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by Great Britain in her memorandum is ambiguous. It objects particularly to the section relative to the suspension of the conference on Customs duties. It declares that British tactics are tending to destroy for selfish ends the harmonious relations between China and other Powers. As the symbol of America, the skyscraper has replaced Uncle Sam in European eyes. Particularly the skyscraper as embodied in the skyline of Manhattan. There, on a narrow island, is centered the greatest population in the world. There the only direction for expansion is upward. So the steel skeletons have sprung skyward, bearing twenty, thirty, forty, fifty layers of cubicles in which buzz millions of busy human insects. These powerful vertical lines burst upon eyes that for days have seen nothing but the monotonous horizontals of the ocean. The sight is breath-taking. Small wonder that European architects dream with awe and admiration of the place whose buildings tower into the clouds. Yet for all New York’s 1,686 buildings of more than ten stories, the average height of buildings on Manhattan Island is less than five stories. This is probably less than the average building height in Paris. Students of mass humanity and of city planning consider that New York English Comment: The Conservative Daily Telegraph sees in the discussion by the French Cabinet of the British memorandum on China a sign of hesitation, but it considers that the official British hope that opposition to the new policy will be overcome is scarcely well founded. It believes that France, since the dissolution of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance, is seeking a Franco-Japanese entente in the Pacific. “Once again British diplomacy is late,” writes the Socialist Daily Herald. It has learned something, but it has learned it too slowly. If the memorandum had been published in 1925, it might have had an effect; at this time, the new China will not be appeased by words or by promises subject to conditions. China is a reality, and as such it demands deeds." The Liberal Westminster Gazette writes that “the intervention of the United States in the civil war in Nicaragua is
that New York English Comment: The Conservative Daily Telegraph sees in the discussion by the French Cabinet of the British memorandum on China a sign of hesitation, but it considers that the official British hope that opposition to the new policy will be overcome is scarcely well founded. It believes that France, since the dissolution of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance, is seeking a Franco-Japanese entente in the Pacific. “Once again British diplomacy is late,” writes the Socialist Daily Herald. It has learned something, but it has learned it too slowly. If the memorandum had been published in 1925, it might have had an effect; at this time, the new China will not be appeased by words or by promises subject to conditions. China is a reality, and as such it demands deeds." The Liberal Westminster Gazette writes that “the intervention of the United States in the civil war in Nicaragua is said to be dictated by powerful Wall Street influences which are determined to overcome the opposition of Mexico to American commercial supremacy in Latin America.” The Liberal Daily News does not believe that the United States has the wish or the intention to make war with Mexico, but it declares that a certain confusion and lack of frankness in the American attitude towards Mexico might easily develop a policy capable of causing war. French Comment. The situation in China, particularly in relation to the British Memorandum, interests the French Press. Careful reflection must precede any interference with the present European edifice in the Orient, M. Lucien Romier writes in the Conservative Figaro. “France has a position founded upon her policy of constant reserve in relation to the Far East,” he writes. “That is the best imaginable position concerning all China. It is even the most respectful of Chinese nationalism, where that nationalism does not simply mean the interest of some group or army.” Writing in the Left Œuvre, M. Henry Barde agrees that the intentions of France towards China are extremely liberal, and he points out that the situation as concerns France is less complicated than that concerning England, whose
that a certain confusion and lack of frankness in the American attitude towards Mexico might easily develop a policy capable of causing war. French Comment. The situation in China, particularly in relation to the British Memorandum, interests the French Press. Careful reflection must precede any interference with the present European edifice in the Orient, M. Lucien Romier writes in the Conservative Figaro. “France has a position founded upon her policy of constant reserve in relation to the Far East,” he writes. “That is the best imaginable position concerning all China. It is even the most respectful of Chinese nationalism, where that nationalism does not simply mean the interest of some group or army.” Writing in the Left Œuvre, M. Henry Barde agrees that the intentions of France towards China are extremely liberal, and he points out that the situation as concerns France is less complicated than that concerning England, whose products are boycotted. The Independent Journal says: “It appears, following the results of the examination which the French Government has made of affairs in the Far East, that France and Great Britain, at least for the moment, will not be able to follow an altogether common path. The Chinese have never manifested any particular hostility towards us. Our commercial relations with China are almost normal. Finally, we must remember our privileged situation in Indochina, which a conflict with the Governments of Peking or Canton might possibly lessen. The Nationalist Echo de Paris also implies that France has done well not to accept the British position. “The English propositions, present what might be called an effort to intervene in the internal struggles of the Chinese people. They even are susceptible of giving the impression that the Powers are abandoning the principle of Chinese unity. From that point of view they are as unsatisfactory to the military chiefs of the North as to the revolutionaries of the South.” The Independent Petit Parisien says: “It is necessary to add that this waiting attitude will not prejudice the position of the French Government towards the status of foreigners in China.” Corsican Bandit Lived in
never manifested any particular hostility towards us. Our commercial relations with China are almost normal. Finally, we must remember our privileged situation in Indochina, which a conflict with the Governments of Peking or Canton might possibly lessen. The Nationalist Echo de Paris also implies that France has done well not to accept the British position. “The English propositions, present what might be called an effort to intervene in the internal struggles of the Chinese people. They even are susceptible of giving the impression that the Powers are abandoning the principle of Chinese unity. From that point of view they are as unsatisfactory to the military chiefs of the North as to the revolutionaries of the South.” The Independent Petit Parisien says: “It is necessary to add that this waiting attitude will not prejudice the position of the French Government towards the status of foreigners in China.” Corsican Bandit Lived in Luxury The Court of Appeals at Bastia (Corsica) renders judgement today in a case which has involved a long consideration of the life of Nuncio Romanetti, the Corsican bandit who was killed this summer by his enemies. The death of Romanetti in an obscure vendetta brought the police down upon all his lieutenants, who were unable to defend themselves without their redoubtable chieftain, and who were arrested in or near the bandit's valley on the Gulf of Lava. Romanetti’s staff of assistants — Giulio Leca, Pasquale Livelli, the Mancini family, and others to the number of nine— were condemned to a maximum of two years in prison for harboring a criminal. They appealed against the sentence, and before tonight the decision will be known. Leca, Livelli, and the others based their appeal on the fact that they were all under the complete domination of Romanetti, who appeared during the testimony to be an even more remarkable bandit than legend had made him during the past twenty-five years. Romanetti lived in luxury in his retreat near the Gulf of Lava, depending upon his lieutenants to direct and consolidate his fortune. Giulio Leca was his representative in Ajaccio, and he kept a
all his lieutenants, who were unable to defend themselves without their redoubtable chieftain, and who were arrested in or near the bandit's valley on the Gulf of Lava. Romanetti’s staff of assistants — Giulio Leca, Pasquale Livelli, the Mancini family, and others to the number of nine— were condemned to a maximum of two years in prison for harboring a criminal. They appealed against the sentence, and before tonight the decision will be known. Leca, Livelli, and the others based their appeal on the fact that they were all under the complete domination of Romanetti, who appeared during the testimony to be an even more remarkable bandit than legend had made him during the past twenty-five years. Romanetti lived in luxury in his retreat near the Gulf of Lava, depending upon his lieutenants to direct and consolidate his fortune. Giulio Leca was his representative in Ajaccio, and he kept a banking account for the bandit; Leca operated a regular automobile transport service between Ajaccio and Calcatoggio (the mountain village where the bandit was born) for Romanetti, and turned over the profits to his chief. Pasquale Livelli directed Romanetti’s numerous vineyards, his commercial enterprises, and his cheese factories at Bastelica and Collo di Pruno. And the Mancini family, relatives of Romanetti’s friend, Maria Maddalena Mancini, cared for the bandit’s flocks. The bandit’s navy consisted of a flotilla of fishing boats and small motor-boats, with a fast motor-launch for the “admiral,” his friend Battesti. The boats acted as scouts and defense. When the gendarmes were reported to be coming, either by sea or by land, Romanetti and his associates took counsel to decide whether to fight or to flee. Evidence during the present appeal showed that all Romanetti's band feared their chief and obeyed him blindly to the end. On the day before his death, Romanetti gave Maria Maddalena Mancini a severe beating and ill-treated some children who were sent to him as emissaries by a mountain village from which he had taken money. The bandit’s followers believe that the parents of the children declared a vendetta, and that it was the
Collo di Pruno. And the Mancini family, relatives of Romanetti’s friend, Maria Maddalena Mancini, cared for the bandit’s flocks. The bandit’s navy consisted of a flotilla of fishing boats and small motor-boats, with a fast motor-launch for the “admiral,” his friend Battesti. The boats acted as scouts and defense. When the gendarmes were reported to be coming, either by sea or by land, Romanetti and his associates took counsel to decide whether to fight or to flee. Evidence during the present appeal showed that all Romanetti's band feared their chief and obeyed him blindly to the end. On the day before his death, Romanetti gave Maria Maddalena Mancini a severe beating and ill-treated some children who were sent to him as emissaries by a mountain village from which he had taken money. The bandit’s followers believe that the parents of the children declared a vendetta, and that it was the villagers who fired death shots. War on the Gnat TO BE WAGED IN BERLIN The latest police regulation in Berlin is directed against the common gnat, Culex pipiens, although that insect is now in the stage of winter inactivity. Within a few weeks, every householder will be compelled to submit to the visit of men armed with a specially-constructed vacuum cleaner which has already been used with success in cowsheds and horse stables. These are fitted with insect powder guaranteed deadly to gnats and mosquitoes of all descriptions, as well as to the common house-fly. All cellars and outhouses of Berlin will be visited by a squad composed of street sweepers directed by trained disinfectors. The compulsory tax of one mark will be extracted from every ground landlord. Too Many Managers HANDICAP GERMAN INDUSTRY The question has often been asked why Germany is unable to compete in the world market with respect to so many products and why domestic prices so often are high, although Germany is among the nations which pay the lowest wages. One of the reasons, it has been said, is the large number of directors, managers and vice-presidents attached to each concern, every man with a
to the visit of men armed with a specially-constructed vacuum cleaner which has already been used with success in cowsheds and horse stables. These are fitted with insect powder guaranteed deadly to gnats and mosquitoes of all descriptions, as well as to the common house-fly. All cellars and outhouses of Berlin will be visited by a squad composed of street sweepers directed by trained disinfectors. The compulsory tax of one mark will be extracted from every ground landlord. Too Many Managers HANDICAP GERMAN INDUSTRY The question has often been asked why Germany is unable to compete in the world market with respect to so many products and why domestic prices so often are high, although Germany is among the nations which pay the lowest wages. One of the reasons, it has been said, is the large number of directors, managers and vice-presidents attached to each concern, every man with a high salary. This contention is now borne out in the figures published by the German Union of Employees, which made inquiries in 900 factories of Berlin. In the vast majority of cases, it is shown, the number of managers per hundred workmen has on the average, about doubled since 1913. In the German railway car industry, there are now 1.8 managers to every 100 workmen, as compared with 0.9 before the war. In the shipyard industry the figures have almost trebled, for here there are 3.3 managers to every 100 workmen, as compared with 1.2 before the war; In the shoe industry there are 2.0, as compared with 1.2; in the machine industry 2.8, as compared with 1.4; in the traffic companies 7.9, as compared with 4.5, and in the insurance companies 11.1, as compared with 6.6 before the war. The gathering together of factories into large combines in almost all important branches of industry in order to simplify and cheapen production—which is one of the outstanding features of industrial development in Germany today—may lead to the much-needed reduction of the number of managers and directors in German industry. “BLOOD MONEY” A bust of Mr. Edmund Cathery, who is retiring
In the German railway car industry, there are now 1.8 managers to every 100 workmen, as compared with 0.9 before the war. In the shipyard industry the figures have almost trebled, for here there are 3.3 managers to every 100 workmen, as compared with 1.2 before the war; In the shoe industry there are 2.0, as compared with 1.2; in the machine industry 2.8, as compared with 1.4; in the traffic companies 7.9, as compared with 4.5, and in the insurance companies 11.1, as compared with 6.6 before the war. The gathering together of factories into large combines in almost all important branches of industry in order to simplify and cheapen production—which is one of the outstanding features of industrial development in Germany today—may lead to the much-needed reduction of the number of managers and directors in German industry. “BLOOD MONEY” A bust of Mr. Edmund Cathery, who is retiring from the post of General Secretary of the British National Union of Seamen, which he has held for thirty-four years, has been presented to the executive of the union in London by officials and members of the Antwerp branch. In his earlier days, Mr. Cathery was instrumental in checking several improvements in the conditions of seamen, including the abolition of the system of “blood money.” “Blood money” was formerly in force on the West Coast of America and on the Continent of Europe, mostly at Antwerp, Rotterdam, and Hamburg. At one time it was almost impossible for a seaman to get a job on a British ship in those parts without “blood money” being extorted from his wages. Touts intercepted men who sought employment and in Antwerp as much as 30fr. was demanded for finding them a ship. A similar amount was claimed in guilders in Rotterdam and in marks in Hamburg. By the aid of the union the “blood money” was stamped out, and today the ports are all free from blackmail of this type. In Quest of a Star Sky-gazing, with a prize of £50 for the person who finds a new star, is the latest craze in
improvements in the conditions of seamen, including the abolition of the system of “blood money.” “Blood money” was formerly in force on the West Coast of America and on the Continent of Europe, mostly at Antwerp, Rotterdam, and Hamburg. At one time it was almost impossible for a seaman to get a job on a British ship in those parts without “blood money” being extorted from his wages. Touts intercepted men who sought employment and in Antwerp as much as 30fr. was demanded for finding them a ship. A similar amount was claimed in guilders in Rotterdam and in marks in Hamburg. By the aid of the union the “blood money” was stamped out, and today the ports are all free from blackmail of this type. In Quest of a Star Sky-gazing, with a prize of £50 for the person who finds a new star, is the latest craze in Sydney, New South Wales. The offer is made by an Australian banking company. Last year, an important new star was unobserved until Robert Watson, a Post Office employee, happened to see it. The possibility of the recurrence of a similar omission was considered so alarming that everyone and sundry have been invited to cooperate in watching the sky for newcomers. CURRENT HISTORY TOLD IN CARTOONS “AN OFFICIAL SOVIET AMBITION” With Joseph Stalin in power in Moscow more firmly than ever before, there is still wider support in official Soviet circles for his theory that Russia can be kept Communist only by making it industrial. Long ago, economists pointed out the fallacy involved in attempting to set up “pure” Socialism—seen by Marx as a development from Capitalism—in a peasant nation. So the “Lvestia,” of Moscow, a Government organ, declares: “Only through complete industrialization can we build up the Socialist State.” FROM FIRST TO LAST ONE DIVISION’S WAR RECORD Although approximately one million British soldiers died in the World War, some of the men in that army who fired the first shots on the first day also fired some of the last shots on the last day—and on the same ground. This
been invited to cooperate in watching the sky for newcomers. CURRENT HISTORY TOLD IN CARTOONS “AN OFFICIAL SOVIET AMBITION” With Joseph Stalin in power in Moscow more firmly than ever before, there is still wider support in official Soviet circles for his theory that Russia can be kept Communist only by making it industrial. Long ago, economists pointed out the fallacy involved in attempting to set up “pure” Socialism—seen by Marx as a development from Capitalism—in a peasant nation. So the “Lvestia,” of Moscow, a Government organ, declares: “Only through complete industrialization can we build up the Socialist State.” FROM FIRST TO LAST ONE DIVISION’S WAR RECORD Although approximately one million British soldiers died in the World War, some of the men in that army who fired the first shots on the first day also fired some of the last shots on the last day—and on the same ground. This unusual coincidence is brought out in the story of “The Eighth Division In War, 1914-18,” just published in London. When the Armistice came, the 2nd Middlesex, part of the Eighth Division, was 3 3/4 miles North-Northeast of Mons. The night before, it established posts in the village of Ghlin. “To the North of the village,” it is stated, “is situated the Château of La Verrière, and its owner informed the men of the 2nd Middlesex that in August, 1914, their colleagues of another battalion of the same regiment (the 4th Middlesex) had been billeted there. “A remarkable coincidence, but there was one still more extraordinary. For there were a number of men then in the 2nd Middlesex to whom the information was already familiar; for the very good reason that they themselves had actually been serving with the 4th Middlesex in August, 1914. “These men had, on the morning of August 23, 1914, fired the first shots of the War on the British front; on November 11, 1918, having survived all, from the same spot they fired what may well have been the last.” Unusual Emblems ON NATIONAL FLAGS A new flag, the emblem of the Governor of Northern Ireland,
the North of the village,” it is stated, “is situated the Château of La Verrière, and its owner informed the men of the 2nd Middlesex that in August, 1914, their colleagues of another battalion of the same regiment (the 4th Middlesex) had been billeted there. “A remarkable coincidence, but there was one still more extraordinary. For there were a number of men then in the 2nd Middlesex to whom the information was already familiar; for the very good reason that they themselves had actually been serving with the 4th Middlesex in August, 1914. “These men had, on the morning of August 23, 1914, fired the first shots of the War on the British front; on November 11, 1918, having survived all, from the same spot they fired what may well have been the last.” Unusual Emblems ON NATIONAL FLAGS A new flag, the emblem of the Governor of Northern Ireland, figures in the “Errata” just issued by the British Admiralty as a supplement to its Book of Flags of all nations. It is a Union Jack; bearing in the centre a laurel wreath encircling a Red Cross shield, which displays the red hand of Ulster, surmounted by a crown. Some of the Indian native States have new badges that are to be used on the Red Ensign, and one or two of them look odd to Occidental eyes. Porbandar, for example, boasts a running elephant. Trying an irregular cone surmounted by a flag; and Travancore has what appears to be a shell, wearing a sash and a pickelhaube. The Union of Socialist Soviet Republics possesses a genius for variations on the red theme. It has a flag for everything and everybody, each more startling than the last. Primitive Man A NAKURU SKELETON Mr. L. S. Leakey, of the Cutler Dinosaur Expedition, who is now making investigations into Stone Age remains in Kenya Colony, British East Africa, has discovered a complete human skeleton at Nakuru buried in the foetal position with the chin on the knees, at the 12 ft. level. The skeleton is that of a 6 ft. man, buried