The Guard Vol. II, No.3 (October 1937)

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Title: The Guard Vol. II, No.3 (October 1937)
Issue Date: Volume II (Issue No. 3) October 1937
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Vicente Güilas, with his deligence, laboriosity and talent had to the man to endow us with such a won derful contribution to our culture.”—Buen. Rodríguez, Chairman on Bills and Resolutions of the Philippine National Assembly. October, 1937 GUARD Entered at the Manda we Bost Office, as Second Class Mail Matter GUARD Subscription Kates by mail Six Months.......... .P .60 Qne Year ................Pl.00 VOL II W NO. 3 CEBU’S POLITICAL BAROMETER PUZZLES THE PEOPLE Hardly two months the elec tions for the provincial and municipal officers well be held in the Philippines. Ac cording to the law passed by the Natio al Assembly the election will be held on December 14, 1937. After the date for election was set by our law making body, the candidates for the different > positions are busy canapat-gning. Political pro pa • gatftlas* and platforms are already distributed by some candidates. Electioneering speeches were had in pobla ción® and barrios in order to propagate the candidacies of the municipal and pro vincial candidates. In Cebu almost all the municipalities have their line up of| candidates The local Candidates ure already on the firing line of the political field But the thing that puzzles the people in Cebu is the silence of the campaign per taining the provincial candi dates. Until now there seems to be 11 O’ activity in the province. The Popular Front Nolascs Has Fair Chanco for Reelection Of the present members of the municipal board in Cebu City, ^Councilor Jose P. holasco is one of those who will have a chance fur reelec tion. Councilor Nolasco is known to be an honest and hard working public servant. He is popular among all classes of people in trie city because of his adjustable character. As a social worker and a public administrator, Coun cilor Pepe Nolasco could hurdiy be surpassed in the City of Cebu so that many expect him to get elected next election. who have organized the line up seems to sleep in oblivion. 1'he candidates of the Popu lar Front for the provincial board composing Atty Vicente Sotto as governor and Dr. Cesar Piloteo’ and Miss Felicidad Climaeo as board members are about to be forgotten by the people. The same is true with the other side. The fusion can didates composing Hon. Bue naventura Kodriguez as govincial board composing Ass. Buenaventura Kodriguez as governor and Messrs. Manuel Climaco and Vicente Lozada as board members donot move until now. It is rumored that Hon. Buenaventura Kodriguez does not campaign for his candi dacy because he is still doubt* ing as to whether or not he will run for governorship. A going to be surprise then in Cebu is the unexpected fight between the two strong candidates for governorship, l’he anti faction Í3 urging Secretary Mariano Cuenco to run for governorship. Many of Secretary Cuenco’® fol City Roads Will Lead to City Theatre When the names of Pio Knbahar, Ipyon Canania, Doring Silloria and many other Pramatists in Cebu will be mentioned as partakers of a -certain drama, the people will resolve to leave their homes temporarily so as to witness the drama which will beyond reasonable doubt jusfify their money a» d time. Next November 16. the dra ma called LU NO written by Mr. Jose J. Sanchez will be staged at the spacious City Theatre in Juan Lunn in the city. And due to the partici pation of the noted dramatists in Cebu, the people have already bought their tickets (Continued n lowers are still behind him assuring the victory of the public works and communi cations secretary. Secretary Cuenco is known to be a good politician in the Philippines. So that when he will be convinced by his admirers to launch his candi dacy for governorship, it is believed that he will be forced to leave the high position he is holding and give way to the prayer of his hencemen. And due to the inducement of the Cuentista® in Cebu, there is probability that he will throw his hat to the political ring and seek elec tion for gubernatorial chair. When the new® will be come true that Secretary Cuen co is launching hi® candidacy for governorship, the pro faction in Cebu will be obliged to have Governor Sotero Ca’bahug to run for reelection because the pros know that Secretary Cuenco is the strongest candidate in the anti side and the incumbent go vernor is the timber to chal lenge the biggest politician in Cebu. Manager Sayo of The City Theatre is Here For important business which has connection with the City Theatre, Manager Maria no Sayo went to Manila du ring the last few week®. After securing the good pictures for the coming month he return® here with the ful lest'of satisfaction that the City Theatre can please it® thousands of customer®. With the abled management of Mr Sayo and the coopera tion of the partners of this theatre, the public has noted a lot of improvements regar ding accommodation and the beautiful pictures that are al ways shown in City Theatre, Filipino pictures will only be shown in the City Theatre according to him Until náw Governor Cabahug does not have a bit in his mind in running for reelection because of the pros pect that be will be appointed judge in the court of first instance for Bohol. But when Secretary Cuenco is really launching, Governor Cabahug will turn his face from the bench and eve for political position just to hear the will of his friends. He is accor ding to rumor, to sacrifice judgeship and prefer the gov ernorship. Due to the strong rivalry between the Cuenco faction and Cabahug’®, the political barometer in Cebu ha® be come an unfathomable enigma. Every faction expect® it® victory in «the gubernatorial race in this province. And as such each one of them strengthens the po 1 i tica 1 trench ready for next fight which will be the greatest political battle that Cebu will be able to witness if the news of the Cuenco-Cabahug political struggle be realized. Cgbsi 1938 Carnival Will Surpass Others According to Director Jose P. Nolasco, the 1938 carnival in Cebu which will be held from March 12 to March 27 will the liveliest carnival that Cebu can witness. He antici pated this because of the novel idea that the carnival next year is going to have. The carnival offers so mai-y prizes to ticket holder®1 Theee holder are entitled to free ad missions and as well expect beautiful prize® with the little amount of money they pay after drawing numbers from the ticket sellers who are going around the province. And due to many ticket hol ders who are given several (Continued on vqqc 18) ii ™ ELSA ORIA c The Star of Native Stars, T comes to vou this time in an even more outstanding O Story and Musical than “NAS A AN KA IROG” B and surrounded by a wealth of the screen’s E notable personalities in N 2.Q> ÍÍ 99 O V E M B E R 1 2 3 AT THE City THEAW L_. 6 GUARD October, 1937 WAJHINGTGN <<//■!/ ___ By TEODORO AOEA^CO___ If President Quezon had not obeyed the dictates of his heart he would have been back in Malacanang Palace in Manila long ago and the Phil ippines would have been saved many, many thousands dollars. o f had life and will enter into an era of peace, progress and prosperity. who asked many senIf President Quezon considered the miserable of the Filipino masses their abject poverty he would not have lived in the United States after the fashion of the multi-millonaire mahara jas of India. If PresitíhtóyQuezon hadn’t been so racial he would not have surrounded himself with Spanish Filipino mestizos who are not known for their brains and knowledge of American and world affairs. All the members of the Que zon delegation, including Pres ident Quezon himself, took lessons in dancing in New York. They went to dancing school religiously. They learned" new steps, invented new ones and improved old ones President Quezon is said to have discovered heretofore hidden steps and therefore novel movements on which patents may be taken. With the leaders turned into good and graceful dancers, it is ex pected that the Philippines the one sible questions. After the hea rings Roxas said that his pur pose was to make the record more interesting. Joaquin M. Elizalde tried to a3k ques tions, but most of them were pointless. He could not be well understood because he spoke in stacato tones and got his grammatical construc tion mixed up. Jose Yulo, secretary of justice and favorPrimitivo Lovina, future agent or representative of the Philippine National Bank, in New York, is preparing him self for the position socialy and otherwise. He took up dancing lessons at accredited dancing schools, quainted with and entertained went to cabarets, night clubs ite of President Quezon, asked and other legs shows. He wrote to a friend in Wash ngton the “bad news” that the New York burlesque theaters have been closed. He got acpretty girls them He Gil Montilla, the speaker of the Philippine National As sembly, is probably one of the very few Filipinos who holds a world record. He is about the quietest Speaker on earth. This is confirmed by all the Filipino government officials whom we met, and we met the most prominent of them. The hearing held in Wash ington by the Joint Prepara tory Committee was an abso lute flop. They elicited no in terest outside of a half people who do business in the Philip pines. The speakers spoke with half hearted interest. The numerous attendance on the part of the public was 10 persons, Manuel Roxas was questions in a high-pitched voice sounding like a prima donna. Quintin Parede'a, res ident commissioner, was in different. who covered the hearings were disappointed at the lack of action. “This is the dul lest and the most, asinine hearings that I have attend ed,” one newspaperman said. M. Elizalde as resident com mission ?r in succession to Quintin Paredes would be a reflection on the reputation of the Filipino people as an intelligent and patriotic peo ple. This opinion is shared by every 9 Congressmen out of every 10 that we asked. That “Mike” would be lavish in his spending when he be comes a resident commissioner would fluence zero. just reduce in Congress his in to near Mr. of the manager John Foley, New York branch of The newspapermen the Philippine National Bank, has been of great service to the Quezon delegation, ac cording to one of the mem bers. In fact, the members adopted the policy of “Let Foley Do It,” while they went about their never-ending social Madame Manuel L. Quezon has dignity, poise and wis dom, and the Filipino people are justly proud of her and give her their accolade of ad miration and affection. Major-Domo Manuello Nietotati is understood to be thinking of taking o u t a patent on a group of dance steps which the II Duce Fili pino has stumbled upon one evening when he overdid the light fantastic and tripped. rounds. Manila Buencamino has filling the newspapers accounts of his “work” and the United J Quezon does not like native Filipinos. He would only step out in New York City and Washington with meztizos. Sophomoric «nd fustian editor Komulo and other full-blood ed Filipinos in his entourage Majesawait In been with in London States. The biggest joke wks to call Buencamino as “the Benjamin Franklin of the Philippines,” Quezon is hard and relentless in his condem nation of Felipe Buencamino for deserting his post in Lon don when he was sent there as a delegate for the Philip pines to take part in the World Sugar Conference. stay home to run His tv’s household and to His Majesty’s arrival. Porfirio U. Sevilla, sitting his well-appointed office New York is trying hard forget the past. Porfirio a modest person and he Harry Former Senator Harry Hawes believes with us that the appointment of Joaquin in in to is does not WHnf his past raked up and aired. Through so ciable Porfirio Filipino gov ernment offic ah met Ameri can ladies of beauty and hap py , disposition. 1 /é Cf/'> !TO GUARD’S 1 he management re quests all the subscribers and advertisers of The GUARD not to pay to any person not issuing official receipts. Persons collecting advanced payments ia the name of The GUARD are suspected to be racketeers. PATRONIZERS! Hence, patronizers are not safe. Ad payments ba made after delivery of the paper and the official receipts countersigned by the editor of this paper is always issued. MANAGEMENT October, 1937 GUARD 7 Announcing The Sales OF TICKETS FOR THE BIG DECEMBER CHRISTMAS SWEEPSTAKE 1937. TRY YOUR LUCKDBCKMBER SWEEPSTAKE 1 First Pri ze P200,000.00 1 Second Prize ... 100,000.00 1 Third Prize..................................... 50,000.00 11 Fourth Prizes at P10,000 each.. 110,000.00 30 Fifth Prizes at P6,000 each.... 180,000.00 50 Sixth Prizes at P4,000 each.... 200,000.00 200 Seventh Prizes nt P3,000 each.. 300,000.00 150 Eighth Prizes at P2,000 each... 300,000.00 200 Ninth Prizes at Pl,000 each... 200,000.00 1,799 Consolation Prizes to holders of tickets the last three digits of the numbers of which are the same as the last three digits of the number winning First Prize at P163.92 each.............................. 204,892.08 PHIL. CHARITY SWEEPSTAKE OFFICE (C«bu Branch) Tel. 486 P. 0. Box 789 Cebu City ELEUTERIO VILLAROSA Supsrvising Agent for Visayas and Mindanao 8 GUARD October, 1937 FOR AN INTELLIGENT MINORITY PARTY By VICENTE A. PACIS As we continue to agitate the surface of our political life with a more or Hess in nocuous discussion of wheether or not our democracy is real or ritualistic, we have proba bly failed to notice a more profound and ominous stirring in its very deptly clarify and purify our politics; but, again, it may prelude the eruption of the volcano that will belch destruction and death. I refer to the slow but ap parently steady consolidation of the discontented and mis directed factions under the bold banner of the Popular Front. On the surface, the situation presents nothing uni* que or unusual. Indeed the ordinary process of building a political party is to weld together the various factions that are antagonistic to the party sought to be displaced from power. Where a com munity of grievances of the one hand and an affinity of political ideals on the other hand exist, the recruiting is fast and the resulting com bine substantial in strength and number. But even when only the ordinary resentment of being out against those who are in exists as the common bond it is still possible to get together enough men to keep up the good work of criticizing and denouncing. When a marked success at tends the work of consolida ting factions hostile to the ruling party, however, there is ever present the danger of excess momentum. The hor rible reign of terror when France was in the throes of being born a democracy was the result of men gettii g out of control and running amuck. Precisely, the popular movements in France and Spain which, however, are of a much later vintage, seem to be model of our minori ties are in the process of co loring together. And, at least in these two countries, the pendulum is ordinary swing ing too far: France is being theretened by persistent radi calism, and Spain is a flood of* blood largely as the re sult, qualified observers says, heretofore indifferent to po litics. The resulting aggregation will be fearful and unruly. Many in its camp will con sider no remedy short of vio lence for the conditions that they denounce. The sakdalists and the tangulans have a bloody record, and most of the followers of General Agui naldo once or twice resorted to revolutin to effect the re liefs that they comunists of the Moscow bra nd will take little persuation to take up bolos and bullets although the more thoughtful socialists will probably line up with the 8><ne and prudent. Overwhelming, therefore, the recruits of the Popular Front party will probably be ignorant, misinformed and misled citizens who approve of the primitive method of taking the law in one’s hands. But their greatest need, for tunately, is sane and thought ful leadership, and the leaders of the Popular Front party should, if they care, be to furnish it. SAKDALS PIAN DEMONSTRATION BEFORE Just a stupidity Front leaders must contend with if they are to win faith and confidence for and their group, current a report sakdalistas, urged fugitive leader, are to meet the joint committee of the lack of prudence on the pai t of newly-consolidated and recently-emancipated mi norities. MOST HOPEFUL ASPECT OF LOCAL PHENOMENON Those who hope that the local popular front movement will have a constructive in fluence on Philippine politics point to the presence of inteligent men at its vanguard. The horde that may be at tracted under the banner of the new party may be ex cellent fuel for uprisings and revolutions, but if the leaders who now so loudly sound the bugle of union will keep their heads and the mob that they may gather will not get out of control, the movement may prove to be the beginning of the first Philippine opposi tion party to gain control of the government. On the contrary, if the leaders lose their heads and become drunk with success, or if their mobs overwhelm them, they will have started something that they will regret and for which posterity will never forg:ve them. Let us enumerate the groups that are being attracted to the popular front camp. They are the sakdalists, the fol lowers of General Emilio Aguinaldo and Bishop Gre gorio Aglipay, perhaps the tangulans, and, of course, eve ry brand of men who h ve fancied or real grievances against the ruling party or the present administration. Let me hasten to add that of experts with a demonstrathere will also be, have already been, convictions and ideals will trek to the new conso lidated party, either from the Quezon fold or from ranks as there men of who sought. Our able EXPERTS sample of that the Popular the themselves There is that the by their planning t.ion, resorting to violence if thi* is necessary to carry out their plan. But the point is not the threat but the belief from which the derives its inspiration. false plan GIRLS, HAVE YOU SELECTED YOUR PROFESSION YOUR BUSINESS? Enroll at the "VISAYAN SCHOOL OF MODIFIED HAIR SCIENCE” ENTRANCE FEE: P10.00 ONLY. instructor? sms. r. de morante Experienced Aguinaldo Graduate Juan Luna Corner Manalili Sts. Cebu City i It is stated that Benigno Ramos was in Washington at the time that President Que zon was there; that he had overshadowed the Philippine President with his presence; that he had asked President Roosevelt to grant an earlier independence than the Tydings-McDuffie law provides; and that, in response to his plea, the American President is now sending the joint com mittee to see if the alleged Ramos plea can be granted. Because of this report, which the sakdalists are reported to believe implicity, in spite of the fact that Ramos has not and cannot leave Japan for being arrested, they are bent on meeting the MacMurray committee If President Roosevelt is sending i t in response to Ramos’ plea, the sakdalists must simply meet the group and show that they approve Ramos’ all their hearts. If Ramos had American soil he been immediately collared and deported to the Philippines for trial and conviction. This should be proof enough that he has never been in Ameri ca. As every intelligent per son knows, the committee is the tangible result of Presi dent Quezon’s work in Wash ington. It was formed fol lowing consultations with him. In fact, he appointed the coommittee’s Filipino members who constitute about half of the entire group. And the committee is not coming here to hear pleas for immediate or remote inde pendence, but to make some inquiries regarding the most practical and equitable liquid ation of Philippine-American economic relations, and in reference not only to the provisions of the Independ ence Act but also the Quezon Plan for independence in 1939. It will be a reflection on the understanding and judgement of those responsible if they were to publicly misunder stood or misconstrue the mis sion of the committee. FIRST JOB OF POPULAR FRONT (Continued on pa^c action with set foot on would have October, 1937 GUARD 9 WILL SOON BE AS POSSIBLE September 27, 1937 is me morable in the province of Cebu when the first military parade was successfully held. The rally was participated by Reserve Officers of the Train ing Corp3 of the Visayan institute, Junior College, Southern Institute and San Carlos College. The significant military parade was attended by about 1,000 cadets of the colleges in the second city of the Phil ippines. And due to the abled leadership of Commandants Alejandre, Calderon, Flores and Javelosa, the expected at tendance was realized. When the time fixed for assemblage was due, all the cadets were well posted in the Plaza Independencia. From here the military parade started passing on the Morga, Mabini, Magallanes, Juan Lu na and Jones Avenue streets down to the Normal Ground where the review was held. The reviewing officers were composed of Hon. Paul Güilas, Dean Julio Pongan, Engineer Jereza, Rev. Fr. A. Dingman and Col. Guy Fort. These officers were accompanied by the beautiful sponsors of the different R.O.T.C. save the San Carlos College’s which has none for reason that the college has no lady students. Perhaps due to the fact that the rally was first of its kind, people flocked in the streets where the future officers of our army passed. In the Normal Ground where the review was held, about 10,000 people witnessed the all-soldiery-m ovement of Cebu’s prospective Reserve Officers. The successful per formance of the embryo of ficers can partly be attributed to the inspiring music played by the famous Philippine Army Band. It is expected by the school authorities and as well as the public that the next R.O.T.C. rally which will be held some times next year, will be more successful for that will be the second year of their (ROTC) existence except the Junior College’s. According to Assemblyman Vicente Rama, author of Cebu charter, the special law for Cebu City will he amended. He has already the tentative plan of the future amendment of the law. With the present law for, Cebn City, the people residing in this locality will be allowed to vote for the provincial can didates. This part according to the author will be amended. The city risedents will not be allowed to elect the provincial candidates for reason that the city having a special law is not categorically speaking a part of the province of Cebu. The Cebu City as it ought to be treated a separate pro vince. Until now the municipal board of Cebu City is sending its resolutions aud ordinances to the provincial board of Cebu. Again this part of the law is somewhat rediculous for the municipal board of Cebu City is supposed to send all its resolut ons and ordi nances to the department of interior for approval or disap proval. When Assemblyman Rama of the fourth district of Cebu was asked with regard to the possibility of the amendment, he said, that the said amend ment will have an easy sailing for there are only two As semblymen for political reason, who are against the complete separation of Cebu City from the province of Cebu. So in some future election, it is expected that Cebu City residents will be allowed only to vote for the members of municipal baord and the natio nal candidates and that the said municipal board should not send anymore its resolu tions and ordinances to the provincial board, but it should be sent direct to the depart ment of interior. 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These are themat rial The irregular divisions will the operative, the aerial, and be made up of some 400,000 the social strategy. Each of Brownshirts, 200,000 Black thorn the have its own special shirts, 250,000 members of significance, its own answer, the Militarized Labour Serand only the sum can throw vice, 50,000 members of the ligth on the result. The strategy Militarized Nazi Corps of that reueals most simply the Motorists, 150,000 policemen, situation is that of purely and 50,000 of the “Frontier material force—men, weapons Defence”. and products, which all to- This is an impressive fightgether yield thejmodern fight- ing force of well-trained men, ing army. What armies are but Germany will be less Facism and Socialism array- fortunante in her second line, in agianst each other? A considerable part of the In any case a tremendous German nation will actively human mass must be set in be against Hitler and his war. motion, not only 1 to serve In no circumstance will the and move forward the huge assembly and addition of fresh modern machines of war and divisions go so smoothly for motors, but also in order, Hitler as for Hindenburg and with the thelp and under co- Ludendorff, and the longer ver of these machines, to the war lasts, the more will light, to attack, to storm and this be the case. to occupy. ' Russia will have the larger A “war wihout men” is army. 'The peace army of the the romantic fiction of the U S. S R numbers today modern m ilitary individualists. 1,300,000 men in 139 divisions, On the contrary, never will and now the age of military the demand for man power, service has been lowered so and indeed for trained, qua- that this number may underlified man-power, be so great go further increase. 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Here again The theory of the “low the strategists of the old level” of the Russian soldiers school reckon that the 40,000 is an old piece of twaddle Soviet officers, young and The soldiers of the Tsar in “inexperienced” Red lieute1914 were incomparably worse nants and captains from the armed and animated by much villages and factories, will less will to victory than the fail miserably in leadership German soldiers; their po- compared with the lieutenants, wers of endurance were captains and generals of the greater. The Socialist soldiers classic military power of Gerof the U. S. S R. in 1936, many, the finest military in their level of military caste in the world. training, of tactical and tech- That sounds serious. But nical knowledge, of physical it is a comic fact that in fighting ability and adapta- 1793 and later precisely the bility, take their place at same thing was though and least in the ranks of the written concerning the young ranks of the finest armies in officers the French Revoluthe world tion before their encounters Today the Soviet infantry with the worthy generals, is not inferior in battle to princes and other hereditary the French. The Soviet ca- wearers of epaulettes in the valry is recognized even by Austrian and Russian armies Germans as the strongest in This is a very amusing Europe, and it is a direct thesis, deriving from those consequence of this recogni- who sincerely believe the tion that Hitler and Blom- military art to be a kind of berg have provided such a divinely inherited and inviosurprisingly high number of lable monopoly attribute of cavalry divisions for their a certain caste; instead of new army: twelve of them knowing that it is the proagainst twenty-four infantry duct and achievement of the divisions. This proportion is social class in ascendancy at not even approximated in any the time. other big European army, 'In history, in the long run, and its purpose is simply it is always the generals of NUMERIANO ESTENZO ABOGADO-NOTARIO PUBLICO Ups La Perla Del Sur (Platería —Agencia) Tel. 642-R P. O. Box 420 476-478 Manalili, Cebu City GflSLflH SUPPLY 171 Plaridel Street Cebu City, Philippines The Store Sells All Kinds Of Lamps, Steel Beds and Furniture. We Receive Orders From The Provinces October 1937 GUARD 11 the youthful, rising classes and their states who have been the victors; and always the socially declining*, reaction ary castes who have lost. The Socialist officers are the most youthful in the world. They have, however, on their side, not only the experience of the last World War, in which numuen of them fought; they have also the experience of the Russia i Civil War, which represen ted an extraordinarily extens re strategy with extraor dinarily small quantities. And 16,000 of them had training in one of the thirteen mili tary academies maintained by the Soviet Union. What of equipment? It has been estimated that Germany of spending twice as much on arms at present as did the Germany of 1931. German industry is already turning out monthly for the Hitler army up to 500 guns and 200 tanks. After the outbreak of war it will be in a posi tion probably to supply up to 3,000 guns every mouth, 25,003 machine guns, and 1,000 tanks. The new German army is equipping its division with 400,450 machine guns and 189 light and heavy guns. There are also special artillery formations for the different corps and army groups. It has created a special tank force under separate com mand, and, above all, ?is developing, as a new mass shock-weapon it light twoman tank of special design (with safety gun slit, revol ving firing seat, etc.) with which the of every Ger man motor works is packei out today. The new German machine gun is said to be superior to the French. When once again this con centrated destructive mass is trained on the Russian lines it will find more than lightly armed men opposing it. In the last war for every shrap nel shell fired by the Rus sians 300 were fired by the eveiny. That will not happen again. The Russian army is the most extensively motorized in the world, and its equip ment is thoroughly modern. The Russian tank-force is unequalled, and there is no army better prepared to wage chemical warfare. But the front line armies may not be enough. Which of the nations can endure morel The struggle will be so better, so intensive, that even the briefest period will be enough to create an urgent need for all the material that exists at present to be re placed. A modern “mechanical di vision”, which carries with it 180 200 light and heavy guns, 450 tanks, 2,000-3,000 motor vehicles, ammunition and rations for 20,000 men, telephone and wireless plant, bridging material and the rest—is like some giant octo pus, which must uninterrup tedly be nourished, put to gether, transported, and fi nally sent up in smoke. And all this material must be produced without pause in the hinterland. The slightest pause in the supply would mean that this mechanical oc topus would come to a stop, and at that moment it would be destroyed by that of the enemy. Every such division deve lops a demand for foodstuffs, metal, oil, explosives, vehi cles, and the raw material known as money, in amounts on which formerly not only entire armies could subsist— but entire nations. Russia should outlast Ger many. Compared with Ger many the Soviet Union today commands: 125 times as much petroleum, five times as much grain, three and one-third times as much live-stock, twice as much copper, the same amount of steel, rather more iron and electrical po wer, half-again as many work ers and employees, rather less coal. Against this Germany pos sesses in comparison with the Soviet Union a network of railways nearly twice as dense (in proportion to po pulation,), a mercantile marine three times as large. But the Socialist state can supply its troops with more metal weapons with incom parably more motor fuel, and will certainly be able to feed its forces better. Now at last the boundless Russian soil is being conquered. 650,000 tons of meat, 1 7 million tons of fish, 2 5 million tons of sugar, 43 million tons of potatoes, and 102 million tons of grain form the food-basis of the U. S. S. R. in the pre sent year. Meanwhile Germany still has to import foodstuffs to the value of 1.4 milliard marks a year. She has a chronic deficit on fats: even today her towns have not enough butter and her popu lation is being urged to con sume as littls tea, coffee, co con, rice and other “Semitic” and “Mongolian” produce as possible. And it must be remembered, when one considers operative strategy, that again geograp hy in the West as in the East, is on the side of the Soviets. The Fascists will find an effective penetration of Russia extremely difficult. They have based their hopes on a surprise attack in which their superior navy would play an important part. Until recently that surprise attack might just possibly have worked. Russia was weak, in transport. But now with ar terial roads built, with motor ears of all kinds being turned out in vastly increasing num bers, with the intensive imporvement of railway facili ties, the possibilities of fast, surprise movement on the part of Germany has decreas ed, for now Russia can bring up force to block it. It is a long road from the border to Russia’s vital points, and every week increased the difficulty of that road to an enemy. (To be continued] Platería Joyería y Relojería 150 PLARIDEL, CEBU CITY Recibe toda clase de trabajos consernientes al ramo» especialmente en los trabajoR de fantasia. FAUSTINO C. MENDOZA Manager FLORENCIO R. UROT Abogado—Notario Publico Upstairs Jureidini Bldg. Borromeo St. Cebu City FRñNCSCO REMOTIQUE Lawyer—Notary Public RUFETE JAKOSALEM Corners Mártires & Manalili Streets Tel. 787 Cebu City CEBU CAFE Pansiteria & Refreshments Near UPS Theatre 250 Colon Street Cebú City 12 GUARD October 1937 THE GOVERNMENT TRIES PROPAGANDA The commonwealth of the Philippines has adop ted a queer weapon—the strangest so far io its armory -to fight unrest and bring about peace and contentment among the masses. Americans harshly label it as propaganda. Germany’s Dr, Goebels quali fies the like of it as the “pro per presentation of the truth,” Our own officials use neither term; to them it is nothing but a campaign to bring the government closer tp the peo ple. Propaganda Jó?. Unrest A large and competently staffed Information Board han dles one end of this enterprise for the government; a squad of constantly travelling depart ment secretaries, and the Pres ident, bent on seeing to it that the Commonwealth is published in the right way, take charge of the other end. Radicalism in the island is being fought relentlessly today by the government—terror with terror, force with force, propaganda with propaganda. Five cabinet members, armed with orders from the President, take turns—some times jointly—in pushing through the propaganda compaign. If you are a poor tenant, and you have taken the no tion that something some where is wrong —particularly7 with regards to the present order of society—or you have allowed yourself to be banded with fellowtenants for a com mon cause, very likely you have heard of the government propaganda already. You probably have attended no less than three public meetings already and in all three meetings you have been told that President Quezon is magnificent statesman, that the Commonwealth under his capable administration is a success, that you should place explicit faith in him that he has the interest of the com mon tao at heart, and that everything will be all right with you. You have been told, too, that since the Commonwealth was inaugurated, quite a num ber of laws have been enacted by your National Assembly and promptly signed by your President, to ameliorate the lot of the poor. The sum of 7* 1,000,000 his been placed at the disposal of the poor people who may want to go to Min danao to secure their own landholdings; the tenancy law has been modified to suit your needs, and bo on. Soothing Words Well paid orators of the government, appointed in the capacity of public defenders and confidential men, haran gue your kind everywhere. If you have been bold enough in your denunciation against those who oppress the poor in the past, you have, most likely, been visited by special government investigators right where you work. Most likely also, he had out-talked you. You were not aware of it, perhaps, but you were ac tually witnessing how the propaganda machinery of the Commonwealth works. All this may confuse you, at fir3t. You have never had the occasion to witness the likes of it before: there are no candidates, and this is no election time. And yet, hard ly a month passe? without a silver-tongue orator walking up the platform at the plaza of your town. At times the speaker is introduced to you as a Department Secret ary, at other times it is the provincial governor or a goverment investigator. You can always be sure, however, that the theme of the speeches is the same throughout. It is about His Excellency the President and his excellent administration of the affairs of your country, and about the nice things which the gov ernment is doing for you. No Escape From It The Commonwealth is bent on the publicizing itself and when so powerful an institu tion as the state decides to do that, one can be sure it will be thorough and effective. There is no escaping that propaganda. I f you are a radio owner, you are bound to be interrupted in your readings any one night, and told what Mr. Quezon, your leader, is doing in America, what your assemblymen are doing or planning to do to make better your lot. Ques tions, mostly those that bring out some splendid services or undertaking of the Common wealth or of its officials, are answered over the radio and hammered into the public consciousness. Dramatizations of the la bors of “our President” are staged on the air, with some good hired speakers taking the role of President Quezon. Even Hon, Felipe Buencami no, answering questions sup posedly asked him by his in quisitive colleagues in the As sembly, was dramatized on the air recently, under the auspices of the National In formation Board. The pur pose was to inform the pub lic that although it is cost ing the government much money for trans-Paci f ic radiophone service and cable charges, the Quezon trip to Washington is really worth while. The speaker who play ed the role of Buencamino very effectively concluded in Tagalog: “...and our Presi dent is coming home with one hundred million pesos— think of that, one hundred million pesos—secured by him from the treasury of the United States government.” Printed Sheet Like the platform and the air, a portion of local press has been commandeered by the Commonwealth in its drive for self-publicity. President Quezon’s fight for the rejection of the HHC law was effectively aided by a section of the local press. His coalition movement re ceived a similar support and so was his election for the presidency. When he finally assumed the presidency, he did not lose sight of the press in his campaign to win the people to the side of the government, and did every thing to win the press to his side. Publicity Office With a P100,000-appropriation freely granted by the National Assembly, the Com monwealth organized a pub licity office known as the (Continued on page 14) Emiliano Son Pansiteria IS I THE RESTAURANT OF THE ELITE | PERSONS IN CEBU CITY For Order Call Tel. 457 283 Juan Luna, Cebu City Dr. Gabino C. Palacio DENTIST E c Clinic Hour: I 8:00 A. M.—7:00 P. \L 172 D. Jakosalom, St. C^ba City, Philippines Cctober, 1937 GUARO 13 For An... {Continued from pageS) IS EDUCATIONAL Thus it ¡?, evident that the first tasks of the Popstar Front party, after it has cap italized the credulity ot po tential followers, will be to displace mythical and bank rupt direction with sane and resonsible leadership. The new party must recruit followers, it is true, by baiting them with a semblance of affinity in political beliefs and ideals. But once recruited, the re cruits must be educated and converted. The various fact ions, after they have con verged, must themselves be integrated or there will be war among themselves. This job will be difficult. But there are men in the Popular Front who should be able to do it. It will be in its accomplishment that the statesmanship of Sumulong, the judiciousness of Abeto, the foresight of Jaranilla, the generalship o f Alejandrino, the spirituality o f Bishop Aglipay, and the unifying genius of Aguinaldo will serve the party in good stead. “It is safer for the count ry,” a thoughtful public of ficial said just the other day, referring to the Popular Front party, “for intelligent men to take our radicals of all brands under their wings. 1 shall fell much safer with the sakdalists, the Commu nists, and the tangulans under the influence and leadership of Sumulong, Abeto, Alejan drino and Jaranilla than un der the spell of Kamos ” The sentiment he expressed, it is safe t<> assert, is repres entative of Chat of every thoughtful citizen. Self-seek ing, irresponsible leadership by agitators has been behind our radical movements. If the EUGENIANO 0. PEREZ ATTORNEY-AT LAW Tel. 787 Corner Mártires & Manalili Streets. CEBU, CEBU, PHILIPPINES Popular Front party succeeds in replacing it with some thing truly sane and respon sible, it will quickly win public gratitude. UNIFYING ISSUE INITIAL NEED OF NEW PARTY It has been stated that Uni ted States High Commissioner McNutt’s July 4 dissertation on democracy has given the Front its rallying cry. If this is true, the High Cmmissioner has contributed something of lasting value to Philippine politics. He has thus not only created an issue; he has shown that there are political issues lying around waiting to be picked up. The Popular Front party needs a platform that not only will attract followers but will also serve as a program of constructive accomplishments once given the reins of gov ernment by popular vote. And this is the time to select the timber for its planks. The co ming into fore of a National Contitution is the time to de fine a cleavage between poli tical thought and norms, It was during the first years cf the American Constitution that Jefferson and Hamilton evolved the respective philo sophies of the Democratic and Republican parties and their forerunners. So far, however, the new party’s acts have been charac terized by exaggerated criti cisms and pointless polemics. If it waste away its energies on nonsensicals and nonessentials, it will have no strenght for a worthy cause. It is time that it draft a program of con structive activity and the hus band its energies and resour ces for its accomplishment. Independer se as a political issue is passe. Our voters know by now that it is far more important that we pre pare ourselves properly for independence than cry for its grant at the earliest date A new party that can present no better issue than indepen dence at an early or late date has today no excuse for being. How shall we solve our eco nomic problems? How shall we allow our government to develop under the Constitu tion; shall it be centralized or decentralized? Sha’l we observe the coordination of departmenr and the system of check and balance, or shall we give supremacy to the Judiciary, Executive or Le gislature? How shall we best secure international security? How can we effectivly carry out the objective of free uni versal education required by the Constitution? These a- d other equally im portant matters could serve as the basis af a comprehen sive platform. The Popular Front party must explore them thoroughly for promi sing planks. AGITATION AND CONS TRUCTION GO TOGETH ER It is true that parties out of power must create discon tent against the party in po wer. But it is an opposition party’s responsibility and duty to satisfy, when given a chance, the very discontent that it may thus create. To fail to do this is to be short on the constructive side of politics. The Popular Front party has been most efficient in creating discontent again? t Quezon administration. It has, however, shown no evi dence that it will be able to satisfy the discontent that it is creating. And it needs net be said that it is such a dis crepancy as this that has been responsible for every po litical chaos resulting from a change party, regime or order. Let us take care that we do not lead the country into chaos—that the profound stir ring among our masses will not become a national com motion, a fatal convulsion. * * * IGYIIIO Till.illilV; AND Dry Cleaning 66-68 JUAN LUNA St. Cebu City, PHILIPPINES PROMPT, EFFICIENT AND COURTEOUS SERVICE ARE GUAR ANTEED BY THE MANAGEMENT. TRY AND YOU WILL BELIEVE IT. Antonio K. Ignacio Mgr. & Prop. 14 GUARD October, 1937 The Government... (Continued from page IS) National Information Board. The Board, staffed with able writers weaned away from the newspaper profession, is headed by Ex-Editor Mauro Mendez. The board arranges radio programs, books com memorating the progress of the people under the Com monwealth government, pamphlets telling the masses what the Commonwealth is doing for them. Informative leaflets, translated into the different dialects, on how to acquire homesteads, on the relations between tenants and landlords, and containing all legislative enactments design ed to improve the lot of the masses, are printed under the auspices of the Board. These are circulated in the pro vinces free of charge. The board’s latest move to fight restlessness will soon be evident in the form of a news organ published in English phd in Tagalog. The news sheets, which is being printed by the government printing office, will Boon be dis tributed free of charge. It is gossipy and is patterned after the ¡Sakdal) or similar radical papers. It will, however, have a different end: to sell the government to the people and answer attacks hurled by redical newspapers against the government. An example of the need of information on government afffairs may be had from re cent press discussions about the necessity of the President having a private chapel at Malacañang and of having a yacht like the Casiano.. Any one whose motive is to arouse popular hatred against"'gov ernment officials, and against our leaders, can go very far — if there is nobody in the government to answer back and enlighten the public on government necessities. Choice Speakers A policy handed down re cently with regards to the choice of government inves tigators, confidential m é n, and public defenders, lends strength to the view that ths Commonwealth will persist ently push the publicity campaign. Preference, it has been gathered in government circles, is given to “good pub lic speakers” of the appoint ment of public defenders, gov ernment investigators, and confidential men. Thus, if a lawyer is to be appointed pub lic defender, he should have a sweet tongue, and a good com mand of sugarcoated words. The purpose, of coarse, is clear: the government wants to utilize their services in the publicity campaign. By now, the public will have noticed how arduously Depart ment Secretaries have taken to the task of pacifying the mas ses and of publicizing the gov ernment. Such campaigns were quite unknown during the pre Common wealth era. A comparison between the kilometrical speeches being deli vered by our Department Secretaries in their provincial inspection trips today, and those of the members of the cabinet of any American Gov ernor-General, will give any one an idea of the extent of that campaign. Benefits— But Where? President Quezon is not the first executive to employ pro paganda to win the people to his administration. Not less than 100 newspaper men have been established be hind the Rooseveltian breast works to serve out New Deal ammunition in the United States. Every branch of the U. S. government, almost every bureau of each depart ment, reveals T. G. Joslin, Hoover’s former secretary, ha9 at least one former Wa shington correspondent on its pay rolls. The propaganda, for the Commonwealth is as .vet too young to be judged. One dis concerting the fact about it however, in the opinion of observers, is that while so much is being done by the government to inform the people of wh*t it is doing for them, so little is being received by them in the form of tan gible relief. They are told of their improved conditions and of the government aids being given then. But the*y ask: where are those and in what form are they given us? Propaganda: Dangerous Tool In a young country like the Philippines, the dangers of propaganda cannot be Over looked. The dangers become even more apparent when such a propaganda is coupled with a gagged press and bans free speech which, fortunatetly, is not yet the case local!. There is obviously, need here for a campaign of in formation, particularly if that campaign is limited to enli ghtening the mases on their rights, and on their opportun ities for improving their lots in life. It is the observation, however, that side by side with that campaign, should be some workable schemes to improve the conditions of our masses. In Italy, Germany, and Russia, people have been ma de to forget what they want or what they need. Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin—all three did it through propaganda. One former head of an European press burean revealed that in many places in Italy, and in Germany, the people, althou gh persecuted and spied upon by fellowmen, think that they enjoy greater freedom than any other people on the earth. They look upon American de mocracy as a failure and as a land of riot, lynching,fstrikea, gangsters, and public enemies. While many of them suffer from want, they think they are happier than other peo ples. Propaganda made them feel that way. Are we to have an equal of that in the Philippines? The President has alreadv made clear his desire to have a government-controlled radio station to broadcast govern ment information to the peo ple. Whsre is this‘leading to ? Go Chan Co., Inc. General Importers TEL. 386 99-101 Magallanes St. MAIN LINE: Building Material Hardware Porcelainware Glassware Enamelware P. 0. BOX 18 Cebu, Cebu, Philippines SOLE DISTRIBUTORS Primus Incandecent Lanterns Aladdin Mantle Lamps Continental Fishing Lights “Camel” Brand Paint & Oil “P” Brand Ultramarine Blu$ SCHOOL SUPPLIES Cocoa Coffee Cornstarch Sugar Etc, Etc, October, 1937 GUARD 15 UPS THEATRE Showing: OCTOBER 27—28 WEDNESDAY—THURSDAY FLORA ROBSON LESLIE BANKS in “FAREWELL AGAIN” COMEDY ROMANCE-DRAMA OCTOBER 29—NOVEMBER 1 FRIDAY—MONDAY DORIS NOLAN—JOHN BOLES in “AS GOOD AS MARRIED” NEW ROMANCÉ DRAMA OCTOBER 21-22 THURSDAY-FRIDAY “ S w i f t y ” ACTION’ THRILLING’ ? IH. LIAO , Of Silitnaft Institute, General Managed October, 1937 GUARD lfi Peppery Letter To The Guard September 30, 1937 The Editor, The Guard, Ceba City. Sir: With reference to your editorial in your Sept ember issue, I wish to inform you that no lady special policeman or regular policewoman or lady seoret service agent has been employed by the City of Cebu since its inauguration as such. If you want to verify this statement you can consult the records of the Commissioner of Public Safety who is authorized to make appointments of policemen, secret service agents, and the so-called special police man. You can also consult the records in the City Treasurer’s office and the City Auditor's office to find if any lady is on the payroll of the City Police Department. Your editorial on this matter is malicious, highly reproaohable, lacks decency and underserving pub licity. This clearly shows the absence of the sense of delicacy, self-respect and responsibility on the part of the author whom I have the pleasure to know. If you only took the trouble of inquiring about the truth of this case, you would not have misrepresented the facts. If you want to be fair you will publish this letter in The Guard and give it the same pro minence as you gave your news about this matter. Very truly yours, 8. G VERGARA Captain, P.A. Acting Chief of Police REPLY TO CAPI. VERGARA’S LETTER 235 Juan Luna, Cebu October 4, 1937 Capt. S. Vergara Acting Chief of Police Cebu City Dear Captain: We acknowledged the receipt of yonr letter dated September 30, 1937. Although your letter is Very discrediting to our paper, yet we have got to run it to show our fairness and impartiality to the public We regret to be informed that Charito Rodríguez was not appointed as Special Secret Service. So that if she wai not really appointed, then your rectification will be enough to satisfy the public- Hence, your seoond paragraph is already a superfluous part in recti fying the article which was published in this paper. But one thing our deat Captain. If Charito Rod ríguez has no connection whatsoever in the city police force, we would like to invite your attention to make the necessary investigation because some have seen her badge engraved Special Secret Service. We were informed that even one of the members of the local Philippine Army has seen that girl using that badge so that he was misunderstod t< o. Believing it is h'gh time to suppress the impostors if that girl acted like one, then we expect you to dis courage her if proved making use out of the alleged fake badge in her possession. Very respectfully, I he GUARD By Alej. 8 Forhira Commonwealth Of The Philippines City Of Cebu Notice is hereby given that a committee composing of the Municipal Judge, (Jity Treas urer, and Supervising Teacher will select the Model Indus trial Laborer end the Model Employer in the City of Cebu in connection with the second anniversary of the Common wealth of the Philippines on November 15, 1937. The Model Industrial Labo rer and the Model Employer of the Philippines shall be chosen by elimination in the following manner: 1. A model industrial labo rer and a model employer in >ach municipality shall be chosen by municipal boards of judges composed of the justice of the peace, as chair man and of the supervising teach r and the municipal treasurer (now city treasurer), as members. 2 From among these model industrial laborers and model employers of the municipalities the model industrial laborer shall be chosen by the provin cial board, of judges 3 From among the model industrial laborers and model employers of the provinces Model Industrial Laborer and the Model Employer of the Philippines shall be chosen by the Central Subcommittee appointed by the Common xoealth Anniversary Commit tee. A cash prize of Five Hun dred Pesos (P500) each shall be awarded to the Model Homesteader, the Model 7e want and the Model Industrial Laborer of the Philippines at Malucaftang Palace in the afternoon of November 15, 1*37, second anniversary of Commonwealth Arrangements are being made with leading Philippine transportation companies for the free transportation of the winners from their homes to Manila and back. A diploma shall be awarded to the Model Employer of the Philippines. Any person desiring to par ticipate in the selection of models, as stated above, may appear in the office of the Municipal Judge of this City at any time during off ce hours beginning this dute where blank forms will be provided for accomplishment by the interested party. THE COMMITTEE: CHAIRMAN: (SGD.)TERESO M, DOS DOS Municipal Judge MEMBERS: (SGD.) F. BUÑAG City Treasurer and (SGD.) M. E, RAMOS Supervising Teacher October, 1937 G U A R D 17 MUSSOLINI, HITLER SECRET MILLIONAIRES ------- 000------THE POPULAR FRONT’S AIMS By Atty. PEDRO A. SANTOS Kings, even ex-kings have fabulous fortunes. So have dictators. The only difference, it seems, is that while the riches of monarchs and royal families are of common knowledge, the proportions of dictators’ financial assets are little known. Two of the world’s greatest “iron men” today—Mussolini and Hitler —are secret millionaires, ac cording to a correspondent of the London Daily Herald. While II Duce’s annual sa lary as Premier of Italy is only §5,250 and he does not draw any salary for his other cabinet positions, he has other sources of income. He owns the newspaper Popolo <PItaliay which has a vast circula tion and high advertising rates. He has large farms. His are the highest paid articles in Italian journalism. His speeches, which are printed and bound in book form, sell like hot cakes. From these inexhaustible sources of revenue is being salted away a private fortune worthy of the founder of the Roman Empire. The Nazi Reichfuehrer’s in come compares favorably with his Italian colleague. Hitler is in fact contented with his private earnings and does not Local Sweepstake Due to the resignation of Hon. Antonio Mansueto as manager for the Chari t y Sweepstake Office for the Vi saras and Mindanao, Mr. Kleuterio Viilarosa has suc ceeded the vacant post. The new manager has taken his job since the beginning of draw his §20,000 pay. He is a partner in the publishing house of the Nazi party, the Franz Eber Verlag. This makes the two dictators about even in so far as publishing income is concerned, In ad dition, there have already been sold more than two and a half million copies of the German edition of his Mein Kamvpf which were disposed of at prices varying from 7 to 12 marks. Millions could have easily been obtained from the royalties accruing from the huge sale. More over, royalties will ever be piling up as every newlymarried German couple must buy a copy of the master piece. Besides the royalties from the German edition, there are those from transi tions. So far the Mein Kampf has been translated ani published in the United States, England, Denmark, Italy, Hungary, Turkey, Spain, Portugal, and Sweden. There is also an Arabic trans lation. No fairly accurate est'mates of Hitler’s and Mussolini’s fortunes can be made, but in ternational observers fgreed they have enough for the proverbial rainy day. Has Nsw Manager thia month. Prior to the appointment of Mr. Viilarosa as the sue cessor of Hon. Mansueto, he has been connected in the Sweep stake Office with splendid records 'The new manager hails from Carcar in this province. JPs-Representative Of late news items have ap peared in the papers concern" ing the activities of the Pop ular Front which show a lack of understanding of the char acter and objectives of this movement. The Popular Fro nt movement has originated in France, but has since been adopted in several countries. These movements are generally coalitions of the democratic, liberal and progressive group against the forces of reaction, privilege and dictatorship. In terms of the local political si tuation, the Popular Front is an alliance of the various op position and minority groups organized present solid front against the reactionary polic ies and fascist tendencies of the two major parties’ lcoalition government. The Popular Front has adopted a program or plat form which sets forth its aims and objectives This plat form declares that the Popular Front is primarily for im mediate, absolute and com plete independence. This dec laration, as contrasted with the provisions of the* Tydings-McDuffie Law regard ing eventual independence, re veals that the groups form ing the Popular Front will not be received by any so called independence plan which at the same time tends to perpetuate the control of American monopoly of capital over the economic life of the islands They want a real not only a formal independence, which would enable the Philippine government to pursue its inde pendent policies in the politi cal and economic field as well as in foreign relations without domination or controlling in fluence of any foreign interest. from Pampanga For thus only can the Filipino people achieve real freedom to direct and shape their na tional life and destiny. The next concern of the Popular Front, according to its program is the betterment of the condition of the masses, especially the workers and tenants. In this connection, in its program, the Popular Front states that “it will strive for the extension of public works, the popular education, higher wages, equi table taxation with graduated increase of income tax, im provement of the standard of living of the workers, social security, old-age pension, strict enfoicement o f the workers’ compensation law, unemployment insurance and relief, strict regulation and eventual government owner ship of public utilities and care of destitute children Hn public institutions ” Lastly, the Popular Front will strive to preserve and safeguard the democratic rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution nnd “shall oppose laws and measures ten ding to abridge the exercise of civil rights such as free dom of the press, academic freedom and freedom of as sembly. The objectives which have been stated constitute the basic points of the program of the Popular Front. The program is, however, much more com prehensive for it aims exten sion of popular suffrage, com plete equality between men women, greater protection and opportunities for the youth of the land, introduc tion of the jury system and abolition of capital punish(Continued on page 18} UM BONFING Y HNOS., INC. Has thousands of cu&tomers because of its various kinds of goods, whioh áre sold at reasonable prices. Come and see the things and you will bo induced to buy some of them. LIN YOK SU, Gen. Manager Tel. 2 P. O. Box 14 193 Magallanes, Cebu City, Philippines Warehouse Tel. 293 18 GU A R D Ojto'r.er, 1937 A. Fortüna, EpiTOR 0. Ba/, Ai). Manager KEEP IT UNDER YOUR HAT I by ----------------------Taga-KOTTA Jr. —------------------- ' 6 s ÍJ N B £ E T C W ” The Oct. 11, numbej of the Bisaya runs /the picture of one Monica among the beau ties in the Bjctorial Section of said monthly. It said among other things that she was a queen in one of the barrios of Leyte, but of all things we know is that she is a “cabaret dancer” of no mean ability, as alleged. You may cross legs with her at the cabaret in Cebu tonight with al] your money’s worth. But before going we may impart into that coco o f yours that the place is where we are treated best and grum bled the most. Did I say she is a bailarina! Tsk, Tsk, Tsk. don’t tell me. Social Note A handsome young but mar ried^ man is always seen going with skirts (not his wife) in his car. The car bears the ensigna of the Manila Trading and we suspect that he is working in said firm. The beautiful thing who is going with him is probably working in the sime company. We suspect, however, it’s no more than an auto-riding. We hope we are allowed to think we were born yesterday. Private 'tens bun Chief Vergara of the City Police Dept is some guy all right The trouble with us is that we developed a strange liking for the Chief. But we are told that the missus would try the rolling pen if he comes back home late is it then, any wonder that we would be forever chasing the Chief for news? The Fien Lost Not so long ago when we were idling at Eden in com pany with an army officer, a physician came in and I had ask^d the officer who that doctor was and he replied that he was an alienist. “Let him examine you,” I muttered, “you think as any other army officer do, you are Quezon”. But all humors ended in a glass of beer. Tit for a Tat The burglar, sensing that his power of committing crime is little less slim on the establishment of the Barben Detective Agency, took occa sion in displaying his wares in the heart of the City. In this connection, we hope to say whether it was a case of a man bites a dog and not a dog bites a man in which case constitute a news. Don’t tell me. Talk about detection. Very Pond. VVe are looking forward to seeing Chief Vergara in the Front Page Faces in a Manila weekly. Oh, this strange feeling, this striking admiration for hipa equal to our hatred of the Castor Oil. My nerve, my nerve! Front Page Faces When Mayor Jacinto was pointed out in this column to have become a meniature Kandolph Hearst of this side of the globe on account of the fact that he became the pub lisher of the “Timog” another budding writer crop up in the person of Chief Vergara. But we shall not forget that Vergara is still a poor writer and like a poor athlete, he is celebrated for his stamina at mealtimes. And when he writes on things aside from police training, it’s just like listening t » Jack Dempsey lecturing on compa ny of matters -a case away from pugilism. We add that on reading Chief Vergara’s, I felt I was listening to prea cher talking on matters of fi nance. Breast Up We do not harbor any fond feeling for Segundo Abellanosa but just the same we put our hat off to him for his celebrated evasion from con viction of the crime in con nection with his former posi tion in the government service. There are people who still brush elbows with the Cebu’s 400-seemingly unaware of the past. But the people know where they stand and S. AbeL lanosa’* presence keeps on reminding them of the City Hall’s scandal greater than the Engineer Island could ever sto mach. Life of the Party She is Meding by the name. Never mind the full name Let it go at that. She belong® FRAGV1 AT1SVI Current history points out oft-trodden maiu-rut*ub to poweT. O e ia direct- the other, subtle. Only the peculiar temparament of the particular nation being broken for the yoke and harness determines the choice as to which road is going to be followed. What ever means is followed, the suc cess attained will be no posi tive: for Politics is the one game where “the end justifies the means”, obviously. The direct method to poli tical power is founded on the psychology of fear. It is at tained by the unhesitating use of military power and devious trickery, often under the guise of intense nationalism. The subtle method is a slo wer process, but it is more insidious and often leads to a more absolute dictatorship than is possible in the direct method. It is founded on class feeling, op the basis of intensely awakened hatred of one class for another, kt is, above all, founded on the suc cessful winning of the confi dence of a large sector of the public, often at the expense of the right of the others, and of truth. Both are different raods that lead to the same end; they both result in the complete route of democracy. Which method would any one desiring to the social cream, so she thinks. She would cut short some too ambitious young men in search for her favor, ehy, a dance. The impostors, she thinks. Not of my kind, she would add. She goes to the “cozy corner.”- She is seen together with the boys of her kind, with the same dress on for always, yet she has the nerve to cut short these am bitious young men. She has decided to put on new dresses but she is of limited income. A practising attorney steps in the scene. But the 1-wyer knows his onions Climax: She’s heading for the column of Rafael Bautista in the Daily Gossips, A D VERTIS ER. Curtain falls down. Deaf ening applaus Incore, Incore IN POLITICS to reach that end use in our country? The year of Spanish domination would suggest the direct method: those years have left behind a people well broken to the yoke. But the presence of American sove reignty changes the picture entirely. Ooviously, no raw direct method would be suf fered to go unmolested and abetted by American acquiesence. Hence the subtle, the insidious method is the only one left available. Those who believe in demo cracy, therefore, must be on the watch, constantly and aler tly, for the shadow that creeps in the night. They must be taught to fear the poisoned sugar as well ns the whip. — o — Cebu 1938... (Continued from page /) —o — admissions to the carnival ground and so many sideshows that are coming so as to par ticipate the carnival which is intended for the Rizal Me morial, it is believed by many Cebuanos that the carnival will be the most successful of all the carnivals held the Em pire Province of Cebu. Cebu Road.. (Continued, from page /) —o— and decided to proceed to the City Theatre when the drama colled LUNO will be staged on November 16, 19^7. The Fopukr... (Continued from page 17) ment It opposes the use of firmed forces against nationals in strike and conflicts between 1 r. bi^r aid ca pi tn 1. 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