Evening Star Newspaper, April 20, 1924, Page 28

EDITORIAL SECTION: he Sundiay Star 1924, EDITORIAL PAGE NATIONAL PROBLEMS SPECIAL ARTICLES Part 2—12 Pages WASHINGTON, D. O SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 20, GERMANS BY LIVE LAVISHLY ABROAD Upper Classes Trave ing American Money Freely, as U. S. Congress Debates $10,000,000 Gift. BY PHILIP ¢, KAUFFMANN. HILE the $10,000,000 appro- priation voted by the House of Representatives for the relief of destitute and children in Germany s being considered now in the foreign relations of the Senate, s of thousands— women committes thousands—event te of more fortunate ng lives of luxury and but in ev Furopean time that s h of heavily needy Germans and extravagant not in Germany, country on the At the same the lower house of Con- proposed that the taxpa; the United States be further burdencd upport the and in are s comfort, ry other ntinent rving lower classe many the junker class has spent Past winter touring the Mediter- ranean in m spending expensive nificent ships, money freely in the mos I most expensive winter north- apparent brothers little pennile home fatherland Ameri travele Mediterranean E and Afric it with for in . their at the an invaded the winter than countries on ises” in greater numbers previous year, but where their various com- panies led them they ire to find an almost equal number of Ger- man tourists, traveling with similar Ge t companies, or in even ostentatious style private a no tourist es wer rman tour automobiles, on the “trains de luxe,” ing in the best rooms in the best and invariably dining in the most ultra plush restaurants and or- dering the b wines and cham- heartily of riding hot pagnes them. and drinking Swarm Tourists' It the American mance and (asbah, at mans; Haustx, tourist seeks ro- picturesquen in the Algiers, he will find Ger- in the Arab section of Tan- er, Germans: on the Acrpolis at thens, Germans; in the Mosque of St Sophia, in Constantinople, Ger- mans; the bazaars at Damascus. n the Church the Holy Sepulchre t Jerusalem, the seums at Cairo, at the pyramids, on all the Nile steamers, at Luxor, in the Val- ley of the Kings, at Karnak, Assuan, 'ort Said, Alexandria— everywhere Giermans. This does not mean an oc German or an occasional man party, but many of them. Along the main tourist routes of southern Europe and the near east the German language is heard almost much as English, and therc are roly many signs notices sted ains and stations and otels guidance of Germans for American tourists. the situation at the present and it has been the same ever ast Novembe 1y Europeans Traveling. A\ ¥renchma in in at casional as ne and in for as there This is time, th are sinee 1 o traveling for plea. 1924 practically of thing. Italians in resorts are rare and n of th titled class. The num- «r of Ep®lishmen with leisure and eans to gravel the present time = small, only fraction of 1 per ent of the figures before the war. Hut despite the war and despite the poverty at home, Germans are travel- many- thousands of them, and first-class fashion. the year is unheard ery ing, in very It is difficult to estimate just how many there are wintering abroad since any available figures would necessarily contain many duplica- tions. However, a rough idea of the German invasion obtained from an official report of the Italian sovernment that 150,000 German rourists have been registered in Ttaly within the past vear. It Is believed that this figure is misleading since it certainly contains m duplica- But a fraciion of this number] together with propor- tionate [showing for France, Switzer- land and near eastern countries would bring the total to an army of considerable size. is ny ions a the very Members of the American consulate rvice abroad, who have collected some . on the situation, estimate the total number of traveling and sightseeing Germans the past win- tor at nearly 200,000. These same American officials also have figured wut the interesting computation that avery week for the past six months, Germans traveling abroad for pleas- ure have spent an average of $10,- 100,000, or -an amount equivalent to proposed gift from the Amer- taxpayers to the poverty-strick- n Germany ican n Excuse for Extravagance. This correspondent had the imper- tinence to ask a dozen well dressed, well fed German gentlemen in dif- ferent parts ofythe world how they found it compatable with their con- science to spend £o much on travel, with the amount of misery prevalent at home, and in every case he re- celved the same answer or approxi- mately the same: “Well, this is the first chance we have had to move sut of Germany in ten years now. Don't you think it's about time we deserved a little fun.” This desire for relaxation and “fun" among the Germans appears to be very widespread, for those who have been occupied with the more serious pursuits of sightseeing, cruising from noint to point cn specially chartered hips. among whici is now numbored the ex-kaiser's former private yacht, the Metior, are in the minorit more of their compatriots have chosen the “play spqts” of Eurepe, Moritz and Chamonix in Switaer- land for the winter sports, the Fremsh Riviera, Cannes. Nice, Monte Carte and Mentone for gambling, horse racing. yachting and other win- in | matter with private | Many | THOUSANDS 1 Luxuriously, Spend-| nd tor and or- | ter mayeties, southern Italy | walking tours and motoring basking in the sun beneath the ange groves. Italy has proved to b American consuls German horde ort, every ar the favorite. report that the filled every re- spa, every watering place | beautiful little sid town from Genoa to Venice and from | Milan to Naples. Rome and with adjacent Pompeii and Florence, | are overrun with German sightse and many hundreds have spent the | entire winter along the Italian Ri-| viera, painting and walking and mountain climbing at Sorrento. | Amalfl, Salerno, and in Sicily at Pal- | ermo and Taormina. has ever; se Spendthrift Southern | nunibers, | eticntete he mory rance. | France but Germans wintering Nice and Monte Carlo lavish fashion son, in many e suites at the most fas entertaining continuously, always ac- companicd by much-bejeweled women and participating in the most expen- sive amusements and pastimes. agers at both the Carlo and Cannes told this corre- spondent recently that it was Ger- | man money that kept the gambling tables going throughout a rather meager season. Switzerland is in the peculiar posi- tion of both welcoming and resent- ing the immigration of her Teutonic neighbors from ucross the border. erman gold has kept the banks booming and financed some indu s, and German visitors have kept | many hotels always filled, but at | the same time great numbers of the | lower classes have filtered in and | sradually obtained a majority of ‘all | the jobs to be had by a willingness or even eagerness to work hard for | board and lodging only. The waiters, | porters, bellboys and maids in the | hotels in Switzerland are nearly all Germans now, working for a bare living, and the natives are jobless |and in bad straits, unable to com- | pete. This has become a really | serious condition, as the hotel busi- | ness is the main industry in Swit- zerland, and in most cases the ousted | hotel servants know no other trade. drawn fewer a dthrift at Canne lived the s have in throughout keeping : hotels, Man- | casinos at Monte | is Paris Gayeties Lure Germans. The gayeties of Paris during the winter season also have lured wealthy Germans away from home. have been living at the Ritz, at the | Continental, at the Clarid There |is always a goodly sprinkling of | them at every performance of the Grand Opera and the Opera Comique, especially in force for the Wagnerian offerings. Each evening sces at least one party of Germans at cach of the famous expensive restaurants for dinner—the Cafe de Paris, La Rue, Canneton, the Maisonette, and after [ the theater at the American ja dance cafes in Montmartre, Pigalle I'Abbaye, the Paraquette, Zelli's and | other such restaurants, spending money freely. Often these Germans in Paris try to give the impression that they are Swiss or Alsatian, Hol- landers or Hungarians, but i necessary for all foreigners to make out police registration cards, and on practically all of these their home town is given as Berlin, Strassburg or some other German city. There has been a general feeling of surprise and some indignation ex- pressed by Americans by the tact- lessness shown by Germans with whom they have rubbed elbows on their travels, in trains, and omnibus- ses, on boats and in the hotels. Every one seems to have been struck with a certain arrogance and “pushiness” that the Germans show toward their fellow travelers, “They act like they own the world,” about sums up the | impression that a great many Ameri- |cans are bringing back to America | with them and one of the favorite | pastimes of American friends | meeting in Europe is to swap yarns | of altercations, minor hostilities, and even heated, though bloodless combat that they have had' over stolen rail- way seats or other such small un- pleasantnesses, some of which ended in bad feeling all around. Welcomed With Open Arms. It is not at all surprising that Ger- mans should gain’a feeling of equal- ity and perfect freedom among for- ecigners, even their recent enemies for they are treated on all sides with un- feigned hospitality and cordiality, es- pecially if they are spending money. Hotel keepers, head waiters, shop 'keepers and al lother classes who have anything to gain from travelers' | pocketbooks are just as obsequious, just as willing to please Germans as they are Americans, more so in fact, if the Germans appear to be more pros- perous, for Germans' money is just as good as every one's else, and it the end that is the real criterion in these times of tight money and high tax- es. Prince Ruprecht, the ex-Kaiser's son, was wintering with his suite at the Winter Palace Hotel in Luxor. No more deference could have been shown him before the war. He was given the same bowing and salaaming and general regal atténtion that the Prince of Wales is given en tour, if not more, and on all official and state functions he assumed and was given the same precedence formerly shown to royalty. This same friendly feeling toward rich Germans is evinced with equal | atacrity in France where all bitter- ness from the war disappears at the sight of gold. French waiters and porters and others with war decora- tions and war wounds, missing arms and scarred faces, bowing and scrap- (Coatinued on Third Paged on « BY FRANK H. SIMONDS. FTER nearly two months studying the existing situation in rope, in England, in France and at Geneva, where the session of the council of the league of nations brought to- gether many different national opinions, what is the net impression and how does this im- pression correspond with other impressions de- rived from several similar investigations made since the close of the conflict now more than five years ago? At as th in Eu- spent the very outset of any such discussion : questions raise it is essential to rec- ognize that recent months have seen a pro- found changs all over western Europe—an for that matter, over eastern Europe as well, ve in the igle of Germany More over, this change warrants a degree of opti- mism which was disclosed in the commen: made to me by M. Eenes, the foreign minister of Czechoslovakin and cabled by me to Amer- ica time ago. Of course, the most striking single outward » is disclosed in the f and the temper nt French and British conversations. sphere of mutual distrust, irritation open recrimination has in the last «n place to a rather astonishing degree of renewed confidence, and France and Britain ¢ actually talking together in fashion which has no parallel since the close of the world war. go farther and say that after a misunderstanding and quarreling, out of personal quite as much difierences, Ramsay MacDonald has been able to restore an atmosphere in which the repr atives of both nations and the peoples of both countries are proceeding with cas sume ch of An and even few week ne re at in One might period of growing political as en been lacking, because on every side the report of the expert commission has been awalted s offering the only solid base for actual dis- ussion. At the same time it would be a mistake not to note the significance of private discussions which have been going on in Lon- don between MacDonald and the French am- bassador on the matter of French securit following the publication of the French Yel- low Book, which narrated the history and recorded the failure of all the other similar discussions which were carried on up to the hour when the French finally decided to go into the Ruhr. The recognition on the part of MacDonald that France is entitled to some special as- sumance of szeurity has made.a certain im- pression in France. The advance reports of the character of the decisions of the expert commission with respect to German capacity to pay—reports bearing out the French ar- guments that Germany could pay, and pay heavily—have also been of utmost importance. Policy Must Walt Elections. all calculations of ultimate must still await a second cir the forthcoming French The general expectation the moment is that, as one s in Europe, the result will “go to the left’—that is, t fewer of the members of the new senate and chamber will represent more or less pro- nounced nationalistic convictions and that more will be classed rather summarily as liberal. But the change is not expected to upset Poincare, although it may. What is really looked for is not that Poincare will ha obliced to I office, but that he will ident himself a little in the future with the liberal rather than the extreme clements. But until the election is held, in May, noth- Nevertheless French poliey cumstancy zeneral e more Europe Strives for Understanding; | Germany Alone Woos Trouble numbers as a conscquence of the forthcoming electoral test. It also Is true that the outcry of the German natfon against the report of the experts is almost as general as that which grected the publication of the Paris terms five years ago. What scems almost inevitable, then, is that there will emerge from the German election a new government, committed in advance to resist to the limit the application of the terms which have been formulated by the expert and presumably will be adopted by the arations commission and thus adopted by allied nations. The work of the expert easily prove a supreme dis mans, because it puts the s economic body upon terms financial side, go far beyond the Germans have ever even considered p ing. To accept them would be to defeat the whole effort which Germany has been making in the world for nearly five years to escape from the comsequences of defeat, and the de- n of the world that she must repair the has created commission ster for the of an impartial which, on the anything which may Ger- cisil ruins she rope.generally further assumes German election d German srnment its attle will be §i attack will be undertaken —this time of the terms experts. What remai whether this battle will be undertaken b onen chzilenge or, as in the earlier instance, by pretended efforts to fulfill, leading to fic titious domes financial chaos later. In other words, Europe wonders whether Germany will seek to fight or to evade the new decisions. That she will honestly undertake to fulfill them, no one, at least Now, then, that when the new eat a ne over taken a new German against fulfillment laid down by the problematical is the Zov as sine ic economic and on 'GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION NURTURED IN SECRECY Silzer Declares Limelight Publicity Will Work ’ a Cure. Gov. of BY HE IDWARD F. ROBERTS. limelight of publicity is the own picking s : erably disturbed nominated | one sure cure for corruption | | in government in the opinion | | of George S. Silzer, of New Jersey, | Gov. Silzer's remedy of publicity | mot, moreover.*a mere phrase. It is a | prescription which he has put into practical effect in the state capitol at Trenton and has thereby given some | yery shock the political | veterans of both parties in his native state. The governor subscribes to the doctrine of Woodrow Wilson that “They do not dare lay a bad case be- fore mankind. “There is nothing so good for gov. ernment as the limelight,” says Silzer. “Whenever a political dal breaks, whether in Washington or where, it is a rule, without exception, that it had its birth nd nurture in secrecy. The corrupt politician and the corrupt business man who uses him fear the they fear nothing else and they have | brought the of blindfolding the | people to a high state of perfection | 1f we are to have an honest and effi- | cient government it must be a gov- ernment in which every move is dic- tated in the full light of day and with the public knowing at every | step what is being done and why it is engineers in New Jerse of heing Maj | chiet of stafr | Army. Th to s« the vately azainst | When the committes ernor asked them then invited the & spondents into the ro the reporters | tee to state their senators did not of an audience | Senate, where was promptly “We b ment back Silzer, and know that keeping the formed in regar hen ah oy overnor of . ' Sena the Stat severe to front ed ections for that kind to the | he as the comm but the care the confirmed. pac v ve got to the the that peopl govern- Gov that 1 sean- any representatives | the responsibilit with the voter: elect a ma ceed to 1« the time public as Th art and thout comes and election. However; 1 | fauit is more with | than with the publi Americ him ur for another believe the official ieve that ery muct our ns as a whole a Hamburg, | amazing openness of mind realities underlying the inter: fons of each. They think, with unmistakable sincerit stand each other. of this is the re has consented to France over the French security. reopen always vital France in Reasonable Mood. there has been Britain, been no transformation in political But I do not think that France, a moderate and reasonabie mood 1914, must again advise caution, s teen in atmos- in fundamental of the European situation, so France has mod- gree rather than in fact her point Frane rather less there has or personal figure: exaggeration to say is in the mos that she bas experienced since this one just as the British change h: | phere rather than in too, obvious than in ified in de | of view, The failure of the tions directly, Ruhr to or indirectly fluctuation hav 1 temporary served to accentuate recent franc, Ofthand, I should say that the French are in the most peaceful mood of They | any people with whom 1 have directly or in i directly | Burope. ANl actual | tone in come in contact since to e sts and opin- are actually And perhaps the last proof 5 diness with which MacDonald Aiscussions problem produce rep: to bring German surrender to terms, coupled with | French | sire for a real settlement and an end of inter- | results of this marked change Britain and of temper in France amine the of European scttlem French public men, lave their attention tic conditions, will be used only weakness, success groups. This del tance, however, port of the hands of the will certainly conclusions In point ef ion is hardly ence upon the one does here, return to pow reduced, but counts In the man election, whick and vers trying, 1 . to under- with o experts a change, sine take fact, likel it an a whole, In saying becau hardly conception shed upon German the the > next about Jecting the the de- N fall of ANl over Europe an elections will rse from those elements which are to any attempt to peace, whether the modifications of the earlier agr perts, will landed in in have gain FARM MARKET WASTE COULD BE ELIMINATED Williams Measure Provides Machinery for Orderly Distribution of Products Over U. S. BY WILL P, KENNEDY. ESIGNED to eliminate the waste in marketing of farm products, to stabilize prices for the farmer and the con- sumer and to get an orderly distribu- tion that will supply the needs of all communities, avoiding gluts or fam- ines, a bill is now before Congress which may serve as a basis for carry- ing out President Coolidge's recom- mendations with regard to co-oper- ative marketing. With the McNary-Haugen bill fac- ing a very probable defeat, this meas ure fathered by Representative Ar- thur B. Williams of Michigan, Who has had notable success as corpora- tion attorney, farmer, manufacturer and financier, which has given him a well rounded view of the problem, the one important measure mow be- fore Congress through which the ad- ministration can make good its prom- ise of relief to the farmer. | 1t has the most emphatic support of | those individuals and associations that have given closest study to the marketing problems of the farmer and especially to co-operative mar- keting. Representative ~ Willlams starts from the premise that co-operative marketing cannot be a success un- less, in addition to the local co-oper- atives, there is established a market- ing agency to carry products from the local co-operatives to the apnsuming public. Therefore, his bill attacks the problem in a very comprehensive WAaY. Clearing House Associations. 1t provides for clearing house asso- ciations whose function will be to gather up the produce from a certain defined production territory from the co-operatives and pass the same on to the terminal markets, such as Chi- cago, New York and other centers. Provision also is made for terminal marketing associations made up of co-operative organizations, wholesal- ers, brokers and commission men, large consumers and other firms deal- ing in and handling agricultural products. Heretofore the co-operatives have shipped their stuff forward to mar- ket, usually without a sale in advance and subject to the hazards that have surrounded such shipments. Under the Williams bill provision is made for inspection as to grade, qual- ity and condition at points of origin and if necessary in transit and at terminal marketing destinations. Charters are isssed to all of these various associations, which means merely a certificate of approval is- sued by a federal marketing bureau but only upon condition that their several assoclations will agree to the conditions set out in the act and upon agreement to observe the va- rious featyres of the act applicable to them. Among other things, each association agrees to arbitrate, under rules prescribed by the federal mar- keting board, and in disputes that may arise as to imspection or condi- tion of products shipped, thus avoid- ing the expense and hazards of court action or submitting to possible frayd or mistreatment. 4 The shipper is, therefore, protected in what may happen at terminal mar- kets if he ships without a sale in ad- vance and the buyer can purchase at long distance, knowing just what he is to receive. ‘Would Adopt Standards. To carry out these features the federal marketing board shall adopt all standards and grades heretofore established by the Department of Ag- riculture, and, until such grades and standards are adopted, can set up its own standards and grades. The clearing house associations are au- thorized to organize export organiza- tions under the Webb-Pomerene law. The theory of the whole bill is to encourage commodity organizations which experience has shown are the only kind of organization that can best serve in the co-operative move- ment. The administration of this act is placed in the hands of a federal mar- keting board, consisting of seven members, five appointed by the Pres- ident and the other two to be ex- officio the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Commerce. This board is thus placed midway between these two departments, where it may receive the benefits of necessary con- tact with both of them, involving, as it does, matters of production as well as the handling of products when they enter interstate comméree. The federal marketing bureau may appoint commodity boards of one or three members to head up the. or- ganization of any given commodity. Such boards, however, shall continue as federal boards only three years after appointment, and can be dis- continued at an earlier date if the commodity is sufficiently well organ- ized to establish and, maintain its own board. The five members of the federa T (Continued on Third Page) = ing can be done of any nt, Toincare and to indicate because, must reparations its own however, to bave much real course of events, assuming, that in any event Poincare will er with a majority, perhaps re- Furopean situation also comes early in May, the light that German probable government expert report German Nationalists to Gain. it is agreed that take most istic and most determined in fulfill terms financial ment just presented by enormously he real value in the way i because all of the included, will concentrated upon do- foreign negotiations the strength or failure of contending hardly of real impor- in any event, the re< pass through the sommission, which in reaching 1t of the the French fairly ask #teps draw all tinuance French time elec- o influ- as the French 2 16 st On the son shaken. What really is the be French they hold German vergenc Britain des sequenc dep r- campaign maneu- course of the in accepting or re- the Ger- exactly the opposite France and that those violently national- their opposition the terms of the is made in 1919 or the purpos of the the ex- = and leitrant in phases in prestige continent, rmany openly challe experts. ni aceepted to cocree criticism 1 of French oceupa hardly refuse ever she might prefer to do, restored. other hand 1e pretense of acceptance, custained protest, the compromised, should in acceptance of ¢ might f > of political chaos Thus, ting ipen the German Germany re France submissive in then the nite guarantees even dreams. Entente Might Be Rewtored. ges the decisions then the moral situation of be obvioy strong, becanse, the terms herself, France can er associates to join with her in rmany, or at least to with- opposition to a exerted through Ruhr. Britain Fr: in this ca In this way old entente might will con- pressure in th, spport ion to = ean mblance of the if ¢ any should make after violent and French situation would likely, the the gates rn provided refuse to abandon the Ruhr on the mere show of In that case di- yinion between Frgnee and Great with larger in Burope as a Al tter of gam- of German have as is a new ow, an even con- it on 1 the « leaders, for mus in, is T the direction these whether Fi if Germany is re- but if Germany appearance, disloyal in French insistence upon defi- ay become irritating. electio an Iy seores; (Continued on Third Page . BALKANS MAY PROVE ANOTHER Politics of Larger. BY OLIVER OWEN KUHN. UMANIA holds Bessarabia. Russian troops foregather over the frontier in constant menace. That's the situation that has aroused the foreign offices of European powers and again centered attention upon the smaller nations of the west, always regarded potential danger zones, always menacing the general peace and progress of Eu- rope through alliances created as bal- ances for political scales. Comparatively little mention has been made of the withdrawal of the invitation to Queen Marie and King Ferdinand to visit the courts of Rome and Madrid, much -bas been said of their arrival in Paris and the portant conferences going on there. Belgium extended an invitation to the Rumanian rulers, but for a date impossible of fulfillment by the royal pair. Beneath the surface there have been running currents politically dan- gerous to practically ail of the larger powers, not excluding Great Britain. And chiefly because Rumaria contin- ues to hold to Bessarabia, which grant was agreed to by the very pow ers that today apparently are jeal- ously guarding their own interests in the constantly changing political ad- justments. Rumania in Need of Aid. Rumania, it must be admitted, has been in sore straits since the war by virtue of war burdens and subsequent economic and financial adjustment. Likewise she has been caught in po- litical machinations that have mark- cd these readjustments. Rumania at the instance of France became a member of the little entente. While she subscribed to the general purposes of the entente and thereby promoted the idea of expansion of French po- litical influence in eastern Europe, Rumania has needed greater aid. Among the financial operations of Rumania was the borrowing of 16,- 000,000 lire from Italy. Whatever the merits of Italy's claim may be, never- theless the loan is a bone of conten- tion between the two countries, Italy, it being declared, having threatened to send warships to the Danube to .enforce collection er at least con- vince the Rumanians that the Ital- ians mean busifless when they de- mand some sort of settlement. Subse- quent to the Italian demands came the withdrawal of the invitation of the Rumanian rulers to visit Rome— an actfon highly resented in Bucha- rest. im- even TINDER BOX Powers, Using the Smaller Nations as Cat’s-paws. Is Blamed. The strife between Rumania and Jtaly at the moment is in strange contrast to the friendliness existing during and immediately following the war when Rumanian influence was important in the general settlement of Adriatic and Balkan problems. At this period the Italian loan is said to have been negotiated by Rumania But since the advent of French in- fluence in southeastern Europe Ru- mania has been in large measure weaned away from previous Italian | sympathy. Italy always has been suspicious of the little entente largely because it was sponsored by Paris and stood adamant against the extension of | Italian influence. It is likely thaf the cooling of Italian interest in so far as Rumania was concerned came when Rumania supported in large measure the attitude of Jugoslavia in the Fiume scttlement and again at the behest of the French. Other Countriex Assisted. Though the little entente has been a means of greatly furthering the in- terests of the smaller powers of southeastern Furope, largely pro- moted by the division of Austria and Hungary, and possibly has been the means of preventing outbreaks b virture of these territorial adjust- ments, the little entente as such, has not furthered in large measure the individual interests of participant countries. Jugoslavia, Czechoslo- vakia and Poland all have received favorable loans from Paris, and in all instances there have been drafted separate treaties with France, they being interpreted by many as purely offensive and defensive agreements. Rumania, knowing the French desire to erect barriers, not only against future Teutonic aggression, but un- due Russian movements against Po- land—strongly allied with France of- fensively and defensively—approach- ed Paris for a loan and’ a treaty binding. the two countries closer to- gether. Because Italy has long been suspi- clous of French influence in the Mediterranean and the Balkans, Ttaly's interests - at various times having been sorely beset through the instrumentality of France, Italy may have shown her resentment toward Rumania through calling for a loan settlement and withdrawing the in- vitation to Rumanian rulers. If the understanding between Italy and Spain, reached during the visit of Primo de Rivero of Spain to Rome, is borme out as,inimical to France, being done.” Practical Example. Just what Silzer means publicity in government | illustrated by one of his first acts after his election. The question of | test public interest at that time in New Jersey was the claborate road | program for which $40,000,000 in bonds had been issued and which was under the control of the state high- way commission. There had been | widespread charges of waste and | corruption in the building of the roads, and, whatever their personal | responsibility, the governor knew | that the members of the highway commission had pletely forfeited the confidence of the public. Sixdays | after his inauguration he appeared in person before the Legislature and in vigorous age laid the acts in the situation and announced that he had dismissed from office all | the cight members the existing hizhway commission. He recommend- ed and obtained the passage of a bill | reorganizing the commission, exter ing its powers so as to place upon full responsibility for the expenditure | of the funds and reducing its mem- bership to four. | This drastic action required more | than ordinary courage for the reason {that the highway commission con- | sisted of a majority of Democrats and was the most important public office held by men of the governor's own party, the Legislature being over- whelmingly Republican. Of course, there were loud howls from the ma- e politicians, but the governor had so aroused public opinion by his f statement of conditions that he was able to defy all opposition. He went even further by appointing two Republicans and two to the newly constituted commission The that he found himself in a clash with for his ap- Republican mem- The Senators right, but of their by can best be gre me: bare, Demoerats rious part of this move was the Republican Senate pointment of th bers of the commission. wanted Republicans all they wanted Republican: s has been charged, then the with- drawal of Spain's invitation to the Rumanian rulers may be understood |1t is declaved that the Italians and | Spanish will work in closest alliance in future in order to maintain a bal- | ance of power in Mediterranean mat- | ters against the French. The whole situation, it would appear, is the out- growth of the desire of Italy and | Spain to make it plain to France | that they no longer intend to be | dominated by Franece. | Possible Future Line-Up. | In justly or unjustly, it | 1s charged that the Italians have a | secret working arrangement with | Itussia, and that the Italian demands | on Rumania were timed with the | Bessarabian conference between the Rumanians and Russians, which re- sulted in nothing but disagreement. | Upon the ramifications of any agree- ment betwecn the Italians and the Russians may depend much. and in maintaining her present position withont coming into clash with other iarger powérs. Should Russia, Italy and Spain, all apprehensive of the e tension of French influence on the continent, stand together and Eng- land later ally herself with Russia | to be reckomed with in all arrange- ments, political or otherwise. That the French are beginning to awaken to France's danger of ally ing herself with the smaller countries in dispute with larger nations al- ready has been indicated forcibly Should, for instance, Russia strike either Poland or Rumania in the future, and there is little indication that they would not do so to obtain particular ends, then France, by na- ‘ture of her agreements and financial and political interests, would be forced to go to war in aiding her smaller brothers. In such case the antagonism of Spain’and Italy would be embarrassing to French plans, to gay the least. Of course, the scope of the various agreements existing between the larger powers and smaller ones to the | west remain to be revealed, but the trend of events In recent weeks indi- cates that the Balkans bear watching, and that by virtue of the very agree- ments now being effected the Bal- kans will nfore than ever become representative of the old-time appel- ation, “the tinder box of Europe.” France will have exceeding difficulty | | is made to keep them | doingz | open in general arrangements, there weuld | | pe formed a bloc upon thie continent | | ample powers for e rnment affairs and effort that formed. The organizations Kiwanis and Lions on public af of a heart indicati interested will eagerl in gov welcom great success of such Rotar® where as the clubs, speakers rs are always sure eption, re of that is a vers d End Committee Rule, asked Gov. Silzer if h specific recommendation as the publicity in which he advocated might be brought about. “Well,” he ‘one of the and biggest be done | call a halt to the ever-growin by anything abou the proceedir >uld mak re to how government said, things to pra tice Any politics on the are of lit with doors true every state It is a sys which has veloped t P sions of ( lature of governme who knows knows floor of committec one tle what g of the comn in W compare »es on behind the closed is steadily are more often forms. The people’s get up and make speeches for the sole purpose of their effect on their constituents, knowing that action on whatever subject they are di has and nothing the than not me representati th effont Iready been say w “There are t the legislativ These « so that the men and Kmerich the wh wha are 1v know Lehind them to m necessary motiv their of they 1 suspicion actions to judt who wishes to do som to be ther hin officia that h 1 above bo: When b o public confidence it is @ presumptior that his motives and actions will ne bear scrutiny by honest ' “An excellent example of what mean occurred here in New Jersey connection with the bill for the elim ination of night for Year after year bills been introduced in the legis] smothered in committees, took the fight out men who were were glad passage wa to h ce fair men work womer When into the open th opposing these bill to run to cover and sured.” Needs Light. problem whic muc wi Coal One national Silzer believes of publicity at coal situation “We have got tion of prot there is no prospect « where so far as I ernment is just and the only way any action is by the preser this can see. The letting things will ever g arousing the publi by showing the mthe facts in the case At the present time we have surance that there will be any chang. in the old familiar situation wher winter comes around again. The pro ducers will n production in order to boost prices. The author ities will make of futilc gestures and the public as usual wil no reduce a number What is the remedy?” T asked “The obvious thing is to have « declared a public utility. Nobody deny that it is that, and if that step were taken as soon as coal was loaded onto the railroad trucks it would pass under the supervision of the Inters Commerce Commission, which ient regulation The last time oal situation he came acute enough to attract public attention we got action in the form of a fact-finding commission. The commission did good enough work in ascertaining the facts, but there they stopped. They proposed only half- hearted remedies and even these hay never been given effect be winter passed and the public all about the matter. “One of our trouble: ever a national acute there always for additional governmental o deal with ft. Th do not need additio have all we need if it was properly applied and the only way to get i applied is through pressure of pubiic opinion, which brings me back to my original contention that what want is more limelight on our gov- ernment” the use the forgot is that when problém does becom: is some clamor machinery truth is that w. machinery. We we