Evening Star Newspaper, November 27, 1921, Page 48

~ T HE SUNDAY STAR, HE EVENING STAR, With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. JUNDAY.....November 27, 1921 S S A B SR A S zKEODOBE ‘W. NOYES. .. .Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office. 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. New Y 150 u St. Chicago Office: First European Office: 3 Regeat 8t., London, Eagland. The Evening Star, with the Sunday morning edition, Is delivered by carriers within the city at 60 cents per month: daily only, 43 cents per 'emonth; Sunday ouly, 20 cents per month. Or- ders may be sent by mall, or telephone Main made by carriers at the b3 < Collecti d of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. e Maryland and Virginia. _"Daily and Sunday..1yr., $5.40: 1 70¢ _ Daily only. ol ir :s.oo 1 mo., 500 Sunday only. yr., $2.40; 1 mo,, 20c All Other States. “Pally and Sunday.1yr., $10.00; 1 mo., 85¢ - Daily only.........1yr., $7.00; 1mo., 80c ='Bunday_oniy. 1yr. $3.00:1 mo.. 25¢ The Freer Gallery. Inconspicuously placed in the Smith- ‘“#onian section of the Mall, just to the ~'West and south of the old red stone building that marks the gift of John +:Smithson for the development of .-#cience in America, stands the new )' Freer Gallery of Art, not yet open to the public. This addition to the capi- n'tal's attractions, the gift of the late Charles L. Freer of Detroit, is per- .. haps but the first of a group of similar institutions. The Commission of Fine Arts, in its admirable annual report on the development of Washington, expresses this thought, saying that the Freer Gallery “is a type of the small adequately housed and well en- dowed galleries which doubtless will be established from time to time by . private indlviduals and given to the “nation to be administered by the Smithsonian Institution for the in. struction and gratification of the - ‘taste of the people.” The location of the Freer Gallery in this city has been the result of the in- terest and influence of the chairman «vof the Commission of Fine Arts, ‘Charles Moore. He was first instru- mental in securing from Mr. Freer a ‘“bequest to the Smithsonian of the /famous Whistler peacock room and ~collection of Whistler paintings and etchings, then established at Detroit, to be brought here after Mr. Freer's death. Eventually, by successive changes of plan, the entire collection of paintings and objects of art was given outright for immediate estab- Mshment here, $1,000,000 was given '“for the construction of a suitable gal- -lery building and an endowment fund ‘“was created to provide for enlarge- .ments and additions to the collection. Unfortunately Mr. Freer died before U4he completion of the building and the emplacement of the collection. His example, however, serves as an in- . Spiration to other Americans of wealth to select Washington, the capital, as ‘the proper place for their art collec- tions, the place where they can be seen by the people of all parts of the .country, and where, as the commis- on’s report says, they will make for “the instruction and gratification of the taste of the people.” Tt is the opinion of those versed in matters of art exhibition that small lleries are better than large ones, _,fhat immense collections such as those in the Louvre in Paris and the Na- '¢ional Gallery in London and other m@great art assemblages do not produce ‘the best effect. The Freer Gallery will be of the highest grade in quality. It =: will have in its own range no superior o0 the world, and its wonders can be ‘quickly appreciated by visitors, who will take from it lasting, distinct im- 1: Pressions that are not given by larger collections. Washington is destined to be an im- portant art center. It has now two xcellent galleries, the Corcoran and .'the National. The Freer will soon be wdded to them. Other privately as- ""sembled collections will, it is under- .-stood, in the near future be opened to the public here, perhaps in specially ““provided buildings. In the develop- ment of this foundation it naturally follows that facilities for instruction will come, and that the schools of art now established here will be strength- ened and equipped to attract to Wash- ington large numbers of students from different parts of the country. Wash- ington has already the proper atmos- ‘phere for art work. It includes a Jarge number of eminent painters and sculptors, and with the galleries now | in existence and soon to be available “it is probable that in a few years this city will, as respects creative art work, be the Paris of America. Any halt in the negotiations for .arms limitation means bad news for the taxpayer, in whatever country he ‘happens to live. The address of Briand seemed sim- .ple reading enough until the necessity iancse of: reading between the lines. 708 10_j R et -sluq (Hua® Murder Mill in Action. New York radicals took a turn at *§f§d¥fining American judicial proc- “essoaiFriday night, in imitation of the -émAthunists and red internationals of TE77858, who have denounced the con- -wintione of Sacco and Vanzetti for the fiyl@et of & paymaster. Some 2,500 o4p #nd women of all the brands of Iawmirgency assembled in an opera ;flumfjmd sang and cheered and ap- apuded sentiments of extreme radical- -V uttered by a group of the best “#fig%m spelibinders of the third inter- nationale group. The speakers took -ens ‘asual lines of denouncing the ‘Uilfts as’ under the control of the stbeurgeoisie” of America. They de- cly.red that Sacco and Vanzetti had oaéh. condemned not on the evidence obutlien their records as communists, that the jurymen had been terrified and influenced, that capitalism had de ded and claimed these men as vi and so on through the whole —Pt5 le of untruth and preposter- 19%%is exaggeration characteristic of the :u’mmu red. s fhurvm were present at the meet- :flp&uflnx notes. They doubtless took asnote of the speech of one Ludwig 2i"1%6¥e, who wrought his audience to a :’,'i’éfl! demonstration by a terrific de- ‘»munciation of the American govern- nt and courts and advocacy of “di- ’ .uFect mass action,” meaning thereby, noand plainly eo stating, revolutionary uprising of the masses to overturn e KRR A L SOSI SO e B UL A LSS o the American government. ‘It was stated later that these notes would be studled and possibly action would be taken. The law-abiding, government- supporting citizens who have had quite enough of this sort of thing are wondering now why the government does not adopt the policy of “‘direct action” on its own account. Surely there is cause for prosecution in a speech of this kind. There can be nothing helpful in letting these wild- eyed fanatics scream forth revolution under the pretense of denouncing “in- Jjustice” to two men who have been convicted with due regard for all the forms of law. . This Sacco-Vanzett! case is merely being utilized by the reds as a means of working up insurgency. Thousands of people have been persuaded by the shrewd speakers and writers enlisted in this propaganda that a gross breach of justice has occurred. These people are, of course, personally indifferent to the fate of the two men. But to them they are martyrs, sacrificed for their opinion. The danger in this matter is not, of course, the overturn of the govern- ment. Revolutionary radicalism in America is too far in the minority ever to score that far. But the peril is that half-balanced individuals may be fired by these fanatical appeals to the point of committing murder. Every man and woman who on the platform of such a meeting as that of Friday night screams for vengeance and ‘“direct mass action” is a potential assassin by inspiration and suggestion. that is why there should be no ques- tion about action based upon the ut- terances of these malevolent people at the meetings of protest. Trotsky in Luxury. Special correspondence of The Star from Helsingfors, Finland, printed yesterday, gave an interesting picture of the daily life of Leon Trotsky, now military dictator of the soviet republic of Russia. It is to be hoped that this will be read by every person who has the least sympathy with the soviet regime in that unhappy land. For it shows how far from true brotherhood and communal equality those who are guiding the destinies of Russia have gone in their wickedly acquired power. Trotsky, once a struggling journalist, is established with all the luxury and the ceremony of a monarch. He is guarded more closely than ever was the Czar of Russia. He is attended by soldiers wherever he goes., keeping at a safe distance all representatives of the humble people in whose name he and his colleague, Lenin, are now ruling. He eats the choicest of food, abundantly supplied, while millions of Russians starve. He resides in a pal- ace, with every conceivable comfort, while vast numbers of the people shiver in-the cold of flimsy dwellings and fight for the smallest allotments of fuel. former czar at the theater. He lives, in short, the life of a king. To reach him with a petition or a proposal of any kind it is necessary to wait per- haps for days while the plea for an audience is being considered by subordi- nates and flunkies before it reaches the great man himself. The far- spreading network of wires places the military dictator in communica- tion with every part of Russia, by telephone or telegraph. He moves his armies about lke a Napoleon. He commandeers vast supplies for the maintenance of these forces while the people suffer for necessities of life. This is Leon Trotsky, commissar of the people, friend of the proletariat, high priest of the revolution, whose fervid words four years ago in the tribune of the assembly scorned wealth and comfort and luxury and demanded the establishment of gov- ernment of equality. This is Leon Trotsky, prototype of the plain peo- ple. This is he who arises in every overturn of a state, grasping for him- self the wealth that he has condemned and the benefits and advantages that he has denounced in others. ———— Germany does not hesitate to pro- test that she Is not nearly as wealthy as the volume of marks in circulation would appear to indicate. —————— ‘The pessimistic writers on the con- ference should observe the experience of the hard-winter prophets whose predictions refuse to come true. —_— China finds that the questions re- lating to the open_sea are even more { prominent than the open door. + —_————— Experts are inclined to predict either a very large war or none at all. —————ee———————— KDr. Lorenz and the Cripples. Making his first visit to this coun- try since the great war began in Eu- rope, Dr. Adolf Lorenz of Vienna is again in the United States on an er- rand of mercy. Persons interested in the cure of physical deformities have contributed to a fund to bring him to {this country, and Friday he opened %hls first clinic in New York city for {the practice of what has come to b i called “bloodless surgery.” The hos- pital which provided facilities for the clinic was besieged from an early hour. It is estimated that no less than 1,000 cripples, old and young, went or were taken to the hospital in the hope of receiving treatment. Though he worked hard and fast, the great Aus- trian orthopedist could see but one- tenth of the applicants. But from day to day they will be given a chance un- til every case within range has been examined. At the close of Friday's clinic Dr. Lorenz said that he was appalled by the ravages of spinal disease in this country. He said he was convinced from observations that day that the infantile paralysis epidemic of several years ago “must have struck the United States with ten times the virulence it manifested anywhere in Europe.” This is & surprising statement. We have known in this country, of course, that the outbreak of what is known as infantile paralysis—which is not “in- fantile” at all in ite range of malevo- lent action, attacking old and young alike—was widespread and severe, but ‘we had no thought that with the high average of nutrition that prevails in America as against some parts of Eu- rope such a greater degree of virulence could possibly be developed here. Is there something in the diet of our people, or in their lives, to make And} He lolls in the seat of the| g S fleal bl e S them more subject to this affection? Dr. Lorenz may be able later to throw some light upon this question. Mean- while, it is a blessing that he is here. He is a wonderful man, gifted with a skill never equaled in the handling of these cases and endowed with a deep sympathy for the sufferers. He has worked some marvelous cures in the past. He does not promise or pretend to cure all cases. Some are beyond him. Friday he frankly said that he had examined many cases where the muscular forces had become complete- ly paralyzed, and for them he could do nothing. The little children who are painfully making their way about on crutches, or in chairs, as the result of the epi- demic of some years ago, represent one of the unsolved problems of medi- cal science. The disease from the ef- fects of which they are now crippled remains one of the mysteries. Bac- teriologists and physicians are work- ing to find a preventive and a cure, while Dr. Lorenz Is working to restore as many as may be of the victims to comparative health and strength. A plan is under way to endow & great clinical hospital in this country, under his direction, where he can not only treat these cases—he works without fee, giving his services free—but can train others to carry on this blessed work throughout the country. - ———tee—————e Malaria. Malaria is a word which does not often appear in Washington papers. ‘The word has almost passed out of the vocabulary of Washington people, but in their vocabulary it once had a com- manding place. Not to have ‘“chills and fever” and ‘‘malaria” at certain seasons, at any seasons or at all sea- sons, was to be an exceptional man or woman. Our extensively advertised medicines were for the cure of, so it was said, “chills and fever.” That was when wide marshes bounded the city on two sides and these marshes were vast breeding beds for mos- quitoes, and mosquitoes were thought of as one of the necessary inconven- iences of life, just as flies were. Part of the Eastern branch marsh remains vnreclaimed, but work on it pro- gresses. The mosquito evil is under control, and sensible people are as much on their guard against mos- quitoes and flies as against other in- sects which were shunned by careful housekeepers when flies and mos- quitoes enjoyed the freedom of the premises. In the account of the illness of Baron Shidehara, whose illness all the friends of international amity regret, it is said that his condition has been “caused by overwork and a nervous collapse which has been complicated by malaria.” Illness from overwork is rather a rare condition among us, but | the diagnosis in the case of the Japa- {nese ambassador is no doubt accurate. Malaria is disagreeable alone or in as- sociation with any other complaint, and ‘Washingtonians wish the baron quick recovery. Old Washingtonians feel that he did not get his malaria here, or that it was not Washington malaria which got him here, for within the past quarter of a century malaria has come to be almost as unusual a con- dition among us as exhaustion from overwork. ——————— There is no justice in blaming the traffic cop who neglects the jam at a crossing for fifteen or twenty minutes in order to lecture the occupant of a flivver that has strayed from the path of regulation rectitude. He is doing his best. i In the meantime, the Railway Board and the Interstate Commerce Com- mission continue to struggle, un- noted, with some rather serious prob- lems. * England must regard it as a regret- ful circumstance that Lloyd George cannot be in several places at the same time. —— French statesmen insist that their army is necessary in order to preserve the mind of Germany from tempta- tion. | | * There are often moments in world affairs when the dove of peace looks almost as insecure as a Thanksgiving turkey. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. The Gentle Fibber. “I like a fibber now and then,” Said Hezekiah Bings, ‘For Truth, employing tongue or pen May say unpleasant things. I like the man who will assert That all is well today, And that the various thoughts that hurt Must swiftly fade away. “He who is rigid in the truth Is very fine, I know; And yet he’s like an aching ooth, A constant source of woe. Although T must respect him when TUnvarnished fact he brings. jI like a fibber now and then,” Said Hezekiah Bings. Overwhelmed. ‘“Grateful posterity will monument to you?” “What's the use?” inquired Senator Sorghum. “When a monument is put up people have so much to say about it that people forget all about the sub- Ject of the-statue.” rear a “Never try to-entertain a girl by quoting poetry. to her,” said Jud Tun- kins. “It's liable to make your ordi- nary conversation sound terribly flat.” The Ultimate Remainder. The egotist, despite his mirth, Becomes a lonely elf, And finds at last he has on earth One friend, and that's himself. “Methuselah was a_wonderfully old “I "never could .see,” commented Farmer Corntoesel, “why Methuselem insisted’ on telling that yarn about This age. There werenit' any news- papers in those days to print his pic- ture and make a fuss over him.” “I has noticed,” said Uncle Eben. “dat de man who got his wealth by runnin’ e crooked policy game is de one dat's most anxious toput on airs about how much mesiey he's :v‘t-" Nicholas Longworth. A senator is to be elected in Ohio next year. Presumably, Mr. Pomerene will offer for another term. He is now in his second, and has many elements of strength. The republicans realize that they must put up a strong man, and among those mentioned for the nomination is Representative Longworth of Cincin- nati. Mr. Longworth, although but fifty- one, is a veteran legislator, and & man of influence on Capitol Hill. He has specialized on the tariff, and as a member of the ways and means com- mittee for some years taken a prom- inent part in all tariff action and dis- cussions. He was prominent in the preparation and passage through the House of the Fordney measure. He speaks well, and personally is one of the most popular men in Congress. Mr. Longworth’s career in certain particulars suggests that of his father- inlaw. Both were born rich, and be- came industrious men of action by choice. Both were educated at Har- vard, and upon leaving school made straight for politics. Each began his political activity as a member of the legislature of his state, and each rose from high to higher until he achieved national distinction. Mr. Roosevelt’s career was un- matched for versatility and pic- turesqueness. He did many different things, and all of them well. He ex- plored many flelds, and came to con- sequence in all. Mr. Longworth has confined himself to a few things, but they have been important things, and he has shown a mastery in them. He is well situated geographically. Cincinnati, which was once the largest city in Ohio, has yielded supremacy as to numbers, but is still highly im- portant in the business world and a community of much culture, and the Longworths are intimately associated with its growth and well being. A number of national figures of great force in the political world have re- sided there. An Early Beginning. Although so severely trounced at the recent election, the independent voters of New York city are not dis- couraged, but are already making! preparations for the next mayoralty contest four years hence. That is to say, they are organizing upon the as- sumption—safe enough, no doubt—that Tammany will be in the fleld then with a candidate of its own, and they know from experience how ineffective they are against Tammany when they are not organized. Tammany is always organized. Hit or miss at the polls, it remains in| shape for the next engagement. The rank and file are at the call of the leaders, and the leaders are constant- 1y on their jobs. The foes of Tammany have not en-| joyed this discipline. After an elec- tion they have always relaxed their interest. When successful at the polls they have gone to pieces on patronage or policies, and lost out at the next trial of conclusions. When unsuccess- ful they have fallen into & sulk and let everything slide. The purpose now seems to be—at least on the part of the independents —to remedy this by taking a leaf out of Tammany's book. Get into shape in good time, and stay in shape. Keep up recruiting, and hold all who are brought into camp. §n a word, be ready when the time comes, and be able to state in talking fusion what strength can be delivered to the cause. The movement has no connection with national politics, but rests upon the proposition that the city is en- titled to good government on strictly business lines, and that the only way to secure this is for the voters, with- out regard to party affiliations about « party matters, to get together and put ! the affairs of the community inic the !hann of men representing its best | | | citizenship. The “Lily White” Movement. ‘Will the “lily blacks” of Virginia support the republican candidate for Tnited States senator next year? They did not support the republican candidate for governor this year, and he was snowed under. The demo- cratic candidate had some seventy thousand the best of the poll. The “lily blacks,” it will be remem- bered, were asked by the “lily whites” to stand aside in the campaign. The republican appeal was to the white voters. The “lily blacks” nominated a candidate of their own—a “lily black”—and he received about 20,000 votes. The action of the “lily whites” was taken before President Harding visit- ed Birmingham, Ala., and in his speech there called for a square deal for the colored man at the polls. Nevertheless, the action was not re- scinded, and the “lily white” cam- paign proceeded as it had been begun. The matter is of small consequence so far as Virginia is concerned. If the republican division this year had not taken place the democrats would yet have won with ease. If the divi- sion is healed and the republicans pre- sent themselves solidly at the polls next year the democrats will win. In existing circumstdnces Virginia is “set” for the democracy, and will re- main “set” as long as the circum- stances exist. The matter is important in the light of the general situation. The colored man is a voter under the Constitution, and President Harding insists that he should be accorded his political rights. In some of the eastern and in some of the central states he is a factor in the republican .calculations, and his sup- port both in nominating convention and later is solicited. The fear is that he will be chilled in those sections, if not indeed converted into an open enemy, if the “lily white” movement in the south spreads either through the toleration or the open encourage- ment of .the national republican leaders. ————————— The Nobel peace prize does not ap- pear to be any inducement to the style of statesmanship that regards war as inevitable. ————— Occasional mention of & trial must recall’ to the ex-kaiser the adage, ““Threatened men live long.” Politics at Home|Economic Succor. of Europe WASHINGTON, D. O, NOVEMBER 27, 1921—PART 2. Necessary to Prevent Wars BY THOMAS R. MARSHALL, Former Vice President of the United States. UR age has been s0 in- tensely materialistic and pseudo-scientific that the ‘world has become insuf- ferably egotistio. We prayed with more or faith during the great war, but at conclusion of its horrors too many of us reassumed the attitude of the small boy who prayed at night, but who was per- fectly able to take care of him- self in the daytime. With that doubting spirit which seems to be the strongest ally of evil, we are somewhat uncertain whether God after all had anything to do with the result of the war. Were we not sufficient unto ourselves, we are asking, and if God did have any part in the war was He not on the side of the heaviest battal- 1 wonder how many Ameri- adopted the habit of thanking God each morning that He brought the war to a close in the way He did. You may believe all you choose in the invincibleness of armament and in the overpowering strength of mere mentality, but the world's hope of permanent peace, pros- perity and plenty will not reach fulfiliment until the people are willing to follow leaders who ob- tain their conception of govern- ment from the principles stated in the four Gospels. I belleve in the exactitude of that statement, yet I realize that it is a waste of time to ask a hungry man about the state of his soul or to preach the duty of peace to & man who has discovered that by war he can satisty his physical wants. EE R In hoping much from the con- ference considering the limitation of armament, we must not be diverted from a kindered question which requires solution in order to assure permanency of the suc- cessful accomplishment of the conference’s purpcses. The eco- nomic situation in Europe must be adjusted it hope of permament peace and lessened armament is to survive. The Paul Dombeys of America ‘who have been touring Europe have returned, and a number of them have given to me what they have been pleased to call bird's-eye views of the situation. One tells me that Germany proposes to defeat the Versailles treaty, particularly its reparation clauses, with the print- ing press, that it is the purpose of the -German government to keep on printing marks until there shall be such & supply as to render it impossible for the allies to col- lect reparation. Another says that the German purpose {s not alone to avoid reparations, but to de- stroy international trade and to get the business of all nations for themselves. One tells me that the Germans are working day and night % get on in the world. Another says they are abstaining from work for that they are not working at all, that fear that France will decree a of the treaty and take ion of their industries, in event they desire her to get le as possible. I am also German is no wh as_litt] informed that % working because of a belief that his government will take from him the products of his labor and that he is unwilling to work for his government in the interest of France. 8till another reports that the French are not working be- cause they intend to let Germany pay the bills. * %k ¥ . This confusion, whether existent now or not, is likely to develop In Europe if nothing is done about ker currency, and it may develop even though the outcome of the armament conference is satisfac- tory. It may be expressed in the following passage of Scripture: “When the unclean spirit is gone out of & man, he walketh through dry places seeking rest and findeth none. Then he saith, I will return to my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he find- eth’it empty, swept and garnished. ‘Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they en- ter in and dwell therein; and the last state of that man is worse than the first.” In other words, it may be a dan- Trade Advice by World Areas An army of trained and specialized trade investigators is now making a survey of conditions throughout the world by regions for the benefit of American business men, who are be- coming interested as never before in foreign trade opportunities and pit- falls. The first batch of reports on these surveys are already being dis- tributed by the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, and the commer- cial interests of this country are as- sured by Secretary Hoover that from now on summaries and interpreta- tions of current economic conditions in other countries will be forthcom- ing regularly. The first report, already published. covers certain countries of western} Europe—Gregat Britain France, Ger-| many and Italy—and are to be fol-! lowed by similar brief surveys cover-: ing the most important developments in finance, commerce and industry and their significance covering the prin- cipal countries of the world. ‘American business will know that back of these reports is the constant service in many countries of a train- ed and in many cases specialized force of trade investigators and trade pio- neers. The source from which the Department of Commerce will draw this advice is the cumulative store of information amassed by these three e8: .‘(?).d’l‘he dej rtm’l"nt has %l-:\;ma general Tpecial .ne commissioners, 13 as- e commissioners and a ts in offices situ- in 26 countrie “(.ld) The current trade reports of the 800 American consular officers’ are also at its command. 4 (3) Forelgn newspapers and peri- odicals numbering 295 and written in 18 lan regularly indexed and clipped in the research and geo. graphic divisions of the department Ld * * commerce aims to make perfodically avallable in a highly condensed form the same service which is being con- tinually furnished in more detailed fashion in special studies undertaken i 13 s} e U > comm: ol?.v imlonsm The commodity divisions supply information of peculiar-inter- est to ind industrie to The | ever, gerous experiment to sweep mill- . tarism from a people unless busi ness and friendly relations substituted. * % x ¥ ‘The world cannot go on and hope for peace so long as the present great differences in the values of the currencies of the different countries exist. The German mark is practically valueless. The Ital- ian lira is almost as bad. The con- dition of Austrian currency is quite unbelievable. The French franc s seriously depreciated. Even the English pound sterling is below par. The civilized world re- alizes that. the last hope of keep- ing exchange upon a gold standard is resting upon the efforts of the British government. Our own bus- iness men and fioanciers must surely be alarmed as to whether England can succeed in maintain- ing her gold standard. Should the gold standard disappear from the world, civilization would return practically to flat money without anything of intrinsic value back of it save the taxing power of the several governments. Then no government, not even our own, could prevent the gold in its treas- ury from becoming a mere article of trade and commerce. Self-preservation demands that we take some steps to avert this catastroph Reduced to flat money, the world would let loose devils worse even than arms and armament. We are the great cred- itor nation of the world today. We have at least 40 per cent of the gold of the world, totalling in our vaults more than three and a half billion dollars. Such a sum is not needful to insure the stability of our monetary system. I am con: vinced that we could do without a billion dollars of this gold and yet maintain a perfectly safe system of finance. * k x Notwithstanding the intense longing of the American people for stabilized exchange, which longing finds expression In conversation everywhere, whether at the dinner table or on the street corner, it is apparent that an administration which should attempt to rehabili- tate the finances of Europe with- out safeguarding this country against the assistance that might be given and without obtaining assurances that the aid rendered would not be used by the Euro- pean governments to increase their armies and navies would meet with a very prompt and proper re- buke. On the other hand, if any- thing can be done to restore to a parity or to something near a parity the currencies of the sev- eral countries in Europe under positive assurance that the aid would not be used for either the armies or the navies of the coun- tries to which it is given, this ac- tion would, in my judgment, meet with the approval of the American people. This would be a fitting supple- ment to the limitation of arma- ment and should go with it. It would be the same as our saying that having swept and garnished your houses of any further desire to make war on other countries we are now going to put You into a position to resume your normal conditions of trade and to have your fair chance for business in the markets of the world. I am not trying to interfere with the armament conference or to complicate its work. Having put_behind me regrettable inci- dents of the past, I look forward with hope to anything proposed for the good of mankind. I mere- ly make the tentative suggestion that an American commission might be created and authorized to furnish money in the shape of gold bullion to rehabilitate the depreciated currencies of the old world, provided, as 1 have pointed out, that the commission be clothed with sufficient power to guard against the possible danger of the new currency which would be issued upon the basis of the gold bullion being used for mili- tary or naval purposes Not only the restoration of Europe to a real peace footing but the revival of American trade depends very largely upon a sta- bility of exchange in every coun- try engaged in the world com- merce. The economic breakdown of Europe may well be considered in promoting the altruistic pur- poses of the Washington confer- ence (Copyright, 1921, by Thomas R. Marshall.) experts also collaborate with the commodity and technical divisions in work of interest to particular trades in their respective areas. As far as possible the new service making public_reports on reglonal surveys will treat of conditions in areas having a substantial economic unity and covering as broad a terri- tory as practicable. In most instances the economic will accord with the po- litical unit. An attempt will fre- quently be made to summarize the outstanding tendencies of the broader resgion of which each unit is a part. The reports on Great Britain, France, Germany and Italy are al: ready out. Other reports scheduled are: December 5—Conditions in South America, with empahsis especially upon Argentina, Brazil. Chile and Peru. December 12—A further series of summaries for western Europe, treating - particularly Spain, Belgium, Holland and Scandinavia; ~coincident with this will come the first general discussion of economic conditions in 'lhe far east, including particularly Japan and China. Surveys for each region will subse- quently appear at regular intervals, with due consideration given to the most convenient time for each. Of course, the American business man must appregiate the fact that surveys treating of economic conditions in the far east cannot, cover as late a date similar surveys for western Eu- rope. = * % 3y * i * Assurance is also given by Secretary Hoover to the commercial interests of this country that the new service will not supersede the cable news, which is an established feature of the prompt advice that' the Department of Com- merce gives on spot news -affecting American business from'all parts of 'the world. So far -as possible, the “2 hl?rm their significance in a lo.(lla;m ulnvh'!omlm'dwufl- < ‘written reports. m the over- | seas tives of the bureau of gnt . and domestic erce ‘and he, "agénts of- ~ oonsular *The . organisation . of _commodity divisions. enables ‘the ent of Commerce to place technical informa- tion before the American business man in a form most acceptable and of the most practical value to th respec- tive trades. It is not forgotten, how- that a grasp. of fundamental economic conditions and a ready means of understanding the business trend foreign markets. often of equal What Postmaster General Hays eats for dinner when visiting a friend in New York city should prove of in- terest to all those who wonder at the secret of his ability to work twelve to eighteen hours.a day. without a murmur. o) . The Postmaster General is some- thing of a corn bread flend, it seems, preferring real old-fashionéd oorn: bread to any other sort. He drinks no coffee with his dinner, although he does take @ cup of coffee for break- fast, I understand. He is very fond of chicken fixed after the creole style, and this the friend has served up in profusion whenever Postmaster General Hays roj in. Creamed potatoes are among the limited ligt of vegetables he will eat. At these dinners he in- variably drinks milk. He likes a grape frult salad with his dinner. Looking over this list, it would be hard to pick out anything particularly that he eats that could be said to be responsible for his in- dominable ‘“pep,” unless. it is the vital corn bread. But what he does not do, in my opinion, is the secret: He never eats too much. He quits before he is “full,” and thus emujates the example of Cornaro and many others who have believed that the average person necessary. Perhaps, also, the fact that he does not smole has something to do with it. = * % Do government employes loaf on the job? A gentleman passing through the big building presided over by Mr. Hays dévided to test out the ques- tion for himself. In the center of the Post Office Department building is a’ gigantic court, with: the corri- dors of all eight floors overhanging the court like great balconies. Coming from the Postmaster Gen- eral's office on the fifth floor, the in- vestigator stopped halfway down the hall, and looked out into the court. He commanded a view of all of the corridors on the west, north and gouth sides, he himself being on the east side. He was struck .by the number of persons standing in the various corri- dors, looking over the rail into the court, talking to each other in small groups of two or three. He counted twelve persons thus apparently doing no work, and then walked around to the south corridor, where he com- manded a view of the east corridors. There he saw four more persons fdly leaning over the brass handrails, thus making a total of sixteen per- sons apparently doing nothing at one time. He did not count in this sur- vey persons who have desks placed in’the corridors, and were at work, although visible from the point of same gentleman, however, made the same sort of investigation the next day. and failed to discover 2 fingle person hanging over those rails, or apparent] 1 0881) in_the halls. ¥ ¥ Esuping So the question is ‘still open. » * x Is it easier to look at a clock or your watch? City Postmaster Chance answered that problem involuntarily one day last week, when repairmen had taken the face, hands and all the “works"” out of the big clock in his office. His secretary reminded him of the fact that he had an engagement at 10:30 o’clocl ter was standing at the to one side of the clock, and could not see its face. Forget- ting all about the helpless condition of the big timepiece, he jumped around in front to see the time. When the empty clock case greeted him, Postmaster Chance took out his watch. CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Digest of the daily eats a great deal more food than | |Heard and Seen|Fjfty Years Ago in The Star The presence In the District of Co- lumbia of the Government Hospitai for .. ., thelnsane hasalways Sanity ‘m proved a. source of : embarrassment (o Explained, . prict residents who have been confronted by inquisitive stat isticians on the score of the average of sanity in this community. It appears thdt this was a troublesome matter fifty years ago, according to The Btar of November 21, 1871 “Some of the newspaperswhich lave received the last circular from the cen- sus office in this city are greatly trou- bled in mind to aceount for the fact that in the District of Columbia there fs onc mad man in every 275 of the population. or about four times the proportion ac- credited to most of the states. To save some of the anxi>h journalists who ar~ wrestling with this weighty problem from themselves being reckoned in this portion of the tables at the next census if they continue to worry about it, we ‘rise to explain’ that it is not owing to counting Congress in, as some Suppos.. but that the Government Insane Asyluin to which all the lunatics in the Arm and Navy are sent, is located In thix District. ~ This, too, will account for that other puzzling fact to which refer- jence is made, that the number of male persons affected by insanity is almost three times as great as that of the opposite sex." * * ¥ ‘Wednesday, November 2§, 1871, an election was held in the District for delegates Great Majority for lbh € lower ranch of the Improvement Loan. . 1o a1 teg. islature, with a referendum on the sui- Ject of the improvement loans. The Star of the next day, November 23, said: “The result of thé election is ex- ceedingly gratifying to all who desire that this seat of the federal governmen should be worthy in all respects of its position as the capital of a great natior. For many years old fogyism prevafled and our people were taunted with their want of enterprise. “The election of President Lincoln and the war which followed infused a new spirit into our people, and after the war attempts were made to im- prove and beautify Washingtor, but what was done was in accordance with no general system, and the re- sults produced were not as they ought to have been, considering the amount of money expended. There was, con- sequently, great dissatisfactioh on the part of public-spirited citizens and the result was an application to Congress for a change of our form of government. This application was granted, and we all know what fol- lowed. The board of public works, composed of five gentlemen of ac- knowledged worth and ability, con- cefved a proper idea of the respon- sibility attached to their position, and instead of contenting themselves witl patching broken pavements. agree: upon a general system of street im provements and sewerage whic would benefit all parts of the District To carry out this plan. money was re quired, hence the proposition for : lcan of $4.000,000 for special improve ments. This was paseed by the leg islative assembly in spite of the op ponents of progress, who had yea after vear fought every apprepriation for improvements inch by inch. The: carried the case into the courts, an: then came the injunction proceedings already familiar to our readers. Th. legislative assembly had in the mean- time passed another bill, submitting the proposition for a loan of $4,000,000 to a vote of the people. The election was held yesterday, and the result is that the people of the District have given a majority of 13,546 in favor of ! special improvements. Foreign Press Responsibility for the War. MILAN.—A writer in I Secolo com- ments at some length upon a recent pamphlet by Prince Max of Ba- den, who was German chancellor at the time of the armistice. He says: “Prince Max of Baden's pamphlet, “The Moral Offensive,’ is a prelude to a work of revision of justice relative to the question of responsibility for the war, proving that Germany is not alone guilty of having started the war and of having unchained the ter- rible catastrophe from which we are still suffering, how long we shall still suffer. “The initiative of Prince Max of Baden was preceded by many English ,publications in which opinions of those are expressed who wish to com- bat the ‘untruth of the story of Ger- many’'s sole responsibility in starting the war, and who think that with- out a general revision of the existing treaties it will not be possible to obtain moral and economic recon- struction of our continent. “According to my idea” says the writer, “they are wrong to investi- gate history with the idea that it will lead to a revision of the treaties, as these were more or less the resuits of military victory, and if Germany were really entirely innocent of the war, considering how it ended, she would | not have much to expect. Europe has| been going through a crisis of brutal- ity for the last five or six years which shows no sign of lessening. This can be observed in the tone of our jour- nalistic polemics. Justice and cor- rectness, we will not even speak of benevolence, the essential qualities of ethics, are rarely admitted as a duty nowadays, just in exceptional cases they are regarded, as conveniences, Which means that the whole science of ethics Is being reduced to eco- fomics, which is really the science of convenience. It would seem then absurd in such moral surroundings to expect much from a verification of re- Sponsibility. A penal code is being prepared at the present time, in which Pinatics are declared _responsible. When Germany has proved that her. guilt was the guilt of all we shall be 5% the same point where we started. Andre Tardieu, Friend of America. “No Frenchman more deserves the name of friend of America than M. Tardieu, the former French high commissioner to the United States, declares Hugh A. Bayne, counsel for the reparations commission, in an in- terview published in_the Paris edi- tion of the Chicago Tribune; during the course of which the efforts of M. Tardieu to facilitate Franco-Ameri- can co-operation and co-ordination during the war y?:r are detalled in interesting reci L. *ULong before the entry of the United States as & belligerent in the world war M. Tardieu as head of the French mission, by his energy, busi- in directing a great and & stream of her economic resources.to the aid of France,” says Mr. .Bayne. “When America entered the war and her co-operation became direct these talents of M. Tardieu, reinfaorced by and who knows for| 7 | oy regulations are, they are to be stiffened |understanding of the American point of view and his resourcefulness in suggesting and aiding solutions of difficult questions. “Active and methodical, M. Tardieu brought into French political life the rapid understanding, & sense of real- ities and power of organization which is typical of the good American busi- | ness man. If he had chosen to engage |in trade and finance rather than in | politics no one doubts that he wotld {have been as successful in these | fields. “His eloquence and logic ~ wh first won him renown in the Fr. courts, have made him one | most able parliamentary ora: France today. “M. Tardieu's name will above ail |remain associated with the work he accomplished as the French high ‘com- missioner to the United States in the tense period which preceeded Amer- ica’s entry into the war. Delegated by the French government to Wash- ington ‘with full powers, Tardieu was for a time the liaison officer between the governments of the two countries. » 3 “M. Tardleu’s mission to'the United States was even more successful than had been hoped. He obtained for France the supplies of raw materials necessary to the continuance of the struggle and his advice did much to speed up America’s war effort and make it felt at the front in the crit- ical period of the war.” Your Fountain Pen. The editor of the London Mail un- questionably sought to remedy a world-wide complaint when’he- pre- vailed upon “a pen expert’ to_write an article on “What's the Matter With Your Pen?” In any event, here are some of the pointers the expert gives the vast army of sufferers from ;lelh:l' too wet or too dry fountain ns. “Many fountain pen irregularities (Nlull from apparently trival hap- penings. For example, the man who lends a friend his pen must not be surprised if it never works quite as well afterward. No of fair wear and tear will cause a nib to deteriorate so much as sudden change "of hands. ‘This because very few people possess precisely the same touch. Again, the angle at which @ pen is held varies with almost every individual. “Of the millions of fountain-pen users in this country, it is surprising how few give them a thorough clean- ing. When in regular use a n should be cleaned at least once a month. - “Many 2 pen in constant use werks all the better for a rest- mow da then. This 1s because -the rougl :fi‘:fifi; DneJ cause the nib to-henut at times, causing an scratching.” . N ‘?‘B" Exclusive Argentina. Argentina, - the South' American re- public, fs Making a bold bid for the title of the most exclusive country in the world. 2 nt as the present immigrat tion on -January 1 the " knowledge . and ~experience ot [Set of finger prints taken at the Argen. American- conditions already. gained,} o &:"“‘ cn.y“hh. The T contributed to the vast.and complex |y, o o tro e 54 problem of rendering: her co-opera- P regard o application of tion- effective, an aid so_substantial “"‘u = t PpLY.. Lhy that the effectiveness, of America’s|emveie "ong mm princes, v-l‘_ participation can .mever be justly es- | SiIRIOrS SR thle POOK = timated without awarding to M. Tar- tor mmummmm - dieu s credit which proves -him to certificate that lmnmr have been one of the substantial con- tributors to the final victory. “America’s and France's grati to M. Tardleu is due not only for the lwork he did during the war, but for the 1 and sympathetic assist- ance he rendered in- the lignidation of America’s vast assets and liabili- ties- in France which. the uq;luuon wmuu:on of t;u Amo:l:an "xmi partment wound up. counsel of that commission I ‘many oppor- tunities to appreciate his sympathetic tude | ny certificate S fmvioe and sealed provide, too, & . ships been imprisoned during must also have a medical t they have "ml suffered and. jqust be ‘ountersigned They must description of doctor’ and the _police. minyts .