The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-11-27


powers to join a protest. Mere pro-
tests amount to little in European
diplomacy, as the world learned
from the Ethiopian war.
That settles, finally, the Versailles
treaty, a foolish effort to enslave
a nation that made the emergence
of this, or some other, Hitler in
evitable.
Mr.. Tugwell seeks an appropri-
alton of five hundred million dol
lars to provide poverty stricken
farmers, now on worthless farms,
with other land that will support
them; also barns, houses, out-build-
ings. He thinks $50,000,000 a year
for ten years would do the work,
and plans to vacate 100000
worthless acres"
Anything that will diminish hui
man misery is desirable, even
though incompetency may be in
part responsible for the trouble.
In England, the government,
guided by experts, is making ex-
cellent pasture lands of soil that
was worthless. Our government
hight investigate that process.
General Markham, chief army
engineer, advises putting an air
base in the harbor of our Midway
island, far away in the Pacific
ocean. The War Department says,
alphabetically, that this would be
a commercial development, al
though it might be useful for de-
tense.
Why an apology? Nobody in Eu-
rope, Asia or Africa apologies to
us for building an air base, or asks
our opinion about it.
The War department says there
is no, treaty obligation forbidding
such an air base. If there were,
what of it? Treaties can be can
celled, and should be when they
are foolish or unjust-for further
details, ask Hitler.
Germans are said to be wearing
new eyeglass called "spy mon
ocle." Arranged to look like the
ordinary single eyeglass, the "spy
monocle" is arranged with a mir
ror, permitting the wearer to look
behind him and see if there is any,
body listening to his conversation.
German police eagerly discourage
any one who suggests that the Nazi
government is not perfect.
The opening of the Bay bridge,
connecting San Francisco and Oak
land, California, is important not
only to California and the two united
cities, but to the whole country.
This magnificent bridge, elimi-
mating ferries on the bay that sep
arates San Francisco and Oakland,
is a magnificent accomplishment of
engineering and public spirit.
Mr.. Green's American Fedora
ton of Labor decides on a flight
to a showdown" with Mr.. Lewis
Committee for Industrial Organi-
zation," which wants to unionize
all the 100000 workers not yet
organized, and seems to include TAX
ing over Mr.. Green and his fed
Grafton also.
Next on the program appears
to be big labor fight: Mr.. Green
is thoughtful, wise; Mr.. Lewis is
forceful, determined. The outcome
cannot be predicted. The outside
citizen will pray that there may
not be too much interference with
returning prosperity.
A greatly increased demand for
tools shows that more men are
getting jobs, and announcements of
new wage increases, big and little,
are many. Twenty-three more firms
have announced better wages for
$4,000 more workers.
An average increase of $3.50 a
year, less than so cents a day,
might seem unimportant, but it
means one hundred and thirty
million more dollars that 100000
workers will have to spend, in a
year. That is not unimportant.
England intends next time to de-
vote her energy and strength to
protecting herself.
Sir Samuel Hoare, first lord of the
admiralty, says England has no
commitments" like those of 1914,
that would compel her to send
troops to the continent if war should
start. She will do as she pleases,
which means that she will probably
stay at home, busy with enemy air.
planes, perhaps helping to finance
friends on the continent, as she did
in the Napoleonic wars, as she did
before and since.