Evening Star Newspaper, November 9, 1921, Page 6

WASHINGTON, D. <. WEDNESDAY. . November 9, 1081 —_— THEODORE W. NOYES. ... Editor 'I'In Evening Star New Newspaper Comnlw Dusivegs OMice. 114h 3t Chicage ol\l" 'Srl! \llloul lllll ‘ll“‘l l:uhwt 0 Office: § Regent 8t., Loadon, ¢ Brening Star, with the Runday morning editton e delvean Ly enrriers within the city 2t 89 ents_per mnth’ moath Sufdes on) dors may be sent by " otlction. is end of each mouth. Rate by:Matl—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daily and Sunda. Dally“only Sunq ..1yr., $8.40: 1 mo., T0¢ .1 yr.,, $6.00; 1 mo., 500 1yr., $2.40; 1 mo., 20c All Other States. Daily"and Sunday.1 vr $10.00: 1 mo., 85¢c Daily only. . $7.00; 1:mo., 60c Sunday .. onb, . -1 )l" ., $3.00; 1 mo., 25¢ . ", onl, "The President as Orator. Trl his eight months of office Presi- dent Harding has delivered some nota- ble orations, all dealing with very large subjects. That on Bolivar in New York ity was one. That on the Pilgrims at Pl'vmflulh ‘was another. At Yorktown . more' recently he spoke on a revolutionary topic, and still more recently at Birmingham, Ala. on a topic of the livest current interest. Two speeches of world-wide moment are scheduled for this week. That for Armistice day will be read far and wide, while that for the day follow- ing, opening the armament confer- ence, will contain matter of conse- quence all round the world. Next week he will speak at the corner stone laying of the George Washington Victory Memorial, an in- spiting occasion. Then there is the address to Con- gress opening the regular session, which not only at home here but else- where will relate to subjects much, and widely, under discussion. Amer- ican legislation now, since America fills so large a space in world calcula- tions, commands world attention. Fortunately for the country, at the time so much is in evidence, its chief executive is an orator of power, ' trained in expression, and qualified by wide reading and large experience in public affairs to illuminate the topics which he. touches, and to which so deep an interest attaches at home and abroad. And equally fortunate for us is the credit the President’s name car- ries. He ig everywhere accepted as a sincere mam, in close touch with his countrymen on all issues of value to them. and for that matter to other peoples. Mr. Harding's is a strenuous job, but he is meeting all its demands with success. THE EVENING sTAR' + With Sundsy Morning Edition. Yesterday at the Polls. TYesterday's elections show that the democratic party, notwithstanding last vear's staggering defeat, is still very much alive as to local matters. The New York returns, both in the metropolia and - outside, but particu- larly in the metropolis, argue thorough organization-and vigorous party work. Mayor Hylan's victory is the greatest recorded in municipal history. The{ money which “1alked” in his favor| during the campaign knew what it was talking about. In Virginia a republican experiment, widely advertised and from which much was expected, failed. Tt served, however.- to wake up the democrats and insure & lively and instructive campaign. Tn Maryland the democrats were in good form. and both in Baltimore and outside did, well. In Kentucky, while they again lostl out in' Louisville—a republican sue- ceeding a republican {n the mayoralty —the democrats recovered control’ of the legislature. ‘Whiile loeal issues were largely in evidence and had much to do with the producing of these results, the republi- cang”cannot afford to blink the fact that the democrats everywhere will be heartened, and that Chairman Hull, | who has just begun work at the head! of the democratic national committee, will speed up”his organization under the influéhice of the news, and bestir himself to capture the Sixty-eighth] Congress. There -will be mething doing every day mext year, from the 1st of Janu- ary toelectionr day November. 1 ———— Pessimistic views offered by 1'nn:hmi authors Wwith reference to the.Wash- ington, -conference -ure calculated to recall the, cheery old adage, “It's al- ways the darkest just before dawn.” r—————— During- his distinguished editorial career Ambassador Harvey was best known as a virile contributor and not as a cautious blue-pencil artist. | ————— A political biography often the impression that its subject would be fully justified in an attempt to re-| taliate. Protect the Mails! Uncle Sam has declared war on the mail robbérs. There will be no more trifiing. or half-way measures. The mails are to be guarded with armed men, marines picked from that corps of vigilant watchers and straight shooters. - One thousand of them have been ;detailed in the first expedition, s0 to speak, to be distributed among/| thirteen cities, with orders to shoot to kill at the first move toward theft. These men witl. guard the trains and the places where the mails are han- Gied at the terminals and distributing points. Postmaster General Hays says In tnis connection that the mails may be late, but they must never be lost. Too much mail:matter has been lost lately, lost apparently beyond recovery, lost through. carelessness and inadequate protection. ‘A recent robbery of a mail van in New ‘York totaled abqut & mil- lion and a haif tw loot for the thieves. None of them has been caught. Yes- terday three of the higher subordinate rostal officfals in New York were sus- pended for dereliction in connection with the handling of that wagon load of mail, -which was sent out in the care of a single man who had no gun, _ despite tMe Postiiaster General's ex- plicit order that all van drivers and . low. leaves | iof entertaining the conference. mall guards shoy)d be ermed. No better use could be made of the armed forces of the country than taus to protect the mails, the security of which is a sacred trust. In normal times, when the percentage of crime is low, the malls should be thus guard- ed, perhaps not by men in uniform, but by men with arms availsble and with orders to shoot at the first sign of danger. For the mails are so valu- able that they will tempt thieves al- ways, and it is {dle to think to depend upon the ordinary ssfeguards against | s this temptation. It is to be hoped that the mere an- nouncement that the mails are thus to be guarded by troops who, it is known from their reputation, are in- .corruptible and thoroughly dependable and who obey explicitly the order to shoot to kill at any suspicious move, will put a stop to the mail-robbing en- terprises. Perhaps an example will be necessary. Maybe merely the pres- ence of the marines at the mail-han- dling points will cause the thieves to turn to other fields of action, but in any case, as Mr. Hays says, the mails must not be lost. The Cruiser Olympia. Twenty-three and a half years ago the cruiser Olympia steamed Inlo. Manila bay. Few Americans knew | anything about her errand. Few. indeed, knew where Manila was precisely located. On the Olympia, as commander of a squadron of Amer- fcan warships, was Commodore George Dewey, who had orders to find and destroy the Spanish fleet as an act of the war then in progress be- tween Spain and the United States. He hunted the fleet by going straight to its harbor in its supposed strong- hold, and he destroyed it without the loss of an American life. From the deck of the Olympia he gave his fa- mous order: “You may fire when ready, Gridley.” The Olympla then became famous throughout the world as the prototype of American enterprise and pluck. When Dewey sailed from Hongkong under British compulsion, because as a belligerent he could not stay longer in a neutral harbor, he had but two alternatives, to .scout around the southern seas awaiting emergence of the Spanish fleet, or strike it in its own waters. He elected the latter, and though his victory waa easy and cost nothing but ammunition it made him a marked man in the world, and his flagship notable. Now the Olympia, one of the old- timers of the American Navy, is ap- proaching Washington with the body of an unknown American soldier, chosen by chance from its burial place in France, brought home to be rein- terred here, with an elaborate and pro- found cerem: ny of gratitude and ap- preciation and reverence. It is a fit- ting choice of ship. The Olympia in 1898 stood for the American desire to correct a grievous injustice, committed in Spanish colonies. She was the em- blem of the same spirit that sent the A. E. F. to France in 1917-18, and it is doubly appropriate that the Olympia, flagship in a fight won by the American fleet without the loss of a single life, should now bear back home the representative of the great American sacrifice of twenty years later in the cause of humanity. i Time and the Conference. Again the question of the length of the conference. Six weeks or six months? Is not the question premature? Anyhow, will it not be answered by developments? The start will be made on generali- ties. Then will come the statements of the representatives of the different nations seated at thé conference table, and then negotiations growing out of them. The conferees should not hurry, or allow themselves to be hurried. The business in hand will be of the most tremendoys consequence. The re- sponsibilities will be as great as men’ anywhere at any time have ever car- ried. Not only the interests of the nations in attendance but world in- terests will be in the scale. Everybody knows how important it is that conditions in the world be made as right and safe as possible. The four years of war, and the three of fruitless efforts at recovery from war effects, are gravely instructive. The war was not won until the allies united in the field. While they lacked a coherent plan and co-operation they failed. When they came together they won. The efforts at recovery have lacked plan and coherence, and have failed. Conditions now are appalling. Hence this conference. The nations must agree upon something, and then each in its own way and according to its abllity contribute to general rehabili- tation, and rehabilitation should fol- Washington is a comfortable place of residence. and appreclates the honor Let the conferees- make themselves at home, and, like Miss Lucy Long of the old ballad fame was adjured to do, take their time. l ‘There will be a sense of incomplete- ness about the big convention on arms limitation unless Col. Bryan consents to renew his custom of occypying & seat in the reporters’ gallery. i The voluminous paper money in some parts of Europe is not sufficient- 1y reliable in information or attractive in fiction to be classified as current literature. The democratic perty is proceeding hopefully and energetically with its own problem of reconstruction. Lessons in Tact. Foreign visiters te the United States are yniformly tactful in their speeches and actions. They are, as a rule, drilled in a school of courtesy which calle for sincers consideration of the .sentiment and customs of others. Just et present two eminent Eurepeans are giving {llustrations of this disposition in § way that, it is to be heped; will impress the Amaerican people uul puduy tevch A valusble lesson. Marshal Foch, arie s days of full prosrams jof receptions and ceremopies tn the) middle west, chocked his activitied on Monday | night and declined to participate on Tuésday ip any receptions or public movements, saying that it ‘would be inappropridte for him 16 divert atten- tion in any way irom the duty of the citizens on election day. He feit that the day on which the Aiverican people’ cast their ballots should be marked by no distractions. If all Americans would take this serious view of their respon- sibility on election day better results might follow from the cuuns of bal. lots. At Phflldelphh. G!n Diaz of Italy, on being shown. the chair -used by George Washington on certain his- toric occasions and preserved at In- dependence Hall as a memento of the first President, declined, when invited to do so, to sit in it, remarking that he was unworthy to occupy so_dis;) tinguished a seat. He touched it rev- erently with his hand. This, too, is an! inspiring example to the people of this country. There is often a lack of rev-| erence for souvenirs of departed great | ones and for historic places. It must be confessed that the average Amem jcan would in similar eircumstances abroad be quick 1o take his place in such a chair and boast afterward as having sat “in the seats of the mighty.” In certain refinements of inter- course and conduct we have much to learn from Europe. These thoughtful considerations of the proprieties are worthy of emulation. No man is so great that he cannot afford to be hum- ble in the face of a great principle, or presence, or tradition. i French financiers suspect Germany of a plot to go deliberately into bank- ruptey. \Tmtxon has developed so much expertness in locating intangible resources that this would probably be difficult. i A tenant would have a better chance it the rent-raising landlord did not re- ceive so much moral support, from the homeless applicant who thinks he ought tp be allowed to pay the price and move in. { The really accomplished essayist on topics pertaining to the conference is the writer who can sustain Interest while conveying voluminous assur- ances that he shares the reader's per- plexity. $ The records of the United States Treasury are described as showing a rather reckless indifference on the part of other nations about running into debt. i Any delegate who doubts America's sincerity as a peace-loving nation has only to recall the energy with which this country fought for peace when occasion required. & Legislators are compelled to sit up nights in order to pass a tax bill. And so do some of the people who have to figure out ways to meet the taxes. i Railroads refuse to recognize the question of limitation of the pay en- velope as one of temporarily subor- | dinate importance. ! 1 i Russia is suffering under an eco- nomic system which brings money to the bank in dray loads, while food s carried in tin cups. i Lenin's eagerness to exploit Rus- sia’'s resources in his own way makes him look less like a dictator than an auctioneer. As was expected, a very large num- ber of peoplé will come up for trial. ahead of the ex-kaiser. i SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. The Golf Instructor. 1 He is a man of simple style. No social ways does he assume. He always wears a gentle smile Though others tempt his mood to gloom. Out on the green that chap T see, . Though seldom in the gilded hall. He never poses at a tea— But, oh, how he can hit a ball! He wears a cap that's far from new. His general style is “neglij: His words are usuaily few ‘Without rhetorical display. ‘Yet men of eminence bow down And hark, respectful, to his call And fear his disapproving frown— For, oh, how he can hit a ball! A Deadly Designation. “Your political antagonist at least paid a glowing tribute to your intel- lectual attainments.” 3 “It was about as mean and insidious a thing as he could have done,” com- mented Senator Sorghum, “The sur- est way to defeat & man in my district is to give him the reputation of being a highbrow.” Jud Tunkins says the world would be comfortable right now if all the men who managed to get the title “doctor” could actually cure some- thing. The Human Element. The autumn landscapes brightly shing. This world's a show that leaves us sad. = The scenery is always fine.. The actors frequently are bad. Back to the Genuine, 2 “It must be a relief to feel that the summer boarders Wwofi't be Back for many months.” “It is,” snsweréd Farmer Corntos- sel. “Now we can put the magazines and novels in the 'wood box, while we get back to reading. snnupeu-u apd | $7Y GT0p too' much.—Norfolk Vir- the Bible.” Whep suru Are M “Can your husband describe the other women are iruud!" Zee e thet “He'd - = oo polite.*. .{if an administration could survive {to o. {1east Edltonal D est !hole Fomgn Debtl, Collect or | Cancel. i Two clrcumstances that have start- ed the American press to editorializ- ing _on our foreign debts are the passage by the House of Representa- tiveg.pf the. adminisration’s. refund-, ing bUl. with modifications, and the pronouncement by’ Reginald McKen- na, forgier chancellor of exchequer of Great Britaln, fo the effect that it ‘would be desirable; as a recon- striction méusure, it America and |Great Britain would agree to cancel their -debts, coupled -with the rumor | that Great Brlmm ‘proposes to cancel hers. The: insertion by the. House in tha refunding bill of a provision that no foreign indebtedness should be can- ' celed is pronounced by the Oklahoma City Okiahoman Iemocrlllt) as I “proper.” - while the New Haven Courfer- Jourml (independent) sees in the refunding bill ."a dawning un- derstanding -of thp rnflnon befwenn dhese debis and the fallure of the | world, to recover ', polae which ! offers hope that encourage a further . and. dceper . understanding until the point is reached where the actual cancellation of ‘the debt, huge as it is,.may appear as the shortest' and least expensive cut to a revival of international tradeé, m healthler rate of exchange and the possible redemption of promises . re-| sarding fnternational peace. | The * Wheeling (W. Va.) Register (demacratic) thinks the allied debts “absolutely just,” but admits that! whether “this country will collect re- mains to be xeen. America, probably, would" trade them all in behalf of complete disarmament and world peace.” “As time passe: says the Salt Lake Deseret News (indepen- dent), “financiers and economists are coming to the view" that cancellation “would be advisable for all concern- ed” xnd the Florida Metropolis (demoeratic) points out -that “with such economic experts as Isaac Mar- cosgon recommending cancellation of all war debts, it is urgent that all tion,” thaugh .it believes Su- ropean debtors should bé required Yo meet these debts.” e Detroit Free Treas ' (independent), rejocting “the theory on which Europe operates to justify a request for debt cancella- tion” that we came late into a “com- mon venture,” says:-"We did not en- | ter for the sake of Italy. France or} England.. We went in when our in-| terests dictated. We did not go to war to discharge an obligation !or, humanity, as some Europeans and a few Americans profess to believe. We went for practical- reasons of IlI-, tonal expediency.” The Toledo Blade (independent republican) points out “phase of thiz debt cancell tion,” ich, it says. ‘has been (on—I sistently ignored.”” This is that “the | government wouid not, upon its own ! responsibility, write these debts off. It could hardly put the question up to the people without seeming to ad- vocate cancellation. Immediately that was done it would be transformed Into a political issue. It.is doubtful which was put in the position of giving billions of dollars away.” The possibility of un - agreement between Great Britain and the United States for cancellation of their res spective debts is discussed by the Chicago Tribune (independent re- publican) after contrasting Great Britain's share in the war settlement with ours. In view of these facts.” it says. “it does not.seem improper to suggest to reat Britain that if xhe is unable to| P at she owes us. might turn over to us the islands of the British West Indies. Why should England decline to assign them to us in part payment of her debt incurred in obtaining ten times their area of new lands In other scctions of the world? The Nashville Banner (independ- ent), pursuing this argument, says: “Gireat Britain could givé upall the debts the allies owe her ,xui ave a great deal to ‘spow-“fof what she gained by ®the.; war, ybut the United States would su ér a dead . loss. * These countries should pay us xhe interest on money they borrowed; that th all able and be given indefinite time to repay the principal.” while the Chattanooga News (democratic), con- | fending that “if Great Britain aban- | dons her obligations she ought also ! to forego_her spoils,” yet thinks this country “ought .to .stand ready to consider ~an ldlu:lm:nl whh:h i equitable all round.” | As to the place in the conference | of discussion of debts. the Rocky | Mountain News TDénver. independ- ! ent) expects, “"before the Pacific- peace-armament - limjtation confer- ence has gone far, a proposition will come, from England very likely. to wipe the slaia ciean, ag a firat step in_economic_internatiofalism,” and | the Newark News (democratic) finds | it “hard to see how this country can prevent the other nations from bring- ing up such subjects as they believe : to be directly related to armament.” while the Portland Oregonian (inde- pendent republican) thinks. “if ‘the conference should adjust far eastern | | affairs. it would do only half the work | i needed for econgmic’ reconstruction | and would have -laid less than half, the foundation:fof an agreethent to | limit: armaments.”. The inelusion of | this-d uuulan by. the conference in its agen: howevar, in the opinion of the bprml’hld “z“uhlj(.ln (independ- | ent). “might - eashly;: break its own | back and ltave the-world -worse ofl‘ | than it was when if, was summoned.” The Thm of the !‘omgn Guest. Marshal Foch-has indicated that he will not be offended or even'in the inconvenienced if nothing stronger than water fills his cup while he sojourns in the United States. The Japaneso_envoys Have followed suit by drinking a dry toast upon the of- ficial birthday - anniversary of Em- peror Yoshihito. “It is the custom ‘in our (‘Ounlr\ said Admiral Baron Kato, *to pro- pose over ‘the cup the health and prosperity ‘of hik“majesty. But as in this country the cup is not used T shall merely propose three banzais.” | No doubt. most of the other guests at the Washington conference Will e lew these distinguished examplos. To. the dfplomatfc mind, at least, the old proverb, “When in Rome do as the Romans do,” seems ‘still to gov- | ern in matters of international cour- tesy. The* guest' does not demand ! what the host is not permitted to have. There has been a good deal of very sincere anxiety lest the guest withi our gates should be denied his wine. Without it, many hospitable souls| have been saying, he will be as a fish out of water. But.the guest should be allowed to speak for himself, without officlous suggestion. He may have a| genuine interest in trying American ustoms. ° lv.wre than that, he may even take a pride in .showing that the European or Asiatic in America can do withont Wihe as easily as the American in Europe or Asia does without water.— Chicago News (independent). b be with you” is-now looked Q‘:: a curse rather than a bleu- ln(—Auhevflla Timu. . wPhe tncome taX 18 & tax on'brains.” Thén lhere ‘must be a lot who pay it whé ought to be able to prove ex- Qmpflon —Boston Transeript. Gamerally spéaking, 2 woman's idea of ‘keeping the home neat is to keep the husband away l'(-m it.—Dayton News. Gas Mater Reader der Mistakon fnr Rob- ter—from the news. From the looks of the ménthly Dills it wus quite a nhatural erfor.—Buffalo "Express. It ‘seems ' that business stazgery Py time: “ thinks prices have tak- n-tiun Pilot. —— We mlght ‘sndure Uncle Snml rifi- of our other pockets if he would bis hand out of our hip o&nammmm- (8. C.) Record. - ag] 'rltar discusses, "Ru-y a 2 Compldering’ tKdt-the hin: Cl’lllhlm 0! solid wfimnfi TR rt-,‘m Thosen.~~ Na'flvflle Tennessean. 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