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CHICAGO BOSTON * Los ANGELES - SAN FRANCISCO Member, Associated Collegiate Press, 1938-39 naging Editor torial Director y Editor ociate Editor ociate Editor ociate Editor ociate Editor ociate Editor ciate Editor k Editor men's Editor )rts Editor. Board of Editors . . . Robert D. Mitchell. r. Albert P. Mayjo Horace W. Gilmore . . . . Robert .LFitzhenry * . . . Si R. Kliman. . . . Robert Perlman . . . Earl Gilman " William Elvin . .Joseph Freedman Joseph Gies Dorothea Staebler " . Bud Benjamin Business Department dness Manager . . . . Ph dit Manager . . . . Leonar rertising Manager. . Wiill men's Business Manager He nen's Service Manager . Ma ilip W. Buchen d P. Siegelman am L. Newnan len Jean Dean nran A. Baxter NIGHT EDITOR: STAN M. SWINTON A The editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of the Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. The British Lion At Bay In China.. .. T HE CONDITIONS from which the Munich Pact evolved have proved a stimulus to Japan's imperialistic designs on China. Britain's frantic maneuvers during the Czech crisis showed that she will make virtually any sacrifice to avert war. Japanese nilitarists, therefore, have become bolder in their offense against China. They have launched a new drive within a stone's throw of the British island of IHong Kong. They have dared to sever all com- munications between Hong Kong and the Chinese city of Canton. Japan is convinced that a mere show of force will quiet the British Lion. Emphasis was given this militaristic attitude by the resignation of Japanese Foreign. Minister General Kazushge Ugaki. The army leaders have long been gunning for the liberal general be- cause of his disagreement with their policy of dealirg with the conquered areas of China direct- ly instead of through the Foreign Office. The General's resignation allows the war lords greater latitude than ever in pusiing their campaign in China as actively as they please. Submission to Japan's conquest of China must ultimately prove a sharp blow to British com- merce. British investments in South China alone exceed twenty-three million dollars, and in the' whole of China they are well over a billion. Trade between China and the Empire amounted to one hundred and fifty milion dollars in 1936 and has probably increased since then. And more than thirteen thousand British subjects earn their ,liying in China. Britain naturally does not wish to acquiesce in the destruction of these interests, and yet will not intervene forcefully. Perhaps the British merchants see an outlet in the belief that Japan's needs for great loans to exploit China will keep the "open door" policy alive. But Manchukuo 11as been almost completely closed to British trade, and the largest loans for developing Man- chukuo have come from Germany. These trends should warn Britain of the losses she and other nations are facing in the East, Japan now has two immediate objectives in her conquest of China. Nipponese troops are steadily converging on Hankow in the Yangtze campaign, and the Southern forces have marched to within sixty miles of Canton before meeting serious re- sistance. The fall of either city may force Chiang Kai-Shek to look for much greater financial assistance, from Great Britain than mere relief funds. -Hervie Haufler Pension Scheme Ridicule is a potent weapon, and the numerous crackpot pension schemes now going the rounds particularly invite its use. Two bright lads, stu- dents of the University of California at Los Angeles, have seized the moment to bring forth their own annuity plan, which is fully explained by the slogan, "$50 every Friday for folks under 50." They urge plausible reasons for supporting it, too. Younger people (0 to 50) have occasion to spend more money than older people. To those of us who are inclined to think all- seriously of the art of music, it comes as a grim remonstrance that when war fear grips the minds of people, and tearfully silent farewells are send- ing men out to fight they know not whom nor why, the cultured strains of flutes and violins are all but silenced bythe treacherous clamor of bugles and drums. In London last month there was formulataed a Ministry of Propaganda which in case of war would have permitted music on the British air waves, usually redolent with the finest in tone, only as a decoy for news bulletins and patriotic propaganda. And even while London was "digging in" in fatalistic desperation, musical and other artistic activities were practically at a standstill. Shows scheduled to open did not open; John Barbirolli, having returned to "peaceful England" to plan his coming year's work with the New York Philharmonic, was resigned to giving up the baton for the sabre and his captaincy in the British army. Even fabulous Hollywood felt the closeness of war, with several of its leading foreign stars ready to drop production work and hasten back on amoment's notice to fight for their respective fatherlands. But the war clouds were dispersed, however wisely and thoroughly. London's shows had be- lated openings; Hollywood kept its Boyers and Nivens; and Barbirolli returned on schedule to open his second season as conductor of the Phil- harmonic last Thursday evening. And another evidence of an at least parially restored world equilibrium is the fact that our friends the dic- tators can now leave their armies long enough to put in a couple of below-the-belt punches on the artistic front. Punch No. 1 came nearly three weeks ago when that mighty little atom of music, Arturo Tos- canini, was detained from leaving Italy by Signor Mussolini's agents, and given a little figurative roughing up before being allowed to slip out with his passport. The reason for this lies in the fact that Toscanini's interests and ideas, like his music, are cosmopolitan and uiversal, and that he has, a habit of talking to pompous dictators just as he would. to a recalcitrant horn player- and that means plenty of. talk. But Toscanim got to New York just the same, and from the amount and tone of the press comments from all over, the episode has not raised Il Duce's stock on the world market a quarter of a point. Punch No. 2 came from the other dictatorial fist, and was aimed a little less violently and directly, though still more pompously. Although musical as well as other forms of artistic criticism were supposedy banished from Germany som time ago in favor of "objective reporting," state- ments looking suspiciously like criticism were to be found in all the Nazi cultural journals last week. The occason was the first presentation, by the Dresden State Opera, of Daphne, the latest opera of veteran composer Richard Strauss. Two years ago Strauss got into trouble when he was so indelicate as to select a Jew, one Stephan Zweig, as the librettist for his opera The Silent Woman, and as a result was forced to resign the presidency of the Nazi Chamber of Music. This time Herr Strauss put his foot in it by writing an opera which, although it "shows the right maturity of style in a great master of music who has retained the elasticity of youth" and is "an enrichment of German music," still "fails to serve certain purposes proclaimed by the National Socialist cultural policy." Art, merely as such, has no place in Germany today; it must also appeal to the masses with a preach- ment of Aryan superiority. "An opera of our era depends just as much on the choice and shaping of subject matter as it does upon the artistic powers of the composer" In view of the last sentence it is easy to understand why nothing of musical worth has come out of Germany these five years. As for Strauss-according to American reviewers who Were on the scene, Daphne is a well-wrought piece of operatic stage, though something of a super modern return to the austerity of Greek ,tragedy, with a musical descent from the "re- form" opera of Gluck, and therefore not strongly or widely appealing-certainly not an "enrich- ment of German music." At best, it must be only another work from a great mind long written out, which composes as long as life lasts, not from the goadings of unexpressed beauty but simply because it knows no other business. But, effete as Daphne may be, it at least has the virtue of being effete art, not ridiculous propaganda; and if it is Richard the Second's last work, as well it may be, it is a fitting conclusion in principle if not n substance to the long series which began in the 'eighties. -William J. Lichtenwanger The Italian F ront Italy has chosen this moment of realignments and increasing Fascist power in Europe to take several significant steps. Mussolini at last fulfills his long-projected plan to abolish the Chamber of Deputies and re- place it with his own creation, the Chamber of Fasces and Guilds. The Deputies had long ago become mere echoes of the Duce, and the new chamber will play the same role. The change is important only in the overthrow of a constitu- tional form and its replacement by a dicta- torially imposed body. The new anti-Semitic orders, issued by the Fascist, Grand Council, do not fulfill Mussolini's prediction that "the world perhaps will be more astounded by our. generosity than by our rigor." Instead, the measures prove to be more drastic in some respects than the Nazi code, which set the pattern, One "concession," for example, is offer of a haven for Jews in Ethiopia TODAY in WASH INGTON -by David Lawrence- WASHINGTON, Oct. 21-Negotiations between Great Britain and the United States with respect to a new trade agreement have gone along for so many months now that, as time wears on, the differences of opinion between the two govern- ments tend to produce varying degrees of hope as to the ultimate outcome. It is manifestly of such far-reaching import- ance when the United Kingdom and the United States revise their own import duties. that it was foreseen why a considerable time would elapse before an agreement on all items could possibly be reached. Take the matter of motor cars, for example, which is only one of a number of subjects under discussion. In England today, there is an import duty of about 33 per cent on the incoming cars. All countries are on the same basis. America would like to see the duty material- ly lowered. But England says, of course, this would mean the admission of German cars in larger quantity. The way out, to be sure. if England desires to do it, is to create import duties based on horse- power classifications, because the American cars are in the higher horsepower group. This method of classification is permissible under the trade agreement act passed by our Congress. British Opinion Split This is but one of many items on which there is a disagreement. Naturally, the division of opinion inside the British government reflects differing views among British industrialists, some of whom think the treaty would be helful and some of whom think it would be disadvantageous. In the Department of State here, on the other hand, there is an insistence on certain concessions which it is felt are necessary if the trade agree- ment is to receive the approval of American public opinion. The importance of consummating a trade agreement cannot be exaggerated at this tme. For the moment, the United Kingdom, and the United States agree, there will have to be subsequent agreements governing the relations of the London government with the various Domin- ion governments. It will be recalled that, when the Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act was passed in 1930, there was immediately convened what was known as the Ottawa Conference, at which preference, inside the British Empire were established by the English government. America started the high tariff game, and, as the duties were put higher and higher, the other countries of the world imposed reprisals. Many American companies found it necessary to aban- don their export trade from the United States and to establish factories and branches in foreign lands to manufacture or assemble their products. In some instances, these companies found nation- alistic spirit so intense on the tariff question that American ownership had to be reduced to the minimum and American management had to be supplanted entirely'by citizens of the other countries. So, while American firms in some instances derive revenue from foreign plants, it is very small compared to what it used to be in the days when export trade direct from the United States was at is height. Likewise, American employment has been severely cut down as a consequence of the building of American plants abroad and thei taking over of the export policies of such plants by foreign governments. Hill's Trade Agreements The program of Secretary Hull has been a constant effort to reverse the tide and bring back the employment to the United States. This can be done, he thinks, by gradually increasing the volume of American exports. Reciprocity itself is in the nature of a trade, but it is not what is often called barter or two-way agreement. The United States does not, for instance, agree to give certain low duties to Great Britain and not to the rest of the world in exchange for low duties for American products. Quite the contrary, if the, British give the United States a low rate, the same rate applies to all other countries from which British citizens may wish to buy. By this method, Secretary Hull hopes to bring about a gradual reduction everywhere of tariff barriers, so that, when impediments to the ex- change of goods are removed, the total volume of goods bought and sold across international, boundaries and oceans will be materially in- creased. There are advocates of the so-called "barter" or two-way plan who insist that direct bargain- ing is the better method. But the United States government, under the Roosevelt Administration, has stuck to the universal application of tariff duties and to what is known as the favored nation principle, something which most of the governments of the world now recognize as the cornerstone of success in future trade relations, especially if economic nationalism-which fos- ters barter, as used by Germany for instance--is to be supplanted by a sane internationalism. of Franco's forces, Mussolini certainly has not given up hope for Fascist victory in Spain. Never- theless, any reduction in the foreign, armies which have prolonged the Spanish war is to be wel- comed. The three developments take their proper place in Mussolini's scheme of things. To the outside world, they prove again : that Fascism means destruction of popular representation; that it means religious intolerance and oppression; that it means aggression, betrayal and war. -St. Louis Post-Dispatch [ 1DRAMA . By NORMAN KIELL Rumpelsteltskin It has been a commonplace in past reviews of the Children's Theatre to judge the merits of their productions on a pro rata basis of the shrieks, howls and laughs of anticipation and fulfillment on the part of the kiddies witnessing, the performance. If "Rumpelstiltskin," presented yes- terday afternoon at the Lydia Men- delssohn Theatre follows in tradition- al line, then it may well be rated, for the sake of the records, a rousing success. Out of a few pages of the Brothers Grimm, Richard McKelvey has, be- sides directing the production, adapt- ed the story especially for the Chil- dren's Theatre. And he has done it with a free hand and a broad imagi- nation. Where Grimm begins is not where McKelvey begins, for the latter uses the simple technique of the flash- back to get his play going and cleverly concludes with a combination of the flashback and bringing the characters in the flashback in earthly contact with the characters in the play proper. But listen to what my inevitable twelve-year old neighbor had to say, my neighbor who was a conniseur of fairy tales: "It's pretty good for a play but it just ain't the book!" For the kiddies wondered what happened1 to Grimms' story. For me, at any rate, here was a new fairy tale, with little left of the original core. Al- though McKelvey's King Prosper wasi changed from Grimms' miserly,i greedy monarch to a frankly happy'-7 go-lucky opportunist, and although Rumpelstiltskin himself metamor- phosed from a helpful dwarf to a full-statured, half-odious sort of anthropomorphic being, I cannot help but feel that Mr. McKelvey made the best of a children's show that was only a sketchy tale in the begin- ning. He was helped considerably by a; corking good extravaganza piece of acting by Karl Klauser as the King. Here was judicious high-jinx coupled with intelligent tom-foolery. Mr. Klauser's posturing and pantomine were ludricously delightful. The best compliment tat can be paid Bernard Benoway, who took the name role, is that he probably scares half the kiddies todeath. Jim Rob Stephenson seems destined to play the Jester for the rest of his high school days. He did not appear to best advantage here, primarily because the direction did not capitalize on all the possibili- ties the role afforded. As Hilda, she' who is to spin gold cloth from straw for the king, (another deviation from the original story), Ruth Menefee was pragmatically satisfying. The Editor' Gets Told.. Letters published in this column should not be construed as expressing the editorial opinion of the Daily. Anonymous contributions will be dis i regairded The names of communicants will, however, be regarded as confi- dential upon request. Contributors are asked to be brief, the editorsreserving the right to condense all letters of more than 300 words and to accept or reject lettersaupon the criteria of general editorial importance and interest to the campus.J Hearst Criticized SATURDAY, OCT. 22, 1938 VOL. XLIX. No. 24 DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIP Publication in the Bulletin is constructive notice to all members of the University. Copy received at the office of the Assistant to the President until 3:30; 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Notices Senate Reception: Since no indi- vidual invitations are being sent, this is a cordial invitation to all mem- bers of the teaching staff and their wives to be present at the Senate Re- ception to new members of the facul- ties on Wednesday evening, Oct. 26, in the ballroom of the Michigan Union at 8:30 p.m. The reception will take place from 8:30 to 10 o'clock, after which there will be dancing from 10 to 12. It is especially hoped that new teaching fellows and in- structors may be present and the chairmen of departments are asked to be of assistance in bringing this about. Graduate Students in Education who plan to take the preliminary ex- aminations for the Ph.D., to be held on Nov. 3, 4 and 5, should leave their names in Room 4000 University High School immediately. Clifford Woody, Chairman of Committee on Graduate Study in Education. Rackham Building: Open every day except Sunday from 8 a.m. until 10 p.m. for the use of graduate students and graduate organizations. Students who were promised books from the Textbook Lending Library should call at the Angell Hall Study Hall this week. Most of the books which were ordered have arrived. E. A. Walter. Academic Notices Actuarial Review Classes. Will meet on Tuesday at 1 o'clock and on Thursday at 3 o'clock in Room 3011 Angell Hall, beginning Tuesday, Oct. 25. Economics 71: Room assignmentsl for examination Monday, Oct. 24, at 1 p.m.: A-E, inclusive, N.S. Aud. F-L, inclusive, 348 W. Eng. M-R, inclusive, 25 A.H. S-Z, inclusive, 1025 A.H. Conceits Choral Union Concerts: Lawrence Tibbett, baritone, with Stewart Wille at the piano, will provide the follow- ing program: Handel's "Where 'er you Walk and Hear Me," "Ye Winds and Waves," "Nacht und: Traume" by Schubert; "Meine Liebe ist grun" by Brahms; 4Allerseeen" by Strauss; "Ewig" by, Erich Wolff; "Cortigiani, vil razza dannata" from "Rigoletto" by Verdi; "Pilgrim's Song" by Tsch- aikowsky; "In the Silent Night" by Rachmaninoff," "Death, the Com- mander" by Moussorgsky; "Moan" by Edward Harris; "Betsy's Boy" by Jacques Wolfe; "Hangman, Slack on de Line" (Negro folksong) adaptr ed by Harvey Enders. Concertgoers are requested to come sufficiently early as to -be seated on time. Holders of season tickets will please detach coupon No. 1 before leaving home and present for admis- sion. Those leaving the Auditorium at intermission time will be given door-checks which must be presented in order to re-enter the Auditorum, Doors will be closed during num- bers. The sympathetic cooperation of concertgoers is respectfully re- quested in all respects, to the end that the artistic effectiveness of the program may not be marred. Exhibitions An Exhibition of Early Chinese Pottery: Originally held in conjunc- tion with the Summer Institute of Chinese Pottery" by Mr. J. M. Plum- er and Mr. John A. Foster-In con- nection with the meeting of the Art Division (Michigan and Northwes- tern Ohio), American Ceramic So- ciety. Architecture Building Audi- torium. Open to students of Far Eas- tern Art and to the general public. Events Today Graduate Outing Club will have an over-night outing at Camp Tacoma on Clear Lake on Oct. 22-23. The group will leave the northwest en- trance of the Rackham Building at 2:30 p.m. Saturday and will return Sunday afternoon after dinner. Each person is requested to bring his own blankets. Call 4598 for reservations. The Michigan Outdoor Club will meet at Lane Hall at 3 p.m. today for a bicycle hike. Any students interest- ed are invited to attend. Sphinx: There will be an afternoon social for Sphinx members this af- ternoon at 3 p.m. Members will be allowed to bring dates. Coming Events Physics Colloquium: Professor O. S. Duffendack will speak on "Varia- tion with Pressure of the Intensity of Lines in the Mercury Spectrum" at the Physics Colloquium on Monday, 'Oct. 24, at 4:15 p.m. in Room 1041 E. Physics Bldg. Biological Chemistry Seminar: Monday, Oct. 24, 7-9 p.m., Room. 313 West Medical Bldg. "The Biological Role of Nicotinic Acid-Nicotinic Acid in Pellagra' will be discussed. All interested are in- vited. Chemcal Engineers: There will be a district A.I.Ch.E. meeting in Fern- dale, Wednesday, Nov. 2, during the afternoon and evening. Program in- cludes a plant 'trip, illustrated talk, and banquet. Dinner will be $1. and transportation $1.25. Group will leave at 2:30 ,and return at 11:00. Will all those interested in attend- ing please sign the list on the bulletin board opposite the East Engeering Library before Monday morning. Cercle Francais: There will be a meeting, Monday, Oct. 24 at 8:15, in Room 408, Romance Language Bldg.,- to receive the new members. There will be a special program with songs and refreshments, and Mr. Koella will' welcome the new members. If you cannot come, please call Mary Allison at 2-3225. German Table for Faculty Members. The regular luncheon meeting will be held Monday at 12:10 p.m. in the Founders' Room of the Michigan Union. All faculty members interested in speaking German are cordially in- vited. Professor Otto Laporte, re- cently returned from a trip around the world will give a brief informal talk. "Steel, Man's Friend," or "The Making of Steel," a technicolor sound film lasting 35 minutes will be shown in the Lecture Room on the first floor of the Rackham Building on Monday, October 24, at 12:50 p.m. Engineer- ing students particularly are urged to see this fine picture of industrial de- velopment. The showing will be under the auspices of the Ann Arbor Lions Club and is open to the public. Student Senate: There will be a meeting Tuesday, Oct. 25, 7:30 p.m., at the Michigan League. The room will be posted on the bulletin board. The public is cordially invited. Sphinx: The customary weekly ban- quets of Sphirx society will be changed from Wednesday noon to 6 p.m. Sunday evening. The banquets will be in the form of a buffet supper and will be held in the Founders' room of the Union. Freshman Round Table: Kenneth Morgan will speak on "Boy and Girl Relationships." at Lane Hall, Sunday, 4 p.m. Alpha Phi Alpha: There will be a call meeting in the Michigan Union, Monday night, Oct. 24. The, room number will be posted on the Union bulletin. All members are urged to be present at 7:30 p.m. Sphinx Club of Alpha Phi Alpha will hold its first meeting of the term Tuesday night at nine o'clock, Oct. 25, at the Michigan Union. The room number will be posted on the Union bulletin. The Nu Chapter of Kappa Phi, a nationaltorganization for Methodist women at college, will hold their~ an-#- nual tea for the new Methodist wom- en on the campus at the home of Mrs. A. G. Ruthven on Sunday, Oct. 23, from three to five. Hillel Foundation: All those inter- ested in debating report to the Foun- dation Sunday, 9:30 a.m. If unable To the Editor: Just how long do we, members of the University of Michigan, have to tolerate Mr. Hearst and those disgust- ing banner headlines which have been appearing in his Detroit Times of late. First, it's the Dies Committee1 and Mr. Hearst's Detroit stooges see fit to splatter his front page with "REDS, U.IV. PROFS, PROBE" and yesterday they decide that we're all dope addicts, so "TWO ARRESTED IN U.M. DOPE RING." It's getting so that some of us have to stalk up to the news stand after our two o'clock class, fearing the worst and wonder- ing what sort of a jam nasty old U.M. has been in this time. It's not a matter of whether you're' in favor of having "REDS" on the faculty, or not. If there are any com- munists on campus, who, in this era of Hearstian intolerance, have the guts to stand on a speakers platform, we should be thankful for having the opportunity of listening to their views. It's simply a question of having one man and his organization discredit incessantly our institution in the eyes. of the citizens of this state. In the words of that eminent 19th century utilitarian, John Stuart Mill, we have the right to censor a person who "though doing no wrong to any one, may so act as to compel us to judge him as a fool or a being of inferior order" in several ways. First, we "are not bound to seek his society,' and then again, "we have a right and it may be our. duty, to caution others against him, if we think his example or conversation likely tc have a pernicious effect on those with whom he associates." I I ( Farr Eastern Studies, now re-opened by special request with alterations and additions. Oct. 12-Nov. 5. At the College of Architecture. Daily (excepting Sundays) 9 to 5. Ann Arbor Artists' Exhibitior.: 16th Annual Ann Arbor Artists' Exhibi- tion, held under the auspices of the Ann Arbor Art Association, in the Galleries of Alumni Memorial Hall. Daily 2-5 p.m., through Oct. 26. Lectures University Lectures: Dr. Albert Charles Chibnall, Professor of Bio- chemistry at Imperial College of Sci- ence and Technology, University of London, will give the following lec- tures: under the auspices of the De- partment of Biochemistry: Nov. 4, 4:15 p.m., Amphitheatre,, Horace H. Rackham School of Grad- uate Studies, ,The Preparation and Chemistry of the Proteins of Leaves." Nov. 4, 8:15 p.m., Room 303 Chem- istry Building, "The Application of X-rays to the Study of the Long Chain Components of Waxes." Nov. 5, 11 a.m., Room 303, Chem- istry Building, "Criticism of Methods of Amino Acid Analysis in Proteins. This lecture is especially designed for those interested in the analytical schemistry of proteins. University Lecture: Dr. Marvin R. Thompson, Director of Warner In- stitute for Therapeutic Research