Evening Star Newspaper, January 13, 1921, Page 6

~ THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1921 THE EVENING STAR, _ WASHINGTON, D. C. THYRSDAY, .. .January 13, 1981 —_—— THEODORE W. NOYES. . . . Editor The Evening Star Newspsper Company ek e e patee, - H .. Office: First National Bank Build] The with the Sanday mornin edition, is by carriers within the city 100 cents per moathy dally caly, € ceats per | a ‘-g; be ers senf Collection is mac each mop yr., $8.40; 1 mo., 70c Daily only .. 7., $6.00; 1 mo., 50c Sunday only -1yT., §3.40; 1 mo., 20¢ All Other States. nday.1 yr., $10.00; 1 mo., 85¢ e i ‘u.g; 1mo.. s0c Daily and Sunday. 1yr. Mr. Harding and His Party. ‘After his interview with Mr. Hard- ing at Marion Monday, Dr. Jacob Gould Schurmann said: o “I was deeply impressed with Sen- ator "Harding's_desire and determi- hation to give the best possible serv- ive to this country. He will.not for- et the republican party. but I real ize that he is persuaded that the party can best help itself by serving the 7 best, and in his program. co of the country would come This is the true note. “He serves his party best who serves his country best.” Mr. Harding could not forget his party without forgetting himself and the circumstances and conditions of his elevation to the presidency. He was nominated and elected as a re- publican. He stood upon a platform proclaiming republican principles. In all of his campaign speeches he pledged himself to these principles. He must now, of course, address him- self to the effort of stamping those principles on legislation. His recom- mendations to Congress must tally with the Chicago creed. As for instance, he must stand for protection in the matter of tariff re- vision. He must stand for private ownership and operation in the mat- ter of railread transportation. He must stand for private ownership and operation of the American merchant marine. He must stand for sound finance in accordance with the repub- lican record on that subject. In standing for these things will not Mr. H: , as President, be standing for the best interests of the country? Proteetion has been tried, and has justified itself. Our railroad transportation has reached its impres- sive proportions under private owner- ship and operation. And why should not water transportation be built up in the same way? And the republican party has shown, particularly in the past quarter eentury, that its finan- cial policy is sound to the core. ——————— The Payne-Aldrich Tariff. Many business men appearing be- fore thé ways and means committee of the House In the hearings on tariff revision suggest the temporary re- enactment of the schedules of the Payne-Aldrich law as the most ef- fective meafy ©of preventing “the dumping ' of' European manufactures on the markets of the Unijted States.”; That law was enacted in 1909, near- 1y twelve years ago. It was faghioned for ¢conditions of peace in this country and abroad. It provoked the angriest contest over the tariff question that! had been.known in years, It split the republican party wide open, giving the Hotse elected next vear to the democrats, and paving the way -for the full’ demgcratic triumph of-1912. One of the criticisms of Mr. Taft in his campaign for re-election was based on the fact that he had .signed the Payne-Aldrich measure. Since then the democrats -have dis- placed the Payne-Aldrich law with ‘a law drafted on low tariff lines. A world war has been fought, with| America participating, and business all over the world dislocated. That dislocation still continues, although the armistice was signed over two years ag¥ and trading among the na-i i 15 being conducted with many ‘3‘@’, o e k¥ ko PiyngAldrich law, re- the Books, meet the existing business+ei¢ifation® - Nts°re-enactment would’ i} the : éiyétgnatances be the most, remarkable, thing in gur, whole congressional history. e i There Wwill' be dancing on the 4th| of March and music-and general fes. ! tivity, even thaugh the' pension office is dot to ‘be @vailable for these pur- poses. - * . A i The Canadian wilds should be pro- vided with Bangars and balicon sta- tions. A cabinet forecaster is one of the | people who insist that it is cvery} man's privilege to change his mind. | —————— For Grade Crossing Elimination. A conference has just been held in | this city in the interest of the estab-| lishment of uniforh standardized traffic rules throughout the country wupplyving to the highways as well as| the city streets. The purpose of this | «ffort is to leseen the danger on the road through failyre of uniformity | and resultant misunderstanding. | Progress was made foward that cnd, and it is hoped that soom a definite| code of road rules will be adopted by | all the states. . . One of thé piost fmportant results of the conference was its expression of approval of the present effort to eliminate dangerous-grade crossings end its recommendation that “solfar as meacticable dangerous. grade cross. ings De avolded im fnfyre condtruc- tion and those now existing’be elimi- {liquids are more abundant. and a few between horsedrawn ve- hicles and_trains—always trains. In aadftion many tundreds of lives were lost in non-vebicle cases. At the end of October it was noted' that 1,301 people had been: killed at grade cross- ings in six months. : There will be grade crossing déaths as long as these places are allowed to remain. At the recent conference held here it was felt that the best course was tq provide for warning signals. All grade crossings are to be classified as “ordinary” or ‘“dan- gerous.” the latter to be marked “with ‘the | uniform and conspicuous signs speci- fying the speed at which such cross- ings may be crossed, obedience to such speed restrictions to be require by law.” 1t is 1o be noted that the conference did not propose that all vehicles should be absolutely halted before crossing tracks. Under this rule, as adopted, @ person crossing the track at the speed specified by law is within his rights, and if an accident occars the responsibility rests upon the railroad company. Warning signs will not prevent grade crossing accidents. Only phys- ical barriers set when a train is within the danger zone will safeguard the road users. Railroads that continue to use grade crossings should be com- pelled at all points to maintain such barriers ‘under the penalty of assum- ing full liability for deaths or dis- ablements that occur upon their tracks. The French Ministerial Crisis. By an overwhelming vote—433 to 125—the French chamber of deputies yesterday declared lack of confidence in the ministry of Premier Georges Leygues, who promptly tendered the resignation of himself and his col- leagues, which was accepted by Presi- dent Millerand. The fall of the Leygues’ cabinet has been expected for some time, as its course in hand- ling the German indemnmity question has not been approved generally by the country. The disposition of Leygues to seek counsel of Premier Lloyd George at every move has cre- ated a feeling of profound dissatisfac- tion in France, especially as the Brit- ish premier has been quoted as ex- pressing his distaste at consultation with a French ministry of “nobodies.” A more vigorous policy respecting the German indemnities is demanded. As ‘exponents of such a policy the names of former President Poincare, former Premier Viviani and Raoul Peret are now advanced as possible successors to Levgues. Any one of these will be acceptable on the score of the indemnity issue. But there are factional elements that make the se- lection of Viviani and Peret difficult and doubtfuk. Poincare may be the President's nominee. He has re- entered political life since his retire- ment -from the presidency and has shown much vigor and has gained a considerable following in the chamber. A strong French ministry is highly to be desired in the interest of Euro- pean peace. Further estrangement between France and England would be most unfortunate, and the present hope is that Millerand will find a suc- cessor to Leygues who can organize a ministry capable of cammanding.a large sustaining vote in the deputies and of restoring bearty and sincere relations wijth Great Britain, what- ever policy may be adopted respécting the ‘German reparations. : —— et e Roosevelt and' Clemenceau. - Upon laying down the duties of the presidency, Theodore Roosevelt went to Africa for some big game shooting and achieved potable bags. He was gene for months, and had, as he con- fessed, the time of his life as a sports- man. Now and then an item of news about him would reach the wire, and be widely distributed. Upon laying down the duties of pre- mier of France, Georges Clemenceau went to India for some big game shooting, and the first news about him has just come through. The Tiget of |France has bagged two full grown Indian tigers. Some performance for an octogenarian. He is still in the hunting field, and may add to his fipe record as a gun. Upon' returning home Mr. Rdose- velt plunged into politics again, and made things lively for both of the old parties by organizing a new party and becoming its lcader. His reason waus that things at home during his ab- isénce bad not been going his way; and he now purposed to set them right. His effort resulted in the defeat of the republican party and the new party, and ,the bringing in of the demo- cratic party after a stay of sixteen ears in the wilderness. Upon returning home will M. Cle- menceau plunge into politics again? Have things in France since his de- parture been going in a way to meet his approval? . Will M. Millerand in the presidency suit him? Should he find things out of his notion of plumb he might cause something of a flurry by an effort to establish the exact perpendicular. In the legislative field he has shown great capacity, and as a tipper-over of cabinets not to his liking he has a record. ———— Physicians report serious condi- tions with reference to alcoholism. This docs not necessarily imply the They may be worse and intensified in ef- fect. ——— e Presidenteclect Harding bas jolned several organizations and will feel abundantly initiated as well as in- augurated. A Line on the Country. Mr. Harding is acquiring not only a great deal but a great variety of in. formation about these United States of Amerfca. Conditions in the polit- natkd as far as possible.” The grale crossing is recognized as one of the most @eadly evils from which this country suffers . today. Durigs the year 1320 The Star’'s mews columns carried reports of twenty- seven fatal accidents at such: points, involving the death of 105 people. Many more were, of course, hurt in thess accidents. Some of them were collisions between automobiles and trains, some between buses and trains, &ome between street cars and trains, ical world, the financial world, the manufacturing world, the commercial world, the agricultural world, the labor world and the world generally, are be- ing reported and interpreted to him. He is missing nothing it is to his in- terest to know. And, what is more, these ' reports and interpretations are from men'com: petent in every way to make them, A list of the visitors to Marion shows names associated with the best thought and achievement, of the times. Those|for inventions to improve who are real leaders in the different worlds mentioned have responded to Mr. Harding's invitation by laying be- fore him, not hearsay or k, but facts known to and tabulated by themselves. h All of this will stand him well in hand when he takes up his new duties, which will cover bdig things and little, in every walk of life and in every section of the country. He will be truly the servant of all the people, charged with advancing and safe- guarding their Interests, and should know their aims and wishes and the resources upon which ‘they are rely- ing. Starting thus equipped, and assist- ed by advisers carefully selected, Mr. Harding should make his way, to the satisfaction of his friends and sup- porters, and to the benefit of the coun- try. He is probably not undervaluing the size or difficulty of his task, nor blind to what failure would cost. The Oath of Office. Now it is announced that the for- mal inauguration ceremonies will take place on the east porch of the Capitol and not within the Senate chamber, as at first indicated by Mr. Harding in his telegram announcing his wishes respecting the ceremonies of March 4. This is a considerate move, to comply with the general public wish that the custom of administering the oath in the presence of the people should be maintained. Only once has the oath been taken within the Capitol building in recent years,- and that was on March 4, 1909, when a blizzard made it physically impossible for the presi- dential party to take its stand upon the east porch. Whether any stand is erected or a large or”small place of assemblage is provided for the officials, the adminis- tration of the oath on the Capitol steps will draw a great multitude of people to the plaza in front of the building. For that will be practically the only outward and tangible token of the change of administration, the culmination of the peaceful revolu- tion in American affairs. Probably many people will come to Washington simply to see that, even though only the barest handful of those assem- bled can hear the speech or have more than a glimpse of the figure of the new President taking the cath and addressing the people. It may be that the inhibition against ceremonial features on March 4 will be slackened and modified some- what in response to public feeling on the subject. But unfortunately thé inaugural program ' machinery has been virtually stopped. ‘Whatever develops now must be of an offi- cial and a spontaneous character. Washington stands ready to receive and care for the people as they come from outside to be present on this oc- casion, however much curtailed the program may be. { The announcements that D’Annun- zio has purchased a new civilian wardrobe convey the agreeable as- surance that his political reverses have not destroyed his credit with his tailor. —— One of' the Cansitlan delegates to Geneva declares that the league of 'Editorial Digest. Still Freeing Cuba. In his role of “big brother” to Cuba, Uncle Sam has once more taken & hand to pyt its political affairs in aorder. While the American press gen- erally expresses thehope and the be- liet that present conditions will not call for actual-intervention, it never- theless approvés wholly of the Presi- dent’s action in sending Gen. Crowder o see that the political tangle is un- raveled quietly and effectively. The Press is getierous also in its approval of the selection of Gen. Crowder. In view of thé.fact that he has the con- fidence of the Cuban peoplo and is the author of the regulations under Which | the last election was held, he is ac- cepted as fully qualified to discharge the mission successfully. Although the Brooklyn Eagle (inde-} pendent democratic) feels that *“there is no great mystery concerning the Cuban election muddle or the financial crisis there,” the Boston Transcript: (independent republican) thinks Gen.| Crowder faces a task which is “not an easy one” He must first “find out what is the matter with Cuban finances” and then suggest a way by which these can be overcome “and her economic rehabilitation be speedily effected.” Then will come the “more delicate task” of determining the le- gality of the conditions under which the elections were held.” Since Crow- der himself prepared the rules which governed, or were supposed to BOV- ern, the contested election, the Springfield Republican (independent) suggests that “probably nobody else 8o well understands_the conditions which might have prevented themi from producing the hoped-for re- sults.” Turbulent elections, even under the Crowder system, are, however, more or less taken for granted by a num- ber of writers. “Cuba is emotiqnal,” the Worcester Telegram (republican) comments, and “the Cuban hasn't yet learned to meet political defeat with 2 little watchful waiting.” . Instead, the Utica Press (independent) in- forms us, “the defeated candidate and his followers sharpen their machetes and ‘take to the brush’ in the hope that they can accomplish by force or revolution what they failed to effect at the polls™ But “Cuba has become so big and important that she cannot be allowed to misbehave” in this manner, says the Newark (N. J.) News (independ- ent), and since “the United States has underwritten responsible government | in Cuba” foreign countries as well as our own people expect ““Washington to make this guaranty effective.” The President's intercession in the present crisis is fully authorized, the Louis- ville Courler Journal (democratic) points out, under the terms of the Platt amendment, “and the wisdom of this agreement has been demonstrat- €d to the advantage of both parties” on two previous occasfons. Prolonged disorder in the ,island the United States “cannot tolerate,” the Phila- delphia Record (democratic) declares, “for we cannot have chronic lawless- ness S0 near oor own shores.” While the Cubans themselves can avert in- tervention by refraining “from disor- der and insurrection,” if_they fail in 0 doing “we shall testote order just as we should do. within oug own lim- . : To the Charleston (S, C.J News and Courier (democratic), however, *“mili- tary intervention in Cuba is ome of the last things the people of this country would regard as desirable.” and it expresses surprise that it should have been necessary to assure Cubans that no such intervention is intended. The Pittsburgh Sun (demo- artic) sees in the acceptance of the Crowder mission by the Cuban people “the most gratifying sort of testi- monial that could be given of their trust in us” The Chicago Tribune (independent republican) also feels that the President's move is accepted In good faith, and is not mistrusted by the Cubpans. Gen. Crowder's presence in Cuba I8 certainly “no intrusion,” the Bos- ton Herald (independent republican) holds, and the Springfleld (Ohio) News (democratic) feels that “it should serve to inspire the congress of that country and the president With a new vision of what ought to be and a determination to accept such suggestions. as appear worthy nations is doing quite we!l without the | Of Serious consideration and imme- United States... This statement, fully verified, should relieve much gener- ous apprehension. 1 Dr. Friedman might make more headway in reviving his turtle serum cure for pulmonary trouble if he could dispose of the impression that it is strictly non-intoxicant. * Lenin is realizing that the commer- cial traveler and the salesman are more valuable to a nation than the soap-box agitator. Interest in the tariff could not link itself to the inaugural situation fn any way to protect the District of Colum- bia’s hurrah material., Gradually the English novelists are forsaking politics and getting back to literature. . SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Economy. The man who leaves us feecling blue; ‘With tear-incumbered eyes, Is he who says, and means it, too, ! *We st _economize! Oh, prudence is a virtue great, ‘Which all should advertise. And yet it grieves us when they state, “We must economize!" King Solomon, whese honored head Is still considered wise, ‘With coin was free—and no one said, “We must economize!” . . “My landlord doesn’t take the trou- ble to advise' me to eeonomize,” said Jud Tunkins. *“He uses compulsion.” “Noah,” wrote the boy in his com- positipn, “‘was ome of the most king- hearted of men.” 3 “How do you Know he was kind- hearted?” “Because he was so fond of ani- mals.” : The Farmer. .: ‘With ease he raises corn and ocats. The toil that doth perplex Is making promissory votes And, later, writing checks. ¥ Deplorable Extremes. “*Whisky makes some men poor and others rich." Lo ‘| drama as a critic of screen drama, his diate application to Cuban national affairs.” Tt is sincerely to be hoped, in the view of the Philadelphia Pub- lic Ledger (independent) that “coun- sel and advice will be all that {s nec- jessary,” since “any sort of inter- ference in the internal affairs of Cuba is to be deprecated.” The Cincinnati Commercial Tribune (republican) suggests the possibility of misunderstanding on the part of the Cubans of the fact that this “counsel and advice” will come from “a general of the Army,” who arrived on “a warship instead of. a peaceful conveyor of passengers.” If Cuba becomes “somewhat excitable” over this “armed diplomacy,” -the paper points out further that she “is not the only country disposed to nerves in the presence of warriors and war machinery.” Gray Matter and the Movies. Henri Bataille, the French drama- tist, is inveighing againat the quelity of the French movies. Without ven- turing to question the competency of this eminent practitioner of spoken position lays him open to the charge of class consciousness. Class consciousness is a weakness of a large part of those who find fault with the movies for this and that. They see huge numbers of unculti- vated folk having an extremely good time for very little money, and in- stantly conclude that something must be wrong. “The movies are popular: | therefore they must be vulgar. Upper;ilus people batray a curious weaknesS. Talk to them about a fa- mous singer, or violinist, or dancer Wwhose art is the delight of multitudes, and they will shake their heads with sadly indulgent smiles and say: “Ah, yes; but you ought to hear Mme. Nonesuch before you talk about real art.” This is puzzling. If Mme. Nonesuch is such a worldbeater, why doesn't she come out into the open, where the | world at large can erjoy her, the way great artists love to do? “Oh, but the art of Mme. Nonesich is 50 exquisite that it can only be ap- preciated by the few. It is a delicate, exotic flower of the drawing room, which would wither tbe vulgar glare of the public hall ¥rom which you perceive that these folk are so used to having something better than ordinary people, and so used to considering themselves worthy of this something better, that they must make even art, that common beauty worship of the human race, an exclusive possession of intellectual snobbery. The long and short of it is that the moving picture is a new art form. Its elder sisters of ‘spoken drama, nove! and narrative poem are im- perfectly adaptable to its mediam. It awaits the original mind which will create for. it independently of the older forms; the mind which will cut loose from all the trammels of stage carpentry and printed page, and think in terms of pictures—Boston Globe (independent). ‘We have our moments of depression when we feel that the only thing that is really bome dry in this country is paragraphs.—Ohio State Journal, 1If a woman is0't to have the right to go into her hushand’s pockets, Whose pockets 18 she 10 £o into?—Philadel- phia North .smerican. Halr tonic now gets results~which “True,” ‘answered Uncle Bill Bot-|is more than could be said of a lot of tlefop. *The foolish Iet'ft' €6 to their hedds and the wicked keep it in théir bdgts.” ; Not - Inclined. to Experiment. “IHave you any" ideas 23 to how to improve the goverimenty”’ “No," replied SenatorSorghum. *I regard the government-as such a fine piece of machinery that I'm perfeétly patisfled to keep it polished and, in smooth working order withont 1goking it before prohibition.—~Canton News. *Good Times WIIl Return in the Spring,” ®says a big business man. Keep your eye out for the first rob- bin'.—Kansas City Star. 4 Ernest Thompson Seton says wom- en's costumes are moving in the right direction. He ‘is the naturalist, you know.—South Bend Tribune. Towa girl eloped with a civilian the day before her scheduled wedding to the war is in- Star Tele- a navy officer. Yes, deed over.—Fort Worthr gram. 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