As Others See Us American Policies, Politics, and People in the Searchlight of Foreign Criticism THE STILL, SMALL VOICE OF F FRENCH APPROVAL RENCH newspaper comment on as a definition of the rights and duties of states. DEBTS AND REPARATIONS M. Poincaré's suggestion that the United States may ultimately be willing to make concessions to her debtors in order to facilitate reparations is, accord affairs of the day is likely to be (London) insists in plain terms that A 'LEADER' in the Sunday Times ing to the Sunday Times, 'a dream which liberally seasoned with attacks on the policy of the United States toward Americans are making a bad mistake in Latin America. Only occasionally is a rare voice raised in defense, but there is one such in a recent issue of the Revue Politique et Parlementaire. What would become of Haiti, San Domingo, Panama, Nicaragua, without the financial help of the United States? What can a young republic, recently born into political life, do without financial or economic organization and without government? Is it not dangerous to remind people who have just begun to breathe the air of freedom of the rights they possess by reason of their independence, before they have been educated, informed of their duties, and prepared for public life? Isn't it better, after all, to see that these people avoid civil war, poverty, and misery, when this can be done by the simple expedient of offering political and economic guidance until their country is able to direct its own affairs? Is it not beneficial to all these regions to build them roads and harbors and railways, to bring life and progress within their borders, to improve transpor tation, to better relations of all kinds, to open banks and to dig mines? It is to the interest of all these little states, and to that of the whole world, that the United States should manage the Panama Canal. It is clearly to WITH THIS SET YOU GET THE PARIS STATIONS CHIN CHOW in the present state of opinion across the Atlantic has no hope of fulfillment.' THIS SLIGHTLY BETTER SET WILL PICK PERVERSE PEOPLES! PAY US TO THE LAST CENT./ BUT WE HAVE JUST BROUGHT OUT THIS A Too PERFECT RECEIVING SET the interest of the South American republics supposing for an instant that reparations that North America should undertake and direct the construction of transcontinental highways and railroads. It is certainly significant that all these peoples are irresistibly drawn by the United States into the rising movement toward increased progress, toward a higher civilization, toward intellectual as well as economic and technical reforms, toward all that goes to make more satisfactory the material and moral existence of peoples and of individuals. 'If you make men happy you will make them better' - for, in the last analysis, when one studies the Monroe Doctrine one finds in it a human element as well Le Rire, Paris The sooner Europe grasps this fact the better. For the present, at all events, and probably for some time to come, these debts have got to be faced, and it is infinitely preferable that they should be faced with a good grace. Great Britain early acknowledged her immense obligations, and has borne the burden of payment with a grin. She has set an example to the other debtors. She, at least, has very clearly understood that no amount of tears or cajoleries or threats on this side of the water will have the slightest chance of modifying the American attitude. On the contrary, it will probably have a hardening effect, for no one likes a whining debtor. The only thing that can bring about concessions if they are to come will be a change of heart in American opinion itself, and that is the more likely to occur in proportion as Europe pays up without complaint. JAPANESE AND BRITISH VIEWS ADAM YAYOI MADA YOSHIOKA, President of the Shisei Hospital and the Tokio Women's Medical College, records in the Japan Advertiser her views on American civilization after a three months' tour of the United States. American women, addicted to smoking, spoiled and petted, do not appeal to her. She feels that 'the American people know how to teach, but think that they have nothing left to learn,' and that 'to acquire their present giddy height of material prosperity, they have had to discipline themselves not to think in any except practical ways.' Furthermore, 'there are so many "greatest in the world" things in America that the people are inclined to look down on the rest of the world.' All this she regards as a symptom of received so much 'boosting' as Deauville, national decline. More sympathetic is the view of Mr. Wickham Steed, editor of the British Review of Reviews. Addressing a club luncheon in London, he insisted that Englishmen must definitely reconcile themselves to the idea that Americans are after all foreigners. 'If we treat them with the respect we should accord to a great foreign nation and study them as carefully as we should study France, or Germany, or Italy, or any other important country, we shall then begin to understand them as we do not to-day.' In his opinion, the main difference between Americans and British lies in what they take for granted. Englishmen can not understand the things Americans take for granted unless they go over very respectfully to learn their language and find out what they are thinking about. 'If we go to them as a great foreign nation we shall find that they are the jolliest lot of foreigners we ever met. If we go there thinking they are blood cousins we shall be disappointed.' 'ADVERTISING SENSE' ALL a seaside town whose intrinsic charms are exceeded by those of scores of rivals? Even French lawyers, it is pointed out, possess a very pronounced sense of advertising, as witness what follows. Two important trials were fixed for the same date, one at the Paris Assizes and Olaf Gulbransson in Simplicissimus. Munich FROM COLUMBUS TO ECKENER A SATIRIC DRAWING which sums up the German ill feeling caused by the coolness of the American official welcome to the Graf Zeppelin. LL the world is interested in what is described sometimes as advertising sense,' sometimes as 'publicity instinct,' or again as a keen understanding of 'news values.' The Paris correspondent of the Sunday Times (London) thinks that Americans may consider themselves leaders in the science of advertising with a certain amount of justification. He admits that even in Great Britain, where advertising is now developing with great strides, that claim is generally allowed. Yet, he declares, there is much to substantiate the view that the best 'sense' of advertising, particularly advertising on the grand scale, is possessed by the French. Where in the world, for example, is there a vacation region so marvelously advertised as the Riviera? And most of it is free advertising, too. Is there another pleasure resort on the globe which has the other in the Upper Garonne, leading counsel in the first being Maître Henry Torrès, and in the second Maître de Moro-Giafferi, who some time ago defended Landru. Apparently these two eminent counsel no more wanted to compete for front-page space in the newspapers than would two theatrical vedettes. They appreciated that, with simultaneous trials, each would get only half of his usual allowance. So the Paris trial was put back a month, and the Upper Garonne trial proceeded spectacularly on its way. play a part, do not get in the way.' The poem is entitled Bally-Hooy and follows: We meet with many men acrost the seas, An' some of them is nice an' some is not, There's some as prove an awkward job to please, An' Bally-Hooy's worst of all the lot. We never get a ha'porth's change of 'im, 'E sits at 'ome an' hugs 'is bloomin' coffers That war 'as filled with dollars to the brim, An' good advice to Europe So 'ere's to you, Bally- You're a marvel at the We gives you your certificate for that, but note it clear, We'll jog along much better if you will not interfere. We take our chance at doctorin' our ills An' ask no 'elp from you nor free advice, For we 'ave swallowed worse an' 'arder pills, Nor whined to you becos they were not nice. So take a tip from them as knows wot's wot, An' remember when you feels the urge to 'oller That we don't admire a race just 'cos it's got A double-fisted grip upon the dollar. So 'ere's to you, BallyHooy, an' the way you bang the drum. As long as you've the breath ter preach your voice is never dumb; Wot matter though your 'ome affairs are lookin' very queer? You gently close your eyes to them. Your job's to interfere! We don't ask 'elp from friends unless it's free. For, strange ter say, our pride still stands at par, An' lordly rich relations soon will see We cannot bow the knee to Mammon's car. A rummy lot we are, make no mistake, Too blind to see as naught but dollars matter; The day 'as yet to dawn when we'll awake To pay our humble homage to your clatter. Still 'ere's to you, Bally-Hooy, an' your Nosey-Parker ways, Your trumpetin' and boastin' an' your We'll stand for pro'ibition, gunmen, Big An' even brave your movie stars if you'll ON THE BOBSLEIGH racing course at Saint Moritz, Switzerland, where the hardiest sportsman may find thrills enough for a lifetime. JANUARY: First half- Exhibition ANUARY: First half - Exhibition by professional skating champions, Ice Stadium; hockey games between St. Moritz, Swiss national, and visiting teams; curling matches for Suvretta Cup and Martin Cup; curling match for Engadin Challenge Cup among curling clubs of the Grisons; international hockey matches; toboggan races on the Cresta Run for Yaralla Cup, Bacon Speed Cup, Marsden Speed Cup, Festitics Cup, etc.; bobsleigh and boblet races on Sunny Corner Bob Run; Sweepstakes and Tita Cup bobsleigh races. Second half-Jan. 18th20th, St. Moritz Ski Races and Jumping Contest; Second Ice Gymkhana, Ice Stadium; daily hockey matches; toboggan races for the Curzon Cup, Cresta Run (2 days); Boblet Derby for the Lady Curzon of Kedleston Cup; ladies' bobsleigh races for Tauchnitz Cup. FEBRUARY: First half-Feb. 3rd, 7th, and 10th, Eighteenth Great Inter national Horse Race Meeting, lake at St. Moritz, with skijöring, flat racing, trotting, and military races; Seventh Annual Dutch Skating Festival, only Dutch skates used; second exhibition of skating professionals; curling matches, hockey contests, races for various cups (daily). Second half - Feb. 16th, Slalom Ski Race for Batschari Cup; Feb. 17th, ski jumping, Olympia Leap; Bobsleigh Derby and Races for Olavegoya Cup; Grand National for Toboggans, Cresta Run; ski races for visitors. MARCH: Mar. 5th, Annual Ski Race of the Ski Club Alpina, from the Corviglia Hut; curling matches; races for luges and toboggans, Village Run of the Kurverein; Ice Gymkhana; Boblet Races for the Schumacher Cup. ridiculous attempt mention of every Swiss sport centre. A few of the most popular are Villars-Bretaye, where 'Luging' ("Tailing Party': a long string of small sleds tied behind a horse sleigh) is much practised; Adelboden, a tiny and quiet hamlet in the Bernese Oberland; Pontresina, in the Engadin, with five huts of the Alpine Club tempting to overnight expeditions; Arosa, housing the British Ski Club, Curling Club, Obersee and Inner-Arosa VIEW FROM THE CREST OF THE LITTLE GLOCKNER Ewing Galloway AN EASY CLIMB to the top of the earth in the Austrian Dolomites, a region famous for its savagely beautiful mountain scenery. Skating Rink Companies, Ice Hockey Club, Hunters' Association, Art Union, Chess Club, Rifle Association, Ski Club of Arosa; Gurnigel in the Bernese Oberland, the ski-runner's Elysium. Near Lucerne is the Rigi, one of the most famous mountain viewpoints in the world. Towering at the northern extremity of the Alps, the Rigi (Rigi-Kulm) is more and more frequented during the winter. When fog lies heavy on the plains, the Rigi stands in sunlight at least eight hours a day. At Rigi-Kaltbad are hotels served all winter long by the Vitznau-Rigi railway. Ewing Galloway ON THE SUMMIT OF GREAT GLOCKNER A STORM-BLOWN CROSS marks the highest point of one of the highest peaks of the Austrian Dolomites, over ten thousand feet above sea level. DOLOMITIC ITALY N the north of the Dolomites, IN Italy's strangely beautiful region which is always a winter (and a summer) resort, is Gardena Vale. Its Dolomitic peaks, with the group of Sassolunga, Sella, Puez, Cisles, Fermeda, and the Catinaccio, form a little world of their own. This isolated location of the Gardena Vale explains why its population has preserved its Roman origin and one of the most ancient Roman dialects, the lingua rustica. Even the far-reaching hand of Premier Mussolini has not succeeded in making over the lives of these wood-carving folk. On festival days one may catch them in the artistic dress which tradition has ordained. In their neat homes, curious villas and churches a fine art sense is evident - engendered, possibly, by the flawless beauty of surrounding natural landscapes. Indeed, the whole Dolomite region hereabouts is like an art gallery, with painstakingly chiseled peaks and valleys. WORLD TRAVEL NOTES nels and high viaducts. Three thousand feet up, the Semmering lies close under the peaks of the Rax and the Schnee Berg, perpendicularly and perpetually snowy. Each year a series of international winter sport competitions takes place on the excellent skiing courses, bobsleigh runs, and skating rinks. Majestic mountain scenery is, of course, synonymous with Tyrol,' the Austrian province embracing a great portion of the Central Alps. Zuers and Stuben, both famous as winter sport resorts, lie high in the Arlberg, divided from the Swiss Alps by the Rhine's broad valley. Bregenz, Hochobir, Ziller Thal, Igis these are but other centres for the exhilaration of ski-jöring, snowshoe tramps, or bobsledding. It is difficult to write of the Austrian Tyrol, in whatever connection, without thinking of those indefatigable chamois hunters who jump from Alp to Alp without spilling the ash from their long carven pipes, depending waist-low from determinedly clamped jaws. One can easily imagine them muttering the German equivalent of that old and anonymous limerick: There once was a giddy young chamois, The wicked young goat exclaimed 'Damois!' GERMANY IN THE WINTER GE ERMANY'S Bavarian Alps were the subject of notes in THE LIVING AGE for November. Few sections of Europe may claim such a bewildering variety of scenery, winter sport advantages, hotels, and contests of international importance. But who knows the hold of January and February on the Black Forest, the Harz, Thuringia, Silesia, Saxony? With peaks rising nearly five thousand feet, the Black Forest affords great opportunities for winter sport of all kinds. Freiburg, in the south, gives magnificent skiing on the slopes of the Feldberg. Here also are Hinterzarten, with a fast ski jump; Titisee, with its Ice Stadium and ice rinks on the lake; Badenweiler, the celebrated spa; Baden-Baden; and the whole Swabian Alb, a great plateau designed, apparently, for the snow-fan alone. In the west, such Black Forest resorts as Schönau and Todtnau are easily reached from the main railway line between Frankfurt and Basel. 377 The Harz is the highest mountain chain in Central Germany. The Brocken region provides most exciting entertainment with a mile-and-a-quarter bob-run at Braunlage. Matchless are the opportunities to essay the Brocken itself, from Schierke and Torfhaus. Goethe mounted to the summit, starting from Torfhaus, on December 10th, 1777. Oberhof, in the Thuringian Forest, is locally called 'the German St. Moritz." Patrons of the Kurhaus bob-run reach the start by electric elevator. Two other noteworthy centres are Ernstthal, a glass-bead-blowing town surrounded by marvelous ski fields; and Lauscha, a popular climatic resort especially suited to winter cures. Silesia's wild, romantically beautiful mountains are ideally favorable for winter sport. Snow is abundant and remains long. Breslau's ice rinks are remarkably smooth and fast. Hermsdorf and Agnetendorf are convenient to the central part of the Riesenbirge, while the ski runs near Brückenberg and Schreiberhau are renowned for their excellence. Saxony's winter sports area stretches for 125 miles along the Czech frontier. The best sport is had at Oberwiesenthal, 3000 feet above sea level at the foot of the Fichtelberg and the Keilberg. Without trouble or fatigue one ascends the Fichtelberg by 'telpher-way.' Thence runs a 10,400-foot toboggan slide, ski paths in every direction, and a ski jump down the side of the mountain. |