Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 30, 1919, Page 3

TUESDAY EVEN]NC. SEPTEMBER 30, 1919 THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PAGE THREE Chicago.—President Lynn Harola Hough of Northwestern university re- dently returned from England, where iy spent the summer speaking in lead- ing churches and holding conferences with many educational and Intellectu- 2l leaders. ‘In" reply to a question as to the attitude of Bngland toward America President Hough sald: ‘“The typical Englishman of serious and informed mind believes very profoundly in Anglo- American friendship. Many men such as Mr. Fisher, the president of the English board of education, have been ready to express their belief that it is the hope of the world. There is widespread anxiety about the econom- ic ‘situation. With a great debt. to America and the balance of trade the ‘wrong way, many Englishmen are very grave as they speak of the outcome. In England with a population of over forty millions there is the possibility of producing food for something like thirteen millions. The rest of the food must in the long run come from ex- change for English products which other countries desire. Woulid Cancel War Debt. “Some men feel that if America would cancel the war debt of Britain it would be a decisive step in pro- ducing the right situation. They feel that America came into the war late, and such treatment of Britaln and the other allies would be a noble contri- ibution of wealth from a nation which did pot, as events unfolded, have to make go large a sacrifice of men as daid Britain and France. Some men with a dash of adventure in their es timate of the situation take the view that the dangers are overestimated and that England will quickly recuper- was on the Mauretania going over, ex- press this view. It is probable that a matter about which little has been é;!d will influence the actual outcome. ¥ngland has had a long and success- fal experience in international bank- ing, and before even resourceful Americans learn the psychological trick of it, Britaln will probably be competing with America on more even terms. And this 1s to the advantage of America. No business man able to look into the future would want to ‘break down England’s fundamental -economie-strength even if such a thing were possible.” i o leabor-Unvest in. England. ‘When asked about the labor unrest in. England Dr. Hough replied: “At times this summer the situation has iéen very grave indeed. But an Amgqrican needs to remember three t)flngn if he would estimate it wisgly. “Thie® first is that there is a fundé mental common senge 11 English chpracter which keeps fighting, but somehow does not go to ex- tremes. England has a wiy ug- ing Just on the brink of whi em about to be a bloody revolution. 1t has’a national genius for wise com- promise. The second thing is th;t the ‘problem has to do with English complicated in America by the many races and the many languages in- volved. We cannot appeal to a com- speech. The problem is severely trying in England, but it is a problem arising out of the life of a group of people who have lived together for centuries and who have a mind without those ‘barriers of race and language which are so terribly hard to surmount. In the ‘third place for all the vigorous language there is a curlous appear- ance of understanding sympathy under the hostility. When one hears Mr. Clynes speak in the house of commons he marvels at the poise and perspec- tive ‘and steadiness of his mind. And there are many such labor leaders. On the other hand the number of men among the ruling classes who speak of the problems of labor and the cost of living with a sort of friendly understanding of the labor point of view is really remarkable. Frank Exchange of Opinlon. “If I remember ‘Mr. Frank- Vander ip has called attention to this in his significant little book, ‘What Hap- pened in Europe.’ - One night I went down to Oxford - with Bir- Arthur Steel-Maitland who' was to' speak to a ‘number of men -and women of the iabor group gathered at -Balllol for thre# weeks of study. There was the freest and frankast exchange of opin- ion between the group and this dis- tingaished member of parliament, who fromi the ministry. There was dis- - sgreement too. But the thing which impressed me most was a sort of niental approach between Sir Arthur and these men. There was a certain {riendly good comradeship which prom- other side an Englishman said to me with a sort of chuckle, that soon he woprld have only ten shillings out -of each pound of his income. He add- ed that in the present situation it was guite right and he had not a word of criticism or complaint.” When the question of prohibition was raised Dr. Hough had this ic hibition on a national scale s simply IN ANGLO-AMERICAN FRIENDSHIP - BRITISH SEE HOPE OF WORLD President Hough of Northwestern University Gives Impressions Gained in Study of Conditions in Great Britain—Anxiety Over Economic Situation—Labor Problem Will Be Solved Through Briton’s Genius for Compromise. ate, I heard Lord Beaverbrook, who. workers, Our problem is infinitely B mon tradition expressed-in a cmgmon‘ by’ the way only recently resigned| | iséd ‘much. Not long before I left the| ® say: “To the typical Englishmen pro-! incomprehensible. He believes that it would not work in England, and that it will not work in America. There is, however, a serious and growing body of public opinion which is in- clined to take the prohibition move- ment in an earnest and open minded way. And there are Englishmen who do not. like 1t who admit its power. Not long before I sailed, for instance, I was at a luncheon where the sub- Ject was discussed. Most of the guests were illustrating their oppo- sition to prohibition while the discus- sion went on. Sir—well, I think 1 will not mention his name, but he is an Englishman of real significance was eitting on my left, and he said: ‘I do not believe in prohibition. I be- leve it is an invasion of personal rights. But I believe we Englishmen must do the drinking we are going to do in the next four or five years. The economic pressure is going to drive us to itI"” Dr. Hough spoke in the most hearty way of his dwn reception in Great Britain both by the press and the people. He declared that it was very clear to him that the most priceless things in the future of civilization are bound up in a friendly under standing between Great Britain and America. SEA GIVES UP EVIDENCE Casts Ashore Collar of Dog Lost 24 Years Ago After Refusal to Sell. Oakland, Cal.—Up where the coast of California and Oregon meet, Charles Elias of this city found a dog collar issued in Alameda 24 years ago. Twenty-four years ago Nigger dis- appeared from the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Bliss, Alameda. There came 2 man to the Bliss home a few days earlier and begged to buy Nigger, a man bound for Alaska, he said. But the owners refused to sell. And so until last week Mr. and Mrs. Bliss knew only that Nigger had gone, and that the man with the fever of the Klondike in his veins had gone also, Then Klias brought them the collar. The leather is still in good condition and the name on the brass plate, “J. J. Bliss, 1894,” is as plain as the -day it was cut. So the sea has ghed a little light on the abduction of Nigger. “He started for Alaska, at least. Maybe his new owner cast the collar into the sea. But maybe one of the wrecks that dot the coast could tell a little more of the story. TOILERS SPENDING LAVISHLY English Laborers Have More Money Than Ever and Demand Luxu__lrlit. , London, England.—More money than eyer before is mow in ‘circulation in %;ush villages, and its edsy expen- ditare is apparent even to the casual asserby. " Extra wages, earned by workingnien, housemaids and farm laborers have brought about an aston- tshing” goclal change. ) One evidence of this is seen in the great increase in bicycles and motor- cycles, which has necessitated the es- tablishment of countless garages and repair shops throughout the country. Dancing clubs are springing up every- where. Whist clubs are favorites and the costliness of the prizes for which the members play a few years ago would have constituted almost a scan- dal. The sense of well being and the de- mand for a more comfortable life is assigned as the cause for this last development. It is taken by soclolo- glists as a permanent thing, which is more likely to increase than to dimin- ish. Would Huht Murmansk Mosquitoes for Ivory Kem, Russian Lapland.— American rallway forces and other dllied troops opérating on the Murmansk - front' found the Artic mosquitoes worse foes that the bolsheviki. : “After the war 18 over,” one Yank recently said, “we're going to come up here and or- ganize an expedition to hunt these mosquitoes for their ivory. “They’re not like ordinary mosquitoes. They buzz up, bite a plece out of your leg and then fly away into the trees and eat it.” Second Indian Skeleton. Towanda, Pa—Paul Scott who found the skeleton cf an Indian in the road in front of his home at Ul- ster a few days ago, has unearthed another and larger one near the same spot. 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