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plications due to disorder at home.
Hence the United States has been
glad to encourage and support Amer
ican bankers who were willing to
lend helping hand to the financial
rehabilitation of such countries"
The United States Government it.
self was not in the lending business,
but United States bankers and in
vestors were eager to participate and
have share in the splendid ma
terial development which the Latin
republics promised. Thus, at the same
time that European investments were
discouraged and some sort of a finan-
cial trusteeship by the United States
over the countries of the Caribbean
was sponsored by Washington, United
States capital was practically lured
into those countries. The Taft admin
tstration adopted the two-fold policy
of transferring Caribbean loans from
Europe to New York and of estab-
fishing United States receiverships
which would safeguard against fur
ther defaults.
1t is needless to repeat here-and it
would be impossible to do so in such
q limited space-all the consequences,
the excesses and abuses, to which that
policy led. Let it suffice to say that
historians of the last few decades of
inter-American relations agree unani-
mously that dollar diplomacy" was,
more than any other single factor, re-
sponsible for the armed interventions
and military occupations in the Car
ibbean zone which aroused Latin
American resentment of Yankee i'm
perialism." Even Gen. Butler of the
Marine Corps, the man most actively,
and almost invariably, connected with
such armed interventionS, admitted
not long ago that many of those eX-
petitions were nothing but collection
trips for the bad debts contracted by
the Wall Street bankers
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Vast Emigration Plan
OF Japanese Complete

Inauguration of the Toxic govern
ment's 20-year plan for emigration to
Manchuria is scheduled for this Spring.
The first emigrants are to cave Japan
in May, June and July. Arrangements
have been made to recruit 100000
families. consisting of 100000 people.
to settle in the new state in the first
five years.
The entire 20-year program calls for
the expenditure of STE, 100000 to facili-
tate the emigration of 100000 fami-
ies-approximately 20 per cent Of
Japan's agricultural population. Past
criticism of the treatment accorded
emigrants to Manchuria is expected to
be overcome by measures proposed by
the government of Manchukuo. These
include medical aid, education and
welfare work.
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one subject to another with q fair
grasp of the essentials of each.
The two new Republican Senators,
however, have task before them
which will call upon all their youth
full energies.
Senator Bridges, for instance, COM
ing to the Senate at the age of 80, has
been assigned to five of the most i'm
portant committees, those on appro-
priations, District Of Columbia, mill
tary affairs, interoceanic canal, priv
ileges and elections and post offices
and post roads.
Must Meet Veterans.
He comes to the Senate with con-
siderable agricultural and economic
experience in his home State, New
Hampshire, but hardly could be ex-
pected to be possessed Of the informa-
ton which would make it easy for
him to get up on the floor and debate
q controversial matter in connection
with appropriations with such sea-
soned campaigners as Carter Glass,
Senator McKellar, or Senator Byrnes,
or Senator Tydings.
He could hardly be expected to be
sufficiently informed on District OF
Columbia affairs to offer much op-
position to Senator King, or Lewis,
or Bankhead.
Senator Lodge, Of Massachusetts,
the other new Republican, four years
younger than Senator Bridges, If he
sought to oppose the majority report
on banking and currency, for instance,
would be asked to debate the sharp
witted Senator Glass or Senator Nc
Adoo, former Secretary of the Treas
ury, or Senator Barkley Of Kentucky,
all veterans.
Should he care to take the floor Of
the Senate to criticize expenditures IN
the executive departments, he would
face . barrage from such men as
Senator Lewis, or Wagner Of New
York, or Pittman Of Nevada.
Lodge Is also . member OF the
committees on 1nteroceanic canals,
manufactures, military affairs and
Territories and insular affairs.
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Dollar Di plomacy Remuneration
By United States Is Applauded

1t is precisely because dollar diplo-
macy" was so wrong and unfair that
the present administration can point
with pride to its elimination from the
policies now being followed toward the
Latin American republics. Dollar
diplomacy was incompatible with the
good neighbor" principles advocated
by Franklin D. Roosevelt when first
inaugurated President of the United
States. So, one by one, the old prac-
tices have been discarded and the mis-
takes of yesterday are being gradually
corrected.
There are still some special in
terests and pressure groups" as As
sistant Secretary Sayre said in his
address, making intensive drives upon
Washington to gain immediate profits
for limited sections of our population
at the ultimate cost of our Nation as
whole" and there are still REM
nants Of the old policy, as we were
graphically reminded recently by the
appointment Of deputy receiver gen.
eral for the Dominican Republic by
the President Of the United States.
But the record OF the good neigh
Dor" policy in the past four years is
the best guarantee that even these
last vestiges will be presently removed.
They will be removed, If for no other
reason, because the men today in
trusted with the conduct of the foreign
relations of the United States fully
realize the price that had to be paid
of old, as may be inferred from these
words of Assistant Secretary Sayre:
1--WE gained our immediate objectives,
but we impaired what was of in
flnitely greater importance and value
to us, the confidence and good will of
Latin-American people, not only in
the particular country involved but
throughout q hemisphere" At that
price, not even dollar diplomacy"
can be profitable.
(copyrisht, 1879
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Italian regulars in the 1berlan penln-
sula would not only put a definite
end to the resistance of the Loyalist
troops, but would also establish, as
far as France is concerned, a third
potential front on French borders.
From the point of view OF the French
general staff, it means that five or
six divisions of French troops will
have to be sent to the Pyrenees. and
France has not enough divisions to
spare.
British Aware Of Danger.
The British government is fully
aware of the danger Of the situation
and while accepting Gin principle" the
French suggestions for drastic action
has added the usual 'ifs" which have
characterized Britain's foreign policy
In the last three years.
The whole question today is: Will
Mussolini, under the threat OF
Franco-British blockade, dare to defy
the two Mediterranean powers and
send troops and war material In Spain?
This time it Is no longer volunteer"
and agricultural implements as IN
the past.
Those who have been following
Mussolini's recent activities answer,
Eyes, If he thinks that the moment
has come for the Germans and the
Italians to throw a challenge to
Europe's democracies. Hitler and
Mussolini will make final issue out
of the present Spanish situation, If
they have to.
It is pointed out that time has
begun to work against the German
Italian combination. For the time
being they still are better equipped,
have larger armies and more powerful
war machines than the Franco British
combination. But this advantage can
not last much longer. France and
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SuA6Sbo. Al law, All6CAA
of Yale and Butler Of Columbia are
leading swelling chorus of protest
that its heavy taxation of wealth
helped to cause the recent alarming
reduction in private gifts to higher
education. Very recently they saw
looming situation which DR.. Rob-
ert L. Kelly, retiring veteran official OF
the Association of American Colleges,
summarized as follows:
THE fact that the Federal Govern
ment has assumed responsibility
largely for relief and that an increas-
ing number of citizens are disposed
to look to the State for emergency and
for permanent aid, has undoubtedly
affected adversely the whole trend Of
private philanthropy"
The philanthropists have asked:
IF the Government is going to tax
us for higher education, too, why
should we give higher education any
Of what's left?"
And the colleges have asked:
If nobody will help us but the
Government, what can we do but ac-
cept? Isn't going on the dole better
than going broke?"
All but. few ultra-conservatives
like Swarthmore, Williams and Ham
ilton have become N. Y. A. bene-
flciaries; 30 many publicly controlled
institutions have accepted Federal
building funds that that accounts for
practically all their recently heralded
increase in 1886 income. But 1887
will see the elimination Of far more
decided move for Government aid.
Last Winter the National Education
Association. composed largely Of
teachers, indorsed the Harrison Black
Fletcher bill for Federal contribu-
ton to education Of $1,000, ,000, 900.
introduced into the last Congress, that
bill will come to q vote in this Con-
gress, which was elected on New
Deal tidal wave.
Whereat certain educators, includ-
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ing college presidents, have sprung up
to spread the alarm.
"A billion dollars for nothing?" they
jeer. "Oh, no. The Government that
hands that out, be it Democratic or
Republican, today or tomorrow, will
want something in return! That
something will be a cherished BIRTH
right of this American democracy. 1t
will be the academic freedom of our
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privately-endoWed colleges to teach
the truth as they see it, free from Gov
ernment propaganda"
Exaggerated fears? Many think so
but many do not. They point to the
recent startling demonstration Of what
politics in higher education may mean.
in the summary removal by regents
appointed by Gov. La Toilette of
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BY HOWARD P. BAILEY.

. NE Of the functions Of a
minority party in any WELL
ordered democracy is the de-
velonroent of an alert apd
Evening star., 1937-03-14

How many species of insects
do you think you could find in
your back yard! Ten? Fifty? A
hundred'
DR.. Frank E. Lutz tried to
answer that question. For some
wears now he has collected insects
that he discovered during casual
walks in his garden. He has al
ready gathered more than 1000
different species - and has put
many Of them on exhibition at
the American Museum of Natural
History, where he is curator of
insects.
A thousand different kinds Of
insects in a plot of land Is by
zoe feet! Enough to make the
average person shudder, for the
average person thinks of insects
as pests we have to put up with.
But, says DR.. Lutz, many in
sects are our friends. Only about
one in a hundred kinds is serious
lv injurious to us y and, without
insects, the earth would be un-
inhabitable.
An intensely interesting article
by DR.. Lutz will appear in an
early issue. Don't miss:
"BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
lT's a girl at the Erie Stanley
Gardners!
Of course we mean a girl
heroine Win Layton, snappy,
good-looking, go-getting reporter
for "The Planet" The city
editor sent her to the hospital to
interview a blonde who'd been
picked up unconscious on the
state highway, apparently thrown
out of an automobile. The blonde
wouldn't talk, so Win Layton
decided to do little detective
work. Then things began to
happen.
Erie Stanley Gardner, Amer
ica's top mystery writer, has
created a new and fascinating
character exclusively for THIS
WEEK readers-the girl reporter
detective. Her first adventure is
a behind the he eadlines story OF
murder in the underworld; that
underworld which so often thrusts
bloody fist into the lives of law
abiding people. You'll hang on
every word of this exciting story.
1t begins next week:
'UNDER THE KNIFE"
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Aens PHOTO

as he might football game, and al
most as joyously. 1t all seems to him
part of the JOY of living to utter not
one frightening word of discourage
ment, lest others dare not save their
lives through pain.
And whenever | think of Frank
Scully, my mind turns to those young
men and women of these days who
complain SO bitterly that they have
been deprived of the abundant life.
remember listening to a professor
tell of how thousands of young men
and women are being robbed of the op-
portunity to make place for them
selves in this country | recall one
talking to a group of boys in frater-
nifty house at a college - boys who
complained that there were no Jobs
open to them.
The other day | heard a healthy
young man admit that although he was
enthusiastic for Sweden's experiments
with cooperatives. he could not go to
Sweden because he had no money
How many strong men have worked
their way to any goal not onl y without
money but because they had no money;
What the professor meant was thar
these boys and girls were without cour-
age to go out into the world and make
places for themselves. What the bows
meant was they would not be able to
get soft white-collar Jobs as bond sales
men and desk-warmers.
They do not crave the abundant life.
They crave an easy life. They do not
seek courageous adventure: they desire
the security of never-ending CESSATION.
There are lots of Frank Scullys in
this world - lots Of men and women
who smile through suffering and hard
ships. There are lots of men and women
who cannot be defeated. For real
strength is not in bone and muscle 1t
is in the will to conquer oneself first -
and then to achieve useful life.
The courageous person cannot be de-
feated. III health, hard luck, depres-
sions, political disturbances - they
are food for his courage. He takes them
in his stride and goes on. And as he
goes on, he sings. As he goes on, he is
full of good cheer For he builds his
own life with his own materials. And
what more can anyone ask than to
have the courage to do that
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ONE OF the most exclusive clubs
in the world is small inner circle
of the Mems University Club,
New York City. The members,
professional men, meet at din
ners. At each meeting some sub
iect is chosen for discussion and
everyone present tells what he
thinks about it.
One evening recently the sub
ject was Fear Albert Spalding,
musician and calm, distinguished
gentleman, confessed that he had
felt a moment Of absolute terror
during the World War.
He was a machine gunners
mate, training in Italy. The hn-
gers of another member of the
crew had just been torn off by
jammed machine gun. The great
violinist knew that it might be
his turn next to man rhe defec-
tive gun, He looked at MS buddy's
mutilated hands; then al his own,
which had delighted the souls of
music lovers all over the world.
Music was the greatest thing in
Spalding's life. His hands were
trembling.
Suddenly he steadied himself
Then, in the face Of death, he
laughed, he had realized that
even if he lost his hands he would
not lose music. He could still lis
ten.
"If | had to lose my hands or
my love of music, which would |
choose;' He knew the answer.
Doughboy Albert Spaldine took
his place at the machine gun.
VI.
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Most of US, at that time,
were without religion. But
Frank clung to his faith. And somehow
we understood that because we liked
Frank.
And the time came when Frank
Scully discovered that his life was to be
one of unending pain. He was hurt in
game and bone had become tubercu-
lar. More than twenty operations did
not save Franks leg Years were spent
in hospitals Years were devoted to the
fight to remain alive. Every minute of
that life was painful minute, minute
of deep suffering.
Yet Frank remained gay. His laugh
ter brings JOY to his less gay friends.
His enthusiasms cheer even the pessi-
mist. His faith in life and in man
knows no end.
When Frank wanted to write book,
he called it "Fun in Bed, for that was
the only place that Frank could have
any fun for many years of his life. And
"Fun in Bed is a book which shows
those who suffer how to be cheerful and
happy. And Frank knows, for he is ever
cheerful and happy.
And he dared to earn his living
through all this torture. And he dared
to marry, and love Y girl dared to
marry a man who would never be with
out pain. And their marriage has been
blessed with children - graceful, beau
tiful children, who do not suffer.
One day, child was drowning -
not their own - and Alice jumped in
to save it. Alice is Franks wife. And
Alice could not make it, And she began
to drown. SO one-legged Frank, tuber-
cular Frank, jumped in and saved them
both. And all the pains came back full
strength. And pneumonia set in. But
Frank lived and was happy. And he
was happy because all three of them
had been plucked from death.
In his courageous enthusiasm, Frank
goes in for "causes' to hel p mankind.
All one has to do is to promise to help
his fellowmen, and Frank is for it.
And every once in a while, he has to
have another operation. But he can
laugh about that. And he can even
write about it with good cheer. Frank
can describe an operation as vividly
Evening star., 1937-03-14
Snotches,I
Magazine Section

lHE White House is being re-
decorated, and along with the
gold standard, gold is being dis
carded in the grand ballroom.
This room has had its yellow :,
drapes since the time of the first
Roosevelt. The gold is being re-
placed by red.
a LOST friendship is like dead
star; it lights no way and delights
no eye. 1t is like meteor, rushing
through space until it strikes and .
destroys.
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''Safety' in Shanghai.

Tales Of hideous carnage In Shanghai
IN the course Of the undeclared war be-
tween China and Japan have made
Americans feel profoundly thankful that
they are living tn q land Of peace. Bombs
falling In the crowded business section
OF Shanghai, crushing great structures
and strewing the streets with human
wreckage, have been reported in detail
and photographs Of the devastation and
slaughter have added circumstantial
specifications to increase the sense of
security that is felt in a peaceful" land.
But somehow or other the people Of
Shanghai apparently do not regard them
selves as involved in particularly haz-
ardous situation, when the matter Is
considered relatively. At least there is
evidence Of this feeling in the following
paragraph which forms part Of an &C.
count Of . description Of horrors printed
IA the Shanghai Weekly Review OF
august %:
It may be stated for the benefit of
people IN America who have friends or
relatives In Shanghai that It Is reported
by persons who delight In statistics that
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bons, gallops too fast; Boake Carter, re.
peats himself and u overdogmatie: Lowell
Thomas, never irritating; H. v. Kalten-
born, insnuating. not definite: Hendrix
Willem Van Loon, convincing even when
mistaken; w. J. Cameron, one of the
best, does not compromise but has vet
to offend; John L. Lewis, splits the
ears Of the groundlings": Dorothy
Thompson. too class conscious but ex-
cellent entertainment; Bainbridge Colby.
an authentic orator: Rudy vallee, dis
ciplined diction; Major Edward Bowes,
paints his lilies, and Cecil B. De Mile.
= gentleman always.
Other groups might contradict these
findings. Yet the experiment which pro-
duced them was worth the effort. The
art Of listening depends upon cultivated
discrimination. Even though they may
not realize 1t, . multitude is learning
to be intelligent In its preferences. The
little child who announced that she loved
to hear the voice of Madame Schumann-
Heink despite the fact that she could not
understand . word she said already ap-
preciated the difference between spoken
music and dissonance.
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the percentage Of danger In Shanghai,
over say = month, Is little II any greater
In proportion to population, despite the
war situation, than Is the danger over
. similar period in the United States
with its automobile accidents, hold-ups,
industrial accidents, particularly recently
during the times of the strikes, not to
mention tornadoes, floods, fires, and
other forces which contribute to q rela-
lively high accidental death rate In the
United States.
Perhaps some reliable statistics of the
civilian as well as military casualties in
the course of this present very irregular
war in Shanghai will be available for
comparison with the figures Of the toll
of peace in America during An equiva-
lent period. But what will be the salts
faction Of knowing how unsafe life is
over there in relation to the insecurity
OF our own existence? We already know
that we are prodigal OF life in this country
and we cannot blame q foreign power
for the waste. For we are ourselves to
blame and we know it-and still we are
doing little to correct this evil. We record
the items of the slaughter and point
out the faults Of those who are re-
sponsible. In few cases culpability is
punished-lightly. AS rule nobody suf-
fers but the victims and their families,
quite like the case of the bombers who
have slain their hundreds and altogether
their thousands in China and who are
left to the risks of war for any reprisal
that may be administered.
In all likelihood the American who is
guilty of criminal carelessness in trafic
or in trade or otherwise resulting in the
loss of life stands an Infinitely greater
chance OF complete exoneration and
escape from penalty than the Asiatic
aviators and gunners who in this unde-
clared war have slain their scores and
hundreds Of civilian victims.
Evening star., 1937-10-05
Voices.

Voices are important. The world, It
has been suggested, is ruled by talk. Espe-
cially IN modern times, when 4 man
may have an audience Of q hundred
millions, his manner Of speaking, the
method with which he puts words to-
gether and the style in which he gives
them utterance, may make or break his
fortunes. For example, in the campaign
Of 1895. 1t commonly was agreed that
President Roosevelt had An advantage
over Governor Landon as q radio artist.
An expert Judge plainly declared that
the former won people and the latter
lost them in the wireless debate. The
merit of what was said, this authority
insisted, was forgotten in the public reac-
tion to how 1t was sent forth over the
air waves.
A Washington family recently amused
itself with an appraisal Of the voices with
which 1t Is acquainted. Its verdict ran
something like this: Herbert Hoover, dry,
colorless. but constantly improving; Gen.
eral Hugh johnson, belligerent and quar-
relsome; AL Smith, at his best when he
does not try to be careful; Secretary Of
the Interior Harold L. Ickes, too crisp
and sometimes too sarcastic: Floyd otb-