Evening Star Newspaper, June 4, 1924, Page 6

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The Associated Press is exclusicely eotitled 1o the use for republication of all ‘news tehes credited to it or pot otherwise credited this paper and also the local news pob- ed ‘herein Al rights of publication of wpecial dispaiches bereio are also rescrved. Adjournment Saturday. An effort to keep Congress in ses- sion beyond the time of the nominat ing conventions has failed. Senator La Follette's motion to recall the houses on the Tth of July to pass cer- tain legislation was defeated by an emphatic vote vesterday in the Sen-| ith the adoption of | it is now de. | ate, 52 to 36. So the criginal resolution cided that at 7 o'clock Saturday night the House and Senate will adjourn sire die, that is until nest December. Undoubtedly this comparatively early adjournment leaves' much un- done that should be done. It leaves unconsidered to the point of conclu- sion farm-relief legislation, reclama- tion legislation and the Muscle Shoals matter. It leaves undone some things *hat should not be done. The major item on the unenacted calendar for which there bas been a non-partisan demand is 4 measure of farm relief. So much difference of apinion, how- ever, prevails on the score of the pre- cise character of this relief that it is doubtful whether a session protracted through tk a conclusion. So emphatic was the vote against a recess, and so well divided was it as between the parties that it must be considered that this is a non-partisan desire to cnd the session and proceed to the major business of the political organization. the nomination of candi dates and the conduct of the cam- paign. So Congress clects to “go to the country™ on its achievements, such as they are, of tho past months. The record will be the subject of much debate on the hust he course of the next five months. plishment stands out pre-cminently, tax reduction. Both parties will claim credit for it. Another positive per- formance is the granting of the sol- diers’ bon for which perhaps in the later analysis there will be no par- ticular rivalry for credit dent’s veto of that biil auent passaze of it ov be one of the definite it cussion during the camp: Apart from these two consressional record of ac unless the totally uncxpe between now and Saturd: stand as comparatively b ord of investiga! owever, in both House and Senate, is voluminous. Probably the Democratic party cxpects to find more “campaisn materi in that record than in the roll of accom- plishments and the subse- his veto will s of a dis evement. ted happens night, will re. The rec- ————. Shrine at Kansas City. From Kansas City come sounds of the Shrine. The wires tick off short messages telling of potentates, nobles, camels, burning sands and such. One might almost sy that the wires spar- kle with the news. They tell of the pasging of a parade thres and a half miles long. of ‘‘carnival of fun,” of 70,000 visitors. The Mystic Shrine is meeting in the great city, & con- siderable city for the west, where the Missouri and the Kansas rivers join. Many of us know the place. It was once called Westport, and it was there the Covered Wagon started. Last June the Shrine was here and the weather was more like summer than it is now. We do not forget. We will not forget. Sometimes cven now Washington seems to tingle with the music of the oriental.-bands. As one reads dispatches from the corn belt one can almost sce, and hear, the pageant as it passes. What a roar of music there is! How one band treads close upon another! What a brilliance in the colors! The street down which the pageant moves seems as though all the scene painters in the world had splashed it with red, zreen, vellow and purple, making a blazing, glittering design! Jollity! In ‘Washington we know! Kansas, Kan- sas City and Missouri are envied in their gayety. A hoet of Washington nobles are there. A tbousand crim- son-scariet fezes cover well known @omes and let the sun shine full upon familiar and beloved faces. Some time may the Mystic Shrine come again to Washington: ——e— When a campaign is just beginning to warm up is no time to ask Congress to adhere to a program of perfunctory duty. McAdoo and Committees. Three weeks from today the Demo- cratic national convention will as- semble in New York. Senator Pat Harrison of Miscissippi has been chosen @s tempggary chairman. That is as far as organization has proceed- ed. What will happen from that point is an open question. The claim is being made now in New York that Me- Adoo supporters are in the majority in thirty-two of the fifty-four state and territorial delegations. If that is the fact, Mr. McAdoo's friends may con- trol the organization. The four great working committees on permanent or- ganization, credentials, rules and reso- lutions consist of members named by each of the fifty-four delegations. Thus it is possible thai McAdoo men may be in the majority on all of these four committees. Already report is active on the sthject of ‘permanent summer could bring*it to| 1 One accom- The Presi- | e ) permanent o gdmzaiwin. J. B Kremer of Mqutana and Senator Key Pitiman of Nevada, both McAdoo ad- vocates, are being suggested. Of greater importance than the mat. ter of permanent organization are the functions of the other three commit. tees. If there are contests of moment a McAdoocontrolled committee on credentials may render decisions fa- vorable to McAdoo contestsnts. If a move is to be made to ahrogate the two-thirds - rule, which has prevailed ever since the Democratic party met in convention, a McAdoo-controlied committee on rules may hawe the ad- vantage of taking the initiative. Mc- Adoo’s manager, however, now claims that it is immaterial to the fortunes of his principal whether the ald rule stands or is changed, that he will be nominated anyhow. But that is ac- cepted as merely a pre-conwention boast for moral effect. The biggest and most important fight will come in the commitiee on resolutions, with the plank on prohibi- tion enforcement the chief poimt of contention. McAdoo is generally | credited with being & bone-dry advo- cate, and Gov. Smith is rated ms 3 | “moist” if not a “wet.” A McAdoo- controlled committee on would probably bring in a bone.dry plank While these questions are being fought out in committees the flcod- gates of oratory will be opened &nd the delegates and visitors treated %o some lofty stunts in spellbinding, ai- ways 2 long suit at a nominating con vention. e ———— A Crisis for Justice. 1t is indicated in dispatches from Chicago that the counsel for the de- fenee of the two youths who are ac- cused of not only one but several mur- ders of an atrocious kind, end other crimes, will pursne a policy of defense | on the plea of insanity which is plain- ly, if the confessions they have made are genuine, the only possible re- course. It is also stated that efforts will be made to delay trial as long as | possible, to allow the public feeling over the crimes to abate. possibly to permit some other sensation to inter- vene to distract public attention. In view of the enormous resources avaliable for the defense of these as- tounding young criminals, a fear im- | mediately arises in the public mind that this case will be dragged out for many months, The courts of this country are notoriously slow in the ad- iministering of justice. Much feeling prevails that crime is fostered by the indictments and in the trials of even flagrantly guilty people. Mistrials and retrials on appeal are numerous. It has often happened that the perpetra- tors of abominable crimes for which there is mo valid defense remain un | punished for several years becausc their financial resources enable them to take advantage of technicalities. It is in no spirit of vengeance that demand is expressed for promptness in the disposal of these Chicago cases. There is no issue of fact except as to | the multiplying of the crimes com- mitted by these young men. If in sanity is the plea an issue of judgment 1l be precipitated, with doubtless a list of experts testifying on both the defend- The issuc will turn upon whether lads were at the time of the commission of these crimes incapable {of distinction between right and | wrong, were irresponsible by reason of mental unbalance, fficiently to | warrant their acquittal. | The purpose of punishment is to | warn others, to prevent them by hor- rible example from committing crime. In New York today a condition pre- vails that is shockingly dangerous to | the public welfare. Owing to the leniency of juries and the tardiness | of the courts, and the difficulty of get- ting dependable witnesses who are not afraid to testify, many murderers are escaping justice. It was recently com- puted that within a certain period out of twenty-eight capital offenders only one was given the death penalty, the remainder escaping with second-degree convictions, or manslaughter verdicts, or remaining unindicted or untried. The actual terms of imprisonment im- posed in the cases of those convicted of less than first-degree murder, tak- ing account of the deductions for good behavior, averaged about five and a half years. . This situation is regarded as a posi- tive invitation to crime. One of the Chicago slayers cxclaimed after con- fessing that he would probably geta couple of vears in the penitentiary, which would be the making of a man of him. He had evidently taken cour- age from the trend of court penalties, though, of course, utterly lacking in any conception of the magnitude and gravity of his own offense. It the thought is entertained by the counsel for the defense in these Chi- cago cases that public interest in the case will wane, it is wholly erroneous. For this case is regarded by the coun- try at large as of importance, as an evidence of a shocking tendency on the part of the youth of America to- ward criminality and debauchery. ‘Whenever the case is tried, whatever the delay that may be secured through strategy and the lavish use of money for “investigations,” it will attract and hold the attention of the entire coun- try. A crisis in the evil of judicial delay is reached with this abominable crime, and the public is demanding fiow a showing of speedy justice. —_——ee———————— It used to be the trusted old em- ploye who created the shock to con- fidence. The old employe is now going steady as a clock, and it is the new bank messenger who has to be watched. —v—— Chicage alienists may find it ex- pedient to coin some such phrase as “dementia scientifica.” ——————— Drill of the Cadets. The High School Cadet competitive drill of 1924 takes its place,in history. The strain of preparation has ended, the trophies have been handed to the winners and the shouting and the tumult is over, though certain honors are yet to be paid the victors and the vanquished. Every man or every boy did his duty to his company, regiment and school. In the scoring less than four points ssparated the first and resolutjons | delays that oceur In the bringing of | THAT. SIXth companics, | than one puint separated the first and sec- ond companies, and bstween the sec- ond and the third there was a differ- ence of but three-one-hundredths of a point. It was a remarkably close con- test, with a high mark by the winner. [There is honor enough to go around. ‘There was something in the contest beyond the manual of arms and foot movements. There were plans and purposes which had to be stuck to ‘with enthusiasm and determination. Patience, persistence, obedience and method were required. There must be stamina; alertness, “presence of mind,” absence of “nerves” and quick intelli- gence. The qualities required in build- ing up a company that can win in such a contest or come near winning arc qualities that make men able, honored and successful. The boys of these companies have had training that is veluable far beyond the drill field, and that they took this training and profited by it indicates that they have ‘the foundation of earnest and capable men. Yesterday's drill was the thirty- seventh annual. Thirty-seven years carries us back to 1887. The period covers a relatively small part of the cf history, but it covers a good ! part of the history of any man, and the Washingtonlans who have taken part in these drflls, or who have been associated or keenly interested in { them, form a very large part of our | population. For thirty-seven vears the drills have had a prominent place in high school activities, and the ia- fluence in Washington of the high school or the high schools cannot be estimated. The high school is the popular university through which many thousands of our people have passed and are passing. Its mark is on so many of us that it has given its character to the general population. Each year the winning cadet company 1z presented with the Allison Nailor medal, and that recalls to thousands of older Washingtonians the pic- turesque and genial man who gave it. ———————— The prohibition convention which nwets in Columbus, Ohio, will effect a great practical service if it can devise a program to secure the universal and uncampromising enforcement needed for a. fair test of principle. ————————— 1f the old parties will be good Sena- tor La Follette may consent to refrain from interfering with the customary formalities. Since entreaties are re- garded as unavailing threats must be employes. ———et—————— Chinese recognition of the Russian government may seem easier because unstable cohditions in China enable the soviet regime to appear compare- tively secure. — et The U. S. A. is always unprepared for war as an abstract proposition, but has never been so when war as- serted itself inevitably as a concrete fact. ——————————— The New York comedian who bit a | lady friend by way of & joke may find | the demonstration too expensive to | warrant the stage manager in asking him to put the incident into his act. ————————— In signing the tax bill President | Coclidge's implied attitnde is that it is | far from perfect, but perhaps as good | as could be cxpected. ———— In the course of time playground facilities may become so abundant that youth will enjoy the school hours for a change. - —e——— ‘There will be enough material left over to permit further investigation it Congress on re-assembling feelsthus inclined. To the average person “tax reduc- tion” has become as alluring a phrase as “the full dinner pail” used to be. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSOK. Leafy June. *Tis leafy June. Once more we sing About the beauteous blossoming. But not alone in wood and field June brings a most delightful yteld. Where yonder stately building looms Behold the presidential booms; Some in their grandeur boldly set, Some like the shrinking violet! And in the distance we may see The Dark Horse scamper o'er the lea. He waits aloof, and yet 'tis thought ‘With cats he may with ease be caught. New leaves are ready to be shown In campaign books familiar grown. *Tis leafy June! What splendors crown The blooming old convention town! Out of the Question. “Do you approve of whitewashing in politice?” “T've been looking over some build- ing estimates,” answered Senator Sor- ghum. “If whitewash ever gets to be as expensive as plastering we won't be able to afford it.” The Point of 1t, The pinhead is a painful elf Because he most enjoys himself In making others fret and frown ‘While he is getting upside. down. Jud Tunkins says people don’t sing “He's a jolly good fellow” as often as they used to, prohibition having made the compliment more sincere and dis- criminating. Natural Resources. “The country we must save!" Exclaims the prophet grave. “I plainly see It's up to me To make mankind behave.” ‘The country has no fear. It goes ahead with cheer. It's sure to find Some willing mind 'To save it every year. Other Times. “Crimson Gulch used to consist mostly of saloons and a race track.” ““That was before the bootleg days,” rejoined Cactus Joe. ow it consists mostly of garages end a cemetery.” “Dem days is past” said Uncle Eben, “when a]l de recommendation & man needed round hear foh & political regular boss.” ;! TYENING STARNWASHINGTON Answers to Questions BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN Q. Should a young lady ask her escort to come {n when be brings her home from the theater or from a party?—0. W. B. A. She should not ask him in. A few words of thanks for a pleasant evening should be said as her escort leaves her at the door. Q. Why is the courthouse at Fair- fax, Va., considered a landmark?— A. At Fairfax Court House, seven- teen miles from Washington, is a monument to the first Confederate soldier to fall in the war between the states. The court house dates from colonial times, and contains the wills of George and Marths Washington. Q. Why id_the English anthori- ties forbid the burial of Byron’s body in Westminster Abbey?—T. R. N. A. Halleck says: “Byron was so saturated with the revolutionary spirit that he rebelled against these also (the proprieties and moral re- strictions of the time) and for this reason England would not allow him to be buried in Westminster Abbey." Q. To whom was the title “Yon- kers™ first applied in this country?— H W, A. A patentee, Adrian Douck, was the first person country to whom “‘Yonker." ung lord,” was applied. Q. Where is Edgar I. Allen's hoe- pital?—M. B A. Mr. Allen is the founder of the Memorial Hospital and the Gates Hos- pital for Crippled Children at Elyria, Ohio. He is giving bis entire time without compensation to children’s hospitals and tho care of ocrippled children. Q Were any Presidents of United States born British subjects?— L D.R A. Eight Presidents were born British subjects: Washington, Jobn Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Jackson and William Henry n. _ Martin Van Buren was the first President born an American citizen. Q. of P'h;tph! camel's bair cloth made?—F. B. P. A. Real camel's hfl}r 1= usg in making this fabric. It comes from the cngler sections of China, as the hair obtained from the camels in the warmer sections is neither fne nor abundant At a certain season of the year comels shed their hair, which drops off in bunches, most frequently while the camels are asleep. When a caravan is on a trip there is always a spectal boy whose duty it is to gather up the shed hair in baskets. When a port as reached the hair is sorted and baled for ex- port. Q. How fast does the moon travel in its orbit>—W. H. D. 'A. The moon travels through space at a speed of 3,350 feet per second (it Q. In Arkansas there is a county the name of which. “Yell,” seerus to be a command {bxt is the origin of the name’—S. A A former governor of the state, Col. Archibald Yell, is honored by the name of this county. Q. Is it true that more Ttalians eml- grate to South America than to the United States?—K. S B. A. Emigration fluctuates Accord- ing to statistics furnished to the conference on immigration at Romo recently, thirty-five years ago the United States was receiving 12 per cent of Itallan immigration; Argen- tina, 23 per cent, while Brasil re- ceived nearly as many immigrants as both countries combined. By 1910 conditions had changed to: United States. 40 per cent; Argentina, 16 per cent; Brazil, 10 per cent. Q. 1Is kainit geod for lawns? Vander in this meaning a fertilizer. cured when it is combined with acid |ing for 1awns. The combination should | be® Acid phosphate, 20 pounds; kainit, 15 pounds. Q. When the skin is blistered from sunburn, should the blisters be opened >—J. L. O'K. A. The public health service says that it is better to leave them alone. After a time a new layer of skin is formed and the blisters break of themselves. Q. May there be any variation in the size of a base ball>—W. E. P. A. The Official Playing Rules Pro- fessional Base Ball Clubs say that the ball must weight not less than five nor more than five and one-quar- ter ounces avoirdupois, and measurs not less than nine nor wore than nine and ope-quarter inches in circumfer- ence. Q. What is or was the “Land of Cockaigne?”—A. G. E. A The Land of Cockaigne was an imaginary land of idleness and plenty, in which the houses were roofed with cake, the rivers ran with wine and roasted fowl offered them- selves to be eaten. The name was applied in derision to both London and Paris, following the writing of a_satirical poem entitled “The Land of Cockaigne,” about 1300. Q. Is gas used to heat an fineu- bator?—J. H. A. The Department of Agriculture says that it is Dot a common prac- tice to use gas to beat an incubator. Electricity and oil have proven more suocessful. Q. When was the first Jew given a baronetey in England?—D. E. L A. Isazc Lyon Goldsmid was the first. He was made a baronet by Queen Victoria in 1840. Q. What is meant by the “grace of God”"—I. R. A. Grace of God is an expression from the writings of St Paal, who frequently used the term grace in the sense of a gift which enables those who have it to do that which they dould not do without it. The Church of England and the Protestant Epis- copal Church in the United States teach that grace is the assistance given by God to those who believe in Him, so that they may please Him and keep His commandments. The Roman Catholic Church teaches that for all acts conducive to salvation the inner grace of the Holy Spirit is Decessary. g oriing The Star Informe I'nforma- tion Burcau, Frederio J. Haskin, Direo- tor, 21st and C streets northoest. This offer applies strictly to The ‘bureou camwot give advics om logal, medi- oal oad financict matters. It does mot attempt to setilc domestic troubles, nor to undertake ezhaustive resoarch on any subject. Write your question plainly and bricfly. Géve full name and address and inolose © cemts in stamps for returs postage. AR replics Gro semt direct to the inguérer.) District Tax Payment Compared to Arkansas To the Editor of The Star: p “Washington, & city of tax dodg- ers,” so says the eminent statesman Semator Caraway of Arkansas. Records for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1919, show that the tax dodgers of the District ot Columbia DPaia in federal tames, $18.645.053, while he_ people In_the great state of Ar- kansas paid $12,556.192, or $6,088,861 less than ‘the Disirict of Columbla tax ers. i it not b better for the great statesmen who now sit in the United Sthtes Congress to point with pride to the fact that they, the city fathers of ‘the Great Capltal of the greatest nation manage its affairs on earth, = "’Gf‘“'.-..w# R . MEAXE, the ! A. Kainit has considerable value as | Excellent results are se- | phosphate, to be used as a top dress- | IN TODAY’S France 15 in the throes of revolu- tion. It may be a constitutional over- turning of the administration or it may-easily become a coup d'etat over- turning of the republic, with a tri- umph of the elements of socialism, communism or chaos. Or it might become a coup d'etat of a dictator- ship counterbalancing the forces seeking to substitute the proletariat for constitutional government. Every day brings a new situation, and the tenseness of the crisis is likely to grow, rather than subside. Premier Poincare (the war Presi- dent of France and the active head of reconstruction as premier, under his rival, President Millerand), has resigned ‘under pressure of the par- llamentary refusal to approve his policies. Ordinarily President Mille- rand would then select the leader of the opposition to take the premier- Is:époitn:o{ffrfi :rc-nblnet.‘ but the 1«:- ciallstic opposition today ls 105 deep for so casy a solution: it 15 Millerand, 5o that the Soclalists of all bloos and factions — radical, unified and republican—have voted to reject any premicr nominated by President Miilerand. ~They mean to force the President of Jrance also to resign and thus give over full control of the country to socialism. France is gov- crued by lts legislative assembly— a three-part government, s is the United States, © Reb s * % % % The situation is not without direct interest in the United States, in view of the agitation here to so amend our Constitution as to give power to Con- £vess not only to override a presi- Janiial veto of a bill by a two-thirds vots of each branch. but also to over- | Tide a decision of the Supreme Court Pon the unconmstitutionality of & 14w. A Congress which is its own unrestrained censor of its own acts is above the Constitution and may 4t any time aholish the Constitution, and, overnight, upturn the republic. - That i the power resting today m the Krench Senate and Deputles. The chief executive is not elected by the Dpeople, but by the Senate and House of Deputies, "sitting together; wach member casting his individual vote. Although the Assembly—Senate and Deputies—has no power to dismiss a president before the expiration of his term, they can refuse—as they have now agreed to do—to ratify any cabinet he may appoint. and so | tic his hands that the government is paralyzed. The president cannot prorogue the Assembly, as can the ng "~ of England prorogue Parlia- ment, unless he has the consent of the Senate. Tho Assembly seems to hold the key of the situation. The French president elected by the Assembly salects a premier who organizes a cabinet subject to ap- proval by the Assembly The cab net is not responsible to the presi- dent The chief executive can sign no measure without some member of the cabinet countersigning it The members of the cabinet arc directly responsible to the Assembly, and when a cabinet policy is refused in- dorsement in the Assembly the cabi- net must (by custom) resigm, to make room for a new cabinet having the approval of the Assembly. In the United States the President is elected by the people (only theo- retically through an electoral col- lege), and Congress has nothing to do with his olection or dismissal, un- | less the people fail to elcct, and un- less the President violates the duties of office and becomes subject to im- peachment The cabinet is not di- rectly responsible to Congress, after | the seloction by the President has been ratified by the Senate. The cabinet reports only to the Presi- * ministration policies to Congress. | "It is claimed by our constitutional- |ists that this system makes for sta- | bility and continuity of policies, while radicals argue that the heads of de- partments shoudd confer directly | with Congress and receive orders from Congress over the head of the President, or be subject to dismissal by Congress whenever the legislators vote a “lack of confidence.” That is how things are done in Europe, and Americans now have an opportunity to see their own country as it might be put into effect—giving power to Congress to override tho Supreme Court, to defy and overturn consti- tutional restrictions and enact any law which two-thirds or three- fourths, or even a majority in Con- der some wave of popular excitement—might desire. Sometimes, through some sudden popular craze, men of utter inexperi- ence are swept into Congress, im- President Coclidge’s signature of the immigration bill closes for the time what is considered by the press as the most important measure passed by the present Congress, and probably the most important in the last fifty years, because it is a tremendous change to which reactions will be felt all over the country long after discussions regarding the tax and bonus bills have been forgotten. Editors, however, are considerably divided in their opinions as to whether the President should have signed or vetoed the bill “The Chief Executive did the best he could under the circumstances.” in the opinion of the Newark News (independent); which says, « “he showed courage, and the Japanese admire that” furthermore, ‘“if his words convince them that he was speaking for publio seniiment in America he will have performed an international service.” The state- ment, the Cincinnati Times-Star (Republican) claims, “deserves a great place among American state t is cool-headed. patriotic, far-sighted and inspiring.” The Pres- ident “again displayed the wisdom that is consistent with sound and broad ship,” ~ continues the New Orleans Times-Picayune (independent Democratic), which holds “a disagree- ment over method merely, and con- fined to a single provision of a gen- eral law recognized as an imperative national need, certainly did not Justify a veto.” ‘The Boston Transcript (independent Republican), agrees “in signmg it the President has shown his charac- teristic wisdom in going to the heart of the measure, which is the general and beneficent restriction of immigra. tion and simplification of the means of its controL” The Pittsburgh Sun (independent Democratic), also res gards the President's reasons for signing the bill as “sound,” because a veto would have widened more than ever the gulf between the White House and the Capitol, and Mr. Cool- idge cannot be blamed for not desir- ing to run into trouble when no con- structive end is at stake.” * k kK The Indianapolis News (independs ent) points out “if the President had vetoed the bill he would have run the risk of seeing no legislation on ime migration in force when June 30 are rived.” The 'President's “whole and sole purpose,” the Flint Journal (in- dependent), maintains “is the promo- tion of the welfare of the United States and its citizens—this law promises to do that, and in our judge ment the President did the right | thing.” The Portland Express (Republican) believes the President's reasons are sufficient, because to. the bill as 2 whole the for directed against both Poincare and | be if the reforms advocated wers to | e e e SPOTLIGHT BY PAUL V. COLLINS bued with untried theories and vaga- ries, and given power to discard the wisdom of statesmen, tried and ex- perfenced. On_the other hand, say the radicals, the “statesmen” grow to despise the will of 4he masses, and this is a gov- ernment of, by and for the people— not for the “reactionaries,” who, they charge, too often fall under the con- trol of special interests. * % k% It is impossible to draw parallels too closely between the conditions in France and in America, for condi- tions of today are always founded upon conditions of history and race character- istics. Socialism has long been a more |active disturbing influence in France ithl in our country. During the war lit harassed the responsible govern- ment, even to the Verge of treason. Some of its leaders were tried and convicted as traitors, Callaux, a for- mer premier, was banished, but hus |now returned and may rcsime lead- ership of radicals, even with & pos. | sibility of again becoming premiec { M. Herriot has been most conepicu- ous and has been expected to be of- fered the premiership by President Millerand. but with the present re- fusal of the Assembly to indorse any Millerand nominee, he will not dare accept the nomination. ¥ ¥ ¥ % What has been the sum of the of- fense of the Poincare administration? As war president he seclected Cle- menceau as premier and the al S supreme commander—and Premier Cle- menceau and Gen. Foch won the war. At its close there were 8,000,000 acres of the best farm land of France so devastated, the soil so riven, that m agric culturists said it ‘could never again raise crops, and should be & as no-man’s land—an ument to the savagery of the There were 742,000 homes destroyed Up to last June five-sixths of the red 200e—8,000,000 acres—and 590,000 homes had been redeemed, and M. Rei- bel, minister of the devastated regions, said that by 1925 all the reclamation will have been accomplished, True. the rebuilding bas been done with Irench taxes, subject to reim- bursement by Germany, under the Versailles peace treaty. Germany has not yet paid, but both Poincare and_Socialist possible successor) have g qualified approval of the Da port on methods of forcing reparations payment. A loan of $100,000,000 from Morgan banking syndicate of A ican money has been azreed u N, with a View to stabilizing the franc. Terms of security are strict. and when M. Herriot attacked the sever- ity of those terms last week, while it appeared that he was about 1o receive power as premic the val of the franc fell to almost its lowest point * * ¥ ¥ Even the most radical pause when confronted with actual responsibility. Will the Socialists plunge France into bankruptcy and chaos now that they behold the brink? L'Opinion, the organ or radicalism, asks solemnly: “Allons nous vers une dictature?” (Are wo going into a | dictatorship?) “The question is upen all lips says L'Opinion. “Only a few mem |bers of parliament, committeemen and candidates openly. We hear it evervwhere It propaganda. “Every one knows from his school | history ‘that no system of goverument dent, who reports and expressess ad- | has been able to survive financial de- | | moralization. The revolution started { from Calonne, and Bonaparte was the product of the asSignats. ““The day when the fall of the lira endangered Italy, Mussolini crossed | the Rubicon. It was the decline of | the peseta that called forth the pro- | nunciamento of Primo de Rivero. The debacle of the mark put Germany in ithe hands of Gen. von Seckt. The | Moscow dictatorship is based on the | fuin of the ruble. Austria has not | been able to heal the ravages of the | monetary debauch, except by estab- lishing a respectabl: dictatorship under a Dutch official.” | "“The French tranc, at par worth 20 |cents, is today sold in the markets of France at about twenty-one or twenty-two francs for a dollar; it dropped under the reported threat of Herriot to overturn the American loan because of the security demand- ed, although M. Herriot has since de- clared that he supports the loan. (Copyright, 1924, by Paul V. Collizs.) Immigration Act Is Hailed As Involving Influence On U. S. could not rightly permit it to fail” The Detroit Free Press (independent) finds *“Mr. Coolidge has an excellent sense of proportion, and much as he may disapprove of the Japanese ex- clusion provisions in their present form, those provisfons are only & minor matter when compared with the measuro as a whole, which is to a large extent a sound, protective piece of legislation.” The Rochester Times-Union (independent), also feels “he was justified in signing it even with the troublesome Japanese clause.” A contrary view i3 expressed by the Detroit News (independent) which says, “President Coolidge's signing of the bill is & distinct victory for Con- a severe defeat for the Exec- and a triumph for the state of California over the United States of America.” If he had vetoed the bill, the News continues, “it would_bave strengthened the hand of the Presi- dent and added ome moro reason to several already furnished for com- pelling the voters to be more carcful in selecting their representatives in the national legislature.” Referring to evidence that the blow to Japanese pride had been softened by ecxpres- sions outside of Congress, tho Bal- timore Sun (independent) declares much more good might have been done by such an expression of hos- tility to it as a presidential veto would _have conveyed to Japamese sensibilities.” * ¥ ¥ % The Baffalo News (Republican) considers the reason given by the President is not sufficient, because, “This statement does mot help the situation. Japan cannot read it with- out an intensity of indignation over the exclusion provision.” The Presi- dent ‘“has attested his quality of leadership by tamely kissing the rod that smote him,” according to the Omaha Weérld-Herald (independent) which is convinced that in signing tho bill “he accepts not only personal deteat but repudiation of his Secre- tary of State, Charles E. Hughes.” His statement of apology, the New York BEvening World _(independent Democratic) insists, “is as weak as his will in the matter.,” because, “if our good faith as a nation is involved, there is no excuse for agreeing to 2 wrong thing to the end that Con- ess_may stop work on June 7. e Richmond News-Leader (inde- pendent Democratic) is confident it is, his explanatory statement almost flat, and scarcely has the ring of sincerity,” moreover, “his action will sharpen animosities and will lead Japan to believe that all Amer- icans are supporters of the congres- lected his chief marshal, Gen. Foch, as | don’t dare to put it| is not a conspiracy, nor the resuit of | 1 | | Senator Simmons 4| San eternal mon- | forat enemy. | 1 | publican | Were of gruat influence in secur Politics at Large BY N. O. MESSENGER “Well, a Republican President signed the bill, didn't he?" That {5 what the Republicans are expected to reply to ihe Democratic claim that the Democrats deserve the credit for enacting the tax reduction bill. The Republicans think that the psychology is likely to work out a situation in their favor with the peo- | ple. The way they look at it is that the voters will realize that they have the reductions in their taxes, a bird | n hand, and will not bother them- selves over the details of how was secured to the point of giving it] | government for the District of Co- CHANGE IN D. C. RULE BEFORE CITIZEN BODY City Manager Plan May Be Better Than Present Type, Columbia Heights Folk Told. NEW OFFICERS INAUGURATED W. I Swanton Starts Another Term as President. The worth of commission form of the Demeerats eepscial credlt 'or!lumbm was questioned by President their part in forcing the reductions. | * * * % The Democratic national committes takes the contrary view, however, and is calculating to make 2 big drive over the tax bill. A current statement by the Democratic national committes says upon this subject “Popular appraisal of the ncw bill has been followed by popular approval and by generzl recogniin of the fact that Democratic lead #hip in Congress is to be credited vith the substantial relief which this measure promises to millions of tax- payers. It supplants two abortive proposals fathercd by the Republicans —the Mellon plan, which President Coolidge eponsored and urged and the Longworth proposal, which was a forced Republican compromise to meet a political exigency “Tho Democratic lax reduction bill was approved in _confe tically as it left the House. Its es. sential provisions are practical rner (Democratic) plan. tax rutes and the normal are those adopt o Democrat, when it of passage by the It carrics aiso a provision a horizontal reduction of 25 per t in tho taxes, payable for 1323, S0 that its advaniages will be reaped immediately by scores of thou- sands of taxpayers.” * ¥ % The national committes's state- ment, going on to clalm credit for the new law, says: “Senator Simmons has been recery was in proce | ing congratulations from all part W. L Swanton of the Columbia Helghts Citizens' Association at meeting of the association held at Stephen's parish hall iast night. rs elected in May were of- | { | | Sust | suitea | swaaton ty) ager i look | righ ment of the city man- worth ve the 1 of govern wit lern of the country as a result of his con- | cr, structive work in the making of the new bill. His ability as an economist and a& an authority on figeal | tion was respected even by leaders of the Sen: acceptance of his proposals b, the conferees. When certain pro- Visions of the bill were dropped in confl he measure still * % % % Tt is said by Democratic leaders !n\ Congress that it is their intention to keep constantly before the voters in the coming campaign these claims and make the enactment of the tax reductions one of the leadin, long with their attacks on gouls:;.; law as a “robber of the people for| the trusix* *iF * & With great glee the Democratic national committes is quoting that eminent Republican. Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, stand-pat protection- ist, a5 admitting that the farmers of the west are blaming the tariff for some of their troubles. This is what the committes clatms Dr. Butler said: “The farmer has found by expe goce hat a taniff on a ural products docs him n d, and thal those tariff dutics which' Bele Tos manufacturer increase the farmer cost of living and limit his capacity to sell abroad He is thinking very seriously on these th jeriously on these thizgs and there votes are counted in Advices have been received in Washington of & most authentic char- acter stating former Gov. Lowden is not a candidate for the Republican Vice Presidential nomination, will not be and, moreover, if “drafted” will nof accept the nomination. e statement is eo expl! from such & source as to forelose any further suggestion of his being con- sidered by the convention. * % x ¥ Charfes B. Warren of Michigan is to be chairman of the committee on resolutions of the Republican national convention, which will present the platform. This will give Michigan two places tn the organizati convention, with Dr. Marion Leros Burton of Michigan making the Dominating speech. It is understood that Representative Madden of Nii. nois will second the President Coolldge. o on of *x ¥ % J. Bruce Kremer of Montana or Senator Pittman of Nevada will be named permanent chairman of the Democratic national convention is the gossip in political circles are friendly to William 0 MeAdao 1t is said. although Mr. Kremer is hot unfriendly to Gov. Smith. E I New York supporters of Mr. Mc- Adoo claim that he will have the backing of thirty-two of the fifty- four members of important commit- tees of the convention—the commit- tees on permanent organization, on rules, on credentials and on resolu- tiona, % % These are questions expectsd to arouse contention in-the Democratic national convention: Proposed indorsement of ths Wilson league of nations plan. The wet or dry plan. Proposed abolition of the two-thirds rule. There is enough dynamite in these questions to make the convention a bear pit, let along the fight for the nomination. ¥ ¥ ok ¥ The Democratic managers are look- ing forward to a fine time abusing the Republicans for the oil scandals. Senator Pat Harrison will start the ball rolling in his keynote speech, and every orator will take a whack at the suhject, for subsequent use in his own campaign, if he expects to run for office this fall. The Democratic campaign text book, it is said, will divide its space in com- menting upou the ofl scandals along with attacks on the tariff and claims for the credit of tax reductions, and is to be a rare volume of invective. * ¥ ¥ ¥ The managers of the Democratic convention are trying to protect the delegates and visitors agalnst extor- tionate food prices In restaurants in and adjacent to Madison Square Gar- den by pre-arrangement with cater- ers. You will be able to get a slice of roast beef and a baked potato for $1.10, and a “plate dinner” of chicken and vegetables for §1.50—maybe. * ¥ ¥ ¥ Hints come from Cleveland that the city is going to be “powerful dry” during the conventlon and that vis- itors would do well to “bring some- thing on the hip." In New York the convention man- agers are teps to see that no R AN which help the | | form secratary. and B. Todd Georse A caster, vice cha Max Abel, Le ham C. Turn Robert H. members; member ment: F. M. B recreation and amus heimer, chairman liner, vieo chairm Brashears. Wormes! rence Rosser, . Co community centel chairman, business re: A Buscher, chairman. On motion of was appropriated to ald in get! books for the new branch of public library 16th and Lamo streets, On motion Chatham Towers lector of taxi Mirza Hussein Alai, Minister From Pers To the Edttor af The Star: 1 recall a small, trim figure in . mottled brown toga and black Timlese hat, attending upon the regeat of Persia, when, after secret diplomac: and even more secret politics, Diwac able to present Morgan Shuster to bis {mperial majesty, N A1 Mol This smallish man was the present Persian Minister Mirza Husseln Alai- whose departure to serve in the Per- sian Parliament on the Sth instant has been announced. When, after- ward, his father died he became Al us Saltameh Mirza, Mirza after the name signifying prince. He was one of the first to make himself a “Mr at the call of democracs. When Shuster, the American finan- cler, was presented, the regent said: “You are bringing us the light,” to which T answered, “We arc bringing back the light” Once a week or so. 1 saw Mirsa Alai at the foreign ofice during five years, for he was chef de cabinet and acted as interpreter. having been from the age of four in England with his father, the Persian minister, ani so familiar with English. In fact, he was edncated at Oxford and became 4 British solicitor and speaks better English than I can. 1 remember tha the forceful Foreign Minister V souk ud Dowlih, who could talk both French and English, would talk to me only in Persian my words Interpreted. Alai oft with us and entertained us W slan and European music, at which b fs expert. 1 came to regard him ( do yet) as a friend, though putt him down as pro-British and not be trusted with my secrets. Tha: may have been right until the British and Russians expelled Shuster and a British officer, who had wormed him- Belf into the confidence of the Ameri- can experts, was promoted, upon Shuster's departure, to the head of the spy system at Simla. India. When 1 told him this be was evidently shocked. He had always bsen a Da- triotic Persian, and_the British had been claiming to be Persia’s best friend, while keeping her from de- veloping railroads and the like, to protect India from czarist Russia. When the regent, at the demand of the two powerful empires, closed the Parliament by force, which was en- thusiastically backing Shuster. Alai said to me. “This is the agen: 1 answered “Ca ‘ira He has tried to be the one to make it go: for he has procured the sending out of other experts who, using the same methods, have re- sumed Shuster's work just where he ieft it off. & CHARLES WELLS RUSSELL. —————————— Prudence and Oil. From tie Birmingham Age-Herald The Boston Transcript says that it “geoms about time for Diogepes tos show up in Washington with his lan- tern.” Prudence should sugsest that ho employ some other fuel than oil or alcohol H Gad / Waiting for Sigms. From the Philadelphia Record. The soviet will not be recoguizedl as & clvilized government until it acts