Evening Star Newspaper, June 30, 1921, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR, With Sundsy Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. O THURSDAY.. ..June 30, 1821 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Busiaees Office. 11th St. and Penneylvania Ave. New York Office: 150 Nassan St. ChMeago Office: First National Bank Bullding. Buropean office: 3 Regent 8t., London, England. The Evening Star, with the Sunday moraing &dition. 1s delivered by carriers within the city 8t 60 cents per month: dafly only. 43 eents per onth: Bundey oy, 20 ceats per menth.. O ders may be sent by mail, or telenhone Mak Collection s made by carriers at ead of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. . Maryland and Virginia. i {ly and Sunday..1 yr., $2.40: 1 mo,, 70c DI"'; on)y..un rebid T4 e Bunday only. All Other States. Daily and Sunday.1yr.. $10.00: Daily only 1y, 81 Bunday onl The Battle of the Budget. Gen. Dawes has fought many bat- tles in an active lifetime. An out- standing characteristic of his tactics; in each fray has been @ readiness—; nay, an eagerness—to take the of-; fensive. to carry the fight to the oppo- | sition, to smash and drive relentlessly toward the objective which is his. His consistent success is no doubt at- tributable to the consistency of hi methods. It is a standard military maxim that, though you may stave off defeat by defense, offense i essen- tial to victory.” Yesterday Gen. Dawes, opening ma- Jor operations in the Battle of thel Budget. entered upon what bids fair to be the most famous engagement of his fighting career. Running true to form. he struck hard blows, blows that bruised and smashed and weakened the enemy he proposes to defeat—ex- cessive governmental expenditure. His attack was admirably directed. He pounded away with his big guns at the enemy’s strong points, at the lack of | co-operation toward economy, at the| pandering to an archalc of political patronage, at the tendency to expect some one else to do the cutting, | at the proneness to seck all that Con- | gress can be cajoled into appropri- | ating for each bureau. and at the! habit of spending all and more than | has been appropriated that the “‘spend- | ing money" of one's own bureau may not be decreased the next year. Having himself served as the chie of a bureau, Gen. Dawes knew where- of he spoke, and it is interesting to note that his single inclination toward profanity in the course of his vigorous ! speech was inspired by some memory | that came to him in connection with ! his work in that capacity. Gen. Dawes, director of the budget, bas made an excellent start in the huge task he has undertaken. The unprecedented “business meeting” of the administrative branch of the gov-| ernment has placed the matter square- ly before those who must bemr the: major share of responsibility for the cost of government in the immediate future, Upon the heads of depart- ments and the bureaus of the depart- ments depends, in the final analysis, the task of halting steadily mounting -expenses, of reducing those expenses, that the pledges of the administration to the American public may be made | good. Gen. Dawes, aware that that | fact must be indelibly impressed upon | the minds of all concerned it his effort is to succeed, has met the issue as an American soldier would naturally meet it—uncompromisingly, two-fist- edly, manfashion. The public is be- hind him. 1yr.. $6.00: 1'm 1 ¥r. $240: 1 mo., 20 i A By-Election Result. ‘Tuesday a specia) congressional elec- tion was held in the third Michigan district, which is normally republican by a substantial’ majority. In the lightest vote in the district’s history, the republican candidate led his demo- cratic opponent by over 3,600. | There is nothing noteworthy here except the fact that if there has been any change of sentiment since Novem- ber it has not taken place in this Michigan district. The republicans are still easily masters of the situation. Last year they carried the Wolverine state by over 400,000 majority. But why should there have been any change of sentiment in Michigan or anywhere? The republicans have just begun their task. They went to it right away. Except for the Presi- dent’'s summons, Congress would not have met until December. As it is, that body has been functioning for nearly three months, and in that time transacted much important business and laid foundations for more. ‘The test of what has been done and ‘what is to follow will come later. This time twelve months hence it may be possible to get a fairly accurate line on popular judgment ;e!necuns the redemption of republican promises. The people are probably not as im- patient as has been represented. They are not without knowledge of what 1 Congress is facing, or of lymplthy‘ with lawmakers wrestling with a va- riety of difficult problems. Let Con- gress take courage from this Michigan result and proceed with assurance that it is going to have a fair and aquare deal. ———————— It is no longer considered necessary to make a careful memorandum of the telephone numbers of the fire depart- ment and the doctor’s office in making preparations for a Fourth of July cele- " bration. ——— Mexican séntiment is awake to the fact that progress and prosperity are attained through friendships and not through enmities. The Seniority Rule. Mr. Ansorge, at the head of what is called “the kid movement” in the ' House, says, in justification of the stand he and his friends have taken: “ have discussed the situation with many of the new membera. They be- lieve that a meeting of the new mem- from time to time and a frank “The seniority rule discriminates against the new man, and with the cumbersome lure and the rules committee intervening between them and 1 on they feel that the; have little or no voice in legislation.” This is not the first protest heard in A | sufrered. Congress against senlority rule. From time to time, for years. new members of that body have complained of no thoroughfare. Everything has seemed closed to them. The old members have appeared to be in full possession of all the machinery of action. The tarry time at Jericho for their beards to grow has irked the “kids" consider- ably. And yet the rule rests upon sound reasoning. Which is that, in legisla- tive, as in other matters, experience counts heavily. “An old hand at the bellows™ has advantages over the new. He works with more surety and confi- dence. He has been there—knows the way around—knows when to move swiftly, when cautiously. His judg- ment has been proved and strength- ened by exercise. And so it has been in every Congress that at organization time members with a number of terms of legislative service to their credit have had the call in committee assignments over members making their debut on Capi- tol Hill. The feeling has been that the youngsters could, and should, wait for advancement. It is a very interesting subject, about which the last word has not been said; and good should come of the discussion Mr. Ansorge and those who hold with him have precipitated. > Soldiers and Socialists. Disabled veterans of the world war, delegates to a convention at Detroit, served notice yesterday upon the so- clalist party, also in convention there, that they had no sympathy whatever with the socialist attitude toward the nation and the government. The visit of the veterans was a wholly uncon- ventional procedure. Usually if one national organization disagrees with another it merely expresses itself in a resolution. These ex-soldiers, how- ever, felt that a closer contact was necessary, and so they marched over to the socialists’ hall and their spokes- | man said: “We are not interested in economic or political conditions, but we have come here with the understanding that some one in this convention as- scrted that the red flug was the only tax and that the sociallst party in- tended to use it as an emblem. There can be only one flag in this country. and that Is the Stars and Stripes. Any remarks to the contrary will be con- sidered treasonable and seditious. Furthermore, if there is any one here who entertains any thoughts or ideas of revolution or of using forc: let him step out and settle the matter Today, tomorrow, or at any time, the disabled veterans are dy. We speak not alone for the abled veterans, but for all other veterans and patriotic citizens. We are not here to convert you, but to warn you that all steps of force will he met by force. The chairman of the socialists re- plied. His remarks were not as happy as those which he answered. He said: “OQur convention is opposed to war. | 1f the soclalist party had been suc- | throughout the world there would have been no war. but we also have suffered. Our comrades have been imprisaned for exercising the right of free speech.” Probably every man in that delega- tion of disabled veterans agreed in opposition to war. No man came out of that European inferno, hurt or whole, but with a horror of the waste of conflict. But it is good to hear those men at Detroit voice the doctrine that, whether war is right or war is wrong. there can be but one flag. And just so ‘there can be only contempt for those who seek to measure the suffer- ings of the men who obeyed the call to duty and were broken in the fight with the so-called sufferings of those who violated the laws of the country and tried to bring about defeat for our arms and disaster to the men who bore them. ————— It has been estimated that a week of congressional speaking represents no more language than it would take to fill a Sunday issue of & metropoli- tan newspaper. It is the lack of va- cessful rlety that makes the volume of leg- islative discourse seem so much greater. ————e————— Sovietism is difficult to define for the reason that the political signifi- cance of the word is constantly Lthanged to meet new conditions as they arise. —————— It may be doubted in many instances whether a street parade is any more | effectual in “molding public opinton than other forms of perfunctory prop- aganda. ———— Popular interest in pugilism is such that a big prize ring event is never in danger of failure for want of finan- cial backing. —————— Railroad thought is regarded by some experts as having had too much | sidetracking in proportion to the main- line operations. —————————— The present summer is not so excit- ing as the one a year ago, but more actual business is being transacted. ————— ‘The end of the British mine contro- versy is reported to be near. Even the longest story must come to an end. Queer Doings in Turkey. The first act of the Greek army after the resumption of hostilities against Turkey was the capture of Ismid, on an arm of the Sea of Mar- mora, fifty-six miles from Constanti- nople. They held it only a few hours, for on Tuesday, according to dis- patcheg received in Paris, they evacu- ated the town in accordance with an agreement between the Turkish na- tionalists and the Greek officers. This agreement was undoubtedly the effect of a military development so unfavor- able to the Greeks that continued oc- cupation could only result in heavy| loss in unsuccessful defense. In their refusal to aid the Greeks, ‘which was followed by the rejection by Greece of offers of mediation, the al- lies let it be understood that in case Constantinople was threatened-by the |- Turks they would intervene. While no formal declaration to that effect has been made, it is accepted as assured that Great Britain at least will not permit any advance of the nationalists across the straits. Yet it is the avowed object of Kemal, the national- ist leader, to reoccupy Constantinople. Suspicion has beén aroused that the You have | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1921 - ’ tral zone in an advance upon Constan- tinople, with the effect of arousing the allies to intervention. Meanwhile a formidable Turco-bol- shevist plot, it is annbunced, has been discovered by allied authorities at Con- stantinople. Numerous arrests have been made, including that of the al leged ringleader, a man bearing the suggestively Teutonic name of Augen- | blick. That Russia has been intriguing ‘with the Turkish nationalists is well !known. Red envoys have been at |Angora, the nationalist capital, and! ‘red spies have been caught in Con- | stantinople. There is nothing, there- i ore, fantastic about the announcement | jof a Turcored plot, the precise object (of which may easily be imagined. If, { coincidentally with the collapse of the | Greek military movement, which was to be expected, an uprising should take | ‘place in Constantinople, the allies| {might find themselves caught in al {trap. ‘The coincidence of the recap-i ture of Ismid and the arrests in Con-| | stantinople may prove to be signifi- | cant. —_—— Stromboli. Stromboli is active again, and the! people occupying that troubled island are in terror. The Italian government has sent a number of naval destroyers to carry away all who cannot be ac commodated by the island shipping in case the voleano reaches the point of disastrous activity. The normal popu- | lation of the island is about 2,000, and | the task of removing them in a hurry will be difficult. These people. in obedience to a strange instinet, cling | to their precarious homes despite re peated visitations and warnings, and| leave them with the greatest re- luctance in some cases it has been | necessary to use force to remove the occupants of volcanic areas in Italy when the menace was imminent. Stromboli is one of the most active of the world's volcanoes. It was par- ticularly violent in 1907, the yvear pre- ceding the ‘Messina disaster, in which that city was almost wholly destroved. In 1912 another eruption occurred of magnitude, and again in 1915. Four vears later, in 1919, the crater once more emitted lava, but not in such great volume. During the eruption of { 1915 a new crater was formed, with a great explosion. These successive eruptions, which have continued for centuries, have so increased the lava jarea of the island that now almost the whole space is occupied by the moun- tain itself. The people cling to fertile patches at the base of the lava fields. i In such cases there is always the danger of a violent explosion, blowing off the top of the mountain and pre- | cipitating an immense volume of lava lor hot ashes and stones upon the peo- ple before they have time to escape. This happened at Pelee, in Martinique, where there was sufficient warning in the volcano's preliminary activity to enable the people to reach a zone of safety. But in these cases they always i stay, hoping that each day will bring {remission from the belchings of the vent and a subsidence of activity. There is no dependable forecasting of volcanic violence. These blowholes of the earth perform according to laws that man has not yet codified and has only vaguely understcod. —_————— Thoughtful citizens who in years i gone by have declared they could show the rallroads how to operate without loss have evidently all gone into other lines of endeavor which claim their undivided attention. —_———— Bets might be placed with more con- fidence if it were possible to form an opinion of a pugilist’s ring qualities from his literary style. ————— Many communities wish it were as | g easy to disarm gunmen as it was to take away the small boy's Fourth of July firecracker. —_————————————— H Aircraft experts intimate that dis-| armament so far as it relates to old- style battleships would be getting rid of junk. —_——————— SHOOTING STARS. [ | BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. i Conversational Security. i Though great affairs may be on hand, | The climate always takes command, And men of high and low degree United in one thought we see. The sage, the toiler and the clown, | In rural ways cr in the town, Will drop his business to say, “My friend, it's very warm today.” One fact admitting of no doubt | 1s given us to talk about i In tones of honest discontent Which cannot start an argument, One which both foolish men and wise | Can mention while they sympathize. ‘The old remark leads none astray, “My friend, it's very warm today.” Uncertainties. ““What is your position on this grave public question?” “My position,” replied Senator Sor- ghum, “is that of a man whom I over- heard in the railroad station asking abhut the trains. He couldn’t be sure whether he was away ahead of his time or away behind it.” Jud Tunkins says he hopes econo- mies will switch around to where a willing worker won't seem so much like & soloist. Unvalued Treasure. ‘The Eskimo lives all alone | Post-Standard finds it “not imposs { Evidently he has been reflecting upon i be persuaded by either the churches | publican). Editorial Digest % Pirates, Black or Red? Ships thdt vanish and leave no trace; some beached with all sails set, with everything about them In perfect or- der, but with “neither man nor ghost aboard”; unsigned notes washed ashore in the classic bottle; theories of pirates solemnly put forth by the “government of a mighty nation” in explanation of this new “mystery of the sea"—such things do not often fall to the lot of editors to interpret. Realizing that there are more things in heaven and carth than can be ex- plained from the standpoint of twen- tieth-century practicality, most writ- ers incline to the theory that a re- vived and improved piracy is, after| all. probably the cause of the mys terious disappearance of ships whose fate has become the subject of gov- ernmental inquiry. . piracy theory, the New York Times holds. cannot be dismissed “as an_audacious invention.” When law is flouted and violence rampant, why.! it asks, should we t ing up of piracy,” s t wars there has been a recrudes- | e of it.” The Philadelphia Record | points out that many things we, thought impossible have happened. | and pirates “are not necessarily con-{ fined to ‘Treasure Island’” At any rate the Philadelphia Public Ledge tells us that “two great departments of a mighty nation's government let it be known thut they belie serious belief, piracy upon the high Practical like storms _and hip mortality statistics,” dc the case in hand, most write tend. While the Cl JDealer would like to that malignant nata malignant man has th nevertheless such mountaing It is the number of mys- up cases “within such a short space of time and in a certain part of to the Adrian ms to call for some new explanation,” and since the N s finds it jcarce- that a series of marine could have overtaken So and leave no wreck- age, it draws the conclusion that “some human hand must have played a part If we discard “the theo storm_or sabota as “too prosal ot available. ar also suzgests the New York iorld finds that “submarine pira still The Indianapolis the possibility that has “opened up a piracy, just as the been making history manship, bootlezging other departments of crime Worcester Telezram — quotes gentleman for whom the Deer named” as expressing the bel pirates could successfully depredations for some time reason of the very fact that practi piracy would not be considered pos sible.” But pirates, to carry on a profit- able business, must have means of disposing of their loot. Here enters the theory of Russian connivance vanced by one government official. While to the Syracuse Herald it seems | “much more likely that some crew has mutinied and taken up piracy than that the bolsheviki are operating along our coast,” the Portland (Me.) Herald feels that “the red theory is more plausible than that of old- | ioned pirates of the Capt. Kidd and is. the Toledo Blade thinks, the submarine new chapter in automobile has in highway- and various and the | “the & was f that carry on by 1 type, “the only notion put forward which possesses plausibility.” lo Express supports thisi theory thus: “The change in world conditions which made the re- appearance of piracy possible is thet taking of Russia out of the list of vilized and responsible nations. To- day any band of criminals who could ! seize a ship on the high seas and take it Into a Russian port could dispose ! of its cargo with great profit.” The Boston Transeript inclines to the same interpretation, adding that “it is possible also that such gangs may hawe ! acted under the orders of the soviet gov- ernment itself. and have constituted a | part of its forces” and_the Syracuse N that the old black flag of piracy has been replaced by the red.” While this is_“delightfully dramatic,” | the Brooklyn Eagle is inclined to scout | the idea_of Russia acquiring a merchant marine by that process, because “‘what Russia could do with a merchant marine if one were presented to her gratis it would take a Philadelphia lawyer to find out.” The Rochester Democrat and ! Listing possible explana mystery, the Chicago Post gives “humdrum theory that the sunken boats are alldshxm;mz Board craft that just fell apart like the one-hoss hay,” which the Springfield Repubkcan advances more seriously. It must be borne the Republican says. “that seldom have so many dubious | ! in_mind. ; seaworthy vessels been afloat in recent | 1 | years,” therefore, “that the number of mysterious disappearances should some- what increase is not very surprising.” Trying to Stop Industrial War. The Secretary of Labor a short! time ago went on record as believing | that the solution of industrial trou- ! bles—in common with others—lies in a common practice of the golden rule. the ramifications of the situation. To- | day he is reported as declaring in an | address -preliminary to the annual; convention of the Moose that the: labor solution is largely in the hands of the churches. The differences between capital and : labor are economic and must be set- tled through economic _influences. Capital wants more power and labor wants more liberty. Capital cannot or ‘the golden rule that it should share its gains with, labor. Labor cannot be coaxed by either churches or the golden rule to accept less that capital shall have more. And that is the situation. The change must come about not through a re- vision of ethical policies by either capital or labor, but by a sweeping change in the ecomomic system.— Pittsburgh Leader (progressive re- Women and Practical Politics. There is an unexpected frankness' about the action of the republic state ! committee of Pennsylvania in delib- ! erately geclaring women _ineligible | for its highest three offices—chair-} man, secretary and treasurer. Now- i adays, with the newly created femi- | nine vote so important a factor in elections, professional politicians | have been all too prone to bestow sloppy and unmeaning praise upon the political acumen of women, all t00 ready to offer the shadow while with-' holding the substance. Republican women in Pennsylvania are not only denled-the substance. but are not even | offered the shadow. i Save for the states where women have long exercised the franchise, ! women are allowed but little real; power in political organizations.) There is much bunkum spilled about sharing the control with women, but when it comes down to facts the, And sleeps more than is good for health. He has an icehouse of his own, But does not understand his wealth. Easy Subsistence. “The world owes me a living,” re- marked the man who is always indig- nant about something. “That's the theory,” replied Farmer Corntossel, “that these pesky mos- quitoes are goin’ on.” Handicapping Terpsichore, ‘“All these new records are funeral marches,” protested Gwendolyn Hor- tense. “Yes,” replied Mr. Cumrox. “That's all we're goin’ to play for a while. I'm Greek move in taking Ismid, only toltired of havin' the whole family danc- relinquish it almost immediately, is device to draw Kemal into the neu. in’ all kinds of dances every time some- body cranks up the phonograph.” 1 Women have to content thémselves' with minor parts. That the republic- an state committee of Pennsylvania should sweep aside this bunkum and, show its hand openly is surprising | enough, and all the more so when the reputation of the Penrose ma chine for devious methods is con-| sidered.—Sioux City Tribune (repub-: lican). i Naturally wage-earners are after the cheaper cuts, if any.—Toledo Elade. . The man who solved the Einstein theory is now at work on the railroad time table.—Minneapolis Journal. 1f bank funds are used to finance bootleggers, prohibit banking.—Wall Street Journal. After the films are purified, it might . be a good idea to do something about the brand of air movies furnish for breathing purposes.—Baltimore Sun. in other lines is understood to be promoting the fishing tackle industry. —Anaconda Standard. athing purposess Bl .l E xperienced Advertisers & 1331 F St. ‘The Store With a Smile’ MEYER’S SHOPS _ _—— Inaugurating Qur “First” Event || - “Little Smiles” 7 Typical of the policy of the store, we christened this event “SMILE SALE,” and ask you to read over the specials listed, or better still, call and be convinced that we are earnestly cut- ting the frowns out of high prices and bringing out in re- turn from patrons satisfied SMILES. Tomorrow ushers in the first of these “Monthly Events,” that will bring cheer in the way of money-saving, once each month on the “First.” Every section of the store has made special effort to bring out specials that will make history of the “Inau- guration.” Smiling Bargains That Make Smiling Customers! 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