Evening Star Newspaper, December 18, 1922, Page 7

6 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1922 THE EVENING STAR, With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY.....December 18, 1922 | THEODORE W. NOYES.......Editor | The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office, 11th St. and Peansylvania Ave. ew York Office: 150 Nassau St. Chicago Of Tower Mullding, European Ottice : 16 Regeut 8t., London, England. The Evening Star, with the Sunday morning edition, i delivered by carriers within the city At GO cents per month: duily on'y. 45 cents per Sunday oniy. 20 cents per mouth. OF ders may be sent by mall, or telephone Mal 5000. ~Collection 1 made by carrlers at the eud of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daily and Sunday. .1 yr.. §8.4 | Daily only. J1yr, S Bunday on! 1yr. $2.40: 1 mo., 20¢ All Other States. Dally and Sunday..1y7.§ . Daily only mo., §0c Sunday only mo., 25¢ Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press fs exclnstvely entitled €0 the use for republication of nll news dis- patehes cradited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the locas news pub- lished herein. Al rights of publication of snecial dianatches hes —_————————e——————a—— 10. mo.. 85¢ $7 Jumping at Conclusions. The “American plan” for the re- habilitation of Europe is the Big news feature of the day on both sides of the Atlantie. ussed as if it were something which d been reduced to writing, subjected to critical analysis and found either flawless or full flaws cording to the viewpoint of the critic. The ropean nations act as if they had been handed something in a “take it or leave it" spirit, and were in the agonizingz pr of try- ing to make up their minds what to do. It any one has a copy of the “Amer- ican plan” for rehabilitating Europe it is more than probable that Presi- dent Harding and Secretary Hughes would welcome a chance to get a look at it. And they ought to be show 1t is not at all polite to keep the Pre: dent and his foreign secretary in the dark as to what this government in- tends or does not intend to do in the matter of approving a loan to Ger- many or calling a world cconomic con- ference to sit in Washington. Who- ever it at has worked out the pro- sram, whether a messenger at the State Department or a correspondent with a superheated imagination, ought to be more considerate of the men who are charged by law with respon- sibility for our intercourse with other nations, As a matter of fact, the chief char- acteristic of the “American plan” is its multiplicity. They already number into the thousands, and new ones are being emitted like German mark But if there is any plan which has approval of the responsible heads of the American government, that fact is vet to be disclosed. About all this government has done has been to indi- cate a willingness and desire to be helpful in solving Europe's difficulties, and the rest has been a case chiefly of Jjumping at conclusions. It started with the President’s ad- dress to Congress at the opening of the present session. Two passages in that addre: innocent and apparently harmless, were seized upon and made to have meanings which must have been a surprise to their author. Re- stating a frequently declared Ameri- can policy, the President said: “We ‘would rejoice to help rehabilitate cur- rency systems and facilitate all com- merce which dces not drag us to the very levels of those we seek to help.” That was interpreted to mean that the President had made up his mind to call an international economic confer- ence to sit in Washington at an early day. In discussing the work of the ‘Washington arms conference of a year ago he said: “The four-power pact, which abolishes every probability of ‘war on the Pacific, has brought new confldence in a maintained peace, and 1 can well believe it might be made a model for like assurances wherever in the world any common interests are concerned.” This very amiable expression of desire for a better un- derstanding among nations was ac- cepted as indicative of a settled pur- pose to intervene in Europe by the! summoning of an international con- | ference on peace and disarmament. Ot like flimsy substance is the| “American plan” which critics are shooting full of holes today. When a Paris paper comments, there- fore, that “‘the plan looks as if it had been drafted by the Germans” it is talking about something of which the American government and the Ameri- can people are not informed. ——————— Sir Thomas Lipton, on his return to England, announced that he would soon issue his fifth challenge for the America’s cup. He will thus con- tribute his bit toward reducing unem- ployment. —_————— Of the three czars of the American amusement world Czar Thomas of the theaters probably feels that he has a sinecure as compared with Czars Hays and Landis. of ac | | i The Streets of Washington. | ‘Washington was once known as the best paved city in the United States. | Here the asphalt pavement was brought to its early high point of ef- ficiency and durability, and the streets ! of the capital were exceptionally! smooth. That day is long past, how- ever, and Washington has been out-{ stripped by many cities in®the matter of street paving, until it is today scarcely in the running in this re- spect. The deterjoration of the city’s street surfaces is due to the denial of ade- quate funds for their maintenance. Year after year estimates have been cut down and appropriations have been made in comparatively meager sums. The Commissioners have been forced to cke out their means, to spread out thinly money for repairs and resurfacing, to postpone the lay- ing of new pavements and generally street surfacing than obtained in the past. Ip yesterday's Star were printed statements by members of Congress and of the citizens’ orgenizations in this matter of Washington's streets, all to the point of demanding more liberal appropriations this year. One { take into consideration and profit by. measure, delivered Saturday, Senator to maintain a much lower standard of [‘La Follette said that “wherever a can- didate against this ship subsidy bill in e dis- this head, and an estimate of $730,000 was submitted for the consideration of Congress. It is obvious that the capital can not be kept in good order with $730,000 when at least a million more is, in the judgment of the Com- | missioners and their expert aides, es- sential during the next fiscal year. In consequence of the neglect and half measures and infrequent repairs forced by the smallness of the annual appropriations, Washington's streets are today full of bumps and holes, and the country roads lying beyond the paved area within the District are rutty and even unsafe. The trafiic in this city has grown tremendously out of all proportion to the care of the streets. The development of a heavy truck service has put a severe strain upon the pavements, and it is now under consideration to limit the loads carried by motor trucks as a means of preventing undue wear and tear on the street surfaces. E ‘Washington's streets should be so well surfaced that they will stand any amount of traffic or any reasonable weight. The standard of smoothness and solidity and durability should be s0 high that noJimits of spe«d or load- ing are necessary to prevent destruc- | tion. If it will cost a million dollars more than the budget estimates to put the streets In as good condition as a year's work can accomplish, that money should by all means be pro- vided. The District is eager to pay its share of this cost, and Congress should act accordingly i Terrorism at Marion. At Marion, TIL, a trial is in progress with five men under accusation of murder in connection with the Herrin mine riot of last June. This trial be- gan with a long delay in the securing of @ jury. The county seat, where it s being held, is less than ten miles from the scene of the crime. Talesmen summoned by the court to serve on the jury were loathe to undertake this duty for fear of reprisals. Threats have been uttered against those who served as jurymen in case the verdict would be adverse to the defendants. Finally a jury consisting mainly of farmers was secured. Then began the same trouble in the matter of wit- nesses. Those who had testimony to give were reluctant to respond to the summons to court and to answer ques- tions put to them. Again threats were heard from those favorable to the miners on trial and to the organiza- tion of which they are members. The situation has reached the point where a secret organization of farmers has been formed in the two counties of Williamson and Johnson, and the word has been sent forth that for the life of every farmer taken as a result of his testimony a toll of ten lives will be exacted. These farmer witnesses have been telling uniform tales of having heard members of the mob who advanced on i the Herrin mine, declaring their pur- pose to kill the workers there. Every one of these witnesses has hesitated betore replying to the questions of the prosecuting attorney. More is at stake at the trial at Marlon than the lives or liberty of the five men under direct accusation. Process of law in Illinois is in the bal- ance. The Herrin massacre was an atrocious crime, but even a greater crime is contemplated, is even being attempted, in the effort to suppress Jjustice. Evidently the farmer witnesses at Marion will not be coerced or fright- ened from the stand or from telling the truth there. The organization of a protective assoclation indicates that they propose to give their evidence, despite the risk involved. The very fact that they are compelled to take this course is strong testimony to the disadvantage of the men on trial. The President. Mr. Cannon will have his little joke. Asked about a visit he and a friend had paid to the White House Satur- day, he replied: “We®thought Mr. Harding was getting lonely. So we merely called to try to cheer him up, and I think we succeeded fairly well. Mr. Harding's ‘“loneliness” keeps him busy. The processions to the ‘White House are steady and of good length. All sorts and conditions of men and women compose them, and all callers are rewarded with a pleas- ant word and a cordial handclasp. “Sweet are the uses of adversity.” Sweet also, when it comes in time, is- criticism. And a good deal of the criti- cism Mr. Harding is hearing is com- ing at the right time. He is in mid- channel. Two years behind him, and two years before him. He will make or break in the two before him. What of unfairness and injustice harbors in the criticism now directed at Mr. Harding he can afford to ig- nore. That sort of thing usually de- feats itself. What of truth and intel- ligence, he should, and probably will, It would be amazing if no mistakes stood against the Wresident. He in- herited a mess if ever a public official did; and inaugurating a clean-up has taxed him to the utmost, we may all be sure. But he has tackled the job with courage; and as the people be- lieve in his sincerity and patrictism some mistakes should, and are likely to be, forgiven him. ——————— The best illustration of faith is af- forded by the man who ceases to worry when his coal dealer assures him of a replenished supply before the last dozen shovelfuls in the bin are exhausted. Mr. La Follette and Protection. In his speech against the shipping bill the other day Senator Robinson declared that over fifty republican candidates for House and Senate in the recent campaign who stood for the proposed subsidy were defeated be- cause of that fact. But he did not give the list, which would have topped the generalization in value. In his speech against the same office declared for public trict normally of his own political party he was elected and in many dis- trict, normally republican, republican candidates who failed to pledge them- selves to oppose this bill were defeated, by democratic candidates who pledged milllon dollars were cut out of the|themselves to vote sgainst it.” flnhwmhmmu‘hr Here again m would strengthen the argument. If the Wis- consin senator has a list, he should by all means publish it. It would, at any rate, “make mighty interesting read- ing | Mr. La Follette also sald of the ship- Ping measure that “it represents a policy that has be-n repeatedly reject- ed by the people of this country.” The subsidy feature of the shipping bill is socketed in protection. It is of- fered and pressed on that score. The merchant marine is designed as an; American enterprise. As many Ameri- an enterprises ashore have been brought to large proportions to the national advantage by the application of the policy of protection, why not this one afloat? And is not the Wisconsin senator himself a protectionist? And has he not repeatedly voted for protection measures which were under demo- cratic attack on the same argument he is now advancing against the Lasker bill sponsored by the Presi- dent? Receiving Immigrants. Conditions at Ellis Island are to be investigated, with a view to their im- provement. Complaint has been lodged , by the British government through its ambassador here. ‘Whatever is necessary to bring the work of this leading immigrant sta- tion up to the mark should be done. It new and larger accommodations are necessary they should be built. If changes in those now existing will suffice they should be made. Congress should be liberal in appro-; priating for this service. Men, women and children landed at this station, or, for that matter, at any immigrant station in the country, should be well cared for while in custody of the au- thorities. They have been confined for days in cramped and uncomfortable quarters on shipboard, and therefore in great need of good air and elbow room. To march them from insanitary quarters afloat straight to insanitary quarters ashore, and hold them there pending the inspection of their pass- ports, is an inexcusable hardship. As The Star said the other day in mentioning this subject, the glad hand should be extended to all admitted into this. country who have come in good faith for home-building purposes. We ask much of them—are properly ask- ing just now more than ever—and should show them at the outset such attentions as will strengthen them in the change they have mede, and en- courage them to do their best to qual- ity for the work before them. ———————————————— A slight improvement in the ex- change rate gave the German mark a boost last week, and at once the cost of living rose in that country. Now consumers are protesting. Germany evidently needs a few lessons in eco- nomics. ———————— A range of temperature on the same day from 24 below zero at Devils Lake, N. D., and 74 above at Miami. Fla.. illustrates anew the fact that this is a whopping big country. —_——— London’s agitations change with the seasons and the years. A short time ago the voteless kept things lively in that city. Now the jobless are giving statesmen cause for anxiety. ————————— “Move up in the alsles!” is & cry that now resounds in the city’s street cars, a preholiday slogan as appealing as ‘Shop early’ & The householder who brags about the contents of his cellar just now should be careful to specify the con- tents. * New Jersey is rapidly taking the lead over California {n the matter of crime sensations. ( SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Fair Exchange. A clown whose features, usually merry, In private wore a look of deep re- gret, Remarked: “Conditions are peculiar, very. A curious competition I have met. Why doesn't life become serene and sunny, ‘Without a grief to complicate af- fairs, Since everybody's trying to be funny, Regardless of his more important cares! “The business expert's gayly serepad- ing To bring the banquet to & proper | close. By night the grim reformer’s mas- querading, The college prof assumes @ cynic pose. I guess I'll have to study end turn teacher To educate the country and the town. It's up to every clown to play the preacher If every preacher seeks to play the clown.” All Kinds of Politics. “You ought to follow the example of other statesmen and get into the movie game.” ‘No,” replied Senator Sorghum; “it's best for @ man to stay in the kind of politics he’s used to.” Jud Tunkins says you can't believe all you read—which is a great com- fort. Her Eyes. 1 said her eyes were diamonds bright. And yet the phrase looks queer to me. Il change the term to anthracite, Because her eyes are dear to me. Slogans Clash. “Why didn’t you heed the warning, ‘Shop early’?” ‘“‘Storelkeeper had e slogan of his own, ‘C. 0. D’ “Fame,” said Uncle Eben, “ain’ no great consolation. De roasted turkey knows how he was-'preciated Why United States Should Not | Appeals for Germans. Cancel Debts Owed It by Europe> ¥t Ao br Wiy » 10 Needs and Deserts. which France made to Italy and To the Editor of The Btar: I thank you most sincerely for pub- others of the allies. So the cancella- tion program amounts to a proposal Germany. lisking my appeal for the starving in 1 have read Dr. Wiley's that practically the whole burden of rejoinder, and cannot deny that from cancellstion uhall be Dorne, by the 'the viewpoint of my good friend he in credit for generosity would go to justified in assuming that the Ger- England and France—chlefly to Eng- | manepeople do not need nor deserve et aid. Whether his estimate of the Ger- man people is correct time and im- CAPITAL KEYNOTES When Gen. Pershing’s first con- tingent of the A. E. F. arrived in France, an orator startled the peoples of both countries with a dramatic exclamation: “Lafayette, We here!” It has been generally cepted in many parts that our coming into the war was in defense of France in return for Lafayette's romantic r BY PAUL V. COLLINS. til then—did Louis propose to “help the Americans” and all that he ac- complished was 1o prolong the Strug- &l through four more years of bit- terness and bloodshed, Without his rierence, assured in but wh oined in the Englan me Dbitter, * ¥ % ¥ It was not until the final negotia- tions for peace were under wayr, after VERY time Europe gets itself into a snarl and is unable to see a way out, the proposal is advanced for general cancel- lation of interallied indebtedhess growing out of the war. It has be- come a fetish with European states- men and economists; a panacea for ac- * kK ¥ / | | all the flls which beset them, an ab-| But, it is argued, the United States = " "5 e e cue of the thirteen American COloNleS | Cornyallix' surrender at Yorktown s - was less in- ¢ der . that the 4 solution from all their sins of omis; lu a rich country and less in- [Partial .','n"::c, peace, and consi imm"": tyranny of ‘h";h;"d ‘;yda:'il:g Machiavellian hand of the sion and commission. Europe 18 in a|jured than the other principal allles iy jugt ag fmmoral for naunn:bm_ le:; our debt to France had been he revo. | ETench premier, Vergennes, showed snarl today, sorely tried by its ills|\which fought agalnst Germany. Asitle their difficuitl with ;‘llem:a)lg"-mmmwund interest ever since the T fGer D b i et and oppressed by the burden of Its|to the first. it never has been held 304 Dullet 8 it oL e antayr o loon {efforts to rob the American victors ppress L 3 nation was rich was a ‘to do. But I belleve falr 10| " The historical fact is, however. that | a2 n « - sins. So debt cancellation Is trotted {that becavse & U5 0%, %hoiia submit judge the moral fiber of 2 natlon by | | The bistorical fot tn b anicude o | 0f their triumph. He was fnfuence out, dusted off and furbished up, and | 108ical Fea ¢ should submit JAES The Taot wartare encouraged | Xe owed 0o such debt 0 ETALINCE 1 gee by the Spanioh s to being mulcted. Examples of by its military leaders. any important reinforcements. The prayce for s offered again as the sole solution of s the chief cred- been recorded Eritain, when she s barity have 2 vorld’ 0 f the world, set no such obvious barbarity in civil | question so often asked concerning|jangd in an effc CRRELL L O e | examplé of ‘careless enerosity. in overy war. even In our owh CI| the recent world war. *Who woin the | "ciune “Arland war?” could never have been an- swered in reference to the American revolution. except by saying that the e English whigs won it for America, in N eacrat. vensl spite of the machinations of the French | .. S | government, which plotted most| i | malignantly to steal from Ame: ey R IR i the gruits of victory and to ham-{ A it string the young republic lest it grow e too Strong. A% o war, and will so c war is tolerated. My appeal f;r ald :n !‘-asx:m 1it e of the central c e rk Yor the relief of distress in Germany and Austria and the expert oninfon of Dr. Copeland. the health officer of New York and senator-elect. 121l of which fully corroborate the sad |accounts given by relations an rity and righteous o tlem jto to peace and pr living. As all cancellation proposals, no matter in what artful guise they may be dressed. are almed at the United States, and as in any general clean- ing of the slate the United States would have to do the lion's share of the canceling, it is worth while to Since the war has her course war-; inted the contention that she re-| garded the cagh and other resources, of all the allies as in a common pool. She has presented her bills—steep ones, at that—for transporting our troops overseas to fight in the com- mon cause, and has accepted cash s a matter of course and settlements ai tlccurssand d upon the mittee in bors lic me whe take a look beneath the surface of [ay a natural closing of = : glittering generalities and see what |business transaction. friends. and the very r[‘;ce:;d':en— PR sort of stuffing ie inside ul"( \mtclkntzv It is true that we wene! ll:‘sel 't: m‘r'lt nfflin;::‘:'ntih;l‘!“m“ y What is all this hero worship of e ey en o others - leral pre: 3 3 ons. p Fana’ee TG St ured e mreed against Germany, |*'I¢ Dr. Wiley Is able to quote from | Latayette? Who was he and what | (K LS LY K * % k * but it is true also that we got less of |5 amarican rnmmcrrl;\rl"'!g:‘l“;\';fl“c“\ A10/26 mccompllzh?. He iwas 8 mIne-{32sence f this same col In fact, we Eotltne industrial and com —old mobleman. holding @, The letter went on to prod {ons | the spoils of war. 2 Sl dbm.rmflmmm!""m'p The entire cost of our PRI iy is reater in Germay (AR fly on of the grade of captain, (the Americans would nrese complication Is the United States.|iicipation is a net financial lost 10 jher European country, 1t S, nmission of, tha krads thihe D nebu v 0ss mounts 20 | cubstantiates my Metz, a which s owed in the neighborhood of jus, and that I ts high into | ipicianti y statement that the |utationed ut Motz ‘when ited | Pox = g | the billions without adding the addi- | Garman people are making an < rother of George IIL of . $11,000,000,000 and owes nothing as e WHINE KR 0, g which we now | yort o convert their 1abor Wnio|stopped there and. at @ dinner given, an offset. At the other end is Ger. e n® furgive.. Others of the | #TOF 18 (PN eir treaty oblizations|in his honor, made a specch de- many, which owes whatever part of | 4 and associated nation inelud | S ficient food and raw mate- {nouncing “ic” roval braiher on Jhed : alli c: v/ v mino; ‘carry o ‘ rone of E d. and te'ling how | About $30.000.000.000 the allies can!ing Japan, which played only Al 08 “eATTY © S S STUn Hieroncian nglang {an (il o] art, are potentially a great deal "By \when, in spite o e ood ot poorer because of f ot W™ (da “In dispatches dated the war. They stripped Germany of [GiRIers hcomber 3, that an Ameri- Her olonial possessions and divided | o " S0% Of teterans of Foreign Wars rem up ‘among themselves, some i 0% “Durce of 200,000 marks. that by outright annexation and others |{.ft\cork already has begun among tiroush ~mandates,” which 13 an-!{ye German poor, a number of soup Hexation by another name. Some of {iiten i "‘gre operating, supportcd these possessions, notably those in|iigclv hv officers ete. 1 hove Dr. Africa, contain vast undeveloped re- |wilev will admit that these hoor peo- Sourcss, and when It is realized that!yle are regarded as both in need and future advincement of the white race | Jogerving of American charity. must come in large measure through The records of the United States Hevelopment of Ritherto practically | pepartment of Commerce show that untouched tropical resources, it is be- | garoyv"ana Austria in 1920 and 1921 lievable that the spolls of war which | ioorih “rrom our country brea fell to the allies, particularly 10 iqiuffs at a cost of $175.246.378 and Great Britain and France, will in fu- {5 o0l® 9047 qaire vroducts to the ture years make their actual cash iz ount of $10 xpenditures in the conflict seem in- | = pr ywiley o act that the significant. gold rve in the German treasury extract from her and is owed nothing | ias an offset. In between stand Great Britain, France, Italy and Belgium, which both owe money and are owe A number of other European coun- tries owe relatively minor sums, without offsetting credits, but cir stances with respect to them vary widely that they may, without im- pairment of reasoning, be left out of the general reckoning. With this groundwork of under- standing, let us see how all-round cancellation of debts, with corre- aponding reduction in the reparations demanded of Germany., would work out. The United States would sacri- fice $11,000,000.000 and get nothing in return. Great Britain would be for- given $5.000.000.000 of debts and would forgive debts and forago tions to- colonies in Ame The fledgling French n was i v fired by the eloquent h of the | ernme visiting English prince and forthwith, King seeing a chance to distinguish himself | in America, he went to the secrer!Was sec agent of the American colonies in i lonial Taris and proffered his valiant sword | joqoy upon condition that he he at once given the grade of jor Kl'n'-rnl."'r the Americarn { The noble rank of the 1 induced | secret of state {the American_agent to promise thelang was not fr grade of major general, and when the tave ™ Sepvine Americans could not furnish even!ijeca etatesmen transportation for the young 2d-|affien <hould hand venturer Lafavette, being wealthy by [1f 1he in inheri hought a small were first secretly began fitting out a hUCCANEET | then by | woula VI was at_peace with George ! yorg, hence the Lafavette expedition ! mm nt re ! st o onlv HIOAIEES taling vrobably $7.000.000.000, so that * % k¥ on October 31, 1922, was only J 2 ; e question naturally Mibustor. “An order for his ar-1 Great Rritain would be out perl It is hard, thereforc, to see whymarks. Hence the auedtly - na the dententlon of his ship i o vre arises, how can the German gover ment provide food o prevent starva- tion and at the same time continue to sucd. The ship evaded the of- | icers and got into Spanish waters:! ¢ voune filibuster escaped from his|chould yre, 2nd at last the expedition ot [oer, wherehy ¢ with Capt. Lafayette and a (- handful of his follower as command for a m was a corp tle corporal. $2.000,000.000. France ow money both to the United States and Great Britain, and has comparatively small sums owed her by Italy and some of the other allies. It is to be assume that she would deduct the debts sl forgave from the debts forgiven her and would reduce reparations de- mands to an amount representing the difference. France, therefore, would break even, theoretically. As Italy and Belgium owe larger sums than they can hope to recover from repa- rations claims, they would be out- right gainers by a canceliation pro- gram. it should be expected that this coun- try would be willing to be the one e to large financial loser among the victor [ pay reparations in manes without a ast a hreathing ? It is true that this particu- | “::;r‘g"\"‘l’“"‘""' has reneatedly de is not a quick assel|.,roq {hat we are not fighting the realized upon to MECL|corman peonle. but insisting on mak- ayment of the {ing the world safe for democracy. ates is Ot 4l Coung republic is now struggling for existence, the 1ife or death of i nation. Possibly anarchy and confu- s [ Gion is involved. I deem it. therefore jthe solemn duiv of the descends W over 6.000.000 of Germans who ihave emigrated to this country. and {of whom 1.686.102 during, the census st 1920 were born in Germany. to Yhow true charity and thus aid in ipreventing a repetition of the Rus- s T s Lean & lsouncelof|exal dof it dventurers who [ reat satistaction to me to know that | Lo Chance of bame-and foreuns. | |the first aid from this country after | Bossible chance n - fortune, [one A e e Toras rendered by the |Wwere returning to France in disgurt,| These restr ISttty of Friends, which matched | thought it policy to Told this noble | discovered by Jas rman element. They evide Z ' general ut_assis | i 'membered l;ml the M‘u_\'flnw';r &v :’y,;. {‘\',Tum;i:{!n)"_:l:r;;ra-:ivr::-flr;st; _mx'ur s :n “lh;l-‘ |’! Tt rman settlers was the good ol ip | Washin s hea ers for sev- i ded 1o \ {Concord. which landed I? Phxiag--l..53’1":3’;:‘;%Mm jor general” with- Iéh .K;\e—{_hurnl; he 5,‘?“‘ 1 ADng - ‘ % ane. rdge o ergennes, was dn it g:hg:!;r‘;::;'r:c‘;plv‘xhty‘?:llllyl“'fi : Later, fretting because he was i deflance of insiry feoem settled in the counties of Monteom en no responsibilities by .| Congress, secured through the lohhs ery. Bucks, Lebanon, York, Berks,|\Vashington. who petted the b ling of two French agents, Luzern: 3 e haoenton "and_the north. |id not take him seriol nd Marbois, which “sillvand pus intles of New York. They also|Went to Congress, dir simous jnstructions would reguir: very likely were mindful that the rexulations 1 its commissioners be guided i1 first formal protest against barter in ngs by the wis of the ol s Adams ation; r war booty which can b pressing n | thoueh Ohi belonged to T ginia. Verzennes When the boy arrived in Philadel- n}.’.u'n"fl'.‘.‘.i'rlJ{"}‘.‘,." phia and claimed the commission of | from the Ohie to major general Congress was aghast. | main n unde {There were Ameri orate more competent and desery grade than' he. but ti jwere dazzled by his nob in course of time, seeing that Miscissinni Torida the nd th, debtor not indi The course the ment has heretofore > 7 rants the assumption that, upon show. i ing by any of the debtors of inability quation up to Ger- | o make present payments. funding many. 1f reparations demands were 4l be arranged on a basts, to SElS0 reduced only to the extent of debts!yrithout undue hardships. It may de- canceled, it would bring the bill|velop that the debts owed us by some against Germany somewhat nearer an "h: r""‘r“ \”:kr‘;: n"l“l"fi"“s t?.‘:g)ol:?r:eb;‘: amount which it is possible for her | ipery s no reason why we should be to pay, but the amount remaining due ! ;2" purry about wiping even these under ‘the treaty and subsequent fix- | v Sur books. If we wait we may be ! ations still would be in the neighbor- | 1110, get something in return, even Hoodliof1320,000,000:000 |3 it be no more than assurances that alliessgwersl (o fcoutigy these nations will live peaceably with payments from Germar Riseaiiai g 000,000,000 basis the whole procedure ey EA would have had little, if any, effect in enabling Germany to recover her eco-| Rut Great Britain can and will pay nomic health. e z S Lot Tatovmed opiaiondton what she owes us, despite the pessi- that a reparations bill of $12.000,- { mistic view which Bonar Law takes 000,000 would represent the muximum | today. Britain ever has been fealous G o e 10 P4, gt | OF hier financial honor, and never has mum sum which Germany v, | repudiated an honest debt. The hon- any claims above that are mercly pa ¥ of the debt,she owes the United per assets without real value. has not been questioned. And e | right and proper that Great : Britain should pay, in view of what che got out of the war and what we did_not et out of it. 1t would be Now, world opinfon, which includes American opinion, supports th . ey DRoxLy ‘[.'e Il'“(“jh'ulher an_unreasonable expectation FErmMany | that the American people should go were not to Americans. but to be rgland for Canadians 7 were French, o ‘This brings the blond, sev- i1 ad | wi many am e violating ng cutside military mat human flesh was filed by the settlers of Germantown in 1658, I have read with pardonable pride of the deeds of valor of these German | | settlers in the defense of the frontic {in the Mohawk and during the French and Indiar wars long bafore the re {lution. While gratefully recalling |the distinguished services rendered v the French pa‘riots, Lafaverte, Rochambeau and others during the - war, we should not for- . agreed to organize Canada_anc full n command of the expedition. not to be under Gen. W, The Canadian inv {bornin’* and Maj. Ger {ordercd back to Was {Later, with more d [perience, he de and the He was | hington “died E 4 o Why do we hear <o mu. “obligations to Franc cette and litt in their contention that ought to pay up to the limit of her |down into their pockets to help p: capacity. If she has capacity to pay | for the enlargement and enrichment jrevolutiona cipline and ex- oped into a brave < 5 of England’s colonial empire. get that the German element, then nosad el U rare e Wars s ana e B 1$12,000,000,000 she ought to pay that |°f 20BN OO, SPIE, 0 (o | Rumbering 225,000 in_ a . total of |2nd competent soldier and gave Indi- |treachery of Vergenucs and the v sum. There is not, outside of former | . France, too, can pay in time |2,243.000 in 1776, contributed not only - sueRsca. racy of the French first republie enemy countri any considerable | without undue hardships, and in the ja full quota of troops, including two o e Our first war was ¢ £ defense sentiment in favor of adowing Ger- of vears it will be found that | Kobers, but also the trusted bodv-{ TWhat was the policy of the French|against France. Iow loug since the jguard of the father of our country Of the value of Gen. Steuben, the in- spector general, of Gen. Lutterloh as | ive from development of the ter- |quartermaster general, and Ludwig. ritories which fell to her in the di-:the superintendent of bakers, and of vision of the spoils of war. en | other leaders in the cause of freedom, many pay up to the limit of her|without this, readjustment and actual |1lke Muhlenberg, Herkheimer and capacity. | payment of reparations and reduction |others, I would have American his- If this is to be the procedure the!in her huge outlay for armaments |torians speak. I cannot refrain from debt-canceling _program resolves it- | would soon relieve France of her |stating that Steuben remained in this self into a proposal that in return for 'most serious difficulties. country, figured as a regent of the cancellation of debts which they, For Italy the promise held by the | University of New York, assisted in could not evade without national dis- | future probably is less bright, but the | planning our Military Academy and honor and ruin to their credit the money she owes the United States|the defenses of the city of New York, allies are willing to write off their |need not be an obstacle to Italy's and that the heroine at the battle of books an equivalent amount of the|economic recovery. If this country is | Monmouth, Molly Pitcher, was the utterly worthless part of thelr claims | willing to wait an indefinite time be- | daughter of Mary and John George againat Germany, leaving them free |fore recelving payment, either of | Ludwig. to collect all they can and still to!principal or interest, Italy ought to| The ~war of 1812 furnished such claim more than they can collect. If, | bie to wait with equal equanim- {heroes as Wadbach, Armistead (Arm- on the other hand, it is proposed |ity to see what the future will bring |Stadt), Pennypacker, Hampbright. In (which it is not), first. to fix repara- | forth. And the same is true of Bel- jevery war the German element con- tions at a sum which s possible for |gium and the other countries which | tributed not only its-full quota of Germany to pay and then to reduce [owe us money. soldiers, but in many instances these that sum by whatever debts are can- | Even thé prospect that Russia may |Were among the first to volunteer. celed, the result would be that Ger- |eventually pay is not as hopeless asAccording to Benjamin A. Goul called upon to pay to good are small when with the wealth she will many to escape the just consequences | of her wicked folly. is a fair as- sumption, then, that even if all inte allied debts and the debts owed the United Sta were canceled, t i- lies would continue to insist that Ger- government? Did Louis XVI hope |} P for success of a republic? Did France | gettied? aid the colonies? not until the| We love surrender of Burgoyne's army of | When th Sngeidehon " lof our n 6,000 to the victorious Gen. Benedict | fio " entaneline Arnold—later the traitor—and the ! whereby we should s agitation of the whigs in England for ten million soldiers for peace and independence of the forcemen w colonies. It became so certain that,|against Vergennes and the let alone, the colunies were about to woliciting directorate and foot up the win the war that then—anc not un- | totals of the respective obligations. ha 10 € with Story of a “Printer’s Devil” - And How He Rose to Fortune : v | Porting. would ACK in 1884 a lank count Capper asked what the pay and w ‘ 1 be many would escape almost entirely |some believe. Russia is a country of | there were 176,817 German-born vol- boy, eighteen years old,|gp,p $10 a w from financial penaltles for her | vast resources and great potential {unteers in the Union Army. greener even than the Kai- | wett around wrongdoing and punishment for Ger- | wealth. Some day there will be an| The impartial reader “of histo: sas fields from which he had | brinter. man crimes would fall upon the tax- payers of the United States. * ok k¥ It is a rather remarkable coincl- dence that the amount which it is cannot fail to observe that Germany" contribution to the development of our beloved country is at least equal to that of any other foreign nation, and that the appeal of the German people for Justice and aid is deserv- orderly government there, and that government will be as jealous of its financial integrity as are other en- lightened governments. . * kX % vt look exactly like to the come, entered the office of the To- peka Daily Capital and asked for a | job as a typesetter. In those days | Kansas had a prohibition law, but its | the composing estimated Germany can pay in the hA"d "fllw comes a final phase of |ing of sflrloustnonsldernlon. There | enforcement at that time compared | The long and short of the question which apparently is lit- | D€Ver was greater need for “‘peace on vorablv ev: vith th force- | Capper began work as o 2 way of reparations approximates very y is SR e n |unfavorablv even wi e enforce- | {anl TR s closely the amounts which the allied | tl® CoRsidered by those in Europe who | than now. - Pl toward fmen ment of the Vol- | %":»;.»k'if i governments owe the government of | *1C putting out propaganda for can-| Residents of the District who re- tead act today. | vears le b all ki posi Bve United States. Twelve billion dol- | cellation. Unless the lessons of his- 1 for fopd and ‘he youngster|on the up o wdit spond to the 2ppeg] clothing for the sfarving German: o N T lars is the estimate of Germany's|tory are not to be relied upon, unless rom the country 5 : and _German-Austrian ending DA ASAESC o alied debs 1o (i |men radically change thelr natures |{elr money contributions to Mrx M -Arthur Capper | was i ngggo;y are in excess of. $11,000,- a:d m:uolns their policies, some day Pr]c:(O:F'%m:r:fif”"flw,“'"y‘ Dis- ' mname — had | ;'fkt;m(ld'" e olis ATast worth: romasiine. s in Fhroby amsianothier great | 410k Sewara) laquars o thesst cached — Topeki | gogtion that though 1t hardly 1§ & colncldence, that | Gased 1n 1t will be under inn cpeon: |clothing to the Concord Club, 3140 C thout 6 o'clock | sumething dx of 4 the fotal of the indebtedness which |sity of borrowing momey. It the |Street northwest, or both to the Cen me Saturday|newspaper Work in the metropolitan it is qrona!e(l‘Eurcpea." nations shall | money borrowed to wage the war :;—:{ g}::‘:lt':'fv:'m\x'““fe' Inc, 247 East wening. With §‘;‘:::W.\\-".. member of the Scnate and e ooy Slorely b | ey Spdod 2 not to be xapald, i 4t | contributed will e ones orty saloons St | \Williwm Jennings HBrvan et total of the indebtedness which it is|likely the defaulting nations ‘could 1 . it is promised, be 5 willt: 1 proposed shall be canceled by the converted into flour, fats and mil ourishing in the | in Congress, and wrote o find anywhersa a government or a people willing to make them loans to wage another war? If a nation is to be prepared to defend 1izelf against aggression, it is as necessary that it 'y Orator of the led in controlled ity, about one- | lion creat 1alf of the print® rs of the Daily powder and forwarded t powder an o the German United States. France and Italy and other countries owe England monéy, but the money England loaned them was part of or was offset by money GEO. M. KOBER., which England borrowed from this|keep its credit good as it i Capital were for- bea country. The same is true of loans|keep its powder dry. S ithatiy Ul‘ges That Speeders SENATOR CAPPER. Fetting their er- | Senate Mot ¢ 3 o rors an their | in the House, among othe; Be Given Jail Terms !sorrows with the aia of strong| When Capper returned to Kans Canadian Comment on Fixing of Wages by Law. In deciding a case under the mini- mum wage law of the Distrlct of Co- lumbia the Court of Appeals of the District made some remarks that ap- ply generally throughout the contl- nent. The Children’s Hospital at ‘Washington resisted the application of a law which fixed $16.50.a week as the minimum wage for woman workers. The figure is not a high one as wages now rule in large cities, and hospital work is not easy. This view of the case was not considered by the court, which had regard only to the legal aspects of the dispute, and the decision was in favor of the hospital management. Incidentally the judgment discussed the position of women under the law, and the ef- fect, remote as well as present, of using the power to regulate wages by legislative bodies. Justice Van Orsdell, in giving his opinion, put it that no greater calamity could be- fall the wage earners of the country than the assumption of the right to fix wages by statute. If the law may establish a minimum wage for wom- en, he said, it may establish a maxi- mum wage aiso; it may exercise the same power and establish the wages to be paid to men, it being added that “if higher wages are necessary to preserve the morals of women, they are -qwl‘y necessary to preserve the morals of men." mem:i::ully, t:; Judge tended that not - 1 M ::onk._ having absorbed knowledge of new paper work in the east and of the working of Congress as a sponge ab- sorbs water, he determined to branch out for himself. He found that the owner of a weckly in North Tope! chere he had first started reporting anxious to sell. Capper lear: from the owner he would take §: cash, or $2.200 in time payments, for the outfit. Now Capper had save an even thousand dollars in his years of working on the Daily Cap- al and in New York. But he needed another thousand. He went to banker in North Topeka, with whom he made friends, and the banker loaned him the money. For the next few y busy building up h iy pap the first of the string which he now owns. The Topeka Daily Capital fe on hard da 1t was losing money In the end a bank took it over for its debts. The ban not by wax / of running a newspaper. Its president called in Capper and offered Lo sell the Capital to him for the amount of money the bank had involved. som £56.000. Capper expluined that +had no money: that he was § all he made on development of his plant. Tl said if he would pay just $1,000 down {they would trust him for the rest {The upshot of it that Capper bought the paper, borrowing another thousand from his old friend in ¢ North Topeka. In a few years he had 8o built up the Capital that he was offered $260,000 for i He did mot liquor. It was a psychological moment for young Capper's appearance. He was given a job. He did so well that he was told to come around the next day. This was the beginning of a career in the newspaper world that today has made Arthur Capper a senator of the United States and owner of twelve publications, two of which are daily newspapers, five are weeklles, three are semi-monthlies and two are monthlies. One of the! ily newspapers he owns is the To- péka Daily Capital. ¥ Young Capper did not just natu- rally pick up - typesetting in one night’s work on the Daily Capital, of course. When he was thirteen rs old, at his home, in Garnett, Ander- son county Kan., he went to work as a printers devil in the local printing office. He received 50 cents a week. In that shop he learned the trade and at the same time he kept up with his schooling. going through the high school. Belng an adven- turous youth, when he was eighteen he stuck his hat « 21 his head and sret out for the state capital to make his fortune. He mi the Daily Capital. ting in those day To the Editor of The Star: My experience with an automobile speeder last night, which almost cost me my life, as well as the demolish- ing of my machine, causes me to write and make a suggestion in further efforts to break up automo- bile speeding in Washington. 1 have been driving a car in this city for almost three years and have always tried to abide by the law in this respect, but there are still hun- dreds and hundreds of drivers who ignore this law, in spite of the pre: ent punishment of fines. It seem: to the writer that if a law could be passed which would give the offend- er of the speed law an opportunity to reflect over his reckless driving and that this reflecting be done be- hind the iron bars of a cage while at the precinct, where he is brought to put up his collateral, that this would give him plenty of time to think over’ his act to such an ex- tent that he would probably hesitate conslderably before driving reckless- 1y again. 1t seems to me that as long as it only requires a $5, $10 or $15 col lateral to get out of a speed jam we will never break up speed mania, but if such a law could be passed which_would make it necessary for the oftender to spend at least one night in jail this wxmh.lt certainly have a tendency to pre P..an.‘ ‘Trusting that pestion may poe Srlin B 4 er among the prosperous than among the poor. He thought that in the United States wages have never been 50 high as since the outbreak of the war, “and never in the history of the republic has crime been so universal; and this condition, it must be con- ceded, has made an unfavorable im- pression upon the morals of the peo- ple.” The decision applied the rules of law to the case of women in & way that may cause some to doubt the great benefits they expected from electoral enfranchisement. Equality with men means equality in other conditions than those concerned with going to the ballot box. The consti- tutional limitations upon Congress, it was maintained, involve fundamental principles of human rights reserved to the whole people, and not to any favored class of citizenship; “they are for the protection allke of the rich and tke poor, the strong and the weak, the high and the low, and may not, either by legislative or judiclal flat, be used to extend special protec- tion to any particular class of citl sens.” In many states of the repub- le, as in some provinces of Canada, the laws have been used to secure for woman workers protection from com- petitive conditions in the labor mar- ket, and much litigation may be had before the final interpretation of the constitution bearing upon the issues. Meantime, in the District of Columbla the law will not interfere with the | arrangement affecting woman ’ 4 de good as a typesetter on Al the typeset- was done by hand. He was quick and turned out clean work. r a few months at this work the Mlb& of tl‘m‘ Cgl.t&l. who an interest in young- mmr.“nkgl him into his office and X i he would like to try re-. P sell.