Evening Star Newspaper, April 29, 1921, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, AVRIL 25, 1971 dition. The United States has much crime, of violence, of avarice, of re- venge, . of impulse ang deliberation. Perhaps some of that now prevafent is due to the aftermath of war, in FRID, .April 1921 Y Apefl 89 consequence of industrial dislocation Editor |and unemployment. But even in nor- THEODORE W. NOYES. . mal times, when everybody is tech-| The Evening Star Newspaper Company | nically at peace and employment is; THE EVENING STAR, With” Sunday Morning Edition, WASHINGTON, D. C Buaisees Office, 11th Bt. and Pennsylvanie Ave. | ceneral, crime prevalls. Daylight | devouring element. of the press. - No-.\'- 'nfl«':‘ :‘::} ;‘:"; 1}"“'"" hlod-ups in banks and elsewhere are The court assaults “the very founda- i#age Office: Pirst National Ran! | St . 5 z tions of esta =) Rma-w« '8 Regent St., London, England. : continually occurring in even the The Tax Revision Hearings. Francis. % “lmm:.» cindependent) de- most favorable conditions. The truth clares, because it “strikes at the very morsiag ity | is, there is a perpetual war in prog-} Br. | ress between the law and a class of » | people, fortunately few in relation to the whole, who, in their moral unbal- ance, seek to gain a livelihood without honest wairk. ing with the Sund In delivered by carriers with: nts per month; daily only. 45 cen only, 20 cents per moath. mall, or telephone M; de by carriers at €ad of each month. { Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. ! Maryland and Virginis. “Datly and Sunday..] y : Daily only .1 yr., $6.00. Sunday only .1yr., $2.40; Statehood and the Philippines. s A cable from Manila says: All Other States. “The national committee of (relna- { conditlons now are different. The war v;'-mt of re ver of the | Daily and Sunday.1 yr., $10.00; 1 mo., 85c | tionalist party adopted resolutions |y, g e " L doctrine of brocess of law' as a de- Daily :.:xy_s_‘m ppud 30 1 mour Ghe | venterday ‘reafirmink its attitude in | has been over nearly two years and a | fensive s i Sunday oniy 137, $3.00: 1mo. 25¢ | favor of Immediate independence for [ half. Some sources of revenue nol public rxigency” is not | the Thilippines, and instructing its executive officers to prepare a memo- rial to be submitted to the Wood- Forbes mission asking that the pend- ing independence problem be fmme- diately solved. * © The com- mittee also adopted a resolution op- posing any policy which would tend to make the islands a permanent in- tegral part of the United States. elther as a territory or a state.” There need be no worry on the score of statehood. Even shouid per- manent retention of the archipelago | be decided upon, nothing would be |ess likely than its conversion into a {state. The Union of sta compact | —_— The House and Disarmament. 1If the action of the House yesterday, when, in passing the naval appropria- tion bill by an overwhelming vote, all disarmament amendments were de- feated by vociferous choruses of “noes,” is to be taken as indication of the attitude of Congress on disarma- ment itself, there would indeed be grounds for anxiety on the part of ®ober minds throughout the nation The bill. carrying appropriations of other town—some say more—and it should be easy for all motorists and drivers to get out of the way in time. The habit of running to the fire on| wheels is hard to cure, it is true. .If the Alexandria apparatus could be sure of cleared streets a twenty-five mile rate would be quite sufficient to give it the best of chances against the Editorial Digest Tenant vs. Landlord. ‘While editortal opinion on'the five-to- four decision of the Supreme Court up- helding the rent laws divides as.sharply ; as did the court itseif, the minority. of the court is supported by the majority The Senate finance committee will take up the question of tax revision next week. Hearings will begin Tues- day or Wednesday. Two things stand out prominently. Taxation needs revision. The present assessments were made in war times, under war pressures and conditions, and therefore made in haste. They served their purposes fairly well. But root of private ownership of any erty” and virtually authorizes taking of private property for pri uke without compensation. the anction of the United preme Court, “by a majority the Roanoke Times (democratic) frels that “any curtailment of property rights Is to be looked on with a certain amount of suspicion,” and this declsion, as the Boston Transcript (independ republican) sees It, opens the way for further aggr , since It “marks the | as suflicient Justification f such as the dis- 1d even exposes the Court to' the charge of incons the Wheeling Intelligencer (republican) paints out. Admitting the z emergency, “was it any 7 asks, “than the food profiteering whi the Lever act was designed to control” and which the Supreme Court declared unconstitutional? The Louisville Courjer-Journal (demo- ic), conceding that “sheiter is a ne- | cesgity,” adds: “So ix food. and so isi clothing. Nobody may, with tie tion of a he grocer nd proc; d or g into ithing | store and procure clothing at prices to s | i longer yleld as at first. Hence, new | sources must be found. and tapped. And there arises the question which Congress must decide: What sources? The government needs a large amount of money. Our bills, notwith- standing the restored peace, continue huge. They cannot be shirked. They are likely to continue huge for some years to come. The war has imposed obligations which must be met, and can only be met in a businesslike wa by a frank acknowledgment of their existence. store | Although the $396,000,000 for expanding and run-|physically, and there is every reason | Here, then, is a question in which | Times (ropubi ning the naval establishment, begin-|why it uld remain so. And it prob-{all men, and particularly business v;'"m' “lik ning July 1. was passed by a vote of {ably will. men, are interested. These hearings, | by <" the Porto Rico has a better case than the Philippines, being near at hand, and compact itself. But, for the rea- son given, there is no thought of state- hood for Porto Rico. The Filipino advocates of independ- 212 to 15. House members, nearly to & man, enthusiastically supported the $90,000,000 plan of coenpleting the 1916 building program sAd voted to con- tinue to run the Hige naval machine at a cost of more than $300,000,000 a year. Nearly to a man they turned a|ence want the problems solved “im- deaf ear to the proposal to make the [ mediately.” They will have to wait. aeppropriation in any way dependent|Gen. Wood and Mr. Cameron Forbes upon the calling of an international [are not expected back until fall. They conference for armament limitation.|will then have to write their report. therefore, should bring out important information and suggestions. In open- ing its doors to the public the Senate committee invites both. It needs both. It is on the eve of preparing a meas- ure intended to supply the govern- ment’'s revenue necessitles, with as fair a distribution of the burden im- posed as possible. Let us hope that business men may respond to the committee's invitation Globe-Democrat (republican) adds “does | not justify such legislation unless an emergency exists.” the Baltimore News | (independent) suggests that the question the Suprema Court dors not answer Is, ‘When is an emergency?' The possibility, seen by the Columbus (Ohlo) ~ Dispatch (indepcndent) “that the legislative bodies will seek to gain ulterior ends by sceing ‘emergencies’ | do.‘not exist, or creating. them to order.” suggests to the New | York Tribune (republican) that all lnws courtproof” ingenuity of le Yet, surface appearances to the con- trary notwithstanding, the action taken in no wise implies congressional | to digest the President’s recommenda- disapproval ® a concerted move by England, Jagn and the United States for a joint seduction of their arma- ments. with or without conscious purpose, to such a move. It indicated only the go to the coming disarmament con- continue the race in armament, yet most willing to evidence its desire for world peace by foregoing whatever advantages it holds as the pacemaker in that race. It demonstrated only the congressional judgment that to cut our armament programs before other nations are pledged to do so would be highly inexpedient. It did not imply, even by indirection, any aversion to the plan which, perhaps more than any other, may lift from the shoulders of the peoples of the world a considerable portion of the crushing tax burden, without jeopard- izing to the slightest extent the se- curity of any individual nation. ‘Whether or not some expression by the House at the time of passing the bill as to the advisability of calling a disarmament conference would have been regarded by the President as a favor or an embarrassment is a mat- ter of opinion, and changes in no de- gree the wisdom of continuing the current naval policy up to the time ‘when we may, without hint of a self- ish motive, change it, in conjunction with other leading powers, for the|,., white House when they have| benefit of mankind in general. It may be assumed that the Presi- ¢ dent is fully aware of the ever-increas- ing demand in this country for some action on his part looking toward conversation with Great Britain and Japan on the question of joint arma- ment reduction. It is certain that he requires no congressional recommen- dation to justify him in taking the sations. The House, by its action yesterday, evidenced a determination to continue the United States in the position of the nation best fitted to do so. Cause for concern will only arise should the President demonstrate that he does not propose to seize the exceedingly favorable opportunity which now pre- sents itself. ——— It is but natural for a man with as many busy days as President Harding gives himself to play golf as pear his own home asg possible, —_———— The 1. W. W. now regards Bill Haywood as the worst membership booster the organization ever had. Parleys in a strike situation do not vindicate the old motto, “Talk is cheap.” Crime, Here and Abroad. Switzerland has just had its first daylight bank robbery in a hundred years. The robbers held up the cashier of a bank at Basel, and after mortally wounding him got away with 20,000 francs. Now great indignation pre- vafls throughout the country, espe- cially as it is believed that the robbers were foreigners. Think of a country with such a rec- ord! Only one daylight bank robbery in a century! The United States can show two or three a week, and is not proud of that. Indeed, the United tates is inclined to be a bit ashamed | volunteer, like to use it to the ltmit| I Much prefer a man who vells at me of its enterprise in this direction. It does not regard bank robberies as evi- dence of civilization, or train rob- berfes, or motor banditry. There are #ome Americans, indeed, who will be envious of Switzerland for its long immunity. Of course, Switzerland is a little country and can Be more easily po- liced than the United States. The in- coming and outgoing of people can be more easily watched. The United States has not been especially par- ticular about the ‘‘foreigners™ enter, and partly In consequence of can get it. who The President will then have to digest the report. Congress will then have tion, whatever it may be and. when- ever submitted. Action at the special session would | seem to be impossible, while Congress | Indeed, the action of the House was, [at the regular session will have a crowded card to handle, with a cam- conducive to a satisfactory outcome |paign for the election of a new Con- the determination of the United States to|subject comes up on Capitol Hill it is | existence when the univers “Imme- ference as the nation best equipped 10 | diately” is quite out of the question. | from one source under varying ten- The solution of the problem may be | gress approaching. And when certain to be fully debated. distant. 0ld Times Come Again. The President has many callers, and manages to see them all. Some have business with him. Some desire simply to pay their respects. Others have in purpose speaking words of approval of what he has done since assuming the duties of his office, and | wishing him good luck for the future. Politics is absent. In this company are republicans, democrats, socialists and men and women without party classification. reports as to their reception. It is to be noted with gratification ! that among the callers are many sena- tors and representatives, both parties contributing. Sometimes republicans and democrats call together, and are received with equal cordiality. Connection thus between the White House and Capitol Hill seems to have been re-established. With the Pres!- dent visiting Capitol Hill when he has business there, and legislators visiting businesg there, should make for such agreeable relations between the .two localities as will inure to the benefit of the country. Such were the conditions when Mr. McKinley was President; and that time is often described as one worthy of remembrance and imitation. It is said, indeed, that no better fortune could befall the country than a re-| . 3 necessary steps to open Such CONVEr-|yiva) of the respect that existed then | EUropean Qiplomats with being a good between the executive and the legis- lative branches of the government, and the co-operation the feeling pro- moted. —_————— No explanation has been offered as to how rumors of continued activities on the part of the Krupps can pos- sibly assist in the promotion of peace plans. ———emtee While not cailled upon for any re- marks, there is no doubt that Marshal | Foch keeps up the hard thinking for which he has become noted. ——— The railroad business is represented | as a prodigal son who had difficulty in finding a repast equal to the needs of the situation. Alexandria’s Firemen, Alexandria's trouble over the speed of the fire department seems to be rather out of proportion to the arca covered by that organization. Pos- sibly the desire of the protesting fire- men, who have followed their chief in resigning, for unlimited speed rights is due to a feeling that Alexandria has been too long under the accusation of being slow. Any town dislikes to be called slow. Alexandria is an old place, older than Washington. In late years it has begun to grow again, and one of its evidences of growth has been the installation of a fine motor fire- fighting equipment. Naturally those |'who man it, partly paid and partly of capacity. But in the somewhat re- stricted area there is danger really of getting to the fire too quickly at the high speeds favored by the now gener- ally resigning department. There is such a thing as too much haste. Sometimes a fire engine can do much more damage than the fire itself. As a practical matter, mile rate which is favored by the mayor and the common councl is fast enough for all practical purposes in screech. All alike make pleasant | the twenty-five. Alexandria. It is estimated that at|can be done that will make it look that rate it is possible for the appe-|jixe a pleasant smile.” ratus to reach any fire in three min- this fact, and partly as a result of |utes from the start, anywhere within inadequate education and economic |the jurisdiction. Probably what Alex- stress it has developed a large num-|andria most urgently needs in this|ference between classical music and Ler of people who regard the law as|connection is the strict enforcement| jazs.” romething to be broken, and the prop- | of a regulation requiring all traffic te erty of others as their own if they|halt at the sound of the engine's|“In classical music the members of Alexandria’s fire engines|the.orchestra sit still and in jazz they Crime 18 a symptom of a social con-{ make as much fuss as those of any|jumi @il over the platform.” king body is existence of an emergefey, Bedford (Mass.) Standard (repub feels that “we are brought perilously ‘lose to the point that a statute cannot be set aside by the judictal power.” Replying ‘to this position. however, the Springfield Union (re finds no grounds for the fe state can “hereafter _declare emergeney that will have to be ac- | cepted as much by the judicial pow- er” and ft is confident that “the Supreme Court is not likely to de- stroy {ts own constitutional preroga- ! i in numbers and with data serving the purpose the committee has in mind and the country at heart. —_———————— Who's Who in Relativity ? A rival to Prof. n's honors as the discoverer of relativity propounds the following question to the Swis {scienttst, to which he expects an an | swer: 4 “Did not chemical affin S come imto 4 environ- ment influence began to concentrate the friction into paysical matter all broad principle which the ma- ¥ opinion establishes. the Chat- tanooga News (democratic) finds, is simply that “privdte property must not be used in such a mann injure or inconvenience the public’ and “must be made to conserve the bublic interest.” This theory is not articularly different from “that pri ‘iple-of law- which regulates individual “onduct.’ the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (i pterprets it. the decis sity, creating the density .of the Without doubt Prof. Einstein ‘can lanswer this readliy. It may be a bit more complex when translated into hi inative tongue than it sounds in its simple English. But to the mind:that iis capable of grasping. the relativity i of space and the universal elements a [ auery of this ort is no puzzle at all: “The public will not hecome intensély {concerned in any controversy -that !may arise on the score of priority of relativity. It was only mildly excited ia long time ago over the moot point lof who wrote “Laugh and the world laughs with yo A few friends of ‘ol. Joyce and Mrs. Willcox were wont to argue the question wraml;, but to the majority it was of little moment. Even so with relativity, Jt the hypothesis were sgomething that could be used to reduce the cost of living there would be a real public con- | cern. i recogniz sanctit and. theory of discarded and has placed obstacles in the way “only of such practices as m he justly d scribed as extortion.” The St. Louis Star (independent) agrees that “it is only the cxtortionate landlord who | comes-within the Bcope™-of the laws which the_ court upholds. and the Cleveland Prain Dealer (independent democratic) assures “landlords who play square” that they “have nothing : to o The opinfon “of those who find themselves the victimg,6f. axtortion and injustice” will be tHat “the prin- ciple cstablished, or rather reafirm- ed. l&_pre-eminently just.” the Kan- sas City Journal (republican) de- A The Supreme Court, in| deciding that “property | not paramount to those f‘fl the public.” has rejected the theory of | ithe profiteers that “the victlm can ! be deprived of his salary or wages without due process of law and in | Asrect wjolation of the laws against extortion, but the profiteer cannot be | ‘of bis property without that | le: inviolate, P definitely 5 rights a ———————— It is often asserted that in modern journali$m public opinion is molded by the news and not by the comment. Col. George Harvey is one man who | made editorials look as if they were doing business. ——————— Berlin does not find plans for com- mercial resumption encouraged by | France's inclination to keep Germany ‘bunly occupled. —————— | Uncle Sam ia at least credited by that the’ rent have been denounced b e Supreme Court nty vears ago. the Detroit Free (independent) explains the change in_“the publi¢ and the judi- cial mind” as resulting from the of po derived from prop- which has brought about this limit on the right of a man to s he will with his own." The Spring Yarn Crop. For %o early in the season, the sea stories are coming. in well. A vessel | in from Liverpool brings the corpse of | a six-foot octopus which came aboard | during a storm off the Home of the! vil, a familiar region off the Irish The log says that the fish { washed aboard by a terrific sea, but! there is the possibility that the octo- | pus, hearing that W. J. Bryan was in i ew York, deliberately boarded the ship with evil intent. However lhati ay be. it Is the truth that the vil-| lainonx squid was killed in a duel with | the ship's carpenter. 5 4 | On board a gleamer in from South ! America a thirteen-foot python broke loose from his box and pursued the ship's cat with such ferocity and | velocity that when the cat leaped the | rail in his flight the python followed him to their mutual doom. In this case there is no such proof as is ers | bodied in the remains of the octopus, | but the ship's carpenter can show any | dcubter the python's empty cage and the skipper can point out the sea into which cat and snake disappeared. No better evidence is needed by any per- son who cares for seh stopies i 0od marine yarns are always wel- come. Now, ticularly.after a war {during which everything that happened ‘ fafloat had to be suppressed, the public will eat up strange aquatic narratives. The octopus story could not have been told in war time. As the censor would have regarded it, the “German admi- ralty could have fizured out, from the size of the squid and the place where it boarded the ship, just what were the ' movements and plans of the Navy De- partment.—New York Herald (inde- pendent). ? “would the memhers of | ! i | | i { ! i | listener. | ———— e Peonage and the I. W. W. represent the two industrial extremes. SHOOTING STARS. RY PHILANDER JOHNSON. The Dear Public. i The public is supposed to be Obedient and kind, And not try methods overfree In speaking of its mind. { It walks along the lines that show Where crossings should be made, And always heeds the signal, *‘Slow, At every curve and grade. |1t heeds the rules that are laid down For etiquette and health; ‘When rates go up it does not frown At parting with its wealth, Remember when some grievance small Invites to discontent, The public must be, first of all, Kind and obedient. i ‘The Gentle Ego. *“What do you consider the ablest document in history?" n't tell you now." replied Sena- tor Sorghum. “But the typist has it {in hand, and I think I will give it out {10 the public tomorrow.” The hum of industry has subsided into a “H'm!"—Boston Herald. How happy Yap could be with eithe, were t'other dear charmer away!——: Chicago News. Action and Words. ““What we ‘want is action instead of words." “Not always,” replied the umpire; Chauncey Depew reached elght; seven Saturday on strong bull trading, | and is expected to go to par.—Chicags | Post. 1 to one who throws a pop bottle. Computations. Said the old Arithmetic, “Ah, me! I'm overworked, I must eonfess, Please put me out of diploma-cee And back in regular business.” Youth is always going to do tomo row the things old age didn't do yes- terday.—Columbia ( Record. Gabrielle, d’Annunzip s Oh, well, what could he do fused to fight with him. Iutelligencer. married. Italy re- cattle Post: 1t’s not that they love the Roosevelt gush less, but they love the Colombian | gusher.—Columbia (S. C.) State. Europe seems to think that Ameriga should always stand a. loan.—Norfolk Virginian-Pilot. Tooth Disclosure. “They're preparing to put teeth into the Volstead law." 'm not interested.” replied Uncle Bill Bottletop. “There's no way it Speaking of relativity, why is it that fleas stick 80 close to & dog and rarely bother even the meanest men?—Tulsa Tribune. A wealthy New York woman disap- peared after telling her chauffeur to walt. Maybe she is still shopping.— San Antonio Light. * It 1s now declared that New York has cats trained to set buildings afire, and in that fashion obtain the insur- ance. Gradually uses are being found: for a cat.—Harrisburg Patriot. Drawing a Distinction. “I don't belleve you know the dif- “Yes, I do,” exclaimed Mr. Cumrox. Capital and Surplus. .000.00—Resources, Over $1.800,000.00. HOW MONEY GROWS Kept at home in a secret “hiding hole,” a dollar will always remain a dollar (barring theft or destruction)— one hundred cents and no more. 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