Evening Star Newspaper, July 16, 1923, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR, “WASHINGTO) EAST 1S EAST by Fi mk—fl_. Hedges THE EVENING STAR, * With Sunday Morning Edition, _ WABHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY.........July 18, 1033 THEODORE W. NOYES........Editor D PR I S TR The Evening Star Newspaper Company- Busisess th 8t. and Peansylvania Avy New York Office: 110 Kast 42nd 8t. < Chicago Ofes: Tower Bui European :16 Regent Bt.London, England. ‘The Evening Star, with the Sunday morning delivered by carriers within the city at 60 cents month; daily only, 45 ceni BFI', nday only, 20 cents per month. Or- v may be ent by mail, or telephoné Main £000. ~Collectfon s made by carriers at the end of each modth. Rate by Mall—Payable in Advance, Maryland and Virginia. Datly and Sunday..1y Daily only. Suhday’ only. ., 7 :mo., 60c 1mo,. 20¢ . ANl Other States. g Daily and Sunday..1 yr., $10.00; 1 mo., S5c. l'_?a!l)' . V1 $7.00: 1 mo., 60 $3.00; 1 mo.. 25¢ . Member of the Assoclated Press. | The Asociated Press Is exelusively entitled ! o the e o Tepnitication. of ail aews. ik | patches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this pud- Allyrights of publication of rein are_also ‘reserved. Minnesota's Election, Minnesota, votes today for senator. The race lies between Gov. Preus, re- publican, and Magnus Johngon, farmer- labor.” The democratic candidate is & hopeless third: Each side is clalming a victory, the governor's side acknowl- edging that the resuit will be close, but insisting that the balance of city votes will be sufficient to outweigh the rural strength of the opposition. The Johnsonites are declaring con- fidence in‘an overwhelming tide in the “counties” sufficient to overcome the republican margin in the urban sec- tions. This situation is a singular re. versal of former conditions, when the republicans counted upon the farming regions for their greatest strength. One consequence is that the Preus management is hoping for such good weather that the farmers, who are at their busiest season, will not be dis- posed-jo leave their fields for the polls. Time was when the democratic hopes rose as the conditions kept the farmers at their tasks. But this election is held at an- unusual time, in. midsummer, whereas normally the voting is done in‘early November, when the crops have all been harvested and the farmer is comparatively at leisure. It is a nge condition of things that causes a republican management to look for victory through the me- dium of farmer abstention from the poils. Something. has happened to change the political current. The farmer of the middie west is no longer the tried and true supporter of re- publican policies. He has changed from a deep-seated conservatism to an experimental radicalism. He has been disappointed by the effects of legisla- tion which promised better prices for his products. He has lost faith, it would..seem, in the high tariff. He wants to try expedients in-‘government ownership. In Minnesota he has seen a revolt against the established order over in the Dakotas, and despite the lamentable failures of those experi- ments_ he thinks that there may be some economic héalth’in a change in his own state. This election today is important to both of the major national parties. If radicalism wins through the election of Magnus Johnson a stimulus will be glven to the third-party movement in gencral. Recent observations have pointed to a larger result to the demo- cratic party from this tendency than to the republican. While in Minnesota. the republicans would suffer the loss of thé immediate defection, there are other states where the radical ele- ments which tend to the making of a third party are of greater importance to the. democracy than to its opposi- tion. It may be that this Minnesota elec- tion is-a presage of a new alignment in the United States, not to the end ! definitely of a third party holding the | halance of power, but to a coalescence | of the conservative forces under a | single banner and the amalgamation of the radical elements under (heirl own standard ——— = | i 1 | If the presidential ranged an itinerary to accommodate all the cities anxious to extend .hos- pitalities, it would never have had time to reach Alaska. ———— Convict camps hive revealed Florida, as a locality that has its extreme hardships as well as its pleasures. ——————— Gov. Smith may yet get New York's music” promoters to introduce -‘“How Dry I Am".as a campaign ballad. ———— . Gompers' Warning: A word of warning not to have the wool pulled ;over .their eyes has been addressed by Samuel Gompers, presi- dent of the American ' Kederation of Labor, to the latest of ‘the United States senators to start on a pilgrim- age to léarn “the truth about Russia.” In adetter to Senator Ladd of North Dakota, republican, and Senator King of Utah: before their departure for Moscow, Mr. Gompers requests them, as investigator's, te bring the answers to a series of pertinent questions. The American labor leadér wants to know . whether there is freedom of press in Russia; whether workingmen are permitted to form unions of their own without” the interference of: the soviet ‘government, and whether the Russian government intends in the fu. ture to Keep its ‘promises and obliga- tions foward other governments of the world. gl b Mr. Gompers—and no one is in a better _position to know the facts— charges in his letter that since the soviet ‘government hds been in. 'the saddle in Russia “a horde of revolu- tionists” have been sent by that gov- ernment to the United States for the purpose of. destroying the labor or- ganizations set’up by American labor and eventually for the purpose of de- stroying the gevernment of the Utited States itself. % The query as to whethier the soviet government proposes in the future to observe "its obligations toward other governments is not, therefore, an idfe question from the point of view of the American labor leaders. “Mri“ Gompers wants to know, too, vj‘uur the twe seaators are to be party had ar-y glven a free hand in making their in. vestigation: of conditions in Russia, or whether they are to travel on “guest trains,” live in “guest hotels” and be generally in the leading strings of agents of the soviet government dur- ing their stay in Russia. If such is the case, the results of their investi- gation will be worth less than nothing. The United States, the American peaple and Mr. Gompers, as he says frankly, are not interested particularly in the form of government which the Russian people may set up for them- selves. No desire is felt here to dic- tate to the Russlans. But the United States, the American people and Mr. Gompers not unnaturally desire the Russian. government to let America. alone Efforts to upset the govern- ment ®t the United States may foltGw different lines, Such an effort may be made by war. That has been tried in the past, without any marked degree of success. Such an effort may be made also by “boring from within,” through an underground system, un- dermining the fastitutions of America: The testimony of Mr. Gompers in re- gard to what has been tried along the second line by .the soviet government is interesting, to say the least. “Eternal vigilance is the price of libgr vigilance not only directed toward foes without the border of the country, but directed also against those within. Foreign-agents, even a horde of them, are likely to have little effect upon the American government. But the American government must ever be the government of the “square deal,” of equal opportunity for all and special privilege to none if it survive. The raiding of American pockets by sugar gougers, by coal profiteers, is more disturbing than the ~fforts of thousands of foreign ‘“red: —————————— Poincare’s Unofficial Refusal. Premier Poincare's dramatic declara- tion for the full payment .of repara- tions by Germany gains point from the manner and the place of its de- livery. He chose for the scene of his pronounicement the town of Senlis, the point of the farthest German advance into France, and the scene of drastic and cruel reprisals by the invaders upon the French people. He made no reference to the recent speech of the British premier, but it is plain that he couched his phrases in terms of vir- tual rejoinder, presaging a refusal by the French government to accede {o the British proposal of an interna- tional cemmission. This speech revives the sympathy that -is gencrally feit in the United States for France on the score of the reparations situation. It does not ad- vance that situation in the least. It does not add any element making for success in the present venture in the Ruhr, which after six months has netted France nothing and has cost it heavily. But it states the case for France in terms that cannot readily be gainsaid. Anxiety lest there be a breach of the alliance is revived by this speech. But by standing pat on an established | situation Premier Poincare has thrown back upon the British ministry the re. sponsibility for any change that may develop in the relations between the major powers of Europe. And in this situation the government at London may pause before taking any step that will break the entente. While Premier Baldwin the other day referred im guarded terms to the possibility’ of Italian support, he did 50 in a manner to suggest that he is not assured. Italy | is not at this time particularly friend. 1y to France. There have been several | causes of irritation. But the question of a definite breach, through distinct jointure with England in a separate movement for reparations, is hardly to be answered on the ground of irrita- tion. The material interests of Italy | lie with those of France rather than with those of England. The average citizen does not realize | the seriousness of the drop in the price of wheat. Owing to some delay in economic transmission it has not | registered very appreciably in-lower- ing the cost of bread. An announcement from the courts that one strike is over does not neces- sarily mean that another has not de- veloped to replace it at public atten- tion. Numerous plans for the prevention of future wars do not discourage the nventors of elaborate war mechanisms for use in an emergency. The democratic party has a number of eminent citizens mentioned as avail- able candidates, and almost a year in which to concentrate. German financiers are inclined to consider themselves more or less the victims of a natural slump in the marks market. In addition to being an irregular fighter, the Turk is asserting himself as a rough diplomat. 3 Washington Channel Bridge. The Commissioners, in their work of preparing estimates for, submission to | the bureau of the budget, are keeping in mind the plan for making over the water front of Washington channel, It is _proposed that this improvement shall be-carried out in a way which will call for appropriations for a series of years. The first step which it is re- ported the Commissioners will take in this project will be the inclusion in their estimates of an item of $100,000 for the'building of a bridge across the upper part of Washington channel from Water street to East Potomac Park. ; The amount of money required for this is not large, and such a.bridge wouldgive to the-residents of South ‘Washington much easier access to the park than they now have. It would also divert trafic from the 17th street entrance, and furnish an 'important exit for machines that had passed down the west drive of the park, rounded Hains point and turned north. ‘With the buildihg of a bridge across the. Washington channel traffic ‘would flow into Water ‘streét, now a- wide and stony way, and no doubt it would soon be converted into an automobile boulevard. The making over of the ‘Washington water Put would steadily b} follow. With Water street as an auto- mobile highway extending along the river from the old arsenal grounds to the tidal basin and’ the: pafk:roads ' | there would be a new .and .important drive for Washington in general and for South Washingtont in parfcular. South Washington, in which many homes: were established ‘Between the time of the creation of the District of. Columbia and’the rémoval of the gov- ernment - offices {0 thé Distrlct from Phlledelphh. has had troubles of its own.” For yeard it was se¢parated from the central: part of. the city by the ‘Washington canal. = ‘When "the Baltimore and ‘Potomac rallroad was bullt’ into ‘Washington Congress gave it possession, or' it took DPossession, of certain of the principal east and west avenues and some of the public squares of South Washington. The people of that section, to reach the center of the city, .had to pass over many raflroad tracks at grade, and were often’ held up by freight trains jthat blocked the north and ‘south streets. Grade-crossing accldents were many. : It required the narve and energy of the “Shepherd regime™ t6 fill- up the old canal, and it required about twen- ty-five years of fighting, in which The Star played the leading part, to abolish grade crossings and break the grip of railroads on South Washington. South Washington suffered more from the marshes of the Potomac and Eastern branch than any other section of the city, and it was health con- siderations that finally brought about the reclamation of the flats. Though just across the channel from East Potomac Park, much’ of South Wash- ington is as far from the park in terms of time and travel as Northwest Washington. The proposed bridge would be an important entrance to the park. Water street would become a handsome riverside drive, and the improverment of the water front for the better accommodation of river trade and for the greater “sightliness” of the city ‘would go on from year to year. + r Bobby Jones Wins at Last. Bobby Jones wins the golf crown. He has been after it for several years, only to be dfsappointed. Some fluke has aiways happened. to balk him. It looked the other day as if he had lost out again when his nearest contender, Cruickshank the Scot, tied him, and a play-off was necessary. It even looked like another flivver in that final match, when, after a good start, Bobby Jones | began to trail, and it was not until the last hole that by a supreme effort he reached the green with a 200-yard drive out of the rough to within six feet of the cup. That put him in posi- tion to win the last hole in the match and the title of national open golf champion for 1923. . The new champion is only twenty- one years of age now. He began to attract attention seven years ago, when as a lad of fourteen he led the field in the first day's qualifying round of the national amateur tournament. Like Ouimet before him, this lad showed that golf pre-eminence is not a | matter, of years, Great things were | predicted for the Atlanta boy, but re- | peated disappointments seemed to in- | dicate that he was but a “flash.” Now he has justified expectations, and has jwon the highest honors against a re- markable field of the best golfers of America, professional and amateur. | —_———— Chicago Board of Trade talent that used to organize corners in wheat must admire the projected scheme of organization which is to enable the ! | farmers to withhold 200,000,000 bushels | of wheat from the market in order to 1 lift pric ———— i Alcoholic agitation is gradually sub- siding to a degree permitting the pub- lic to realize that the bartender is, in | fact, a less importanit personage than | the captain of the ship. Germany is willing to provide an at- tentive audience for any joint"debate by M. Poincare and Mr. Baldwin. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. What He Made. He never made a buckle, He never made a shoe; And yet he stops to chuckle At the work that men must do. | He never used a hammer, He never held a saw, But he often paused to clamor On the prophets and the law. “What have you made?” we queried. “That thus you proudly walk?" Hé answered, rather wearied, “I've made a lot of talk!" Different Now. “I understand your wife wouldn't permit you to carry a latchkey when you were first married." - “That's_all over with,” replied Mr. Meekton. “Henrietta: doésn’t care whether I have a latchkey’ or not. I always stay in the house nights to let her in when she comes home:" Asking a Great Deal, = “Everybody should know how. to sing ‘The Star’ Spangled Banner.’ " “That's .right in theory,” replied Senator Sorghum. “As a. matter of fact, it would require a good inany of us to devote an ‘enormeus amount of time to taking music léssons.” Commercialized Combatanee. ’ Men fear that war will neveér shrink’ From' view. The reason is 2 | That certain people seem to think They need. it in_thelr biz. 8 Jud Tunkins says nobody has vet invented a kind of holiday. that doesn't send @ man home more tired than asif he had done a day’s works - No Age Limit. “The good die young," remarked Mr. Gloomer."” 2 b B “It all depends,” commented Miss Cayenne, “on how you spell it. It's different with dye."” < “When you gits into & fight . foh nufin,” said Uncle Eben, '‘you.don’ show de sense.of a prize fighter, who at least gits paid foh amusin’ de spec- tators.” ’ CAPITAL KEYNOTE BY PAUL V. COLLINS “I had rather he a dog, and bay the moon, Than sueh a Roman.’ : . Long, long ago, It ,passed into proverb: “It is-evil waking a sleep- ing do; But what shall be said when half a dozen dogs which refuse to sleep while other respectable “folks” want to-do so persist In waking sleeping Washingtonians? His hotior ‘the court’ welghs jus- tlce nfcély,' and decrees that “dogs delight lo "bark and bite, for ‘tis their nafure to"; therefore, the case of mere neighbors who want to sleép is digmissed.- “Every dog had his day"—also his night. ¥ £ * kok * “Who is this heinous culprit? Aha! Caught with™ the goods! ‘Is thy servant a dog, that he should do this? No ‘dog would be so danger- ous to society. Away to the house of detention! Two or three officers guard him well. See thit hHe docs not regain liberty, lest he break Into the United States: Treasury! A feller needs a friend,’ eh? Well, where's your dog? You don’t expect court to be a friend to a ten-year- old boy. do you? Confess, now, did you or did you not, on or about the third day of July, A. D. 1923, in the ‘| city of Washington, District of Co- lumbia, ' United States of America, then and there. being in your. sane and normal -(aibeit ‘criminal) mind, steal, rob.. purloin and unlawfully take, appropriate and ‘ feloniously posséss yourself of a-certain sum of money, to wit, 34 cents, more or less, the same and aforesaid 34 cents; more or less. being the lawful and rightful property, and then and there being in the légal and physical possession of one Johnny, a_boy, who, the law assumes—until’ proven to the con- trary—was the true owner thereof? What have you to say- why sentences shall not be pronounced on .you— stand up and answer on your oath, and peril, boy And 0 the ten-year-old “criminal” boy. who needs a friend. is haled into the house of detention in de- fault of $100.bail. He could not de- fend himself against the proof that he had Johnny's 34 cents. And the Fourth was a-coming. 5 * ® K K Two ' learned . lawyers, thereafter. appeared before the Supreme Court of the Dfstrict of Columbia, with a writ of “have the body,” and the solemn chief justice and a full bench of: sociate justices pondered the mighty arguments, thumbed the - leather- bound tomes, cited the precedent and statutes applying to a ten-year old boy who had swiped. purloined, ete, a sum, to wit, 34 cents, good and legal ténder money, payable on demand fn gold. After taking the case under advisement (in chambers or somewhere equally spooky) the sald Supreme Court nicely divided a halr twixt north and northwest, handed down a decision’ that upon the evidence before the court. it was the said court's opinion that the prisoner should no longer be incar- cerated {n default of ball assigned, in the sum of $100, but should be brought to speedy trial before the Juvenile Court. Will_there be a jury trial? Some folks could not now qualify for that Jury. * % % % Shoemakers' * children used to go barefooted, doctors' families never take medicine, the Washington Auto- motive Trade fon - discards automobiles and takes to busses when it zoes to a picnic for fun. Automobiles for fup? Punctures, battery troublé, éngine knocking— for fun? Quit your kidding. This day put dull care aside. A LR How can a bootlegger get protection from bad men who are so mean ‘as to pay him in moonshine money” One of the biggest bootleggers is appeal- ing to the law for redress. and yet is in danger of the very law he would appeal to, because he helped the coun- terfeiter in an.illegal transaction. It was 1 in connection with a sale of moonshine. for which $1,500 was the price. The money was pald in the gloaming with fifteen $100 bills When the posséssor attempted to de- posit his money in bank it was dh- covered that the bills were of one- dollar _denomination. with ° pasters from cigar labels raising them to $100 each. * H ki 1t the victim'of the bogus money prosecutes the counterfeite and | himself be prosecuted by prohibjtion officers, for he would have to explain how he got the bad money. He may have to do so, anyhow, for the evi- dence is In the hands of the Treasury cret service. 5 Surely, this is a cruel world, thinks thé victim of the counterfeiter, where even thé honestest bootleggér In the business can't sell goods squarely, be- cause of the trickiness of the public. Whom can -an honest dispenser of stone blindness or sudden death trust? Why, any counterfeiter. who would be 80 mean as to cheat a confiding bootlegger Is no better than a hypo- crite. . A hypocrite is a gilded pill, composed of two natural ingredients, naturel dishonesty and artificial dis- simulation. 3 * ok ok It is a most remarkable record, of which the management of the Vet- erans’ Bureau has reason to’ bé proud, regarding the rehabilitation work of the bureau. He reports that 97 per cent of the men rehabilitated during the year ended July 1, 1923, have been able to sustain themselves in employment found for thém by the bureau. e Gen. Hines, direotor of the bureau,, makos that the very practical test of the effectiveness of rehabilitation —that the “graduate” must be given remunerative employment and. be able fo hold it by “making good.” The records show that, up to date 19,401 veterans have been restorsd 1o selfdependence * through the re- Fabilitation branch, and of these only 414 are still out of employment unwillingly. ~There are some 500 more who have remained out of work voluntarily while seeking rest or further training * % %k The Navy Department is doing some important experimenting with blends - of - gasoline and alcohal; which may affect not only airplanes but automoblles. It is found that a blend of 30 per cent anhydrous al- cohol’ with 70 per cent gasoline gives a higher compression than is pes- sible with either pure gasoline or a 50-50 per cent benzol and gaso- line. The mixture does not increase speed. but it does reduce engine trouble, which ‘is a more practical improvement than increasing speed. * * x % Perhaps if Lieut. Maughan had had the new blend of fuel in his attempt to fly across the continent between dawn and dark, he would not have bumped the Missouri cow and .haa to ldnd. It is gratifying to all who like a game man (o learn that after all he is to be given another chance this summer. o * % x X Saturday was a “week _end"” when thousands of government em- ployes pianned, as usual, to leave the city for some restful resort over Sunday. The law savs that em- ployes are to be paid on the 1st and 15th of each month. The 15th was Sunday, and,- although the em- pléyes had finished their week's work at noon., the controller held that they could not be pald” unti Monday, for, of course, no business can be done on Sunday. Theoreti- cally. end untll night. Fechnically there seemed no- other ruling possible, under strict inter- pretation of the letter of the law. | But Postmastey Mooney sympathized. with the human element in tho sit- uation and violated law by paying all post office emploves on Saturday. Virtually he was saying with Shake- are: “We must not make a scarecrow the law, Setting it up to fear the birds of prey And let it keep one shape, till custom make it Their perch, and not their terroi Or was he advised by Pope: “Something previous e’en to taste— ‘tis sense * x ok x Anyhow, Postmaster Mooney has faith enough in human nature to be- leve that his risk will bring ad quate returns in loyalty and dili- gence, somewhat In excess of what would flow from an overdose of technicality. ot 1923, by P. V. Cllins.) EDITORIAL DIGEST Ford May Be “a Bag of Gold,” But He Gets Advertising. The' assault by Charles Dewey Hilles, republican national commit- ! teeman from New York, on the presi- dential candidacy of Henry Ford, far from impressing editors with the be- lef that the-Detroit auto manufac- turer fs a “dangerous man'' has caused them to'emphasize that it is ~good advertising.” Many editors al- ready have accepted the Ford candi- dacy “as a great selling campaign.” and they seem somewhat amused over the avidity with which Mr. Hilles, a vshark politically,” seems to have fallen for the game. There are. nat- urally; many editors who also discuss the Ford movement seriously -and agree or disagree with Mr. Hilles. “ar Ford Is not a serlous candidate residency. seriously speak- i'fiil»”:.i:.-l'm the Chicago Daily News. “but he is a_very serious candidate at all times for profitable publicit The Star, on the other hand, refus to indorse this estimate. It feels that the Ford boom has long since passed the “smiles stage” and expects that from now on the country will orzan- ize against jt. arguing that “the thoughtful men and women who will be called unon in November, 1924, to select a- Chief Executive for the Unitea States cannot be imagined as letting their choice fall:upon 2 man of such absolute lack of experience in statecraft as Mr. Fora) 3 a step further. R:poullr:fionn Tecalls that “the logle of tite two-thirds rule,” in the demo- cratic national convention, can be USed to veto Ford “if he is really dangerous there™ But the- effect of this might in itself be dangerous, the Republican continues, because his candidacy “will attract the young planters with his cheap money yiews And his independence of and antaz- onism to Wall street. It seems highly probable that no other living Ameri- can could attract so many democr'nllc votes in khd- south to a new party as Sed e iie Sums up the sentiment of three of the greatest newspapers of inde- pendent thought in the east. middle west and at the National Capital. In general, it is about as complete a re- ection of e Ctan he mecured through the edi- torial medium. And it brings from the Peoria Transcript the suggestion that the “alarm” of the republican leaders “betrays organic weakness: because Mr. Ford “has a right to be a .candidate for President of the United States.” and the Transcript hold¢ with the Daily News that “the fmmediate question is not what chance he has for the presidency, but what chance he has for obtaining & few more billion dollars’ worth of free publicity.” To, which the Bing- hamton Press adds that “the boom may be a menace next year, but this vear. il is:abniit the funnies! politics.” and it feels “thére is sfill enough intelligence in the cauntry to he Springfield | l public opinion everywhere | p: make Ford's boom as big a joke next year as it is now."” Not at all, argues the Chicago Post, because “in spite of his many limit tions, educationally and otherwise, the personality of Ford appeals. He has human characteristics which grip the imagination. What his following does not see is that his genius is now in the field where it can function most effectively. Transferred to the White House his limitations would become glaringly evident. But calling him a “mere bag of gold” is to miss the aim. He is more than that, though less than is needed for this hour.” And the Albany XKnicker- bocker Press suggests the people may be “seeking me single individual who can make up and express in_the national mind in the way of a Lin- coln, or, perhaps. a Roosevelt,” and wonders “what reasons are there to believe that Henry Ford has the Key that will open the doors of the Utopian millennium?” As a suggested reply. it wonders whether it can “be the “fact that there is not so much real discontent as the noise wpuld indicate and the public that Phineas T. Barnum loved so much is not seek- ing really to change things radically, but does want a circus.” 2 Down fn Tennessec the Memphis Commercial-Appeal feels “Ford has his own way of doing things. Neither the entreaties nor the threats of his opponents move him once he has made up his mind. Henry Ford may or many not be President. but no one can dispute the hold he has on voters of every political faith.” The Phila- delphia Record is convinced “the cor- rect estimate of Ford Is yet-to be made; it certainly will be- if he be- comeés apresidential candidater~ The campaign seems nearer at hand when we hear the voice of Mr. Hilles warn- ing the electorate against the Detroit automobile maker.” The Brooklyn Eagle gets a laugh out of Mr. Hilles' statenfent that “politics is the science of government,” which it holds “is a definition both strange and deliglitful. Sclence is a rather chic thing nowa- days, and even politicians know something about Piltdown and Pithe- canthropus. Politics contains many prehistoric vestiges of which Mr. Ford's ignorance is stupendous. Mr. Harding is a scientist in this sense, fear Mr., .Ford is .a mere impression the New -Haven Journal-Courier receives from the Ford movement is that “it is & popu- lar protest against the emptiness of ty claims. Things are in such a pass in public affairs that citizens might be willing to pay the price of four vears of Henry Ford to secure for the future a clear understanding that straightforwardness is a politi- cal virtue, that men in office are to ‘work and that two and two make four in administration as in business.” Out home the Detroit Free Press feels “any present estimate of the strength of Henry Ford as a presidential can- didate is, and necessarily must be, pure speculation based on exceedingly fragmentary knowledge. Henry. Ford is away with a flying start whose momentum {s_going to take him a considerahle nce, buf ".while- fiying start is a big advantage it is not equivalent to victory."” the period of work did not | the week ended—at mid- | Chinese politics and shopping form the two chief topics of eonversation among ‘American and ‘other foreign residents of Peking. A newcomer, in- vited to dinheriat the home of some friend or acquaintance, is amazed and sorely puzzled as he hears queer Chi- ‘nese names bandied about the table ! and fellow guests, both men and| wonen, disédssing in’an fnterested and’ “intelligént niahner the latest change of office holders, the prospect for tHis' or that particular individual or-clique to 'galn control of the gov- ernmént or the Iikellhood 6 the out- break of a new-civil war in-the re~ public. Then one 6¢ the guests no- ticés a new -bit of porcelain or bro- cade, dsks the hostess where it was bought and how -mich it cost, and pronounces judgment as to whether or mot the purchase is a bargain. Once “in “awhile- theré midy be men- tlonof racing, tentfs or some’other sport, whileoccagionally, but only occasionally, other subjects intrude for a féw minutes. The game of politics as played in China {s one of the most fascinating | spectacles the world affords. It is a puzzle of the first magnitude. It is quits as ~much & puzste to the Chinese himself as to the observant American, save that Chinese names stick better in his well trained mem- ory. Chaos seems a weak word in describing the situation that usually prevails politically. : , It is chaos, but it is also evolutio; and what could be of greater interest than to see evolution close up? When the latest political developments are clearly earmarked as a part of this process of evolution,.of the eyolution of an old and established order through turmofl and disruption into “ new order; when they are -so car- marked they are easy to follow, but this Is not often the case. Now and again a situation-arMses_jn which thd opposing factions are definitely aligned in the two cdmps of reaction and progress. A few words inserted in the cablegrams sent to America then make the situation clear in this country also, and the United States at large is enabled to follow the struggle taking place in- China: Chinese politics are dramatic, but no critic would ever award the laurel wreath to them. There'are too many distracting side plots which divert at- tention and interrupt the continuity of the central plot. the comparatively understandable plot of _evolution. They cannot be discounted, for over on the side of the stage the action taking place will determine which of that particular group of actors is to move into the center and assume a role in the major drama. The diffi- culty for the observer lies in forcing himself to remember that after all a side issue is only. a side issue and not to be confused with the dominant movement in which he is most in- terested, most interested because it is the true dramatic action- of China today that is determining the China of tomorrow. Armies, money and personalities are the stuff of which politics in China jare made. Seldom, indeed, does what we of America call an issue interfere. The anti-Japanese agitation s an is- sue, the only truly national issue the country has felt since 1917, but it | stands”almost alone. Strong armies, much money.and even stronger in- dividuals would be necessary to the survival of any political clique that | publicly declared itself pro-Japanese. Armies come first in importance because with them as an {nstrument the warrior-politician can acquire the {money he covets, but it requires a trong man with & long purse to hold loyalty of his coolie-soldlers. every change made in office has been possible because the | militarist then controlling the capital | willed or was willing. The president of the republic is now a refugee under the protection of the British flag be- cause a marshal of the republic co\'elll the office for himself. This same president was placed in office a year ago because the general who had just | captured Peking desired it. The| power of the general has now been | partly eclipsed by that of .the mar-~ | shal, which explains the change. Money is not only a means, but it is the goal of too many pollticians in China. They seek control of the government because with that, con- trol o the proceeds of foreign foans. | certain tax receipts and the revenue from certain public utilities, With a people not trained in party government, in following a political issue, it is but natural that the fig- ure of the political leader should transcend in importance any platform [that he may draw up. It is the man, not the issue, that-gains adherents. But these three things, armies, money and pepsonalitles, are the side- | shows. They are the wéapons of the reactionaries, the weaponé with- which they fight each other to see who shall gain a part in the major dr@ma. And the part that the victor gains iIs that of the villain of.the piece. "He still ! must play his rolesdn the center of-the i stage, and playing'opposite him is the hero, the man or little group of men | actuated by true patriotism who are trying to rebuild their shattered na- tion into a great power. The theme is the old against the new, the &vo- lution of the past into the present. {There are men in China with public spirit and broad vision, forgetful of self and of personal gain. Their ranks are_ increasing,’ rlowly but steadily. - Not .for one minute is it said here that” these men represent the western world, that they seek to duplicate America 'in China, but they do seek to use the best of old China and of the new world in the rearing of a state that can take a proud {place by the side of this country: of England. France or Japan, a place where all are ecual, but not identical. The drama of China's evolution is perhaps the most interesting. fas- {cinating and absorbing spectacle the {world_offers today. What the next act, the next scene, may present is unknown. The two forces, reaction and progress. are playing opposite each other and before the curtain rings down one must die. Just now the plot 1s desperately tangled and confused, but {t is doubtful if the deus ex machina, the “god from the machine,” in the form of foreign in- tervention, would be able to descend to the stage and unsnarl the com- plications. It Is quite possible that instead of alding it would merely {offer one more side show and fo de- lay the main action, which only the actors themselves can Carry on suc- cessfally. Substitution is impossible in evolution. ‘ Citizen Protests Neglect of Sewers the two severe played havoc to To the Editor of The Star: We trust, after storms which have these communities, that the author- ities will give the proper attention to the sewer system in this sectidon. Unfortunately the poorer class of people are forced to live in the sub- urbs, where their means will best af- ford. They are, in a good many cases, unnecessarily neglected when it comes to spending public money for improvements. The fact must not be overlooked that our taxes here are the same as those levied elsewhere in_the -District. i | ciety use all the money it collected {what is known a . ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS By Frederic J. Haskin % Q. Are there more churches or( more movies in Washington?—A. G. N. A., There are 380 churches in the city, while there are but-75-motion pic- ture houses. Q. Did the Natjonal Geographic So- from subscribers for ho France’—F. W. A. All but about 315,000 was used. At the suggestion of Gen. Pershing this sum Was given 1o the toéwn of Cantigny to-install its water system and fountains. This is the town in which the American tfoops first went into action on their own initiative. The official presentation was made July 14. pital use in Q. How many miles of railroad are lhereRIn the District of Columbfa? A. The railroad mileage of the District is 36, to which may be added 215 -miles of .electric. street railways. Q.. How much wool is there suit of clothes?—R. T: G. A. It takes about nine pounds of wool to make an average man’s me- dium-weight pure wool suit. Q. How__ fast avel?—C. N. C. A. The average speed of an elevator (s 225 feet a minute, including ordi- nary stoppages. in a | 1 I does an elevator tr Q. What is the largest theater in the world?>—1. M. K. A. The Opera House in Paris is the largest in the world, covering an area of nearly three acres. Q. How far is Washington from | the center of the United States?— M. E. F. A. The geographical center deter: mined by the United States coast ana geodetic survey falls in Smith county, northern Kansas, in latitude 39° 5 longitude 98° 35. \Washington, there- fore, is more than 1,000 miles from the geographical center of the United States. i Q. When did newspaper advertising begin?—C. H. M. A. The oldest newspaper advertise- ment preserved appears in a German newsbook of 1591, and is a book of notice.. -The first American advertise- ment appeared in the Boston News Letter of 1704. Q. Which are the largest churches in the world?—U. R. B. A. St. Peter's, Rome, seating 54,000; Milan Cathedral, seating 37.000; St. .Paul’s. London, seating 25,000, St. Sophia Constantinople, seating 23,00 otre Dame, Paris, seating 21,000, and Florence Cathedral, Italy, seating 20,000. - BY THE MARQUISE DE FONTENOY. Strong emphasis is laid upon the official announcement from Londen to the effect that the visit of the Prince of Wales to Canada at the end of next month_is to be_a purely private af- fair, and that it has been decided upon for the purpose of giving him relaxation and complete rest from the continuous and therefore monoto- nous round of public and social obii- gations with which his existence has been crowded beyond all belief dur- ing the past three years, to the detri- ment both of his bodily health and of his overstrained nerves. King Edward used to say that of all the tortures that he had been called jupon to endure, there was none that 'he remembered with gréater horror than that of having to keep a smiling face before the public and to .say pleasamt things when suffering from a jumping tooth- ache. Every day that the prince has spent _since his return from India last year. has been devoted to opening some charitable or patriotic institu- tion, or to- some social function at | which. he was the observed of all ob- | servers, and was required to keep a smiling face and a pleased manner, no matter how morally or physically tired and bored. None save those who have lfved in the entourage of royalty can form any idea of the strain it entails. That is why when the Prisce of Wales comes to Canada at the end of next month those who 'have his interests and welfare at heart’with- out any selfish desire to. socially ex- Joit themselves at his expense will eave him severely algne to enjoy his privacy. % * kK % There will be no official receptions on his landing at Halifax. He will go straight to his ranch in Alberta, formerly known as the Bedding Ficld run, some twenty-five miles west of High river, on the Calgary-MacLeod branch of the Canadian Pacific rail- road. It Is now known throughou! all that portion of the Dominion s the “E. P."-ranch, the initials stand- ing for “Edward Prince.”” He made the purchase in October, 1919, after, having been entertained by George Lane, owner of the Bar * ranch, 1n the immediate vicinity. Indeed, the transaction was carried out in his be- half by George Lane and by the lat: ter's manager, Charles Carlyle, who Fas now become the active manager of the prince’s ranch. The latter embraces several thou- sand acres, the buildings consisting of one very large and commodious log cabin, and the other somewhat smaller, with the necessary barns and_stables. These are situated on the lowland, on the banks of a trout- stocked river. The grazing lands, ex- tending back from either bank, fur- nish a most luxurious growth of grass, ‘and bordering the lowland, only a few miles distance from the cabins, are the Rocky mountains, abounding in_deer, bear, mountain sheep, mountain goats, as well as all sorts of other game. The entire re- gion 18 a sportsman’s paradise, ‘and the prince, who Is never tired of talking about his ranch. claims that the entire scenery recalls that o'_lhe Deeside home of his parents. King George and Queen Mary, at Bal- moral. In fact, there is hardly a day that the ranch has been out of the prince's mind. He has been sending out t6 it considerable quantity of thorough- Bred stock from his farms in Devon and in Cornwall. They have included @ very fine herd of short-horn cat- tle, with two superb young bulls, an excellent lot of percheron horses, fome thoraughbred running horses. a large-sized flock of Shiropshife sheep. Berkshire pigs and- prize poultry. .I may mention that the two short-horn bulls were .valued at $30,000 apiece, the prince’s- object belng to do his part in improving' the .standard of five stock in the” Dominion by in- troducing as much a8 possible tho oughbred stock from.the roval farms and studs in the mother country. * % ¥ ¥ . Nearly, four years have elapsed | 1 _have found. however, that the District Commissioners are very will. ing and ready to carry out the re- quests of the people in so far as their means will permit, but they, too, must only spend such amounts-as are ap- propriated. Then the hlame.-must be. put where is propexrly belongs, to the budget committee and Congress.. The appropriation ‘bills-are sent in by the Commissioners, then these two bodies must operate -on them, and in doing |/ 50 some of the most needed itéms are {wholly or partially eliminated. The law must be carried out, but it strikes me that it is high time that the tax- payers should have some voice. Taxation without representation is tyranny, now as it was before the revolution. 4 ' . i -.CHARLES.F, A. LONGUS, Secretary Benning- Citis Assoc! that are engBE since he last saw his ranch, ‘before all the improvements which he has devised had been undertaken. Nat- urally, he Is keen about revisiting it and observing all it§ new develop ments, Which, according~to his own account, have converted. it into a concern that s, at any rate, already paying its way. \ 3 One of the' diffichlties with which he and his manager, Charles Carlyle, have had to contend has been to dis- courage gifts. Indeed, last year he was obliged to issue a notide to the effect that deeply grateful as he is to all those breeders of fine cattle, rize: pigs, sheep, horses. ponies, ackasses -and poultry; and “to t socleties In all parts of the world d in_raising them, for Q. Can print be removed newspapers?—R. F. C. A: "Thé United States Forest Prod- ucts Laboratery of Madison, Wis, re. cently announced a process wherehy print ean be removed. ~Bentonite, a clay-like substance formed from v canfc ash found in Wyoming, is uscd, It dissolves the ink and leaves tha paper perfectly elean. from Q. How many literary works a copyrighted in a year?—A. E. 5. A. In the report of the register of copyrights ~ for the véar 1922 tha total is given as 138,623. Of these, 46,307 were classed as books, includ ing pamphlets, leaflets and contribu tions-to periodicals; 35,471 as perindi- cals and 27,381 as wmusical composi- tions. . Q. In what countries besides tha United States is irrigation impo:- tant?—F. L. B A: In India nearly 60,000,000 acres are farmed by, irrigation; in Kgypt 10.000,000; in Italy, 6,000,000, and in Spain, 3,000,000. Smaller areas ar irrigated in’ China, Japan. Aus France and South America. Q. What make of piano did Wag- ner use?—M. P. H. (A, Wor ten years he-used a Re. stein grand piano presented to him by Ludwig II of Bavaria in 1864, This piano was discovered in Beriin by an American soldier while serving ig the world war and has been placed on exhibition. Q. How does the number of cois leges and universities in Scandinavian countries compare with those of Ire- D. [land’—. A. “The bureau of education says it would be impossible to give the com- parative number of colleges and uni- versities, because the word college is used very differently. In many cases a simple preparatory school is given the name of college. Q. Where was ‘the fresco of twelvé apostles found?—H. A. L A. This- discovery was recentiy ¢ in a Swiss church. In repairing the oldest chureh in Bellinzora, Canto Tioino, workmen ‘removed an alrar, revéaling the. painting in an excellent state of preservation. It is supposed to be the work of Bernardino Lu'ni the (Any reader of The Star who has a question he wants answered should od- dress The Star Information Burea, Frederic, J. Haskin, director, 1220 North Capitol atreet. There is no charge for this service ezcept 2 cents in stamps for return postage.) Prince of Wales to Seek Rest On Ranch in Canadian Northwest their-kindness 1n msisting upon pre- senting him ‘with choice animals and birds for his Canadian ranch, he has been obliged to establish a hard and fast rule of refusing all such gifts, and wishes it to be widely known. For many ef the- well~intentionsd donors have been so convinced -that their gifts of this nature would be aceeptable that they sent them along to Alberta, sometimes from the otber end of the ‘world, without taking the trouble to inquire beforehand wheth cr room could be found for them. Iif fact, the ranch was heing fairly over whelmed with them and was assum- ing the character and aspect of a menagerie rather than a ranch, until arrangements were made by the prince with the railroads and with the ports of en to refrain from¢ forwarding to is place in Alberta’ any live stock until definite instruc- tions had been received as to whether Manager Carlyle and his assoclates were prepared to reccive and house the living fyeight. e & The prince’s ownership in his Al¥ berta ranch and his manifest | and enthusiasm about the undertak- Ing have naturally served to enhance his’ popularity in the Dominion and likewise the layaity of the Canadi people to their reigning house For it shows that he has a personal stake in Canada and an abounding belief in her immense future. Perhaps it is a mere coinciden that while the prince is on his ra in Alberta the premier of the Dom! don dnd other of its leading states men will be assembling in London i the fall for the purpose of taking part in _the imperfal conference which ig to assemble there from all cor o the globe subject.to the British flag. The disposition of thé present zo. emment in da i#.to extort an in creasing control of the affairs of the Dominion swithout imperial ence, counsel, advice or e n eration with the imperial governm 1t is quite on the cards that the that the Prince of Wil rest, relaxation and his strain and worri. in his Alberts home may serve to moderate th Views and the projects of the pre Ottawa administration in seeking Toosen the bonds tKat link Canada to her motherland. . * x x Since writing on Friday last about Viscount Glerawly, who earni his living under the name of “Pat Annesley” on the stage out at Hoily} wood as a super in the current pr duction of George Cohan's play “Little Johnny Jone nd discussing in that connection the Countess of Annesley, who is so well known America where she completed Spring_ & nine months’ visit, the news has been received from England of the death in a nursing home in Lon- don, immediately upon her arrival from Canada, ef Maud, Countess of Annesley. Inasmuch us there were until her death no less than three ladies entitled to style themselves Countess of Annesley, it may be well to explain that the one who has just died was the wife of c0-op- ef from all * is in last . ’ ’ the . Ppresent earl, that is to gay the motherd of young Viscount Glerawliy, actor, and mot Priscilla, Counis Annesley, Wfdow of the fifth and who'is so well known in ica, nor yet Evelyn, Countess of Annesley, ‘widow of the sixth earl. So that nothing, therefore, is likely fo inferfere with the impending pub- lication of the record this autumn, of the pleasant experiences of Priscllle, Countess of Annesics, iy America, during her prolonged vi to this country. 2 f % The only member of the former reigning house of Prussia who seems to be making headway since the over- throw of the monarchy at Berlin is Prince Sigismund, the twenty-seven- year-old son of the ex-kaiser's only brother, the sailor Prince Heury, Prince Sigismund, who served throughout the greater part of the war as & lieutenant in the imperial navy, determined to embark on a commercial career, and to strike out for himself. So 'shortly after his marriage_in 1919 to Princess Char- lotte of Saxe-Altenburg, daughter of the former sovereign duke of that name, he entered the-employ of the eqlonial firm of Schiubach, Sapper & Co., & gTreat coffge importing house of: Hxmburg, and, started for South Amertca, where he has done so well for the concern that they have placed him in charge of all their interests in Guatemala, where his wife and his little girl, the three-year-old Princes Barbe, have now joined him. Th Hohenzollerns have always been & very pushing family, and Prince Sig- ismund, whose mother is a sister of the murdered czarina and the xim- flarly martyred Grand Duchess Ser- gius, has applied these pushful shar- acteristics of his house to his coffee business with sighal success. the of earl Amer-