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FRICTION.
Burke Boyce, Harvard, '22, mem
ber of the American Olymric fenc
ing team, recently wrote an explana
tion of . the unfavorable reception
given American teams in the Olym
pic games. The Dartmouth outlines
Boyce's articles as giving three prin
ciple reasons for "booing" of Ameri
cans: the large numbers available
for competition; a psychological er
ror of those in charge of the con
tests; the attitude Americans gen
erally assume when they travel
abroad. Boyce is quoced:
"The accusation of semi-professionalism
in our athletics of
playing the game to win rather
than for the sport of it does
not seem to me to hold good as
a reason for jealousy on the
part of the continental nations,
for with them it is often not a
matter of coaches and masseurs
and trainers, but a matter of
personal dislike toward going
into strict 'training' for any
event.
But I do feel that the size
of the American teafn smacked
somewhat of unfairness. Of
course, we had no more men
proportionately than any other
nation, but in the opening pa
rade at the stadium the Ameri
can contingent so outnumbered
the rest that it seemed almost
pitiable like a small college
with twenty-two men on its
football squad coming to Cam
bridge to play Harvard; and no
matter how well the small team
plays, no matter whether it
beats the large team, the con
test will always look one-sided
to those sitting in the stands.
"A curious small thing that
would not at first seem to be a
trouble maker, was the playing
of the national anthem of a
country winning an event, and
the running up of that coun
try's flag. It in time became an
wful bore to the spectators and
rubbed in the victory just that
much harder to the losers, es
pecially when they heard the
'Bully's' anthem played so
often."
The first two reasons which Boyce
advances are merely errors in psy
ahology on the part of the American
and the Olympic officials, respec
tively, but the third reason that he
points to, if we assume that Boyce
has analyzed the problem correctly,
places the responsibility for a large'
part of the unpleasantness directly
upon the Americans. They aggra
vate the naturally roughened feel
ings of the Europeans, he says,
through imagining themselves super
ior in every way and not hesitating
to show that feeling.
" Americans travelling in Europ
do display superior airs generally, it
may be that there is some fault in
our educational system. It is a com
mon fault of public schools, almost
anyone can recall from his grammar
and high school days, to inject a
false patriotism into history texts
America is always right and always
wins. Another contributing factor
is probably a natural tendency to
-consider that inferior which is not
in accord with our own ideas.
Americans have noticed the latter
tendency in Europeans visiting
America, and so that, at least, is a
mutual fault This friction should
be eliminated, and can be eliminated
by realization that a given location
of a man's birthplace or home does
not make him better than a man
who lives elsewhere.
THE EAST.
"America was the cause of the
recent civil war in China," is a
statement the University Daily Kan-
San attributes to Upton Close, for
many years a newspaper correspon
dent in China, who was on the Kan
sas campus this week to lecture on
the recent Chinese troubles.
Upton Close, who is Prof. Josef
W. Hall of the University of Wash
ington, outlined and interpreted the
events leading up to the civil war
in China In an interview with a Daily
Kansan reporter:
'In explanation of his state
ment that America caused the
revolt, he said that America's
policy has been for many years
in opposition to Japanese con
trol of China. The friction be
tween the two countries result
ing from the twenty-one de
mands made on China in 1915
almost led to war, and resulted
in the Washington conference
for disarmament. The real pur
pose of this conference was the
settlement of the Chinese ques
tion, he said.
"At the time of this confer
ence, England, which had been
in alliance with Japan, sided
with America, according to Mr.
Close. The nine power treaty
which resulted from the confer
ence prohibited Japan from
controlling any part of China.
"Japan found herself desert
ed by England while Russia was
at the same time making ad
vances to China, and returning
the lands stolen by the crar.
Then came the American exclu
sion law passed last summer,
which was passed in a way most
offensive to the Japanese.
"Following America's law,
and as a result of it, arms be
gan to leak to Chang Tso-Lin,
ex-bandit who was in control of
Mukdon. He had been wanting
revenge upon Wu Fci Fu for a
defeat two years ago, and when
the time came he struck. The
fighting around Shanghai was
an almost unconnected incident
which acted as a match to pow
der. While Wu Pei Fu at Te
King was seeking to restore or
der at Shanghai, according to
Mr. Close, Chang struck, and is
in virtual control of all north
China today.
"Thus while Japan may not
control China, a Chinese gen
eral controls a large part of the
country in the interests of Ja
pan. . . .
"That Professor HaU has an
intimate, first hand knowledge
of political affairs in China is
shown by a recent remark of
Lord N'orthcliffe. In discus
sing the Chinese situation, Lord
Xorthcliffe said, 'I wish I had a
hundred young men who knew
as much about China as Upton
Close.' "
Mr. Close implies that Japanese i
interests smuggled arms into China 1
in retaliation for the American im-i
migration act which excluded Japa-1
nnea frAtn tVio TTnitnH Stntps Ha i5 I
evidently an excellent student of
eastern affairs, and regardless of
whether he is right, he makes a har
monious whole of what is, for most
Americans, a sequence of unrelated
events.
secretary's plan is the best one de
visablo under the circumstances
then it should be adopted. If it is
not, then a better plan must be de
vised by the next congress.
The question of taxation probably
will not be touched upon during the
present session of congress, tut it is
one in which every citizen, whether
he pay direct taxes or not, is vitally
interested; and we should all be
ready to pass a capable opinion on
whatever legislation is proposed as
soon as it comes before our national
law-making body. The University
Daily Kansan,
Ten Years Ago
Two important bones of the fam
ous Dinohyus were received from
Yale. These supplied all the missing
members of the specimen that was in
the University Museum. The bones
had been discovered in the western
part of the state four years before.
A rattlesnake fifty-three and a
half inches in length and eight inches
in diameter had been presented to
the museum. Fifteen full-grown
rattles were attached to the rattler.
Eight hundred students attended
the second all-University mixer.
Many of the professors that had
been with the University for several
ears were able to review the past
when a play representing a scene in
an old-time school was presented.
Ice cream and cookies were served,
and several freshmen were reported
as getting helpings.
Catholic Studant Club.
Catholic Student Club will hold
Christmas dance at the K. C. Hall
Friday.
Union.
There will be a meeting of the
Union Literary Society, Saturday, at
3 o'clock, in the Temple.
Palladian.
The Palladian Literary Society will
meet Saturday night, at 8:15, in the
Temple.
Methodist Young People
The St Paul Methodist young
people will hold a Kid party at the
church, Saturday December IS at 8
o'clock. Everyone coming bring
toy.
Menorah.
A meeting of the Menorah Society
will be held Sunday in Faculty Hall
Temple. Dean Philo M. Buck will
speak.
Calendar
Notices
Jorgenson Speech.
Arthur Jorgenson will speak on
the subject of the Japanese Earth
quake at the Vine Congregational
Church, Twenty-fifth and T streets,
Friday night at 8:30, following the
Cornhusker banquet
B. Y. P. U. Party.
The B. Y. P. U. will hold a party
Saturday at 8 o'clock at the Firsw
Baptist Church at 14 and K Streets.
Every one is invited.
Cosmopolitan Club.
Business meeting of the Cosmopol
itan Club, Sunday at 2:30, in Faculty
Hall.
Friday, December 12.
Univer t., ""layers.
Girls' i h 'sker Party Armory,
Catholic Student Club K. C. Hall
Valkyrie Tea for Freshman Wo
men 3 to 6 o clocK raien omun
Hall.
Saturday, December 13.
Delta Zeta house dance.
All-University Party Armory.
Pi Kappa Alpha house dance.
Alpha Delta Theta house dance.
Pi Beta Phi house dance.
Alpha Gamma Rho house dance
Kappa Delta Pi dance Ellen
Smith Hall. -
Mu Sigma house dance.
Art Club bobsled party Art
Gallery.
Alpha Theta Chi house dance.
Delta Upsilon house dance.
Phi Tau Epsilon house dance.
Delta Sigma house dance.
Delta Omicron evening party.
University Players.
The College Press
MR. M ELLON'S TAX PLAN.
The proposals for tax reform made
by Secretary Mellon in his annual
report to Congress are very similar
to those which he made a little less
than a year ago. The only notable
addition or revision concerns the
publicity clause, the secretary urg
ing its repeal.
Mr. Mellon proposes; that the tax
on earned incomes, i.e., incomes de
rived from salaries, professional ser
vices, and so forth, be reduced 25
per cent as compared to incomes de
rived from business or investments;
that the normal tax rates be reduced
from 4 per cent to 3 per cent, and
from 8 per cent to 6 per cent; that
the application of surtax rates begin
at $10,000 instead of $6,000, and
then scale progressively upward to
25 per cent at $100,000; that all tax-J
exempt securities be outlawed by
constitutional amendment; and that
the present clause be repealed
Most of these changes in the pres
ent law are aimed at a reduction of
the tax burden on the people, the
secretary said. These reductions are
made possible by a surplus of about
three hundred million dollars of gov
ernment receipts over expenditures
under the new budget system inaugu
rated by Vice-President-Elect Dawes.
The balance might be used for faster
reduction of the national debt, but
the secretary believes that more
benefit would accrue to the nation
through the reduction of the burden
of taxation. The national debt is
already being reduced at the rate of
about a half million dollars each
year.
"About 70 per cent of the loss in
revenue to the government would
come from 'the brackets under $10,-
000," Secretary Mellon said at the
time his plan was first proposed,
"and only 2 1-2 per cent of the loss
in revenue would come from the
brackets of income in excess of
$100,000 a year."
Whether one be for or against the
proposals of the secretary of the
treasury, he must admit that the
problem in taxation is to fix rates
that will bring in the necessary reve
nues to the government and at the
same time bear upon the taxpayers
a burden as light and as equitably
distributed as possible. The problem
is not a partisan one. It should be
decided upon merit alone. If the
Grace English
Lutheran Church
All-American
14th and F Street.
CHARLES S. BREAM, Pastor.
University Student Bible Class
F. W. HT-.NKEL, Leader.
SUNDAY SERVICES:
9:45 A. M., Bible School; 6:45 P. M., Luther League; 11:00 A. M.,
Morning Worship; 7:45 P. M. Evening Worship.
Students! Don't neglect your spiritual needs while in school. Wor
ship Cod regularly. And you will always find a welcome at
The Little Church with a Big Heart.
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