The Western news., 1936-01-30

~ i s1s flrst time at joint
session OF the lords
AtA.r srisssns and commons, and
solemnly promise to maintain the
true intent Of your enactments to the
best Of my powers
After his coronation, the king must
formally declare his adherence to the
Protestant church, and his obligation
'never to marry 4 Roman Catholic"
That dates back to the Stuarts.
King Edward, who Is not supposed
to contemplate marriage, is the official
head OF the churches of England and
Scotland, and defender OF the faith
From all the world, subjects" OF
the new king and emperor send greet
ings. Representatives OF divine power.
churches Of every religion, Moham-
medan, Hindu. Buddhist, Chinese,
Christian and Jewish, speed the dead
king on his journey and welcome the
new ruler
II the soldiers get their bonus money
there will be some quick spending,
enough to quicken the pulse OF busi-
ness while 1t lasts.
Merchants will get more than $780,
100000 owing on past accounts, and
the observer will notice many new
overcoats, dresses and automobiles.
At the opening Of New York's $3,-
10000 memorial erected to honor the
late Theodore Roosevelt, one speaker
praised President Theodore Roosevelt
as one who saw the necessity for
keeping both the legislatures and the
courts In their proper places"
That perception showed high spirit
| but II some future Theodore Roosevelt
| should go too far In that direction 1t
might become necessary for the legis-
latures and the courts to keep that
President In his proper place.
Gen. Robert Lee Bullard says this
country expects to escape the next
war, but Europe plans to drag us In.
Besides air bombing and poison gas,
General Billiard expects In the next
war attacks with disease germs to
spread deadly epidemics In the enemy's
country. Bubonic plague, scattered
| from airplanes, infected rats scattered
| plentifully might be helpful.
Sometimes literature pays. Kipllng
left several millions. In America alone
his official publishers have sold $500
600 copies Of his books. At the time
of his death "The Jungle Books" alone
paid him ten thousand pounds year
When you hear foolish talk about
revolution" and getting rid OF the
Constitution, remark made by Wash
lngton as he signed the Constitution
may be recalled:
"Should the states reject this ex
cellent Constitution, the probability ii
that an opportunity will never agair
offer to cancel another In peace-the
next will be drawn In blood"
Mrs. Allnda French Of st. Louis, one
hundred and four years old, attribute!
her long life to "hard work In hel
youth and a dutlful son In her olt
age.' She gets along without spec
tacles, is mot interested" In pensions
for the aged, and not at all interested
In politics. "people get over that,
says she, after they reach one hun
dred"
Mrs. French sleeps II hours night
That explains some Of the 104 years
The human race gets used to every
thing. Once our ancestors -shiyered
fell fiat on their faces, when lightnIn
flashed and thunder growled. The
thought some demon was after then
Now men put up lightning rods, proI
erly grounded.
Once the comet WAS considered a
avenging messenger aimed straight a
sinful man. Today Its coming and &c
Ing are understood and predicted, 1t
path marked out.
Something unpleasant is bound
, start somewhere on the earth, wit
all the new theories. new hatreds, me-
armaments, new deadly weapons.
might start on the border betwee
Russia and Japans Manchukuo. Whe
you read, Russia uses force to ha
Japanese" you know the explosio
might come at any time.
} All would regret bloodshed but
would be historically interesting
, see the ancient autocracy of the nj
! kado at war with the modern auto
: racy OF Stain. 1t would be lor
fight. probably.
g King Features Syndicate. Inc.
WNu Service.
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Turkish Peace
or all the nations allied with Ge
!. many In the World war Turkey WI
the last to make peace, the first to r
cover from defeat and the only natit