Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1935-09-26

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theless, some Of the
old-fashioned may
s|SS tolerate a reminder
that in his farewell
address George
Washington said:
ut is our true
Arthur Brisbane policy to steer clear
Of permanent alliances with any por-
ton of the foreign world"
Also, with apologies to pacifists ana
high-spirited young college gentlemen
who say they would not fight under
any circumstances, you are reminded
that George Washington said In 1890:
'@Te be prepared for war is one Of
the most effectual means of preserv-
ing peace"
If Mussolini can be scared by Brit
fish gestures, he will be scared, with
England sending her great battleships
to the Gibraltar harbor. Other battle.
ships and thousands of soldiers are
sent to her island of Malta, and,
initiating real war, she is putting sub
marine booms" in the Gibraltar har-
Dor on the assumption that wicked
Mussolini might send submarines to
blow up her battleships; and that Is
exactly what he would do If 1t came
to war.
Mussolini is not alone in his desire
for war. On Sunday in the Ethiopian
capital, Adds Ababa, according to the
Associated Press, 1000 shrieking Eth
opians," yelling "We want war;" gath.
cred before the imperial palace de-
manding weapons. The Associated
Press says: "The scene was so vio-
lent that police confiscated motion pic
ture films Of It." That was wise, be-
cause films might have convinced the
outside world that Philippians and
Italians are much alike under the
skin"
Sewell L. Avery, head Of Mont
gomery Ward & Co., will tell you that
the work Of the tax gatherers in Amer
lea is done thoroughly. His company,
on its regular business in six months,
made $4,349, 768. Taxes on this busi-
ness amounted to $4.600O00. or $751;
600 more than the concern earned.
You might almost call that "discour-
aging business" When you take the
eggs from the nest of the hen that
unlIld RI unY ol
egg, or at least door knob, ito 60 on
with"
Dispatches from Tokyo tell of plan
ming political murder wholesale.
The "god-sent troops" that have
committed occasional murders in high
est places are tired Of "occasional
murders, and decided to wipe out the
Japanese cabinet in an air raid with
bombs, destroy the financial district
of Tokyo, assassinate hundreds Of in
dustrial and financial leaders and ire
establish imperial despotlsm."
The burning Of buildings to put the
throne and Tokyo in a state of chaos
was part of the plan.
Sir Malcolm Campbell, who took his
giant Engllsh-built automobile to the
smooth surface of the Great Salt des-
ert, west Of Salt Lake City. and drove
the car faster than 200 miles an hour,
returns to New York advising motor
lists to drive carefully"
Sir Malcolm. who has surpassed ev-
cry speed record on the surface of the
earth, selects the right place for speed
ing. At home he belongs to English
organizations established to promote
safety.
Sir James Jeans, British astronomer
and physicist, whose "The Mysterious
Universe" and other books you should
read, has changed his mind about the
age of the universe, and. like Profess
sor Einsteln, when he changes his
mind he tells you.
He thinks the universe is about
10000, 000,000,000 or ten trilllons Of
years old. That is a long time to Sir
James Jeans and us, but, for all Jeans
or anybody else knows. 1t may mean
less than one hour In the life of some
''super-universe."
Hitler, talking to his army about
"iron discipline" blames Christianity
and the Hohenzollerns for the rise Of
Communism that IL crushed when
came to power" Whether he crushed
It or not remains to be seen.
A sailor from an American ship Is
locked up in Germany for humming
1.-THE Internatlonale," Communist hymn.
and making the hymn worse by say.
ing something unpleasant about Hitler
Palmetto. Ca. reports negro tenant
farmers selling their salt pork and eat
ing chicken instead, because prices for
pork are higher than for chickens