Evening Star Newspaper, April 13, 1921, Page 6

7 THE EVENING STAR, With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY. ....April 13, 1921 THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Bustness Office, 11th St. and Pennsyivania Ave. New York Office: 150 Nassau St. First National Bank Duilding. 3 Regent 8t., London, Eagland. Chicago Office: Earopean Office: * The Evening Star. with the Sui edition. is delivered by carriers &t 80 cents per month: daily ouly, month; Sunday only. 20 cents prr 1 ders may be sent by mail, cr telsolore ! . Collection is made by earriers at end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daily and Sunday ¢.15T., 8 Dally only. 1 Sunday onl: All Other States. Taily and Sunda: Daily only. Sunday onl The President’s Foreign Policy. President Harding has, in his im-| pressive first message to Congress, de- limited the position of the administra- tion on the vital subject of our imme- diate and future foreign policy with sufficient definition to put an effective quietus upon the report that TUnited States intends to conclude a separate peace with Germany. The ecirculation of that report, apparentiy #o well authenticated, and today ob- wviously purposed to embarrass the President in the making pf a decision which was his alone, caused this and other nations grave anxiety. Yet through®ut the period of its circula- tion, while the President was unable officially to disavow the purposes at- tributed to him, a firm conviction that the new administration would never lead the country into the unthinkable course indicated was generally mani- fested. The true policy of the admin- {stration, as affirmed yesterday, will be applauded and supported as fully justifying the national faith in the sensibility of its leaders to the popu- lar will. Briefly outlined that policy is as fol- lows: To refuse definitely to enter a supergoverning league. To establish a state of technical peace without fur- ther delay through a declaratory reso- lution by Congress to that effect, with the qualifications essential to protect all our rights. To “engage under” the treaty of Versailles with such explicit reservations as will secure our abso- lute freedom from inadvisable commit- ments and safeguard all our essential interests. And, finally, to join an as- sociation of nations to prevent war, preserve peace and promote civiliza- tion. The refusal of the United States to enter the existing league of nations has been assured since last November. Without entering into the arguments for or against such a course, it may be stated with confidence that the majority have “deliberately expressed” their will on the subject as overwhelm- the | ing the part of dog-in-the-manger, and was_justly defeated. Others have held that the passage of the treaty in any form would be an affront to Theodore Roosevelt; and since his death this objection has been {urged with increased emphasis. Time, however, has softened asper- ities and changed cpinions. It has also changed the terms of the treaty. The instrument now under considera- tion by the Senate is not in the form ritted to that body. Hence . Lodge, who stood particu- to Mr. Roosevelt both per- nd politicaliy, and who in its zinal form apposed the treaty, now fadve on. i enemies in Central and South i : used the canal episode us in those countries; have to it as confirmatory of their harge that the United States is pred- atory in its nature and seeks, and advantage at the expense of others in every case possible. This open debate will give to the people of those countries as well as to our own people both sides of the | story, and remove a good deal of the { misunderstanding which has envelop- {ed the subject and made for bad feel- |ing in many quarters. | —————— The Financial Features. President Harding's first message re- {turns to the custom of former times | of including in the address to Congress istead of concentrating upon one i theme. Tt is a comprehensive address, { touching many phases of public in- iterest and welfare. Apart from the foreign relations, however, concern chiefly centers upon those matters af- fecting the national finances. The President’s program in this respect is embraced in a few words: Economy, orderly funding and gradual liquida- tion of the war debt, readjustment of internal taxes, instant emergency tar- iff enactment and eventual tariff re- vision. He speaks further for the adoption of a national budget system as a means “in establishing the econ- omies and business methods so essen- tial to the minimum of expenditure.” The President follows the lines of the repeal of the excess profits tax. He does not prescribe or propose sub- stitutes. That Is for Congress. Per- haps the Secretary of the Treasury has a specific suggestion. Congress harmonioys procedure. It is fully recognized at the Capitol that tax re- in providing a sufficient revenue the tax must be so devised that the burden will not fall on the people with double iweight, as taxes and as additions to the cost of living. Reference to an “orderly funding and gradual liquidation™ of “the stag- gering load of war debt” suggests that there may be an administration pro- posal relative to the readjustment of {the government's obligations. Several {numerous subjects of importance in-! the platform of his party in urging; vision must come at once and that; ingly in favor of such a refusal. The { plans to that end have been advanced. conviction that the majority likewise ! s jg realized at the Capitol that pres- favor entry into an association of na-iant conditions are unbusinessiike. The | tions to prevent war, preserve peace y,r Joans were floated hurriedly and, and promote civilization is equally .gngidering the circumstances, most sound. Whether such an association ! g ccessfuily. But the result is today is to be established through the elim- 4, ,jiogether unscientific condition of ination of the “‘world-governing, Super- | ingehtedness in which the government powertul” and other objectionable fac-| jg really forced to scheme and maneu- tors In the existing covenant by 1S yer Jike a business concern trembling component members, & course t0 be|on the verge of bankruptcy. It is followed by our entrance, or by .the| poegible to refund the loans with an creation of a separate and distict 50- | 5qjustment of interest rates and ma- clety of nations under the leadershid|yrities. On the assumption that fur- of the United States, is a matter t0 be | ther Joans will be unnecessary short determined, doubtless, as matters shape | ot another war, sinking fund pro- themselves in the future. visions can then be adopted in a way The decision. to establish technical |y, equalize the debt-reducing drain. peace through the passage of a decla-| The extra session has been called ratory congressional resolution is un-|gpecifically to consider these problems der the circumetances a matter of NO: o¢ finance. The President has strong- very considerable moment. For the y giated the situation. Secretary Mel- President made quite clear that the ;on wij state it in more detailed terms. passage of such a resolution is to be:c‘m‘"“ will in a short time have its for surface effect alone, and that it 18| r,); commission to proceed on a course his purpose thereupon to proceed 10, o¢ constructive as well as corrective present a treaty to the Senate for its jegiiation. From that legisiation ratification. At best the peace reso- ! gnoyid come in the next few months a lution will serve officially to recognize | material relief to the people and a de- & condition which unofficlally already | ¢igeq stimulus to business. exists. At worst it, as a more or less | effec’ive gesture, can but delay the| Recessity of hastening the day when| Duplication of work in the govern- the treaty which is to establish our |Ment departments ls regarded as a rights, interests, obligations and re.|Dindrance to business, but is less de- sponsibilities resulting from our par.|Plored than work which appears to Hielpation in the great war and our ! bave difficulty in getting done at all. interest in the forward progress of e civilization _shall be concluded. That treaty, presumptuous spokes-| toward mail thieves is that of a man men for the President to the contrary | who has respect for plain human fn- notwithstanding, is to be the treaty of | telligence and none for the so-called Versailles, with such reservations and [ master mind. modifications as the President and the ————— Senate shall deem necessary. The de-{ Rateraising may be reliedon as a termination of exatly what those safe and prompt relief for many dif- reservations and modificatigns are to ficulties, provided that the general be, the effecting of ratification, are|public can be systematically supplied tasks to be achieved as expeditiously | with funds to meet each advance. as possible. For, as the President yes- | — e~ terday pointed out, “our rights in in-! There js an impression in England ternational relationship have®o be is-| tpat cither Lloyd George fs playing serted; they require establishment in | poitics with some of the people or compacts of amity; our part in read-|some of the people are playing politics Justment cannot be ignored, and must | with Lioyd George. be defined.” A world too long in need of our presence and aid in the task of | readjustment and restoration awaits with natural impatience the word that we have actually taken up, with our rights and privileges, our share of the Joint burden of the nations. But, with the message from President Harding in its ears, the world with America ‘will await that word in the serene con- | lar session it may rise to a flood. sciousness that, holding steadfast| Every Congress testifies to the in- through a period surcharged with sub. | QuStry of members in this particular. tle dangers, the nation today proposes | They come prepared to show the coun- to fulfill its every obligation in peace, even as it fulfilled them in war. ——————— Some of the original promoters of | the soviet government find difficulty in recognizing it in its present form. ——— Laws and Lawmakers. 3 Promptly, the flow of bills and reso- lutions begins. At this and the regu- their office and opportunity. A change of party control develops this spirit signally. It is assumed that the new order will correct some old delays and injustices, and remedy many public and private hardships. Nor is this spirit displayed alone in Congress. It is manifested in every state legislature. The hoppers there are filled with bills and petitions and reso- —_— e The Great Falls of the Potomac may yet become recognized for practical wusefulness as well as for natural Beauty. The Colombian Treaty. ‘The decision to discuss the Colom- The Postmaster General's attitude! try at large and their constituents in | particular an alertness that goes with | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D: hearken, to his constituents. They have a strong claim on him; end whether he agrees with them or not |about what, if anything, may be ob- imlned by an appeal to Congress, if they desire it made he makes the ap- peal. | Often the matter does not go fur- ther than the appeal. It is not pressed, or it pressed, does not go through. | There are a good many laws—far too j many, some persons contend—but not ll tithe of the number requested. The Merger Meetings. A good start has been made on the, | traction merger meetings. Though no | report comes from the first session of | the representatives of the two com-| ipanies and the Public Utilities Com-| { mission, it is nevertheless clear that| | the mere fact of meeting has promoted {the chances of an eventual working {agreement between the companies for |union of interests. Another meeting| will be held next week. Probably at| { that meeting more definite proposi- {tions will be advanced from one side iand the other. Only through a suc- { cession of exchanges of views can such {an adjustment be made. Each side | will bave to sacrifice something in or- ider to get anywhere. The Commis- | soners will, of course, watch every | { move so as to understand to the last { degree every phase of the plan. For !} !finally it will be their suggestion to {Congress that will start things along toward merger. As a practical matter, | what is now needed is a workable coali- | tion project, to which the Commis-| jsioners can point when they prescnt to Congress a bill that permits merges between the traction companies. It is to be assumed that a result will, ir\K fact, be reached, for it obviously to the interests of both corporations to ef- fect a combination that will put an end to the disparity that now bears 80 heavily upon the public and aggra- vates and increases the burden of rc~= sponsibility resting upon the com- Panies themselves. ————— The ultimate desirability of adopting the metric system is obvious, al though the process of habituating the { popular mind to its operation will be slow and difficult. However, the in- come tax has assisted in a general mathematical discipline which may beI helptul in other respects. ——e—————— The pumpers are being respectfully | i even then will possibly take its own | reminded that it is a mistake to allow | tion of Treland course. But all indications point to a ' 5 the coal mines to be flooded. A strike must be ‘settled sooner or later, and to the miner irreparable damage only means future difficulty in earning a liveiihood. ———————— Insinuations that Lloyd George has permitted economic disturbances to de- velop so as to gain political glory by settling them do not credit the British { premier with the astuteness of a m-=n who knows better than to play with i+ TNT. —_—— An attempt by Japanese sallors to | smuggle liquor into this country may {impel Col. Bryan to make an em- !phfl(k: stand in matters of interna- | tional opinion. : ————a——— ' Railway management now calls for the kind of optimism which does not { hesitate to admit the necessity of a large amount of hard work and intel- ligent solicitude. —————— Old-timers talk with affection of the 1days of long ago when a railroad’s | biggest problem was getting the train through on time. o i Observations of this country by emi- nent minds are always interesting to Europe, but Viviani's impressions of { America will meet with even more at- { tentive interest than usual. —_—— ‘The resignation of the Chinese min- | nesses directly or indirectly implicated jent) feels that the repert “will be read Editorial Digest in Ireland. The majority of American news- papers seem to agree that Mr. Villard's committee of one hundréd organized to Investigate conditions in Ireland was too far away from the scene of action to render a fair judgment. Many at- tack the personnel of the committee on the grounds of personal or politi- cal bias, and some are bitter in their attack on the motives of these “Americans." Moderate opinion, how- ever, while not overlooking the “ex parte” nature of the investigation, re- grets the rather “one-sided” nature of the testimony. and considers the in- vestigators sincere, If ill equipped. A few criticise the British embassy’s | disclaimer, and praise the efforts of the committee of one hundred. N (democratic) | the report is “utterly unre- : “The indictment which the report draws against British methods and British crime in Ireland is so sweeping, so drastic and in some cases so repulsively hideous in import that those who take it seriously may well| wonder whether the English people | have fallen from the status of ized human beings to an abs barbarous and brutish level. ®ood sense there is no roor a_conjecture. It is nr Whatever the self-consii il ab cunge ths war s sy elned in a7 ihem, . mments the Bofialo are of nronounced ning,” “and the Commersial of the same city thinks public attention rither here or abroad because it is admittedly a_report based * The Charlotte (N. C) News lares that tha vernict r nidered was “‘agreed upon sitting began: Treland is all +1 ¥ingland s all wrone.” Giher writers, like the Norfolk Vir- -Pilot (independent Acmocratic). that “there can be little ques- concerning the probity of the wit- and agree that * enoveh. The Virginian- Unfortunately not even names that shine on the roster of the commi‘tes of one hundred cin overcome the nargin of error in judgment ren- dercd 3,000 miles away from the scene of the conflict, on the testimony of wit- as nartisans on che sida of Treland.” The Grand Rapids Press (independ- s a spirited presenta- but can hardly p the Irish cause, for “it can in no a dacument founded Because of this (independent) promotion of with interest wise be recarded on the full case fact the Chicago Post sees no result except “bad feeling. There j8 much comment upon the British embassy_denial of the findine: and the New York Tribune (repub- lican) is quick to defend the English Against the charge that Ireland has been made “another Belgium. It carefully calls attention fo the allega- tion that ninety-two British police- men were killed before any reprisals were taken. On the other hand, while the Balti- more Sun (independent democratic) side on the evidence presented and admits that “the report is undoubted- 1y binsed” it asserts that it is not “wholly misleading.” as the embassy declared it to be, for “actual condi- tions” in Ireland “lie somewhere be tween the extremes described by ad vocates and opponents of Britisl rule” The Buffalo Expr de- pendent republican). too, declares that 8ir Auckland's “disclaimer” would be ccepted with more faith were it does- not dare, apparently, to make public the report on_the burning o Cork.” The Gazette (democratic). ignoring question of the Villard report, th at- “Nothing more impudent has ever emanated from an embassy in Wash- ington than the hypocritical and false statement given out discrediting the necessity for Irish relief and advanc- ing the utterly untrue theory that the Irish people have never been more prosperous.” The “answer issued In such haste from the embassy,” says the Buffalo Times (democratic) is a_“damaging ad- | mission’” rather than disproof of the committee’'s findings, which are not different “from that of a_large sec- tion of the British ody politic.” The report is “valuable” and “must command attention,” in the opinion ister of finance is perhaps justified by the fact that the treasury has no| { finances to administer. The Island of Yap is an example of the importance conferred by posi- tion without reference to size. ——— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNEON. Relativity. New theories are now designed Without regard to brevity; The law of gravity we find Has been dismissed with levity. b The movements of the starry spheres Disdain the old astronomy, And “relativity” appears 'To rule the vast economy. Its explanation seems to rise Beyond most men’s capacity. To say you understand implies A symptom of mendacity— [ But still we listen and disclose A style of mute civility— i The ablest mind is one that shows Incomprehensibility! Unreasoning Fears. | “Afraid of ghosts?" H “Yes," replied the nervous man. “You always told me you were not superstitious.” “I'm not superstitious; easily scared.” but I'm Jud Tunkins says he knows a man who keeps constantly complaining about the rent his landlord charges, Just the same as if he paid it. i A Discovery. i The small boy is polite and kind, On books and proper play inten And not at all like those 1 find In every colored supplement! The Point of Advantage. “I'd like to be a traffic policeman for a day or two,” remarked Mr. Chuggins. “The work is exceedingly hard.” “Yes. But it would be a mental re- of the Akron Beacon-Journal (repub- lican), and the New York be (in- dependent) thinks it ‘“presents an effective ex parte case against the Irish policy of the British government.” The Business Side of Farming. One of the most encouraging signs of the times is that the farmer is beginning to express himself not s> much in political terms as in busi- ness and economic terms. It is true that he has his organized lobby at Wzshington to keep Congress from forgetting him, but he s devoting himself more and more to the prac- tical task of working out his own salvation by getting his business under his own control. and in de- veloping agencies which will con- nect’ him - directly with his markets and enable him to get the best finan- cial results from his crops. Confer- ences recently held in Chicago ani Boston show an increasing trend on | the part of the agricultural mind toward practical business methods, both as to labor and as to the dis- tribution and _marketing _question. | The farmer, more than ever befors. is making a point of studying thesc and kindred matters intimately re, lated to his occupation. In Maryland, as in other parts o this country, progressive farmers are realizing that only half thelr work has been done when a good crop has been rajsed. The production. pack- ing, shipment and distribution of! food s far more complex than in the £00d oid days, when Baltimore was small and the state was large. Under such conditions the basis of success- ful operation is for them to produce better goods than their competitors, to pack them better, to deliver them in better shape. It is such problems as these which European farmers have studled for years. Through co-operative socl- eties or as individuals they have standardized their products, they have introduced efficient methods of pro. duction and transportation and have, in many cases, specialized on the production of foodstuffs for which | they are peculiarly fitted. The de- velopment of the dairy industries in Holland and Denmark is well known: | but more important than such special ization is the general use of scientific methods throughout the whole rangs of operations by which food is pro- duced and brought to the consumers, | —Baltimore Sun (independent demo- cratic.) “Greek Army Flies,” it is reported. | And the Turks seem to be swatting ‘em.—Springfield (Ohiq) News. What the world is getting now Is | peace on the time-payment plan.— Chicago News. ‘The high cost of drinking Is another Hil makes no effort to condemn either | not that the Lloyd George government | Fort Wayne Journal- | tacks the official British statement:, bian treaty in open Senate was wisely taken. It is an important document of wide interest. It bears upon a ques- tion upon which from the start there have been, and there still are sharp differences of opinion. The treaty has been halted for some years on grounds partly international and partly personal. Among the op- penents of the treaty have been men ‘who held that Colombiz had no case; that in the capal matter she was play- lutions. An examination of this mass of stuft vields a good deal of information. One may gather from it what the people are thinking about, and what the popu- lar idea is of the curative power and qualities of legislation. For a good many of these bills and petitions and resolutions are drawn and introduced in obedience to the re- quests of the people. A legislator, state or national, hearkens, and must lief to realize that T was the only per- | ahes the Amerjcrisf e the British son in the neighborhood of a crowded ! crossing who wasn't liable to be ar- rested.” Avolding Disturbance. “Do you attempt to enforce strictly all those highly reformatory laws you passed’ *“No," replied Cactus Joe. “Crimson Guich is peaceable inclined. We can’t afford to have the authorities fussin’ and fightin’ with us all the time.” : IS also the Americans.—Seattle Post-In. telligencer. The modern Horace Greeley ad- vises, “Young man, come weat and catch up with the country.”—Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gaszette. ‘Railroad problem absorbs the cabinet,” says headline. It has near- of the Finest I l | | ! Big Special Sale l DIAMONDS! Blue-White Diamonds, full uaranteed weight. White Gems, ¥ less than 11} "Binc-White Diamonds, | weighing 33 carat. i $100-00 935 F St. 1 EXPERIENCE taught me to take my films to GROVE'S, 1210 G, to be de- veloped and printed. (Signed) Amateur Photographer. coc 1S AN EVE EXAMINATION NECESS- ARY To try to be fitted with glasses without a proper examination is a dangerous and futile experiment. And it is unnecessary, because our charge for competent, scientific examination and the grinding of proper lenses is quite low. You choose the mountings you want. M.ALegse OpTicAL (o OPTOMETRISTS 614 9T= ST. N.W. 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