Evening Star Newspaper, June 13, 1921, Page 6

YYHE EVENING STAR, With Sunday Morning Editiem i WASEINGTON, D O {OIONDAY eeeeewe - . June 13, 1981 {THEODORE W. NOYES. ... Editor —_— | ¥be Evening Star Newspaper Company r—-munnn‘wns { New York Office: 150 Nassau 8t Mdeago Office: Pirst National Bank Ballding. Bwopesn efice: § Regent St., London, England. The ndsy morntag Odition, 1s del "‘;‘::&:-’:mn the elty € ceats per month: daily caly. 45 cents per All Other States. paper the situation will be cleared. In other words, sccording to Kras- sin, Ryssia will make money worthless on a domestic basis by printing so much of it that its rate of value will reach the vanishing point. But there ‘will be another kind of money appar- ently to keep the capitalists in line, probably gold, the value of which can- not be depreciated and none of which ‘will be given to the people until all the paper money has been brought to the point of destruction as trash. Thus Russia will have two standards of value, the paper ruble, worth nothing, and the gold ruble, worth roughly 50 cents. The imagination is somewhat staggered by this prospect. It is clear that some extremely shrewd manage- ment will be-required to keep the flow of paper money going to the point of destruction as worthless and hold it strictly within domestic lines. Of course, if any gold is put into circula- and 0c [ tion through “the capitalists” it will ! { The Military Training Camps. | Yesterday's statement by President Harding, in which he urged every ' young man who can possibly do so to sttend one of the citizens’ military training camps to be conducted by the ‘War Department this summer, pre- of such a course in a concise and force- ful manner. By playing his part at one of these camps a young man will, as the President points out, be increasing his worth to the nation and obtaining individual benefits of priceless value to himself and to the community in which he lives. In failing to play his part, elways assuming he is in a posi- tion to do so, he will not only be de- nying himself an experience of price- less value to himself, but will be jeop- ardizing the entire national defense program by which it is proposed to eafeguard the mation he is presumed to love. For, as no less an authority than Gen. Pershing has pointed out, the success of that program depends pri- marily upon the successful creation of a trained military reserve. The new defense law, consistent with the tra- ditional military policy of the nation, caontemplates the maintenance of a small Regular Army, to be augmented in time of emergency by great citizen forces. Experience has demonstrated, bowever, the costly and dangerous i tolly of seeking to extemporize these larger war forces after the occurrence of an emergency. Hence the plan to organize a reserve trained as a result of voluntary service for a brief period. There were three conceivable al- ternatives to the defense program ‘which has been adopted. The first ‘would bave involved the development of a huge Regular Army, adequate to carry the nation through any crisis. ‘The second would have forced every youth of a given age to undergo mili- tary training. The third would have involved the abandonment of any idea of adequate national defense, a rever- sion to old slipshod methods, proved by the world war to be unwise in the extreme. Every principle of economy, democracy and logic prompigll the adoption of the program involved in the present law rather than having vecourse to one of these three alterna- tives. Today it remains for the youth of the District and of the nation to re- I epond with such enthusiasm in the performance of a service which is at once an obligation and a privilege as to assure the unequivocal success of a plan which, in full accord with our national principles, would insure an sdequate defense of American in- terests and ideals. Treaties and Publicity. The prediction made at the time of 4ts reference, that the Harrison propo- sition to consider treaties and appoint- ments to officc in the open would be reported adversely by the Senate com- wmittee, is verified by the facts. Nevertheless, it is a growing propo- eition. Neither the Mississippi sen- ator nor any of the senators who agree with him should abate their interest in'#t. In the end—it may not be soon ~—open sessions for such business will ‘be ordered. In the matter of treaties particularly the fullest publicity before acceptance or rejection takes place is desirable. ‘The Senate has the last word. The President initiates and 'negotiates, but ‘unless the Senate approves of his per- formances they go for nothing. Great responsibility. therefore. rests on the Senate. What it does has a ‘tremendous significance for the public. For not only the American public, ‘dut the public of the other signatory. And for not only those two publics, dut for all publics interested from re- lations with them in any new treaty arrangements of theirs. Secrets about treaties as well as secret treaties are dangerous. The world war produced abundant proof of this. So much had been done in a corner, after the old fashion of doing euch things, that when one exposure came, others followed, until confusion and distrust completely enveloped the situation. Mr. Wilson made discov- eries at Paris which put him at a dis- edvantage, and are quoted by his friends to explain some of the embar- rassments that beset him at the peace conference. There is less temptation to become & dictator in Mexico than to become an oil king. ————— Russian Money. Leonid Krassin, the Russian soviet ‘minister of commerce and trade, has miven an interview in London to a Paris newspaper correspondent in which he points out the great benefits ef Lenin's new policy of co-operation ‘with the capitalists. He sees the de- welopment of Russia’s natural re- mources under an international con- sortium. The capitalists, he says, are masured of the soviet’s good faith, be- eause the soviets have never wronged ‘those working under agreements with ¢them. Be that as it may, it is inter- @asting to ssk whether the capitalists will be reassyred by Krussin's next eoposition, which is frank and clear: will liquidate it- notes “Our intorunal debt fl&:‘u-mmnt-mmk money will be no taken e favor Things like this shake the faith of Senitshthe/several| aguments 10 he world in the good sense of those command a premium in the Russian home markets, and the process of de- stroying the value of the paper ruble will be hastened. But what of the later condition? Has Krassin or has Lenin figured on the reaction follow- ing the complete destruction of the paper ruble and the consequent extinc- tion of the national domestic debt? who have been trying to build up en artificial communal state in Russia. Lenin and his associates showed ex- traordinary acumen in handling the Russian people and displayed a cer- tain amount of executive ability. But from time to time they have mani- fested symptoms of utter childishness in their views of the fundamental eco- nomic law and their applications of that law to Russian affairs. If they are sincere they are assuredly in need of complete enlightenment. they sincere? But are The Pre-Strike Status. Efforts to settle the marine en- gineers' strike have been halted again by rejection by the engineers’ associa- tion of an agreement proposed by the Ship Board under which the strikers ‘would return to work at a 15 per cent redyction in wages. The primary ob- Jection of the engineers was that the agreement did not provide for their restoration to their status before the strike. This is a frequently encoun- tered stumbling-block to industrial set- tlements. When a strike occurs the employer has the option of closing his works entirely or filling the places of the strikers. If he adopts the latter course he naturally seeks the most competent men he can find, and he must as a rule assure them of continu- ous employment. For they are hazard- ing much in taking work in strike con- ditions, in some cases risking their lives. When the strike is over are they to be cast aside in favor of men who have quit employment, or re- tained, leaving the returning strikers to take their chances on finding em- ployment? That question presents it- self constantly. 1f pre-strike status is guaranteed in every case of settlement it becomes more difficult for employers to find men willing to take work in strike conditions. Naturally this is one of the objects of unionists who insist upon the restoration of status as a condition to settlement. If the right to strike is maintained the right to reserve the status is one of the essential elements. In the present case the employing shipowners, through the Ship Beard, propose to retain in service those men ‘who were engaged to operate the ships in the absence of the striking engi- neers. The fact is that the ship strike THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, Ppolitics, and concentrated on the lat- ter, that he lost the hold on his party which led to hiy ovérthrow. This was shown at San. Francisco, where he failed to name the nominee. But should the democracy return to power with the aid of suggestions from Mr. Wilson, will not that mean a re- vival of what before his defeat had come to be known as Wilsonism? Why not? It is the contention of his and of all his friends that the success of the republicans last November, though overwhelming in size and character, was obtained under a misstatement of the case, and that because of its very size it cannot endure and bear fruit. Hence their wish and purpose to make a secqnd appeal to the people on the lines of last year’s campaign. ——————————— A Japanese Suggestion. To aid in settling matters now at issue between Japan and the United States, Viscount Kaneko, member of the Japanese house of peers, and who has visited this country on public business, suggests in a communica- tion to a Japanese publication that “each nation appoint seven repre- sentative men, including their ambas- sadors, to sit in Washington under the presidency of the American Secre- tary of State, to study the questions at issue and report their conclusions, reached on a mutually satisfactory basis, to the respective governments.” There is merit in this suggestion. For one thing, and a very particular thing, the matters at issue would, tem- porarily at least, be lifted out of the dangerous domain of popular agitation and submitted to a commission com- posed of men of high class investigat- ing and conferring in an atmosphere of calm and quiet. For such work each country would, of course, chooss such men—men familiar with public questions, and feeling an urge toward continuing the friendly relations that now exist between Japan and the United States. ‘We need not close our eyes to the fact that the matters at issue are deli- cate and important. They touch each country on its tender side. But they are not beyond settlement in a way to leave the two nations friends, and co-operating for world advancement. Certainly no Japanese or American of sober and responsible calculation can think of a break in the relations of the two countries, and particularly one pointing in the direction of war, without desiring to aid in preventing a calamity that would extend in its effects far beyond the contestants. A second world war, indeed, might re- sult. ———————— — H. G. Wells was to be called a novel- ist and a dreamer if he divulged soviet information communicated to him by a slip of the tongue. The soviet im- agination is not surpassed by that of Mr. Wells either in dreams or fabrica- tions. ———mee——————— ‘While Col. Bryan may have spacious dwellings in various states, it is believed that most of the time his heart, pulsing with memories of the past and hopes for the future, will be right here in Washington, D. C. —————————— Despite the testimony of physiclans, | “Tn, leaders continue to|quarrel the prohibition agree with the remorseful old Indian who declared that whisky under any circumstances was bad medicine. —————————— Amusements are so expensive in Paris that tourists are returning to America. Paris without its amuse- ments might as well be Hoboken. ————————— Labor men who are out to defeat has been practically a failure. It has|Samuel- Gompers are regarded as not tied up American shipping to a |mong our leading precedent smash- crippling extent, though it has in-}ers. flicted immense damage and .0ss. Ships are moving out of port in increasing numbers, and obviously there is a sup- ply of marine engineers outside of the union ranks. It would seem that the shipping industry is in a position to insist upon the terms of the present proposal. If they do so and the strike is finally ended on that basis the prin- ciple advocated by the union that for- mer status must be restored in all cases of return to work upon settle- ment will have been decidedly weak- ened in this country. > l ‘The Mystic Shrine nobles, now on their way to Des Moines, have the good fortune to have before them a con- vention which undertakes ro responsi- | bilities for the solution of interna-{ Roses were a-bloomin’ in honor of the! tional or industrial problems. But their spirit of good fellowship is one of the hopes of a brotherhood of man. # A month’s leave of absence cannot be considered too much for a member of the police force who embraces all the opportunities for useful activity that present themselves during the re- mainder of the year. i Bergdoll's announcement that he is going to marry calls attention to an- other historic instance of feminine bravery. 4 in Kansas offer hope of a slight relief of unemployment. i Among European nations, as among human beings, the smallest are the 1 Announcements of wheat harvesting l hardest to pacify. Mr. Wilson Still Interested. Chairman White of the democratic national committee declined to give particulars respecting his call on for- mer President Wilson, but declared: “Mr. Wilson retains his keem inter- est In all affairs affecting the welfare of his party and his country and he still has the militant spirit which characterized the party leader and a chief executive.” Naturally. And what should also be taken into account is the fact that Mr. Wilson has more time now than when in office to devote to “affairs affecting the welfare of his party.” He is relieved of the drudgery of routine. He can concentrate on the perform- ances of those in power, and examine them for suggestions of value to those seeking to return to power. It is to be considered, too, that dur- ing his eight years in the presidency Mr. Wilson learned some politics. } e Lenin is authorizing Washington ‘Vanderlip to announce some interest- ing bargain days. ————emo——— Russian agitators still assume to be terrorizing the world when they are only annoying it. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Miss Juneday. Oh, Miss Juneday, loiterin’ down the ‘way! Thought you'd missed the train An’ left us to complain. They withered as they listened to the | er¥, few sales, but make much profit. frosty wind’s refrain. Oh, Miss Juneday, the fragrances arise 2 From honeysuckle sweet, A-trailin’ at your feet. They’re whisperin’ a welcome as they drift into the skies, For your smile is what was needed to make summertime complete. Unhindered Eloquence. “If I had my life to live over,” said Senator Sorghum, “I think maybe I'd be a sclentist.” “For what reason?” “It is so much safer. A scientist is able to go before the public and say anything he likes without being called before a congressional committee for investigation.” TUncle Bill Bottletop says prohibi- tion gave art a real boost in this country by taking the bock beer signs off the sidewalks. Reversion to the Primitive. How can we make all men disarm? In Hamlet’s language, there’s the rub! When guns and swords can do no harm, Some one is sure to grab a club. The Literary Life. “Americans are great readers.” “They have to be. Even the infor- mation expert in the railrcad station requires a five-foot book shelf to tell you when the trains arrive. Reticence of the Genuine. “Do the boys in Crimson Gulch shoot on sight the way they used to?” “No,” replied Cactus Joe. “Us des- are all tamed down. We're afraid to get out in the street and act reckiess for fear we'll be for movie actors.” e 3 Editorial Digest ‘Who's Blocking Disarmament? The sentiment for immediste steps toward naval disarmament has been growing in the last few months, if we may judge from the increasingly em- phatic discussion in the mewspapers, and the latest move of the House of Representatives, culminating in the Porter resolution to broaden the Borah plan and include a proposal for land and water disarmament, is looked upon by many writers 43 an attempt to block the whole procdlure. Those news- papers which defend the House atti- tude, for the most part, do so on the hypothesis that it preserves the presi- dential initiative and leaves Mr. Hard- ing “a free hand.” This line of argu- ment, the Brooklyn Eagle (independent democratic) declares, is “sheer non- sense.” Support for the original plan, calling for a conference with Japan and Great Britain on the specific subject of agree- ing to a limit of warship building, finds support from republican as well as democratic papers. “No better meth- 0d of destroying all hope of a definite working out of a disarmament pro- gram could have been devised,” says the Chicago Tribune (independent re- Dpublican) than that by altering the Sen- ate amendment by “making it apply to all armaments of all nations,” thus scorning the “single step toward world peace” and seeking “with one wild leap to attain the millennium.” In a similar strain, the Chicago News (independent) remarks that “opponents of all practical plans for limitation of armaments will rejoice in the ill-ad- vised efforts of members of the Na- tional House of Representatives to broaden’ the Borah resolution,” which, the New York Mail (independent) points out, provides for a conference which could not fail” at any point where the larger group could succeed. Indeed, “the House,” says the Grand Rapids Press (independept), by propos- ing extension of Senator Borah's naval holiday plan goes on record as oppos- ing any present steps toward disarma- ment,” and in thus “blocking the pro- gram,” the Binghamton (N. Y.) Sun (independent democratic) believes that the House leaders are defying public sentiment throughout the nation,” for the people demand “action, not words,” from the n;i:nlnlm;unon. To the Syra- eral independe 2 “looks like bad faithrr ) ‘0¢ move . Many writers feel that the House ac- tion is justly described in the phrase used by the New York Globe (inde- pendent), “side-tracking disarmament,” and the Richmond News Leader (indé- pendent democratic) declares that elaboration™ of the Senate amendment will “kill the whole proposition.” The Lynchburg (Va.) News (democratic) heads its editorial on the subject Burked.” It offers its own explana- ton po:mxizzn{?uues behind this action, C asser * t:_;\]m e{.dcd )‘{l." ts that the “fight he New York World (democratic accuses Mr. Harding pé?s:'&x{;mo't muddling” the issue, adding that the only reasonable inference is that Mr." Harding does not wish to make an end of competitive arma- ment and being afraid to oppose it openly he has adopted the indirect method of creating a deadlock be- tween the House and the Senate. Not all writers, however, who favor the Borah resolution look upon it as defeated. The Buffalo News (republi- can) feels that the “difference be- tween the two resolutions is not in- surmountable” and believes that the President can be trusted to “choose his own good time” for consummat- ing the plan. This “difference” to Which the News refers is one point which many opponents of the Borah resolution cling to. It is “important” in the eyes ot the Cincinnati Com- mercial Tribune (republican) and the House bill “makes the President in its reading that which he is in fact, and by right ought to be, the head and iront of the movement.” The New York Tribune (republican) urges the necessity of leaving the ex- ecutive “a free hand,” stating that 2335;;:; may fmerely “record its and offer its co-operation.” The Mobile Register (domocrglic)“cenl:n- urs in this bclief and adds that: President doesn’t intend to with anybody., but he does mean to keep the executive function unincumbered with senatorial en- tanglements.” The Brooklyn Eagle (independent democratic) says “the excuse given for the House substitute, that the Borah resolution usurps the initiative of the President and practically or- ders him to call an international con- ference, is sheer nonsense,” for ‘the Senate 'did nothing more than Sen- ates are accustomed to do.” This, however, is not the only ob- Jection raised against the original disarmament plan. The Wheeling In- telligencer (republican) thinks that limiting the agreements to three na- tions only “leaves loopholes that might casily be fatal,” because the great powers could build ships “os- tensibly for the smaller powers,” but held in their own docks, while small- er powers could build “ostensibly for themselves™ Yt In reality for the great power Which controlled them. The Sales Tax Proposal. In spite of the fact that there are many voices in favor of the new sales tax, there are other voices re- %ounding against it, which are just as convincing. Taxation of sales would assure the treasury of its in- come, because of its great extént. But it is certain that a great ma- jority of these sales are necessary for domestic use and therefore this tax would affect the poor classes more than the middle class and rich people, who would pay very little of their incomes. Some business men are considering this. They declare that those having large returns and making many sales, usually with small profit, would be at a disad- vantage against those who make ides this, the tax would help in forming large combinations in order to economize on taxes where the big- ger business man sells to the smaller one. ‘The sales tax is not new by any means. In the Philippines it was established a long time ago and has proved successful. France establish- ed it not very long ago, and it may be said that it is only being tried out here. In Canada they have the tax, but it is by no means a general tax and affects only certain articles. It is certain that it would not equally cover taxes of every sort as it has been submitted. There are several suggestions, for example: A tax on all general transfers—that is, not only on goods, but also on transfer of capital, real estate, buildings, work, etc. - Another plan suggested by Sen- ator Smoot is a tax only on the sale of goods, further on all productions. manufacturers, on transfers to whole- sale dealers, retailers and finally con- sumers. The Canadian plan is a tax affecting only the manufacturers and wholesale dealers. Finally another suggestion submitted is to tax only the sales to the consumer. Contrary to the assertion that such a tax can be readily enforced and oollected, it is claimed that the sales could be easily manipulated and the government cheated. A great deal of bartering and sales would evade the tax and find a way in which to avoid the taxation. The working- men also speak of this in the same sense, who say that the question con- cerns the billions in taxes which are yet being paid by the rich people to be shifted onto the shoulders of the poor and poorest. It is certain that a tough struggle will be made in Congress, and, whether this or that side wins, it will not be accomplished quickly nor without difficulty.—Denni Hlasatel (Czechoslovak, democratic), Chicago. The Prince of Hedjaz in Syria has been dethroned. People are getting tired of toe-jass, too.—Richmond (Ind.) Item. It is rumored President Harding may name a Kentuckian as prohibie tion ohfef. Oughta also give him charge of the mint.—Omaha News. Now Burleson wants to go to the Senate. Well, lots of the senato: orators have a painfuily slow delivery. That suits Al!'—Richmond (Ind.) “Wanted: Two Million Husbanda” That's the British Empire, not Peggy Hepkins. —Arkansas Gazétrs. & Special TIRES 30x3%2 CHAS. E. 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