Evening Star Newspaper, May 17, 1921, Page 6

k) B THE EVENING STAR, ‘With Sunday Morning Editlon. « WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY May 17, 1921 THEODORE W. NOYES. . . .Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company < Office, 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave ssan St k Building. Bus The Fvening Star, with the Sunday morning edition. is del'vered by carrlers within the city &t 60 cents per montl. daily only. 45 cents per month; Sunday only cents per month. O be sent by mail, or telephone Main ection is made by carriers at the end of each moath. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and v and Sunday. .1y v only & Sunday only g All Other States. vr.. $10.00; 1 mo. J1yr. $7.0001mo. 60e Reclassification. 1 the present session ends without action by Congress on the subject of departmental reclassification injustice have been done not omly to the sent workers, but to the gov- wnt itself. For notwithstanding fact that a better average of com: < hoped for by the depart- ves than at present classification, the net ef a public economy. The total upriations may at the outset e somewhat larger, but the efliciency « £ the government forces is certain to reater through the adoption of a will ve tystem which puts the government service on a businesslike basis of as- nment and rating. Hearings are begun today before the committee on civil service at widely published, and, wherever pub- lished, injured Georgia. It even found European circulation. And along with it went the story that peonage was widely practiced in the state, and an intimation that other horrors would be uncovered. Naturally, Gov. Dorsey took the imatter up, and is procecding with the {view of exterminating the evil wherever in the state it exists. ia is one of the original states, Geor monwealths, old and new. She has contributed to the national life some of the ablest of the men who have conducted national affaivs. Her popu- lation, in very large measure, is American born and reared. She is rich and enterprising, and has much in the way of reputation to protect. —————— Upper Silesia. Serious though the situation in Up- per Silesia undoubtedly and any tendency to minimize the gravity of the conditions there deveioping would be most illadvised—concern at the present hour centers primarily in the distressing exhibition of discord be- tween the premiers of France and Great Britain arising therefrom. The need for harmony in the councils of the allies. the assurance that evil con- sequences would follow in the train of is THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, changing or giving of pistols of any description to persons who are not licensed to obtain them by some regu- larly constituted public official, after inquiry into character and need. 1f an amendment to that effect were add- ed to the Shields bill just reported to the Senate it would the o specifically. subject to the suggestion of uncon- stitutionality, inasmuch as it would still leave it possible for the people “to bear arms” provided they proved the need and complied with certain requirements. Of course, if it can be made impos- sible to bring pistols into the District of Columbia for to the public the end is accomplished. The prohibi tion of importation should be accom panied, however, by prohibition of sale save under s his whole question is worthy of discy on in the Senate and the hope is th will come a measure that, infringing upon the right of the in- dividual citizen to self-protection. will stop the indiscriminate sale of deadly weapons and the promotion of murder. —_———— Liberty Bond Interest Unclaimed. Are there any liberty bondhold in Washington who have failed to ex change their temporary certificates for p nanent ones? If <o, they have W o dissension on fundamental matte sOme money coniingz to them from th {did not end with the forcing of Ger- | Treasury, where the sum of $83.165.867 In to see the trath in regard to]is waiting dishursement in pas ment of | reparati at the unity of pur-jinterest. According to ti ! pa happily evidenced in the tnal ! there are 7,471,171 ise ‘nt of that problem shouid be ’hun‘l.\ of differe (followed so swiftly by t would ap- pear. at least upon the surface, to b utter disharmony is deeply to be re gretted. The best that can be said of the matter is that it probably evidences rather the strain under which stat men today are laboring than a drift- mounting in principal value to £1,132, 730,200, still in the hands of the own- ers who have not applied for eschange. The Treasury has repeatedly given notice that the permanent bonds are available, but still this immense sum remains unclaimed. It is held out of circulation and represents an economic loss. Every person who has a coupon- less temporary bond should take it at once to the Treasury, or to a hank if the Treasury is not conveniently avail able, and effect the nge. notice should be bulletined in ever post office in the country and the fact uld be printed in every newspaper w it is imports uickly as pos sible to rele Nions excha ¢ 1t as n Wwhich the merits of the two principal |ing apart of the two great powers | measures will be discussed. These|upon the joint efforts of which the hearings should not be protracted, for | security of Europe must so largely it is important to put the resulting bill |depend. The indiscrect and provoca- or the competing measures upon the | tive speech of Lloyd George and the plane of passage carly. For this is|mordant and testy reply of Briand pre- | Lasic, substantive legislat If en-!sumably ind only that weakness| acted now before July 1 the appro-iof the human temperament which priation acts can be amended by suit-|{ prompts lesser men, working under able provision carried in the funda-|lesser pressure, to give way af time: mental law. If, however, it is not pos-!to ill-considered and swiftly regretted | sible to affect the next fiscal vear, it!quarrels with their best friends. That is most important to get the sub-|France and England should actually stantive legislation passed a be so0 entirely at odds upon the meth-| sion in order to establis S for the regular appropriation bills of next session, covering the fiscal year well known that the appropria- tion bills constitute the first item of | House committee work each session. These measures are framed on the ex- isting law. enacted at the present extra session the House will proceed next December | to write the money bills on the old scale. One of the bills which is now under consideration does not apply specifical- 1y to the employes of the District gov-; ernment. This fault should be cor- rected before the bill is put on its passage, if that one is chosen as the better of the two principal measures. It was pointed out at a meeting las evening of the Federal Club that this is not a grave fault, inasmuch as the District employes can at any time by | executive order be included in the re- classified service. It is, however, greatly to be desired that the District municipal organization should be given the benefit of the law itself. If there ie any merit in reclassification it should be given to the local govern- ment as well as to the national. The Next Senate. The republicans are already busy with plans for next vear's senatorial campaigns. Thirty-two seats, equally | divided between the two parties, are | involved. In the present Senate the repub- lican lead i refle ts the one-sidedness of situation, when the re- publicans swept everything into their They started, it will be remembered, with a bare majority of two, and one If reclassification is not! {land, a Polish uprising under Kor- more than comfortable. | i i | ods to be pursued in Upper Silesia! as the recent utterances of their lead- jing statement would seem to indicate | cannot be credited. | The fundamentals of the Siiesian problem are simple of comprehension. The section is one of great economic | and industrial importance, and hoth Poland and Germany have, since the | { beginning of the negotiations by which | the new boundaries of Europe are to be eatablished, insisted upon conflict- ing claims thereto. Poland was orig- inally given reason to believe that she was to be awarded the disputed territory outright. Came a change of | opinion on the part of “the big four,” | and it was decided that a plebiscite | should be held to determine the will ! {of the inhabitants. Following that | iplebmue. the result of which was to! depend upon the majority vote in each | ymmune, the principal allied and as- | sociated powers were to fix the bound- | {ary running between Poland and Ger- ! many in the controverted section, pre- sumably but not necessarily as recom- | mended by the plebiscite commission. | On March 20 the plebiscite was held. | the Germans obtaining the largest| vote in the area taken as a whole, | though 662 of the 888 communes lo-| cated east of the River Qder voted| in favor of Poland. Without await-| ing the decision of the allies on the| | subject of the boundary, but acting| apparently on the theory that the| award was to he unfavorable to Po-.| fanty ensued, much along the order of - D'Annunzio's insurgemey in Italy. | Both Germans and Poles have secret | military organizations in Silesia. The | allied troops have made half-hearted attempts to maintain order, but con-| siderable blood has been shed. The re- | sulting situation is one of danger mi of that number—Mr. Newberry of|the peace of Europe. Michigan—incapacitated for immediate | The hold was too slender | service. for practical purposes. Hence the hard drive to make it stronger, which succeeded. The republicans now have a senator from each of th states: Arizona, Rhede Island, Nebraska, New Mexico, | Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, Ohio, Mi souri and Delaware. Can the number be incr It if the situation next year even approximately resembles the sit- uation of last year. Last November the republicans 7.000 plus; Rhode Island by 60,000; ebr: by 130,000 plus; New Mexico by €000, Wyoming by 60,000 plus; Utah by nearly 24,000; Nevada b nearly 5.090; Ohio by nearly 400,000; Missour 000, and Delaware by 12.000 ¥ that next ill show a change. Las s high tide will have sub- sided somewhat, and in several of these states!and in others, strenuous fighti iy be expected. The re publicans are well advised in donning their fighting clothes early, —_———— There is an obvious element of Pol- ish statesmanship that prefers politics to peace. —_—————— Gov. Dorsey and Peonage. Inst-ad of holding indignation meet- ings and threate impeachment proceedings, the people of Georgla should fall in behind Gov. Dorsey and asgist him in ferreting out and pun- ishing everybody in the state whois, or has been, guilty of violating the peon- age law. If he has overstated the cage, the fact can be established by an ordinary investigation; and probably the ‘governor is prepared for a show- down. There has never been a worse state of affairs exposed anywhere than that which existed on the “murder farm® of ‘e man Willlams, And a Georgla found Willlams guilty of the crimes alleged; and two of his song, icted for like offenses, are fugitives from justice. The crimes were 80 black, and com- mitted under such coldblooded and infamous calculations, the story was sed to two from each? i carried Arizona by | Blame for this sadly muddled state ! of affairs must be shared Ly the com- bined allied and associated powers Under the treaty of Versailles those | powars assumed responsibiiity for the region until their decision in regard thereto should have been announced and put into effect. Despite the frietion | between Lloyd George and Briand over | subordinate details of the problem, ! | both vigorously insist that the solu.| tion of the problem must be reached | {in accordance with the terms of the! treaty of Versailles. It is in the light | of that fact that the gravity of their recent exchange of acerbitics is great- | 1y reduced. H | The treaty of Versailles is today all i there is of international agreement in | Europe. It cannot be set aside with- {out appalling results. And that treaty demands that the allies, since the as clated power referred to is not now party to the treaty, shall maintain order in Upper Silesia until the border | line between Poland and Germany | shall by them be drawn, and that sub- | sequent to that drawing they shall| guarantee the permanency of that line. | That is the joint duty of France and England and their allies. The British premier’s suggestion that Germany be permitted to Join in such measures as | may prove necessary to subdue the! overzealous Korfanty cannot be taken | 1 seriously. i i i t | occasionally a New York financier | retires from business in order to giv individual attention to his domestic problema. ——— The Pistol Bill. The bill reported yesterday to the Senate by the judiciary committee de- signed to correct the pistol evil is ex- cellent as far as it goes. It declares unlawful the transpartation of pistols, with certain exceptions, into the Dis- trict of Columbla, or from one state to another. This puts & ban upon the trafic in the bread aspect, but it raises a question of the right of an individual citizen to arm himself in case of need, and It may be of qu tionable valldity. The remedy for the situation that prevalls in Washingten is simple. What 1s needed here, and, indeed, all that is needéd, is a law which puts a penaity upon selling, e3- and the « rllions will ac nulate at six-month periods unti the exchange is fully effected ————— There was no reason why Mr. I3 should have ination que There is no information involved which is in the slishtest degre. ¢ polici ns secret. likely to compli and which not seible in any public is library. —_— e — The meeting of Dempsey and Car pentier will bring to attention at least ane difference in international opinion which can be settled promptly and definitely. —_——— If the method were not so cxpensive all the anarchists in this country might be cured by sending them over for a brief participation in conditions in soviet Russia. —_————— It only remains for some practical joking Briton to round Liloyd George's list of irritations by sending him an invitation to join a “don't worry” elub. ——— Psychological diserinination may be needful occasionally to determine whether irreconcilability represents a out | public policy or a state of mind. —————— The cold wave predi serted itself consistently as more re. liable than the prophecy of a cut in coal prices. —————— About the only thing that could re. store Pancho Villa to pubiicity would be the discovery of a few oil wells {on his farm. ———————— When it comes to prohibi Mr. Volstead does not vive the obsolete salutation, other!” ate H, ——— Any effort toward international peace may warrant Col. W. J. Bryan in calling attention to himself as on. of its earlier advocates. —_—————— There will Le enough American rep- | resentation at foreign conferences to keep the Monroe doctrine from being overlooked in the excitement. SHOOTING STARS. 1Y FHILANDER J01SS05, The Dear Public. Whenever anything goes wrong The gentle public waits And listens for the usual son, “Well bave to raise the { Though individuals declare Their funds are in a slump, The public must have some to spare To stand another bump United still folks have a use. The public stll may heg Your favor as the dear old goose That lays the golden egg The Discretions of Momus. “Do you think that the world is suffering from a dearth of humor?” *“No,” replied Senator “The sense of humor is abundant, but it has to be suppressed. You have to be careful not to laugh when you feel like it for fear of offending somebody with political influence. Wisdom Respected. Unto the traffic cop my homage goes, A man of great and useful avocation: | He is the only man on carth who knows The sense of every traffic regulation. Jud Tunkins says if he wanted to educate a boy to be a jazz musician he'd let the music &chools alone and sent him to a gymnasium. A Reasonable Restraint. “You never talk scandal.” “No,” replied Miss Cayenne. “The fact that people do somethign terrible is no reason why I should say seme- thing shocking." “Dar’ ain’ no such thing as a life of idleness,” said Uncle Eben. “De Jump leokin' for excuses.” Such a law would not be| t out of it! white not | The | Sorghum. | azier a man is, de more he has to keep onl Editorial Digest Mr. Edison’s Test. Thomas Edison's declaration that college men “don't seem to know lanything” has raised a storm of criti- m from the American press as to the inventor's method at arriving at i his conclusion. Despite his “high authority,” remarks the New York ening Post, “it is by no means certain that the intelligence of the college graduate must be assessed on the basis of what he knows concern- ing the sources of shellac, the geo- sraphical origin of prunes. cork and ardines and the name of the inventor logarithns.” "In the same spirit newspapers make light of list of questions, fail- wer which nas condemned 0 : graduate in the eyes of | Wizard of Menlo Park. | he fact that he has “reforms to | j SukEest” causes the Springficld Re- | an to credit the great inventor | accelerating education” with ; s on the substitution of mc of | | bictures for text books. Wi 1 Wilmington Star feels that | of questions presented sentative,” ison ussumes, “per- on," that the man who ained to think “will nec- arily have accumulated a respec- | lable store of evervday knowledge through his powers of observation.” the most part, however, the | Papers refuse to take ‘the Bdison test { #s onc-hundred proof. The Rochester Democrat - Chronicle proposes four | auestions i L and dec s that if n it adds | haps with reas has been t { For the wizard 10t answer them he must_admit nazingly igno- rant,” ace “his own reaton- inz” He 1) When was the first ne instailed in Hoboken, N 32 o2) When will the | {German mdemnity question finaliy be ot (3 Why do ex-emperors saw Wo () How decp is Lake On- {tario? If the reader must know it | the Democrat-Chronicle admits, “w can’t answer them oursely ! In this spirit the New | asks if’ Mr. Edison's test is -con- { clusive.” “and, citing the question, “What is copra?’ inquires: “Was any man cver kinder to his aged mother Dbecause he knew what copra was? { How is it important save to grocery clerks? The Wall speaking for “the tinancial center of the country” declares that | street” would never “regard Mr. York Times trect” Journal, | B | ¥on's questions as_ anything like satisfactory test of intelligence. It | is content that a man should be inorant of who is the author of | Vankee Doodle’ or the chemical {contents of serapple, if only he shows thut he knows where 1o get t in- rmaiion if he s it Speakin: bin a amiiar vein | ner remarks that {cated man in th ayvs of the com- plexities of k is the ability to know how (o acquire information ther than to pe it in every The New | York Globe sugg | perhaps Mr. on has been * ts that sking | the voung men the wrong questions {eHad he inquired about b ball foor Lall scores or the records of | varions athictes who during the last | jQuarter of a century AVE WON & Cer- | tain fame would have been over- | with i of facts and fig- | nd even hypotheses. That is| Kind of information which par | cxcellence American youth po 88es." | ot a man whes: bin of facts is! { empty.” the Globe concludes, “but he i ho in emergency cannot learn, | is truly The York Herald hints perhaps “the subjeetion of Mr. I3 to an e mination by a recent col- | lege graduate on matters entirely | i familiar to college graduates would | be interestin Then, it adds. both ! {might unite in preparing a question- | naire “for submission to Mr. Ldison’s | arm friend, Mr. Henry Ford. if! Mr. Ford could not answer the ques- | tions it will not prove that his life has been utterly wasted or that he ldid not have the ability to build up {a great and suces ful busines: | The »rk Tribun Tto M rd's 1bility P high percentiage on a set of questions : put to him a while ago.” vet Idi-| son “would. no doubt. find Mr. Ford ! useful nan to employ at West nge” ymetimes “one tires” the | bune stress that is Lthing called “e { The Fort Wayne News and Sentinel ! feels that “the province of a college cducation is not to stuff a man's head of the abnormal | that desirable | ne {with information,” but “to teach young men how fo think and act” | nd the Boston Post defines the pur- | se of the college course as rather | train his mind so t he more ! rapidly and surely learns how to do | thin W & out into thei fworld it remarks, “to fret up onnaire that will stump thus agreeing with | the Manchester Union, when the lat- ter de § that “the odds are strongly on the fellow who has the | the | advantaze of asking E of the collegian New York World he ai jow much about | £ it remarks, “but they have a smattering of knowledge; d not they write plays for Broadway?" It goes on The more vital question is whether | college education will not count | for mor: does not tion for provide velopme solider founda- | The American Balkans. a while a miniature in the mountains Hml" ery once in war breaks out lie alonz the southwestern border 1 Lof West Virginia, and there is a great | | running for cover in that region; and much amazement throughout the nited States that the mine owners |an'l mountaineer miners have not tyet settled their differences and Ix.m.\..n up some sort of a understand when It is remem- that the conflict between cap- labor, less to re in in which goes on | fashion and or civiliz truce. But the guerilla fighting 18 not hard | {other states. has been allowed to de- {ienerate into hand-to-hand en- | jcounter in W Virginia. Both sides | jar v The coal compani nd administering their prop- | and resulating the 1 workmen in the man rons, SUr up resentment by heir au acy, and the I the zuthority of gun of their own The 4 determined effort - ituation, and the strug out of hand. a's_mining problem is | erties their udal 1 i not ¢ one. The operators have { sworn the Mingo coal fields shail never be unionized and the | United Mine Workers have sworn | that they shall. If the laws of the! state were enforced and the unions e able to send wpeakers into un- anized territory the operators | Would be beaten before the campaign | fopened. They protect themselves inst agitation by the use of force The governors of the state have gen | erally acquiesced in the method, call inie out for federal troops only when there is an unusual amount of blood- | shed i The American Balkans will go on | erupting in feuds and gunplay until the state enough courage and ability 1o enforce Its own law on | both "of the fighting factions.—New York World (democratic). “Gas Bombs to be Rained on Navy | Ships”—headline Another investi- gation by Congress?—Rridgeport Telegram Many a man is proud of the fact that there is a breath of suspicion about him.—Springfield (Ohio) News. Life is so full of a number of things that men should be glad for the neck and the wings.—Houston Chronicle. A dentist Informs us_that defective teeth cause crime. Defective teeth in the laws have the same effect.— Rochester Times-Union. Tobee—Could make no headway. Almost in despair. Can you suggest anything? Long road.—T. 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