Evening Star Newspaper, July 15, 1921, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR, With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY..........July 15, 1921 THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office, 11th St. New York Office. Chicago Office: First Natl European Office: 3 Regent 8t. The Evenin edition, is dellvered by at 80 ssau Bt. Bank Bullding London, England. tar. with_the Sunday morniog iers withia the city ally only. 43 cents per only, 20 cents per month. Or- v nt by mail, or telephone Main Collection is made by carriers at the end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daily and Sunda. ; Daily onl Sunday only All Other States. ders m: Japan at the Conference. Japan's silence on the subject of far eastern questions in a note accepting President Harding's invitation to the conference on disarmament does not signify particularly inasmuch as the invitation itself was informal and probably did not explicitly detail the subjects proposed for consideration. These ‘“acceptances” are, "in fact, strictly indications of the willingness of the powers to participate in a meet- ing. The program itself remains to be written. In any case, every power that at- tends the disarmament meeting must come prepared to consider the ques- tion from all angles. Disarmament means, if anything, the allaying of in- ternational prejudices and jealousles and fears. President Harding has in- dicated by the inclusion of China among the conferees that in his judg- ment the far east presents more defl- nitely the possibilities of conflict and consequently is more distinctly the cause of competitive armament than any other area of the world. It re- quires no especially intimate knowl- edge of international affairs to dis- cern this condition. When the powers through their rep- resentatives reach Washington next autumn doubtless the program will have been loudly outlined and each government will know the scope pro- posed. Japan will come possibly pre- pared to demur to the consideration of any question outside of that of dis- armament. But this position would be most unfortunate for Japan. The gov- ernment at Tokio could hardly afford to enter a discussion with reserva- tions, expressed or implied, inasmuch as the whole subject of disarmament turns and is well known to turn large- 1y upon Japan's aspirations and fears and projects. " The chief benefit of this conference, it would seem, will consist in a full, open discussion of the relations of the powers in that area which is so plainly indicated as the possible cause of trou- ble between them. If there is-the potentiality of war in the Pacific any reticence on the subject by one of the { powers may have the effect of alien- fating it from international assocta- tions, past, present and future. —_————————— Philippine Independence. Manuel Quezon, at one time a resi- |dent commissioner in Washington { representing the Philippine Islands, }1s en route to the United States pre- | sumably in behalf of Philippine inde- i pendence. He is a fluent speaker, famillar with legislative proceedings, and influential among his country- men. Senor Quezon would figure prom- dnently in any new government set .up in the archipelago. His experience in public affairs would count in his j favor. He has had to do with office, i 1s a traveled man, and knows some: ! thing about how the world goes round. 1 Such a man at such a time would get {dnto the picture. The Wood-Forbes investigation is {still in progress, and has some time {still to run. The two men conduct- !4ng it are not expected home before {fall. They will report to the Presi. dent, and he in turn will report to tConxfess. This makes it unlikely that the question of independence for the Philippines will be considered at this session. Rather may we expect it to go over until the regular session, and ¥ then take its chances on a crowded i legislative card. Between December s coming and midsummer of next year Congress is going to be a very busy { body, with a disposition to give-pret- { erence to questions entering into the i approaching campaign for the election of a new Congress. The President’s recommendation is likely to follow the line of the Wood- Forbes report, and the action of Con- gress likely to follow the line of the President’s recommendation. —_—————— It will be impossible for the primi- tve political sense to refrain from re- flecting on the possibilities of ad- ‘vantage to be enjoyed by any one na- ‘ tion that could exempt itself while Ypersuading others to disarm. ————tem e Despite his reputation as & good loser, there have been numerous events in the career of Willlam How- ard Taft that have called for hearty kcongratulations. . Lenin never thought enough of his ocheme for doing business without money to set a personal example. Tech and Business High Schools. Graduates of both Business and Technical High Schools are- urging upon the board of education inclusion in the new building program recom- mendations for & new home for each of these imstitutions. This spirit of fealty to their former schools does infinite credit to the alumni and their pleas should be given the most re- epectful consideration. It is the spirit that makes a successful institution, that carries on beyond school daysand maintains a keen interest in the wel- fare of the school that gave them their training. In both cases a new bullding is urg- ently needed. In the case of the Busi- ness High School it is impossible to extend the present plant. The Tech- pical or McKinley High School could be extended by the acquisition of fur- A% 5 have been made for higher fily and more force. It isa matter of common knowledge that the school congestion of the present is in part dud to the fact that the municipal architect's of- fice has been unable to do the work assigned to it by the appropriation the present Business High School to|bills. And the conditions in the archi- Tech and make a new home for the |tect's office are typical of those in former. In the same way it has been |{every other branch of the District gov- suggested to turn over the preflent|ernment. The fact is that the District Tech to Business and make a new |municipality is undermanned as well home for McKinley. Each gromp of |as underpald in every department. advocates is willing to hand over the | The wonder is that the local govern- discarded bullding to the other gchool. | ment work is done as well as it is. But that is not the way to settle this| As for the employment of private question or to provide adequately for |architects, it is simply a question of present and future school needs. Obvi- | whether the school buildings will be ously Business High School cannot be |ready in time or not. If there is any enlarged. Possibly Tech High School | doubt at all about the legality of the can be. The present Business High |procedure it should be settled imme- School should not be in any sense|diately. If the District government used as an annex to another institu-|cannot employ outside talent for this hlhe nnrnl:gern had been an- 1 tion. purpose an emergency bil must be |3 “they wouldn't take the trou- The high schools of the District con- | rushed through Congress giving it | s to messinnc i se it iemey <% stitute an important and valuable fea- |authority or else enlarging the appro- { the country by the parade, which mus- ture of the local educational system, |priation for the municipal architects | Sheanerr yganme Jfteen thousand and each of them should have an ade- | office, if these buildings are to be ready | dred thousand, the Idaho Statesman quate home. Annexes are nuisarices |for the school year of 1922-23. And if {;?"fl'tf.fl:;l::zfl‘ at the deduction of and handicaps. Good school adminis. |they are not ready then conditions In | say that this Broves ~there et much tration cnnot be conducted in sep-|the public schools of the District in |8entiment against prohibition.” o arated bufldings. The District is not|September, 1922, will be bad, Probably | o the demanstrstion® ohrs foe Horts parsimonious and it is hoped that|without parallel in the United States. |ford Courant (republican), Congress will not be in the matter of third is better than eithe ‘Thus the providing properly for homes for these Beware of the Extremists. two institutions, whose loyal exstu- ' Are not the extremists too busy and dents are now so effectively pressing | gmphatic these days to be convincing? thelr;ctalms. Take the pessimists. The situation cannot be as bad as they describe. If paper feels that it shows neither a sentiment for extreme prohibition nor “everything flowing free,” but “a middle ground, where the disposition it were, it would be hopeless. No avail- able means would be sufficient to pull us out of so deep a hole. A recelver- ship for the government would be the is to allow the use of light wines and beers.” This sentiment is referred to only sensible step; and the sooner that were taken the better. by the Newark News (independent), Take the optimists. which mentions the “thousands of those against the Volstead law who didn’t march,” but who “object to the at law was adopted and en- and “in any ballot box con test they will be against the dry! although “they have no more use fo! the other type of wets than the drys have. To many it was simply a local af- fair, which in no way represented the with an effort to pooh-pooh all|country. Granting that ttael:ln:{che‘l;s Thos 1 .| were “sincere, the Springfiel epub- anxiety. Who's afraid? There is noth- | fore “Sincere.t the Springfield REputy ing much awry, and what is awry can|because so much of the United States easily be straightened out. The war |8 unlike New York that the country has prohibition today,” and the Wil- upset things, yes. But when did war|mington (N. C.) Star (democratic) is fail to upset things? It is a feature of war. Calm yourselves. Take matters coolly. Shipshape is just ahead, and we are approaching it rapidly. As usual, the truth lies between. Our situation is not to be appraised as either hopeless or easy of rellef. The times are tight and difficult. The war-upset is the worst ever, because it is universal. The war shook the world. We cannot hope to recover much in advance of the world at large. Our fortunes rest somewhat on the for- even more emphatic: “An_ anti-prohibition demonstration tunes of other nations. As they re- cover, we shall recover. staged by the foreign-born of New And we shall recover. York and sponsored by New York's we failed to meet a difficult situation? ‘We have met a few, and emerged from each the stronger for the experience. The present situation, let us frankly confess, is the greatest we have ever faced; but.it does not, and should not, appall 2 nation of a hundred million competent people, with greater re- sources than those of any other nation. —_— ther space and possibly by the closing of a minor street and development eastward. Much better, however would be the construction of new buildings for both on sites suitable for possible growth and additions in the future. It has been proposed to turn over Editorial Digest Parades and Prohibition. Independence day, which have caused a great dea] of comment, both hu- morous and stormy, demonstrate that despite the number of representative newspapers which disapprove of the Volstead act, the majority of press opinion in the country frowns on the activities of the opponents of prohibi- tion. The emphatic language on the part of some writers, however, who consid- er the wet paraders in the class with “anarchists” or agitators whose ac- tions ‘‘encourage vlolations of the Constitution,” as the Christian Science Monitor (independent) puts it, have called forth some equally emphatic The Monitor's remarks seem 1ly unfalr and un-American” rand Rapids Herald (repub- —_—— The Coming Senate Battle. As eight years ago, the real tussle over tariff revision will be staged in the Senate. The House rules are never favorable to protracted debate. Com- plaint is sometimes made that they are not favorable even to adequate debate. The Senate is a more liberal- ly disposed body. Debate there is seldom denied. As a consequence, in all matters of a warm controversial character, it is in the Senate usually that “the fire flies.” How long the Fordney bill, when it reaches the Senate, will be held under review by the finance committee is but a guess. Something will depend on the points made in the House de- bate, and on public comment on the result when the House has recorded its final vote on the measure. But attention will be fixed when the measure is reported out of the committee, and ls taken up with the committee’s amendments by the Sen- ate for discussion and passage. The men who will lead are Mr. Pen- rose and Mr. Smoot on the republican side, and Mr. Underwood and Mr. Sim- mons on the democratic side. All four are recognized tariff “sharps.” They know the subject “by heart.” The re- publicans are convinced protectionists. The democrats are convinced antl- protectionists. Necessarily, under such leadership, it will be some battle. In a measure, control of the next Congress is in- volved, for if the law fails in opera- tion, the blow to the republicans on the eve of the campaign will be a heavy one. - They respond hyphenate mayor will strengthen, not weaken, the conviction of the people generally that ‘dry’ laws are worthy of respect. The whole event, 1n the opinion of e Atlanta Constitution (democratic), vas a pitiable farce, and there was nothing in it to frighten the most ap- prehensive follower of the prohibition banner.” It proves to the Birming- ham Age-Herald (independent demo- cratic), that the “painful realization” has reached ast stronghold of the wets,” that “their cause Is hopeless. The Jersey City Journal (Independent) is inclined to a similar view, asserting that “the plain truth of the matter is that the longer prohibition remains in force, the less real opposition there is to and “men are discovering that they can get along quite comfortably with- out periodic shots of the strong stuff, and women want none of the ol ditions that brutalized the men. The Syracuse Post-Standard (repub- lican) also believes that “the country as a whole is certainly for the amend- ment as it stands, for a more vigor- ous enforcement than New York and the larger cities like,” and it believes the people, either from hostility to the metropolitan attitude or from the fear that demands for light wine and beer are s “trick” to secure stronger drinks, look upon such demonstrations with “suspicion.” Therefore, since “public sentiment” behind increasingly strict- er enforcement is growing, the Knox- ville Journal and Tribune (republi- can) believes that “neither parades nor verbal protests will change it." Another reason why the public dem- onstrations are not supported even by persons who may not be thoroughly converted to all the tenets of the “drys” is the fact, as the Reno Ga- zette (republican) sees it, that “rea. nable persons who believe the Vol. stead law to be too drastic” a fectly willing to wait until prohibi- tion has had a chance to show Its general effects” before they try “to restore beer and wine to the dinner tables.” In this the Detroit Free Press (inde- pendent) concurs. The people “are willing to let experience make the it says, and then adds: t many of them are learn- cellars and kitchens more about practical fermentology than they ever knew before. A parade of all the people making their own beer and wine would be impressive, but public display is not a part of their policy.” “Wipers” Let It Be. If you are thinking of buying a new French dictionary, do not be reckless or hasty. By waiting till 1964 you will be able to get the latest. The work of preparing the new edition is priogressing so nicely that the pub- lishers feel justified in stating that the book will be out in about forty- three years. It is claimed that this will be the most perfect dictionary of the language ever issued. All siang will be eliminated except that grow- ing out of the late war. It is felt that a retention of some words d_pro- nunciations introduced by the Eng- lish-speaking soldiers are essential to a recognition of the service of these defenders. This is very gratifying. For exam- ple, there is the city of Ypres. The people have always pronounced the name as if it were spelled “Epe But not the Yankee soldiers. As they marched to its defense they called it “Wipers,” and “Wipers' it became. The people there are still fighting against “Wipers.” It may be necessary for them to do as did the people of the ‘When have Meetings to denounce prizefighting have succeeded in assembling almost s large an attendance as that which witnessed the recent pugilistic event. ‘This might not have been the case, however, if the admittance fee had been the same. The public has a strange custom of supporting in prac- The Virginia Republicans. In putting a state ticket in the fleld on a declaration of party principles the Virginia republicans have taken the proper step. Presumably, they will make athorough campaign, and set before the voters of the state the issues of the day, local and national. This accords with some recent pro- nouncements as to republican needs in the south. The party in that sec- tion should, it is conceded, get a move on. For years it has shown small in- terest in local affairs, and only a periodical interest in national affairs. Only the epproach of & presidential campaign has caused a stir in repub- lican political circles in the lower southern states. Whether much or little is possible, whatever can be should be done. Or- ganizations, city, county, state and na- tional, wherever lacking should be established. Wherever existing, they should be strengthened and exercised. All should be done under native leadership; and such leadership is available everywhere. It has worked wonders in Maryland, West Virginia, Delaware, Missouriand Kentucky, and it added Tennessee to the republican column last year. Virginia has long been a democratic stronghold, and last year withstood the republican avalanche. The demo- crats have maintained, and now pos- sess, an efficient organization and the republicans will be bucking a line familiar with victory, and that has not known defeat since Mahone's day, now forty years ego. * tice what it disapproves of on prin- cipl —_— ‘There is necessarily an element of popular sentiment in France that re gards it as a statesman’s first duty to insist at all times on the imme diate annihilation of Germany. ————— No farmer will be tempted to join with the labor movement that has taken the form of strike agitation among Kansas City grain elevator men. “A very ing in their i It may be some years before China can hope for a peace program suffi- clently extensive tq, eliminate the cus- tomary revolutions. } One of the influences for peace is the fact that war has becomg so ex- pensive that no nation can afford it. 1 England also has suffered some seri- ous hot waves, but takes no credit for setting the fashion. ‘The annual war on the mosquito is another case of technical hostility without actual fighting. - SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON, ‘The Vanished Ice. One day I slipped upon some ice And nearly broke an ankle. The thoughts that thrilled me were not nice, Resentment seemed.to rankle. ! Peace has been restored at least to a degree that enables the London fic- tion writers to return to writing fic- tion. many bitter discu ly a law passed enacting that “the correct pronunciation of the name of this state is as If it were spelled “‘Arkan- saw.” That settles it and the name of that state has the distinction of be- ing the only one In the language ‘whose pronunciation is defined by law. ‘The 14 commended to the au- thorities of “Wipers."—Albany Times- Union (independent). This Change Needed. According to reports that come from New York, American-born women mar- ried to aliens abroad are being detained at Ellis Island as allens and conge- quently subject to the provisions of the recantly enacted law restricting immi- gration. Under our laws an American woman who marries a foreigner loses her citizenship. This is an anomaly at the present time. The law should be so changed that a woman born in this country should not lose her citisenship save on the same grounds that a man loses his. ‘When the husband was the sole repre- l But in July, when passing by The place where once I tumbled, I pause and pant end wonder why On earth I ever grumbled. Mexican politics are occasionally confused by a tendency to get the ofl prospectures mixed with the atate papers. A Sarcssm. *You must admit that your political antagonist uses good English.” “He ought to,” replied Senator Sorghum. “His i{deas are so slight that he doesn’t have to think about anything but the grammor.” < The airplane does not wait for war in order to impress itself as a dan. gerous mechanism. Architects and School Buildings. Great surprise has been expressed by members of the House District committee on the score of the inade- quate salaries paid to the municipal architect and his staff at the District building. This revelation came in the course of a hearing at which the sub- ject are the employment of private architects for the construction of some of the school buildings newly provided for. Doubt had been expressed as to the propriety of engaging such serv- ices. The explanation given to the committee was straightforward and clear. The municipal architect’s office is underpaid, undermanned and choked with work. It cannot possibly handle this big job of erecting $2,000,000 worth of school buildings in time to add them to the public school equip- ment in fifteen months. Hence it is necessary, if the buildings are to .be available for the opening of schoal in 1922, to go into the open market and get architectural assistance. There should have been no surprise at the small salaries paid and the small force engaged in the office of the municipal architect. The District ap- propriation bill carries the figures. Season after season recommendations o Extravagant Hope. " “I understand robbery is on the in- crease.” “I hope s0,” replied Bill the Burg. “Maybe in the course of time it'll be- come so fashionable that there’ll be no use tryin' to enforce the laws again it” sentative of the. home to the outer world it may have been a wise thing to force the woman to accept the citizen- ship of her husband, but in these days when her right to vote is the same as her husband’s &he should not be de- prived of her birthright on her marriage. During the recent war with Germany the rule of the middle ages that the wife always assumes the citizenship of her husband worked much inconvenlience to certain women. " The women of this country are inter- ested in the change noted, and, perhaps, this Ellis Island incident will spur them to greater activity in securing a change in the law.—Providence Tribune (inde- pendent republican). Having peace ' by resolution, let’ make a resolution to keep it.—Green- ville (S. C.) Piedmont. Paviowa says the longer you live. Long +El Paso Times. ‘There’s one consolation—the reform- ers can't compel us te close our um- brellas on a rainy Sunday.—Seattle Post-Intelligencer. ‘The divorce evil won't bring the na- love"—not while lawyers ey do.—Hartford Times. Never Prepared. Each year the summer days are het, As every one of us must know. Each year we all complain a lot And are surprised to find them so. Jud Tunkine says an owl gets a reputation for wisdom by saying noth- ing, while & parrot discloses his igno- rance by being needlessly conversa. tional. £ “Human Dissatisfaction. “The neighbor next door annoys, me incessantly by the racket he makes with the lawn mower."” o “How .sbout the neighbor dn the other side of you.” * “The way he lets his lawn disgrace you wear the Paviowa!— . &0 with. out attention is & street.” THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, The “personal liberty” parades of |Eatablished 1855. Installed on Shortest Possible Notice. “and al‘ FRIDAY, JULY 15 1921, Laces and Lace Curtain Cleaning MME. VIBOUD, Inc, 727 11tk SCREENS—AWNINGS !‘Illl Half Price for Isko Refrig- erating Machine for Private Home Use Demonstrating model; guaranteed in A. 1. con- t Clean houses are kept | clean with"PREVENTOL'It | does not stain the finest fabrics,but effectively i destroys allinsect-life. SUMMER LUNCHEON Phone, or send postal. Ao ot on ey asye dition. Apply 1818 E . 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