PAGE TWO --- UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS P TUESDAY, APRIL 5. 1938 Comment Is America Afraid For or Of Democracy Is militarism suppressing expression of opinion in America? Immediately following the announcement of the big armament program of the army and navy, there was an outburst of opposition from leaders of the various peace movements. Facts have now come to light that show that high military officers have been sent over the United States to put pressure on newspaper editors and others to see that dissenting opinions against the armament program are not expressed in the papers. Also, intelligence officers of the armed branches are going from city to city asking the sheriffs, county attorneys, and other law enforcement officials to check in the records of peace leaders in their communities. This system of "checking" on opinion closely parallels the methods used in Russia, Germany, Japan, and Italy. A democracy is designed to give its governed the right of free opinion. If we are to allow the military group to dominate the thought of the United States on this subject, we shall soon lose the true essence of our system of government. To refuse a minority's voice is, in effect, to say "Democracy does not work." Is America afraid of democracy? Socialized Medicine The Next Step? A conference of representatives of the public—including the agricultural and industrial groups and the medical profession—will meet in Washington this spring or in early fall to develop a "National Health Program." This step arises from the recently published report of the President's Interdepartmental Committee to Co-ordinate Health and Welfare Activities. This plan seems to be of special interest and value to the people of low income who cannot afford the proper medical care and attention. The committee report reveals two needs: first, for people without income there should be some sort of financial support to provide medical services for them when needed; and second, for people who have substantial incomes there should be taken "measures that will lighten the burden of sickness costs... through distribution - of the costs among groups of people and over periods of time." "Effective distribution and utilization of health and medical services requires a national plan for the economic application of our resources in maintaining and improving health," is the conclusion reached by the committee. Practically all European countries have medical insurance. The systems in England and Germany are the most successful and there the medical care is under an insurance plan for members of the laboring class. Research has revealed a definite correlation between poverty and sickness. Reasons for this are obvious: the poor cannot afford medical attention and only receive it in critical times; insufficient and improper food, clothing and shelter; and ignorance and lack of finances to provide proper preventatives. America is among the last of the great nations who have failed to provide some form of uniform medical insurance for their peoples of the lower income brackets. Poor Spain Emporia Gazette: It seems to have been part of the bargain that rolled in on the Rome-Berlin axis last week to let Mussolini do in Spain, under gunfire, what Hitler did in Austria peacefully. The Roman troops with German tanks are conquering Spain. It is not a revolution in Spain. It is a conquest. Moreover it is not a fight between the atheist Communists and the pious rebels. The Fascists have no more use for Jesus Christ and Him crucified nor for his philosophy than have the Communists. Spain will get a dose of hard-boiled, cruel, barbarous conquest. She will have the religious and racial persecution that Austria has. More than that, if the German influence gets into Spain along with Mussolini's infantry, the Catholic church will have the same rough sledding in Spain that it has in Germany and that it will find finally in Austria. A political philosophy that believes in force just has no place for the Golden Rule, the Sermon on the Mount and the Beatitudes. The whole trouble in continental Europe where democracy has faded is that there Jesus is slipping. He will slip as fast and as far in conquered Spain as he has slipped in Russia and Nazi Germany. We'll Take The Big Apple "The Big Apple" has meant many things in the life of college students the past winter but Dr. E. R. Guthrie of the University of Washington is the only person known to have delved into research on the subject. He concludes: "The popularity of the Big Apple in America indicates a red blooded race above all, and it is probable that such a dance could not have originated in any other nation which is considered civilized." Perhaps the dance of the Big Apple is as healthful and generally worthwhile to us as the dance of war required of young people of college age in most European countries. Official University Bulletin Notices due at Cancellell's Office at 11 a.m. preceding registration period on Sunday to 11 a.m. Saturday for Sunday训习. Vol. 35 Tuesday, April 5, 1938 No. 129 Vol. 35 Tuesday, April 5, 1938 No. 129 --the Manchurian scene, domestic and economic, and has no intention of withdrawal. EMPLOYMENT FOR WOMEN STUDENTS: Will women students who are remaining in Lawrence during the Easter vacation and who desire extra employment as a nurse in the Office. Marie Miller, assistant to the advertise of women. CHRISTIAN SCEINCE ORGANIZATION: The regular weekly meeting will be held this afternoon in room C. Myers hall. All students and faculty members are invited to attend - Jack Dalloy, President. ENGLISH MAJORS: Miss Nellie Mattis, Miss Blanche Yeomans, and Mr Arthur Adrian will speak to English majors on "The English Curriculum in Kansas High School's" on Wednesday, April 6, at 3:30 p.m. in 205 Fraser. English majors interested in teaching English will be W.-S. Johnson, chair department of English. GERMAN LANGUAGE TABLE. All who wish to speak German are invited to the German table, which meets in the lounge of the Union building at 5:30 that offers another option than to speak German—W. B. Schaffraff. JAY JANES: There will be an important meeting Wednesday at 4:30 in the Pine room - Roberta Cooka KU. CAMERA CLUB: There will be a meeting at 7:30 this evening in room 102 of the Journalism building. Bring one paper or two prints for general criticism. The meeting is invited to attend.-Lowell Postma, President. NEWMAN CLUB; The Newman Club will meet at 7:30 this evening in the parish hall. All members are requested to attend as a number of business matters will be discussed—Benedict P. Barowski. PHI DELIA KAPPA: Phi Delta Kappa will meet in the Union building today. Initiation services will be at 5:30 in the Pine room; dinner at 6:30 in the banquet room. -Reid Hempill, Secretary. PRACTICE TEACHING: Students who wish to do practice teaching at Oread Training School during the semester office make application at the School of Education. He is a Master's degree in R.-A. Schwegler, Dean of School of Education. SNOW ZOOLOGY CLUB: The Snow Zoology Club will meet for dinner at 5:30 this evening. Mr K Siler will discuss "Coronary Circulation," a discussion on coronary artery physiology at Baltimore--Better Barnes, Secretary. W. S.GA: There will be a meeting at 7 o'clock in the Pine room. Roberta Cook, Secretary. University Daily Kansan Official Student Power of THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAWRENCE, KANSAS UNIVERSITY WOMEN'S CLUB: The University Women's Club cordially invites senior and graduate students to attend the Memorial Union Thursday, April 7, in the Men's Lounge of the Memorial Union building—Mrs. E. H. Landley, Presi- Editor's note: This is the second in a series of articles which the Nansan is running, portraying conditions in the Far East. DAVID E. PARTRIDGE PUBLISHER Manchuria's Relations In the Far East Situation Editorial Staff MANAGING EDITOR BULL TYLER CAMPUS EDITORS FLON TORRENCE and LOAN FOCKLEL GLOBAL CLIENTS GLOBAL CLIENTS NEWS EDITOR HARRY HEALY SOCIETY EDITOR DROSTVILLE JANKEE SHORE LEFT HISTORY NEWS LEFT HISTORY MAKEUP EDITOR SHIRLEY SMITH KEYWATCHER JACK McCAYYN KEY WATCHER JACK McCAYYN ENTION-CHI-FRH ASSOCIATE EDITORI MARINE FISCHER AND LENY BROWNE MARTIN BENTON ASSOCIATE EDITORI News Staff Kansan Board Members By Uarda Sherry. c'40 The relations of China and Manchuria through history are difficult to trave out because of the internal disorganization of China, a state of affairs complicated by rebellions against it to supremacy by various war lords. J. HOWARD RUSCO MARTIN BENTON DAVID E. PARTIBOG MARVIN GOBEL KENNETH MOHR JANE FLORE DAVID WILLE TROBERT MORGAN FLORE F. QUENTIN BROWN ELTON E. CARTER WILLAM FITZGERald ALAN ASHER DRAW MELAUGHTON TOM A. ELLIS AND JACK PELLIUM JULIAS 1937 Member 1938 Associated Collegiate Press Distributor of Collegiate Digest In 1643 the Manchus entered China as allies to aid the Ming dynasty against the Tartars. They remained as conquerors and established the Manchus dynasty which continued to supply China with emperors until 1911. The queens wore by the Chinese were a mark of subjugation inflicted by the House of Manchu. Manchuria Is Dependency In the years following the accession of the Manchus in China, Manchuia became a kind of preferred dependency of China proper. In 1914 it was under the military governorship of a Chinese vicevor, the Old Marshall Chong Tso-lin, appointee to the Chinese government was in the bands of an autocrat, Yuan Shih-kai BUSINESS MANAGER. REFERENCE FOR NATIONAL ADVERTISING BY National Advertising Service, Inc. College Publications Representative 420 ALEXANDRIA AVENUE N.W. Y. CHICAGO, IL 63105 BOSTON, MA BANSFER GROUP F. QUENTIN BROWN Chang Two-Lin, was a n Chinese warlord engaged in intrigues and secret plotting with other war lords interested in gaining control of other provinces of China. To procure money to support the army, he maintained and organized his power, he turned to the Manchurian people. Limiting of Markets Entered as second-class matter, September 17, 1910, at the post office at Lawrence, Kan. One of his methods of obtaining money was the limiting of markets of the chief agricultural products to the government, basing the price to producers on the world price of gold but paying them with government printing press money. Since the Japanese were the chief customers of the Manchurian farmers, it meant that they received these conditions to purchase from the government, which meant dealing with a virtual dictator. In 1928, Chang Tao-lin was assas- sinated. He died reputedly a very weal- thy man. His son, the young son of his wife, Su-hai-sang, inhert- ished his position. It is a historical fact that the Manchurian people were in economic trouble and were facing troubles arising out of a government of dictatorship and exploitation. Rich in Natural Resourses Liquidation of Situation It was Japan to whom Manchuria owed the development of its natural resources, its principal transportation lines, and its increased efficiency in production of agricultural products. The railroads of Manchuria with one exception were Japanese, built and owned by Japanese with the money of Japanese investors. The liquidation of the Japanese situation existent in 1931 followed the establishment of an arsenal at Mukden, principal center of Japanese interests. This with other incidents led the Japanese to believe, according to the views of many, that Charg entertained plans for assuming control of the Japanese railroads. Manchuria is a country rich in natural resources. Its climate is temperate; it has an area comparable to that of Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas, combined. Since the Japanese began their earliest peaceful penetration into the country, the population has increased from five or six million to approximately 52 million. It is not surprising that the Japanese feel that they have paid for Manchuria since 1965 with the blood of their people and with their gold—the invested savings of their nation—nor that Japan feels a part of The defeat of Chang Hueh-chiang in Manchuria resulted in 1984 in the re-institution in Manchuria of the heir of the Manchu line, Pu-yi, deposed from the throne of China. Dr. Davis has suggested that the control of Manchuria by the Japan is reminiscent of the control of Egypt by the British. Manchuria is not a part of Japan but an autonomous state, really a protectorate with Pu-yi, a pupet emperor, subject to guidance by the Japanese. Other historians in tracing Japan's action in Manchuria have pointed out that it is not improbable to sus- peet the existence of a strong movement for autonomy in Manchuria prior to Japan's movement towards that end. 'Winterset' Cast-corpse, which is carried on in the last scene to be dumped in the river, "poor old heat-up Shadow" . . . Then everybody calling themselves "poor old heat-up" something or other . . . Continued from page 1. Rolla Nuckles making a speech to Chanute High School the morning after—and being told he looked like Robert Taylor and.1 Basil Rathbone at different times . . . The echo in the Wichita auditorium . . . The good reception of the play everywhere . . . That scene that is so typical: everyone getting together to say sagely that the performance was good—or wan't. . . Everybody try to ward off the crowd, word and usually hitting on the same one. . . Everybody having fun To Revise 'Social Disorganization' 10 Reveal 'Social Disorganization' Miss Mabel Elliott, assistant professor in the department of sociology, and F. E. Merrill of Dartmouth College are working on a revision of the book "Social Disorganization." Public School Art On Display in Strong Hall Work done in public school art classes of teachers who are graduates from the University department of design and public school art is on exhibition in Rooms 320, 316 and 314 of Frank Strong hall until April 18. The department brings this exhibition here so that students in public school art can see what graduates are doing in the field of art teaching. The exhibit will be open every week day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on Sundays from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Paint House Numbers To Send Delegates to Estes Sam Maier, cuncl, is chairman of the project. Persons wanting addressed paints may call 2894, the Y.W.C.A., or the Y.M.C.A. Members of the W.Y.C.A. and the Y.M.C.A. are painting house numbers on the steps of street curts to raise money for the Estes fund, to help pay expenses of delegates to the conference at Estes Park. The conference will be held June 7-17. There are 10 teams of four painters each covering different portions of Lawrence. (Note: This is the first in a series of three. Watch for the others.) No. 1 THE PAST In the years prior to 1935 student elections at K.U. were nothing more than fights between the various fraternities to win prestige for themselves and positions for their members. Student government as such was non-existent. Methods of election were fraudulent; ballot-box stuffing was commonplace, high school students were brought in and allowed to vote, and it seemed there was little chance that much improvement could be made. One party dominated the situation and the fraternity machine was seemingly unaccountable. This condition grew progressively worse. The fraternity machine became arrogant, nomination was synonymous with election, and positions on the Men's Student Council were almost literally sold to the highest bidder. As a protest against this intolerable situation a small group of progressive and liberal students met in February of 1935 to discuss what might be done to remedy the situation—to revive a sincere interest in student problems and their solution on the part of Council members and to restore the faith of the student body and of the University administration in the ability of students to manage sancely and wisely their own affairs. Enlist Now In This Progressive Student Movement -- Help By Voting For P.S.G.L. Candidates Out of this meeting came the organization which since has been known as the Progressive Student Government League. In its three years of existence this organization has been a dominant force in student government. Among the major advancements in student government for which P.S.G.L. can claim sole credit are: establishment of Student Forums; the creation of a Student Court; the formation of a successful Housing Inspection program; collection and publication of the Constitution and Bills of the Associated Men of Kansas University; the abolition of Jayhawker exemption slips. In addition, repeated attempts have been made to establish a student Co-operative Book Store, although they have been nullified thus far by rulings of the Board of Regents. Thus student government HAS come to have a meaning, HAS been wrested from the dominance of a fraternity machine, and with your support CAN continue to be a vital factor in student life. INTIMACY There is nothing like the student newspaper for intimacy in the DAILY KANSAN, official student newspaIt comes home from school with you, or it is waiting at the door to greet you in the morning. It enters your room as a close friend and adviser. In no other medium does Lawrence advertising make an appeal so personal, so intimate, as it does per for K.U. students. UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN