The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-05-10

Cher Graves what
Arthur Brisbane the other owns.
Some day, let us hope, the two
tries will be one, by mutual agreement,
or Canada might annex the United
States in a friendly way, If that were
more acceptable, a majority of voters
ruling.
The North American continent, from
the Mexican border to the North pole,
should be one nation, or If Mexico and
others would come in, all the way down
to the Panama canal, so much the bet.
ter.
There will be no war between this
country and any part of the British
empire. Common sense forbids it. Any
air base of ours would probably be as
useful to Canada as to ourselves, and
we should be delighted to see Canada
establish a string of air bases to the
north of us, especially along her Pa
cific and Atlantic coasts.
Secretary Morgenthau, never In
business as a banker, interested, per-
sOnally, in farming more than in mon
ey, has shown the outside world, to
its surprise, that he can make the
American dollar keep its place in the
procession, regardless of many billions
of bond issues, nc gold basis, and other
novelties.
Gamblers that ordinarily enjoy spec
ulation in Exchange" are afraid of the
American dollar. And !curiously, while
some Americans are sending money to
other countries, to make it ''safe," for
eigners, and especially Britishers, are
the United States.
Washington discusses a "West Point
for war on crime" a semi-military
school under the attorney general to
train fighters to meet the national
crime army. that collects almost as
much money as the national govern
ment itself takes in.
The war would be simple If govern
ment would treat crime rs it would
an outbreak of yellow fever, or Asiatic
cholera, taking it really seriously.
Habitual criminals are known, men
Of ten or fifteen convictions, racketeers.
gunner. Make it clear that once
locked up they would never get out as
long as they lived and you would see
the crime fade away.
Very bad news for this country, in
which efficiency and energy count as
public asset number one is the sudden
death of Alfred du Pont, stricken with
heart disease in his residence near
Jacksonville, Fla. At seventy years Of
age Mr.. du P0nt was planning, rs he
should be, all sorts of new enterprises
that would have been interesting to
him. He needed no more money, want.
ed to be useful.
Great Britain is excited about the
Germans building submarines. especial
~ annoyed to learn that the subma-
rines are of a super" type. carrying
guns as well as torpedo tubes, able
to hunt British or other ships any.
where or earth, some alleged to carry
a small airplane, easily launched.
DIltolh huS pIouC~Ookky lLS SuDluuL AuCSt
but that is different. German sub.
marines now finished are about to
start maneuver practice off Wilhelms-
hafen.
Nations rise to great heights, glorl.
Gus power, then crumble, disappear;
desert sands cover their streets and
temples. Patient archaeology digs them
out and wonders. Read Volney's
"Ru1ns of Empires to find that process
we'll described.
What causes it? Do nations grow
old and die naturally" inevitably, as
Individuals do? Sometimes plaques
wipe them out: the black death nearly
destroyed Europe. Malaria tore down
the power of Rome and recently killed
some $4,000, following a sudden mos
quito attack in the Far East.
You are not surprised to learn, in
spite of pacifist protests and protests
from certain Japanese who are not
pacifists, the President thinks it wise
to explore around and see just what
this country needs in the way Of ''de-
tense methods" on the Pacific.
A crime, unbelievable, has been re-
ported from Texas. Howard Plerson.
aged, twenty. killed his mother and
father, then shot himself In the arm,
pretending that bandits had done II.
After police had kept him awake
for awhile he confessed, said he did 1t
"fOr revenge" Z -
He did 1t actually, authorities de.
clared. for $1,000 insurance on his
fathers life. He killed the mother
because she would have got the insur.
ance.
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