Evening Star Newspaper, December 8, 1921, Page 6

N ) New % €hfeago Office: 5 wrhere. : THE. EVENING STAR. ‘With Sundsy Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. YIHURSDAY. . ..December 8, 1921 e T RN “THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor - 1o Evening Star Newspaper Company - ‘Business nd Pennsylvania Ave. Otfice: 150 Nassau 8t. tional Buok Bullding, in First 2 Buropean Ottice: 3 Regent St., London, Engla The Evening Star, with the Sunday morn! . edition, is delivered by carriers within the cl At €0 cents per mionth ; daly only, 45 cents ; Sunday only. 20 cents per mooth. De sent Ly mail, o telephone Maln lection 1 made by carrlers a #84 of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daily and Sunday..1yr. gg 4 Daily only. ¢ Sund: 0c 0c 0c Daily and Sunday.1yr., $10.00; 1 mo., 85¢ Daily only. Jdyr, ‘s?.nn 1 mo., 80c Sunday only. 5¢ Secretary Davis’ School Plan. Secretary Davis’ plan for high . &chool reorganization in the District, " Just submitted to Senator Capper for eoonsideration by the joint committee % of Congress, will not immediately elicit approval by those who have ®een most closely studying the local school needs and seek early correction of the conditions from which the sys- tem is suffering. It is, however, an interesting contribution to the thought bearing upom school betterment and will call for earnest consideration. Broadly, Secretary Davis' plan is for a city college, rather than a high “ school system. It may be that such an institution is desirable. It has Dbeen projected in the past, though not . in such a comprehensive manner. In- deed, more than thirty-five years ago the late Edward A. Paul, principal of the high school—there was then but one for each race—drafted a proposal * for a city college, to be evolved out of the high school system, not replac- ing that system, as Secretary Davis suggests now, but supplementing it. The high schools have always been regarded as the culminating points of the grade system, as preparatory schools for college and normal school € work. Manual training, introduced over f thirty-seven years ago as an experi- ment, has become an important fea- ture, calling for not merely a special school, but for technical equipment in # other schools. Business training has ¢ called also for a special school. Thus the tendency has been to specialize, and at the same time the high schools, divided for geographical convenience also, have grown enormously in size. Every one of the seven, despite the provision of new and larger buildings for them in recent years, is over- crowded today. The question arises, in connection with Secretary Davis’ proposal, . whether concentration is as much to be desired as separation. Doubt has Dbeen bred in many minds recently re- garding the efficiency of the large school as against the smaller. One of the high schools, built for about 2,200 + pupils with every regular seat occu- pied, now has more than 3,000 pupils. . Individuals are submerged in such a great mass. Contact between pupil and teacher is reduced to the slight- est degree. The school becomes a , huge machine and, save in the cases of the few exceptional students, schol- arship suffers in consequence. ‘What Washington's system needs today chiefly is a large addition im- ‘ mediately to its grade-school plant, with additional high-school accommo- dations. All seven of the high schools are suffering from congestion, .even the greatest of them. It will be nec- essary for the joint committee to con- sider whether to recommend enlarge- ments along all lines, or for the present along special ones. No doubt wue wvest resuit for the District would be to proceed with a comprehensive building plan designed to catch up with the school arrears in, say, five years. If in the wisdom of the school authorities and of Congress the oon- centrated high school system just -proposed is adopted, it should be as a further development, along the lines of a collegiate institution rather than a part of the basic school system of the capital. —_——— China has been regarded as one of the most peaceful of nations, when as a matter of fact it has had so much strife within its own borders that it could not undertake the kind of fight- ing that attracts the most attention. If all its fighting talents could be co- ordinated, China might take rank as a great military nation. ————— . _'Predictions that war would become eobsolete have often been made, but never realized. Only modes of war- fare considered in their day the ulti- anate possibility have done so. ————————— Conflict is always followed by treaty making. Time would be saved by omitting the fight and proceeding di- reetly to the discussion. Retirement Annuities. Secretary Mellon suggests in his annual report that the annuities of the government civil employes who have been retired from the service should be increased. He also sug- gests that the retirement age should be reduced from seventy to sixty- eight. But the latter is made con- tingent upon the former. That is to say, Mr. Mellon would not have any government clerk retired at a lower age than at present unless he can be assured of a larger income. Nor, in- deed, should any employe be forced to quit the service at the rate of retire- “ment pay now prevailing. In_this ‘connection should be con- [ sidered - the case of the clerks .who « mave served the government for thirty yvears and more and have not reached 2 ‘the- retirement age. It has been-said 4 by thosé who have studied the matter closely that rarely does efficiency con- tinue high after thirty years of con- tinuous work in any one line. Task- . weariness sets in and impairs the use- fulness of the worker. This is true + im- the government service as else- ‘Would it not be better for the government to permit those who have T Jabored continuously for thirty years ‘to retire, without waiting for attain- “ ment of thé age of seventy? - ~But whetlier the thirty-year retire- mént principle is adopted, or some provision is made for disability re- girenient 4t leésthan thie présent limit 1ty | retired employes as long as the con- | of retirement age, the whole matter of the system as it has been set in operation should be studied by Con- gress, through the executive officials who are charged with the administra- tion of the law. It is expected that the report of the actuaries who have had to do with the keeping of the retirement aceounts will, as Secretary Mellon’s report indicates, warrant a greater degres of liberality. The principle should be established to grant the maximum of benefit to the tributions to the fund taken from the pay of the employes remain at the present rate. It may be that eventually the con- tribution rate can be reduced and the compensation rate increased as well. This would be the fullest measure of Jjustice to the employes of the govern- ment, who are now taxed to maintain the retirement fund with no positive assurance of benefit, though with a guarantee of a refund of contributions in case of withdrawal from the service before the retirement age is reached. —————————— Mr. Harrison Opens the Ball. Senator Harrison, in bantering tone and terms, protests the President’s ef- fort to solidify his party in Congress. And yet was not the President within his rights? Was it not his duty, indeed, to speak out? Is he not the leader of his party, in Congress and out? These questions answer themselves. The President is the leader of his party. His party is civided, and a party divided against itself cannot stand. So there was good reason for him to speak. And he spoke in good time. The session opens with a large amount of business awalting attention. The re- publican party has & mandate to attend to it, and the President wants it attended to as satisfactorily as pos- sible. He is probably thinking of two things—the public’s interests and the party's interdsts. If the public’s in- terests are well served, the party’s will be also. “He serves his party best who serves his country best.” The senator from Mississippi would, of course, be glad to see the opposi- tion remain divided. He wants a dem- acratic victory next year, and will be prominent in the contest. It would fall in excellently with his wishes and purposes for the republicans to con- tinue their bickerings and hand over the next Congress—at least the next House—on a silver salver to the dem- ocrats, as they did in 1910. Does not Mr. Harrison really com- pliment the President’s message when, in replying to it and its many sug- gestions, he offers nothing more sub- stantial than criticism of the Presi- dent’s desire for party unity? PR, 60, S ST O 120 S T ol ol i Y 1 8 OO 8 A L0 R 0 DR e ek o MR < 0BT 83 80 S R L R B e e i L L S L QR LT A 60 The House Minority. Mr. Kitchin of North Carolina, the leader of the House minority, con- tinues under the weather. No time is set for his probable return to duty. He is a very competent man for his post, and probably chafes under his disability. - The House card must ap- peal to him. The subjects are in line with his past actlvities as a legislator. Particularly must he regard his ab- sence from the tussle over tariff re- vision. He has specialized on the tariff, and if on deck would head the minority House members of the con- ference committee which will take the Fordney bill in hand after the Senate finishes its work of revision. But in Mr. Garrett of Tennessee the democrats have an excellent sub- stitute. He is a democrat after Mr. Kitchin's heart. That is-to say, he is regular after the old order of things. He and Mr. Kitchin are in full agree- ment on the tariff question, and as & member of the conference committee he will probably take the course Mr. Kitchin in his place would take. And Mr. Garrett has an opportunity at this session which may capitalize well for him if he continues through the session as the leader on his side of the chamber and the democrats win the next House. In that event he will probably be in the running for Speak- er, with his services fresh in the minds of all. He has been in Con- gress since and including the Fifty- ninth, and therefore holds a place among his party’s veterans on Capi- tol Hill. His district is so safely dem- ocratic it withstood even the repub- lican onslaught of last year. $ The inability to make sufficlently rapid arrangements for & loan from this country is naively mentioned as the cause of the overthrow of Guate- mala's government. The conditions which led to the need of this kind of pecuniary relief are likely to be in reality most responsible- for the dis- satisfaction. ——————————— An increase of annuitiés to retired government clerks, as suggested by Secretary Mellon, would be a stimulus to morale and competence. Uncle Sam does not need as many workers as he used to, but he needs the very best available. . —————— Canada and the United States con- tinue to offer an example that should be valuable in Europe, of how to be friendly, though neighbors. The holiday trade again demon- strates that the Santa Claus myth is a most influential business reality. & ? The Shoaling Potomac. Gen. Beach, chief of engineers, re- ports to Congress that the Virginia channel of the Potomac river hes shoaled two feet in two years, and he urged additional dredging to reclaim the channel for service. This statement of the rate of river shoaling will be of interest to those who do not personally recall the early condition of the river at this point, before the reclamation of the “flats” was undertaken. The present Poto- mac Park is composed of sediment dredged from the river bottom and forced through tubes behind retaining walls. Millions of cubic yards of ma- terial were thus pumped out of the channels. Practically every foot of the park came out of the river bed. At the sedimentation rate of a foot a year it is easy to see how the Po- tomac is capable of ylelding enough material to make such & great ex- panse of park. In the early years the dredging. was only done when actual necessity compelled. The dredges were - THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. of the old bucket typ scoop by scdop an scows, to be towed' away somewhere and dumped, or perhaps scooped out and hauléd off to fill hollows. The plan to use the sediment from the choking river ‘chanmel for the reclamation of the flats was & stroke of genius. It solved the channel prob- lem, cured a condition that menaced the health of the District and even- litting the mml' depositing it on| tually provided & park the like of| which does not exist elsewhere. And now, at the rate of a foot & year, the Potomac continues to bring down ma- terial that can be used for other fills, to make other parks, perhaps; but, whether used for such purposes or not, it must be removed, else the Po- tomac will deteriorate into a minor stream on which only craft of the lightest draft can navigate. The President and Congress. The President stands to hear much pleasant news about himself. Sena- tors and representatives, returned from thelr fortnight at home, will be dropping in and telling him about what the “boys” are saying about the administration. Their reports, there is reason t0 be- lieve, will all be to the good. Com- mercial travelers and others, who on their trips talk politics as well as busl- ness, remark on how favorably they find the people everywhere impressed with the President. He suits them, and they are very hearty in pro- claiming the fact. They are wishing him success, and expecting him to achieve it. But the legislators did not hear as pleasant things said about themselves. The popular tone dbout Congress is critical. It is probably a little unjust. Sufficient allowance has not béen made for the size of the order pre- sented last April, when Congress met and the country, still under the spell of the previous November, was ex- pecting that a legislative miracle would be wrought. Miracle-workers seldom appear on Capitol Hill, and none appeared this time. So that having to tackle an unusually large order in the every- day way, with everyday means, and under everyday direction, Congress did not make the progress demanded. But that is old stuff. Back on the job now, and aware of the popular disappointment, Congress has the op- portunity, and should feel the spur, to quicken its pace and improve its rec- ord for use next November. It ought to take a leaf out of the President’s book and win only applause. ————————— In any arrangements of organized business control of their own products it may be hoped that farmers will be content with quick sales and small profits and not imitate sinful specu- lators who have tried to corner the market. t President Harding has arranged an opportunity for & number of diplo- mats to be remembered in history as peacemakers and not as fight pro- moters. ——— Airships and radio have already brought nations closer together than ever before. The adjustment .of egn- ditions to meet new relations Is in progress. } King George's amnesty for Irish prisoners will make this year's holi- day greetings in the British Isles something memorable. i Every effort is being made to relieve the league of nations of apprehensions concerning the possibility of a com- petitive or imitative organization. The “dove of peace” has at least been persuaded to stop cooing senti- ment and talk business. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.. After the Ball. : I'm trying to be happy and contented, Although I never hit the social whirl. My aspirations have been circum- vented. I never dance with any pretty girl, Although, of course, I rather-like to see 'em So gracefully go gliding through the hall. But all alone I haunt the big museum In which a pleasant time was had by all. The oldest families here politely mock us— There's a mummy queen from old Egyptian days. I pay my homage to a diplodoccus And tremble at a dodo's haughty gaze. Though gone is all the gayety of na- tions, X A thrill of satisfaction great is mine As I mingle with the neighbors and relations Of so many an ancient and distin- guished line. Psychologic Subtleties. “We can attack that candidates record in dozens of different ways,” remarked the campaign manager. “Specialize on one or two defects,” advised Senator Sorghum. “If you show them all up at once, a lot of people will get the idea that he is being abused and vote for him out of sympdthy.” Jud Tunkins says when he hears a man say war is inevitable he's glad scientists didn't quit work and say the same thing about epidemics. Superior Advantages. ‘When Rip Van Winkle's dreams were sweet < For twenty years or more, 2 There were no autos in the street Nor phonographs next door. Useful Giving. = “What are you going to ask Santa Claus for?” inquired the small boy.’ ! “Well,” replied Mr. Growcher, “if he's going to insist on wearing inflam- mable whiskers at the Christmas tree, I hope he'll bring-along a fire in- surance policy.” I knowed de Job wasn’ gineter last long,” said Uncle Eben, “when I found out I was expected to assist a’man to help a man dat was passin’ de tools i l 1 T ~ Who’s Who XVI—M. Albert Sarraut Atthe Arms Conference ROBABLY no delegate at the arms and far eastern confer- ence understands ' more thor- s oughly the Pacific situation than M. Albert Sarraut, member of the French delegation. His knowledge of the subjec recognised by the conference when it appointed him a member of the committee that is to consider the proposed sabolitlon of extraterritoriality in China. Newspaper man, lawyer and educat- or, M. Sarraut has studied conditions in the far east at close range. He has been governor general of Indo-China nd he so won the affection of the ndo-Chinese for France that, during the war, it was sufficlent to leave in the colony.300 white soldiers for a population of 25,000,000. As present minister of the colonies, it is under- stood he has prepared & vast plan for reorganization of the French colonies and the development of their immense resources. What this will mean, to France best can be appreciated when it is considered that the combined area of the colonies is fourteen times greater than that of France itself, or as large as the United States. Born at Bordeaux, in 1872, M. Bar- raut has served his country with dia- tinction as statesman and soldier. At the age of thirty he was undersecre- tary of state. He collaborated with M. Clemenceau, and, later, he became undersecretary of state in the min- istry of war, where he organized the first aviation section of tie army. In 1911 he was appointed governor Fenerul of Indo-China. There he fol- lowed a courageous policy toward the natives. He punished severely crimes against humanity, but gave liberty to the people. His administration is credited with having stimulated and aided a remarkable beginning in self- government in Indo-China. He was in France in 1914, preparing to return to Asia, when war broke out. M. Viviani appointed him minis- ter of public education, and, until the end of 1915, he administered the na- tional system of education with great success, notwithstanding many school buildings had been converted into hospitals and thousands of teachers had gone to the front. Then, as the fury of the war brought France into her darkest hours, AL Sarraut volunteered for military ser- vice. He was appointed a second lieu- tenant and, later, he participated in the battles of Bois le Pretre and Ver- dun. At Verdun he recelved the war cross for gallant action. The presence of M. Sarraut in Indo- China was regarded by the govern- ment as of such importance that he was recalled from the trenches and sent back to Nanoi. Here, again, his administration was destined to be a conspicuous one. Within a short tim he was able to send to France 140,00 men and a variety of raw materlals. In 1918 he returned to France, but not to rest upon the laurels he had EDITORIAL DIGEST Gentlemen’s Agreements. While the idea of an “association of natlons” is greeted with enthusiasm by most American papers, one ele- ment of the plan as projected by President Harding is rather freely criticised. This is the “radical de- parture,” to quote the Philadelphia Public Ledge (independent), “from the theory of the diplomacy of the past that written alliances and trea- ties were necessary among nations.” Repudiation of this theory consti- tutes, in ‘the opinion of this writer, “one of the cardinal principles of the Harding program.” “What Mr. Harding is aiming at” the Christian Science Monitor (Bos- ton, independent), says, “is a substi- tution of a gentlemen's agreement for a definite treaty. Supplanting for- mal pacts by ‘“‘understandings” will have two advantages, as the Pitts- burgh Dispatch (independent) views it; it will “avoid possible difficulties over ratification,” and ‘as for effective- ness, an understanding reached in each instance by frank discussion and agreement and backed by popular opinion wili be infinitely stronger than any treaty that may at any time be treated as a scrap of paper if found disadvantageous.” Dependence upon “the common sense of most” to keep “fretful realms in-awe,” howaever, will not prove very practical in operation, in the opinion of many editors, The Memphis News Scimitar (independent) recognizes that “a round table discussion, such as the association of nations would engage in, without authority to pass upon the merits of the questions un- der consideration, might accomplish some good,” but, as the Pittsburgh Sun (democratic) says, “it is more generally understood every day that a league to which nations do not Hclegate authority cannot exercise 'Until President Harding that “the millennium has really arrived,” the Oklahoma City Oklahoman _ (démocratic) thinks “many Americans will insist that any agreement jn regard to matters vital to the welfare of this country must be drawn up in definite written form, properly signed by the representa- tives of the participating nations and ratified as required by law,” for “when that is done there will be back of the agreement sufficient moral and physical force, if necessary, to make it mean something.” The Indianapolis News (independent) also feels that “treaties would be greatly preferable, and much more effective—a much safer reliance.” But the Chicago News (independ- ent) reminds this group of objectors that “experience has demonstrated that international agreements actual- Iy may amount to less than nothing, and that even definite treaties are sometimes quite worthless.” Cer- tainly this country “remembers the most solemn obligations that the na- tions of the world had with Germany and the manner in which she tore them to bits when she thought it to her interest to. discard them,” the Allentown (Pa.) Call (independent) obgerves, and with the substitution of “moral obligation” for the old idea of treaty restraints the Call be- lieves the United States is ready to declare that “the word of each mem- ber nation is good enough” and that after discussion of and agreement upon “the most vital questions it will not be necessary to nail them down with treaties.” The Charleston (W. Va.) Mail (republican) sees in “the moral sentiment of the world” a “potent force” which will hold na- tions “in honor bound to carry out” the agreements which they reach “yoluntarily” through the confer- ences of the association of nations.” Certainly “nobody fears that any agreement made at the present con- ference will not be faithfully ob- can prov ‘| served,” the Indianapolis Star (inde- pendént republican) declares, and “the same power of public opinion will operate in regard to other pro- posals that might come up from time to_time. This “high sense of international honor_is a fine.ideal,” but the Roa- noke World-News (democratic) finds that the difficulty lies in the fact that “the nations of the world haven’t any such international honor yet,” so “we ‘can’t count too largely upon it.” Gentlemen's agreements -“not only have no_legal force,” but, according to the San Francisco Chronicle (in- dependent), “hardly any actual ef- fect,” especially “when neither of the ‘gentlemen’ will let his countrymen know -precisely what agreement has been made.” Then there is the fur- ther difficulty, the Norfolk Virginian- :Pilot . (independent democratic) sug- ts, “of keeping the agreeing na- tions gentlemanly.” Gentlemen's agreements, “with shifting admin- istrations, shifting cabinets ~and shifting popular passions,” would, in the opinion of the New York.World (democratic), -be the. “most. effective I l 722 Z Z Save 1c a Lb. M. ALBERT SARRAUT. won. M. Millerand invited him to enter the cabinet as minister of colo- nies, thus meeting the wishes of the French colonials. The appointment was well received by the public and he was generally regarded as the right man in the right place. He has been returned successively as minister of colonies by M. Leyguet ll:d by M. Briand, the present pre. mier. Since early youth M. Sarraut had followed the double career of mews- paper man and lawyer, and, while this is his first visit to the United States, he has written extensively on Amer- fcan topics. In fact, his first book was a study of the American system of government. At one time he was one of the prin- cipal editors of the powerful journal La Depeche, which exerts great in- fluence throughout southern France. His brother, Senator Maurice Sarraut, one of the most influential members of the senate, is the manager of this publication. M. Sarraut is an art critic of recog- nized ability. If he has a hobby it is the collecting of paintings. But his hours for recreation and gratify- ing personal whims are few. His life is glven to France, and his ambition is to bring about a development of her’colonies on such a scale that they will be able to contribute effectively to the raising of a new France from the ashes of the war. Lunch Biscuits agency of international distrust and discord that could be contrived,” for the White House would be “sole ar- biter,” and the international rela- tions of the world would be “at the mercy of every presidential election in the United States.” Twisted Facts. One of the favorite arguments of those enthusiasts who would have the United States disarm completely and immediately is the statement that wars and preparations for war now take 93 cents out every tax dollar paid to the government. _As a matter of fact, the Army and Navy of the United States, urider the present appropriations acts, receive a little less than 19 cents out of every tax dollar. This represents the total possible saving, even if every vestige of Army and Navy were abolished. The 74 cents remaining covers obli- ations incurred in wars that have een fought, and which must be paid out of tax money regardless of any present or future action in repsect of armed force. Among these items are the Interest on the ]iberty bond issues, compensa- tion for disabled soldiers, vocational education, the civil war pension list, maintenance of soldiers’ homes and 80 _on. Reduction of armament, as suggest- ed in the American plan, would, ot course, result in the saving of many millions of dollars each year and the benefit must be estimated in its prop- er proportion among the other excel- lent results expected to accrue from the adoption of the plan. But figures regarding the cost of wars as they appear in the national budget, should be read with a clear understanding of their meaning. 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This can be accom- plished only through a knowledge of the best English literature.” The English language possesses & very definite construction, and the construction is far simpler than that of the Latin language. With the ob- servance of the rules of construction speech may be made clear and exact, and if speech cannot possess these poseibilities it is of little value. Years ago we had the theory of English speech, but not the required practice. Now we have the practice, but not the necessary knowledge of the laws governing it. The blame can- not be charged wholly to the schools. ‘When the people themselves have be- come awake to the needs of a better and more correct use of the mother tongue better teaching of English also will come.—New York Herald (independent). Missouri paper—"“One should always wear a smile at breakfast” That much, at least.—Boston Transcript. The trouble is that in reading about the arms parley you get more dope than hope.—Evansville Courfer. A _boss is a man who gets down early when you are late and late when you are early.—Flint Journal. Mars and arms are spelled with the same letters and dispelled with the “:. spirit—Greenville (S. C.) Pled- mon Lloyd George has bought an estate in the midst of a wooded district. Looks as If he contemplated taking to the tall timber.—Toledo Blade. The outstanding characteristic of s Rosted again Mondsy mornine. eing buste: mol % ——Ak‘ron Beacon Journal. 3 Some women think that as soon as they have acquired 2 husband and a can opener they are equipped for life. —Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The arms conference has agreed flu:‘l Chln:. shall a"”":" her own system, and not one 8- :::nher has suggested Burluonor the job.—Seattle Times. e of " the. Earopean nations stil some. e [ are willing to be ‘saved from e soldiers— ot g% i Walnuts .. Mixed Nuts % Z W 24 Y