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2 [HE EVENING STAR, With Sundsy Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. PNDAY. ... June 4, 1922 HEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor o Evening Star Newspaper Company siness Office, 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. New York Office: 150 Nassau St. icago Ofice: First National Bank Bullding. ropean Ofico: 8 Regent St., Loadon, England. @ Evening Star, with the Sunday morning Ts deliverod by carriers within the clty ts per month: daily anly, 45 cents per Sunday only. 20 cents per month. Or- [rx may be sent by mail, or telephone Ma! . Collection is made by carriers at th Ja of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. ily and Sunday..1yr., $8.40: 1 mo., i0¢ aily only. 1yr., $6.00; 1 mo., 502 nday only .1yr., $2.40; 1 mo., 20¢ All Other States. aily and Sunday.1yr., $10.00; 1 mo., 85¢ T $7.00: 1 mo., §0c $3.00; 1 mo., 35¢ America With France. American opinion will be in com- lete sympathy with the conditions hid down by Premier Poincare for rticipation by France in the pro- osed conference at The Hague. hiefly will American opinion support is demand that the Moscow govern- ent shall withdraw the memoran- um submitted by the Russian dele- ation at Genoa. That document viti- ted all the verbal pretensions of the oviet envoys and, as viewed in this ountry, made impossible any traf- cking with Moscow. The other powers at Genoa accepted it as a “basis for further negotiations eptance by France being with reser- vations. Now France has said what 1l the other powers wanted to say, wt lacked the nerve; that there can [be no further dealings with Russia c0 long as the Genoa memorandum stands as the official expression of [Russian policy. With the other conditions laid down by Poincare Americans are less con- cerned. He insists upon withdrawal of the Russian bill for damages on account of allied participation in mili- tary operations against the soviet power, amounting to 50.000,000,000 gold rubles, or the equivalent of more than 25.000,000.000 American dollars. This claim is so preposterous and fan- tastic that Americans are merely sur- prised that the French government should have dignified it by formal de- mand for its withdrawal. Refusal of France to accord Russia special treat- ment in the matter of her war debt will be approved. Undoubtedly there will have to be a scaling of the enor- mous sums owed by Russia, but there is no reason why this should be agreed to while the debts owed by other countries remain unscaled. ‘With her vast undeveloped resources, Russia probably is potentially much better able to pay her debts than any country in Europe, with the exception of Great Britain. It is not likely that the absurd claim against the allies or the Rus- sian war debts would have proved a serious obstacle to bringing Russia back into the community of nations, but the Genoa memorandum is an in- surmountable barrier, so far as Amer- nce Russia con- o American money will go to be at the mercy of a government which not only Insists upon the nationalization of trade. but is to let thelr engines proclaim themselves widely. Regulations to the contrary do not check this practice in some parts of the city. Asa matter of fact there are rules against most of these nolses, and yet they are inflicted upon the ears of the people without check. It is time to apply these ru’es, and to try to get some relief from the banging, smashing, hooting sounds that wear on the nerves of Washing- tonians daily. Owners of trucks should be admonished to make their drivers obey the law in respect to their cut-outs. Street railway cars should be constantly inspected for loose parts that may rattle and every- thing kept tight pending improve- ments in the tracks. Hucksters, who are supposed to be prohibited from bawling their wares, should be given a taste of the rules by occasional ar- rests and punishments. A noisy city is a nervous city. The people in it are kept at high tension. There is no real rest. Nowadays there is no part of town that is free from noisemaking devices. Motor cars and trucks go everywhere, and even streets in which there are no electric cars are kept constantly vibrant by ordinary traffic. Nine-tenths of this noise 1s needless. It should be stopped. If Lenin Passes. News that Nicolal Lenin, premier of soviet Russia, has suffered a stroke comes through Berlin. Soviet leaders then in the German capital left im- mediately for Moscow on receipt of the information. Evidently there is apprehension regarding the chief bol- shevist, who has for some time been suffering from the effects of & wound inflicted by an assassin. Should Lenin die the soviet organi- zation at Moscow would doubtless go right on as before, with another tak- ing his place. Possibly it would be Trotsky, who has been associated with the chief commissar from the beginning of the bolshevik regime. That he is ambitious to lead has been indicated by certain happenings, news of which has been somewhat obscured, but nevertheless has suggested some jealousy on Lenin's part toward his main associate. Whatever Is felt regarding the morality of ths soviet rule, Lenin's ability as organizer and administrator must be recognized. He has main- tained himself against great difficul- ties and has played his cards with great shrewdness. His capacity for work Is reported to be extraordinary. He has kept the immense mass of Russia under his control through a necessarily loose system of delegated representatives, with a remarkable capacity for mastery. Lenin has been in power now in Russia for about four and e haif years, much longer than was believed possible when the bolshevik overturn occurred. In that time he has been incessantly in action, and always un- der threat of assassination. There is no cause of wonder that he is now broken in health, if this report through Berlin is true. Naturally, if Lenin should pass = desperate effort will be made by the bolshevik subleaders to keep the or- ganization going under capable direc- tion. But is there another man who can do the work of Lenin. who can hold together the forces that he has controlled, who can so shrewdly man- age international relations as to pre- vent attacks by other powers? There is no strength In a combination of second-rate Lenins, even though the declines to give any guarantees either as to the payment of past obligations or the security of future loans and investments. Local Boundary Troubles. ~ hington has a “self-determina- | tion” problem on its hands which will call for diplomacy and settlement. Two citizens' associations lay claim to; the same territory, and the matter is | _to be laid before the Federation of | Citizens’ Associations for nrbltrnllnn.l Fach contends that it has a right to| the area in dispute, and it will be in- teresting to see what principles are followed in settlement. For a long time these jurisdictional disputes between the citizens' associa- tions militated against their effective- ness and influence. Repeated efforts were made to smooth out the troubles, but there was no established clearing house, no Geneva tribunal, so to speak. Cne of the District officials prepared a map some years ago proposing defl- nite boundaries, which was accepted, however, only by those organizations that were content with their limits. Not all of the associations are mem- bers of the federation, and so that body cannot effectively serve as arbi- trator in cases of territory dispute. But the two assocfations that are now at odds over boundaries are members, and thus an agency is available to settle the question. It -would be well if all of the asso- ciations which have overlapping lines would agree to the arbitration of their boundary troubles, if not by the fed- eration at least by the Commissioner: The influence of these citizen bodles will be increased materially by a full clearance of all these jurisdictional disputes. ———t————————— Disapproving of the United States of America, I. W. W. members went to Russia, of whose conditions they now complain bitterly. The great : question with the I. W. W.is “Where do we go from here —_—— A number of United States senators are more or less actively engaged in pursuing investigations on their own account. China's great need is a disarma- ment movement which will apply to local conditions. l Too Much Noise. There is too much noise in the streets of Washington, nolse of street oars, of motor cars, of trucks, of huck- sters, Between the nolse of traffic and the noise of bueiness the city is clamorous from early morning until the last hours of daylight-saving. On some of the lines the street railway tracks bave been repaired Istely, and the cars run smoothly and with little clangor, But on the greater part of the electric mileage each passing car makes & hidecus racket. Most truck drivers are addisted to the eut-out ¢ i .o theory of bolshevism may be the strength of unity. Divided councils are almost sure to develop. Personal ambitions will manifest themselves, and unless & new great leader of the Lenin type appears and seizes power in the same ruthless manner in which Lenin seized it in the autumn of 1917 sovietism is doomed to dissolution. And after that what? No man can foretell with confldence. A Losing Game. Twenty years in prison do not consti- tute too long @ sentence for the man who, admitting at least one hundred cases of housebreaking in Washing- ton, was arraigned on four. The total of his loot in these local cases was at feast $200,000, of which very little hai been recovered. Somewhere there is probably ‘“planted” a large sum in cash or valuables. This man is & confirmed profes- sional thief. He was committed to prison in Illinois for burglery and es- caped. He was caught in Detrolt and served a short sentence. If he was given even a moderate penalty for each of all his known offenses he would serve the remainder of his natural life in prison. Unless he carries out a boast which he is alleged to have uttered and makes his escape from the peniten- tiary on the local conviction, whatever loot he may have cached will be of little' benefit to him. If he serves his full term he will be in late middle life when bhe gains his liberty. He will have small chance to recover his plunder, and unless he proceeds with extreme regard for the law he will be quickly again in its toils. This case illustrates the futility of the criminal profession. Eventually practically every crook is punished. A very few may get by without pen- alty, but they pay dearly for their liberty in terms of anxlety and fear and restrictions. The great majority of them finally fall into the net and are punished. It is, in short, a losing game that they play, as this man who has now started upon a twenty-year term has learned. B e S It is evidently considered useless to 80 on being & Russian ambassador ‘when the Russian government is not aware of the fact. ot A Newark, N. J., man wrote his will in verse, thus assuring, among the beneficiaries at least, appreciation of his attainments as a poet. The Speed Reoords. During the month of May the police of the District made 6,285 arrests, 294 more than in the previous month. ‘This increase was more than account. ed for by an advance in the number of arrests for speeding, which in. creased from 777 in April to 1,001 in May, & jump of 314. Arresta for other trafe violations dropped from 3,042 in April- to 1,950 in May. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., JUNE 4, 1922—PART 2. Politics at Home({Mr. Marshall Finds in Europe Hatred of War Predominating auto speeding In the streets of Wash« ington that calls for exceptional meas« ures in correction. More severe pera}- ties should be applied in an effort to break the motorists of the habit of 'stepping on the gas. One of the speeders was yesterday fined $50 and sentenced to five days in jail upen the discovery that he had been recent- ly fined on a similar charge. Secand offenses should be invariably dealt with in this manner. At the rate of nearly 1,100 cases of speeding a month plainly there must be numerous repetitions, unless it is true that the average motorist fruns his car beyond the lawful rats. It has been often urged in behalf af the motorists of this city that they are with few exceptions rule ablding, an that those exceptions give & bad re- pute to all undeservedly. Surely the arrest figures do not bear this out un- as suggested, many of those taken by the police were second of- fenders. In thatease the records sure- ly would show such repetitions, and the courts would have ground for ap- plying severe penalties. Music Week. Bad weather has serioualy worked against the success of Music week. During each of the last three days of the week rains fell in such volume as to prevent outdoor assemblages. Yesterday afternoon the serenade at the Lincoln Memorial in honor of President Harding was prevented by a downpour. Had the weather been, more favor- able without doubt all of the outdoor events would have dremwn large at- tendance. The people of the city manifested their interest throughout the week by going to all the indoor concerts _and gatherings in numbers. The music rendered was of high grade, and was greatly’appreclated by all who heard it. The success of the week is not to be measured by the weather or the numbers in assemblia, ‘The spirit of those who participated has been ad- mirable, indicative of the deepest in- terest and evidencing progress since the Music week of 1921. Against handicaps these people, singers and instrumental performers and leaders, have worked diligently throughout the week to earry out the program, and they have succeeded beyond ex- pectations. Music week should not be depend- ent upon the weather in Washington. There should be a great hall in which community concerts can be given, ac- commodating a multitude. Of course, no structure could be provided big enough to hold es many people those who would have gathered yes- terday at the memorial had the day teen fine, but the city nevertheless needs a large place where it can sing and hear good music. Perhaps such a hall will be available before the Music week of 1923 occurs. ———————— The French thief who took a com- paratively small portion of a tax fund and then returned it has evidently been impressed by the heroes of un- derworld fiction who adopt burglary as a polite form of personal entertain- ment. & ——————— Lamar, once known as the ‘‘wolf of ‘Wall street,” is accused of taking $6,300 from a widow; which charge, if proved, will tend to make him appear rather like a wolf of the small coyote species. —————— Adverse criticism usually sounds louder than favorable comment, but has not been effective in preventing popular indorsement of some leading European statesmen. ———— Interest taken by American finan- ciers in world problems is likely in the course of time to set the Euro- pean farmers talking about the influ- { ence of Wall street. ——————— Investigators are in a state of ad- miring astonishment at the manner in ‘which the wonders of steel-makingare combined with the marvels of money- making. —_———— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. The Publicity Man. Here's to the gentle publicity man, Who governs the world on so joyous a plan, Describing its ways with a smile dnd a song, Assuring us nothing can ever go wrong! Your motor is easily kept in repair; You ne~dn’'t pay much for the clother that you wear; The teiephone’s werking the best that it can, ‘We -are told by the man! mtle publicity It's lucky for us that such sages are born To point out the rose and conceal ev'ry thorn; He brings swift relief to earth’s suf- fering clan. So here's to the gentle publicity man! The Intellectual Quest. “Europe is now asking, ‘Who is the greatest statesman? “Not exactly,” commented Senator Sorghum. “What Europe is asking just now is ‘Who is the greatest finan- cler Jud Tunkins says fads change so fast that he gets out the ouija board #0 as to feel old-fashioned and com- fortable. Circuses. “Now comes,” all mournfully we say, ““The summer of our discontent. They bunched the circuses in May Apd all of them has been and went!" ' Misanthrople. “Josh!” sald Farmer Corntossel, “did you learn anything about evolu- tion while you was to college?” “No, father,” replied the young man. “I'm glad to hear it. The idea that some men I know is descended from one kind of animal or 'nuther ain't no compliment to either side of the transaction.” “Everything has its bright side,” ®mi4 Uncle Eben; “even a lump o babit, They open their muffiers andl These figures show an increase in| coal, when it's put to good use.” e = ; A A Mr. Lodge and Massachusetts. ‘The anti-Lodge campaign grows in Interest and intensity. The Wilson democrats, In Massachusetts and eise- ‘Where, are keen for the senator’s de- feat because of his actlvity and { eminence in the contest over the Paris peace treaty. Other democrats oppose him because they want the seat. Some republicans oppose him on personal grounds. A recent suggestion—originating, it is said, in Wilson circles—was that former Gov. McCall run &s an inde- pendent candidate for senator, thus dividing the republican vote and mak- ing a democratic victory easy. Gov. McCall does not cotton to the suggestion. He will not lend himself to such & purpose. His personal rela- tions with Mr. Wilson are cordial. The latter, of his own motion, ap- pointed him e member of the tariff commission. But the governor is a re- publican, and cannot be used by the opposition as an {nstrument against his party. If the campaign takes the form of bringing into the fleld anti-Lodge re- publicans, it may also bring into the fleld pro-Lodge democrats. There are democrats in Massachusetts who while differing with the senator on general political grounds are yet proud of his attainments and the posi- tion he occuples in public affairs. That position is very high, and re- calls former Bay state distinctions. Mr. Webster in the Senate was the foremost interpreter of the Constitu- tion. Mr. Sumner in the Senate was the foremost champion of the antl- slavery cause. And now Mr. Lodge, fifty years after, leads the Senate in the contest fixing America's status in the conditions produced by the great world convulsion. Moreover, he represents thirty years of service in the Senate, is of ripe scholarship, and ranks with the foremost men of the age in the range of his endeavors and the force and fin- | ish of his powers of expression. —_—— st Pennsylvania. A forest of interrogation points has sprung up overnight in Pennsylvanta. Take & few. ‘Will & Pinchot machine-succeed the Penrose machine? Can politics in Pennsylvania be conducted without a machine? Is Mr. Pinchot enough of a politician to handle & machine in a state where machine work for so long a time has been essential to !ufl:ls!’!’ If Mr. Pinchot attempts machiney work and fails, what will be the effect on the old republican stronghold in 19247 In the governor's chair Mr. Pinohot will need an organization—a macMine it you please—and it must be respon- sive to his will. He must work with it and through it to accomplish his ends. Organization work is no mare nec- essary in Pennsylvania than else- ‘where. As a matter of fact, & is nec- essary everywhere. No progress can be made without it. Calling it ma- chine work does not discredit it in the eyes of practical men. Mr. Pinchot is known principally for his Interest in forestry. Strictly speaking, he has not been considered a politician. But for yvears he was in- timately associated with a master politiclan, and must have learned something of the game from him. Theodore Roosevelt knew politics thoroughly, and imparted to all who were assoclated with him some of his knowledge and inspired them with some of his spirit. Mr. Pinchot, we may all be sure, s more than an au- thority on forestry. If Pennsylvania is in doubt in 1924 the republicans would do well to order their grave clothes. A funeral, with their party at the head of the proces- sion, will be a certainty. If the key- stone becomes insecure, the arch will inevitably tumble. Nothing will suf- fice to save it. Col. House. Upon sailing for Europe last Tues- day Col. E. M. House said that this time his mission had nothing to do with either politics or economics; that he was golng over “only to shake hands with old friends. And yet this is the time of times when Col. House's talents would be well eniisted in the business in prog- ress in Europe. He is primarily a business man. Before achieving repu- tation in politics he had amassed a fortune and made himself familiar with the larger business values in America. Just now business is the world's) watchword. How to reconnect busi-} ness—dislocated in both hemispheres and on all continents—and start the ball rolling profitably again is the problem that statesmen in all coun- tries are facing and struggling with. And to the solution of this problem Col. House in some official station ‘would probably contribute something of importance. But Col. House is out of the run- ning. He is without official connec- tions. The republicans are in charge and responsible here at home, and he is a democrat. His relatlons with Mr. Wilson seem to be definitely at an end. They have not met since the adjournment of the Paris peace con- ference, where they fell out. The colonel, however, has made a reputation which will endure. It is something of note that a man with- out experience in world politics, and ‘wholly unacquainted with the art of war, should have been able at the greatest crisis in the world's histary, when politics ‘and war were the world's wear, to enter the fleld as an observer, impress favorably the gregqt actors in the drama, obtain their con- fidence and report on events in a way and with a lucidity to influence the course of his chief and public senti. ment at home. The performance was in every sensé extraordinary. May! could endure a world ‘war llll:be kot‘:.lu.l". llrlig ::.‘d’l.dn't try m u ’lz‘:’:ntl an -re,qullntlue..—- Blade. , the Navy authorities quite 'n’r:‘!l‘:: th: mvl{an that boarded a off San Diego was not & Japaneae spy in disguise?—Chicago News. Note: Below is the first of a series of letiers which the former Vice President will send from Eu- whene he is being accorded attentions as one of the most dis- tinguished of living Americans. BY THOMAS R. MARSHALL, Formey Vice President of the United States. LONDON, May 2§. “'Tiy a mag world my masters!” Tt may be. Most of us have our monamanta. Fortunately for man- kind, it is harmless in most cases. It imarks our difference from the rest of the crowd, and prevents all humanity from being alike. The composite madness of the world shifts between melancholia and megalomania. Tt manifes itself in the books that men write and Tead and in the problems they pre- sent to themselves for solution. Every now and then the liver of the world grows torpld, and the lterature of the people is “sick- lied o'er with the pale cast of thought” The past is all wrong and the future inevitably musy be as bad. After a time nature re- asserts itself, and then we Dpass rapidly to the other end of the arc. * ¥ % X Just now the world {s being sur- feited with biographies, ‘autoblog- raphles and memoirs of the great war. They have a pleasing simi- larity. They add a ‘ew aphorism to the langu: ‘Instead of no man being great to his valet, it new appears that, man Is only gveat when his conduct is guided by his secretary. The blograph#s disclose that ®great men would. have been great- er had they listi:ned to advice. The autoblographles; reveal that that which proved wrong might have one right warnings had not een ignored and counsel had been heeded. The memoir is s!'m- ply & pleasiyig way of compliment- ing frien/ls and condemning enemies. Jt will be long before the world, has digested the facts, fads, fangies and follies of the men who cor/iucted in council and on the fi of battle the world war. e sometimes wondered & provincial who had a of catholicity might not 2 book that would be help- a perturbed world. A man may oth provincial and eatholic. This will probably be acknowl- edged by any man who will take the trouble to review his own ex- pMriences and recall events in his w:n life. T hav whethgr spirit * ok ok X In the conmstricted environment of my Indiana town I possessed those characteristics which mark the man who can go up and down his main street a dozen times a day without undue physical exer- ci As 1 transport myself, in memory, back to those days I real- ize that people in larger walks of life were not subjects of my sneers or laughter simply because they did not eat the things nor drink the things T liked. think my thoughts, nor live the life I was living. When 1 advanced, if it were an advance, into the environment of a governor's office, I found myself accumulating & state provincial- ism. I was intensely Joyval to my state. T thought her oratory was just a little finer, her literature better, her sense of justice keener than those of any other state. These. of course, were provincial thoughts. Subsequently I accumu- lated the idea, which has abided with me since. that however loval one may be to his own environ- ment, he is unjust to the rest of the world If 'he condemns the world without taking a look through its spectacles. * ok * * Moving on to Washington, American provinclalism took hold of me. No one waved the flag more frequently nor signed appro- priation bills with greater gusto. But when I contemplated Halg with his back to the wall, and France, bled white in a cause which was the cause of human- kind, I realized that virtue, loy- alty and bravery were not the ex- clusive possessions of the country 1 loved. As 1 journey through life I am moving onward. holding to my American loyalty and patriotism, but willing to look through other peoples’ spectacles in order to find, if possible, some common ground upon which all men can meet and speak and work for the good of a future yet unborn. How many varieties of monoma- nia I may possess 1 do not know. Thers is one of which I am as- sured. It is a lifelong love for the peace of the world. I am not much troubled about the past; it is elther secure or condemned. My ‘worry Is about the future men and women of the world. Into what environment of thought and pur- pose I find myself wondering. are Zion Nation for Jewish People OR generations the Jewish peo- ple have prayed for the return to Zion. During the past cen- tury this prayer has assumed practical form, and now, in this year of our Lord 1922, the Congress of the United States, in response to count- less petitions from practically every community throughout this greatest natlon, proposes to further this mod- ern crusade. The foreign affairs committee of the House reported with approval after int resolu- Interesting hearings. & Jo i the establishment in S:l‘;l{filvfloro,!“l national home for the le. J’l’"l‘l‘ ?n'::hellllfld that this action will commit the United States to no foreign obligation or entanglement, 1t also stresses that the protection o the holy places is carefuily provide: for, as well a. 'i:\: g#,l‘l;l“::fl(::rllflln op-Jer .";(‘lh:lr!‘ ';l 2 -t'ront ‘humanitarian ,.lld religious appeal ih this ll::‘. sccording 18 1he Jer meterial béyond its Bects, 'aad the discharge of such obli- gations sssumed by the allied gov- be born. So, as I travel | 1 listen to the talk of men. 1 seck the views of those who are do:ng the world's work. ¢ | - % * x As far as I have yet been able to discern, only one call concern- ing the numerous problems of the future is clearly to be heard. That call is, “It must not be again.” It Is to be heard everywhere—on ! shipboard and on mainiand, ! whether from men of large affafrs who helped to mold the economic destiny of mankind, or from a cabin “steward who was on the | Lusitania; from & barber who lost | a finger at San Mihiel, or from an | international banker in his club; from a sad-faced seamstress whose family was made desolate, or from her fashionable patroness. Each strikes the same note. They count all else as dross beside this hope. As T hear men talk I become ever more convinced that the blackest cloud upon the future’s horizon finds its orlgin in a narrow provincialism of race, devold of all semblance of a catholic spirit. Yet | provincialism put to wise purposes may teach a lesson of help to un- born generations. * ok k% 1 know how difficult it Is for a man to rid himself of his accumu- lated judgments and how more difficult it is for a man to drain the blood out of his veins and refill them with cosmopolitan fchor. What happened at the Tower of Babel, beyond the con- fusion of tongues, I do not know, but, out of its confusion of tongues grew suspicion and hatred. The problem is to find some mutual principle upon which men of dif- ferent blood may agree. This may not be easy of accomplishment but it is not unachievable. Men may not be able right offhand to learn to love each other, but they can speedily foster a mutual respect even though differences of blood and lineage exist. 1 happened just this week to be regretting some of the things which have recently occurred in the Intercourse between the Ameri- can and English peoples. In our company was a Scotchman, who indicated that he did not like just what I was saying when I referred to some rather foolish talk upon the part of English visitors to America. He suggested that I not judge the British Empire by an thing an Englishman might say. He begged me to remember that 1 was not going to England, but that I was on my way to the Brit- ish Isles. and he politely intimated that 1 should form my views of Great Britain's feelings toward America from British and not from English statements. * % *x This had the effect of recalling o me some of the troubles of the British government. 1 remembered that there was a time when con- troversy by word of mouth and at sword point was just as serious ! between the Scotch and English as nowadays between the English and the Irish, and I remembered that the Scotchman, realizing that he could not whip the Englishman, ld the next best and wisest thing « man can do—he joined him. And it came to my mind that his join- ing proved fo successful that un- less my memory as to birthplaces failed me, Wales, Scotland and Canada have furnished one-half of | the English cabinet. | I take no part in English politics. The only way I know a liberal is because he offers me a cigar, and the only way 1 recognize a con- servative is because he does not shake hands with me. But my conversation with the Scot led me to wonder what the history of the British Empire might have been | and 1o philosophize upon what | i | even yet its future may be if the Irishman should conclude to fol- low in the footsteps of the Scotch- man and to make up his mind, when he discovers that he cannot lick the British Empire, to join it. With the capacity that the Irish- man in America has disclosed not | only for office-holding, but for | genulne statecraft. it would not he | at all unlikely that in a decade the ; cabinet of the British Empire would be very largely Irish. * % % * 1 The Scotchman pointed the way to the world. walk a path of compromise. must be guarded along its com- promising way by justice, honesty, fair dealing and a mutual regard for the feelings and sensibilities of all. The peace of the world cannot come at the hands of statesmen who will not make concessions, nor at the wish of peoples who wrap themselves in the mantle of their ! The future must | ;oA | own provincialism. It cannot come from England, Scotiand, Ireland. It must come from all of them, plus America and all other nations. A super-government may not be essential, but a supreme and uni- versal desire for friendship, justice and peace Is absolutely necessary. (Copyright, 1922, 21st, Centurs Press.) an organization for the purpose of securing legal recognition of thej Jewlish right fn Palestine and began ! the practical work of settling the land.” A great deal of effort and labor has been put into Palestine by Jews. They have established seventy-two colonles on a soll which, before they reclaimed it, was merely sand. stone and swamp. With the invest- ment of Jewish capital and labor part of this land has been transformed into beautiful gardens that evoke the admiration of visitors to the Holy They have created and maintained & modern school system and laid the foundation of a national Jew:sh u versity in Jerusalem. They have in- troduced modern sanitation, opened hospitals and clinics and founded mai Industries. Banks have been established to provide credit for the smailer trade and business men. They are now prepared to develop a pian for harnessing the water power of the Jordan, which will pro e Pales- tine” with ‘ample electric iight and power for large industrial develop- ment. In this work of regenerating a land that has become desolate and waste through government oppres- sion, the Jews of the United States have participated to a large and gen- erous extent. maintaining the Ameri- can Zionese Medical Unit and making large contributions to the purchase ex) in the Balfour|of land, for agricultural machinery 3:’.‘5’;’;’3‘».‘.’ otp November 2, 1917, |to work it and for the creation of Which has been indorsed by France, | credit institutions. Ttaly, Japan and other nations. * x % % ‘fhe _forelgn affairs committes| ts out that the Jews of America e foreign affairs committee in points ted in estab- |its report to the House says that we are profoundly intere: lishing a_ national home in the cle 1 4 of their race. Indeed, this e ldeal of th ish people erywhere, for, despite their di vesion, Palestine has been the ob- oot of their veneration since they Were expelled by the Romans. * % x Palestine, the ancient homeland of the Jews, is today & comparstively sterile country, due to the wanton and deplorable policy of desolation sy tically carried out by its rulers, the Turks, for many centuries What w. “g land flowk with milk III'G' :::. rough mis- rule and ssion, & devastated an “Jewish coloni n began in Pales- tine more than forty 0. 1897 Theodor Herzi, founder of '::l modern Zionist movement, establish: of America should be glad to give our moral support to a project which is based nPon Justice IEAC jlllll!ll.l’t{‘f}'. To give this recognition to so lausia- ble an endeavor of a people seeking to create a haven of refuge for the oppressed and homeless of their race 18 to act in consonance with the Jofti- est American ideals. Jews have suffered greatly dur- ing the war. There are now counts less thoysands of innocent membens of the Jewish race in Poland, Gaiicya, Russia, Hunj »_ Ukraine and Ru- mania, who have been utterly ruired and for whom there is mo place In the lands where they had formyerly lived. The world war has overwdeim- ed them. They are seeking a home where, with the generous FAlp of thalr breth: of other lands a'ho are in more eol ble eircurdstances, they may reereate their owngforms of life and realize their ideals. i minded and anti-European policy. |Hear(_1 and Seen|F ifty Years Ago Several years ago a great man.-now gone, walked in Rock Creek Park. Ha delighted to plow through brush, wade in the creek and take unsus- pecting friends on long hikes. On his return, walking at a rapid pace down 16th street, he always had a smile and a wave of the hand for the children who greeted him along ithe way. He put the cares of hig great office away when he went out to play. The other day three men, one in the lead, came walking up rapidiy from Rock crcek and cut around the base of the lion house hill in the Zoo. The leader was bare-headed and d on an old red rweater. Come on, Nicky,” he called to a man behind ' him. So the party disappeared around the hill, led by Theodore Roosevelt, jr. - A local collegian had one of his books stolen from him. He looked high and low, but could not find the | volume. Somebody had taken it, that was all. So he walked down to a book store that deals in second-hand books and asked to see a copy of the book he was after. A very nice specimen was handed out to him. He examined it.carefully. Sure enough, it was his book! “This was my book.” he told the book man. “But, of course, Ull pay you, all right.” S He put the wrapped book under his arm “Now I'm golng to find the bird that took this book and make him refund,” he sald. * * % You have heard of the “strong-mind- ed” woman. One was seen the other morning on a street car. One touch from a “strong-minded” woman makes the passengers akin. The car was crowded, as they always are now_under daylight-saving, seem- ingly. Every seat was taken, aisles full, even standing room at a premium. But this large lady did not mind. She was determined to get to the front. Not saying a word, but using her elbows vigorouely, she rapidly got to the front of the car, easily swept to one side a mild gentleman standing in front of one of the occupied seats, and glared down on another unsuspecting male. The latter, taken completely by sur- prise, jumped up, and the “Sstrong- minded” woman sat down And the whole car smiled * * ¥ This story comes from New York, brought by a musical friend. A symphony orchestra was playing the second movement of the great work being given. A woman came into a box. She thought she was late “What are they playing?” she asked. “Beethoven's ‘Ninth Symphony,’ " she | was told. “Oh,” whispered the lady. loudly, “I never meant 1o be as late as that. CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. i Half a century ago Indian visitors 10 Washington atiracted much more atiention than at pr sent Ogallala 7m0t only becaume tner .o were rare. but because thea Visitore. .ume in their foit glory of costume. In The Star of May 2 1872, 1s an account of a visit of some | noted chiefs: i “Red Cloud, Red Dog. Blue Red Leaf. High Wolf, Blue Wound and about twenty other chiefs and | braves of the Ozalla'a Sioux had interview with Gen. F. A w | commissioner of Indian affairs, Secretary Delano at noom todav. Th ‘ varty arrived at the patent office at Horse {about half py eleven, and wer {shown to Gen. Walker's office. wher ithey at once squatted In_aborigina! style on the carpet. They were rigged out in full Indian costume and presented a very mnovel and pic turesque appearance. After wailtl {# few minutes they were shown the Secretary’s room, where the talk’ took place. The speeches of 1] chiefs and of the Secretary and Gen. Walker were freqguently inter- ¢ ejaculations of ‘How™ and ik The chiefs had come with the agent Dr. Daniels, to see about the location of an agency and also an applicatior for some guns and ammunition. Red on why we want guns snd ammunition is that we want to kil o feed our children. We want e our children well, and. there ifore, we must have something for them to eat. We like our agent, b in old times the Great Father used 10 send us agents who were bad men The Great Father sent us things, bu’ the agents stole from us on the way Now they are better and we are glac We do not want agents who stea from us. I have put down my stake farther north, and now 1 don't want any of the Great Father's soldiers | our country. I will protect the Gre Father's agents, and they shall not be hurt. The Great Father has take: pity on us. but some of the agenis have no brains and no hearte” Secretary Delano, in repl the ammunition had be. because of the murder of 3 an agent, but he sald that the Grea Father was satisfled that “these goos chiefs” were not responsible an the murder was committed b Indians. So the commissioner wouid iet them have morr ammunition. byt they must promise .nat “if these bad Indians come to the camp they w | give them up to be punished~ Red Cloud, in reply. said: “1 know about this accident you have spoken of, but none of our good people di it. They are ten or twelve lodges of bad Indians, as the agent knows. bu in a year or two 1 can fix things & right_ 1 want time to get in the gnod road.” The next day. May the Indians were presented 1o the President, br ing introduced by Secretary Dela At the White House speeches were made, the President addressing the chiefs and Red Cloud replying. The chiefs were then shown through th White House and later through tn Treasury building. They also wer to Brady's otograph gallery a had their p ures taken a5 DIGEST OF FOREIGN PRESS The Fifth Great Power at Genoa. BERLIN.—One of the most inter- esting aspects of the Genoa confer- ence, thinks Die Glocke (the Bell), is the role of the little entente — Ru- mania, Czechoslovakia, Jugoslavia— that littie group of former subject states of the Austrian empire. This paper thinks the group is much less favorable to the big allies than most Frenchmen and Englishmen like to realize, and that it will insist on be- ing treated as the fifth great power at the conference. The review savs: “The French government has tried from the beginning to fasten the lit- tle entente to its cart of narTow- At the time when Poland. France's hire- ling. was closely pressed by the so- jviet armies. all levers were put into action in Prague, and still more in Belgrade, to make the armies of the little entente march against the Rus- sians. But the Jugosiavs, as well as the Czechoslovaks, paid no attentio to France's attempts at seduction, and declared quite frankly that they had no intention of picking the chestnuts ut of the fire for the ‘big allfes ince that time the desire to serve as cheap cannon foed for the tente has by o means increased! Both in Jugoslavia and in Czechoslo- vakia the disagreeable exparience has been made more than once of seeing the strong ones eat the cherries while the weak ones had the nuts thrown at their heads. Prague governments could say what the people think and what is heard in the streets every day, the men of Dawning street and the Quay d'Orsay would be making wry faces. The western powers look upon the small countries of eastern Europe as if they were mere colonies: and even Poland, where French policy met with such enthusiasm, is beginning to perceiv: now that she knows the conditions of the French loan, that French friend- chip is going to be anything but gra tuitous in the long run. The fact that the imperialistic policy of Italy on the east side of the Adriatic is toier- ated by the politicians of Paris and | London is not agreeable to the south Slavs. In spite of toasts and ingist- ing on ‘traditional friendship’ toward he ‘big aliies’ tne little entente is decidedly turning against them. Pre- cisely in connection with Genoa, the Vreme of Belgrade calls the little en- tente’s means of defense ‘against our enemies and against our friends.’ ‘At Genoa.” continues the writer. ‘the little entente in order to show its independence, wants to be con- sidered as fifth great power beside England, France, Italy and Japan. Benes only met with frowns and evasive gestures in Paris, when he was sounding the chances which this project might have. Another fact also stands in the way, viz., that she has no uriform Russian policy. Czecho- slovakia. as an_ industrial country, sees markets in Russia for her prod- ucts, and having entered into a commereial relations with the soviet republic, would llke to see the Mos- cow rulers recognized. Jugoslavis, on the other hand, is iving hosp tality to some 10,000 Russian immi- grants, and has just received Geu. Wrangel within her borders. Ru- mania is continualiy in conflict with Russia_on account of Bessarabi while Poland, on the other band, al- though not actually belonging to the 0dd Superstition. A shif_captain is responsible for the well-being of his ship, which is somebody’s property. Il Costs a goodly sum of money to build almost any sort of ship, and the owner re- poses much confidence in the captain whom he puts in charge of the float- ing fortune. It is natural that in case of disaster the owner should expect the captain to stay with the ship while any possibility of saving the craft remains. Out of this sim- ple state of affairs has grown up the queer superstition of the sea that a captain must go down with his ship, or must seem to do his best to go down with her. 4 There is neither reason nor co mon sense in such superstition. The captain's life 15 more valuable than the ship, and even if it were not there would be no good excuse for his throwing it away uselessly with the doomed ship. These unreasonable and fantastic superstitions of the sea should be dissipated by some sort of orgi ized education of feamen. No _captain should be permitted to throw away his life, any more than a taxi driver mhould be permitted to stay by the wheel when to jump would be to zave. his life_and damage nobody.— Wichita Eagle. And, 1f the Belgrade and ! |little entente. has started better re- {lations with Russia. Ii wiil not be | easy. even for Benes, to find the exa. | middle course between these differer tendencies, consequentiy the role © the little entente at Genoa will no be the least interesting side of the conference.” French vs. Soviet Government. PARIS, — Writing in Loeuvre { political correspondent says “The government instit . | the sovtet r c are not as T ent as we might think from stitutions of our bourgeois repu “The dutieg of the ‘people’s com missioner are by no means differest from that of our ministers, and the ‘pesident of the college of the peo ple's commissioners.” Lenin, has ex zctly the function as our pre mier. “AS to the president of the republic who is sometimes familiarly called ‘the executive of France, he is called there the ‘presicent of the central | executive committee. His family {name is Kal “His name is much less known than !that of other bolshevist leaders. an | vet it is un T of the soviet archic rvep superion loves to mix w ikind of peas {the crowds whom he is ex- | tremedy 12 spite of his hig! office, he ~ied on remaining mayor of < village, and he has no g than to return from time at the hay-makink season, o care of his cows, I his ho I ight sheep. Among a th t leaders he is the 01 _W.u speaks nothing but Russian. i Lves in & very im ple house in cow. With & card o the door with lie words ‘Office of Comrad Kalinin on the first floor." “Thus we =ee that if the soviet in- stitutions resemble ours. their cus toms are nevertheless very diffrent A Non-Tax Town. LONDON. — The Penrhyndeudraetn {correspondent of the Westminster Ga- lzette says the council at Merionein Ihas the distinction of being a refrain from levying & general raie this year, owing to sufficient revenu- !having been derived from the rent o |the town hall, which is let for cinema performance Recently the council any such policy. but a ratepayers was in favor. Costly Near East Defense. LONDON,—The cost of the defens of Mesopotamia by the British arm: the Indian army and the air force 372.000 for the current year Palest'ne is £1.724.000 . Hilton Young, financial secretary the treasury. stated in parilame yesterday. the Dali News says. As r gards civil service expenditure, Pales- tine is seif-supporting. In Mesopota a contribution of £40,000 is made toward the salaries etc. of the high commissioner and his personal and political staff and & grant of £23,000 for the provision and maintenance of thelr quarters. This year, further, there appears on the estimates of £70.000 as part of a sum authorized last year to place the rall ways in & proper condition after the war. Apart from the charges it it hoped that Mesopotamia will be sel supporting: further, that some of the ‘qharges will not recur in future years. was against piebiscite ¢ B The Bented Cow. A little church in & North Carolina town is eaid to own the cow that gives the milk of human kindness This cow is rented out by the church A family with a number of children, grestly in need of fresh milk. but lacking sufficlent funds to purchase either milk or a cow of its own, may rent the church cow for a dollar a week. The church adds the rental money to its growing fund for the purchase of the cows. It wants to have a community herd one of these days. According o local authorities the arrangement is working beautifully The cow was rented first to & family with six chi''y Such & family “ose o six quarts le simpie mult hat it would imes as much as a doilar a wed —~ihe hire of the cow —to provide thmt much milk. A member of the church says: “You should see how (hese children are| blossoming forth. You can see the bloom in their cheeks, and the scales also have a story 1o tell."—Winona Republican-Herald. ought to con of mik u o