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BRISBANE OTIS WEEK What a Troubled World? ? What Will TVA Do? Schwab Still Smiles Steam Turbine Plane* Will this troubled world ever calm down, supply work to those willing to

work and live happily, and enable su per lor ability to ■bow what it can do? Spain, waking from long lethargy, Is swept by riots, jails stormed and set afire. Rioting and rebellion tn South America; will our friendly feeling compel u* to attempt stralghtening that out? Rioting In Paris and sabotage on

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English men-o'-war. Nation* fight, cl«s*e« fight, labor unions fight, and even men of the same religion fight Washington wonders what TVA will do with the Supreme court letting government enter the business of producing and selling power. Some suggest putting power on every farm, regardless of distance or cost, a* rural mail delivery i» put <’h farm. If every homejs entitled to government mail delivery, every farm should ; be entitled to government power delivery on the same basis. That would | mean business for copper companies. ! more running water In cow bams. : more Irrigated garden patches, more , electric light after sundown In chick- ! en coops. Charlee M. Schwab, seventy-four, I still specialise* In optimism, like the j man who went to the race track. lost i every cent, but escaped death In the railroad wreck. Mr. Schwab says la- < bor conditions are the best In 56 years, . He should know; he began as a laborer and did not get 35. or 33, or F-’ a day. i Industry he call* a three-legged stool.” ! Capital, labor, management are the .. three legs. Put Charles M. Schwab back where ; he was 56 years ago, the same as then. 3 in age and energy, and he would soon be at the head of a great Industry. ; Who does not believe It doe* not know | Schwab. Russia, trying everything, expert- ; meats with a steam-propelled turbine i plane for stratosphere flights. At such | heights water boll* at half the tern- : perature necessary at sea level The exhaust Meam after heating the plane would be recovered 90 per cent. Two years ago William and George Bessler, In Los Angeles, bulit and fiew a plane with a steam engine. There la still much to learn about flying. Uncle Sam. convinced that be I* his brother’s keeper, after all. wants a peace agreement among all American republic*. Beautiful. But If any republic decides to fight, anyhow, It is to be hoped this country will not become arbitrator. "Judge not that ye be not Judged," is sound advice. We can no more decide the right and wrong of a row between Mussolini and England, or Chile and the Argentine, than we could between the two Kilkenny cats. It is pleasing to learn .from George Washington university of a new and ••refreshing" preparation that makes possible childbirth, “during sound sleep,” without pain. More and better children, bigger population, is what the world needs, with gradual elimination of the hopelessly inferior race by absorption, or voluntary extermination. Poor Halle Selassie of Ethiopia, waiting for the rainy season to expel the Italians, suddenly found bi* army of 80.000 driven hither and thither, and two other armies, under two of hl* ablest “rases," sent scattering into the Jungle. Seventy thousand Italians seising a mountain fort that Ethiopia thought impregnable started the Mussolini kind of “rainy season" with bomb* from the sky. This time Mussolini used hi* own white. Italian soldiers, not his native troop* from Eritrea. Russia and Japan seem to be approachlag war. Recently Russia closed it* consulate general at Mukden. In Japanese Manchukuo: no reason given. Japanese and Mancbukuoan air forces are reported prepared for instant action. Japan protests against Russia's huge army in Siberia. Something may happen. Chancellor Hitler announces: “We have solved the problem of producing synthetic gasoline and rubber." How good ar* the synthetic fuel and rubber; bow cheap? These thing* will come, for science in the material world can de everything better than nature can do It Fuel win be created, and flying machines, too, s* far above today’s product* a* electric light 1* above whale oil. and th* airplane above the ox cart New Jersey high school* will give coarse* in “safe automobile driving," a good Idea. All school boys should learn about automobiles and airplanes. * • Ktt* Fmuwwi SyedMeat* la*. , wNU Wf,. r Yeast Msowror ta 1833 Not until the year 1836 was it realised that the yen was always found tn fennenttog liquor was really a living organism, which, if observed A Perron*! organically nor politically, but with a xriSSi of Denmark an It* Wag. • K’ Mil vtth DoMMriu

News Review of Current Events the World Over New Deal Wins in Tennessee Valley Case —Picking Delegates for National Conventions —Substitute Fann Bill Pushed to Passage. By EDWARD W. PICKARD • Waataro Nawapapar Vatoa.

SCORE one for the New Deal; and a big one. The Supreme court in It* j long awaited decision ruled that the I Tennessee Valley Authority act Is

valid, on all point* at issue in the suit brought by the stockholders of the Alabama Power company. Under the ruling the adlmlnlstratlon Is free to go ahead with its power program In the Tennessee valley actually under way. Tbe decision was read by Chief Justice Hughes and was concurred in by all the associate

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; justice* except Justice Mcßeynolds, i He read a dissenting opinion. i Because of circumscribed limits the decision was much narrower than most of the New Deal findings of the Supreme court. It was limited strictly to the terms of the contract on which the suit was brought, namely, : acquisition by TVA of a transmission ■ line to convey power from the Wilson j dam. | Certain phases are still open for I possible legal contest In the future, and only Wilson dam. not Norris dam I or any other dam constructed or pro- ' jected on the Tennessee river was Involved |n the court’s finding. The legal right of the federal gov--1 eminent to acquire and own transmls- | slon line* to a market for surplus en- ' ergy—never before directly passed upon by the United States Supreme court —was ruled upon tn the affirmative. Unanswered Is the question of what constitutes surplus power. Among the chief points In the majority opinion were these: 1 The government had full authority to build Wilson dam —keystone of TVA. Congress has undisputed power to order disposal of electricity developed at the dam. The government acted legally In building or obtaining through purchase from private companies certain transmission lines to transport power to a wider market • The government has the same right to dispose of surplus power as It would have to dispose of copper, gold, and minerals on public lands. Justice Mcßeynolds in answer to this said: “If under the thin mask of disposing of property the United State* can enter the business of generating, transmitting and selling power, as. when and wherever, some board may specify. with the definite design to accomplish ends wholly beyond the sphere marked out for them by the Constitution, an easy way has been found for breaking down the limitations heretofore supposed to guarantee protection against aggression." Chairman Frank R. McNinch of the federal power commission said the TVA decision "settles all question* of constitutionality of such federal projects a* Grand Coulee. Bonneville and Fort Peck." BOTH house and senate passed the resolution extending for one year the existing embargo on arms, ammunition. and implements of war, and prohibiting loans and credits to belligerents. Senator Nye was out of the city when the senate assembled, an hour earlier than usual, to act on the measure. Hearing what was going on. he flew from Minneapolis through a storm and arrived five minutes before the final vote but too late to put through any of his proposed amendments. One amendment that was adopted provide* that after tbe President shall have issued hl* proclamation of the existence of war between or among two or more foreign countries. It shall be unlawful thereafter to sell or purchase in this country bond* or other obligation* of any belligerent. The President Is authorised to exempt ordinary commercial credit* and Short time obligations. S BIJECTIONS of delegates to the national conventions, already being made in some states, are interesting, especially In the case of New York. Representative Hamilton Fish, supporting Borah for the Republican Presidential nomination, led a hot fight to displace some of the “old guard” and lost, tbe state committee naming these delegate* at large: Charles D. Hille* and Mrs. Ruth Pratt members of the national committee; Mr*. Robert Low Bacon, vice chairman of the state committee; Representative Bertrand H. Snell minority lender of tbe house; Representative James W. Wadsworth, former United States senator; Edward H. Butler, Usher ot tbe Buffalo Evening News; John H Crews, Brooklyn leader; Charles H. Griffith*, Westchester county chairman. Tammany mad* public the list ot It* delegate* to the Democratic convention. and It I* beaded by Alfred E. Smith who will represent the tip Ot Manhattan and Staten Island. President Roosevelt was called on to choose the California Democratic delegation from three sets selected by the conservative Democrats, the Upton Sinclair EPIC follower* and the supporter* of tbe Townsend old age pension plan. It was believed be would give tbe balance of power to tbe conservative* led by Senator William G. McAdoo. with representation for tbe other two group*. f TNLESS Governor Hoffman of New ariev* Rrano Richard Hauptmann will be executed during the week of March 30 for the kidnaping and kill-

on the German carpenter has been again pronounced. For several days Samuel Llebowltx. noted New York criminal lawyer, tried to get Hauptmann to tell another story and reveal his accomplices in the crime, but the condemned man flatly refused and Llebowlts withdrew from the case, saying be believed Bruno to be guilty. New Jersey law says the governor can grant reprieve* totaling 90 days. He already has used 80 days, and it is said he is not inclined to grant a further reprieve unless new evidence is discovered. TEN days of hot debate In the senate culminated in the passage of the administration's substitute farm bill by a vote of 56 to 20, and it was hurried over to tbe house with the prospect of quick approval by that body. Attacked by Republicans as a subterfuge to get around the Supreme court AAA decision, and frankly conceded by Democrat* to be a measure indirectly continuing control of farm production, the soli erosion bill would accomplish Its objective as follows: The secretary of agriculture would be empowered to make benefit payments to farmers who voluntarily cooperate with the government’s suggestions on retiring certain land from production to conserve Its fertility. Payments would be determined on four factors: ’ 1. Acreage of crop land. 2. Acreage of soli Improving crops. 3 Changes in farming practices. 4. Percentage of normal farm production which equals that percentage of normal national production of farm commodities required for domestic consumption. This arrangement would be limited to two years. It would be replaced by a system of 48 Individual state AAA’s to regulate production, with the federal government apportioning funds to the states, instead of to farmers. The senate bill provides the state systems may be set up at any time during the next two years. DELAYED dispatches from the Italian fieldquarters in northern Ethiopia tell of a six-day battle, the fiercest and most important of the

war so far. In which the forces of General Badoglio, about 70,000 in number, defeated and routed 80,I 000 Ethiopians, in- [ eluding 10,000 of the emperor's guard under Ras Muhigheta, war minister, and 70,000 warriors under Ras j Kassa and Ras Seyoum. The Italians were left in full pos-

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session of the fertile and strategic Enderto region and In control of the passes in the Tembien region. After six days of encircling operations. during which torrential rains bogged the field of battle and heavy clouds enabled the Ethiopians to make Invisible movements, tbe March 23 division of blackshirts planted the Italian flag on the mist-veiled high summit of Aradam, completing that particular operation. They then had a clear path to Aruba Alagla, 18 miles further south, and it was presumed that the taking of that mountain would mark the cessation of activities because of the coming March rains. It was estimated that In this battle more than 6.060 Ethiopians bad been killed and many times that number wounded. The Italian casualties were not announced but they undoubtedly were not light. Only white Italians participated in the fighting. CONSIDERABLE Interest was aroused In Europe by the publication In a Rome newspaper of a “secret” report made by a British commission appointed in the spring of 1935 "to study British interests in Ethiopia.” The commission reported that it found no outstanding British interest* in Ethiopia “of sufficient importance to justify his majesty’s government in restating Italian conquest to Ethiopia.” It declared, however, that steps should be taken to safeguard British Interests io Lake Tsaaa, source of tbe Blue Nile. The document pointed out that the ultimate aim of Italy in Ethiopia wa* understood by tbe British foreign office even theu—the report was submitted in July, 1935. three month* before the war—to be “not pure and simple ecunomic predominance” but absorption of Ethiopia territory. Tbe British foreign office did not deny the authenticity of tbe document, and It was suggested that tbe contents of the report should prove to the Italian people tbe sincerity of the British defense of the league of Nations principles since the report concludes that Italy’s possession of Ethiopia would not threaten any essential British empire Interest. ONE of tbe most spectacular and dynamic figures Id American life of today passed with the destb of Brig. Gen. William Mitchell Id a New York Ok*' unn■* tarttowf ShYtack and influenza at the age of fiftyseven years. ‘ Billy.” as be was known to airmen, was commander in chief of the American air forces In France during the World war and was decorated by MX governments. Afterward, while yet In rhe regular service, he severely criticised the government’s air preparedness policy and was eourtmartis led and suspended. Immediately resigning, he devoted himself to lecturing and writing to further his demaods for a separate department of army and navy air defense.

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Th® War department MH. appropriating approximately 545 million dollars for -national defense,” was passed by the house. For purely military purposes the sum of 3376,866,333 Is allotted. The remainder, 3168.3W.985. goes for rivers and harbors projects, generally classed a* “pork.” An attempt to put back Into tbe bill a 329.000,000 appropriation for carry. Ing on such projects as the Passamaquoddy tidal power experiment in Maine and the Florida ship canal wan suppressed firmly. Net until congress ha* authorised these projects will more fund* be provided them, the leaders ruled. The military budget provided by the bill will be sufficient to maintain an average army of 147,000 men during the coming year. By 1939. according to the War department, the maximum of 165.000 permitted by congress should be reached. The most Important amendment added to the hill was one providing for the employment each year-of 1,000 reserve officer* on active duty for a 12month period, of whom 50 will be annually commissioned In the regular anny. SENATOR HUGO L. BLACK of Alabama and his lobby investigation committee are creating a flood of resentment among American citizens

that is likely to do vastly more hs r m than good to the New Deat Quite without concealment Black Is using the committee In away that thousands of people do not like. He sent out a questionnaire to individuals and organizations known to be opposed to the New Deal, demanding information on their re-

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latlons with all organizations and their corporation and other Investments. I Many refused to answer the questions, ■> and they are supported in this position by the American Liberty league, which ’’has challenged the right of Black’s committee to compel answer under oath to the queries. In effect, the league dares Black to cite for contempt of the senate those who refuse to reply to the. questionnaire. Senator Black's only reply to date was that it was “a little difficult to believe that the league would attempt to intimidate or coerce its own members to keep their mouths shut until the du Popts say they can talk.” ACTING on behalf of the senate finance committee. Senator Byrnes consulted the executive department and then introduced an amendment to the independent offices appropriation bill to provide 31,746,000.000 to cash the veterans’ bonus. He predicted that it would require no new taxes. The sum mentioned will be sufficient, Byrnes said, together with the 254 million dollars now tn the adjusted service certificate fund, to pay in full every outstanding bonus certificate. In addition to appropriating the cash, the Byrnes amendment would transfer 507 million dollars In bonds to the United States government life Insurance fund to repay loans on bonus certificate*. WITH four members voting tn the negative, the house ordered an Investigation of the money-raising methods of the Townsend old age pension plan advocates. During tbe debate Dr. Francis E. Townsend was de-' scribed variously as a -quack.” “charlatan,” “knave,” and “fool” He and his program were defended by tbe small Townsend bloc. Attempts by several congressmen to broaden the scope of the inquiry to Include such organizations as the Liberty league and the Crusaders were futile. LEFTISTS won the general election in Spain, and their leader, Manuel Azana, was made premier and formed a new cabinet to supplant that of Validate*. Azana Is a veteran statesman, having been the first premier of the present Spanish republic. One of his first acts was the granting of amnesty to thousands of political prisoners who had been In Jail since tbe revolt of October, 1934. Revolutionaries, mostly military and led by Colonels Smith and Recalde, veterans of the Chaco war. took possession of the government of Paraguay after some fighting in the streets of Asuncion, tbe capital. The government forces surrendered to th* rebel* and President Ayala took refuge on a gunboat It was announced a new government bad been formed with Col Rafael Franco as its bead. He was *n exile in Buenos Aire*. < WITHOUT especial ceremony the League of Nation* moved into Ito magnificent new borne, tbe white stone palace built for It on the shore of Lake Leman just outside the city of Geneva. The structure te not yet completed for there were delays caused by disputes among the architects of various nations. Tbe large central assembly room will not be ready before September and the library, to which John D. Rockefeller. Jr., donated 32.000.600, cannot be occupied for several weeks. . Tb* palace I* really composed of several buildings. One long wing contains th* secretariat, another the council hall, a third tbe library, and a fourth the assembly hall. Some Idea of the immense size of tbe palace is had by a few figures. There are about 900 offices and other rooms. 1.700 doors, and the same number of windows. There U*. 21 elevators either for pa*oengvr* or for good*. ’ . .. . 1 . DISPATCHES from Istanbul say that four Moslem nations. Turkey. Iraq, Penta and Afghanistan, have concluded a treaty of friendship and nonaggrenshm and that It will be signed soon either at Teheran or Bagdad. Tt is considered of tbe greatest significance that these four independent Moslem countries have for the first time united on their own initiative and agreed to patch up minor differences which have embittered past relations and to seek friendly co-opera-ttop In the future. - ■ '\ L ■ ■

Washington! Digest I National Topics Interpreted By WILLIAM BRUCKART

Washington.—We have a new farm relief law on the way. The natural and logical question AfstO Farm is, what doee it Ijnp mean? A parallel question Is. what will ft do? And, among the cold and nonpartisan analysts of tbe Washington field one also hear* a third question, namely, la the sponsorship of-any of the numerous farm plans. Republican or Democratic, sincere? Congress, for the sake of it* political hide, is anxious to do right by agriculture. It 1* attempting to supplant the invalidated Agricultural Adjustment act with a law about which its individual campaigning members can talk, to which they can point with pride. But there are other and unofficial farm plans bobbing up here, there and everywhere. It seems to be the open season for proposals to aid agriculture. Few, if any, of them are grounded completely in sound practice. Each of them ought to be conceded commendation for some of the provisions they Include. None of them. Including that which is backed by the New Dealers, is going to completely solve the farm problem because we are going to have the farm problem with us for next year and the next and a good many years thereafter whether we like it or not. The tragedy of the current situation Is that the farm relief plans, taken individually or collectively, constitute— I was going to say a mess and on second thought I believe that is the most appropriate word that can be used. Throughout the administration’s proposal for aid to agriculture and permeating every otht -oposal that has been put forward, wh®ti ,er by statesmen or panacea promoters, one can find a splendid collection of objectives that cancel each other. I mean exactly that Recognizing the breadth of the statement I have just made, evidence seems to be necessary. I.et us look at these various plans, or certainly at the one that is scheduled to take the place of AAA. • • • First, the administration proposes to take something like five hundred million dollars each year Purpose from taxpayers In Is O. K. one form or another to use for benefit payments- to farmera It proposes to use these funds to save the soil, to prevent further carrying away of productive elements in our soil by continued cropping. New Dealers describe the purpose as prevention of erosion. With that purpose. It seems to me there can be no quafrel. Ever since the successive portions of our country were settled and the forest coverings removed, soil has been subject to erosion by rain, by flood and by wind. The Department of Agriculture says that the top soil of probably fifty million acres has been destroyed In that manner. It would seem, then, that it was high time our government was 1 finding ways to stop it Admitting the soundness of this phase of tbe program, one then must turn to another phase that Is not written into law but results from It If the fertility of soil is improved, is it not natural then that there should be an increase In production? And if there is an increase in production, is it not logical further that we may find ourselves developing a huge surplus of commodities from the farm —and with no foreign market? The answer obviously is, yes. So, we find these two circumstances tn the administration farm bill, proposed, even driven, by that group of New Dealers who, until a few months ago. were declaring here, there and everywhere that to maintain price we must have scarcity of production. That theory was basic In the AAA and was carried out to the furthest by Secretory Wallace and Administrator Chester Daria I know of no one with a supertntelllgence sufficient to enable him to picture the result of this combination nor have I heard' any argument that was convincing to me, reconciling tbe previous policy under AAA with that now projected in the new farm relief plan. *. * ' * There seem* to be no doubt among stodent* of the farm problem that a subsidy, whether by Mast Pay that name or some BeneSto trick phrase, for agriculture cannot -be avoided. Some way. somehow, money to going to be taken out of the federal treasury to pay benefits, subsidies, to the farm population. Ido not know whether anyone can predict where such • policy win lead a* a long-term national program. Political figure* seem to be content with a temporary solution, something to get farm votea In an of the debate that ha* moved through the ventilators of the house and senate Chambera discussion of tbe farm problem on a long-term oasis ha* been noticeably absent Thia fact Is just as true when antiNew Deal farm programs are subjected to'« searching analysis as is the administration** plan Itself. It applies to the proposal of an export bounty, offered by Senator McNary, senate Republican leader; to tbe plan of George Peek, former AAA administrator, to the piecemeal presentations of Senator Borah, Idaho Republican Presidential prospect or to the idea* advanced by Senator Dickinson, lowa Republican or any of the other*. Since it seem* established that the subsidy Idea will and must be kept as • part of any farm policy, the problem la narrowed down to the question of bow it will be administered. Each plan provides machinery—political jobs—for administration. That fact, however, would seem to guarantee Inefficiency rather than efficiency in administration. Each of tbe plans obviously muM reach Into nearly every qmiMy

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In the United States and the experience gained from AAA administration force* the conclusion, regretful a* it is, that no efficient means for administration ha* been suggested. An unbiased Investigation of the whole situation, as far as I have been able to make it, prompts me to say that until partisan politics I* eliminated from farm reHef considerations, farm aid is going to continue in a mesa Perhaps It Is a character of our system of government that the condition exists, but whatever the reason may be, I am convinced that there ought to be a distinction between the giving of a subsidy as such and the giving of a subsidy to accomplish other purposes. I mean by that if wfe are to have a subsidy, let us not get It all mangled up with a lot of prescribed conditions which bind the farmer hand and foot I am one of those who believe that the average farmer is better equipped to solve his own problem than are his professional leaders who call themselves heads of farm organizations or the politicians who prate about the farmer and think only In the terms of his voting number. So I say until the farm problem can be separated from politics and until it can be separated from theories of regimentation and crop-control and binding the farmer by a lot of conditions, there will not be any effective solution for the farm problem. • • • Several years ago, when the present work-relief policy was young, a reader wrote me a rather Grafters Take critical letter beTheir Toll cause I made tbe statement that crookedness was bound to crop into administration of the relief programs. My prediction was predicated not upon any clairvoyance or ability as a soothsayer but upon a knowledge of the difficulty that necessarily harasses the management of a far-flung organization. It was predicated as well on an understanding that there was no way on earth to keep politicians and visionaries out of these organizations. I had no apology to make to that reader thsn but I do have the privilege of boasting just since administrative heads of these organizations in Washington have been put to the necessity of cleaning up one dirty problem after another. It has happened in countless places, not with the consent of tbe ruling authorities, that petty grafters have crept in, have taken their toll. Now, however, evidence la' seeping through to tbe top in record form, of another danger in the attempted management of so many different groups from a central office in Washington. The best illustration of this that I have seen comes from New York where the local relief organization has a “writers’ project" in operation. Just at this time the local New York authorities. with the assistance of Washington beadquarters, are trying to find out whether radicals, many of them of foreign birth, have taken charge of the New York "writers’ project" One man, Samuel McCoy, assistant director, has been dismissed. He has charged that reds are in control and that they are taking np their time proselyting and seeking new members a Communistic organization. Against his charges, those be attacked countered with accusations that McCoy has continuously sought to promote Fascism among the writers. It is *n unhappy thing to occur. Here we have a paternalistic federal government seeking to provide people with work and some measure of compensation for that work, and we see a political problem injected into it 1 do not know what the end will be, nor is it pertinent to this discussion. Tbe point is. after all, that it represents. indeed it proves, tbe futility of attempting to run all of these things from Washington. Those who favor the old Idea of states’ rights certainly cannot want for ammunition in defense of their beliefs. C WMtem Newspaper Dnloa. Camel** Hair la Alive With Static Electricity Camel hair Is a most excellent nonconductor of heat and cold. Each hair contains what is known as a meduallary ray, which is enclosed by a dou-ble-walled sheath in the same way that the inner container of a thermos bottle 1* surrounded by air space. Further, states a writer in tbe Boston Herald, due to its insulative properties, camel hair la alive with static electricity which makes it peculiarly active and adaptable to varying and sudden atmospheric and temperature changes. The sturdy Bactrian camel travel* long distances across snow-covered mountain paaoes, comfortable and warm'tsfheath his soft, shaggy eoat He likewise plods along, without discomfort under blazing desert suns, his temperature-resisting coat serving to protect him also against the beat Each individual hair Is very fine and very strong, so that a large number of fibers can be pressed into small space, thus making possible the soft luxurious nap which distinguishes camel hair fabrics. Tbe natural color of fine camel hair I* a pale tan. This pure color sometimes varies due to food, seasonal or climatic conditions; small shipments of white camel hair are occasionally received in this country. Certain Indian camel hair Is almost black, and in sections of Mongolia the hair sometimes takes on a pinkish cast By and large, however, the natural color for camel hair la pale tan. Croubow Used ia Chin* The crossbow Is the regular weapon of some aboriginal tribes to China, as well as being a weapon often kept around the house by city dwellers to scare burglars. atOas

IMPROVED’ UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY I chool Lesson By KBV P. B FITZWATER. D. D, Member ot Faculty. Moody Bible Institute ot Cbleaso. A Western Newwnappr Un ton. Lesson for March 1 VISION AND SERVICE EESSON TEXT—Luke *:SS-4Sa. GOLDEN TEXT—He that abldeth tn me. and I in him, the name beareth much fruit.—John 15:5b. PRIMARY TOPIC—On a Mountain Top With Jesus. JUNIOR TOPIC—On a Mountain Top With Jesus. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC—With Jesus in Prayer and Service. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPlC—Worship and Work. The subject of this lesson as chosen by the lesson committee needs to be most rigidly held to its place as set forth in the Scriptures. Tbe lesson should not be taught in a general way as pertaining to vision and service. The particular vision herein set forth is the nnveiling of the majestic person of the Son of God, with an epitome of the messianic kingdom. The manifestation of Christ in glory was<o give to the discouraged disciples a foregleam of the kingdom so fondly cherished by them. The hopes of the disciples were crushed when Christ announced his death on the cross. They were unable to see how victory could issue from his death. Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John, and went into the mount to pray. His chief aim in retirement was to get the disciples into a state of receptivitty so that he might show them the reality and method of bls kingdom. Before going into the mount he declared that/there were some standing in his presence who would not taste death until they should see the Son of man coming in his kingdom (Luke 9:27; cf. Matt 16:28). That their drooping spirits might be revived and their confidence restored, he was transfigured before them. Two men from the upper world were sent to converse with him about his approaching death RtJerusalem (v. 31)— the very thing about which the disciples refused to talk. Then, too, God’s own voice was heard in words of approval of Christ’s course, directing them to hear the Master. Surely now they cannot doubt his ability to carry to execution his kingdom plans. The purpose, then, of the transfiguration was to give the disciples a foregleam of the coming kingdom, to enable them to see the kingdom in its embryonic form. That this is true is not only shown by the context and circumstances, but by the inspired interpretation of one who was with him and knew all that transpired (see II Pet 1:1619, R. V.J. Let us, therefore. note the outstanding features of the'kingdom as displayed In the transfiguration. I. Jesus Christ the Glorified King on Mount Zion (vv. 28, 29). Jesus glorified on the mount to which they went to pray was Intended to symbolize the messianic kingdom as it will be when Christ returns literally to the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem (Zech. 14:4-17). 11. The Glorified Saints With Christ (vv. 30. 31). . L Moses, who was once denied entrance Into Palestine, appears now in glory, representing the Redeemed of tbe Lord who after death shall pass into the kingdom. Many thousands of the redeemed have fallen asleep, and at the coming of the Lord shall be awakened to appear in the kingdom with him. 2. Elijah, now glorified, represents the redeemed who shall pass Into the kingdom through translation. Many shall be living upon the earth when the Lord comes, and shall, without dying, be changed, and thus pass Into the kingdom (1 Cor. 15:50-53; I Thess. 4:14-18). 3. The topic of conversation (v. 31). It was the death of Christ, the very thing which the disciples refused to believe. 111. Israel in the Flesh in Connection With the Kingdom, Represented by Peter, James, and John (v. 28). Israel shall be called from their hiding place among tbe nations of the earth and shall be gathered to Jesus Christ, the King, as the central people In the kingdom (Ezek. 37 .-21-27). Christ is the King of the Je*s. L Peter‘B proposal to build three tabernacles (v. 33). Tbe Feast of the Tabernacles looked forward to the glorious reign of Christ Peter caught a glimpse of the significance of the' transfiguration. His proposition showed that he apprehended the meaning of the Feast of the Tabernacles and. therefore, his proposition substantially was, “The millennium I* come; let us celebrate.” 2. The divine voice (▼, 35). At this time God himself uttered words which assured them that the transfigured one was his Son. Jesus Christ IV. Th* Multitude at th* Foot of the Mount (w. 87-43). The people here were grievously oppressed by the devil, as illustrated by the demon-possessed lad. There are times when the devil is especially active in the affairs of men. The multitude at the foot of the mount is representative of the nations which shall be brought into the kingdom which shall be established over Israel (Isa. 11:10-12). L True Philosophy True philosophy is that which makes os to ourselves and to all about us, better; and at the same time, more content, patient, cairn, and more ready for all decent and pure enjoyment— Lavater. Ab Earthly Paradise Be such a man, and live such a life, that if every man were such as you and every life a life like yours, this earth would be God’s paradise.—Phillips Booeks. Light aad Happiness Happiness is that single and glorious thing which is the very light and sun of tbe whole animated universe; nou WBfre Bllu IB DUI 11 were that nothing should be.—Colton.