Evening Star Newspaper, May 11, 1921, Page 6

THE . EVENING ST With' Sunday Morning Kiitlen. WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY. .. ... May 11, 1021 day. It is possible to deliver the sam day to a Iocal address a letter mailed before 11 o'clock in the qujck collec- tion area. It is possible also to get by this means a letter moved, for ex- ample, to New York in season for early THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editar [morning delivery at point of address. | Letters addressed to New York and The Evening Star Newspaper Company | but in the boxes at perhaps 6 o'clock Bustidss Office. 11th St. and Pennsy]vania Ave. -2New York Office: 150 Nassau St. Chieago OMice: First National Bank Ruildis lunw:, Qffice: '3 Regent Bt.. Lonon. Englan Tha Bvening Star, with the Sunday marning edition, is deliversd by carriers within the city at 60 Cents: per month: daily only. 43 cents per month: Sunday only, 20 cents per month. Or- ders may be sent by mail, or teleohone Main Collection is mede by carriers at the €ad of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daily and Sunday..1yr., $8.40: 1 mo,, 70c Daily only . oeer. 1 ¥, $6.00; 1 mo. S0c Sunday only. yr., $2.40; 1 mo, e All Other States. ats Dail d Sunday.1yr., $10.00; 1 mo., D.n; ::uy. e 1yr., $1.00;1mo., S0 niy . 00! 1 mo.. 26 Germany “Accepts.” A makeshift ministry headed by Dr. Julius Wirth, leader of the centrist group in the reichstag, has obtained from that body a mandate vote, 221 to sustaining it in its proposal to yield to the allied ultimatum regarding reparations and other performances under the treaty of Versailles. Thus with two days to spare Germany has decided to undertake what it has here- tofore declared to be impossible, rather than risk temporary if not permanent loss of territory comprising its richest industrial region. The demands of the allies which Germany has now decided to accept comprise complete disarmament, the trial of “war criminals,” payment within, twenty-five days of ane billion gold marks due May 1, and finally the payment of $487.000,000 annually to the allies in addition to a sum equal to 25 per cent of the value of Ger- many's exports until a total of ‘32.-; 750,000,000 shall have been paid. Items one and four of this demand constituted the chief obstacle to agree- ment. It was repeatedly asserted in Berlin that disarmament could not be effected in Bavaria, but yesterday's vote indicates that the government will take a chance. It has been de- clared repeatedly that Germany could not pay as much as the allies demand- ed, but noticeably each German pro- posal has been higher than the pre- ceding one, showing a disposition to bargain which has completely dis- counted the denials of ability to meet the full requirements. ‘The item which most severely hurts is that exacting a 25 per cent tax on exports, to go into the pockets of the allied nations. It is obviously Ger- many’s purpose to regain at the earliest moment the dominance of world trade which she had in some respects obtained before the war. Al- ready German goods are moving into every market. The German advance agents are busy in every quarter. An export tax of 25 per cent would put a severe han p upon this trade. Al- lied econom! believe that this tax is not prohjbitive, but will leave a substantial sum to the reparations ac- count, while making’it impossible for Germany to unmdersell in the world The first move under the acceptance —which the allles require to be cate- gorical and unconditional—will be the payment of the overdue installment of one billion gold marks. Doubtless the French forces will remain in readiness tor a move ‘intd ‘the Ruhr district in case Of any delay. There will be no relaxation of pressure. Confidence is not high in Germany's good faith. These terms which are now so halting- ly dccepted were fixed upon months ago. Disarmament and the trial of the war criminals are not new conditions. ‘There must be immediate demonstra- tion of honest purpose to live up to terms which Germany, however un- willingly, signed at Versailles as the loser of the war of unrighteousness. ———e—————— Motor Cycles for the Police. A bill has been introduced in the House by Representative Royal John- son of South Dakota’ to permit the police department of Washington to use cast-off war motor cycles. This is an excellent plan and the measure should be speedily enacted. These ma- chines are of no value to anybody at present. If sold in the open market they, will net the government only a small gum. . Not many of them will be needed for District police use. These ma- chines, now lying-idle in warehouses, will be a material aid to the District. In the handling of traffic the mounted force should have the benefit of the most efficlent mechanical aid. There should be a reserve of motor cycles at headquarters and at the station for emergency uses, sudden needs of po- lice concentration. If the supply is sufficient it would be possible to con- centrate an effective férce at any point in the District within 2 few minutes. Tt is to the interest of the government to keep the local police force well equipped and efficient in action, and this proposed yse of the spare motor cycles is in that direction. - ————————e Those concerned in the marine strike are perhaps a little weary of welghing arguments and would rather weigh anchor. ————— Early! Postmaster Chance expresses him. self ay disappointed with the collec- tions made by the cycle carriers cov- ering the special routes of the down- town section in his “mail early” cam- paign. On Monday up to 5 o'clock each of the collections was less than 6,000 letters, a total up to 5 p.m. of 47,624. The 5:40 round yielded 24,229 letters, the 6:20 round totaled 11,336 letters o'clock collection netted and the 7 8,163 letters. These figures show that the business men of Wdkhington are not yvet re- sponding as fully as they should to the invitation to gdt their maijl will not get over there unti] early the next morning, when the New York office is swamped with mail. The load is so heavy that distribution is im- | possible until late in the afternoon, it it is accomplished that day. It is not uncommon for a letter mafled here at 6 o’clock on Monday to be delivered not before noon on Wednesday in New York as well as here. Compliance with the postmaster's suggestion means a readjustment of the office routine. Assuredly this can be accomplished. Instead of one “mail” a day, let there be two. That will put one bunch of mail out before noon and another bunch before closing. As a tter of fact, there would be no loss of time in eventual delivery if part of the evening mail were held over {until the next morning, when it would {have a clear way in the collecting and forwarding office. If the business men do not more ful jconform to the system of early mail- discontinued is go great that it is to be hoped that | special effort will be made to give the | collectors a more even load to carry during the day. ———— The School Attendance Bill. The decision of those who have been {advocating a new and more effective law covering school attendance and child labor in the District of Columbia to separate the measure into two bills and to concentrate their immediate effort upon obtaining the school at- {tendance law is most wise. It has long been clear to those who have followed the history of the duplex bill hitherto advocated that the (‘om~i bination of education and child labor | {was unfortunate. The educational} purposes of the measure have met with a degree of approval, both throughout the District and in Con- gress, which amounted to unanimity. The child labor features of the pro- posed law have, on the other hand, been from the first severely criticized. And because that criticism has bgen in the main merited the combined measure failed at the last session of Congress and was apparently destined to fail at the current session. The uncriticized and much needed school at- tendance provisions have been over- long handicapped by an artificial al- liance with child labor stipulations! held by many to be ultra-ideglistic and | obviously impractical. H ‘With the divorce of the two distinct | phases of the bill once achieved there | is every justification for the bejlef| city, so great is the congestion there| ing this special service is likely to be [ with every Its material advantage!anq cngaged in legislating for it. He swung around the circle re- peatedly. The new man will have an advantage which he will owe to Mr. Hays. For whereas Mr. Hays took charge under discouraging conditions, his successor | wil take charge with the Whole pros- ‘pect bright and pleasing. Neverthe- less, he will have to hump himself in {order to properly handle an inher- itance so rich and large. 4 ———————————— Visitors From Japan. This is from Tokio: “The delegation of the Japanese diet bound for the United States for a visit expected to last about three months sailed from Yokohama today ion the Shinyo Maru.” The time mentionéd should work in favor of the success of the mission. As a rule, our foreign visitors, and especially those who come on public errands, make much to short a stay.|volved" in the controversy, namely: Their conferences and inspections are illrsht docsta m’l(‘luv; need ingusm;s i .~ |which cannot pay living wages?’ and. conducted in something of a hurry. second, and more practically, how much But these Japanese gentlemen, in|can the shipping industry now afford the three months they will allow them- This last can be settled justly selves, can go about their business - most part, the editorial ) z follows the attitude of the tefsurely, and inform themselves thor. it follows. the attitude’ of ithe oughly on many subjects—all. at least, in which they are interested. Editorial Digest Merchant Marine in the Balance. Refusal to meet the demands of ‘the seamen’s urijons, witich has resulted in tying up American shipping, is backed by the press. Almost without excep- tion the newspapers, declare themselves for a reduction in the sailor's pay. and some attack features of the La Follette act which require that American ships be manned by English-speaking crews. The labor press takes the opposite view. #s might be expected, considering the situagjon from the strikers' standpoint. One exception among the newspapers is the New York Globe (independent). which states the question from a bi- partisan_angle. It makes an effort to show that “the wage-fixing theory proves too much,” for “if rates paid by foreign competitors are to determine American wages, the pay acceptable to the Chinese sailors must mark the sum- {mit of the American desire.” “Two questions,” the Globe believes, “are in- which says: “The cheaply run ships of gn_competitors have taken all g the business that we have not got nailed They are coming at a good time, too. | qat PUSIREST (At we have not got il iCongress being in session, they will]cent reduction in wages will not meet of- the ¢ S0 long as find . gathered together picked men ! from every section of America. familia ithe ne < law imposes preposterous with general overmanning of 3 fean life, cur ves in all departments, our mer- ase merican life, phase of American life, |50 WL Can only 2o from bad to the | worse." country in circumstances of excep-| _The Bangor (Me.) Commercial (in- Sverybody. is: stresss ependent) holds milar _ view. tional moment. Everybody is stressing | %\ Wage reduction,” it says, “will not normalcy, and desirous of assisting!solve the problem. though it wi {Relp.” The government “eventual must take action “for the assistance of the merchant marine.” Congress efforts to get back to it. But wherever the visitors go, and with whomever, in office or out, they |must deal vith all the dxmcuhiles” ; of our forcign trade “as a whole,” confer, they will find business the iy, “Up 0kivn Fagle (independent paramount topic, and the people quite [ democratic) believes. and “there must be compensation for the differences in the cost of operation” between ours and foreign ships, and “it must come from the source from which thesc as eager for information about con- ditions in other countries as they are willing to give information about con- differences were compelled.” ditions at home. R = | Reaa t of wages and the as- A cordial welcome awaits these rep- |« FornErant Shins, Ate resentatives of a nation with which | America is at peace, and disposed to|¢ remain at peace. A good understand nd then dy ing will be promoted by a frank dis.|in some form " To Vork Trib- 4 4 f ne (ropublican s in labor cussion face to face about the differ- |75 TSN GoTution and the ences between America and Japan ! Mobile I ter’ (democratic) is o which now exist. {1he opinion that “if the union insists {upon the maintenance of its present fexpense roll there is no outlook sat- idani actory to those wha are laboring Street cflr Gnl ce. to recreate interest in America’s One of the contusing results of the | transportation by sea.” rerouting of the street railway lines| Considering the fact that “the gov- which was undertaken during the war | pT oM ST 5 13 propriation of $171.000.000 by July 1. as a means of relieving congestion in |otrerwise the shipping tre#éury will {be empt the Petersburg (Va. this city is that car crews are in many | Dadex Appeal (independenty - remarics cases left In ignorance of the details|“How the men can hope to earn pres. of their routes and in some cases the ! ent wages with the shipping business most essential landmarks. Tt is not |if €uch condition i beyond concep- ion." The Wilmington (N. C.) Star upcommon to find a conductor even | (democratic) is sure that “acceptance now, when the routes have become]|of the wage reduction” will be the |final outcome of the strike, for “even well stabilized, who does not know|ine packing of the United States much more than the terminal points Treasury would not justify the Ship- : ping Board in _continuing its ryinous heblper SUICh his car ongrates " The Memphis News-Scimitar knows the street crossings at whic dependent) likewise declares that the cars stop..but perhaps ‘not much | the board must not yield 16 must in- {sist” it says_ “upon cquitable adjust- more. A passenger who wants t0 B0 .it and working conditions in order to a certain point may or may not be | efficiently to operate its ships.” correctly jnformed and guided. .Tt ig| The Florida Times-Union (demo- leratic) makes out a case to show that K that the District will enthusiastically |a great help to the traveling public Indorse the proposed school attendance {to he assured of proper direction in bill. That Washington should in this | poarding a street car, and it might be day and hour demonstrate less than a suggested that the traction companies unanimoys determination to give each |gtart a school of instruction in thi {if the scamen do not accept lower iwages they will have nome to ac- {cept, for “if there is no ‘adjustment {of salaries and wages of marine work- ers it will not be very leng before he laws of trade, working. inexo- child within its jurisdiction that meas- ure of education which will start it forth -well equipped for its more ma- ture duties is unthinkable. A school census, clear laws and adequate en- forcement provisions are essential to the fulfillment of that determination. The existing law does not meet the! requirements and Congress—once it shall have been impressed with the earnestness of the District's desire— will, with the local school authorities, make the necessary changes. To insure to the children of Wash- ington the privilege of education and to protect them from employment in occupations which are harmful to their health or morals is the earnest desire | of each reasonable citizen of the Na- tional Capital. If it shall be found | that the school attendance bill, when' it shall have become a law, is not lnl combination with the existing child labor law sufficient to insure the real- ization of that desire, the time will then be ripe for a study of what changes in the existing regulations covering the employment of children are necessary. For the present every effort of those interested in this legis- | lation should be directed toward ex- pediting the educational measure, an act which will go far toward the de- | sired end without inculcating in the minds of the youth of the city the | dangerous and false theory that hnn-l est, healthful work, of itself, is a thing to be shunned. | ———— No isolation of the U. 8. A. could possibly be complete unless European statesmanship should cease to take an active interest in American affairs. ———— Senator Knox's resolution iz a re. minder that statesmanship must.pos- sess patience as well as energy and industry. In Berlin “verge of ruin” has re- placed the anciently persistent phrase, ‘“verge of war.” —_————— An Important Post. Nominations, 50 to 83y, for the chair- manship of the republican national committee are still in order, and still { being made. The men will be named in this town early next month. The republicans are to be copgratu- lated op the pumber of names already submitted, and on the competpncy and character of those bearing them. They are politiclans of expsrience, and with local successes to their credit. Some have long been valyed advisers in na- tional matters. Al are well known to the country. The post is one of great responsibil- ity, and exacting as to time. The in- cumbent must give his whole time to the work. This has increased in the past few years in quantity and com- plexity. The man who conducts & na- tional campaign these days, or ar- ranges the iminaries for one, must know his ess, and be forever about the buainess. The performance j trainéd to ki iHe had no thought of buildings tall in the boxes early in the day, but are holding to the old habit of concentrat- ing their postings at the end of the business period. The result is that the congestion at the city post office in the evening is not syfiiciently les- sened. The purpose of these early eollso- tions is to enable the local postal force N £ ably, will deprive American - marine o ¢ arkers of their salaries and their oW not only the routes|wages altogether ar;d the Amenlran {merchant marine will evaporate into along which they may be,@ssigybd to | TCr Rl T aream " Tohe Ralti- run, but something of the adjacent more News (independent) also warns territory. They should be drillgd in |Mr. Furuseth ~against killing the the map of the city and the suburbs, | Sa G Fo0% 0 P i te suburbs, | “A number of writers feel that the 50 that passengers who are not them-|seamen’s act is to blamé for the trou- i : {ble and should be altered or abolished. selves perfectly familiar with the lines |12 400 oo 0r hone. affairs that 100k and tbe streets can find dependable!well in theory and work out quite guidance on the cars. Waspington s |differently in practice” says the El v iPaso Times (democratic). Its clause frequented by strangers who must de- | lijc restricts crews of American pend upon the street rallway crews ships to English-gpeaking sailors “has or their 1 and gp | Proved as clumsy and inefficient in % Bele«locahyplotage mf’ 4| actual practice the literacy test companies can greatly ald in insisting | for immigrants.” The act. in the upon this study by their employes. jopinion of the Toledo Blade (inde- - !pendent republican), . “should be R T R lamended w0 that shipping can pro- Police qutharities In various citfes;cesd and develop heplthily and the New Y iculty in Oklahoma City = Oklahoman (demo- In New York state report difficulty in %5 0N, L inat if American sea- enforeing prohibition. The old dif-,men not willing to work for the ficulty in getting ultimate consumers|best v;un ;hv l:h'm:lnxh_wial;d (;:)m pay, they “shou not objec o he to co-operate for their own protection | cripioyment of others in their places.” asserts itself. . | = ¢ particular. ~ Conductors ——— r. Edison on the Public Schools. A soviet agitator finds his welcome| After his blanket indictment of the rather scant when he goes to Russia | youthful intelligences of the country. owing to the fact that when his ef- it is instructive to learn what Mr. forts in América are discussed he fs | Fdison believes is the cause of the trouble. It appears that Mr. Edison, ynable to report any progress worth }snmt-whal bromidically, lays the blame mentioning. ¢ jon the public schools. ! This announcement e e jeratify various college faculties who The opinion of Thomas A. Edison|{may have smarted under his criti- o e cisms of college men as such, but sylaentiyiis thac collens students have : {15 O ot throw much light on the mot been taking full advantage of|jogsibilities of reform. Not that the will doubtless electric lighting as an improvement ipublic nuhoo:ls 1~lanr|l)(llul~ Imprrlv\‘(-d {They can, and a large body of cduca- on midnight oil. tors is now engaged in this task, —_————— !klonr; the 'very lines which mm;;; {deems important. A flexible schogl SHOOTING STARS. organizatiop is a prime necessity it e caeh pupiltis to reach the highest oint which he is capable of ‘attain- These things are truisms, and ison only adds weight to the opin- jons of school experts when he in- !sists upon them. Edison and the others are funda- mentally right. Children must be en- couraged to absorb a certain number of facts about "spelling. reading. He thought the beach of pearly sand{arithmetic and the like. But no child ever makes a Success in after lifg With Inung. In the qiatance jmerely because he is an excellent Were all that gave this graclous land |gpeller or because his handwriting ig Its reason for existence. above reproach. He wins out only if his brain is in good working order, if his powers of obgervation and de- duction are tolerably sound and his ambition and inftiative are sufficiently developed. Here, jn a nutshell, is the problem which a capable teacher must solve—the problem of using the school machinery so effectiyely that his pupils become real men and women, and not simply parrots with an automatic ability to perform cer- tain actions and recite certain facts. —Raltimore Sun (independent demo- cratic). BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Ahead of Time. When good Cglumbus crossed the blue, Where dangers darkly hovered, It's safe to say he never knew How much he had discovered. Or telephones or trolleys; Of circuses or of base ball, Or fashion’s fleeting follies. Perhaps his shade across the Styx Remarks in accents surly: “Fate loved to play me shabby tricks. 1 struck that place too early!" Charm of Eloquence. Jud Tunkins says he has lost con- fidence in his judgment because when- ever he hears a real good talker he agress with him regardless of which side of the subject he's boosting. Willing to Compromise. “Every little boy hopes to be Presi- gent some day.” “Yes,” replied Senator Sorghum. “But as they grow up, it appears to me, most of them are willing to com- promise on a postmastership.” Difficult Descent. A situatiop must imply Some conversational distress, ‘When our ideals are so high We ean't get down to business. The New York World says that the public is taking life more easily than Tty forefathers did. The murder list proves thal.—Minneapolis Joyrnal. John Bull has learped to speak with a charming French accent, when cussing the German situation. Baltimore Evening Sun. : It Mr. Daniels had wanted to play a mean trick on Mr. Denby, he should have had his naval recommendations copyrighted —Arkansas Gazette. The kitchen garden isn't the only domestic appanage from which a pru- dent wife will shoo the neighbors® + | chickens.—Columbia (S. C.) Record. Spain's enthusiasm for bull-fighting is 8 nothing to Ireland’s enthusiasm for John Bull fighting.—Norfolk Vir- ginian-Pllot. The chances are the doom of jazz Ay music will be sounded when it be- .| comes generally known that English o man dat paddles his own canoe,” | faetoriss are using It to speed up their spld Uncje Eben, “is never de one who | workers.—Norfolk (Neb.) News. it & notion dat it's funny to rock de hoat.” John Daniel, the forelgn-born goril- 1a, who died recently, must have been a pretty good citizen. 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