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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-12

T AM a simple, decent, obedient
i woman" ends a letter from
youngstown, O., which is filed with
a recital of miseries. Yet they are
the same miseries that have been
borne by countless women all over
the earth since the last war wrecked
manhood, created economic havoc
and produced politicians whose
thinking was warped by hate.
Nine children this woman has
given to her country-if We use the
patriotic phrase. Mussolini and
Hitler would decorate her. Her hus-
band has been for four years in a
state hospital, incurably i'll. Her
home of twenty years was taken
away from her because she could
not meet the mortgage. Now she
faces eviction for she can not meet
her rent. She ashland the ques-
ton is surely pertinent-why the rich
have never understood the needs Of
the poor and why the poor are
never taught that it is wrong for
them to have SO many children?
Her first question touches the
secret of all human woe. If the rich
did understand the needs of the
poor there would be no poor, be-
cause men and women seeing the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-12
NOT TOO EAR

THE execution by the Germans in 1915 of
Nurse Edith Caven was entirely justified
by all rules Of war.
So says Captain Alfred Duff Cooper, fnan-
cial secretary to the British war Office. and
holder of a distinguished war record. in
recent speech to British army officers.
Miss Cavell. Captain Cooper points out.
was a courageous woman who engaged in
activities specifically forbidden by the Ger
man authorities in Belgium. helping upward
Of 100 persons TO escape from the occupied
territory, knowing full well what the penalty
would be if she we're caught.
When the Germans put her in front of
firing squad on that October morning in 1915,
they did no more than they clearly were en-
titled to do by rules of civilized" warfare.
But Captain Cooper hastens to point out
that that after all. is only half of the story.
ANY politician he adds. could have told
them that the execution was going to arm
100000 men against Germany"
ANY one interested in digging back into
those dreary and tragic war days can see that
it was precisely that error which, in the last
analysis. did more than anything else to de-
feat the German war machine; the error
Of failing to assess the imponderables in de-
Gliding on their martial policies
You can find the same sort Of justification
for almost everything the Germans did The
invasion Of Belgium had ample precedent in
Britains treatment Of Copenhagen during the
Napoeonic wars.
Unrestricted submarine warfare. the use
Of poison gas the bombing OF unfortifed
towns by airplanes and zeppelins-these
things. after AL. stemmeo logically from the
obvious fact that war is a brutal and bloody
business at best. and that any weapon you
can use is a good one.
The one thing the German high command
forgot was that these things were impolitic.
They did the German cause more harm than
good. because they helped to solidify the opin-
ion Of mankind against it.
Even in world war with a nations life
at stake. the force of world opinion can not
sc diSregarded.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-12
A READER TELLS
ABOUT JOHN sTRACHEY.
IA srIria Andersen.

BY sylvia Andersen.
Your editorial "The Radicals, :"
appearing in the Feb s issue, in
which you admirably played the role
of the protagonist for Liberalism,
evoked in me definite feelings the
exact nature of which you should
have no doubt after examining the
following criticism.
1t is doubtful whether a man lives
better equipped to penetrate the
depths" Of Liberalism than John
Strachey. A firm believer in the
impossibility of capitalistic collapse,
his father was prepared to offer him
all the advantages possible in a
class society. At the appropriate
age young Strachey left behind him
the n1imosa bushes decorating the
ancestral country estate and hied
to oxford.
Here he, like most other intellec-
tuals of his day, was infected by
that microbe which for some time
was devastating the entrails Of a
diseased culture. This moral, cul-
tural and anti-religious revolt seen
severed the vicious bonds of ira
dition. The logical political con-
comitant Of this state is social
democracy of one form or another.
In 1924 Strachey made parliament
as a labor party candidate.
The collapse Of the second British
labor government in 1881, which
created a few top hats and port
folios as the only monument in
commemoration of the accomplish
ments of the working class under
Socialist leadership satiated the
honest intellectual and politician,
John Strachey. Thereafter he was
able to observe with remarkable
clarity that q mans sympathies
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-12
It Matters Not
~ FRANCESCA

BY FRANCESCA
1t matters not what a man be-
lieves-
1t matters little what he conceives
AS the infinite plan and eternal
goal,
If he isn't sincere in the depths Of
his soul.
1t matters not if he strives for
fame,
And achieves for himself a lasting
name
Fame IS mirage of worldly pelf,
If he can't keep faith with his in
most self.
He scorns to be honest, and true,
and real,
And loses the sight of his own
ideal;
He deceives himself and loses the
fight,
When he plays life's game as a
parasite.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-12
DEFENDS STATE IN
DILLINGER CASE

BY Grant w. Hawkins.
The indianapolis Times, in my
opinion, is one of the fairest of the
three major newspapers in the city
of indianapolis. The paper has on
many occasions, however, allowed
persons to take advantage of it's
good nature.
refer to the ignoramus who
made the remark about the state
administrations paying too much
money to bring the Dillinger mob
sters back to Indiana. This per-
son, whose intelligent quotient ranks
alongside with that of a moron,
makes a special attack on the fact
that Miss Marie Croft was detailed
to go to Arizona to aid in return
ing the group.
According to the acts of 1906,
page 584, passed by the general as
sembly of the state of Indiana, it
is necessary to have a female at
tendant when transporting women
prisoners. Let us become informed
as to the law of our state before we
attempt to criticise an admins
tration which is destined to be-
come the greatest peace time one
that the citizens Of Indiana ever
have placed into Office.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-12
REAL THINKERS NEEDED
IN U. S. TODAY

BY William Grove.
I wish to commend the writer OF
THE Peach and the Work" James
j. Cuttings on MIRA and Poor Re-
lief" Charles H. Krause Sr., on "Re~
ligion," G. J. B, on American Lee
gion,P H. L. Seeger on Property
Rights and Religion" w. H. Rich
ards on demonstrating and the
MIRA" It shows that not ALI
Americans are asleep at the switch
and willing to let dirty politics and
politicians with organized supposed
Christianity deprive theme of their
right to live.
G. J. B., please don't put all
legionnaires in the same boat. Not
all clamOred for their beer when
they wanted bread to feed their
starving children.
w. H. Richards is no doubt
Socialist; still he is wise enough not
to follow his Socialist leadership,
but condemns Roosevelt and the
NRA for further burdening the
working class while Norman Thomas
praises Mr.. Roosevelt.
If all Americans were awake like
these men, there would not be
forty million dying of slow starva-
ton today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-12

class as in England, Germany or
any other capitalist country?
Do we not find this American
class confronted with the same
problems which threatened their
rule in innumerable historical in
stances? Can a scientific thinker
possibly mistake the phrases Of a
Dewey or a Thomas as not being
identical with a Kerensky's. a Mac
Donald's, a KautSky's or a Sever
ing's, just because Dewey and
Thomas are Americans and have
not as yet gained sufficient strength
to be in position to betray the
WOrkerS2
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-12
SLASH HIGH SALARIES
TO REDUCE TAXES

BY Charles E. Wyman.
The taxpayers association has
adopted the best plan Of campaign
ing I ever heard Of.
Lay aside politics and they will
break the shackles of unjust higl
taxation and win every county and
state Office. They apparently have
laid aside politics and every voter
seems to be working to a common
end, that is to elect men who don't
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-12
LET TAXI FIRMS FIGHT
THEIR OWN BATTLES

BY C. S. G.
Merely as matter Of inforlna-
lion I would like to ask what legal
right the city council has to set
taxicab fares?
It appears to a layman that the
council would have no more legal
right to set a cab fare than it would
have to place minimum charge for
an ice cream soda or a hot dog.
If the council seeks to eliminate
about one-half the number of cabs
on the streets the proposed Ordi-
nance would do it, as the horizontal
rise would decrease taxi patronage
at least so per cent and perhaps
more. Why not let the taxi COM
panies fight their own competitive
battles?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-12
Daily Thought

Jesus saith unto him, Thomas,
because thou hast seen me, thou
hast believed; blessed are they that
have not seen and yet have be-
lieyed.-St. John, 20:29.
A Ii I have seen teaches me to.
L n trust the Creator for all I have
not seen.-Emerson
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-12
The Message Center

Times readers are fnvited to cypress
their vtetos in these columns. Make your
letters short, so all can hate chance.
Limit them to ESQ 4oords or lpss.J
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-12
The Indianapolis Times

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People wa 80
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Evening star., 1934-04-29

attend. and they also deserve thanks
for their cooperation. But 1t was
the Police Department which, as in
other years, made the event great
success. Maj. Ernest W. Brown hap
pens to be particularly concerned
about traffic technique, and he puts
a special enthusiasm into that phase
of his work which the schoolboy patrol
so efficiently aids.
A philosopher, standing by, could
not avoid the thought that there must
be hope for a Nation capable of de-
veloping such defenses for its most
notable values. Life itself, security of
travel, measurable comfort for both
motorists and pedeStrians-theSe are
the ideals to which the annual dem
onstration is dedicated; and they are
elemental, fundamental, basic in
character. The children respond in
kind-they know the significance Of
it all; they feel their responsibility.
Gradually the schoolboy patrol
movement is spreading over the whole
country. If it saved only one single
happy little soul, it would be worth
while. But there is abundant evidence
to the effect that it saves thousands.
Evening star., 1934-04-29
Germany's Lost Colonies.

There have just been official cele-
brations throughout the schools OF
Prussia commemorating the fiftieth
anniversary of the first official step
toward establishing a German colonial
empire in Africa. 1t was on April "a,
1884, that Chancellor Bismarck di-
rected his consul in Capetown to in
form the Cape government that the
German Empire had assumed SOW
ereignty over territory acquired along
the coast of Southwest Africa by a
Bremen trader named LuderitZ. Soon
afterward the German flag was
hoisted over Togoland, the Cameroons,
part of New Guinea and German East
Africa.
Last weeks commemoration of these
events was distinguished by proposal
that modern Germany vow" to per-
sist in the demand for the return of
her colonies, stripped from the Reich
by the Treaty of Versailles and now in
possession of her World War con-
querors either as inundated territory
or as incorporated portions of their
domains. Point three of the Nazi
program sets forth that we demand
land and territory (colonies) for feed
ing our people and settling our sur
plus population" At the recent Co
lonial Day" anniversary orators thun-
dered that the equal status accorded
to Germany on December IL, 1882. at
Geneva applies not only to arma-
ments but also to our temporarily
interrupted activity in the colonies"
In imperial days, Germany's exter-
nal ossessions-notably the African
colonies-were generally known as
graveyards for subsidies. Relatively
few Germans went there. and neither
as markets for German goods nor as
sources for raw materials were Bis
marck'S overseas creations CT any par
ticular Importance. They were COW
eted in the spirit of wanting to keep
up with the Joneses. Britain,
France, Belgium, Italy, the Neither
lands were all colonial powers; the
mighty Fatherland could not afford
not to be.
Having succeeded in getting rid of
reparations. enforcing arms equality
and otherwise wiping out vital tea
lures of the peace treaty imposed
upon her in 1919, it would be a rash
prophet who would say that Germany
will never recover her lost colonies.
The only question is whether Herr
Hitler will find them any more worth
having than his predecessors in the
chancellorship, from Bismarck to
Bethmann- Hollweg, did.
Evening star., 1934-04-29

combine industrial and small-scale
farming work. New type schools will
probably be community centers on
these projects.
The Federal Emergency Relief Ad-
ministration. whose educational pro-
gram will utilize the services of more
than 5000 needy teachers.
The Civil Works Administration,
which Is paying emergency" wages to
some 100000 workers for public
projects. among which are repairs and
the redecoration of schools and Ii
braries and the improvement of play
grounds, and is giving work to needy
artists in decorating the walls of pub
lie buildings such as schools, colleges
and libraries
The Public Works Administration,
which, from its allotment of $780,
100000, is devoting funds to schools,
colleges and libraries.
The National Planning Board, which.
as a part of P. w. A., Is preparing a
comprehensive survey OF public works
needs. including school plants.
The Federal Housing Corporation.
created by P. w. A. to undertake slum
clearance and large-scale housing
operations. This agency will consider
also nursery schools. Fairgrounds and
other educational needs.
(copyright. 1s34)
Evening star., 1934-04-29
Disarmament Plans
At a Critical Stage
BY A. G. GARDINER.

LONDON, April 28.-The Bureau of
the Disarmament Conference meets
Monday in circumstances as critical
as any since the conference was set
up.
The abrupt ending by France of the
parallel conversations, coupled with
the reputation of German rearma-
ment and the demand that the whole
subject should 60 back to Geneva. ="
has shocked public opinion here.
Press comment, while restrained, Is
almost unanimously hostile to an
action which was wholly unlocked for.
1t was as much a surprise to the gov
eminent as to the public, for the only
apparent issue between Paris and
London was that of guarantees of
execution" in regard to which it was
common knowledge that the British
government was contemplating impor-
tant concessions.
1t is agreed that Germanys an
nouncement of formidable increases In
ornaments expenditure was provoca-
tive and ill-timed. but 1t offered no
excuse for 50 impetuous and drastic .
Evening star., 1934-04-29
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

The short rations issued TO the
District by Congress, its legislative
provisioner, have long been a subject
of comment and protest. The Star
Of April 29, 1884, says:
THE District of Columbia-the ward
OF the Nation-fares pretty badly at
I'll n. the hands of Its
1ne Dlstrlct congressional guard
in Congress. ian. Yesterday, a
House for the consideration of Dis
trict business, was occupied largely BY
Mr.. Hewitt's question of privilege. ard
when that was disposed of and the
House, after propracted f1libustering
opposition by those District haters.
Messrs. Holman and Blount, had got
to stage where the sewerage bill
was on the point of passage, Mr.. Hol-
man was able to defeat any action
whatever on District affairs for the
day by raising the objection that there
was no quorum present!
The whole time on the previous
District day was consumed in the dis
cussion and passage of a single pri-
vate bill-that relieving Mrs. Eliza
Patterson from the payment OF special
Improvement taxes, making her case
an exceptional one because of her
high social standing as one Of the
eloquent advocates stated. There was
no want of quorum that day, and
some of the prominent members of the
House. who are perpetually higgling
and filibustering in opposition to any
improvement measure of District in
terest, took the floor in fervid sup
port of this measure of social IA
voritism.
This sort of trifing with the legis-
lative needs of community Of l80.-
0G0 people is disgrace to the House.
There will probably be no time during
the rest of the session for the con-
sideration of District bills of vital i'm
portance, such as the sewerage bill;
the bill to amend the Revised Statutes
relating to the District of Columbia;
the free bridge bill; the Potomac fish,
cry bill; the bill regulating steam rail-
roads; the license tax bill; the bill to
amend laws relating to land titles in
the District Of Columbia; the landlord
and tenant bill; the assessment bill:
the police bill; the bill to make Wash
ington port Of entry; the bill regu-
lating the use of avenues, streets, al
leys, etc, and some 40 other bills
Of pressing importance. 1t looks now
as if the single District measure able
to secure the attention of the House
is the bill No. 4689, for the relief OF
Eliza w. Patterson"
Evening star., 1934-04-29
"Seeing" Dillinger.

The hunt for John Dillinger, super
desperate, is producing a somewhat
familiar phenomenon. Almost daily
come reports of his being seen and
identified, sometimes as he is pausins
for some purpose in his stolen motor
car, again as he is passing swiftly
along the road. The other day a
resident of a town in the area where
he is supposed to be scurrying about
from one hide-out to another de-
clared that he recognized the bandit
as he was travelling at the rate of
10 miles an hour. That, Of course,
was preposterously impossible. No
body could ever gain an identifying
look at the occupant of a motor car
Evening star., 1934-04-29
The Power Behind
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES FREEMAN D. D, ILL., D. D. c. L..
Bishop OF Washington

"An image was born before mine
eyes, there was silence, and heard
q voice."
It is difficult to account for the de-
velopment of certain qualities that
disclose themselves in men. No ade-
quate definition of genius has been
given. Balzac says: Genius Is in
tensity."
The great Apostle Paul declared
that his flaming genius had its birth
on the road to Damascus, and he
adds, II was not disobedient unto the
heavenly vision" Discount as we may
these strange and indefinable exper-
fences that now and again startle
men into a course of extraordinary
service and action, the fact remains
that there Is, as Matthew Arnold once
said, a power not of ourselves that
makes for righteousness, and however
we may define it in creeds or church
formularies, it is a continuing source
of inspiration and guidance to those
who have the will to acknowledge and
understand 1t.
That Constantine actually saw in
the heavens a flaming cross with the
legend: "By this Sign Conquer" may
arouse our doubts, but the effect Of
what he saw upon his life is matter
of undisputed fact. the pagan En-
peror became the Christian statesman.
That Joan Of Arc ever beheld the
knight in shining armour bidding her
lead the diSorganized armies of France,
and that she heard what she called
the voices" may strike us as the
vain delusions of an immature and
overimaginative mind. but the fact
remains that, whatever it was that
inspired her, she actually did answer
the strange call and became the mill
tant leader Of triumphant forces. That
Luther had an experience of the in
visible at a great crisis in his life,
and that he thus received real
strength to do valiant service for a
great cause may strain our credu-
lity, but the fact is writ large in
history that the "little monk" of
Wittenberg did become one of the
known.
Each one of these masterful spirits
might say: AN image was before
mine eyes, there was silence, and 1
heard a voice"
The sources of inspiration, the
power that lies behind, who can de-
fine it? The great poem of Job
speaks Of this again and again. From
first to last the conflict between the
invisible forces of good and evil Is
Evening star., 1934-04-29

set forth. Greater than all his rich
and abundant material possessions,
this strange man reckoned with
things spiritual. Men and women talk
in varying terms of the power behind,
the spiritual influence" the divine
afflatus," the voices" those inde-
finable forces that operate upon and
through them. The world calls them
visionary" "spellbound," or highly
imaginative" but let us not forget
that were it not for these gifted ones
who have experienced the power be-
hind, the art galleries, museums, con-
servatories and libraries would be de-
nuded of their greatest works of
genius.
Florence Nightingale is fine ex-
ample of what we mean. Born into
wealth and high social position. deli
cately reared, with family that re-
sisted her every advance into her
chosen calling, she persisted until the
tragic call of the Crimea came, and
breaking all ties she hastened OF to
the pestilential hospitals at Scutari.
Weak of frame. never wholly well,
hindered on every side by oficialdom.
she broke down all resistance and
in six months accomplished the SEEM
ingly impossible. Through all these
stern experiences, and subsequently in
the fruitful years Of her wonderful
life, she felt the urge Of the power
behind, and with an image before her
eyes she heard a voice. Even from
her sick room, through years Of in
validism, she literally dictated the
policies of a nation with reference
to its sick soldiers. No visionary
this woman, but later apostle Of the
gentle Christ, who had caught His
vision and from His example had
learned the art of ministering to the
needs of men.
Just now we need a multitude Of
just such people to set us right. We've
been more disposed to listen to the
voice of the multitude than to yield
ourselves to the subtler voices of the
spirit. 1t is by no means true that,
"the voice of the people is the voice
of God" In olden days it was the
seer who was the statesman, it was
the seer who was the scholar and
the prophet-yes. it was the seer who
was the poet, the writer and the
artist. The stagnant periods are
those where there is no vision. The
uplifted son of God upon the cross
is forever the symbol of the worlds
loftiest vision. whose word, 1T is fin
ished." is the only recorded declara-
ton of life and work rounded and
complete.