The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-12-19

| z&$s billions might be
] well spent in that
K. - direction.
Ignoring some Ital-
ian friction, the king went on to say,
MY relations with foreign powers
continue friendly"
Mentioning the Italian misunder-
standing, he said: my government
will continue to exert their influence
in favor of peace" If 1t does, peace
will come
Halle Selassie, emperor of Ethiopia,
sensibly asked the Patriarch Johannes,
supreme authority of the Ethiopian
Coptic church, to arrange peace, If he
can, with Mussolini, and Abuna Cyril,
high bishop of his church, is asked by
SelasSie to do his best
And now comes from Universal
Service the important authoritative re-
port that Halle Selassie has agreed
to give part of his territory to Italy
in return for peace.
| Washington says this country plans
a series of Pacific ocean "Gibraltars,"
armed with 16-inch guns with a fight
ing range of % to 80 miles. Quite
amusing, considering that the original
Gibraltar has become a useless rock,
thanks to airplaneS and submarines.
Invading airplanes might not be kind
enough to come within % or 80 miles
| nf thnSn int
What this country needs for coast
protection is airplanes, for fighting,
and dirigibles for observation, located
close enough together and high enough
up in the air to make them really use
full in the next war.
Uncle Sam borrows S9OO,0O0,O00
more, bringing the national debt above
S30, 100000, but $4,000, 100000 be-
low the amount that certain great
bankers" told President Roosevelt this
| country could easily carry. Congress
man Hamilton Fish Jr wants Presi-
dent Roosevelt to tell who the great
| bankers were, but it is understood
| that they talked in confidence.
Prince Sunni of Japan, brother of
the Mikado, fourth son of the late
Emperor Yoshihito, takes the title
"Prince Mikasa," meaning, literally,
''Prince of the Three Umbrellas" The
name Three Umbrellas is taken from
a japanese mountain and is also the
much revered name of the flagship
on which Admiral Togo fought the
| battle of the Japan sea.
"Three Umbrellas" seems apprOpri-
ate-one for Japan, one for China, one
for the Philippines; all Japanese.
The village of Verde Cocha, near
Guayaquil, in Ecuador, exists no long
er. A landslide wiped out everything,
| instantly killing fifty inhabitants. A
slice of green mountainside, two miles
wide, came roaring down, and there
was no trace of the village and no man
lived to tell about it.
| But other men will rebuild Verde
Cocha for men are as persistent as
ants. that rebuild their little villages
when the gardeners hose sweeps them
away.
! Poor China abandOns hope for her
northern territory and its 95.OOO,OO0
inhabitants, that Japan wants. China
suspects that Japan "plans a series OF
blows to force the entire Chinese ma
ton into vassalage to Tokyo" Asia
for Japan" is the Japanese motto, and
Japan knows how to go about II. No
signs of 'fifty-two members of the
League of Nations telling Japan, You
| must not"
Senator Borah of Idaho and Con-
gresham Hamilton Fish, Jr. of New
York had a long talk, and reporters
'guess" that Senator Borah and Mr..
Fish have agreed to run side by side,
Senator Borah for President, Mr.. Fish
for Vice President. 1t is not safe to
"guess" about Senator Borah. but Il
would be wise for the Republicans TO
decide soon.
When experimenting starts. 1t keeps
going. Hitler, manufacturing cannon,
knows they will need fodder" and
insists on more babies. German
farmer gets a divorce because his wife
| wants no children.
'It is the duty of German wives to
perpetuate the German blood" the
court says.
Miss Edna Maria Granitsas. twenty
| two-year-Old member of a MasSachu-
talk too much do not let children talk
enough. She says children should be
encouraged to express themselves The
Massachusetts lady goes far when she
says ''If child wants to yell out ia
class, let the child yell until he decides
| not to yell" Discipline is also part
! of education.
G King Features Syndicate Inc
WNU Service.