Evening Star Newspaper, November 6, 1922, Page 6

6 THE EVENING STAR, With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY. . THEODORE The Evening Star Newspaper Company B W. NOYES. The Evening with th edition, is deiivered by ents per month onth: Sunda ders 1y he 5000. Collee eud of each i s e th Daily and Sunday Daily only s Bunday only All Other States Daily and Sunday.. Daily only Sunday on Press. The Assoctat to the for m patehes credi in_this 1 lished her p ihlication of The Truculent Turks. Apparently repudiating the Mudania agreement, the Turkish nationalists, now established in control in Con- stantinopie despite the refusal of Mohammed V1 to yield the sultanate at the behest of the Angora council, have demanded the evacuation of the capital by allied troops. The European governments have categorically re- fused to comply. Thus 2 new situation develops i the near east Wwhich threatens a contlict. In his note to the representatives of the allied powers Hamid Bey, repre- sentative at Constantinople of the na-i tionalists, stated that it was not the intention of the new administration to overstep the agreements entered into at Mudania. Still there is indication of a purpose to go bevond that pro- visional settlement in several matters. Nationalist troops have been sent Into the zone defined at Mudania as a neu- tral area, a has been set up at certain places in | the proscribed territory, and there is avidence of a to oc wwa at Gallipoli. Plainly the policy of the nationalist government is to force the allies into further concessions or fight. The immediate and natural effect of this truculent attitude on the part of the Turks is to create a panic among the Chr in Europe. horror is feared. It is obviously neces- sary for the allied governments to re- ¥ pending Turkish advance conference, sist these the La nne the multitude of Christians w straits to persecution and possibly to @ massacre unparalleled in recent his- tory A prompt refusal of the allied repr sentatives at Constantinople to with- draw their forces may check the na- tionalist movement for the immediate undisputed and .November 6, 1922 ; “!every day of that period will be need- ! news pub- | nationalist administration upy the penin- ! tian inhabitants in Constanti- | nople and throughout the Turkish area | Repetition of the Smyrna | undivided authority | There will b threa days of actual ses- | York, for instance, the rival state | sion, and the greater number of those . chairmen differ to the tune of three in attendance will reach here at least ! hundred thousand votes. The one sees one day ahead and will be at least a | Smith, the other Miller, sweeping day later than the adjournment In|things tomorrow. leaving. In other words, Washington | 1In the matter of election figures it must be ready, to entertain between ' will be a sign of health when some- 100,000 and 500,000 people for the bet- | thing like the old figures are in evi- ter part of a week. It is true that|dence again—when a majority of many of those who come will provide | twenty or thirty in the House, say, is their own entertainment in the sense ! considered substantial and sufficlent, of diversion and pleasuring. But there |and when the party in control of a | are certain essential practical facili- | great state with twenty or thirty ! ties to be provided. 1t is no light task | thousand to the good is considered as} | to house and feed nearly half a mil- living on Easy street. Big figures at »n extra people for from five to seven | times simply spell bloat, and bloat is day: not health. Washington has a reputation of do- ing these things well, and it must not fall down now in its doing of the big- xest thing that has come its way. The is seven months off, but | | Playing for Full Control. “Al" Smith’s friends, who are claim- ing everything and claiming it con- fidently, according to the recognized political prescription, are making an ! convention “ed to plan and perfect the details of | qjevonin nour drive for a legislature the big house party the capital will [ ¢ SR RO S KR Chave full hold when the red fezzes come swarm- | & B8 EE P ERE U now his fogsfrom all diceclions: quality in office. This, they point out, —————— The Exiled Bridegroom. Wilheim Hohenzollern's marriage vesterday at Doorn, Holland, to Prin- ss Hermine of Reuss was a purely nt. without any political importance. The former taken a new bride fn his| 15 a private citizen. Despite | ve a royal atmos-| will be impossible if a republican legis- lature is elected tomorrow. True, Mr. Smith during his term as governor, when he made the reputa- tion which has been serving him so well in the present campaign, had re- publican legislatures “on his hands.” Somehow, republican legislatures are the rule in New York. It is an exceed- ingly difficult task to secure one of a ocial” e or ha; interest Kais 1pac some attempt to g | phere to the occasion the wedding | different complexion. vas of no more significance than| This time, however, Mr. Smith, if ! would be the union of any other con-| he is returned to the governor's chair, Il be expected to do a considerable amount of business which will capital- ize well for his party at home on nw} eve of the opening of the next presi- | dential campaign. The Empire state democracy wants to play a leading part at the next democratic national convention—would be happy to fur nish the party with its presidential candidate, or. failing that, to name him from some other state. Hence this drive. The calculation is| that full democratic control at Albany —a democratic legislature working in | harmony with, and largely in response to the recommendations of, @ demo- cratic executive—would give New York a tremendous boost in national affairs In the coming two years. —————————— So many pressing matters have come up that the reading public has almost lost sight of the Einstein theory. Fortunately, this fact will niake no difference in any practical service it may be rendering in the operation of the universe. The beauty of & correct theory is that it goes o working regardless of supervision. —_————————— A woman was acquitted by a Phila- delphia jury of the charge of murder. | She killed a girl who had stolen her Lusband's affections, and proved not only that a woman can be expert wnh! firearms, but that the unwritten law | Is not exclusively for the protection of the jealous male. sly known personage in private i | The restoration of the kaiser in per- to the German throne was doubt- | il long before there was any Sugges- | on of a new matrimonial venture. his affair at Doorn virtually makes | his replacement at the head of the | German state impossible. | It is noted in the dispatches that a | large crowd which gathered outside ! of the gates of the Doorn castle dur-| ing the ceremonies gave evidendes of derision whenever any of the occu- pants of the establishment appeared, land especially when the former kaiser's followers, clad for the occa- sion in brave array of their old-time military finery, came into view. Tt has been patent almost from the be- | ginning that Wilhelm's presence at | Doorn was unwelcome, and his re-| { marriage within nineteen months of | the death of the former empress has | offended the people of Holland. ! In Germany there appears to have been no general reaction to this move of the former Kaiser save one of chagrin. The monarchists are not dis- posed to deal with his name in their maneuvers, the candidates for the restoration being confined to the next eneration. One of the most pro- i nounced of the monarchistic German newspapers bluntly asserts that the | ex-kaiser's former adherents have re-{ ceived a severe shock in this marriage. { A significant incident is reported from | Potsdam, where a solitary wreath of v was vesterday laid anonymously’ at the foot of the iron doors at the tomb of the former empress. —_————————— i i | i i { | ( Lenin and Trotsky, by carefully shifting methods of government, have managed to maintain themselves as permanencies. {relatio: F course you have heard of them and the remarkable things that they have done. Have you ever met face to face a real publicity man, press agents, as they were called In the olden days? 1If vou have not you have missed one of the greatest treats of your life, for they are in a class separate and apart from every other kind and species of mortals that in- jhabit the earth; their mental proc- esses are attuned in a manner that ihe layman cannot understand; they are just simply in a class by them- selves and that is all there is to it. Perhaps you remember the late A. Toxen Worm (really his name), who invented the famous milk bath: Tody Hamilton, who for many years gave to the eager public the stories of the old Barnum -& Bailey circus, and a dozen or more of these brilliant men who put over good stories in the in- terest of the person or persons that they were booming at the time. But T wonder if you have ever heard of the man who pulled the publicity stunts for a noted explorer who claimed, and many today believe his claim was just, that he had discovered the north pole. The explorer. after- having 1. sued numerous challenges to h critics, signed up on a western vaude- ville clrcuit and he certainly packed them in until they had to, hang onut the S. R. O. slgn—but to return to his publicity man. The searcher for the northern point was billed to open in San Francisco and the press agent was at loss as to just what to do to {make the lobby display more attrac- tive. To be sure, there were sleds walrus tusks, snowshoes and a lot f other trappings, but they were old stuff; he simply Had to have some- thing new. In despair he repaired to the office of one of the large news- papers'and conferred h a man who had formerly done exposition pub- icity work. The net result was that, {on the onening day. in front of Pan- tage's Theater five Esquimaux stood like stolcs by the side of the exhibits. {fow did even a press agent manage to get these denizens of the northland down to San Francisco was a puzzle to many, and It was not until one night at the Press Club that he gave the thing away: he had hired five Japs to impersonate those who live in the arctic circle. That press agent is now in Washington and really would make a valuable man for one of the great political parties to have Radicalism Seems Spent Force in United States. The appeal by Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler for “an honest and sincere division of political forces in this " to be secured through lamalgamation of the republican and democratic parties and which would have the “American people move to- {ward higher ground in international | has met with practically | the | no approval from the press of country. Dr. Butler's declaration during the next campaign. * ok ok K IERE has been considerable crit- fcism directed at those who are responsible for the training camps that blossomed forth during the past summer, and some of the criticisms are, in the opinion of many, just. A friend of the Army, a man who really wants to see the officers reserve be a living, tangible thing, made the fol- ter. He sald: “I know of many cases where young men at a financial sac- rifice attended the camps during the past summer; they. worked hard and made excellent records, but ®o far they have not had a word of en- couragement as to the matter of be- ing commissioned; many of these young men were young fellows who served overseas, men who have clean records in the real war service, as well as excellent marks at the camps, and to me it appears that those in charge of these matters are doing much to discourage those who really want the country to be prepared. It something is not done you can bet that next vear there will be far less applications. The giving of a com- mission calls for no expenditure of money, it does not affect the standing of any man In the regular service. but it does mean a whole lot to the man who is really tryving to keep up the spirit that won this war, for not all of the good officers were regulars, not all of them came from the “Point.” and you can bet that Pershing and the other real big men of the service know this. I wish that T could have a few minutes talk with these In charge of this matter.” The sentiments expre: A by this man, who served in France for a year and a half, will, no doubt. meet with the approval of many who wore the khakl. * k kX 'WICE a vear the Post Office De- partment issues bids for twine, the kind that they use in doing up letters at branch offices, on rallway mall cars and at other points. The demand this year calls for 1,000,000 pounds of two-ply jute twine—that is, for a six-month period. For those who delight in knowing fust how the twine measures permit me to say that !the balls weigh a halt pound each. |the length of twine in each ball is 1300 vards, making a grand total for the six-month supply of a little over 1340,000 miles. EDITORIAL DIGEST tell Dr. Butler the war !s over” in view of the fact that in 1920 the ‘combined vote of the Socialists and the farmer-lahor parties was slight- ly over 1.000.060. In the sime year the united republican and democratic vote was in excess of 25000.000. If | irelieve his fears for the safety of ithe country probably { would be.” | In the view of the San Francisco | Bulletin (independent), “the micro- scopic differences between the two traditional parties gave hecome the subject of considerable ridicule. A constructive ifberal party, that would put the radicals in opposition—and lowing statement regarding the mat- | the ratio of 25 to 1 isn't sufficient to| nothing | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTOfi, D. C, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1922. Here and There in Washington BY “THE MAJOR” Letters of Franklin K. Lane Revelations of the War Cabinet and Intimate - Views of National and World Figures by the For- mer Secretary of the Interior. (Copyright, 1822, by Anne W. Lame.) be to carry everything seven or elght thousand miles—not only men and munitions, but food—for Japan has none to spare and none we could eat. Her men feed on rice and smoked fish, and she raises nothing we would want. Nor could the country support us. So there was an end of talking of an American force in Siberia! Yes, we were needed—perhaps as a guarantee of good faith on Japan's part that she would not go too far, nor stay too long. But we would not do it. not like it. Therefore, we must keep hands off and let Japan take the Iblame and the responsibility. The question is not simple, for Rus- sia will say that we threw her to Japan, and possibly she would rush into Ger- many’s arms as the lesser of evils. My single word of cautlon was to fo act that Russia, when she “came bac should not hate us, for there was our new land for development—Siberia—and we should have front place at that table, if we did not let our fears and our hatred and our contempt get away with us now. Daniels whispered today that Rugsia had five fast cruise the Baltic, which could raid the Atlantic and put our ships off the sca. He had wired Sims to see if they coukin't be sunk. 1 hope it is not too late; surely England must have done something on so im- portant a matfer, though she is slow {in thinking. And how is any one to get there with the Baltic full of submarines and mines? The thought is horrible, the possibilities! We certainly have made a bad fist of things Russian from the start. They have deserted us be- cause they were trying to drive the cart ahead of the ho economical revolution before political revolution, socialism ahead of liberty with law | And they know we are capitalistic, be- cause we do not approve of socialism by Instaliment No. § In Mr. Lane's files were found number of manuscript “Notes on| Cabinet Meetings,” and the reprints' below, dated February 25, March 1 and March 12, are from that source. February 25, 1918. As I entered the building this morning Dr. Parsons met me. I asked | how the cyanide plant was getting on. His reply was to ask if he might request the War Department to allow us to make the contract—that he could have the whole thing done in two days. This {8 where we are at the end of more than six months of effort. It is hopeless! We find the process, everything!—but cannot get the contract, through the intricate, infinite fault-findings and negligence of the War Department. Manning came to See me to say that he expected, after the Overman bill wasg passed, that the President would | take over the gas work—order it into the War Department. He had been asked twice if he could be tempted by a uniform into that department, and had sald that he was freer as a civilian.—had planned the work and #athered the force as a civilian, and would not leave the department. He felt damned sore and indignant, that a work 8o well done should be the subject of envy, and possibly be made less effective and useful * * Everit Macy lunched with me and told me the sad story of the mis- handling of labor affairs by the Ship- ping Board. He had gone to the Pa- cific coast and with his colleagues, Coolidge and others,” made an agree- ment with the shipbuilding trades Five dollars and twenty-five cents for machinists, etc. In Seattle, how- ever, because of one firm's bidding for labor. he felt that there would have to come a strike before this echedule And now the eastern and southern p. o TL S erans of men ask the Pacific scale. and he [, i28 P 2100 BVTE e SREERRS O can't gee how It can be avoided, nor [ * “FY s ithipay, can 1. They will have to standardize ||/ A;”‘]’;"‘; il {he p it were vages. H Sl waEs 2 g ja matter of first importance! No word Poor chap, his advice was scorned. {g,, Rayer nor mention of his mis for he protested against the bonus ot CUET T [being given to Seattle, and. as he said. |10 Grorge W L {If it had not been war-time I would | have resigned.” To increase the men | in the south, to this unprecedented| Thinge are going much b scale, will not zet more ships, he|ine war Department. M fears, but less, for they Will not work |yg that this war will ne. February 16, 1918, if they have wages in four da¥s)i .o three things, in th equal to seven dayvs’ needs. I ad-i:,,r oo Aeropianes Bie Bon vised for standardization. He said must, as vou know, do 2 to keep up the merale of our own people. There is a considerable per- centage of pacifists, and of the weak- 11 that we can the Navy wouldn't_hear of it, as iti would demoralize thelr yards. * ¢ ' Politics. politics, curse of the coun-! It has gotten into the whole| And, besides, Russia would | would be accepted. Before he got | force. back the threatened strike came, and | == | then the demand of the men fora 10} . March 12 11923)) per cent bonus was acceded to, upset- Nothing talked of at cabinet that 1l ting all other settiements in San |7OUld interest a nation, a or a | Franciseo, Poctland. Los Angeles, ote, |child. No talk of the war. No talk of Result, 10 per cent gain everywhere Russla. or Japan. 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As a champion—maybe the leading i {follows a variety of suggestions for, the organization of a new party be- keep them there—might prove a over all of Turkey in Europe to the | solution of some of our political extreme western limit. Kemal Pasha war program. Hoover and McAdoo ! are at swords drawn. Hoover had a| in observing Europe is interested taay repudiate the demands of the na.| champion—of the dry cause, Mr.|the fact that a reformed anarchist|fore the next presidentlal election.| Probiems particularly that of get: u H is receiving, ' tonalist officials at Constantinople, or | Eryan has been doing double duty in | often makes a remarkably strict palk-lp,u[ SeTalaall e i s ar e NG| oo Lanicker sactionyin) S ;,:;1:1"5.5‘?:;9:29;::“::.(:'chr;‘rdonmxc:s. {after she had thrown down her arms. J | Is ued—aND OUR PLANE, I3 0% he may support them while massing | this campaign, ical disciplinarian. lshould any such party be organized|pears so glaring right now is Simpi¥ [jno for wheat and charging us with] [ndicates what may be expected by SEFRE your articles are CLEANED his recently victorious troops in Asia{ First, as a politician: He has not R e lit must prove its right to existence [ that the Hardink administration has|, | \coping our word—and starva-|*"F Nelion that auits now BY THIS SYSTEM. ALWAYS BEST. s : as ¢ e > ¢, not only o minor con- —and s S ; for a sudden crossing of the straits.| been stressing the cause from the| Every candidate hopes the Thanks-jon a domestic program that Willicerns of governm ent, but on the great |tion threatening all three countries—! * The prospect for/demoprat A )iPhone . 14 | Phone It 1s impossible 10 sea how the allied | stump. but everywhere he has spoken | giving proclamation will make as good | Satisfy the great mass of the Amer-t national issues as well.” argues, thelin fact, almost sure, because we have ization of Germany is not as good as'§ M. 1507 YYY M. 1152 governments can vield in any respect | the public has been reminded in some | reading after the election as it did be- ican people rather than upon o_ne:g:,’::{";‘;d h:‘:m;: é)tizn’r;‘(-r;:](l(jh not been able to get the wheat ""i‘ tmi a, 3;»3:- ago, \\pnn we came in, w w from the Mudania agreements short|way of his great and successful ac-fore. where internationalism is the chief! " does not mean that the demo- |the ships, and with starvation will| *CTUe o their mucceas In'anms dusi . 2 of a complete gurrender to the Turks, tivity against the drink traffic and as- ————— Issisy D Budlesy feses iof radleal-; ¢, 5 dnve none. The situation ex-|come revolution. If it gets bad to Russia’s debacle. The people will{ H which would render nugatory all plans | sured that his heart is still in the| wrjje the program of the fascistij.y. ",‘"h'fm:,'"g.’"""al","b are con: oMl Ahe g O ot ool jenough. © * % T asked Hoover about; 1ot 070 lhfml“ = “‘elr"(":mhwh"'h: H. 5 for the Lavsanne conterence. 1t | work. 1o has sicered clear of local-| may be in doubt, thers i no auestion [LCnitons "7 B SHSUNE) ernmenc Jesimele master stcer it R 0 S T T T B e o dencrt & xyetem which adas{] 1016 709 : 5 e o . | ties where demacratic candidates are ) sl A / . Admitting that “neither of the old|said that a list of 800 cars had been | !IPe¢ to desert a syste 33 iy N w significant of the effect of this sudden | ias to the success of the opening over- here is considerable significance | parties 1s perfect the Paterson!on AcAdoo's desk for a week. » + + to Germany's glory. It is a fizht, a|} 9th St. *¥¥e oth St. display of spirit of repudiation that London announces a postponement of the conference. It may be that the nationalists thought to take advantage of the sup- posed divisions in the allied conference. But there is now no sign of such div slon. Refusal to evacuate Constanti- nople was prompt and unanimous. Great mischief having been done through divided policies, it now ap- pears that the governments of western Europe are in harmony once more. ————————— Lloyd George has coined the phrase “gtandstillism.” There is a fine, but evident, distinction between a stand- stiller and a standpatter, the one being & non-combatant and the other strictly in the game. i Tt has been a stubborn campaign in many parts of the country, and voters now described as apathetic may be only weary. l Greeks in revolt go on the old prin- elple that no government which loses battles can be regarded as a success. Planning for the Big House Party. Evidences of the magnitude of the task confronting those charged with the entertainment of the Mystic 8hrine in Washington next June ac- cumulate. It was a big affair in San Francisco, but it will greater assemblage here. Over 70 per cent of the membership of the Shrine 1s located east of the Mississippi river, a fact which autorzatically assures a larger gathering, owing to the much shorter distances to be traveled by the membership. Proof of this is com- ing in the reports received at the headquarters of the local committee. In San Francisco there were repre- sentations from ninety-six temples. In ‘Washington it is already assured there will be representations from at least 106, including the local temple, and this number is being continually in- creased. Another token of the pros- pectively greater attendance here than at San Francisco is afforded by the fact that whereas in that city last June only ninety-nine Pullman cags were parked during the session, there is already application for parking space here for 276 cars. ‘These figures mean two things—firs that Washington is naturally a more attractive point of assemblage for the American people than almost any other, possessing more factors of in- terest, and, second, that the local er- rangements for entertainment must be perfected in ke¢ping with the record- breaking attendance. It is not exact- ly like, the old inauguration times, when the ceremonies lasted only a few hours and people came and went quickly, some of them only remain- ing half a day. This vast gathering in June will cover virtually a week. £ be a much| /| { “moist,” and so avoided companion-|yyre | ship out of the range of his sym- | pathies. " Second., as a churchman: In re- ligious circles Mr. Bryan is a recog- nized force, and more successful than in political circles. He is popular with all communions. Religious subjects are in his repertory as a lecturer, and? he offers addresses dealing with them | along with addresses dealing Wwith | i worldly matters—politics, sociology, what you please. He is figuring today as a member of a special committee appointed by | and representing the Federal Council | & Solicitude displayed by several na-; tions calls attention to the fact that Uncle Sam is a rather rich uncle. a i Public interest is not monopolized. A candidate is as prominent as a foot ball player, when his turn arrives. \ Apparently the Hohenzollerns are determined to retain, as far as pos- sible, titles and estates as well. i i As a poet-politician D’Annunzio | manages himself with rather more success than Kipling. | of Churches of Christ in America to @raft an address on the subject of enforcing the eighteenth amendment and the Volstead act. The document has just been issued, and is of a de- cidedly stiff character. It calls upon the drys to be as aggressive and con- sistent as the wets at the polls, and The authorities at New Brunswick, make sure that no step is taken look- | $ 1 What constitutes a living wage must be decided by the scale on which each .pa'mcurar family is living. i i iNews (independent) leially paper.” the Newark News (independ-!liant young barrister remarks, in thejfor our allies Iparties can be made to unite, stronger reason for it than Dr. But-| in Dr. Butler's appeal” the Chicago Y feels, inasmuch as he does not stand alone, by any means. Recently Frank A. Munsey made a like plea for a new liberal conservative party and severely ar raigned present-day republicanism and present-day democracy as op portunist, unprincipled and divorced from the issues that matter and that imperatively demand solution along positive lines. Lindley Garrison, for a time Secretary of War in President Wilson's first cabinet, the prediction that a new party would come into existence hefore the next presidential election. The feeling is widespread that existing party names and party labels have lost their meaning.” Yet, after all, conceding that there may be much force to all of the recent suggestions, and espe- to that of Dr. Butler, “on 'nt) feels that “before the two old er, there will have to be some ler's fear of a spent force like radicalism.” “Dr. Butler's idea of separating and segregating the conservatives and radicals in different camps is not original with him,” says the Knox- Z H J., continue to make it clear that ing to the relurn. (?f the saloon with | they have thelr suspicions. all of its demoralizing power. As politician and as churchman Mr. Bryan ‘y heading fast-stepping pro- cessions, and is in his middle sixties. | ———— There is so much financial uncer- tainty that the Hohenzollern family SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Autumn Time. I'd rather grow old like the autumn { | ville Sentinel (independent demo- cratic), “but the trouble would come with the task of dividing the sheep from the goats and correctly classi- fying them. Dr. Butler has chosen a most unfortunate time to sound the tocsin against the peril of subversive radicalism. For if there {8 any clean- cut fact in the world situation today jit is the fact that revolutionary radi- callsm is a spent force. Possibly the real specter that excites and affrights | i 1 should not feel resentful if the wed- ding presents are not as lavish as they i would have been under conditions of | years ago. Than wait for the winter so cold; ‘With tints of the May day Again in their heyday 'Mid splendors of purple and gold. ———e————— A little starvation here and there does not prevent reckless expenditures of large sums by various people in Eu- rope for the same old line of danger- ous fireworks. I'd rather grow old 'mid the smiling Than linger 'neath shadows austere; As the year in its glory Repeats the gay story Of youth in its strength and its cheer. | ——— The republican majority is expected tc answer “present” in the House of Representatives, though perhaps not in as loud a tone of voice as pre- viously. Oratory. “Do you think the art of oratory has declined?” “No,” replied Senator Sorghum. “There are plenty of great orators. The trouble is that most of them would rather go on the lecture plat- form than talk politics.” An Era of Big Figures. In politics big figures have become the rule in everything. The figures of yesteryear are seldom employed, and when employed look trifling. Take the matter of the govern- ment’s income. Only billions are dis- cussed. Taxes must be laid so that enormous sums are yielded. The same is true—follows neces- sarily—as to the government's outlay. Billions are required now to support our greatly enlarged establishment, which, it is conceded on all sides, must be properly supported. Uncle Sam must not be left with only amall change in his pocket. He needs a large allowance. His wants have be- come pressing and numeraus. Take election figures. Party man- agers are hundreds of thousands apart. Whether the returns of e par- ticular state, or those of the country at large, are under prophecy, tall claims only are encountered. In New Jud Tunkins says about the only work a lot of us do for our country is to stand out in the street on election night and holler. Musings of a Motor Cop. Hortense Magee was heard to call, “Away with wicked alcohol, s ‘Which looks like gas, but is e bluff! You can’t run flivvers with the stuff”” Set in Their Ways. “It should not be difficult for mothers to persuade girls not to wear flapper clothes.” “It isn't,” replied Miss Cayenne. ‘But it's rather hard for girls to per- suade some of the mothers to quit dressing in that manner.” “Patience,” said Uncle Eben, “is w.hut you thinks de other feller ought to show when you gits in & hurry an® tries to run over Im" g Dr. Butler is the impending disinte- gration and destruction of the 7.000,- 000 majority party to which all the radicals and discontented flocked in 1920 and which they are said to be preparing to desert the next national turn of the wheel.” It is the opinion of the Atlanta Journal (democratic) that “most of us can get along freely enough with two parties. People who are 'sick of both parties’ may have excellent reasons for being so, but as a rule, though history presents notable exceptions, the constructive reformer learns to work from within. Americans, when they observe pres- ent entanglements in even so common- place a country as England, may well be content with only two major par- ties and pray never to be pestered with nineteen.” National aims of the major parties differ within themselves in the several states, the New York World (democratic) points out, as “the President and Vice President are the only nationally elected officials in our government, and they are elected by a coalition of state parties which changes from one election to another. But in Congress, as in the states themselves, the determining thing is not the national platform, but the state or sectional party alignment. In a nation that has the scale of a continent there is something to be said for illogical diversity as against logical uniformity.” Fven “putting the plan over,” the Raleigh Times (independent demo- cratic) points out, is not\ so easy. There are nice thinking people who, in spite of the prodding, has ventured ! how- | ushing, i Press-Guardian holds that can deny that improvement is going on all the while, and that political evils that history tells us were com- mon in former years are no longer tolerated What we need In our po- litical system Is reform and not revolution.” Translating Best Sellers. If American books require special translations for English readers how about English books for American read- jers? The pages of English authors are sprinkled with Briticisms, with words and phrases possessing a purely British significance. *“This Freedom,” for in- | stance, contains many cryptic expres- |sions for Americans. Thus the bril- words of the author, that “if he pulled it off, he would really begin to think about taking silk.” How many Ameri- can readers would know thout lo ing it up, that the ambitious lawyer was expressing his hope of soon being numbered among the king’s counsel, so that he could write “K. C.” after his name? The gown of the king's counsel is made of silk, that of the ordinary bar- rister of commoner material. The Eng- lish author writes for English readers, even though the sale of his books may be several times as great in America as in his own country. If Americans don’t understand his pecullar locutions that is their lookout. Perhaps some day English best sellers for Ameri can consumption will also be ro- Vided “with explanatory charts.—Pita burgh Chronicle-Telegraph. Do You Think? If you do you are an extraordinary person, according to Movie Censor. Ohlo has a moving picture censor- ship. The chief censor of that state said the other day: “The people are not fit to judge for themselves. Sta- tistics prove that only 10 per cent of the people are thinking persons, 15 ffir ctelm of thhfi pevonle think part of e time, while 75 per helitine, Swh per cent never If . these statistics are true—and who can doubt the veracity of a chief cen;o;’.’—(hen t1here is even smaller need for a movie censorshi hag be":vegl. Pinaniwe or the big argument of the pro- censorship folks is that the V‘l‘lcoe- crime and sensuality they tell us th: movies feature “poison the mind: of those who view them. But as 76 per cent of us never think at all, that makes even the baddest movie safe for three-quarters of us. ‘The 15 per cent who think only part of the time would be, say, only 50 per cent hurt by gazing on the most wicked picture. Granting that the 10 per cent of the people who think all the time are all pure of mind and white of heart, it is fair to sup- pose that some of them have minds strong enough not to be inclined to evil by the pictured deeds of sin they might see on the screen.—Worcester Gazette. An ideal husband is a man who gets his weekly pay every night— Nashville Tennessean. nagging and puzzling of the illiberals have attained and still retain posi- tions of honor, trust and emolument The that they are loath to leave. Juneau,. Alaska, has established a ‘Will it teach foot ball, base college. ball or snow ball>—Syracuse Herald. country might have much to gain by leaving the old parties in the lurch, but they have somewhat to lose. course if the radical the ‘liberals’ out of ot decide to throw oth parties there “Man_Marries After Courtship of Too feeble -Evansville Forty Years"—headline. to hold out any longer Courler. might be some hope of forming Doc Butler's republican-democratic .or- ganization; but the resultant party would be an outgrowth of that mis- ery whose love for company has be- come axiomatic and not the product of liberalism in _political thinking.” e, Binhamton Press (independent) sts that “somebody ought to. ':'-hm - Conservative: One who believes in the things forced on_the world yes- terday by radicals.—Hartford Times. diplomacy will be any on America’s shirt sleeve kind ?—Bos- “nobody | ‘We wonder if Italy's “black shirt” improvement {long fight, a fight of tremendous sac ce, that we are in for. 1 =aid 3 | year ago that it would be Vo rs. | Then 1 thought that Ru would | put up seme kind of front. two vears from this time and possibl Yesterday L had the first real talk on the war in:@ ETeat deal longer. Lord Northeliff. weeks—yes, In months! Burleson | thinks four or six or eight years. brought up the matter of Rus-| We &re starting two campaigns sia * * * would we support Japan | through the bureau of education. in taking Siberia, or even Vladi-|One Is for schocl gardens. To have vostok? Should we join Japan ac-|the children organized. each one to tively—in force? plant a garden. The plan is to raise The President said “no.” for the!vegetables which will save things very practical reason that we had| that can be sent over to the armies, no ships. We had difficulty in prc.»iand also give the children a sense of viding for our men in France and | being in the war. Another thing (the President never |we are trying to do is educate the uses this word, saying that we are] forelgn born and the native born who not “allies”). How hopeless it would | cannot read or write English. BEAUTIFUL VIEW SEEN AT ROCK CREEK BRIDGE To the Bditor of The Star: | ple; let all When one tires of printed details before Him. | "“Go now into closer communion ot murders, of clashing Partisan| iy ¢ne woods: descend into the claims, of unadorned columns of | vailey. follow swinding paths and stock and commodity quotations and brush cheek with brilliant foliage or . _ | walk among the trees, rattling fallen events of the materlal world en- ., oq Uhere there will be soft light, erally, relief and inspiration can be colored by delicate reflecion " of found in the magnificent autumn | painted leav 5 Washington, The refreshing fragrance o Lesidscapen aoons WARS T‘ { woods and soft song of wind through woods are wearing now their pret- boughs—a softness that will tlest clothes, strutting in gaudy col- | cking in a little while, when tho ors—in silent celebration, it may be, | of the year's work well done. I for other messages. Stand on Rock Creek bridge late in | the chrysanthemum trees stand bare and gaunt. And autumn flowers—go to them the afternoon, that time of day when | You entered the glass bu ¢he woods, of all seasons, are pret- |looked down that aisle Lank Did you_ visit show? building tiest, and look northward up the valley. Therp you will see a pic- ture of inspiring beauty. It cannot ed hi: o described; no gallery holds a Dointing so lovely. - From the edgo ¢ the gleaming stream to the crests of the slopes and beyond upon the hills upvalley is spread a canvas of living color, whose beauty awes you or soothes you to thoughtful silence. Fellows, reds, wines, browns, rus- sets and unnamable color shades are Woven into matchless landscape. refreshing thoughts are aroused by this magnificence! Cer- tainly nothing suggestive of dollars and cents mor of drab inhumanities {s to be seen upon those leafy pages. To some, looking upon this autumn acene, may come those majestic | valuable. i Words: “The Lord is in His holy tem- HUGH HAMMOND BENNEIT. N B S NI it o e (RSP P RO d d —1 The Stage Reporter, e Tetea "Biriginle C2. the other and the Real One day. When the blast had blown him, stunned and broken-armed, to the floor of the hangar, he staggered out ¢y |a0d found a telephone. Burns, cuts The newspaper reporter §0es Pretty | u;q fractured bones were forgotten. much unsung. Nobody writes him in | Here was a story! And Ben's tale of he passing of the good ship C2 was along with coal miners and ship radio | ¢! operators as one of the “heroes of In- the first to flash out across the dustry.” He is commonly drawn in drama as scribbling feverishly With a pencil on & neat little notebook. He s conceived as the pest of the recent country. Getting the facts to the people is, widow and the goad of the police sta- tion.r He is always crawling under after all, a genuine profession. It numbers thousands of trained men fire lines or asking for photographs. That he really has calling” and a with considerable sand and a “nose for news,” and a knack of investigat- ing quickly and writing briefly. Their ense of his mission is too seldom | Blaine, who was simply blown into an suspected. unusual assignment.—Grand Rapids Ben Biaines of the San Antoalo ! Press. % (McChord said on the bench today that he thought Hoover 75 per cent right.) March 1 (1818). at cabinet meeting we| the earth keep silence | perhaps, vou stood in silence; you | may have bowed vour head a moment in unspoken acknowledgment of the wonderfulness and generosity of the | Supreme Hand that fashioned such | splendor, such priceless gifts to hu- manity. ' Perchance, | fore a huge Bol D'Or blossom and | marveled at the exquisite lttle touches of purple the flower god thought to add at the very tips of | those petals of gold. In such marveling refreshment and joy are to be found; the thoughts brought away from scenes such as | these are helpful. stimulatins—some- thing quite apart from the noise of | the street. A little something. per- baps, yet uplifting and unmistakably devotion to the job of news gathering in no way differs from that of Ben When | with masses of blossom, there again, | i ow I say |~ i and, too, there will be | autumn | | | | | i i ! vou stoppped be- | | { “We Call—We Deliver” | ESTAB'D SINCE 1888 COLOR MAP of the World Today and Index Gives form of govern- ment, area, population, language and religion of every country. Size 28x42 inches. Convenient for wall or desk. Has instantaneous finder— a simple device that carries the eye instantly and ac- curately to the location of any place sought. 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