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Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-05-14

J1naK JSom 81 Co prouSIdVO-
val, az pTijdes do me chalupy
jake nevesta," rekl skytaje bo-
lestf. ely uz isl tn a v jakem
stavu vrat1 sc mi dom1 tvGj re
mich? Vratf-li sc vGbec? A
tax jsem 81 to krasne pTedsta-
voval, az Wy diva Sc mi tn uhos-
tfte! Panu Bohu poruceno."
A ujav devce "a ruku, Tekl:
"PojG! Tu je tvGj domov, pro-
toze JiT1k 81 to tax pTal."
A uvedl devce do hajovny.
Verunka Sla Ia MIN ochotne.
Onoho Stedreho vecera, kdy
Verunka rozumu pozbyla, Sc
delo dvacet vojfn1 S cetaTem V
kamenne kule ma vysokem kop
ci pri samych hranicfch Cerne
Hory mad Hercegovskym mes
tenn Focou. Osamela kamenna
tvrz, vezi podobna, havana
kula zbyla tn pc panstv1 turec-
KEN. Nell Turci takovych kul
vSude pri mestech a pr ces-
tach uz1vali jich jake vojen-
skych straznic hlfdajfce tax
kTestanskou raju.
Rakouske vojsko pc roce 1878
obsadilo turecke. kuly a hlfda-
10 rozprasen6 povstalecke &C.
ty. Mnoho povstalcG prebeh-
10 ma 1zem1 Cerne Hory, spoil
10 Sc tn v Getty hajduck6. Tyto
vpadaly pc osamelych hor-
skych stezkach do Hercegovi-
ny, prepadavaly vojensk6 do
pravy Sc spill nebo zasilky OBJ
chodnfkG a zivily Sc tax lou
pez1.
Bylo proto rakouske vojsko
nuceno obsaditi krajiny kolem
cernohorskych hranic a strezi-
ii sticky, ably Sc tudy hajduci
do zeme nedostali. Cetar Jir1
Sucharda byl uz mesfc ma osa-
melem vrchu ma strait a pow
stalec ami Sc tn neukazal. Ma
pet dnf mu sem vzdy prinesli z
Foci ma mezc1ch potravu a vo-
du pro celou straz a potion zas
Jif1 Sc svymi dvaceti vojiny We
oil V kule zivot poustevnicky.
Ones o stedrem dnu cd rama
slime ma horach Sc chumelilo.
Vojfni sed1ce v kule, zhrfvali
sc u ohne, ktery udrzovali sy-
rovymi vetvemi nalamanymi
pc okolnfch kTovinach. Ohen
malo hral a vojfni tetelili sc
ZimOu.
"Kdybychom 81 mohli ma noe
uvariti alespon trochu caje,"
Tekl jeden vojin.
ma to ami nemysli," rekl mu
druhy. "Jist6 ma mas zapom-
nell"
"Je to smutne," rekl cetaT
Sucharda sed6 mezi vojfny.
"Zrovna dnes O stedrem dni
nemame co j1sti ami pitt. Ne
myslim vsak, re by velitelstvf
dole We Foci bylo ma mas zapo-
mnelo Sc zasobami. SpiSe Sc
mi IDA, re hajduci pfepadli "a
mestem dopravu, ktera k nam
byla vyslana a ia musela sc
vratiti a pride Ultra Sc siln6j-
sim prGvodem.
Vcera uz mela do kuly dora
ziti doprava cerstvych zasob a
neprisla a dnes vojfni dojedli
posledn1 zasoby suchard z to-
reb a cd poledne uz trpeli hla-
dem.
"Tak tomu asi Dude, pane
cetari," jiny vojfn vmfsil Sc do
hovoru. "Doprava S potravou
doraz1 sem az Ultra a "a to bu-
deme ma Boz1 Hold mfti vseho
dost. Ones je bez toho pdGst."
A ted vojfni rozhovorili Sc O
stedrem veceru, jak Sc donna V
Cechach slavf a ma chvili zapo-
mneli ma hlad i ma zimu.
eco je to vsechno platne.
Jsou to tn smutne vanoce. Kdy
bych mel alespon nekolik dol
XII, jen ty, co nasi dnes donna
nesned1," oval Sc jeden z vo-
jfnG znamy velky jedlfk.
VSichni dali sc mu do smf-
"Coz dolky," rekl jiny. ga
lie ia psal DON'T o penfze, a zro-
VIA tn postu, s kterou me psa-
nj slo, pTepadli hajduci a tax
mi nasi mic neposlou a KIDD vi.
kdy zas psanf budu moci DAFT
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-05-14
PRI$EL
Gus romanuz eeskeho venkova. Namal Bedmch Moravec.
Napsal BedTich Moravec.

G3anfSEs-
Evening star., 1937-01-03
RY NORMAN H. MACLEOD.

TTAWA.-Has Premier Mitch
ell F. Hepburn of Ontario
hitherto the major obstacle
in Canada tn the ST. Law.
Evening star., 1937-01-03
ONTARIO POLITICS SET-UP
FAVORS SEAWAY PROJECT
Premier Hepburn, Long-Standing Foe
of St. Lawrence Development, May
Have Changed Attitude.

with the United States, in carrying out
this major international enterprise.
The salient facts of recent devel-
opment are these:
Some three weeks ago a United
States mission visited Ottawa on the
avowed business of sounding out"
the attitude of the Canadian govern
ment toward an early start upon the
st. Lawrence undertaking. The men,
bers of the mission were j. A. Kicker
son Of the United States State Depart
ment, Basil Manley Of the Federal
Power Commission and Frank P.
Walsh of the New York State Power
Authority. 1t was notable at the time
that Prime Minister Mackenzie King
did not receive these important ennis
saries in customary or routine fashion
at his office in the East Block, but met
them instead at a private dinner at
his residence, Laurier House.
Protest Soon Filed.
From this function the emissaries
returned to the United States. And
in something more than fortnight
later the Power Authority filed with
the Federal Power Commission at
Washington a protest against granting
the Niagara Falls IN. " Power Co.
a permanent license for diversion of
additional waters from the Niagara
River for power purposes. The pro-
test, which has been interpreted as
q frontal attack by the Roosevelt ad-
ministration in conjunction with the
Power Authority against the Mellon
and Du Pont interests, which have al
legedly fought the ratification Of the
st. Lawrence scheme, contended that
even the present rights of the Niagara
Falls Power Co. are revocable and held
only upon tenant sufferance." This
implied warning of cancellation has
been regarded generally as the admin
istration,s ultimatum to the New York
private power interests to abandon
their efforts to defeat the st. Law
renee scheme. =.
This major sequel to the Ottawa
(Oontinued On Third Page.)
Evening star., 1937-01-03
BY SIR AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN.

BY SIR AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN.
By Radio to The Star.
LONDON, January 2-It is with a
sigh of relief. rather than of regret,
that one bids farewell to the past year.
1t is true that conditions in our own
country have steadily improved and
that all signs point to continued prog
ress If only peace can be preserved.
In the United States, too, confidence
is returning and restoration of in
dustry Is well under way
The cooperation established among
the governments Of Great Britain,
France and the United States for
maintenance Of a steady exchange,
and the initiative taken in lessening
barriers to trade. would seem to lay
the basis for revival of international
commerce were it not that Germany
holds aloof from the general move
ment and concentrates more fiercely
than ever on an effort to create self
SUFFICIENT economic system. Thus pri-
vations to which her people are ex-
posed in pursuit Of this policy and in
the subordination of their whole eco
nomic life to the supposed necessities
of national defense continue to be
one OF the major causes of interna-
tional unrest.
Recovery Stage Marked, However.
Nevertheless, we may adjudge 1886
to have marked stage in the worlds
progress from the economic collapse of
five years ago. and. if political prog
ress had kept pace with the economic
advance, we might be well content
with the result achieved.
But who shall pretend that, in the
political sphere, 1886 has brought a
solution to any of our problems or re-
lieved any of our anxieties? 1t has,
indeed, arranged to some extent their
character or their immediate cause,
but storm clouds hang low over Eu-
rope and men live in fear of what the
next day may bring forth.
The year 1886 has shattered many
illusions and disappointed many hopes,
and the new year opens as full of dan
ger and perplexity as that which has
Just closed He would be bold man
who would undertake with any con-
fidence to forecast its course. The
perils are obvious, causes for anxiety
many, but perhaps in this very fact
lies our best hope for peace, for,
where all can see the danger, we may
hope that sufficient wisdom will be
found among the rulers to avert catas-
| trophe.
Let us try to take stock of our posi-
ton and balance the good against the
bad.
The opening months Of 1896 were
Evening star., 1937-01-03
Chinese Army Mechanics Farming
With Latest American Implements

ton and sorghum, all Of which goes
to feed and clothe china's 100000
soldiers.
These products, bought at military
prices, have already paid for the cost
of reclamation and . part Of the ma
chinery, definitely proving that large.
scale farming is possible in China.
Within five years the national. army
plans to extend production over its
entire farm Of 10000 acres, thus
solving the almost insur1nountable
difficulty Of obtaining food sor the
army from the peasants in time Of
war. -e.----. ---~
Despite the success Of mechanized
farming by the military, ther" - lit
tie possibility of its spreading ugh
out China.
Evening star., 1937-01-03

HANKoW, Hupeh Province, China
R.-The chug Of American tractors
and the swish of q steel cultivator
through black earth Is something new
to China, traditional home Of the
water buffalo and the wooden plow,
unchanged since the days of Confucius.
No machinery Is too modern for
Chang Kai-Shek, China's military
dictator, In developing his 150, ,000-acre
military farm 80 miles south of Han
kow on the bank of the Yangtze River.
Saved from the annual floods in
1894 by 40 miles of dikes and a mill
lion-dollar flood gate erected by
American engineers, this farm, is miles
square, has provided China's first op-
portunity to compare modern machine
agriculture with the plodding farmer
on his half-acre lot.
Using only square miles OF the
reclaimed land, where experiments
are being held, 20 American tractors,
more than 200 Wisconsin-made gang
plows, cultivators and harvesters and
! 500 farm coolies contributed to the
second harvest Of wheat, corn. cot
Evening star., 1937-01-03

the alliance before 1914 And about
these two centers all the world is
gathering for the fray.
Only the United States and Great
Britain, among the great powers, still
remain aloof They still want peace.
And Great Britain's task is more diff
ficult than ours, for we are still. in
spite of airplane and submarine,
guarded by the Atlantic and the Pa
cific. But Great Britain is every
where; her investments are every
where. Gibraltar and Malta face
Italy just as Hongkong and Singapore
face Japan. Britain's empire wants
peace; but Britain's neighbors want
war.
Result of British Crisis.
And now even in the British En-
pire. long stable and sure of its ideals
and guiding principles, a social ques-
ton involving no less parsonage
than the King sheok the whole en-
pire to its very foundation. And even
though the issue has been settled by
the Kings abdication. the moral and
ethical implications. the institution of
marriage, the relationship of boy and
girl have ceased to be sure.
The political confusion may cure
itself: the confusion of the individual
in England. his discovery that there
are many degrees of right and wrong
that will long remain a social dis
ease.
But even more than that, the Brit
ish empire is patterned together by
the silken thread of respect for the
King. Remove that thread and the
empire may not hold together. And
If the British Empire should fall
apart, what can possibly keep the
peace?
And therein lies the crux Of the
problem that will face Great Britain
and the United States during 1887
For II it still remains possible for them
to form an alliance for peace, they
will be more powerful than any other
alliance for war. But If the United
States remains utterly aloof and Eng
land has to 60 it alone, 1t may per-
haps come to pass that the early bat
ties Of 1914 will be reproduced in 1887,
with England. France and Russia as
allies fighting Germany, Italy and
Japan.
That war, which so many anticipate
for 1887, ought not to happen. 1t
ought not to be allowed to happen.
The United States may succeed in
keeping out of war. But will 1t be able
to avoid internal wars and dissensions?
Sees Class War.
The vote of confidence that Frank
lin d. Roosevelt received from the
American people should have ushered
In an era of unanimity, Of peace and
prosperity, of good neighborly feeling.
Instead, it seems to have introduced
the class war.
1897 seems to be doomed to be q
year of strikes. On every side men
and women are organizing either to
strike or resist strikes.
Everywhere pickets march the
Evening star., 1937-01-03
BY GEORGE E. SOKOLSKY.

BY GEORGE +. SOkOLShYs
~ INCE the end Of the war, men
and women the world over have
been seeking stability. security
~ and peace.
The war smashed the standards Of
human relationship for all peoples.
Europeans, Asiatics, Africans, Ameri-
cans-all were thrown into seething
cauldron of uncertainty. The long
peace which preceded Sarajevo was
followed by the long uncertainty from
Versailles until today.
Human beings can manage to live
under any conditions. Chinese coolies
build families and are as happy as
American workers. The Russian
moujik manages under Stain as he
managed under Nicholas II. Man is
like that. He adjusts to conditions
so that his material wants may be
satisfied.
Effect on Mans Spirit.
But uncertainty and instability
break mans spirit. They keep him
In a whirlwind of contentious. His
aspirations are limited by the haunt
ing menace of probable disasters. He
becomes desperately conscious of the
dangers of tomorrow-which always
exst-but which can be and often are
magnified into appalling goblins.
Human relations, in times OF long
peace, tend to become fairly fixed.
The relations Of citizen to government,
of child to parent. of wife to husband.
Of employer to employe-these are
known and most people live within
the margins set by society.
Wars smash these relationships.
Wars break up not only states and
nations but homes and families. Wars
undermine mans spiritual and social
well-being. They leave each individual
hanging, anchorless, in cruel world.
Sacrifices for Security.
Since the end of the war, men and
women everywhere have been search
ing diligently, and often with the reck-
less spilling of blood, for restora-
tion Of these human relationships
The astonishing sacrifices Of human
liberty in Soviet Russia, Italy, Ger
many, nearly everywhere, have been
symbols Of mans craving for stability
'and security. Men made sacrifices
because they felt that the postwar
chaos must not continue. Anything
for certainty.
But peace?
Each year, since Versailles. we have
moved farther from peace. The great
! peace treaty of Woodrow Wilson
Lloyd George and Clemenceau was the
beginning of q greater war of which
the end is not yet in sight. The
treaty was not only unjust; 1t was i'm.
practical. It contained within itself
the germs of its own destruction. II
| made war inevitable.
So 1887 faces war. The mechanism
of peace, the League of Nations. can
function no longer, for Japan and
italy have left 1t creaky machine.
Japan went into Manchuria laugh
insly and has now moved on Mongolia
Evening star., 1937-01-03

n
[ ell F. Hepburn of Ontario
hitherto the major obstacle
~ in Canada to the st. Law
renee seaways project-indicated to
Federal Prime Minister L. M. King
that he is prepared to withdraw his
opposition to the scheme in order to
win the political duel to the death
which he is fighting with the power
barons". of Quebec province?
And has Prime Minister King, in
possession of this confidential init
nation from the Ontario premier,
passed the word along to President
Franklin D. Roosevelt that If he will
drive the St. Lawrence treaty through
the United States Senate the Cana
dian government will acquiesce in the
reasonable amendment" necessary to
get that agreement past that critical
body?
These two questions, which are
perhaps the two most commonly
heard In political circles In the Cana
dian capital these days. are being an
swered generally in the Affirmative by
authorities who have been following
every move in the st. Lawrence issue
for more than a decade now.
Complexion Totally Altered.
Only an affirmative answer, these
authorities assert, can explain ade-
quately the wholly changed outlook
which. the past month or 50 has
brought about In the prospects facing
the st. Lawrence development scheme.
As recently as five weeks ago in
formed Canadian observers would
have said that the chances Of Canada
proceeding at an early date with the
project were exactly 100 per cent nil
Mr.. Hepburn's opposition, which was
believed to have been implacable
would have been cited as making the
idea impossible.
Now, however. the same observers
are wholly of the opinion that 1897
may, and that 1898 at the latest will,
zee Canada engaged. IN .partnershir
Evening star., 1937-01-03

and North China There is no power
of resistance in China, which waits
only for a world war to save her from
complete and final conquest.
Italy's Ethiopian episode was even
more devastating, for it brought Eu-
rope to the verge of war-and now
every country is preparing for war.
Armies are being mechanized air
Evening star., 1937-01-03

forces are being developed; nayies are
being reconditioned and expanded.
The world is ready for that single
shot which sends men to death.
And again nations divide into two
camps, with Germany as the center.
On one side are France and Russia
the allies before 1914; on the other
side are Germany, Italy and Austria,
Evening star., 1937-01-03

streets. Everywhere men and women
plan mass demonstrations. Wages are
slowly being leveled so that skilled
workers may not be able to get re-
wards for superior ability. and an ILL
will between skilled and unskilled
workers is appearing which can only
result in clashes, not only between
worker and employer, but also between
worker and worker. 1t may be pos
sible that justice will come in indus
trial relations, but sweetness in the
human relations surrounding industry
has already disappeared.
The labor movement is torn by dis
sension and revolt. The struggle be-
tween the A. F. of L. and the c. I. O.
has been characterized by bitter
hatred and acrimony. Company un-
ions and employe representation plans
have turned upon the companies and
employers even as so-called outside
unions have.
"Sit Down" Srtike.
The "sit-down" strike, develop
ment of 1886, continues unabated. It
has made it possible for small group
of workers to tie up an entire plant,
throwing willing or unwilling workers
out of employment and leaving man
agement desperate.
Labor organizations, sensing their
power and seizing an opportunity. are
y,,o oHipo q y,ofoof efopd for the orloead
shop"
1887 will see that as its principal
political question. The issue of the
CLOSED shop" may be won or lost this
year. 1t is even possible that before
the final showdown, organized labor,
torn as 1t is by conflict, may force
upon the country general strike.
For its decision Is to gain the CLOSED
shop" by whatever means.
Many among the workers anticipate
that this struggle will lead to more
emphatic consequences than even the
CLOSED shop" They look forward to
the rise to power of an American
labor party. They look forward to a
labor President. They look forward
to q fundamental alteration in Amer
ican traditions and practices in the
interest of labor. They have been
spurred 70 vast anticipations.
And so what might have been year
of unparalleled prosperity seems to be
moving in the direction of strife. What
might have made previous peak years
appear to be trifling, may melt away
into a Spring of class warfare.
Why Must Men Strike?
And it seems to be so futile. En-
ployment is increasing. Wages are ris-
ing. Collective bargaining is estab-
lished. Working conditions are I'M
proving. Why must men strike?
It is only because the spirit Of con-
ciliation and humility has fled from
us. The depression-recovery period
has knocked human values into deep
uncertainty. Men will chance any,
thing because nothing seems to matter.
And so we must face these condi-
tions and we must not despair. Enough
Americans will continue to strive for
Cancellation. Enough Americans viii
hang on to what they call the Ameri-
can way of life. by which they mean
a classics society with equal oppor-
tunity for all in an economy protected
by free institutions under demo-
cratic Constitution.
It Is that principle that will save the
year 1887 from disaster. For once 1t
is understood how close this confusing
class war is bringing us to fundamental
alterations in the American way OF
life, the whole American people will
nnd an orderly way to right the
wrongs that need a-righting. We have
always been like that.
Evening star., 1937-01-03
New Bridge Opened.

Replacing an old pontoon bridge, q
new concrete structure, 400 yards
long and having two trolley tracks,
motor road and footpaths, has just
been opened across the Angara ct
Irkutsk, In Siberia,
Evening star., 1937-01-03
CHAMBERLAIN GLAD 80
WITH IT'S FEARS is GONE
But 1887 Outlook Is Gloomy, Too, He
Says-Sees Britain United
Behind Eden.

As the year 1887 begins, q former
British foreign secretary, noD Con-
serpdttue leader and elder states
man, reriews the international sit
uation and breathes a sigh of relief
that the year 1886 is ended.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-12

conditions on two Government
painting projects.
The painters felt other building
tradesmen should walk out in SYM
pathy on Federal construction;
the Building Trades Council ex-
pressed appreciation of the paint
ers' strike, but declared plumbers
and sheet metal workers and
bricklayers must remain at work,
and even pass through picket
lines, until their international
unions had sanctioned a sympathy
strike.
The breach made headlines on
Page One. But it now appears
to be smoothed out. Much credit
goes to John Locher, head of the
council, for biding his time and
assisting the painters later in hear
ingS before the Labor Department
on the two projects forming the
grievance of the painters; and to
Bryce P. Holcombe, business agent
for the painters, who is reported
to have sought a better under
standing with his brother unions
following his victory in having
the charges on the projects inves-
tigated.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-12
Mays Model Basin
To Glue Work Here

Much employment for local
building tradesmen and mechan-
ical workers may develop from the
construction of the United States
Navy's model testing basin at
Carderock, Md, on Conduit Road
beyond the District Line.
The project became a reality
when the Navy Department yester-
day awarded a contract to the
Turner Construction Company, of
New York. The accepted bid was
1854, 78O. Another project spell.
ing work" will be the Naval Hos
pital, if and when a site is selected
and bids submitted.
Meanwhile, Navy Department
officials today had bit of a union
dispute on their hands. The Ma
rine and Shipbuilding Workers of
America, an affiliate of the Com
mittee for Industrial Organiza-
ton, has complained of "diScrimi-
nation" under the Wagner act, at
the Philadelphia Navy Yard.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-12

This delay is caused by the pro
visions of the old wage law, ruled
unconstitutional in 1923 but re-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-12
Bv THE LABOR NEWS EDITOR

Even opposition from employers other sources lack
ing minimum wages for workers in the District of
Columbia become operative not earlier than January of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-12
Soviet Draft
Men Called From
TUO Glasses

MOSCOW, Aug. IL U.S).-The
Soviet government, viewing hostil-
tties in the Far East with alarm,
today moved to strengthen its mill
tary forces by calling to army serv-
ice in September all males in the
1915 class who we're not recruited
last year and the entire draft of
the 1915 class.
At the same time and in the
same manner, a decree from the
commisSariat of defense allotted
discharges on long time leaves to
the rank and file of the junior
commanders and general staff who
have served fixed terms with the
Red Army,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-12
Women Employees Select Representatives for
Minimum Wage Conference; Delays
Under Law Cited

Representation of local labor unions desiring to haze
public notice made of union meetings, other union actiD
ties or eDs of labor in general United to
lUrte or telephone the necessary information to the
Labor NeuUs Editor of The Washington Times.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-12
Falls 70 Feet in
Sleep, Breaks Leg

Walking In his sleep last night,
James s. Funk, 23, restaurant en-
ploye, Of 923 Z st. s. E., toppled
over a low window on the second
floor Of his home and fell 20 feet
to the ground, breaking q leg, &C
cording to police. His cries awak-
ened his brother who summoned
Casualty Hospital ambulance. He
was retained there for treatment.