Evening Star Newspaper, June 25, 1922, Page 38

THE EVENING STAR, With Sunday Morning Bditien. & Wihi Sundieyj Jehg 5 WASHINGTON, D. C. SUNDAY. .June 25, 1938 THEODORE W. NOYES. ... Editor -— Tha Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office, 11th St. and Peansyivania Ave. New York Office: 150 Nassau 8t. Chicago Office: First National Bank Bull Buropean Office: 3 Regent 6t., Londoa, Englan: The Evening Star, with the Sanday moraing edition, is delivered by cacriers within the city at 60 cents per month; daily only, 43 cents per month; Sunday only, 20 cents per month. Ot ders may be sent by mail, or telephane Ma 5000. Collection s made by carriers at t end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daily and Sunday..1 yr., $5.40; 1 mo,, T0¢ Daily only.. 1 yr.. $6.00; 1 mo., 50c Sunaay only . 1 yr., $2.40; 1 mo., 20¢ All Other States. Daily and Sunday.1 yr., $10.00: 1 mo.. 85¢ Daily only .1yr., $7.00; 1 mo., §0c Sunday_only J1yr.. $3.00: 1 mo.. 25¢c Japan Playing the Game. The Japanese government yester- day formaily decided to withdraw her troops from Siberia, and fixed October 20 next as the date upon which the evacuation shall be completed. This action gives effect to the promise J: pan made at the Washington confer- ence, and is another long step forward } in assuring the peace of the Pacific and of the world. Announcement of the decision to withdraw being accom- panied by the statement that it is taken as a direct resuit of the Wash- ington conference, President Harding and Secretary Hughes are entitied to credit for a signal triumph in diplo- macy, but the event is no less a triumph for the diplomacy and states- manship of Japan. Whatever suspicions may have seemed warranted at one time as to Japan's programs and aspirations, no one now has any right to doubt that the government at Tokio is resolved upon a policy of strictest faith-keep- ing.” Japan always has professed a scrupulous regard for her interna- tional engagements, but in’times past ker word has been given in such a way that it was susceptable of more than one interpretation. and the in- terpretation Japan placed upon it did not always run parallel to that of the other contracting party. When Japgn came to the Washing- ton conference on the limitation of armaments the public mind of the world was frankly skeptical of Japa- nese intentions, and still imbued with the belief that Japanese diplomacy was of the “tricky” kind. And during the conference deliberations, at least in its early stages, this impression grew rather than diminished. But gradually it came to be understood that while Japan could not take as that the, police be armed. It probably comes to many Americans with a Sense of shock that Britlsh police are not armed. Their truncheons are their sole weapons, of no avail whatever against gunmen, and really only for moral effect. For the “bobby” is sup- posed never to use his club until it be- comes desperately necessary to sub- due B, prisoner. Yet it is & strange fact that very few London policemen Bave been killed in the line of duty. The suggestion that the force be {armed (s even now resisted by authori- tles, who declare that it is unwise to | 8ive policemen deadly weapons with { which they may slay people before {they are condemned—that policemen yshould not be made executioners in |advance of trial and conviction. In this present case, it is pointed out, the men were caught after all and no lives were lost in the capture. That is the London way. It was of importance in this crime to take the men alive, for through them it is possible to learn the nature and extent of the plot against the life of the late fleld marshal, and perhaps against others high in official life. Al- ready In consequence of Inquiries made possible by the capture of these living men eighteen persons have been arrested, and a conspiracy is being un- folded. This is the object of the cus- tom of arming policemen with only clubs. They bring in their evidence. i But it does not foliow that American policemen should be disarmed. There is no such respect for law as that which has been traditional in England in the bearing of lawbreakers toward the police, A London policeman is rated in! efficiency according to the arrests he does not make rather than those that he does make, for he is viewed primarily as a peacekeeper and to arm him with deadly weapons would be contrary to this theory. Suit Aguinst Mine Union. There never has been in the Ameri- can courts a more important sult than the one it is proposed to bring against the United Mine Workers of America to recover damages resulting from the riot at Herrin, Iil., and the assassination of non-union miners. It will be the first action brought under i the decision by the Supreme Court of the United States helding labor unions responsible for damages which are the result of strikes, and is bound to have far-reaching consequences and pro- foundly to affect the entire labor union movement. Before this proposed suit reaches a final determination the leaders of or- ganized labor may have cause to be thankful that the courts they have assailed with such bitterness are aloof and unresponsive to public opinfon, the very attributes against which the labor leaders have complained. For detached a view of Pacific questions |public opinion, outraged by the hor- as the other powers, her delegates were sincerely striving for a solution which would be falr and would make for world peace, and in the final round-up of the conference work the Japanese position left no room for eriticism. And now Japan is engaged in mak- ing gocd the formal engagements and informal promises she made in Wash- ington, and with each step she takes in that direction she rises higher in the world's estimation. In this coun- try; at least, the wish is growing that | some of the nations of Europe might go to Japan for lessons in interna- tional conduct, with especial refer- ence to the Japanese valuation on the sacredness of a nation’s plighted word. A Loyal Hawaiian. The late Prince Jonah Kuhio Ka-| lantanaole represented Hawaii in Con- | gress for twenty years. He was close- | 1y related to King Kalakaua and Queen Liliuokalani. In his long congressional service the prince had opportunity to study Ameri- can institutions and appraise their value, and he came to a high appre- | clation of them. He left to his people some instruc- | tlors as to the future. Divided into ten paragraphs, they have been named ; “the ten commandments,” and a so- clety has been founded to give them practical expression. Three of the ten are these: Thou shalt Americanize Hawail and keep alive the American institutions in this, thy native country. The bur- den is upon you. Thou shalt love thy race and love thy land or you will be an outcast. You must be a true Hawalian before you can become a true American. Thou shalt support and ablde by the laws, enforcing prohibition of the manufacture and use of intoxicating liquor. Liquor has retarded the vance of our race. Our increase is hopeful with liquor out of the way. Queen “Lil,” it will be remembered, never became reconciled to her loss of power. She schemed to the end of her days for the restoration of the monarchy. She took no account of | what America was doing for Hawaii, or else was willing that the advance- ment cease in the interests of her own personal importance. : Not so this prince of the blood. He! thought only of his country and of | the progress it had made as American territory; and his last testament was in behalf of the institutions which had 1 ror at Herrin, might be willing to go a great deal further than the courts are ever likely to go in application of the theory of collective responsibility for strike damages. It goes without saying that if ever responsibility for the Herrin outrage could be determined, those responsible should be punished criminally and mulcted for civil damages to the limit, but it nevertheless remains true that the Coronado decision has in it the possibilities of injustice and oppres- sion against which all right-thinking people would revolt. Carried to a logl- cal conclusion, the doctrine laid down by the Supreme Court in the Coronado case would utterly destroy the efficacy of labor unions and reduce the work- ing classes to a condition of servitude: There is almost no limit to the dam- age which results from a strike, es- pectally a strike which affects a basic industry like mining or transporta. tion. In the case of a general rallway strike, for exampie, every citizen suf- fers damage, and if the organizations of rzilway employes are to be held ltable for these damages a railway strike, of course, becomes impossible. It will be & happy day when a way fs found of adjusting industrial rela- tionships without resort to the strike through the provision of a substitute means of defense by labor against op- pression. ' The Supreme Court of the United States has ever stood as the defender of liberty and the champion of right, and the leaders of organized labor will not find it any less a refuge in the future because of their attacks upon it today. An Income Tax Anomaly. Interesting figures are given in the report of the commissioner of internal revenue regarding income tax returns for the year 1820. The total of in- dividual incomes for that year was in- {creased by nearly $4,000,000,000 over 1919, and the number of returns was increased by nearly 2,000,000. Yet the taxes received fell off by about $195. 000,000. The signlficance of this is that {there was a shift of money from the highest range of ownership to the medium range. This is borne out by the fact that returns for incomes of $1,000,000 and over fell from sixty-five in 1919 to thirty-three in 1920, while refurns for incomes between $1,000 and $2,000 increased by more than 700,000. That is to say, the number of wrought so much for Hawali, and, as he belleved, would continue their beneficence as long as supported. —_————— The Hague conference evidently does not expect to display anything like the literary brilliancy that marked the Washirgton conference. ————— One way to waste midnight oll is to burn it for the purpose of studying a wildcat ofl Prospectus. —————eee London Policemen. ‘The other day when Field Marshal ‘Wilson was shot to death in London his: essassins walked away from the scense of their crime with little sign of haste, followed—it could not be called pursuit—by a growing crowd of peo- ple. Among them were several police- men drawn by the sound of the shoot- ing: But these people were, like the civilians, unarmed, and were helpless before the occasional shots of the mur- derers, who turned from time to time andi fired. One policeman was wound- ed.- Not until a police squad, sent frémi a station that the slayers inad- vertently chanced to pass in their progress, went around the block and them off were they taken, and then aftér & desperste fight. Now, it is being urged in London f multimillionaires decreased and the number of persons with small incomes of taxable sige increased. This may in turn signify that the people of great ‘wealth have shifted the burden owing to the high tax rates applicable to immense fortunes. Whether that shift- ing is in any way the cause of the in- crease in the incomes of the lowest taxable range is, of course, merely a matter of speculation. But it Is evi- dent that there is a more even distri- bution of wealth, and by a singular anomaly the Treasury suffers itself in loss of income in conssquence. - ————eeee Uncle Joe Cannon decided to rau‘rl just at & time when political life does not hold out any great prospect of pleasure for anybody. First Step Toward More Water. Advertisements for bids for the first stage of the work of increasing the water supply definitely put that prqj- ect in motion, even though the funds for the work itself will npt be avail. able until after the end of the present month, when the new appropriation law will take effect, assuming that it will be & law at that time. The bids themselves arg_to be flled by the 17th of July, with remarkably little loss of time, and the contracts, of which there ¢ wiil be three, will doubtiess be let with little delay. It is estimated that the actual construction may be under'way by the first of August. 7 This expedition is most gratifying. The situation, indeed, calls for the ut- most speed. The supply is inadequate now, and its iradequacy increases an- nually, as the population grows. Tke dally_consuraption at the peak leaves @ dangerously slight margin over the available supply. There is nothing in reserve, and any break in the system would put the capital community in & serlous condition. g ‘With work In progress on all three ®mections at once, it is belleved that the first section of the entire project will be completed In a little more than two years—by the end of the summer of 1924. So far as known there are no conditions that make for delay. Bad weather may interfere somewhat from time to time with the work, but the estimate of the engineers In charge that two full years will finish the job is doubtless based upon all conceiv- able conditions. 1t 18 to be assumed that there will be no halt in the meaking of annual appropriations for the completion of the whole project, which, it is esti- mated, will cost $8,738,000. The con- tracts now advertised for will involve $:,900,000, of which amount the ap- propriation bill about to be enacted carries $1,500,000, authorising the starting of work costing about as much more. This method of providing for work bevond the immediate appropria- tion Is virtually a guarantee that the annual installments will be forthcom- ing. There should be no halt in the prosecution of this great work, which Is of fuch Vital importance to the ‘wealth of the District. ———————— Criminal Identification Bureau. Selection of Washington as the lo- cation for the national bureau for thpl identification of criminals is logical. This has always been regarded as the most suitable place for such a clearing house. Here are the federal agencler for the prevention amd detection of crime against the laws of the United | States. The police force of the capital jis recogniged throughout the country jas one of the most efficient. It was appropriate, therefore, that Maj. Sul- livan, the chief of the force, should go to San Francisco and formally ask the selection of the c .pital. Incidental- 1y thanks are due to the Chamber of Commerce for its service in making Maj. Sullivan’s trip possible by sup- plying funds, which unfortunately were lacking from official sources. With the criminal identification bu- reau organized here it will be possible te check on crime in any part of this country. Scientific methods have been adopted to insure identification. Hun- dreds of thousands of records can be kept in such a manner as to permit immediate location and comparison. Telegraphic or radio information can be sent broadcast from the scene of the crime from which the offender has fled. In cases where fingerprints are left detection of the fugitive is made possible with the least delay. Maintenance of such a bureau will not, of course, put an end to crime. Nothing will ever do that. Crime will be committed as long as men live. The problem, however, is to increase the chances of detection and punish- ment, which make the risk of crime greater and the chance of escape less. The identification bureau will surely accomplish those results. —_——————————— Europeans who criticise the U. S. A. as a country inclined to be aloof. should realize on reading the news dis- | patches that America has industrial troubles of her own. —_————— A turbulent condition exists in | China, due to the fact that her irre- concilables decided to test their irre- concilability to its logical conclusion. ————————— An impolite show usually does busi- iness, which fact encourages the man- }ageru to claim that the dear public; 1is demoralizing the drama. B — The good old democratic donkey might pull more effectually if he could lmake up his mind as to who was do- ing the driving. —————————— | Of late years few vacation trips have been left unmasred by apprehen- slons of a strike which may delay the return trip. ‘Women will settle the question of {bobbed hair for themselves, just as i they settled the question of the bobbed skirt. The rapidity in settling a strike dis- played in war time is not shown at present. ——————— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. The Rapld Age. Exceeding much we mortals know. The world is moving very fast. The story of two weeks ago As ancient history is classed. The wireless waves move swift enough. And yet, as they a tale unfold, The hearer will say, “Anclent stuff!” 1If it s twenty minutes old. Gift. “Eloquence 18 a gift,” remarked the admiring friend. “It has to be,” rejoined Senator Sor- ghum. “Very little of it nowadays is worth paying for.” Jud Tunkins says there are many things to complain of about the mod- ern bathing suit; but at least you can't say it doesn't fit. . Parley Prescriptions. The agitation riseth high And various flls endure. BStill patiently the world doth try The conversation cure. Under Difficpities. “Does your wife object to your smoking?" “No," replied Mr. Meekton; “but she takes & great deal of the pleasire out of it by compelling me to sit in front of the geraniums and blow all the smoke on them to kill the insects.” “De man dat rocks de boat,” sald Uncle Eben, “is allus de one dat hol- lers mos’ piteous foh help. when dv bunch goes overboard.” i Politics at Homé Marshalf Finds British King The Political Demagogue. In his address to the graduating class of the University of Delaware, Senator Learoot sald of the political demagogue: His presence iz not confined to any political ty, for he is found ln‘lll partie cannot be imprikoned and there is only one weapon with which he can be destroyed, and that is en- lightened patriotic public opinion. The term is freely used—sometimes too freely. It has been applied to some of the most eminent men who haveap- peared in our affairs. Mr. Jefferson in his day was characterized by his more extreme opponents as a political dema- gogue, and the same term was leveled at Mr. Lincoln because of his frequent references to “'the plain people.” But, as all now see and confess, those two men had vision and the courage of it far beyond the ordinary, and are rated today as among the great figures of history. The Wisconsin senator’s reference was to men who talk loosely, and em- ploy extravagances of language and statement in order to attract atten- tion. And he is right as to them. The only remedy—the only protection— against them Is “‘enlightened patriotic public opinion.” Fortunately, the remedy Is provided in our fr@e speech, and a press which leads the .world's press in enterpriee and influence. The loose talkers’ de- liverances, when they d¢ not of their own extravagance defeat themselves, are soon disposed of in the discussions they arouse, and thus they do little more than advertise for a brief period their shallow and absurd authors. But they serve that end thoroughly. One has only to call the long roll of present-day celebrities to note how many among the number owe thelr place on the roster more to their an- tics and extravagances of speech than to any solid contribution to the solu- tlon of problems challenging public attention. —_————— Women and Office. Women and office are much dis- cussed these days. Mrs. Olesen's achievement in Minnesota is leading and giving point to a good deal of speculation. Take a popular inquiry. Is there any place under the government to which women may not reasonably as- pire? The popular answer is, none. If to a seat in the House—and two women have reached that goal—why not to a =eat in the Senate? There are several announcements for that body. Mrs. Brown of West Virginla and Miss Kearney of Mississippl are desirous of donning what is calied the toga, and Miss Martin of Nevada, who has twice offered for the Senate, may offer again, although maybe not this year. How then about executive places of importance — governorships, cabinet appointments and judicial appoint- ments? The answer is a counter in- quiry. If women are equal to legis- lative duties, why not to executive and judicial duties? Which leads to the crowning inquiry, why not a woman for President? Right there is where the physical problem enters into the equation. Has any woman strength sufficient to meet the exacting duties of our highest office? The presidency has come to be a grinding and continuous task. The incumbent is on the job six days in the week, and often on Sunday. There is next to no real rest. “From the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same,” and even later, an occupant of the White House must bear the purden of that trying post. Mr. Harding is of sturdy build, of methodical habits and of great indus. try. But he needs every bit of his fine physical strength and equable tem- perament to dispatch the business that is crowded upon him. He is a laboring man for fair—one of the hardest workers—is obliged to be— between the two oceans. Texas. The candidacy of Mr. Culberson 1s one of the most interesting of the year. Lacking the physical strength necessary to a stumping tour, the senator is leaving his interests In the hands of his friends and aiding them with suggestions from his place here. His friends are active, and today he is regarded as in the lead of a field of strong contestants. This- was the situation six years ago when Mr. Cuiberson offered for re-election and achieved an easy vic- tory. He was then physically unequal to a tour of the state, and had to make his appeal through his friends and the mails. The Ku Klux Klan has become a factor in the contest. It has been operating boldly in Texas, and some democrats of prominence have been coddling it. Not so Mr. Culberson. He has de- clared against the organization in strong terms, as inimical to law and order and all the true interests of the commonwealth. It s this spirit that accounts for the senator’s hold on the Texas peo- ple. He not only stands for the best things, but does o frankly and un- equivocally. He can be placed without difficulty on all issues affecting the good name and progress of the state. It Mr. Culbersofi wins again it -will be a notable triumph of character, ability and faithful service. He has been in the commission of the peo- ple of Texas, first at home and then here in Washington, for many years, and in all the offices he has held has made reputation. At sixty-seven he is & ripe man in experience in public office, & sound lawyer when. constitu- tional questions are much in evidence, and although In reduced physical kelter still diligent in his work on Capital Hill and in touch with all the requirements of his office. ——————e Flashes of dialogue as reported in the Congressional Record render it a matter of satisfaction that the duel was long since eliminated—thanks to the satirists—from social and political Iife. 7 et T, et - ‘Washington's right to be recognised one day as & great educational center is undenied. In the meantime, the salaries of school teachers are regard- od as entirely too Bmall. } ' 1 [ the Council of Jewish | Revered as Symbol of Empi . 1re :)n the occasion of the dedication o BY THOMAS R. MARSHALL, Former Viee President of the United States. LONDON, June 24, 1932, I drove through Petticoat lane on the edge of White Chapel, and 1 became greatly interested in the people who thronged It. Until then I pad “always wondered whether Charles Dickens had not drawn greatly on his imagination for hia characters of Fagin, Bill Sykes and Nancy, but now I am convinced they were of the world 85 he knew it, which was better than any of his successors. It was an enlarged edition of New York's East Side, As 1 emerged from Petticoat lane, I found myself wondering whether it did not contain the virus of bolshevism. It appeared to me as possessing every element, including desire, for the starting of a mad revolution against or- ganizeq soclety, for fhe conduct of a bitter struggle between those who have not and those who have. Realizing there could be no con- tent If this were true, I naturally grasped the idea that discontent was llkely to manifest itself in an assault upon government. * % & % Passing on, I came to the Gulld- hall. It happened to be the day before Empire day, which is the anniversary of Queen Victoria's birthday. As I entered, a rehearsal was being had of a pageant by selected scholars for the benefit of the students there who would” g0 from their literary education into the various trades. A tall and stately girl. costumed to repre- sent Britannia, marched with regal steps; accompanied by malds in walting, down the alsle of the hall and ascended the throne. Then came processions, representing the integral parts of the British em- pire, the members of each appro- priately garbed to disclose the characteristica of the couhtry rep- resented, whether Canada, Aus- tralla, New Zealand or South Africa. As each leader was greeted by Britannia she responded with a historical resume of what her country and its people had con- tributed toward the maintenance and prosperity of the emplre. ‘These ?lgunl! are xiven annually not only in the Guildhall, but all over the British Isles. . To me it was the complete re- verss of Petticoat lane. Here the children of artisans in the forma- tive period of their lives were be- ing impressed with the greatness and glory of the empire. They were having inatilled into their minds that England was not the British empire, nor Scotland. nor Canadn, nor any of the other de- pendencies. but that all together they constituted the British empire and that each had fts p'ace in his- tory, its part in the development of ‘the emplre, its duty in the maintenance of the government. To my mind here w something very worth while. ere forces were jeing mobilized for law and order and the integrity of the British crown. * % * *x These two ecenes eo utterly un- 1lke made me anxious to ascertain the real state of the British mind. ‘Was it discontented with the em- pire? Did it desire to topple over that which centuries had created%s Was It anxious to take a chance " through rapine and bloodshed on a new form of rule? Or was it quite content with the empire and discontented only ‘with certain conditlons In 1ife, which it belleved might be rectified without wreck- ing the government? 1 do not pretend to do more than convey impressions. London Is filled with observers who can sall to New York, take one walk down Broadway and, homeward bound, write a volume on the decadence of the American republic. But I realize that long residence would be necessary to know the British Isles thoroughly. Yet, happening to observe the mad enthusiasm of Empire day. 1 venture my opinion which has been somewhat fortified by conversations not only with Equal Rights in Naturalization Pren of exalted rank, but with men unknowa, - - %% 'This 13 the British view as I in» ‘!PD‘NI it: That though there are Tady errofs in government, in- &quajities in life, Injustices In business, these are not the fault of the’ British empire, nor do they flow from its constitution. The fight for larger liberty and more equal justice goes on from year to year, but no minority thinks of overtdppling the mystem bocause of wrongs and Injustices complained of. Everywhere may be heard complaint touching this or that man or this and that pol- icy, but rarely s heard complaint about the empire. In the demonstrations of the crowd I did not observe that there ‘was any particular love or venera- tion for the king as an individual, but that there was unbounded love and unlimited veneration for him as the symbol of the empire. The attitude {mpressed me as being wholly im| i. ‘There seemed o De no fear, for instance, that the king might die, yet aside from the pray- ers in the churthes, there was no Iimportuning heaven for his sur- vival. 1t becAme my impression that It made no particular differ- ence whether his name was Ed. ward or George, that he was just the visible symbol of that entity known as the empire. L As I gleaned the attitude of mind, the king occuples the rela- tion to the British people that, in my judgment, Uncle Sam, or per- haps the President of the United Btates, dught to ocecupy to the American people. I am myself profoundly devoted to the Ameri- can government. Neither by word, thought or deed would I relinquish a single grain of the heritage that is mi But I would that we could love d ‘laud and magnify Uncle 8am, and that we might con- sider the President as ohly sym- bolic of our government. Alas, more and more as the years by, we insist that our-President ur government. Our tendency to exalt him upon a In every market place. thought that good and evil, sunshine and rain, famine and plenty, D an prosperity and adversity, all were in the hol- low of his hand, and that he could pour either blessings or curses upon our heads. All the Presi- dents I have known have been good men and true, faithful and devoted to the best interests of the republic, but they were not gods, however much the people bowing down and worshiping them seem- ed to think. It would not be so bad If the people would only continue to wor- ship, put always after a time it I8 discovered that our idols have legs of clay, whereupon we crack their legs. \We say, in . ffeci: with this fellow. Such a govern- ment as he 18 we do not want. We will have another king to rule over us.” EE 1 am hoping the present Presi- dent of the United States ic to be saved from the fate of many of his predecessors. 1 did not vote for him, yet he is my President. I do not look upon him as the govern- mont of the United States. To me he is the symbol of the gowern- ment, just as Uncle Sam is the symbol of that Invisible Deity of constitutional freedom which from the beginning has brooded ovetr the republic. What_did I get out of Empire day? Nothing that drew me to- - ward the British empire; nothing that convinced me that America was not yet the land best loved by the Lord; nothing that could in- duce me to lessen my allegiance to the American Constitution; nothing that made me long to be a belted earl of the British empire. But I galned a conviction. ‘We have a sacred day—the Fourth of July. There should be less of fishing and golfing and going to base ball on that day. It should be consecrated to the republic. On that day there should be instilled in the minds of the young people of America a love and veneration for the President of the United States, as the symbol of a govern- ment, so stabie that none may doubt that it contains within it- self the power and desire to rectify 1 wrongs. (Copysight, 1022, by Thomi Marshall.) OMEN'S organisations are optimistic thmt Congress is at last golng to give women equal rights with men under the federal naturalization laws, to permit the wife to obtain the education her husband must ac- quire In our language and law. They are encouraged, after years of effort in Congress and to arouse public sentiment in favor of the proposition, that a woman's citizenship should not depend merely upor her marital status by the overwheiming vote of the House in passing the Cable bill. These organized women point out that the principle of this leglslation has been indorsed by both the re- biican and democratic parties and lnl':lcurporalefl in their 1920 platfofms. Among the women's organization which are now making a drive to get final action in Congress are: The Einerican Assoclation of University Women, the Natlonal Federation of Business and Professional Women, omen, the on of Women's lltew.guu of Wleman he National omen's Trade Uaton” [hague and the Womente Christian Temperance Union. In brief, their contention fact that & woman is married should be no reason to deny her the righ! of citisenship in the United through naturalitation proeeedings, if she is an eligible allen. Marri of & citizen of the United States to a foreigner should not of 2 o iofte er citizenship. Th our country should grant ind citisenship to women. * % xR The Carnegie Foundation made a special investigation to determine the attitude ot various judges exercising General Fede Cll:‘bl,‘the National @ 13 t jurisdiction in naturalisation cases, | be and in that study replies trom 360 dges were two to one in faver of 31':‘3-“-.1“ women . 88 individusls, and practically two to one in favor of .anlns an American woman to retain her eitl “th regardiess of arriage to an allen. mA nmnl-born American must wait twenty-one years before he of she is permitted to participate fn the gov- ernment of our countrs. A foreigh- born man or single woman who pesided in this country continuously for five years may become naturalissd and acquire that same right to par- ticipate in our government if he 6r ualifies before the naturalisation :n: s. But a foréign-born woman may come to-this country one ' marry an American citisén the nest, or her husband may have beén fiat- uralizsed prior to her arrival, .n’ in either oase, under onur m_ong' aw, she is given the same rights of sut- frage that the native-born Ametican ‘nunlm by twenty-one years' o lende. 3 isations inslst e Ty s ChlB country Mheuld TS - the mafriagé-status, m&: ge”',.l"i rather _upon m_ wishes and qualifications of the in- dividual. The married alien woman who I8 educated, who loves America, who knows bir language, our customs and, our laws, and who is attached to the principles of our government cannot becomé an American citizen without the naturalization of her husband, they point out. And they : “Why should her citigenship de- pend upon the will of her husband?* * % x % l The bill fathered by Representative John L. Cable of Ohio, a member of the immigration and naturalisation committee, permits this woman to be- come an American citiser. If she so desires, by* a separate naturalization proceeding. It also requires the alien woman whose husband is naturalized or who marries the American citizen to acquire citisenship by a separate Tinll shortened process of naturaliza- on. ‘The present law providing for natu- lization deals directly with the hus- and and father, and gives the wife and mother but seconcary considera- tion. The husband is the one who is educated. He is the one who must learn to speak the English language, to know our country, its Constiution and laws. He Is the one who must be attached to the principles of our na- tion. He only renounces aliegiance to his foreign ruler, and In most cases he only appears in open court and de- clares an oath that he wiil support and defend the Constitution. The hus- band the one those interested seek to fit and prepare for his part as an American citisen. Even the children are sent to pub- lic schools —but what of the wife? ese organized women, pledged to to its proper development the franchisement of women men, argue that the true process of naturalisation should include the education of the mother of this immigrant family. The *s influence and guidance would lost to the family without the edu- cation that naturalization proceed- ngs vide and require. The pend- ng fon is designed to permit the wife and.mother to learn some- thing about the country of her adop- tion. She is the one who should guide these children and ought to have the same privileges of an education as the father: 2 LI O A radical change is proposed under this legislation ffom the existing law.’ This change was espécially empha- sised by both political parties in their platforms, and that is that if an American woman marries a foreigner she retains her American citisenship. However, it 18 contended by Repre- Cable and others interested slation that the rich n who marties a title hould cease to have American wo and lives abroad Eivileges, an Amefican citi- e P hder the pending bill spscial provi i o that if she resides continousl; 1}“ she is presumed. | ceated to be an Amer il 1 in the counfry of which A e S lcan Heard and Seen the South Dakota stone in the Washington Monument last week there was gathered quite a good sized crowd at the foot of the shaf:, wait- ing for the elevator to take them to the 300-foot level, where the stone Was to be unveiled. All South Dakotans were taken to the level in a special trip of the big elevator. The man who stands out- slde the little steps ushered the ests into the car while the skipper the lift prepared to “let go.” The last person was crowded in. "Shall I come right down?" the ele- vator man asked of the guard. .':l;ié: guard peered up the great “Yes, just as straight as you it he replied. i st * * *x Senator Thomas Sterling of Bouth Dakota, who presided at the unveil- ing, anfl other members of the state delegation In Congress, had the op. por, t6 hear some reverbera- u?.fi o 1ty 8 fn the Monument. St people, especially members of Congress who have attended many banguets, are familiar with the sound made by flashlight powder when set oft by a photographer indoors. It makes considerable of a bang. But only when one hears a “flash set off in the Washington Monum does he hear it at its best. o . Senator Sterling and the others t:‘%flk;:ogl:.rl-:t” ll'rlhe request of ographer. ‘hen logked surprised. i oom!"” went the powder. But that was only the beginning. Boom-ity-boom-ity boom! And then some more “booms.” The sound went traveling up the shaft, and down, too, it seemed, echo- ing and re-echoing as it went. Quite :edfl?.vu::candn elapsed before the cere 5 Py 'monies could be re. * * % F. L. Harvey, secretary of the Wash- Ington National Monument Society, told me something interesting about ;he ETeat obeligk, as we sat walting or the unveiling ceremonies to begin. Harvey knows more about the Mon- ument than anybody in town. He wouldn’t admit it himself. 8o let it be sald for him. For many vears he has worked to get every state In the Unlon to place a stone In the Monu- Mment, and is now in a position to sae }::rcor;l‘m;nmntlon of his labors, Only ates r ";hh‘mm& emain unrepresented “I hope to live to see them all in place. one for each of the forty-elght States of the Union," the secretary Now here s what Harvey ¥ told me. He says that the center of gravity of the Washington Monument Is ex- actly at the 150-foot mark, where the dark stone ceases and the lighter stone begins. The fact that there is a distinct line where this occurs fis' notleed by all visitor “The part above that line wel exactly what the section” betow 1t does,” Harvey stated. “It is a curious thing that the line should k it because It is pure coincidence. g * * * Many people find walking down the Monument more difficult than walk- ing up. Neither way Is easy going, and only those in the best of health should at- tempt It, expecially the more than 1500-feet climb. Walking down is more of a tax on the knees than any- thing else. Via the steps. however, is the only way to see the many interesting stones, more than 175, 1 believe, which have been placed in the inner wall of the great shaft by states, so- cleties and cities. Two of the most elahorate are those of New York and Phiiadelphin. These stones are very ornate, with sculp- tured figures standing out, formin: quite a contrast to the modest Sout Dakota stone, bearing only the stat seal. * | %) ! Out in one of Washington's pret- tlest suburbs a new family moved in The nelghbors were curious about the family. “What does your father do?" a neighbor asked the small boy of the new family. “He's a bootlegger.” calmly replied the little fellow, “A bootlegge exclaimed the woman, genuine rprised. “Surely, ou don't mean that” that's not right, replied the “He telis bootleggers what to { Jobs, ! hy which certa Fifty Years Ago, in The Star At the close cf the session of the District legislature fifty years age The Star thus editorially End of the summarised its work, in Session. ;;:zzlllue of June 22, “The annual session of the District legisiature just closed has been a busy and on the whole a satisfying one. Of course, some things have been done which ought not to hav been done, and some measures failed which ought not to have falled. This has been the case in all deliberative assemblies from the begiuning and will be until the end. Some remarks have been heard about waste of time at the beginning of the session, neces- sitating hurry and bustle and pro- longed sittings at its close. These comments are unjust, for the reason that the executive offices could not furnish until near the close of the session statistical Information on which the really necessary legislation of the session—the tax, license and appropriations bills—could be based and because other important meas- ures had to be carefully considered and matured by the committees. If the two houses had been as indus- trious during the first fifty days a< they were the last ten there would have been more work done, of course. but whether it would have becn for the public is questionable. “Without reviewing in detail the general iegislation of the session it may be stated that among the meas- ures of interest and importance to our citizens, in addition to the finan cial bills above referred to, which passed, were the act to compensal: owners of property damaged by str improvements, the Corcoran square market-house act, the act providin for the arrest and punishment of pro- fessional thieves, burglars, gamblers pickpockets and confidence men; the act to cause proper distances to br maintained between carriages, Carts and wagons while in motion, the act making appropriations for the amounts required by the Commission ers of the sinking fund to pay the interest on and gradually redeem th public debt. the act to fund the un- settled liabilities of the city of Wash- ington and providing for the Issuink of bonds and levying and collecting of taxes to pay the same, and the act for the prevention of disease in the District of Columbia. “t may be as well mentioned right here that the greater portion of the labor of perfecting important meas- ures of a general character and fol- {lowing them until they become laws devolves upon a_limited number of members, generally a bare majority in each house. While some members attend through all the sittings to he!p In this work and aid In defeatinz others take things easy and others again are active only while they have some pet scheme in hand { and when it is safely through they rec- reate until another measure in '.Iél'!r they take an iksue is pending. Un- fortunately, too, these &pasmodi: gentlemen, if they are in the lowe house, are just as popular with the constituents as the members who bear the heat and burden of the day Another fruitful theme in this c pection would be the legislative t measures are defeat ed and others are passed. but to fol Jow it up would make this article too long for our columns. One illus- tration will do at this tme: ince several bills pass- of delegates of certain rov for payment claimed as dua for dan ove: whilé a member of wae known would engaged on a v one of them iwas othrrs would have not the member hear on the first one and once to check t! 2 t others. This action in these special cases was taken il must be remem bered, while the zeneral law on bet- damuges was_on its terments and passage without opposition. Taxpay- ers will be glad to know, however, that among the bills approved by th governor tne particular bill of dam- ages above referred to does uot CHARLES E. TRACE DIGEST OF FOREIGN PRESS Trotsky Swears in Red Army. RIGA.—A writer 1o the Riga Rund- schau gives an extraordinary descrip- tion of the new soviet army which has just been reorganized by Trotsky. He says: “The soviet government has only now decided after five years of rule to swear in the army. Moscow had not seen such happy and excited crowds in the streets for years as on the sunny spring day when tHe ceremony took place. There seemed to be no constraint, and there was a feeling that evervbody in Moscow, the workmen and soviet offi- clals as well a§ the army, regard the soviet government as a power which it is decidedly jn their Interest to uphold. “The great event of the day was the parade on the red square in front of the Kremlin, which began at 11:30 o'clock. Already at 8 o'clock in the morning an army of 200,000 men had assembled there. All the soidiers, with- out exception, were splendidly equipped and wore new uniforms. Red trousers, green or gray shirts with three ‘broad red and dark blue stripes on the front, with the new red army cap, like a vik- ing helmet. At 11:20 Trotsky step- ped out of the ancient door of the Kremlin, was recelved with cheers and walked up the front of the many regiments. He then mounted the plattorm and held a long political speech. Ho pronounced every word very clearly and distinctly and about a miilion people listened silently and attentively to his words. Once at 12 o'clock he was interrupted by the bells of the Kremlin. which have been ringing from these towers for more than five centurles. ‘When Trotsky had finished his speech he told '.ge adjutants to glve the sign that the ‘red oath’ was loln‘f to be taken. Horns were blown an drums sounded and Trotsky exclaimed in a Joud volce, ‘I Invite every member of the red army to repeat after me the oath. He then began, and after every thira word 200,000 voices repeated the sentence. When this was over the “International” was played, there were endless cheers, cannon were airplanes were flying on all there was no end to the Then the great |:|"§::~'m3: began jus! if'..';ei""’%:ouk'y n] the head of his staft let the troops march past. He gieeted them all with a few words never tired of thinking of new words. The soldiers a swered Joud cheers. Some of the regl- ;loli:hu caused a great sensation, fo! instance the “Icheka’ regiment in sides and rejolcing. jal uniform, the Polish communil f:mnnarln. ‘whom tsky greeted In Polish, and & woman's battalion. He stood in the same place for more than three hours and watched the never- ending march of the troops, workmen organizations, soviet officl and cor- porations, etc. Many were astonished at Trotsky's extraordinary endurance. This most brilllant of all ceremonies since the beginning of the soviet gov- efhment came to an énd about 3 4 But _until quite late in the evening numbers xanigntions t0 be Seen of troops and vmrlmn, or- | istered, Promises Trip to the Moon. LONDON.—Riding through iInter- planetary space with meteoric veloc- ity, and excursions to the moon, Venus or Mars, are possibilities which may be realized within a gen- eration or two, according to Robert Esnault Pelterie, the distinguished French engineer and one of the old- est pioneers of flving, according to the Paris correspondent of the West- minster Gazette. Of course, it possible for the moment, he says, science and Rutherford’s wonderful discoveries make the idea of man harnessing the creative energy of the universe appear by no means Utopian In any case, M. Pelterie has thought it all out and gives long technical explanations how, with sufficient propelling power maintained during the whole voyage, the machine could go from the earth to the moon in three hours, twenty minutes; 1o Venus in thirty-five hours, forty minutes, and to Mars In forty-nine hours, twenty minutes. . He would utilize the attraction of the plenets for the second half of the trip and cut off the machine's own motive force, because the passengers would probably succumb to the ef- fects of the well-known sensation of “falling into emptiness,” but he would “reverse engines” in order 1o counteract such attraction and avoid being dragged into the planet's at- mosphere at a speed which would cause the machine to vanish in flames, Microbes Beware! LONDON.—An extraordinary little machine for mincing mlcrolw_s WS shown to the Daily Mall medical cor- respondent at the Pickett-Thomson research Taboratory in St. Paul's Hos- pital by Dr. David Thomson, director of the laboratory. Microbes are so infinitesimally small that 5,000,000 of them In a mass invisible, and 1,000,000.000 are on about the size of the head of a small in. Pifo cut up migrobes is. therefore, a dificult task. But this little electri- cally driven machine succeeds in cu ting or “smeashing” them. There a two discs, one of which is stationar: while the other rotates. The station- ary disc has seventy tiny steel knives and the rotating one eighty cutting edges. 'l‘lhe microbes, suspended in an alka- line liquid, are for +«d against these cutting edges at a speed of sixty miles per hour, with the result that! 28,000,000 cuts are made per minute. During the twenty minutes the germs usually réemain in the machine they receive 560 million cuts. But while some microbes are smashed by this process, others are tough that they come out whole nd sound. A machine is therefore eing constructed with 450 cutting edg! which will whirl the microb at the rate of 120 miles an hour, giv- ing 500 cuts per minute. In the British Medical Journal Dr. Thomson explains the use of this m: chine. Inoculations against infectious diseases, such &3 typhoid fever, can be made with germs containing all their poisons or with germs from which the polsons hiave been removed. 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