The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-11-02
BRISBANE
THIS WEEK
Deeds, Not Words
Many Kings, Real Ones
A Great Frenchman
ST. a Day and Board

with our anxieties about Communists
whispering propaganda.
In Russia the trouble is the other
way around. Fascists in Russian fac
tories are spreading Fascist propagan-
da among Communist workers, telling
them that Communism is failure.
Here we are content to moan, wiring
our hands, roll our eyes toward heaven.
In Russia they believe in words, not
deeds only, and three engineers of the
"Kuhnetzk" metallurgical works are
ordered shot for praising Fasclsm, the
Mussolini kind of dictatorship, as COM
pared with Communism, the Stain
kind of dictatorship.
Serbians gathered along the line as
King Alexander's body passed be-
moaned the passing "of the last real
king In Europe" Other kings must
take orders from parliament. 1t was
the last real king who was passing.
King Alexander did make his own
laws and enforce them, but in so doing
he aroused the hatred of Croatians, one
of whom killed him. He might better
have initiated mild King George of Eng
land, and allowed his parliament and
ministers to carry the load of response
bility.
However, plenty of other 'real
kings remain in Europe-Mussolini in
Italy, Stain in Russia, Hitler in Ger
many. They do not at the moment
wear golden crowns or cloaks of err
mine, but any one of them may wear
one or both, and, in the meanwhile,
they are real "kings" as regards power,
greater, more absolute, than Alexan-
der ever had.
With the death Of Raymond Poin-
care, France loses a noble patriot and
great statesman.
Four times prime minister of France,
he was wartime president of the
French republic.
All of France knows that Poincare,
q devoted patriot, member of one of the
most distinguished intellectual fami-
lies of France, died Of strain and over
work, to which he cheerfully submitted
In the service of his country.
Happy the nation that, like France,
can boast of so many devoted sons,
shining with patriotism through the
ages.
For the first time since January,
1882, according to the Department of
Acria q ,f forv
laborers has gone up to 81 day and
board.
The 81 day and what you need to
eat seems small, but there was time
when President of the United States
complained seriously that he could not
hire really good American workman
for less than 500 year. Times, bad
as they are, improve But actual
wages mean little. The important ques-
ton is not how much are you paid,
but how much can you get for your
money?
Sir Arthur Schuster, one of Eng
lands ablest mathematical physicists,
is dead at eighty-three. Born in Frank
fort, a German of the Jewish race, he
chose to live and work in England for
many years.
Had he stayed in Germany he prob
ably would have been driven out in his
old age. The British king conferred
knighthood upon him, making him "Sir
Arthur Schuster, in appreciation of
his services to science and Britain.
Germany's Protestants protest vio-
lently against the Hitler government,
going so far as to denounce the Nazi
church as "Satan's agent" The
Protestant church demands the right
for Protestants to worship and believe
as they choose. This Protestant anti
Hitler demonstration makes it unani-
nous, with Catholics, Jews, Protestants
united In denunciation of interference
with religious and racial freedom.
The American Federation of Labor
hopes for 100000 more members with
in a year, and President Green, in San
Francisco, predicts that increase in
1885.
If new members paid in dues only
$40 year, which would be very little
for the protection that the American
federation offers, the new membership
would mean an increased income Of
$10,OO0,OO0 a year, very substantial
addition to union labor's war chest.
The late Percy Rockefeller, son of
John d. Rockefeller's brother, William,
said to have left S100OOO,OO0 behind
him, gave everything to his widow.
Mr.. John A. Carver and the National
City bank of New York are executor
and trustee.
Mr.. Rockefeller's will mentions no
gifts to charity. Perhaps he thought
his widow would spend the money as
wisely as any charity could spend it,
and perhaps he was right.
At least he set a good example,
showing appreciation of his wife and
leaving her the "head of the family"
French authorities announce a new
"death light ray" manufactured from
a metal procured only In this coun-