Evening Star Newspaper, July 20, 1921, Page 6

THE “EVENING STAR, With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. 'WEDNESDAY. .July 20, 1921 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company New Sork omes: 150 Ry Be AT few York Office: Ohleago Office: First National Bank Bufldin; Egropean Office: 3 Regent St., London, England. The Evening Star, with the Sunday morning sdition. o dalfvered by easricrs within the city at 00 cents per month; daily only, 45 cen Tmopth: Sunday only. 20 cents pe month. ders may ba sent by mall, or telephor 500D, " Collection s made by carriers at the end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. " Maryland and Virginia. Daily and Sunday.. .40; Daily omy oy 1 Ve 36,00 Sunday. only yr., $2.40; 1 mo., 20¢ All Other States. Daily and § v.1yr., $10.00; 1 mo., 85¢ Daily only unday e %3700: 1 mo. 00 Sunday only. 1mo., The Philippine Problem. Fidel A. Reyes, director of the bu- reau of commerce and industry of the Philippine lslands, is in London at- tending the international exposition of rubber and other tropical plants. In an address on the subject of condi- tions at home, Senor Reyes said: “By promoting one-of the most mod- ern and efficient systems of public education, by placing upon ovr own shoulders the responsibilities of man- aging our own domestic affairs, and by assisting us in raising our stand- ard of living the American people have given to my people as a lasting blessing all that is best in American life and institutions.” Cannot the American people be trusted while they remain in control in the Philippines to continue a policy which according to this confession has done so much for the people of the archipelago? Is there a good rea- son why they should withdraw now on the eve of important readjustments everywhere, in the orient as in the occident? The time for bringing Amer- ican control to an end has never been fixed. Several efforts to that end have been defeated. Should it be fixed now, with the world in ferment? Senor Reyes said further, in point- ing out to foreign capital the ad- vantages to be derived from invest. ments in the archipelago: “The Philippines, because of their strategical location, can serve as a convenient distributing point for the Astatic trade. The manufacture of fin- ished articles for China, Siberia and other oriental countries from tropical- 1y-grown raw material can, of course, be carried on in the Philippines to great advantage." ‘We want as large a portion of the Asiatic trade as can be obtained. The markets of “China, Siberia and other oriental countries” are in our cal- culations. Should we not consider them in shaping our future course in the Philippines, and especially as for- elgn trade is now in the calculations of all the great fnations? Our Philippine problem was never more Interesting or worthier of our best thought than now. & Business and a Business Man. Chairman Madden is to be congratu- lated on-his first announcement. A great deal is packed in that one sen- tence—"Economy of expenditure with- out destroying the efficiency of govern- ment.” Economy—the most careful weigh- ing of every allowance—we must have. It has been ordered upon in- formation, and the people expect the order to be abeyed. The tax burden is oppressive. It is heavy beyond prec- edent, and the people are awaken- ing to the fact that no miracle is at work, or at command, for lightening it. Time is indispensable in the opera- tion. But equally imperative is it that the efficiency of the government must not be destroyed, or even impaired. The government in its new relations to the world needs strong support. Those new relations are to a new world, and there 19 no boast in the statement that the United States is today the strong- est nation in the world. It follows, therefore, that this government, for its own good, as well as for vhe good of others, must function in the highest state of usefulness. To deny it any- thing essential to the fit exercise of its powers would not be economy, but might be cheeseparing of the most dangerous description. Mr. Madden is a veteran legislator, with sixteen years of service in the House to his credit. His early train- ing was in business, and in politics he has addressed himself largely to business subjects. He represents a dis- trict in the heart of the second largest city in the country. Chicago is a hive of business. So trained, so situated, he should distinguish himself in a|facing a crisis in its national affairs, post which affords the largest oppor-|Statesmen the world over are frankly tunity he has ever had for the exer-|expressing views regarding their own cise of his capacity for congressional | governments. . labor. —————————— Gamblers are protesting in the courts against being compelled to re- port their winnings without deducting losses. If a precise record of every bet is required, gambling will become as laborious as it is wicked. ——————e—— Railroads have some hard questions to settle, including that of the time of day in communities whose clocks do not-agree with the time table. —_—————— Currency is to be renewed by the Treasury Department. It has been traveling so fast that the wear and tear was necessarily enormous. The Bergdoll Bribery Charge. - Mrs. Bergdoll's statement to the House select committee investigating the escape' of her son, the military slacker, raises a question of fact that is of the utmost importance and calls for a searching inquiry. If, as she states, a sum of money was given to an officer of the Army to effect the escape of her-son, a crime was com- mitted both by her and the officer that | tribution of funds. If only $5,000 was as a “baby bonus fund.” Thus | trtbutt #5.000 was | scribed Thy | given—and. the officer mentioned has ‘already denied receiving any money —evidently the “higher ups” were not Included in the scheme. If Bergdoll was alded to escape by a corrupt payment to . GOfficers whose duty it was to hold him in safe keep- ing, they are-gulltyof.a: worse offense than ‘hi#.. He is but a‘slacker and a; deserter. whose services as a soldier would at ‘best have been probably of littlg if any value. But if men sworn to defend the welfare of the Upited States, wearing the umiform-of this countfy; connived for monetary ‘con- sideration o effect his escape 'from custody they are infinitely ‘woreé than he. -If, on the other hand, there:is no truthy in the:bribery charge :a’ foul slander on. ‘the _nanfe “of’‘the Ameritan_&Fmy- hes: been, cemmitted. It May’ be. im o 140", praves t = cirm‘;{?&h 1 to this chufitry’ onieithe. thors desirile oy HiE ot mspien bo o retufn. 38 “his ‘motHer's ‘sake. A “Defeat” for Lloyd George. ‘When Premier Lloyd George and his wife gave a garden party at No. 10 Downing street yesterday and invited the entire membership of the house of commons they did not think that they were endangering the stability of the British government. So general was the response to their invitation that the house of commons was compara- tively depopulated at the afternoon session. Most of the absentees were government - supporters, and the op- position leaders, seeing an oppor- tunity, pressed to a vote an amend- ment to a pending bill by virtus of which co-operative socleties would be exempted from paying a corporation tax. Immediately the government whips began to scurry about and hus- tle for votes, but before they could round up the membership the division had occurred and the amendment was adopted, 137 to 135. It was a govern- ment defeat. Ordinarily, even on an insignificant question, when the British ministry fails to maintain its legislative prop- ositions it quits office. But in this case it has not done so and probably will not. The question at issue before the house is of no particular conse- quence, and the circumstances of the “defeat” were exceptional. But the incident, nevertheless, has its sig- nificance. It indicates the extreme slenderness of the government's hold in the commons, notwithstanding the large theoretical majority. Lloyd George “went before the coun- try” in November, 1918, largely on the issue of insuring the punishment of Germany for its war guilt. “Try the kaiser!"” was the slogan of the cam- paign, which, closing in late Decem- ber, gave the ministry & large sup- port in commons. Since then much has happened and the government’'s parliamentary position is not at all as strong as it was after the elections. The kaiser has not been tried and will not be. The British industrial situa- tion has been badly snarled by a suc- cession of strikes and compromises. The Irish situation has become acute. But the ministry will not seek an- other referendum at once, if it ‘can possibly avold it. It will assuredly not g0 before the country until there is some sort of settlement of the Irish question, which is certain to be a fac- tor in the next campaign. If the con- ferences now in_progress in London result in Irish peace and adjustment, the premier may feel safe in case a general election is precipitated. Of course, the ministry will not seek the issue. The “ins” rarely invite pos- sible defeat. Consequently this pres- ent technical reverse in the house of commons will not be permitted to fig- ure as a reason for resignation, how- ever significant it may be of a weak- ened position. —————————— President Harding's decision to ride horseback for exercise is in line with the custom that many statesmen have followed. There im no better exercise and Ambassador Harvey may be tempted to consider the example and discard his automobile. ——— The fancy swimmer who has to be rescued from the surf-is now recog- nized as a more serious problem than | the shore promenader in the too brief bathing costume. R —_————— Toklo statesmen regard Japan as Why Is 2 Bachelor? The question of *“Why is a bachelor?” has long puzzléd the sex to which is generally attributed the characteristic of inquisitiveness. A variety of ex- planations of varying degrees of plau- sibility have, from time to time, been volunteered. Blighted puppy love, an inveterate addiction to golf, the comic supplements and vaudeville jests, friendship for a pipe or an {llfitting coat, have all been brought forward as the solution to the riddle. Yet somehow they fail to satisfy. And since the bachelors and the few mar- ried men who alone know the real answer insist upon keeping it to them- selves, the perplexity of the balance of the world has 8o far remained un- relieved. | > Today, however, it would seem that & determined effort is afoot to arrive at the truth of the matter. Over in France, wiers-a falling birth rate is pronounced to*be the responsibility of those loath to asumte 'the paternal function of pushing the perambulator of a Sunday afterngbn or ‘walking the {cries of little Paul-Marle into, reluc- tant slumber almost any night,” they calls for drastic punishment. The ta-le‘Lnre on the trail of the truth. On the she tells on the witness stand is ex-| traordinary. . According to it the .sum theory that no more subtle reasoning than financial caution and selfishness ¥ bankers, JL I SRENN o, B, of $100,000 was demanded first, “for |prompts elusive young Gaston to flee the higher ups in Washingtan.” ‘She | the unquestioned charms of dainty also stated that her attorney advised |Colette, the government is proceeding her to set aside §150,000 for the same | with admirable directness toward the [l purpose. I she is telling the truth|much-to-be-desired remedy. A sub- some one sought to create the impres- | stantial tax hes been levied against sion that this escape could be worked | bachelordom. - The proceeds of the levy Dy bribery, and that the higher oficials |are to be devated to the establishi- will the foot-loose male be called upon to assist in supporting the offspring of his brother who, more adventurous of spirit, has entered upon the duties of husband and father. | 4 The experiment is still too young to permit of accurate judgment as to its full effect. Yet, assuming the premise that Gallic thriftiness is the cause of the current plethora of bachelors in France to be correct, the game appar- ently cannot be beaten. Frenchmen who are unwilling to contribute chil- dren of their own in France's hour of need are to be required to centribute toward the support of large families fathered by their more patriotic brothers. Over on this side of the Atlantic the course of the experiment will be watched with keen interest. And it may safely be predicted that those who will watch it with most 4 poignant concern will be our own bachelors, dreading lest their secret, ages old, is at last to be divined. —_——— Inspecting the Field. Many of our leading business men— manufacturers, merchants and allaround investors—are visiting Europe, not as sightseers making note of the war’s awful destruction, but as men of affairs concerned about re- habilitations and the best means of providing for the future. Nor are they looking over the fleld for the first time. They knew Europe before the war came. They had large business connections there, and were students of its economic and com- mercial life. ‘With the exception of Russia, all the countries are open, and American vis- itors are welcome everywhere. This is stated in all the published reports. It is not only that America is recog- nized as the moundest of the nations to do business with now, but that her THE . EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO representative business men are eager to improve the new opportunities the world upheaval has brought into be- ing, and that they are capable of do- ing so. Russia e closed. How long she will remain so is a question. Great pos- sibilities are there; and when the day for developing them dawns we should be ready to move with the procession. The value of all this lies in the fact that our foundations for Kuropean business are being laid by men who know their business, who are thor- oughly alive to the demands of the times, and aware of the lively com- petition they are scheduled to meet. ————— Big Bill Haywood has been reported as actively engaged in Russia in an effort to keep the I. W. W. to the front as a radical influence. They may be willing to listen to Big Bill over there, but after his American record no one will be anxious to go on his bail if he gets into trouble. ———eee— Maine reports' an unusually large catch of lobsters this summer. The quail has enjoyed a protection which should insure abundance. The high cost of luxuries as well as ordinary living is' évidenf¥ due’ to drop. —_———————— His abundance of time for, rjedita] tion may enable the ex-kaiser to renew himself in world attention by coming forward as one of the few who grasp the Einstein theary. —_———— There seems to be no period of his service as Secretary of State that Mr. “happy days gone by.” ——e It prize fighting grows as a form of ,social diversion, arrangements should be made to serve tea between rounds. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Farm Fantasy. Long past the hour of the departing day The cowbell tinkles in melodious glee. The cattle seem to, “moo” along the way. ‘The hoot-owl seems to warble from the tree. The squeaks and whistles seem to rep- resent All of the sounds that nature can produce. It brings a melancholy mood whose discontent Persists while sleep is going to the deuce. It is no harmony of rural charm, Though with the tones of rustic life Lansing is disposed to refer to as) replete, As once again it flils me with alarm— That. jazz band playing just mcross the street. . Jud :Tunkjns says it's.a happy boy ‘who has enough imagination to think his one. puspender looks like a Bam Brown belt. Subtle Compliment. “Why did you put the sign over your desk. ‘This {s my busy day’ 7" “It makes a good. impression,” an- swered Senator Sorghum; ‘“when an influential constituent calls. “But it might give offense.” “Not at all. It adds to a visitor’s sense of importance when I give him a cigar and tell him I want a long chat with him.” Game Laws. A weary world will be surprised It apprehensions do not cease ‘When shooting laws are well Tevised To guard the timid dove of peace. The “Are all the men in Crimson Gulch good poker players?” e “Afkbut me,” Teplind:Cactun Joe. “Isn’t’ your lghorance {isastfous? “No.; Fni; £he feller that. kets crith clsed ‘by the entire assemblage ‘for bein’-B wipner in Bpite-of the fact play! thy cgienith that e to o] (independent). i Y Editorial Digest Facing Peaceward. newspapers of the country give their! unalloyed support to Mr. Harding's! call for a disarmament conference. Some feel that it is a step toward an association of nations, and some calll it a new peace conference. Even those who object to the width of its scope as compared to Senator Borah's orig- inal vroposition for a more limited gathering feel that it is a step In the direction that all the peoples of the world are polnting. Brief press opinions follow: President Harding in making his bid for a conference on the limita- tion of armaments and a settlement in the far east has redeemed his pledge of America first in a nobler sense than events immediately after his election seemed to promise.—New York Post (independent). Provided all the nations taking part are sincere and earnest, the armament limitation conference called by Presi- dent Harding_should accomplish a great deal—Wheeling Intelligencer (republican). It is the first move in what he may hold to be “something better” than the league proposition, yet it may lead to what will be equivalent to co- operation under the modified terms of the league covenant that are now being worked out by the supreme council.—Newark News (independent) President Harding, in proposing to the major nations of the world that armament be limited, is asking for genuine peace, humane .peace, 8en- sible peace, the kind of peace we like to think we are intelligent and civil- ized enough to enjoy.—New London (Conn.) Day (republican). He has proved that those—and there were republicans as well as demo- crats among them—who said that his “feelers” and “pourparlers” were merely a bluff did his administration an injustice.—Charleston News and Courler (democratic). ‘What the conference may lead to is as unguessable as the milky way, but the decision to call it is momentous, for in calling it the President is call- ing the bluff of the world.—Baltimore American (republican). The road along which the confer- which Mr. Harding has described.— Boston Globe (independent). The Harding note marks the opening of a new era in the peace and amity of nations. It points the way for America to resume her moral leader- ship among the nations, and to realize the ideals that have always been the distinguishing feature of America's traditional foreign policy from the birth of the nation.—Boston Tran- script (independent republican). America enters the new conference with greater influence than ever, its purposes fully understood and its p sition respected. May the hopes th raised be realized.—Pittsburgh Di: patch (independent). The limiting of armament is one step nearer world peace, and the bring- ing of the nations together may lead to the forming of an association such as that suggested.—Burlington (Vt) | News (independent republican). 1t may be considered the first move toward fulfillment of the President's pledge to work for an association of nations as a substitute for the im- possible league now feebly existing.— Detroit Free Press (independent). In his efforts toward disarmament President Harding will have the hearty good wishes of his political opponents.—Fort Wayne Journal-Ga- zette (democratic). If the representatives of the United States and of the other powers meet prepared to shoulder just burdens, to face conditions as they are. and to co- operate toward an equitable and in- telligent disarmament and a righteous settlement of world affairs, the con- ference may inaugurate a new and highly desirable march of events.— Oregon Journal (Portland, independent). The call for a conference on dis- armament, from whatever source it may come, is likely to prove a call for a conference on the formation of an association of nations, with something like the existing allied council as the keystone.—Springfield (Mass.) Union (republican). Indeed, it is highly probable that the State Department’s announcement heralds the formation of Mr. Hard- ing's association of nations.—Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch (independent demo- cratic). ¥ On the whole The Harding program | appears to be businesslike and states- manlike—Cleveland Plain Dealer (in- dependent democratic). Leadership in that most worthy movement is placed in the hands of America by the action of President Harding.—Albany Times-Union (inde- pendent). The question is by no means so com- plicated as some statesmen would make it appear. If two or three na- tions can agree upon treaties for their common welfare they can agree upon treaties for anything. Nations can agree not to make war as easily as| they contract with each other to fight for each otner.— Pittsburgh Leader (progressive republican). It would be impossible to exag- gerate the significance of the Presi- dent’s action. He has assumed lead- ership in a movement to restore world peace upon a permanent basis. Regardless of all that has gone be- fore, he has finally paved the way for international _ concord. — Brooklyn Eagle (independent democratic). That such a policy may be success- fully consummated none should doubt. Its failure might be a world calam- ity; its possibilities for the good of humanity are so vast that it would seem as if it could not fail.—Wall Street Journal (independent). ‘We have set foot upon the road that will lead us to the era.when the world's battle flags may be furled.— Philadelphia Public Ledger (inde- pendent). Nothing of an importance compara- ble to this news has developed dur-| ing 1921, with the possible exception of Germany's final acceptance of the allies’ ultimatum on the indemnity. Richmond (Va.) News-Leader (inde- pendent demrocratic). ¢ It begins to look as if the coming conference to discuss reduced arma- ments and related questions might develop into a real peace conference, resulting in a plan to prevent war based on sound principles of justice and permanently superseding the dis- credited league of nations—Pitts- burgh Chronicle-Telegraph (republi- can). It is one of the greatest steps for humanity that the world has ever seen, & world that at times forgets the words of Him who said, “All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword."—Jersey Journal (inde- pendent). The action the President has taken 'we dare say, will meet with the whole-hearted approval of the Ameri- can peoble without regard to parti-, san affiliation.—Richmond (Va.) Times- Dispatch (democratic). . — { Although disarmament s univer- sally desired, there is little prospect | definite action can be takem by the leading naval powers until an under- standing is reached with respect to the rights and privileges of the Unit- d States as assoclated power in the world war.—Peoria Transcript ‘With negotiations carried on un- der pur own eyes in our own capital, fand with this ‘country resented b: Mr. Hughes.-in whose sanity and good judgment the nation has almost un-~ limited confidence, there is real rea- eon-to ho of Mr. D. 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