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If the league of rations has mani-
fested any interest in the Chinese sit-
uation it has escaped public notice
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American tourists in Europe are
not chasing dollars They are sow
tug them and the harvest never
comes back to these stures
Somehow wo get the impression
that the British government does not
quite approve of the secretory of the
United States treasury—but we
should worry
' Circulation of The Stillwater Ca-
sette Is steadily increasing and thw
majority of renewals and new sub-
periptions are coming from the fann-
ers of Payne county
Don't dismiu the egg show with a
careless thought It means much to
the agricultural and industrial in
tenets of Tayne county and of the
whole state of Oklahoma
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The western farmer is averse- to
daylight saving as practiced 'nova or
less officially and connpulsorily In the
east but he accomplishes tho same
purpose by setting his alarm an hour
ranter in the morning
it is to be hoped that Stillwater
voters will turn out well for tho
pehool levy eleetion---not that there
le danger of the levy not being voted
but as 4 manifestation of our !Her-
est in schools and in ow' eivie duties
The point Henry V floe) makes
in his communication printed on this
page' is well taken Not only is it
permissible to gu outside the city
limits of any municipality to secure
a city manager but there are many
good reasons why he should not he
g local man
The assistant secretary of com-
merce for aeronautics in his Wash
tngton office Wednesday talked with
airplanes 'flying above the clouds
which obscured the city from tho
aeronauts Manifestations of the
wonders of radio communication be-
cotee more startling every day
Our country correspondents fre-
quently tell us of some neighborhood
'tliwOr of a'new motor car (name of
maker always mentioned) but no car
e'ver'made could make the owner as
proud as was the swain of twenty-
VC years ago with his new rubber-
tired rig and red running gears
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"The government of the United
States regards the correspondence
between Mr: Mellon and Mr Ilibben
as a purely domestic discussion and
does not desire to engage in any
formal diplomatic exchanges upon the
subject"---:Signed Frank B Kellogg
That 'ought to hold the British for a
while but it cannot hold the domestic
disputants ' ' '
tillwater extends a warm welcome
to high school athletes' and contes-
tants In non-athletic events who
now' are assembled in the city for the
annual interscholastic meet These
meets are beneficial to the partici-
pants and they result in many high
school graduates coming to Oklahoma
Agricultural and Mechanical college
tor their higher education
1 Within the last year yes within
the last it moilths a method has
been adopted which will quite revo-
lutionize the growing of cotton This
Is the invention or at least the :dop-
tiont of the method of "sledding"
cotton instead of picking it Of
course 'sledded" cotton is not as de-
likable at the gin as is picked cot
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EUROPE'S STORM SPOTS
According to Prof G P Gooch the enment
Oxford historian who has been in the United
States recently China is not the only storm
spot in the universe and there are still storm
signals flying In eastern Europe Professor
Gooch names specifically four danger zones
One of them is Bessarabia a country formerly
Russian now Roumanian and a region which
promises to be the Alsace-Lorraine of eastern
Europe for some time to come
Another source of danger is the tension be-
tween Poland and Lithuania over Vilna a 'xn-
Ilion which has caused trouble more than once
during the last few years A third danger is
the dispute between Bulgaria and Jugo-Slavia
over Macedonia and last but n'ot least Li the
trouble between Jugo-Slavia and Italy over Al-
bania and the Adriatic coast
Of course here in America we cannot vision
war breaking out between any of these nations
so soon after the close of the great war But
we do not understand the hatreds and the fears
which these nations bear for one another The
atmosphere of intrigue in which they live is
entirely foreign to America and not under-
standable here
Because we know so little of these things
is all the more reason we ought to be thankful
that by avoiding entangling European commit-
ments we are not in danger of becoming in-
volved in any of them War between Russia
and Roumania between Poland and Lithuania
tions the trouble would spread just as it
spread in 1914
For this reaon and because we are not di-
rectly interested in any of the territory involved
we ought to be grateful that we are not com-
mitted to take sides in or to help solve any of
the problems growing out of them
APOLOGIZING FOR THE UNITED STATES
When it comes to making a college address
there is something unusually sane and healthy
in Hanford MacNider assistant secretary of
war In a recent address to the students of
the University of Maryland Mr MacNider paid
his respecta to those performers on the public
platform now all too numerous who are try-
ing to make it popular to apologize for Amer-
ica and all things rAmerican These interna-
tionalists Mr MacNider said have as their fa-
vorite sport the holding up of our international
dealings to scorn and derision and they are in
a constant state of amazement that we should
want to abide by the faith and traditions of
our fathers
Continuing Mr MacNider declared:
"They kneel down beside us and exhort us
to change our old-fashioned American ways
to admit the sins of imperialism militarism and
penuiy which we never realized we had They
weep and wail because our national generosity
will not extend itself to cure the financial ills
of all the rest of the world
"Every foreign suggestion for the conduct of
world affairs which we do not immediately
adopt chases hundreds of native born agitators
to the platforms of our schools and our clubs
to denounce American policy If we were to
believe them we would appear to be a hard
and sordid people indeed It would be easier
to persuade usof our shortcomings if we did
not find the very peoples they hold up to us as
good examples clamoring at our doors for ad-
mission as Americans
"We are harangued by societies which boast
long and fantastic names and urged to risk
our claim on our coveted possessions of peace
and freedom by throwing our defenses into the
sea They tell us that' America Is 's'orely ag-
gravating every nation on earth by our un-
sympathetic attitude on foreign matters They
assure us in one breath that we are aligning
the world against us and in the next that we
should be ashamed of ourselves for spending
a penny or giving a thought to the protection
of the lives of American citizens"
There is much good sense and sound Amer
icanism in what Mr MacNider has to say to
ton but the method is a time saver
anti therefore a money saver It is
confidently predicted moreover that
the present situation will lead to the
use of a practical cotton picking machine
SHOULD BE COMPULSORY
Stillwater Ok May 2 1927--To
the Ed:tor: I read with considerable
interest your editorial concerning the
appointment of a city manager for
our capitol city in which you take
issue with Mr T A Latta chief edi-
torial writer of the Tulsa Daily
World for his attitude in regard
thereto It seems that Mr Latta was
considerably wrought un over the
fact that a men from McAlester was
selected for this important post in-
stead of a local man i e an Oklaho-
ma City man You very ably defend-
ed the appointment and cite many
good reasons why this action of the
city commissioners or the appointing
power was properly exercised and to
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'signals flying In eastern Europe Professor OUR TARIFF AND EUROPE
Gooch names specifically four danger zones Some of our free trade newspapers have
One of them Is Bessarabia a country formerly been calling attention to the fact that Euro-
Russian now Roumanian and a region which pean newspapers seeking to make a drive on
promises to be the Alsace-Lorraine of eastern our protective tariff system center their fire on
Europe for some time to come
our tariff against manufactured goods not on
Another aource of danger i the tension be-
xn-
agricultural products The reason is not how-
s
tween Poland and Lithuania over Vilna a
ever as the free traders would have us believe
Ilion which has caused trouble more than once '
that the agricultural tariff does not protect and
is
during the last few years A third danger is therefore unimportant The real reason is
the dispute between Bulgaria and Jugo-Slavia that Europe has no agricultural products to
send
over Macedonia and last but nOt least la the us only manufactured ones Our agricul
s
trouble between Jugo-Slavia and Italy over Al-
tural competitor are not in Europe but in
bania and the Adriatic coast South America Canada and in Australia and
Of course here in America we cannot vision
Europe is therefore naturally interested princi
war breaking out between any of these nations -
pally in our tariff against manufactured goods
It is
so soon after the close of the great war But difficult to see just why any change of
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we do not understand the hatreds and the fears our duties on manufactured articles would help
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which these nations bear for one another The the American farmer as our free traders seek
atmosphere of intrigue in which they live is
to make out In the first place everything used
exclusively by the farmer is now on the free
entirely foreign to America and not under-
standable here list and curiously enough the prices of some
of
Because we know so little of these things these commodities are highbr than ever
is all the more reason we ought to be thankful because of European control of the markets
that by avoiding entangling European commit- Secondly if we permitted a flood of cheaply
ments we are not in danger of becoming in-
made European goods to come into our market
volved in any of them War between Russia
the first result would be to throw hundreds of
thousand:4 of high priced American workers
and Roumania between Poland and Lithuania
between the Bulgars or the Serbs and the Ital-
I out of employment in the vain hope of in-
lana might be a local affair but the chances creasing our market in Europe Now as an
American citizen who depends on American
are that because of the interlocking complica- :A l 1 1
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justify the selection of a non-resident
as city manager but in my opinion
you failed to present the strongest
argument available
It appears to me that the appoint-
ment of a city manager who is from
another city or state is not only jus-
tified but should be compulsory
There is no doubt apt a man who is
qualified fr this important post
would have a wide acquaintance and
many close friends political and
otherwise and to properly discharge
his duties and to manage the busi-
ness of the city with the same discre-
tion and judgment that he would ex-
ercise in his own private affairs he
would have to have a free hand This
he could not have or would hesitate
to use if he expected to advance his
business or political ambitions in the
city where he had resided for s long
time Prior to his apnointment or ex-
nected to reside after his duties in
that connection are finished lie
would be required to dispense with
the services of inefficient employees
and to abolish useless offices regard-
less of the effect this might have on
his personal popularity if be prop-
erly discharged his duties An ap
the college youth It is to be regretted that
a considerable portion of the misguided inter-
nationalism to which he refers has its birth in
our American institutions of higher learning
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prosperity for his job consumes nearly all that
our farmers raise we would be destroying for
the farmer the market in which be sells four-
fifths of his products to try and help him in a
free trade market in which at best he is only
able to sell a small fraction of what he pro-
duces The American farmers know this and the
free trader will have a bard time winning them
over to international economies
NIMPIMMMN
ABOUT ECONOMY
We have heard a great deal recently pro
and con about our governmental economy at
Washington Some of the opponents of the
present administration have attacked the rec-
ord but it is pretty generally accepted by the
American people that the record of economy
and efficiency established by the national ad-
ministration is a deserved one
It is interesting therefore to note what a
prominent government official himself has to
say in reply to the critics of the economy pro-
gram Here are some concrete facts offered in
'a recent address on the subject of economy by
Ogden first a3-istant to Secretary Mel-
ion: "There is one figure which tells the tale and
that is the figule embracing all expenditures
other than public debt retirements but includ-
ing interest on the public debt That total is a
veritable barometer In 1923 it was $3294-
000000 in 1924 $3048000000 in 1925 $3-
063000000 in 1926 $3097000000 in 1927
estimated $3008000000
"When you realize that during this period
there N'vere all manner of new burdens to be
shouldered including one item of $200000-
000 a year for veterans of the world war an-
other adding $37000000 to the civil war and
Spanish war pensions another $15000000
increase for construction and this by no means
exhausts the list—and that total expenditures
still hover near the $3000000000 mark and
vill probably reach it next year you will un-
derstand that economy in Washington is no
fiction
"Take the ' year -1926 for exniple:Thetse
additional burden's athOunted16 $26560013d0
:Yet actual expenditures increased but $34-
'000000 The feat of absorbing by adrninis-
trative efficiency almost all of these unex-
pected and large increases is significant?!
In view of these figures here quoted it is dif-
ficult to see how the record of national econ-
omy and efficiency can successfully be attacked
pointment to some silaried position
with a minimum of honest effort to
:equired of the appointee is well
nnown to be legal tender for the pay
ment of political debts In my opin-
ion Oklahoma City not only acted
wisely but well so far as selecting a
city manager from another city is
concerned Henry W Hoe'
Son Breaks the News
On a hunt with his small son a
farmer shot at a hawk and missed A
second shot brought it down
"Whatcba going to do with him
Pop?" asked the boy
"Oh I guess we'll have him for din-
ner" replied his father jokingly On
the way to the house the hawk was
dropped into the pig pen unseen by
the boy They found the minister at
the house and a chicken already
killed for dinner Dinner time came
and just as the minister was being
served the by piped out:
"D'you know Pop had to shoot
twice to get this hawk?"—Pittsburgh
Chronicle-Telegraph
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WILLIAMS ENDS SERIES
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OF HOLY LAND LECTURES
! "If Jesus comes back tomorrow
awforualidd?youDobeyoguladiut voer twhaotutld you
hope that He will return? Are you
living day by day so that you'll be
I ready to meet Him?"
Those questions came from the
Rev Vides Williams Friday night
as he closed his lecture-sermon at the
Christian church tlw last of five such
occasions on successive nights this
week the series for which he came
' back to Stillwater where he had
served twenty-eight years to tell his
old friends of his recent trip to the
Holy land
The questions were particularly
pertinent They followed a vivid des-
cription of the minister's visit to the
Mount of Olives of seeing the places
the Savior trod The audience was
made to visualize mentally those
spots sacred in Biblical history
At the outset of his fifth lecture
Rev Mr Williams talked about the
customs of the people of modern Pal-
estine especially of their food cloth-
ing and habitats The second part
of his lecture was on the Mount of
Olives illustrated by charts
Much humor was injected into the
lecture particularly in remarks per-
taming to customs of the people The
speaker's description of clothing
Nvorn in Palestine brought frequent
outbursts of laughter His story of
! the food and how it was served did
' likewise What he termed "the fun-
' niest sight I saw on my trip"was that
of camel drivers with their flowing
robes "looking like a kimona and a
mother hubbard combined" chasing
an unruly camel "That's scene
the motion picture makers ought
to get in a comedy" he said "I'm
not a frequent visitor at the movies
although I have no objection to oth-
ers going but I want to say of a
nicture of that sight I saw were
filmed ra go to see it six nights in
a row"
At the outset of the program while
the audience waited for Rev Mr
Williams to return from an earlier
talk given to negroes at the Colored
Baptist church songs were sung by
the audience and Miss Audrey Iludi-
burg and Mrs Laura Edwards Wal-
ker sang a duet Later a solo was
sung by E L Bolin
The Rev J Allen Watson pastor
' of the Christian church and successor
' to Rev Mr Williams spoke feelingly
of the result of the series of lectures
calling attention to the unusual cir-
cumstance of the church being crowd-
ed each night lie spoke at length
in expressing appreciation of Mr and
Mrs Williams and of their work in
former years in the Stillwater
church His prayer was one of con-
tinuance of the blessings which had
come from their ministry He told
of having looked to the veteran min-
ister in former years as one of the
greatest in the church in Oklahoma
When Rev Mr Williams was called
to the platform the audience cheered
him He spoke feelingly in reply
to the tribute by Rev Mr Watsor
and for the response Stillwater had
given him on his visit He told of
his pleasure in having little children
his friends greet him in the street
He recounted exhortations he had
given the church board to "steer clear
of building the church around a
human being" To the pastor he
said "Don't dare Brother Watson to
neglect these lambs" pointiug to the
children present and referring to
those he had mentioned Tears were
in his eyes "There's only one mill-
ionaire I ever envied" he said "He
was Charles Page of Sand Springs"
After recounting Page's generosity
for widows and chiklren and deserib-
inn: the pleasure Page got from child-
ish arms around his neck he said
"If Charlie Page isn't in heaven
there isn't any heaven"
Rev Mr Williams reiterated his
surprise at the reception he received
in Stillwater Ile appeared to be
greatly moved by it saying "This
has been far and away the greatest
week of my life"
At the conclusion the former pas-
tor conducted a baptismal service
Scores of his old acquaintances
crowded around him to shake hands
PRESBYTERIAN PENSION
MOVEMENT REACHES HERE
Sunday May 1 four thousand
ministers in thirty-five hundred
towns and cities frorn IIiini to the
Pa c if 1 c SOO 41rnsII-
t e ri a n churches in support of the new
service pension plan the campaign to
be held in accordance with requests
1y the national laymen's committee
of the Presbyterian church U S A
of which Will Hays is chairman and
Andrew Mellon is treasurer
Stillwater will be among the places
where the campaign will be launched
The plan contemplates the raising
of a $15000000 fund of which $9-
200000 has been subscribed east of
the Mississippi river When the total
is raised the church will put into
operation a scientific and accurately
correct contributing pension system
for all of its ministers and mission-
aries The plan includes an annual
premium of one-tenth of the min-
ister's salary for which it guarantees
a pension at 65 years to be not less
than $600 and not more than $2000
annually Widows and minor child-
ren also are to be provided for in the
fund
C E Donart Stillwater chairman
and F E Adams and IL I Wood
members of the local committee at-
tended a supper in Oklahoma City
Friday night when plans of organi-
zation were effected
In addition to a pulpit presentation
in the Stillwater church Sunday
morning the matter will be explained
lot a laymen's luncheon Wednesday
evening under auspices of the Fish-
ermen's club Subscriptions covering
a period of live years will be taken
later the campaign to close May 14
Should the effort be successful
the Presbyterian church will be the 1
second denominAtion to have in op-
eration a contributing pension the
Protestant Episcopal church having
launched a similar system in 1917
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One of the principal charges made
by the members of a certain school
of thought who call themselves
friends of China is that the Ameri-
can government and other govern-
ments of the civilized world by pro-
tecting their citizens in the Orient
are interfering with the develop-
ment of Chinese nationalism This
criticism would be more convincing
were it not for the fact that the
critics themselves are not national-
at heart but internationallists
most of them in sympathy with the
idea of recognizing the present sov-
iet government in Russia a govern-
ment which is the very antithesis of
nationalism
The people of the United States
have always had a profound sympa-
thy with China in its helpless state
They have protested against any
foreign exploitation of the Chinese
and are not now in favor of using
the forces of the United States to
further any scheme for exploitation
or for the protection of European po-
litical interests in China
ON0'
But to say that the action of our
government and Of the European
governments in protecting their
nationali in the orient is interfering
with the progress of Chinese nation-
alism is a little far-fetched to say
the least In the first place it
would have been impossible to devel-
op any Chinese nationalism had it
not been fot the influence of the
western world on the orient China is
a big country big in extent of terri-
tory and tremendous in population
bigger even than the United States
in these two r'spects
Now the things which had the
greater part in making the United
States a great single nation from
coast to coast were the inventions of
the nineteenth century These in-
ventions gave us the modern railway
the steamboat the hard surfaced road
the telegraph and the telephone And
these inventions have found their way
into China chiefly through outside
capital As a result the Chinese have
railways roads the telegraph the
steamboat the telephone and the
radio All of these have come to them
through American and European ens-
terprise and they have made the de-
velopment of Chinese nationalism
possible Without them and without
modern printing China would be the
China of the dark ages travel would
be by mule and mudboal over narrow
trails and no continuity of thought
nationally could be possible And
while the Chinese have known some-
thing about printing for ages it took
western inventive genius to give them
something practicable along this line
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In addition to all this Cl-tinese stu-
dents have come to America by the
thousands and have taken home ideas
of modern progress and efficiency
to say nothing of a knowledge of real
nationalism Our missionaries have
gone forth by the thousand too in-
spired with nothing but the desire to
do good They have done what they
could to raise the standard of living
in China and deserve something bet-
ter than a mobbing under the excuse
that they are interfering with the
development of Chinese nationalism
It is true that European nations
have secured concessions throughout
China sometimes perhaps by bribery
and corruption but it is to be remem-
bered that it takes two to make a deal
and the Chinese of ficiaN must be
equally gull ty Extra-teritorial
courts there are but when it is re-
membered that Chinese justice is ar-
chaic and subject to all sorts of
bribery and corruption it can be seen
that extra-territorial courts have been
necessary to secure common justice
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In short there are two sides to the
Chinese question and while no Amer-
ican wants to go to war to defend any
European poliv in China it must be
admitted that the Chinese are infin-
itely better off because of their con-
tact with western civilization
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Tommy entered the parlor where
his sister was entertaining Mr Dub-
leigh Walking up to the latter he
held out his hand in the palm of
which were a dozen small white ob-
jects "What's them?" he asked
"Why those are beans" answered
Dubliegh with an ingratiating smile
"He does know 'em sis" said
Tommy triumphantly to his sister
"You told ma last night that he
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