The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-17

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 Real fact is that the U. s. Navy sent two officers to Japan's mandated islands in 1892. The officers spent months in advance learning the Malay language, stained their bodies brown, and shipped as Kanaka seamen. This was the only way they could reach the islands. All whdite men were barred.
 One of them never came back, perhaps was shot by the Japan csc. The other is in Washing ton today.
 He reported the construction of concrete artillery foundations in the mandated islands, also oil tanks, airdromes and harbor fa- cilitieS for submarines. The Four Power Pact forbids all such for tifications in the Pacific.
 The State Department has a copy of this report.
 Rumors of these Qualifications, plus the refusal of the Japanase to permit visitors, caused the Mandates Commission of the League of Nations to query the Japanese representative at Geneva in 1883.
 Why" asked a League mem Der, "has Japan declined to per- init foreign visitors in the islands?"
 "We have been holding naval maneuvers there," replied No- bubumi Ito, land naturally did not welcome foreigners at that time."
 And what is the purpose of improving your harbOrS at a cost of 100000 yen each?" Mir. Ito was asked in regard to the reported submarine bases.
 "The sea is very rOugh," re- piled MT. Ito.
 How does it happen that the sea has changed it's habits in that part of the Pacific after so many hundreds of years?"
 The State Department un- doubtedly received a copy of this report from its representative in Geneva. If not, it could have read an account in The New York Times.
 BUTCH" CARDENAS
 The Mexican Ambassador, Francisco Castillo Najera, has a young son called Memo, who is no less rowdy than most Ameri- can youths at age 8. The other evening, when his parents were out, Memo kept listening for the telephone. He was expecting a call from his friend, Butch.
 Finally the embassy phone rang, and Memo got there before the butler.
 "Hi, Butch!" he shouted" this is MemO". Then his tone changed to unconcealed disappointment. Pre- sently he hung up the receiver and turned away in disgust.
 "Who was it?" asked the butler. With toss of his hand, Memo said,. "Oh, it was only President Cardenas in Mexico. I told him to call again, cause daddy's out" UP TO THE HOUSE
 The fate of the 50000,000 de- ficiency relief appropriation de- pends entirely on what happens to it in the House. If the lower chamber approves the bill, the senate is sure to go along. But should the House slash or reject it, then its chances in the Senate are slim.
 Only a few insiders know that Republican leaders were prepared to accept the original $875 ,0O0, ,00O WPA measure in January, had 1t okayed by the Democrt-domin- ated Appropriations Committee. COP strategists favored curtail- ing relief, but thought it political ly unwise immediately after their election victory to take the lead in demanding cut.
 So they craftily waited, confi- dent that anti-New Deal Demo- crats would take the initiative. They were right. The anti Roosevelts grabbed the ball, af- ter which the COP gleefully jumped into the fray and helped them put over the humping touchdown on Roosevelt.
 Republican leaders plan to use the same tactics in the $l5O, ,0O0,- 900 fight. If the Democrats bow to the Presidents demand, 4I,.v. AN.a fxnn xvslu wn aInvpo