healthy, for several years, comes
to look upon himself as all-wise.
The secondary joke of the matter
as anybody else. The keeping of small
fishes in the home is still compare
lively new, in the ages. Any one who
goes into it with his eyes open, and
determined to find out all he can,
without favor or prejudice, can as
sumo that he knows about as much
as any one else, except a few special
lists, whose knowledge comes mostly
through handling dead specimens. The
aquarist deals with life.
u n
The gardener, above most men, sell
dom thinks he knows it all, even when
he does. His knowledge has come
down to him through so many GEN.
turies that it is a product of the
ages; it has been the possession OF
countless men Of all nations. Nc
doubt Scipio at his plow knew as
much, in the essentials, as the real
dirt farmer on any land today.
The talks and counter-talks Of the
garden, small or large, are a mingline
of ideas, quiet acceptance of those
which strike one as good, and an
equally quiet rejection of those which
impress one as poor or Indifferent.
There is no need here, thank
heaven, for getting red in the face
There are other fields of knowledge
in which the major reaction so Otter
is anger, to counter-opinion, that II
is pleasant to hold on to an occupa-
ton in which there seems to be small
occasion for quarreling.
"Give up all hope, ye who enter
here" Such, Dante said. was the
legend over the gates of hell.
Abandon ire, all ye who enter
here" might be the motto over the
gate to garden, were it not for the
fact that such an injunction scarce
seems necessary, for people always
have more or less acted upon it.
X y 4
Fortunately there seems to be nc
need for anger, in a garden.
The sneerS and frowns and unkino
thoughts which so often mar the con.
versations of otherwise rational mer
seldom find place among the tulips
and lilacs and peonies of the home
precincts.
. If we try to determine why this Is
so, we come to the inescapable con.
cluSion that even the least intelli.
gent person sees there is no use for
anger here.
These plants are dumb, and do moi
know us.
They are not even dependent upon
us, as our other pets are.
A dog or a cat or canary Oh
even fish knows its dinner time, anc
in some way will be able to impress
that fact upon you.
But plant. never!
-
II a plant doesn't grow, It never
occurs to any one to lecture it for its
failing, or to beat it.
Thus anger is killed at the root. Anc
many another nasty trait of humanity
is similarly excised at the source, a.
1t were
Need is not only the mother of in
vention. but the reason for much o.
the pure cussedness of mankind. Il
there were fewer needs, fewer person.
would use tricky tactics to secure
them.
So the garden becomes a veritable
training ground in morals for many
a human being who does not realizt
1t. He talks about the health of it
the beauty Of it. the interest Of it
without once realizing this best thine
the garden does for him. And thai
is all right, too.
Evening star., 1934-04-18

The music Of the garden at this
time Of the year is a continuing heavy
rain.
Not yonder mocking bird, giving his
morning concert in the small oak tree,
makes music as sweet as ever descend
ing water.
Upon 1t depend good lawns, beauti-
full flowers, shrubs in flower in due
values.
The old lines had it:
April showers
Bring May flowers"
1t is succinct, to the point, and
rhythmical, a trio of effects always
admired by simple folk.
Is it not simple folk, in the best
sense, who, after all, love. the garden
and the things of the garden?
They have found something funda-
mental there, something not made
complex merely to bring profit to other
human beings.
The rain is one Of the elementary
things dearly loved by gardeners. 1t
brings help to growing plants at the
time they need it.
At this time Of the year rain means
warm weather, at lease a relief from
freezing and 10y E-freezing tempera-
ture.
As lona raining the home
gardener certain that no
frosts will newly arrived leaf
buds.
x& +
From the human viewpoint, many
shrubs suffer from too much rain at
this season.
Sometimes 1t seems as If one seldom
gets to see the old-fashioned, true
bridal wreath in all its glory. a heavy
rain almost every year willing its
whites to dullness before full blossom
ing.
Such losses cannot be helped. They
are more than made up by the evi-
dent good the rains of April bring the
other growing things.
The increase in the deep and de-
sirable green of lawns is very apparent
on every side. Good grass and poor
grass alike display benefit.
Those who claim that this Is quite
evident on the surface simply do not
understand that such small matters
are always interesting matters to those
who love gardens. One sometimes be-
lieves that the old, rather than the
new. is the preferred talk Of all garden
minded people.
Thus the evident thing comes to
have standing which those not so
interested utterly do not understand.
While novelties" as such. have their
place in the yard, the old standbys
are preferred onI every hand, and
naturally people like to talk about
them.
So come about the talk and counter
talk which are the life of the hobby.
Everybody has ideas here, whether
he has Phi. D. degree or no degree
at all
The faCt that every one knows some
old uncultured man who nevertheless
is a wiz" at making plants grow pre-
vents any. but the essentially silly
from becoming conceited here.
There Is perhaps less ordinary con-
ceit in the garden than elsewhere.
Consider the hobby of tropical fish
culture, for instance.
Don't think you know it ALL" is
the standing warning to newcomers.
The joke Is that the very man who
issues 1t actually thinks he knows it
all!
The man who acquires a few tanks,
and manages to keep his fishes reason-
Evening star., 1934-04-18
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

@. Are race horses usually colts Of
young or old parents?-E. G.
A. The Thoroughbred Record says
that the horses bred for fiat racing
come usually from young sires and
dams. The steeplechasers, in which
great strength, courage and stamina
are required, come, for the most part,
from older parents. Golden Miller,
who won the Grand National this
year, was the last foal of his dam,
who was Is when she produced him.
@. What part of the suns radia-
ton falls on the earth?-O. r.
A. DR.. c. G. Abbot of the Smith
sonian Institution says that the earth
receives $4,000 .00O, 900 of the radia-
ton emitted by the sun.
@. If the name and address Of an
inquirer is not given, will his question
appear in the column?-J. e. A.
A. Probably not. Research work is
done only on letters which include
names and addresses. Space in the
column is too limited TO include the
queries which are unsigned. Give
name and address and inclose coin or
stamps for reply. Direct your letter
to this newspapers Information Bu-
reau, Frederic j. Haskin, director,
Washington, D. C.
@. Outside of Wisconsin and Penn
sylvania. what places in the United
States have large German popula-
tiOnS?-J. H. R.
A. There are large German colonies
in st. Louis, New York City and Los
Angeles.
@. I see a great deal in the daily
papers concerning the reviving and
rebuilding Of the Old Natchez Trace
Highway. Please give me the starting
and ending places of this old high
way.-B. C. P.
A The Old Natchez Trace Highway
extended from Nashville. Tenn, to
Natchez, Miss. 1t entered Mississippi
about five miles east of Iuka and
passed through Tishomingo, Prentiss,
Lee, Pontotoc, ChickaSaw. Webster,
ChOctaw, Attala, Madison, Kinds, Clai-
borne, Jefferson and Adams.
Q. How did the superstition arise
that it is bad luck to light three ciga-
rettes on one match?-H. T. B.
A. 1t has its origin in the fact that
in the old Russian funeral service,
three altar candles were lighted from
one taper. 1t was considered an act
of impiety to make any other lights in
groups of three and, therefore, bad
luck would follow such an act.
@. Why are gAllstones of cattle ex-
ported to Japan?-A H.
A. Gallstones of cattle are exported
in small quantities to the Orient. 1t
is not to Japan, but to China, that
this curious commercial article finds
its way. The Chinese believe that
gallstones are eficacious in curing dis
ease when worn as charm about the
neck.
@. Do rising temperatures and
thaws push the frost still lower in the
ground?-F. G.
A. Thawing at the surface does not
cause the frost to go lower, but the
frost generally does go somewhat
lower after surface thawing has be-
gun. This is because the very cold
frozen earth absorbs heat from any
warmer material with which it may
be in contact. In other words, heat
flows from the warmer to the colder
object when the two are in contact
with each other. A layer of frozen
earth, therefore, between a thawed
surface and unfrozen earth beneath
draws heat from both sides. from the
surface and from the deeper unfrozen
earth and thereby for a time (until
Evening star., 1934-04-18
Japan and China.

No more extraordinary pronounce
ment has come out of the Orient in
many a day than the "restatement
and Qualification" of Japan's policy
toward China, just made public at
Toxic. Its keynote is the reaff1rma-
ton of Japanese responsibility for
the maintenance Of peace in the Far
East" While purporting to be pacific
in purpose, the outside world will duly
note the assertion of a Toxic foreign
Office spokesman that Japan will not
shrink from acting positively" if
necessary. She is prepared, in other
words, to enforce peace by making
war. The suggestion in this connec-
ton is that IF foreign efforts to dis
turb peace in Asia are backed force
fully, Japan herself may be compelled
to resort to force"
The novelty in the Toxic pronunci-
amento, which is soon to be presented
to foreign governments through reg
ular diplomatic channels, is that
Japan objects" to the efforts of out
side nations, including the United
States, to assist China in strengthen
ing her air and military forces, and
also to give her financial aid. Ac-
cording to the Japanese government,
history shows that technical or finan-
cial aid to China almost inevitably
becomes military or political, in which
event Japan must "object." To what
extent such objections" would apply
to sales of American aircraft to China,
or r. F. C. cotton and wheat loans
to the Marking government, is not
specifically discussed, but evidently it
is precisely such technical" and
financial" help which arouses jap
anese apprehension and hostility.
1t goes without saying that this
new assertion of Japan's China pol
icy" will not be accepted abroad with
out protest. 1t is bound to revive
throughout the Western world the
suspicion that, not content with the
conquest and domination of Man
churia, Japan will not be fully salts
fled until she has subjugated all
China to her will. Toxic desires pri-
marily, the foreign Office spokesman
explains, that "other powers shall
recognize Japan's special RESPONSE
bility and unique position as guardian
OF the peace in the Far East" FIRE.
quently in the past Nipponese states
men have based that claim on the
thesis that Japan essays no more on
the other side of the globe than does
the United States in the Western
Hemisphere through the Monroe
Doctrine.
Japan, Of course, does, because of
racial and geographical conditions,
occupy a special relationship toward
ClAI4lob d1lu IIlClG ID lltLlS UlSpUSlIlOIl
anywhere to challenge its justifica-
ton, but other powers, with treaty
rights and legitimate trade interests
in China, are not disposed to permit
those rights to be violated or those
interests to be destroyed merely be-
cause the arist-expansionists of
Japan banker to turn China into a
vast and exclusive Japanese sphere of
interest. Certainly it is not to be ex-
pected that the outside world will
blandly consent to a plan that would
treat China as if it were hemmed in
by a Japanese blockade which other
nations could penetrate on legitimate
business of their own only with the
imperial consent of the Japanese
army and navy.
Evening star., 1934-04-18

Postmaster General Farley calls of
payless furloughs and gives substan-
tial increase in revenues a reason for
doing SO. 1t is not very often that
statesman can make so brief and
satisfactory demonstration of logical
sequence.
Evening star., 1934-04-18

A daily paper may some day be
revived in honor Of George w. Childs
in Philadelphia, just as a weekly was
revived in honor Of Ben Franklin.
The daily, however, will be about as
close a reminder of Childs .as the
weekly Is of Franklin.
Evening star., 1934-04-18
Lawyers in Congress.

The right Of members of Congress
to practice law was attacked and de-
Tended in the Senate yesterday. Ac-
cording to the debate there seems to
be much to be said on both sides.
The subject came before the Senate
when Senator william Z. Borah of
Evening star., 1934-04-18

Nobody will deny that Gen. johnson
needs vacation. And so long as old
songs are being revived, a number of
industries may join in the old chorus,
Mr.. johnson, turn me loose, got no
money, but a good excuse"
Evening star., 1934-04-18

Air Expert Billy" Mitchell unhesi-
tatingly takes the ground that large
number. of amateur flyers would be
a help and not a hindrance in actual
war. Aviation is not difficult to learn.
If substantial ships can be provided
in due abundance there will be little
difficulty about finding boys to fly
them.
Evening star., 1934-04-18

Puns are being severely criticized
and SO are lapses into rough slang
in Official circles. There is too much
urgent business on hand to permit a
long pause to consider the protests of
Mrs. Malaprop concerning aspersions
on her parts.
Evening star., 1934-04-18

A Harvard Dramatic Club is raising
questions of propriety for serious dis
cussion. When Harvard was founded
there would have been no discussion.
Anything relating to show business
would have been unceremoniously de-
leted.
Evening star., 1934-04-18

police and detective bureaus Of Chi
cago as well as OF Hillport.
1t is unfortunate that carelessness
on the part Of the publishers should
have resulted in an inexcusable num-
ber of typographical errors.
Evening star., 1934-04-18

There are many reasons for visit
ing this city at any time. Just at
present the cherry blossoms happen
10 constitute the reason most prom
inently mentioned.
Evening star., 1934-04-18
Cynical Definition.

Father" said the small boy. what
Is a bandit?"
"A bandit, my son, is man who
holds people up and depends on physi-
cal force instead Of legal talent"
Evening star., 1934-04-18
The Final Test.

From the Roanoke Times.
The stock exchange Is willing to
abide by the new rules, provided it Is
allowed to keep its own dice. It's the
eventual results that count, after all.
Evening star., 1934-04-18
Collective Competition.

From the New York Sun.
The courts have ruled that a cor
poration can he sued for alienation of
affection. Possibly some men might
be f1attered by the thought that it
took q corporation to do it.
Evening star., 1934-04-18

The Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled to the use for republication Of all
news dispatches credited to 1t or not other
wise, credited in this paper and also the
publication of special dispatches herein
are also reserved
Evening star., 1934-04-18
Cash and Brains.

From the Portland Oregon Journal
To say that man has more money
than sense does not imply that he Is
rich.
Evening star., 1934-04-18
Freezing

From the 1ndianapOis Star.
The freezing process has been found
to prolong the potency Of serum. thus
chalking up the first score for frozen
assets.
Evening star., 1934-04-18
Cause for Reioicinx.

It's April. To the wakening bough
The buds are lightly linked,
And as a weather prophet now
The ground hog is extinct.
Evening star., 1934-04-18
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

By-G0neS.
By-gones are y-eones. The buds
are on the trees,
And the river lightly ripples where the
water used to freeze.
The songsters carol as upon the branch
they lightly swing,
And the blackbird does his best to join
the chorus when they sing,
We shivered and we shoveled as the
snow came drifting past,
And We huddled in corner to escape
the bitter blast.
The climate was a topic for indignant
styles of chat
But by-gones are by-gones; so let it 60
at that.
There never was frost so cold that it
could wholly kill
The tiniest flower when it was due to
blossom dn the hill.
There never was storm so fierce that
it could sweep away
The human hopes and efforts that re-
build another day.
No matter If it seems weary way you
trudge along,
It's wrong to grow disheartened and
it's right to sing song.
The moment may seem cherries, but
moments swiftly fly.
All our present sorrows will be by
cones, by and by.
"Some men," said Uncle Eben,
"aint happy unless dey's doing sumpin'
foolish; an den dey amt happy"
Evening star., 1934-04-18
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His Choice.

What is your favorite fiower?"
asked the girl.
"Cauli." replied the practical man.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-06-22
WORK TO START ON NEW PHIL
ADELPHIA ROAD

Construction work on one section
of the proposed Philadelphia road
relocation project will be started
next week, it was announced Monday
by the State Roads Commission
when contracts for the work, which
involves the expenditure of $173,-
454.10, were awarded
The Nello l.. Teer Company, OF
Durham, N. c., was awarded the
contract for grading and drainage
work on 4.93 miles of the proposed
route between the Little Gunpowder
Falls and Haha Branch. The bid,
the lowest of the nine, was $127,-
98140 A second contract, provid-
ing for construction of a sixty-foot
steel bridge over Winters run was
awarded to the Interstate Engineer
ing Company at $45,472.70.
Although bids have been received
on contracts for two other sections
of the new roadway lying between a
point mile east of Golden Ring
and the Gunpowder Falls, the Gun
powder Falls-Haha branch strip was
the only one in which sufficient
rights-ofway had been acquired to
justify awards of the contracts, it
was said.
Other contracts, which also in
volve grading and drainage and
bridge construction work, will be let
as soon as justified by right-of-way
acquisition, according to Harry D.
Williar, Jr., chief engineer of the
commission.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-06-22
ASSOCIATION UNION
IN ANNUAL SESSION

The Detective Associations Union
held it annual meeting in the base
ment of Quarryville, Pa. National
Bank on Saturday afternoon, with
George w. Hensel, Jr., president,
presiding. John T. Neary is secre-
tary, he having filled this position
for many years.
Seven member associations were
represented, showing a total mem
bership of 459, as follows. Fulton,
80 members; balance in treasury,
$674.31. Kirkwood, "a members
and $12S.2S on hand. Little Brit
ain, So members and $7SS in treas
ury. Martinsville, 80 members,
$4,000 in treasury. Nottingham,
140 members, S41.39 in treasury.
Unicorn, 40 members, $138.46 in
treasury. Willistown, 70 members,
and over $500 on hand.
The meeting next year will be
with the Unicorn Association, meet
ing at Chestnut Level the first Satur-
day in June.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-06-22
LEGION PAGEANT NOW AT
LONGWOOD

Dancing and pantomine are fea-
tured in Arabian Nights" the Ken
nett Legion Pageant, with Foun-
tains, at Longwood Gardens, begin
ming last evening, for six perform
ances, each complete. A cast of
$50 is required under John T. Hall,
the director, who dramatized the
Oriental stories.
Among the colorful groups in the
fifteen scenes, are: "Scherazade"-
Populace, Court Ladies, Trumpeters,
Schah Zenan's Guard, Schah-Riar's
Guard, Serving Maids, Slave Girls,
Archers, Huntsmen. "Sinbad" -
Medicine Men, Cannibals, Native
Bellies, Royal Dancers, Baccanal
Dancers, Pirates, Queens Retinue,
Queens Body-Guard. "Alladin"-
Populace, Emperor's Attendants,
Carriers of Sedan Chair, Princess
Retinue, Temple Dancers, Nautch
Dancers, Fire Ballet, Lantern Pa
rade, Dragon, Grotesque, Alladin's
Guard.
Solo dances are performed by Miss
Virginia Crozier, Miss Marion Hol-
ton and Clifford M. Brown, with vo-
cal solos by H. Scott McMurtrie and
Mrs. B. Frank Miller.