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EVERYDAY RELIGION RT. REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN, D. D., * WHAT IS SUCCESS? Developing Success Qualities Bishop of Washington. HIS MOTHER. g T. JOHN, 19. “There stood by the cross of Jesus His mother.” It is a ‘matter of deep inter- est that in the brief chronicle that records the life of the Savior His mother figures conspicuously. From the days of Bethlehem's manger to the time when He came to Jerusa- lem at twelve vears of age. then on through the long eighteen years of silence at Nazareth, His associations with His mother were close and inti- mate. When at length He merged to undertake His vast work His mother’s solicitude constantly fol- lowed Him. Frealiently she was with Him as at the feast in Cana of ialilee, and during the last eventful days when His enemies conspired to take His life she was still near Him. At length when nailed upon the Cross and dying. it is recorded, “there stood by the cr of Jesus His mother.” Mother Nearest Him. Other great influence plaved about His life, affectionate friendships were formed, the crowds hailed Him as a Freat teacher and mighty deliverer, butdn the test of devotion no one was comparable to His mother. On the ®ve of His crucifixion, “all His disci- ples forsook Him and fled. At the cross. His intimate friend and disciple John was present, but nearest 0 Him in life and in death was Mary, His mother. The greatest artists the world has known have exhausted their genius In seeking to protray this blessed fellows The musician and the | Toet have found in this holy intimacy | that which gave birth to their finest eXpression in song and verse. The most joyous ¢ n all the year finds its center and inspiration in the homely incidents that cluster about the birth in Bethlehem. “Chiefest among women” has t blessed mother been called. It hardly to be wondered at that Jesus n all His teachings and relations With men sought to elevate mother- hood to its supreme ce of power and dignity. The sacredness of the mother’s office in His eyes partook of the divine. Nothing was comparable to it 11 down through the g men have with ine ng reverence re- garded the sanctity of motherhood. Wherever there been any evi- dence of an inconsiderate regard for the mother's high pluce and lofty distinction the finer things of civiliza- tion have suffered decline and impair- ment. Boast as we may ubout the Zenius, wealth or resourcefulness of a nation, that which is most funda- mental to its prosperity and per- petuity is to be found in the char- acter of its home it was more than poetic fancy that prompted the line: Noble Tribute to Mother. *The hand that the rules the world.” rocks cradle | forms of | that gives worthy son who declared “No man is ever greater than his mother.” There may be many definitions of great- ‘ness, but when we come to weigh them in the scales of a discriminating judgment we are bound to admit that the beauty and refinement of mother- love with its persuasive and per- vasive influerce transcends all other true greatness. The very implicity and homeliness of this love as it discloses itself within the more intimate circle of the home gives it a distinction peculiarly its own. The rongest men whose conspicuous service to the nation makes them no- tables pay unfailing tribute to the power of mother-love. The lad in the strange city whose early life has been lived within the confines of a humble home stiil feels amidst all the straining and testing temptations of his new environment the sacred and potential influences that proceed from the mother's heart. The soldier smitten on the field of battle, with his latest breash, utters the one word that discloses the deep- est feelings of his heart. Even the man coarsened and sometimes brutal- ized through contact with the grosser things of life still pays reverent tribute to the woman who bore him. There are some things so high and holy that they do not readily lend themselves to any form of praise we may bestow upon them. However far removed we may be in time and place from the hallowed associa- tions of childhood, it is utterly im- possible for us to ever forget the life and love of the one whose hand did more to mold and shape our characters than all the other influ- ences that have plaved about our lives. - Conserving Home Things. Nothing deserves more careful con- sideration in our day and generation than the con:er\'l}lion of those things that relate to the home. A nation its first concern to this most fundamental of institutions is | the one that will longest endure. The nation that cultivates in its youth a chivalrous affection and devotion for the things of the home and mother- hood will inevitably produce the happiest and most prosperous people. The church itself, with all its sacred offices, depends upon the home and its wholesome ways for its security and enrichment. On this Mother's Sunday we chiv- alrously turn to those whom God has given the highest and holiest of re- sponsibilities, expecting from them, through example and precept, those things that are most vitally related to character building. Statesmen may legislate all kinds of reform associa- tions and agencies may prosecute their worthy tasks, captains of in- dustry and industrial workers may conspire together to make this the richest and most prosperous of world powers. but when all's said and done, the character of our youth, which alone guarantees the stability of the nation, is formed and fashioned by the sacred influence of the mother. That was a noble tribute paid by a ! Old Revamped (Copyright, 1924. by Current News Features, corporated.) Slave Trade Act Would Hit Rum Runners HI old federal slave trade act, written on the statute books some 125 years ago. witn the change of only a very few words, may soon be set to work to make prohibition enforcement a fact Instead of merely &n act Representative William A. Avres of Kansas, who last week frustrated an attempt to cripple the Federal Trade Commission by ruthless slashing of its appropriation in defiance of the protests of business interests, has conceived the idea of revamping the old slave trade act to bring the rum runners to the bar of effective jus- tice. The old slave trade act prohibited any one from importing human be- ings for the purpose of slavery. It provided that nationals of this country engaged in illicit traffic in slaves in violation of that law. either in vessels under the United S flag or on foreign ship deemed gzuilty of pirac oned for life. There was another pro- vision that any one fitting up a ves- sel for the purpose of engaging in the slave traffic would be similarly guilty of piracy. Recently when officials of the coast guard were before the House appro- priations committee successfully ar- guing that an appropriation of about $14,000,000 must be made to adequate- Iv equip this service with personnel and speedy motor boats to thwart the rum runners, who had been insu'ting the flag of this country with armed resistance and impunity, Representa- tive Ayres got his big idea. The testimony showed that even when with antiquated ships the coast guard was able to apprehend some vessel in the rum-running fleet, un- der the Volstead law, after comvic- tion, these offenders simply paid a relatively small fine out of their ill- gotten gains and even were able to buy back their boats and in one trip recoup all their losses. So, Representative Ayres hunted up the old slave trade act and struck out the world “slaves” and substi- tuted “intoxicating liquors” and in- stead of imprisonment - for life changed the penalty to five years for the first offense and ten years for the second offense. His bill makes the imposition of a penitentiary sentence not discretionary with the judge, but mandatory. The prohibition ~authorities now strong for the Ayres bill. Representative Ayres hopes to get a hearing soon before the House judiciary _committee, at which the prohibition authorities will urge the passage of ths measure as the sim- plest way in which to really enforce prohibition. The highest court of the land has repeatedly held the old slave act valid; although the slave traffic did ot come within the meaning of ‘piracy” in the law of nations, any nation had a right to define “piracy” within its own jurisdiction. So there is prospect that the “rum- running fleet” may be legislatively branded as a “rum-pirate fleet.” are Agreement of All Nations Upon Dawes (Continued from First Page.) by the end of the year actually in operation. My conviction is that Europe, speak- ing generally, wants peace. Russia as a disturbing element is out of the question for some time. Germany is potentially a danger and it is manifest that the process of cooling off has gone a much shorter distance there than anywhere else in western Europe. Until the Dawes report was made the states- men of most European countries were more concerned with the dangers in- cident to surrendering things which were demanded by their publics than with bearing the responsibility'for post- poning or even preventing adjustment. This was because publics were, speak- ing generally, far more insistent upon their rights than they were convinced of the meed of sacrifice and com- promise. ‘Weakness of Statesmen. The weakness of statesmen has lain in their refusal to educate their pub- lics. They have been saasfed to let their peoples cling to impossible hopes. But the education of the publics of all nations has made remarkable prog- ress in the past year. The occupation of the Ruhr may yet turn out to have been beyond debate the turning point in the post-war adjustments, because it demonstrated that nothing was pos- sible, 8ave as there were profound con- ceasions made on all sides. Mr. MacDonald is going to bargain with France. He is going to get an unlimited chance for the Dawes report program. but he is not going to get jt for ndthing. He is going to get Ger- many into the league of nations and ho is going, in so far as he can, to 4 transform the league into a real force *%n Buropean affairs. But along the way he will have to discuss inter- allied debts, Anglo-French relations in case of new German attacks upon France and a whole variety of other it will be Plan Foreseen questions. None of these questions is new, but up to date it has never been possible to discuss any one of them usefully because of the state of mind in the several countries. In Wilsen's Position. In a sense MacDonald may now find himself in something of the position occupied by Woodrow Wilson at Paris All things considered, he has today the confidence of Europe to an extent en- Joyed by no man since Mr. Wilson. He has a great advantage over Mr. Wil- son due to the fact that he has spent practically all his mature life in Par- liament and in the closest sort of per- sonal relations with men and affairs and with continental as well as British groups. In all the months since he took over the conduct of foreign affairs from Viscount Curzon at a moment When British prestige was at the low- est point in modern times, he has made no serious mistake and he has accom- plished much. It is due to his course that the Dawes report is now to be discussed in an atmosphere totally dif- ferent from that which has prevailed in all the recent international gather- ings, not excepting the Washington con- ference. Moreover, his formal and pub- lic repudiation of a policy seeking the isolation of France seems to me a turn- ing point in the whole discussion. ‘Whether the Dawes report will work when put into operation, what the ulti- ‘mate consequences may be of what is confessedly the hugest intermational economic experiment in human history, these are problems Ilor the future. But now I feel certain that it will be put into operation, -following substantial Franco-British agreement, and that European skies will become clearer and clearer in the next few months. Mean- time it would be hard to exaggerate the importance of European events and news in the period which will be cov- ered by the American domestic political campaign. e 1924, by the ure Newspaper (Copyright, ”"mdluu; A BY HERBERT COREY. This is guesswork, like so much of our best literature. But i* is a good guess. If Luther C. Steward had ever cared one horripllating hoot about his job the. Federal Employes' Union might not be in existence today. Or it might be. That's another guess. Anyhow, the F. E. U. has 45,000 mem- bers out of an eligible 200,000, and is perhaps the only union in the world that is pledged in its own constitu- tion not to strike, and seems to be working with one eye on the better- ment of the individual pocketbook and the other eye on the betterment of the government service, which is about all one can ask. But if it had not been that the present president of the union always had an inde- pendent streak—— “Jobs!” says he. “Jobs! Shucks! There are plenty of jobs. 1 never worried about holding my job—" Anyhow, here's the story. The usual spring scandal had materialized at Bllis Island in 1901, there being very little of anything at Ellis Island in those days except immigrants, and too many of them. T.R. had fired the current commissioner and named Wil- liam Williams in his place. W. W., as those who knew him will recall, was a millionaire lawyer who didn't give a soda cracker for anybody, but had a paseion for work. “If he had nothing else to do he would have revised the telephone book,” says Steward. Young Steward came along as an immigrant inspector and Williams put him in charge of his executive office, from which position previous incumbents had been pinwheeling out. His only instructions were that no one was to see Williams who had no good reason for seeing him, and no one should be kept out who had a good reason. No Respecter of Persons. “Satisfactory orders,” says Steward, “but vague.” The long-legged kid kept out congressmen, senators. judges, bosses, mothers, sisters, sa- loonkeepers, everybody. Politicians went as cheap as nine a penny during the Williams regime. “Then Williams tried to bluff T. R.” said Steward, “and sqetimes that could De done and sometimes it couldn't, and so Williams got out.” His successor was a horse of an- other shade of worsted. He liked to bawl out his clerks in the presence of visitors. It gave the visitors a grand impression of his authority. He outbawled Steward one day, hav- ing a much louder voice, but when he got through Steward hissed a few hisses into his ear. “Bah!” said he, “and a pish and a half. When you want to hear the facts in this matter send for me and T'll tell 'em. Until then do not waste my time.” Well, of course, a virile, double- lunged executive couldn’t stand that. Maybe Williams stood Steward's friend, as he remained T. R.'s friend, despite differences. Maybe Steward's record talked for him. Anyhow, the usual spring scandal in the immigra- LUTHER C. tion service—this was twenty years ago—having burgeoned on the Texas border, he was sent down to clean up. He found a murderer President Mc- Kinley had pardoned out to take a job with the immigration service. And a one-eyed inspector, whose other eye had been pried out by a fellow convict he had betrayed to the dicks. And immigrant inspectors could not find boarding houses on the border, due to the perfectly proper objections of other boarders. What Routine Meant. So Steward went on cleaning up scandals until he found himself in Kansas City shortly before the war, about ready to leave the government “Meanwhile the idea of un- ionizing the government employe: had been getting attention. Presi- dent Roosevelt had issued his “gag order, by which federal employes were forbidden to petition members of Congress or any onc else when things went wrong. Their com- plaints could only go through the reg- ular routine, which as Steward says— “Usually meant that the man who had done the wrong was asked to undo it——" service. President Taft foliowed with an- STEWARD. other edition of the “gag” rule, the American Federation of Labor took a hand, the La Follette-Lloyd amend- ment was tacked to an appropriation bill which Steward calls the Magna Charta of the unionized employes. It looked as though the issue were a burning one, but it didn't burn, as Steward says. Employes are just as limp and apathetic as the rest of us are. That particular wrong having been righted, no one worried about other wrongs. Then W. C. Boriand, at that time member of Congress from Missouri, began to try to add the so-called Borland amendment to appropriation bills. It made eight hours tne minimum day’'s work, every day, for federal employes in the Dis- trict of Columbia 5 “It wasn't fair,” “*There are loafers in the Distric force, of course, but so there are in every force. The Borland theory was that the District employes were all icafers, which was a pure libel.” says Steward. Employes’ Foe Beaten. Steward found that as an employe in the field—he was at that time in Kansas City—he was no longer the disfranchised object he had been in the Distgict. He joined the Central Labor Union as a delegate from his local lodge of federal employes, and Borland was beaten for renomin: in & district he thought he owaed. Then the war came and Steward was ordered to Washington to direct a phase of the government's work. The federal employes’ scattered -locals were made into a national organiza- tion through the efforts of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor, and Steward was made fits first vice president. The president went to war, and Stew- ard succeeded. “I didn’t want the job,” said he. “But it was put up to me and after trying for six weeks to find some one who would take it and failing, I took it myself. I didn't mind the bricks.” Enough about Steward. But there is more to say of his conception of the Federal Employes’ Union. It was through the Influence of the union that (the reclassification bill was enacted, by which federal posi- tions are classified by duties. It carries also an increase in salaries, which is highly pleasing to the em- ployes, of course, and will go into effect on July 1 of this vear, so far as the District is concerned. Steward Voices Unlen View. ‘The employes in the field will be cared for later on. But the union view, as voiced by Steward, is that this is not a selfish measure, enacted for the benefit of the emploves. “Our view is that the people should be educated to regard the service of the government as a business,” says he. “It sated Pay can never be given on equality with the salaries afforded in com- mercial life, nor do we ask this. There are other features in the gov- ernment service which compensate for a deficiency in pay. “But government business should be regarded as a profession. It is utterly unlike work in private estab- lishments. Our unmion has never sought to save a job for a loafer, or to keep men on the pay rool after the need for their activities has abated. Trges Proper Tralning. “Our administrators should be properly trained. Are the Army and Navy the only government services that are worth while? Promotion should be encouraged upon merit. At present it is too much like a game of dice. We should have a school in which civil servants might be edu- cated. At present “Alice in Wonder- land” would seem a far better hand- book of practice than Is issued by many government administrators.” And he says one more thing— “We are doing a thing unique in the history of the world,” says he. “This is the only time on record when a body of public emploves set about imprpving the quality of gov- ermment service. Remember that. We're trying to get better work as well as better pay.” The reason why he never cared a hoot for a job was that he never thought of a job as just a meal- ticket. A job was something to take pride in. Not merely a point of con- tact with the cak should be properly compen- " The Story the Week Has Told BY HENRY W. BUNN. The following is a brief summary of the most important news of the world for the seven days ended May 10: * ok X % Ireland.—The controversy over the boundary between the Irish Free State and Ulster is in a very critical stage. A clause in the London treaty of 1921, which created the Irish Free State, authorized Ulster to separate herself from the southern counties on condition that a commission should “determine, in accordance with the wishes of the inhabitants, so far o may be compatible with economic a geographica considerations,” the bound- ary between Ulster and the Free State. Ulster has recognized the London treaty except for the conditioning clause cited above. She has persis- tently refused to recognize that dmt taking her stand on the government of Ireland act of 1920, which assigned her the six northern counties, includmg Tyrone and Fermanagh _efitire—to which two counties the dispute refers itselt. The Free State ogvernment has repeatedly demanded it the com- mission be formed and get to work; just so often the Ulster government has declined to appoint a commissioner. The British government has several times brought together Mr. Cosgrave, president of the Dail Eireann, and Sir James Craig, prime minister of Ulster, With a view to a compromise settle- ment without the intervention of a commission. The results of the meet- ings have been absolutely negative. Af- ter such & meeting the other day Mr. Thomas, the British colonial secretary, announced in Parliament that a boun ary commissioner would be appointed treaty. * o;'h:hltf ylt is generally pre- sumed that the Belfast government will refuse to appoint a commissioner. Suppose attempt is made by parlia- mentary legislation or otherwise to coerce Belfast into appointing a commissioner. Or suppose the com- mission to go ahead with only two members (the British appointee pre- sumably being chosen from one of the dominions); suppose anything you Please except a commission to include a member willingly appointed by the Belfast government, and acting pur- suant _to an ironclad engagement by both Belfast and Dublin to abide by its decisions, and you are like to have a situation as rich in fulminating content as any prevous Irish situation —enough said. Finally suppose a commission hap- pily _constituted; that commission would have its work cut out for it. The upper Sllesian question was not more difficult. Wanted—a super- Solomon. * x x % Framce—On May 5 that extraor- dinary youth, Lieut. Pelletier D'Olsy, the French birdman, reached Calcutta. Squadron Leader Stuart MacLaren, the British aviator Is stalled some where between Karachi and Agra, In- dia, waiting for a new engine. D'Oisy passed above him on May 3. The southern sun hu}ll!ld the deuce with his wing surfaces, but should he reach Canton, he will then be past this most serious danger. His elapsed time from Paris to Calcutta was twelve days, including four non-flying dayg for overhauling. His actual fly- ing time was fifty-two hours. He left Calcutta on the 8th and reached Ak- yab, in Burma, that day.-On_ the Sth he hopped off for Bankok, in Siam, but overheating of his engine compelled him to descend in Rangoon, in Burma. It is officially announced that Tokio is the goal of D'Oisy’s adventure; but there is a general expectation and hope that shouid he eve that goal he "fl continue eastward in the hope of being the first to circummavigate the globe, the Cano of the air. pa Germany —Very few disorders at- tended the elections of May 4. Some 85 per cent of the voters cast bal- lots. The results will not be officially announced until May 16, but the fol- lowing tabulation showing distribu- tion of the seats in the new Reichstag is probably very nearly accurate: Socialist, 100, Democrats, 2. Center party, 62. People’s party (dominated by big business), 44. Xationalist (reactionary), 96. Extreme Nationalist = (freedom) party, Ludendorff crowd, 2 Communists, Bavarian People’s party, 16. Other: xtraordinary gains made by the right and left appear from a com- parison of the above with the fol- lowing tabulation of results of Reichstag elections of November, 1922: Socialists, 173. Democrats, 39. Center party, 68. People’s party, 66. Nationalists, 67. Communists, 15. Bavarian People's party, 20. Others, 11. Total, 458, everal seats are In questton and it is quite possible that the German National People's party (commonly known as Nationalists) will ulti- mately be found to have a plurality in the new Reichstag. Presumably in that case a Nationalist would be in- vited to construct a cabinet. Concelvably he might be able to form a coalition which would com- mand a majority, but this seems out of the question unless he should give definite pledges of support by his party of the Dawes' plan. Recent utterances by Natiomalistic chiefs indicate the possibility of such pledges, but such a government would be suspected by the allies, especially France. It seems pretty certain that should such a govern- ment be installed.the French govern- ment would 1efuse assent to a pro- gram based on the Dawes plan with- out a prior iron-clad engagement by the British government to co-operate in enforcement of eevere “sanctions™ precisely defined, in case of German non-fulfillment. ‘Whether or no the Nationalists are discovered to have a plurality of seats, it seems probabie that the new government will be a coalition one of the complexion of the present government (made up of represen- tatives of Centralists, the Democrats, and the People’s party) or a coalition Premier Poincare to include Socialists as well as Cen- trists, Democrats and People's party representatives. (The attitude of So- cialists toward the present Marx gov- ernment has been one of “benevolent neutrality.”) A coalition of each sort would, as regards the Dawes plan, command 231 votes in a total of 457. (For it can hardly be doubted that the Sociale ists, should they decline to participate in the government, would back the Dawes plan. Unfortunately some of the laws called for by the Dawes plan require for their enactment (as counter to the Weimar constitution) @ two-thirds Reischstag majority, ie, 205 yotes. It is understood that the Nationalists command the situa- tion. There seems to be a pretty general confidence in the allied coun- tries (even in France) that the Na- tionalists, whether or not participat- ing in the government, will not in the end, block acceptance of the Dawes plan, whatever their inten- tions as to fulfillment. But though it be true, as alleged, that since Helfferich’s death counsels of mod- eration have gained the ascendancy within the Nationalist ranks, most certainly revision to intransigeance is greatly to be feared. The situa- tion is, to say the least, dubious and delicate. The new Relschs{ag meets on May 22. French general elections are being held today. No doubt the voters are being considerably influenced by the German election results. The composition of the new Reichs- tag calls for scrutiny from several angles. The only parties which defi- nitely back the Weimar constitution are the Socialist. the Centrist and the Democratic. When the Reichstag of 1922 first met the combined repre- sentation of those parties constituted a majority of that body. In the new Reichstag their combined represen- tation will be only 187 in a total of 457. The Nationalists and Extreme Nationalists, with a combined repre- sentation of 124, may be expected to seize a favorable opportunity for overthrowing the republic by what- ever means, constitutional or uncon- stitutional, in order to effect & mon- archistical restoration. Stresemann told the world the other day tI “the ultimate goal’ of the People’s party (forty-four seats in the new Reichstag) was restoration of kai- serdom, to be achieved, however, “by means ‘outlined in the Weimar con- stitution.” Of course, the Communists are more anti-monarchical than the Center parties, but conceivably they might find their account in co-opera- tion -with the Nationalists to the ex- Expected To Win French Elections "(Continued from First Page.) form a government. Inasmuch as the clear-thinking leaders of Germany real- ize there would be great reaction in other countries in case of a Nationalist regime, it is reported that the Center- ists, Peoples and Democratic parties now are conferring with the idea of uniting these three branches of politi- cal thought under one standard, thereby gaining a Reichstag majority. In this case the present regime and not a Na- tionalist one would guide the destinies of the Reichstag for a period at least. But it is confidently believed in Paris and London that the great swing of n e towar Sha The Letl “Thdicates eventual out and out Nationalist regime. L Already the claws of the National- ists are shown in the demands upon the present government to ask defi- nite period for retirement _then, the when political and industrial occupa- tion of the Ruhr.and the Rhineland will cease if the Dawes report is ac- cepted by Germany. The govern- ment may do this in order to cast onus of non-fulfillment upon France. If France agrees to stipulate a defi- nite period for retirement then the Germans say, they will adopt the Dawes report in full. If France does make reservations. 8 soning is typical of that whieh has marked many efforts to dodge ful- fillment since the war ended. Mere news of this German purpose is suf- ficlent . to strengthen Poincare's hands in the French electiona In the meantime the allies are pav- ing the way for agreements, all of whioh tend to remove obstacles to united front in case the Nationalists should gain control of Germany and resist allied dictates further. Should they present a united front, then Germany, in view of political, eco- nomic and social necessities, is ex- pected to capitulate eventually, though it may be expected _that months will elapse before order can mme out of the present political a0s. tent of helping overthrow the re- public. Now imagine (what is certainly a possibility) a violent wave of re- action; the People's party swept into the vortex. Accept Stresemann’s statement ‘that ‘“the fundamental monarchical attitude stretches far into the ranks of Centrist and Demo- cratic parties.” Suppose the Com- munists to co-operate for overthrow of the republic, a combination of Nationalists, People's party, Demo- crats and Communists would furnish out a Reichstag majority and scat- tered support might make it a two- | thirds majority. The above supposed, imagine what you please. Such a development is unlikely, but it is among the possibilities, by no means to be ignored by the political phi- losopher. One may sum up with the remark that, from the standpoint of the friend of the Weimar constitu- tion and the Dawes plan the results of the German elections might have been worse—and better. Much, much better. Greatly heart- ened, it would seem. by their suc- cess at the polls on May 4, the Ger- man Communists, assisted by Mus- covite agents, are stirring things up. Doubtless largely in consequence of their agitation, between 300,000 and 600,000 (reports widely differ) Ruhr miners have refused to accept the decision of the minister of labor add- ing an hour to the working day. Therefore they have been locked out. The Communists are feverishly work- ing for a general strike throughout Germany and dispatches are arriving telling of strikes in Silesia, Saxony and other industrial regions. Some nervous persons are expecting an- other Red war like the ferocious orie of 1920. (One now hears that the ex- ecutive committee of the Socialist party has voted for a popular refer- endum on the specific question of ac- ceptance or rejection, in toto, of the Dawes plan.) * k¥ % United States of America.—Diligent search has revealed no trace of Maj. Frederick L. Martin and his compan- ion, Sergt. Harvey, who, on April 30, hopped off from Chignik, on the Alaskan peninsula, in the flag-plane Seattle of the squadron of four air- planes which left Seattle, April 6, on an attempt to fly around the earth. It is fairly certain that the gallant men are lost. On May 4 the other planes of the squadron, under com- mand of Lieut. Lowell Smith, resumed their flight, hopping oft from Dutch r, Unalaska Island. They land- ed that day at Atka Island. They were to make their last landing in the Aleutians on Attu Island and to hop thence to one of the Japaness Kuriles—about 900 miles. " The conferees on the immigration bill amended the “exclusion clause” by a provision that it should not take effect until March 1, 1925, before which time the President is requested to negotiate with the Japanese gov- ernment in relation to the abrogation of the present arrangements on this subject.” But on Friday the House rejected the amendment, 191 to 171. I am compelled to postpone proper notice of certain matters, such as: The discovery and satisfactory test of an “anti-body” solution, which, in the opinion of certain competent au- thorities, will surely reduce pneumonia mortality by 25 per cent, and may re- duce it by 50 per cent or more. (“Anti-body” becomes a substance effective against the pneumococcus of specific pneumonia germs.) Senator Lodge's joint resolution proposing a third Hague conference to consider, in chief, transformation of the existing" International Court of Justice, established under the aus- pices of the league, into a “World Court of Justice,” as a part of The Hague organization and absolutely free of all compromising association Tith the legue; the vicissitudes of the tax r on bill, the veto of the Bursum pension bill. BY ROGER W. BABSON. HEN one is grounded re- liglously in the right occupation, and is asso- clated with the right kind of people, and still is unable to get on, what remedy has he? The answer to this question brings us back again to those six important qualities, namely, integrity, industry, intelligence, initiative, intengity and interest in one's work. If lxnuu amount of material prosfirity is necessary to happiness, then a certain amount of these intangible qualities is necessary to secure a requisite amount of prosperity. Our cus- sciences, health, wives, occupations, tastes and friends are largely of our own making, but for the development of these six intangible qualities we are dependent upon prayer, the con- tact of our spiritual selves with God. Let me illustrate by discussing integrity. We will assume that a lack of integrity is one of our weak- nesses. As previously suggested, many persons who are naturally hon- est will probably necd to develop some other of these six qualities rather than the “integrity” factor. Developing Integrity. Integrity may be imherited or ac- quired. Both integrity and dishon- esty are largely matters of habit. The habit of dishonesty is often formed early in life through fear of punishment, fear of failure, or fear of ridicule. People are not dishonest through choice or determination. People who are weak, physically or mentally, are most liable to fall into dishonest habits. People who are naturally strong physically and men- tally aro usually independent of the opinions and criticisms of others and hence are usually honest. It is easier for those physically strong and in good heaith to be honest. The way in “which a child is treated by its parents and the training a boy re- ceives from his first employer. do much to determine the honesty of the man in later years All this means that integrity is largely a habit urd can be acquired or developed if one s0_desires. It should surely be remembered, however, that each of us must b. cither honest or dishonast. There no neutral ground. We are daily acquiring either habits of honesty or habits of dishonesty. Considering the yital importance which integrity hears to success, we all should strive to acquire honest habits. What can one do who desires to develop greater integrity? There is only o sure way and that is through prayer. Be- fore commencing a eonference— before making a statement—before writing a letter—repeat this silent prayer: “O God. T want to be honest. Make me honest right now. Give me courage to teli the absolute truth— knowing that thc truth is best for evel one in the end.” fis does not mean that we re t be =0 blunt and thoughtless speaking the truth as feclings of any one. We should use the golden ruic in connection with integrity as in every other conneo tion. Integrity, like all else, can be used or abused, but we should aiways be honest in spirit. Moreover, when we do not tell all the truth, our re- tention should b: in the interest of some one else and never for per- sonal gain. Developing Industry. Let us consider another illustra- tion—industry, for example. No man ever made a success because he was made to work. People do not become successful if they must be forced to work. Industry. not forced labor, is one of the foundation stomes of success. But suppose one does not love his work, what can he do? Frankly, he must do one of two things. He must either change into zn ocoupation which he does like, or else he must acquire a like for his present work. Changing occupation risky. Moreover, it becomes more risky every time it is attempted. “The rolling stone gathers no moss' is a very true saying whichever way it is interpreted. The voung man who has correctly analy himself and entered a line for which he is fitted and is with good religious people should make no change later in life. If the analysis shows he should go into merchandising, it makes little difference what he sells provided it is something which makes people healthier, happier or more prosperous. It is nonsense for ane to say he the grocery busi- nes: the clothing bu: ness. A man may logically love mer- chandising .and hate manufacturing or vice versa; but if he does not like the selling of one legitimate product it will be no easier for him to eell any other product. Or, if he does not like the manufacturing of one needed article, it will be no easier for him to manufacture any other article. Hence, he might just as well learn to like the business in which he is already engaged. Are You in the Wroms Job? The one exception to this is the man who went into the wrong line of work at the beginning either by force of circumstances, without a i to hurt the is rather 1 analyzing his own characteristics, or who analyzed them incorrectly. If a correct analysis, later in life, shows that one has made a distinct mis- take in selecting his life work, then he is justified in changing. A man or woman must be industrious to be either sucoessful or happy. Further- more, employment statistics _clearly indicate that two -distinct changes are all a man should ever make. As all lines of business have about equal opportunities in the long run, his only excuse for changing is an unfitness for the especial group with which he is allled or the character of the people with whom he is working. This brings us to the question, what shali the person do who is in the line of business for which he is fitted, but who still does not like to work? There is only one help for such a man and that belp is prayer. A man who is in the one of the four basic groups for which he is fitted can always acquire a love for work through prayer. Prayer is the great economic force which will cause men to be industrious. It is the only force which will revive and recreate that pleasure in doing things, that joy in production, that love for in- dustry. In the same way initiative and courage can be developed through prayer. Are You Deing Too Mucht? With every asset there follows a responsibility; with every action there is a reaction. Men of genius are proverblally weak in ocertain ways. Men with energy and vision have far greater temptations than those who have not this energy and vision. It is only natural that those who are the most brilliant should be tempted to spread out too much and become involved in too many undertakings. The able business man gees SO many opportunities wherever he goes and whatever he does that it is very difficult for him to refrain from seizing one now and then. He sees possibilities in almost every person whom he meets. It is largely his ability to see these oppor- tunities that makes him a successful business man. However, every man has only a limited amount of time and energy. If he undertakes too much he is apt to overload and fall down. Many men of integrity, in- dustry and initiative fall down be- cause they do not concentrate on one tasi. and stick to that one task They are like a boyv carrying many bundles—one more than he can pos- sibly hold. He is always dropping -one, and as he picks that up he drop= another. This brings us to an illus- tration of intensity. Developing Intensity. The most successful business men are those who concentrate on pro ducing, manufacturing. or sellins only one product; men who merchan- dise but do not manufacture, or men who manufacture and let some one else merchandise are the most su:- cessful. As we spread out we become thinner and thinner until our efforis in any one direction are of little avail So long as all goes well a man can swing many different things; but when one or more of them goes ‘wrong, or should the man himself be- come ill, then comes trouble. Many faflures ‘of brilliant men are due to the fact that they were ill when something went wrong, or some thing went wrong because thev were ill. Hence, intensity of concen- tration is most surely one of th necessary qualities for success. It i a quality which should be carefully watched by both young and oid. Th. Young man can get a successful start only by concentrating all of his time, thought and energy on one line of business, and by knowing that busi- mness thoroughly. This temptation to “spread out” can be met and conquered only through prayer. ‘Constant and fervent prayer is the only antidote for this poison; it is the only way successfully to overcome it. Lead us not into that tempting speculation, but deliver u. from going into that new enterprise should be the prayer of many men. If this is our prayer, we should keep away from all people who have ne propositions to offer and avoid “pro- moters” as one would avoid smallpox or drugs. Intelligence and Interest. This same reasoning applies to U« remaining qualities—intelligence, in- terest in one's work and a general sympathy for and interest in others Teachers and business men are cor- rect in saying that these six qualit cannot be taught in books. They are spiritual qualities, and as such must become a part of our lives and ex- periences. As one cannot measurs electricity with a quart measure, <o one cannot estimate or teach spirit- uval qualities by mathmatical form- ulas. The great mistake of man writers on success has been their fai ure to recognize the close relation- ship between success and spiritual development. 1. Success is true happiness. Suc- cess and happiness are spiritus rather than material. Hence, succes can be lost or won. but cannot be bought or sold like a commodity . neither can it be weighed or measur- ed. The sooner this fact is understood by all classes—rich and poor—the better off the world will be, 2. A certain amount of material prosperity is necessary to happiness under modern conditions. This typ: ©f success varies, however, with th age and the community in which onc lives. An excess of material pr perity is a detriment rather than belp. So long as the acquiring of material prosperity aids one in de veloping spiritually so long do thes: material things serve as an aid; but when they begin to retard spiritua! growth, then they are detrimental to true success. 3. The fundamental law of suc- cess and happiness is: For every ac tion there is an equal and opposit: reaction. This means that we can succeed only as we help others to succeed. It means that our own char- acters, health and prosperity are de- pendent upon having others righteou- healty and prosperous. It means that we all reap what we sow. 4 The structure which we call success is based upon a religious foundation which requires a clear conscience, good health, a righteous employer or business associates, and a helpful wife: but the structure it- self is built of such qualities as in- tegrity, industry, intelligence, intens- ity, initiative and interest. - These six success qualities arc spiritual in nature and cannot b learned from books mor purchascd Wwith money. They can be developed and acquired only through praver Thus it is evident that this wh question of success is most intimate! bound up with a man's religion. Tn the last analysis, true success i- really the reaction of true religion in our lives, our homes and our busines+ (Copyright. 1923, Fleming H. v ny First " published o this nesmmarer ! arrangement with Babson Ins Babson Park, Mass.) Number of a;ild Workers Revealed “Children in grainful occupation is one of Uncle Sam's most human interesting documents recently com- piled, full of throbs and some wrenches for those who read with the heart instead of merely with their eyes. It shows that 413,549 children wer: employed in some oocupation other than agriculture in 1920, between th. ages of ten and fifteen years. The proportion of children ten to fifteen years of age engaged in non-agri- cultural pursuits was less than o half as large in 1920 as h Sus of 1960, in the censu It is singularly interesting to not« that the ‘only occupations whicl showed: an increase of employment of children bet=sn the ages of ten and fifteen years were: Agents, canvassers and collectors; bookkeepers, cashiers and accountants; bootblacks, chauf- feurs, clerks, janitors and sextons and some increase in laborers and semi-skilled operatives in electrical supply factories, food industries, rub- ber factories and silk mills. Shows Uncle Sam _ As Great Farmer Uncle Sam is the world's biggest farmer and he ‘“has had his picture took” in this role. . A film is now ready for distribu- tion showing Uncle Sam growing and harvesting' the great American corn and wheat crops, picking cotton in Dixieland, digging 400,000,000 bushels of potatoes, gathering the fruit from apple to orange orchards, dates in the reclaimed desert areas of the south west, as poultryman, cowboy with “beeves,” dairyman, with 25,000,000 horses and mules galore and millions of sheep on the grazing lands of the west. There is given a bird's eye view of America’s $80.000,000,000 farming in- dustry. — Dr. T. T. Hollaway, American min- sionary and educator ‘in has issued a statement that films made in America but which would not be tol- erated by _American censors are shipped to Europe and other foreign countries, and when shown there cor- rupt the people’s morals by showing them ingenious new ways to crime. . There are more than 10,000 murders committed annually In the United States according To statistics gath- ered by criminologists over a period of years. Memphis, Tenn., has the highest rate with 6.74 per 100,000 and Spokane, Wash., in 1922 had the low- est with omly one murdered in every 100,000, L3