Evening Star Newspaper, April 20, 1921, Page 6

B THE EVENING STAR,!» With Sunday Morning Edition. | WASHINGTON, D. C. ‘WEDNESDAY April 20, 1921 | EI’HEODORE W. NOYES. . 1 st < Oftice. New York Office: 150 Nassau St. Office: First National Bank Building. n Ofice t St., London. Enzland. The Evening r. with the Sunday morning edition Ta delierd 1y carriers within the eity 0 e ooy, 15 centa per Tronth Snnd s B0, «nd of « and Virginia. 1yr. §3.40: 1 mo., T0¢ 111 yr. $6.00: 1 mo.; 30c | 1yr. $2.40; 1 mo., 20¢ v and Sund: Iy only. unday only Our Part in Disarmament. Pronouncement by President Hard- ing of his pe ing joint dis- armament by the nations of the world was de on Monday 14 u(»x«g,muni of Washington women who called ati v cones the White House to urse upon him their views on the subje “I know | that our government under this ad-| jon will® take steps to bring| about world disarmament.” he said. “T/ do not think that this cz until a.state®of prace exists. When peace «does exist 1 no objec- | tion to the United ziving an; ke the lead | ministrat can Stat Preside usiness of rid- the earth of the| burdens incident to the maintenance | of huge war machines, fills out the| one conspicuous void in his recent| message to Cong In that mes- sage. either intentionally or without intent, he omitted any direct reference to his purps ding the pe 10 disarmament and the omission gave rise to grave 1 vings in the hearts| of fhose to whom prompt steps to- ward calling a halt in the mad race | for armed seem impera- tive. His expression of Monday goes far toward surance that | the United States will in the near fu-| ture sieze one of the most promising | of its opportunitics as a leader among | the nations. Quite aside from the impelling forc of the popular desire to have done with the creation of machines "which history has shown lead to rather than | away from war—and the impulse of that desire was undoubtedly foremost in the mind of the President—Mr. Harding, in the light of his campaign pledges, could take no other position than that which he has chosen. His! adminjstration is pledged to give this nation a substantial decrease in the cost of government. No more promis- ing means to that end presents itself than that of an international agree- ment in restriction of expenditures in preparation for war. The full success of a conference of the nations, called by the United States to reach the needed agreements, would be almosta forégone conelusion. The peoples of the several nations find themselves In practically the same| beat as the United States, with the | favorable difference that the paying | for their seat in that boat is to them | even more onerous than to us. As! long as the race in armament is con- | tinued, as long as their national secur- 4ty is menaced by the existence and | expansion of potentially hostile armi and navies, they propose to maintain | and expand their own instruments for | war. dropping the almost intolerable bur- den Presents itself, as soon as it is| shown that the race may be halted and existing armaments reduced with- out jeopardizing the respective secur- ity of any individual nation, the c¢lamor for that course will be such! that no government could stand against it. H supremacy ppy B S jcircumstances, as the result of his! 3 it s inite. and provides | The creation of that chance, thel gy i SHOOTING STARS. natithe ountry ifesdaa—a coucrelodl demonstration of that truth, should; CCtUreés on law and the use of his| {action that can be made the basis of | and will be held as a very precious | PP While Mr. Wilson turned down an | BY PHILANDER JOHNSON constructive and effect action."— | function for the United States, ar:“f*" of 4 hundred and fifty thousand ! — S States. : EURS iole, 3 rding's the threshold of our supreme destiny | G01ars for @ paper on the issues of Landlord and Tenant. message may be considered as m.',‘,.rl s ARk snns s ktheld Said landlord to tenant: that as President he will more of | {0 the wotld. uo0- loftier SupoRtnlte gt s GG an G R | wy it L a follower than a leader, that instead | than this presents itself. ! irant, his mis. | our rent has been raised. originating policies and fighting T R R e e h his pride and indus- | id tenant to landlord: them he will try to find out what are, i f circumstance, | : e { i Al nEm bt e B ATy L try, bechme a public blessing. : “You leave me z arious < of his par an today possessed of a tremend o iR gt R You Teave me amazen: jand make to harmonize the | e o mood or evil T the Ty d his attention back 10 his part in the] 1'd make a new landing, | different vi consciousness of that strength, the! €IVl War, and suggested the prepara- | Butingne Iicangcet [l | knowledge that upon r course to :“”" "'v a work of great value. This® That isn't demanding limportant, President Harding's me: e and e row depends the fate filed his purse and added to his fame. | A rent higher yet! sage to the special session of Con- ¥ peoples, must lead us to the, 118 memoirs are a notable contribu- | e e e Sl right rcad. We cannot dodge the re.| tion 1o the history of that intense| id tenant to landlord: EmiphAlic was ihe Entesoottione sponsibilities incident 1o 1he powes | SUEEle for continued national exis. | To Congress Tl go.” {which, <o it was the general und ch is ours annot fail a civil. | “PC¢ Saidilandioraitoftenant: e e e Sapghe AT TasRa s — “Oh. wherefore do s0? tin the clectiq emphatically e B s o ,m"“um”di When lawyers have striven jeomm . Bu iner (demo- = anxiety £ ed ! o gather o & ) Bt place without | S0me strange economie theories, but| _ T gather vour fee, Onw feature of President Hard. | S niionts they are strong for the simple oid.| YOWll Wish you had given messiage to Congress should not & 2 bt e ] Your money to me.” aHowed 1o pass without applause 1shness—with hioned gold standard when it comes nis TUionor HiTeerecutivekpros | shipping cash supplies fo o oS in initating treaty negotia- |4 et Wuncaponner time,” said Unele | Sioux City Tribune (inde- | ‘dar was a mouse dat said he 2 T Tl e rally considered, the message v T<land of Yap at or a bull terrier accepted as nostate paper of | can te xons to under endless cha @ won-| i knowl- | human {land such a hall are almost wholly of a tional character. This is the nat- ural conventign city of the country, the one most preferred by organiza- With a suitable mecting place it would be chosen by twice as many now het Thusethis is, as alveady suggested, a national need, and the people of the country should be given the opportunity to subscribe to the equipment which they are sure to directly or indirectly. us plans have been broached iled convention hall enter- 1t is now well re zed that 1 plan cannot be made self-sup- porting. There must be aid through endownient annual appropriation, for the income from a meeting plac of this kind will not support it if it is constructed on a properly large scal The victory memorial plan, appealin s it does to all Americans regardless tions. come or nes, especially appealing t hose who suffered losses in the war, {is now by Presidont Harding's stamp approval put forth as a plan worthy American support. A all efforts should be cf- sneral srdination of fected to yield in the shor time a truly national memorial build- ing here that wili be free to the public and that be also used as head- rters of the veterans of the great war. st possible The President in New York. sident’s address in New York Wils the Key expected, mplish the end songht. in It breathes a spirit Central and South Amer will appreciate, and to which they will favorabiy v nd. The sentiments uttered are those of | the people Mr. Harding represents. He speaks for them in his tribute to Bolivar, and in his pledge of friend- ship to Latin Americans in their prog- ress along the paths of democratic en- deavor. North America wishes South America swell. The two continents can, and shounld, assist each other; and together they are invincible champions of the proposition that the western hemisphere is, and must remain, dedi- cated to free government of the Lin- colnian brand—of the people, by the people. for the people. 1t remains for the President to make his appointments to lomatic posts to_Latin America square with these sentiments; and doubtless he will do that. Men of a high grade should be lected. There is an opportunity not hitherto enjoyed to knit the two con- tinents more closely together. The for such an accomplishment is plainer than hitherto. Europe is an illustration of what jealousies and divisions and strife among nations pro- duce in the way of woes and destruc- tion. In this hemisphere something very different exists, and should be pre- served. And the right men bearing ; our commissions to Latin America will be a great aid toward its preservation. Pensions for Ex-Presidents. Senator Capper proposes a pension of ten thousand dollars a year for former Presidents, on the ground that a man wro has occupied the highest office under the government should not upon retiring “he compelled to hustle for a livin, A generous and worthy thought. . Fprtunately such a fate is not asso- ciable with the presidency. Several pinched at time But as soon ad the chance for |2fteT Feturning to private life, and| suit: and enjoyed their acti They were too young for the shelf, and too energetic for repose. Benjamin Harrison practiced law with great success, and Grover Cleve- did also. Theodore Roosevelt took up his pen again, and made it bt handsomely. Mr. Taft is in snug mote a promoter of d than it could pos- s a peaceable ( roational d v have man e ————— IFor the time being the public diseus of the to foreign relations is relegated to the don e Questions pertain- ain of usel S8 comment. ————— THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1921. players, $50. American movie pro- ducers canngf begin to meet | these prices. A $200-a-week “‘star” here is a small-studio person. If half is true of the American film salary scale the ierman producer has at least a_ 200 per cent advantage over us. FProb- ably all other expenses of production are lower. % But there is another point of view lalso. Why should American audiences want to see German-made films? It is Iquite certain that the government at Berlin, which virtually controls the | motion picture industry in that coun- I'try, will seek to use this medium for | propaganda. One of the plainest pur- ¥ of Germany is to evoke especially in the United Having failed lamentably in sympathy, S te n sentiment, it is now try ns to every possib me wirkon o frivn {ing of o based perhaps on | % | [ P. buased perhups on iy Gioma of enormous aificult pity. on this side of the Atlanticd And [(he miessase speaks a steady purpose | the mation picture screen is @ power- {10 coneentrate the best energies of Iemi s e {the government. The message is ful | ful instrumentality for gement to the expectation pose. Perhaps they have untry that these questions | something in Germa o tackled in good earnest at . ot hurriedly, but with the seri- ogy since the armistice. In any case, if films are shown here despite any tariff barrier or other restriction, they should be distinctly markd, plainly stamped in mouncements not only on the sereens, but on the bulletin boards and all publicity proclamations. Tn short, no German film should _be put over| without the knowledge #of the audi- ence. ierman ! Bolshevik Loot. It is reported from He soviet Russian officials h, i the broad of art treasu { from pa < and private individual The decree provides for the ereation of state fund of luxuries and art ob- jects to be drawn upon for means of obtaining cash in the world market | for the purchase of food. It matters nothing to the Moscow organization that these treasures in the past be- longed to individuals. It is of no mo- | ment that they were stolen b soviet dictators. They are now the property of the state, if that term can be applied to the cabal at present gov- { erning’ Russia. | Probably purchasers will be found | for these treasures of art who are not | particularly scrupulous about their {source or the circumstances of their ! ngfors that | ve dec { ac ers are dead. massacred by the soviet. Perhaps there are no heirs. More | probably, however, there are living law of these paintings, sculptures and | | jewels. A nice question will arise later as to their title if they can prove prop- erty. While the bolshevik government is not recognized as the legal, authen- | tic and authoritative administration | of Russia the seizure and sale of these { treasures cafnot be regarded as other than a crime, and those who buy par- ! ticipate in that crime and are subject | to loss if later the ownership is estab- {lished. As long as the soviet regime in Rus- [provocative e o fent) f1o Congres {hand of the | s it from start to h. The message, as a whole, is strong and reflects the ntiment of the jority of the {American people.”—THastings (Ne- b a) Tribune (republican). ired lanterns—d igroups who 1 [the new President. One group {the Senate and the other was big business."—St. Paul News (independ- acquisition. Perhaps the former own- | ¢1eon: jcusses the league of nations the do we understand his posi tion. Th not so.much because of people who are actually the owners in | his _remarks"—Norfolk {but it suits the conditions and circum- fme las nearly as they may be restored fo sia iz denied official standing its acts | granted, may legitimatize them. | fact should be borne in mind by ail! { who think of purchasing. in whatever | { country, the goods now put on the !that the cruel tenant will figure in| { melodrama in the place of the heart. ion.”—Minneapolis Journal (in- e {dependent republican). |fess tandlora. { “The message is a carefully con- | —————— ! d interpretation of the American | | discussed by France only as an army ! of the unemployed. g 1 janything. But e | eritter on four legs ry time S C tical remed time when ex- {he hid his=e’f. De in-tire mouse popu- ures are the vogue and flation said he was a terrible fighter, thre w‘..._\», i fil(mhl have S ot A 4 & et upon t try. | fan® if it wasn't for his merey de r:xl!‘ N of McKinley."™ i fan’ de bull pups would be as extinet |- News-Press (independent.) b Bven a mouse kin be I wEien S talemeng and a conversation hero if he knows when ito run.” A Yap Yawp. are illegitimate. Later recognition, if | & hem.™ denvy Rocky Mountain News This | (independent). ““The message points out enough ton market that came as loot from the |’ 1homes and palaces of the victims of | cite cxecntiv i erica v o < o of ofir earlier Presidents—Jefferson,| "¢ €0 tTTO™ e e e Madison and Monroe—were a little | T Jother."—Joplin (Mo.) Globe (demo- s after leaving office,{ The coal strike in Great Britain isi""34) (o 0y {and Gen. Grant, as the result of poor ; of interest to ultimate consumers the |overflowing as they are with the | mianegement, frasiinfaevere §REA Y RIne American coalmingr | 8L s | ; {may be almost as responsible a fgurk |ment, «till are enriched by this Tatest | But all the others lived in comfort |29 the American farmer. A LD Snational —_———— | rompted it, is epoc £ some became active in private pur-| The rent decision has aroused fear | fee o dndenenatat) e Gen. Wrangel's army is at present | vject Editorial Digest ¢ The West on the Program. Newspaper comment from west of the Mississippi on President Hard- ing’s message to Congress on the whole bears out the judgment of the rest of the country—little ex- travagant praise and almost no bit- ter criticism. A great many papers | make no general comment upon the documenf at all, but are content to discuss various issues it raises at great length from the point of view of their various political persuasions Excerpts follpw: ding’s po with to peace and international tionships arising from the war seems to b v defined in his message.”"—St. (independent.) rmament, st of living, t justice t Post-Dispatch world peace, ation. rail diers- are that alone can work out con- i of relief and pital (repub- now that in st plea for economy and its ion of the equivocal and war ue of uations it with the approval of a ma of the people—Dallas Times d (independent democratic he message bre contident, optimistic Americ that characterized Mr. Harding' augural address a month true citizen o e republic ept_with hearty good will the dent’s invitation “to join in the to fin our normal. onward wi Zai Tacoma Ledger (indepen: sufficient to rejec jorit He thes the spirit of nism “President Harding's first address is suggestive both of the ob and the voice of I shows the influence of Hughes and Herbert and of eminent republ In part harles Hoover E nations theor: nant as ald (in- the league of ideals if not tht league cov written."—Omaha World-He: dependent). “The message h, i the right ring to He surpriced his hearers because he waved. figuratively speaking. two | nger signals for two t expected them from he n@lire President Harding dis- what he says or does not say » of the seemingly inspired in- itive statements’ that follow (Nebraska) s it is News (independent). here nothing great. nothin profoundry impr e in the address. stances under which it was delivered. and its contents and spirit will be ire to @raw the nation into a_sym- pathetic attitude toward the Presi- dent. now at lasf engaged with the gravest problems that an American President ever faced."—-Houston Post (dem tic). othing of a revolutionary nature is put forward in President Harding's ge to Congress. No alchemy is to be employed to bring back pros- perity and restore former conditions, | vorld up Legis- only o «o far, ways a rebound to lowing the great work to keep any ablebodied Congress the job for many weary months, nd it rémains to be seen whether our | iew Pr ability for mapping | out tasks is supplemented with requi- ability for getting the dent’s . it is a strong, cl Its one g t word is co- as the Presid nt reads it in_the ion returns. It does not lack vigor, though. as usual, even the sug- gestion to Congress that it keep s hands off the busincss of treaty-mak- | i couched in kindly terms. In I prim tion import nd expoundin, breathing mode sound and pr: 1sting o Sharply as it does.with reign policiv o insistently takes ind state pay dvoeusted go lon by President B ant rank in the world | T of supre i = and momentous con. | i ! . | tion picture favorites may de-|Oh, Yap is but an island small, iconda Standard (democ: e S S v Sl et e “Withal, it was a message such ag | mand censorship of the reports of di [ youa searcely notice it at ail {ha, Amerioan: paople Hadbeosaca Ve proceedings as well as of| Upon the map! filled with reason and sens seenarios { But like some tiny intellects, 2 ES Il ChinceosmzeRRal com) i i Rt il dition in which America finds he —_—————— i Important business it directs {self today. 1 which at the same |1t seems impossible for disarmament | Toward sad mishap. 18 1ooks ot UL e WilhNoT imism and fits its progr: o mentum before @ new hint of war| Jud Tunkins says he'd like to be infpnture refuvenation. Heren onecons | | arises in some portion of the map. polities if it wasn't for the fact that | U Gongren Steneit| L I he's wot a bone felon and can't shake ) | on 3 hands. This is the season to say it with ind German Movies. . pop bottles.—Terre Haute Star. | fun. ¥ ayv be p ipon * e i g i fund. A ban may ‘l yllx( upon “made in} An Agricultural Pe: A vamp climbs to fame and power ! One motion picture films. Amer-{ <p . ornte by one stare after :\lml\\er.-‘-l‘nlum~! favor | jcan film producers. alarmed at the in-' fruit is goin® il bix (S C.) Record. | Jate 2l "flow of Teutonic pictures, have start-| «Well" replied her husband, “we| One of (the arguments for free ans who lost their lives in ed a movement for a prohibitive tari sht s welll et the ar] speachiispthul (o jlitlesoCiIbSIRRWOrCh! ; iy s i PRodio maen prohuibitive taviff might ax well get the news early right | 4y vihing.—Johnstown Democrat. vat war, with a contribu for | that will bar the foreign films, particn- | here on our own farm as to wait and | = { each such, star. State arly of this source. Their objection | jeg “ws fro (e amengRIamone/sliaacy Worda Falind) i B ea i i : j learn the bad news from the commis- | .jjayers how." Snoken. by the o | b silotte me o is wholly economic. The German film | sjon merchants.” just before he sampled the boot~ e The plan appeals t¢ triotic | costs much less to make than the —_— legger's wares.—Baltimore Evening than ~ | Am ‘er- lower there than here. man film comp: vernment ently thes | heavy tine for vic ited firstgrade supervision. and adopted a resulation, with at which lim star 1 for the reason that salaries | ‘The Ger- nies are combined un- Servants of the People. “I want to serve my country “A praiseworthy ambition! | mented Senator Sorghum. want to hear this in mind. try is lik com- “But you A coun- to be tremendously fault- ctors fo $200 a|finding about the service and not a For the meetings to be buused - week, second-grade, $150, and leading ! bit liberal when it comes to tips.” > Sun. Has the Secretar: considered an exc lionaire divorces? News. “of the Treasury se tax on mil- Norfolk (Neb.) “Anaesthetic Dancing Makes Tre- mendous Hit.—Headline. 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