Evening Star Newspaper, September 5, 1921, Page 6

6 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D, C., MONDAY, SEP \ Briand cabinet in a great offensive to mE EVENING STARI bring about the downfall of the cab- With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY. ....September 5, 1921 THEODORE W. NOYES. ...Editor The Evering Star Newspaper Company and Pennsylvania Ave. 150 Nassan St. ational Bank Buflding t 8t., London, Engl The Evening Star. with the Sunday morning #¥tiea, s delivered by carriers within the city #: & conts per month: daily only, 45 cents per sdonth: Sunday only, 20 cents per month. Or- €ers may be sent by mail. or telephone Mal Collection fs made by carriers at t! €84 of cach month. Hate by Mall—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daflv and Sunday..1 yr. 33.40: 1 mo. 1 . $6. Daily only. 00; 1 m Sunday only, H Dally and Sunday Dalily only Sunday onl; Labor Day. | finds the American workingmen in better shape as to em-l Laber day, ployment than a short time ago, though the total of unemployment is| greater than at this time in 1920. Ap- parently the tide has turned in this r gard, though the increase in employ- ment is on a small scale. The rail- roads are increasing their forces, manufacturing industry is s'iil slack, waiting settlement of the tax scales. The most gratifying fact to be noted ted to labor is that | a disposition generally prevails on the} part of labor to accept the readjusf ment forced changed conditions. There is no talk now of a general strike, of a wholesale suspension of ‘work in any particular line. Strike votes are, it is true. being taken in the railroad brotherhoods and other transportation organizations over the question of accepting reduced scales ordered by the Railway Wage Board. but all indications point to an affirma- tive result. As soon as this vote is an- nounced, if it should be favorable to acceptance, a great gain is sure to be made toward a resumption of employ- ment in other lines. For many of the industries depend upon the continuity of transportation service, and so long | as there remains the possibility of in- terruption manufacturing will remain by or conservative in the matter of resump- tion of work. The most sinister fact in evidence on this Labor day is the West Vir- ginia situation. It has materially im- proved with the arrival of federal forces in the field and the withdrawal of the armed-bands that have boonl defying the law. Apparently there will | he no more bloodshed in the hills. The authority of the United States hasi been recognized. and order will prob- ably soon be restored. But the issue that has brought about this extraordi- | nary manifestation of rebellious spirit | will remain to be settled. At the bot-| tom of this situation lies the question | of unionizing the mines. It is, of course. a great gain to restore peace and re-establish order, but it will be a much greater accomplishment to re- move the causes and permit the min-! ing of coal without turmoil. In New York the unions are cele- brating Labor day for the first time in | years without a parade. They voted 1o forego the usual demonstrations on account of the costs, on the ground that there are too many men out of work, in need of aid and maintenance, tg warrant a large expenditure on pub- { lic display. This is a sensible conclu-! | i sion reflecting credit upon the work-{, ers. It fs the duty of the American workingmen this time to cut out ex- travagance, to deliver 100 per cent| production, to accept the working con- ditions and compensations that eco- nomic circumstances require and toj aveid factional conflict, and. above all, | to eschew the dangerous doctrines of i radicalism that are being urged by those who are at heart the worsty enemies of labor. —_——————————— Porto Rico and Independence. Porto Ricans residing in New York {o warfare, who inspired it and for inet before the Washington confer- ence on disarmameni. M. Clemenceau is still in Corsica. When Theodore Roosevelt returned from his African hunt he plunged at once into, politics, and thereby made a mistake. He should have taken the time necessary to inform himself about all that had taken place in his ab- sence, and to reflect on a course of action. But, impulsive and impatient, he lald his course from a one-sided account of matters and came a crop- per. In defeating Taft he elected Wil- son, and Wilson, despite all that Roosevelt could do against him, got a second term. Ever since his return from his In- [aian hunt, where the Tiger shot tigers, speculation has played around M. Clemenceau's plans. Everybody has expected him to re-enter politics. He knows no other game. and he likes the game he knows. But he has taken the time necessary to survey the field and perfect his plans, and now he an- nounces ready. It he starts after the Briand cabinet in good earnest there should be fun at ters a sharp blow at the British posi- tion. British diplomats have been at work at Kabul for some time seeking to effect & new treaty with the ameer. The negotiations were broken off, and at the psychological moment the so- viet representatives addressed them- selves to the Afghan foreign office, or whatever corresponds to that estab- lishment at Kabul, and their success is Just now announced. Final terms of the treaty are not disclosed, but what- ever they are England remains in a less favorable position respecting the Afgtans than before. And in view of the troubled state of affairs in India this development cannot fall to be disqyieting at London. Soviet diplomacy has been at work at Rome, and the formal recognition of the Russian government is a pos- sible developmert. Such a recognition could not fail to have a stimulating ef- fect upon the soviet. Just what ltaly expects to gain by such a move is not plain. It may be a concession to the communist elements In the Italian population. But whatever the outcome of the present negotiations, and what- ever the feeling against the so- least. As a toppler of cabinets he {holds the record. Indeed, he had over- turned so many that when the world war broke out he was, by his own con- France. The years have not tamed his fighting spirit, as this latest an- nouncement about him shows. | fession, the most unpopular man in | Who Ran the War in the Hills? After peace has been re-established in the West Virginia hills the United States government should do some sharp questioning to find out certain facts. It should ascertain first what form of organization there was among the marching miners, whose defiance of the state laws compelled tederal in- tervention. It should learn further- more who provided the arms ‘or the means of buying them which these men carried into the hills. It should find out who furnished their subsist- ence supplies. 1t is impossible to send two or three thousand men on a mill- expedition without some sort of . Any one who has ever been in that region knows that a free- viet as a system of government, it must be acknowledged that in the matter of diplomacy the commissars at Moscow have taken some very im- portant tricks. i ——————— American Ships for Americans. Senator Knox, who sailed from New York Saturday on the George Wash- ington for a month's rest in England and Scotland, said on the eve of de- parture: “Recently, when 1 was on the May- flower with President Harding and Mr. Lasker, the latter spoke eloguent- ly of this ship, but 1 had engaged passage on her before that. Why uh‘nuldn't we travel on American ves- sels?” The senator sets an excellent ex- ample. Americans should travel on American ships. They should use American ships, too, for freight-carry ing purposes. Patronizing home in- dustries is a most worthy thing to do. It is enjoined upon all, and whenever observed works well. Our latest industry is the occan in- dustry, and it needs our utmost suc- booting expedition of 2,000 and more could not possibly “live on the coun- try.” It is not a fully settled, generally tilled land. Tt is mostly wooded, rocky and rough. Two thousand men would clean out all food supplies within a radius of ten miles of camp inside of two days. It follows that there must have been some sort of organization. ot even the most fanatic of these people would have stayed up in the hills starving. And where did their ammunition come from to keep up such a continuous fire as that which was reported on the eve of the arrival of federal troops. Who directed the campaign? These men certainly did not go upon their own hook without leadership or guidance. There was some plan of operation. Particular bands were directed to certain strategic points. In short, there was general- ship, whatever its quality. It is most 'important that these questions be answered in order to find out who was responsible for this bit what purpose. If the United States secret service cannot learn these things it is not functioning very ef- fectively. If the facts are known in the Department of Justice they should as soon as possible be laid before the public; that is to say, as soon as qulet is restored and law is re-established. 1f they are not known they should be. A veritable insurrection has been undertaken, and in circumstances that arouse the direct suspicion that a sin- ister force is at work in what has be- come the most sensitive section of the United States to the end of provoking a direct conflict with the federal gov- ernment. What the people want to know today is who started it and car- ried it through to the point of inter- vention by federal forces and stopped it just on the verge of battle. —_—————————— Secretary Weeks is in moments of relaxation referred to by his cabinet are opposed to the recently inaugurat- ed Governor of Porto Rico, and by resolution, formally adopted. to be presented to the President and to Con- gress, request his recall. These men take up the quarrel of the independence party in the island. Gov. Reily is the target of both be- cause of his aggressive stand against independence. In his inaugural ad- dress he advised the people to consider statehood If they desired a change in their political relations to the United States, and subsequently he refused to appoint to office men committed to the policy of independence. On these two propositions Gov. Reily is right, and will have American senti-| ment behind him. Independence for Porto Rico is out of the question. We are not weakening but stremgthening ourselves in the West Indies. Since| aking over Porto Rico by conquest we have taken over the Virgin Is- lands by purchase, and are engaged now in establishing American forms of government there. We hope to colleagues as “Mars.” The impro- cor. We have started under difficul ties. Shipping everywhere is depressed Nations that have long been success ful sea carriers are feeling the de pression. New entrants, therefore need not feel discouraged. When the turn comes it will come to us as to others. The essential thing for us now is to start right. Then keeping right will not be difficult. W¢ must bear our shipping in mind, and also the task we have set for our selves—the task of showing our ships in every harbor of importance in the world, and delivering our own good: wherever we may have had succese in selling them. . When our freight ships and pas- senger ships are operating on & profit- able basis we shall have full occasion to congratulate ourselves, and fuil surance that prosperity has returned. —_———————— The German people are not inclined to devote time to abstruse discussions of the relative merits of different forms of government at a time when all their attention Is occupied with the work of getting on a business footing. —_————————— The American Bar Association does not believe Judge Landis ought a judge and a base ball comm at the same time. Judge Landis may pause in his industries long enough to inquire how far the jurisdiction of the Bar Association extends. —————————— The Shipping Board economies have not only affected conditions of a life on the ocean. but have caused a large amount of agitation among landsmen. —_——————— The monarchist demonstrations in Germany attained just enough prom- inence to make it clear that they were not popular. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNESON. priety of the designation is manifest. The present Secretary of War is no myth. 1 Announcements of intended prosecu- tion do not always prevent the shares of a corporation from showing a rise in the stock market quotations. f There i8 no remedy for the unem- ployment of the individual whose ac- tivities are directed by the hope of getting something for nothing. i New York asserts that it has more people than London in spite of the {fact that so many Americans like to live in the British metropolis. i Having admitted that sovietism is a ¢ | failure, the question arises as to the amount of the assets Lenin will be able to save for himself. —_—————— Landlords and tenants have never make those islands, as we hope to}been able to define a “reasonable rent’ make Porto Rico, thoroughly content- | ed under the Stars and Stripes. As to appointments to office in Porto Rico, what other position in justice to himself and the authority he repre- sents could Gov. Reily take? Should he place the commission of the United States In the hands of men working for putting the island outside Ameri- ean rule? Would that be good politics, or straight common sense? Gov. Reily has been in office only about a month, but long enough to show the Porto Ricans where hel stands on the most important issue before them. —_——— The Mingo regions cannot be con- tent with a state of technical warfare. ——————— An 0ld War Horse. This is by cable from Paris; A daily newspaper in support of M. Clemenceau’s reappearance in active politics will begin publication a few days before the reconvening of the French chamber on October 18, ac- cording to reliable information in cir- cles close to the former premier. Andre Tardieu and Edouard Ignace, toth ministers in the Clemenceau war cabinet, and Georges Mandel, Clemen- ceau's former chief of cabinet, will be the principal collaborators. It is in certain politlk that this ]Jatest move has beef by the opponents of thelcircujt on the southeast, but in terms that did not admit a reason- able doubt. o ——————— Soviet Diplomacy. Soviet diplomacy is not to be wholly | judged by the specimen to which the United States was treated. It would appear that the international repre- sentatives of the bolshevik government !in almost all other countries have been much more successful than Martens and his colleagues at London and i Paris. Indeed, the government at Mos- cow, whatever its shortcomings at home, has undeniably succeeded re- markably well abroad. This fact is emphasized by the announcement just made through Riga that the govern- ment at Afghanistan has ratifled a treaty with Russia, thus practically completing the chain of favorable re- lationships around the Russian ter- ritory. Save for Japan and Rumania Rus- sia is now at peace with all adjacent countries, Finland, Esthonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland having negoti- ated agreements, while the polsheviki have had friendly relations: in |the southeast with the Moslem states:bor- dering their territory. The treaty with Afghanistan not only complétes this adminis-] ple not to eat with their 5 A Postponement. “I long to play a harp of gold,” Baid Hezekiah Bings, “And like the dove of peace unfold My large, angelic wings. But I am afrald some day Some person crude would smile, And criticise n}y tunes and say My wings were out of style. “Some one might even undertake ‘To grab my wings and harp. I must admit that this would make My temper somewhat sharp. This mortal game's too full of guile For these angelic things. Perhaps I'll have to wait awhile,” Said Hezekiah Bings. Home Sweet Home. “1 wonder whether they meant any- thing special by it?” mused Senator Sorghum. “By what?” “While I was visiting my constitu- ents everybody Invited me to make myself at home.” “Sounds cordial enough.” “But that isn't where I desire to feel most at home. I want to stay in ‘Washington, D. C.” Affection Vanished. “Your boy Josh is fond of music.” “He used to be,” said Farmer Corn- ossel. “But since he joined the vil- lage jazz band he seems to have lost all respect for it.” Restful Occasion. Again we greet, with feelings gay, A festal time so glorious; I'm glad to say that Labor day Is not at all laborious. Law and Etiquette. “That traffic policeman resented your lack of deference.” “Yes,” sald Mr. Chuggins. “You're liable to get off light for violating the' traffic regulations compared to what you get for violating the rules of courtesy.” The Instructive Impulse. “Is Bliggins a practical reformer?” the kind of & reformer who would inter rupt &, food distribution in & famine peo- “No,” said Miss Cayenne; *'h area to deliver lectures Editorial Digest. Shall We Parley in French? French consternation over the use of English as the official language of the arms conference was apparently much ado about nothing, since no definite action has been taken in the matter. It has served, however, to bring forth a discussion of “the lan- guage of diplomacy” in American papers which, while less heated than that of the Paris Temps and the Academie Francaise, Is not lacking in interest. Most of our writers who comment on the subject feel that Eng- lish is more properly an interna- tional language than is: French, and that we should conduct our confer- ence in our own tongue. Others de- fend French as the traditional “diplo- matic” language, and still others feel that so long as something is accom- plished by the conference in the way of disarmament and world peace, the medium for expressing it is of no importance. France “has found something new to worry about,” the Siuox City Tri- bune remarks, just at a time, the Roanoke Times adds, when her “pres- tige was already reeling under the reverses sustained by Carpentier and Lenglen.” The protest of the French Academy against barring French from | the conference. on the plea that it would be “a national calamity.” will ound to other nations, the Boston Globe sugi ‘a bit like a guest in- isting clamorously on having the chair at the head of the table is difficult for us, the Philad Bulletin believes. with our melting pot for all languages and, T s and national feelings, to grasp this Intense pride of language that exists abroad, and in France to culiar deg for to the every American the language used “seems of no more consequence than the form of the armchairs at the conference table, providing merely that all could understand. France made “a_hig_concession,” the Drattleboro (Vi) Reformer re- calls, “when at the Versailles peace conference F admitted as equally the suggestion of further encroachment on her pres- tige in that field might be interpre. | ted as “a blunt warning from the Anglo-Saxons that they expect to dominate the world hereafter in language as in_evervthing else of importance,” and while “no doubt the time is coming when English will be considered the only language worth while,” the Reformer s casion for “any violent haste d by y. according to rk Tribune. as “a sore trial,” | will undoubi- Washington con- ¢ Tribune | sooner or French, s, but Wood- iplo- the he 2dly prevail at the ference, in the opinia the end is in sigh later will nd replace i paper continues, and “this it w not that the world loves 'n-m«r:”h- s, but s English more p tic as the coming confer- he mother tongue nation Geneva ( ncerned of the the of 1w B most important world, there is nothing in the suggestion that they speak should be | the whole Powers place anguagy nade u t)[(lr‘h.)rTnnr.l<’|‘r|hu||n Nt so far as to insis on the use of “the American Jans Suage, Which. it maintains. “is ca- ;“r'(;rull“:xprosslnx anything that the e 0 . ‘American o dopted. ‘bec; rries this poi should ~ be in the opinion of the paper, because it is the language of this country because Americans want " the ment proceedings in a language which will express in- {elligently what goes on at the con- French is bound to lose its stand- Ing as an_international medium. the Kansas City s thinks, because there cannot now be said to be a dip- | lomatic language.” since “diplomac has lost something of its once high estate, and like most other profes- sions. has come to the use of common vehicles of speech”: its first blow came a language that in the street could under- However. “the majority of us will| continue to think that the decision reached by the conferring nations will outstrip in importance the language in which opinion is expressed and re- corded.” the Cleveland Plain Dealer believes, and the indifference of the Baltimore Sun to the matter goes to the extent of granting that “delegates | may speak any language they please. they may whistle their arguents or sing them to grand opera tunes.” The and the English-speaking pe the Sun sa; and pray that diploma mats will be little in evidence at the and the ery of mankind is “let them use any language, just so i the language of actual disarma- and diplo- American Architecture. After experimenting with every kind_of architecture, Americans are <dowly evolving what gives indica- tions of being a permanent American style, according to Harry Allen Ja- ~obs of New York. Mr. Jacobs refers to business build- ings. He says we have some of the best Italian renaissance ideas and adapted them to our needs without making our bufldings, Intended for certain specific uses, look like what they are not. Columns and arches, surmounted by ledges. which ledges and arches lend themselves to sculp- tors’ ornamentation, are some of the more outstanding features of the Italian influence. It is asserted, and probably none will deny it, that throughout the country architects who are studying each others work are applying to the large buildings they design a certain national touch. If from it evolves an American style, well and good. The best American business buildings and | hotels are unsurpassed in the world for beauty and appropriateness. Some of our public buildings and railway terminals also, while essen- tially classic, have certain American modifications” that render them dis- tinctive, and they have no superiors in the world for pure and enduring beauty. Indeed, so deeply have our ideas of public architecture been in- fluenced by the architecture of our several great world's expositions that there is evidenced what may truth- fully be termed an American classic renaissance. Homes. however, and some other structures, should reflect the local spirit and atmosphere just as far as possible. A New England without its typical houses of the revolutionary period would lose much of its charm, | and what would Virginla and Carolina | and Georgia be without their fine colonial mansions? The New Mexico style of architec- ture, best exampled at Sante Fe, is per- petuating the charming fitness of the Indian and Spanish forms. 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