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concerned, but it Is not likely to have ended it otherwise. It will remain a subject of discussion, and it may be- come the subject of legislation. In his report to the President At- torney General Daugherty takes occi- slon to upheld the action of the fed- eral judge in decluring Mr. Craig zullty of contempt and in imposing sentence upon him. He is actuated in this by the belief that the controller New sought *o impede the of justice by # public dentncia- action of the court. cecding further, the Attorney General fmpugns the good faith of the con- dler in his procedure in resisting the sente This statement by the Attorney General may contribute to the discussion of the case and fts maintenance as - legislative Issu 3 § Yet there is no partisan polities in jt. All Other States. (Tt is not a political question. There Daily and Sunday.1yr., $10.00: 1 mo., §, © two general opinion egarding Sunday.1y ¥ 5 0 R ; s regarding Dally only J1¥r. $7.00: 1 mo., €0c | 4y & Sunday oniy. J13r $3.00: 1mon Soe | the matter of contempt of Many hold that the power court to punish for contempt is some- {times abused and should - be r cained. Others hold that it is a ne essary power,. and that the law ready provides mesns of preventing abuse, through proper appeal. In the : Of Mr. Craig it was seen that he had this oppertunity for @ review of the matter on its merits, but, electing to take a shorter cut, he ignored that method and his final predicament w: the result. The contempt case of Mr. Cralg has never been heard on its merits In a court that of the first in- In the circumstances it ¢ so heard. The sneral’s veport is but a dictum, ac to the President, who comment, grar prevent the embarras t that the controlle imprisonment. would bring upon the administration of Greater New York. So the case stands, an fllustration of the extreme to which the court may go in preserv- ing what it regards as its duty and immunity from obstructive criticism. THE EVENING STAR _With Sunday Morning Fdition, WASHINGTON. D. C. TUESDAY......December 4, 1923 THEODORE W. NOYES. ...Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Busigess Otce, 1 St. and Pennsyivania Ave New York Ofice: 110 East 420d St Thicngo OMse: Tower Nullamg. EBuropeas Uftice: 16 Kexent St., London, England, The Eveniug Siar, with the Bunday morning odition, {5 delivered by carriers within the 1ty at 60 cents dnily only, 45 cents per month; only, cents’ pe month. Orders ma; by mail er teic phoue Main ction s made by car- Tlers at the end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advanc Maryland and Virginia, und Sunday 1mo., only . 1 mo., Sunday oniy i 1mo., ¥ Member of the Associated Press. Tte Assoclated Press s exclusively entitiod the “use for republ cation of all news dis- patchies credited 1o 1t or not otherwise credited also the lo a1 news pub- | rights of publication of The Commissioners’ Report. @ In thelr annual réport to sent a the yeur past, and offer num suggestions and recommendatior carrying the Capital toward the goal of development that is the ideal of the nation for its scat of government. Some of these proposals are of 2 routine character in themselves, but they all make for the cvelution of th niodel municipality In respect to the greater projects necessarily the Commissioners in thelr report are confined to the ba outlines, for their estimates for main tenunce and fmprovements are yet to be disclosed in the volume of the budget, which conveys them to Con gress. This present report is rather a tusiness document, a survey of the activities of the fiscal year. It shows & highly orzanized municipal ma chine, functioning satisfactorily and giving @ maximum of service to the community. 1t is inevitable that in & community of nearly 450.000 people, dented dir participat in th their affairs, those designated as cus- todians of the public welfare should find difficulties in the way of entirely catisfactory administration. But in the case of the District there Is a re- markable freedom from discord. The people 2o to the District building with thelr pleas and petitions und pro- nosuls and find there sympathetic con- slderation. They go to Congress, di- rectly or through the Commissioner and find there courtesy and a hearing, and often get what they want. In thelr report the Commissioners de mate the most important and most practicable of the items of public need. They are in a position to see the necessities cleariy, cven more clearly than are the people of the Dis- trict. They state them specifically and plainly and strongly, and the requisitions are received with the at- tention they deserve, as expressive of the wish of the community whose natdiane iy ave, o lervation of spaces that are plainly In the endeavor to = Washing- | ;o ¥ : 'l indicated as natural parks for the ton a model municipality the Commis- ¢ S : tioners are restrained by financial | PeCPICY Pleasure and health main- 3 Several of these arcas hav ited by the Commission beyond stance. can never @ visory without to Attorney has d sme clemency Mr. Glover's Park Gift. Gift of u tract of sev a half acres of nd for use as a park and play wund. by Mr. Charles C. Glover, cstablishes @ precedent in local affai 1ls for the rmest praise for the donor, whose interest in the park development of the apital has been persistent and valuable. Mr. Glover has visioned ‘Washington of broad spaces for permanent preserva- tion £ he dedicates to the use nty-seven and and n management bi of the people an area of considerable size and high value, certain to be of the greatest service to the community in the e At present the territory | within which the proposed park i not congested. But the trend cttlement and development is in that direction, experience proves that in a few it wiil be closely oc pied. To pre-empt this tract now as- sures recreation facilities for the oc- cupants of a suburban section that will eventually become urlan in char- acter. Mr. Glover's munificent gift sug- gests anew the fact that the govern- {ment is lagging in its provision, through appropriations, in the pres- o come. s of u considerations. The peculiar situa- | [oon ar > tlon here with regard to the main.|cor. €18 tenance of the Capital imposes upon them restrictions which do not obtain elsewhere. As administrators they are compelled to keep strictly within the limitations set by Congress. They | now, in discharge of their duty, make | report of the wardenship, and ask for authority to go ahead with the task | of glving Washington the best munici- pal administration in the country. tention of the legislature, but with- out result thus far. Certain sections of the city left without park facilities, and unless action is tuken soon the march of improvements will are are so obviously uses. Washington is renowned as a city ‘(n( parks. but it cannot remain so dis- tinguished if it does not carry to-a conclusion the program of preserva- tion that has been indicated. Eventu- ally the urban development will ex- tend to the boundaries of the and the process of ingrowing ed rapidly. The time is approach ing when parkmaking cannot be car- ried on without tremendous cost, when perhaps it will be prohibited by con- siderations of expense. Meanwhile it is highly gratifying to see the broad view of one of the Capital's leading suitable for park —————— The White House. It surprises many Washingtonians to learn from the annual report of Gen. Beach, chief of engineers, that the White House, *“both from the standpoint of security in structural features und the fire hazard present, * 13 unsafe. Gen. Beach says that this condition is “indicated by a prelimi-. nary study of the situation in the in- terfor upper portion of the Executive Mansion.” More than a preliminary study is needed, and perhaps a com- | plete study has already been made. An appropriation of $400,000 is asked of Congress “that immediate remedial measures may be taken to prevent a | possible calamity.” 'This is really startling. Every citi- zen of Washington was firm in ‘hk“ belief that the White House was “as s0lld as a rock” and that its condition was as good as that of any new build- ing. Its Aquia sandstone walls have weathered at least a century and u quarter. Its roof, floots and rafters were of the best trees of our forests, have been renewed from time to time, and it was popular bellef that the famous old building was kept in a| EVO'y vear old Santa grows more prime state of repair. At intervals | Perceptibly shy when a ton of coal is carpenters and most other kinds of SuSEested as a useful and appropriate mechanics havo been at work in the Christmas gift. White House, and there was no| thought in the minds of Washington | Deople that the building was in | People should buy the Christmas rundown” condition. Tt would be'seals which the Washington Tubercu- interesting to know just what the losis Association has put on sale. For matter is with the White House, but , & good many ycars ‘Washingtonians that it is something serlous is shown : have generously answered this annual by Gen. Beach's recommendation that ' appeal, and they will make a proper $400,000 be appropriated by Congress i response this year. that “immediate remedial measures”! The death rate from one of the be taken “to prevent a possible ca-| horror-scourges of humanity is being lamity. réduced. Mankind scems to be win- it Bt e ning in its fight against tuberculosis, Tn addition to the Work of the am. | r, as old-fashioned people called it, plifiers on President Coolidge’s mes. | “consumption.” A day or so ago The sage, @ certain amount of elaboration | Star printed a graphic chart showing will ‘subsequently be contributed as|that there had been a marked and SeuaY by th6 solitical critios. steady decrease in the death rate among the white population of the District since 1900 and among the manner, assuring a park to a section that otherwise would be lcft without such a .place of public resort and recreation. ——————— I' Perhaps Washington needs more traffic regulations. Undoubtedly Washington needs more people Who will pay strict and intelligent atten- tion to those already in existence. Senator La Follette {8 by no means the first man to demonstrate that a statesman, though ill, may wield a great amount of influence. i i 1 1 Christmas Seals. Pro-| st point | public uses, and in this gift | ers and repeatedly brought to the at-| overwhelm the remaining tracts that | i District, } ¢ thoge empty titles so frequently re- | will pro-{ citizens manifested in so practical aj Clemency for Craig. In remitting the sentence of sixty days for contempt of court imposed by Federal Judge Mayer upon Con- troller Charles L. Craig of New York city the President does not grant a pardon, but exercises clemency in the interest of the public welfare of New York. Making no comment whatever upon the case, the President merely affirms the recommendation of the At- torney General, whose report consti- iutes @ severe indictment ‘of Mr. Cralg for his conduct toward the court. # This ends the case s0 far as the colored population since 1905. In 1900 the annual death rate in the ! white population from tuberculosis was 183 per 1,000, in 1905 it was 155 per 1,000, in 1910, 127 per 1,000; in 1915, 114 per 1,000, and in 1922 it had fallen to 62 per 1,000. Among the colored population the death rate from tuberculosis in 1905 was 494 per 1,000, in 1910, 453; in 1915, 407, and in 1922 it had fallen to 246 per 1,000. The chart shows that the decline in the tuberculosis death rate of both races was much -steeper from 1915 to 1922 than between the preceding five-year periods. It will be seen that the tuber- THE EVENING the colored than the Whito population. A gencraidon ugo this disease was clussed as incurable. It was not gen- erally known to bo Infectious. Cuuses predisposing one to infection were not widely known. It is now claesed as a ypreventable disease and curable i “taken in thne" The time to “tuke it" is the earliest moment possible. One of the fmportant agencles in the District in educating children and adults In ways of protecting them- selves against tuberculosis and in combaling it when it appears has heen and is the Washington Tubercu- {losis Association. Money from the sale of Christmas seals goes to help this association in it8 life-saving work. ———— Mellon Tax Bill in Senate. It is evident that the proposal of Secretary Mellon for a material re duction in federal taxes is to be man- handled by the democrats when the bill, which will be called the adminis. tration bill, goes over to the Senat from the House, should it retain the form its proponent suggests. The democrats of the Senate, in ucus vesterday, with the exception of Sena- tor Glass of Virginia nd Senat of Maryland, agreed unani- mously not to support the Mellon bill, ibut to suggest amendments which would radically change it. Senator mmons, ranking democrat on the finance committee, announced that the democrats would propose further reductions in the taxes of people of small incomes, but would not consent to reductions In the surtuxes This determi: on on th the democi presages a over the question of reductions Probably it would be impossible to keep pelitics out of consideration of a tax bill on the eve of the general elec- tions, but the country would be appre- | clat if Congress would deal as speedily as possible with the subject. It is n economic question in its highest sense, and while naturally there will be differences of opinion among men over it, the country has a right to expect a reasonably speedy settlement of these differences, The administration Is committed to tax re- ‘dl\((lull, and the country will hold the party power responsible for non action, and also will eriticize any fac- Ition or party that unnecessarily de- luys the legisiation [ ] ' long fight ay —_——— The charge is made that un actor immoral is likely to find it get a Job Producing Managers' Assoclat this be true, art is evidently i of an emancipation proclamation. hard t 1t —_———— Congressmen assert that legislation public Something of sort {s what is feured from the radi culs themselves. ————— The Sentinels of America p to tuke aggressive actlon against dan- gerous legislation. This is the big. afety-first movement yet under- of radical tendencies under the old system of a few men business, gest taken. —_———— The prediction is made that the Sixty-cighth Congress will be one of {the most interesting in the history of the country. It already Is. —_—e— The G. O P. may have to defer its demonstration of complete harmony until Senator Hiram Johnson has had his fling as a solojst. —_——————————— Minnesota statesmanship at present consis largely in avolding political intimacies without needlessly sacrificing possible friendship | ——————————— After Cungress gets through with i the work of organizing, the members feel that they have fully earned their | Christmas vacation “Dictator” threatens to become one ferred to in European poetry. SHOOTING STARS. BY FHILANDER JOHNSON The Frost, Silver and gems in the distance When the blossoms have away, The, frost comes with sparkling per- sistence - And strives for a splendid display. faded Here is each color alluring That ever a rainbow has shown. Yet the beauty is not reassuring As it mimics the joys that have flown. Age seeks with pathetic insistence With jewels to make itself gay— Silver and gems in the distance When the blossoms have faded away. An Elemental Principle. “Are you in favor of a tax reduec- tion?” “Of course, T am,” answered Sena- tor Sorghum. “I have been in favor of it ever since I made my first cam- paign speech.” Jud Tunkins says the temptation to talk is considerable. It's always easier . to lecture on house-building than it is to drive a nail. Convenience. The radio comes with pleasure for the throng Far better than the animate dis- play. If you don't like the story or the song, You press a button and it goes away. ’ Helpless. “A parent should set an example that his son will be proud to imitate.” “That's the way I feel about my boy Josh,” ahswered Farmer Corntos- isel. “But what kin I do? I. don't j know a thing about foot ball.” Habits of Thought. “His mind is always on business.’ “True,” answered Miss Cayenne. “But that doesn’t make his soclety enjoyable. You can't expect @ person to be interesting who is always doing mental arithmetic.” “Very few of us,” said Unclé Eben, ‘gits 8o well reformed dat we gits & chance to show originality in our New. mflmdmomn‘ammj culosis death rate is much higher ind Year resolutions’t » refusing a part in a play he considers | vith any member of the | need | may hold up! this | certain | STAR, WASHINGTON, WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE Gone are the glants of yesterday—a respectable company of them, at any rate—from both Senate and House iThere wero sad refledtions of that sort when the Sixty-elghth Congress convened on Monday. Names that were household words in Washington and the country a bare twelvemonth ago now wre In oblivion, Capitol Hill is concerned. The Amer- ican publlc is capriclous and not al- ways tender-hearted In its memories of the great and near-great. It will take the old guard, though, many o |duy to accustom itself to absentees {like Frelinghuysen, Townsend. Mon- |dell, Polndexter, Mc“umber, Suther- | land, Fordney, du Pont, Mann, Camp- {bell, Kellogg, N | The democrats, too, indulge in mourn- I ful introspection as they envisage Fess of Ohlo and Howell of Nebraska lin the Senate seats held by ene and Hitehcock. Hitehcoek’s place is now in the press galler; P ntative of his own pape Denizens of the Hill wonder whether rincess Alice’ Longworth, with husband “Nick” as leader of the House, will desert her familiar place {in the Senate gallery and be seen {oftener at the other end of the Capi- |tol. Her political salon on M street now tak { resc tive Longworth is about to fa e hig silver jubllee in public 1t was in 1899 that he entered ! Ohlo house of repre tives, | graduating into the state senate two | years later. Mr. Longworth has just et n his Afty-fifth year. H | was married to Alic »sevelt in the White House In February, 1906, The | Longworths are immensely well off The family owns a huge silce of land in the heart of residentiai Cin- elnnati st of it fell into ks possession upon the death of his mother, & year ago. * * = % Angeles comes & unique proposal. The Evening Express of that boundlessly enterprising efty advocates the acquisition of a suit- able house in Washington, to be- come the permanent residence of The Gentleman from Los Angeles"— In other words, the from the tenth congressionul distri of Californi The estallishmen Express, should be known igeles House” It adds White House Is to the Angelrs House should be fon. “Fhe Gentleman from { would become a sonage of consequence in W ton, and Los Angeles itseif receive national advertising profitable sort it has displ: | genius in _devisir 1 1s which seldom lets City of Angels steal a march, fol- lows suit. Representative Julius | Kahn sc day may inherit a palace dedicated to “The Gentleman from the Golden Gate It Is Just as From Le representativ Standing out sharply in opments that have followed the dow fall of the cabinet of Dr. Stresemann far as Americans are concerned, has been the failure of the men who betrayed the hospitall States to get the uj man affairs. T storff was ment dropped. Then Dr. Heiurich |bert strutted to the center of the stage. But his cabinet portfolio, un- like that which he lost to a shrewd detective, proved empty and he final- Iy was compelled to move aside nearer oblivion. Not, however. be- fore he had caused American editors to wonder whether, had he been suc- cessful and had become this country would have had~ any- thing to do with him or his plans to assist Germany. As the Boston Transeript put it “Americans will not easily forget that Albert was the fiscal agent here of the kaiser's government and pended on propaganda and other war purposes the sum_of $40 000,000— bad Investment for ° Germany cvents later proved. The memory his propaganda still ¢ s to us sting and an irritation.” This i3 also the view of the Lynchburg which feels Germany was fortun that he was unable to form a cabine because “with such a man at its head, the German government could scarcely hope to make favorable peal to the American people. Alb continues to be a subject of abomination throughout A Ihis very name sugkests hatef orles to loyal Americans.” verdict. to recelv ment of the Republican which is inclined to feel “the services which he rendered to his government while in the United States were of the sort which all such agents were expected to perform in neutral coun- tries and on the whole his activitic: were comparatively moderate; it should at least be reckoned in his favor that to the last he urged upon his government the necessity of keep- ing peace with the United States. In- vidious as was his position in the United States, he made upon those who met him the impression that he was an able man.” * K kX The most charitable view of his selection originally,” as the Milwau- kee Journal saw I, was “that It showed the utter poverty of the Ger- man republic in available material to carry on an administration,” but the Loulsville Times points out “nobody has attempted to place responsibility for the failure of Germany to or ganize itself in a political sense since s0 ned and a: F. as of Yet this the indorse- 1 { Denies Irregularity In Russian Mission To the Editor of The Star: A reading of the article by Mr. Fr eric Willlam Wile, which appeared in The Star of Friday last, on pase 22, almost makes one wonder why he felt called upon to discuss so many matters on which he felt a lack of information, and it is certainly no compliment to the “federal authorities,”” to which he re- peatedly alludes, to offer their alleged ignorance of facts as & shield for his o';n'hold no brief for the ‘“Women's Peace Unlon,” but belleve, after all, that their- purposey and methods are quite fully set forth in the article noted and will only ask why it should be necessary to refer to the Department of Justice any question as to the ac- tivitles of citizens who, by perfectly constitutional methods of publicity and k to gain what they claim ?f:l‘:;lo:a'ys?;relewd" ) will result in the end of war. Certainly Mr. Wile does one who desires war. PR % Mr.S. E. Nicholson and his misslon to Russia (not in Moscow, but in “the province of Samara, on the e wor Asiatic border, one of vorst famine as far s Ison, New and Calder. | mer- | in Omaha. | on a new significance. Rep- ! Dr.} Heinrich Albert Failed the devel- | the - | fat News, | B e e ) oy D. . TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1923. NEW BOOKS AT RANDOM THE VEILED EMPRESS. Den A. Morton. G. P. Putnam’s The fame of the West Tndies lics, in more or less even distribution, with Columbus and pirates and legendary treasure, and Alexander Hamiltor That distinguished and influential citizen of the republic, Mr. Vox Popull, typified by 150 of the lel—: 'ing wspaper editors of the coun- ry, is about to recelve an invita- tion. The Navy Departmente wants the editors to he Its guests at the rum. All these, save’ one, huve annual spring battle maneuvers of settled into history and romance. the United States fleet in the Carib-|into histo at sounds like roma bean and adjacent waters, They | adventure, to romance would be accommodated aboard the lice fable. Just lately, however, Rum e, Whlch CarTled —in its own person and in that of it manuevers off the Panama canal last Bumerous variants and next of kin— has moved up Into present actuality wintor _and afterward took Presi- dent Harding on his ill-starred ., & tha anale 246 ot Emas. ey o el e Lsterr viving the anclent trade of smug will begin after the middle of Feb- | Klng in a vigorous attack upon th. ruary. The editors would b prohibition barriers set up to the :'x“'\' ;h r |lh|:n ships and north. But neither the settled facts R ! of West Indian history nor the pie- furesque doings of its day of pure sd- | venture mnor the present recrudes- cence of Its rum-running exploits form the foundation of Mr. Morto strange story. That lies in between these two periods. It follows the slender thread of a personal experi- | ence which matters of more public | coneern have served to hide. * x % % ons and ork Baron «Kijuro Shidehara, membered as Japanese ambass to the United States ungil 1923, writes | touchingly of his experfences in the earthquake which destroyed Toklo and Yokohama. He says, in a let- ter to an American friend: “I am | lad to say that 1 1 existing. | So are all of my family. The awful{ catastrophe reduced to well The Island of Martinique provided #es OUF | the clue for this amazing disclosure. | house, our furniture, clothing, !An jsland of famous women, or so it | books—almost everything that We seemed for the time being under the | | possessed except our lives * * * The g earches of this author. For upon sense of obligation among the Jap- | Martinlque lived the little girl, for Amerlc; Ve coise d'Aubigne, who in the course of | oo LgTAv e earts of all g the earthquake and worthless poet, Searron. poct died. And the Widow ! me the wife of Louis XIV, | of France. A the wheel And upon Maric Jos phine, neh, There lso her daughter | ved for a time-—Hortense, queen of | Holland, mother of Napoleon 111 As- tonishing were the workings ¢ fate in th v three, the secm of commonplace complexion slde the destiny of the fourth whose story {s given here. % ok Aim Dubuc de Rivery is the fourth one in the group that )u,lp.-d“ to g to Martfnique a peculiar fla- jvor ¢ n. Strange, indeed, was iv]u fortune of ¢ h of the other three Astounding t destiny of Aimee Du- bue de I 1 the empress of ‘the French, Aimee was born upon th island, ¢ to Josephine herself i th both od and age. Lik many sther of the children of | French lon In the West Indie ‘the young girl was sent France | » be edu d. For more than eight | lived in N | sall away fc home in the Hardly out to sea wa 1 terrific ay. L by new, th s Huence of the np the o nation n friendl of fortur this islar ph 1 & 1 John W. I torney (Gene to eute rige f larity In the Veterans' Bureau, Virginfan and loyal «l William and Mary College Rear Admiral Cary ! Washington's chief “boosters” of the venerable Institution founded in 16 republican in politics, 5 been aclated nent of Justice off s capacities in den ocratic as well as republican ad- ministrations since 1906, He is ap proaching forty-five years of age is a Phi Beta Kappa man | * pro; trre a of and are He Grayson with and on in distinet of 5 Washington ables 1 is filling rothe annual up with n ke Congress, but n ' tiron The President o : Presidents galore grace the dkcasion governor of Alaska, to the di rid-win De 1 would expeeted to ot C. r oo Club ties cember & a E Bone d a grin President | rthest north” last sked Hardine if the d to attend the im ¥ 3 jed the “I want ¢ the honors on that oce to recall diusion r vears she Then was to tation west jof a convent day when the old plan- | istands of the| s the ship swept the Bay the vessel was d «Il’ bound for | Well That o e i s e St | strange slgnificane g £ the Mediterrancan toward Ma- | Jorea, the Spanish craft was set upon | by Barbary corsairs. Ship, crew, cur- | iby ghe pirates to their overlord, some- [thing of a pirate himself, Baba Mo- hammed ben Osman, Dey of Algiers, ounting over his plunder old came m a jewel snow 1 e sapph fair skin hair and shining eves thread of romantic tma ough - the deep Baba Moh: flash his mi of Constantin Golden Horn and the the ancient seraglio h {ts heart the harem of Hamid I Like a star air girl shining amone Leauties of the suitan's hous Prompt and active century promoter. fitted out pressive te In a migh n- | when she Bone expe festiv - ng Government is not as s the paper marks, for there i d law enforcement. and ar revolution is confined r cellar. t which way 1d have been headed r press agent of the @ in America chan- Dealing directly h the the Siresemann cabinet, the Dally News points out “if the the g of agres resentatives of the leading a alists, and the tional forces, bad re r A7 minutes did the Stresemann rmistic s order beer ce! | the bee Gern, with Hohe to the wo fo cumen | In at fail Chics new by Tep- Ruhr in- French ocupa- ched th, rlier won treseman cabi have srman patriots Their tasks have iperhuman at times, lives and progress and nestion belteves existing and that r future of Marme P withi Abdul Mohammed | in an im. of oriental splendor remons of departure he sent upon its momentous way this prize gift to Abdul Hamid, whoss gratitude would, most certainly, re- dound to old Baba in lquidated debts and substantially increased cre * % ¥ n Baba 5 Liling 1 ry publi made reconstruntion I chmond News-Le nistry formed under ne cannot live long neral election in the o is certain, The harem of the Turk closed around Aimee Dubue, the young French girl of Martinique. ! Emphasizing this view, Cleve- land Plain Dealer insists “the im- mediate need of Germany s political accord, with confidence in the govern- ment. | amazing The longer an international settle- | ment is postponed the worse the Ger- sman situation is likely to become if | the experience of the last few months |18 tndicative, and the greater its real cost as measured in sacrifice and suf- fering. The dissatisfaction -of Eng- [land and of a considerable business eroup elsewhere in the world with | Poincare’s policy will ava little of advantage to Germany. As long as | France rematns the only hation will- ing to back her conv with a definite and firm polics would seem to be in the P and reparations adjust- ¥ * % * % On the istand itself M; he enthusizsm of f * % Morton caught intelligent zeal that llow the fate of Aimee uncover, finully, the of “The Veiled Em- nique took possession of I ighteenth century any respects unev 1t {caused him to iDubue and to Mart author. he e, the spirit personality a forgotten story ¥, bits of led out to ¥ tion on theme. Parts ents o n'sourc ntic of a of old rec clues that of informa and absor the this rom The motley of mate this lous quest rounded completen Tt led to the harem. Ther. war of the women wa I !in full swing. The mother of Selim and | the mother of Mustapha were in a death grip of open conflict and seeret plottings, cach fired with the passion to have her own son step into the power and place of Abdul Hamid when the day of succession arrived. And there | was found Aimee Dubue, quietly taking her place beside the mother of Selim. | There she remained, contributing to this faction the qualities of her clear | French mind, setting up western w of achieving ends that she so well re- membered, ways that stood In sharp and effective contrast to oriental modes of political action. A worthy successor this girl to those French women who, and time again, became potent in the political fortunes of | ze pieced into { move tion ¢ ment.” B last few mon s velopments of the the Providence Tribune Is convinced “the German re- public seems tottering on its last {legs, and its demise scems only a I matter of time,” while the Dayton News insists “Poincare’s government, possib for as long the present occupation ©of German territory con- | tinues, is secure, while no chancellor {named to succeed Stresemann can be | sure of his position for twenty-four hours at a time. This is the differ ence between suce and failure in government. If the Germans could hit upon some one who would embod in his official life the best thousht of all parts of the nation it would not take long to settle all outstanding troubles, or. at least, approach a vlution to them. An ever-changing leadership at Berlin cannot bring the stability that a constant- leadership in Paris bring ater the day arrived when her own son, Mahmoud, superseded all others in the ambition and love of this favorite of Abdul Hamid, this Aimee Dubue of the Isiand of Martinique. * ¥ ok ¥ From this point on the story is po- | iated in the ministry of the Friends “hurch, and 1 consuited by him, vith others, as to the under! g The use of the term “so-called 5 nection with the reference to his posi- | "the led Shpres guiding her son tion as associate secretary of the Coun. | Mahmoud with unfaltering eve and | cil for the Prevention of War is gra- |Steady hand jhrough the labyrinth of tuitous, as Mr. Nicholson has repeat- | Turkish adjustments to the whole of edly interviewed members of Congress | Europe’gathered, solicitous or threat- A1) cabinal oMmiers. 1 that cApoctty | ening, around the Golden Horn ‘of thelr }and is well known to be just what the ; National ambitions and desires. lemy ; of this s literature of the council represents him | Under the influcnce of fhis sagaclous to be. (Last summer the Friends'eqd the title of “Mahmoud the Great,” service committee asked for Mr. and jan astute and enlightened ruler whose Vichol i uence in more tha | Mrs. Nicholson to go to Russia to take | IRESEHCC 0 02" this way or that. supervisory charge of the work of re- lief and rehabilitation in that stricken country for a perfod of some ten = months. The federal authorities were | °f ”‘"’"““d_"l“ "l’"' Elis the "‘:‘ apprised of the exact purpose of his|person to wield Impe pawer. who) going and no apology would seem to . had any knowledge of the modern civil- be needed at this late date for the|isation of western Europe.” In impe- fairly widely reported work of this re- ' ol state her body lies in Stamboul, ilef agency, which has been credited . Jar siory “belongs to Martinique,” the with ithe saving of thousands of lives | gstounding story of Aimee Dubuc de and which is now enabling many farm-| Rivery. ers and artisans to resume & position * x % % self-support. 2 MA: to 'i&.”; allegation that the na-| ‘‘An unacademic history,” the author tional council is “‘an advocate of soviet | calls this. Perhaps because the acade- Rugaia,® T am sure that Mr. Wile €an | picians would say it was overbalanced nd_nothing more than a position fa- e A sy iti on the Martinique side, voring the Tecognition of the existing | on ¢ vt lone iaoa auiEnENALy government as a step toward tranquil- ions. - s they would give another rea- lxing international eonditions. -The ex: | Perhaps they would E\ve enotnsr res plicitly denied statement as to the likely to bless it for its unacademic council being financed from is ly. o ad p 3 abroad is, of course, ot ¥oy T o Gl Tan The veiled empress, sultana mother Then {2 | first ca | nterest to state | juring the it e ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN Q. Is the Red Cro: to help Americans rendere in the Japanese earthquake?—! A. The Red Cross says that .its assistance in this line will approxi- mate $200.000. Already nearly 00 has been expended and $150.000 {s available for the work. If this is not sufficient the amount will be increased. more Q. Are the ambassadors and min- isters to this country amenable to our traffic regulations?—G. V. G. A. In such matters as traffic reg- ulations it Ie usual for them to con- form to our ways, although repre- itatives of forelgn powers are not subject to our laws. When did Rilly Sunday become un evangelist?—H. O A. He berame an 1 He was a professional ball plaver from 1883 to 1890, assistant secretarv of the . C. A. from 1891 to 1865. O What wood will make the best imitation of mahogany-—C. H. Cherry wood and gum are the hard woode nsed most fn the manufacture of imitation mahogany. 0. When ware the first collera boat races held in this country?—P. T. Q cvangelist in base and Chicago te owned hv Vale students arbor in 1844, the contest- n eleht-nared rie and & The firet intercollegi- . was rowed by Yale and Har- < in elght-oared barees over enurse on Lake Winnipe- saukee in 1852 Why is the word maverick up- that are unbranded?— A. It i< said to hs amuel Maverick, a cattle owner in did not brand his cattle, W was on an island. s originated with i Banner’ hem?—T. ¥ “The Star neled Bann. “r heen 1 recoen 1 anthem of the Tnf s late as 1914 o by resolution. official recognition occurred nearly hundred vears affer it was writ chen it was formally ordersd to be ved in the Armv and Navv on oc- jons of ceremony. Its standing is tisputed {n other lands, and when- r thie t tlonal ha How much dld Washington « salary whilc ¢ was then $25,060. Q. When wa's the first taxicab used in the United States?—W. 0. H A. The first one in this conntry was put into operation in New York city on October 1, 190 Q. When were th water pines used in the —F. E. W A. The first cast-iron water pir w d in Philadelphia in 1804. Th pipe was obtained from England. The -fron water pipes were made in the United States about 1817 first cast-iron United States? at the derivation of the stnut ?2—N. U A. The Grocers' Encyclopedia says that the name chestnut derived from that of the Asia Minor. It is also more or le preserved in geveral other languages— Q W word s still offering as the French chatalgne, and the 4 destitute | ™0 kastanio {ous er- . Q What interest woul elve IF"A th' }:.lnk of an:hlu'llg ‘I’.)orflz nglish banks pay the same 3 Englt v he same rate A. The Bank of England estab- | lishes a legal rate of Interest which 1is as pted as a standard. It is now jabout 4 per cent, but varles accord- ing to conditions. Other banks dis- | count with the Bank of England and, | therefore, pav something under the ir:lu' of interest set as a stapdard. They usually pay % to 1 per cent under this Bank of England rate. Q. How can a person_tell butter from oleomargarine?—C. E. 8. A. Melting a bit of the fat 1s o wimple test. Hold a teaspoon con- taining it over a flame. 1f it is but~ ter the liquid will foam. If olec- margarine it will not. Q. Does the Japaness cherry trer. bear frult?—C. D. L. A. The Japanese cherry that blo: soms so beautifully does not bear u: edible fruit. However, Japan has cherry tree, native to the mountalr districts of the island, whi bears a large and delicious fruit. Q. What city in this country known as the Modern: Rome—N. . It A. Richmond, Va., which was orlgi- | nal'y built on seven hills, was often The first races held were be- | called the Modern Rome, i ~fused to | Its only | town of Kastania in. Q. Is rice paper made from rice?— A. Rice paper pHeh of a ically Q. How many of the men who had been educated at West Point served in the civil war?—H. O. M. A. Of the cadets living when the civil war began—including the class of 1861—SY per cent served wit ither the Unlon Confederatis forces. Over 73 per cent were in the Tnion arm Q. Over which highway tomobile tourist travel 3, is made from tho all tree, known botan- as Aralia papyrifera. = < is the heaviest?— The n Automobile Asso-r on sa tourist travel s fest the central routes across the country, namely, the Lin -~was the National Old Trails and the Yellowstone trail. In the winter the heaviest travel over the Atlantic highway south Florida. Q. Does the rattles indicat road 1 number of a _sna its age?—K. L. ly it does, sineo w Aded with each molting. accident Lreak the set €0 the number is not a true idication of age. Q. Does a special del to take civil service ex B. Me) A. The that spect ery boy have nation? Post Office Department says delivery carriers are not on the classified civil service st and that & person interested in securing a position of this kind should apply to the local postmaster. Q. Why G R White cranberrics are a result alsence of sun and light on When cooked the skin re- e, but juice is pink. are some cranberries white the » berr mains (If wou have a question you want answered, send it to The Star Infor- mation Burcau, Frederic J. Haskin, director, 1220 North Capitol strr Inclose 2 cents in stamps for rep Bruce Outstanding Figure In British Colonial Rule BY THE MARQUISE DE FONTENOY. In the great gathering W taken place in London me ministers of all the ich has great over- ca the of of the British crown for of discussing the relations these various dominions, commo: wealths, unions and colonies which go to make up the British empire with the mother country, the one statesman who seems to have made the strongest impression is the Right Hon. Stan M. Bruce, the prime minister of Au: tralia, who arrives in New York from England on Friday of this week. has been the outstanding figure of the imperial congress and, treated with a most marked distinction by King George, Queen Mary, by the zovernment and by wme great captains »f industry and prix of finance the city of London. As but little is to be found about him in the standard works of refe ance for the present year it may be, view of his impending arrival, of timely that he has only been in polities since the conclusion of the :reat war, through which he s an officer of the roy first of all in France, then on the pen- la_of Gallipoli, with the Anzac: reafter in the conguest of Palestine in the taking of Jerusalem under the command of d Marshal Lord Allenby and, finally, again in France nciuding cperations there which_cnlminal He won Mili 8 Distin- suished Serviee Order, as well as the French Legion of Hon n the battlefield, th ind s well s a couple he won among his Australian com- ades and fellow veterans on the rious battle fronts that led him, their instance, to turn his attention public life. Stanley Bruce quickly made his way in politics to such an extent that he was appointed one of the principal del of the com- monwealth of Australia to the congress of the leagué of nations at Gen in 1921, va Still under and looking at least five yeo younger, “Janey" Bruce commends himself to the good will of the Austrailans, who have the sporting instinct very strongly devel- oped in them, by the fact that at the great public school of Melbourne, the oldest in the antipodes and the Australlan counterpart of Rugby in England, he achieved pre-eminence as an athlete, and especially by his s a cricketer. In 1902 he came to Eng- land for the first time, entered Trin- ity College, Cambridge, and not only lived up to all the athletic tradi- tions of his school at Melbourne, but soon achieved prominence as an oar. Indeed, before graduation he had won a place in the Cambridge boat, row- ing No. 2 in the crew which beat Ox- ford on the Thames in the annual boat race between Cambridge and Ox- ford in 1904. Indecd, so splendid was the record which he ieft at his alma mater that in 1911 he returned ail the way from Melbourne, on the invita- tion of the universit coach the Cambridge U or that vear. In' the meantime Janey Bruce had entered on a very successful busi- ness career and became a partner of the Melbourne firm of Paterson, Laing & Bruce, perhaps the largest importing house in Australia. He happened to be in England on busi- ness when the great war broke out and immedlately enlisted there in the ranks for active service in France it was not many weeks before he won his commission, and by the end of the vear had beén promoted to a cap- taincy of the Royal Fusileers. As I have pointed out above, he took a very in_order to niversity crew active part in the fighting and, first| wounded_at Gallipoli, he received his econd wound, one of much greater Severity, in lhn“ cc, just before the the armistice. It to the hich placed of the| more or less autonomous depend- | - | ecessor | commonw | liam Hugh: | and He | | P served | th al fleld artillery, | to ignore | for gallantry | . [of wounds, and it was the favor which | BRitE | friends hors de combat for the few remaining weeks of the great war that he owes the very pronounced limp in his gait. £ % % ok Tall and square shouldered, he a striking contrast to his in the premiership of th, the diminutt , who piloted the destin- ies of Australia in such a masterly despotic fashion from the be- of the war until last and who, before becoming pre- il spring, ning reat Y| rrime minister, had filled the cabinet office of attorney general to the com- monwea'th during seven years. Moro n anything eise, Premier Hughes iated and dlrected the raising of Australin for the em- which plaved so gallant a role fn European war, and it was he who esented the monwealth at the Versailies, where d himself by con- it opposition of Wilson, whose plans and jects he was never weary of eriti- cizing in the most rasping tones, us utterly impract i as certain to | ad to further wars insiead of to last 3 a most stone deaf - in a very loud and aggressive t of voice, £0 that e was no possibility affecting his_remarks. Very frafl in body, small of stature, a perfect mar- tyr to chronic dysp he alwaye as if a ath would to blow ay, and yet is no one lia in public who is so hard a hitter, so full dynamic energy and so pugnacious this former litt'c Welsh villago schoolmaster and Australian labor leader. Premier cssor in the commonwealth have all and when in the nire H: re armies he distingu W oodr: his suc- of the Stanley Hughes and chieftainship government, along been warm Hughes realized that the time had come for him to ret and that he had lost, at any rate temporarily. his hold upen his Australian fellow countrymen, he himself picked .out and championed Stanley Bruce as his successor. Stan- ley Bruce, as premier, has many ad- vantages which are denicd to ex-Pre- mier Hughes, To begin with, he has the precious gift of splendid health and a wonderful digestion. He has great wealth. not only through his father, but also through his partner- hip in one of the great importing bou: of Australia. His hearing is perfect and his manners most pleas- ing, as contrasted with the pugnacity and aggressiveness of Hughes, * %k k * Like Hughes, he refused to accept any titular honors from the crown, and he declined the offer of u baron- litical in its character—the story of |Prowess on the foot ball fleld and as| etey and of Knighthood. The dignity of a privy councilor, which carries with it the preflx of honorable, ho could not escape. For it was found necessary to communicate to him o many state secrets affecting the wel- fare and the safety of the empire, us a whole, that it became imperative to bind him by speclal ties to the crown. Wherever a statesman In England becomes a cabinet minister, he Is, at once made a member of the privy council, in order to render it possib! to Intrust him with staie secrets and to bind him by the special council oaths of secrecy the violation of which is_a treasorable crime, As Premier Stanley Bruce was admitted, 50 to speak. to the inner councilship of the home government, it was found well and in keeping with prec- edent to bind him in the same way. Unless 1 am very much mistaken, Stanley Bruce is the first native born Australian_to attain the office of rime minister of the commonwealth, i BHlughes hailed from Wales and was an immigrant, and this connection with the antipodean soil invests Stanley Bruce with an undérstanding of the Australian people and with @ hold on their confidence to which no one not of antipodean birth can ever hope to attain. Stanley Bruce has everything, therefore, in his birth, career, character and in appear- ance v please and interest the Amer- ican people and, under the cireum- is | cess stances, he Is certain to prove a suc- here as & particularly welcomq [ ! Y