The Indiana Weekly Messenger from Indiana, Pennsylvania • 2

THESE MODERN DAYS Current News Ethiopia Takes Prominent Place in the SYRUP PEPSIN Ethiopian Troops on the Border Passing in Review with Arms Upraised Typical Ethiopian Soldier more to this tion whether it is MISERABLE WEAK? coloni 5 Western Newspaper Union CBEOMULSIDN in the polyg born in of two the the are last for the for out The situation few weeks lias Wagner who for so long was regard ed ns Mr Roosevelt's alter ego in the Up to the President Extension of NRA day last UTLEY of an Italian Im no Cun eo coin The will view the dol purcbiising power in the currency an absolute neces shaken if history takes a long hard Homeworkers A3dress 1000 envelopes earn 525 Send 25c for Instructions Capital or experience unnecessary BUSINESS MOTEILS I Box 147 AliiuieapoIisMiun Learn Reading of Music by Mall Corre spondence course Improve Mt Logan School of Music Box 134 Chillicothe Ohio latimi to which the administration had not agreed With further reference to Senator Wagner who comes Iroin the of Ethiopia although cut off by the Anglo Egyptian Sudan Italy gained by the terms of peace in the Balkan war in 1012 This site all but lost while engaged in the World war but re gained once more in 1930 Libya Is now governed by Gen Italo Balbo In the peace with Ethiopia Italy was granted Eritrea whieh lies along the Red sea north and east of Ethiopia This strip of land almost barren of natural resources Is hardly an eco nomic asset It has no importance geo graphically or politically except as a commercial outlet for northern Ethi opia Yet Italy has tried hard to tempt her people to colonize It as well as Italian Somaliland The ceding of part of rench Somaliland to Italy recently has strengthened her position along the Ethiopian frontier Whether Mussolini is planning to es tablish an Italian protectorate in Ethi opia and thus share in the rich profits of the development of her great re sources which include gold silver iron salt and coal is a problem Ethi opia under Haile Silassie seems at last bent on modernization or that reason it is held by some that Italian operations in Ethiopia may merely be iw uwn urwggMi auinvi xized to chmrfuHy refund your money on the soot it vou ere not relieved by Crertiulpo empire Masso of north came as like that party of had been Must Go It Alone To every man there comes a day when he must separate himself from others and act alone lorida Lakes Sunshine Colony (Restricted) Swimming boating all year $15 weekly Tax free bungalow acre fruit 11440 Buy er Train allowance Box 1313 DeLand la AGENTS Sell and Install kitchen range oM burners good profits 71750 Installed thou sands used BENNETT CO ISUP AGENTS OPPORTUNITY astest selling 50 cent novelty ever offered Money maker Write riedman Dowd Mfrs Distribu tors 231 IV 57th St New York sibiliiy that monetary questions will be come as important in I'BG as they 153 A Dairy arm state road 50x97 barn stone house electricity running water 55000 Hileman K3BemvilleBerksCoPa LORESTON SHAMPOO Ideal for use in connectionwith Parker'sHair BalsamMakes the hair soft and fluffy 60 cents by mail or at drug gists Hiscox Chemical Works Patchogue NY By WILLIAM ESUMPTION perialism that lias not flowered since the crushing of the plans of rancesco Crlspl in 1890 may find its beginning in the current Italian into Per haps not strangely what appears to be the object of ambitious eye today is the same nation that thwarted Crispi witli the complete an nihilation of 20000 Italian troops near ly 40 years ago It is Ethiopia often called Abyssinia the last independent nation in the Dark Continent and the seat of one of the few absolute monarchies left in 50(1000000(1 work relief bill Senator New with sup in congress in the provided a test President Roosevelt's political acumen It has been far more a test of his skill would have been the set sail from Naples even as they have In tlie past few weeks Urged to withdraw the African forces by nearly all political parties at home Premier Crispi refused on grounds of Upholding the national hon or and Italy continued to occupy points along the Abyssinian plateau Development of this policy reached its crisis when the Italian army was wiped out by the forces of Menelek near Adown Marcli 1 189G temporarily end ing Italian colonial ambitions and caus ing political downfall Yet Italy retained possessions in Somali land bordering Ethiopia on the south and east Libya to the nortli and west its history decision in cases there disturbance administra in the light While the court iur It seems that Senator than otherwise case because for almost two years he lias had a congress so obedient to his command as to merit the description of a rubber stamp legislative body Now however the President is faced with the necessity for political maneu vers of the highest order and upon the results of his tactics much will de pend He can cement the links of the Democratic party or he can cause them to disintegrate ly the courses lie fol lows Some curiosity lias been aroused by the fact that for the first time since be beeawe President Mr Roosevelt omit ted in several instances lately to send administration drafts of bills for con gressional consideration His practice hitherto liad been to have the bills drafted in executive departments and submitted with a recommendation that they lie enacted in that form Until some of tlie factions in congress began to feel their oats tills plan worked very well A change lias come over some of them however and they are now in sisting upon preparation of tlie legis lation themselves Another significant development anil this links to circumstances of sev eral months ago was tlie presentation by Senator Wagner of New York of a bill to settle labor disputes 'This bill does not have administration approval Indeed it is quite contrary in some of its phases io tlie policies which Mr for recovery The Supreme Wanted Best Piano Accordion $40 Cash will huv Describe Do not misrepresent Leslie Groff 3905 Madison St Chicano it is interesting even if unimportant that Senator Wagner did not support the President in tlie latter's efforts to force tlie through tlie senate Since Wagner has been consistently a Dealer many observers are asking some logic whether the New Deal porters have begun to crack up It polite to address a strange young lady You just wait patient ly until she says: Emperor Haile Silassie tlie view of getting commercial financial concessions and power wit 11 and to command the routes of trade from Ethiopia to tlie sea for trade will be bid for by many nations even far off Japan What seems to give credence to the protectorate plan is tlie curious paral lel between tlie situation today and that preceding 1S9G when sim ilar plans were defeated Claiming they had been wantonly attacked by Ethiopians Italian soldiers last Decem ber 5 slew 110 losing some soldiers themselves in the skirmish at Ualual Ethiopia claims Ualual is within its boundaries by 100 kilometers and the Italians had no right being there but Italy counter claims the place to be part of Italian Somaliland Additional skirmishes have occurred between the two factions in tlie same neighborhood of late weeks On January 29 an Ethi opian band attacked an Italian outpost at Afdub south of Ualual and on eb ruary 9 there was another battle along the border Mussolini Protests Incensed Dictator Mussolini in structed his minister at Addis Ababa inland capital of Ethiopia to protest formally He demanded that the Af rican monarch turn over an indemnity of $44900 for the lives of the Italian soldiers that were lost and order a salute to be fired to the Italian flag in Addis Ababa Also demanded was the establishment of a neutral zone be tween Ethiopia and Italian Somaliland and Eritrea from which all Ethiopian troops must be immediately with drawn final definition of boundary lines and the exercise bf greater con trol over the warlike tribes along the border by Haile silassie Tlie Ethiopian emperor refused the Indemnity and the salute He denied that the incident at Ualual had been provoked by his countrymen and chal lenged the story that one of the subse Now as to tlie practical operation of tlie gold rulings: National Topics Interpreted by William Bruckart National Press Building Washington quent battles ever took place conflict on January 29 involved 25 Ethiopians armed simply with rifles who were attacked by an Italian band armed by machine guns after various reconnaisance flights by Italian air planes over he said Ethiopia as a member of the League of Nations appealed almost at once to that body against the Italian and suggested that the dispute be submitted to arbitration This Italy openly refused in effect warning the League to keep out recalling to mind the Corfu incident of 1923 when Mus solini brazenly demanded that the League keep out of his affairs With Great Britain and rance rumored to have secretly agreed to allow Italy an open hand in Ethiopia the League evaded the issue nicely by returning a suggestion that Mussolini and Haile Silassie try to iron out tiieir own dif ficulties by negotiation The two had seemed good enough friends in the past In 1925 the man who was later to become King of Kings paid an official visit to Rome and was received in cordiality and lavish splendor The two agreed at the time to do nothing to strain tlie good relations between their countries and signed a treaty of arbitration Midway through ebruary Rome be gan mobilizing troops largely from its celebrated of and ship ping them off to her possessions bor dering Ethiopia Several boatloads of thousands of fighting men led by tlie most distinguished soldier in colonization Gen Rodolfo Graziani de parted for Africa within a few days accompanied by additional thousands of workmen to build barracks and oth er necessary equipment By early March it was expected tlie Italian ex peditionary forces would number 15 000 Operation of tlmt tll0 Gold Rulings stitution gives gress power to monev and regulate ils value Supreme court always has sustained It will lie recalled that in asking for an extension of tlie national industrial recovery act for a period of two years President Roosevelt merely outlined in fundamentals of the resolution allowed President Roose velt to seize all of tlie gold in this country and hold it in Hie treasury it accomplished indirectly that wliich it could not do directly In this way it forced tlie invalidation of thousands of private contracts wherein one party promised to make payments in gold Congress made such payments impos sible and those who were to be paid have nothing left but disillusionment As to the gold payment clause in tlie government bonds the Supreme court said that congress had no right to en act legislation the effect of wliich was to void that payment It would seem therefore that some way should be found to force the government to make good That way lies only through the Court of Claims of tlie United States and when that court is denied jurisdiction in suits to recover the bond holder is left with a right but that right is unenforceable since the government can be sued only with its permission On top of these circumstances and as a long range proposition consider able attention has been directed to the relationship between tlie gold clause decisions and inflation There is a di rect link This link without doubt should be watched by all of those who think of the future of this nation Inflation of the credit has been go ing on continuously since Mr Roose velt took office The federal govern ment has set no limit to tlie borrowing wliich it will undertake in its pro mill court lias said directly that govern ment tlie EEL TIRED ACHY WORN Get Rid of Poisons That Make You Ill IS a constant backache keeping you miserable? Do you suffer burning scanty or too frequent urination attacks of dizziness rheumatic pains swollen feet and ankles? Do you feel tired nervous all unstrung? Then give some thought to your kidneys Be sure they function properly for functional kidney dis order permits poisons to stay in the blood and upset the whole sys tem Use Pills are for the kidneys only They help the kidneys cleanse the blood of health destroying poisonous waste Doan's Pills are used and recommended the world over Get them from any druggist PILLS securities are worth whatever idminlstration and congress de termine them to be worth because the No Easy Pickings Ethiopia's standing army numbers about 100000 men The militia con tains another 300000 or 400000 All of the latter are but loosely organized and are virtually without modern fighting equipment However knowing the country as they do possessed of an al most irrepressible fighting spirit" they present no even for tlie most up to date armies The Ethi opian charge in Rome Negra das Yassou (meaning Jesus) declared G000 years of independence be hind us we would fight to the last man woman and child if Italy declared chief espoused reason for re fusing to submit to League arbitration was its contention that Ethiopia never should have been admitted to the League in tlie first place She asserted that Ethiopia had never fulfilled the condition of her admission to the League wliich was the abolishment ofslavery and she was correct in the as sertion Another objection was the general disunion among the tribes in peace time Whether tlie current friction can be regarded as of major International Im portance is a matter for the future to decide Interesting to watch has been reaction of negroes in America to Ethiopian situation Abyssinians not true negroes although thousands of years of Slav trading with the Af rican interior has brought in consider able negro blood They seem to be Hamitic basically with a Semitic strain from the nearby Arabs Their color varies from dark brown to al most black Negro newspapers in America have demanded that Italy not begin inter racial conflict by invading Ethiopia A New York paper declared editorially "Colored America demands that civili zation does not permit Italy to pre cipitate a world race waf by invading Abyssinia Let civilization beware A Berry general secretary for the League of Struggle for Negro Rights demanded off Abys in the Negro Liberator With rance and England staying out Ethiopia would have little assist ance from other powers in the event of war Her only hope would be the 1 League or the League one more test CONSTIPATION Can be Helped! (Use what Doctors do) Why do the bowels usually move regularly and thoroughly' long after a physician has given you treatment for constipation? Because the doctor gives a liquia laxative that can always be taken in the right amount You can gradually reduce the dose Reduced dosage is the secret of real and safe relief from constipation Ask your doctor about this Ask your druggist how popular liquid laxatives have become The right liquid laxative gives the right kind of help and the right amount of help When the dose is repeated instead of more each time you take less Until thtf'bowels are moving regularly and thoroughly without any help at alt The liquid laxative generally used is Dr Syrup Pepsin It contains senna and cascara and these are natural laxatives that form no habit even in children Your druggist has it ask for dollar can be valued up or down as cir cumstances warrant But the value which tlie President and congress place upon the dollar may differ materially from tlie value which tlie public places upon the cur rency The public lar in terms oi its Public confidence therefore becomes sity and once it is means anything it pull to get it back So if congress shows a willingness to repudiate obligations ns It has shown already tlie public sooner or later begins to wonder what tlie end will be Throughout history wherever and whenever such a condition lias arisen tlie public seeks to convert tins doubt ful currency into material tilings those of a utilitarian value which it may use Money being inedible Is sought to be exchanged fur tilings to eat to wear to sustain life and comfort This is what is meant in expressions flight from tlie or "the flight" from any other currency about which we have heard so much since World war Mrs A Beuchert of 1102 Buffalo Road Erie Pa said: felt weak tirea and had frequent headaches just felt miserable all the while But Dr avorite Prescription helped to build me up and relieve me of the tired inn onr! ViMilnrheS c'? tablets 50 cis liouid $100 Large size tabs or liquid $135 Sold by druggists everywhere Write Dr Clinic Buffalo for a free booklet describing the Clinic HAIR BALSAM Removes Dandruff Stops Hair alling Imparts Color and Beauty to Gray and aded Hair I 6Cc and 1100 at Druggists i Risco Chem Wks Patchogue NY the world a dynasty that claims to trace its rulers back in an unbroken line from the days of tlie Old Testa ment Here is a nation fertile of soil rich in undeveloped natural resources and possessing one of the most livable cli mates in the world yet it is only now beginning to emerge from the Dark ages socially and politically A full fledged member of the League of Na tions it yet abounds in slavery One of the oldest Christian nations world its people yet practice amy Ethiopia occupies something than 350000 square miles an area equal to rance and Germany com bined in East Africa south of the Red I sea Always a menace to tlie power of the Pharaohs of Egypt in Biblical days its population variously estimated at from 5500000 to 10000000 now is composed chiefly of scattered tribes i semi civilized and often migratory Tiieir local governments are ailmin istered by feudal bodies headed by fierce and resplendent chieftains who bear but little relationship to the cen I tral government Yet history has shown 1 that these people accustomed to and I expert in warfare of a guerrilla na ture are more than capable of forget ting tiieir own community problems when the destiny of tlie entire nation Is at stake At such a time they have proved themselves instantly able to ally themselves with their monarch who today is a story book paradox of i medieval ruler by divine right and Twentieth century business manager Land of Glorious Sheba This country in whose rugged 10 OOO foot highlands are tlie sources of the great Nile and Atbnra rivers is the legendary land whence came the glorious Sheba to become tlie friend of Solomon the wise King of Kings i Indeed tlie man who now rules Ethi opia claims direct descendency from that illustrious union including as one of his many titles Negus Negasti or King of Kings And that all lie is also of Abyssinia by Pow er of Trinity Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah the cleet of God and tlie Light of tlie A stronghold of the Coptic religion similar in many respects to the Roman Catholic except for tlie fact that its priests are allowed to marry Ethiopia was shut off from the rest of the world In the Sixtii century by tlie closing in of Mohammedan nations on all of its borders Not until the ourteenth cen tury was it destined to begin asserting its power over East Africa once more and that revival lasted only until 200 years later when Mohammedanism again isolated tlie nation In the Six teenth century or an even earlier its people have remained until the decade or two In 18GS Great Britain invaded country and punished it severely the depredation of certain British posts In tlie ignominy of utter defeat the king killed himself His successor was Menelek II Menelek I was said to have been the son of Solomon and Sheba although genealogists have never been able to establish proof of the Ethiopian assertion of lineage Lij Yasu succeeded Menelek in 1908 and was deposed In 1916 when Princess Waisern Zauditu daughter of Menelek was proclaimed empress Ruling with her for twelve years as regent was nephew Taffari Makkonen The princess died and in 1930 Taffari was made king calling himself there after Halle Silassie Ethiopia for centuries had pros pered in a way despite its backward civilization undisturbed by any but Its more Immediate neighbors until the African conference of Berlin In 1884 when European awards for the first time began dividing up tne al pie that was Africa Italy Starts Spreading Italy began her colonial building in 1885 by occupying wa the natural port or trade ern Ethiopia This invasion result of a situation much of today In 1884 a military Italians on an official mission slain at the hands of Ethiopian na tives it was the third such outrage la three years Expeditionary forces Mother swirr powders or Children They break up colds regulate the bowels relieve feverishneae headache and stomach disorder A Mother Gray Walking Doll ree WriteMotberGjCoJRorJiJt sion Nevertheless I iit iir considerable dis cussion to tin effect Hint these ripples must be considered as only tlie begin ning They will have Hie effect of caus ing many people to think nbout the problem Discussions will take place in the homes and in Hie shops There will lie those wiio content! for sound money of tin old style Equally vehe ment defenders ol tlie Nw Deal will arise Thus tlie issue becomes joined While the repudiation of the gold payments will affect comparatively few people directly the significance of tlie action in a political way is becoming more and more apparent Tlie repudia tion in its effect on tlie bond holders may be only temporary lint its effect politically will be far flung I think it is generally considered now that tlie gold question will become a paramount issue in the next political campaign and it is not impossible that it will continue to be an issue over a period of years This is so because admittedly actual damage has been done to American prestige in foreign lands It is made to appear therefore that there will be a combination of in ternational and domestic influences at work henceforth with respect gold policies Domestically the issue was tlie presentation in congress bills designed to restore partially at least the status of this government as regards tiie gold policies to that ob taining before the deval untied the dollar Simultaneously former Presi dent Herbert Hoover in one of tlie few expressions made since retiring from office declared his belief that tlie return of gold payments was necessary and vital to stabilizing conditions and re establishing tlie United Slates in world favor Of course witli tlie almmiant Demo cratic majority in congress Hie gold bills will get nowhere very fust Like wise Mr expression can and will result only in providing amniuni Washington Although it has been several weeks since the Supreme court of the United States Call It rendered Repud ation making tlie gold is slackening in Hie from tlie effects of tlie gold policies even of tlie court rulhi held that congress had no power to enact legislation invalidating the gold clause in government bonds it said in tlie same breath that collection from tlie government by a bond bolder was another story Since tlie govern ment lias taken gold out of circulation collecii in appears virtually impossible but Hie appearance is not going to stop bond holders from seeking what they regard as justice It is now apparent tlmt tlie govern action is going to be regarded both here and abroad as repudiation Tliat is a nasty word when applied to governments and its repercussions likely will lie beard for a good many his message tlie plan he was recommending lie carefully avoided reference to any draft of such a bill It occasioned some surprise that tins was so but closer analysis of the situation should have developed reasons therefor Most of these rea sons are traceable directly to the cir cumstances I mentioned above name I ly tlie necessity for tactical skill In I maneuvering tlie political strength I available to tlie President Observers here generally are agreed that Mr Roosevelt can turn on full steam and hold a powerful majority in both house and senate But the ques tion is whether this is the wiser course from a political standpoint In tills connection tlie expression lias been heard several times lately among Dem ocrats who have been regarded as among tlie leaders that it might not be well to prod stubborn mules too far Tlie best information I can gather is that while Mr Roosevelt did not offer a draft of NRA extension legislation a bill will be forthcoming in a couple of weeks from the senate finance com mittee that will have had prior ap proval from tlie White House Some thing of the same course is scheduled for the house side Thus the picture becomes complete The fine Italian hand of tlie administration comes into view Tlie story we get around Washington Is that tliis course of action will be used more and more as a means of avoiding open disputes and stubborn ness on the floors of the house and sen ate Western Newspaoer Union II XI Ml vta hfJl 4 if I ifflu tf A' i JMRtaL sill StK I 1 i 0 WM Ji nMk HHK fi UGH Si' i.