White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1935-08-08
HERE & THERE
in the
HEADLINES

REGRETT1NG, but not apOlOgNlHg
for, two incidents which offended other
nations was the action which Uncle
Sam was forced to take within the
past weeks.
The first incident occurred July rs
when the Nazi flag of the German
liner Bremen was torn down and
trampled by alleged communists In re-
ply to Germany's formal note of pro-
test, the government replied that while
it regretted the incident, the police
had done everything in their power
to prevent serious consequences OF the
anticipated demonstration, that the
officers of the steamship did not deem
it necessary to adopt measures pro-
posed by the police, and that the per-
sons implicated in the disorder are be-
ing held for trial. There was, how
ever, no direct apology.
The second note of regret was sent
this week to the Japanese govern
ment, which had informally protested
against cartoon appearing in an Am
erican magazine. The cartoon depict
ing events never likely to happen,
showed the Japanese emperor hauling
a ricksha on which was inscribed,
Japanese emperor gets Nobel peace
prize"
In reply to Japan's protest, the gov
eminent said that it was sorry that
the Japanese government was offended
but that this government had no CEN
sorship over the contents of newspapers
or magazines, and that there was no
action it could take.
WAR OF REPRISAL against the
protective tariff became a probability
this week as midwest farmers solicited
funds to finance court battle on the
constitutionality of the century -and-a-
half old tariff principle, and it is said
that suit will be instituted at once
to contest the Smoot- Hawley tariff act.
This action is being taken on the
grounds that if the AAA processing
tax is unconstitutional, then the tariff,
on the same grounds, is also uncon-
stitutional. A spokesman of the profess
ants explained that if industry will
not permit the government to protect
the farmer through the processing tax,
they do not propose to permit the con-
tinued protection of industry by tariff
They hope, by this process, to show
that the processing tax is as fair as
the tariff which has protected indus
try for over a hundred years.
A NOVEL method of introducing a
new language to a people which has
used another vocabulary for hundreds
of years is told in dispatch from
Turkey, which says that Turkish news
papers are to be obliged to use five
new words each day until the public
absorbs them and makes them part OF
it's daily speech.
The language commission will senc
out a daily bulletin which will Kill
off five words of the Sultan-age vo-
cabulary and order the use of the new
Kemalist synonyms.
REMINISCENT of pre-repeal days
when racketeers were more OTTER
acquitted than convicted by juries, {
New York state jury Thursday acquit-
ted Arthur Dutch Schultz) Flegen
llei1ner, alleged underworld leader, O.
federal income tax evasion. The resul
was a distinct surprise to most Wht
had followed the case, as the govern
ment's evidence was considered yer.
strong.
A singing rebuke was administered
the jury by the presiding judge VIII
said "You will go home with the sat
isfaction, if it is a satisfaction, tina
you have rendered a blow against lay
enforcement and given aid and en-
enlargement to the people who woul
f1aunt the laws
IN DEFIANCE of the federal trea
sury departments ruling that sales ta
tokens are in the nature of illega
money, the Washington state tax com
mission announced this week that
will continue to use them; will, i
fact, mint another 100000 of them i
the near future.
1t was pointed out by the tax com
mission that it had been ordered t
put these tokens in use by the legis
lature, and could not fail to carry OF
this order without court order to tn
contrary, or reversing act of tn
legislature.
Meanwhile, the proposal of the fec
eral government to mint one-miu an
half-cent pieces to overcome the lille
gality of state minted tokens was see
to have little chance of becoming fat
as congressman expressed their oppt
sition to the scheme, indicating ths
such a measure would have little (
no chance of being adopted by Cor
gress.