L»T« - Sunoco * Monday, Aprll^ 20. 1936 MIltE j The d r«ir:a in the Mposehill JTine, Hova Scotia, is now apparently a matter of minutes. Three hundred, men are digging frantically trying to reach Dr. Robertson of Toronto and Alfred Scadding, imprisoned a hundred and forty feet underground. Two left out of three. Though the rescue party has be^i able to lower liquid food to the entombeo men the two have been growing weaker hour after hour. Their rescuers have been able to talk to them over a tiny microphone dropped on a thin wire. But the last word from thw two survivors of that desperate party was a message: "In the name of God hurry." The tension of their appalling plight has spread all over the continent. Five days ago when I first had occasion to describe their predicament it seemed desperate enough. Since then it has been growing worse by hours and one of the original three has succumbed, According to last reports the rescuing party had only twenty feet to go. But that meant twenty feet of boring through rock with the danger of a cave-in always imminent Mine - 2 -r, ctertsor. arid Mr* Scaddirii; haws ceen fed cot cnj.y liquid soup, Uit coffee and brandy, Nevertheless, their peril is amply expressed in these words froHi the entombed Doctor "For God’s sake hurry," ^ut, you can’t hurry much drilling down through rock* munitions For two years a special committee of the United States Senate has been investigating the munitions, industry. The outcome of that two years1 probe is a sensational, suggestion;— "that Uncle Sam seize all the corporations making munitions of war and operate them for the benefit of the country." That»s the recommendation that the majority of the Committee will make to the Senate. However, it’s not a large majority. She vote was four to three. The three minority members protest vehemently. They say that such nationalization would encourage armament rather than discourage it. _ The report contains some charges against A A the people who make guns, warships and shells. The report declares that those big firms have been corrupting in foreign countries, have been intriguing against all movements towards disarmament, have been scaring other nations into joining in a race for increasing armaments. On some of these points the majority and minority members of the Committee are in perfect agreement. Both „ the Democrats and the Republicans agree that, as they put it, / ',^IrIuLS^st^e^et£^ligggCga5ggsPggirgfStgelgt^gn?ftinnl^y ihere was a strange scene today at the opening the annual convention of the Associated Press, the United Press, and the American newspaper publishers association. Invited to tall to the publishers at the luncheon was Henry L. Mencken, the old Baltimore baiter of boobs. There isn’t a writer in the country who has said more unkind things about newspaper publishers. Prank B. Noyes of Washington, President of the Associated Press, said he still bore the scars from some of the vitriol thrown at him from Mencken's type­ writer. Today Mencken once more made unmerciful fun of the publishers, after which they gave him a cheer that rang the gilded rafters of the Waldorf. The other writer who addressed the publishers was Sir Wilmott Lewis, American correspondent of the London Times, the old thunderer. He told them that he felt lile a lion in a den of Daniels; and defined the obligation of a newspaper as a job of "comfronting the afflicted, and afflicting the comfortable.” TIB^TAl. PU i ^LI ^hose publisherB woulB be as astoijishea as I was to learn th.at oiie of the most influential newspapers in the world today is also one of the youngest. '//hat makes it more remarkable, is that it’s published in the Tibetan language. It is, the TIBET Ah GAZETTE. This is not exactly its name, but it’s the closest we can get to it. It was established only twelve years ago by the Panchen Lama, He founded it in nineteen Twenty-Pour, while he was in exile at Pailingingiao. That name in English means "the temple of a hundred miracles." The power and influence of the Panchen Lama's news­ paper comes into the news tod ay, because it quite recently changed the coarse of events in the news. It helped to stop the Japanese advance into Inner Mongolia and wes.ern ivianchuria. I’ve heard a lot about these matters from Captain John ho el, tbe travel er and ] ecturer TTBETAH follow publishers - g Hcre1^ W tc ? a wry as r learned In Nineteen Thirty-Two, the Panchen Lama moved the offices of his TIBETAN GAZETTE to Nanking. That placed it right on the doorstep of .the government of Central China, the government controlled by Marshal Chiang-Kai-Chek. Sevora-1- feimeg—1 had ooeasion to mention the^-Marshal--Ohiangf wag using every dov-jroo of modern yadd^fafag 'pult-llca to tho euppert of-the Tibetan governfflen-^—-She sta-tesaanly nwsuw for that aie-obvirew^ There are five hundred million Buddhists in Tibet, China and Japan. Those Buddhists,whether they are Tibetan, Chinese or Japanese, look upon the Panchen Lama as the reincarnation of the Buddha. The Panchen Lamars paper, therefore, became the official organ of the Buddha himself. So when its editorial offices were taken to banking, th* jl « mi ' pvh + had a effect upon Buddhists not only in China but^in Japan. Most Tibetans, of course, are quite illiterate. But they take their opinions, and act upon what the Lamas say. The Lamas, who form a third of the populationuf Tllirit, are highly educated. Hence, the influence of the Panchen Kama's newspaper. Its circulation is arbund seven hundred thousand, but it is read by if SI ! : i TTBKTAN follow publishers - s pe.opX«^ people of tremendous weight and importance. The TIBETAN GAZETTE is published in a concrete building as modern as any paper in America. -It is printed in the latest word &n up-to-date presses. In its pages the Lamas read about everything that is going on all over the world. To be sure, the news is interpreted according to the ideas of the Eanchen Lama. Nevertheless, he tells those three million readers everything about radio, television, aviation, all the fields of modern transport and c3-*<v communication. TlAtfuiig.tefEfre—iiieaw the people in remotest villages A of the Himalayas learn the Panchen Lama’s version of what is going on in Ethiopia, in Geneva, in Washington, D.C. So that’s why even Japanese warlords have to pay attention to that unique journal. lead ihe mo *+. portentous reports come today from Geneva. There the spokesmen of Mussolini, of Haile Selassie an^ Jolm Bull spoke words of menace. Baron Alcisi threw down the g.aimtie" , Captain Anthony Eden picked it up. That's it in a nut shell. The Italian representative began in a mood of defense. He protested against his country’s being put in the light of a ruthless aggressor. "It is Italy who is really enforcing the Covenant of the League of liations,” he proclaimed. To that he added;- "We are bringing to the downtrodden Ethiopians the benefits of civilization. The plow follows the sword," said he. "We have abolished slavery; - in East Africa - we've built over three thou s .nd miles of roads; we have put up fifty hospitals and schools all over the occupied territory. Ethiopians are now fighting side by side with our troops; And that, •' he added, "ought to prove Italy’s good-will, Then the Due e * a Ambassador followed with a ringing declaration; "Not one sign of armistice will there be," he shouted, "until every foot of thiopia is under Italian occupation." Mus3olini demand 3 -verything. ___________ __ And that drew a to -vl frcxn the British Lion, the most oiuino *3 growl that has yet been heard in all this controversy. "If the League of nations will not intervene in A a rica, spo a e o apt a in Anthony Eden, "His Majesty’s government may find themselves compelled to act ind epend ently of the League," To be sure, the English Foreign Secretary went on to tal'< in terms of sanctions. He also intimated that other members of the League would act in concert with Great Britain but independent of the League itself. Nevertheless it definitely so ;nd ed like a threat war. So the League of Nations then made a final supreme appeal to Italy. As though in direct answer, came an announcement from Home, a general mobi 1 izati ,vn of all Fascist organiza- ions in Italy. We all remember that soon after the T?uc e sent his men to Africa, he summoned what he called "a test mobilisation" of all hie BlacV Shirts. The moment Addis Ababa falls, there will be another mons^r mustering of the Fascist militia. It 7-ill be described a demon st ration, really a demonst rat ion of force nd defiance. LB AD - 3 The capture of Adr^is Ab .ha seems po s sible almost^ any r.ow. The Ethiopians are evacuating the capital and j are blowing up all roads and bridges. \ Horne has word that Marshal Badoglio’s divisions have captured Ankober, a town eighty miles northeast of Addis Ababa. PALEST nos IIinetvei. ye vrs at:Q I'ield Marshal A11 enby, and Colonel Lawrence too, made a triumphant entry into Jerusalem. All the civilized T.vcrld cheered’ "'The problem of the Holy hand is settled »« said Jew and Curist ian alike! From ho^idon in that far off year came the words; "His Majesty’s government view with favor the establish­ ment act in Palestine of a national hone for the Jewish people and will use their beet endeavors to achieve this object," But - today we are V.earing about the fourth bloody riot since Allenby took Palestine, The c^cry is far from being ended with today’s casualty list. So far fourteen have died, ten Jews and four Arabs; fifty-four more wounded; thirty-nine Jews, fifteen Arabs. And tonight rioting still breaks out, from time to time. In both Jaffa and ’’’el Aviv the next door all-Jewish town Jewish stox’es are being looted and burned. But even that doesn’t ^ell it all. The worst of it i s that all this add s to tne menace of the Bast African mess. PALSSTIlyiij Nineteen ^ e-ira nna Field Marshal Allenby, and Colonel Lawrence too, made a triumphant entry into Jerusalem. Ail the civilized world cheered > "The problem of the Holy Land is settled’" said Jew and Christian alike! From London in that far off year came the words: "His Majesty’s government view with favor the establish­ ment «3L in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people and will use their best endeavors to achieve this object." But - today we are V,earing about the fourth bloody riot since Allenby took Palestine. The 3 + cry is far from being ended with today’s casualty list. So far fourteen have died, ten Jews and four Arabs; fifty-four more wounded; thirty-nine Jews, fifteen Arabs. And tonight rioting still breaks out, from time to time. In both Jaffa and Tel Aviv the next door all-Jewish town Jewish stores are being looted and burned. But even that doesn’t tell it all. The worst of it is that all this adds to the menace of the Eas-1". African mess. PALEST - 2 Tne trouble th-t broke out in Tel Aviv is a small blaz^e so far. But any mistake in handling it may lead to a huge bonfire, a conflagration spreading to Egypt, Syria, ran s j o rd an ia, Iraq, and Arabia - and even India. The news of the Tel Aviv rioting ia a shock. It comes at a time when we had been learning from various sources that the latest Jewish migration into Palestine was proving it­ self a success. ^he Jewish population had grown from fifty thousand to more than three hundred and fifty thousand. Squalid towns being built up into rich, modern, clean cities like Tel Aviv, Pi chon le Zion, and the new Jerusalem outside the Wall. One effect of the success of the Jewish communities in Palestine ho s been to arouse the envy of the Palestinians who are called Arabs. They really are descendants of many races and armies — and speak Arabic. The Higu Commissioner of the country recently proposed a new organizati on. oir Arthur Grenfell Wauchauj^e proposed that the Holy Laiid snould be administered by a legislative council. Each radical group was PALLSTXI,!, - 3 to be represented according to its numbers. The legislative council .v s ->0 c o * l si st oi fourteen Irabs, seven Jews and seven Britiah. On one point the Arabs and Jews were agreed: they objected to Sir Arthur’s proposal. But they objected on different grounds. Said the Jews; “We should have more members on that council.” Said the Arabs; "You shouldn’t have any at all and neither should the English. What we want for Palestine is an Arab government, ” So far as you can sum i t up in a nutshell, the Pal 03 +ionian Plo slem point of view is that there shouldn't be any Jews in Palestine at all. And now that xhxjekx apparently is the origin of those present riots that contain the germ of trouble from Syria to the Indian Ocean, from Jafia to tae Persian Gulf. POLAND There s a curious combination of politics to the situation . in Polana today. First of all, wefve been hearing that Fuehrer * Hitler has won the country of the land of Kosciusko as an ally. That story cam^*from refugees in Paris. The essense of it is that Hitler didn't make his coup in the Rhineland until he was assured of support from Warsaw. That's the background of the situation. In the foreground L-P-o-o we have those riots at Lwow, sixteen people killed. The i P i I ; m : I ; i aftermath of that is a twenty-four hour general strike called by the L- v>trO/ trades unions of fsSiSMjf. Lwow, a popular manufacturing city that we used to hear about during the World War as Lemberg, F'or a while there was danger that the unions would call a general strike L. — nn) throughout all Poland. But they decided to confine it to Lwow as a protest. But that isn'< all of the Polish crisis. The latest abinet (downfall. The rumor indicates the Prime Minister, Mariankoscialkowski, had been scheduled for a 1 visit to Budapest. So observers tell us it is significant that he has cancelled his plans. He says he has laryngitis. But others say he has political trouble. 2 - PIVERE If you come from Massachusetts, April Nineteenth is as important &n the calendar as July Fourth. Thin warn Patriots* Day, the anniversary of Paul Revere*s famous ride. Also the celebration of the day when once "the embattled fanners stood and fired the shot heard •round the world.’ As April Nineteenth fell on a Sunday this year they had the big doings today. One of the events was the first double* header of the base-ball season between the Boston Red Sox and the Washington Senators. Also the Fortieth Annual Mara­ thon from Hopkinton to Boston. . The man who won it is a P- full-blooded Narragansett Indian^ Ellison Brown^ran those twenty-six miles in two hours, thirty-three minutes and forty seconds. That*s only a minute behind the record. Tte# men wtee*pane in Maesaehwget-te § ■ wfr But Massachusetts still hasn’t settled the big argument about Patriots* Day. That’s the^arguitfenfc between Lexington and Concord. The people of Concord claim that the by Emerson was fired in their M famous shot celebrated in song Bff/liiRK - 2 city. Others claim it was on Lexington Green. There was a deote on this vexe Issne in the United States Congress a few days ago. Congressman Sol Bloom of .'Tew Yorlc has under­ taken to find the answer and settle it once for all. Which­ ever way he settles it he’ll merely provoke some more argument. Which ends the argument here — and, SO LONG UiriL "OMORROW.