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The Insecurity of Peace
Every once in a blue moon some chance revelation
fa made which shows by what narrow threads hangs the
peace and well-being of the world.
In great crises, or 'what are called such, it is not the
“little people,” as the French phrase it, who are consult
ed. The statesmen, the officeholders, the generals and
the admirals make the decisions.
The innocent millions, wanting nothing but peace,
ploughing on their farms, toiling in the mills and factories,
selling goods in the shops—all these count for nothing,
but ultimate cannon fodder.
A paragraph, coming as it were from the tomb, shows
the profound truth and tragedy of this.
It is to be found in the first volume of the memoirs of
the late Marshal Joffre.
In an early chapter he deals with the famous Agadir
crisis of 1911. At that time France was making punitive
expeditions to fasten her hold on her protectorate of
Morocco. Kaiser Wilhelm was unwilling for this to go on,
unless he could get his bit of loot for Germany.
So he sent a warship to the Moroccan port of Agadir.
It was known he was ready to do a deal. He would give
France a free hand in Morocco, if France gave Germany
compensation in the shape of a slice of the French Congo.
The average hard-working Frenchman probably did
not care a tinker’s curse about Morocco, and, by the same
token, the average hard-working German did not care a
bit more about the jungles of the French Congo. Cer
tainly, the plain people did not want to kill each other
over it.
But the statesmen and the government-inspired news
papers were w’orked up to a fever heat. And here is what
Joffre reveals from his grave:
In the anxious days of August. 1911, he was sum
moned to a conference with President Fallieres and
Premier Saillaux. Joffre was already at that time chief
of staff of the French army.
“General,” said Caillaux, “they say that Napoleon
never gave battle unless he had at least a 70 per cent
chance of success. Have we that 70 per cent chance of
victory if this crisis leads us to war?”
Joffre replied: “I do not think we have a 70 per
cent chance.”
“Very well,” said Caillaux, “then we will negotiate.”
A satisfactory deal was accordingly drawn up be
tween France and Germany.
On his own showing, on Joffre’s “Yes” or “No” de
pended wrar or peace.
Figures Paint a Picture
A dispatch from Hartford, Conn., reports that several
large life insurance companies are considering the instal
lation of higher rates for insurance. Mutual dividends, in
many cases, have already been cut, and an increase in
premiums is now considered likely.
This is said to be due to two things; decreased earn
ings by the insurance companies* securities, and a sharp
increase in the number of suicides by policy holders, an
increase which has upset the actuarial tables on which in
surance is based.
Decreased earnings and increased suicides! Could
we have a more graphic depiction of the tragic effects of
the depression?
r
New York
_Letter_
Speaking of "Speaks’ —
NEW YORK—It se;ms that
no brownstone front is so forbid -
dmg as to escape suspicion of
being a speakeasy. Particularly, if
located in Manhattan’s mid-Plfties.
And so the S. Starwood Menck
ens have gone to Parts to deter
mine whether or not the time has
come to move into Park Avenue.
A good wet decision may cause
them to return to their fashion
able habitat, where the Blue Book
ers of the town have been enter
tained for many years Still, it Is
very annoying to be disturbed
many times a night by some float
ing member of the population ring
ing the cellar doorbell and asking
If "Tony remembers him.’'
• • •
A Changing Sent
And one of the big town's most
famous show places, the residence
of the Marshall Fields, is sudden
ly turned into the Intown Coun
try Club for the more Elysian
members of Bohemia. Time was
when only one of the 400—and
not many of them—could walk be
yond the "Welcome” mat. Today
if one is smart, witty, given to
telling amusing stories, or has
made a reputation as a playwright,
author, composer, or artist—mem
bership is open.
There are six floors to this
charming residence, which sits
well back from the street—a rare
thing in New York—and the orig
inal cost of building and furnish
ing ran into the millions It was
built before Marshall Field di
vorce crept into the front pages
After that, it was pointed out to
visiting firemen and natives alike
as unique in the metropolitan
area.
Housewives whispered that It
had 18 servants’ rooms and 27
master bedrooms—all of which
was quite true. At the rear, on
68th street, a garden grew under
expert supervision. There was a
swimming pool and a little sand
beach. Hard by is a gymnasium,
equipped with a form of muacle
urging invention.
Suddenly it becomes a club for
the folk who read Vanity Fair and
New Yorkers; the stiff formality is
erased and celebrities will take
the place of the blue bloods.
Oh well—elack-a-day—life gets
like that theee days In Manhattan.
* A m
New Mode ki Divert**
The happy divorce rapidly sup
plants the happy marriage. All
concerned are, of course, tremen
dously fond of each other but they
can't live together! Thus, out in
Hollywood. Ann Harding and Har
ry Bannister parted with gestures
that were truly In the modern
manner.
For several weeks Bannister has
been about the classier spots or
Gotham, with many of the town's
better beauties an his arm. And
Lenore Ulrlc who parted from her
spouse tn similar good humor, has
been observed with the leading
man of her recent play, "Nona.”
And Roger Wolfe Kahn, upon tak
ing up the baton again, was greet
ed by many telegrams from his
former wife, the vivacious Hattie
Williams. So it goes!
• • •
Carved Oet a Career
Jo Davidson, something of an
expatriate, returns to America to
find himself a sculptor with the
title of ‘ biographer in bronze " in
his Paris studios, Davidson has
sculped the great, the near-great
and the maybe-great He has
•done” Bernard Shaw and Gandhi
and Rockefeller and others m
every walk of life.
But before he leaves. I'm going
to ask the artist for a few lessons
in cane carrying. He manipulates
it as a fencer would a rapier. Hjs
soft hat is ’Bohemian and his ges-!
tures are those of a romantic fig- I
ure His walk Is that of the boule- ,
vardier.
And yet Jo Is a graduate of New
York's vast East Side, thrust by
necessity into the position of get
ting along—and get along he has'
Ambition has taken him far—he
is one man who has made most of
the great folk of the world sit!
down and like it.
The head of the Bank of Qiglana
says he approaches the problems of
the depression "not onlv m ignor
ance. but in humility.” Some 0f our!
own state men would be in the same !
boat if they had the humility.
Out Our Way.By Williams
_
The WAR PATh.
_
The )'
Once Over
W9 M.L PHILLIP*
Those War Debts Again
The war debts are up again,
with nobody able to pay them and
with an increasing prospect that
Uncle Sam will have to charge
them off to experience, losses by
storm, and misplaced confidence.
• • •
We went into the world war to
help the Allies out of a hole and
now we are all in the excavation
together.
• • •
It begins to look as if it would
have been cheaper to have lost
the war. In fact the losers’s and
looks a little better. The one cer
tain thing is that nobody has an
idea of paying us in full, and that'
whatever we get will be so much
velvet.
• • •
Europe’s attitude is that you
can’t get blood out of a stone nor
money out of hard-boiled eggs.
What is now desired by Great
Britain and France is an extension
of the moratorium and a “further
exchange of views. ’
• • •
Both countries are willing to
give us $95,000,000 worth of reas
ons why they can’t pay. And charge
us Interest.
• • •
There are those who are con
tendJig that we might as well wipe
out the debts as never to collect.
A letter of thanks Is better than
no acknowledgment at all.
• • •
The world Is bankrupt and it
thinks it would be a grand for
America to pay the receivers fees.
• • •
It all comes down to the ques
tion of ’the capacity to pay." The
Allies have no capacity to pay but ,
ample capacity for argument and
rebuttal.
• i •
It used to be considered among
nations that payment of a loan
was a sacred obligation to be paid
in full, but the quest.on raised by
them all today is, “With what?”
• • •
We may have to waive money
and settle in some other way. One
suggestion is that we settle with
England in return for Lady Peel
George Bernard Shaw, the picture
rights to the Prince of Wales and
an 80 per cent cut on the receipts
for the Derby sweepstakes.
In the case of France we might
swap our bills for Maurice Chev
alier. a half Interest in the French
wme cellars and complete control
ot the Paris souvenir postcard in
dustry.
• • •
In the meantime President Hoo
invUed President-elect
to^rne to Washington
and discuss the matter. But Mr
Roosevelt may be barred by the
which forbids
early pracUce before the big games
President Hoover tells Governor
Roosevelt that he may bring any
Democratic advaer he wShes &
thCi.yVashlngton conference on debt
M Smith has been sug
may refuse on the
ment!^ °‘ * non’scoutlng agree
• • •
v , A 7 to 7 Toss-I p
jaie and Princeton have held
the annual classic and the delicate
t°f Wh‘Ch “ the worst
football team remains unsettled.
Hous<* now becomes to
Palace 1 Hoover merely a Winter
Just Out of Practice. Maybe
“Ex-Mayor Walker, who needed
a shave, said. ‘I’ve either got to
remove my beard or buy a fiddle'.”
News Item. Even ha wisecracks
are now second-hand.
Daily Health
_ Talk
For a long time any attempt :o
control cross-eyes in children ass
prevented, because people thoagiu
that the cross-eyes were cue to'
fright, a shock, an infectious dis
ease. or some accident to the
mother.
In a consideration of the sub- '
Ject. Dr. Luther C. Peters poiais
out that most children at birtn >
are far-sighted. Moreover, the eyes
of the child at birth are not pei
fectly co-ordinated or capable oi
working together.
After Six «r eight weeks the
eyes begin to work harmoniously,
and by the end of the first year in
moat children the two eyes travel
together.
Each eye sees singly, but the
images blend together. In some
forms of squint or cross-eye (sci
entifically called strabismus) they
appear to blend in two images
The child therefore visions the
Image with one eye or the other,
choosing the one it is going to use
Hither eye may turn in. and to
most people it seems that both
eyes turn in.
• • •
In the most common types there 1
is some power to fuse images, but
far-sightedness in one eye in- j
terferes with such fusion. If func- j
tion is not strong, the weak eye
tends to turn in. but there is a
double image.
It is obvious that the correction
of this condition by the proper
glasses is a great help in lessening
the effort of function and in aid-'
ing the development of proper
vision.
When a child squints or has
cross-eyes, the first step is to have
the vision tested by a competent
specialist, who will examine the
eyes under the best possible con
ditions; namely, using proper drops
in the eye to enable accurate
measurement. If glasses are nec
essary they will be prescribed, and
thus straining of the vision in the
weak eye will be prevented.
• • •
Dr. Peter is convinced that chil
dren will tolerate glasses at the
age of 15 months, and in many
instances the early use of these
glasses is an exceedingly impor
tant measure.
In some cases, operation may be
necessary to help muscles that
•START IT BY PULLING TOGETHER!’
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have become weakened. Proper
placement of the muscles tends tc
brJig the eye back into parallel
ism and to permit proper function
ing of the Images.
There Is no reason why anyone
should feel hopeless about cross
eyes. There are so many things
that can be done by those who are
competent, when parmts ana
teachers are willing to co-operate,
that almost every child may look
forward hopefully to improvement
in this condition.
We can absorb and take care of
3,000,000 unemployed; even, After
a fashion, *10.000.000 We have been
doing it, so far. But if the num
ber continues to grow and we are
obliged to meet the increased de
mands upon us with steadily de
creasing appropriations, this de
pression is go mg to have a much
more serious effect upon public
health than has yet been reflected
ir. sickness and mortality statistics.
—Dr. Carl E. Buck, field director
of the American Public Healta
Association.
_Barbs _
dispatch irom
apingft, Qa., about the hill on
which motor cars appear to coast
upward might be explained. Per-1
haps it's the Roosevelt influence.
• • •
Gov. Pincliot says we think too
much of our bankrolls. Well, there s
no harm in reminiscing once in a
while.
• • •
American fleet irritates Japan'
—News story. Well, a lot of Amer
ican Taxpayers know exactly how
the Japanese feel, too
• • •
A woman can make an awful
change in a man s life, but she
generally requires an awful lot of
change in doing it.
• •
At the Chicago World's Pair in
1933. a building made of paper will
be exhibited. And that's a pretty
good use for some of the paper we've
heard of during the last few years.
Quotations_
a i would get a nickel tor every
photograph taken of me In th»
country. I would have lots of money.
—Captain Wassner. of the German
cruiser Karlsruhe, on visit to
U. S.
• • •
Whenever I come to the city. I
feel like a shell-shocked veteran
going back to Flanders.
—James J. Walker, former mayor
of New York City.
• • •
The war changed the world
This is not my world any more.
In 93. twenty-five years after It.
the country hadn't recovered from
the Civil War. Now. I don't know
what* coming, but I shan't see it.
—Miss Ida M. Tar be 11, 75. author.
• • •
We do not want to fight, but our
front ers are sacred and we will
never let anyone cross them.
—K. E. Voroshilov, Commissar of
War for Soviet Russia.
LABORATORY TESTS
CHECK EFFICACY OF
KELLOGG’S All-BRAH
Show Why This Delicious
Cereal Overcomes Common
Constipation
There are scientific reasons for
the success of Ala>-Bran in pre
venting and relieving common con
stipation. Laboratory investigations
•how that it supplies “bulk” to ex
erciso the intestines; and vitamin v
B to promote appetite,and help toi*4
the intestinal tract. V
These two important food-ele
ments aid regular habits, and help
do away with the headaches, loss
of appetite and energy, ao often the
result of constipation.
The “bulk” in All-Bran is mild
in action — much like that of let
tuce. Inside the body, it forms a
soft mass, which gently clears the
intestines of wastes.
Isn’t this pleasant "cereal wav’*
far more healthful than using pills
and drugs—so often habit-forming!
Just eat two tablespoonfuls of
Kellogg’s daily—enough for most
types of constipation. If not re
lieved this way, see your doctor.
Besides. All-Bran brings your
body twice as much blood-building
iron as an equal amount by weight
of beef liver.
Special cooking processes make
All-Bran finer, softer, more palat
able. Equally tasty as a cereal, or
used in cooking. Recipes on the
red-and-grecn package. Sold hy all
grocers. Made by Kellogg in Battle
Creek.
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BEGIA UEHE TODAY
AMOS PEABODY, elderly cousin
of LINDA AVI'.KILL. falls to his
death from the second floor bal
cony of the Averllls' Long Island
home. Linda reaches him Jnst be
fore he dies. In time to hear him
gasp, "He poshed me—I"
There are four ggests la the
bouse and all become soapeeta of
the mnrder. All are strong physl
colly, have violent tempers and
all have quarreled frith < noala
Amos. The four a ret MH. STAT
l.AADEK. middle**eaters manager
of the Arm TOM AVKHII.L works
fon MAH VIA PRATT, former
suitor of Linda'si OAPTAIA DE
VOS, handsome Belgian repre
senting a European perfume
manufactureri and I.IAA SHAI'GH
NESSEY, Irish writer and lecturer.
Llada. realising her cousin bad
tried to tell her he was murdered,
rushes up the stairs to the bal
cony. Someone steps behind her.
tries to strangle ker sad she falls
la a faint.
She regains consciousness sev
eral knurs later. It Is assumed
the death was accidental and that
Linda fainted from shock. When
she Is Anally able to tell Tom
what happened Linda Insists they
must keep the four guests with
them until they discover which Is
the murderer. There Is no evi
dence on which to arrest any one
of ike fonr. Tom hesitates, iaal
ly agrees.
*OW GO OS WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XV
T IN'DA glanced again at the
^ clock. After half-past 10—
how the Mme sped by! Tom was
still to be convinced and some
plan'to be agreed upon to hold
the house party together.
"We must think of some way
of keeping them here." she went
on, "without giving everything
away, "ell them—well. I thought
perhaps I could appeal to them
I could say—and it’s true, Tom—
that this was partly a business
conference and therefore it would
hurt you at the office if you didn't
put it through. That would apply
to Mr. Statlander and Mr. DeVos
Ton do have to talk to them, don't
you? I :ould appeal to Marvin—
If I could get him alono—"
Her husband’s face hardened
but Linda hurried ahead: "I’d
ask him as an old friend to stand
by me because you had to be oc
cupied a good deal with business.
As for Mr. Shaughnessey—well,
he's a sponge, anyhow. A grace
ful. charming sponge, but the sort
that’s all for himself and probably
has planned to spend a week or
so in our garage at our expense
He won't need to be coaxed."
"That sounds plausible." Tom
considered it while she anxiously
studied his face. Would be agree?
No, he wouldn't—yes. he might—
no! "But Btnks. it Just wouldn't
work. Put yourself in their places
—a death in the family—*'
"But Tom, we can tell them we
hardly knew Cousin Anus—"
"Even so.”
"And all the festivities planned
for the Fourth of July week-end!
Perhaps we can't go to dinners
and bridge parties, but they
could."
WSf* . ■ .r—. - . ...
“But If they did stay. Binks,'
what could we possibly do?"
She breathed more easily. At1
least he was taking her seriously
—considering this desperate sug
gestion.
“Talk to each one separately
and notice how they answer, as
well as what they say. They'll
talk about the accident perfectly
naturally with us. We can ask
leading questions without seeming
to and then meet and analyse
what we're found out and go back
and talk with them more. Oh.
Tom, don’t you see it’s the only
way?”
He nodded slowly.
“I see that, all right. It's a
crazy stunt—but it’s that or noth
ing."
She cut in eagerly. “Then let’s
go right away. Torn, and find
them. I'm ready—”
“Now wait. Binks. Don't be in
too much of a hurry."
ALTHOUGH she knew of old
^ that hi* common sense de
cisions were slower but also more
thorough than her quicker Im
pulses. his caution infuriated her.
so highly was she keyed for ac
tion.
“Ton » It's 11 o’clock. In an
hour—”
“In an hour they’ll be gone for
good, especially if we fumble it.
I want to think bow to go about
this. First we must persuade them
to stay, then get together for our
first conference and decide on the
story of what happened to you—”
“That’s easy,” aha interrupted.
“I fainted—”
“Not so easy as that. Remem
ber, one of them knows "
“Yes.” Their eyes met.
“Binks,” said Tom quietly. “I
shouldn't consider this tor one
moment.” 1
“But you're agreed to It!”
“Yes But I'm going to make
one condition.”
“What’s that?”
“The agreement is dissolved at
any moment if 1 think I’m justi
fied. Think, dearest." as sbe be
gan to protest, “yon haven't real
ly taken in yet what it means. It
means—*' (as he spoke his words
seemed to reach her throngb some
shell that had not been pene
trated lefore) “it means that
here, right in our bouse, there is
a killer—a man without mercy
and. possibly, insane. A homici
dal maniac! And that sort is in
sane only until ha kills. Then
he's as cool and clever and as
sane, or more so. than most of
us. One of those four men—
I Pratt, Sbaughnesaey, Statlander.
DeVoe—is certainly a murderer
and may be a homicidal maniac.
Do you take It in now?”
“Yes.” she answered In a whis
per.
I “And you don’t want to call the
police end have them all ques
tioned?”
“No.” Again the faintest breath
of sound. Then, more strongly,
as he paused, perplexed, “It
wouldn't do any good. Toro. That
—that sort of man would get
away. We mustn’t alarm him—" i
“But you know we are doing a
risky—a crazy—thing. That either
of us—you or I—may be—”
“Stop!” She put her hand over
his mouth. “1 can’t hear you say
that, ’rom! I know—I realize—
now. Rut we must—wait! To
day's Saturday. We'll find aome
way to keep them until Monday
morning. That, you see. will give
ns the zest of today and all to
morrow—Sunday. Everything we
fli'* or guess or even Imagine
we’ll report to each other. We’ll
get something. I know that, Tom.
But I promise this. If by, say, af
ter dinner tomorrow night, we
haven't a thing, not a ghost of an
idea, or anything stronger, you
can do whatever you want—call
up Tim Hanahan or go get him
or—’*
“Him!” Tom was contemptuous
of the local policeman's aid.
“Blnks. to capture a man like this
you’ll need a squad—and then
watch every move you make!”
“That's for you to take care of
Whom to call and how to do It.
Whether we locate him or whether
we give It up and call for help,
that's your Job. Tom—to bring It
off. My Job's to keep them here
and happy and unsuspicious.”
“Agreed!”
rjpHEY shook hands on ft sol |
emnly. And there came a tap
at the door.
Rosie atood on the threshold
and her eyes were troubled.
"Please sir." she said, “it’s Tim
Hanahan. He’s very argent, sir
He 6ays he must see you at once,
sir—and Madame, too. if she's j
able—which I told him she was
not.” Rosie spoke with a sudden
access of asperity that suggested
her tone to the young village po
liceman who had the misfortune
—so far as authority in that
household went—to have married
Rosie's sister Tessie, her prede
cessor in the Averills’ service.
There was conscious guilt In the
glances the two conspirators ex
changed. bat Linda quickly cov
ered ber surprise.
"Certainly I'm able. Rosie—
though thank yoa for trying to
save me the bother. . Will Tim
come up here?"
Again Rosie tossed her head,
but she was reluctantly compelled
to pass on the commands of the
law.
"He • 111 not. ma’am. Ho says,
will the master be so good as to
step downstairs at oncet. and if
I you cannot come too. then he will
com* up later. And already h*
has made so free as to us* th*
tllllphon* without asking your
permission and has called Dr.
Parsons. 1 heard him giv* th*
number and wall I know U m*
silf."
Linda rallied first.
“Tell Tim we'll be right down,
Rosie,” sh* said almost sharply.
“*>oth of us.”
And as the girl hesitated sh*
added. “I’m feeling quit* myself
now, thank you, Rosie. And we
won’t keep him waiting." Tb*
dismissal was definite and th* girl
moved off slowly. She was not
going to nurry tor brother-in-law
Tim Hanahan.
• • •
J^INDA grasped Tom'* arm as
much tor physical support as
to wh'spcr anxiously to him, ‘‘Tom
—do they know?”
“It looks queer, Binks. Phot
ing for Parsons—"
“Was Tim here—before?”
i “No. Parsons reported th* ao
cident. He tried tb* police sta
tion when h* was hunting for
Boyle, hut he took it for granted
it was an accident and of cours*
so did Tim.”
“Especially in our house.”
“Tea. Tim’s entirely too much
one of the family—oven if it’s
only by adoption—to suspect us
of anything so angente*! as mur
der.”
“But something has happened!”
“Yes—something—”
"Well, come on. Tom. We
won't find out this way.”
“Be careful what you say.
Blnks. Let him do the talking.”
8he flashed him a glance of
mingled worn and agreement and
together they went down the short
hall, down the graceful winding
stairs and into the central living
room, still redolent of flowers and
open to every passing whisper of
air that might atlr on that hot
July day. Here, hat in hand, ob
viously embarrassed, perspiring
apologetically In bia official uni
form. stood honest Tim Hanahan,
dreading as much at they the sp^
proaching interview in which
must assume the position of
authority.
They had hardly greeted him
when there was a furious spurt of
gravel from the roadway and the
doctor’s little roadster swung
dangerously around the curving
drive and came to a violent stop
before their open door From the
roadster, as though catapulted by
the arrested momentum of the
car. shot the doctor himself, as
red-faced as Tim and far more
agitated.
"What’s this—what's all this
nonsense?” he burst out before bs
sas fairly in the door,
i (To Be Continued)