Evening Star Newspaper, September 11, 1923, Page 6

* “himseif capable of managing the diffi- , the first THE EVEN‘ING STAR, With Sunday Morning Edition, © WASFINGTON, D.C. TVB&DAY !qltember 11, 1923 i umnoax W. NOYES.... mm d‘he Erming sm Nawspaper Cu.po TBusingss \).m 1th nA Peat New Tork m"‘ 1 utapess ou'c“. ice: Tawer Bnilding 16 nen-t Bt London. England. “palhe Ereaiey Star with the Sunlas moralog dition, i detivered by carriers within o th: daily only. #3 mnu v, 20 cents per month. ¥ . or teleplione Main ., Collection s mi by carriers at tkbe "od Ut eacls month. Rate by Mail—Payable In Advance. Marylahd and Virginia. Daily and Sunda iy “only ‘tanday oniy 1yr, $6.00% 1 mo. 1yr., $2.40; 1 mo,, 20¢ Al Other States. Dafly and Sunday..1 yr., $10.0( Daily only. _Sunday oniy. 1 mo.. $ic 1 mo., 60c 25c | la freal a e | in this paper a iso_the local dished herein. Al rights of 'publication of apecial dispatchies herein are also reserved. —_— Rulir Peace in Sight. Definite advance has been made to- ‘ward a settleraent of the French- ,German trouble. In a quiét way, ever #ince the recent change in the chan- gellorship at Berlin' the German gov- ernment has been meving in the direc tion. of an adjystment. Now it s an- Nounced that the populations in the occupied areas of the Rulw have been ordered to discontinue their passive Tesistance to the French and Bel, authorities. It is also announced that conferences are being held at various points, a. Cobienty, where Stinnes is meeting with French industrialists; at Wiesbaden, where German industrial- ists are conferring with French capi- talists, and at Liege, where German, French, Belgian and British repre- sentatives are in session discussing the situation. Meanwhile, it is expect- ed that a German officlal envoy will be named to take up directly with Pre- mier Poincare certain aspects of the situation, locking to a modifipation of the French official declarations per- ! mitting the adoption at Berlin of a position of satisfaction which will not put the government there in jeopardy from domestic reactions. The Ruhr problem has been from the outset one of industrial advantage. The political aspect given to it by the French has been in & sensé a’camou- flage. Poincare has been compelled by the domestic situation to continue to demand full satistaction, while Cunoat Berlin was officially setting up the plea. of impossibility in meeting the French demands. Behind the scenes the fndus- trial magnates of not only France and Germany but of Great Britain as well were ‘conferring, negotiating, dicker- ing. At one time danger of a break between England and France ap- peared. The governments at London and Paris were bristling. A crisis #eemed to be imminent. Suddenly this rloud was dissipated, and there was no more talk of .a breach, The real | factors of the case had functioned, the industrial leaders had checked the de- velopment of a political issue. When Cuno retired from the chan- cellorship at Berlin and Stresemann “succeeded it wam indicated that the ehange ;had been made to the end of putting through @ program of settle- ment. $tresemann, it was hinted, bad | the support of the powerful capitalist group that controls Germany. He has steered a skillful course through the troubled waters. He has avoided mak- ing any false moves. He has estab- Yshed relations with the socialists and _has today in all likelihood a dependa- ‘ple reichstag support. Back of him are Stinnes and his fellow magnates. the questlon is which to control, that of Stinnes or the opposition.- Seemingly these two groups have reached a basis of agree- ge, { | ns the possibility of a reac- tion in Germany, toward communism or monarchism. Stresemann must con- tinue to hold -the support of both wings in order to carry through the program of adjustment Wwith France and Belgium. Yet he must not yleld to either side. He has thus far shown cult situation. Now he is at the crucial point of his course. He must ease over into the actual negotiations, with “a minimum of shock to the “national- ist” feeling: The order to discontinue “passive resistance in the. Ruhr marks move in this direction. If there’ is no_ sharp, reaction .to this step the rest of the procedure will be Tess difficult. Unless sonle sharp repércussion takes place, In Germauy or in France, as each yields to the point of direct and definitive negotiations, it is prob- able that the Ruhr blockade, .which ‘has cost both sides enormously and ‘has gravely affected the industrial in- terests of all other countries, will be hrought to n end. Germgny.-mean- while has before it the extremely diffi. | cult task of rehabilitating her cur- rency. In view of the stabilization of the currency in Austria. however, the problem at Berlin would seem to_be not beyond solution. ——— A few Italian statesmen would re- /gard blowing up the league of nations as mérély an incidental demonstration in 3 condition of.general eruption. | . While_the coal strike was' in prog- “fess the general public kepf right on working and saving up its money. The Fastest Human Flight. A naval'plane was driven yesterday it Mineola, N. Y., at an average speed @ nuinber of flights of 238 miles an hour, the fastest flying éver known. 'his plane, built espeéially for the £empetitions at ‘the Puliizer trophy races in St. Louis next month, thus be- “eomes ‘e promising challenger for the world's record in an officlal flight. It it can repeat its performafice of ves- terday—and it may even do better— it will probably win the highest Ameri- _an honors. < When S8Adi Lecointe, the French fiyer, attained the speed supremacy at Marseille with his then world record +0f 233 he declared that if that speed ' were ever surpassed in this eountry Franeé would build machines capable b e e g 4™ | Lieut. Maughan at Detroit last Sear, | ! with an average flight of 236% miles. | plan is that Thus far no French machine has reached that point, and Lieut. Sander. son's flight yesterday scores five milss an hour better than the best FAGHJ record, and a mile and a’ half bett than the best American. beats & trlal.” A rou be sent by fast nearest freight division and sent from 3 freight: depot to ‘post } for de- fivery to acdressecs, ‘10~ posed to ship parcel post specially. constructed hampers, which 'BY PAUL V. COLLINS The bituminous operators’ special com- sittee, appointed to look after weifare Ol course, the Banderson flight is [will do away with" much damage to work. 4n .mines. and mining neighbor- not yet of officlal vecord. It has still to be established in conditions that make it a definite achievement beyond question, But evidenjly the plame. is capable of faster flying than the best France, It may he, France has something In reserve. Alrplane speeds are steadily increas. ing. Nobody can tel how high they will go. There s¢ems to be no actual This present new speed record was made pessible, it is stated, by an Im- provement in the'engine, & T shape motor newly designed last year, whigh then developed 550 horsepower, but which how is capable of 700. It is ny makchine, bullt only for speed. birt is designed for heavy fighting, for bombing and torpedo work, being capable of carrylng 2,000-pound bombs 10 great altitudes. It is this fact, cou- pled witir its phenomenal speed, which makes it a distinct advance in avia- tion. - The Si. Louis races next month may have some further. surpriges for Ku. rope. Federal Employes’ Convention. The recommendations adopted at the Iannunl convention of the National Federation of Federal Employes for certain amendments to the retirement law meet the views of the great' mass of government employes at 'Washing- ton. These proposed amendments have been given thorough discussion at the Capital, and are a reflection of senti- ment here. mended by the delegates to the con- vention are voluntary retirement after thirty years' service, regardless of age; increased annuities for all classes with. in the scope of the act having regard for the larger contributions of higher- paid employes and the inadequacy of the present annuities to support bene- ficiaries; a lowering of the general re- tirement age and the inclusion of all employes now retired in any liberaliza- tion of the'law. The convention would have the benefits of the retirement act extended to ail civillan employes of the government mot mow within its scope. It was written several months ago | that the retirement fund already built up by deductions from the pay of the employes justified a ‘more generous rate of retirement pay, and no doubt the retirement pay will be increased rather than salary deductions applica- | ble to the fund reduced. The plan to increase the annulties of higher-paid employes for the reason that their caoatributions to the fund have been larger is generally indorsed as fair. The plan for voluntary retirement after thirty vears'service also makes for humanity and efficlency in public business. One of the important acts of the convention was to indorse a resolution ilun 2 uniform leave-of-absence law,| giving thirty days’ annual leave and ten days’ sick leave annually, cumula. tive to a maximum of sixty days. There is lack of uniformity in govern- ment offices as to rights of leave, and this injustice results in discontent. International Debate. The question of French oecupation of the Ruhr will be debated between | representatives of Oxford University of England and George Washington University of the United States. This will be next month. The disturbing question will then, perhaps, be settled, and France, Great Britain, Germany, Belgium and all the others will have accepted the result. Debaters and judges can do more than this. The debate will be one of the big intercol- leglate contests of the season. There has been sharp rivalry among Ameri- can universities to arrange debates with the Oxford team, and George ‘Washington faculty, students, alumni and alumnae are enthusiastic over se. curing the contest.s ‘Washington, is a eity of debates. It is the discusslon metropolis of Amer- ica, and perhaps in no other capital is there so much debate as here. Bring- ing debaters from England to Wash- ington may seem to some persons like the carrying of coals to Newcastle, but these foreign debaters will be received with hospitable arms, banquets and applause.” Whether the friendly in- vaders win or lose they can feel as- sured of having a debate with a capi- tal D. They will find foemeén here worthy of their tongues. George Washington University has. not as yet chosen its team of lingual giadia- tors, but the only difficulty in that re- spect will be in selecting three con- tenders from about 400,000. e e James M. Cox is giscussing -the league of nations with a vigor ‘which indicates that he Believes the subject will figure prominently in next.sum- mer’s national gemocratic convention. B R Mortality figures in connection with The amendments recom- | this class of mail and save the gov-|ngeq; ernment money in the payment of claime for lost.and damaged ml- It is sald by the special iot the Post Office Department now vt | that has (hus far been produced by | employed in working out details of of course, that the plan that the mew system would jalléged popular assumption that a com- speed up delitery of lotters and short- en ‘thec time required for 'carrying most of the parcel post maner'. The Post Office Department ‘is mtgrefl.edr :§9: 1 mo- 0¢ | limit to the paces of the birdmen. |in quick and sure niall fervice, nd its transportation experts know or should kno® their business. While the pub- |m! lic 1s not expected to rapturously .em- brace fhe jdea of sending .any mall matter as freight, it-can withhold its judgment until the scheme proposed bas had a reasonable try-out. It is significant that the mail:order houses, which are large shippers of parcel post matter, are co.operating’ with the department,.and the reports aie that their representatives belleve that the proposed plan-will result in better service: to senders ‘and addressees. The parcel post is. relatively & new branch of the pgstal service, ‘but it has grown at a steady rate and has become an institution with which the people would not. part. It has been felt by the public that transportation of parcel post matter as welk as letter mail might be expedited, and the Pest Office Department ha® that end in view. ¢ Coolidge’s Consistency. In Chicago a Coolldge-for-President' | Club has been organized; and the sec- retary wrote to President Coolidge ap- prising him of the fact. In reply the President outlined his attitude toward the post he now holds and te friendly efforts looking to his possible continu. ance In it. He frankly appreciates the motive, expressive of confidence in him, but makes it clear that seeking the nomination for 1924 is at this time secondary to a duty which has prior claim upon his attention, that’ of carrying on the policles of the Hard. ing administration and fulfifing to his highest ability the responsibilities of the office of Chief Executive of the United States. ] i ing of President Coolidge is consistent with the course he has undeviatingly followed since he isueceeded to the presidency. He has shown it in, word and deed. Not dissimuiating or dis- playing false modesty as to the nom- | ination, to which any American cfti- i zen is entitled to aspire in 1924, he { ! that the first thing at hand was to take up the duties of which President Harding was relieved by death before thinking of politics for the future. The American people were quick to | grasp his imterpretation of his respon- sibilities and duties in the premises, and have continuously applauded him. (Consistently carrying out this policy is calculated to attract more :genuinely effective support next year ‘than ail the boosting clubs that can be or- ganized. 5 ————— | A great many war*devices of great | power and. ingenuity are belng. per- fected in the face of assertions that {wars must ceage. Inventors have | never paid strict attention to all that .wl printed about the limitations and requirements of the future. § | President Coolidge’s atand in favor of prohibition enforcement looks like n early note of deflance to Gov. Smith and his proposed platform. ——— Col. Harvey and Will Hays sailed together for England. Two important elements of the G, O. P. are evidently in perfect agréement. SHOOTING STARS. BY PRILANDER JOHNSOY. Doing Its Best. Nothing but money—doing its best To quiet the sorrow_ and soothe the unrest! Millions we'll dend to the ends of the earth, Bach dollar shall: atrive to its .uuer- most worth. Nothing but money—it cannot restere Lives that are lost on a desolate shore, Cities and farms will be peopled anew, But the sorrow will Hnger the ceni- !urles throygh. . Desolnle homes weé ca&n never revive, and thrive, We'll give what we.can for a neighbor | hard pressed. It's nmhm: but money—but doing its Self-Making. < “Do you think there is any ciumce for @ self-niade man in politics?” r “I'm_not sure,” answered semm { Sorghum. “A statesman hag to.be in This outline of the action and feel- | strou: Though others are founded:to prosper | hoods, has issued an elaborate report Qlsciidsing the question ‘'What' is a company town?”. The. report is. ad- 'drm to the United States Coal Cotmmission. The brief sets forth a defense of the PRy . town. is feudal survival r sulting from the attempt of consclence. less operators to deprive their workmen Lol the flvfl libertiés of American - e‘l\' zens.. ‘The reasons for the existence of com- wny towns at mines are that a coal is usually in an unsettled region mt that the average feld lasts rarely longer than twenty to fifty years, and that, therefore, the miner has litie In- centive to own his home, which will come valueless after a certain perl * ok k% ‘The influence upon the peaceablenesd of a citizen exerted by his being & home rowner is 80 well recognized that the aboye argument, quoted from the brief, strangely contradictory of the gen- leral feaching of economists. = The life ©of an ordinary frame house does not Wverage twenty years. It seems regrettable that the home- owning influence cannot come into the life of the miners, build up self-respect and stability. ‘The brief seems to recognize these in saying “labor turnover ls ex- pensive and bor turnover is o- fiuenced approximately 50 cent by houses-and living conditlé No matter how humble, the home lhlk 18 owned by the occupant takes on & ‘charm from the skies” which Is never | found elsewhere, and lend# contentment {and steady industry to its possessor, which no rented home-can give, regard- | less of the easy terms of rental. * ok ok ok The skies are darkening. The sun is belng eaten by a black shadow. The dragon is bent on swallowing it. The black fate of utter destruction did not succeed in the earthquake, when the monster spider was gnaw- Ing inside the earth, but today the apider is up In the sky, for it has the power of throwing its web from star to star and quickly leaping across the heavens. This is the end. Such may be the thoughts of the i norant and superstitious and un- nerved Japanese, as they look up at the eclipse of the sun. The shadow of the moon and the corona of the sun, with Venus seen inside the mar- gin of the corona, constitute a phe- nomenon which will not be repeated until 1962. 1t is far more inspiring | to sclentists than to the supersti- tious; so are all the great phenomena cf nature. The greater the under- standing, the more awe-inspiring the phenomena. Compare the superstition of bar- terror at the with the sci- | the shadow traveling through space he earth, and the glory of entists’ the moon and across t that from its crown flames may be seen to reach out into space 500,000 mijes—sixty times the diameter of the earth!” And with all this mon- ust, for untold millions of years, the sun is not consumed. There are so many countless millions of other suns, with thelr planets and their blazing conflagrations! Com- pare the grandeur of astronomy with jthe childish superstitions of the ig- norant! * ok k% Through smoked glass one upon the eclipsed sun and_sonders. see the conflagration and shudder at 4 the flames streaming into space. But how little do our eyes tell of the fierceness of the heat pouring out from that furnace! If all the heat of the sun were focused, it would be suf- ficient to change 195 millions of cubic miles from freeszing fo bolling, in one second. o { When a great conflagration js rag- {ing on earth, the fire causes winds to {blow. These winds are t of hur- iricane speed. which is 100 miles an {hour. but they are stormy. The mighty holocaust on the sun similarly causes winds which rage at a speed of 100 miles a second—not an hour! The flery explosions throw up debri] _ (Coprright, 1988, by F. V. Colline) debris | Am to steady them and | : | : 1 i I ©of | bitration of the ambaseadors, and the nevertheless foresaw from the outset {the sun so shaded for a few hours|minere and operators of the anthra- |forts the world by saying the finan- 1ooks { Through a great telescope one may |region of the earthqual i speed 100 times swifter than any rthly cannon ball—sometimes at the rate of 500 miles per second. * o Ko Now here is the moon, poking itself in between the earth and the sun. How big is the moon, that it can shut out all the sun from & band geross earth shadowing all Central ica, Mexico. and part of Call- fornia for several hours, and let only half the sun remain visible for two hours in Washington and vicinity? ' units as the size the moon, by the same is only twenty units. It #Wwings around the earth, every month, in such a tricky way that it always présents the same side (ownd us; We never see the back of oon. Thtrs might be wonderful !hln‘l on thy Go a( the m;lon—cluu erything imag- e "IE revoives abeut ua at s ruiher ball on a string swings arol nnd a boy—always the e part toward the boy—or nearly the same. *x ow o A year In the moon Is only twelve Rays long—a son s only three days. “Better a day in Europe than & cyele in Cathay,” may be all right for those who llke Europe, but what about having a note In a Lunar bank, alling due In “three months?’ That ‘would be only day after tomorrow! ‘The moon also h kind of a year—sa ‘‘year of ons,” due to chasing the earth around the sun, hile it circles around lhl earth. hours The earth, too, has'a long “year of seasons,” but that 1s 25,868 vears loug. It is the kind of year on which to base notes whose interest is not pay- able until maturity. As for Venus, whom we alfo. have in our midst—within the sun’s corona —the less sald about her the better. Shu is & planet, as is also the earth, big yet she runs around her orbit without & chaperon, Siee how she winked, all through the :cllpn The man in the moon saw er! * ox % Although Venus is so petite, she. has an air about her which make: her shine, when she parades herself between us and the sum, upon the great white way. No other planet puts on the airs that Venus doe one to ask Wwhether she has the wealth of the universe in Iike mankind. There has eculation as to whether here, but scien- clouds of Venus she parades across the face of the sun, in her transit—as bright as a diamond. * X ¥ % Greece accepts the terms of the ar- Italian-Greco war is averted. The cite interests accept the terms of ar- bitration laid down to them and the pubMc accepts its bill of $50,000,000 a year extra, and so the coal strike is ‘over. Mexico 1s recognized, and that's that! Secretary Hoover com- claal loss due to the earthquake in Japan was not so much, so that is consoling—except to homeless and bereaved. How the rough places in life be- come smoothed in course af time! * K * x Cholera threatens the devastated A great- er borror may follow than the guake ftself. Destruction of $5.000,000,000 cannot be ‘wiped out with a breath por restored with a cheer. It is gome! * Man s poorer by all that Which is destroyed. A building that| burns fis lost to the world, though it be “fully insured.” Japan's loss is the worlds Toss, It is not “re stored.” though all Livilization rushes to the relief. t, out of the world sympathy Something moro precioub— he tie that binds”"—may bring into closer union all nations. Matter is vinllo-m tg slip the " millions of | o ton. UNDERSTANDING ITALY. Sedewls ury Cooper. -The ‘Cel Company. Next to - impossiblé for <the: cool irto the Hot. skin of theLatin. “Therefore, mutual per- plexity and misunderstanding are the natural reactions of contact bétween the two. To the man of the north Atlantie, the Mediterranean man is & mercurigl and theatric being, un- stable in opinion, fickle in &ction, much too deeply engrossi in the mere stage business of his gvery pér- formance. Especially does this im- pression hold with him in res the Italian, the most highly self- dramatized of all Latins. Today, two_general concepts of Italy :gpur to have right of way. One of but a half: ers delight tn loiter and which eswarms of sightseers pre: under the regular seasonal urge of Self-improvement. The latter, mov- ing out of the past up tow: Drésent. projects a land of romanti adventurers who, every now and then, rise up, in the name of patriot- ism. to do spectacular things for the military and politi Italy, di with h! solinl with his “black shirt nunzio in a mad flght to succor Flume—these are-in the foreground of this second ploture. And_ some- where in between the two stand, are square upon the ground, though, at timegc 1ta head .1 tearly lost in the clo * k¥ % Two years ago, under the wise fn- itiative of President Hardins, there was formally Inaugurated by this country a new mode of dealing with international disagreements. A sim- ple plan, whose open purpose was to 0id conflict by the plain process of fitst clearing away whatever of mis-|p underllandln[ might exist among the Rations invoived. ~This done, th of strife would, in the majo y ases, disappear, reducing to the vlnluhln‘ point any need for the arbitrament of arms. The policy for- mulated at that time became Mr. Harding's great uncy to the pro motion of world pe: vidual, as well understanding of lhl! P u or ol that is a worthy heir to the political vision of the great American leader. And this is the point at which Mr. Cooper appears with a study of Italy | n that clearly entitles him to an active and honorable part in the program of promoting understanding as the basic element in continued peace and international good will. e s No country is, at the moment, more in need of standing in its clear real- ity before the world than Italy. In appearance, its present affairs have aiready gone far ahead of this au- thor and they are stlll on the go. As a matter of fact, however, the present crisis stands substantiation of the ability of his study, a vital example of the national character as Mr. Coopér sees it and portrays it. In this study the author's first act is to closé the door, ecttull: h\ll resolutel against that old 7,8 &l g history and art -nc trad uan an longer the new Italy that is so ro- bustly &nd progressively a_part of lite. | Less summary .is Mr. _*ro Inlle adventurer S Gattualate, the Mus solinis. the dAnmmllol. For_thy are rooted lncthe national character, rolle an rve, in part, to fllum- 10 interpret young Italy. * * %x % .\ 2 To understand the man of. Italy, the individual, is of prime impgrtance to a comprehension of the country it- self. The individual is paramount to the mind of- this emotional, expr sive, artistic; dramatic peaple. Not to be understood at all, as the au- thor feminds us. unless we are able in_some degree to get the Latin indestructable. Speed may be con- verted into power. Heat may be- Matter persists. Catas- v become the light of the (Copyright, 1928, by P. V. Coilins.) Recent Election in _Ireland Seen as Beginning of New Day The Irish Free State has proven ftself. It is unanimously character- ized as worthy of a place in the con- gregation of nations by editors who discuss: the result of the recent elec- tion. Ths Cosgrave government re- mains in power. Continuation of the policies wiich have brought order out of chaos is certain. But the re- publicans have elected enough mem- bers to compel the government to make concesgions to all parties. Then the combination of Free Staters andthe lead of De Valera and his faction {Orangemen, who gave Ernest Blythe |a great plurality, is accepted as in- dieating that eventual reconciliation between Ulster and the Free State may be looked for, Editors likewise point out that the labor party has almost completely collapsed and no longer can be considered a factor in {Irish polities. The future polictes of osgrave, as announced by Pr"m“l:cc- Genon ‘l"‘l‘?‘n‘"‘“ t‘«:r rullnd to nl a place in the league :f natlons, warmly urpl-.u: ) | O oeiaily "his assertion that here: {after everything is to be “strictly | business, especially with regard to financing _the countr: cepted, of coutse, that the majority of the republican leaders Who now are in jail will be released. | American editors genqrally suggest such action, holding it would have a the Japanese carthquake lessen 85 ino hande of his friends so much X |8Feat MOTAF eflect everywhere. time passes, but not at a rate which promises to leave conditions such as imagination can por;kn). Pclmul movements in . Berlin to restore the monarchy may tempt niem- bers of the kaiser's relations to or- ganize a protective league of some de- scription. | ————etiie The average citizen fails to see why the price of coal cannot be put up from time to time withoui so much response and agitation. B — It is possible that the hunt for BUP‘. doll will be esumed as soon.as the re. cent searching party ‘gets out of the hospital. B Parcel ‘Post Cheage. , laboration ‘Wwith railroads and mail order houses, is at work upon a big and ambitious plan which it s be- lieved may speed up the carrying and l!m-!b.uum of first-class mail prove the parcel post service, er such results will bé achieved can- #ot be foretold m@m!r. /but in ‘of fiylng 250 miies an hour. But Sadi|theory the plan_ Lee ~ u’um«lmmd bylthé ancient adage i i | * The Post Office Depariment, in col- l doubt whether there is much chance for & career that is.persomaily. cori- ! ducted.” Jud Tunkine says he isn't. sure whether women dress to please the | men or to scare ‘eni. No Sur[nu. “The coal will eost you rdther more.” ‘With patience all sublime The public answers as Htore, ““We knew it all the time. ' Vanished. orunhfin.‘ “Dé you remember wheii we ware organizing Don't Worry cluba?” . ‘erfectly,” replied Miss Cayenne. ““What became of them all is_one of the numerous question w‘nwh\s P Inasmuch as “from 60 to 70 per cent of the qualified electors voted,” as compared with only about 49 per cent in this country at the last presi- dential eléction, the New York World declares this is a good sign because many qualified véters in this coun- try, because of allen birth, lgnorance of the language or other cause, have, no interést in politics. The Free State, in that respect, with its al- fost homogenéous population, makes a good beginning.” -The - Baltimore Sun s convinéed that .“the artificial Irishmen more or less preserved * ‘the gentntlon of| T | struggle against Great Britain, has conplouu anigshed. The b ; llndl‘; ow independent Irelan: S8alty 18 can 56 found In the way the ll‘lfl! f Sinn Fein has ."“"3' k38 S PSl had press uro Fluld!mchllll! the N in Ireland is nea; seion of hy r to Newark d nll jon | nationals will start -anx--n‘ in n,r"” "'f'ngf “ywar | wa: government has been so recently es- fatlished as in Ireiand.’ v * ok ¥k x “The Free Stdte is to be congratu- lated,” asserts the Boston Transeript, because “partisanship could not cloud the main issues involved. That lssue wag whether the voters of the Fre State were willing to accept the con- stitution and _forns of government authorized by the Anglo-Irish treaty; or whether they preferred to follow in rejecting this constitution as the organic law of the greater part of Ireland. Public opinion in the Free State seems definitely crystallized in favor of the principles for which President Cosgrave and his govern- ment have beery fighting.” The “new natjpn has the right to) additional confldence and respect,” the Indfanap- olls News poipts out, because, as the Lynchburs News sees it tho people a degree of self-containment nd tolerance and respect for duly constituted authority that served as a highly encouraging refutation of that claim_ that, once having the power, the Irish would prove incapable of the restraint and forbearance nace: sary to self-government. The ‘pret ence of the republicans in the dail should not prove to be harmful, but helptul, ummfi\_m asserts the Cin- cinnati’ Enqufrer although the Rich- mond News Laader wonders “whether these rnpublldns will take the oath” * % x % On this subject the Albany Knick- erbocker Press has no particular opinlon but it insists “there is ample ground for general satisfaction be- cause Ireland is steadily emerging |grow! from turmoil and factionalism to peace and unity. Much thoughtl comment has been indulged in regard- g' the internal warfares.in Irelan milar strugzles always attend dras- tic political changes. des the ex- tent of the, troubles has b erated seemingly by the dll:«n of nhnrveu on this side of the ntic cene. The fact mopl. have shown thems r- adl r:m f]l‘ thflrh Il "r‘ change.” Inasmuch as the “re- '“b.lfnn uouon opposed to wlll have le iembership of ail,’ lvflfllue Herald feels, “thl only vital tlon in the election has been set- ith emphasis and in the right 'Ehll is also the opiunion of the ita Journal that “‘the t of Ireland’s will appears to be ecisively for the Free State.”” The “with & Wm‘ uvo program for p! Trish culture and Irish industrial | this ka M'll the will be, ¢ Peteraburg -!‘?f"‘ he m-h the point of view. Then only can we realize that to the Itallan it is ai- ways the morning of the world, Their gods are “sunshine and song . “I find the earth not gay, but Heaven not grim, sut s talr of hue. Do I steop? I pie Do T'aond and stare? All's blue.” ine this study the Italians unu mu children, and they are—except when it comes to fllhunf Then, & _cause and a leader, especia 1y the leader, and they march joi ously into danger and death. is herole end dramatic devotion te a jeader accounts for Muasolini today, end for the amasing exploits of other uuunums tn other days. * ok ok ok “Fascismo, the New Ttalian XNa- tionalism,” is a study of the political theory ‘and the political achievement of Benito Mussplini and his follow- ers, who comprise the great majority of the young®men of Italy. What- ever umcertainty one may at the moment be holding a8 to the wisdom of Mussolini’s |mernltlon attitud he no doubt wh to the \‘llub of this man's rk fflr the sta- bility und nrnren of Italy in its national affairs. A courageous man this, who fllqu to_change his own mind, and ddes, when ke becomes col‘-vlnM that "his own socialistic creed is an obstacle to the sound de. Velopment of his country. A dra- matio and arrogant and quicl man who offers his followers and hunger and death” in a theat: cal gesture that evokes the wildy enthusiasm and the most whole- heartea allegiance. The story .of “Fascismo” so_clearly set out here is the story of Mussolini and his works, indicating In its fullness the spirit of the new Italy. ER There is here an admirably clear and conclusive sfatement of the in- dustrial ‘renaissance of Italy, an or- ganized movement that is utilizing the good working habits of the| people to promote scientific agricul- ture and modern manufacturing and gdequate means of transportation. Italy has no lere,. however, is the story of her “white coal,” el trie’ ener| to provide industrial power, {anu from the rivers of the A.lprn and the Apennines. is the etory of the modern vort velopment of the country and of the growing _ merchant fleet to serve 1taly’ sing . alear uh:m- polm {8 a summary of the natural resources of nn coun- ogether - with the parts tha ¥ in the general industrial achnme, ound _ which they gather and the effect of these !hu': oll vnmumn upon the In- o5 JDational character of taly, thi of leull thinks ot llu Italy ited h::n in the um.nl-_g:fl:lh-e. el:tm- .'"‘ .:""\‘1':‘.‘.7-“-'«.. effect on the A eme of seelng ourselves others I‘Qa 1-—not conclusive, mere: it . ly luminating. = . A sympathetie, modern view, based upon . personal - investigation and other broadly authoritative sources of information, Mr. Coopa s “Rnder- hlld “‘“‘“ m nl.\lo adcoun is e-' “'nm-t u:-nry‘ (z mn nt o ?h‘cl‘nnmt of " BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN — Q@ What state’ sent the’ most aufo- mobile tourists. fo.th this summer?—V. W. A. Oblo has a big lead. August is the busfest month in the camp, and during the timé:.from August 20 to 25, inclusive, cars with Ohio Icenses num- bered 150; Pennsylvania came next with 60, then Michigan with 33, and New York with 20. Q. How -many acres of land are there inside the cirgle of elm trees aroun - Ellipse?—C. G. As ‘This has: an h &res. of sixteen acres. ‘When and where will the next ra Pm“u pational convertion T held? A The republican national confmit- tee will a meeting in Washington early in December, at which time and place the next national convention will In determined. The date will pmhbly be early In Jun and Chicago re- ?xfid as - the - mhote - likely cnnv. tion ity, Sithough Cleveland 1s maxing a n \determined bid. Q. Why did the Bri lfllllh burn Washy lh‘ton h llll?*ll. C. G. A. Gen, Ross ia feported to have said that i ©Tegretted burning Washin pton, but that he had been ordered to e mumrz reprisal, the American ure, hl\'hl burned ‘the pnbllu bulldings of the seat of gover; ment of Lower Canada the year be- fore, ‘at ‘what is mow Toronto, but was then known as Newark. Private bufld- ings in_ Washington were untouched, except the house from which a shot was fired, narrowly missing Ross as he rode into the city, Q. How long was the old Long bridge ovér the Potomac at Washing- ton?—A, W. E. A. The Lo bridge was a mile in length, cronf the Potomac from the southwest end of Maryland ave- nue Q. Is the ghost dance of the In- dians an ancieat ceremony or rit ‘A Thé ghost dance in comparatiye- ly modern, having originated with jute Indians in Nevada about 1889 It was the outcome of a religious be- lief that a Messiah was soon ‘to. ap- pear who would rid the land of the white man and restore to the Indians ali their right Q. Who wi ever lived?—J. Ai Among. what | fairiy authentic stature 1¢-i: of Augustine there were to be seen in the Hort| Sallustiani at Rome the body of a glant, Posio, and a glante Secundilla, each ten feet two inches in eight. J, Middleton, or the Child of born in 1578, attained- the helght of nine feet three inches. Q. What will rld pln- torests of blfller rust?—G. . The Depnr!ment of Agricul nyl that the destrdction of cu and mmllblrrf' shes in the \lclnlty of pine trees-is the means of ridding them of blister ru Q. What should a person do wha is invited to a bridge party and would like to go. but .doea mot:play the | game?—P. L. K. A. It you :re invited to an aueton bridge party and are not sufficiently well versed in the game to Vold Nlrl an -embarrassment 1o yoursel other players you should doflln- (he |n— vitation. It is hot i form teo ¢ | plead ignorance of any game of that characier -and at the same time at- tempt to play it. Q. Who originated “tainted mone; P. A. The -lbrelllnn first usgd in the fight wh the tallest man Who G. ture lh- expression K. ‘was probably h the Rev.’ Wulflzgtvn Gladden “made “ 3 | g B s board of commissioners for foreign missions = of the Congregational Chm in 1905, .in. whlcl Dr, Gladden “If the church unfits itself fér 'ork by taking’ bribés of teinted money e ought to perish with the money, and she will.” Dr. Gladd wi overruled by the board of sions. < Q. Do human being: from glanders?—O. jA. Acute glanders may be commi- nicated to man by the pustular raat. ter coming in contact with any pam where the skin is broken, and not 1 few deaths have happened this cause. Q. Kindly faform me of the lengih Qf’lhi coast line of the United State: ever suffer through A. TM length of the coast lin: the United States, together with its colonial possessions, is 28,951 tical aniles. Q. Hébw old is the American Fed- eration of Labor?—K. M. A. The Americkp Federation Labor dates frowm November, 1§ Wwhen the Federation of Orgunized Trades and Labor Un'ons of the Unit- ed States and Canads was form The - Amerjcan Federation of L: as such did not come into existen until 1886, but in 1889 it acknow! edged the continuity of its existence by dating the proceedings to 1881, Q. Dia_Vernon Castle fiy at the front in France during the war?— A. Vernon Castle served at the front in France fér a year, making about 200 flights over the enemy lines. He lost his life ‘in an air; plane sccident in Texas. Q' 'What ‘are the various grades for cigars?—H. F. O A. There are five distinct co ades for cigars. Clarp, a very | rown: colorado claro, a'light brown; colorado, a medium brown: colorads madure, a dark brown, and madurs. & very dark brown, almost blac Q. Is there any way of disslpating togp at sea?—C. M. - The Cottrell proce: ducting high tension el rents through vapors has been par- plally worked out for overcoming fogs at sea. ‘The process for this purpose -consists in sailing a small electr] &ully operated airplane at- tached to the bow of a ship and pass- ing high tension currents between & pole on the airplane and a pole on the ship, thus precipitating the in- tervening fogs. Q. as teacher in South America. shall I go about §t?—W. A. The Pan-American hat applications for overnment schools should dressed, in the language of the cou try, to the head of the educeaional department of the country. The pub- lic ‘schools are in most cases under the control of the national govern- ment “rather than state or local ate thorities, l T would like to get a position 4 | Q. How many birds are mentioned in the Bible>—H. W. O. (Let ‘The tar Tnformation Burca How Union positions b A._In the authorized wersion of the Bible there are thirty-eight differ: ent ‘kinids of birds mentioned. answer: your question. _Give your /il name and address 80 that the informia- tion may de sent direct and send yo query to The Star gnformation Burea, Frederic J. Haskin.ldirector, 1220 Nortii Capitol street. Inciose £ cents n sic first uagd in \BY flght which the Bav. ferrefvrapostage) =00 3 Earl of Dysart Keepsfllstorlc Gate Closed Even for Funeral BY THE MARQUISE.DE FONTENOY. Although the Esrl of Dysart caused the -fyneral ®f his cpusin, Arthur Frederick: Toliemache, to tage place from _his historic home, known &S Ham House, at:Petersham, on, the Surrey \banks of the Thames: with considerable statg, Vet he. would not allow the principal gates of the park, leading to the majsion, to be opened, and ibe progession’ was forced to leave by a side entrance. The prin- cipal-gates have never been opened since Charles I entered-them for the !last time, near 300 vears ago, lock ing them with Wis own hand, declar- ing thut [h so doing he was “shute ting out. hiv enemies.” He aftel ward escaped from Ham House un- der cover of night by a postern gats and across the river, never to return. If he sought refuge at Ham House, and if his memory is revered there to this day beyond any other place in the United Kingdom, it is becau it was the home of his “whipping boy whom he regarded as his foster brother, to whom he accorded a de- gree of affection and confidence that was well nigh unique, receiving in return the most complete and whole- souled devotion. ¥ The Earldom of Dysart’ and the | Barony of Huntington!were first ere- ated by Charles 1. in 1943; in favor| of Wijl Murra st"of Eton, who had: been:brought youth. and had office which condemned him to un- all the corporal punlshment ‘which the sacred person of the heir apparent merited but could :not Te- celve. Charles, despite his unde- served reputation for ingratitude, never forgot the many thrashings that Will Murray had endured for his sake, though he was willing to forget the manner in which Will Mur- ray got even when they were dlone iby the free use of his fists. and when he bestowed these peerages upon him anted them with rejhainder to mu‘ male as 11 as’ female. | As the “whipping boy” hid_no sons, he ‘was succeeded by ~‘his ' aldest daughter, the Lady Elizabeth Mur who first married Sir Liohel: Toils: che, and that is why the utronymbo_ :Ir;. the Earls of Dysart um to changed. SONE Arthur Tollemache, who, was buried from Ham House, and Whose 'only Json was killed in the great war, was helr to Lerd Dysart’s ‘Tollemjache baronetey. But the Scottish Earldom of Dysart and the Barony of Hunting- tower will be inherited, at.Lord Dy~ sart's death, by his miece. Winifted, wite of Maj. Owajn Greves of Bos worth Park, in Leicestershire, and the Royal Horse Guards, as the daugh~ ter of his eldest sister, the late Lady Agnes Scott. She has girls, the eldest of :whom, ! Greves, will, in due’ coirse, become & peeress of the Scottisl alm in her own right as Countess € Dysart. The first Lord .Dysait's: daughte! nd heiress, Lady -Elizabet Ianer the death-of her first, husband, Sir Lionel Tollemache, married the Duke of Lauderdale. She was a re- merkable woman, who took after her of | 1 other, the first-Countess of Dysart, who remains on record as the only | nepheiv of the Pro-: Cromwell. It was the-Duke of Lauder- dale who played so important and savory & political role in the reign of Charjes 11 and James IL, and it was during his murriage to the widow ¢ 8ir Lionel Tollemache that her home @t Ham House, betwe: Richmond and Teddingston, became the head- quarters of the notorious “Cabal” ad- ministration, of which Lord Maca writes so interestingly. The most remarkable thing about this suburban mansion, or rather pal ace, the princlpal residence of the arls of Dysart—is-that, according the elaborate inveniory compiled Ly the above named Duchess of Lauder- dale in 1678, every*articie of ture in the state apartments oc today its original position, and « picture hangs:in its. old piace after the lapse of two and a lialf turies. In the private chapel.is p served a prayer book presen Charles I to his boyhood friend a most touching and traternal insc: tion in the royal handwriting, and the so-called Cabal room.” where the statesmen used to assémble in coun- cil, the silver fender.. fire irons and hearth dogs—the latter fashioned lik, King Charles' spaniels—are tho ver ones that were placed there for the use of Catherine of Braganza, queen of Charles II, when she stayed at Ham House. .« ok % Lord Dysart, who is in the borhood ot sixty and a childless w Lower, occupies the bedroom of his an- the Duchess of Lauderdale #nd', sleeps in the same antique bed covered and hung with the same s of crimson damask and gold that o saf her glumbers. Thus the hister cgrm of this old historic residence everything that has ever be- jged o it still remains, Nothing én taken away, sold or other- wibe disposed of. No books have been adiled to; the great library since Ve takre aént lits “Henrlade” to the fou earl, and.the twelve Caxtons which adprned’ft then are there today. Ths fourth earl's wedding clpthes and neigh throe little | now ten] Burkes of Gl S| Vears old, and known as Rosamund Garter robes are as carefully pre served ag if he were to wear them morrow, théugh he dled in 1770 and led “miniature roo here © frame containing an e’y ring. w\m & lock of hair taken from e hegd of Queen Elizabeth's favo ite, Robert-Devereaux, Barl cf Bsse on the morning of his execution, As' a grand Y’k of the present Deer. was an c: fdinary character. Having qua reled with his wife, he withdrew to « small howse which he owned, néar t Strand, from which he never emerged the remaining fitty years . allowlii no one saye his luv yers-and his doctor to havé aecess Aig room, thelservants “Bhving | rc A orders to-pass his food % i Alpugia Noladn the door. ] Hin of iy som,;. Bnm Ingtower, mm by six rs, being killed m Mo, banting REld and leaving his charming Irish wife, one of ti xmk Castle, County Gal- laway, nd her two daughters n-the utmost verly Not a farthing in ‘the Way ol tance could she lrm ter. nv:lun old father-in- m ‘of The most celebrated misers Victorian era, whose only rient waw {5 F10a% over the title sbonds, amid which ~he ¥ How Lady Hunt- ingtower and her threfchildren ma aged to exist, betweol her husband's dsath and the decease of her semi-in- in-law, no one but herself n lady. who‘moondtd in tempting thnma me late Premler William E. Gla Tof' ector from the strict stone and his wife could tell. stone had been one of the most inti- =I=Q lrlol\? of }?rd Huntingtow EEodes spoln flus- ‘ ‘n e mianner. ™