U.S. Comment. on Sun Yat-sen's Death: Importance of Good)
Milk—What of Shanghai?
A Daring Soldier: Man's Future Fate: Broadcasting from London From Our OWN
'San' Feancisco, Mar. 19.
Millions of words have been used to talk about the Yat-sen, most extra shaving been written in the United States by writers claiming to be fable to judge what Sun has done for China, His revolutionary prs paganda has been lauded generi though here and there an editor as found who hesitated to. express his opinion as to whether his, work will live in the hearts of the Chinese for long after he has passed.
It must be admitted, however, that most of the articles' thay have appeared in the daily press have been inspired by telegrams from Moscow, or have been reprints of telegrams sent our from the Soviet capital, The expression of editor 3 opinion is a factor of the American couple of days ago. In addition to being a world war hero, Dreban Iwas a soldier of fortune in many evolutions, fillibustered with Villa, and made a name for himself long [before he went to Europe, where in 1918 he is reported to have fought with such outstanding recklessness fand effective resourcefulness that the United States awarded him the distinguished service cross. France Jdecorated him with the Croix de Guerre, and Italy also honoured him—the epic of his career being at St. Etienne, where he led a small group volunteers against a vastly superior German force, capturing four machine guns, killing 58 of the enemy and bringing in two alive Dreban was born of Jewish parents in Russia, and, coming to the United States, joined the army Jwith that of the days of King Solomon; but there is little indication fof what human life among China's {four hundred millions will develop into. It will, therefore, doubtless be interesting to learn that 2,000,000 years from now, man will have a "huge, domelike' head, a spindling body, dumpy arms and legs ant perhaps hoofs for feet."
Thus declares Professor Conrai Tharaldsen, of the zoology department of the Northestern University. He says that mechanical inventions fare rapidly doing away with the need for muscle, and lack of use is causing the muscular portions of the body to disintegrate. But he {finds that more room will be required for man's ever-growing brain, and [this will mean a greatly increased skull and a fearfully disproportion. ate bulging brow.
"The man of the future wit look like the cartoon, Baby (the savant con probably. have to wear' glasses.
capacity, certain, Wien' the" sncrena.
Toate We Professor Tharaldsen, by the way, Jdoea not believe that man [descended directly from the monkey. lout that two million years ago. iwas a close kin to the chattering tree dwellers.
'One of the wonders referred to [above is surely the radio, In China, where little broad ca: it is not easy for.the China hand to keep pace with the progress of redip. But here in America is different, and if there is one thing more than' anything else calculated to make a man believe that it is great old world that he is living in {eis the radio, Three or four nights ago, through the efforts of the Radio Corporation of America, radio fans of Washington and New York regardless of the size of their sets, tuned in on a dance programme broadcast from the Savoy in London, and the reception was perfect.
"This is station 2L0, London, Broadcasting" came the message 23
Tt was broadcast from London, then picked up by station SXX, Chelmsford, and relayed ona 25: kilowatt wave length to the Radio gave evidence that Irishmen on th's side of the Pacific are as active a3 they-are on your side, Bur daresay that it would mean an "el opener" to Irishmen in Shanghai to find the Union Jack and the Iris republican flag flying side by side. Evem H. G. Simms (if he were Shanghai) or Major T. E. Trueman would be nonplused to see Irish enthusiasm carried to such lengths question whether there were many cities in the United States where this symbol of the Irish republic did much fluttering on St, Patrick's Day—possibly in New 'York, for [there are nearly as many Irishmen in New York as there are in Ireland'
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