Evening Star Newspaper, January 20, 1924, Page 16

““sthods in Dealing With| Ramsay Macdonald, "Labor Leade tions Leave Him With- out a Rival. i 110 TIME FOR SPEECHES .1 Said to Outrank “Rough Rider Teddy.” MAXIMIL 10 The Star. IN, January 19.—The name of wes has become more popular iany overnlght than “Rough Ceddy name ever was. Rtoosevelt appeared to many during his visit here, as a owerful and a more honest but Germany has no types Dawes. A German president -ommission would have u and tiresome speech, the whole history of since paper notes were first and would have cloged the after a plethora of figures and ival data, with assurance of his of duty and unswerving jus- N HARDEN. pert « sole. ilating Premiership Faced by :Strike of Railisay Men Over Proposed Reduction in Wages. been quarters on the liberal leader to pre- slon of a labor govern- The congervatives were pre- pared to make any terms with As-| support vent the acce: ment. quith, he would accept office. Some of his own equally Macdonald press campaign was Lord Rothermere, his utmost to destroy Premier Bald- win, now is In a panic at the pros- BY A. G. GARDINER. By Cable to The Star. LONDON, January known tremendous brought to bear Buaranteelng him fo to Keep of offic 2xious out A 19.—With meeting of the new parliament this week the ministerial crisis reached its climax and on Monday the Bald- win government will fall. All doubts of the question disap- peared with the speech of Herbert H. Asquith on Tuesday. result of the general been has Ever since the election has pressure in llowers were T pect of a soclalist government. Does It Differently. zeneral does it differently. He it is mo time for speeches. | xpressic his remarks stand | ‘Rubbish™ and “‘carrion vultures." m rubbish includes nearly ev- | ng that has heretofore busicd | are demagogic wild shrieking ies. is the cause, my soul” said who also was a general. s thinks the same. The simple not awfully original bagic =it of his speech is that Ger- can pay her debts only after urrency is stabilized, her budget d and her production in- But all this was outshone in v by the two fire balls. ant to prove that s plagued not merely by greedy =n vultures on the Rhine who songs of triumph over unpopu- eparatism, but also by thefr own res? They quickly perverted the 10n sense’ of Dawes’ speech Into nning verdict against France, thus burdened him with the un- unded susplcion of being parti- ¢ pro-German. Since then he has' nationalists fills all lands t it 1t . H praised as a Messiah. Cunning, Cowardly, Stupld. Viltures are gluttonous, cunning #i' cowardly, but also stupid. He 10 regards their howling soon loses ility to form sober judgment about Just as the delirfum tremens iTerer sees mice dancing the shim- S0 our alcoholics of nationalism e the death dance of hom universal wra om th s expression ationship created | erest, represent- o find v intima iment an attempt “ran, Today the same people think e Ttalo-Ju: has check- ted ull French intrigues, burst the ttle entente” and completed ance’s straitening isolation. Blind foolishness believes Ramsay Macdonald will attend to the rest 1d_will bring the golden fleece of .inglish and- European peace across re channel {rom France and restore (;ermany to our old glory—the same Macdonald ‘who in a letter to the so- ectacle of this mun have years atricken from the horrors of . subject of universal derision. A he will not hav, fe. t s clon, and vul- | Churchill has made parations commission, - parations commission, and vul- {Churchill has made tion red wherever puBlic {enormous price the country his support of Kolchak, Wrangel. his part in the D, t w regards him as and apparently has made up its mind e him back in public who boen now toi insulting imploring '3 to him save the Shiex the at Ch last chill, moment ith soctalism not It is doubtful whether any it 3 the country would return him iiament, Asquith has resisted whether by cajolery W paid for Deniken and It has not forgotten also ardanelles tragedy. man of blood seat in | to pur- | quith inston @ desperate ap- against associa- Churehill labor is concerned, forgotten all the say terrific carried on by | o. having donc The vapers for panic| may nation dlalism s the | the ap: | menace. | nd will vote with ) Id against | the government. H will be sup- | ported by an overwhelming majority of the 1 rals and Baldwin should be in the minority by over 70. His exit puts an end to one of the most fan- tastic careers in British politics. Baldwin to Disappenr. 1 Whatever happens, Baldwin d appears. After his grotesque adven- ture it is impossible for him to re- main leader of any party. He goes llnto oblivion together with protec- ion. King George will see the labor leader on Tuesday and will invite him to form a government. Parliament suspended for a fortnight donald selects ministry. fons already are allocated. ynes will be leader of the h use, donald himself will be foreign etary, Philip Snowden_ chancellor of the exchequer, Sydney Webb min- ister of labor, Viscount Haldane prob- ably lord chancellor, J. H Thomas probably war minister, and Wedge- wood first lord of the admiralty. = | The panic at the prospect of a labor government is subsiding, but the transfer of money to American securities still {s proceeding. In a few weeks all foolish alarms may be expected to disappear. It is quite possible that the liberals will be found complaining of the timidity of the labor government's proposals, Anything Ilke a socialist policy, of course, {s out of the question,’ for ith a rallway strike. The locomo- tive. men refuse to accept the terms of :‘the ‘new: agreement which makes heavy cuts in wages. All the rest of | the railway servants have accepted. | There.is an old standing feud be- tween the locomotive men's union and the unfon of rallway men and this is held to have a bearing on the crisis. J. Bromley, leader of the locomotjve men, Is unyielding, but it is certain that if the men strike they will be beaten. The country will not tolerate the whole pachine. of transport to be paralyzed by one small section of one class OI'WOEEEPS. even, in disagree- ment with the rest of {ts.own . class, A similar sityation arpse recently ip [the printing.”trade when nineteen unions,aceepted terms and one union refusedi. with the ‘restlt -that the igj Whele “twenty unions were unem- { ployed. - 4 Thesa® ate . the sort “of problems which will test labor as a governing power. “The confilct is not always be- tween unions and employers, but often between .differént sections, men: with different’ conditions -and privileges. There ‘Will be ‘fewer strikes or more under a labor government. The em- ployers may force strikes on one hand to ‘make difficulties for the govern- ment with their followers. The men strike freely on the other in the hope of getting an advantage from a sympathetic government. Mucdonald will not have a gay time. all (Copyright, 1924.) GREEK BOYS IN FLORIDA DIVE FOR CHURCH CROSS Picturesque Ceremony, Held No- where Else in Country, Is Part of Epiphany Celebration. a PRI Fla., thousand visitors, in- churchmen and lay all parts of the countr: here today to witness the an- celebration of the Epiphany service of the Orthodox Greek com- memorating the baptism of Clrist. The most picturesque aspect to the ceremony. held nowhere in the United States excent n this village, largely nd By the Ass TARPON | 19.—severai cluding Greek men from January were nua inhabited by Greek subjects, was the diving for the cross by a number of ! Greek youths chosen by lot. ! After the morning church services they marched to the banks of Spring| Bayou. As a pri recited a ritual and togsed a c¢ross into the water the boys flashed overboard. The lad who recov he cross was made a hero_and important part in ala of the pro; sast towns the casting of ¢ {e believed to have blessed the seu, and the vess leave often wait until mony 1o reap the ben SILENT ON BUTLER. Philadelphia Ex-Mayor Lets Re- porters Do All the Talking. NEW YORK, January 19.—J. Hamp- ton Moore, former mayor of Phila- delphia, today successfully wit @ heavy rapid-fire bombardn; questions by reporters as to what he thought of the Philadelphia clean- up crusade by his successor, Mayor BLAMES POLITICS' No Worse Than That of Last Year. PLOT TRACED TO va Y But Others Scheming. to Discredit Republic. BY ANDRE TARDIEU. By Radio to The Bta PARIS, January 19.—The exchange crisis and the fiscal measures pro- DPosed to combat it have absorbed the entire attention of the French pub- lie during the past week, and will continue to be the dominant question for some time to come. This ques- tion is extraordinarily complex and difficult to separate Into its com- ponent parté. The exchange collapse of January 14 was exceptionally sudden. On that date the franc went from 90 to 96 to the pound sterling. Nevertheless, there had been a slow but steady fall in francs for four years. When Georges Clemenceau left the pre- miership, in January, 1920, the pound would buy 41 francs and the dollar }10. When Premier Poincare took of- { fice in January, 1922, the pound was worth 50 francs and the dollar 12. During the past two years the franc has fallen with accelerated rapidity, until today the pound stands above 90 and the dollar above 21. Dificult to Explain. The French commerclal balance fails to explain this fall. Nor does the state of the ordinary budget ex- plain it, since receipts are equal to normal expenditures. There remains the extraordinary budget, which in- cludes the expenses of reconstruction and pensions. And yet it should be added that the interest on the loans for these purposes has been covered in_the ordinary budget. . Thus, it is fair to say that had Ger- many not dodged her fesponsibilities, the French budgetary situation would give no cause for criticism. But it must be admitted that Germany's defuleation places France in a try{ng situation. Is that why the franc has fallen? —because it is plain that France the object of a concerted move- ng pressure on her by de- preciating her currency. o--because France's budgetary mituation is no worse than it was a year ago, and therefore there is no technical reason why the dollar and the pound should have gone up. Crinix Is Politieal Obviously, this crisis is political, and to combat it a stand must be taken on political grounds. Is the Ruhr occupation of the franes fall? Again the answer is no. for mediately after the occupation franc was quoted at fifteen to dollar. By a curious paradox, fran = hetter off when the G m rnment and the German in & were leagued for resis it is today when resis en replaced by produc- the cause im- the the the gov tra e than ance has b tion. If then. this crisls is political, and has developed only in the last few w it must be the political si ation of today that has produced it. The extent to which Germany has participated in this can be seen notably on the Zurich and Amster- dam exchanges. easy to see: France. Tt fs to embarrass Not Playing Alone, THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. -C, JANUARY /20, 1924—PART 5 Ep e " OF DAWES HELD BALDWIN’S CABINET WILL FALL | ':GH IN GERMANY| TOMORROW, GARDINER PREDICTS| FQR FALL OF FRANC| FOR GREEK REPUBLIC VENIZELOS TO VOTE ~ r, to Auumét- French Budgetary Position Held f Announces Plans, But Wants Elee- tion to Reflect Will of People, By the Ausociated Press, ATHENS, January 19.— Premier Venizelps will cast his ballot for a Tepublic in the coming referendum to decide the future regime of the coun- ltry he told a delegation of republi- — e T Pérhaps ithe answer was'given In one of the writer's recent cables, in which it was pointed out that durinj the' last six months France had ad- vanced no positive solution for the !&reat problems before her. What hi damaged France s not the Ruhr oc. cupation, but the fallure to show how the Ruhr {s to figure in the repara- tions settlement. Agreements with the Ruhr indus- trialists fail to Indicate any durabl solution. What the world awalts s durable solution, which can only presented by France to all the ailies. That is why the government's ‘{m- provised measures on the morrow of the exchange panic fail to meet the exigenciea of the situation. More- over, these measures make France appear to admit that she haa lost all hope of getting anything out of (er- many. ~Again, they are technically objectionable, and can only sow con fusion in France's national life. And, finally, they would annul solemn promises made to pensioners. Par- liament wH1 discuss these matters Tuesday, and surely with.much bit- ternes: Undoubtedly, financial reforms are necessary. But they require a_broad view which is lacking today. France necds, even more, political reform— abandonment of negation and &dop- tion of a policy of action. Without positive ~ olutions, the exchange crisis will continue and the political crisis will persist. Both are summed uUp in one phrase: “A crisis of con- fidence.” (Copyrizht, 1924.) an deputies who visited him last night. It was the first time the peacemaker had made public his decision to vote against the monarchy. His pronounce- ment naturally caused jubilation among the republicans, who regard- ed it as enhancing their prospect of success in the plebiscite, but, on the other hand, had the. effect of stiffen- ing the opposition to the premier on the part of the irreconcilable royal- ists ' Only Persomal View. “I will vote for & republic,” Mr. Venizelos said, “but my personal pref- erence should not influence the elec- torate.’ I returned to Greecs to give the people an: honest chance to vote for a republic, but If they decide otherwise I shall be among the first to acquiesce.” A protracted conference of Venizelos with the political powers among his royallst opponents was held this even- ing for the purpose of obtaining their participation in the plebiscite. M. Zaimis, premier under King Constan- tine, accepted the invitation and prom- isied _to throw his influence to the side of Venizelos’ plans, but prominent Motaxiste refused to attend on the ground that it would mean thefr ac- ceptance of Venizelos as regulator of the internal situation. - Insist on King. * Deputy Angelopoulos, irreconcilable royalist who s trylng to fill Gen. Metaxis’ place as leader of the royal- ists, and a group of partisans are hold- ing aloof, insisting on the return of King George, dissolution of the pres- ent constituent assembly and new elec- tions, as preliminarles to any discus- sions with Venizelos regarding the internal situation. Unless Venizelos can obtain the ad- herence of the leaders of at least half the royalists to his referendum scheme, he plans to ignore the leaders alto- gether and issue a manifesto to the , Not Yet Qualified. From the American Leglon Weekly. Rastus—Ain’t yo' tendin’ de revival meetin'g? - Sambo—Not till Ah has backslid some mo’ Library Play Easily Available for Drama Week 1,000 V olumes Brought Into Lobby for Convenienc: of Those Interested in Works of F amous of All Ages. e T The drama collection at the Public Library, numbering about.1,000 vol- umes, has been brought into the lobby for the easy inspection of readers whose interést may be incited by the observation'of Drama week, January 20-27. £ The collection now brought out on shelves open to the public consists largely of modern plays, though the library has also in the stackroom the classic plays of English and forelgn writers, both in the original language and in translation The librarian states that a large number of readers unable to buy theater tickets or tied at home either by necesaity or inclination find an increasing interest in the reading of plays, which form a significant vehi- cle of thought on every sort of social problem. The library points out that the reading of plays adapts itself excellently to rocking chair use and furnishes absorbing entertainment for a winter's evening spent cozily at home. The reading of plays is also greatly stimulated by their produc- tion at the local theaters, which has an immediate reflection in the de- mand for the plays themselves and for material on the authors and actors. Shaw’s Plays Popular. Readers with a taste for comedy are diverted by that bit of real Irish humor not unmixed with pathos, “The Workhouse Ward,” by Lady Gregory (YD-GR65). This and other plays by Lady Gregory have a steady circula- tion. Not less popular are Bernard Shaw's plays, while the brilliant com- edy of manners, “Liars” by H. A. Jones (YD-J7141) is less well known Plays of fantasy and symbolism.have proved very popul The Library Collection Ts ' Made ' - ' 25 points out that readers get much from the linés which is lost when presented upon the stage. “Servant in the House" (YD-K289%)" Maeterlinck’s “Blue Bird” (Y39D M2640.E), Molnar's “Lillom™ (Y47-D M7351.E). and Barries plays, noted for their delicate whimsicality, are among those for which there is the greatest demand. Historical plays, throwing lMght upon the famous personages and criti- cal moments in the past, are also read —"Disraeli” (YD-P227d4), por- trayed by Parker; “Lincoln® (YD- D836) and “Cromwell” (YD-8360) ax they present themselves as dramatic figures to Drinkwater; of “Will Shakespeare” (YD-D19sw) to_Clem ence Dane. Sudermann’s “Magda” (Y47D-Su237 ma.E) considered, in unity, clear- ness and force, an almost technically perfect work; Ibsen's play Gals- worthy “Loyalties” (YD-G137ag): O'Neill's “Beyond the Horizon™ (¥D-! On24b), which won for the author the Pulitzer price, are among the realistic plays which lead their readers on to other plays by the same oOr other dramatists. Anclents Are Read. Interest, however, is not oonfined to the modern plays. Aeschylus, Soph- ocles, Euripides, Schiller, Goethe, Moliere. Shakespeare and Sheridan are 50 read and studied and their works pared with modern tendencies in ¥ writing. The library has all the representa | tive books on the art and history of |the drama, inciuding material on {community " theatricale and Littie |{Theater movements significant articles appearing in magazines arc also available. In the filee of the reference department will be found extensive bibliographies and stud outlines. And the motive is| CLEAN UP WEEK OF ALL range EASY CREDIT TERMS on everything. 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Hell and Maria waves the Stars and | Stripes in the Autoria Hotel in the| face of the dying Poincare. AIl this | justifies celebration of the Prussian kingdom and of fhe empire—January days of 1701 and 1871—by festivals whose speakers blab of royal eagles escending and kaisers' crowns return- & and thus lay upon Germany the dangcrous suspicion that she is pre- Paring new. wars of conquest while a friendly world relieves her suffei ings. Such wicked childichness mur- ders humanity eleep and weakens | its working energie: i Italy and Serbia have concluded trealy which gives each just what neeas—no ‘more. To Italy a secure hase on t ot shor, her Adri- tie, open road to the Balkuns! rtainty that Fiume, | ugh hinterland. will flourlsh to Serbia guaranty of her territory | againet the Bulgars and Magyars, de- | fepsive support of the neighboring poOwW e A good commercial har. y and possibillty of civilizing Al bahia in co-operation with Italy. Held as Sensible Agreements. 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