Evening Star Newspaper, July 23, 1923, Page 6

G THE EVENING STAR “"With Sunday Morning Edition, WASHINGTON, D. C. KONDAY.. ve.....dJuly 23, 1923 THEODORE W. NOYES........Editor Star Newspaper Company Business Office, 11th St. and Peansylvania Ave. New York Office: 110 East 420 St. Chicagn Office: Tower Building. Turopean OMice: 10 Regent St., London, England. Star, with the Sunday morning s delivered by o the city cents per 3 oy oth. . Or- kent by or teleplione Main ction is” made by carrlers at the outh, [ il end of ca Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Sunday..1yr., $5.40; 1 mo., ..1yr., $6.00; 1 mo., -1y, $2.40; 1 mo. Daily Dally Bunday 0¢ 50c 20c ar onf. only LAl Other States. and Sunda, $10.00; 1 mo., 85¢ only $7.00% 1 mo.. 606 Dail. Diaily inday Member of the ted Press, Tihe Associated Press i exclusively entitled to the un' for republication of all news die- Datilies crdited (0 it or not otherwise credited i his paper aud alo the local mews pub- tishead ierein. Al rights of publication of special dispatclies herefn are alao reserved. e = = — American Self-Defense. etary Hughes' letter to Samuel s restating the reason why the ates should not extend recog. the Russian government is duced by the revival of tine by returning American stat. who have reeently visited | the tand of the Despite the fact » visitors are carefully herded in their Russian tow only that which t them to se ry Gonp United 8 tion o apparently wuestion men Wi : commissar . and are, therefore. in no position to judge of conditions in gen- | cral. they persist in their recommenda- tion the United States recognize ihe zovernment at Moscow as a going concern. 5 In his letter to Mr. Gomper tas recently in a pointed manner valled attention to the inadequacy of ihese American inquiries into Russian a . Hughes states the case in teduced to its final , the Secretary’s statement that he cannot rightfully recogniz Russian Am their and stability of the world With the Ru: ican who ylain is the is inimical ng | revolution and ime becan an i subversion o m through is a menace to the peace peculiar domest tions in i which are abhorrent Amic judgment this ment would have no concern matter of it not ¢ der v administration, i anization rturn institu o govern- in the wer ow. sov] swerful | king tending recognition the fact that at Mc un- the ices of the s seated a hat this is frankly w with other govern { business { ter is not taken up this lciples? Citigens will regret this. but the Com- missioners practical men. We shall make all the improvements pos- i sible in one fiscal year, all possible in the next and so on until the eity catches up with its growth and has its needs' premet. Several years will be required for this. The estimates for the District for the next fiscal year will probably be submitted by the Comnmissioners to the director of the budget this week, and it is indicated that the total of the estimates will be in round estimate, which was the largest item, original estimate of $11,500.000, as submitted by the hoard of education. to §8,500,000. There is provision in the of new school buildings, but the build- ing plan desired by the school authori- ties and citizens generally will much curtailed. That we shall finally be doubted., but patience and sistence will be required. It Is said that the estimates now per- budget will not include the item for beginning work on a high-pressure water system for central Washington, but will include an estimate for other- wise strengthening the fire depart- ment. The high-pressure system has been campaigned and striven for by interests for a good many vears, is now urged by nearly every- body in the District and is favored by most congr about Washington who have been in- terviewed on the subject. If the mat- year it is cer- tain that it will be stressed next year. not to submit to the budget bureau an estimate for an for @ high-pr further evidence that the demand for economy is great, and the need for extending other activities of the local government is serious. The Oracle Begins to Whisper. Is Henry Ford beginning to talk? Is he about to abandon a strategic si- lence and reveal to the American geo- ple what he thinks of issues and prin- A dispatch from Detroit quotes Mr. Ford in regard to prohibition. edu- cation, peace, ete. It is true that the quotations are sufficiently innocuous and general in expression not to cause Mr. Ford embarrassment. But what of future interviews? As silence on Mr. Ford issues of today there little room for people in particular nd in general to disagree with him. But once let him announce himself on f the controverted questions: let him retreat from that golden long as maintaing the some one ments. vik In Hughes « to make them like the holshe Russia. ule in i sum this point recent by three t—Lenin, hefor | rnationale, | declara- | of Zl...] ky | 1 from tions and specches wwaders of the and Zinoviet. L congress Lenin said The revolutior must learn the ¢ the method itstan lutionary worl 1 the outiook world will not be sovie et fall, the in = : et e fifth congr an com- | munist youths i Revolution well in A step by step ashing of teeth will long prot sane ninary Last November ™ i ninz of My as it is urged by ads but nals speaking as such ai fieials. But the fact is that they are officials of the soviet government, that they are as officials directly engaged in the propaganda of revolution they nave thus publicly preached. He do ot state in his letter, but it is a fact that from Moscow, from the third inter- nationale. which, in effect, is the Rus- ian’ government, come funds to this Sountry for the fomenting of a revolu- uary spirit in the United States, for th® maintenance of radical organiza- tiom, for continuing the process of “horing from within” in the labor mions to win the American working men, or to trick them into revolution- ary radicalism, Zinovie: in the Rus fact that i world re i | “tn Hughes notes that these words, an id- | of- wates of Rus: indi not as recognition, are )se of i is the prima reason tor refusing to extend to the soviet onganization at Moscow recognition as aki international factor. There are ofher reasons, good and substantial, Bat that one 'nt, and Mr. Mughes' statement of it should con- An ns who remain un ceftiin on this puint. ——— The presidential party not con- sigéfing any invitations at present to rrange its return trip from Alaska so7as to enable it to view the wonders ofsMinnesota. ———— is suff is Trial of C. W. Morse permits the anriouncement of a very distinguished nvitation list, regardless of whether | or not a pleasant time was had by all. ————— . .é,‘h\'q.mcn are so rich that they can ave almost anything on earth they want, except a presidential nomina- tion " ‘The Estimates. The people of the District may be able this week to get a line on how the capital is likely to fare in the mat- ter of municipal betterments in the tiseal vear 1924.25. There has been long and wide discussion of District ieeds and intensive work by all de. partments in the preparation of esti wates for submission to the Commis- ~ioners. Each department has prepared estimates with the understanding that money for public improvements ls scarce, will be hard to get from Con- gress and that the director 6f the budget means to review District esti- mates with keen care, and that he stands ready to revise them with an ax. Knowing this, the heads of Dis- trict'departments kept their estimates to what they believed the “irreducible minimum” if their departments are to adaquately serve the people of Wash- ihiton. With all the estimates before them the Commissioners have found the total too large to stand any chance Jiath the budget bureau, and bave ap-; silence which has been called the sem- Blance of wisdom, and the conflict will Mr. Ford has been men tioned so often and o prominently and <o persistently as a presidential po: | sibility that everything he says will meet either with approval or proval, and probably with both. he const disap. unnaturall; t < beginning rd for President” up. to wonder what are in the public mind today. With- out the sligntest desire to cast reflec- tion on Mr. Ford, it may be =aid that the people <o not like to “buy a pig in a poke.” In the interview reported from De- Mr. Ford is quoted as saving the prohibition question “is set- absolutely settled.” He says that cighteenth amendment is here to ¥, and that politicians who discuss prohibition as an is are merely throwing up a smoke The con- stitutional amendment undoubtedly is st ue reen. enforcement. the enfore revision of is another mat- of possible uent act, numbers | for this needless waste of life. about $32.000,000. The public school [business was it to see that the building l initial appropriation | nearest sure system it will be|away, and from this point the water | the people, under | Personal i i judging from the fact that wher- ! ever an icans gathers today the discussion of liquor drinking almost inevitably follows. “The world hasn’t learned to ixhave itself yot without force,” Mr. Ford is quoted as saying. He learned about war on his “peace ship.”" “Armie navies must he continued for a time, but the wor)d will learn a better way. First remove the conditions that make war.” The big university, Mr. Ford say not a menace. It will help to make big men, and this country has too few big men. If materfal success, the building up of great organizations in industry, is the mark of a big man, surely Mr. Ford must be in error in this remark. Incidentally, Mr. Ford himself has built up one of the great- est industrial institutions the world has seen. He is reckoned the richest man in the world today. Perhaps from that pinnacle the crop of great men in this country may not look so great. —_——— German industry is having difficulty in securing money from Berlin bank- ers, The inquiry, “Where is the money coming from?” might have been avert- ed if in years past there had been more solicitude about where it was going to. ———————————— Out-of-town buy group of Ame i rs are arriving in | New York and are expected to be back home in time to display the coming spring styles_before the money from the fall cropsiis all spent. ————————— France intimates that ought to attend to her own business. England intimates that this is just what she is doing. —_—————— The farmer's pocketbook is demand- and | The gossips, cried: ‘“He's past control | | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO plied the pruning knife to many items. | fore the doors were to be opened for the release of the gas, inquiry was made of the watchman regarding one of the workers, who was missing from home. The bullding was opened and search was started. Three dead bodies were found close to the main doorway, within a few feet of the “time clock” where the cards of employes were de- posited. They had been trapped by the gas on their way out of the building Saturday. Now an inquiry has been started to ascertain where lies the responsibility Whose ‘was cleared before the deadly gas was suffered most, being reduced from the | poured into it? It would seem a simple matter to determine. The “time clock” was right at hand, the cards of the workers were put in the racks as reduced estimate for the construction |they left, and there were three cards missing. With any sort of system the fact that three men were still within be | the walls could have been ascertained. But apparently somebody took it for catch up with school needs is not to granted that the men had all left, and no special precaution was taken to make certain. The result was three deaths that were needless, three lives nearly ready for the director of the |destroyed that cannot be restored by any amount of investigation and by the application of any degree of pen- alty upon the person responsible. This is simply another instance of the carelessness with which human life 1s safeguarded nowadays. ——————————— Long-Distance Fire Fighting. An illustration of the need of better men knowing anything | Water service in what Is generally known as the Anacostia region, as well as in other suburban sections of the District, was afforded the other day, when a dwelling in Hillsdale was de- If the Commissioners finally decide | Stroyed by fire because it was impos- sible to get water on it in time. The fire hydrant was 5,000 feet was pumped by four engines upon the burning structure, which by the time the connection was made and the hose line of nearly a mile was laid had been virtually consumed. Five thousand feet of hose needed to reach from the fire hydrant to a burning building in the District of Co- lumbia! That is a sad commentary upon the equipment of the National Capitdl for protection from firc. Cer- taln sections of the District have been adly neglected in the matter of water service and fire-fighting factlities. The Hillsdale case is not isolated or rare. Time was when these more remote District areas were virtually rural, occupied by farms. Now they suburbs, well built, some of them close- Iy populated. They the facilities of city them should be neglected Let that line of hose of nearl, from hydrant to burning building be cited §p Congress in the course of the next s a type of the urgent District needs in the matter of water service. are imates —_—t—— The pugi for often seeming assert itself above an ambition for popularity. Even when a ampionship is won he cannot hope for as much as a life interest in it. st is perhaps pardor to allow thrift to —_——— 1t is to be feared that the work of printing and circulating of paper marks will divert a great deal of valu- able labor from more important branches of industry N — There are still enough undecided questions left to encourage every town in the hope of one day becoming the scene of a conference. _ France's task will more difficult if it contemplates coma- become even {here to stay. But the question of law | Plete supervision of mails London and Paris SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JORNSON Socklessness. When Jerry Simpson, honest sou! Once led the Kansas clan, He is a sockless man' But since that day upon the stage And on the bathing beach, i< | No stockings will the eye engage As far as sight can reach. Now lively woman sets the pace In politics awhile. The males should strive with proper grac To imitate her style And since our daintiest creatures learn The hosiery to skip. Why should we question a return Of sockless statesmanship? Principles. “A statesman is judged by what he stands for.” “Yes,” replied Senator Sorghum, “and also by what he won't stand for. Labels, ““Most of the liquor labels are fraud. ulent.” “Well,” commended Uncle Bill Bot- tletop, “vou couldn’t hardly expect a man in the bootleg business to come right out and label all his stuff “N. G.” Jud Tunkins says he wishes the new minister would preach longer sermons “ngland | instead of letting the choir wake him up in the middle of a nap. Only a Dream, ‘What beauteous fancles fade away In hours of sleep by heaven sent. ing the right to be studied along with | I dreamt I heard the landlord say, the campaign text book. Deadly Carelessness. Once a year a great' milling estab- “We're going to reduce the rent.” Breakage. “We have come to the breaking point,” exclaimed the emotional wom- lishment in New York is subjected to |gn a complete fumigation with a deadly “What's the matter?” inquired the gas to rid the place of rats and other impervious man; “been trying to vermin destructive of the product. The | gharpen another lead pencil?” place is hermetically sealed and cleared of all human occupants, and the gas is turned on through pipes and is allowed to remain over Satur- day and Sunday. Last Saturday the | bootleg lquor.” time had come for one of these regular Prepared for the Worst. “I can't understand why a man should take @ second drink of this - “After he takes one drink,” said fumigations, and for some hours work- | Uncle Bill Bottletop, “he's liable to be men were engaged in stopping up all | crazy enough to do anything.” holes and vents to make the place gastight. Then word was passed to “Dar ain' a great deal of satisfac- the employes, and they were suppased | tion in revenges.” said Uncle Eben. 10 be all cut of the great building when the fumes were turned into the pipes. Sunday afternoon, shortly be- “Smashin’ a mosquito is @ heap o woik an’ de job don’ look much after it's finished.”™ i H | | n I D. C, MONDAY, J *——'———-————l—-——l—_—f————_’.v_——————-—-——-—“—__— CAPITAL KEYNOTES BY PAUL V. COLLINS Statesmen who have been leglislating for decades upon toplcs closely re- lated to FEuropean conditions—the tariff and International relations, for example—have decided that they should really get into touch with conditions which have been inspiring them, from afar, for, lo, these many vears. Has there ever been such a hegira of senators and representatives to Europe as has been noted this sum- mer? It would seem almost possible for Senator Brookhart's extra ses- sion of Congress to be held “some- where in France,” amidst the scenes made famous when the American ex- veditionary forces were located there. * ok kK Or, an extra session might be held on the Leviathan while crossing, so no time would be lost. Another sen- ator, with his family, is to cross the Atlantic for the first time about Au- gust. When he returns, after a few weeks of rapld transit from hotel to hotel, with an occasional dinner or banguet tendered him, in token of respect for his offictal position, how much will have been added to his actual knowledge of Kuropean condi- tions. This is no disparagement to the senator’'s open mind. How much have any of the official tourists been able to get, in the way of first-hand information, in their rapid visits of sightseeing? Every one has come back with his own pre- conceptions confirmed, for, in super- ficlal visits, it is impossible to shunt one’s prejudices, and see actual con- ditfons with impartial interpreta- tion. e When steamships bring would-be immigrants across the ocean in ex- cess of the quotas allowed by law, the ships are required to refund the pas sage money, take the passenger home and pay a fine. One company this month will lose $120,000 for bringing 400 extra passengers, barred by the quota law. A cable Inquiry on the day of sailing might prevent any misunderstanding as to the number permissible, and, as has frequently been recommended by the Department of Labor, all candi- dates for admissfon might be exam- ined and certified as to ellgibility by our consuls before they leave their native land. Both the steamship companies and the United States go ernment are charged with being de let in the gross injustice to immi- grants permitted to make vain jour- neys across the ocean. e It has beén charged that every alien admitted to this country legal- Iy there are two who are smuggled in illegally. It is urged by the chair- man of the committee on Americani- zation of the Washington Lions that all allens be required to registe that, once a vear, allens should checked up, and those who cannot prive registry and legitimate entrance be transported What complicati would arise in the checking up of aliens year after year, when thou sards move from place to place. has not been discussed. Even orientals have glven considerahle trouble in the cheeking up. Scopolemin may be capablc p- ing Texans tell the stralght stor when they go a-tishing, but the drug will never be admitted in a District of Columbia court of justice, in spite of the claims the Texas doctor who discussed its use recently be- fore the American Medical Society Both doctors and lawyers of Wash- ington condemn the drug as unre- liable and illegal vietim, and may as whisky affects some, but no assurance that what he says as any relation to truth. Besides, the United States Constitution prohibits the conviction of any man on any charge, through his own evidence, forced out of him, or given when he is not in full possession of his mental Tacul- ties. To convict 4 man of crime on the basis of his maudlin utterances while d: of he polemin bberish, and taking according to % note his gl the doctor. man is innoc - meelf guilt, unless he voluntarily confesses * s in a weckly argues A writer cfrcalation national in favor of the {#nd can be converted into a life an- | sateg: _lh«- house of commons of England,|is sadly It intoxicates the|has carried her bill to stop the sale |many Chines make him garrulous|of there | i nk, would be equivalent to |0 | | | Lite work Army service as a life career for assufing ease and a competency in old age. He says that if a private continues his re-enlistments until h reaches the age of retirement with life_ pay, he will be entitled to a pension at the age of fifty years, amounting to $35.44 a month for the rest of his life. If he has risen, in the meanwhile to the grade of Ser- Eeant his pension will be $66.37 a| month. 1If he is first sergeant, when | he retires he will get $133.87 a| month for the rest of his life. The argument 18 that outside of the serv- ice one would have to be sure of accumulating $20,000 in order to be able to get $133.87 a month, after fifty years of age, * ok ok X In additfon to the monthly pay, the soldler gets his board and clothes, 50 that he is at no necessary expense. | Few soldlers, however, really save a| cent out of their pay, hence the writer who is advising young men to grow rich out of thirty years' service iy the Army is wisely figur- ing only’ on the retirement pay. at and after the age of fifty years. * % & % When the enlisted man enters the Army, he recelves $22 a month, with board :nd uniform. Perhaps he will rise a zrade after four or flve years, until in the fortles he will be first sergeant at $133 a month. e must show personal ability above that| of the average in order to rise. He must remain in good vigorous health, | be sober, attentive to duty, obedient | discipline and ambitious to suc- ed. but not too ambitious, so that he becomes discontented and wants to quit. He will never have a homw and family. 1 % Now comes a life insurance man who ridicules the recommendation of Army life as a career, and he pro- poses that his son—if he has any- shall be a bricklayer or carpenter instead. 1In either trade, he can earn $10 a day, or $3,000 u year. With a year set aside to cover a year endowment policy for $30,000, he will still have $2,400 for his’ current expenses, In keeping up his home and supporting his wife and babiex. When he ix fiity years old his endowment pollcy will mature nuity of $2,000 a year his Jife, or, it he belleves he can d investments, he might make a far larger income. H R or the rest of In both cases, the assumption is taken that the man s of only mod- erate ability and ambitlon. The bricklayer or carpenter: may grow into a builder or contractor and “get | rich quick.” The two careers are ontrasted for the mediocre, not the genius. € X H sting of a civil with a areer must not be construed The contra military j4s deprecating militury duty from the standpoint of patriotisn crisis nfronts the country every is duty-bound to forget self- interest and fight to the best of his; abill but, according to the insurance experts, t i not an argument fo the Army a life carcer for the| young, healthy man choosing his | How many men at twenty | can think the thoughts of forty? > Old Virginia is entitled to do some | strutting now over her influence ln; Americanizing Great Britain. Lady | Astor, born In Virginia, member of | When af man intoxicants to minors under| elghteen years, { and -her: admiring | husband, Viscount Astor, has intro-| duced the bill in the house of | lords, ! Some years ago the noted English! journalist, William Stead, wrote a! very {lluminating hook, entitled Amerfcanization of the World.” He | tted a chapter on the elghteenth | amendment, however (as the hook was written before the world war), | but he prophesied that some day i upital of Americanized Greater tain, including Can. ited States, would be —probably Washington. Mr. Stead was drowned in Titanle, but his soul goes marching | n. (Copyright, 1923, by P. V. Collins.) : ne t Bri U in EDITORIAL DIGEST Anglo-French Situation Compli-| *ists “European civilization will cated by Baldwin. Premier Stanley Baldwin’s an- nouncement of policy to be followed | oblivion to build by Great Britain in dealing with Germany and the fellow members of the entente has disappointed the ma- Jority of American editors. They seem to believe it was “vague” and intended more as a “trial balloon™ than anything else. The British pre- mier, as the Richmond News Leader sees him, “Is in the awkward atti- tue of a spectator who is trying to arrange how a nelghbor can lose a wolf he holds by the ears.” editors very frankly admit they are “glad” to know that the reply of Premier Poincare was “written before the Baldwin address, although deliv- ered several days afterward,” vet they do not feel that therc is any present possibility of reconciling the British and French attitudes, although the “semblance of the entente” may be preserved. “What Great Britain is not honor- ably entitled to,” asserts the New York Tribune, “Is to make a separate settlement with Germany, outside of the jurisdiction of the 'reparations commission. That would shatter the entente and nullify the treaty. the Baldwin speech, however, New York World sees “progress but not solution.” It opens the door for France to act, holds, and “the world_will sponse. Upon it may depend a solu- tion of the reparations question, on the one hand, or, on the other, in- creasing_confusion and disastes ‘Baldwin and_Poincare reflect | rejected and the time may now be cactly ‘people_at | approaching when it will afford the only the views of the the Chicago Tribune holds, and “any one who thinks they are anything more or less than obedient servants of their people’s will is the He misses utterly the tremendous significance of this fate-charged moment in Europe.” Still, should this be the fact and the difference_be as vital as would ap- pear, the Nashville Banner points out the “two nations sworn to brother- hood by mutual baptism of blood and suffering, have come to the parting of the ways. A world at prayer should invoke divine aid to soften engendered differences and save the sons and daughters of men of every. race and clime from another war cataclysm.” But this Is too extreme a view, as the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Sees it, because ‘the statement invites negotiations rather than ultimatum conflict. . A his la tho opinion likewlse of the Detroit Free Press, which holds that “Mr. Baldwin wants harmony and united constructive action in dealing with the reparations question and with the problem of reconstructing Burope, but if he cannot have har- mony ,he is determined that what Great Britain believes to be- the proper course to pursue will be fol- Towed.” From the Canadian view- point “Britein is not asking any na- tion to do what she is not willing to do herself,” and the Toronto Star in- dupe_of fallacy. Most | | breathlessly In| be taken as including his last word the jon the subject. although as the situa- the Baltimore Sun|and Belgium will await { £rip on something definite in ex- with intense interest France's re-|change for the belated big brotherly | lapse unless it is raised up on a new busts. Sanley “Baldwin is the man | who appears” to have come from | in the foundations | for the new order. The world has| more reason than it knows to watch the work of the man who, without swagker or nolse, Is| leading the movement for permanent | peace and stability.” The Rochester Times-Unlon is somewhat fearful that because of the “moderation and re- struint characterizing the statement it may fail to impress upon the French .government the real extent! of the alarm and anger felt in Great Britain t the course the Poinc ministry is pursuing in the Ruhr. Inasmuch as the statement plainly assumes the French policy “is not successful,” the Butte Post holds it | “glves the situation ominous aspects fraught with momentous possibili- ties.” - The Lynchburg News is “dis- appointed’ because of the lack of “concrete suggestion” in the speech, although it likewise holds it “con- tains fearures wich will bring com- fort™” in that provision apparently is made that “the allies will still con- sult together and a basis for joint action wHl have been established. For this much—and it is not a little —the world will be thankful” A similar sentiment is uttered by the Newark' Evening News, which is con- vinced the “prime minister's state- ment {s so incomplete that it cannot tion stood when it was concluded there is little to indicate that France willingly give up ttitude of Britain.” Adoption of the “‘Hughes plan” would solve the situ- ation, as the Boston Transcript sces it, because “it has never been formally means for the settlement of the rep- arations_issue.” The Baldwin statement, because, of necessity, it opens the way for nego- tiations, is “hopeful,” as the Colum- bus Dispatch looks upon the outlook, “and it is to be hoped, further, that those proposals will point a con- vincing pathway to a reasonable de- gree of justice toward the devastated countries in the matter of reparations f security against future at- urther proposals as the Reading Tribune analyzes the outlook, inas- much as, “unless they are, and ad- vocate some bolder. step, the likelihood ‘tor the United States because he ! Liang's indictment of th { Chi Leign {and breadth of th |52 of improving conditlons in Europe are remote. The British have done nothing so far that will advance hem.” ' It may be anticipated that ‘British Initiative will put the good faith of France to the test,” asserts the Brooklyn Eagle, because “if the sole desire of M. Poincare is to secure reparations payments it should not be an impossible task to reconcile differences as to methods.” The Al- bany Knickerbocker Press also feel that Germany 'should pay, but she should not be foreed to pay more than she cam pay. Reparations is not a French question alone. it Is a prob- jem that concerns all Europe and concerns America, too. as a conse- quence. Sacrifices are worth making if this problem can be settled.” EAST IS EAST By Frank_li Hedges Dr. Jacob Gould Schurman, Ameri- can minister to China, gains “face” is a scholar. In a laund where learning is venerated as highly as in China, the scholar stands on a pedestal by the very virtue of his scholarship. Confucius, Menejus and Lao Tze are the three greatest figures that China has produced in the eyes of the Chinese themselves. The national hero of a western nation may be a warrior-statesman, but in China he is the scholar and teacher. An early emperor, one who probably did more to consolidate the empire than any other, is held in contempt because heé also ordered the destruction of all books, mistakenly believing that the world would thus begin anew with his reign. Today the lowest Chines coolfe spits upon his grave as h passes. it. Scholarship s not held as the pri- mary qualification of an American diplomat, but it was a_happy cholc for the ‘mation’s pres when the t of one of An s greatest universities was chosen as our rep- resentative in Peking. Incidentally Dr. Schurman ‘has often been called upon to deal with Chinese statesmen, who, in previous years, were students under him. During the period that Alfred Sze, Cornell graduate, held the portfolio of foreign affairs, the for- mer teach nd student addressed notes to each other that began with the formal salutation of: ‘Your Ex- cellency.” Liang Chi-chao, an old man in par- tial retirement in Tientsin, is credited with having done more than any other rson to frustrat archical ambitions of th dent of the republic. realizing the tremendous influenc wielded by this scholar's writing brush, had attempted to persuade him to compose essays advocating the re- turn to a monarchy with the presi- dent as the founder of a new imperial house. Liang indignantly refused and turned his talent to oppo- sing the preside mbitions. Be- use he was a scholar, perhaps the atest living Chinese scholar, scheme is credited with having proved the most effective weapon against it Ithough times have changed some- What in China, learning was formerl the primary requisite to high offic fn that country. Unless a man were w scholar of the first rank, he was considered unfit to become @ coun- cilor of the emperor or to head the army. If he were a scholar, he needed no other qualification, save that it still offen v to play palace politics in order to receive the appointment ut the hands of his im- perial majesty. Not only in the person of the pres- ent minister to Peking but in cmphasis consistently placed on edu- tion by this country has America gained “face” with the peo Even those who oppo: education pay tribute American spirit which has pl <ion_schools throughout t land. The remis- on of a part of the American share i the Bo: mnity, in itself graceful and friendly “gesture, w enhanced by the fact that the mon thus returned was to be used for edu cational purposes. That the United States has profited tremendously by this remission can no longer be ques- ioned. The gain has come not only the friendly feeling created on th t of the Chinese, but in the ver: concrete purchs American mant factured gouds by those students edu cated in this country who have re- turned to their homeland. Much of the criticism directed at the Chinese educated abroad takes the form of denouncing. not their west- ern training, but their lack of Chi- nese scholarship. The Chinese who aspires to public office and does not know the classics of his own people handicapped. It is felt by that he is not qualified to serve the mation. no matter how much seience or other knowlede he may have acquired frgm alien peoples 1t ix true that pure Chincse proves a heavy burden t stitles original thought. It sidered more important to guc famous sage correctly or to to recognize instantly such tion than it i to devise a practical scheme for meeting a practical prob- lem. The tremendous task of mem- yrizing Chinese ideograps. a separat s for each scparate word, consumes & major part of the Chinese student time, and the Chinese probably takes pride in the hich he makes these char does in any other accomplish ignature in China is of more value ne in this country, and a price s gift from a friend is a scroll written with his own hand. Even the so-called “Christian General” today one of the dominant figures in the pc litical arena but y only an unlettered soldic great pride in his writing igns the photo- graps of h to ad- mirers, but the true offs at what he conside formation of the characters ti up the general's name. Writing in China s closely akin to painting and other forms of art. We of the west link painting and sculpture, but the sons of China place palnting and calligraphy on the same plane. There is a rennaisance under way in China today, a movement led by ften con- som Le able a quota- ters than nent e the brilliant young scholar Hu Shih, | graduate of Columbia University, but also a Chinese scholar of the first rank. He secks to substitute grad- ually for the thousands of old Chi- nese characters a phonetic alphabet, based upon them but adaptable for all words. He is wise enough not to discard Chinese ideographs and tempt to Introduce a purely foreign alphabet, but takes the characters of old China as his point of departure. He is writing poetry in the vernacu- lar, in the language of the streets, rather than in that of the s classics so loaded with literar: tions that only the scholar c derstand and appreciate it. Several magazines are being issued under his direction, original books and dramas are being produced. while Dickens and other western authors are being translated in such a form that the middle and lower classes of China with a comparatively minor educa- tion can read them. In a Few Words. The presidential race is the great American_free-for-all. 1 see no rea- son why Mr. Ford should not enter it if he desires to be a candidate. WILLIAM G. McADOO. Of all the bigotries that savage the human temper there Is none so stu- pid as the anti-Semitic. —LLOYD GEORGE. 1t carried out Fightly college train- ing is very desirable, but the present system seems to have a tendency to return girls to their homes restless and dissatisfied. -—MRS. THOMAS A. EDISON. I cannot find any impartial observ- er who believes the Ruhr expedition was based upon a desire to collect reparations. All recognize it as es sentially a plan to cripple tho great industrial heart of Germas —IRVING T. BUSH. Red Russia, atheist and anti-Chri; tian, determined upon the overthrow of all Christian governments, is mov- ing heaven and earth to bring a fa- natical and united Islam into coll sion with Christianity. R. W. WHITNEY. The psychology of the age is self- expreasion. If one has but little per- sonality to express the result is the flapper. - - : ““DR. GEORGE ELLIOTT. American labor is just as opposed to the dictatorship of the so-called ‘proletariat” as it 1s to the dictator- ship of “big business” and “high finance.” —SAMUEL GOMPERS. 1 have traveled all over Europe and, as far as 1 can see, Buropeans are all alike, especially in regard to paying debts, —SENATOR A. O. STANLEY (Ky.) brush strokes with | at- [home b ons too “tender-hearted” per- | haps ! { it | cember, 1922 The president, i iearning i 1 { | {Jater | pathetic ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS By Frederic J. Haskin Q. What part of Washington is taken up in streets and parks?— ¥ W. R A. Over G4 per cent of the area of the city is used for parks, streets and alleys. Q. When was the first public play- ground established in the city?—A. C. A. It was organized in connection with Neighborhood House in 192Q. is sheik correctly . D, Alexander Q. How nounced? A, B. pro- Powell, says It should be pronounced as if spelled “shuke. Q. Ts it injurious to buildings to allow vines to grow on the walls? S, H. H. _A. It depelds pn the bullding. Stone and brick buildings are not i jured by clinging vines. These keep the building cool somewhiit in the spring, but are other- wise harmless. On wooden build- ings dumage may be done, sin many vines which climb by fwinini force their way through any joint which s not perfect, and then by continued growth force the wood- work apart. Q. Has the cost of living creased more in the United than in England?— A. The Department of Labor est mates that the cost of living in De- was 69.5 per cent high- r than §t was in 1913. In Great Britain, on a basls of July, 1914, the increased cost reckoned last Novem- er was 80 per cent. Q written worl A How many been the books have by Frank G. Carpenter, aveler?—D. H. Frank G. Carpenter has written six geographical readers, one for cach continent; three travel books for very young children, and three books for children on “How the World is Fed” “Clothed,” and Housed.” Of hix new series, called Carpenter's World Travels, five have been published to date, giving a total of seventeen books, Q. What is the highest steam pressure that can be used in a boiler? W. 3. B. While 550 pounds per square is the highest steam pressure trictly commercial use in the United States, two large bollers for 1,200 pounds’ pressure are being at Chicago and Weymouth, weden reports a 1,300 pound hoiler and a new plant s projected in England in which steam will be generated at the hitherto unheard-of 4,200 pounds per square inch inch | now in it true that Congress once Q. 1s Y M P. H held sessions in a tavern? A. In 1776-1777 the Continental Congress was held in a Baltimore avern, it being feared that the Brit- ish would capture Philadelphia, where the Congress had been meet. many performances were bassion Play last vear? How of the Sixty-four presentations of Jur hours each were given of the assion Play at Oberammergau last summer, wiinessed by 300,000 people in all, representing thirty different {countries and inciuding 22,000 Ameri- ax Lost Kittens a Lesson. ! Teach Value of Animal Rescue League Work in City. To the Faitor of The Star As a supplement Mies Loulse Rogers' letter of the 15th on humane cducation and the work of the Animal | Rescue League, 1 would like to cite the following touching incident, and also give a little more detailed info; mation about the work of this or- ganization, which makes such acts of cruelty absolutely inexcusable on the rt of any respectable human being. It was before her busy day's work at the desk of the Animal Rescue League that my friend, the director |in charge there, made an early morn- ing rescue of her own on Ontario road. not far from her hom an appeal fro: The case was o pitiful that it about upset the rescuer for the rest of the day, for from the gutter she tenderly lifted up two tiny kittens, literally “ma@” with hunger, crawling round and round deliriously in a circie arching for their mother, against whom they longed to snuggle and ap- pease the empty feeling In their little stomachs, their poor, little noses bleeding from contact with the rough No necd to say that once in hands their suffering was ended in the manner their condition and necessity demanded— the painiess death by properly admin- istered chloroform # This stretch of Ontario road, skirt- ed by woods, vet near enough to dwellings to permit the possibility of somebody’s” adopting outcasts, evi- dently appears to be one of the fa- Vorita resorts of those “losing” kit- tens from autos, the faith in the sym- “somebody” from a nearby feving the consciences of cer- an stones the kind quickly home 1 to mercifully put out of the world the surplus animals they can- not harbor, but not merciful enough to consider the risks of their never & rescued, for it is to thém “out sight, out of mind. About two ars ago this same interested party, Inaking this call for help, discovere {two mother cats with their kittens in ame gutter, some of the kittens thi: e bout dead, a very evident c liberate losing. There 15 less excuse now than ever for the desertion of animals, for since Its organization in .1914 the Animal Rescue League, first located in a stable loft near North Capitol and P streets northwest and housed in its own commodious head- guarters at 349 Maryland avenue Southwest. has been open day night to_take in surplus, stray. sick and injured animals. Many of the lost have been restored to their owners, if such have been located; certain’ desirable ones for which as- ured good homes are found are given out: the others, because of their conditions and necessity, are mercifully put to sleep; the services of two humanely interested veteri- narians, one with excellent hospital facilities, are often recommended to those desiring such for sick pets they wish treated. Those calling Main 8088 will get courteous response from the league director in charge or the matron, both of whom ei deavor to effect just as prompt Serv- ice as 1s humanly possible for the one busy agent with his car to give from 9:30 until 5 p.m. Because the great number of orders, persons are sometimes asked if they can bring in animals themselves, but it such is not the oase, every effort is made to get the order within a rea- sonable time. Emergency orders, of course, where every moment's delay might cause Some poor injured an- imal added suffering, are given pref- erence over all others, the matron herself or even some member of the league who is willing and in the of- fice at the time, being necessarily pressed into service. The league i8 open to visitors from 9 until 4:30, when time must be spent in feeding and-settling the animals for the night, but until 9 or 10 at night some one is available to take in any an- Imal whose case necessitates this late attention. pace will not permit here a de- scription of the league and its work, but @ glimpse at the well kept quar- ters for both the human and animal inmates and o few words with the oung lady manager will soon con- Vince one that the greatest considera- tion i given the animals turned regarding their future. welfare, writer, | who has spent much time In Egypt,| response to | interested party. | of | Q. What is_the jof wheat? C. F. C. A. The International Instituts ef Agriculture at Rome estimated the world wheat crop for 1922 at 2,937 000,000 bushels. Q. What is the largest purse offer cd for a horse race? F.C. S. A. At San Sebastlan. in Spair where a fashionable race course hu- been established under the patronag of King Alfonso, a race is run ever August for a purse of 1,000,000 peser as, said to be the richest race prizd in the world. e world production How far will the sound of a explosion carry? M. E. C. A. In November, 1922, a large quantity of war munitions was ex- ploded at Oldebroek, Holland. By pre arrangement listeners at various {tant points were ready to moto xact moment when the sound of the explosion reached thelr cars. B this means it was found that the sound was audible at different di tances in different directions, at 7 miles toward the south, 400 mil toward the northwest, and at g miles toward the east-southeast } Q. How does the amount of roll |steel used in the automobile tndustrs icompare with that used by the r roads.—T. J. G. } A. Iron Age estimated that in 19: }nulnmohllns used almost half as mu of the rolled stcel manufactured ir the United States as the rallroads. Of the entire output, the rallroads usec 22 per cent and automobiles 10 cent. | @ 1s it trus that the city of C |cao was raised several feet mu years ago?—A. L. R A. An historian ¥ that na ural line of the site of Chicago w: but a few fect above thut of the and there was no dralnage and i sons of rain the surface was coverig with water. In the winter of 18.5-¢ the, ity ordered a change of wrid raifing the height of the carri ways an average of elght feet. T+ placed the lower or ground story of each building several feet below 1l - level of the street; but the inconve fence was rapidly overcome by rafsi:ic all the bulldings, brick, stone and wood, up to the level. All the larg. buildings, fncluding many _hotel business blocks, warehouses, ec were raised by means of screws fron their foundations @ helght of fron six to ten feet and new foundations buflt under them. This secured deec |dry cellars and admitted a thoroux {system of sewerage. The city orderc: an effective dredging of the harbor land the clay thus obtained served t, {11 the strects to the new grade. Fob Iseveral years, while this process wis ykolng on, the passage of Chic istreets was a work of tryving diftt to pedestrians. The ex great, but was cheerfull | the property holders Q. When the eart cold what will be M G. A. The Outline of Science & if in the course of ages t supply heat from the mun becomes less a less, the earth will become cold. The sea will becom as hard as rock | frozen from top to bottom, arnd ove: ithis an ocean of liquid air will roll about forty feet in depth h becon: me of the nd your questions to The Star I, jormation Bureau, Frederic J. Haski director, 1220 North Capitol t. Give vour full name and address and inclo 2 cents in stamps for return postage.) Defends Oleomargarine. ! Subs .SaysD.C. ! Representative of Industry. | To the Faitor of The In The tar: ington Lven 14, under Capital by Paul V. Collins, appeare. Ke d t “Canada has enacted laws prohibi ing the making or importation of olec margarine after this fall. Oleomar garine has played havoc with the bu ter market of the United States &« well as Canada. The chief objectior | to oleomargarine, however, 1 not on- ¢ commercial interest alome, but of health, Oleomargarine contains vitamins, which are the essentfal clc i ment food for upbullding « might starve even wit! {2 full supply of oleomargarine; is not true of butter.” | On behalt of the me of institute, a list of names of whom inclosed herewith, I respectfuily pr test against any such unwarrantef and unfavorable publicit th above statement. The statemer oleomargarine has no vitamins f; is absolutely untrue, and that fact known to all of the nutrition e: |of the world. There is no sc authority whatever for Mr. statement. _One type of oleomargarine is nutri tively the equivalent of butter, & cording to two of the foremos I vestigators of the world (Halliburto: |and Drummond, the Journal of Phy ology, September, 1917). The othe: type of olcomargarine does not co! ain a measurable quantity of vitam! “A,” but It docs contain about half s much of the recently discoverec fourth vitamin, or vitamin “D,” as th best grades of butter. Muc of t butter on the market does not conts measurable quantities of vitamin More than that, there are sixty-odd common foodstuffs that contain these vitamins. If oleomurgarine did n contain any vitamins at all it would still be a valuable article of food is just as digestible as butter or other fatty food substance, und pe forms the same nutritive that butter performs in the ¢ In falrness to the oleomargari induetry, it is respectfully request: that you glve the same publicity tc this statement that vou did to statement of Mr. Coll Reey 3. 5. ABBOTT. strength: one Colline question uppermost in mind being as to the wisdom of sceking 2 home or & merciful release from life, as their conditions warrant. The latter choice could they speak, certainly would b {made by hundreds of felines L] canines of Washington and vicinity not responsible for their existe above that of being allowed to as strays or to suffer the rough han- dling of children untaught by ln- different parents, or of being delib- crately deserted, as in the cases cited above. In this connection, the Animal Res. cue League gerves not only as a refuge for the strays but often as a center of human education, for the head director, when not t0§ rushed, gives out religlous-humare literature to children and adult mem bers and visitors, and is often calied upon for advice regarding complaints {of cruelty, to which she gives the best attention possible, being muny times able to adjust same, but other cases having to refer the one making the complaint to the local Humane Society on H street, which is the only oze of the city’s anti-cruelty organizat.ons possessing regular po- lice prosecuting power. There is, of course, room for ini- provement and extension in the best of organizations. The Washington Animal Rescue League, with its doors open day and night to take in every suffering, uncared-for dumb creature, and excusing no humane being for the desertion of such on the plea of ignorance or expense, at the samc time needs and deserves the most enerous . co-operation of Washing- iton's citizens that it may more svs. | tematically and promptly serve themin its work of mercy and sanitation, and therefore, of real civic bettermeut Since it is-mainly financed by mem. bership dues and donations, the more generous these are the greater sery- Ice the league can give in the shortefe® ible. VIRGINIA Wi SARGEQNT. A