Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-12-13
PEOPLE'SCOLUMN
Los Angeles, Calf.
November %, 1910.

DR.. E. j. Clarke Editor and Publisher
Worcester-D Democrat,
Pocomoke City, Md.
Dear DIR. Clarke:
For nearly year have been prom
Using relatives and friends to send
you for publication copy of letter
from my niece, Mrs. Helen Mann,
describing an account of the first
typhoon she had ever experienced.
This was the worst in the Philippine
Islands in 80 years and it hit Mas
bate, the island on which she and
her husband live, the hardest. Her
description is most realistic, and so
many of the teachers at school and
others have had such thrill out of
it, l thought friends and relatives
back home might like to read it, but
/ have not had time to send copies
to so many. So many things have
prevented me from sending sooner,
but at last, here it is.
Helen has had an eventful life in
the Philippines and she writes most
interesting letters about it, which I
wish the home folk could read. Last
April, she and her husband, Homer
A. Mann, made a trip on the China
Clipper to Hong Kong, China, and
spent nearly two weeks in an English
hotel there. Perhaps, I'll send copies
of these letters later.
1 think you are fortunate to have
Mr.. Eben Hearne writing so many
articles reminiscent of the early days
of Pocomoke. / read them with much
interest, and wish you could have
reminiscent articles from all the old
est people in Worcester and Somer-
set counties. Why not have one from
Mrs. I. T. Costen? May I send her
congratulations through your paper?
don't know when I ever had such
a thrill from any piece of satire as I
had from my old class-mate, and
neighbor, E. Clarke Fontaine's "Soli-
loquy of Hitler. Also from his later
contribution "The Land of the Free"
Two of our high school teachers have
copies of that.
And I always look for your Poetry
Column and enjoy so much the poems
from Mrs. Hurley, Mrs. Hancock and
Mrs. Mariner, but have missed them
lately. "Chirps" gives me many a
chuckle, and nothing seems ever to
dampen his humor.
Discussing the war, who caused it |
We all agree it was Hitler, and that
it's just about the most diabolical in
the history of the world, but going
back, far back beyond the immediate
cause, who made it possible for Hit
Ter to cause the wars? Some years
ago, Germany was bankrupt, COM
pletely "down and out" Who loan
ed Germany the money to arm as
Hitler chose to have her do. Could
he ever have waged such war if
Christian countries had not loaned
him the money for such stupendous
program for munitions and arma-
ments? Is not the cause of war the
same old love of money that is the
root of evil?
And coming closer to home, could
Japan have continued to wage such
a prolonged war on China, if the Uni
ted States had discontinued selling
petroleum and scrap iron to Japan?
Why did Christian countries loan
money to Germany for munition fac
tories and ornaments? Didn't Lind
burgh warn other countries of Ger
many's preparedness for war? Why
did the United States continue to send
scrap iron and petroleum to Japan?
Was it not all for the love of money?
Interest on the great loans? Money
for petroleum and scrap iron, and the
Government didn't seem to feel free
to interfere with private interests ?
When will man learn to be his broth
er's keeper? When will mankind
learn to be united and brotherly love
prevail? When? Never, until the
Christ principle is established; and
all the totalitarian nations seem led
by the Satanic Majesty, himself, to
undermine and force out all Christ
ian brotherhood. But God is greater
than the Devil.
Explaining some Egyptian philo-
sophy, an Egyptian lecturer here said,
God, being the Creator, is all love
and cannot kill, by reason of His
nature. The Devil is the destroyer
and the chief reason for his existence
is that he may destroy all evil, for
evil eventually destroys itself. May
he hurry and finish his job!
Los Angeles is beautifully decor
ated for Christmas. Wednesday even