Evening Star Newspaper, December 25, 1921, Page 18

ro v THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, DECEMBER 25, 1921—PART - 2. THE EVENING STAR, . With Sunday Morning Edition. \ WASHINGTON,D.C. SUNDAY......December 25, 1921 (FHEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor ‘The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Offite, 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. New York Office: 150 Nassau St. Chicago Office: First National Bank Building. European Ofiice: 3 Regent 8t., London, England. The Evening Star, with the Sunday morning edition, is delivered by carriers within the city 1At 60 cents per month: daily only, 45 cents per “menth; Sunday only, 20 cents per month. Or- ders may be sent by mail, or telephone Main 5000. Collection is mude by carriers at the ¢nd of each month. ‘Rate by Mail—Payahle in Advance. Maryland and Virginia, Daily and Sunday..1yr., $5.40; 1 mo., 70c Daily only 1y, $6.00; 1 mo., 50c ‘Sunday only 1yr., $2.40; 1 mo., 20c All Other States. “Daily and Sunday.1yr., $10.00; 1 mo., 85¢ Daily only.........1yr., $7.00; 1 mo., 80c Sunday only.......1yr., $3.00; 1 mo., 25¢ o Christmas and Peace. Christmas, 1921, may be one of the great dates in world history. It may be recorded as the time when men moved sincerely and practically to- ward the ideal of peace on earth which was established by Christ centuries ago. For there is making in this city at the present time an under- standing between the greater nations which will work for peace between them and probably for the preserva- tion of peace elsewhere. War is an abhorrent reversion to the primitive conflict without rea- son. Steadily for centuries the thoughts of men have been fixed more and more definitely upon a state of well being in which the differences be- tween political groups and peoples might be adjusted without resort to force. But with all this aspiration to- ward the ideal, man has steadily progressed in the development of the so-called arts of war, adapting to the purpose of slaughter the highest prin- ciples of science, and all new discov- eries in the use of physical material, until in 1914 came war on a more gigantic scale than ever before known, in which the most terrible means of extermination, of maiming and blinding and devastation were ap- plied. From that war has come in the hearts of men a.renewed determina- tion to progress to the realm of rea- son and justice. The Christian prin- ciple of peace was never more highly regarded, never more sincerely sought than it is today. And in pursuance of that ideal representative§ of the great nations have met here at this capital to seek a practical way to lessen the chances of war, and to lighten the burden of the preparations which political conditions even yvet require in some degree from the powers bearing world responsibility. Progress greater than that which many believed possible has been made toward that point of great de- sire. Questions that seemed beyond direct settlement have been put in the way of adjustment. Agreement has heen reached to lessen the war-making machinery on the seas. Causes of pos- sible fri set toward settlement. A treaty has Lieen signed. the faithfu} observance of | which, when ratified, will make for peace on the part of the powers that | stand today as the trustees of im- mense areas and vast multitudes of people. It would, indeed, have been appro- yriate had this conference been con- cluded with complete success along all the lines of its purpose by this day, Christmas, the day of peace and good will. But details remain to be settled upon the broad principles that have Deen established. A successful out- come is no longer doubtful. It is pos- ~ible today to rejoice confidently in the prospect of peace on earth. The Country in Winter. The man who lives in the suburbs of a great city has some advantages over his strictly urban cousin. Per- iaps he has some disadvantages, too. But when it comes to better oppor- tunity to observe the beauty of a winter morning there can be little question that the country dweller has a precious possession which the city man knows little about. In the city the dawn of a bleak, gray, snowy morning, with its slip- pery asphalt, its perhaps cold home and the heartless alarm clock, whose Lell knows not remorse, has little of beauty about it. Tt is just another disagreeable morning of what bids r to be a slushy, disheartening day. If one gets up early it is so dark that the daylight is outshone by the street Jamps, which do not lend much{ cheer to the scene. But in the country it is different. Ylere are the great spaces, the wide stretches of field and road which are the heritage of every man. The open road, holding its mystery, stretches away like a velvet ribbon in the dark. 1t one goes to town early, it yet is 1ight enough to put the realization of great things into the mind, the beauty of the struggling dawn into the soul, the strength of the snow-covered hills and fields into the blood. Even the city man can play the optimist, and take for his own, with- out money or price, the snow and 1he rain, the sunshine and sunset, which nature spreads in such prodigal array over the world day after day. But he scarcely can hope to realize to the full the beauty of the world in winter. He must go to the country for that. ) Y e—— . The fact that he is occasionally ili does not prevent Mr. Charles W. Morse from undertaking an unusual amount of work and worry. Many e diplomat’s idea of playing Santa Claus is to go home and give Tis people a section of the earth. Jewel Robberies. One gets an impression in reading newspapers that wealth invested in dewelry is wealth that often takes wing. If worn it seems to be & shin- ing mark for highwaymen; if exposed 1w shop windows and trays in glass cases it attracts bandits; if left at home it seems to make shining loot for burglars or dishonest servants. A day seldom passes that a& jewel rob- bery is not chronmicled in the news, and the value of jewelry, stolen in course of a year mounts to an enor- mous sum. The facts indicate that Jjewel owners do not exercise sufficient, or even a considerable degree of cau- tion in the care of this form of prop- erty. It is a problem of difficulty, for if jewelry were kept in a safe-deposit box it would not fulfill its functign of personal adornment. If carried on the person the risk of loss or theft is usually considerable and never re- mote, and when left at home the danger of theft is not small. The prob- lem which is “up to” each owner of jewelry is to exercise the greatest possible caution in preserving this highly portable class of property. The Children of Armenia. For 2,000 years the people of Ar- menia have followed the teachings of Christ, preserving devotedly their faith against oppression and cruelty and fanatical tyranny. Today they are all but an exterminated people. After a long series of persecution by the Mos- lems and by savage masters preceding the followers of Mohammed came the great war, in which they were caught as in a vise and terribly crushed. To- day merely the remnants of this once charity of more fortunate peoples, and the special charges of Americans, who have organized for their succor. An appeal for more funds has been issued by the Near East Relief, which has this great work of succor in charge, and it is peculiarly appropriate to the Christmas time. For whatever is given to aid the people of Armenia is given in His name for whom they have so sorely suffered. The problem in Armenia is to save the children. For their rescue or- phanages have been established. Every one of them is overcrowded. The par- ents of these children have been swept away by disease and slaughter. These little ones are practically the survivors of the race. The murderers of the Ar- menians slew not only the men, but many of the women as well. In some places they tried to exterminate the children also. In the papers of Talaat Pasha, who was Killed in Berlin by an Armenian, have been found instruc- tions sent from Constantinople to Turkish commanders in Armenia plainly hinting at the slaughter of the little ones in order to prevent the re- growth of the Armenian people. ‘These orphanages maintained by the Near East Relief are the main hope for Armenia today. If funds fail they I ve claims—that of faulty boxes or un locked - boxes—touches the real point at issue. The simple .truth of the matter is that the postal service is not rendering to the millions of apartment house dwellers throughout the country the service to which they are entitled and which ‘it gives to other residents of cities and towns. It is admitted by postal experts that delivery to indi- vidual apartments, from floor to floor, would perhaps cost less than delivery to the same number of private resi- dences along the block. That the total cost of furnishing this service would large is unquestioned, but the postal service should be able to solve this problem. Tt is of more immediate necessiiy than some other postal needs which are heing agitated at this time, and one more closely touching the pride of the service. —_—————————— The President and Alaska. The President again expresses a de- sire to visit the Pacific coast and Alaska. He had such a journey in mind for last summer, but was forced to abandon it on account of public duties here at headquarters. Congress splendid nation are left. objects of | did not show the speed expected, and sat all through the summer. This second plan depends on Con- gress. If the tables on Capitol Hill can be cleared by carly summer the President will be able to go. Other- wise, not. A trip to Alaska for ob- servation purposes calls for summer weather. Congress then must hustle if the President is to be accommodated. The routine alone will be heavy, and much more than the routine awaits atten- tion. Six months separate us from early summer, and a fortnight of the time will probably be set aside for the Christmas holiday: £ A trip across the continent by the President next year would operate as a good party investment. The people would turn out in large numbers in his honor, and speeches would be in evitable. The people would demand them, and the President could not well decline. He speaks themes would be so abundant. that he would naturally and easily comply. The effect on November would be so much to the good. The republicans want to control the next Congres both for the sake of their legislative program and for the prestige the vie- tory would give them for 1924, and the west and the northwest are intimate- s0 5 will have to be closed. No one knows |ly in their calculations. what will then become of the Arme-| nian children. Facilities for the feed- ing of the people are meager.. They are desperately struggling to re-estab- ilish themselves industrially, but with ill success. The handicaps are for the present too big. They must be helped from without or they will perish. Many appeals are made to the Amer- jcan people for this and for that pur- pose, for the suffering in various for- eign lands as well as for those at home. The appeal for the Armenians, however, must be heeded unless this land is to abandon to a miserable fate la race for which there should be the strongest sympathy and the keenest pity, especially in this hour of cele- i bration of the birth of Him in whose Catching Speeders. One of the judges of the Police Court has in recent rulings sought to discourage the practice of policemen “laying traps” for lawbreakers, in- stead of endeavoring to prevent breaches of the law by open appear- ance and warnings. A motor cycle traffic policeman who haled a speeder to court after catching him from am- bush was told that the proper way -to enforce the rules is to appear plainly in view of the road users and thus to discourage any disposition to rush be- yond the speed limit. The defendant was released on personal hond: | Undoubtedly prevention is better { than punishment. The policeman who l makes no cases in court because there are no violations of law in his range of action is the best policeman, not necessarily he who brings into court numerous violators. The object of a police force is to preserve order. In the case of speeders, however, it is obvious that the policeman must pro- ceed on the assumption that the rac- ing motorist will break the law if he thinks he can ‘“‘get away with it.” It is impossible to patrol every foot of the roads. The practical way of en- forcement is to catch as many rule- breakers as possible and make them |And gained possessions wide and long suffer as examples. It “speed traps” are to be banned by | For Injuns, sometimes fierce and wild, ! court action much of the efficiency of llhe motor cycle guardians of the high- ways will be destroyed. It should real- 1y matter nething to the court whether a rule-breaker knew there was a po- {liceman within range or not. Inieed, the apparent absence of the policeman i should never be rated as an excuse for ! speeding, in the mind of the motorist. If this ruling is to be carried to its logical conclusion, in order to make the speed rules effective the police { force must be trebled or quadrupled. i —————————————— It is occasionally difficult to point but to ebullient ‘“comic-ers” the dis- tinction between pruriency and pep. ——————— He may be a chronic invalid, but Mr. Charles W. Morse can never be rated as a tired business man. The submarine ratio is an item re- quiring delicate mathematical con- sideration. Apartment House Mail Again. Discovery by the post office that thieves are busy this Christmas time fishing letters out of mail hoxes in apartment houses calls renewed atten- tion to the matter of the delivery of malil to those who live in apartments. ‘The postal service takes pride in the fact that it “plays no favorites,” yet the dweller in the lowliest hovel that bears a street number gets individual delivery of mail at his door by car- rier, whereas the inhabitant of the most expensive apartment is not given this service. It is extremely difficult to make a letter box that cannot be tampered with, since if the opening is large enough to put a letter in it is big enough to allow a letter to be ab- stracted by one clever along this line. It is true, also, that many persons are in the habit of leaving their letter boxes unlocked, so that they are tion have been discussed and | name these people have been martyred. f g, ' “easy picking.” But neither of these!wish come trug,” ————————— Rioters who planned a demonstra- tion in London against Christmas ex- travagance were persuaded by the po- lice to change their minds. Only a lack of humorous sense would have permitted a situation requiring a guard for good old Kris Kringle. ———————————— If battles are eventually fought with nothing but gases which daze but do not kill. wars may look so fool- ish that nations with a sense of dig- nity will decline to participate. —————————— The ex-kaiser is prudently maintain- ing a position which will prevent him from being held in any way personally responsible in case there is a next ——————— Siberia has at least gotten well be- yond the old conditions wherr the coun- try was regarded as being populated chiefly by political prisoners and po- lice. * —————— President Harding suggests that the proceedings of a responsible. confer- ence should not be hindered by the in- trusion of the irresponsible inferepce. —_——————— The wisest course for Mr. Debs will {ful expression of the compliments of | tial timber { {from the Wabash can be ignored in| the season. —_——————————— tion the word treaty without fear of causing Senator Borah irritation. —————e————————— Germany is not cultivating the art of looking pleasant when paying up. —_————e——————— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. The Best of the Bargain. Our ancestors in days gone by Unto these wooded shores drew nigh For just a trinket or a song. In trade were simple as a child. I saw a group of children gay Assembled for a holiday. They seemed like Injuns, wild and free, So trustful in their honest glee. The older, wiser folks drew near ‘With toys and sweets to give them cheer. And in return these youngsters gay Offered their laughter and their pla; And wakened hearts whose pulse grew slow Unto the youth of long ago. These little Injuns freely give The best rewards for which we live; The precious treasure of a smile And gratitude all free from guile To us these priceless things belong For just a trinket or a song! Fluency No Advantage. “Do you speak any foreign language fluently?” “Not fluently,” replied Senator Sor- ghum. “I find it better to slow down the conversation as much as possible, so that I can take time to think things over before committing myself.” Under Cover of Courtesy. “Diplomats have to be polite." “Of course” agreed Miss Cayenne; “in order to conceal the fact that they are angry about something.” Jokers. A statesman sometimes feels @ humor- | ports the Copenhagen correspondent ous thrill, But fails to charm the public with his chaff. A “jolfer" in a treaty or a bill Can'never be relied on for a laugh. An observant small boy says old Santy is so busy looking out for others that he has had to get along with the same suit of clothes for years. “I likes de kind of a man,” said Uncle Eben, “who ain’ satisfied wif Jes’ saying ‘Merry Christmas,’ but who gets busy tryin’ to help make de be to limit his public remarks to grate- | democracy is not so rich in presiden- 5 - | for as momentous a struggle as that 1t has become difficult even to men-; | _ {look around. IPolitics at Home|Peace to Men of Good Will, The Promise of Bethlehem Parties and the Conference. The story that Mr. Underwood is under ban on his side of the Senate chamber and threatened with deposi- tion from the democratic leadership there because of his acceptance of a seat at the armament conference table is not only denied but seems utterly absurd. Supppse Mr. Harding had ignored the democratic side of the Senate and given Mr. Lodge a republican col- league. Would not criticism have re- sulted? Would it not have been justi- fled? Would not democrats, both in the chamber and out, Bave been among the most emphatic of the eritics? Un- doubtedly. Wisely and properly, the President, treating the matter as above party— as a matter in which both parties were equally interested—drew upon each of the parties for a delegate to the con- ference, In his draft on the democratic party did he not make an excellent selection? Mr. Underwood is not only his party’s leader in the Senate, but one of its leaders in the country. In 1912 he was under most respectful consideration jfor his party's presidential nomina- tion, and he may be so complimented again in 1924. The President could not have made a better selection. Indeed, by its recognition of Mr. Underwood’s merits and ability, the democratic party had given the President his tip. The work of the armament confer- ence may undergo vigorous examina- tion by the Senate, but not on party lines. That is to say. a senator who should make it plain that his objection to the work of the armament confer- ence had its root in the fact that the President is a republican and the leader of his party would not injure the business in hand half so much as himself. He would have few listeners and no followers. Thomas R. Marshall. In his contribution to last 5unda,\"n! - the former Vice President spoke s “‘crowded mail.” There are let- from many sources about many hings. He mentions one from a sol- er. Another was written by a clergy- man. Still another came from India. All had reference to current public questions. What does this show? Why, what else but that Mr. Marshall is still in | the picture? “A dead one” is not thus borne in mind. Men do not trouble to | give their views to a politician on the shelf. or to seck his views. Well, why should Mr. Marshall be | the shelf? He is not carrying ight for age. He has not lost his personal popularity. After eight years in the vice presidency, half of them spent in times of great turbulence, he quitted office well esteemed by every- body, not alone for the way in which he had carried himself as the Senate’s ! presiding officer, but for the geniality and good nature he had shown as man and brother Moreover, Indiana is still an im- portant state in presidential calcula- | tions, and Mr. Marshall still hails from | Indiana. Indeed. he is now, as in 1912 chen first nominated for Vice Presi- dent. the leading democrat in the state. He is the only Hoosier democrat who { now commands serious national atten- tion. Mr. Marshall has several times dis- claimed any thought of the presi- dency, and last year refused to permit his friends to boom him for the San Francisco nomination. Still, as demo- crats here and there are thinking bout him, and writing to him, and rating him as a party asset, he is not | to be counted out of the running. The {on growth | at this sturdy | the casting up of the party’s resources | of 1924 promises to be. H ! The House Minority. | The Star the other day pointed out the opportunity that has come to lepresentative Garrett of Tennessee. In the absence of Mr. Kitchen he is the leader of the minority in the House. If Mr. Kitchin’s health does rot improve sufficiently to enable him to resume work at this session Mr. Garrett will continue to direct affairs on his side of the chamber. The minority is small—the smallest in years. There were just enough democrats left last year for seed pur- poses. But, small as it is, that minority, if well handled, can be used to effect good party results. Maneu- vered skillfully againt a clumsy and careless majority, it can be made an asset of importance in democratic calculations. Mr. Garrett has just shown his abil- ity so to maneuver it. Taking ground against the anti-lynching bill, he put the majority in a hole by forcing| action on the measure over until after the Christmas holidays. True, there is small chance of de- feating the bill when the vote is called. The bill ought to pass. But Mr. Garrett has scored by throwing | the ‘majority temporarily into confu- sion and showing the country how | things are going on Capitol Hill, and what is possible there as matters now stand. ‘What is ‘there in all this for Mr. Garrett? Why not the Speakership if the next House is democratic. He is in his prime—forty-six—and in his ninth term running as a member of the House—a veteran legislator while | still young. Maybe it would pay the ! republicans to wake up and take & ——————————— A New Marriage Law. A new and somewhat revolutionary matrimonial bill was introduced in the Danish parliament recently, re- of the London Daily News. Tts most important features are: Each party is required to make a written declaration as to their health or supply a medical certificate. Con- sanguinity conditions are mitigated, and a man may marry his stepmother. ‘Failure to support, intoxication, seri- ous discord or vice are all grounds for separation. After eighteen months’ separation the king may grant a divorce, and after two years either side may claim a divorce. Divorce can be claimed when one has declined cohabitation for two years ‘or dlngpnred and has not been heard of for three years, or has been guilty of misconduct or serious srime, - BY THOMAS R. MARSHALL, Former Vice President of the United States. T WAS the night of nigh Rome sat by the yellow Tiber, mysterious as destiny, implacable as fate, mistress of the habitable globe, and seeming mistress of the centuries yet to be. ‘There was peace, such as it was, the world around—peace such as authority always. gives; peace which authority must give to jus- tify itself. It matters not whether the rule be wise or foolish. Whether it reflects justice or force, author- ity is not authority which does not insure peace. The cohorts of the Roman empire, having brought the world under subjection, had been broken up into police squads. All that authority had to do was to maintain quletude—by justice if authority were wise, by terror if necessary. There had been Lucullan fedsts and pariah famine at eventide. Men had sunk to their rest with the sullen silence of despair. Perhaps they tossed on sleepless beds, re- solved to change it all some way, some time. Yes, there was peace, but it was the peace which comes from consciousness that the strong arm of authority compelled it. It was not the peace that comes from service, sacrifice and sense of hroth- erhood. * Kk ok ok In old Judea there was peace profound—the peace that comes at swordpoint at the end of sinning centuries. But it was the peace of repression, not that of concord. There never was, there never will be, real peace until the souls of men have eaten to satiety at the table of a common brotherhood and drunken to the dregs the cup of ccmmon service. _The emperor at Rome laughed in his pride and vain glory at Israel's God. The slave sunk to his weary Test with inexplicable thankful- ness that no guest had asked that he be tossed to the lions The Pharisee_made broaderhis phylac- teries. The sadducee grew surer that death ended all. The smoke of the evening sacrifice had long lost itself in the cloudless sky. So far as human vision saw, the night was but a repetition of many nights long gone before. The mor- row sun would rise upon the same old world, and all its men and all its women would be as they were. The innkeeper at Bethlehem was well content. He was typical of his calling. His place was full. His guests had paid. There was no room for her. A manger was all mankind had left for mankind's mother. * ¥ *x X The world knew not it was the night of nights. The drowsy shep- herds, as always, watcher their flocks. The night wore on—and suddenly they were aroused by an angelic chorus in the skies. All heard them sing “Glory to God in the Highest.” Some thought they heard them sing “On Earth Peace and Good Will to Man." But these _ were only the drowsy souls who through all the renturies have failed to hear aright. Those who were wide awake knew that they sang, “On Earth Peace to Men of Good Will™ They knew, as all men since then have known, that heaven’s hope for man was in men of good will. They knew it even as the babe that night born in a manger knew it—as He in Gethse- mane’s garden, in Pilot's judgment hall and on that Golgotha wh was His gateway into glory knew How strange it that, with th certain knowledge, all down the ages men hating each other, seek- ing their own and not another's good, striving for place. prefer- r:ent and power, riding roughshod over the rights, feelings and sensi- bilities of their fellowmen. have celebrated that night on every an- niversary of it by chanting in cathedrals, “Peace on earth. good will to man." This, although they knew the only hope of peace was in the good will of man to man. And this, although they knew that men of good will could not live in n £ peace with selfish, self-centered and self-seeking sou * % ok ok The world has had many men of influence, many of ambition. many of great learning, but it has not heen surfeited with wise men. The man of influence coming from afar would not have stopped at Bethle- lehem. His mission would have found its end at Rome. The man of ambition would have passed by the manger and would have sought the counsels of the Roman senate. The man of great learning would bave journeyed on to read and ponder o'er sacred writings with the high priest at Jerusalem. But when the wise men came they sought not Rome, the senate, nor the temple—they came unto the manger. And so along the ages the star has led the wise men of the world ever to Bethlehem. But always they have paused at the manger— paused there for fear there was no room at the inn for that which they have sought. As wise men have seen how slowly the angelic chorus has found its echo in the hearts of men, they have been al- most convinced that all down the centurics since then the inns have been for men and the mangers for gods. Do we often stop to consider how personally and _collectively sym- bollc the inn is? How, somehow, in the individual and collective lives of the people at each jour- ney's end there is always room for those who can pay in money, in influence or in glory, but that there is rarely any place for those who come to clothe in flesh some serv- ice to their fellowmen? * k kX And yet, as this night of nights has had its anniversary through the centuries, more and more men are catching the import of the angelic chorus; more and more inn- keepers who take in the guests of life are inclined to sweep and gar- nish a room for Peace, to have ready at least a place wherein in the fullness of time the Prince of Peace may be born. Since that far- off Judean night the manger has been creeping closer and closer to the inns of men and nations, Among devout men and just of every kindred, tribe and tongue, more and more at the end of the day and the journey it is being thought that the best room shouid be reserved, nor for him who knocks with pride and arrogance, bearing in his train great wealth, great honor or great power, but for him who, with modest mien, proclaims himself footsore, wea: and undone, because along the way he lost much time in ministering to bodies and to minds diseased. Down they go to defeat. those nations which come to their rest at the end of a day of pillage and power. Down they go. all those men who ride rvughly over the feelings and rights of their fel- lowmen. More and more, surely as the anniversaries of that night come around, is the individual con- vinced that it is wot by might nor power, but by the friendly hand- clasp. by faith and friendship, by justice and just laws. that human- ity must justify itself. Who doubts that this Christmas, wherever civil- tion has set its seal and the Golden Rule has had its hearing, men admit_that it is time for the Prince of Peace to come unto His own? * ok X k Tntellectual assent is readily given to the desirability of trans- muting the angelic chorus into a law of life. In moments free from passion, prejudice and pride we wonder why this era of good will has so long been delayed. There are many of ug who will not lo: our faith. As Jacob wrestled with the angel by the brook all night and would not iet him go until he blessed him, o we refuse to admit that the mission of the babe born in the manger was a mission only to the individual man. It was this and more—it was a mission to the individual man to transmute his individual good into the common good. As new-fledged doctors treating the ills of the world, we are treat- ing them as all the doctors who ve preceded us have done. A symptom here, a_symptom there catches our eye. To them we ap- ply” the remedies which age and experience have disclosed to be good. Tt is not the fault of doctors of statecraft that the world is not et well. They can but treat nptoms: they cannot get to the ause of the disease. That cause lies deeper than the lancet of state- craft can penetrate. It is a virus for which no legislative remedy has ever yet been found. None of us who long for peace with a lenging that language may not de- fine would have these doctors stop their treatment of these symptoms even for a moment, although we know that complete cure will come only when the everyday man_the world around who prates about peace shall lock himself in his own room, put his life under a miscro- scope and discover for himself what he is doing to prevent a world that longs for peace from becoming peaceful. * ok ¥ X% At each recurrence of that night of nights through the long cen- turies, filled with woes and wars innumerable, good Kings upon their thrones. sad pariahs by the de, Magdalens uncounted and all the unnumbered hosts of men and women since that far-off time have wondered when the sun broke would it break upon a cloudless sky and on a world at peace. If those of us who yet believe that some Christmas morn the angels will sing to_a world filled with men of good will are mistaken, wake us not from our dream; let us keep our faith that some time the babe born in the manger will have the guest room in every in- dividual and natiomal inn. Again it is an anniversary dawn. If this should be that Christmas morn, then will we know why the wise men came from the east and the far east even unto Washington. (Copyright, 1921, by Thomas R. Marshall.} U. S. Industry Revivifies Zion American example, industry and mechanical genius are giving a new and larger life industrially and eco- nomically to ancient Palestine. Where 1,921 years ago a rebirth was given to humankind, a develop- ment is now in- progress which promises to lift that land into a higher plane. It is stepping from the dim sameness of miriad yester- days into a future ,of progress and prosperity, under inspiration, guid- ance and help ffom the United States. This is one of the real romances of modern commerce. The colorful part of this story of reawakening, after slumbering since the first Christmas, on the dawn of Christianity, is hidden from the casual observer under the cold busi- ness report from Consul Addison E. Southard at Jerusalem that “Ameri- can machinery is assured a definite and important part in the agricul- tural rehabilitation of Palestine.” Before the war the general eco- nomic conditions and prospects gave no encouragement to the use of agricultural _ machinery, — although certain standard makes of American machinery had been sent into that country and were definitely - estab- lished. Post-war - conditions are favorable to active economic develop- ment of the country and as agricul- ture is necessarily the basis upon which such development must be built definite consideration is being given to agricultural’ ways and mffh‘“: importance of motive power in agricultural work has naturally re- ceived prior consideration. Different makes of American tractors have been brought in, mainly by public- spirited organizations, and are found to be the most satisfactory of all those in use. A tractor demonstra- tion held under government auspices last spring resulted generally in favor of American-made tractors. A shipment of American implements ‘was received recently at Jaffa which in- cluded six tractors of nine to eighteen e thrashing outfits. potato lorSepowWer, diy potato planters, reapers and mm manure spreaders and about two » . \ 7 plows, disc plows, etc. These imple- ments were purchased in the United States by an American Zionist workers’ organization, and were sent to Palestine for presentation or for hire on easy terms to local Hebrew agricultural colonists. The money derived from the rental of tais machinery iz to be ex- Rended solely for upkeep and repairs. As already stated the American ma- chinery which has been shipped to Pales- tine was purchased by organizations in the United States, and most of that likely to be imported in the future will probably be purchased through the same media, as the introduction of agricul- tural machinery is largely in the hands of organizations concerned with or in- terested more directly in the carrying out of Zionist plans in Palestine. Much of the capital for these pur- chases is being raised in the United States, and American manufacturers in- terested in obtaining a share of this trade should therefore immediately get in touch with the various Hebrew or Zionist organizations in America waich are interested in Palestine development. The machinery thus imported for the Hebrew farmers will be the means of developing a demand for implements among the Arab farmers, who will de- pend to some extent at least upon the local commercial importing firms for their implements, and as there are at least five Arab farmers to each Hebrew farmer in Palestine, an appreciable business of direct shipments to Palestine by manufacturers themselves on an en- tirely commercial basis should be the result. Because of the present compara- tively small purchasing power of the individual farmer, there is at pres- ent some difficulty in the placing of implements by manufacturers through the ordinary commerclal firms estab- lished in the country, and thus far little business has been done by the direct method. However, the future is promising, as is indicated by the experience Of an American tractor company which has as direct repre- sentative a_ firm of merchants in Palestine, which has been very suc- cemaful in developln§ the territory for the tractor manufactured by this American company. America_is pointing the way also for rebu“fllng the country from the ground up through sceientific agri- oulture. A number of the farmers who are to iustall machinery in Pal- estine have been educated in agri- cultural colleges in California, While the great majority of the people of Washington are celebrating Christmas today in church and home, thought should be given to those whose occupation keeps them at work. First, In the public mind to- day will be the parcel post men of the city post office, who are busy all this day delivering parcels. ‘Then there is the milkman, street car motormen and conductors, the telephone girls and others who must work on this Christmas day. To- morrow is the great day for the let- ter carriers, These faithful men will make one delivery tomorrow, it being estimated that this one trip will take about eight hours, so laden will they be with letters and small parcels. * * ¥ Christmas music in the churches to- day is in part the work of com- rosers who lived and worked scores of years ago, when musiclans were not held in the same repute as today, It is strange that while music has always been revered, the composer of muSic was once ranked as a ser- vant. The great Mozart. whose name ap- pears on many church music pro- grams throughout the city, took his rank in the household of the lord whom he served below the butler of the establishment. A government cmploye interested in music, pointed this out as he was reading over one of the church music programs, and said: “Surely the world has progressed, when the men who can compose are placed in their true positions in xo- ciety, as among the creators of art one of the noblest of arts, at th * Courtenay Dinwiddie, executive of the National Child Health Council, told the following story at the meet ing of the Monday Evening Club last week. It belongs to the great fund of family stories, of which each home has its share. His family had a colored woman of the name of Julia, who did the wash, according to Mr. Dinwidd her husband transporting the clothes to and from home. One night he started with a big_bundle of freshly washed clothing. It had been raining. and there were puddles along the street The unfortunate man slipped, the bundle hit the street, opened up, and its contents went into & mud puddle. Needless to say, he couldnt deliver the wash, and he hated take back home. But he “face the music.” A week later the colored man showed up at the Dinwiddie home with the clothes spick and span. The family, of course, had found out what had delaved their wash and were pre- pared for Sam. That worthy, however, did not say a word about his mishap. “Sam.” asked a member of the fam ily, “didn’t Julia have anything tc say about the clof when you had to_take them bac Sam grinned. “Julia—she to it done chatted quite a while about dem clothes,” he said - * ¥ They were having fun with Harry Shilling, appointment clerk at the Washington city post office, over the notice to appointees which he got out last week in taking on about 500 temporary helpers to deliver the gi- gantic Christmas mails. Shilling was a captain during the world war, and can face fire and the way part of the instructions to the appointees read: “Follow closely these instructions in singing the accompanying papers.” Further on appeared the following “Time record sheet—Sing last name first, followed by given name.’ No sooner had this historic in- stance of transposition of letters aj peared than associates began to “rag’ the appointment clerk. They would come up to his de: ing out their names and insist on nging the ac- companying papers. , CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Digest of the The New Morality in Germany. BERLIN.—There is a revolution in progress in Germany which has hith- erto met with little comment. be- cause it is less visible to the naked eve than any of the other upheavals to be observed here since 1918, writes a correspondent of the London Ob- server, located in Berlin. Neverthe- less, more far-reaching results may well be expected of this uprising than of many more noisy signs of disintegration. Nothing more or less than the advisability, sanctity and permanency of the marriage tie is the question, with its whole endless chain of consequence in relation to the foundations of the state. “Though it has been impossible hitherto to obtain completely accu- rate statistics of the birth rate since the war, the number of marriages celebrated in the early months of the republic was entirely satisfactory from the point of view of all eager to reconstruct and re-people an exhaust- {ea country. An increase over former [ years was attributed to the unpleas- antness of restaurant life, and the { exorbitant price for sock-darning de- manded of the bsche:ri the fact be- i for grante ing tak e ve willing to accept upon demand. Strangely enough, it is n?\n d eluctance of the femala popula- tion upon which the decrease of mar: i 1921 is based. = riages I am, more slave to tradition than in any cher o * countries of Europe—Ww] o has been xpression of in loyvbecomh:g the pi only be termed the ne v short, the bon ami is “‘(’i the place of tl:: th\;!bln , deux that I E S omestic_establishment. “The despelrnte i nothing o ditions visible every pryer beneath th soon to be apparent U It is the most sedate an ‘women of alll, d?ug!ht demic class, e A ressure of circumstances, “Economig con Germany thal come can provide for f wife, willing to be a W Joses, in spite o nrot.ecuna u:o“ , as often ;;sitlan on her marriage. greatest country where provides ho‘l‘l”{‘}?l as well, g:‘:«;‘h eu{erly sought on account of her snug little home, sion. There s to the exigenc that is being universally d is _surprising “l:ow h!w"tl) des of morality cl Mighly . respected _individuals dared to take the plunge, limits of a small community. w morality. In o all the world. the family. Moreover, d linen, adopted, n a gene! “m’!‘::: and anything affec mestic life of & nation. the was forced to, hat the girls Ger- f the northern her more enlightened, r ividuality—is rapid- o oneer of what can dly taking and the { the well regu- disl‘pn!lonhnf Ber- ‘with these new s where to the e surface, and very d sensible ers and sisters of who are yielding ditions arclnut‘h 'in very large in- t only a Y = age earner, f revolutionary decrees ‘married woman work- not a remunerative ideration of all in a e the bride not only but fur- war widow whose loses her pen- eems only one solution jes “of daily life, lnl(: accepted ange after a few | hastening the crisis. have within_the {hour has now struck. T:’lul mmunity is rapidly increasing :‘:Ll_::ly point to the effects, insidious or otherwise, of example following ral upheaval of every- ting the do- “The decline in the birth rate, al- ready apparont, is due far more to Heard and Seen'F ifty Years Ago in The Star “Civil service reform,” d icnnl?‘u-- establish the government departments on the basis of Grant's Message on the “merit pri: T 5 ciple, was ins Civil Service. tuted about fifs years ago. In Tae Star of December 1 1871, is the text of a mes: to gress from President Grant accom; ing the report of the Civil Service € mission which he had appointed u))-' the act of March 3, 1871 The J'res - dent noted that the labors of this brff in devising rules wsd regulations for 14 reform of the civil service, had bee completed, tie rules had been adopt and they would g0 into effect January, i 1 The President said : “Under the law as 1 interpret it authority 1% alread ed i the es- ecutive to enfo; regulation with full power to dze, alter © amend them at hiz option when chagy= be doemed advisal These submitted for your careful cous! ion us to whether further 1 E tion may he necessary in order i carry out an effective and benel vl service reform. 17 1+ft to withiout further congressional actio the rules preseribed by the commms sioh under the reservation alread: menmoned, would be faithfully ea cuted but they are not hinding, witl out further legislation, upon my su cessors, =y desiro s of bringing subject to the attention of Congress before the approaching recess, 1 have time to sufficiently « ne th. mpanying report to enable me to suggest definite legislative action 1o ure the support which may I sary in order 1o give a thorou to a policy long needed. ask for all the strength which Cot {gress can give me to enable me to earty jout the reforms in the civi ccommended by the com adopted 10 take effect Januar ¢ which provides for convenin rules and regu for reforming the civil service s the permanent organi 8 ms of appl public office shall be conducted There is no appropriation to continus such a board beyoud the termination of its present lubo 1 therefore reconi- mend that @ proper apbropriation b made to continue the sevices of the pre <ent board for another year, and in view of the fact that three members of the {board hold positions in the public sex- which precludes them from receiv- Xtra eomp on under existing , that they be authorized 10 receive air compensation for eXtra services hem in the performance of this * * x ‘The farmers who come to the Center Market for the sale and disy of their produce have Farmers at very ¢ om fortable 1 convenient ac- the Market. ,nmodations. But vears ago they were in 4 sad state The Star of December in that region. 1871, says: “The market company have done |brutal and senseless thing in drivin: the countrymen from the open Spuces | near the market up to the bleak out-of- | the-way place near 10th street bridge It is doubtful if the act authorizing th city to occupy the ground near the 1uth street bridge for a market for T countrymen empowers the market coni- pany io drive them up there, and cer- tainly they cannot do so until some - commodations have been supplied ther. and the ground made fit for the pur- shell better than he can jokes. Any- 0 1l Way, it wasn't his fault that the |poses designated. But granting that the printer set it up that way. Here is|company have the power, it is a mo extraordinary and indefensible deed, {» that power at this inclement riving the countrymen in a cold ble place, waere there are customers, and enabling the hucksters at the market to put up their own price The countrymen are naturally indig: at their treatment and some of then Who have attended Center Market foi many years declare that this is the lust time they will come to this city, o certainly to the vicinjty of this marke:. In other large cities'it is considered wise thing 1o encourage countrymen to brirg it their produce.” Foreign Press this cause than to the considerai . of expense generally accepted. Th fights raging against the = | doctrine of open propaganda for lin iting the population by means hiiher to regarded as illegal—mectings i support of such measures are now advertised at every street corner i Berlin—have not yvet succeeded greatly influencing individual view- It seems that state interference powerless in non-Catholic countrics Put at this time of year, glancine through the advertisement columns «f the big dailies, when, with true Ger man sentiment, ‘Christmas wishes looms largely, the decline in sceker after marriage in_ comparison with former seasons strikes one as signifi camt. The ‘gentleman of imposin: presence and assured circumstanccs lnoklnl."fur a wife this week “witl dark hair, figure plump to full, a fur nished flat and ample means' is quit an exception.” Japanese “Liberalism” a Bluff. French Writer Says. PARIS, —.Considering the charg. = of Franco-Japanese alliances, secret agreements and the like that have sprung up since the Washington con- ference was announced, it is reassur ing to note the attitude of a largs section of the French press. Ti. Journal, for instance, one of tin great morning papers, maintains it~ wariness of everything Japanese an:! declares that the appointment Prince Hirohito as regent, is nothinz but a grandstand play—nothing rea! 1y is changed in Japan. “It is really a masterly stroke whicl the Japanese have just made in eleci known in to invest : : rather desperate MOMENty, 0 UlCly |ing the Crown Prince Hirohito as - Zi'z“dr‘é‘,‘." tooking and clothes Withlgent The American press has bec: such glorified tef";l"':‘:lf;“'f;;, PeY. |saving for a lomg while that the chology, kitchen che Japanese form of government fs i survival of federal times and that al the men in offica are extremely re: “In the whole of the empire of the rising sun there is only one man who is liberal, and that is the crom prince, 4 _young man of twenty wh has just been touring Iurope and on whom modern ideas have made & great impression. Prince Hirohit: drives his car. * * * Prince Hirohit, wears a top hat. On his return to Ju- pan he allowed his subjects to cheer him, in epposition to the custom which obliges all Japanese people to’ véil their faces before an incarnation of the divini Hirohito as regent i~ for simple folk a revolution -searcel: less important than that of 1868. “But there is no possible doubt according to the writer, “that th real leaders which hold the reins be- hind the scenes have acted’ with the intention’ of exploiting the liberal evolution to the greatest advantag~ of Japan at the Washingtorr tonfer- ence. * * * But why did this only happen vesterday and not thre: months, or a year ago. * * ¢ It ix not just today that the Mikado Yoshi- hito is incapble of carrying out.:hix imperial duties. Why has this soxer- eign fiction Seen upheld? Simply.be- cause the leaders had no interest .ir biding their time. “The And yet there are still' people who believe anar those “little yellow people would- let theniselves be driven into a corner at the conference? But this whows a great want of historical knowi- edge and of the temperament Of a ‘people Who are ‘inaugurating today the reign of their 1234 soveregn. * ¢ ¢ What a lineage!” “They were