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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 28, 1935)
SEEN and HEARD around the lj NATIONAL CAPITAL! By Carter Field ;1 FAMOUS WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT ^ Washington. — To observe strict neutrality—but not to benefit by U—Is the rather paradoxical atti tude In the United States Depart ment of Commerce. This applies not only to trade with Italy—trade with Ethiopia wus never Important —but to trade In other parts of the world. The thought, apparently, Is not to take too much advantage of Italy’s occupation with her war by sneaking away a part of her Inter national trade! The whole thing seems rather nebulous, though also very high minded. But apparently It does not apply to South America. Perhaps because Washington hns always re garded southern American trade as belonging to this country—not by divine right, nor even by geog raphy, but perhaps hecutise of some expected gratitude for the Monroe Doctrine. Though as a matter of fact that d<*ctrlne hns been resent ed rather than appreciated by our Latln-Amerlcan friends for many years now. In fact, it began to cool shortly after Washington forced France to withdraw Its sup port from Maximilian, not long after the American Civil war. So tlie best minds Interested In furthering our International trnde began several weeks ago to think about the possibilities In South America, now that Italy Is very busy In Africa. In fact. It was decided to hnve a new head of the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, and that this new head should be one capable of tak ing advantage of this golden oppor tunity In South America. As this Is written the name of this new “sales manager” for Uncle Sam has not been announced, hut It has already been discovered by our consuls from Panama down to Cape Horn thnt Great Britain np parently had the same Idea. Wheth er It occurred to the best minds In Downing street before our Brain Trusters thought of tt, or whether, having thonght of It. the British merely went Into action without waiting for a lot of conferences and on the selection of n suitable person to direct It, Is not only not disclosed—It Is not known. But the fact Is sadly admitted In whis pers, that the British bent us to It. And the comment Is sadly added— **aa usual.” Not “Cricket” It is rather interesting that the official who disclosed this situation to the writer, In discussing what he thought this country ought to do in observing the amenities, long before he mentioned the British, said that to expand our trade ai) over the world at the expense of the Italian International trude would not be “cricket." Which hap pens to be a distinctly British ex pression. though widely used here. Just why It would not be “crick et" to take advantage of Itnly’s pre occupation in some parts of the world, and not In others. Is not clear. In the Department of Com merce there Is a certnln theory about It. This is to the general effect that I.ntln-Amerlcnn trade be longs naturally to the United States, and that therefore anything we can do to cement It Is justlfl able at all times, whether the na tions from which we take It are engaged in a war or not, and whether we approve of that war or not It may be that In Ixtndon the ex porters and the government figure the same way, on the theory that on account of Sir Francis Drake, or maybe Sir Henry Morgan. Lntln Amerlcan trade naturally belongs to Britain, and hence any means of taking It away from some other nation Is Justified. There Is a widespread suspicion, however, that “cricket" does not Interfere with Britain's com mandeering all of Itnly’s foreign trade that she can get her hands on. Even during the World war, some Stnte department under lings recall, "business as usual"— which means get all you can— was quite a motto in the tight lit tle Island. Canadian Treaty On the whole the administration expects to benefit enormously, at the next election, by the effects of the Canadlun reciprocal treaty. Its political ramifications are legion, but now that time has been allowed for estimating its economic conse quences, let's take a look at the po litlcal aspects, which were very much la mind at the White House, If not at the State department, while the problems were being weighed. The worst liability to the admin istration Is the dairy section, which will let a much larger volume of Canadian milk, cream, butter and cheese Into this country, and hence will Irritate the dairy farmers of New England, New York, Wlscon sin and Minnesota, particularly, and all other dairy farmers in general Incidentally It was rather odd that there was such a rush to sign the treaty that the ceremonies al most synchronized with those at tendant upon the delivery at the White House of the 1,250 pound Wisconsin cheese, drawn by “Dun der and Hlitzen” and the rest In a Santa Claus sleigh. Which, by the way, had been Intended as a high light of National Cheese week. The dairy concessions to Canada are much worse politically than the lumber section, although actu ally opponents of the lumber sec tion were more vocal. The reason is that every domestic dairyman Is on the same side of the dairy con troversy. He wants all the protec tion he can get from foreign com petition. Whereas the lumber In dustry Is divided Into two groups, with best opinion being to the ef fect that the stronger group, as far as votes are concerned, fa vors abolishing all restrictions against Canadian lumber and shin gles. Perhaps the best evidence Is that the group favoring no tariff on lumber won every light In congress until the very last. Then the tariff group won, but only by combining with the oil, copper and coni groups 1n a log rolling operation, which re sulted In the Imposition of the so called “exercise” Import taxes, that really are tariff schedules. Lumber Tariff Actually Hit: interests favoring a higher turlff agulnst Canudlun luni her are not politically Important, save In the extreme Pacific North west, Mid-western lumber inter ests, whleh might be supposed to be allied, actually ure not, for the simple reason that In the days be fore they thought there would ever be a lumber turlff, they bought huge tracts of forest land in Canada! Number one among the assets of the treaty, politically, Is fruit. Can ada's willingness to take our or anges, prunes, apricots, peaches and raisins Just makes the differ ence between good times and bad in highly Important arens In Cali fornia. Incidentally, the orange schedule appeases Florida, over coming—It is hoped—her anger ngaiust the administration for the Cuban reciprocity treaty, which let In early fruits and vegetables thut compete with Floridian products. Florida, of course, is not impor tant politically. Not certainly when a Presidential election Is being con sidered. liut never forget Cali fornia I Not because she elected Woodrow Wilson in 1010, but be cause her 22 electoral votes are absolutely essential to any G. O. P. hope so for outlined, of ending the New Deal and retiring Frunklln D. Roosevelt from the White House. Figuring on Lodge Massachusetts Democrats are fig uring that Henry Cubot Lodge, grandson of Hie famous statesman who "broke the heart of the world" in his tight against Woodrow Wil son on the League of Nations, will be the O. O. I*, candidate for sen ator next year. They are so sure of this that they ure already shutt ing Individual political plans to tit in with that picture. , Incidentally, they are not particu larly huppy about this situation. Despite his youth, they are not dls counting young Lodge's ability as a vote getter. On the contrary, they point out that he tins all the ad vantages of a great name, and none of the liabilities. The famous Massachusetts sena tor, as a mutter of fact, had ac cumulated a lot of enemies before his death. In his last race for the senate he barely pulled through. At his lust national Republican con vention, that at Cleveland, far from being the dominating figure he had been at such gatherings for nearly a generation, he was rather ob viously sidetracked. In fact, that sidet rucking led to animosities which rose to plngue William M. ltutler, at the time Republican na tional chnlrman and representative on the ground of President Cool idge, when Ltutler later ran for the senate against David I. Walsh. None of these old feuds ure be lieved to linger on, however, by Democrats Interested In holding a senate seat, and some of tl;em In winning thnt seat for themselves. They do not expect young Lodge to lose uny Republican votes on ac count of them. Democratic Fear* Moreover, Massachusetts tins eight Republican members of the house, more than any other state at pres ent except Michigan, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. And more than such historically Repub lican states as California, Illinois nnd Ohio. So their fear Is that, with evi dences such as the -Rhode Island election and that Massachusetts has backslidden on the New Deni, young Lodge, with nothing against him, mny poll the full Republican vote. The tremendous majority of Gov. James M Curley In 1034 does not reassure them. They point to the fact that Curley was strong enough to nominate his own candidate for mayor of Worcester, aver the sit ting mayor, but then the Republic ans won the office on November 5. Copyright —WNU Servloo. Ethiopian Warrior* in Mock Cavalry Charge. Prepared by National Geographic Society, CWashington. D. C.-WNU Service. INCE the fall of Aduwa, im portunt truding center of northern Ethiopia, to the forces of Italy, the towns of Ak sum, Harar and Dlredawa, and the province of Ogaden have taken Im portant places tn the news owing to the further movements of Ital ian and Ethiopian troops. Perched high In the mountains, about 7,000 feet above the sea, and only 12 miles almost due west of Aduwa, Aksum today Is a small town of only about 5,000 Inhabi tants, but the memory of ancient glories still clings to huge stone monuments that stand there. Aksum was the capital of Ethi opia, according to ancient records and since time Immemorial has been regarded as sacred by the peo ple. Its sacred character has made the city Immune to attack or plun dering by brigands or the armies of rival Ethiopian chieftains lighting for the surrounding country. This Is not the first time that Italian armies have held Aksum. The Itallnns conquered the city and nearby territory In the war which was ended by their disastrous de feat at Aduwa In 1890. In Aksum Is a church which, ac cording to legend, contains the orig inal Ark of the Covenant of the Hebrews. The church has been so closely guarded by the clergy, how ever, that no scholars from the Western world have heen able to confirm or deny the legend. Tradition says that the Ark was brought to Ethiopia by Menellk I, son of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. Menellk, according to the story, was educated at Jeru salem by Solomon until he reached the age of nineteen; he then went to Ethiopia with the Ark and a large delegation of Hebrews. Ark May Hava Been Burned. The original church in which the Ark of the Covenant was supposed to have been lodged was burned when the city was sacked by a Mos lem Invader, Mohammed Gran, about 1535, but a uew one was erected soon after by the Portu guese, who had visited Ethiopia earlier, and had established friend ly relations there. There is no rec ord of whether the Ark was de stroyed in this tire, or carried to some safe plnee before the invasion and later restored to the new church. Nutlve tradition says that Aksum dates back many thousands of years. The earliest authoritative mention of It is in a manuscript written In 67 A. D., in which it Is described as the capital of the Ak sumlte kingdom, which wns the successor of the ancient land of Punt and the forerunner of Ethio pia. Punt Is mentioned in Egyp tian records as a place with which the Egyptians traded for gold, Iv ory, ostrich feathers, and other val uable merchandise. Aksum Is thought to have been much larger in ancient times thnn now, for there are traces of stone foundations of large buildings over a wide area near the present town, some of them probably temples and palaces. The city of ITnrar, about ISO miles from the Red sea and 35 miles south of the railroad from Addis Ababa to Djibouti, was origi nally settled by Arabs who migrat ed from Yemen on the eastern shore of the Red sea. Harar a Walled City. A survivor of the Middle ages of Europe would feel at home In Ha rar, for It has long been the cus tom to close the five gates In Its high stone wall at nightfall. None may leave or enter the city until the following morning. Just ns was the former practice In European walled cities. The wall, about three miles In circumference, Is guarded by 24 towers. Recent re ports from Harar say that the gov ernor of the city has tom breaches In the walls to make It possible for the inhabitants to flee without con gestion at the narrow gates In case i of raids by Itallnn bombing planes The streets of Harar are little more than narrow alleys, some of them only three or four feet wide, steep and Ill-paved and cluttered with refuse. They wind between one and two-story buildings built of undressed atone and mud, with thatched roofs. Along the streets are many small shops, some a few steps below the street level, In which work blacksmiths, silver smiths, swordmakens, and other ar tisans. About 40,000 people, according to the most recent estimate, normally live in and around Harar and the city contains the palace of the gov ernor and several foreign consu lates which are of more substantial construction than the huts of the common folk. There are both Christian (Ethiopian) churches and Moslem mosques, and two hospitals within the walls. Harar and its province stand on a plateau, between 4,000 and 5,000 feet above the sea, which has a pleasing climate and is extremely fertile. Harar province is famous for Its cofree, much of which is ex ported, a portion of the crop com ing to the United States where It Is preferred by many discriminating coffee drinkers. Coffee grows wild In some parts of Harar province, for Ethiopia was the original home of coffee. i Arabs Founded Harar. The history of Harar goes back to the Seventh century A. D. when the Immigrant Arabs from Yemen arrived and founded the city, ac cording to tradition. The state which was then organized was known as Adel or Zaila. Of this state Harar was the capital In the Fifteenth century. During that cen tury a ruler of Harar, Mohammed Oran (the left • handed), Invaded what was then Ethiopia and con quered a large part of It. No white man visited Harar, so far as Is known, until 1854 when an Englishman, Sir Richard Bur ton, spent ten days there disguised as an Arab. In 1875 the region was occupied by an Egyptian army and held for ten years until troubles In the Sudan forced the withdrawal of the garrison. The province then was under British Influence until 1887 when It was conquered by Menellk II who later became em peror of Ethiopia and who con quered the Italians at Aduwa In 1806. During the period from 1891 to 1896, Harar province was an Italian protectorate. Dlredawa, 85 miles to the north of Harar, can be reached in one day’s Journey on mule back or In four hours by automobile over the rough terrain. This city. In many ways the most progressive In Ethi opia, Is a key-point on the railroad which Is Ethiopia’s only outlet to the sen. Formerly Dlredawa was the ter minus of the railroad from Djibouti. It Is about 180 miles from the const and stands on the fringe of the Ethiopian plateau about 4.000 feet above sea level. Ogaden Province. Ogaden province Is in Ethiopia's southeastern corner, jutting out into an angle formed by British So maliland on tiie north and Italian Somaliland on the south and east. On the southwest It extends to the Webbe (river) Shibeli, one of Ethiopia's two queer streams which flow hundreds of miles toward the sea only to disappear Into the earth a few miles from their goal. This strange river tumbles down from Ethiopia's high central moun tains. almost reaches the sea near Mogadiscio on the Indian ocean, then changes Its mind and runs 170 miles along the coast only 12 to 15 miles Inland, finally losing Itself In the Italian Somaliland plains a few miles from the equator. An other of Ethiopia's disappearing riv ers, the Awash, flows out of the mountains near Addis Ababn north eastward. hut loses Itself about Art or 70 miles inland from Djibouti, the chief port of French Somali land on the Gulf of Aden. From the Italian Somaliland hor der north through Ogaden to Dlre dawa and the Addis Ababa— DJIbouto railroad, the Italians must travel 850 miles, half again as far as General Sherman’s famous march from Atlartta to the sea. On the Italians’ right ns they move north is the vast dry plateau of the Haud country, which stretches along the frontier between Ethiopia and British Somaliland. Its undulating surface Is broken np by shallow stream courses, but In the dry season the Haud plateau is virtually wttrless. Charm, Romance in Evening Dress By CHERIE NICHOLAS IF THE revival of the luxurious, the more elegant, the romantic, the dramatic, the glamorous m fashion Indicates a turning of the tide as they say It does, from a reason of depression to an era of prosperity and good times, then in deed have we cause to rejoice for the present signs in the matter of opulent dress are most propitious. The new fashions, especially for mal modes, are not only glamorous and elegant beyond anything known for years but they add to their fas cination in that they seem to have recaptured the glories, the poetry, the vision and the imagination, the art, as expressed In lovely apparel created throughout the ages. At a recent style showing given by the Chicago wholesale market council the gowns for formal wear, three of which are herewith Illus trated, confirmed the feeling that we are entering a fashion era wherein a new spirit of elegance pervades. Eloquent of classic beauty and statuesque dignity which carries the grace of sculptural lines are the new evening gowns of Grecian In spiration. Extreme Interpretations of modes a la Grecque are seen in the drajted themes of Vlnnet and other Paris designers. Long flow ing scarfs, huge wing sleeves, draped side pleatlngs are all shown in the new soft quality-kind silk crepes and velvets. Other gowns show skirts pleated all around of floating billowy masses of chiffon, or slim dresses with drnperles (often pleated) In long cascades from the shoulder, to form a short train at the side or back. Sumptuous fabrics, for which the present season Is noted, bespeak the rich beauty of Italian Influence, especially the magnificent velvets In warm deep purples and reds and greens, such as have lived through the centuries in old master paint ings and frescoes. The versatility of the present mode would make It appear as If Oriental princesses had come to life, in the new harem drapes and metal cloth turbans and sari scarfs and head coverings. Persian color ings and patternings, Chinese em broideries carry the spirit of the Far East Into the Immediate fash ion program. Then there Is the Russian Influence which uas an all Important Influence on current style trends, as manifest In the smart high cossack turbans and fur bordered tunic blouses and coats and suits. Of course we must not neglect to make mention of the picturesque robe de style gowns which have and are bringing so much of romance Into the modern fashion picture. In these you may be as bouffant and rococco as were lovely ladies In the king's court In olden days of pomp and glory when George the Fourth was king. Speaking of the bouffant we are minded to call your attention to the charming dress centered In the II lustration. It demonstrated at first glance to the audience gathered ai the style revue held in Chicago, the fact of high quality emphasized in a superb taffeta glinting with metallzed highlights To the right. In the picture. Is a very lovely eve ning ensemble fashioned of one of the new rapturous, scintillating sli ver lame wenves such as are so smartly in vogue this season. Its styling accents a to-be-envied slen derized figure. Front skirt fullness, high-front, halter-neck bodice, ex} treme low-back decolletage, Jewj eled belt buckle are all highspots of note. To the left, a gown of pear) dot satin bespeaks Grecian Inspire tion via heavy golden cords and tassels. © Western Newspaper Union. AT FOOTBALL GAME By CHERIE NICHOLAS For the football game, school, shopping or any daytime wear the above outfit is always correct. The coat Is French lapln over a Scotch plaid dress In brown and red. The accessories are In brown to match the coat which may be worn with a suit on cold days. The swagger coat with Its youthful lines Is one of the tailored woman's highlights this season. FABRIC KNOWLEDGE AIDS WISE BUYING Fabric knowledge Is part of your fashion education. The smart wom an knows that. It Isn’t the Initial cost of a dress. It’s the upkeep that counts. When you are confi dent that your taffeta will stay crisp; that your satins will hold their luster; that your chiffons will retain their loveliness and never get sleazy or sloppy; when you know that your sheers will hold their shape and that your crepes won’t ultimately sag under an ava lanche of beading or braid, that your clok.vs will stay In, and that your drapes will not sag—then, and only then, are you well dressed. Women are rapidly learning to find out all these things before they buy a dress. They are learning to buy predictable merchandise. U. S. Designers Following Glittering Fabric Trend The French started It, hut Ameri can designers were quick to follow the new trend of glittering fabrics for afternoon and evening wear. A survey Just made of Americnn tex tiles discloses that every Important manufacturer in New York has de signed and presented materials to achieve unusual brilliant effects. Cabled reports on the first fall open lugs of the Paris dressmakers still further Indicate the advent of spar kling fabrics. Vests of Suede Leathers are getting more supp't and wearable each year. This se.i son smart vests are made of suede to go with sports suits and fur coats. They blend perfectly with the fabrics. NOT PROFITABLE Perhaps the chief advantage el having much money la that you c«a say what you please. Yet most mil lionaires don't. 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