The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-12-11

from London to
Montreal or Que
l@s bee, as the
E--ssz azEz4z.a \ French govern
ment once moved
from P arts to
Bordeaux, and the Spanish govern
ment recently from Madrid to Val
encia.
England wonders what her peo-
pie would eat if war should be
forced upon her, with enemy SUBJ
marines and airplanes sinking her
food ships. She is not self-support-
ing, and her newly organized flood
plans department" will try to store
away enough food to last at least
a year. AS ''cache" for the food,
England is using worked-out coal
mines, of which many, going down
thousands of feet, should be safe
from bombardment.
The Presidents trip to South Am
erica proves to have been most
useful idea. Great crowds welcomed
him in his brief stop at Rio de
Janeiro, as he drove through the
streets with the Brazilian President
Getulio Vargas, bands playing ''The
Star-Spangled Banner"
The President will talk peace and
business, at least as much bust
ness as peace, and he will make
friends for us all in South America.
You may count that day rare on
which Chancellor Hitler's govern
ment does nothing new and queer.
Dramatic criticism and literary crit
icisms are now forbidden in Ger
many. Constructive criticism is of
greatest value to actors and writer's;
the intelligent among them are
grateful for it.
The Ruler of the universe was
his own critic, land God saw every
thing that He had made, and, be-
hold, it was very good" All need
criticism. the powerful need it more
than others, and Hitler will have
it when history is written. His min
lister of propaganda cannot control
that.
Tokyo reports for Japan the
worlds highest birth rate; $780,
703 new Japanese babies arrived in
1885, more than in 1884 by 148,931.
Japanese marriages are increas-
ing, divorces decreasing; the latter
down to less than one in 1000 mar
riages. Japanese husbands and
wives get along better than Ameri-
cans do.
The great contract bridge COM
petition ends and the Harold Van
derbilt cup goes to four players
called the Kaplan team; Phil Abram-
sohn, Fred Kaplan, Harry Fishbein
and Irving Epstein. Mr.. Vanderbilt,
on hand to present his cup, might
telephone Chancellor Hitler that you
do not have to be an "Aryan" to
understand bridge.
Business is picking up and that
includes marriage, most important.
Chicago university says 100000 few
er weddings have taken place dur
ing the six depression years than
would have occurred in normal
times. Hence the loss of about one
million new American babies that
would have been born. Seven hum
dred and fifty thousand young
couples have missed, among them,
more than three million years of
marriage bliss.
The tide turned in 1885 with ,327,-
900 marriages, highest total in our
history.
Mr.. Green's and Mr.. Lewis union
labor organizations indicate that
their differences may be settled,
which is good news. Organized labor
should present united front against
too-short pay and long hours.
The prosperity of the nation de-
ponds on how much the workers
have to spend.
China says she will risk war with
Japan rather than let Japan take
more of her territory. If that war
comes it will illustrate the differ
ence between country prepared,
Japan, and one unprepared and dis
organized, China.
Japan's unspoken answer to Chi
mas war threat is her birth rate.
Those millions of new babies must
go somewhere.
Sir Basil Zaharoff, called "mys-
terry man" and richest on EARTH"
dead of heart disease at eighty-six,
had for his motto, EVERY man has
his price" He dealt in munitions,
and he may have bought, as well
as helping to kill, many. Begin
ming poor, in Constantinople, Ia
haroff climbed to the top in money
and intrigue. 1t matters little where
you start, what matters is inside
the head.
9 King Features Syndicate. Inc.
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