RISBANE
THIS WEEK
Washington Said It
Scaring Mussolini
Ethiopian War Fever
Not Even a Nest Egg
One hundred and
ago George Washington made his fare-
well address,
mid-*Victorian”™ to
drag in George
Washington
when so many
prepared to
a better Constitn-
tion than the
he signed. Never
are
old-fashioned
tolerate a reminder
that in his farewail
address
Washington sald:
“It Is our
Arthur Brisbane policy to steer clear
of permanent alliances with any por-
tion of the foreign world.”
Also, with apologies to pacifists and
high-spirited young college gentlemen
who say they would not fight under
any circumstances, you are reminded
that George Washington said in 1790:
“To be prepared for war Is one of
the most effectual means of presery-
ing peace.”
If Mussolini can be scared by Brit-
ish gestures, he will be scared, with
England sending her great battleships
to the Gibraltar harbor. Other battle.
ships and thousands of soldiers are
sent to ber island of Malta, and,
imitating real war, she is putting “sub-
marine booms™ in the Gibraltar har-
bor on the assumption that wicked
Mussolini might send submarines to
blow up her battleships: and that is
exactly what he would do If It came
to war.
Mussolinl is not alone in his desire
for war. On Sunday in the Ethiopian
capital, Addis Ababa, according to the
Associated Press, “2,000 shrieking Ethl-
opians,” yelling “We want war,” gath-
ered before the imperial palace de-
manding weapons, The Associated
Press says: “The scene was so vio
lent that police confiscated motion ple-
ture films of It." That was wise, be-
cause films might have convinced the
outside world that Ethiopians and
Italians are much alike “under the
skin.”
Sewell LL. Avery, head of Mont-
gomery Ward & Co. will tell you that
the work of the tax gatherers in Amer
ica is done thoroughly. His company,
on fits regular business in six months,
made $4340.708. Taxes on this busi
ness amounted to $4.600000, or £251.
000 more than the earned,
You might almost “discour-
aging business.” When you take the
eggs from the nest of the hen that
would like to set, you always leave one
egg, or at least a door knob, “to go on
with.”
concern
Ha
that
call
Dispatches from Tokyo tell of plan-
ping political murder wholesale,
The troops” that have
committed occasional murders in high-
est places are of “occasional”
murders, and decided to wipe out the
Japanese cabinet in an air rald with
bombs, destroy the financial distriet
of Tokyo, assassinate hundreds of In-
dustrial and financial leaders and “re-
establish imperial despotism.”
“god-sent
tired
The burning of buildings to put the
throne and Tokyo in a state of chaos
was part of the plan,
giant English-built automobile to the
smooth surface of the Great Salt des
ert, west of Salt Lake City, and drove
the car faster than 300 miles an hour,
returns to New York advising motor
ists to “drive carefully.”
Sir Malcolm, who has surpassed ev-
ery speed record on the surface of the
earth, selects the right place for speed
ing. At home he belongs English
organizations established promote
safety.
fo
to
Sir James Jeans, British astronomer
and physicist, whose “The Mysterious
Universe” and other books you should
read, has changed his mind about the
sor Einstein, when he changes his
mind he tells you.
He thinks the universe is about
10,000,000,000000 or ten trillions of
years old, That Is a long time to Sir
James Jeans and us, but, for all Jeans
or anybody else knows, it may mean
less than one hour in the life of some
“super-universe.”
Hitler, talking to his army about
“iron discipline,” blames Christianity
and the Hehenzollerns for the rise of
Communism that “I crushed when 1
came to power.” Whether he crushed
it or not remains to be seen,
A sallor from an American ship Is
locked up In Germany for humming
“The Internationale,” Communist hymn,
and making the hymn worse by say.
ing something unpleasant about Hitler.
' Palmetto, Ga. reports negro tenant
farmers selling their salt pork and eat.
ing chicken instead, because prices for
pork are higher than for chickens.
The drouth, lack of feed and the pro-
fessor who Invented the Idea of kill
ing mamma pigs before the little pigs
w! born are highly appreciated by
Georgia's “hog ratsers.”
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inset, left:
of Red Cross Societies.
By WILLAM C. UTLEY
8S DEPLORABLE as, and per
haps even less excusable than,
deaths on the field of war are
the some 30.000 deaths which
result from automobile accidents in the
United States every year. If quick aid
could be given to the injured along our
highways, this staggering annual total
could be lessened materially.
In wartime it Is the job of the Red
Cross societies to see that men hurt
so severely that they may die are giv-
en quick medical and surgical aid
Now the American Red Cross is going
to bring its noble and efficient esrvice
along the highway fronts $a the war
against automobile deaths,
Within a few months, according to
the officials of the society, trained
members of the Red Cross will be sta.
tioned at every possible point along
the busy highways, ready to lend »
hand to save a life. Just how the cam-
paign will be conducted was not avail
able at the time of this writing, for
plans were not yet complete, but It le
more than likely that agreements will
line filling stations, to effect some sori
of co-operation.
Will the Red be successful
in cutting down this wholesale annual
massacre of Americans? Here is #8
plece from the records which may
throw some light on the answer:
Twenty-one years ago, before the
Red Cross began its drive to teach
swimming and lifesaving methods tc
all Americans who like to swim of
bathe, the national drowning rate was
ten In every 100000. During the last
21 years there has been a 450 per cent
increase in the swimming public. Red
Cross instructors have trained 600,00
persons as life savers. The drowning
rate today is only five in every 100,000
Cross
Busy in Peace Times,
The Red Cross, you know, Is fa
from idle when there is no war going
on. Rather, there is always a war
going on for the Red Cross—a war
against the ravages of floods, dus!
storms, hurricanes, earthquakes and
other national disasters; a war agains:
the terrors of eternal darkness for the
blind, against demons of discourage
ment for the disabled veteran, a war
against countless things that bar the
road to happiness and health for whole
communities unless organized battle is
conducted against them,
This year more than ever before the
battle has been a terrible one. In the
average year there are 82 national dis
During
been
And
the last 12 months there have
That Is an all-time record,
With all this Impressive record the
American is one of the younger Red
Cross societies, There are 61 of them
in as many different countries, Their
methods of operation differ surprising:
ly little for the many kinds of popula
tions which they serve,
In one thing they are completely unl
form. Almost no matter where you
go on this old globe you will find that
the Insignia which identifies the angel
who relieves the soldier's suffering, Is
the Red Cross on the field of white.
Rapidly since the World war, the
activities of all of these 61 societies
have grown to be more uniform. They
have proved themselves to be as im
portant in the relief of human suffer
ing during peace time as they ever
were at the peak of wartime activity.
Americans Spread the Light,
What has been responsible for such
developments? It is good to be able to
say that, in large measure, Americans
have. For it Is Americans who, In less
than twenty years, have been the lead
ers In the work of international cor
relation which has been conducted by
the League of Red Cross Socleties
whose modest headquariers stand
about 100 yards from the Place de
I'Etolle In Paris.
It was dynamic personality of the
late Henry P. Davison, war-time head
of the American Red Cross, that ef-
fected the agreement. between heads of
the Red Cross in France, Great Brit
ain, Italy, Japan and the United
States, launching the league a few
months after the signing of the arm
istice. Davison was the first chairman
of the league.
another chalr
ted Cross, be
league to suc
when Judge
another
John Barton Payne,
man of the American
came chairman of the
ceed Davison In 1021;
Payne died early this year
American, Admiral Cary T. Grayson
was unanimously to succeed
him. And since 1231 another Ameri
can, Ernest J. Swift, has the
league's secretary-general
The league has brought about the
creation of 20 new Red Cross societies
since it was formed, but its influence
has gone much farther than that, Al
most every one of the 61 member so-
cleties Is today engaged not only in
keeping ready for the emergency of
war, but In a regular day-today pro-
chosen
been
Plan Alr Ambulances.
geryice
in a
The hizhway
already started small way In
teraational lines, As aviation develops,
the possibility of air ambulance serv.
fees are interesting the league. Through
the league secretariat, health
ganda material Is made regularly avail
able to all of the societies,
The league has widely publicized the
disaster relief organization perfectel
by the American led Cross and has
helped other societies emulate it. When
a disaster occurs on a scale so large
that the society in the nation affected
is not able to cope with it alone, co-
operation of other member societies is
a recognized duty. As a recent ib
Justration, may be cited the earth.
quake which wiped out the city of
Baluchistan, India, in May of this
year. Fifteen national societies, in
response *o an International Red Cross
appeal, immediately forwarded contri
brstions to increase the resources of the
Indian Red Cross
The league believes In interesting
youth and, with the help of the Amer
jean Red Cross commission in Europe
during the post-war years, it extended
to European countries the Junior Red
Cross, which originated in Canada and
Australia and has been a popular fea
ture of the work In the United States
since 1017. Today there is organized
junior membership In 50 different na-
tional societies—15000000 juniors, all
pledged to a program embracing the
practice of elementary health rules,
the development of a spirit of public
service and the cultivation of interna
tional friendliness
The Red Cross is one of the few hu-
manitarian organizations which have
been born In a war. [Its origin is
traced to the battle of Solferino, in the
Italian war of 1850. Henrl Dunant, of
Geneva, saw that bloody battle, and In
Un Souvenir de Solferino described the
tragic suffering of the wounded sol
dlers so vividly and powerfully that his
words were read throughout the world,
These sufferings, he pointed out, were
largely the result of improper care.
He suggested the possibility of organ-
izing In all civilized countries “per
manent societies of volunteers which
in time of war would render succor to
the wounded without distinction of
oationality.”
Dunant’s idea caught on with Gus
tave Moynier, Genevese lawyer and
social worker. He appointed a com:
mittee of five Genevese to meet and
construct a plan of carrying out the
Dunant suggestion. At the invitation of
the committee delegates from 14 na-
we know it today, although
the duties with which they
charged members were associated with
war emergencies One of the most
important acts of the convention was
to declare, concerning volunteer
societies:
the
Uniformity of Emblems
“They shall wear, in all the coun
tries, a white band around arm,
with a red cross upon It, as a distine
tive and uniform badge”
The first of the new Red Cross soe
cieties was organized In December of
the same at Wurtemberg. In a
convention at Geneva In 1504 delegates
from 12 nations signed a treaty pro
viding for the neutrality of ambulances
and military hospitals and adopting the
red cross as
tha
the
year
the emblem and distine
tive sign of the sanitary service, Vir
tually every civilized nation has since
acceded to it. The Hague peace con
ference of 1800 extended its terms to
naval warfare.
Although the convention, of course,
had to be International in natare, the
Red Cross society In each country Is
entirely national and (independent. It
makes its own laws and is directly re
sponsible for the work In Its own
country. The international committee,
comprising I8 Swiss residents of
between the
an
time of war,
neutral channe
national or-
important function In
when it becomes the
for relief of prisoners.
When the first convention was called
at Geneva, the Unlited States was In
of the North, the recognized govern.
ment, were caring for the wounded, It
was not until 18560 that the real founda-
tions of the American Red Cross were
nid,
Miss Barton Is Founder,
An American, Miss Clara Barton, In
that year met the founders of Red
Cross In Geneva and they prevailed
upon her to foster the work in the
United States. She Interested Presi
dent Garfield and James G. Blaine,
then secretary of state, In 1881 and
steps were taken for the United States
to ratify the treaty. In the same year
the “Aemrican Association of the Red
Cross” was organized with Miss Bar
ton as its president. President Gar
fleld was assassinated, but In 1882
President Arthur sigoed it and the sen
ate confirmed It
The American organization has been
clarified several times. Its charter
now calls for a yearly audit of Red
and for federal supervision
official representation on
Cross governing body,
through
manner never to be forgotten,
base hospitals of 1000 beds each and
each with a personnel of 265, for the
000,000 on this work. It assigned 10.
B77 nurses to active military duty and
equipped 10,000 of these for overseas
duty at a cost of $2000000. It co
operated In health and hospital work
both In this country and abroad. Can.
teen workers served refreshments 40,
000,000 times to troops In transit and
15,876,000 times to soldiers in France
Financial aid was given to the families
of 600000 American soldiers. All In
all, In the years from 1017 to 1023, the
Red Cross spent $163000000 on
American soldiers and thelr families
In addition, a total of nearly $100,
000,000 was spent by the American Red
Cross In bringing rellef to suffers
foreign countries during those
With Americans leading the work
the League of Red Cross Socleties, the
number of members of the Red Cross
has steadily Increased, even through
the depression years, until today there
are in the world 15,000,000 adult mem-
bers and an equal number of juniors,
And perhaps no sign Is so universally
recognized as the sign of the Red
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of
HITCH-FIKING FLY
SPREADS DISEASE
The common house fly Is a hiteh
hiker. However, the fly doesn’t both.
trains or airplanes without permis-
travels hundreds of
This habit of flies traveling great
campaigns less effective than the
campaigners hoped, Cases have been
found where a fly carried disease
germs on Its legs and body for miles
and Infected people in the community
where It settied. No previous cases
of the disease were In existence In
the new community and health au-
thorities could find no other source
of Infection than flies,
Repeated warnings of physicians
and health officials have apparently
falled to Instill a proper fear of the
house fly in the average mind. How-
ever, a more thorough knowledge of
the habits of a fly would Increase
the respect for this tiny insect, ac
cording to authorities on the subject.
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Dates Imported
An average of H0000000 pounds
of foreign-grown dates are imported
into the United States each year,
Decent cleaniiness in any home
requires protection “against the men.
nce of files. Whether a fly Is home
born or a hitch-hiking visitor, he is
a danger. Fortunately, an effective
fiy-killing program can be conducted
in any home by the use of a reliable
tity of Pyretliring, a product derived
from Pyrethrum flowers, which Is
tat
miss,
Distress Money
lapse of the Austrian
when coins disappeared and were
largely hoarded, many different kinds
of paper notes, so-called
money,” were Issued by
£5 15 ¢
and
“distress
various
towns,
villages provinces.
lacquer, and even porcelain
used ms money. Al are
show at a remarkable exhibition
the Bagenbund gallery at
The exhibition
these
at
lenna,
not only
societies, but also innkeepers, news-
papers, and political parties
money tokens,
shows that
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