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announced the suspension Of all war
debt payments because of their un-
derstanding "in consequence of recent
legislation no such declaration would
now be possible"
About a week later Secretary Of
State Hull wrote to Sir Ronald Lind
say, the British Ambassador, as fol-
lows:
"The Attorney General has advised
me that, in his opinion, the debtor
governments which, under the rul-
ing of his Office of May S, 1884, are
not at present considered In default
because of partial payments made on
earlier instalments, would have to pay
only the amount Of the instalment
due June Is, 1884 in order to
remain outside the scope of the act"
Decline Payment Resumption.
But Great Britain declined to re-
sumo payments and the other ma
tions except Finland) followed Bri-
tains lead. Her position was that
"the primary question for settlement
is the amount that should be paid,
having regard to all circumstances
of these debts" This means that
refunding arrangements now in force
were made by Great Britain at time
when she expected substantial repara-
tions payments from Germany and
that they should be revised in the
light of the changed situation caused
by the virtual scrapping of repara-
tions payments at Lausanne.
With regard to the Greek debt, the
official records disclose that, on Feb
ruary 10, 1918, an agreement was
made with Greece by the. governments
of Great Britain, France and the
United States, providing for advances
Of approximately $48 100000 to be
made to Greece~unde certain condi-
tions- AS a result of this agreement
the United States made advances to
Greece in 1919 and 1920 aggregating
SIS, 100000. From time to time
Greece has urged certain claims for
additional advances, but without sue
cess. For instance, in the latter part
of 1925 and the early part of 1926,
two special commissioners from
Greece consulted with the World War
Foreign Debt Commission, created by
an act of Congress Of February 9, 1922,
with this end in view, but their efforts
were unsuccessful.
The Greek Government maintained
that there existed a commitment to
them of the remainder of the orig
inal $48,000,000. Having received
$4,000, 900 up to that time from the
United States, they claimed the re-
manning $33,000,000. But Secretary
Mellon pointed out that the original
commitment was joint undertaking
between France, Great Britain and
the United States, and scince France
had failed to advance any funds and
Greece had released Great Britain
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should cancel or virtually cancel, the
war debts in return for some material
concession looking toward real inter-
national peace based upon justice.
Recent developments in Europe, with
France and Germany armed to the
teeth and Great Britain embarking
upon an ambitious armament program,
rather impel one to ask, is the Greek
offer the camel's nose under the tent
to drag the United States into under
writing another war to end war?
Perhaps there is need Of another Lac
coon, who, when the Grecian horse
was being introduced inside the walls
Of Troy, exclaimed, II fear the Greeks,
even when bearing giftsl"
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Gasoline Sale Forbidden
To Drunken Motorists

CANTON. Ohio tP.-A new plan to
curb drunken driving is being tried
out here.
City Council adopted an ordinance
forbidding filling station operators
from selling gasoline to drivers who
appear to be intoxicated. The at
tendants face fine of not less than
$25 and not more than $500 and Jail
sentence Of not less than 10 days nor
more than 80 II convicted Of violating
the measure.
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economy"-I quote Mr.. Walter Lipp-
mann-Were N. r. A. and triple A
Were those two mechanisms still in
existence they would by this time be
carrying America toward collectivist
form of society so plainly that all
could see. And because of that and
other objections to them they would
be objects of deep and increasing hos
tility from the people. If N. r. A.
and triple A were still with us the
coming campaign would take the form
OF a clear issue between, on the one
hand, democracy and individualism,
and, on the other hand, colIectivist
form OF society which would neces-
sarily bring In its train q changed
form of Government.
, N. r. A. Now on Way Out.
, N. r. A. even before the Supreme
Court invalidated 1t by unanimous
decision, was on its way toward ex-
tinction through the process by which
national prohibition was killed
through sheer resentment against it
and refusal to obey it. It has been
said that the Supreme Court did not
kill N. r. A.-the court merely pro-
nounced the funeral sermon over the
corpse. To put it that way goes too
far The Supreme Court decision was
on May 81. At that moment the orig
inal statutory life Of N. r. A. was COM
ing to an end. 1t had been enacted
for two years and the term would
have expired June 13. Precisely
while the court was celebrating over
its constitutionality the New Dealers
were preparing to renew it indefinitely.
With the power Mr.. Roosevelt and the
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BY GASTON NERVAL.

VX YHEN the new United States
\AI Panama treaty became
Wv known a few days ago,
special attention WAS maid
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NEW TAXES AND INITIATION

Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau told the
Senate Finance committee, in what is described as
a surprise statement that the federal government
deficit for the present fiscal year will be almost sia
billion dolars-$5 966, 900 900 are the figures Mr.
Morgenthau mentioned. He also estimated a deficit
for the coming year of $2,675, 100000. Which
would bring the national public debt up to $37,
OO0, OOO, 900 at the, end of the next period.
If this was a surprise to the senate it should be
shock to the rest of the country. On the con-
trary it is accepted with apathy which suggests
that it is only just what we expected
We are getting altogether too much accustomed
to the sound of these billions of dollars when as
matter of fact we ought to be disturbed and
frightened by them-and we are not.
1t is especially unfortunate that the members OF
congress seem to think that billions of dollars which
are borrowed and spent as easily as these, can be
just as easily raised and paid off by taxation.
The situation, however, is beginning to be dis
turbing. Business and industry are becoming res,
tive and beginning to hedge against the congress,
sional threat of exhorbitant taxes.
And congress is showing other signs of running
Wild There's the infatonary Frazier-Lemke bill
which is just being forced to vote by ma
jority petition of the members of the house.
This and the desperate search for means to raise
billions of dollars of new sorts of taxation are
threatening to stop the progress of business and
industrial recovery.--Rock Hill Is c. Herald.
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| WAS THINKING TODAY
By WICKES WAMBOLDT

cussions, no speeches, no conflicts
the ring does not want those
things-would not stand for them;
all it wants is a quick ratification
Of its determinations.
Councilmen under a ring ad-
ministration have no committee
work to do except for publicity
purposes. They have no individual
study to make of municipal ques-
tions, and they do not have to lie
awake nights working out COM
munity problems. They were not
elected to do those things, but to
approve the plans and to be the
fellows out front for a secret
government.
y Now it is different when the
city government board is nomi-
mated and elected by popular
vote, Those fellows have to work,
and what is worse, they have to
worry. They have to make al!
their own decisions. They have to
do their own studying of ques-
IlOUS. uelIS dlOIlC 10 IllS lSDPNh
sibility. They must hold many,
many unofficial conferences which
ring newspapers term, not "pre-
council meetings" but 'secret
sessions" for they have many,
many details which they must ia
miliarize themselves with and
work out before they can intelli-
gently deal with a matter on the
floor of the council.
And the public is interested in
the city cuoncil which it has nomi-
mated and elected, and in the work
Of such council. In one city, for
instance, in which a popularity
nominated and elected non-parti-
san city council occupied the city
hall, the council .chamber was US
ually filled at every meeting and
standing room often at a prem
ium. The citizens took keen in
.terest in the proceedings of the
council; they made many sugges-
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NEWSPAPERS OPINION
ALLEY CATS

In Fitful Flashes, the column which frequently
appears to the west of this, you will find, more
often than not, gems of straight-thinking that
ougbt to be accentuated by backing the type and
doube-leading the lines. Here is significant little
observation which appeared the other day that will
bear repeating: -..-
.In New York last week an alley cat took of
the honors at some sort of animal show because
of her mouse catching ability.
(Which Just goes to prove what we intend to
believe It'll we die in spite of ERA, WPA and all
the glorifed breadlines known to man-that the
one that has to do, comes nearer doing than the
one that doesn't. If that alley cat had been given
access to somebody's doorstep and saucer OF
milk chances are the mice would have lived IN
peace but having to catch 'em or starve it caught
,em-and cats and men aren't different along
that line if you ask US"
The same being interpreted, means that the au-
thor of that column believes that much that has
been done in the name of relief has only mudded
the waters; that the various relief agencies nave
served to discourage selfreliance and set-depend-
ence good old American traits that have been the
keystone to national progress; that in placing
SANGER of milk within easy reach, we have en-
couraged reliefers to disregard such opportunities
for individual advancement might have been,
doubltess WERE only to be reached out for-human
alIev cats that if they had to catch em or stalVe'
would have caught 'em.
That's putting it little strong OF course 1t IS
easier TO say, now that we out from under the
darker clouds of the depression that actually tried
mons souls. when look where would and hum
orv as we were, the mice were mighty, mighty
scarce.
Yet the principle applies-the principle of the
alev cat and its responsibility to itself under cir
cumstance of necessity. Because the relieter has
had a responsibility that many of them did not
measure up to- Probably the government had no
purpose to make mendicants of big slice of its
citizenry, and in emergency may not have been
able to cook its plans, but it was in fair way to
achieve this result.
Now, in the calm of the storm, there is no ex-
cuse for failure to pause and take stock of the
situation. There are still "unemployables '-ctl-
zens who are unable to maintain themselves
through their own efforts-but after making GER
tain that they are not "empoyabes,' there should
be no further playing politics with their misery.
Maybe national relief was too big job for the
Red Cross but if that organization could have han
died it, we'll bet there would now be fewer alley
cats depending on their of milk, even though
political fences might not have been so bull-proot
-Statesville Daily
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HAS FALLEN SHORT

We cannot conceal our admiration for Justice
Rivers Buford of the Florida supreme court, who,
in speaking before wopans Democratic club, de-
clared that he had seen little in the way of i'm
provement in political affairs since women gained
the right of suffrage in 1920.
He declares that women have "been slow to as
sumo the responsibility of electors, slow to exer-
else the right of leadership and slow to demand,
en- masse, more wholesome political atmosphere"
Expressing his disappointment over the situa-
ton, the Florida jurst said he Rad chopped and be-
heyed, as did many others, that political affairs
throughout the nation would be benefited and
purified by the influence of women in politics"
Justice Buford, in these remarks, was speaking
along the very lines of which many of US have
been thinking for quite few years. Womans
suffrage was hailed, recall as the saving
grace OF politics. The influence of the womans
vote was supposed to have beneficial effect. I'm
doubtedly the vote of the good women of America
would have purifying influence ON things politi-
cal, but the tragedy of it is that the women of the
United States have not exercised this privilege and,
as Justice Buford points out, have been too slow
to assume the responsibility Of electors.-Ander-
SON Is. CO. Record.
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tions. Debates between the coun-
cilmen were often spirited, eX-
tensive and illuminating.
After four years of that kind
of government the city hall was
re-captured by the political ring
through a surprise attack of trick
cry. treacherv and tyranny. Al
most Immediately the citizens lost
interest in the council meetings;
The council chamber was deserted
except for the council-whic,h
suited the political ring to a gnat's
heel-political rings thrive on the
Indifference and ignorance OF
voters.
Nonpartisan city government
means more work for all concern
ed. 1t means more agitation. 1t
means continual public discussion
of municipal affairs. But it pro
notes honest, efficient, healthy
city affairs. 1t brcathes the true,
deep spirit of democracy into
municipal life. 1t is worth a thou
sand times the effort it costs.
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BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON
BY RODNEY BUTCHER

speech and description" Of its de.
livery.
This said it was a Sensational"
speech, told how Dickinson en-
phasized certain points with
studied deliberation," and de-
clared he had exhibited cans OF
dog food to the Senate.
-s AS a matter of fact, Dickinson
displayed no dog food and had to
explain that he had it in his Of
fee. All this was another exam
pie of the Republican national
committees fooled publicity,
which is rapidly becoming no.
torious-causing the Strategists
behind the Governor Landon can
didacy to tear their hair.
It gave newspaper correspond
ents a chance to write funny sto-
ries and Democratic senators
chance to take lot of the edge
off the Dickinson speech.
. y
THIS calls to mind the rumor
L that Prof. Asher Hobson, one
of the Republican national COM
mittee's new brain trusters," in
spired the Dickinson manuscript
Until recently Hobson was con-
nected with the Department OF
Agriculture and the new AAA soil
conservation program. His col
leagues regarded him as rather a
New, Dealer. r.
There are certain dangers in at
taching a "brain trust to po-
litical organization and the Repub-
lican committee has been having
trouble with one or two of its
brain trusters, whose ideas as to
solution of national problems are
so logical as to be more radical
than New Deal panaceas.
The Democratic national COM
mittee, perhaps on the theory that
brains and politics don't mix,
won't allow a brain truster within
half a mile of it, although the adj
ministration itself is full of them.
ttopyright. 1886. NEA Service. Incl
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what contractor VIII geC VIC ~
and how much he will kick back
into the pockets of the I1ng lead
ers, are little points with which
the members of the city council
do not have to concern them
selves. That a market house is to
be built, where, when and at what
cost, are details that the city coun-
ell do not have to worry their
pretty heads about.
1t is simple job sitting on a
city council under a ring admins
tration. All that the members
have to do is to gather for a few
moments in what the ring news
paper terms "pre-council meet
ing" and find out what they are
to do when they go into public
session. The job out on the floor
is quickly disposed Of. Such-and-
such is moved by So-and-So, sec,
onded by So-and-So, and voted
unanimously. Fifteen or 20 min
utes and everybody is on his way.
There are no arguments, no dis
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BY RODNEY BUTCHER
NEA Service STAG Correspondent

q
WASHINGToN-The size Of the
audience which listened to the
Canned dog food" speech of SEN
ator L. J. Dickinson (Rep., Ia.),
auctuating as it did between low
point of one senator and a high
water mark of five senators, might
be taken as an approximate
measure of the enthusiasm in
Washington over the senator's
candidacy for the presidency, I
Failure Of the speech to make
an effective issue, and certain as
poets of it which melted to
laughter, provided an example of
the sort of thing which confines
the Dickinson support to tiny frag-
ments Of the Republican party.
Few who sat through the sena-
tors long and dreary keynote
speech at the Chicago convention
four years ago have ever quite
forgiven him. It is at least ten
able theory that Dickinson's" as
pirations for the presidency were
settled then and there.
But "Hell Roaring Dick" as he
is called, had a secret conference
with Herbert Hoover few weeks
ago and all who talked with him
thereafter noticed a new CLEAN in
his eye. s They gathered the dis
tinct impression that, second only,
to Mr.. Hoover, Senator Dickinson5
was Mr.. Hoover's candidate for
the Republican nomination.
WHEN Dickinson rose to tell the
=" world that 100000 cans of
dog food were being consumed by
human beings, everyone felt that
this was his first big blast in a
plunge for the presidency.
Publicity sheets from western
headquarters of the Republican
national committee were distrib-
uted in advance with text of the
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TEACHERS in the school at

TEACHERS in the school at
l. tended by young Andre MARI
Ampere, French genius, marvelet
at his speed at figures. Through
out his life, this great French sci
enlist reveled in mathematics, We
his greatest work lay in his dis
covery of the relationship between
magnetism and electricity.
Born in ITS. Ampere became
a professor and noted naturalis'
by the time he was 26. Starting
his career as author of book or
the Mathematical Theory O.
Chances" he soon became inter
ested in electricity, and his re.
search in that field won him cleo.
ton to the famous Academy o.
Sciences in 1914. He had made
surprising discoveries in electro.
magnetism and had prepared the
way for the great achievements ir
electricity of Michael Faraday. A!
a result of his discoveries and in.
iventions, the French wizard:
name is perpetuated in the "am.
u a 4 u.
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More Man, Not |
More Men R;,|
Need, He Saw

At its weekly mcctir, n.
day at the SkyIand hotel ,5 5sT 4
tary club heard an address b..
Rev. Broadus +. Wall, r,.. w
the First Baptist chprcb ',,"
subject, "Wantcd i Man, W \
The speaker declared j..
man is not measured bv b H'd l
his wealth, rank or social n "S =
but that the true mcs<rr ro,U 4
man are honesty. trutbfnrs%,,
and unselfishncss. The grcs, :, y,
he said, is not for more Men i /
for more man. ~
Observing Music Week +, .
heard two Mcdowell ycIcc,i +,
Miss Norma Osborne, Of :'' y,
River, accompanied by Mis-. r.
Dotson at the piano. ~
Phillip Thibodcau was rro,.,
ed as the Junior Rotarisr ,.'
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SHERIFF KEEPS DIGNITY

TOLEDO, May 6. (UP)-Sign
posts from the Lucas county sher-
ifs office inadvertently were en-
ected on the Wood county side OF
the line. The Wood county sher-
iff promptly tore them down, toss
cd them into Jail, and asked who
was the sheriff Of his county, any
way.
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UNEARTH OLD MILL

FOSTORIA, 0. UP). Two
stone grinding wheels, used in a
grist mill century ago, were I'M
earthed V excavators here. The
wheels, or graf nburrs, are of
hard stone, five feet in diameter
and six inches thick.
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by a polltlcal
ring has little re-
sponsibility and
little to do. Vir-
tually all the
problems and de-
cisions are work
ed out in some
body's back Of
flee by the lead
ers of the ring.
Whether Huckle-
berry avenue is
20 be paved, and
with what it is
"a be paved, and
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LET US PROTECT u. S. FROM
CRACKPOT ISMS
(By BRUCE CATTON)

Whatever else the last few years may
have been, they certainly have constituted
a great field day for the royal order OF
crackpOtS.
It is doubtful if this country ever before
saw such huge number of panaceas and
isms being advocated at one time. You can
look over the field and take your choice. Ii
YOU can't find at least one booth that offers
the wares you like, you are at liberty to go
out and set up one of your own.
Now the spectacle of all these panacea
statesmen crawling out from under planks
and urging us to save our country by doing
this, that, or the other unusual and peculiar
thing, is disturbing to great number OF
sensible citizens.
But what these sensible citizens usually
overlook is the fact that they themselves
have cleared the road for the procession of
crackpots, by failing to make an effective
protest against the ills which the last few
years have brought upon us.
This point was admirably brought out
recently by Msgr. Michael j. Ready of
Washington, assistant general secretary of
the National Catholic Welfare Conference,
in a speech in Cleveland.
Msgr Ready's, argument was simple and
direct.
The country, he said, simply cannot and
will not put up forever with ,unemploy-
ment, hunger, injustice, and greed. If the
ordinary, God-fearing citizen fails to make
an effective protest against these things
through his church, his civic groups, his
use of the ballot, or whatnot-someone
else is going to. ....... .... ,..-
If that someone else turns out to be q
bushy-haired individual with an idea that
all our ills will be solved if we confscate
all bank accounts larger than SIS, the or
binary citizen has only himself to blame.
I'm word" says Msgr. Ready, 1--WE
must hunger and thirst after justice to
save the soul of society. For, / say boldly,
the preservation of Christian society de-
Ponds upon our courage in making it real
ly Christian. .t-.
10 we wish to take the leadership IN
this task of reconstruction and perfect a
society on the specifications of Christian
social teaching, or shall we leave the task
to crackpot reformers?" .
Stupid and selfish as we often seem to
be, the number of intelligent and level
headed citizens, nevertheless, is greater
than the number of those who can be
taken in by the honeyed words of the
panacea salesman. - ...-.s.
Ii some ism or other finally does over
whelm the country, it will be simply be-
cause the great mass of the people waited
too long before letting their hearts and
their consciences drive their brains to the
task OF putting the national house in order.
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If ease and comfort were the
only questions, | had much rather
be a member of city council
nominated and elected by politi-
cal ring than by popular vote.
A city council put into office
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Those who inherit the earth ,
be made meek by the mo,r.,,
with which ii will he rIatS 80
when they come into their M..
itancc.
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Iowa senator says Americans live on
food unfit for dogs to- eat. Certain bride
grooms, however, maintain their wives of
ferings are eminently fit for the purpose.
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Widow reveals that she entered into a
compact" with Magician Houdini We
know that one; the compact had a,slding
panel. =
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pS ! c. WV
practical Unit
of ele ctrical
current.
Anpere died
in 1886. at the
age of 81; ane
now, on the
Tooth anniver.
S a ry Of hi.
death, France
has issued s
stamp in hi.
honor.
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