Evening Star Newspaper, June 1, 1924, Page 2

STUDENT ORATORS HERE EARLY IN WEEK Californian Expected to Be First on Scene of National g .Contest. PRESIDENT WILL ATTEND Continental Hall June 6 to Stage Brilliant Affair. Out-of-town competitors for the grand prizes in the national oratorical contest to be staged on the night of June 6, at Memorial Continental Hall, will hegin to arrive in Washington early this we. As the day for the national finals draws near the eves of the secondary school world of the country turn to the National Capital, where, with P'resident Coolidge residing, the ®even contenders, representative of all ions of the land, will battle for premier honors in .oratory. In twelve-minute addresses the high school boys and girls, winners in their respective zones, will speak in honor of the Constitution. The prizes will be $3,500, $1,000 and $300, and the honor of being acclaimed the best ora- tors among more than a million stu- dents. Californin Due First, Coming the farthest, Don Tyler of Los Angeles, Calif, Is expected to ar- rive first in Washington, the other six out-of-town contestants to arrive shortly thereafter. Mr. Tyler, winner in the Pacific zone of the contest, will rive at 9 am. Tuesday morning, ording to ward received here. He will be accompanied by E. F. Blanks of the University of Southern California, his coach, and manager of the oratorical contest in the Pacific zone, the country having been divided into seven zones for the purposes of the contest, sponsored by leading newspapers of the country. Fourteen other persons, educators and others, are expected to come with the young orator. The Inter- est in the contest in California has | heen exceedingly keen, and the back- ers of the orator from that state are placiog great hopes on his chances in the contest here. He will stay at the Hotel Washington. The south probably will be second represented on the sceme from out of town, with Jack Turner of Bir- mingham, Ala. scheduled to arrive here Tuesday afternoon. He, too, ac- cording to advance reports, will be nccompanied by a delegation. He is to stop at the New Willard Hotel. Philndelphinn Here Thursday. John M. Dallam, 3d, of Philadelphia ia to arrive here Thursday. He will make the Arlington Hotel his head- quarters. He will be accompanied by his father and mother and a large delegation. The other three, looked for by Thursday, are George Chumos of Topeka, Kans.; Eleanor . Huber of Louisville, Ky., and Vail Barmes of New Brighton, N. Y. The seventh contestant is already here. She is Ruth Newburn of Ward- man Park Annex, sixteen-year-old semior of the Central High Schoal, chosen as representative of the, Dis- trict of Columbla recently out of a field of more than 4,000 local high school orators. She was the grand prize winner in this zone, having been awarded The Star's prizes of $100 as winner in her school and $300 #s successful contender over seven other local high school orators. It will be a brilllant audience be- fore whom the seven high school stu- dents, the youngest sfxteen and the oldest elghteen years old, will pre- sent their addresses. Older hearts have been known to quall at the prospect of speaking before the Pres- ident of the United States, the Chlef Justice of the United States Supreme Court, four associate justices of the same court, the Secretary of State, and other dignitaries who will be on the stage and in the audience. Event to Be Broadeast. There will be the added thrill, too, of speaking net only to a visible au- dience in Memorial Continental Hall, but also to hundreds of thousands of persons who' will “listen in” by radio, as the event will be broadcast by station WCAP, Washington, D. C, WEAF, New York city, and WJAR, Providence, R. I President Coolidge is to preside at the contest to begin promptly at 8:15 o'clock on the evening of Friday, June 6, at Memorial Continental Hall. The Marine Band Orchestra is to play. Chiet Justice Taft will head the board of judges, the other mem- bers of which are Justices Van De- vanter, Sanford, Sutherland and But- ler of the Supreme Court. Secretary Hughes of the State Department is to be on the stage. Entertainment events provided for the orators include a theater party at Keith's Thursday night as guests of the Monarch Club, a luncheon at 12:20 o'clock Friday at the Raleigh Hotel as guests of the same club, a parade in their honor after the luncheon, with winning high school cadet com- panies forming an honor guard:; a reception immediately after the con- test by the Washington Chamber of Commerce ‘at the New Willard Hotel, and an all-day aightseeing tour Sat- urday as ghests of The Evening Star. LANGLEY- ENTERS RACE. Convicted Representative Seeks Re- election, N wspapers Announce. LEXINGTON, Ky, May 3L—An- nouncements have appeared in several newspapers of the tenth Kentucky com- gressional district to the effect that Representative John W. Langiey, re- cently convicted in federal court at Covington on a charge of defrauding the government in a liquor transaetion, would be a candidate for re-election. Friends of Representative Langley ex- Vlain that after a conference with the Tepresentative’s supporters it was de- cided that his candidacy for re-election would tend to vindicate his name, siace he has stoutly maintaimed his inno- cence of the crime, for which he was convicted. ° 1t is pointed out that the appeal filed by Mr. Langley wit not reach the fed- eral court in Cincinnati until October and may not be decided until after the «'ections in November. - — e Despite the fact that she is totally blind, Miss Matflda Allison 1ifernia civil service the gy e il Oratorical Contest Lawyer’s Proposal to Lec- ture to Youth Reversed Fine Spirit Shown by Pu- pils and Rivalry Has Run High. The following article ix by the orguniser and director of the mational oratorieal contest on the Copstitution. 3ir. Leigh thoritles. e is & graduate of the University of of Columbia University, the degree of M. A in ‘science from the last named in- In hix educational eareer he won six medals In oratory and literature. Prior to iustituting the national eratorical contest he wax editorial writer for | Low Angeles T Tis baok, “The Clta- del’ af Freedom publisked serially by thirty-odd newspapers thix spriag as an & participants in the contest. It will be reissued in hook form in Septem- outh and BY RANDOLPH LEIGH. The natlonal oratorical contest, which comes to its climax in Memo- rial Continental Hall on Friday eve- ning, is an attempt to have the basi principles of the American govern- ment restated in the language of youth—for youth. It Is a composit of many suggestions. In one sense it might b called insurance against political boredom. A very eminent lawyer contributed immensely to the idea, though uncon- sclously. He proposed to dedicate the rest of his life to lecturing on the Constitution to students of America. He also planned to secure 100 others like himself ‘(M such could be found) [to swell this barrage of lecturer. Then this counter-suggestion was | made: Instead of 100 men talking down to the youth of the land, why not get 1,000,000 young people who would first familiarize themselves with the subject and then pass on their concepts in the fervent lan- guage of youth?® Thirty-seven Papers Ald Plana. Hence this contest, which is a quest for the three secondary school stu- dents with the highest capacity for interpreting and popularizing our system of covernment. Into it hav been woven, guite frankly, element of school and sectional rivalry—and even of high romance. The project has begn financed and | conducted by thirty-seven metrapoli- tan newspapers in all parts of the suntry. With them more than 500 other publications of various type have co-operated in giving publicity to the underteKing, in connection with which nothing whatever has been offered for sale. Fundamental to the success of the contest has been the assistance of the school authorities, wheih, in every community, has been unstint- ing and marvelouslygfruftful. The eliminations proceeded by classes, schools, groups of schools, etc., untll the winmer in each major newspaper territory was selected. Since it was impossible to have the thirty-seven champions speak in the final meeting in Washington, the country was divided Into six major aones, In each of which six cham- plons would compete for a place on the final national program. The Dis- trict of Columbia, as the scene of the final meeting, was arbitrarily made a zone in itself, which amount- ed to glving its representative a “bye’ to the finals. § Spertxmanship Rules. Emphasis throughout has been placed on the moving power of the oration, for no mere essay, weakly delivered, could possibly produce the desired results. On the other hand, the contest has been strikingly free from the ranting and pawing of the air so often associated with public Speaking. Consequently the finalists will be thrilling, but not acrobat And properly so. After all, oratory is not a matter of moving the head or the arms or the feet or even the EXPLAINS AMERICAN IMMIGRATION STAND Henning, at Rome Parley, Reads Statement Regarding Attitude. By the Associated Pre ROME, May 31.—The International conference on immigration and emi- gration this afternoon finished its labors by adopting Temalning reso- lutions presented by subcemmittees and by passing a resolution perpet- uating itself as & permanent inter- national organization and calling for another meeting, but ia an immigra- tion country, in 1927. Meanwhile the control committee of the conference will have its headquarters in Rome under the presidency of Giuseppe de Michelis, Italian commissioner of emi- gration. In order to satisfy those delegaies whose governments are taking prom nent parts in the work of the inter- national labor bureau of the league of nations, the resolution included = clause providing that the new organi- zation “cannot in any way limit the competence of existing international organizations.” Henning Reads Statemsent. Just before the close of the final session E. J. Henning, assistant sec- retary of the United States Depart- ment of Labor, had inserted into the minutes, a long statement explaining why the United States had abstained from voting on so many questions. The statement says that under the limitations placed by Italy's’ invita- tion to the conference and by the American answer the American delega- tion considered most of the ques- tions examined by the conference as of a purely domestic character, and continues: “By common eonsest the question of who shall enter a country as an immigrant is purely and wholly a domestic question. Within certain well defiued limits every man has the inherent right to emigrate out of a country. However, he has no inhe: ent right to immigrate into some other eountry. He may always return to the country to which he owes allegiance; he may mnot. howeve: force himself into a foreign country. Rexolutions Adopted. The resolutions adopted as pre- gented by section 1 Include, first, an inoternational sanitary code of emigration and immigration; second, insurance of emigrants :u.nt the risks of the voyage; hm “‘a:u‘nrc tn-t:(rb. v.ndlul trel of ; con emigrants before departure; ffth, vaccination of continental emigrant: sixth, rallway facilities for emigrant seventh, sanitary of health and nmlfr‘nt ships; elgh sanitary organization of ports; ninth, minimum requirements for emigrants and ships; tenth, supervision of emi- ‘nnfn of different nationality travel- ing aboard the same ship; eleventh equality of treatment for emigran: of different tionalities aboard the same ship; twelfth, special assistance aboard ships for women and chil- dren; thirteenth, special cabin for women and young girls; fourteenth, informmation ~_concerning _ emigrant cutidron; Sftecnth, Wasures allowing THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JUNE 1, d924—PART -1 Born of Plan Feor Popularizing U. S. Constitution RANDOLPH LBIGH. eyebrows—but of moving the audi- enc Ax a test of sportsmanship the con- test has been Interesting. It is quite rally belleved that genuine sportsmanship is restricted to cul- leges and universities and Is only rarely to be found In wecondary schools. It would be misleading to 1y that all of the 13,281 participat- schools have scored 100 in this nor would onc expect thaf, arly with the rivalry so keen. indeed 1 have felt that there are a few schools which might very well add a course in sportsmanship to their curriculum—and make o faculty as well ax students. broadly speaking, the contest hoen an absolute revelation to me in the matter of school pride and high sportsmanship. I have seen meatings in which the enthusiasm equaled, probably exceed- ed, that at any major intercollegiate foot ball meet, and afterward 1 have seen the losers show that they know how to lose Boy Faints at Finixh. In New York I saw an exhibition of gameness equal to that of any compietely spent runner driving him- self over those heart-breaking last few yards in a hard-fought mile race. De Witt Clinton High School, in that city, had 8.661 contestants. It took weeks of selection to determine the six finalists for that school alone. One of the s workinz at night to keep him: in s He was 50 exhausted by overs atrain that at the last sente speech in his school’s final he began to faint. Driving himself on, white and stag- gering, he finished, then fell uncon- scious. Incidentally he won. Another feature of a contest of this magnitude is the way in which it captures the imagination of a school, then a city, then’a state. and final becomes nation-wide in its power of appeal. Kansas City is a_case In point. The Kansas City Star was glad to do what it could toward ating interest in such a project, but was frankly dublous as to any widespread popular response. the citizens, they began by regarding the contest as merely a newspaper tunt,” and expected some joker to develop later on. Great Crowd Attracted. At first it was thought that almost any building would do for the final meeting. At the last it was apparent that the largest auditorium in the ity would not suffice. At the zone finals there on May 16, without a single local contestant on the pro- gram (the Kansas championship hav ing been won by a Topeka boy), 12.000 people sought admission to an auditorfum with a seating capacity of only 3,000. 2 In St. Paul and other cities It was necessary to give the final program in duplicate, speakers appearing in one auditorium and then repeating thelr speeches in another. Of course, they were judged on their per- formance in’ the primary place of meeting. 1t is difficult to gauge a movement of this character. It plumbs so many depths, releases so many hidden forces, fires so many young imagina- tions, and through them :rekindles older hearts grown cold. This much we know: It has set approximately one million boys and girls to a spirited study of our institution: For that reason alone, it cannot hav been in valn. MAL S. DAUGHERTY FREED OF CUSTODY Ohio Judge Holds Warrant for Banker Without Legal Authority. By the Associated Press. CINCINNATI, Ohio, May 31.—De- claring that the investigation being held by the Daugherty Senate inves- tigating committee is without war- rant of law, Judge A. M. J. Cochran, in the United States district court here today, discharged M. S. Daugh- erty, Washington Court House, Ohto, ‘Dbanker and brother of former Attor- ney General H. M. Daugherty, from custody of United States Senate officers. On April 28 M. S. Daugherty wag taken into custody on a warrant issued by the Senate for his ap- Pearance to testify in the investiga- tion of his brother. 2 Helds Action INegal. Judge Cochran held that the in- vestigation is not the exercise of a judicial function’authorized by the Constitution, and ‘that to compel Daugherty to testify is an infringe- ment of the rights ef a citizen under the Conmstitution; that the investiga- tion was not on the initiative of both houses of Congress, and that the ori- ginal resolution appoimti the in- Vestigating committee not set forth the purpose of the investiga- tion. The action arose following Daugh- erty’s refusal to testify or permit the Senate committee to examine the books of the Midland National Bank, of which he is president. He applied for a writ of habeas corpus. Assistant _district attorneys re- quested the court to defer final entry for a week to permit them to com- municate with the special assistant to the Attorney General, representing the Senate committee. This was granted. emigrants to make complaints in the course of their journey; sixteenth, protection of emigrants in transit. Resolution in Section 4. The resolutions presemted by sec- ption 4 which were adopted include: First, the proposal for an agreed definition of the terms “emigrant™ and “immigrant”; second, a state- ment of principles concerning stat- utes for emigrants; third, funda- mental principles of internsational agreements om colonisation; fourth, equality of treatment for forel national workers regarding. worl men’'s compensation Tfor saccldents; fifth, measures for securing ‘conti- uity of social insurance fer work- resi alternately or succes- sively in dflen::'rmltflu- sixth, co-operation of s ces for the pay- ment of pensions dus under- the seo- clal insurance laws of one country to a beneficlary residing in another; seyventh, admission of foreign work- ers to conciliation and arbitration committees. P — Housewives of Crystal Lake, near Minn: are mak! a deter-,] niined 3 - mined "aent g Siroards = As for | VAN OF REALTORS DUE HERE TONIGHT Delegates From All Sections of Nation to Attend Aunusl Convention. ‘WILL HOLD FOUR-DAY SESSION Local Members of Profession to En- tertain Visitors, Realtors from *all parts of the country will begin pouring through the gates of the Union station to- night for the seventeenth annual conventfon of the Natlonal Associa- tlon of Real Estate Boards, which convenes here Tuesday for a four- day . sesslon. They will be greeted by members of the Washington Real Estate Board. Local realtors have made elaborate ‘plans for telling the visit- ors much about the Capital City th they don't know, and give them a Rood Wiea of Its attractions. Altogether is It expected that 3,500 people will attend. About 500 ‘wre expected tomorrow, about 1,500 en Monday and the balance early Tues- day morning In time to reglater, be placed in their hotels and be ready for the opening gavel at 9 o'clock on that morning. There will be a California speciai bringing realtors of California and Washington, one from BMichigan bringing the delega- tions from that entire state, a_ Flor- ide specital and weveral special cars from Kunsus City, the home town of Prosident Ennts. Pennsylvania will send about 400 delegates and Ohio a like unmber. Bring Own Putertaimment. There will be bands and glee clubs, s ‘well as other entertainment fea tures brought by the realtors them- #olves, both for the entertainment en route and for ‘the jollification of the various functions here and at the reception and dance to be held at the New Willard Tuesday night. The local board for many weeks, under the general direction of John A. Petty, executive secretary, has been making elaborate arrangements for entertaining the guests. The natlonal association is bringing from its headquarters in Chicago a large detail to handle the arrangements Immediately in connection with the convention, so the local board can give practically its entire time to the entertainment features. Luncheon for OMcers. There will be a banquet Wednesd: night at the Willard tendered by the local board to the natlonal officers and presidents of state locals, and a luncheon on Thursday to board sec- retaries. There will be automobile rides around the city every day, with a special one for the ladies, who also will have a_speclal feature of a trip to Mount Vernon aboard a steamer especlally chartered for them. Re- sides the local board’s entertainments the Tampa, Fla, and Birmingham, Ala., boards each will give a dance and’ entertalnment In rooms at the Willard Thursday night. _Headquarters of the national asso- ciation have been established at the w Willard Hotel, and in each of the hotels there have been provided information and registration booths. A registration and greeting booth mlso has been established at the Union station, where the visiting Tealtors will deliver themselves ai guests to the local realtors. Infor- mation gathered at the various regis- tration booths in the hotels, will be centered @t the Willard, so that a realtor may, on a moment's inguiry, find out the location of some other Tealtor delegate. Plan Divisional Meetings. The problems to be considered by these two builders ' and nation developers cover a wide scope, so numerous that it is impossible to con- fine the activities to general sessions. Each morning there will be a general session at Keith's Theater, and in the afternoon there will be 'efght divi- sional meetings, each with its specific problem. There will be some 200 speakers, and discussions following each speech. These divisional meet- ings are broke mortgage and finance, co-operative apartment, home- builders and subdividers, property management, farm lands, industrial property and realtor secretaries. Preceding the call of the conven tion on Tuesday there will be a meeting of the national board of directors tomorrow and a meeting of the committee on ethics. Addresses of welcome will be de- livered at the first meeting by J. C. Weedon, president of the local board, and another welcoming address by John L. Weaver of this city, past president of the national association, with & response by President H. R. Ennis of Kansas Clty, after which the convention immediately will get down to business. SHENANDOAH CRUISES HOURS NEAR HANGAR Lieut. Williams Thrills Air Circus Crowd by Daring Flight Through Building. By the Amociated Press. LAKEHURST, N. J, May 31.—The aerial circus at the naval air station was not officlally completed umtil after 10 o'clock tonight, when the glant dirigible Shenandoah, after a several hours’ cruise over a ten-mile radius in this section, was Teturned to her hanger. The dirigible was cut loose from her mooring mast shortly after 4 pm. Most thrilling of the day's events ‘was the flight of Lieut. Al Willlzms, Navy airplane speed king, thromgh the hangar. Because of high winds, however, Licut. Willlams was unable to carTy out, his pian of making & nose dive to earth after being taken in his plane to a height of 2,000 feet bby the atrigidle. It was estimated that 100,000 wit- nessed the day's events. BOUND FOR' CONFE VETERANS OF ’61 60 TO MEMPHIS REUNION Confederate Survivors Accompa- nied by Sons and Delegation of Ladies. Members of Camp 171, United Con- federate Veterans, and Washington Camp, No. 305, Sons of Confederate Veterans, and their “official ladies” left this city last night en route for the annual Confederate reunion in emphis, Tenn., June 3, 4 and 6. The delegation occupled three specially chartered cars. John A. Chumbley, commandant of ‘Washington Camp, is in charge of the party. The official ladies are: Mrs. Albion W. Tuck, division president of the United Daughters of, the Com- federacy for the Washington division, matron of honor; XMiss Doris Casey, Miss Sibyl Almand, Mrs. C. L. Cham- | Ders and Mise Gmynn, ‘malds of honor; Mrs. Milus Nishet, chap- eron, ang Mrs. John anx*nnuf. The first stop-over will be &t:.Ashe- Mary ville N. C., where the veterans will be |. entertained at lunchebn By the Grove Park Inn. v, n On Monday they will be entertained &t Sheffleld, Ala., by the Qitizens’ As- soclation of that city. They will be taken on a five-hour motor trip to Ford City and the Muscle Shoals dls- trict. The party will then return to Sheffleld, where they will be the guests at the dedication of the city square, and will attend an old-fash- foned barbecue. Returning from the reunton at Memphis, the party will stop in At- lanta, and from there make a motor trip to Stone Mountain, where Gutzun Borglum is engaged ‘In carving on the side of the mountain the massive memorial to the Confederacy. BANDIT ROBS STORE AND ESCAPES IN AUTO Driver Foreed to Do Bidding at Point of Pistol—Pedestrian Also Robbed. A lone, unmasked bandit at mid- night held up a store at 3301 1Ith street, then held up a pedestrian and made good an escape by pointing a pistol at a motorist and compeling him to drive out of the meighborhood. At midnight Benjamin G. Hoffiz, who lives at 1231 Florida avenue, was about to close his store at 3301 11th street when the hold-up man entered. At the point of a pistol he robbed Hofz of $50. He ran from the store and the next heard of him by the police was from William T. Patrick of 706 Columbia road. Patrick said a man answering, the discription of the hold-up man had held him up In front of his home but €ot nothing from him. Later Norman F. Bassell, 709 Col- umblia road, told police of a bandit— and he gave a similar discription as the other two had given—who forced him at the point of a pistol to 8rive him from Columbia road near Georgia avenue to North Capitol street and Rhode Island avenue. This was the last heard of the man at 1 o'clock. Detective O'Brien, in charge of the detective bureau at night, placed Detective Sergts. Mans- field and Keck on the case and. noti- fled all precincts to be on the look- out. If You Tire Easily —if you should also have a persistent IE' ht_cough, some chest & s or hoatseness; loss of ight, you may be developing consumption, and you should lose no time to See a Dector er Have Yeourself Examined at the Free Health Department Clinic 409 15th St. N.W., Tuesday, Thursda; at 2-4 o'clock. Friday eveaings from or Saturday :30-9 o'clock. To Prevent Consumption 1. Aveid heuse dust and impure or close air, day er night. : 2. Get aii the Bght and swashine possible inte your home, - 3. Avold , cream. 4. Eat plain, nearishing foed. raw mitk, raw cream sad Wfi-fidmz 5. Get enough slecp by retiring early enough. & Try te avoid = acts on Be cheerful. Think kindly. Your mind your body . Health Insurence T A Physical Examination Every Birthday Who bove Jeil for S5 Shete Dulictls (Wgut wotiew), - Far Tiw and.m practice, for neerl (Continued from ¥irst Page.) (United -States of an .act-entitled the fImmigratfon Act of 1924" While the ‘heasure was under discussion in the Congress they took the earliest op- ‘portunity to Invite the attention of the American government to a dis- criminatory clause embodied In the act, namety section 13 (c), which pro- vides for the exclusion of aliens inel- igible Yo eitizenship, in contradistine- tion to other classes of aliens, and which is manifestly intended to apply to Japanese. Neither the representa- tions of the Japanese government, nor the recommendations of the Presi- dent and of the Secretary of State were heeded by the Congress, and the clause in question has now been writ- ten into the statutes of the United States, Opposed to Justice. “It 1s, perhaps, needless to state that International dlscriminations in any form and on any subject, even if based on purely economic reasons, are op- posed to the principles of justice and fairness upon which the friendly inter- course between nations must, in its final analysis, depend. To these very principles the doctrine of equal oppor- tunity now widely recognized, with the unfailing support of the United States, owes its being. Still more unwelcome are discriminations based on race. The strong condemnation of such practice evidently mspired the Amertcan gov- ernment In 1912 in denouneing the com- mercial treaty between the United States and Russia, pursuant to the resolution of the House of Representa- tives of December 13, 1911, s & protest against the unfait and unequal treat- ‘ment of allens of a particular race in Russin. g “Yet discFimination of a simflar char- acter is expressed by the mew statute ‘of the United States. The Immigration act of ‘1924, considered i the light of the Supreme Court's interpretation of the naturalization laws, clearly estab- lishes the rule that the admissibility of allens to the United States rests not upon individual merits or qualifications, but upon the division of race to which applicants belong. In particular, it ap- /pears that ‘such ‘racial distinetion in the act is directed essentially against Jup- anese, since persons of other Asiatic races’ are ' excluded under, separate ‘enactmrents of prior Wutes, as fs pointed ‘out in the published letter of the Secre- tary of States of February 8, 1974, o the chahrman of the committee on fm- migration’ and haturklsation of the House. of Representatives. 3 - Pawt Reeord Cited i “It has been repeatediy: asserted in ‘defense of thess discriminatory meas- jures in the United States that per- ‘sons of the Japaness race are not assimilable -to American lite and 1deals. It will, however, be observed, in the first place, that Yew immi. goants of a forelgn stock Wmay weil e expected to assimilate themselves 'to their new surroundings within 'single genetation. The history of | Jxpanese. immigration to the United States fn_any appreciable number dates but from the last few years of the nimeteenth century. The period liot time Is too shert l&m{‘ oL any | conclusive, judgmen e = fon the racial adaptabilities of those immigrants in the matter of aSaimi- - allen set- et at ths as eligible to Awverivan races cltisenship. m-' rther be remarked that be ;‘m‘ e Iatron caa, fhrive only " in a e states of the een Bubjected, y twenty. yoars. It seems hardly fair to ';pl,lln of the failure of foreign elements to merge in a community, 'whils ¢hooses to keep the &""’K{""““ Totims The B h 58 8 . St Jupanows on-assimilabil. ‘Premature, it wot 80 American oh have - unjust. < TR e TRish T30 e Al p Lot 1o Ssiodag B o, o A DY g nmm REUNION Among the Washington women who leave today for Memphis, Tenn to at- tend to Convederate Veterans' re- union there: Upper left to right— Mrs. Nellle Rose Baggett of New York and Washington loyal and ac- tive member, U. D. C.; Mrx. Frank G. Odenhelmer of Washington, past president general, U. D, C.; Mrs. Al- bion Wilkine Tuek, president Dis- triet of Columbia Division, U. D, C., who has been appointed matrom of honor for Camp 303, 8. C. V. Center, left to rigkt—Mrs. Wallace Streater of Washington, past presi- dent District of Columbia Division, V. D. C.; Mrs. Frank Morrison, Mra. Claude N. Bennett, matron of or for the District of Columbin Brigade, under Gen. N. D, Hawkins, Lower—Mins Jessica Randolph Smith of North Carolina snd Wash- ington, color bearer for the reun Japanese Protest Note Asks Removal -of Exclusion Clause United States, article 11 of the treaty of 1894 contained a clause to the follow- | ing effect: ‘It is, however, understood that the stipula contained in this and preceding article do. not in any affect the laws. ordinances and regulations with regard to trade, the immigration of laborers, police and public security which are in force or may hereafter be enacted in either of the two countries.’ Clauwe Withdrawn. “When the™ treaty was revised in 1911 this provisory clause was de- leted from the new treaty at the re- quest of the Japanese government, retaining the general rule whick as- sures the liberty of entry, travel and residence, and at the same time the Japanese’ government made_the fol- lowing declaration, dated February 21 which is attached to the treaty: In proceeding this day to the signature of the treaty of commerce and navigation between Japan and the United States the undersigned, Japanese ambassador in Washington, duly authorized by his government, has the honor to declare that the im- Derial Japanese government are fully prepared to maintain with equal ef- fectiveness the limitation and con- trol which they have for the past three years exercised in regulation of the emigration of laborers to the TUnited States.’ “In_proceeding to the exchange of ratifications of the revised treaty the acting Secretary of State communi- cated to the Japanese ambassador on February 25, 1911, that ‘the advice and consent of the Senate to the rati- fication of the treaty is given with the understanding, which is to be made part of the Instrument of ratifi- cation, that the treaty shall mot be deemed to repeal or affect any of the provisions of the act of Congress en- titled “An act to regulate the immi- gration of aliens into the United States,” approved February 20, 1907 The acting Secretary of State then added: ** ‘Inasmuch as this.act applies to the immigration of allens fnto the United States from all countries and makes no discrimination in faver of any country, it is not perceived that your government will have any objection to the understanding being recorded in the ingtrument of ratification. Japanese Position “Understood.” “The foregoing history will show that throughout these negotlations, one of the ehief preoccupations of the Japanese government was to pro- tect their nationals from discrimina- tory immigration legislation in the United _States. That position of Japan was fally understood and ap- preciated by the American govern- ment, and it was with these con- siderations in view that the existing treaty was signed and the exchange of its ratifications effected. In this sityation, while reserving for another occasion the presentation of the ques- tion of legal technicality, whether and how far the provisions of sec- tion 18 (¢) of the immigration act of 1924 are inconsistent with the terms of the treaty of 1911, the Japanese government desire now to point out that the mew legislation is in entire disregard_of the spirit and circum- Stances that underlie the conclusion aty. O itn Tekard to the so-called ‘gen- fleman's agreement’ it will be re- called that it was designed, on the one hand, to meet the actual require- ments’ of the situatfon as pefceived P9 the Americahn government con- cerning Japamese immigration, and, on the other, to provide againxt the péssible denfand in the United States for & statutory exclusion which would offend the just susceptibilities of the S mene. poople. The arrangetient T o Poree in 1908, 1tx eMiclency has Been proved fn fact. The Ngures giveh in the annual report of the United States commissioner general of immigration suthoritatively show that during the fifteen years from 1933 the excess, in number, of eso admitted to_continental United States over those who depart- .ed was no more than 8,631 altogether, including not only immigrants of the laboring class, but also merchants, students and other non-laborers and nen-immigrants, the numbers which naturally increased with the growth ot ecommercial, intellectual and social reiations bétween the twoe countties. ¥’ even =o limited a number should in any way be found embarrassing to Uniti tes, the Japaness gov- rnmept hus alrendy manitewted thetr IMPASSE AWAITING: FIRENCH Cuamp Millerand Refuses to Resign spite Demaud of Socialists, Situation Confused. STRIKE OF PARTIES URGED Herriot to Be Asked to Refuse to Obey President. By the Associated Press. PARIS, May 31.—On the eve of tha opening sessipn of the new chamber of deputies, political observers to- night were unable to see clearly the port toward which the French ship. of state was heading under the in- fluence of two directly opposed cur- rents—the inststence of the Social- ists that President Milleran@ retirn and the equally firm deeision of the president that remain at the Elysee Palace. The politica} sftuation which it was hoped would begin to clear be- fore the inaugural session of the chamber contin to be confuscd with the complications multiplying rather than diminishing. Soctnlists to Ald Radicals. The Socialists, according to the re- sults of ti®& meetings of their de- partmental sectio) appear disin- clmed to authorize their members to take part in the new govérnment, but this question will be finally settled at the arty convention tomorrow morning. The expectation now is that they wiltl offer their =uppor: o the- radical government, but that they will propose ax a primary co the resignation of President Mille M. Millerand, according to hi< closest advisers, is entirely disin clined to leave the executive mansion at the behest of any party. He will remain at the Elysee unless boti houses of parliament clearly expres< the sentiment that he ought to go. Hope to ¥orce Retirement. The Socialists, fn view ot this M titude, will, their leaders say, pre pose to Edouard Herriot, chief of the Radical Soclalist party and potential premier, that he vefuse to accept the mission to form the government at the hands of M. Millerand. By a gen- eral strike of the leadérs of the new majority who might be called upon to head the new government, the: hope to oblige M. Millerand to retire as did Casimir Perier under similar circumstances in 1895, The Elysee, it is sald, will fight LY @ message to both d “on constitutional prece- s, warning parliament of the danger to the present regime If the chamber is allowed to dictate in this way to the only branch of the gov- ernment which has thus far shown any stability under the third republic. It would be Premier Poincare who would be called upon to pri nt such a message and Radical circles are somewhat alarmed at the possible consequences which some experfenced parliamentarians consider might go as far the dissolution of the chamber even before it gets to work. TRASH FIRE STIRS CLASH: GUN USED, ALARM RUNG | Policeman Goes to Hospital Afte: Conflict in Southeast Section. Man Held, Woman Flees. N Burning trash on a vacant lot nea 1st and K streets southedst result: in the turning fn of a fire alarm, fight between police and fugitives revolver shot in the dark and th visit of Policeman Willls Lephew 11 Casualty Hospital last night for treai- ment of a scalp wound. The action started with telephone complaints arriving at the fifth pre- cinet from neighbors of Robert Hi ton of 1134 Cushing place southeast. alleged to have been burnimg (hs trash. Three policemen were sent Meanwhile a fire alarm came in. 1 was for the same trash fire. When Sergt. Jack Mulloney and Privates Miller and Lephew respond- ed, Hinton, resisting arrest, accord- ing to the police, fled Into*the hous From an upstairs window came the sound of a revolver shot. Then Le¢ phew started into the house and was hit by a fiying missile hurled frox the top of the stairs. Hinton arrested, charged with assawlt and violation of police regulations, hut Mrs. Hinton, whom the polive als sought after the revolver shot I been fired, escaped. DEPEW ILL ON BIRTHDAY. Gathering of 350 Joins in Message Hoping for Speedy Recovery. NEW YORK, May 31.—Chauncey M Depéw was too ill tonight to attend the last of the celebrations of his ninetieth birthday anniversary a1 Briar Cliffe Lodge, West C county. Cornelius A. Pugsl the famous nonagenarian, told the assembled guests that Mr. Depew was {11 at his home, with a high tem- perature, and a cold had so affected his throat that he could net talk. About 350 guests joineg in a message to Mr. Depew hoping for his speedy recovery. — was on-in-law of rangement with a view to further’ limitation of emigration. nfortunat however, the sweeping provisions of the new act, clearly indicative of discrimination against Japanese, have made it im- possible for Japan to continue the undertakings assumed ~ under th gentlemen's agreement. An_under- standing of friendly co-operation reached after long and comprehen- sive discussions between the Japanese and American governments has thus been abruptly overthrown by legisla- tive action on the part of the United States. The patient, loyal and scrupulous observance by Japan for more than sixteen years of these self-denying regulations, in the In- terest of good relations bstween th two countries,” now seems to hay been wasted. “It not denied that, funda- mentally speaking, It lies within the inherent soverelgn power of each stat. . to limit and comtrol immigration to its own domains, but when, in_ the exercise of sweh right, an evident in- fustice is done to a foreign nation in Qisregard of its proper self-respect, of international understandings or of ordinary rules of comity, the Question necessarily assumes an as- pect which justifies diplomatic dis- cussion and adjustment. “Accordingly, the Japanese govern- ment consider it their duty to main- tain and to place on record their solemn protest agalnst the dlscrim- inatory clause in section 13 (c) of the fmmigration act of 1924 and to re- quest the American government to take all possible and suitable mezs- ures for the removal of such dis- erimination.” 1 am instructed further to express the confidence that this communica- tion will be received by the American government in the same spirit of friendliness and candor in which it is SETid, Rt e of my ast con Al Sigued_ M, HAN)