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Evening star., 1941-07-25
CLARIFYING q Policy

Three recent events have served
to clarity confused and self-contra-
dictory phase of American foreign
policy.
The first was the Japanese move
into French Indo-China. The Sec
ond was the blunt assertion by Act
ing Secretary of State Sumner Welles
that this aggressive act menaced
American security, territory and
other interests in the Far East. And
the third was the Presidents SEEM
ingly casual but nonetheless clear
and candid explanation of the policy
of quasi appeaSement which we have
employed in dealing with Japan.
To a large extent the first two
speak for themselves. At the very
least, Japan has taken advantage of
the preoccupation of Britain and the
United States with the war in Eu-
rope to advance her imperialiStic
ambitions by forcible means. Indo-
China, rich and helpless colony of
France, could have offered no effec-
tive resistance even if the Nazi-
dominated Vichy government had
the will to fight, which was not the
case. AS preteXt-and it is trans
parently false-the japanese at
tempted to justify their aggressive
move by falling back on the thread
bare explanation that she sent her
army and navy to Indo- China to
forestall British and American de-
signs on that territory.
1t remains to be seen what the
next japanese move will be-wheth-
er the forces of the Mikado will
pause long over their latest conquest
or whether they will take advantage
of their favorable position to strike
again and quickly. In either event,
taking Mr.. Welles' language at it's
face value, it would seem that this
Government is of the opinion that
at last Japan has reached the point
where her interests and those of this
country are in open and irretrievable
conflict. And that view is borne out
by the Presidents statement.
Speaking informally to volunteer
defense group, Mr.. Roosevelt said
that despite the so-called moral
embargo on the sale of planes, high
octane gasoline and similar products
to Japan, we had continued to sell
them oil and other commodities for
the single purpose of trying to pre-
vent war in the Pacific. In other
words, we have been trying to supply
the Japanese with just enough war
materials to discourage them from
attacking the East Indies or other
possible sources of supply. That,
frankly, is appeasement.
But, as the President put it, at was
very essential from our own selfish
point of view of defense to prevent
war from starting in the South
Pacific y. There was
method in letting this oil 60 to Japan,
with the hope-and it has worked
for two years-of keeping war out
of the South Pacific for our own
good, for the good of the defense
of Great Britain, and the freedom
of the seas"
AS past policy, that may or may
not have been wise Only time can
tell. But 1t seems evident that
we have come to a point where it
no longer can be pursued. In spite
of our conciliatory efforts, Japan has
elected to break out into an area
where our vital interests are threat
ened, and that is hard fact which
may call for an abrupt and drastic
reshaping of policy on our part.
Evening star., 1941-07-25
Cumbodiun MYSTERIES

When japanese troops occupied
French Indo-China, they came into
control of the remains of q culture
in many ways superior to their
own. The ruined palaces and temples
Of ancient Cambodia are reminders
of an ancient civilization Of which
relatively little is known. That which
is known the world owes to the
colonial administration and the
archeologists of France. The gradual
revelation of the glories of Angkor
Thorn and Angkor Vat since 1907 is
due to their intervention. When
those magnificent structures were
discovered by the naturalist Mouhot
more than seventy years ago, they
were overrun by the feverish growth
of the tropical jungle. The French
pushed back the forest, retrieved vast
areas which had been hidden by
tangles Of weeds, constructed excel
lent motor roads to the more i'm
portant sites, stimulated careful
study of the inscriptions found upon
the crumbling walls, collected thou
sands Of photographs and drawings
of the remnants of a lost metrop-
oils" which once was larger and more
populous than Rome.
But neither the French ethnog-
raphiSts nor their friends from
other lands were competent to solve
the mysteries of the Cambodian
empire of a millennium ago. Who
were the builders of the ancient city?
1t is supposed that they were natives
of Burma, who conquered the whole
region and became the ancestors OF
the present CambodianS. Their mill
tary influence dominated the sur
rounding countries for several CEN
turies. While their native country,
India, was suffering both from in
ternal disruption and foreign attack.
this new colony of theirs was enjoy
ing glorious peace. Indian
civilization, transplanted into this
new kingdom, hourished in all its
luxurious splendor, and, after several
centuries Of nurture, developed the
art Of Khmer"
The monuments of Angkor are
thought to have been started be-
tween 300 and 900 AID. A temple
named Prah-Khan was the original
enterprise. King Jayavarman II was
It's sponsor, and his example was
adopted by his successors. One of
the sovereigns designed new capital
very much as Major L'Enfant
sketched Washington. Ten square
miles Of forest were cleared, and a
plan Of great royal city capable of
holding a million of his subjects
was drawn" The town was pro-
tected by Notifications which still
exist, and the whole community was
surrounded by moat as broad as
an average river.
Was Cambodia conquered? The
question has been debated for
decades, but no proven answer has
been forthcoming. A devastating
plague has been proposed as an
explanation Of the fall" of the
empire. "The inscriptions themselves
give little hint Of the denouement.
They 60 on recording the
exploits Of kings we'll up into the
thirteenth century, and then they
trail of into the shadows" Perhaps
one day in the future the riddle will
be read. Meanwhile, it may be hoped
that no military necessity" will
prompt the intruding japanese to
wreck the graceful towers, all in
tricately carved, which hitherto have
testified to the high ideals Of a people
as mysterious as the inhabitants of
legendary Atlantis or the members
Of the Ten Tribes Of the Jews who
vanished in the gloom Of history.
Evening star., 1941-07-25
Lists Dangers"
To True Democracy"

AU AIuC DCDIUCI 0Cys
70 the Editor Of The Star:
II We are to make the o. S. A. safe
for democracy, regardless Of the rest Of
the world, 1t would be well for us to
put an end, 30 far as that Is possible,
to those influences which are at enmity
with true democracy before their grow
ing strength shall have made it too late
for us to do 50. The more potent of
these dangers may be listed as follows:
Cd An unjust system Of taxation, (O
denial to citizens Of the right of inter-
national free trade, 90 the spoils sys-
tenn, "a nepotism, 60 huge subsidies to
certain classes Of farmers with severe
penalties to others, 60 class legislation
favoring labor unions, Cd extravagant
appropriations, 90 failure to enact the
proportional representation plan of vot-
ing, 90 failure to tax the immense value
Of church property on an equality with
ether property. 0o) unjustihed persecu-
tion q Tie teieptons. insurance, u and
Evening star., 1941-07-25

inquiries About Sacrifice" Of Boys
To Tobacco Companies.
To the Editor Of The Star:
In recent letter on your editorial
page, plea was made for the dis
tribution Of cigarettes to boys in camps,
which suggestion recalls the declaration
once made by the health officer of the
Naval Academy that "the future health
and usefulness Of the lads educated at
this school require the absolute interdic-
ton Of tobacco"
Why. at critical time like this. when
America needs the best service her boys
can give, should they be offered special
inducements to play into the hands of
the enemy by lessening their physical
and mental fitness to defend their
country?
The letter Of your correspondent con-
cludes with the suggestion that tobacco
companies could afford to sacrifice
profits for the sake of our boys, but can
the country afford to sacrifice our bys
for the sake of profits to the tobacco
companies?
GERTRUDE E. MACKENZIE.
Evening star., 1941-07-25

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the 1Uriter, although the use OF
n pSeudonvm for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters 1Cith
UieD to condensation.
Evening star., 1941-07-25

Possibly our automobile produc-
tion may be cut in half. Good
Americans, however, will undoubt-
edly be ingenious enough to find
something else to buy on the INSTALL
ment plan, even If it is only tax
receipts.
Evening star., 1941-07-25

In the bombing of Moscow, if the
foreign Office is ever hit, the Rus
sian copy of the non-aggression
treaty with Hitler may get slightly
damaged.
Evening star., 1941-07-25

Prominent among things which
usually fold up and collapse dis
astrously along about this time OF
the year are beach chairs and the
Brooklyn Dodgers
Evening star., 1941-07-25

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Evening star., 1941-07-25
Discusses Right and Wrong
OF Prevailing War.

To the Editor of The Star
There seems to be uncertainty in many
minds as to what our country ought to do
about this European, Asiatic and African
mixup.
In one sense it is true that this is not
our war. But is it true that our highest
duty is to keep hands off? The brother
hood of man-does that mean only North
and South America? Are not the Chinese
our brethren as much as the South
Americans, and are not the Chinese
showing their devotion to freedom and
to democracy, though in different forms
from ours-are they not showing their
devotion by fight every bit as heroic
as that put up by our admired friends,
the British?
I have respect and admiration for
the conscientious objectors, who assert
that nothing can be worse than war.
But cannot believe that they ere right.
1t is true that war always works harm
and it is wicked to 60 into war for "our
national interests" of an economic
nature. On the other hand, acquiescence
in crime. organized and resolute crime,
put forward by powerful governments
with the aim Of making crime the ruling
principle Of the world, is a policy that
may work even more harm than war.
w. C. L.
Evening star., 1941-07-25
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Evening star., 1941-07-25

@. How much does a Greyhound bus
weigh?-R. z. M.
A. The average weight Of Greyhound
bus is $4,000 pounds, or 9 tons.
Evening star., 1941-07-25

other big business enterprises by costly
investigations, QD government fixing
of hours of labor, rates of wages and
prices of merchandise or farm products.
Q2) entry of the government into the
business of savings banks, life insurance
or any other competitive enterprise.
HENRY WARE ALLEN.
Evening star., 1941-07-25

@. When was Illuminating gas first
used in Washington, D. C.?-B. L. r.
A. 1t was first used in the United
States Capitol in 1847.
Evening star., 1941-07-25

A reader can get the unswer to any
question Of fact by t0rittnp The Epe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. HaSkin, director, Washington,
D. C. Please inclose stamp for reply.
Evening star., 1941-07-25

@. Do most natives of Iceland make
their living by fishing?-M. B. H.
A. The fishing industry provides
livelihood for more than one-fifth Of
the country's $4,000 population.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-03


station system girl gets
and knows their needs take that
who wants chicken his apple pie Why the felo'
would he embarrassed death ask anybody that
For mosquito bites household ammonia has been suggested
works tried it, And anything that the bite of Nc,
Jersey mosquito he good.
San Francisco girl spells her first Marye That's
the grand old Mary And by the take
people named smyhc Are they Smiths with sreamned
name?
Fourth July tough day explosions
do something dogs great pain
place for the family on the Fourth in the cellar
"DRENATAI. CARE issued by United government
said be of the best books for eXpectant mothers
written Better write it you blessed event the
The valuable piece of property the world under
single ownership the Equitable Building l2O Broadway
haitian II is assessed at S3l0o0000
July "a and therefore the follow
Ing remark Of a star-gazer interested
en horn under the sign of Leo softheared taheadd
friends, good any
talk and most of them happily married.
CALIFORNIAN he up drinking because his dog
I'm not kidding he adds couldn't stand the way he
at acte toward I home drunk"
Proud mother informs her daughter and seven other 10
ycarod girls rcd white and blue club which
every Thursday week the members look up patriotic
poems the meetings they and sing them.
y husband has away with the feet for six months We
baby girls husband year. Il
think he he home to his babies
learn walk"
r Raymond Cobb Second player OF all time
I him n years Interesting
Ty Of the slowly vanishing breed Of cgaret smokers who
roll their
apparently you mougreI pups" writes Pitts
burgher Who told YOU that mister? First dog owned
black and tan mongrel named Wee Wee" And fine
dog he
DENiENBER Tho Girl from Utah lnlia
~ Donald Ban Cavthone? letter
saving:
As what happened my lIfe
!. 1901, married
In City. years happily
all cantaloupes," Californian.
miles Rochester. y. v"
y
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-03

nEBUNkINC the Bunk
~ Dept: You probably saw
that big news photo In the
papers the other afternoon -.
II was a six-column picture
sent out by Berlin. and il was
captioned: "A great fire after
the German bombardment Of
a Soviet town" On one side
OF the building was the huge
name shell" tmesning Shell
OLD. and that's where the
Nazi propaganda bureaus
clumsincss gave them away
American oil men are in
stitches over the phony photo
In Russia all oil is
owned by the state. There IL
no private ownership OF oil.
Therefore there Is no She'll
or any other branded oil in
Russia.
TRADE MARI Registered. cepytisht. is<'
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-03

Early in 1927 the author was
sent 10 Paris where he con-
ferred with Roger Walter GINS
burg and his wife. Dora. and met
several other Cor1inteTn agents.
including Arthur Ewert. alias
Harry Berger. one-tne virtual
dictator of the Communist Party
in the United States" then IN
charge of CominteTn South
American activities.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-03

- 49,
gave one OF the guards a
written note, and asked him
10 report me TO the organiza-
ton department OF the central
committee. / waited. From
somewhere came the dull ham,
mering OF presses. Doors
banged and people rushed by.
The Railways were plastered
with blazing posters, dis-
grams, bulletins. In the court
yard. the bicycles and
motorcycles Of the party
couriers were parked by the
dozen. At last the guard re-
turned.
"COmrade Ernst will see
YOU" he announced. Fourth
floor. room 80"
Room 80 was small and
bare. The windows had no
curtains. There was A large
desk. two hard chairs. and a
picture OF Stain on the wall.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-03
Elsie
Robinson
A Story That Fits Any
Village in America
BY ELSIE ROBINSON

IT'S A San Francisco story.
= Which shook that sophisti-
Gated city as few have in
years. A San Francisco story.
yet it fits every village in
America and almost every
family. No. it isn't a horror
tale. Just another story OF
"a rebellious kid who was de-
termined 10 live her own
hfeH and what a couple
of punky parents did about
= ii, though it near broke their
hearts in the doing. But its
very commences drives it
home and should hit every
q panicked parent.
No use giving names-the
kids making good now. so
we'll call her Betty. Pretty
little tyke. with the lift and
Tilt OF charm in her dancing
body and lovely. smoldering
eyes.
She didn't see why she
couldn't do as the other kids
did, Use makeup. Have real
formals, not silly, old home
made dresses" Go around
with the Gang" Come home
when the rest of them did.
DO her homework? Be in
bed on time! Phooey with
that. -----'
So il broke, out OF the
blue. before she was through
Grammar School. And per-
haps they made mistakes AZ
first. those parents. Tried TO
coddle her too much or scolded
her too much. But loves a
chancey thing Your heart.
or your hurt. always gets
away with your head. They
were dazed. Here was
problem which they'd never
faced. They'd so hoped IN
give her the best. Now she
was choosing. insisting upon.
all that was cheapest and
worst. How could they stop
her?
They couldn't. She was of
like young maverick
skipping classes ignoring
home defying all the
rules. Fifteen . sixteen
seventeen St.. nightmare years
for those parents. Pleading.
praising, threatening-it was
all useless. Now IL was dawn
when she came in. stumbling.
hiccoughing. Eighteen
nineteen many a night
she didn't come in at all.
Until at last the fighting
~ spirit surged in her Dads
veins. He'd not have his home
chespened like this, Shed
be in at 2 a. m. or the door
would be locked. He'd show
her what decency meant.
She wasn't in AT :. Not
that night nor for week.
Then her parents began 10
search for her. in the juke
joints. in the tenderloin. Found
her at last, took her away.
raging. from her drunken pals
and turned her over 10 the
amazed and reluctant police.
So. Betty went down 10 the
hoosegow--to a night Of I'M
forgettable terror and regret.
And, for many a day senti.
mental San Francisco ragged
at the "heartlessness" OF
parents who would commit
their own child" But that
committal - and the gentle
wisdom of San Francisco
woman judge-T'heresa Meikle
saved Betty in time. Brought
her back from the edge o1
bottomless pit.
It's q San Francisco story.
but IL fits every village in
this land-and almost every
family. Nightly the hot spots
blsre their invitation e.
nightly defiant youngsters
defy death or court disgrace
in racing jalopies.
Suppose YOUR youngster
we're in one Of those Joints
or jalopies would YOU have
tho courage 10 do what this
father did? Or do you, with
many others. believe that
kids should he kids
Copy right. 1871. King Features eynd., II
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-03
CHAPTER XNNIII

CHAPTER XVIII
Fwert was a true Com
muniSt. A true Communist
cannot conceive of life out
side the Party. He Inundated
himself. His confession was
published on Feb. %. 1880.
Ewert, as he spoke, accen-
tuated each sentence with an
almost apologize smile.
"why do YOU tell me all
thls:" 7 asked. "YOu are 80
much older In the movement
than l."
Because YOU are returning
10 Germany. my boy" he
answered You are young.
Your name stu has good
sound In the movement. And
IL IL youth that finally will de-
eide the great issues. The
young comrades In Germany
should know that not Social
Democracy. but Fascism. is
the chief foe OF the workers.
tell YOU we are making a
horrible mistake"
Mournfully he added;
They are sending me Ia
South America. lfething will
he decided there The de-
cisive battles will he fought In
Germany"
This sounded convincin"
Cut l remembered Soeder's
dmonition:
BE careful. We are golnr
Ike a torpedo. One direction
My"
And GinSburGs warning
Unfortunately he has n
head Of his own"
How can know you arc
not pulling personal oarc"
| brazenly demanded.
Ewert emitted one OF his
broad, god-natured laughs.
"Of course. 1 am" he said.
Tell me-" who Is mote"
II don't understand you"
you WILL. The advent of
Stain has changed the Com
intern. Obedience counts for
more now than initiative, just
like II was In the old Prussian
army. Look around you with
critical eyes. No Communist
Party has n real. home-rooted
leadership. And why? Be-
cause Moscow won't permit
IT,"
1.-THE result IL that a wood
en-brained Zealot like Ernst
Thaelmann leads the strong
est Communist Party outside
Of Russia. A top-sergeant
leading Party on which
hangs the fate OF tho world
revolution"
REBELLIOUS REPLY
] grew rebellious.
"Comrade Traelmann has
been elected by the Party
Congress" | said. I'VE owe
loyalty TO the leaders we elect
because the principle OF demo-
cratic centrallsm IL funda-
mental In the Party"
Rubbish" countered EWert.
"Stalin wiped out democracy
and kept on centralism. Lead
ers are appointed. not elected.
Every leader pulls his per-
sonal oar. Every leader
strives TO form his private net
Of spies and his secret private
army to bolster him from the
bottom.
"And the congress? I'll tell
you. Congresses are called
when II Is too late TO check
tyranny from the top. Con-
crosses are convoked only To
say .Aye. To cut-and-dried- de-
cisions. That may sound 10
your chaste ears like counter
revolutionary talk"
l was by now completely
bewildered. This man had
been my teacher. He was an
authority on the credo which
! had accepted body and soul.
For a cornered mind. saliva
ton lies in action. / did not
ask myself who was right and
BY Jimmy Hatlc
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-03

the first baby came. And then this baby
died AZ age Of g.
The Leland StaniordS Of California
had a SON born to them after is childleSs
years This son died al the age OF 10.
And the Stanlords gave $3oooQ0oo toward
founding IN his memory the great Leland
Stanford Junior, University Of California.
DO YOU really believe women are
smarter than men or are YOU trying TO
aatter the girls hit" asks Chicagoan.
I sincerely believe women have more
physical endurance and arc quicker thinkers
than men I believe nature planned it
that way because Of The pain of childbirth
and tho necessity Of quick thinking on
the part OF a mother protecting her young.
CHICAGO restaurant queen named Mabel
- writes
so now you are going Ia tell people
how 10 run their restaurants. The station
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-03
the Side
By E. V. DurIing

Thar s3co uc moral lorSrs are.
ist rof ioe long orr love Wlil lost;
Brt wt3e docs, lcf ps iake care
Eaci uiHate BE- lcth pleasure past.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-03

tAayce OF Mr. Ethergc above sound While love
lasts make The Then the object Of your affections
becomes you sing Thanks Tor me Memory
instead ol moaning a torch songD
TsvFR see person with eyes different COLOR Neither did
II But IL SAID the Great had one black eye and
r rro.r o,n Iaari OF couple married Is years before
Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-23
US. Moves 10 Weld
West Hemisphere

WASHINGTON, Feb. % CUP)-
Two significant national defense
moves today indicated intensified
efforts by the United States to
strengthen its economic ties with
Latin American republics.
The office of production man.
agement announced a materially
broadened" program of government
meat purchases, including some
South American canned beef, to
feed Uncle Sans rapidly expanding
armed forces.
The United States also has con-
American countries for scientific eX-
cluded agreements with IL Latin
periments designed to make the
western hemisphere eventually a
self-sufficient rubber producing CEN
ter
Well-informed sources attached
extraordinary Importance to these
twin developments. They interpreted
them as efforts to weld solid
economic front of western hemis-
phere nations in the face of the
grave world situation.