-_
cost is now limited.
ickard
Schuschnigg Gives In
EICHSFUEHRER HITLER,
massing 20 divisions of the Ger-
man army and presenting what
were euphemistically termed pow-
ec erful arguments,
forced Chancellor
Kurt Schuschnigg of
Austria to reorgan-
ize his cabinet and
give several places
to Austrian Nazis.
Complete amnesty
for all Nazi prison-
ers in Austrian jails
was immediately de-
creed, and the Aus-
trian press was for-
Adolf Hitler pigden to print hos-
tile criticism of the Nazi regime in
Germany. Many army officers and
civil officials who had been dis-
missed as pro-Nazi were reinstated
or put on pension. Altogether, the
Nazification of Austria was well on
the way to completion.
But Hitler was not satisfied with
this, and called to Berlin the new
minister of the interior, Dr. Arthur
von Seyss-Inquart, a Nazi, to dis-
cuss further extension of the ‘‘con-
quest” of Austria. Schuschnigg was
still trying to maintain the domi-
nance of his Fatherland Front, and
Hitler didn't like that. There was
a report that he might go to Vienna
himself, taking Field Marshal
Goering with him.
Italian officialdom was highly
pleased with the success of Hitler's
coup, saying it accorded with Italy's
central European policy and tended
to solidify the Rome-Berlin align-
ment.
Great Britain and France, how-
ever, were alarmed by the develop-
ments and agreed to lodge joint
representations in Berlin and Vien-
na asking assurance that Hitler in-
tends to preserve Austrian inde-
pendence. Neither nation would ad-
mit that actual union of Germany
and Austria was feared just yet.
Britain's ambassador to Berlin,
Henderson, is said to have warned
Hitler recently against any attempt
to bring about the ‘‘anschluss”
which has been one of the Fuehrer’s
chief ambitions.
One London correspondent said
the British cabinet had just been in-
formed that Hitler and Mussolini
had formed a new secret defensive
alliance of which the Austro-Ger-
man arrangement was only a part.
It was said to include co-ordination
of the German and Italian foreign
and financial policies in Europe and
strengthening of the Rome-Berlin
axis in various ways.
With the start he has made, it
may be expected that Hitler before
very long will make the move
against Czechoslovakia that has
been anticipated for months. That
country is the gateway toward the
southeast and its position is perilous
in view of the Fuehrer’'s known am-
bitions. France is her ally but
France would hesitate to take
strong action in her behalf unless
directly supported by the British.
One observer said, ‘the Fuehrer
seems to have started on the road
to Bagdad.”
oe Wee
Jap Refusal Starts Race
JAPAN having flatly refused to re-
veal her naval building plans, it
is believed that the greatest navy
construction race ever seen is about
to start, and the United States may
feel called upon to take the lead,
with England, France and Japan in
the competition. Our government
told Japan that a refusal to divulge
her intentions would be regarded as
confirmation of reports that she was
constructing or planning super-war-
ships, so now, according to some of-
ficials in Washington, we will have
to invoke the “escalator clause’ of
the London treaty and build larger
and more powerfully armed battle-
ships
The President may be expected to
order rrrence of the three battle-
ships now planned from 35,000 tons
each to 43,000 or 45,000 tons, and
such dreadnaughts probably would
carry 18-inch guns.
In order to obviate the restric-
tions on the size of battleships that
inhere in the width of the Panama
canal locks and to minimize the con-
tingency of interruption of coast-to-
coast communication through de-
struction of a Panama lock by an
enemy, the administration is pre-
paring to push the project of a canal
through Nicaragua.
Congressmen who fear the Presi-
dent is piloting the nation into war
with Japan made probably futile
moves to prevent our government
from joining in the rearmament
race.
Though Secretary Hull had de-
nied that there was any understand-
ing with Great Britain and France
concerning Japan, opponents of the
administration were still suspicious
that it was planning joint action.
Representative George Tinkham of
Massachusetts voiced their senti-
ments when he uttered a warning
that ‘“‘every day brings the United
States nearer to a war with Japan
as planned by Great Britain to fur-
ther British interests.”
Roosevelt said in a press confer-
ence that the United States never
will consent to Japan's aims for
navy parity. He said that in the
opinion of experts the American na-
tional def>nse can not rely on a
naval establishment designed to de-
fend only one of the country's two
coasts.
protection of both the Atlantic and
Pacific oceans as possible areas of
warfare.
wen
Wallace Gets Busy
PLANS for putting the new farm
program into immediate effect
were announced by Secretary Wal-
lace, to whom the law just enacted
gives increased pow-
ers to control pro-
duction through
acreage allotments
and to regulate mar-
keting by quotas for
individual farmers.
He said he would
soon make acreage
and production allo-
cations and call for
$ a Be Sau on
marketin quotas
Sec. Wallace ¢,;. cotton and to-
bacco. Marketing quotas will be-
come effective unless rejected by
more than one third of the farmers
voting in the referendum to be held
before March 15.
The secretary announced a six-
point program embodying the
“basic principles’ of the broadened
farm policy as follows:
“1. Continuation of the AAA soil
conservation program as a part of
the permanent farm policy.
“2. National acreage allotments
for corn, cotton, wheat, tobacco and
rice at levels designed to meet do-
mestic consumption and export de-
mands and establish reserve sup-
plies.
“3. Federal loans to encourage
systematic storage of surpluses in
big crop years for use in years of
shortage.
‘4, Marketing quotas backed by
penalties on sales in excess of
quotas to secure general participa-
tion of farmers in holding surpluses
off the market.
“5. Release of corn supplies from
storage under marketing quotas to
meet farm shortages or in the case
of national need.
“8. Crop insurance for wheat to
protect producers against drouth
and consumers against high prices
resulting from shortages.”
Admittedly no one fully under-
stands the new farm law, but Wal-
lace and his associates hope and
peliove 4 will all work out Tor the
st.
Relief Bill Pushed
« ENATE leaders expected to put
\J through, with little delay, the
$250,000,000 emergency relief appro-
priation bill. The house approved
the measure by a topheavy vote of
352 to 23. All efforts to make ma-
jor changes in the measure were
overridden. Only one amendment,
barring relief to aliens temporarily
in this country, was authorized.
The Works Progress administra-
tion, which has on hand about $490,-
000,000 of its regular $1,500,000,000
appropriation, will administer the
additional relief fund. The WPA has
reported to congress that the money
will keep at least 2,000,000 persons
on the relief rolls until June 30.
ssa
Wiping Off RFC Debt
ITHOUT debate the senate
approved a house bill writing
off more than $2,500,000,000 in Re-
construction Finance corporation
debts to the treasury. Senator Byrd
of Virginia said the legislation
marked a ‘‘return to honest book-
government."
the RFC,
He explained that
which
among its assets about two and a
rious government agencies.
os
Jones Urges Tax Revision
JESSE JONES, the usually level
ferred with treasury officials and
urged them
what they could to
hasten congression-
al action on tax re-
vision. He told Un-
dersecretary Ros-
well Magill that the
whole country was
waiting impatiently
for action on prom-
ised modification of
the undistributed
profits and capital
gains taxes.
Jones indicated a belief that the
bill, which is still in the hands of the
house ways and means commitlee,
was being held up by opposition to
a provision retaining a stiff tax on
undistributed profits of corporations
owned by a few persons.
enone
Great Battle in China
NE of the greatest battles ever
fought was reported to be tak-
ing place in central China, where
the Japanese invaders smashed a
Chinese army of 15,000 and forced
it to retreat across the Yellow river
under fire and without bridges, which
had been destroyed by the defend-
ers. Five Japanese armies were
driving southward through the rich
central China agricultural region
and were seriously threatening Kai-
feng, capital of Honan province.
From the south, three Japanese
armies were advancing from the
Hwai river.
Gen. Chiang Kai-shek had 400,000
troops along the north and south
fronts fighting to prevent the Jap-
anese from gobbling up the huge
Lunghai *‘corridor.”
ne
Another Dictator State
UMANIA is now added to the
European states under dicta-
torship. Octavian Goga's govern-
Jesse Jones
Fascist that it was
forced out, and King
Carol took charge of
affairs by naming
Dr. Miron Cristea
as premier and dis-
solving the parlia-
ment. Cristea, patri-
arch of the Ru-
manian Orthodox
church, was given :
virtual dictator pow- § air
er, but it was ex-
pected George Tar- Criste
tarescu would very soon succeed
him as premier and that Carol
would create a crown council over
which Dr. Cristea would preside.
Much of the new government's au-
thority was concentrated in the
army, and a nation-wide state of
siege was proclaimed. A commis-
sion was set to work formulating a
new constitution.
Cristea, the key man of the gov-
ernment, was expected to take steps
to regain the friendship of France
and Great Britain, traditional allies
Miron
and Germany.
i
This Is a "Drouth Year"
is called a “drouth year’ by grain
men. The weather in those regions
is being closely watched by traders
in the United States, Liverpool, Win-
nipeg and Buenos Aires.
that present conditions of soil in
much of the territory from west
Texas to Nebraska is such that light
rains quickly would break it down
into powder, easily blown by high
winds. Only extremely heavy rains
could prevent such blowing.
Oklahoma wheat is much below
that of last year at this time. The
western half of the state was re-
ported in serious need of moisture.
Dust storms have seriously dam-
aged wheat and done further dam-
age to the state’s topsoil. The cen-
tral section, too, was reported in
need of moisture.
In all these states producers,
grain traders and elevator men
agreed that only part of the winter
plant in each state would come to
harvest should the much-needed
rains fail to materialize.
i
|
ELAR [o] VSB ESR THs le]
Washington.—It always has been
interesting to me to see how politi-
cians frequently
overlook real is-
sues in national
affairs. Many
times they stimulate the hound that
overruns the rabbits. That is the
reason why so often a new man In
public life suddenly rises to leader-
ship. He has taken hold of a bad
situation that is right under our
feet, offered a constructive solu-
tion and has dealt with an immi-
nent condition rather than schemed
re-election through political
fence building.
Too Many
Laws
bit of current history.
recalled how Bruce Barton cam-
representatives last fall.
laws.
that is obvious. When he was cam-
ing for great masses of inarticulate
citizens.
But Mr. Barton went further. He
announced his intention to seek re-
peal of one federal law a week un-
til there is some semblance of rea-
Mr. Barton is
He had been
the grindstone
} +
Now, of course,
very new in politics
keeping his nose to
of business
other persons
Whether
ould suc-
recognized the
making a
atter. Bruce
with !
be said
ceeded onl)
peal bills |i wou ¢
tees through introduction in the
house. None has been acted on
Few probably will be ac
the house runs true to form
is to say, Mr. Barton is a Rept
can and the house is controll
Democrats and New De: at
urally, they will give no opportunity
for the opposition to gain credit {co
anything, no concessions at all
The significance of the Barton
program goes much deeper, howev-
er, and it is of that significance that
I want to write. Through more
: twenty years as an observer
Cre
than
ton, obviously 1 have
many issues develop, or be c1
or be discovered.
that the really important national
issues are those
the Barton program is developing.
That means the issue is fundamen-
tal; it means, further,
and
volves vital questions of policy.
As 1 said above, there are
many laws, too many
very few do's.
too
tion and regulation. The Roosevelt
administration has been constantly
and the tremendous majority in con-
gress has been giving President
Roosevelt almost unlimited power
the ‘‘don’'t” legislation. So the Bar-
ton program would restore a great
deal of freedom to the people them-
selves and would restore to con-
gress much of the power that it
has given to the President. To car-
ry that thought further, then, the
Barton program actually seems to
me to propose saving only those
laws that the progress of civiliza-
tion shows to be sound and work-
able.
. * »
We might consider some of the
statutes which Mr. Barton wants to
. repeal. There is
Time to Cut for example the
Them Out
so-called Thomas
amendment — one
of the most assinine and dangerous
pieces of legislation ever to get on
the statute books. The legislation,
forced through by Senator Thomas
of Oklahoma in May of 1833, gave
the President the power to issue
$3,000,000,000 in paper currency. I
do not see how anybody can regard
it as anything but authority to issue
printing press money. Of course, it
never has been used by President
Roosevelt and probably never will
be, but the authority to go into print-
ing press inflation exists and that is
the danger. How, for instance, can
you or I or anyone else feel sure
that the money we have in our
ket or the few dollars in the
ank is going to be worth anything
tomorow when the President of the
United States, by one stroke of the
pen, could turn loose a flood of
worthless money.
Mr. Barton also seeks liquidation
of a flock of government agencies.
Some of them are 20 years old or
oN
wr
SCC P Yes
20000007
i
of even greater age—built as war-
time emergency units, but still in
existence for no reason at all. Be-
sides the War Finance corporation
and some others of that wartime
era, it is proposed to get rid of
some things of more recent date,
The Commodity Credit corporation
and the two export-import banks, to
mention only three. Now, there is
no reason available for retention of
the skeletons of the World war, and
there appears to have been no rea-
son for creation of such things as
the export-import banks. I mean
there was no sound reason. Those
radicals who forced the diplomatic
recognition of Soviet Russia thought
there was reason for the export-
import banks because they held
such banks would enable trade with
Russia. But Russian trade has
amounted to about the same as the
sale of mules in my home county of
Missouri.
Two other pieces of
which Mr.
legislation
Barton seeks to repeal
One is that
law which gave the President the
right to change the value of the dol-
within certain limita-
1 suppose there are some
in aiding recovery. It seems to
me, however, that existence of that
power in the hands of one man is
Just another basis for uncertainty
all of the people. In any
ats 3 oe 5» 3
the failure of that panacea
The piece of far-reaching New
1] legislation conc »d is the so-
called Guffey coal law. That thir
is a price {
aut}
pre prices throughout
and producers would
) a law if they sold below
se figures; they would be sub-
ject to fines and prison terms. Only
recently, the price fixing features
were enjoined by a circuit court of
appeals and so at the moment they
not operative. Yet the threat
exists And attention should be
called to the fact also that the three
judges granted an injunction
were appointed by President Roose-
velit and supposed, therefore, to be
liberal in their views. Mr.
Barton called the Guffey coal ac
iece of “grand larceny against
umers,”’ because, he explained
are
who
nsumers are made to pay
igher prices fixed by the commis
ion and they have no word to
bout it
Among other laws which Mr. Bar-
BR
That law was
another one which the inflationists
the brain-trust camp
wers were in their heyday. The
a grand outpouring of cash for the
hey ob-
silver was really worth.
Analysis of the limited number of
laws, I believe, shows the trend of
the Barton program. It may be
never get to first base
with any of them. My conviction,
however, is quite to the contrary. I
firmly expect to see a growth in
1%
al
f
i
will muster,
» . »
About the time you are reading
this column, there will be an inci-
: . dent taking place
Milestone in 'y,y off in Tient-
a milestone in the
history of the United States army.
Late in February orders become
operative for the departure of the
Fifteenth United States infantry
from Chinese soil. That, of itself,
of course, does not provoke particu-
lar interest. But the famous Fif-
teenth has been on foreign duty for
26 years and that is the longest any
unit of the United States army ever
has been away from our shores.
It ought to be explained that very
few of the soldiers making up the
Fifteenth infantry were with the
outfit when it first was assigned
overseas. But the regiment has
been stationed abroad and the re-
cruits to its ranks have been dis-
patched continuously to it as re-
tirements and expiration of enlist-
ments have occurred. It is now
coming back to American soil and
will be stationed at Fort Lewis.
The Fifteenth has a most honor-
able record, beginning with its or-
ganization in 1861. It won honors
at Shiloh and in the campaigns of
1862 in Alabama and Kentucky. It
fought at Murfreesboro, at Chicka-
mauga, Chattanooga, and at Atlan-
ta. In 1880, it was at the front in
the campaigns against Utes, and
again in the China relief expedition
of 1900, and these were followed by
action in the Philippine insurrec-
tion. There was a brief spell when
the regiment was on home soil, but
then it went to work in Cuba. Sub-
sequently, it was moved around
here and there until the Manchu
dynasty was overthrown and China
became a republic. It sailed for
Tientsin in November, 1912, and
there it has remained.
© Western Newspaper Union.
Applique Swans Lend
Fresh Note to Linens
What more delightful needle-
work could there be than luring
these graceful swans across the
ends of your towels, scarfs and
pillow cases! And mighty little
coaxing they need for you cut
them out and apply them in a
twinkling (the patches are so sim-
Pattern 1581
reeds. You can do the entire de-
sign in plair embroidery instead
of applique, if you wish. Pattern
1581 contains a transfer pattern of
f,
motifs 4 by 15 inches, and the ap-
plique pattern pieces; directions
for doing applique; illustrations
quirements,
Send 15 cents in stamps or coins
(coins preferred) for this pattern
to The Sewing Circle, Needlecraft
Dept., 82 Eighth Ave., New York,
Please write your name, address
and pattern number plajnly.
Progress Ignores Doubters
Railroads
cause people
startle people and cause
ture births among women, cattle
and hogs: cows to cease
giving milk, and stop hens from
laying. Automobiles went through
the same barrage of
Airplanes are still looked upon
with suspicion by the older gen-
eration,
be.
would
premae
were
nnoced
pposed
said they
cause
opposition,
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets made of
May Apple are effective in re:
accumulated body waste. —Ady
The Will Makes the Giver
For the will and not the gift
makes the giver.—Lessing.
Relieves
THROAT
PAIN
Stomach and
Intestines to
Ease Pain
The speed with which Bayer tab-
lets act in relieving the distressing
symptoms of colds and accompany-
ing sore throat is utterly amazing
. and the treatment is simple
and pleasant. This is all you do.
Crush and dissolve three genuine
Bayer Aspirin tablets in one-third
lass of water. Then gargle with
his mixture twice, holding your
bead well back.
This medicinal parsle will act
almost like a local anesthetic on
the sore, irritated membrane of
your throat. Pain eases promptly;
rawness is relieved.
You will say it is remarkable.
And the few cents it costs effects
a big saving over expensive “throat
les” and strong medicines.
when you buy, see that
get genuine BAY ASPI .