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Evening star., 1939-10-03

jr, carries on his duties there, and
Count jerry Potocki, the Polish Am
bassador here, continues to represent
his government, as do the ENJOYS of
Albania and Czecho-S -Slovakia, and
the American contention that the
governments of all three continue to
exist in law If not in fact is not a
naive bit of legalism, but a hard, real
factor in the reckoning when the
lawless states are brought to final
judgment.
When that day comes the claims
Of the Poles as well as the Czechs, the
Slovaks, the Albanians, the Ethi-
opians and all the other peoples who
are ground under the heel of military
conquest will be Immediately recog-
nized and honored. It should be
settlement not Of revenge but of JUS
tice, and the United States is build
ing up the record for the ultimate
adjustment which the immutable law
OF compensation imposes upon the
violators of treaties and world law.
The United States not only serves
a tangible political purpose by its
refusal to accept Poland's partition,
but 1t honors its own high convic-
tions of what is right and just and
joins the cause of all small and
weak nations which are menaced by
rampant aggressors.
Evening star., 1939-10-03
Poland Still Lives
Secretary of State HILLS

Secretary of State Hull's pro-
nouncement yesterday that the
United States continues to recognize
the exiled government Of Poland as
the legal government of the republic
in spite of the German and Russian
occupation is in line with established
American practice, and underlines
the determination of this Govern
ment to stand firmly behind inter-
national law and order, which is for
the moment overshadowed by the
depredations of lawless states in
Europe.
From the moment of the enuncia-
tion by former Secretary of State
Stimson of the doctrine of non-rec-
ognition of forcible territorial
changes-which covers the extinc-
tion as we'll as dismemberment of
states-it has been an integral part
of the international practice not only
of the United States but of number
of other states. The principle was
embodied in the Saavedra Lamas
pact, now ratified by a number of
American States including this Gov
ernment, has been adopted by the
League of Nations, and is the policy
of the principal democratic powers
in Europe.
From the Manchurian affair
through the Italian conquest of Ethi-
opia and Albania and the German
seizure of Austria and dismember-
ment Of Czecho-S -Slovakfa the United
States has adhered rigidly to this
principle of refusing to recognize the
legality-although it has been forced
to bow to the fact-of forceful ac-
QUESTIONS of territory and forceful
extinction of members of the inter-
national community.
A Polish government has been
formed in Paris by exiled Polish
leaders; the American Ambassador
to Poland, Anthony, J. Drexel Biddle,
Evening star., 1939-10-03

A correspondent signs herself, "Yours,
for More Human Dogs and Horses"
Why should we want them to be hui
man2
Thank Heaven that they aren't!
The present state of the unfortunate
human world, armed to the teeth, living
in dread even in times OF peace, would
seem to speak for the keeping of all
animals in their age-old ways.
It may be fun to teach animals
tricks" as we call them, but probably
the creatures are better of without
them.
Is it "cute," as people say. when a
dog sits up and begs?
Why is it taught to initiate human
mendicant?
Many tricks taught animals are good
for nothing when they are not silly.
Why "play dead?
No animal in its right senses would
want to be dead or initiate deadness.
Only one, in all the tribes of animals,
uses such a deception to any good pur-
pose, and it probably is ashamed Of
itself when it succeeds.
Our correspondent thinks horses and
dogs the smartest just because they can
be taught tricks, imitation of humans
in other words.
Maybe So maybe not.
Dogs want to be dogs, and do the
things dog do, not ape humans in the
things humans do.
Cats, more independent, are notori-
ously unable to learn tricks. One may
suspect that they do not want to. They
dislike dogs, on general principles; any,
thing that dogs do is not liked by cats.
Dogs learn tricks easily therefore cats
refrain from learning tricks. Maybe
the tail wavers do not 60 through any
such reasoning, but it works out to the
same.
If you have ever seen the disguised
look in Tabbys eyes, as she watches
honest Fido standing on his hind legs
you will understand how unhuman-
like cats are. and dogs, too, in essence.
We can put hats on dogs, but they
do not prefer them.
No dog, left to itself, would ever wear
one.
Ears are enough.
X
Our correspondent says that dogs
are taught easily by word sound" such
as employed in first grade.
There can be no doubt that all good
dogs recognize key words and what they
mean.
All the owner has to do is repeat
the same words in the same way, and
the dog understands" every time.
No one can say that he understands
the meaning of the word
What he gets is the sound of it, and
this sound means something to him.
Evening star., 1939-10-03
THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. Trace.oeH.

This is not very far from understand
~ y 4
Say "let's go for walk" to your dog
every evening at about the same time,
with the accent on the same words in the
same way, and he soon understands, for
all practical purposes, that you mean for
you two to go walking.
But what would happen If you said
Cherry pie is good" stressed "pie" each
time, and then grasped the leash and
made motion toward the door?
There can be little question that the
dog soon would associate "pie," said in
q certain way, with its own desire, not
to eat pie, but to have a good romp out
doors.
Words are silly things, in some ways,
even when applied by humans in con-
versation
It is interesting and somewhat comical
to suddenly stop, when pronouncing a
word, and to think of it, not with mean
ing, but as If without meaning, as just a
sound.
Many perfectly good word, especially
if one syllable, will become ludicrous, a
mere explosive sound which, in itself,
has no meaning in the world.
~ *+
The association of sounds with par
ticular meanings is what gives us Ian
guage.
Some aspect of language, undoubtedly,
passes over to the animal kingdom.
This Is not strange, because they have
a certain rudimentary language of their
own. Every tribe and species OF animals
has its talk" without any stretch Of
the meaning of that word.
1t may not be talk, in the sense Of
human conversation, with its inter-
change of ideas, but it is definitely talk in
the sense that every little sound has q
meaning all its own, and gets results of
the kind desired.
Birds uttering their warning notes to
their young cause the fledglings to hide.
and bring to their aid all the other birds
in the immediate neighborhood.
squirrel can use imprecations when
he sees house cat, and even swear
fiuently at humans who may happen to
come into the yard when he does not
desire their presence
Any gardener who has witnessed and
heard these sounds in squirrel talk
knows how effective they are.
Those OF us who admire the pure
animals are glad they are what they are,
without any admixture of humanity
about them. While we may at times, as
our correspondent, wished them more
human, we believe that the better
thought toward them Is to wish them
perfection as they are. We might even
believe that in the event man destroys
himself, as at times seems possible. if
not probable, the animals will take over
IN their own right. And man will then
be, definitely, among the things that
never will be missed"
Evening star., 1939-10-03
Stresses Need for
Eternal Vigilance"
To the Editor of The Star:

Much O. the argument for and against
the proposed raising of the embargo is
hitting the public mind below the belt.
For example, the constant dinning OF
the slogan I'VE must stay out of war!" is
an insult to our intelligence. 1t is the
favorite slogan of both Hitler and Stain,
who are now clamoring for peace"
All sane men desire peace, but there
can only be peace to men of good will.
Washington and Lincoln were both lovers
of peace but not in the fashion of Hitler
and his comrade, Stain.
1t is also time to end the nonsense that
America went into the World War to
make the world safe for democracy. Nat
urally all right-minded men have that
high purpose as a goal, but nothing has
yet been invented by the mind of man
to make any good condition permanent
in this world. Not even the American
Revolution of 1776, nor that of the
French in 1889 brought about such de-
sirable conclusion. America went into
the war in 1917 because its national
safety and honor were involved, and be-
cause it sympathized with the allies who
were fighting a defensive war to main
tain liberty and peace.
It Is more than foolish for any man
claiming to represent this country to de-
clare that the American Army gained
nothing for the cause of freedom and
humanity in the World War. The people
of Belgium and Alsace Lorraine know
better.
The idea that any one war, fought by
any nation, can make this world perma-
nently safe for human liberty is unfit for
lodgment in any American mind The
truth is that not only eternal vigilance,
but eternal readiness, is the price Of
peace.
To my mind the question is not so
much whether we are going to enter
the present war by our own volition, but
how we are going to prevent the enemies
of democracy forcing us into the conflict.
Surely we cannot take any serious insult
or act of aggression like mob Of weak
lings Those who are shouting peace
at any price are deliberately inviting
an attack upon our national honor.
I am an organization Republican, who
never yet voted for any Democrat for
public Office, not even for Franklin D.
Roosevelt, but the policy and attitude Of
our President on the Neutrality Act ap-
pears to me to be an expression Of high
craftsmanship and Americanism. Al
though an intransigeant Republican, I
will say for the gentleman in the White
House, that he is thorough American.
HYACINTHE RINGROSE.
New York City.
October.
Evening star., 1939-10-03
Urges Immediate Repeal
OF Arms Embargo.

To the Editor Of The Star:
It Is stated in your paper that Congress
is flooded with letters not to change
the neutrality law.
That seems very strange, and venture
to say they are mostly mass productions
Of Communists and other organizations
Of the kind, not from Americans.
In my small town and judging from
letters from other parts of the country,
perhaps eight persons out of ten are for
repeal. Germany is getting her arma-
ment and supplies from Russia, and the
unhappy people she has enslaved. Max
ing them work to make implements of
war to destroy their countries, and possi-
bly, neighboring countries
II Germany succeeds in her perform
ances because we will not give equal
facilities to all countries she would de-
mand islands in the Caribbean Sea, die
tate our commerce and ways Of life and
restrict our food supply.
It would seem wise to approve as
speedily as possible Mr.. Roosevelt's and
the country's wish for repeal. Don't for
get 1t Is Britain's navy we depend upon
for peace and decency in the Atlantic.
Our Navy is really only adequate for the
Panama Canal and the Pacific.
Better we look after our own interests
now. than later to have not only our
sons, but women and children brutally
enslaved by dictators. P.D.C.
September 20.
Evening star., 1939-10-03
Golf Miracle

When Joe Seka, golf pro, under
took to give lessons to Charles Havey
of Philadelphia he had no premoni-
ton that history was about to be
made. He merely expected to do his
duty in routine fashion. On the tee,
DR.. Joe first went over the clubs,
carefully examining them for traces
of slice, hook or top, and found them
in order. Then, to get good line on
the symptoms of the complaint, he
had his patient wind up with a driver
and wallop an imaginary ball.
AS Charles complied, Joe could not
help wincing. Charles movements
reminded him of those of spawned
giraffe. Perhaps the best way to
show him his error would be to let
him hit a ball and observe the hor-
rible results. Once again he suffered
at the sight of the same contortion.
Gamely following the flight Of the
pill, he saw it sail majestically into
the air, bounce gleefully on the green,
and with a mellow plunk land in the
cup for a hole in one.
After time out for both to recover
consciousness the consultation was
adjourned to the next tee. The Sec
ond hole was much more difficult,
and the best that poor Charles could
do was one under para severe anti
climax. His luck proved no better on
the thifd hole; once again he missed
an eagle and had to be content with
a mere birdie. The rest of the lesson
is shrouded in mystery which only
Joe Seka can clear up. Those who
feel that they simply must have the
answer are advised to go to the
Cedarbrook Club in Philadelphia and
roam the course. When they see q
golfer attempting to initiate q spav-
ined giraffe. 1t will be Joe.
Evening star., 1939-10-03
Russia Marches On

There seems to be no limit to the
diplomatic" successes of the Nazi-
Communist alliance, conspiracy,
partnership or whatever it is Hitler
and Stain have patched up as the
aftermath of their joint destruction
and division of Poland. On the face
of things-admittedly a deceptive
face, for no one outside of Berlin
and Moscow knows what lies behind
it-Stalin has bagged the lions share
of the booty. Half of Poland became
his for the mere taking. With it
went new frontiers for the Soviet
Union, making her next-door neigh
Dor not only of the German province
of Slovakia, but of Hungary and Ru-
mania.
A mere glance at the map shows
that the hammer and sickle now lie
squarely athwart Hitler's Drang
mach Osten, that thrust across East
ern Europe which is the theme song
of "Mein Kampf" and until this fall
constituted the alpha and omega Of
Nazi expansion policy. Der Fuehrer
can now reach the Black Sea only
after he has fought his way through
the Red Army-unless he has some
devious deal with Stain to clear the
track at mutually chosen moment.
But it is not only in Southeastern
Europe that the Moscow dictator is
making hay in the Nazi- Communist
sun. In Northeastern Europe, too,
Russia marches on. Last week the
Baltic republic of Estonia, formerly
a part of the Czarist empire, be-
came a virtual vassal Of the Kremlin.
Yesterday the foreign minister Of
Estonia's southerly, neighbor, Latvia,
arrived in Moscow with two OF his
foreign trade aides. Their mission is
the negotiation Of a "non-aggres-
sion" pact giving the Soviet Union
military and naval concessions SINH
lar to those Russia has obtained
from EStonia.
With Estonia and Latvia within
Moscow's sphere of influence-a
euphemism for Moscow's control
Russia obtains coast line on the
Baltic, the Gulf of Finland and the
Gulf of Riga, which converts her
into a sea power in that corner Of
Europe, with potentialities rivaling
those of Germany, which, through
her seizure of Memel, will be the
U. S. s. RS immediate neighbor on
the south, in Lithuania. It is the
Scandinavian peninsula, with Swe-
den now directly across the Baltic
from both German and Russian ter
ritory, which must view the Reds
advance westerly into Europe with
mixed emotions.
Allied naval, military and air force
seems capable of containing Ger
man-Russian armed power, assum-
ing the conquest of Poland to be for
the time being an irrevocable fait
accompli. But in the realm of state
craft, of the streamlined Machiavel-
liam brand, Britain and France ap-
pear to be hopelessly outmatched
by their cunning and unscrupulous
rivals in Berlin and Moscow.
Evening star., 1939-10-03
Urges Absolute Neutrality
For United States.

fOr Cnlte0 STATES.
To the Editor Of The Star:
America can never attain absolute neu-
trality and freedom from participation
in the power wars of Europe until she
adopts strictly neutral law, one that
prohibits wartime traffic in any form
with any belligerent country. 1t is still
a question of what constitutes peace
time traf1c with unwarring nations. One
does not ignore the fact that neutral
nations will be deprived of the right of
free trade so long as war exists between
the belligerents. There ought to be some
way by which peaceful nations could
trade with one another legitimately, but
there is no assurance that the goods
transported from one to another will
not again be transported by legitimate
firms by land or sea to the shores of an
outlawed belligerent nation. If America
were to declare absolute neutrality, she
would have to build up her military de-
fenses to three times her present size.
This would mean the expenditure of bill
lions of dollars but it would be money
well spent and distributed among the
home industries and to the benefit of
American working people. If after year
OF temporary war" prosperity, an armis-
tice should be agreed to by the present
belligerent forces abroad, the President
and the Congress could be prepared to
carry on the emergency by keeping every
body at work and Transforming the war
time machines into implements of peace
full construction. Trade with Europe
could then be renewed. It would not be
necessary for the President and the Con-
gress to scrap any of the present Gov
ernment agencies. For example, the
housing programs should be carried on
in times of war as well as in peace. Peo-
pie will have more money despite the
rising costs, and many more homes and
buildings will be built. F.F.
September 26.
Evening star., 1939-10-03
Cardinal Mundelein

One of the characteristics which
has set America apart from the
other great nations of the world has
been the fact that its leaders, those
who in other times and other coun-
tries would have formed the princely
strata at the top of the nobility,
have been drawn from every class
OF the population. In the United
States alone, neither the accident
OF parentage nor the influence OF
family has decided the guidance OF
each generation. Ability and train
ing, coupled with facility of intellect
and the will to serve, is the Nations
historical basis for selecting its lead
ers. Such was the background of the
career of George Cardinal Mundelein.
Half a century ago two boys on
New York's East Side chose as their
vocationS the priesthood. Their
paths were widely separated, but
they followed the same course, and
together Patrick Hayes and George
Mundelein became princes of the
Catholic Church on the same day.
Now both have finished their work.
Throughout the years which have
passed since Cardinal Mundelein
entered the seminary, the world, as
we'll as the church, has made de-
mands upon him. How well he
fulfilled these duties is reflected in
the sense of loss which is felt by
laymen as we'll as by his religious
colleagues. AS a leader of liberal
thought he held public attention
over many years. Perhaps his ex-
pressions of hatred of the implica-
tions and results of Hitlerism will
attract most attention in the current
scene, but his expression of disap-
proval of Father Coughlin was more
characteristic. It will be remembered
in this connection, while pointing out
the teachings of Catholicism as
opposed to the social principles
enunciated by the radio priest, that
he upheld Father Coughlin's right
to express his personal beliefs by
any means he saw fit.
AS chief executive and spiritual
father OF one of the largest arch
dioceses in the United States, Cardi-
nal Mundelein achieved renown as a
religious administrator and builder.
AS citizen Of the second city of the
Nation he was a leader in the civic
affairs Of the community.
But regardless of how high a posi-
tion he may have attained as a prel-
ate, how much he may be cherished
as valuable citizen, or what rank
he may attain in the hierarchy, the
highest tribute which can be paid
a clergyman Of any denomination is
that he was a successful spiritual
leader. 1t was as priest that Cardi-
nal Mundelein best served his God
and his country. And it was in his
role OF a priest that he did his great
est work, that of education. The
fine seminary where he died and
where hundreds of young men are
educated to follow in his footsteps
is but a reflection of the educational
work which will remain as his great
est monument. From this seminary
will come those who will be entrusted
with carrying on the educational
work of which Cardinal Mundelein
was the pioneer in the Middle West.
Evening star., 1939-10-03
September %.
Suggests Novel Plan
For Purchased Peace.


Because I'VE, the people" are sub
servient to the same men, institutions,
interests, ambitions and greed that DOM
mated our thought and action in 1915
our participation In the present war is
assured and this is to suggest a novel
assault
Our participation In the World War
cost the lives of $4,000 of our boys with
considerable physical, mental and moral
damage to 10000 more. So it is. per-
hapS, reasonable to assume that we elm
mated 100000 of the enemy from the
combat. Using the Treasury figures,
which are but fraction of the total,
the participation cost us $4,000, 900, 900
or $4,000 per casualty inicted
Suppose, as an ally and without send
ing any of our boys into the conflict,
we had circularized the German Army
with assurance that every one who
. would desert, surrender, come to the
United States and behave himself Gas
our German citizens do) would be given
his transportation, 1000 dollars in cash
and $40 week for four years. That
would have taken twice as many out of
combat as we did by killing or mutt
lating them and at cost OF only IS 900
each as against $4,000. Two billion of
the $4o,o00. 100000 might have given US
10000 desirable young citizens with
buying power" At any rate, the enemy
would have been flabbergasted and de-
feated-and likewise those who foment
war when money jingles.
j. B. CHAMBERLAIN.
Scntanhor 90
Evening star., 1939-10-03
The Double Cross

From the Fort Worth Star-Tslesram.
Old Germany tried to win its way with
the Iron Cross; new Germany does bet
ter, at least temporarily. with the double
cross
Evening star., 1939-10-03

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Hopes Greatness of Hitler
VIII Live Through Ages.
To the Editor Of The STAR
Yesterday read with much interest .
statement by the Associated Press q
Evening star., 1939-10-03
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Evening star., 1939-10-03
Urges Americans to
Express Loyalty.
To the Editor Of The Star:

EAPEcSS LOy2Uy.
To the Editor Of The Star:
In these changing days there ap-
pears in our modern America q certain
minority roofing section who persist
with their two cheers for Communism
and Hitlerism. Let all decent minded
Americans make known their loyalty
to and support of the United States.
ERNEST CHARLES RICK.
October I.
Evening star., 1939-10-03

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