Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-01-23

fully on the southern front; have
penetrated 1875 miles into Ethiopia,
and have killed some 5000 Ethiop-
ians. Much of this sounds improb-
able. and all of it is denied by the
Ethiopian government which ridi-
cules the claim on the ground that
nowhere do it's SOLDIERS appear in
mass formation; they are scattered
over such a wide territory and in
such fashion that it would be i'm
possible for the Italians to destroy
5000 of them in the course of a few
days. To this may be added that no
neutral observers to date have con-
firmeC' the Italian victory bulletins.
Even assuming that the Italian
stories might be true, victories in the
south would be of no great impor-
lance since most of the Ogaden ter
ritory is desert land 1t is the north
ern front which Is decisive, and here
all accounts agree that the Italians
have made no progress for the last
three months.
Conference at Standstill.
Attempts to obtain further agree
ments about an extended treaty pro-
viding for the socalle6 limitation of
ereat-power navies seem doomed; the
conference, in progress at London be-
tween the United States, Great Brit
ain, France. Italy and Japan, is, prac-
tically speaking. at a standstill as
the result of Japan having withdrawn
her delegation. America and Eng
demands for navy equal to theirs;
nor would they consider the Japanese
proposal that all Of the big navies
be reduced; and Japan refused to be
satisfied with the position as an in
ferior sea power.
In some ineffective fashion the
conference goes on between the four
remaining participants, and there is
some talk of asking Germany and
Russia to take part, but nowhere does
one hear promise, or see a sign,
Of approaching naval limitation. On
the other hand, there are plenty OF
indications that an ornaments race,
started some time ago, will be con-
tinued. and with added energy.
Kipling and Saklatvala.
Just as the English last week were
beginning to feel anxiety about their
monarch-who passed away on Mon
day-death removed from their midst
two other men, who, in widely diver
gent fields, had achieved prominence
One was the world-famous poet and
novelist, Rudyard Kipling. who died
at the age of 20 after an illness of
few days; all the world knows-in
many languages-his Kim" "The
Light that Failed" plain Tales of
the Hills" Soldiers Three Cap
tains Courageous" and ever so many
of his sturdy poems like "On the Road
to Mandalay," "Gunga Din" Danny
Deever," etc. Today Kipling's ashes
will be buried in the poets corner
of Westminster Abbey there to rest
with the dust of so many others of
those who earned immortality in the
hall of fame of English literature.
Prominent, although less widely
mer member Of the British parlia-
ment; like Kipling, he was a native
of Bombay, but, unlike Kipling, he
was Parsee, and not of English
descent. Saklatvala, who died few
hours before Kipling, was the first
Communist to be elected a member
Of parliament; he was known for his
courageous defiance of conservative
groups, and on several occasions he
got into trouble because of his out
spoken statements. Once he was i'm
prisoned for two months; and on an
other occasion the American author
tiles refused him permission to visit
the United States. Saklatvala, who
was 81 years old, was characterized
as a remarkably mild man in vast
contrast to the extreme nature of his
views"