Evening Star Newspaper, September 1, 1923, Page 6

6 = 1 THE EVENING S1AR, With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. ZATURDAY...September 1, 1923, 2l THEODORE W. NOYES.......Edito The Evening Star Newspaper Company Busiaess Office. 11th St fund Pennsylvamia Ave. New York Ofice: 110 East 12nd St. I er Builiin 16 Tegent St.. London, i Chic European Of soglund. | Hoe: 16 Lo ar. with the Sunday morning | the city | cents per | month. Or- | e Main rs at the | The Evening S wdition, Ix delivered by cart 2t 80 cents per montli; daily month: Sunday only, 20 ce dors be xent by mail 8000. Collection is made end of cacls month. by currie 1 Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. and and Virgini Ml Sunday. .1 yr., $5.40; 1 mo, 1yr., $6.00; 1 mo. 13T, $2.400 1mo., All Other Statd Daily and Sunday..1 yr., $10.00: 1 mo.. Daily only 1yr., $7.00; 1 mo., 6 sunday ouly. 1yr., $3.00;1mo., Member of the Associated Press, The Associated Press 15 exclusively entitled 10 the for vepublication of all news dis paicies credited to 1t or ot wise credited In this ‘paper amd Al the local hews pub: Tished “herein. ALl rights of pubileation of wpecial disputclies herein are also teserved only . i Mussolini's Challenge. b | Ttaly has forced the Point of actual wi Island of Corfu, which is Greecian ter- ritory, and announcing that it will be held until Greece i reparation for the Albanian murders. | Meanwhile the ue of e gins to function to avert a conflict. Greece ‘has filed a plea with the coun cil at Geneva, and it w be considered undoubtedly de with the view situation to the fare by seizing the ready to nations Mussolini the Corfu sei of facing the plished fact, rather matum. At Rome an official s to the effect that the occupation Corfu st “an act “ but only designed to safeguard the prestige of Ttaly, and to “manifest her un- shakable determination to obtain rep tion due her f with custom and inter 1 This remar nouncement sets up the Propos that it for a tion to go to war fiv pite the dis claimer that a b ind forci ble taking of another terri tory is not an act of that such an action rmity with It was precisely that ! idea entertained by Germany in 1914 | that brought about the dis. aster in the history of mankind Fight first and arbitrate afterward evidently Mussoli formula nmer But Italy is a membe a signe league with an accom than a paper ulti- tement issues of is is 1 of war | a in cc rmity hatior aw able tion is usu na t—de mbardment power's war—and is in y custom.” atest is gov the league of nations, ing to be lost thr Albanian Kkillin Ttaly, and if Greece for them, the reparation and apol in the Geney 4y { of | £ » was noth- If the again, delay. erin s responsible compelling at hand e s were w means of wer international tr Thus the attack upon Corfu, which caused the death of i ple and of would appear as, in effect attack upon the league well as upon Greece. 1€ that titutes hostiliti nal on peo- property, Ttalian | of nations as | i was not | a heavy loss an warfare, what cor W matte Greece and Italy the less ground for anxiety than now pre- vails. But confliet cannot | casily be restrained within the initial limits. is alert to take ad vant of any opportunity venge upon Ttaly rally nations approbative action—of the Dalmatian shore and the of Fium Greece may not her immediate Aegean, but Ttaly is cordially disliked | by them all Thus Ttaly her action in sel Corfu, challenges Gr the league | and the Balkan states, Mussolini, with { wonderful record domestic ievements in the restoration of order and good government in Ttaly, | has become Napole in his foreign relations. ———— this strictly between would be much such a Jugoslavia for the seizu that, despite final inte retention be cord neighbors e by ece, nic 1 An increase of wages to coal miners | without increase of price to the co sumer is mentioned as a part of the Pinchot plan for coalstrike settl ment. The operators’ familiar chorus, “In spite of our wishes it cannot done,” is now expected as the next | number on the progr ——— is The vitality the face of disadvantages is evidence by the important part big business i taking in the adjustment of foreign | relations. | ——— of German industry Philadelphia is the City of Brother- 1¥ Love, but it is only an hour's ride 1o Atlantic City, where operators and | miners discuss their differences. Hard Coal Mining Ceases. egotiations and persuasions having failed, the anthracite miners have laid down their tools and walked out of | the mines. The strike is on. Produc- tion of hard coal ceases today, and the public must wait for its supply. Heretofore, with the contract year beginning April 1, a strike by the an- thracite miners not immediately and’ seriously affected the consumers, for there has been always a chance for settlement and resumption of min- ing in season to provide the necessary stock for the winter use. Save in 1902 these disturbances have not caused any distress outside of the anthracite region. In that year the public wel- fare was seriously menaced, and Presi- dent Roosevelt took a hand and com- pelled a settlement and the resump- tion of mining. Owing to the peculiar conditions of the strike last year the contract period was changed, and now the arrangement e€xpires just.on the eve of the coal-using season. Hope is still entertained that an agreement may be effected Wwithin a few days, as a result of the continued efforts of Gov. Pinchot, who has re- duced the controversy to its lowest terms and proposed concessions by both sides that may work out into at least a provisional arrangement where- by coal can be mined pending definite and final settlement. Tuesday is looked upon as the day when some step may be taken in this | direction. Owing to the fact that La- Dbor day comes so quickly after the suspension of work, these few days of idleness are considered as virtually a holifay. After Labor.day the seriol Bows of the situation is likely to z Inh‘ln‘l\'\- the people of the country of i compels the payment of dues. | cour jable, {examined and satisfied. There are con- tan {can states that the United States is {tactful avoidance of any self-assertion come evident to the miners as well as the operators. For it is a secious matter, thus to the coal they need for their warmth in winter. For the first time the! miners quit work just when anthracite | is in greatest demand. They have been offered. in effect, a considerable* ad- vance in wages, an offer which, though not yet accepted by the opera- tors, would dindoubtedly be granted if the union officials showed a disposition to talk of settlement on such terms. hus they strike in the face of a vir- tually promised betterment, and as the case now stands this betterment is enied them because the union officials demand the adoption of the check-off system, which the miners themselves do not care to have adopted, since it Reappearance of the check-off de- mand in the course of the discussion of Gov. Pinchot's proposals is to be regarded an attempt to provide trading material, to boost the wage in- crease. As long as it is coupled with 4 waze question it may be kept in front as an issue. But the union lead- | ers know perfectly well that they can- not go to a strike on that ground alone, for they would not be supported by the workers. Thus the question at issue is one of wages, and from the public’s point of view that question is simply whether the price of coal is to be advanced to cover the increased of mining, plus the additional profits which are always taken in the e of the “spread” from mine to furnace. cost Relations Fully Restored. the simplest means, and without much ceremony, the cordial relations Letween the United States and Mexico, interiupted for three years, have been renewed. Announcement is made thut as a result of conferences held at the city of Mexico from May 14 to August 15 the two governments have resolved to re-establish diplomatic relations and, pending the appointment of am- bassadors, their respective charges draffaires will be accredited. This ends a situation that has been embarrassing and fraught with the possibilities of misunderstanding and trouble. In point of fact there has been free communication between the two governments throughout the period. Views have been constantly exchanged, and the respective in- terests have been scrupulously re- spected. But there was a lack of the outward and visible and specific means of intercourse in the persons at the two capitals of fully credentialed en- voys. As long as that situation exist- ed there was danger of dispute and rupture. The United Stat and Mexico have | reason to remain on the most friendly basis. In the recent past the governments at Mexico City have not always been well disposed toward the United States. During the long regime of Porfirio Diaz there was little or no | trouble. His successors, however, did not fully recognize the rights of Amer- icans, and scemed at fimes to seek g for. quarrel. Revolutionary turmeils led to infractions of A rights which the govern- ment- was not disposed, or was un- many ican to remedy the of Obregon to authority a marked change has come in Mexican affairs. The executive, con. fident of the good faith of the United | States toward Mexico, has encouraged | overtures for renewal of relations, and | the satisfactory i tlations just announcy to broad-minded Thus the restoration of relations is a tribute to the sound judgment of the Mexican executive. Full diplomatic relations with Mex- ico will permit the setting up of agencies for the clearance of all dis- | puted points between the govern- ments. There are mutual claims to be Since accession outcome of the nego- his | i tracts to be guaranteed. There are re- sponsibilities to be determined. When these matters are settled—and there is no present reason to doubt their early settlement—both Mexico | and the United States will gain in prosperity through the establishment of mutual and reciprocal interests. This adjustment is an achievement which reflects credit upon both sides. It should go far toward demonstrating to all of the South and Central Ameri friendly toward them, and has no! sinister purposes for its advancement | at their cost. 1 —_———— Italy looks to Greece for an indem- nity of 50,000,000 lire for the frontier massacre. Europe is developing a system of financial obligations which grows more and more complicated. ——— The President of Germany claims distinguished consideration for his which might only serve to complicate matters, —_————————— Turkey, having struck oil, is regard- ed in diplomatic_circles as assuming the arrogances that occasionally dis- tinguish the newly rich. i If he buried as much treasure as re- port indicates Bergdoll might plead that he was too busy to fight. erman industry intimates that it is time to quit printing paper cur- rency and get to earning real money. Utah Blocks the Road. Although the Mohave desert is a long way from the nation’s Capital it is rapidly assuming the spotlight in national read-building affairs through controversy between the Lincoln High- way Association and the state of Utah over the selection of the best highway west from Salt Lake City. The Mohave desert, with its 400 miles of frightful heat, will, for some years to come, confront every Ameri- can transcontinental tourist passing through Salt Lake City, solely because the state of Utah has repudiated its contract with the association to build a direct road from that city west to the Nevada line. In 1913 the association, in an enthu- sjastic attempt to ‘have its transcon- tinental highway completed at the earliest possible moment, gave to Utah the sum of $125,000 under a con- tract signed by the attorney general of that state. This money was to be used in conjunction with funds to be fur- THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, nished by the state to complete seven- teen miles across the flats due west from Salt Lake ORy. This stretch, which was then, and is now, the only barrier to through traffic west to Ely, Nev., and thence to either northern or southern California, was accepted at that time by both parties to the contract. Until 1921 Utah kept her agreement. Then, evidently believing that rich transcontinental traffic would leave more money Within her borders if it was routed circuitously through the state, she flatly refused to finish the road link which wax then 65 per cent completed, and decided to ask for fed- eral aid on a proposca aorthern route, which will take much time and money to render serviceable. In the mean- time all tourist traffic is routed on the Arrowhead trail, passing through the Mohave desert to California. The whole matter was brought be- fore the Secretary of Agriculture, who, after hearing from representa- tives of all interests in the affair, de- clded that Utah could ask federal aid lon the proposed northern route and abandon the Lincoln highw This means that the Lincoln way, instead of connecting the Atlantic and the Pa- cific with a first-class roadway, is now doomed to be a road from New York to Salt Lake City. It is a misfortune that one state should place itself in the selfish posi- tion of holding up development on a transcontinental highway designed to benefit the people of all the states. The Lincoln highway is one of the first and best of cross-country high- ways. It is to be hoped that the gov- ernment can find some way out of the condition, and make it possible for the American people to travel on a good, through and direct transcontinental road in the very near future. The National Conventions. Atlanta ntertain - the democratic convention of 1924, and has created a committee to make a bid for the honor. This en- terprising and progressive city of the “new south” will be prepared, it said, to make things interesting for the faithful if they come within her hospitable borders, and stands with both hands extended in welcome, sur- rounded by Georgla's cotton fields. New York also wants the privilege of housing the convengon, and old Father Knickerbocker promises to show the delegates, alternates and visitors what a real good time is, if they will only drop in on him. But there lies the trouble, in the estima- tion of one element of the democr The drys fear that it will be too much of a good time, and that the wets might pack the convention and whoop it up for a beer-and-light-wine plank San Francisco also in the market for the democratic and the republican conventions, either one or both, and has set the price, $125,000 for each. This is a tempting bait, as the demo. cratic national committee is already putting up a poor mouth of being “hard up.” St. Louis is understood not to be in the field for cither con- vention. The republican convention will, in all probability, the leaders now think, go to Chicago, which has been the r publican choice for many years. Many reservations have already been en- tered with the Chicago hotels in pros- pect of the national committee at its December meeting fixing upon Chi- cago. Well, if the democrats find selves in doubt about the city, here is Washington, *“‘all set” and prepared to‘do the honors of the occa- sion. They could go farther and fare worse. _——— craves to national is them choice of a A 10 per cent increase in pay for the miners, with no increase of price to the consumer, represents one of the hardest problems in anthracite arithmetic. ——————— The Supreme Court speaks with un. questioned authority, but does not al- ways speak quick enough to meet the demands of a rather rapid age. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON Melancholy Days. . The melancholy days draw near | They are the saddest of the year: At least that's what a poet wrote ‘Whom people still delight to quote. The days are bright with golden sun; We gather fruits by labor won, And splendid colors greet the gaze— These are not melancholy days. But Mister Man in discontent Stops for a lengthy argument, And with new troubles brings along The melancholy autumn song. Reliable Refuge. “Who is your favorite author?” “Shakespeare,” replied Senator Sor- ghum. “When you find an audience getting restless you can always quote a few lines from the immortal bard whose sentiments no one will have the nerve to contradict.” Jud Tunkins says a man's hat is liable not to look near as big after he throws it into the ring as he thought it was while he was wearin’ it. True Wisdom. At conversation he would balk Though turmoil might redouble. He was so wise he made no talk To help along the trouble. Scientific Observation. “You never hear of a sea serpent any more,” remarked the seashore wvisitor. “Maybe they're out yonder, just the same,” answered the hotel clerk. “Two or three sclentists were here looking for them. But the bathing costumes seemed to prevent them from looking attentively beyond the first line of breakers.” Sordid Motives. “A man who never takes a drink has the respect of his fellow citizens.” “He has,” answered Uncle Bill Bot- tletop; “unless his reason for lettin’ it alone is that he’s a bootlegger an’ knows better than to get careless.” “Sometimes it's necessary to speak up positive,” said Uncle Eben. “An somever music.” A touch of the President’s finger on a telegraph key, located in the White House, gave the signal which started a pony race from St. Joseph, Mo., to San Francisco, last Friday. The race is said td be in imitation of the pony express of 1860, but in reality it dif- fers very greatly in its setting. The original pony express had a legitimate object. It was to serve humanity. At that time there was no trankcontinental telegraph service, and the mail went around the Panama peninsula, usually requiring two months en route. There is no incen- tive today except that of gambling sport, to sce if the race can be run in as short a time as it was run_ sixt two Years ago. When the test Is coi pleted, what will be the practical end? Horses are too slow for an uge when a substitute for horses crosses the whole continent in a day, and may soon be able to start from St. Joseph after breakfast and reach San, Fran- cisco in time for the aviator to have & shower bath and shave before din- ner. As well undertake to rebuild Noah's Ark and prepare for a flood, as to revert to horses in the age of aviation. 1 | * % The United States bureau of stand- ards is trying to keep up with the tmes. It has perfected w gauge that will measure 1-250,000 of an inch. It said that it takes 250,000 atoms to make one inch, this new tape measure will set off one atom. That is too crude, however, for this age, for scientists now tell us that an atom is a_minfature solar system with a central “sun” around which electron “plancts” revolve, just as the earth revolves around the sun. Distunces of the clectron orbits are relatively as great as the measure of plunetary orbits in our solar sy s0 So is that is the best the bureau of stundards can do, s it? Just mark oft a measurc fine enough, relatively, to stride from perihelion to aphellon? When it gets down to real delicate work, let us seo a rule that will get the diameter of one electron. hydro- gen electron, uot one of those great gold electrons. Looks as though the prulh‘s.lurx_ are working now a sort of “rule o' thumb™ measure on & gul- lible and unsophisticated public. * % % % In contrast with the fineness of the bureau of standards yardstick, go to the movies, now, und see the insects in their ormal habitats. There is the bee, magnitied as big as a horse. One can actually see the bee thrust- ing its sting, as big as fence rail, into its victim. One may visit an ant ! hill and become acquainted with the intricate civilization of the ants, so complicated that one feels the need of u social seeretary while watching the activities and etiquette displayed by the microscope. Behold the ant fighters, offering their supreme sacri- fices that the hill may be safe for antocracy! * ok ok x The greatness of the small and the smallness of the great in nature may well inspire man with awe and admiration What is man He has his ambitions do the ants and {bacs. He ghzes in wonder at the in- fiz ities of solar and interstellar space. | vhich ix not spanned even by light traveling 50,000 years, yet no greater | n marvels tha the' universe of a as single atom of speeging electrons. * x ox % The official spokesman of the White | House at rest last Friday the idea that because the I'nited States haa Yat” last recognized Mexico it was jEoini into the Lusiness of recogniz- ing other countrics with less stable governments. Specifically, it whs d.- nied that there wis any present pre pect of recognizing the soviet gove ment of Russia. The spokesman ex- pressed the views of the President in saying this country would not be fair to its own citizens if it gave as- surance that the Russian government {is willing and able to afford securi for business relations with its citl Zenry at present. It is very different from recogn | | Success of the Post Office Depart- |{ment’s fast transcontinental air mail service, accompanled in the same dis- | ! patches by the report trom Dayton of { the successful flight of the giant Bar- ling bomber, both achievements com- jing on top of the flight along the { northeastern coast line from Hamp- { ton, Va., to Bangor, Me., in eight hours, { of the squadron of naval bombers which | jeasily could have destroyed large | parts of Philadelphia, New York and Boston en route, has once more thrown the spotlight of public opin- | fon on the military and commercial possibilities of air travel. The surface has hardly been scratched in the verdict. Yet through the entire discussion of these truly great achievements by the editorial opinion of the country if evident a note of complaint. America should lead the world in aviation in every way. it is declared. Because of lack } of money to develop the Army, Navy Yand civilian branches, however, the comparison along ordinary lines gives the wreath to Europe, and more es- pecially to France and England, now engaged in & race for air supremacy which dwarfs all armament races of the past. The wonderful result achieved in three experiments emphasizes once more that the marvelous has become commonplace within the memory of little more than a generation. It was in May, 1910, that Glenn H. Curtiss managed a flight from Albany to New York, with only three stops to get oil and fuel for the 142 miles. That same year, in September, _Charlie Hamilton flew from New York to Philadeiphia without a stop. What the next thirteen years will hold forth admittedly baffies belief. EEE O The flight of the Barling bomber irather than the air mail test im- | presses the Kansas City Journal as “the most gruesome, but none the less essential, phase of aviation,” al- though the “two combine the com- mercial and the military, and neither can be ignored. All three of the achievements mentioned impress the Buffalo News as showing “aviation in America stands ready for new devel- opments,” while the Lynchburg News insists “what is now looked upon as utterly fanciful and freakish conjec- ture will be translated into the form and substance of actuality.” The mail experiment allows the Cincinnati Times-Star to recall the “flight of the pony express which flashed like a rocket over the west and then sank into darkness between' April, 1860, and August, 1861,” when for 45 a half ounce a telegram sent from Washing- ton to St. Joseph, Mo., “could be de- livered by pony ten days afterward in San Francisco. It is a “big step” from the pony express to the “twem- ty-eight-hour mail service between New York and San Francisco,” adds the Salt Lake City Deseret News, which also recalls “the pony was ac- claimed as having done more for civ- 1lization than was done by mailed warriors in conquering the Monte- zumas.” “The air mail teiumph merits eIl congratul ons,” says e ’aul Ploneer-Press, although the Cleveland Plain, ' Dealer stes in. the Barling | homber “civi test contribu- SE CAPITAL KEYNOTES BY PAUL V. COLLINS ing Mexico, with its Obregon stabil: ity, to showing the same diplomatic attitude toward unrellable and un- stable Russia. * ok k% The same White House official an- nounced that President Coolidge was convinced that there should be no change in the administration of Alus- ka, since that seemed to have been President Harding's conclusion after having gone there to investigate with several members of his cabinet. It is understood that Presldent Coolidge had not read in full the resume of the Harding Seattle speech, as given out by the Secretary of Agricufture but what he had had time to read convinced him that no change should be made—at least not unless u evidence of its need comes to light. * ok ok ok The press conference at the White House yesterday received authorita- | tive assurance that, in the coal strike, the fullest possible co-operation be- tween federal and Pennsylvania stute officlals will be maintained, and the unlimited backing of all the powers of the government will be given Gov. Pinchot in his efforts to effect a set- tlement. In the absence of a settle- ment averting a prolonged strike, and in the supplying of the public with anthracite or substitute fuel, the pub- lic will not be permitted to suffer a it has sometimes suffered in past coa strikes. ¥ K Can the law be invoked to punish a public official for zealously carry- ing out the mandates of the law? Hardly, yet there is some talk now that the Department of the Interfor may be found culpable for having wd- viked its wards, the Osuge Indians, to hold their oil out of the marke better prices. If the prices ris e predicted, it will add $200,000 a w buth to the income of the tribe. The Secretary of the Interior is the legul guardian of the Indians. He is ob- lgated by law to protect their finan- cial interests. The Department of Justice Is inves tigating the oil trust or conspirac to discover whether, under the Sher- man law, there is not an unlawful conspiracy in restraint of trade. If 0, the Department of the Interlor is sald to be the greatest offender. * X X % It is said that Mrs. Coolidge is the first First Lady who is a sorority wom- an. She is a Pi Beta Phi. Though she did not win a prize in the Philadelphia knitting contest, it is not uffiikely that, as a New Englander, she could carry sweepstakes on raking a ple. In fact, it is surmised that she put the pie into the sorority, and gave it its slogan: “Ple, better pie! Raw, raw, * for raw!" * ok ok ok - It is with no degree of ghoulish- ness that the opening battle of the new European war—the capture of Corfu [rom the Greeks by belliger- ent Italy—suggests the possible turn- ing point of agricultural depression in this country. The war is likely to increase the demand for our sur- plus wheat and other foodstuffs, ac— cording to experienced observer: * ok % “Where do you buy the distilled water used in the automobile bat- teries?” was asked a mechanic in one of the largest special battery shops of Washington “Get the ‘distilled’ water right out of the faucet,” he answered, frankly. ou can't do that anywhere else outside of Washington,” he explained, “but here in Washington, according to the bureau of standards, the water of the faucets is 99 per cent pure, and has less iron in it than elsewhere.” The only trouble with getting auto- mobile water from the faucets is that with the increase of population and of automobiles there may not be enough water to supply all the bat- teries, now that the secret is out. It takes' several teaspoonfuls a month for each battery, and the city supply for fire protection is not too good. (Copyright, 1923, by Paul V. Colllus Aerial Feats Show Advance Of the Nation’s Air Service tion to the art of killing men by wholesale. Loaded for business it welghs twenty tons, carries 2,000 gal- lons of gas, hias a wing spread of 12 and a length of 65 feet, and can lift a 10,000-pound bomb if one of that weight can be developed. This man-made bird Is a creature of prey or & creature of defense, according to the way its owners use it.” Which must, as the Richmond News-Leader views the outlook, “make the war fod laugh on Olympus. Restrictions on the character and size of warships that may be built, no limits and the keenest competition in constructing vast aerial fleets—is it not enough to make Jingoes mock the solemn pro- tests of government that they are seeking ways of peace? In shifting the competition from the sea to the air ‘the powers have substituted Wholesale for retail killing and have made the zone of hostilities & hun- dred-fold larger than it was. This i the grim, heart-sickening truth * ¥ * x It is the commercial aspect, however, that appeals to the Boston Transcript, which paper, commenting on the mail flight, insists “it ‘takes but little imagination to see the gain to busi- ness and industry that will follow the establishment of a regular twenty- eight-hour mall delivery between New York and San Francisco. The galn will be as great as that which Amer- ica and Britain enjoyed when steam- ships took the place of salling vessels as carriers of the international malls.” This is also the view of the Duluth Herald, which adds: “Mankind is break- ing the old shackles of time and space,. and the marvel of it grows. Who 'shall set & limit on it"? The “inevitable closer relationship be- tween the distant parts of the coun. try” impresses the Indlanapolls News as something worthy of extreme em- phasis, “because it will bring persons as well as ideas into much closer con- tact.” Proved successful, as it has been, the Wichita Eagle insists “what is needed now is the extension of the service. The next Congress should provide liberally for extending the aerlal mall service, * ok ok ok Reverting back to the merely mili- tary aspect, however, the Burlington Free Press points out the “sending of twenty De Haviland scouts and twelve glant Martin bombers from Virginia to the aviation fleld at Bangor, a distance of 740 ililes, in daylight, demonstrated the mobility of our air force and its readiness to strike sea- ward at an enemy approaching our coast line. With' oceans on three sides of our country, the aerial bomb- er has become one of our most effec- tive means of national defens cially at long distance. Indeed, aerial developments are leading the Japanese to claim that they were put to a dis- advantage by the failure of the Wash- ington disarmament conference to in- clude aircraft in the limitations put upon agencies of warfare.” The Mil- waukee Journal entertains similar views, insisting ‘“nations are looking to airships as a first line of defense. Great Britain 1is planning a super- Zeppelin service—passengers, goods and mail—between all continents. These commercial planes Wwould be | convertible to military purposes. The nation that does not keep abreast of ir development whemp there is still no uarantee of peace ‘wetween nations inay. be criminally nexligent. PTEMBER 1, 1923. . The Library Table BY THE BOOKLOVER “Abbe Pierre,” by Jay William Hud- son, would be classified as fiction according to all accepted standards, but much might be sald in favor of its claim to be called philosophy. Abbe Plerre Clement, who has been a professor in the ancient 1- lege St. Thomas d’Aquin, near Paris, for forty years, has retired at the age of sixty-five to his native Gas- con village of Algnan, to keep his aged father company, work in his garden and write down his medita- tions. The thread of love romance which runs through the narrative, and the abbe's association with the joys and sorrows of village life, do not pre- vent the meditations from being the most delightful part of the book. These meditations are strongly influ- enced by the philosophy of Montaigne, who, though a wordling, was a S- con, ‘and that redeems much. Also the maferialism of the great philosopher of the Renalssance is more than bal- anced by the unquestioning devotion of the abbe to the true Church of God. * * * *x “In those days” (his youth), s the abbe, “T thought of mankind as treading a long, long road —a road that has no ending—urged on by the @ivine yearning that Is within each and every heart; a yearning that was never meunt to cease, yet which often wearfes of its search or is deluded by the seductive cheer of the resting places along the way, to think that the search is over and that love has found its very own at last. * * ¢ But for me the road seemed to stretch on and on, far beyond the glory of the things, fnto an iufinite ° distance, whither love still led, erying to me not to tarry at these lesser shrines. For I had learned to believe that what the soul is really seeking is much farther away than most men guess— much farther than any of these things "|men prize so highly * * %k Many of the abbe's maxims are as full of wisdom as {hose of La Roche- foucauld or Benjamin Franklin. “I sometimes think,” he saye, “that most of the arguments that human bein; invent against their kind are not much more than calling one another opprobrious names, after the fash- ion of Ilittle children. Again, “There may be two very different kinds of provincialism. ® ® ® There is the provincialism of outer experi- ence ® * * and there is what I call the provinciulism of the spirit.” Analyzing some of his neighbors, he says, “l have noticed that there are two kinds of people in our world; the kind that thinks of everything in relation to their little selv the self-centered people, they are: and the kind that do just the other thing, that is, relate themselves to all the great world outside them.” Of old_age he reflects. “Well, beyond the afterglows are the stars; and beyond the stars there is something els 1 sometimes fancy that the universe is much larger than we think, and that it has many doors!” The abbe is no lover of modern im- provements. One day he writes, “The devil has been about to enter our little village—I speak figurative- Iy—in the form of a cinema the: er.’ He cannot understand Ameri- an prohibition, even when it is ex- plained to him by a young American friend who has declined a gift of rare French champagne as he is leav- ing for home. “I cannot understand it,” says the abbe, “especlally since America has no King, whose whim could be made into a law. T have seen 4 number of Americans here in France, and they never refused wine, or even cognac and liqueurs: in fact, I have sometimes thought that they drank more than was good for them. * k% ok After a few months of rest, Abbe Pierre wearies of his retirement and seeks a parish., He writes to hi archbishop who assigns him to par- ish of Sabazan, within walking dis- tance of his native village of Aignan. To his American friend, he says, “Now I begin to be anxious for some labor that is of service to God and my fellow creatures. And what bet- ter way to such service than to be cure in one of the villages near my native place? ® ¢ * So my old age— it may become a strength, not a weakness, with its own achieve- ments, and its own beauty, too, I hope. * ¥ ¥ *x In the “Reminiscences” of Siegfried Wagner, the son of the great com- poser disclaims any need for the pity so often accorded him because he is the son of a world genius. He writes: “There are some Who would willingly make me out a tragic figure. They look upon me with pitying smiles, as much as to €a ‘Oh, you poor creature, how the fame of your renowned father must crush you! How we pity you! think that you have had the audacity to make your bow likewise as an opera composer, that you are 8o naive as to believe that you can make a success at it! * ¢ ¢ But I don't feel the least bit like a tragic figure. Every day I re- joice at having been so fortunate as to have had such a father. * ¢ ¢ T rejoice at having for a home such a pretty and pleasant town as Baireuth, Whose citizens constantly give me proot of thelr respect and good will I am proud of the confidence placed in me by those who attend the ‘Wagner festival performances and the artists taking part in them. Last, but not least, I rejoice that I am not en- tirely without talents of my own and that I inherited from my parents a lavish legacy of humor.” * K ok X The so-called warfare of sclence and theology is repudiated by Dr. H. H. Lane, professor of zoology in the Uni- versity of Kansas, in a new book en- titled “Evolution and Christian Faith. This work is based on a series of lec- tures given by the author in response to a petition from the students of & western university for a course setting forth his views on the theory of evolu- tion and its bearing on the biblical ac- count of creation and the Christian re- ligion, Its aim is “to show more es- pecially that the biological doctrine of evolution, does not preclude faith in the divine power that operate in and through the universe, but rather enforces such a faith. . ¥ ok ok % The Westminister Gazette tells an amusing story about H. G. Wells, which it matches with another about Arnold Bennett : “It is said that when he was in Ameri- ca for the Washington conference, a well known American writér, who had an idea that Mr. Wells was self-im- portant and arrogant, thought to upset him by addressing him as ‘Herbert ‘Don't call me that’ Mr. Wells is r orted to have replied, ‘Call me “Erb.’ e story proceeds that the American writer became Mr. Wells’ friend for life. “Mr. Arnold Bennett and Mr. Wells are sald to be good friends on the strength of a mutual hatred of pose nd humbug; and it is related that Mr. Bennett, when asked what in- duced him to write ‘The Pretty Lady, replied gravely, ‘Eight thousand wounds.’” * Kk % A Washington writer, Tyler Den- nett, of the State Department, has recently publis an_ enlightening book, “Americans in Eastern Asia.” It tells of the peaceful progress of the United States in the orient, through commerce, missionary effort and diplomacy. - The central theme, to which the author adheres closel; is the eastern policy of our govern ment, that is the po! IEE of “the most favored nation.” Mr. Dennett shows to what a large extent our ministers and consuls have depended on the knowledg and geed will of the mis slonaries, ] And to | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERI Q. What do the three figures in the Dupont Memorial Fountain stand for?—M. W. A. The three female figures of the Dupont fountain are representa- tive of the sea, the wind and stars, Q. Why are twenty-one guns fired for the presidential or national sa- lute?—G. H. J. A. The origin of the custom of fir- Ing twenty-one guns has been traced as follows: Originally warships fired a salute of seven guns, the seven belng selected because of its mystical significance from antiquity. Although the salute at sea was seven guns, shore batteries werc allowed to fire ‘three guns to the ship's one The reason for this was that sodium nitrate was largely used in the man ufacture of power. This was easily spoiled at sea, but could be readily kept on land. The multi three ‘was selected probably because of its symbolism. With the devel- opment of the manufacture of pow der, the number of guns for the in ternational naval salute was made 10 correspond with that of lund forces. On August 18, 1575, a reso- lution adopted by the Unitéd States provided that salutes he returned for gun. At this time the British salute was aiready twenty-on therefore, this number was ac by the Uhited State Q. Can a fat per than a lean person?—A. R. A. A fat person floats easier than a leun persom, for the reason that adipose tissue is lighter than that part of flesh which consists principally of muscle without fat. Q. Who was dent?—H. B. M A. tinction. forty-thre: rated. on float easier the youngest Presi- He | ¥ cled a rs of age nth of being when inaugu- Q. Why are the days longer than the nights at the cquator?—L. McP. A. The Nuval Observatory says that at the equator, from sunris is seven or cight minutes twelve hours. Owing to the effect of the earth’s atmosphere in bending the €un's rave, owing, also, to sensible width of the sun's disk, little more than one-half of the cq is ways {lluminated and a little less than oneé-half is always in darkne: Q. How many there?—>M. M. The Interstate Commerce Com- mission says that the total number of Pullman cars rvice at the close of December, 1921, was 7.526; leased or otherwise aecquired, 26, making a grand total of 7,852 Q. How should fir trees be planted ?—A. M. A. The forest service says that the proper time for transplanting pine trees and evergreens is in September. Trimming is not necessary, but spe- cial care should be taken in regard to the roots. When the roots are dug up a large ball of earth should be taken up with them. Q. Who Pullman cars are rans- invented twin beds?—G. Sheraton bu the first twin and also the first roll-top desk Q. What are the dimensions of ice- bergs®—A. T. C. A. There are no complete statistics available concerning the size of ice- bergs., They have been known to b from 200 to 300 feet above the sea level and to have an entire height of from 700 to 1,000 feet. 1In the Ken- nedy channel, Greely followed an ice- {berg which was estimated to b Coming Soon BY THE MARQUISE DE FONTENOY Washington's foreign diplomatic corps is about to receive some nota- ble additions. Seifullah Pasha Yusri, | heretofore undersecretary of state for forelgn affairs at Cairo, and desig- nated for the post of minister pleni- potentiary of Egypt to the United States, was brought up to a great extent in England, is an enthusiastic and adept polo player and has been married, for the past eight vears, to King Fuad's niece, Princess Zeinab, such, enjoys the predicate of “high- nes: but not of “royal highness.” She is the daughter of the g's younger brother, Prince Ibrahim Hilmi, who was educated at the Royal Military Academy of Woolwich and who has spent the greater part of his life abroad. Consequently she is the granddaughter of old Khedive Ismail, under whose eventful reign the Suez canal was completed and inaugurated and who finally, by reason of his ex- travagance and maladministration, was deposed by his suzerai the late Sultan Abdul Haméd of Turkey, at the instance of Great Britain, France, Germany and Russia. The prince is credited with having inherite fair share of her amazing old grand- father's sparkling wit and quickness of repartee. * o And the new minister plenipoten- ! tlary of Turkey at Washington is no | other than Adnan Bey, the governor and Ottoman high commissioner of Constantinople, who was assigned by the Angora national assembly, after the flight of Sultan Mehmed VI, to the difficult task of maintaining Turk- ish authority at Stamboul during its military occupation by the foreign powers. But his wife, who will as sist him at Washington in the diplo- matic representation of his countr; s far more widely known abroa than himself. For she is no other than the noted Halide Edib Hanem, the last word being the Turkish equivalent for “lady.” The most re- markable woman_who ever gradu- ated from Robert” College, the cele- brated American college, or univer- sity, on the Bosphorus, she has played a leading role in the establishment of the Angora government, has been the life and soul of the nationalist cause and the _dominant influence and egeria of Kemal Pasha until the lat- ter's marriage a couple of years ago to his very wealthy, attractive and emancipated Smyrniote wife, who is quite as masterful and advanced in her ideas as Halide Hanem. * Kok % Halide Hanem has occupied the post of minister of education at Angora, has long been the leader of the fem- inist movement in Turkey and has written- and published a number of widely read pamphlets, as well as three successful and interesting nov- els, one of which, entitled “Yemi-To,” idealized the program of the Young Turks and of the pan-Turanian party, its hero being no other than the in- famous Talaat Pasha, who more than any one else was responsible for the wholesale massacre of the Arme- nians and who was ultimately assas- sinated at Berlin by the son of one of his_victims. She is a Mahommedan- jzed Jewess and speaks and writes English with such perfection as to give no trace of her oriental origin. Her husband, the envoy, is a doctor by profession, and it was he who, as director general of the military medi- cal service- of his friends,” Enver Pasha and of Djemal Pasha, issued the order during the war that all Christian _doctors in Turkey must wear the fez. Together with his wife, alida Hanem, he, with the object of encouraging resistance to the projects of the entepte at Versailles for the dismemberigent of Turkey, organized throughout “Asla Minor, the so-called the | number | o, heodore Roosevelt had that dis- | now twenty-six years of age, who, as | C J. HASKIN fifteen miles long, over 140 feet thi |and of unknown breadth. The { berg which destroyed the Titanic was {100 feet above the water and almost | & mile long. Q. Wh G A. It is chemically inert, not unit ing with any other chemical element For this son helium cannot be burned. Q. How mine the ently won't helium burn?— P, do carrier pigeons deter direction home when thew have nothing to guids Der that there rtment of Agriculturs cat difference of Some scien think it is purely a matter of in . while ot s think it Is a co: of keen eyesight and How many i in a4 symphony struments orchestra?- There are usually ixty pieces i a symphony orchestra. These instru its are: First and second violins, las, violoncellox. contrabasses, flutes, | oboes, bassoons, clarincts, horn, trun | pets, ‘trombones, mbils and triangle Q. New A M A. There are rs and men, or a to . the serv How many the York state men are t mounted poli of 58 offi 448 men 1 Q. Who wrote the words to “Amer- fea the Beautiful?’—D. D. G, A. Katherine Lee Bates, ley College professor, i of the poem w autho Q. What year start to run in ¢ A. The Chi merce says that the first { railroad “Dbuilt in Chicago South Side elevated railrd gan operation on Jun steapr Jocomotives. The steam motiy thandoned and cle substituted Apr ated i train Con ateed th 1o Chan is_the sala —A. T. rshing has the sume basi NG cived Gen. Pershing was i1 allowances ounted 1o At_present his allow- about $% Q. What Pershing A. Ge hat W hile France his about $4,000 affices arc Q. « thy testimor with him on A. It is the la convicted who wus K. C. I in in some states and the rule of prac in others that a jury shall not convict upon the un- roborated testimony of an accom- plice Q. What is the House of Lverlast- ing Fire?—A. M. P. A. The pit of Kalemaumau, in the erater of the volcano of Kilauea, on the Island of Huwaii, has been called the House of Everlasting Fire. Q. made? AL W time th Stones were When were imitation gems first M. A. L le there is no record of the imitations of precious first made, they wers well known at the beginning of the Christian_era. Modern _examination has shown that many of the famous gems of antiquity were imitations. (The Star Information Burcaw will answer your question. Give your full name and address that the in- formation may be direct, and inclose 2 cents in stamps for return postage. Address your inquiry to The Ntar Information Bureau. Frederi: J. Haskin, Director, 1220 North Cap- ifol street.) %0 sent Notable Oriental Diplomats to Washington Wilson™ societies. - people 1o believe of the United States, instead of hav taken a leading part in_the mo: {ment for the expulsion of the Turks {from Eur was, on the contrary, {their champion in the defense of the Ottoman empire, in_opposition to_the alleged purpose of France, Italy, Eng- land and Greeee to wipe the sultan's |empire off the map. She was_aided and abetted in this policy by Young Turk publicists, such as Achmet Emin Bey, chief editor of the Vakit, and by Djelal Muri Bey, author of & quantity of literature aimed agains: [the United States during the ear! portion of the war, which gave that the Preside) e Lord Falmouth, eighth viscount of his line and twenty!fifth Lord Le De- |spencer, that is to say, holder of the |barony created in 1264 by King Henry III, the ownership by his fam- {ily of the ancestral estates in Corn- | wall, especially his castle of Tr gothnan, dating still further back, namely, to the time of King Richard | Coeur de Lion, the crusader, hae just |completed the sale of his wonderful old London. mansion, 2 St James Square, to a big life insurance pany which proposes to erect an fice building on the site for use us i headquarters. = Known the Fal mouth House, it has, for nearly two centuries, been one of the most fami iar landmarks in the metr its disappearance under the the housewrecker will be {gretted. It has always attracted the attention of visitors from this side of the Atlantic, owing to the odd- looking iron posts in front of it which are nothing morc or less than guns captured from the French in a naval battle oft Cape by Lord Falmouth's ancestor, Admiral Sir Edward Boscawen, who brought them home as trophies of his vietory, and set them up in front of his house |in St. James Square, brecen upwards and with their muzzles buried some fect in the ground The admiral was the who was known to h “Wryneck Dick” and as “Old Dreadnought, him that Great Britain session_of her cy of Madras pi widely re hero rs as sai is naval by his it i to es the pos- vast Indian dependon- 3 With its teeming ne- tive population of 40,000,000 anil tI Isle of Cape Breton, as well as the former stronghold of Louis ir this western hemisphere. * Kk ok % St. James Square, burg creation of the Earl of St. Jarmyn in the reign of James I, retained. until a quarter of a century ago, its eighteenth cen- tury description as “inhabited almost exclusively by the great nobility.” But it has fallen from its high estate. The town mansions there of the Farls of Derby, of Cowper and of Egerton, of the Lords Kinnaird, Avebury, En- field and of Sir Wiiliam Wutking Wynn, the uncrowned King of Wales, have all passed into other hands, that of Lord Desborough leing at present occupied by Lord and Lady Astro, and, now that Lord Falmouth has {disposed of the mansion bearing his name to an insurance company, Nor- folk House, belonging to the young Duke of Norfolk and to hls widowed mother, and in one of the rooms of which King George 111 was born, is about the only residence on the square that retains its original own- ership. * ok ok K Tregothnan,;the principal and most ancient country seat of the Lords of Falmouth, is picturesquely situated on the banks of the river Fal, in Cornwall, amid the romantic scenery of the Lizzard. Indeed, there is more picturesque sail than that down the River Fal, from Tregothnan to Falmouth. The extensive deer park, richly wooded, as well as the beautis tiful gardens ure celebrated for thelr rhododegdrg