The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-03-13

The twenty-four-year-old widow Of
a Japanese officer who committed sui
eide after the recent rebellion sends
a letter of apology to Your august
majesty" the Japanese emperor, say
ing: II believe the spirit of my hus-
band, whose body lies in coffin be-
fore me, also sorrows for those who
fell"
A most serious people, the Japanese,
particularly where their emperor is
concerned.
Doctor Dafoe, modest man from
Canada, who understands quintuplets,
dropped in to say the five little girls
are doing well, fighting frequently,
sign Of a normal condition. They like
sleeping outdoors with the weather 30
below zero, but in daytime only. 1t
would delight you to see their red
cheeks
Three hundred and seventy-five thou
sand visitors, nearly all from the Unit
ed States, came to look through fence
at the quintuplets last year; 100000
are expected this year. The baby girls
are wonderful advertisement for
Canada. Many that go to see them
will buy farms and stay.
A democratic young person is Edward
the Eighth, new king Of England and
emperor of India. Broadcasting to
2OO,OOO,OOO that live under the British
flag and occupy one-quarter of the
earth's surface, he does not refer to
them as my subjects" or my peo-
ple," as his predecessors did, but calls
them "fellow men,"
And Edward VIII does not refer to
himself as "we," which Is customary
with other rulers. His father spoke
of my empire" and my dear people"
and called himself "we."
President Roosevelt submits to con-
gress a plan to increase heavily in
come taxes of corporations suspected
of holding many billions of profits not
distributed. The taxes might run to
over 33 per cent.
You never can tell what Wall Street
will think. President Roosevelt's tax
alton program sends stocks up. Per-
haps Wall Street has no "undistributed
reserves" Great industries will not
be forbidden reasonable cash sur
pluses, presumably. Such rule would
make expansion and increased employ
ment impossible.
A Joint resolution in the house and
senate suggests congressional medal
of honor for the late Gen. William
Mitchell, head of the American air
forces in the big war. Few congress-
men would vote against tribute to
a man who fought so well for his coun-
try, and the medal would please his
widow and children.
If congress wants to honor the men,
ory Of General Mitchell as he would
wish. 1t will build more airplanes and
lead the world in aviation instead Of
trailing.
Uncle Sam paying rent to Panama
for the canal, offering the usual $780,
900 rent installment, was told: mo,
we do not take 59-cent dollars"
Washington admits that while it may
try interesting experiments with its
own money, and tell its own citizens
"Gold is too good for you," it has no
right to make the outside world suffer.
Panama will get an amount of money
equal to 100000 of our dollars before
we slid off the gold basis and into the
limitation bond era.
Sometimes government ownership
gets things done. Germany's postal
ministry opens the first long-distance
Observation-Disclosures in the world, be-
tween Berlin and Leipzig-the charge
for three minutes only $1.40. When
you call up, a strong, blush light"
Eliminates your face, which is seen by
the person at the other end of the line.
That would have been improbable
when telephones were installed in the
big Paris exposition, not so long ago.
Four years ago the Lindbergh child
was kidnapped. Bruno Hauptmann,
convicted of the kidnapping and MUIR
der. caught spending the marked gold
certificates that Lindbergh paid in a
vain effort to get back his child, is
still alive.
It is said that he will have another
reprieve. Our system of justice is not
hasty.
The post office shows that efficiency
In government Is not impossible. No
private concern would send letter
from Florida to Alaska for three cents,
collecting and delivering the letter.
@ King Features Syndicate. Inc.
WNU Service.