Evening Star Newspaper, September 8, 1921, Page 7

¥AE EVENING STAR, ' * With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. _THURSDAY. . .September 8, 1921 . THEODORE W. NOYES. ...Editor i he Evening Star Newspaper Company 7 Business ofl.i‘ér{“‘ St a‘nd ;mnqlv'l:h Ave. New : 150 Nassao Ehieago Office: First National Bank Building. + . Buropean Office: 3 Hegent St. London, Eagiand. The Evening Star, with the Sunday morning edition, is delivered by carriers within the city S5 80 cents per month: daily only. 45 cents pee 3 ay only, 20 cenf month. _Or- ders e ‘oc "telephone Matn by ers at the Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginis. --Dally and Sunday..1 yr., $3.40; 1 mo.. 70¢ ;Daily only.. -1 g $6. mo., 50c Sunday only. -1yr., $2.40; 1 mo., 20c All Other States. * Daily and Sunday.1 yr., $10.00; 1mo., 85c * Dally only. 37 = - eeely 7 mo., 80c Sunaay only. .. $3.00; 1 mo., 25¢ . Hughes and the Mandates. < Secretary Hughes presses forward toward his objective in the matter of Yerritorial mandates under the treaty of Versailles in much the same fashion as - did the allied “tanks” storming a Ger- man strong point on the western front "in 1918. There was a certain direct- mess in tank tactics, a certain blunt persistency which served to inspire all .concerned with the assurance that they were *“‘going through.” They did i ot travel at a very high rate of speed; “there was nothing particularly spectac- ular in their methods; they just ever- ‘astingly kept going forward on the lines laid down till they got there. It ‘is so with Mr. Hughes. ' When it was determined that the United States was not to engage under “the treaty of Versailles as a full part- ner, the duty of attempting to pre- serve unto ourselves certain rights and privileges accruing to us under that contract devolved upon the Secretary ‘of State. He entered upon that duty with keen perception, inexorable logic and persuasive argument as tools to --his hands. Certain of the territorial mandates in question had, subsequent to the drafting of the Versailles treaty, been placed in the hands of the council ~of the league of nations. Secretary Hughes first refused to admit that ‘council’s exclusive jurisdiction. He pointed out that under the treaty signed by Germany and the allies the overseas possessions of Germany ‘were renounced in favor, not of the council, but of the five principal allied and associated powers, of which the United States is one. He insisted that, in view of that fact, the United States has definite rights, together “with France, England, Italy and Japan, in determining the terms of the man- _.@ates and their allocation. He asserted that mandate awards made without "the concurrence of the United States ‘were hull and void. The point seemed _‘admirably taken and & majority of our ‘associates conceded it. Pressing home - his advantage, Mr. Hughes took up the icase of Turkey, admitting that we ‘were not a co-belligerent in warfare with that country, but contending “that, since the allies could not have -defeated the Turks without the assist- ance rendered by the United States in the defeat of Germany, we are en- titled to be consulted as to the dispo- ~sition of territqry ceded by Turkey to the allfes. In his latest note on the subject - Secretary Hughes is understood to have . Jaid down the principle that the United @tates must share in any commercial . privileges assured to members, of the league under any mandate born under the Versaille) treaty, and that no man- date so born shall be revised without “the concurrence of the United States. "It would seem that his objective is «almost attained. When once it shall bave been mobilized there can be no doubt but that evidence will swiftly be afforded the allles that the United “ States, inasmuch as it is unwilling to "assume certain of the responsibilities ~yundertaken by the signatories of the “Versailles treaty in connection with their mandatory euthority, is to be generous in the exercise of rights and privileges obtained under less onerous conditions. ——————— Mexico and Business. « ‘The situation in Mexico and about Mexico must be improving. Leading American oil men have just visited < Mexico City and had a very satisfac- tory interview with the authorities concerning their Mexican investments, “and now an annotncement is made “that Judge Gary, chairman of the United States Steel Corporation, has left for Mexico, accompanied by a party of friends, on a pleasure trip to . last a month. With Americans visit- ing Mexico, some on business and some on pleasure bent, it is quite like old times again. Let us hope for a renewal of rela- tions between the two countries whicn ‘while they lasted were of marked ben- efit to both. On invitation, a good deal of American capital for years found its way into Mexico, was hospitably received and well protected. It helped materially in the development of the country, and those in power then were glad to confess the fact. There is more need of foreign capl- " tal in that country now than then. Revolution and the scourge of ban- ditry have left a déep mark on every- thing. Property losses have been heavy. The human toll also has been heavy. This much-needed capital should come from the United States. It is here, and, encouraged by the proper assurances, will present itself for ac- . tion. What say the men now in power in Mexico? Whom, if anybody, do they preter to us at this time in their need of a friend indeed? Who has & better ‘will or more ability to serve in that eapacity? ————t————— * No soviet meeting has left anything in the minutes to suggest relief for the children of starving Russia. ! The Colored Vote. In & dispatch from Richmond telling “ o€ the *Tily black” convention held in from every section of the United States, and to call a conference in Washington simultaneously with the reassembling of Congress, to placo the case of the ne- groes before the country. They claim the white republicans have thrown them overboard and. they want:to know “‘where they are at.” Pollard at once got busy and expects to get a large attend- ance at the proposed Washington con- ference. This is the “meat” of the “lily black” movement. The effect sought is out- side Virginia—outside the south. If possible, colored voters living in states where the votes of colored men are solicited, and when cast counted, are to be marshaled against “lily-whitery,” and the republican party put on no- tice. No “lily-whitery,” or, if “lily- whitery,” then no support of republi- can candidates, state or national, any- where by colored men. In New York, New Jersey, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan and other states ranking with them in republi- can calculations, colored voters are numerous, and their estrangement ‘would cost the party heavily. “Lily-whitery” thus becomes a na- tional issue, and the republican na- tional leaders are to be asked to go on record with regard to it. Raised thus twelve months and more before the next congressional elec- tions, when there is to be a strenuous muster of all voters, white and col- ored, this issue is bound to attract at- tention and lead to some sort of ex- pression as to its national value and significance. —_— e The Capital as Host. The true spirit of Washington to- ward the conference on the limitation of armaments in the matter of hos- pitality and accommodation is ex- pressed in the resolution adopted by the directors of the Chamber of Com- merce, in which the Secretary of State is assured that that organization is desirous of doing all.in its power in assisting in making the sojourn of the delegates comfortable and pleasant, and is asked furthermore to offer suggestions as to the manmer in ‘which the chamber may be of prac- tical service. As was noted in The Star yesterday, there is a disposition to portray Washington as a greedy, grasping community, eager to profit from the assemblage here of large numbers of people from outside. ‘Washington is in no wise or degree different from other communities. It is not a bit more intent upon money- making than New York or Chicago, St. Louis or Boston, Philadelphia or Cleveland, Pittsburgh or San Francis- co, Atlanta or Minneapolis. The only point in which it is singular is that it is most often in the natignal and in- ternational picture. It is most fre- quently in evidence of all American cities in the point of entertaining no- table crowds of :people. And when these crowds come they are treated with as much hospitality and consider- ation as would be possible in any other city. Mention has been made in some of the splenetic comments on the confer- ence of the disappointment suffered by Washington last March when the inauguration was simpiified, and it has been hinted that the business men and the hotel keepers are bent upon making good, from the arms conference what they “lost” through the cancelation of the presidential ceremony. Nothing could be sillier or more unjust. Wash- ington would be filled with people anyway, whether the arms conference were held or not. Prices will not be advanced in the stores or in the ho- tels merely on account of these extra visitors. There will be no change in the scale. Much has been made in the critical observations published elsewhere of one single instance of attempted prof- iteering in house accommodations. Suppose the conference were to be held in New York, already filled with permanent and the usual transient dwellers and with housing and hotel accommodations at a premium. Would there be only one case of ‘‘gouging” or extortionate rental demdnd? The question answers itself. New York is no piker. The assurance of the directors of the Chamber of Commerce is to be ac- cepted in good faith. Washington will do its best to make the delegates and their attendants happy and comfort- able and pleased with their sojourn at the American capital. ——————————————— The autumn maneuvers of the fleet will be away over in the Pacific ocean where there will be no chance of their distracting attention from deliberations relating to arms limitation. ———r——— The ultimate consumer has as much voice in the coal situation iIn West Virginia as he usually enjoys in con- troversies affecting his comfort and security. —————— ‘Bandits who raided an Atlantic City restaurant contributed a new but un- promising idea to the art of supplying interest and excitement for diners. P — Berlin has been talking business with J. P. Morgan. The tendency of German { answered Senator Sorghum. thought is getting- as far as possible|ever a difficult letter has to be written from military romanticism. Chinese politicians favor some kind of an open door with a view to throw- ing one another out of it. The Greco-Turkish Campaign. If both sides in the Greco-Turkish conflict are, as has been indicated, anxious for allled intervention to stop the war, they are certainly not at paign or lessening their efforts. The. consequently with heavy losses. The Greeks are continuing their offensive against Angora, the nationalist capi- tal, and the Turks, having removed resisting the advance. They are fight- content to withdraw with.only a show of battle in order to lengthen the the obstinate fighting that is now re- 'THE EVENING position of Angora despite the removal of the official headquarters. This is in mno wise a “holy city.”” It has no espe- clal significance unless the Turks have overplayed its importance in their declarations that they would make it their final standing ground. Probably ihe loss of Angora to them would be & serious blow to their prestige, not only with the Moslems of Asia Minor, but with their Russian allies. At any rate, the Greeks are driving on with heavy blows, and although their losses are reported to be severe they are ad- vancing and holding their gains. No indication appears of any disposition by England or France to intervene. King Constantine is playing,a lone hand, and, whatever his record during the great war, it must be said for him that he is making good at present in his military enterprise. ————e—— The November Conference. As no such meeting has been called or is in contemplation, Secretary Hughes is tired of hearing and reading about “the disarmament conference.” It is strange how far that misnomer has traveled, how many people it has misled, and how difficult the adminis- tration is finding the task of getting a correction through! ‘Why even talk of disarmament when the world is still in so disturbed a state? All hope. that we have done with war on a large scale for awhile. But who, with knowledge of world conditions today, has any assurance on that point? ‘War, indeed, here and there, is still in progress, and it may spread. The world may become involved again. The best of feeling does not exist even in quarters where hostilitles have ceased. Hence, a straight proposition todis: arm would argue an amazing sort of simplicity on the part of the nation making it. It could not come from the United States, because we are not fa- mous for naivete. Moreover, just at this time, we are in a véry practical frame of mind. The true object of the approaching conference ought to be understood, be- cause, as far short as it is of disarma- ment, it is going to be exceedingly difficult of attainment. Limiting ex- penditures for keeping fit, with all the leading nations nervous, and a little suspicious of one another, will tax the contrivance of even the able and ex- perienced men who will gather at the conference board. —————— Statistics call attention to the large expenditures for Labor day outings. No one will object to the cost if the recreation leaves men . better fitted in mind and body for the work that must be done. - ———t—————— The bears are regarded by Wall street experts as having had their day. It is unfortunate that financiers cannot: predict the. hibernation of the bear as confldentiy as the zoologists. B —— China s expected to facilitate nego- tiations relating to her affairs by mak- ing a definite decision as to the kind of government she desires as repre- sentative of her interests. ——— Armed and masked bandité} are among those, who emphasize &' grow- ing tendency on the part of popula- tion to forsake the rural-districts and flock to the large citles. = —— Will S. Hays advises men to labor faithfully, but has not the heart to ex- pect the average person to work as hard as he did during the campaign of 1920. ] ——————— The controversy as to who wrote | Shakespeare will now subside until the authorship of various anonymous political biographies is decided. ————— A dirigible is wanted that can be de- pended on to avoid sudden and erratic demonstrations of vertical descent. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Busy. “They tell of unemployment,” Remarked a person gay. “In genuine enjoyment I'm busy ell the day. Around the links I scurry; My step is never slow; And after that I hurry To see a picture show. “T hear the latest record; ‘The latest book I read; To the careers so checkered By scandal I give heed. My efforts often tire me, The simple truth to say. Though no one wants to hire me, T'm busy all the day.” TImportant Service. “You don’t appear to have enough work to keep a secretary busy.” “I don’t value him for his work,” “When- I tell him to use his own judgmd@t. { Then if anything goes wrong I blame him for having exceeded his author- ity Jud Tunkins says the time when he|: feels most sentimental about the old swimmin’ hole is when he is payin’ the plumber’s bill for fitting out a new ‘bathroom. e Educators. Our chifdhood fancies often rule present conducting a preténse cam-| gy es as days mature draw near; 55 betogs vigor and ‘When we decide on “playing school,” Each wants to be the teacher dear. Decoy Rumors, - “I hear that there are beverages the seat of government to & point some | with a kick in ’em to be obtained if distance to the east, are stubbornly you know the ropes.” “Don't belleve & word of it,” warned ing to defend Angora as though their | yngle Bill Bottletop, “Them reports national existence depended upon its|are kep' in circulation by the land- retentioft. It was thought M.poni- lordh 8o as to encourage the hopes of bly, having shifted the capital’ to a|people with money to spend.” safer position, the Turks would be % Mental Requirements, . - “Den’t you consider bridge an intel- Greek lines of communication. But|lectual game?” “Too intellectual,” replied Miss Cay- ported east of the Sakaria indicates a |enne, “After reading all the books of egro Shade. different strategy and suggests that|instruction I haven't the coursge”to the Turks place a high value upon the'attempt it.* . ° § Zeitung STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. ————— e ————————————— e e e e e Editorial Digest. - The Unemployment Conference. There is a generous amount of re- sponse in the editorial columns of the country to the President’s sug- gested conference to relieve unem- ployment. There is likewiso a free expressicn ou the underlying causes of ‘the depressed industrial, condition. When it comes to remedies, the edi- torial doctors are not-so specific, but they may be said to reflect a tendency to rely upon legislation as a means of national -~ health, and to blame Congress, both as to omission and commission, for the acute digorde that occasions the conference. “With the object lesson of a con- ference ‘sitting at its very doors to discuss ways and means, Congress may be inclined to take its own duty in the premises less complacently,” says the Springfield Union (repub- lican), while . the Scranton (Pa.) Times (democratic) accuses Congress of “dillydallying on.tariff and taxes with the resutt that no one in or out of Washington seems to know where he is at,” with a “winter of suffer- ing and want” in consequence. “Why a conference of business men to at- tend to this particular source of na- tional concern?” inquires the Lynch- burg News (democratic). “What has happened to Congress? Action can only be had by- the Congress of the United States, officially representing all the American people, and action up to the present time has been with- held.” The administration’s mistake, in the opinion of the Baltimore Sun (independent democratic), “has been in attempting to heal serious internal troubles with legislative porous plas- ters, ® ¢ e yith tariff sirup for the manufacturer, with agricultural bo- nuses for the farmer, with revenue re- vision placebos for the taxpayer, with morality prescriptions for alarmed and protesting cousciences.” Other papers comment upon the in- ability of the government alone to remedy the situation, as illustrated by this statement of the Baltimore American (independent): “The gov- ernment cannot be responsible for a depressed industria] situation, which it has no constitutional power to cor- rect. Such correction must come, in 8o far as it can come, from the agre ment of capital and Mbor to ¢ operate in fighting the causes of d pression.” The personnel of the conference is touched upon by the Binghamton (N. Y.) Sun (independent democratic) thus: “The ‘greater groups of indus- tries eand thought' are to be called upon to furnish the delegates, and the co-operation of national organ- izations will be sought in the selec- tions. The rest of the plan is vague.” The Manchester (N. H.) Union (inde- pendent republican) does not “expect it to result in anybody's going to work right away, but it may be use- ful by putting its finger on some of the key logs of the industrial jam.” The efficacy of public works as a sponge to absorb unemployment is commented upon from various angles. The Chicago Tribune (independent republican) advocates a “reservoir of jobs. We need better roads in every state in the Union. We need im- proved waterways, improved termi- nals, irrigation developments, more and better power plants, and in- numerable other things more or less in the nature of public improve- ments.” The Baltimore News (inde- pendent), it believes that “starting public works merely to give unemployed workers something to do has never been satisfactory,” yet recognizes that “most publi@ bodles have certain building going on as a normal part of their activity. It is not impossible to begin at seasons of unemployment public works already planned.” “But of all remedies,” says the Chi. cago Post (indépendent), “the most eminently practical has been found to be free public employment agen- cies conducted on a national scale. All the states maintain employment bureaus, but, since historical political boundaries have no relation to the industrial divisions, the necessary co- operation and nation-wide point af view have been lacking. Private agencies, organized for the most part on the client system, simply cannot gZet the information to make them ef- fective in a_large way.” The New York Times (independent democratic) sees a new element in the solution of the “seemingly eternal deadlock” in the “catalyst of an idea” which Mr. Hoover has thrown into it. “There always has been,” it says, “a third factor in the industrial prob- lem, the educated technician, who is | neither capitalist nor hand laborer, | but the executive brains of both. Al- most a year ago Mr. Hoover began a nation-wide research into industrial conditions, with a view to precisely such crises as the one now confront- ing us. This attack upon our indus- -trial problems I8 a thing quite new: it is as bold as the situation is huge and difficult. That it should at once Succeed is not impossible, though, un- fortunately, not probable.” The German-Language Press on the Peace Treaty. Next to the fact that peace has been concluded the most important feature of the treaty is that which established a separate peace, and therefore leads to a parting of the ways between America and the European allies.— Volksblatt and Freiheitsfreund (re- publican), Pittsburgh, Pa. The treaty will undoubtedly con- tribute very much ‘to the political stability of Germany and lead to a rapid and salutary improvement of onomic conditions. — Philadelphia (e;cazeue-l)emocrst (republican), Phila- delphia, Pa. 3 In the interest of both countries it is to be hoped that a true peace senti- ment will now also develog between the two peoples based on the stipula- tions of the peace treaty.—New Yorker Staatszeitung (independent), New York city. The signing of -the treaty has at least the advantage that it does away with the impossible state of affairs which made us live in a state of war in the midst of peace—New Yorker Volkszeitung (soclalist), New York city. At the present moment the most im- portant event is a progressive change of sentiment in favor of Germany and a cooler judgment of world ,affairs, which is-undoubtedly manifesting it- self. Though there are many things in it we do not like, the peace treaty signifies a first important step toward the re-establishment of reason.—Phil- adelphia Tageblatt (labor), Philadel- phia, Pa. ‘With all treaties the chief point is in what spirit they are to be executed, and we have every reason to assume that the Berlin treaty will be carried out by the United States with the same. good wilt which we have always shown to the vanquished enemy. It is also in the interest of our country that, in reshaping our relations with Germany, the traditions of a friend- ship of more than a hundred years' duration_will_be re-established.—Cin- cinnati Frele Presse (independent), The treaty of Berlin does not appear to us to be much different from a pocket edition of the treaty of Ver- sallles. The opinion cannot be modi- fied by our hopes that America will insist on her rights in a less brutal manner than' is.done above all by France and England.—Erie Tageblatt (independeént), Erie, Pa. The treaty of Versailles ‘remains, and with it the system of gagging or cutting off those portions of Germany’s economic life which are indispensable to her restoration, and demanding from a fettered Germany servic ceeding everything the world has seen. That policy is ‘paradoxical and cannot succeed. ernment has recognized it, and has, therefore, refrained from adding sti; ulations to the treaty which woul weigh still more heavily upon Ger- .many and make her exploitation stiil more “¢omplete—New Jerséy - Frefe republican), Newark, N; J, - v 2 ‘ THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1921. : S SN \Q\&W NN | o N R SNONNINRNN N AR UL ANRNANN o IF, you don’t get style when you buy a suit you haven’t anything. But you haven’t got everything when you do get style. You need hand-tailoring—all-wool fabrics, too. 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