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THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., DECEMBER 10, 9 1922—PART EUROPE’S SNARLING NEEDS FORCE PREMIERS TO ACT | Issues Threatening Chaos Can No Longer Be Dodged—Allied Unity at Stake in Settlement. sult, unless coun- movements in Rus- BY OLIVER OWEN KUHN. lines, that would ter-revolutionar. OLITICAL pap. peddied for the ' i pe successful. sake of expediency in Europe. Decisioal Npeeace must end. 2 4 The possibility of Germany obt. T ved wh ) o Hour, has arcivedimhon ing closer working alliances with there must be a decision. A ioha dectst : Kussia undoubtedly has specded up Snarling necessity has driven the e < statesmen of the old world into a|lh€ allies’ desire to save the German b 2 situation for western Europe. If the Esrs . allies should, according to the B Soft words no longer will serve as - . bludseons n - vemiier Tathiess ad. |ISM viewpoint. curtail the sum tota) = SISTnE %8 2" lof German reparations and arrange vance of economic conditions. Tem- 5 rod for a ‘ge loan to Germany in order porizing with evil conditions for the 5 Rdien % that she may meet obligations due perpetuation of individual and , , ' and past due, and then, as a final nationalistic ends must come’ to al reconstruction measure. give Ger- halt once and for all time. many a moratorium for xu stipulated number of years, German sentiment Europe has lacked a gladiator with the proper degree of foresight to lead the millions of peoples of the old worid out from their evl condi- would be more inclined to renig on Russian alliances. The tides In Ger- are drifting Russiaward and yntinue to do so as long as allies continue threats of seizing ditions. But the premiers of France. | Germany's most . valu hineral England. Belgium and Italy kave as- | fields and control of most im- sembled in London to see what can|bortant Rhineland indusirics. fae The process of force will he re- 7 . ‘many’ indiea by They are not meeting do. as ilor Cuno, who. although he would be indicated by dispatches of | declares he ulm 3 ¢ Sonest ‘l’;l S s s [ meet allicd o, he wi recent weeks, but to prepare the way | pie€l SRere allie ‘which | for an accomplishment that has been will enter 80 long in coming that the world ¢ s he has S arolsltau bas - iseusted | SOMe chanc ni it whole has been utterly disgusted et T hamment with proerastination. But in the hearts of the leaders of the old world there is desire and hope.. How much further will they proceed in their meneral adjustment of chaotic condi- | the al s if ihey do not wish ml tions t f then ans Will be nd then confer with the ¢ nd range it fulfillment. | tions depends upon how easy it will [ Franee is partiularly cager to settle o cconet caci . _lthe whole probiem before January be to reconcile the various mation-j e WACIE PYAEN BEREC SEIIET X wpoints and just how faripayment. It is incumbent upen dy to resort to common |eare to give his muititudi- £ common deal with th nous issues from an angle good. Only in fair-minded. board,” clear-cut he don Oniy b the various sor the continental b icated. Deliberate Entente Fate. she wrought during (h even 1 g0 to th plvine force and pla trol over Germany's 1 throuzh the instrumentality i mimissions, bt patriotisi ns generaily would resist this further the al- i 1 open. above- can decisions good auick surgery y that today infest 1y politic be erad- of the French. £ as the ¢ ? ain unpaid from allied quarters ¢ Will Not Approve Force. Although it is indicated that Bonar | has mmitted definite poliey, it is pretty ablish that he las net, not commit himself to a pol Ostensibly meeting to di ures whereby the allies general settlement of the reparations and debt qu ter of {0 fact the allied premiers today are de- | &0 liberating te of the |50 entente. :., not o well and will of en indire definite o ursued e s i| meneral: the members of the provisional par- areed ons, o y 4 pends whe not the nations that [ /500 et S liament took the oath prescribed by the con- o e agree on some o omiise . : stood as @ solid phalanx against Ger- | i it o 1. and thus the provisional parliament 00d @5 4 e e 1o 145 (0 (he amount of reparations and the' lower liouse of(the ¥ree State manic in how they to be e will parliament; the new chamber elected Mr. Cos- march to T for the suke of Eu- me a split: Toincar grave “president of the executive council” (in ropean humanity « rate 1o &0 pave an elul “ffect, premier). and Mr. Cosgrave announced sters to constitute with their varic alism to run ramps Taid d tween the allies, ti eat doubt sibility of future wars = decade and permit European b | whether it will b din i) to continue to welter fn ccom .| present parley of pre: r whether | gocial and financial bogs. it will be gone in | The questions tierman repara- ixls should the latter parl subsquent to the pr Premicr | o¥ of fore far e ent Al of trade in Europe i u tions and re are not to be tr There are i i the W hefore Eritish « iTe, pe in- | show the imm will srow the middl and |lI'he Story the Week Has Told BY HENRY W. BUNN. HE following is a brief summary of the most fmportant news of the world for the seven days ended December 9: The United States of America.—The special sessiofi of Congress ended on Monday, and at noon, the same day, the final regular session of the Sixty-seventh Congress began. ! The radical-progressive group prevented confirmation in the special session of the nomination of Pierce Butler for associate jus- tice of the Supreme Court. His name has again been submitted to the Senate, and confirmation is expected against heavy opposition. At last the champions of the anti-lynching bill admitted themselves whipped, and the filibuster ceased. How sweetly the gods must laugh over their nectar, beholding these rev- erend seniors absolutely estopped from doing business by rules they themselves have made and themselves could rescind. Perhaps they fear to give offense to their constituencies by abolishing @& typically American sport. As to the bill. there is something in the argu, ment that dirty linen had best be sent to the local laundry. C = Forwarding to Congress th Judget esti- mated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, President Harding stated that it is now be- lieved that the deficit for the fiscal vear 1923 will be not more than $274,000,000, instead of $697,000,000, first estimated. He is even hope- ful that it will be entirely wiped out. Re- ceipts_for the fiscal year 1924 are estimated at $3,261,813,359, and expenditures at $3,180,- $43.234, a surplus of $180,969.125. Secretary Mellon in his annual report to bngress recommends reduction of the highest income surtax rate from the present more than 50 per cent to not more than 25 per cent. He says that the yield of the present higher surtaxes tends “to drop toward the vanishing point. Human nature is what it is. While the gentlemen of the new radical-progressive Lloc were disporting themselves in the people’s legislative service’s swimmin® hole. the ad- ministration was mean enough to steal some of their clothing. A rural credits bill ap- proved the administration has b intro- duced by “old guard contemptibles” in both House and Senate. It proposes to use the machinery of the present federal farm loan system and to provide a revolving loan fund of 000,000 for the farmers. With both con- 4 and “progressives” pulling for the vhether or no in a spirit of complete disinterestedness) the farmer “should worry.” The D'resident delivered his address to Con- gress on Friday—a very notable address, con- tuining many specific recommendstions. * ¥ ¥ ¥ Ireland.—The Irish constitution bill and consequential provisions bill having passed the lords, the former without amendment and the latter with only trifling amendments. and the royal ent having been given to both bills on the 5th, the Irish Free State thereby quired full legal status as a member of himself the executive council (all were mem- bers of the cabinet of the defunct provisional government). Within a few days the senate, constituted upon so admirable a plan, will be in session. Among the nominees are W. B. Yeats and George Russell (“A. E."). The colors of the Free State flag are green, white and orange. But the orange is emble- matical of a hope, not a fact. For on the 7th the Ulster parliament unanimously voted an address to the throne, “contracting” Ulster out of the Free State. All went off with uncanny quietness on the 6th. Not a republican peeped. But on the 7th the deputy speaker of the house was wounded and a member of the house was killed as they were on their way to a session of the house, and the same day there was a flerce revival of “irregular activity in sundry parts of Ireland.” On the night of the 7th Rory O'Conner, leader of the insurgents in the Four Courts affair of last June; Liam Mellowes and two others involvedin that business were tried by court-martial. Having been found guilty, they were executed the next morning. This in re- prisal for the murder noticed above and as a warning to all engaged in “the conspiracy of assassination against the representatives of the Irish people’” - * % % * Greeee—Prince Andrew of Greece, uncle of the king, tried for disobedience of orders in the presence of the enemy during the great Greek push toward Angora in 1921 (an offense very properly punishable by death), was found guilty and sentenced to life banishment and forfeiture of rank. The sentence was thus lenient because the court admitted the extenuating circumstance pleaded by the accused—to wit, that it wasn't fair to regard him like an ordinary general, as he was merely a prince and a figurehead, owing his position, not to military talent, but to the royal favor. It was brought out in the evidence that, if the prince had obeyed his orders, the great Greek offensive might well. have succeeded. Gen. Papoulas has been re- leased from arrest and apparently the chapter of executions is over, the revolutionary com- mittee having taken into account the dis- pleasure of the great powers. * ok ok x Turkey., Ete—This week at Lausanne was devoted in part to discussion regarding the tireeks in Turkey, but chiefly to discussion of the question of the straits. Lord Curzon opened the latter discussion with the following elegant statement of the main issue: “The issue hinges on whether warships are o ba allowed to pass through the straits. gland contends for absolute freedom for all merchantmen and warships and wishes to have the straits free from fortifications, so as to make sure that the Turks will keqp their promise not to close them. The Russians, seeking to retain the Black sea as their own private lake, want the straits closed to all warships and fortified 50 as to enable the Turks to prevent foreign fleets from forcing walting game and declining to state the Turk- ish position, on Wednesday Curzon made a fuil statement of the allied program for ‘the straits, of which the most essential items are the fol- lowing: Freedom of commercial navigation through the straits (the term “straits” as used by the allies includes the sea of Marmora), both in peace and in war, for nations not at war with Turkey, and a_ similar freedom for warships, except that the total tonnage of warships of any outside power to be allowed in the Black sea may not exceed the total tonnage of the strongest naval power on the Black sea (L e., Russia), and except that this limitation shall not apply to an outside power at war with a power on the Black sea; de- militarized zones to & depth of twenty-five miles on either side of the sporus and the Dardanelles, and a commission to supervisa the execution of the allled program, to include one representative of each of the following named powers: Turkey, the United Statex, Great Britain, France, Italy, Russia, Japan. Greece, Rufnania, Jugoslavia and Buigaria. On Friday Ismet replied. His plan seems 1o be a cross between the allied and the Russian plans. One suspects that Ismet is not much concerned about the right to fortify the straits, knowing that if he has heavy artillery and, say, airships, he can close the straits anyway. I expect him to make the concessions neces- sary to a compromise settlement acceptable to the allies, provided he can obtain compensation concessions from the allies on other issues. I must not omit to say that Mr. Child made a vigorous speech fully fn harmony with the allied program. 1 regret that limitation of space forbids adequate treatment of so in- teresting a matter as the above. The same limitption denles me more than a word or two about a matter not less important—namely. the fate of the Greeks in Turkey. Apparentiy the remalning Greeks in Asia Minor must go. There are, indeed, few left. And the Greeks in Constantinople are leaving. it would appear, 4s fast as shipping serves. But the Pope has protested their ejection. And, though late, so curfously late, our delegation has added it protest.© And. finally, the allies have plucked up courage to tell the Turks that the remain- ing Greeks must be allowed to stay. Well now what, Ismet? What's the answer? * % * % China.—Lx-Emperor Hsuan Tung of China. aged seventeen, was on December 1 marricd to the Princess Kuo Chini-Si, before dawn— for 8o the astrologers bade. Hsuan Tung is a nice young fellow and, if his English tutor is to be believed, very intelligent. The prin- cess is very pretty, as young Chinese ladies of the upper class are apt to be. The'whole Chinese nation was benevolently interested and President Li Yuan-Hung sent congratulations in the name of the republic and heartily co-operated in making the affair a success. It seemed that all Peking was out 10 see the procession from the princess’ house 1o the Forbidden city, where the ex-cmperor lives, and where, in one of the temples, the marriage ceremony was performed. It was a blaze of yellow along the route and within the Forbidden city. The gilded and curtained sedan chair was followed by a motley, but RBorgeous procession, buglers and musicians of himself tog the 6th Timothy Healy versally applauded) was sworn in his choice of six min together indicate a curious state of imind in the country, and especially when one considers them with the four recent amendments o the C stitution. They ail indicate @ move- nt in the national mind not toward v but toward equality. The d Every influ, S t 1 e di- 5 o i e the b rect election of the United States A “\.'.],‘1‘.'.'1‘,,.. ot ’ tors. the establishing of the i trums js < o jeome tax, the granting of the ballot . 1o women and prohibition all tend to i to take ad i ‘ o wipe differences, to 3 N among flevel us, to wipe out d ents ard 4 thetize proples ns WAl ! remove distinctions and make us all they may usher in ailed but it is a g jin one mold, So do these proposed ors of one Kk G ol e amendments listed above, Srdevs otome s =i Brussels sato whethenmue “Fheir proponents would argue that dined if Germany is alienated point of ushering in moas it hecom 0 tinat s an be latory effort to problems oppressing vari .. the hour finds people ions of Europe read accept panaceas of any character that j g i re for their ills. Hence, it 0 SR B0 con tant that within the | premier Joincare decisions be arrived | promiers do not agree on so .ome promise of re- inite course of ion in London, justme the Brussels government wiil ref Allies Heavily Beset. [ to send out invitations for the Bru | sels conference ing thac it may As the situation stands at the mo-|meet the same fate ns that of Genoa. ment the allies are heavily beset in Fl i dealing with the Turks and Russians { : ; at Lausanne. There is enough tinder| It is pretty well agreed in all al- in the Lausanne conference alone to|lied capitals that there must be usher in a widespread conflagration |@8reement in London if anything at unless general questions considered {1l 8 to be accomplished at any time, there are handled with extreme care. | but Defore there can be agreement undoubtedly the queson of cancel- rent that sut the etion the man ous sec in many s that if the In flouting Russian wishes at Lau- sanne. which the allies must do in flation of debts will heNgjected into icy of capitu- rder to maintain th ions and freedom latter poli n ing of the United the but hasten the break between Russia and themselves. At least, they retard ! movements designed to promote restoration of former relations. At the same time if the Russians are flouted_and the Turks closely allied are refused many of their demand: which the nationalists consider abso Tutely essential to the future of Tur- Key. then the Russians and Turks un doubtedly will be thrown in suc close contact as to imperil the peace the deliberations as having a direct i bearing upon the question of reduc- tion of reparations payments. Bonar Law may indicate Britain's willing- ness to a reduction of continental debts, but he necessarily will have to show his pariiament something in the way of preservation of allied con cord and guarantees that German will pay the amount fixed. Ll straits, the bac Ilie s or the approval of enforced lsan;‘li:)nslllkalnsl cr{nnny is sure to 3 ead to bitter assaults against his “'fi:;;:’;“fo“,:’"‘h,e Russfans have | §overnment. Mussolini naturally will heen reported as having effected | Present Italy’s case in the strongest <trong military and commereial al- | terms and will not permit trifling liances with the Germans in the hope | With Ttaly's interests unless it be of eventually evading the treaty of | Pluinly —apparent that —obstreperous Versailles. While there may be | ODposition will prevent all settle- some truth in this, it is declared far- | ment, in which case, for common fetched, inasmuch as the world has:Weal. Mussolini may make conces- heen apprised by Col. Haskell, Ameri- | Sions.. E n food relief commissioner in Rus- | _The real test will come in the ad- sia, that the Russians want not justment of British and French view- but peace and, instead of devoting Peints in such fashion as to bring new war i : | Poincare, he s in a perpiexing ity | remaking our Constitution to fit a | v, (4S CUTEMI 4l T omont Tem- ation. for either the cancellation of | new era—the day of the average man. ple, Boston, a few days after this of these amendments, those [achieved and those considered. tend lto equalize the opportunities of men | for expression under government; all were designed to curb the strong and protect the weak. And so before the amendments were passed and while | they w. pending they were de- {nounced as “socfalistic” by those op- ng the amendments, as “revolu- tionary,” So they are. Indeed, when this tide or drift or wave or current lin our affairs is checked or subsides { historians may look back at be- ginning with the early years of the Roosevelt and raging through the {Taft administration. only to calm | somewhat during the war and surge up angrily in_1922—historians may | describe this era as our second period 1of revolution. :” For we are changing our Institu- { tions, altering our ancient political {landmarks and going out upon a new land strange adventure in the relation {of men to one another instituted in lgovernmcnn The revolution of this tan twentieth century may some day be considered as important as the revo- lution of '76. We overthrew soclal distinctions in the eighteenth cen- itury. Clearly we are trying to over- { come economic distinctions that classity men today. We are a part of a most In- teresting spectacle, whose importance is greater than we realize. We are { The superman is dead. Perkins! | The Two Blecs. | HE agricultural bloc contained a consideraple majority of liberals, ibut also it held a few standpatters, {like Senator Gooding of Idaho; a few i casy-going regulars, like Senator Kel- loggs of Minnesota; a few nonde- scripts, like Senator Norbeck of South Dakota. La Follette's bloc con- 1heir energies to war endeavor, are | harmony and a definite pragram com- 2 I Comcerned with aconamic’ res. | mensurate with Germany's ability to jtains only blown-In-the-bottle 1ib toration. However, much as the Rus- | comply with allicd desire: erals. It is stronger in the Senate sian people may want this or want | The gulf is wide und, if statesmen That, the fact remains that they still | now assembled in London can bridge o responsible to Moscow _dictation. | it, Europe may be expected to im- ind if Lenin and Trotsky decree the mediately usher in a period of ad- Wnfon with Germany along warlike | vance. “As I See It” (Continued from First Page.) Tedd; It depends upon the man. One star differeth from another's glory. So we have the spectacle of the re- publican party getting a good licking wherever it offered a man who sub- scribes to the Harding creed, while Mr. Harding. the good, ““Cherruble Brother,” smiles, rubs his hands and holds the esteem and affection of the people. Of such stuff heroes are made. this turmoil of insurrection, that’s what they are doing. | 1t is odd. too, when one thinks of it.: that President Harding should not share the odlum which is heaped upon his party. Senators as the sands of the sea were defeated for voting for Newberry, vet the President, who upheld New- berry’s hands, shielded him socially and politically. goes unscathed. Daugherty is reaping the harvest of his past, but the President., in whose official family Daugherty has offended, suffers person- ally not at all. He vetoed the bonus, and if any one suffered it was the poor fish in Congress that passed the bonus for him to veto. The farmers ask for bread and he gives them a ship subsidy. But they do not hoot at him. For doing half what President Harding has done President Taft got himself in a position where he had to come out on the front porch of the White House every morn- ing and jaw the American people. But the White House today is a place of pure delight to the populace. President Harding appoints three hard-nosed re- actionaries to the Supreme Court and is Rewriting the Constitution. HEN one hears a devotee of the Order That Is speaking in solemn tones about the Constitution of the { United States, one often wonders if 1it is really frozen as solidly into ultimate perfection as its worshiper thinks it is. Within the past dozen years four fimportant amendments have changed ratner fundamentally the Constitution that the fathers knew. And now in Congress and in the country serious talk of other amendments is in the air. Four amendments today are about as defi- nitely set in the aspirations of the people as the four latest amendments were a dozen years ago. A child labor amendment seems to be inevitable. An amendment providing for the immediate session of Congress after than in the House. And in the Sen- late it can count upon thirty liberals {of both parties to vote with either { party and make a majority. If either party lines up for or against a meas- ure the La Follette crowd, voting as a liberal group, will make a majority out of one side or ths other. Party government in the United States is a fiction for the white-col- lared moron whose father made him believe in it. American party gov: ernment is a snap by which the fe tive and unscrupulous political insur- gent gets in his deadly work. Party government in the United States is in its present state of chaos as the result of a determination of the party bosses to make the two party systems fit a people afflicted with & multitude of variable minds! ICHILD CONSERVATION - LEGISLATION URGED i A committee representing nearly 200 fraternal socleties in the United States, with a combined membership of 9,000,000, urged upon Secretary lo( Labor Da action on a proposed child_conservation bill to supplement the Sheppard-Towner child welfare bill. The suggested _legislation would take care of children more than one year of age and up to fourteen, and the Congress of the United States would be _asked to appropriate amounts for ‘care of children equal to ! appropriations made by the states. The committee was appointed at a recent convention of the National Fra- ternal Congress, and is composed of the o ven when he declares against the | the November election has a strong | following: H. C. Evans.of Iowa, chair- TR our - day. And all because— | public sentiment behind. it. {man: F.S. Balz, lowa: R. H. Gerard, LG { An amendment abolishing tax-ex- |Indiana; L. M. Dixon, Tlinois; W. L. ‘Why did the late Mr. Fairbanks of | empt securities has been recommend- Indiana array the whole temperance |ed by the President and seems certain vote of the country against him for|of submission by Congress, possiply serving one poor, pale, little cocktail at | next year. a private luncheon? Was it Mr. “Doo- An amendment restricting the I who said that Roosevelt could have | power of the federal courts interests r;{;l a keg of beer in the front door of | the ultra-liberals and has much wide- the Y. M. C. A. and knocked in the|ly separated but pretty insistent head without ocausing any comment | sentiment for it. more serious than “Well, isn’t that like? These proposed amendments taken | Shirley, Oklahoma ; Mary La Rocca, Ne- braska ; Cobb Landis, Tennessee, and D. 8. Cox, North Carolina. in Tavor of the brovosea seeisimion: but n favor of the proj ation, was understood to take the stand that The mn"h:n‘fl‘ hvln“‘ the . comm flz« Department. went to the office of the children's bureau. 2 the British commonwealth of nations. (an appointment uni- Long live| them. In this matter t ro is really fortific ne Curzon next invited Turkey's position about fulfillment ot gave the floor to Tehite Russian vosition in On willing to wai governor bLe closed to warship: at there be no Turkish sovereignty. To the Editer of The Star: I read with muc interest and great deal of sympathy Dr. K letter in Sunday's Star of December 12 The sentiments he express regard to the suffering in Gern do credit both to his head and heart. Perhaps we have no citizen in Wash- ington who has given more insi service to the public good than L Kober, and T know of no one among my friends whom I value more high- 1y than him. His father was a Ger- man patriot in 1848 and, doubtless, his children and his relations all shared in his patriotic devotion to freedom and hatred of monarch Unfortunately, that part of the Ger- man people who shared his views was inconsiderable in number. 1 think that Dr. Kober rather mis- takes the general attitude of the German people, not the late reigning house nor the aristocracy only, but the real people, in regard to the late war. Thousands of medals com- memorating the sinking of the Lusi- tania were struck off and sold to German_citizens, who joyfully cele- brated this event. No act of war, no atrocity of h tory, earthquake or famine ever pro duceq such a deep feeling of revul- sion 'in_our country as the sinking of the Lusitania. At an indignation outrage on humanity, Prof. Royce of Harvard said: “In the service of mankind we Owe an unswerving sympathy, not to one or another, but to all of the present allied enemies of Germany.” This, remember, was before our war was declared on Ger- many. The historical facts show that the German_people stood practically a unit in favor of the method of prose- cuting the war adopted by the im- perial, military and naval aythorities. ‘They rejoiced at the sinking of every ship, not alone the Lusitania, but ' every one that went down. They belleved in the justice and wisdom of overrunning Belgium and making of the treaty to respect its sov- ereignty a scrap of paper. They made no protest when Edith Cavell, a worker after Dr. Kober's own heart for the sick and the needy, was stood up against a brick wall and shot to death by order of the German commander. We cannot forget the devastation which they wreaked upon the occu- pled part of France. ‘We_cannot forget the indignities to non-combatants, especially women and children, and the marching of men, capable of industrial and agri- cultural activities, into a German prison camp. ‘We cannot forget that hundreds of thousands of children were separated from their parents by the order of German authorities. ‘We cannot forget that the cities of London ard Paris, as well as other cities that were not military posts, ‘were bombarded and innocent citi- zens—men, women and children—even while worshiping at church, were slaughtered. We cannot forget that as a result of this war, started by Germany, 15,000,000 people lost their lives. ‘We cannot forget that the present socialistic government is still called the imperia] government and that the spirit of imperialism still prevades over its people. We cannot forget that the intel- lectuals of Germany, especially the scientific intellectuals, signed a round robin approving of the war and of all the steps which the German gov- ernment had taken to bring it to a speedy close, condoning its atrocities, unheard of in war, such as subma- rines and aerial warfare and the in- troduction of poisonous gasses. ‘We cannot forget that we have among our own allies, the suffering: Armenians, more dismal and threat- | ening disasters than among those who were allied against us. ‘We cannot forget that the imperial German government, in its ambition to extend its power from Berlin to Bag- dad, made alliances with Bulgaria and Turkey to aid her in her attempt at world dominion, and that one of | city these nations is now again threaten- In{ the peace of Europe. n regard to the depressed condi- Turkish than the Turks. for Ismet Pasha Ismet muttered the national pact true Tehitcherinian and propagandish stvle, demanding that the straits curtailment Ismet, still playing a he Russians are more ve the right to build sundry sorts Feather Collar.” and other good old tunes). Manchurian swells on Mongolian ponies (right (playing “Rainbow Skirts and out of pictures by Han Kan), present-hearers, 1smet Pasha to state mething and herin, who stated the ther tha n Turkish and whatever of iUnable to Subscribe to Belief That Germany Is Near Collapse tion of German industries, to which Dr. Kober so feeliugly alludes. 1 beg | auestions whi : issued DLy | sented at the conference unanimously the Washington Loan and Trust (‘om- | desire to consider.” Th i to quote from a bulletin pany on December 7. as follows: “The editor of Playthings, the le ing New York paper devoted to e y °. aye, in a of the magazine: e “‘Industrially ~and Germany {s more active than any other country of Europe. Actual rep- arations payments are practically in- significant “in comparison with the mount other countries, like France, gland or the United States, are paying on their bonded debts. The collapse of the German mark is caused largely by the fact that the Germans themselves want nothing to do with it. To the mind of the writer, the collapse of the German mark i8 no indication whatsoever of the collapse of Germany, but ‘2 Fure _indication ermany does not intend to pa. its debts. LR Again, quoting from the bulletin of the Washington Loan and Trust Com- pany: “On October 31 German note circu- lation amounted to 469,456,787,000 marks against a gold reserve in the Relchsbank of 1.004,863,000 marks. These figures indicate inflation in note circulation since January 1 of more than 100 per cent, with prac- tically no increase in the gold re- serve.” There is a widespread impression among economists that this debauch- ment of the currency has been de- liberately brought about for the pur- pose of pleading the baby act on this question of reparations. No other ex. quse can explain the gigantic eco- nomic folly. These items from the above quota- tions, it seems to me, do not bear out the fears of Dr. Kober that the Ger- man people are on the point of im- mediate starvation. No hostile enemy has devastated German territory; no German mines were flooded; no facto- ries destroyed: no. cities burned; no works of art consigned to the flames. There is a widespread feeling among unprejudiced minds that the German people are quite able to take care of themselves. The sentiment of sympathy with and love for the needy, the sick, the cold and the starving is one of the highest attributes of human charac- ter, but it seems to us that in allevi- ating distress those who have brought it upon the world should be the last to re- celve aid. H. W. WILEY. commercially dragon steamers, miles long, was illuminated by vellow lanterns and strewn with fresh sand. Hsuan Tung had n prior to the ceremon: a list of eligibles by photograph. that he was not disappointed, or that was he will be more of a sport than bluff King Hal proved. i i | | ! etc., et The route, i fiva | | er seen his little princess 1 He selected her from { Let ur hope if he | Plan to Keep Peace | In Central America _(Continued from First Page) the conference includes * the countries repre- | of course, is a veiled reference to the establish- ment of a Central American republic composed of the five now-independent countries of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. The representative of Honduras spoke vigorously in its favor at the opening session of the conference, but the representative of Costa Rica respond- ed by the suggestion that the time was not yet quite ripe for this mighty achievement. It is doubtful, therefore, if the adjournment of the conference will witness a big forward step for the inauguration of a Central Ameri- can republic, but it may take other important steps preparatory and lead- ing to it. In this connection one dominating thought looms up. The fu- ture position, influence, progress and | prosperity, as well as the standing of Central America in the family of the pan-American natfons, will largely depend upon the eventual consumma- tion of a united and permanent Cen- tral American republic. Today none of the five Central American countries has any particular position of influ- ence or recognition throughout pan- America, but a powerful Central American republic, with its large Ppopulation and area, would immedi- ately take a position alongside that of the United States and Mexico in North America and of Brazil, Argen- tina, Chile and Peru in South Amer- ica. With this prospect before them ! how can Central America eventually | fail to become a pan-American and, therefore, in a degree, a world recog- nized power? Our concluding observation is that] this conference on Central American affairs has in it vast potentialities for -pan-American or western hemisphere solidarity and co-operation whi(‘ll] will promote the peace and progress not only of the new world, bi jeniz ut of all Rejoices in Freedom of Ireland 'After Years of Heroic Struggle To the Editor of The Star: 5 By way of introduction allow me to state that my father was bérn in Sligo, Ireland. He was ever and al- ‘ways an ardent and sincere friend to Old Erin, and, therefore, a tireless champlon for the right of her people to determine to some extent at least the form of their own government, which was crystallized in what has been designated as home rule. ‘When suffering came to that land and famine stalked abroad, at the personal cost and expense to himself and two others he forwarded a ship load of provisions for its relief. I remember as a boy seeing my father burnt in effigy in front of our old home because of his aggressive op- position to the know nothing party with its creed of hate against the Irish and the Catholic Church: Among his closest friends he numbered the late Charles O'Conor and John Mitch- ell, the “Irish patriot,” who was a volunteer staff officer in the Confed- erate army, and who had two sons who wore the gray, one of whom was the father of the late mayor of the of New York. How his heart would be gladdened and how his home would be .made “happy if he were with us nmow! To, l l | hear of the glorious intelligence that. like unto the Bastille of France, the bolts and bars of Dublin Castle had been burst asunder by the heroes of Ireland, such as the late Hon. Arthur Griffith and others of the Free State, and that there had come to Old Erin, by the work and services of her own people, a constitution for its govern- ment, more liberal in its terms and provisions than is now enjoyed by Canada, Australia, Newfoundland and other countries, which have only a bare semblance of pblitical connection with England. After years of suf- fering and sacrifice, after years of watchful walting, after many revolu- tions and rebellions, after much struggling, with the sublime devo- tion of her men and women the torch of freedom is to shine on the soil and among the people of that wonder- ful land—for today its Free State has been ushered into the fellowship and communion of the commonwealths of the world. 1 have met Eamonn De Valera, and I exceedingly regret his objections to the establishment and institution of this Free State. I have never been able to ascertain any reasonable or| rightful basic foundation for his op-| position. A brief is one cf my treasured memories. The appointment of the Hon, Timo- thy J. Healy is a very appropriate culmination in the establishment of the Free State as Its first governor general. Every sincere, real, sympa- thetic friend of Ireland should .mow jiween correspondence with the late patriot Arthur Grmithl LIBRARY IS HANDICAPPED BY SHORTAGE OF FUNDS Present and Future Needs Not Adequate- ly Provided for in Budget Sent : to Congress. BY WILL P. KENNEDY URING the nation-wide cele- bration of “education week” something occurred—prob- ably overiooked by most of the residents of the capital, although it directly touched most of them— which gives emphasis to the under- tenance.” The condition in the Public Library of the National Capital will be particularly e d. Estimates for Library. S0 much for the needs of the Public Library. Now let's see what the Presi- {dent recommended in the way of sup- {port to meet th . in transmit- ting the report budeet bureau All that is new increase for 1ying purpose of the education week | the Pbrary ndcs b the observance. It lays stress on the need | DUdReL 900 for 4 site for a general awakening to the im-|youny lrary I'l';ir;,’:: perative demand for improvement of | section. a staff for the new «}all educational facilities and agencies, | $0Utheast ~section branch library. The federal budget, transmitted "’.v"::‘::i': was made for seventeen as- for thd main library, and Congress by President Harding,|the Commissioners in their report leaves the Washington Public Library | 1aid emphasis on this need. Thes. impoverished for the coming fiscal |§oventeen additional workers were deemed 1, ars to prevent a hreak- year—that is, until July 1, 1924—un- less Congress comes of its own in- itlative to the relief. down under the existing demand and new demand for super- sion over the new branches. The et hureau did not provide for w nal employe or for ant < in salari single addi incre: Part of Educational System. 1t is quite gener: recognized nowadays that “The Public Library i an integral part of public education.” | As one enters the Washington librar: he reads carved in stone “a univer- | sity for the public The very char- ter of the library. the act of Con- gress which created that institution, | nieoy vs that it shall be “a supplement {m of the public education system of the [ salaries for the li- eight vears ul work- for the assed. passed laries of hoping and tion Lill e Al o1 Bill iner ors that bill in of 31,400 “tem provided L and these There are jimum is hool Jibrari; n up to $2.0 ar few xa or i 1ru workers in the Public Library whe get $1.400, sociation is now working on “what is s it et of M pabis: proper support for a municipal pub- the American Li- is endcavoring to 4lere 1= an illustration of the espri! de corps in the Public Library. Thers | e current appro- lie tem.” brary Assoclation ation in show v what must properiv i be do public library support ion that the assistant libraria: sl Teport of the buir arge of the southeast branel Washington Publi cannot T more than 1 this | rary arly 6600 ut th national body, the rican Ompo 1 n. ding librari S nsti- g, librarians and - rtion deciarcd A | Distriet.” Just as the National Education As- Associition, membe i person 1o take the librarian. -rman, hed to ask rusties, 4 1 pe f the popula a minimum a v‘r.- 'frnn; ‘!1.‘::‘:9 library in a community i ik he av;u;( :‘l;’ Sob; 3 in a good, ode b ore & at- maintain a & modern } et e e brary system w:th trained librarian but that “communities desiring their libraries to supply these s tensively and with the highe of trained service will find it ne sary provide a support much! i an the minimum of $1 per |1 | more than selected 1o on “for the good of the rv meeds more = that gees into ¥ in need Rooks eost - in the history Puldic () 13 The i Smaller Cities Spend More. { et and ashed for - 4 > = i donble nd got not one This is by no means Utopian. for | D g some of the smaller cities spend §1 or| 1 southeast branch more per capita on their librar ivrars: sersing o s e 660 e ad p Breokiing Bt $1.45; Ovemton. sl with only 5.000 books. and those not $1.25; Gary, Ind., $1.13; Pasadena, Calif. | 4)) pew.” A1l that could bhe spent on $1.16, and Mason City, lowa, §l—just [ new books was $3.000 and the rest was v way p. ome S ¢ ade ! King a w from i3 by way of example. Some of the larger { made un ek ing e ex from | Ohe 0,000 populat approximat this mum—Cleveland, Ohio &9 cents; Vittsburgh, cities of and anywhere Co-Operating With Schools. noticed that the be cents; Tortland. Ore. Providence, 8§ cents. and s 1ting with the cents T e nd that a circula- 200.000 population wis ington, du AR hooks through the schools r. when hooks were tn 112 schools i 1o have old ye ms rason nd the annual report unfortunately own_ express in making | volumes because of lack of funds to have their secomr tiie repaired or rebound, as After reviewing th fow. compaliel o 10, and comparaty expensive than ever the Commissiones ug a larger amount Iy to buy an equiv- mes. But larger ks wear out public than L, Ee Demand on Library Large. “The Nution's Capital should hav the very hest public library system in the country. This it cannot have so long as the basis of support here only mum. national reference of Congress and r demands for books for home for trained public library sessfce from the highly intelligent local population of more than 400,000 are probably larger than thuse of most American cities of equal population. Inasmuch as they are not_and cannot properly be met by the I Library they must be met, if_at all, by the local Public Library. Properly to meet these legitimate demands the Public Library must have an increase in its appro- priations for maintenance. The Public ting very Library ought speedily to be given the | ha resources_tieeded for furnishing the XNational Capital community popular lit- erary service. The librarians of the larger libraries of the country are to meet in Chicago during the Christmas holidays fo con- sider the big problem of library main- Coal Parley Here This Week For Purpose of Suasion Only stocki ents rom idable problem to be met nt book fund.” one-third of the recognized mini- | The Library of Congress library for the un General Supplies Needed. In the matier of general supplies the library is deplorably handicapped. They need typewriters and necessars printine For example, it necessary to dis- continue the printing of the monthly list of mew books. The two old delivery cars are practically falling to pleces and they are costing more for Tepairs than would keep new ones running, but Ithere is no appropriation for new cars. ! “The people of Washington are get- much better service than thes Tight to expect for the sala e being paid to the Publi Library staff,” Dr. Bowerman sass, in championing the He protests that of eflicient employ along uncomplaining! | handicapped.” is a) use | | and are going although terribly ch side here next 0 representatives of «a week in an attempt to impress ujy at “the American people 4 it to dismiss the strike nexr all issued Friday for conference here next week be- miners’ representatives and coal operators, Chairman Jokn Hays Hammond of the federal coal fact- Following s = e orite soeici || ADOUL & half g ators and finding commission made it Plain Yester- 1 h v “three representatives of the day that in the conferences, in which | mine union v D iar tenacatens before the commission, the chairman said, adding that while the comm sion’ had not the power to arbitrate it had the power of persuasion and Mr. Hammond said the realizes the gravity of the situation facing the mation if an- other strike in the coal industry be- gins next April. The men to be heard next week will represent only th union bituminous fields. The non union situation will be taken up at a later date. Mr. Hammond said, while contracts in the anthracite fields run until next September® Conl Industry Overmanned. Mr. Hammond explained that the coal industry is overmanned by from 30 to 40 per cent, and that some re- duction in the number employed in the industry must be brought about before a living annual wage for workers can be obtained, and before the consuming public can reap the benefit of lower coal prices. The num- ber of coal miners in itself makes most of them unable to earn an adequate yearly wage, he declared. The chairman said the commission had gone about its job of finding the facts in the coal industry with an open mind, and had put up to every factor in the industry, Including large the demands, duties and requirements | purchasers of coal, the guestion, of his high office. Referring to the | oo . "0 % & Status of the Free State, he declared: | - W hat would you do to improve con “We have been given a measure of |ditions in the coal industry? freedom as large as that enjoyed by Later, Mr. Hammond said, meui- bers of the commission expect 1 any of the states in the American vigit many coal mines to make per- Union." The only blot ix the separa- tion of the six counties from the rest of the country. but I hope that in & sonal investigations on the ground tew years by a spirit of mutual con-i ; 2 : 2 S is the nurth snd(he south will | of confitions n_ihe Singustey. iy come together in the geunification of | on" T 1 o show definite resuli< the country. We ask the American | s results of its original fact-finding work. and public,” he added, “to give the new Irish government their moral support, ':;‘m";e"‘*‘i:: that date public hearings or at any rate no!' to give its enemle.a John 1. Lewis, president of th financial support.” United Mine Workers, will pmhu; JNO. T. GOOLRICK. |not be heard before Thursday, pre- Fredericksburg, va. cgied by & few operators. . the commission will urge upon both sides the “necessity of averting coal strike next April.” the commission has nothing to do with arbitrating differences between miners and operators and will make no attempt to settle controverted points other than by suggestion. The commission iz very much con- cerned, Mr. Hammond said. over failure of miners and operators to reach an agreement on wages at their conference in Chicago, and i& calling — unite in unbroken concord and ac- cord for the peace. progress and prosperity of Old Erin. To that end and for that purpose, no moral or material aid or assistance should be given to those who are still engaged in the very unpatriotic if not traitor- ous endeavor to impede the Free State in all its forward movements for the good and welfare of the Irish. 1 conclude by quoting what has been admirably said by Governor General Healy, who is a native-born Irish- man, a learned lawyer and a patriotic citizen of unimpeachable character and_pronounced ability, and who is in all respects worthy and fully quali- fied and equipped to faithfully and efficiently execute and perform all of