Evening Star Newspaper, October 24, 1921, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR. - With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY.......October 24, 1921 THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Bustness Office. 11th St. and Peunsylvania Ave y New York sean St, Chicago Office: First jonal Bank mlldlz. Eutopean Office: 3 Regent St., London, England. e e Star, with the Siinday morniag , is dellvered by ecarriers within the city at 80 eents per month: dally only, 45 cents T wonth; Sunday orl; cents per month. ors sy be sent “mal, or tele 5000. llection s’ made by cal eud of each month, Rate by Mai.—~ayable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daily and Sunday..1y 3 Daily only. 1 &unday only. 70¢ 50c < | three years they have cast aside the c | empire and set up a republic that has Sunday only. _— Explaining the Strike Order. Tsolated by refusal of all but two of the eleven *“‘standard” unions of rail- way employes to join in the strike ordered for October 30, the chiefs of the “big five” already are on the de- fensive to the extent that they are is- suing statements intended té justify the stand taken by their organizations and appealing for public support. President Lee of the trainmen's brotherhood says there are three causes for the proposed strike: First, the wage reduction of July 1; second, proposed further wage reductions: third, proposed elimination of rules which would mean still further reduc- tions. He made this statement, President Lee explained, because the public “seemed rather confused” as to the { causes of the strike. The chances are that the public now will be more con- fused than ever, for it will recall that the proposal for a further wage reduc- tion was first advanced by the rail- way executives at a meeting held in Chicago on October 13 and 14, and it ! knows that the strike vote had been ! taken and the ballots counted long be- _ fore that date. It developed, in fact, that the strike order had been pre- pared and printed before the execu- tives served notice on the brotherhoods that they intended to apply to the Railway Labor Board for a further re- duction. The brotherhood chiefs will hitve a } hard time convincing the public of the Justice of a strike at this time vased on any one or all three of the causes assigned. Cause one would M in re- i jection of the decision of a tribunal to which they had submitted their case with at least the implied moral obliga- tion to abide by its findings. As to causes two and three, they are new i disputes which are required by law to be submitted to the Labor Board. It is to be noted that the rallway execu- tives served notice only that they in- . tended to lp‘yly to the board for * further reductions an& changes in the working rul~s, not that they intended to put them into effect ‘When the representatives of the management and the erganized work- ers appear before fhe Labor Board Wednesday there will have to be a clearing up of the causes of the pro- posed, strike, and no matter which horn ‘of the dilemma the brotherhood ! chiefs may elect to take it looks as if they will be in a dilemma still. If they declare they intend to strike against the wage cut of July'l they will have ! t0 bear the public odium of refusing " to ablde by the results of arbitration to which they had submitted fn sup- posed good faith. If they elect to base the strike on the new disputes they will be in open defiance of the law which requires that such disputes shall be submitted to the Labor Board, and that there shall be no suspension of operations until a decision has been rendered. The Progress of Charles. Charles of Hungary has had a much more easy progress toward Budapest than would have seemed possible in view of his earlier failure. The troops of Regent Horthy have deserted to the royal side, and influential statesmen are joining the returned exile. Yet it is hard to believe that Charles can win through. He is yet to face his most serious obstacle, that offered by the armies of the little entente, which are forming on the borders and will act, according to the present dispatches, within forty-eight hours. Further- more, the allied governments are deep- Iy interested to prevent the restora- tion of the Hapsburg monarchy. The session of the supreme council has been called at Paris, and England defi- nitely reserves power of action in case no agreement is effected at Paris. In- deed, it is stated in one dispatch that plans have already been made by the allies for deporting Charles to a castle in Spaln as soon as his second attempt te regain the throne is frustrated. A project to this effect had been brought almost to the point of execution beforel Charles fled from Switzerland, where, it appears, he was not watched as closely as the allled ministers at Bern helleved to be necessary. But Charles may never go to Spain, even if he does not stay in Hungary. There is already arepbrt that he has been assassinated. Tt would seem most Improbable that the Hapsburg monarchy should ever be restored. ———sp——————— Most of our economic problems offer | the suggestion that so long as therei is conversation there is hope. ———————— German Politics. Collapse of the German ministry headed by Dr. Julius Wirth is attribut- ed to the decision of the league of na- tions on the division of Upper Silesia. Dr. Wirth, in his letter to the presi- dent, stated that under the “new cir- «umstances” Germany must still carry on, but the retiring ministry could no longer bear the responsibility for meet. ing obligations to the allies. Ever since the collapse of Germany in the war, and the establishment of . a republic at Berlin, it has been the practice of ministries faced with un- pleasant conditions dictated by the out- cpme of the conference to quit office «pd leave a successor ministry to bear the’ burden. It seems to be the fixed \ policy of German.-statesmen to let facts. Dr. Wirth is no exception. In the reichstag, too, with each turn of the screw, a disposition has pre- valled to hold the ministry responsible for the decisions of the allles. In this case Dr. Wirth and his assoclates are not to be blamed in the least for the final partition of Upper Silesia. They fought against it vigorously enough, and probably as skillfully as circum- stances permitted. But it Is now seem- ingly a tradition of German politics that the government is to be held ac- countable for every setback, whether in matter of reparations or territory. Stabilization of German political conditions may be impossible for some years to come. on the whole have done remarkably well considering the vlolent overturn that_has occurred In their affairs. In survived several intense strains. They have renewed industrial activity, and although their finances are in a de- plorable state they are carrying on with a spirit that must be admired, even though memory is yet keen of the atroeities of the war. In these cir- cumstances the repeated changes of ministry are of no great consequence. The Unknown Chosen. Armistice day. an American sergeant will lay a bunch taken to Paris and thence to Havre, where the ceremony of conferring the somebody else deal with”disagreeabis|[and there are as many high-class men The German people! are finding themselves politically, and | | ceedings of these organizations is not At Chalons-sur-Marne, in France, to-|only valuable for immediate purposes day occurs the ceremony of selecting|of local advancement, but preparation the body of the unknown American|for that future which it 13 hoped .is|{niilne®on soldier that is to be brought to this|near when the citizens of the District country for interment at Arlington on|will at last be enfranchised for na-|y Four caskets have|tional representation and participatibn been disinterred, and on one of these|in their own lawmaking. of flowers to indicate his selection.}of the cheapest things that any citizen The body thus chosen will be at once|can buy. The dues are nominal. No| (independent democratic) says, ony one side as on the other. The friends of tollsexemption dre sup-| ported by opinions of some of the ablest lawyers in America. No great difficulty or embarrass ment will arise from the bringing of the matter forward at this time. The matter, indeed, was scheduled: for ac- tion by this Congress before the armpa- ment conference had been thought of. ———— Join One of the Associations! The citizens' associations of the Djs- trict are conducting a new “drive” for membership, similar to that which they carried on some months ago. It is the hope of these organizations to enroll every adult Washingtonian. In point of fact, the membership lists of the citizens’ associations should be a full roster of the citizens. For these organizations are doing the ‘work of the people of the city, watch- ing their interests, difcussing the problems affecting them, alert to pro- mote neighborhood and District wel- fare. Voteless Washington has no better means today of securing representa- tion in matters of immediate every- day interest than through these bodies of citizens, with their regular monthly meetings and their constantly active committees. Participation in the pro- Membership in the association is one one can doubt the value of the work these bodies have accomplished in the French Legion of Honor ‘will occur.|past. They are recognized at the Dis- The casket will be p‘gced on board the | trict building and in Congress as rep- U. S. S. Olympia, the historic flagship|resentative of the public wil and of Admiral Dewey at Manila in 1898,!spirit. To the degree that their mem- which will bring it to these shores. Coinciding with the opening of the|dents of their respective areas their the ceremony in|influence will be increased. arms conference, Washington on the 11th of November, when the body of the unknown Amerl- can soldier will be interred at Arling- ton, will be one of the most impressive ever witnessed in this city. Prepara- tions for it have been made on a be- fitting scale. Fortunately there will be present in this city at the time the ral solution _afforded by highest dignitaries of the allied coun- tries, and representatives of their mili- tary forces. They will join in this re. burial of an American soldier who can never be identified. Under the-Arch of Triumph in Paris and under the pavement of Westmin- ster Abbey in London lie bodies of un- known French and British soldlers.|, "o attention called to these placed there with the most solemn people of France and England the un: questioning devotion of their manhood to the cause of their countries. The war knew no individualities and re- spected none. Its victims were of all degrees and stations. They were peas- ants and artisans, men of professions, artists, writers, statesmen, of all ages. When the call was sounded the re- sponse was universal. No man reck- oned his responsibilities at home or in society or in business as against the need, the duty, to answer. And when the toll was taken there were no dis- criminations. These unknown heroes now lying in Paris and London, soon to lie at Arlington, may be of any of the classes that so uniformly went forth. One of the greatest tragedies of the war is the total obliteration of identity. The lists of casualties contained many names marked “missing.” Despite all precautions the traces of personality have been obliterated. These ‘“un- known" may have been officers or pri- rites. These tombs represent to lhe+ vates in any one of the various arms | there are not as many people in the No one knows how |cab of the locomotive trying to run the they fell. They are types of the un.|train as there are in the halls of coun- flinching, unquestioning response that sel trying to run the railroad systems. of the service. made the great armies of the allies {capable of resisting the onset of the Germans during four years and a|ly small to invite any sympathy in the quarter, and finally winning victory mind of Judge Landis. in the face of apparent defeat. —_—t—————— Those speedily discredited rumors|itself for e “coo” some misguided that he intended to resign attributed |royalist interferes with an effort at a to Attorney General Daugherty a will- | coup. ingness to relinquish his position just at the moment when it was becoming most interesting. . —_——— As events have progressed, the propagandist has reverted to the type which every experienced newspaper | The old world seems like human folks. copy reader recognizes and abhors as|It has its sorrows and its jokes. a space killer. ———te———— So many great story writers are en-|It heeds the fashions new and strange gaged in the discussion of political | And laughs at old ones as they change. events that the novel 18 likely to lose, | It struggles often, but to fail, its status in English | And still believes right must prevail. temporarily, literature. The Canal Tolls. In an editorial reproduced in yester- day’s Star on the subject of the Amer- fcan coagtwise shipping and the Pan- ama canal, the Toronto Globe says: As tolls exemption became a plank in the republican platform in 1920, President Harding will undoubtedly sign_the Borah bill, which does not require the sanction of the House of Representatives. This breach of faith]eign tongue naturally commands for- on the eve of the Washington dis- armament conference will be doubly unfortunate. No formal protests have |correct himself. But I guess I've had been made by any foreign country, but probably leading maritime nations will ask that the treaty be submitted to an international tribunal for in- i 'u-rm-atmmm ‘The weight of reputable Stoodwith oS EOtiE « opinion in the United States is so overwhelmingly against the bill that the administration .may welcome this course as & means of escape from a reproach intolerable to just men. Here are several misapprehensions. The Borah bill does require the sanc- tion of the House of Representatives, and the hope of its opponents is that the House will not sanction it. A maneuver Is afoot to hold it there. The weight of reputable opinion in We the United States is not overwhelm- ingly against the bill. The bill is socketed in last year’'s republican plat- form, and that was indorsed at the polls by a majority of 7,000,000 votes —the largest majority ever thrown' at a national election in this country. The republican senators who ‘voted against the bill had supported the platform giving warrant to the bill. If the bill reaches the President, and he signs it, he will be acting in accord- ance with the terms of his election. The matter at issue is the interpre- tation of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty; « and |53 proudly—and truthfully: “We have bership is increased to include all resi- The Alley Houses. It comes as good news to many that the city's alley problem is to a cer- tain measure solving itself. Speakers before the Monday Evening Club re- cently were optimistic over the natu- the trans- formation of alley houses into garages and similar buildings. "Washington's alley houses—they should not be called homes—have long been a cause of concern. The National Capital is not proud of them. It is extremely un- likely that delegates to the conference on the limitation of armaments will inhabited alleys. The city can hope that these places will be overlooked, figuratively and literally, by the dis- tinguished visitors. Final abolition of the alley houses will be something to rejoice over. They were a mistake from the begin- ning, and the triumphs of city plan- ning and medical sclence of recent years have but made their shortcom- ings more noticeable. But they are in a fair way to disappear altogether within five years. When the last one is gone Washington perhaps will have | the high honor of being the first great | capital city in the world which can no one living in alleys.” —_———————— Even Commissioner Haynes’ protest against facetious references in drama or vaudeville to prohibition cannot! prevent a wistful remembrance of the | landlord who used to fill the “flowing bowl instead of raising the rent.- i —_—— It is lucky for the passengers lhat] e e B e Babe Ruth’s salary is not sufficient- e e ‘Whenever the dove of peace settles D SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDBR JOHNEON. ! The Magnified Atom. It has its duties and its play And sometimes falters on its way. Though swinging in eternal space And holding 'mongst the stars a place, In common with man'’s little scheme It seems te laugh, or weep, or dream. Fortifled. Are you going to polish up yeur French in order to engage in diple- matic conversations?” “It might be valuable,” said Senator Sorghum. “A man speaking in a for- bearance and gets lots of ¢hances to in filibustering to 1y misunder- t:ide the Eng- enough practice make myself sufficic lish language.” Jud Tunkins says he.knows some people who give lots of dinners under |says, {that in Editorial Digest To,Follow or to Lead t Two pretty sharply defined points of view are developing over whether the President should guide or follow popular sentiment in the matter of the position the United States is to take on armaments in the coming conference. Press discussion has been stimulated by the published corre- spondence between President Hard- ing and Mrs. Ella L. Fried of Brook- lyn, writing for the “citizens' dis- armament committee.” The President declares that “universal disarmament would be beyond hope of realization” and the New York Globe (Independ- ent) concludes that the “popularity of disarmament” is embarrassing the administration, and while it is true that the exeoutiva policy is ‘“‘en- titled to support,” still “to suppress the dominant public sentiment in fa- vor of a real limitation,” as the pres- ent tendency seems designed to do, “would be a poor way of supporting the President or of serving the coun- trye Mr. Harding “has rendered a dis- tinct service to the country,” in the opinion of the Pittsburgh Sun (demo- cratic), “in protesting against mis- guided agitation for universal dis- armament,” and the “frank expres- sion of what is practical to be achievet seems to the Richmond Times Dispatch (democratic) to “bear uko earmarks of such absolute sin- cerity that it should disarm all criti- cism as to his motives on the part of well wishers for the conference’'s success.” That success Is endangered by two classes of people, the New York Tribune (republican) thinks; one is_the “overcynical,” the other is “the milienarians, who ‘dream dreams and gea visions,” and these, “especially active now, are a great pe: By at is Drac“lmlj and possible as against what is visionary and fimpossible.’ to quote the New 1 1d (independent), the Presi- eply (o the “un- which the Nor- (independent -mocratic) thinks is ar and cool and should be convincing.” “Amiable sentimentalists,” the New York Times “nust that folk Ledger on the sober truth” “there can be no disarming by wishing to disarm,” and wills the end he must also will the means to it.” Toward that end there must be first what the Detroit Free Press (independent) calls “a founda- tion for international good upder- standing and friendsh well' and ;" and “if thal 2 s City Times (in ependent) it will be a long step for- ard” for while “idealism may be disappointed, practical mmeamnnlhlg Wil have won concrete resulte President Harding traveling l':e TO! to_unive 1 di rm‘-l(y;\fi?:‘.l ';'ee rtland Oregonian ndepe - :3‘!)“1‘71") declares, “but there ‘ndrs many halting places along that road, and: “If at the reckon realized,’ coming conference he %d the nations to the first of. thes l“f-’mcn will have been gained t day's journey will be succeeding day's | Still easier. If we recognize ’l:::"?;le whole journey cannot be made n one day we ureyl"ess likely k down on the way. b ‘”sfii“’ihe President’'s hope of “rea- sonable limitation.” expressed in the| letter, “mcans anything or nothing, the Chattanooga News (democratic) as you choose to interpret it. To 'the Louisville Courler-Journal (democratic), the President’s position indicates not that he fears that the country “expects too much,” but that it “desires too much.” From a simi- lar point of view, the Arkansas Dem- ocrat (democratic) outlines the change in objectives that has suc- ceeded _the for the confer- ence. Talk of a “disarmament con- ference” was “aiming too high.” It therefore hecame “conference on limitatlon of armaments.” But “even that is a little too high. - * The hopes of the world are rising too strongly. This ‘limitation of arma- ments' must be qualified.” Now we have “a ‘reasonable’ limitation of armamente,” and the Democrat feels this policy of expediency, of practicality, of nolftical ‘safety first’ which is exemplified in the P dent's letter” is to be found secret of the ndmmrhurau % tude toward the conference. fter all, save the Springfield Re- publican (independent). “the confer- ence can have no driving power ex- cent what it draws from the popular will” and the “delezates must be made to feel that the public is in- sistent and will not brook failure. + ¢ * Governments must carry into effect, in the last resort. the will of the people who created them. Those who do not exnect too much of poli- ticians and diplomats are apt to get too little.” easier, Aesop at the Conference. Was it the Greek fabulist who told of the foxes who lost their tails in- sisting on the other foxes ‘cutting off theirs in order that democracy might prevail in the vulpine world? A modern Aeson may have a similar tale to tell of the coming conference. There will be two nations represent- ed at the gathering which, meta- phorically speaking. have their tails with the all the other nations had theirs cut off or badly singed in the recent fire. The reader does not re- quire to be told the names of the two nations; they are to be, too, the principals in the conference. Of all nations consclously are for peace and an end to war: but subconsciously there may be present the desire that before peace comes all nations should be on the same plane ith their talls removed, as the Greek philosopher-fabulist would Rave it. Prognosticators are inclined to war between the United States of the weatern hemisphere and the “united states of the orient”; and though they may not know it. the moral of the fable of the tailless foxes is having itgunfluence with them in their “Cas- sandraisms. The strueele that is predicted is to be over China. The frony of it all i§ that the pacifist nation is to be the chuse of -war. If China had been militant there would be no cause for war; but because she is decadent the foxes and the wolves must quarrel over the carcass. The question of questlons {s wheth- er the United States, part altruist, part business. can save China from what is anticipated by those who would profit from her downfall. China is on the descending vart, ef the curve framed by the eyolutionist for individuals and natlonl.—-Ruckyl Mountain News (Denver, inde- pendent). The Metropolis of Thought. Tt seems necessary to warn Beston, Indianapolis, Hollywood and ether noted centers of culture that their reputations are in peril. One certain city now exudes all the latest in psychology, art and science. A lady returns from Eurepe to say ' that all human ills will soon be cured by mentality. Where does she say it? In Chicago. A doctor gets up and tells how he has cured almost everything, from the impression that -they're social leaders when they @Sw only social feed- ers. 5 ¢ A Limitation. 8ince expressions wise or witty Hint of diplomatic tricks, 'll say, “Welcome to Our City!” ‘Which involves no politics. Commercial "Art. “Don’t you think the theater has be- comé sadly commercialized?” “If,” replied Mr. Stormington Barnes, “by ‘commercialized’ you mean affording opportunities to make large sums of money, I cannot say that I have noticed it personally.” “A taxpayer lookin’ foh sympathy,” sald Uncle Eben, “is bound to run up agin a lot o' families dat thinks he’s lucky to hab enough to pay taxes on.” warts to wheezing, with radium. He! was speaking in Chicago. A director of schools anneunces that he will cure deficient pupils with & sheep gland diet. He's a Chicago ' man. A college professor of anthropology avers that men are sitting back and letting women do their work., What college? The University of Chicago, of course. A man achieves what may be called the greatest modern advance in re- trogression by insisting that the: earth is flat. Mr. Vpliva's Zion City is a Chicago suburhb. Athens, in its best month, never had an output like this. The windy town I8 certainly there with the old bean~—New York Herald (independ- ent). The Germman mark seems to be a|’ national failing.—Asheville (N. C.) ‘Times. It seems fairly evident that the open season for crises has arrived.— Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. The only things that last forever are the human soul and expenses.— Birmingham News. AN Raiions Motherd would be relieved if they ‘would use an hour or two some day to visit our model dairy- Business Records and Systems Even if you are getting good regplts, perhaps a change will make things better and easier. Whether you use blank or loose-leaf bnoks, we can fill your needs and advise you on making changes. 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