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The Washington times., 1937-12-16

their feet and demanding with
drawal as soon as the first
bombing news arrived. 1t could
not possibly have worked out
better for the Japs at the start,
If they have deliberately
planned it that way.
0NE thing is certain. The
" Japanese cannot blame
these doubts upon overly suspi-
cious minds. They are the d.
rect result Of overly suspicious
diplomacy that has been going
on in the world lately.
The japanese can make no
claim to originality. Mussolini
has been working the same gag
on Britain in Spanish waters
for months. His anonymous
submarines have been shooting
at British ships for the obvious
purpose Of soaring British diplo-
mats and British public opinion
out of his war zone.
The only thing the British
have been able to think Of by
way of answer, is to shoot back.
That seems to have resulted in
fewer attacks.
A NEW power policy is in the
"A making inside the Rivers
and Harbors Committee. It is
supposed to have a private
White House blessing.
Details will be made known
when the coming little TWAS
bill is officially presented
minus the little TWAS. General
thought within the committee
indicates the bill will take a
form like this:
The Army engineers will con.
tinue to plan construction for
flood control and navigation.
All reclamation projects will
continue within the Interior De-
partment. Erosion and re-
forestration will remain in the
Agriculture Department. One
large central agency will be
created, or seven little ones, to
correlate the various activities
Of these bureaus as a sort Of
advisory clearing house. The
power provisions will be whitfield
down to sideline suggestion.
Final outcome Of this sharply
modified program, however, is
in doubt. The House can be ex-
pected to pass something along
these lines, but the Senate may
hold out for the Norris bill.
MR.. BORAH has shaken the
AVA Senate cloakroom with the
news that his speech opposing
the farm bill brought upwards
Of 5000 cheering letters from
the farm belt, only four letters
in favor Of the bill.
Espionage interest is running
so high that a Navy Depart
ment employe, who had been
working there ten years, was de-
tanned in a guardroom for hours,
because she tried to get into
her own office after hours with
out a pass. A superior officer
had to come from home to
rescue her.
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Our Rights In China

T INTERESTING facts keep coming out IN connection
i with Sundays bombing of the l. S. gunboat Panay
and three Standard Oil vessels by japanese fliers
strafing the Yangtze River battlefield Among the
Standard Oils inoS' interesting are 'ne l"ctS
about the three Standard Oil
"Americdn" Boats +ankers
These ships known to have been regularly carry
ing oil and gasoline for either Chinese planes Chinese
civilians though at the moment they doing special
refugee work. The ships named the Mel An Mel
Ping and Mel Hsa. One of them had American
captain; the other two captains Esonian and
Norwegian. The crews we're Chinese and these Amer
;can ships were made in China. The Panay also
made in China.
All of which strengthens feeling that the time
to clamp down our neutrality law the Chinese-Japa
nese war has come, that American persons and ships
Tpo Do1 in the war zone will be there defi-
nitely at their own risk and we can
y" 1'e"''" "'''S pull out our fighting and
barge shipments of materials to both bellgerents
The Administration has been sdestepping declara
ton that exists in China because such negative
ton helped China for time. That O. K; but
can no longer help China The Chinese licked-as
they have been repeatedly in their history This
quest is no new thing for Asia. The Asatics have
always been suckers for conquerors (includng white
ones).
Tn +1,o+
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Voice of the People

they might be able to see what
the present Administration is
UP against.
Human affairs don't drift,
they are carried along by an ir.
resistable current. Lincoln was
blamed for letting US drift. So
was Mckinley.
Do you pay men for writing
such drivel as "War Minded?"
Get hep to yourself.
Democracy must rule the
world. It don't matter what
the cost.
WILLIAM RTRCHIJTT.
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II do not
t h k on e
should f e e i
o b lig e d to
donate pres
ents, but it
is a beautiful
G e S ture to
show our love
or friendship.
If one cannot
afford to buy
gifts, a SIM
pie card with
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Underneath his extra.thin Of.
ficial veneer is a personal con.
viction, held by the highest here
from the start, that the bomb
ing of the Panay could not have
been such big mistake as the
Japanese proclaimed.
What set officialdom to won.
dering first was not the bombs,
but the apologies which started
almost before the bombs hit, and
fell thicker and faster. It may
be only an old Japanese Gus
tom to pour the humility on
thick, but this all time high in
Tch-Tching lamentations re-
minded many an authority per.
sonally of Shakespeare's girl
friend who protested too much.
MOT only the foreign minister,
AN all the generals, admirals
and ambassador apologized, but
even the naval and military at
taches Of the japanese here
went down to the Navy and War
Departments privately to apollo
gize. And when a Japanese con-
sui out West could find no one
to whom he could apologize Of
ficially, he just issued a blan-
ket apology to everyone through
the press.
Even so, this might have made
officials wonder less, had they
been able to forget what hap
pened when the British ambas-
sador was shot some months
ago. Then the Japs wanted
first to interrogate their Off
GERS, then to examine the bull
lets, then to look over the
ground, and so on.
The apology finally arrived in
London about nine weeks late.
off HAND, such suspicious
" may have seemed light to
outsiders who could not conceive
Of any possible benefit the Japs
might get out Of inadvertently
dropping a few bombs on Amer
ican ships. Diplomacy is not
conducted off-hand these days.
It is generally off-guns.
What officialdom knew, was
that If this incident caused the
U. s. to withdraw from China,
the Japanese might win a diplo-
matte victory as big as their
military victory.
The Jap job now is to con-
solidate their Chinese occupa-
ton. and capitalize on it. Their
great difficulty is no longer on
the battlefield but in the chan.
cellories at London and Wash
ington. AS long as the United
States and British stand to-
gether. even in passive resist
ance to Japanese occupation,
Japan is facing a superior oppo-
sition. But as soon as either
Britain or the United States
withdraws, the Japanese realiza-
ton of her conquest becomes a
simplified process.
The Japs not only know this,
but they know there is consid-
cradle American sentiment in
favor Of withdrawal. Indeed,
United States Senators STUN.
bled over themselves, leaping to
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IF I could
afford to give
e v er yone a
gift whom I
would like to
remember, I
am afraid i d
there would
not be enough
money in the
Treasury De-
partment to
c ov er t h e
cost. If one
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ing those we
love and our
fri e n dS is
what Christ
m a S is for.
One S h o u Id
not + e e l
o b Ii 6 e d to
& iv eXpen-
sive gifts, but
certainly if a
D RS on can
possibly do 1t,
he should do
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cannot afford to give gifts, he
should not let this spoil his
Christmas, for I cannot see that
it is an obligation"
y *
Mrs. Mabel Talburtt, 1346
Meridian Pl. N. w.
II certainly do. Remember
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There is at least one CLEAN Of
HUMOR

in this tragic story Of China latest bloody humilia
ton. We refer to the Communists screams for elm
periast" Britain and capitalist United States to rush
Rods Wcnt Us to to China's rescue, inferentially
r.-,, with soldiers and fighting ships.
T'S"' !" ""SS'" The comrades say they hate
war, but here is one war that would please them.
The explanation, of course is that the comrades know
their spiritual home Russia is in all likelihood next on
Japans program. Japan feels that Vladivostok is
pistol pointed at its heart just England felt that
Antwerp in German hands during the World War was
pistol at England, and the Japs hope to grab that
pistol
We'd be prize chumps to fight war for Russia which
at this time obviously can't fight its battles Fur
ther if the Japs do organize their Chinese empire and
then take Russias maritime provinces some of their
empire building energy may be spent, and they may
not turn US, at least for generation or So
That is nothing to gamble on but it is hope The
best thing do is to build and consistently main
tain the best navy in the world.
From the New
The Washington times., 1937-12-16

that it will always continue. OF
course it is costly, but if one Is
careful, it will not be too costly,
and it certainly will be well
worth it,"
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feeling much happier If they
did become generous at Christ
mas, whether it is remembering
their friends, or making a gift
to charity"
u \
George B. Glazer, Cheverly,
Nd, assistant chief Of coin
room, Treasury Department
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Would Forget War Debt


Dear Sir:
Although am an ex-service
man I often wonder why the
question Of the payment of the
so-called "war debts" Is brought
up from time to time.
In my opinion these monies
will not be collected and should
not be. This country paid to
help finance a war that was to
make the world safe for democ-
racy, and the fact that 1t was
paid to, or through, other coun'
tries makes no difference, and
when the war was won CD by
the countries that we had fin
anced our bill was ''receipted in
full" in other words. we got
what we paid for and there Is
no money due.
When the next war comes,
and it is coming, we will do the
same thing over again for our
own protection and with the
same result.
What we need to do now is
to give plenty of thought to the
Roosevelt Debt" and forget
about any so-called war debts.
A SUBSCRIBER.
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pr e C ! a t ion
a n d friend
S h ip except
b y SO m e
token, even if
it Is nothing
more than q
Ch riS t mas
card? I think
this exchange
Of gifts at
Christmas is
a delightful
thin g and
The Washington times., 1937-12-16

to give pres
ents to any
body that you
t h i n k de-
serves tn e m
and W u ! d
a p pr e ciate
them regard
less Of family
CON INJECTIONS.
If one cannot
afford a to,
that makes a
diff f e renee,
and that hal
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something at least at Christmas
time for his friends, as well as
his family"
y X y
Charles L. Morris, jr., Seat
Pleasant, Md, Government EN-.
ploye:
IT think it is a good practice
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Our Foreign Policy

II some Of your milk and
water writer's in your editorial
columns would move out into the
Pacific area where the next
world conflict is centralizing,
The Washington times., 1937-12-16
Listen, World!
BY Elsie Robinson

(copyFight 1881 FeatuFes syndicata Ina)
T isn't much question of WHAT you're going
l. to be in life, of WHICH you're going to be.
There many YOUS! So many Selves within
the body, each with its different ability and
The Washington times., 1937-12-16

a happy greeting serves the pur-
pose and shows that someone
is being remembered"
4 i Il
Miss Betty Jeffries, 1922 Fiji.
teenth st. N. W., clerk:
How else can one show ap-
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"Yes, it is
nice to give
to those one
desires to give
to. That is
the real spirit
Of Christmas.
Most persons
would enjoy
t h cir W n
hr i S t mas
m ore an d
start out the
N e W Y e a r
The Washington times., 1937-12-16
Traffic Toll

The mounting list Of traffic
victims in the District Of Co
lunbia since January 1, 1897,
is graphically shown by the
death watch.
The Washington times., 1937-12-16

we disagree with many of our contemporaries, one
of them being the New York World Telegram.
The World Telegram and presumably all the Scrpps-
Howard papers, are advocating policy of standour-
We Don't Haze GROUND IN Cn1na' and nnieren.
TALLY of and-and-fight if
""S""P0 I" H""Pe need be- The Scripps- How
ard reasoning is that if "scute out of China'
shall have to scute ont of Europe too abandoning our
right to do business with Europeans.
The important distinction that escapes people who
think along this line is that we don't have gunboats
and Marines in European ports up European rivers
to enforce our right to trade with Europe We have
long backed up business people and missionaries
in China with armed force. Japan is calling us
on that policy The best thing we can do is to check
our fighters out of China, with view to picking our
best batteground-the middle of the Pacifc-if God
forbid we ever have to have fight with Japan.
Such withdrawal would not mean an end to our
TRADE WITH JAPAN
Or with the Chinese in the "All China" empire which
Japan has just proclaimed in Asia and is beginning
to organize.
Japan will probably set up strong, orderly govern
ment in China, as it has done in Manchukuo. Buying
Tb;nooo Moes power of the Chinese masses is
likely to increase under such
bHy"'g TOW| regime. Last year did, roughly,
$20O00000O worth of export business with Japan and
$5O000,000 worth with China. That $500O0O00 figure
is likely to go up rather than down if bow to the
facts of life in Asia as one means of keeping Japan
our best Far East customer.
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The Inquirine
Photographer.
The Washington Times in
vites you to submit timely
and interesting questions to
be used in this column.
THE QUESTION

Do you believe in giving
Christmas presents to others
than the immediate family?
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News Behind the News
Profuse Japanese Apologies Set Officials
Thinkne-Tokyo Seeks Diplomatic Victory
BU P01I MnLLOn
Ru Paul MnLLOn

CWord Copyright
Reproduction n in PARTS
THE vague tone of skeptcsm in Mr. Hulls protest to
Japan not diplomatic pose
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THE ANSWERS

Mrs. Teresa Hipkins, 1925
First st. N. W., clerk-typist:
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Let's Declare
Our Neutrality
"SCUTTLE OUT OF CHINA"

.hus urging that We
The Washington times., 1937-03-31

university of washington, Seattle,
which held it the previous year.
Won Title Once
The Mountain MarkSmen from
Louisville Male High School have
never previously won a national
title, but came close to it last year
when they won first place in their
classification of the Fifth Corps
Area, with a total score of 935.
BY a remarkao Ole Improvement
they bettered their mark of 973
and they won not only the ma
tional honors among high schools,
but also the distinction Of the
largest total among the 604 com
peting teams.
Greatest Sport
Col. A. w. Lane, acting execu-
tive officer in the office of the
Chief of Infantry, headed the
board which announced the
results.
The Hearst shoot is considered
the greatest of interscholastic
events. Team and individual
winners are not only awarded
handsome trophies, medals and
other prizes, from the Hearst
newspapers, but the taking of
places among the winners is
given consideration by the War
Department in the naming of
honor schools. Many Of the in
stitutions award major or minor
letters to members of teams as
awards for taking first place
either sectionally or nationally.
Elaborate ceremonies will mark
the presentations of prizes in all
winning schools.
Winners of sectional champion
ships in each corps area will be
announced in the near future by
the War Department.
The Washington times., 1937-03-31

NEW BRICK HOMES. $3.50:
Modern living demands con-
veniences, so when you select your
permanent home be sure that it
has the newest appointments and
all the up-to-the-minute equip
ment. These brick homes of five
rooms have electric kitchens that
are the latest word in efficiency.
The living rooms have appealing
charm with their unusual treat.
ment of windows, and are ideal
in their presentation of wall space.
The bedrooms offer ample accom-
modations for the small family'S
needs, and the builder has given
special attention to the closet
space. While you are out for an
afternoon drive go out Colesville
Pike, turn right on Franklyn Ave
nue.. continue to Radnor Road,
then on these homes
NORTON PLACE N. w.:
While this is not an old house
it was built few years ago and
retains the charm of the houses
of that time. Just this past year
it was redecorated throughout and
all new kitchen equipment put in.
The house is a semi-detached
one of tapestry brick with porch
that overlooks the Mclean estate.
It consists of four bedrooms, a
tile bath, living and dining room,
the latter having beam ceiling.
The sunroom is inclosed, is quite
spacious and could be used to ad.
vantage. Every one of the mod
ern appointments found in the
kitchens Of today will be found
here also new, modern range,
electric refrigerator and plenty Of
cabinet space. Located in Cleve-I
land Park you know this is a real
value at $10,500.
The Washington times., 1937-03-31
BobYs Bow|ers
FACE Shopnnen

With the curtain to be rung
down in two weeks, the Recreation
Duckpin loop bowlers swing into
the homestretch with the leading
Phil Bobys facing the second place
University Shop, only one game
behind, tonight.
AStor Clarke reeained the high
average lead with q 385 set, a one
pine margin over Joe Harrison,
1921 to 1920. Other Standout
sets were Beavers, 378; Mooney,
BIT; Rinaldi, 373; Beall. 372, fea.
tured by the weeks high game,
1853; Mandley, 1853, and Hunt and
Geib, 800 each. Post Office had
high team game, GIT, and Diplo-
mat Cafe high team set, 1899.
STANDINGS
The Washington times., 1937-03-31
Bill TiIden Beats
Perry at Last

PITTSBURGH, March 81. Big
Bill Tilden, the 44-year-old vet
eran, today held his first victory
in three tries over England's youth
full Fred Perry in smashing net
battle here. The scores were 6-2,
80, 6-3, 6-3.
From the first service Big Bill
carried the battle to his foe, open
ing the first game of the evening
without permitting Perry a point.
The Washington times., 1937-03-31
Boxing Tourney
Enters Finals

BALTIMORE, March 31.-An-
nual Third Army Corps boxing
championships go into the final
stage Thursday night following
last nights second preliminary
round featured by seven knock
outs.
Thursday nights bouts will be
staged in Carlin's arena. Last
nights final preliminary round
was staged at Camp Holibird be-
fore 1000 fans.
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Bradley Farm
Siteof Hunt,
April 10

Three famous horsemen-Ster.
ling Larabee, M. F. H.; Major Tur-
ner WeltShire, who rides with the
Middleburgh, Orange County and
Piedmont hounds, and Frank A.
BonSal of Baltimore-will judge
the sixth annual hunter trials Of
the Riding and Hunt Club Hounds,
to be held at Bradley Farm on
April 10.
The list of events includes six
classes. Riders in the trials are
urged but not required to wear
uniforms of their hunts. More
than likely, hunts of the Virginia
and Maryland areas will send rep
resentatives to the trials.
The opening class, designated
as Class A, is known as the Riding
and Hunt Club Plate. 1t is open
to hunters regularly hunted by
members of the Riding and Hunt
Club which have hunted at least
four times since November l,
1896, with the Riding and Hunt
Club Hounds. The entry is to be
ridden by the owner. The prize
plate was presented by the Hon.
Henry L. Stimson. The plate
must be won three times by the
same member for permanent
ownership.
Modified Course
The second class-Ciass Bin
the Junior Hunt Plate. This one
is for boys or girls who have not
yet reached their seventeenth
birthday. The class is to be shown
on a modified course. The prize
plate was presented by Mrs. L. T.
Hundt.
Glass C is the Chevy Chase Plate.
1t is open to any hunter that has
hunted at least four times with a
recognized or registered Hunt
since November /, 1886. The prize
is plate.
Glass D, the Montgomery County
Plate, is open to any pair of hun
ters, not necessarily of the same
ownership. In this class, one horse
of the pair is to lead and to be
followed by the second horse OF
the pair, the lead horse to change
between the sixth and Sevnth
Jumps. The rear horse always must
follow the lead horse at a safe
hunting distance. Entries in this
class must be ridden by owners
who must be members of a recog-
nized or registered Hunt.
Open to Hunters
The Masters Plate goes to the
winner of Class E, which is open
to hunters owned and ridden by
members of, or subscribers to, a
recognized or registered Hunt. The
prize, plate, was presented by Dr..
Fred R. Sanderson, M. F. H, Rid
ing and Hunt Club Hounds.
The final class, Class F, Is for
the Potomac Plate. It is open to
any team of three hunters, not
necessarily of the same owner
ship. Horses of team must fol-
low at safe hunting distance.
LEANS euGeFeu LII IIllS C1dSS 11uSC
ride in full hunting attire and
appointments will count is per
cent.
The course will be about a
mile and a half over natural OBJ
stacles with 10 fences. Horses
will be judged on performance,
form over jumps and across
country, and condition at the
finish. Jumping, manners, pace,
style and condition will count
80 per cent. conformation 10 per
cent. In judging conformation,
no exception will be taken to
hunting blemishes, providing they
do not interfere with the eff
ficiency of the horse as hunter.
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Benning Bowls
Frederick S

Benning Service Station howlers
will strive to stop the leading
Frederick's Mems Wear in the
Temple Minor Duckpin League to-
night.
Last week Frederick's turned
back it's nearest rival, Pythian
Ball Room, twice, aided by Arthur
Crowns even 400, with games Of
1877, 143 and 100.
High individual game honors
for the week went to Charlie Bros
nahan with a ISL, featuring a
376 set. Other notable sets were
Crawford, 1865; DiNenna and L.
Siemon and ShankS, $50 each;
and Murray, 357. Frederick's had
high team game, COL, and high
team set, 1887. Standings:
The Washington times., 1937-03-31

By LIEUT.. COL. JESS KRUGER
National champions in the Will
liam Randolph Hearst seventeenth
annual R. o. T. C. rifle matches
were announced by tie War De
partment yesterday.
The 1861 national champion
ship teams in this greatest of in
ter-scholaStic events are:
UNIVERSITIES g. COLLEGES
University of Oregon, Eugene,
Ore.-ScOre 961 possible 1,OOO.
Team personnel: Delber L.
BjOrk, Stanley Warren, William
H. Gieseke, Jack Lew and Don
aid Boyd.
ESSENTIALLY MILITARY
SCHOOLS
Greenbrier Military School,
LewiSburg, w. Va.-ScOre 947
possible 1,OOO). Team person
mel: David F. Morris, William L.
Lane, William E. Gray, Thomas
C. Edgar, Roger F. Hughes.
HIGH SCHOOLS
Louisville Male High School,
Louisville, Ky.-ScOre 973 (pOSsi-
bel 1,OOO). Team personnel: Err
hard r. Wolf, Hilary r. Brown,
Louis Huguehard, Milton F.
JOhanbOcke, Leonard L. Lusky.
eDrrrrD Vx,TN1c
National individual winners
are: Albert w. SpiIler, University
of Florida, Gainesville (seniOr
units) with total of 1877 out of
a possible 200 points; David F.
Morris, Greenbrier Military
Schools, LewiSburg, w. Va, (nili-
tary SchOOlS) who shot 1874; and
Hilary r. Brown, Louisville Male
High School, Louisville, Ken
lucky (juniOr unitS) who made
remarkable record of 1919.
A score of 1919 was also
achieved by Walden Nunes of
the POrterville Union High
School and Junior College, Cali
fOrnia, but after a careful COM
parisOn of the punctured targets
by the board Of judges, the
Louisville sharp-shOOter'S hits
were found to be closest to the
bulPs-eye.
FIFTH CROWN
Greenbrier Military School, thu
new senior champions, are the
most consistent winners of ma
tional championships during the
Hearst matches. This school wor
first place in their classification
in 1882, 1888, 1884 and 1885. Las
year they lost the title to tht
ManliuS School, Manlius, N. Y.
but are now jubilant of having
again taken hold of the nationa
trophy which must be won three
consecutive years to be retained
permanently.
The University of oregon wor
one previous national title, il
193435 taking the title from thu