BRISBANE THIS WEEK If Russia Joined Japan Not Heroic Action ; Lloyd George Hopeful England Still Safe pan, conquering the world. They might speculate on a un- ion between Japan and Russia. Improbable, will say, truly, you but hostility could be changed Into Rus- gslan- Japanese agreement a new world chapter might open. You hear of Rus- sla’s “red army,” 1,300,000 men, thor oughly armed, and 7.000000 reserves, Arthur Brisbane Ycu see photo graphs of Russia's amphiblan tanks, mounted with machine guns, rolling over the land and swimming rivers; you read about intensive training of tens of thousands of Russian air pilots, parachute jumpers, etc., and see even the broad-shouldered young Russian women drilling with rifles, Western Europe may have a problem closer at hand than Japan Our British cousins in the Revolu- tion cheerfully let loose howling, scalp- ing Indians on their cousins in the American colonies, and bolshevism might cheerfully turn Asiatic killing ef- ficiency against western “capitalism.” You remember how cheerfully the great historian Gibbon predicted that, in the American war, “with firmness all may go well,” because “Scotch High- landers, Irish, Hanoverians, Canadians, Indians, ete, will all In various shapes be employed.” There i8 no reason why Russia of 1936 should be more squeamish now than England at the end of the Eight- eenth century. Lloyd George, who about Europe and war since he and old Clemenceau won the big war, tells Universal Service this present war is “off,” France having learned that “even her most ardent friends in Europe shrink from war.” Lloyd George declares “without derogating from of any of the powers” served, If France does impossible, Lloyd George says not 1 per cent of Englishmen would vote for war, and that the peace dignity will be pre not make fit sgainst Germany. if enough rieh Americans go to Eng- lend to “escape kldnapers” the kid- napers may move over after them, as professional gamblers follow on big ships. London police arrested Alfred Molyneux, thirty-one, trying to extort $1000 from the Countess Barbara Hutton Haugwitz-Reventlow, offering to reveal a plot to kidnap her baby. Police knew by the moderate price it could not be an American “snatcher™ or confederate. Easily caught, the young man confessed he had invented the plot, With “visibility cut to zero,” street lights burning by day, not visible across the street, dust storms are blow. ing over parts of Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado and New Mexico By such displays of nature's power, for which man’s foolishness Is respon. gible, fertile areas of the world have been changed to deserts, A bill that would have limited work to five working days of six hours each, or thirty hours a week, is dead in con- gress for the time being. It would have given workers twenty-four hours off on Saturday and Sunday, eighteen hours off on every other day——elight hours for sleep, “ten hours for what we will” All that will come some day, but not by discouraging improved machinery. An intelligent young man who fought well In the big war speaks of “the 2-to-1" advantage which modern meth- ods give the defense over the attack. To let the other man or nation come fut you, If you are prepared, has been wise In the past, It might be different in future wars, sand airplanes, dropping explosive the enemy. tack. Lloyds, the great English insurance concern, will Insure, otherwise “bet,” nine and a half to one against war within six months. Wall Street vanted that news and of course cheered up. A mother of Fort Worth, Texas, of- fered her body to Chicago's Cook Coun ty hospital for dissection after natural death, if the hospital would provide a free operation for her son, The hos pital declined the body, performed the free bperation. Now twenty, all women but one, offer to sell their bodies, “de livered after death.” The governor of Campeche in Mex. ico, after keeping all churches in his state closed for more than a year and a half, now permits all to reopen, A fight against religion often starts violently, to wind up feehly, Kt Faatures Syndicate, ine, oRing WNIT Rervies, borliness” may be opened up between the countries on the the new document through the L lieved that the proposed * publics of the Western hemisphere this summer will be assured. Shortly after the start of the year President Roosevelt voiced a sugges- tion that a conference of these re- publics be held, to work out means of assuring for all time the peaceful re- lations that now exist between the United States and the countries of South and Central America, Since It began to be apparent that in the nego- tiations with Panama that the United States was exhibiting a liberal attitude that had been largely absent in former bickerings (which have been golng on since 1003), many messages of ap- proval from other governments have been understood to have been received in Washington, Conference Looms Likely. None of the replies to the Presi dent's suggestion have been made pub- lic at the time of this writing, but in governmental circles it Is considered virtually certain that the peace con- ference will take place this summer in Buenos Alres, The attitude of Panama, as well as that of several other Latin-American atin Americas generally, it is be- between 21 re- States was ready to loosen a little came in October, 1033, when President Roosevelt and President Arias of Pan- ama conversed In Washington, It was there that the plans were laid for the new treaty, which Is characteristic of the administration's policy of lib- eral treaties and free trade. The exact terms of the new pact have never been released to the newspa- pers, but it is known that the theme underlying the entire document is the renunciation of the misconception that Panama is a protectorate of the United States, Points of Accord. Actually, the changes brought about ¥ the new treaty will be paper ones, Jargely, with the exceptions of an agreement to construct a new highway across the isthmus and of certain com- mercial concessions by the United States, Should the time ever come when Panama's Independence needed protection the job would more than likely fall to Uncle Sam for Panama has no army, merely a police force trained by American officers, E countries toward the United States has, for the last two or three decades, been something similar to that of the stripling youth who feels that he is being “minded” altogether too closely by his older brother, when he is per. fectly able now to look after his own interests, The Roosevelt administra. tion evidently feels this attitude Is justified, it appears from the pro visions of the new treaty, Three points, particularly, have al ways been sore spots in the relations of the United States and Panama. They grew out of the agreement of 1903, under which the United States constructed the Panama canal, and they are: Our right to intervene when neces. our exercise of the right of eminent domain In acquiring auxiliary lands, and our guarantee of Panama's inde. pendence. It is this latter provision which has been the most provocative of “little brother” objections; Panama citizens have always regarded this as. sumed guaranty of their independence as an outright statement of protec. torate. Although the new treaty is the third attempt to straighten out the differ. ences between the two nations It Is the first which has not been a dodge of these three points. The first attempt was a series of as the It went into effect in December, 1004. By May, 1024, it was decided that the of this expedient of the canal, and the agreement was abrogated. 1926 Pact Fails. | For two years the diplomats of the two countries bargained and In July, 1026, a new treaty, intended to be permanent, was signed. But when it came up for ratification In the Pan- a deluge of adverse votes. It had failed even to mention the points of sovereignty, possession of land and paternalism which for 23 years had so grated upon the Panamanian soul Not only did real hard feelings develop between the United States and Panama, but other Latin-American countries openly threw thelr sympa. thies with Panama, First Indications thet the Uplted The new agreement was consum- mated under the principle that the pro- tection and operation of the canal is vital to the Interests of both nations, and can best be assured through friendly co-operation. The accord reached in 1933, and which it is rea. sonable to suppose is contained in the treaty, embodies the following chief points: The United States will use, occupy and control the Canal zone only for Sresident Roosevelt Meets President Arias, the purpose of maintenance, operation, sanitation and protection of the canal. Panama Is recognized as the sov. ereign nation, and as such is entitled to enjoy whatever commercial ad. vantages its juxtaposition with the canal shall bring it, provided that these do not prejudice the purposes of the operation of the canal zone by United States, Economic questions which do any way affect those purposes may, they cannot be solved th negotiation, be submitted to tion, The original treaty held that whi Panama was the sovereign naties, United States was to have jurisdiec- tion over the ten-mile-wide strip that is the Canal Zone, and would possess and exercise all rights just as it would “if it were the sovereign of the Dr. Alfredo J. Alfaro, Panamanian Minister, territory.” The confusion arising from this clause is not hard to understand. For many years Panamanians have felt that it gave the United States sovereign power; and In the Pan- American conference at Havana in 1028 the Panamanian delegate, Dr. Al- fredo J. Alfaro, strenuously objected when it was intimated that this was the truth, It was he who signed the new treaty for Panama, where he ex- pects to run for president in 1837. U. 5S. Must Buy Land. Under the old treaty the United States could acquire by right of emi- nent domain lands and waters outside the Canal Zone “which may be neces- sary and convenient for the construc tion, maintenance, operation, sanita- tion and protection” of the canal Technically, of course, this could have been regarded as giving the United States the right to take over any terri. tory in the Isthmian republic. Such a “lien™ could hardly allow the nation a clear title to its own property, and certainly would have made territorial agreements with other nations embare rassing. The new arrangement takes away the United States’ right to ac quire territory by condemnation, but gives Uncle 8am the right to acquire it by purchase, At present the Panamanian city of Colon is separated from the rest of the republic by the Canal Zone, but the new treaty provides a corridor of connection across the zone. By the treaty of 1903, the Panama Rallway company, whose shares are owned entirely by the United States government, was given the sole right of communication across the isthmus, Panam {itself was forbidden to build an automobile highway to cover the 47 miles from Panama City to Colon; under the new treaty, such a highway will be constructed, The railway company has been op- erating commissaries along its right of way ; these were originally intended to Panama merchants claim the commis. saries have been doing a thriving tour. ist business and want themselves. Now they will get It, Terminate Gold Payment. Now that the American dollar has been devalued, the treaty will allow the United States to make its annual Panamanian unit of currency, instead of in gold colina. The 430,000 balboas which constitute the annual payment are worth a little more than the $250,- 000 in gold formerly paid every year, To date it has not become known what the United States army and navy think of the new pact, but this will come out when it is placed before the senate for ratification, strued as weakening American control over the canal, and for that reason may fall to make the grade, agreement, already has turned over have been reached, May Remove Customs Collector. collector of customs in the Dominican debt to this country Is properly serv. irritation to the citizens there, nations gets under way this summer, there is little likelihood that the pur. poses of preserving the peace will be carried so far as to establish a “league of nations” for the western hemis. phere, What is more likely is a joint treaty which all nations can rely on to aid settiement of disputes, Any agency so created would prob ably be given the right to Investigate the causes of disputes, to try to effect ALL IMPORTANT The undersized husband was trying “You know, dear,” he sald, gazing the mirror, “this i» a think that I'm ungrateful. But really, isn't it much too big for me?” “1 know, my dear,” she returned. “But we can't help that You must remember that it's got to cover the radiator of the car in cold weather, We have to consider that first, haven't wel"—Answers Magazine, SUREST CURE “How's your wife's hysteria?" “Much better.” “What did you do for it?" “Got her a new hat” The Best Way A doctor was called in to see a very testy and irritable patient “Well, sir, what's the matter? “That" growled the patient, “is for you to find out.” “1 see,” sald the doctor, thoughtfully. “Well, if you'll excuse me for an hour or so I'll go along and fetch a friend of mine—a vet. He's the only chap 1 know who can make a diagnosis with- out asking questions” Wouldn't Chance It Again “You never told me, dear,” sald Mrs, Jones, “what was your real reason for giving up drinking” “Well,” sald the husband, after some hesitation, “it was like this. The last time I came home tight your mother was here. I saw two of her and the shock cured me."—Stray Staries Maga- zine, The General Demonstration “Opportunity,” sald the ready-made philosopher, “knocks at every man's door.” “Yes,” replied Mr. Growcher: “but there is so much knocking going on these days that it's hard to make dis tinctions." Completing the Job “Are you a seif-made man? asked the lady with a note book. “No,” answered Mr, Dustin Stax certain extent, but I'd never get to a party If my wife didn't tie my neck- tie for me.” Always Lacking First Bligediver—The old ship ain't what she used to be. Second Mucker—Naw, and she never was—U, 8 8 Marblehead Light Tired of Waiting Dick—Was the boss annoyed when you told him I was leaving next week? Mick—Yes, be thought It was this HAVE AND HAVEN'T never have had a penny. 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