Evening Star Newspaper, January 31, 1927, Page 4

TEXANS OPPLSE . WARWITH MBS Need of Laborers Shatters 0ld Tradition and Opens Immigration Dispute. BY ROBERT T. SMALL Special Dispatch to The Ster SAN ANTONIO, Tex., January 31.— The impression which prevails throughout the coumt; Texas and Texans always are ready 10 spring at the throat of Mexico and that war with the sister republic below the Rio Grande would be about the most en- joyable outdoor sport that could be de- viged for this section of the United States must be revised Such a theory might have held good a generation or so ago, but changing conditions nave changed sentiment Today Texas and the entire far South west, ag well as some of the Rocky Mountain States, are dependent to a Very large wxtent. economically and agriculturaliy, upon a continued reign of peace along the Rio Grande and an unchecked inflow of unskilied Mexican Jabor. Reports from Washingtan of a move in Congress to put Mexico on a quota fmmigration basis, the samne as the countries of B ave caused some- thing akin 1o consternation down here. 1 nion labor is credit ith pringing | inor gration committees of the Jlouse and | Nenate, but it is contended here the Mexican laborer i he immi grant from Lurop 1o the cities and his work is almost wholly on the farm Negro Migration Felf. The migration of the negro to the North has been felt in Texas, as else- where throughout the South, and the problem of rough labor with the hands has become acute ‘Fhe American tion, which has just concluded its ses- slons at Salt Lake City, adopted a reso- iution protesung against restricting im- migration trom Mexico on the quota basis. The resolution was sponsored by the delegates irom the Southwest- ern States, who said Mexican labor was necessury to the proper harvest- ing of the cotton and sugar beet crops of these States and also was needed on the ranches. Colorado, parts of 1'tah, Kansas and Wyoming have to draw upon the seasonal supply of Mex- jcan labor tor harvesting their beet erops. A sort of Macedonian cry has gone up from the country to the South and West of San antonio. The San An- tonio Express treats the situation editorially as trollows “Southwest Texas is vitally inter- ested in the proposal to restrict Mexican immigration. Millions of acres of land are to be cleared, and millions of acres already cleared need an abundance of unskilled labor to raise the crops they can produce. The supnly of resident labor is inadequate and has been inadequate for half a century. “Only by obtaining laborers from Mexico in increasingly large numbers can the present era of development in southwest Texas be continued. Every Property owner, every community con- ssidering irrigation work, every in- iwestor in southwest Texas securitles +ig interested in keeping up this devel- 5 ent. To handicap it by restricting Mebor supply would be disastrous. : View Called Shortsighted. “The American Federation of Labor , by sponsoring such restrietion, ‘takes a shortsighted view of what an unrestricted labor influx from Mexico means to its ovap membership. About 40,000 carloads of fruits and vege- tables this year will be shipped to Northern and Eastern population ‘centers and most of it has been pro- duced by laborers whom a restricted immigration policy would have kept out of Texas. The wool and mohair which provide garments for American Federation members, as well as em- ployment for many of its members, come from southwest Texas, and this production is largely possible only through laborers who come from Mex- ico to Texas.” Thus, it will be seen that the ani- mosities of the old days across the border are disappearing in the on rush in the new industrialism of the South and the continued increase in the value of its agriculture. “The fruit and vegetable development in the Rio Grande Valley of the last few years is amazing. One hears little or no “war talk” in this one-time hotbed of anti-Mexican ‘There is, -instead, every- ere a hops for continued peaca. Gav. Dan Moody himself probably will Jead a good will motor cavalade into Mexico In the early Spring to help dedicate the new motor highway from the Rio Grande to Monterey. TOMORROW IS DEADLINE FOR MANY AUTO PERMITS Drivers, Licenses Numbered Up to 50,000 Must Be Renewed Before Morning. that Live Stock Associa- All old automobile driving permits numbered from 1 to 50,000 will be outlawed tomorrow and their holders mubject to arrest and & maximum fine of $40 under the staggered sys- tem of renewing permits adopted by the District Commissioners. Traffic Director M. O, Eldridge has issued repeated warnings to motorists holding permits in the 1 to 50,000 Eroup to renew them before February 1, but few have taken advantage of the opportunity to procure the new cards before they become invalid by decree of the Commissioners. While the police do not plan to stop all motorists tomorrow to ascertain if they have the new permits, jnstruc. tlons have been given them by Maj. Edwin B. Hesse to pay special atten- tion to the permit numbers when ar- resting motorists for violations of the traffic regulations. Under the staggered syatem permits numbered from 50,000 to 95,000 should he renewed during February, those numbered between 95,000 and . 140,000 in April, those numbered from 140,000 to 180,000 in May and those numbered 180,000 and over in June. Lactobacillus Acidophilus Call our r{'::F.‘Fri Mk Ani O, Intest isorders. NATIONAL VACCINE. AND ANTITOXIN INSTITUTE Phone North 89. 1515 U St. N.W. AMBULANCES T Ho 0, "R 34 " PHONE COLUMBIA 432 W. CHAMBERS CO. forcoughs e | Rites Tomorrow I o CAPT. JACOB W. STARR. BURIAL IN ARLINGTON. Last Rites for Capt. Jacob W. Starr Tomorrow. Funeral services for Capt. Jacob W. Starr, president of the United States Civil Service Retirement Association, who died on Saturday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Evelyn Starr Bal- lou, Lyon Park, will be held tomorrow afternoon at resi 2:30 o'clock A. F.and A. M., of w rember, will have ch, ices. Burial wil be in tional Cemetery Capt , a veteran of the Civil War. vetired five years ago after 40 years' service in the adjutant gen- s office. Capt. Starr was an ardent champion of labor and was one of the earliest advocates of the 8-hour working day, and did mueh to get this principle written into law, his associates recall. DALLAS A. HAWKINS, STAR EMPLOYE, DEAD Young Compositor Suceumbs After Long Illness—Native of North Carolina. Dallas A. Hawkins, 28 years old, a compositor in the composing room of ‘The Evening Star, died at bis res dence in the Cathedral Mansions vesterday. He had been ill for about a year and underwent an operation four months ago. Mr. Hawkins was graduated from high school at Thomasville, N. C., and later attended the University of North Carolina for two years. He is survived by his mother, Mr Carl Hawkins of Thomasville, N, ( his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth P. Hawkin: ister, Mrs. John Paul Ernest, jr., d a brother, Samuel W. Hawkins, all of this cit: Funeral services will be conducted Hysong's funeral home, 1300 N tomorrow afternoon at 4:30 Interment will be in Norfolk. Lodg: ich he Je of the serv- Arlington Stary in street, o’'clock. ARMY CLASSES GRADUATE. Diplomas Awarded at Medioal, Den- tal and Veterinarian Schools. Graduating exercises for the classes of 1927 of the Army Medical School, the Army Dental School and the Army Veterinary School are being beld in ed Cross Building at Walter Reed General Hospital this afternoon. Following an invocation by Chap- lain Alfred C. Oliver and music by the Army Band Orchestra, the graduates will be addressed by Brig. Gen, Wal- ter D. McCaw, assistant surgeon gen- eral, and diplomas and medals will be presented by Maj. Gen. Merritte W, Ireland, surgeon general. Chaplain Benjamin F. McGeary will pronounce benediction. . THE EVENING WHEELER SEES WA - WITH MEXICO SOON | : Senafor Predicts Clash With- in Two Years—Scores Kellogg’s Policies. | By the Associated Press ] YORK, January 31.-—-War with Mexico “within 2 years” is pre | dicted by United States Senator Bur- ton K. Wheeler, Democrat, Montana, unless policies of the present adminis- tration are changed. Senator Wheeler believes the dis turbed situation in Central America is made more difficult by the tempera- ment of Becretary of State Kellogg, who “sees a bolshevik under every sagebrush between Washington and Mexico City General criticism of American poli cy in Central America was voiced b the Senator in an address under the auspices of the non-intervention citi- zens' committee here yesterday. Imperialistic Policy. “We are hell-bent on the meanest kind of imperalistic policy,” he, as- serted. “I predict, if the policy of this ad- ministration is pursued, there will be a war in two years,” he declared. “1 predict, unless public sentiment is aroused, that when Congress is ad- journed, Secretary Kellogg will with. draw recognition from Mexico. The arms embargo will be lifted. There will be revolution. Marines will be sent in to protect oil property. Some- body will get shot—there will be an overt act. Then we will be at war with Mexico, and maybe with all Cen- tral and South America."” Senator Wheeler described the Nic- araguan Conservative President Adol fo Diaz as the “hand-picked yes-man” of the State Department, and said the Nicaraguan government was “‘safety- pinned to power by the bayonets of United States Marines.” Cannot Support Coolidge. “It is impossible to stand behind President Coolidge in the crisis un- less one had St. Vitus Dance,” he added. The excuse of ‘“protection to life and_property of American _citizens” for United States action in Nicaragua, as explained by President Coolidge, is only “the classic mask worn by dollar diplomacy,” he charged. “It seems to me our duty is clear,” he concluded. “I think the time has come to assert ourselves, and I, for one, am no longer going to sit silent while the Interests and honor of this country are being compromised and the country's material interests jeop- ardized by ruthless international bank- ers and their bureaucratic puppets in the State Department. AMERICAN HOSPITAL TO CLOSE IN CHINA Edict by Nationalist Government, Regulating Operations, Forces Move by Asylum. By the Associated Press. SHAMEE: China, January 31.— The John Kerr Insane Asylum, an American institution here, is to close immediately as the result of a procla- mation issued today by the National- ist government regulating the opera- tion of hospitals. With other things the regulations provide that hospitals must refer any trouble with employes to the govern- ment for arbitration, pending which the hospital may dismiss none of the employes affected. It was declared at the Kerr Asylum that acceptance of the regulations was impossible, ft being pointed out that a dispute would result in protracted arbitration, dur- ing which authority at the hospital would be paralyzed. Attired In gaudy silk, with a gold coin necklace around her neck, the body of Lena Mitchell Bimbo, late queen of the Mitchell tribe of gypsies, today lies in a pretentious casket in Gawler’s chapel, while tribesmen from all over the United States are hurry- ing to Washington to attend the serv- ices tomorrow morning. The Queen died in Philadelphia Wednesday from blood poisoning. Queen Lena was the daughter of the late Queen Yordana, who died in September, 1925. She had been serv- ing a8 Queen only since last Septemn- ber, it being in keeping with an an- clent gypsy custom for a new Queen not to come into that position until a year after the death of & Queen, Ac- cordingly, the Mitchell tribe again has to go without & Queen for a year. All gVpsy Queens of the Mitchell tribe are burled in this city. Queen Lena was only 31 vears old and is survived by four daughters and a son. Members of her immediate family and other relatives will attend the funeral, which will be conducted in keeping with the dignity of Romany royalty. Interment will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery near Yordana. In accordance with tradition, sev. eral_hundreds of doll in_gold . Send Date of it A‘l‘m-ul"ull Information LeROY GOFF '."ufm. 610 Woodward Blde. Kill the Cough —don’t let the cough kill you— Hall’s Cherry Expectorant Lite is an enemy to coughs, colds and bronchial troubles. 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From Shameen, China, came word over the week end that because of a Nationalist proclamation placing re strictfons on the operation of hospi- tals, the John Kerr Insane Asylum, an American institution, would close fmmediately. Asylum authorities said that it was Impossible o accept the regulations. Americans Prepare Note. Eugene Chen, the Cantonese for- eign minister, said a Hankow dis- patch, soon will have in his posses- sion a note the object of which is to create a better understanding be- tween American business men at Hankow and the nationalist govern- ment. The note was formulated by American Chamber of Commerce at the request of Chinese officials The first case of pirucy in Chinese waters to be recorded this year was reported from Hongkong. The steam- er Seang Bee, Chinese ownéd. but of British registry, was pirated while en route from Singapore to Hong- kong. Five Europeans, it was rumored, were taken as hostages. MOBS LOOT BRITISH FIRMS. Changsha Is Scene of Disorder—Na- tionalists Seize Ships. SHANGHATI, January 31 (P).—Dis- patches from the Upper Yangtze Val- ley today reported new disorders and looting on foreign property. Word_from Changsha, capital of Hunan Province, said mobs broke into and looted three British firms there and that the treasurer and a doctor of Yale in China College there had been imprisoned. All available foreign vessels at Ichang, chiefly Italian and Swedish owned, were commandeered for the movement of Nationalist troops down the river. The engines of two British steamers at Ichang were dismantied to prevent commandeering. One Itallan ship loaded with Nationalist troops has arrived at Hankow. RAIN ENDS PILLAGING. Hankow Refugees Arrive at Seattle. Tell of Rioting. 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Roaring Was Incessant. “The roaring of the mob was inces- sant,” she said. “They filled the Bund, the water-front street in Hankow, as far as we could see. Imprisoned as we were, we could look down on the heads of the mob, and it was not a pretty sight. Most of the rioters carried no weapons except long bamboo’ pikes, on which they fastened their loot. To add to our anxiety was the news that two Germans had been killed by the mob. “Curlously enough, the pillaging na- tives fled when it began to rain, and that was how we got away. My hus- band tried to escape once before, but was stopped by a Chinese soldier at the entrance of the building. “A rainstorm left the streets clear and wé hurried onto imall Japanese steamer and got awa Many Americans fled hurriedly from Hankow to more peaceful Chinese cities, with only a small portion of their belongings, Mr the third refugee, rels been in Hankow several yi her husband, an American oil com- pany employe, but packed her belong- ings and left in 90 minutes when the rioting started. She intends to visit her mother, in Astoria, Oreg. CHINESE EDITOR IS KIDNAPED. MONDAY, Sun's Forces. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. (Covyright. 1927.) HAIL January 31.—Koreigners here are pointing to the kidnaping of Francis Zia, a Chinese editor, as a fair sample of what might happen to any- body of British, American, French or other nationality if extraterritoriality laws be abolished before China learns the more restrained methods of West- ern nations. Zia is editor of the China Courier, NUARY 31, 192 @ dally, and the China Tribune. a weekly, both English language publi- cations. He is one of those brilliant Chinese whose mastery of English and other Occidental languages astonishes the forelgner. He is a prominent Roman Catholic and has been in closest association with the Y. M. C. A. and Boy Scouts movements. Incurs Sun’s Wrath. Zia incurred the wrath of Sun lang-Fang regime by printing report that Sun’s forces had suffered a reverse south of Hangchow. For this he was kidnapped in broad day- light in a downtown district of the international settlement. He was put into an automobile and hurried to the Yamen of the Chinese defense commis- sion where he is in more or less danger of having his head chopped off However, foreign municipal author- ities do not believe that he will be executed, because they have exerted themselves in his behaif. 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