Evening Star Newspaper, October 30, 1921, Page 48

- THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, OCTOBER 30, THE EVENING STAR, With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. O. SUNDAY.......October 30, 1821 —_— e T THEODORE W. NOYES. . . .Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Bustness Office, 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. w Yok Office: 150 Nassay Bt. Chlcago Office: First National Bank Building. Buropean Offic: 3 Regent St., London, England. The Evening Star, with the Sunday morning edition, Is delivered by carriers within the city at 60 cents per month: daily only, 45 cents per month: Sunday only, 20 cents per month. Or- ders may be sent by mail, or telephone Main 8000, Collection is made by carriers at the end of each moath. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daily and Sunday..1y Taily enly Sunday only All Other States. Daily and Sunday.1 yr., $10.00; 1 mo., 8! Daily only. yr., $7.00; 1 mo., 60c Sunday only. $3.00; 1 mo., 25¢ -1y, Non-Voters. According to the census count and computations the potential voting strength of the United States is 54, 541,832 persons, there being 27,661,880 men and women twenty-one vears of age and over classed as citi- zens. These figures are of striking significance in view of the fact at the last presidential election a year ago the total vote cast was only 26,661,606, although the women of the country were fully enfranchised for the first time. Reckoning the figures just ah- nounced as practically representative of the population at the time of the election, it would appear that more Americans entitled to vote cast no ballots than actually went to the polls. In other words, less than 50 per cent of the possible voters exercised the privilege of the ballot. ‘What of those who remained away? Probably many thousands of them lost their votes through ignorance of the regulations of registration, and other thousands through indifference to the registration requirements. But these lapses as to preliminary qualification can hardly account for the millions who might have voted and did not. Possibly the census figures are not quite fully accurate in respect to eligibility. State laws differ in point of qualifications. There are, of course, the few remaining classes of disfran- chised such as the 139,800 male per- sons in the District qualified to vote in 1920 who could not possibly get to the polls, and the 165,455 women in the same category. When all exceptions and allowances are_ made, however, it is unquestion- ably true that many millions of Amer- fcan citizens failed to exercise the vot- ing privilege, failed, in short, to dis- charge their duties as citizens. Some of these have the excuse that they live in districts that are overwhelming- 1y republican or democratic, and that their votes are not “needed,” or can- not be helpful. This is a wrong basis of action, and there are others who are actually restrained from voting. Every vote should be cast whether needed or not. An American election should be a full expression of popular will, regardless of the customary tendency of majorities in localities. One of the weaknesses of the Amer- ican system is that there is no way to insure a full expression of senti- ment. If, after making all possible deductions for disqualifying laws and conditions, 40,000,000 Americans were actually entitled to vote last November it appears that nearly 4,000,000 of them were negligent or indifferent, or contemptuous of the right that was won for them in 1776, e right which they should cherish and exercise al- ways in all circumstances. The people of the District of Colum- hia, denied that right from the begin- ning of things, cannot comprehend such negligence. Perhaps if they were enfranchised and permitted to vote for President and Vice President they would in time become lax. But it would take years to bring about the habit of non-voting that seems to have fastened itself upon half of the Amer- ican people. —_————————— Should Col. Bryan feel like revert- ing to topics which interested him vears ago he might deliver some en- lightening comment on Germany's ef- fort to put currency on a freexsger hasis. —_—————————— The dove of peace may not gain a _ complete victory in the Washington conference, but it will at least be sure of complimentary mention. —_————————. Special efforts are being made for the literary entertainment of the dele- wates to the conference, as well as for social pleasures. ————————— Foch and Pershing. The repeated official encounters be- tween Marshal Foch and Gen. Persh- ing, since the former’s arrival in the 1'nited States, have given rise to some amusement and wonder whether the distinguished guest may begin to sus-| pect that the American chief of staff is a veritable “Pooh Bah.” At New York Gen. Pershing. speeding over- seas ahead, was the first to greet the guest. At Washington & bit of rail- road maneuvering ' enabled Gen. Pershing to be first to welcome the marshal in the station. Again, in his capacity as acting Secretary of War, Gen. Pershing vesterday shook the - hand of the French commander. Is there no getting ahead of this lively Pershing? This is quite appropriate. however. Gen. Pershing represents the Ameri- can Army that helped to win the war, the force that was everywhere and anywhere at the crisis of the struggle. There were Americans in all active sectors at one time. There were Amer- icans all over Framce, preparing for the front, and Americans in England, even in Italy. In the supreme trial of 1918 the gaps were filled with Ameri- can troops. Pershing distributed them and they, representing him, put him all over the war map. Now the American commander is here and Foch is here, and they are well met, often. In 1918 they waorked in closest barmony.. ¥och knew he could rely upon Persh- ing to “delivgp” Pershing knew that Foch would ask no impossibilities. ‘There were no impossibilities, indeed. As he becomes better acquainted with the American situation Marshal Foch will find that Gen. Pershing is a representative of the American citizen- ship as well as the American Army, and no doubt he will be gratified to find that Gen. Pershing is held in the highest esteem and affection by the American reople. ————— House-Clearing at Moscow. One by one the goods of the soviet household at Moscow are being auc- tioned for what they will bring in the market. Anti-capitalism is gone. Ex- clusive control of food distribution has been relinquished through admission of the American relief workers and their supplies. Forced labor is, in part, abandoned. The soviet may even sacrifice the principle of repudiation of imperial debts. The latest offering in the interest of rehabilitation is the reduction of the bureaucracy. For some time the soviet leaders have been unpleasantly aware of the fact that the pay rolls of the govern- ment were terribly heavy. Reckoning the Russian government pay in terms of rubles the grand total of the budget must have been something indescrib- ably immense. Logarithms would be necessary to express the total. So a committee was named to see what could be done to shorten the force, a sort of a Dawes budget enterprise, and it has just reported, announcing that 2,500,000 of the employes are to be discharged. This does not com- pletely depopulate the public service. Probably Lenin and Trotsky will have enough of a helping force to keep them from the need of writing all their own letters and proclamations and mani- festos and announcements of policy changes. This is terrible tidings for the gov- ¢rnment workers who are to be dropped. For in Russia, under soviet rule, about the only job worth having was that of a bureau employe. A man who could get enrolled as such was assured of good rations and fuel. He was immune from constant visita- tions, though not altogether from sus- picion. He was free from doing mili- tary duty. In fact, he had a good many perquisites, and at the high tide of sovietism it has been stated at least one-half the population was in some degree connected with local or general administration. It is not known just how many there are in the force that is to be now depleted by 2,500,000. In this connection it should be noted that the whole trade-union policy has been changed to suit the government's new economic policy. The principle of private management is admitted, and scales of wages are to be fixed in accordance with the fluctuation of. market prices in locali- ties where work is done. These steps, it is naively announced, are to be taken in an effort to give a living wage to workers and thus induce them to cease thievery and speculative activi- ties which until lately have been nec- essary in order to gain a living. There is not much left. Sovietism is being trimmed pretty nearly to the bone, and soon perhaps the bone will g0, too. - —_——————————— Antipathies between the Chinese and the Japanese threaten to become so severe as to be counted in the race- prejudice class. ———e———— The Bank Hater. Four men robbed an eccentric herb doctor at Delta, Ohio, the other day of $29,000 which he carried in a pocketbook in preference to deposit- ing it in a bank. This sum represented his lifetime savings. He, like a good many other people a few vears ago, had an idea that banks were not to be trusted. “The yarn stocking™ for him. Banks failed now and then and smashed their depositors with them. A pocketbook could always be reached, and there was nothing like having the cash right under hand, so to speak. That sort of reasoning has for- tunately passed, and there are now comparatively few people who dis- trust banks and prefer to hoard their savings and carry them about person- ally or hide them in cupboards and sugar bowls and behind loose bricks, and that sort of thing. Banks are recognized as much more secure than any “hiding hole” that can be found. The war did a good deal to bring the banks into use by the people. The sale of government bonds through them set up a much more wholesome relationship. Great numbers of peo: ple who regarded their hoardings as capital found that secreted money was not really money after all, but just a collection of tokens, and that money is only useful when it is at ‘work. That Delta doctor perhaps never fig- ured out that if he loaned this money at 6 per cent or bought first-class se- curity at that rate he would be $1,740 to the good every vear. Or if he put it in the bank in a savings aecount at 3 per cent his annual return ‘would be $870, compounding. In other words, he was losing at least $870 a year whether he kept the money safely or not, lost it just as surely es though somebody had taken it from him. Now he has lost principal as well as in- terest. Maybe once upon & time somebody he knew lost money through a fail- ing bank, or perhaps bought “blue- sky” stock. Not for him! Little did it matter that under the new federal reserve system national banks are practically secured against failure. Little did it matter that any good bank is in a position to give sound advice in the purchase of securities. Banks were “pizen” to him. So the old wallet served until the robbers came, and there was no federal reserve act to protect him from them, and no banker's judgment to save his cash. Maybe he will start an account now. Dr. Schwab’s Prescription. Charles M. Schwab, who knows a good deal if not all about business, and much about human nature, gives this advice on the subject of the present business depression: “Just smile. That's what we want to do.” A simple remedy, and suggests the advice of the physician in time of sick- ness. He knows the value of a cheer- ful atmosphere, and wants his patient ‘surrounded with it as much as_pos- 1 sible. He counsels against a doleful tone and pulling a long face at the bedside. Let attendants and visitors in the sick chamber look cheerful and speak normally, and thus hearten the person afflicted. No funereal air ex- cept at a funeral. The soundest of sound sense, and should be applied at :this time, as Dr. Schwab prescribes. Business s sick— not desperately so, but sufficiently so to demand care and attention. Let everybody look pleasant, and as far as possible maintain a cheerful tone. No tiptoeing or glooming around as if ex- pecting and preparing for a visit from the undertaker. Believe that business will recover, and help it with a show of confidence in the result. This is the right note. The sugges- tion at least is worth a trial. Business will recover. It has been down before, and rose up the stronger for having expelled from {ts system humors and impurities which had gathered in a period of stress and activity. “Boyology.” A city has no more distinct problem than its boys. Upon their proper train- ing, education, “bringing up,” depends the future welfare of city and nation. A visit to the city, therefore, of one who enjoys the title of “boyologist” is an event worth noting, for if he is gifted with the real knowledge of boys he can make more effective the efforts of all laboring in that great science— “boyology.” Boys can be classified and labeled to a certain extent only. Be- yond that they escape the cataloguing brain that would give them numbers, like dogs at a bench show, and refer the spectators to a printed book for explanation of the numerals. . “No. 148—Tommie Smith; wild little fellow: likes to play ‘hookie’ from school; owner, J. H. Smith.” But this same Tommie Smith may be seen next day doing something very fine for a playfellow. And thirty years from now he may be one of the most distin- guished men in the United States. “Boyology" is a study of man in the making, a study wherein the thing worked with is a plastic material ready to take impressions. This is the hope of schools and teachers, “boyologists™ and just plain parents, that the ma- terial may take the finer impressions only and fail to register the others. The *boyologist” who helps achieve this result is a biologist, indeed. Gypsies Up-to-Date. Once upon a time gypsies were a folk " to be feared. When those swarthy people passed through a vil- lage mothers drew the blinds and sat trembling, holding their children while the wagons went by. Always there was a dog running along underneath the wagon, a skulking sort of place for an honest dog to be. Gypsy men usually went along the sidewalks in advance of the wagon, advance guards to their fearsome caravan. All that seems changed nowadays, at least in the National Capital. The gypsies come today in motor vehicles. A few blocks from the Capitol there was seen this week a small motor truck, in the body of which was seated the gypsy family. There was not room enough for a dog to run underneath, so he was sitting on the driver's seat. Behind sat the women and children. The women were attired in their age- old costumes of pink calico, mixed with other bright colors so dear to the feminine fancy of these peoples. They might have been the very self- same people who rode in those old wagons, if it had not been for that automobile. Truly, here is a progress indeed, a going forward in line with the spirit of the age! When these an- cient people begin to change what is not possible? It is not strange that our own people take to automobiles, but when the gypsies start motoring, “God bless us every one,” as Tiny Tim said about something else. $ The cost of @ war in actual progress is considered sufficiently large without burdening nations with enormous over- head charges in connection with mili- tary enterprises. ‘ The public is a patient audience that sometimes envies the labor union its privilege of walking out. 5 Conferences keep the stenographers and typewriters working overtime, re- gardless of general labor conditions. N The really big problem to be solved by a soviet government is how to get rid of sovietism. ¥ SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Heads. Some men have heads exceeding hard. “They're ivory,” we're stating. And yet such hold in my regard A somewhat lofty rating. For when I listen to a man ‘Whose talk is vain and slush: T'd rather know a “bonehead” than A chap whose head is “mushy.” Exchanging Places. “You used to be known as a spell- binder.” “That was long ago,” replied Sena- tor Sorghum. “My constituents have been doing most of the talking. Any success I have recently enjoyed has been due to my ability to be & good listener.” Jud Tunkins says an office is a place for @ man to go to when the weather is too bad to play ‘golf. Money Talks. That money talks we all agree. The style of wit we must deplore That is served up to you and me ‘When foolish money gets the floor. Prejudice. “Charley, dear,” said young Mrs. Torkins, “I don't see why they make 80 much fuss over Babe Ruth. “Ever go to see him?” “No. I never did’care much for in- fant prodigies.” “Don’t worry too much "bout givin® de devil his due,” said Uncle Eben. “He generally manages to collect with- out dependin’ on no generosity.” Two New Yorkers. Two of the men prominent in the New York mayoralty campaign have' interesting histories. A few years ago both were thought to be slated for preferment that would make them na- tional political quantities, but nefther reached goal. Whether their present activities argue a revival of hope on their part is anybody's guess, and many are guessing. William Travers Jerome made repu- tation as district attorney in the metropolis. He tackled crookedness and corruption in a two-fisted fashion that promised reward in a higher office than he was then holding. He had ability, energy, great courage, and looked bright. But, somehow, he failed to go higher. Since retiring from office he has seldom been in the picture. He returns to it now as the foe of Tammany, and is pleading in his old style for the defeat of Tam- many’s candidate for mayor. George B. McClellan, for severa! terms a Tammany member of Con- gress, and for two terms a Tammany mayor of New York, seemed destined for the governorship of the state, and, as some of his friends thought, for the presidency. But he lost Tam- many's favor, and in losing that lost his chance for further political ad- vancement. He returns to the lime- light now as an advocate of Tam- many’s candidate for mayor, and thereby gives the impression of hav- ing made his peace with the Tiger, whose claws he once felt painfully. ‘While these men are no longer in the kid class, neither figures in the elderly class. Both retain something of the spirit of the earlier days, and either in office again would probably acquit himself in the former fashion. At present Mr. Jerome is in private practice at the bar, while Mr. Mc- Clellan has become a teacher, and is somewhat masked under the prefix professor. Maryland. The Star's news from Baltimore states that politics in Maryland has warmed up. With election day close at hand, both of the old parties are humping themselves. Of recent years the Old Line state has become the ground for battles royal. For a long time it was a demo- cratic preserve. ‘'The republicans, though strong in leadership, struggled in vain against an organization which Mr. Gorman had perfected and was manipulating with great skill. At last, however, a breach was made, and Mr. Bryan came along with his free-silver crusade and widened it to the extent that the republicans passed through to victory. Since then the republicans have given so good an account of them- selves, whether in office or out, they have kept the democrats on their toes. No democratic victory has been achieved except by the very hardest work. Last year the state gave Harding over 60,000 majority, and today both United States senators sit on the re- publican side of the Senate chamber. Strenuous politics helps a progres- sive commonwealth—helps to increase its progressiveness—to keep it abreast of the times. It develops strong men among the contenders for power, and thereby insures strong men in office no matter which party wins. And Maryland is a progressive state. Baltimore is a progressive city. A warm campaign, therefore, is in the nature of things there, and the warmer the better. The newly enfranchised citizens, the women, are taking a keen interest in the contest, and contributing many inspiring features to it. They are im- bibing the spirit of hustle, and keep- ing step with the seasoned portions of the electorate. It is the right spirit, and all citizens in campaign years and at election times should show it. ‘Woodrow Wilson. l Here are two questions encoumered! in alert political circles: To what ex- tent was Woodrow Wilson's prestige impaired by the ratification of the German treaty? And how much re- mains of that prestige for use in 19247 Mr. Wilson, according to common report, exerted himself to defeat the treaty. He conferred on the subject with several democratic senators, and influenced more than one to change position. All were aware of how he felt. And yet fourteen, including Mr. Underwood and Mr. Hitchcock, voted for the pact. Mr. Wilson was greatly disappointed, and his intimate friends expressed themselves sharply about the matter. His essay at leadership from private life was rebuked. Can, and will, the damage be re- paired? If Mr. Wilson were in kelter there seems small room for doubt as to his course three years hence. He would try to come back in his own name, and not in that of some favorite. He likes politics, and has had so much success defeat roils him. But, improved as his condition is since his retirement from office, Mr. Wilson does not possess the strength necessary to another campaign for the presidency. The suggestion of in- validism woilld weigh against his candidacy, and probatly be fatal to it. So speculation plays around the subject of where his preference for leader wilF fall, the bulk of it centering naturally on Mr. McAdoo, whose boom is still booming. Meanwhile the yarn that Mr. Wilson meditates moving to California is dis- posed of. He will remain in ‘Washing- ton, Bnd continue to enjoy: the advan- tages, both as man and politician, of residence here. His choice of home was well made. The capital, for his comfort and purposes, is central, and within easy reach of those he has most need of conference with from time to time. o ———————— The Congressiorial Record would be a fortunate publication if it could be guarded against an occasional per- niclous idea as effectually as it is against an offensive vocabulary. staying power, and the future for him |- 1921—PART 2. Politics at Home|Treaty to Protect France Suggested as Aid to Peace BY THOMAS R. MARSHAL Former Vice President of the United Staten. OPE is universal in Ameri- ca that good may come from the Washington con- ference on the limitation of armament. We preach and we pray that it may be so. Such little influence as I possess is being thrown to it. I have everywhere urged my fellow citizens to as- sume and maintain an attitude of optimism. 1 have sought in this way to preserve a sympathetic at- mosphere. It will do no harm, however for Americans to ponder certain ques- tions which to my mind run to the root of the subject. These ques- tions have to do with the stand of the United States in relation to affairs of the world. Whether rightfully or wrongly, we followed the scriptural Injunction to “Come ye out from among them and be ye separate.” Our position is one of aloofness from the world of which we are a part. Prior to the war two-thirds of the world’s business was done by Europe and more than one-half of the exports of the United States went to European countries. Eu- rope is now in a state of collapse. Her industries are practically idle. There is some dispute as to the cause of FEuropean depression. Some are inclined to think that blood hatred fs exercising a par- alyzing influenge but be this as it may, all agree that the depre tion of European currenc demoralization of industric the war and the necessity of pur- chasing machinery and material in an appreciated market hav to do with the blighted economic situation. Academic discussion as to, whetticr Germany can or can- not, will or will not, meet her rep- aration obligations is interestir but not helpful. * K ok K One fact stands out, and that Is that the French government is maintaining under arms fully three-quarters of a million men, while the German government has been compelled to cut its army to 100,000 men. Animosities between France and Germany are greater since the war than they ever were before the war. It is not worth while to discuss fear - psycho- logically — what causes it jor whether it has any basis in fact. Fear exists. The French people believe, in light of their awful e perfence with Germany, that, as a nation of forty millions, they are constantly in danger from an ancient enemy of not fewer than sixty millions. France therefore is staggering under what she deems to be the mecessity of maintaining her “great protective armament.” Quite naturally, the people of France feel that unless the Ger- man_empire be dissolved into its constituent states, which would then be kept busy watching each other, or unless France receives some assurance of protection from the great powers of the world. another attempt will be made sooner or later to overrun her ter- ritory. Eternal military vigilance is the price of her liber! * ok ok ok Germany, on the other hand, is said to be fearful that, should British and American troops be withdrawn from the Rhine, France will seek opportunity to declare that the empire has not lived up to its agreement and will advance her armies upon German soil and take reparation in kind for the damages and injuries she suf- fered at the hands of imperial troops. With Germany entertaining this view, it is not at all strange that she does not exert herself to the utmost in_an attempt to rehabili- tate her industries. If she really belleves that there is danger of French invasion it is quite natural that she should desire that the victor obtain as little spoil as possible. It is therefore to be hoped that, pending the long- drawn-out endeavors to reach a state of world peace, the United States army of occupation will World Market Prices Compared for for Uncle Sam will soon publish the benefit of American industry, the first time, a true international price index which will show not only the trend of the general or average purchasing power of money in the different countries, but also its pur- chasing power with respect to cer-| tain basic classes of commodities. | This is being compiled by the Fed- eral Reserve Board, and is designed | to be a_substantial contribution to| a more intelligent and scientific na- | tional approach to our foreign trade: and financial problems. This shows that the Federal Reserve Board, as well as the Department of Commerce, through its own initiative and in co- operation with the Department of Commerce, is endeavoring to give more and better information to aid in the selection of foreign trade oppor- tunities and in the appraisement of foreign trade. Not less foreign trade, but less ill- advised foreign trade is the morall to be drawn from recent unpleasanti experiences in the foreign fieiu, ac- cording_to A. C. Miller, member of the Federal Reserve Board, explain- ing its activities for good economic functioning of the country, which can so easily be impaired whenever; foreign trade is seriously interrupted. @, * * * The last two or three years have revealed the seductions, the perils and pitfalls, in times of inflation and transition, of {ll-advised ven- tures in the field of foreign trading and foreign financing. The present year has been rich, not to say spec~ tacular, Mr. Miller points out. in demonstration of the depend.nce of our domestic ‘prosperity upon the foreign market. Those who draw the conclusion from .recent expe- riences of heavy losses sustained by American banking and export in- terests in forelgn trading that we should reorganize our national econ- omy so as to get along without foreign trade are shortsighted. A notable step in the more ef- fective economic organization of this country is seen in the enlarged sta- tistical service of the Department of Commerce (previously described in these columns), which"is giving to manufacturers and traders authoritu- tive data on ecomomic condition: both domestic and foreign. It is re- ceiving wide support and encourage- ment of the public and hearty co- operation from other branches of the vernment concerned with economic conditions and business trends. ‘While undertaken primarily for the information . of bankers, a bulletin in published Ly the Federal Reserve® 4 projecting the future of foreign trade are optimistic that to expand much. it will continus wisely, rather than too than the damage caused by the busi- ness stagnation In the countries with high exchange. The economic situa- tion in Switgerland, Holland aad , e 8 n - Heard and Seen|FIFTY YEARS AGO e IN THE STAR VIlo B s Gen. Dawes is not the only man! e 4 who hand v budget. Botteniis Goni . budget is a problem met and i A {disturbed in Burope fif in hundreds of Washington | not be completely withdrawn, even A ) presage zh peace has 1 ablish Srn L b : o | isis ciai di en this country and women wish to live properly and still | Money Crisis Fate ‘1, save money. | in Europe. , . S e il e A young man ‘whose first name is[ g0 How can conditions in Europe m s strugsling with the budget | s 0F PN measurably grow better so Jong | problem now, and had it about set-| gyl it as this state of mind, which may |iled until his brother Phil appeared | 4 "" 23 3 reflect a real condition, be- 1 for dinuer one night with the newly .,,,,".,r ,‘; per is : tween Franee and G et opiartne = s | results of a ¢ r | hope of p or of normal m's family it has been the| 1 peace, and » is to be entertained so long as cording to reliable author-| guyeeine than ain mositics are bucked up by arma- ity, to buy @ nice roast on Suturday, | oot of S0 EE ments such let the roast make its first appear ‘!..ux spider I B con ance on and then for the |l “~"- ds u next few make its entrance in | B r : only fourteen million in 4 various forms, becoming 3 are has a standing army of 150,000 |jess” as W. 5. Gilbert expre: it, [ and are men. Poland has an army of 200, luntil it faded away in soup. ’i'““"" 4 000. The economic situation of the I'hil came up on Satur world depends upon the settlement {:'l',“ Gr g0, ke monst. ¢ of the military and naval program | carv Euest given LS erous slice. ©fle had just ' rom a round of golf; & 0 « Thus the conference soon to be | immense, and. he. m o ¢ v B held at Washington is of t slice’in no time. ; R e wnather picces he was urged. | not e 47in her il d Tatha Bukin ded 1 nl- urging. condition to stand such " merely to te l"v b . 1 , as it will =till fur r e Jave another slice T eAndy s AT IRE othe th: there is no danger. . imagined as well us the real o i tion must be A Accompanving rersailles 4 § mouth. . .’\r‘r.mn nving Ver 1!! Tnantned ol : treaty, n it hed the Sen- hank you; don’ if T do.” re-| starvat W ate of the Unit ates, was an- 1 “"”l- Tan ! the fac = s wes. : he had done the roast was su i other treaty, w had been ne- A5 Tor the weckly badEet ot e SRl gotiated hetween this country and . budgets be readjusted, the I France, This treaty promised that | that’s one good thing about them. until the United States entered the *" o league of nations. and un o 5 3 eague ‘of nations. and until th Speaking of houschold cconomie territorial integ of Franee 5 s f 2 et ] it is always a question of just what|j. would do v £ external, ag ion bad ., economy is. Some people Ltime in the heen guaranteed by the league. the | one way and some another. What to | ¢an. otherwise United States would o to the St o3l > ! b et D one family scems an extravagance to | another appears us a necessity. One r ' that Germany sought . it nor ! person’s way of saving strikes the : make war upon her. . i : A next as £oo! So 1t goes treaty between France and Great . 3 There woman in this city ¢ Britain w n ted. What |who sa lighting used matches jand so cmbi ) greater proof is n ed of genpine §from !h‘-l s - Humr‘ and using |tions with that e by Trance. of futite rmiliinsy ] thiem o i ional burners, in- i r B nee of future military |giead of using a new mateh for cvery | aggression against her on the part | cant to the person | which left Ger- e - > a 1if ’ v intact, granted ‘only by |time the unt to $10. a dure on of the triple nee And vt if some noted financicrs 4 ey £ 10 be be i ver: - . 1 he no: changed for A Caaenay | Baltimore's nicipal o the better since then. It will help, < s, however, wits 1 of course, to reduce the n. would seem to depend lacmely upon| -Scandal. ., tablishments of the worl the thoroughness with which the ideq|ss. 3571 is applied 1o many matters, . nment “¢ the real redress to people who are = ; suffering from the cost of pre % tion for future wars will be Still turning our attention to the in the limitation of the milit npusehold, I know of a man who is ' establishments of the world. getting real amusement out of watch- Let us not be deceived; a real ling a coffee percolator operate. He cloud lowers over the coming con- |is a government official who daily ference because of the situation lles affairs of moment. It migh between France and ( him to give his name, but may burst into a no difference. Too much | freshment. SWeen theleonTeseniaints o ention is paid to names in public most e fefoice Jutoieh] ife anyway. It is what they d May God forfend! Such a ca e At the peopla under th - trophe would not « leave the |th e Uncle Sam’s affai world burdened wit ent ex- | €OY 1 T This gentleman in all his life had | the bills Bermareniy, Tk d ineve n @ percolator. Therefore |out for exce mal conditiohs of nea operation, the bubbling of thejmany, in or ness, but it would des up into the glass top. its dis-| D hope that has sprung up in rance, only to spurt up again | o Hatlong IO the World fascinated him. Perhaps a general | An. introduction of percolators into Con- | the Xk k% & might prove useful and add to|with w T am well aware that there ix a [ the gavety of nations. Then therc|On the S, are that there is a | 1% [BAFEno last week saw his first | Ameri singular distaste to America hav- {<prig of dill, the anise of Seripture,)this re ' ing anything to do with the poli- v in the pickle timore will ties and diplomuacy of Buopran E. TRACEW for some 1t governments. Yet I make bold to suggest that the ecloud. which N PRFSQ threatens the success of the con- ds w7 ference may be lifted by Great Eritain and America guaranteeing France - against German aggres- | Chinese Hopes in Harding Confer- sion. We might be compelled to keep the promise, but men who ence. |ana Ame: live by probability will agree that China feels she has got a raw deal i, "America s a mere statement of intent will |in every international conference, but {In order to fu¢ have much the same effect that |{las such confidence in President state b 5 declaration of the Monroe doc- |Harding's fairness that she expects| trine had. redress at the Washington confer- The treaty, which accompanied |ence. So, at least, the Berlin Tag the Versailles tre: {biatt interprets the present state tion, when the V mind in Peking. It sa from pretext the met its death. A “While the domestic policy of China |realization on the tion by the Congre R e . foreign |NO COUNLTY can rec States would probably result lis somewhat agitated. the forclgh i, pe den f workable plan by the conferes I policy is confronted with great prob- iurlllw :hnll ation of armaments. |jems. The greatest importance is at- Such a dec would. in my : i i cial circles Ootaion. Dresent any aar wony “ltributed by Chinese jofficial) clxcl spvnkring nf| It would pave the {and Chinese public opinion to the way for reductions of armaments | parding proposal for genem! d and their future lmitation. Thix | mameni, Which is 1o take 1 conquercd nations ' would place the economic world he 11th of November in Washington, | “The ‘way fulfilling ch tak, on its feet, and save to the Amer- which_e ic questions of the hands of thd ican people a half-billion dollars |\wiil play an imy " Under okl a year. the guidance s and polit- W L (Copyright, 1921, by Thomas . Marshall.) | ical students, ciations have been |through ther : formed in diffcrent towns to study |catastrophe is s the -Asiatic problems wi side: lo the coming conference. The form s party leader, chancellor of e its dist Ehedquer, and writer, Liang Ki-choW, (not only for has brogght out a new Magazine, €b- |\chole world.” 5 titled the Pacitic u--udnq. as .xl gl:xde_xl" Sy shich is 5 blic opinion in judging the Pacific : = Board, which is of value to industry | Bi0iiem " Anti-Japanese circles greet | *New Woman' and trade generally Indexes of | gpe v ington conference With | oy oo - foreign trade, of forcign cxchange,{great joy. They think that Japan, | 00000 i of wholesale prices in leading coun- | wiether she will or not, will have to | 15 € Har: Bre tries and of ocean freight rates are|thoroughly change her policy toward computed and published monthly. ln,i,m after the re They Special study has n given tofhope for a peaceful solution of the | SETE: (G0 the question of competitive advan-|Shantuniz aquestion, for the removal |G G tages in the .international market of {of all treaties with Japan to the det= ' (e ihe Londor countries with depreciated currencies. { riment of Chinese rights, and e8| 3l omen in &) Particular attention has been paid | pecially the ‘twenty-one demands'| pc pyoticy women o 1 to German competition. A study of] forced upon them by Japan under the | ump o gyon " ey drin the comparative price levels in vari-| pressure of an ultimatum in May, | 2 E ous European countries and the in-{1915. According to the Chinese press’ terrelation of domestic and foreign|the Peking government is going to | prices. as affected by fluctuations in | bring up the question of the restitu-| foreign exchanges and also of theltion of the foreign naval stations in ' iy. seclusion of t level of wages and the cost of living | China (Weihaiwel, Port Arthur) Few Chinesc s h:;n undertaken. Data bearing | through her representative, Welling-{ g5 not see th, upon these items were recently made | ton kKoo 3 « public for Great Eritain, wan’:“:;,; e mow China has mot been} oRtinues Afiss Cf: and Sweden. very successful in conferences where | TEIT B0 RIS | F her problems were to be solved. We | YO8 Livre Tl B . hope that this time all her wishes | COMBERY thet (In.connection with the probicm of in- iighetulnlic hand and typews ernational payments the statis N L rescarch divisions of the Federi R Who Pays the Reparation? AEents fond aeceniy A serve Board lave undertaken the con-| BERLIN—A carefully reasoned edi-| mOMEn entered for a eivil sery Strugtion of the international price in- | torial in the Vossische Zeitung of Ber- : (xr:,‘bré?rm:‘h‘:tmu:m gn ‘r!mg paragraph, | }in—a reasonable, liberal jonrnlill. de- P ’ orde e relative purchasing | cidedly friendly toward the allies i power of money in diffcrent countries | Cphaizes the point that in the long Luxury Air Express. might be accurately ascertained and jpun the richer allies, and especially | A mew tvpe compared. "Large scale payments be- | hon U8 TGN 1Ay the war reparation [nine passengers, . tween countries are ultimately made in | {01 ¢ "{he payment is insisted_upon [pilot, has been . goods. The amount of goods that a unit 104" rigorously carried out. Unem-|Haviland compan. English gzm:l(l‘t_)’le:yis“'il; r]l;lr(-has-{‘ in different ;:‘0),"‘;&“[ in England and the United | works, says the London Iixpress. The i es erefcre of primary im- | P s ‘ment by {machine is to he the last word i I nortance. from the point “of siow ot |States is a sign that this payment by PRACHIRG (8, 10 Ly b€ R MIRC financial settlements. {he richer countries is already begin- A u e ¢ g he T oy ing. The editorial follows: gers will be accommodated In u e Federal Reserve Board has set |nNing. isi v sall vhile anothe: 1 sit up, particularly for purposes of foreit “The exchange crisis is indced an r‘fi"w" oy L oombarison, an index number of wholer |international problem which is caus-{with the pilot. = prices,’ based on about ninety quo- (Ing the greatest trouble not only in ”-pocn" Lten: ‘n . as | be n pai . fatlons of staples of primary impop |the financially impoverished coun-|the ventilation of the cabin. und cx- tance, grouped ns goods produced, goods |tries but also in_countries on the haust fans will be fitted in the ro imported and goods exported, as well as |other side of the channel and the At- |“‘hu-h will v have glass pancls raw materials, producers goods and |lantic ocean, which have a super-|Freshair will be forced through pin consumers' goods. This index shows |abundance of riches. The develop-|along the floor. and in winicr. who not only the trend of the general or |ment in other countries has shown jat the height at which the air expres average purchasing power of money in |that the depreciation of the exchange, |will fly the temperature is nearly the different countries, but also its pur- |which theoretically has reached its|ways near freeing point, air that chasing_power with respect 1o certain |1imit at a rate of 10 per cent, in|been warmed by an ingenlous et basic classes of commodities. Index|practice can continue, so to speak,jof using the hes - engine w numbers are concurrently published for |indefinitely. If the mark is only |be forced into the cabin. the United States. Comparable figures{\wcrth 5 pfennigs today, the Aus- for Great Britain, France and Canada|irian crown is only worth a iwenti- Bargains in Kai will soon be made available, when the |gtn part of it, and the Polish mark n sers. price material now heing collected in|qven a sixtieth part. And if we were| GENEVA.—Paintings of Hohenz these countries on a practically uniform | ¢, “speak of the bolshevist ruble, the|lerns and Hapsburgs, both ancicnt schedule will have been compiled. Qepreciation is & thousand times |and living, have slumped in the Swiss Similar work is In hand for Ger-)\orse. Apart from Russia, Where market The majority of pictures ex- many. Italy and other countries — |willful destruction of property makes|pelled from German and Austrian ese two impor! nance ! ;" o mparison impossible, the coun- fies find no sale. although ax portraitx and commerce agencies of the federal {3/ SONRCH Tl e™12q to manage with | they are valuable, reports the corrc- government working with specialized | tries 2 4 B T hange | spondent of the London Express training and understanding, each|2 more or less worthless A iy L eAiL Rale R Zateh Cont Slons its particular line, And in thc|have until now been able to preserve| At a receni SOl X Zurich only heartiest co-operation, for the eco-|a certain degree of their economic |two pounds sterling w r nomic. stability, protection and pro.|life. The disturbances were of a dif-)good portraits of the Ereusiveness of American business atfferent kind, but it seems that they | Emperor Joscpl, while | home and abroad, those who are|were scarcely more difficult to bear princes _in _the uniforms of the ' Death’s Head Hussars were valued at one pound.” reports the writer, “The sale failed and the paintings werc withdrawwn.