Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1935-10-24
BRISBANE
THIS WEEK q

Sloan Sees Light
The Holy City Falls
Il G. B. Shaw Writes
A small boy. asked for tho core of
his apple, said: 'There amt going
to be no core"
Laval, French premier, tired Of dan
gerous goingson in the Mediterranean,
gerous goings on in the Mediterranean,
nounces bluntly: "There amt going
to no war;" requesting England to re-
move her battleships from the Medi-
terranean.
The wise British have known .all
along that there was to be no war;
but thought 1t well to indulge in
virtuous demonstrations.
Britons rarely make diplomatic mis-
takes: diplomats of other countries
are children to them, although France
is an exception to that rule.
Washington believes the war will
end in go days, and has probably been
told so by somebody in Europe.
~AAAA GU OtOdu, OAsS AColOCuL VI 0Cu-
eral Motors, announces "all signals set
for increased automobile sales next
year." and no doubt about it.
He approves an automobile show in
November, instead Of January, as CIV
ing the people more time to realize
that the Important car Is the winter
car, when the automobile wears the
,-I1hhnrCD @h1 hol Gov
Capturing Aksum will impress Ethio-
plans. The holy city, surrendered by
the Philippians without shot, contains
the tombs of all Ethiopian rulers since
the time of Sheba. The Coptic Chris
tian bishop of Aksum voluntarily gave
the keys of the city to the italian Gen.
Emilio de Bono, at Aduwa. He &C.
cepted the keys, proclaimed Italy's
annexation of Aksum, sent force to
surround the city and prevent looting
the monasteries ard the ancient cathe-
dral Of st. Mary Zion.
In that cathedral the original Ark Of
the Covenant is believed to be pre-
served. Ethiopian history relates that
when Solomon sent the son Of his high
priest, with other sons of great dig
after his visit to his father, the son
of the high priest took the original
Ark Of the Covenant with him, sub
shutting an imitation ark, much to the
Indignation of Solomon and that high
priest. In justice to the high priests
son, 1t must be stated that an angel
appeared and gave him instructions
about stealing the ark.
George Bernard Shaw discovers that
Ethiopia, sO-called, is an aggregation
of tribes, one ruled fairly well by
Halle Selassie, who Is called EN-
peror," the others doing about as they
please.
In some of these tribes, what pleases
the natives would seem strange to us.
For instance, among the Danakils
lady will not marry a gentleman until
he proves that he has killed at least
four men. And he must prove 1t by
bringing back the easily Identified
fragments Of four mutilated bodies.
Married life with such a lady should
never be dull.
Wars come, wars go, Standard OIL
goes on forever, working.
Walter Teagle, head of Standard OIL
of New Jersey, with oil wells scattered
over the world, offers to buy every bar
rel of oil that Russia exports, many
million barrels a year. To avoid Ill
feeling, Mr.. Teagle would let British
Royal Dutch-Shell and Anglo-Iranian
have part Of Russia's surplus.
Your Uncle Sam is very rich now,
never had so much gold in his life
The total pile, ian all time HIGH"
amounts to more than fifteen billions
of dollars.
1t wouldn't be such a big pile Of
gold If the government had not In
geniously raised the price of the gold
ounce.
Gold has been coming rapidly from
Europe lately, including some gold that
frightened Americans sent abroad for
It's health.
The United States is becoming more
and more a gambling nation, and, In
consequence, less and less a thinking,