Evening Star Newspaper, February 5, 1921, Page 4

4 THE EVENING STAR, Wit Sunday Morning FEdition. WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY. .. .February 5, 1621 '- THEODORE W. NOYES. Editor RS e >= The Evening Star Newspaper Company ess Office, 11th St. and Pennsvivania Ave. New York Office: -mm.;e“nugdx'.‘.:mm 5 ‘National an! . with the Suoday morniog dition. Tp gelfrored by carriers within the ¢ 8t 60 cents per month: daily only. 45 cents per meath: Sunday only, 20 cents per month. Or- may be ment by mail, o telephone Main Collection is made by carriers at the each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. o Maryland and Virginia. - ily and S -.. $8.40; 1 mo., Drily ::I .“"d.y 11 )yT gr. 00: 1 mo.. 50 Sunday only 3 ARl Other Dedly and Sunday.1 Daily only . 1 Sutrday only . o $7.00 $3.00; 1 mo.. 25¢ M. Harding and the Session. ‘Will Mr. Harding have something further i say about business at this session o¢ Congress? He spoke very definitely = December as to the sup- piy bills. “le wanted them passed in good shapé and in good time. He knew of what else was on the card, but made 1o mention of the other * measures. 5 At that time it seemed likely pains would be taken to comply with the wish expressed. The estimates were tackled in earnest, and progress made. Progress, however, has not been kept up. The supply bills are moving slowly. There is fear of a jam as the end approaches. "Theldays are gliding swiftly by,” and not many re- main. It is not a good time to approach Mr. Harding on any subject. His hands are full. The cabinet has not yet taken final shape, and the in- augural address is still to be written. But there is reason to believe that he adheres to his December views; that he wants the supply bills passed before the shutters are put up. * There is time, though not a day to spare. When necessary, Congress can hustle. It has often shown how “well its machinery can be operated * under pressure, and how much legis- lation can be extracted from an ap- parently hopeless situation. Maybe we shall have such an ex- hibition now, in response not only to ' Mr. Harding's wish, but to the clear interests of the country. —————————— The Tariff Debate. The Senate debate on the emer- gency tariff bill gives an idea of how lively the tariff debate in the next Congress will be when the measure for general revision is taken up. It will be lively for fair. Notwith- standing the war and its effect on * business throughout the world, there still remains in this country the old controversy about protection. And . the lines of argument are but little, it any, changed. The advocates of protection con- tinue to insist that the policy stands Justified in our forward condition as + & producing nation and in the wage * scales of labor, while the opponents .. of the policy see in it a hampering in- fluence exerted for special purposes and yielding only special returns. There have been some conversions to protection. Or it may be more ac- ecurate to say that protection senti- +- ment is proclafmed now in quarters ‘where it has long existed without a voice. In the south, the stronghold of the anti-protection party, many prominent men are openly indorsing protection as the wise policy for their section, as well as for the rest of the osuntry. There will be time at the special .. session for full debate, and the whole - question will be embodied in the bill that will then be under discussion. It i to be hoped, therefore, that the op- portunity will be improved by both sides. The country wants the best revision possible at a time when the guage that while colloquial in many circles is not usual In testimony, im- pressed the public as an evidence of intense sincerity. Gen. Dawes said during one of the recesses that he realized that if he was not using the little words of a peculiar Kind he would probably not get a “stickful” in the reports. As it was he became a first page “‘story.” And it was all because of those combinations of four letters. And behind that was the fact that people felt that a man would not swear” unless he was greatly in carnest and felt the need of depart- ing from the conventional style of statement. . Now that the whole thing is over and Gen. Dawes has “registered,” {the official stenographers. acting un- der instructions of the committee. are varefully eliminating all the little fou: letter words that besprinkled the timony in its first peppery form. and the printed document of the hearing will be a staid and in some respects a commonplace publication. But Gen. {Dawes unquestionably planted firmly {in the public mind, and it is to be hoped in the committee mind as well, the thought that the administration of the American military enterprise in France was square and clean and ef- fective whatever may have been the | profiteering and the corruptions in- icident to the task of making and transporting a great army overseas. faults due to the unpreparedness of the nation for war. i i 1 The Reparation Problem. i The first reaction of America to the; announcement of the reparation total} fixed at Paris—the tendency to doubt the ability of Germany to pay any| such sum as the approximate $55.000,- 000,000 demanded—has been shifting steadily toward the. opposite belief. This despite the loud protests of the German government that it will be impossible to meet any such terms and that, rather than attempt to do s0, Germany will declare bankruptcy and invite a receivership by the al- 1 lies. It is probable that those very prot- !esmnons have been an important | |factor in the shift. Germany pro-| tests overmuch. There has been no important step in the business of ne-{ gotiating the treaty, of arranging i that Germany pay in part for the di- rect damage done to nations wanton- 1y invaded by her, which has not been met by an attempt to dodge her just obligations. As a result of her own misguided attitude, Germany has’ sacrificed her chances for such kindliness as the| allies might have shown her in dif- ferent circumstances. The peace of Europe depends upon the attitude of 1 Germany—and, with an impenitent and unpurged Germany to deal with, the necessity of retarding her return to full power has become more and more apparent to all concerned. Yet quite aside from this psycho- logical factor in passing judgment upon the German claims relative to reparation—the feeling is growing that they cannot stand upon their own merits. It is pointed out that $55,000,000,000 in forty-two annuities is a very different matter from $56,- 1000,000,000 flat. The matter of inter- est reduces the present value of the annuities to $21,000,000,000. It is shown that $4,000,000,000, invested to- day at current interest rates and com- pounded, will become $30,000,000,000 in thirty years. The question has been asked as to why Germany should not cancel her own domestic war debt, since the subscribers to her ‘war bonds were involved by their in- vestment in the guilt of the war; and the fact pointed out that, should| this be done, Germany’s national debt, figuring the annuities at a pres- ent value of $21,000,000,000, would then be less than that of either France or England, and but little imore than that of the United States. And it has been explaifed that owing to the decreased purchasing value of gold, Germany’s task of paying in | materials in terms of gold will be so 1 chamber accept or reject the plan as ter there is undoubtedly a fecling of THE EVENING STAR SATU:RDAY FEBRUARY Editorial Digest I ) Disarmament Delays. The Borah resolution calling for an international conference on disarma- ment has started discussion in the press, less over the merits of the pro- posal, which the vast majority of commentators admit, than over the question as to whether or not action upon it should be postponed until President-elect Harding takes office. Mr. Root’s objection to allowing the present administration to initiate negotiations with Great Britain and Japan for a naval holiday has many upporters in the press, who urge that it will be useless to discu cies that have not s vet b nounced, but the ew Orle a soldier and as a statesman; and Mexico needs that combination at the head of her affairs. Let us hope that the mew man meets the emergency. If he does, and shows himself able to handle the situation, there should be no difficulty about arranging terms bringing Mexico and America again into accord for mutual benefit. France and the Reparations. Premier Briand yesterday addressed the French deputies and laid the reparations plans before them in terms that put the whole situation up to them. He declared that he had done the best possible. If the depu- GIVES STRENGTH TO REBUILD HEALTH ties reject the arrangement, the min- e Gnneat falls. If they accept it. the min- “Both (Root and Eo; istry remains in office. The only Somprehons stipulation Briand made was that the 1 whole and not undertake to amend. For it is not within the function of the legislature to propose details 1.m| Valentines— Make YOUR Val- entines stand out from the rest—you can do it if you procure them here. We are show- to approve or disapprove principle: won't get as much as we de- the premier declared, “but at least we know what we are going cratic) well argument | | the grounded.” to get.” That seems to be the basisil$ agreement which the latter has p : of the French government's agree:| would not prechude mukimng. the ing the newest and Pays 4 Per Cent ment to the reparations plan. And most beautiful Valen- on shares withdrawn be- in the German discussion of the tine designs this year —and at prices to suit crisis will seriously set back the proc- ess of reconstruction. Of course, much physical work is being done by the per- manent administration, but the finan- cial situation is rendered unstable by the lack of confidence in the tenure of the ministry, and what France chiefly needs today is a substantial fiscal foundation. Whether the reparations plan is ac- cepted or rejected at Berlin it should be accepted at Paris as the best pos. sible, as Briand declared vesterday. —_———— Railway controversies still fail to provide any adequate hearing for the plain citizen who thinks he is being overcharged for a mileage book and an upper berth. —_——— Leniency on the part of prohibition authorities toward wine for medicinal purposes will convey a little hope to the invalid who is incidentally some- thing of an epicure. will h; uration xion of and that no untoward event pen between this and the ina to change the promising com affairs. Somewhat One door from Pa. Ave. 14tk St. hburg: 1 th is it that apatiently the Lyn: demands i} legislation should not receive dis-{ position before that time, but must be; postponed to some time until the Hard- ration has gotten full under THE Hoffman Co. i ' “New | CLEANERS and DYERS 12 STORES—12 onn.) Tay Gepiblicin de- | sthing that Borah might Main Office, 740 12th St. N. W. Plant, 1530 Pa. Ave. S. E. Phone M. 4724 would imperil ! PRIVATE BRANCH EXCHANGE | can be condon s compromise plan ! ind to abandon this plan for “any other ction would be “futi Reno € as the latter puts ideration of the ir. Harding shall republican) and the publican) agree that “to postpone iore n Herald (ind S0 far as to offer as port of this sentiment that gestion for a confer on disurma- ment were to emanate from Washing- ton at the present lime it could not b taken seriou: capital, although the courtesy of iple. Some writer thusiastic over th in the resolution, m mention the inconsi thor. The Portland (independent), for ins nce, while declares that the resolution “deser support,” comments that “if Borah is right in his present contention what clse could he be but wrong” during the campaign, opposed any and all agreements looking to d BUILDFORYEARS TO COME_PLUS be given in prin- The Bistrict of Columbia is recog- nized as entitled to a water supply worthy of a community that discoun- tenances to the utmost of its ability all bootlegging and moonshining. it acceptanc while the purpose it a_point to cney of its a (Oreg.) Jour SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON Elegy in a Political Barnyard. The bell sounds for Inauguration day, And summons forth a flock of mov- QERFIRE PROOF ing vans. The Norfolk V r;:iniurlx-l’)]ft‘)td 4In;l‘l'- ocra pendent democratic) also finds “the The democratic statesman goes his| inators object commendable but ‘QISSOUTHERN BUILDING ¢ way, ironically adds that it is zn;’rwl with the same un-Americanism that mars And leaves the earth to the repub-| ;¢ covenant of the league of nations. Stomach U set? licans. Accordingly our splendid isolationists 4 are working in the dark to accomplish its defeat.” In the resolution the C| Dealer (independent democrat a “highly meritorious” factor in the “stampede for economy in the matter |Get at the Real Cause — Take Dr. Edwards’ Olive Tablets That’s what thousands of stomach Now fades the shimmering landscape on the sight. Still sounds the hum of eloquence astute, and points out sufferers are doing now. Instead of And here and there some rhetoric does not propose economy at | taking tonics, or trying to patch up e expense of security, but merely {a poor digestion, they are attacking faies lignt suggests that we look carefully be- |the REAL Tl (he ailiacnt In phrase etill glorious and never|fore we leap.” To the San Antonio | Clopged liver oy disordered boome e Light (independent) it is an oppor- | Cl0gged liver and disordered bowels. Dr. Edwards’ Olive Tablets arouse the liver in a soothing, healing way. { When the liver and bowels are per- tunity for Congress to “lay their par- tisanship aside and take at least one Where once convivial joys were won't | step toward the performance of a to pour service for the benefit of all nations | &/ Hed = ] 2ot woll 'ab tHelE b nd the Bir- |forming their natural functions Libations, with scant water on the |finghum News (democratic) finds the |away goes indigestion and stomach side. plan “the fairest of all falr proposals | troubles. The lame duck wails on the histarjc|¢¥er made, secking to minimize the| Have you a bad taste, coated g possibility ‘of great wars. tongue, poor appetite, a lazy don't- Then plunges in the prohibition < care feeling, no ambition or energy, e L. The Rail Wage Issue. trouble with undigested foods? It is doubtful if anything like a general and arbitrary railway wage reduction could be justified at the Take Olive Tablets, the substitute { for calomel Can storied stein or animated rst it Dr. Edwards’ Olive Tablets are a PART T BURCHELL’S Famous Bouquet COFFEE 25¢ per pound N. W. BURCHELL 1325 F St. NW. somewhat subdued rejoicing at the e . everybody. French chagrin. e Assets Nearing If the French deputies reject the $7,000,000 program and compel the withdrawal 5c to $1.00 of the premier and the reorganization |* The Denver Mount Surplus More Than of another ministry much mischief | (independ: » “deplores del 3 $600,000 A £ he. vorable opport e urgently needs stability of organiza s anessontial Remembrance Shop Corne. 11th and E Sts. N.W. tion at this time. Another ministerial R (Mr. Foster's Shop.) JAMES BERRY, Preldent R o ington Union Station 7 m. Returning leave Philadelphia 7:30 p.m. same day. See flyers. R Consult ticket agents. Fever and LaGrippe. It's the| most speedy remedy we know, preventing pneumonia. PERPETUAL BUILDING ASSOCIATION Pays 6 Per Cent on shares maturing in 45 or 83 months. It fore maturity JOSHUA W. CARR. Sccretary NT ROTECTS Consult our Painting Depart ment—we'll *“save the surface for you.” Interior and exterior work - . FERGUSON, Inc. inting 1114 91h $3.50 Philadelphia And RETURN War Tax 28 Cents Additional $3.25 Chester And RETURN War Tax 26 Cents Additional $3.00 Wilmington And RETURN War Tax 24 Cents Additional Sunday, February 6 SIMILAR EXCURSIONS February 20, March ¢ and 20, April 3 and 17 Baltmore & Ohio R. R. W 0 Special train will leave Wash- 666 a Prescription for Colds, | | | H UNION SAVINGS BANK OLDEST SAVINGS BANK IN WASHINGTON WELCOMES YOUR ACCOUNT 110 14TH ST. N.W. Vice W. P. Lips N H. L. Offutt, Jr. Growing Children BakersCocoa much the lighter. The opinion that Germany can pay all that is required of her is growing in America. The belief that she should pay all she can is, in the light of her unchastened attitude, already firmly established. —_——— tariff question presents aspects it has never presented before. ————————— ‘The courteous and proper refer- ences to Mrs. Harding as “the first ‘Jady of the land” bring to attention * ‘incidentally the fact that Mr. Hard- = is the leading gentleman of the 3 . There are numerous economists who believe that for purposes of TR R TR human interchange road building is As t, D'Annunzio was at least boh s &= ent from |™OF® important than battleship build- {public office without the customary jexplanation that he desired to re- sume a lucrative law practice. 3 » —_—— The person inclined to quote from Shakespeare will inevitably be re- minded by Mr. Dawes of “the sol- : Putting “Pep” Into the Hearing. |aier, full of strange catns.” > ‘When Gen. Charles G. Dawes, for- merly Gen. Pershing’s chief of supply fn France, appeared before the House ittee the other day in the course ‘C its investigation of war methods expenditures, he had a story to that had been told before. He had, in fact, told it to the members of i {that same committee in France, but it had seemed to make little impres- ‘sion on the pubtic mind then, and he !'m to “register,” as they say in 5 z ithe movies, strongly on the public The Mexican Question. #mind his complete rejection of the| Upon returning from his trip to {Jdea that there had been wastage or |Florida, Senator Fall, who is men- {inefficiency in the direction and ad-|tioned for a cabinet portfolio, said: |ministration of the American forces e T U etous(dis ‘overseas. As he said afterward, on|Gent-elect. "I did discuss the Mexi. ‘his return howe, there were two ef- can question, but not to any detail.” fective ways to get the public atten-| The Mexican question is a very in- ‘tHon. One was to weep and the other | teresting one, and Mr. Harding may ——— Railway experts in some instances regard the most desirable arrange- ment as one of private ownership with government responsibility. —_——— German commerce is naturally in- clined to regard any indemnity as an overhead charge to be evaded as far as possible. i in his administration. Mr. Fall, liv- ing on the border, has made a study ducted a protracted and thorough in- Istter words that gave it what the|vestigation of Mexican matters last Villa and Zapata, bave given us in- sight into the extent and character Mr. Harding will take up the ques- tion in & naw and improved: aspect. lent- Obregon has reputation as| Lessen the food check that we have | present time. The railroad men to pay? were among the last to receide wage | purely vegetable comyound mixed H g advances to compensate for the great | with olive oil. You will know them Can t:e v:-me agents’ eloquent out- inc;:ls» InivingHcoRt In @ vast by their olive color. They do the urs majority o the rai employments k ithout n. wages are still surprisingly low, de- | WOrk without griping, cramps or Bring back the free lunch of another | {its ‘an advance during the last six | pain. day? years aggregating 73 per cent. Bu-; Take one or two at bedtime for reau of railway economics statistics | quick relief. Eat what you like. show that average wages in the fiel Ambition, like affection, turns to|§how that average Wages b the Ul isc and 30c. gloom, hoped that any adjustment that fs ‘When, in the shades of recollection j undertaken will be in the direction lost, of eliminating the inequalities that " the federal control permitted to creep The lawyer, back within his book-|in, some of which the labor board lined room, carried over in its last award. Thinks how his path was crossed and doublecrossed. Full many a Bill haunts the Ohio scene, Ready if duty calls to do his share. Full many a Jim is left to blush un- seen, And waste his sweetness on Day- tonian air. “Judging from the valentines,” re- marked Mr. Growcher, “Cupid is not only too blind to be an art critic, but he is also a rather poor judge of poetry.” The Power of Wealth. *“What would you do if you met a bootlegger?” z “It would depend,” said Uncle Bill Bottletop, “on how long he has been in the business. If he was just startin’, I'd regard it as my duty to be haughty an’ disapprovin’. If he was an old-timer, I'd probably be obsequious an’ tryin’ to borry money.” A Good Example For. Although Bill's life with censure we must note, This world would surely safer be and wiser If everybody would take off his coat And mind his woodpile—same as P the ex-kalser. An Art Contest. “You do not quote as much poetry in your speeches as you used to.” *“No,” said Senator Sorghum. “The last time I quoted poetry the rival orator got up and sang a song. My managers insisted it was up to me to come back with a classic dance, so I gave up the competition and am now relying on the simple statesman- like dignity of plain prose.” Jud Tunkins says he'd enjoy mo- tion pictures more if the actars didn't keep suddenly changing beck and forth from lilliputians to glants, B of the Interstate Commerce Commission and of the labor board to provide rates of fare and of remuneration that will be fair alike to the carriers and to their em- ployes. The public will hope for a fair and amicable adjustment of the | issue.—Cleveland Plain Dealer (inde- pendent democratic) It the duty Call Off the Buying Strike. The National Association of Credit Men and the National Association of Manufacturers have issued an appeal to the public to call off the “buying strike. “Without depreciating the necessity for thrift and care in making pur- chases,” says the credit men's state- ment, “the time has arrived for us to make clear to the public that reason- able stability in prices has been at- tained, and for the general good the buying strike should be called off at once. The association warns that unem- ployment is the greatest menace to the country today, and lacking the stimulation of renewed trade this will increase to a point detrimental to the interests of everybody. It is the re- tailer to whom the credit men and manufacturers appeal specifically, but the retail men cannot start their buy- ing unless the ultimate consumer re- sumes purchasing to a fair degree. Too long continuance of the buying strike means that a vast army of potential purchasers are robbed of their wages, or purchasing power, by unemployment in their varicus lines. It means that, iacking adequate pro- duction, stocks wil! be reducca to a point where their scarcity will force prices up again. As the credit men point out, and as the vbservant shop- r knows, prices have gone down about as far as they are likely to at present. Resumptioa of buving on a Bcale commensurate With inrift and economy is 'ndicated as the next step, 21l along the line—Tulsa Tribune (democratic). Germany still has hopes of winning '.heewar,—dwksonville (Fla.) Metrop- olis. It's a safe bet that Mr. Lansing’ book will not be dedicated to Presi- dent Wilson. — Norfolk Ledger-Dis- patch. The naval disarmament view is that it is better to sorap now than here- after—Norfolk Virginian-Pilot. It Grover Cleveland Bergdoll can be happy in Germany, leave him there. 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