Evening Star Newspaper, June 9, 1924, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR| With Sanday Morning Edition, pr— WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY..........June 9, 1924 THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor | The Evening Star Newspapor Company Buwiness OMice. 111h St. and Peomsyivarde Ave. New York Office: 110 E ud St Chicago Ofice. Tower Butlding. European Ofiice. 16 Regent St., London, England. The Evenig Star, the Sunday morning shition. 1s dejivered Ly carriers withig the 2its a1 00 eets per month: daily enly. €enis por moath; Nunday voly, 20 cenis per manth Orers may be sent by mail or fel Twome Main A0, © Collectton (s made by cac- Hers @t the cud of rarh month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance, Maryland and Virginia. .$8.40: 1 mo. $6.04 $2.40; .70 1mo., 20c | Al Other States, ! Daily and Sunday.1yT., $10.08: 1 mo., 85¢ | Daily oaly 7.0 Member of the Associaled Press. The Amsocimied Press ts exclusivels entitied the ure for repnblieation of a1l news dis. ches eredited 16 it oF ot others ise crodited ibis paper and also the local news pub stod herein. Al riebts of publiestion of apecial dispatches herein sre aiso reserved. = | { Pay in Full Now If a business corporation should perform @s Congress has just per- formed as the District’s legislature it would be subject to receivership pro cedure. As a re of incompetent | management several thousand em- | | section than has been done by any | other storm that can be readily called | sclection of a vice presidential nom- | be placed in nomination. Several names | important streams which flow into it. Now comes & windstorm which bears the signs of & cyclone or tornado, and which blows down more barns and houses and uproots more trees in this to mind. The damage to telephone service and the wrecking of automo- biles by falling barns and trees con- stitute a greater loss than bas been known before in any area near Wash- ington because there are more tele- phome lines amd more automobiles. Crop damage would have been exceed- ingly heavy because of hail and ‘ex- traordinary rain.- but owing to the low temperature of May and June and excessive rain crop planting has not been carried on as usual. ———— The Cleveland Meeting. Interest in the proceedings at Cleve- land, where the Republican party meets tomorrow to adopt a platform and name candidates, centers in the inec. Speculation on this point is re- vived with the positive declination of ex-Gov. Lowden of Illinois, whose nrame had been most freely advanced for several days, to permit himself to are now being actively canvassed. Senator Borah, who has heretofore been praposed with signs of unwilling- ness on his part. is once more advo- cated. Former Controller Dawes is one of the favorites. Gov. Hyde of Mis- souri has a real boom. Others are ployes of the District of Columbia. who have by law been granted increases of | atary, are 1o be denied not only those | re but ev pensation as their former pay. These empioyes, the school teachers, police- men and firemen of the Capital, unless some extraordinary means may be found to meet the emergency, will draw $20 a month Jess in compensa- tion than heretofore, eithough the law #rants them an actual increase, This extraordinary situation comes aboat throush the failure of the de- ficiency bill, which carried authoriza- tions for the increased eppropriations fade necessary by two bills signed by the President shortly before adjourn- ment. There or Senate on the score of these appro- priations. They were recognized as wecessary. But through the filibuster 6f one man in the upper house, anzered by the failure of the conferees te agree upon a certain item, not at all related to District matters, the whole Bl faied Hope is felt that some way may be found to relieve this situation. Sug- zestion is made that the funds neces- ry to pay the teachers, firemen and nolicernen may be drawn from the sur- pius of District tax revenues lying in the Treasury. The Senate has passed the bill to make that fund available, and the House committee has ap- vroved it. so that it lies on the table in the House awaiting action. But it is not vet a law, and even if it were a law a question would arise whether it could be used for any particular pur- nose, or would merely flow into the District’s general fund to meet requisi- tions under specific appropriations. Another way is proposed. The con- troller gemeral of ‘the United States may find or take authority to construe the appropriation as in effect made on the basis of the increased pay, al- though the amount actuall appro- priated for the twelve months ending July 1. 1825, is definitely made for that period on the old scale. Here stands | the situation: Congress has formally fixed the pay scale of the teachers, firemen and policemen. Tt has in the District appropriation bill provided tunds to pay them. When that appro- | priation was actually written into the | bill the scale was lower than that| which prevailed when the bill passed. Ts not the fund carried in the appro- priation bill available to meet the new scale from the outse Application of the available funds ander the regular appropriation bill to pay the teachers, firemen and police- men at thelr new scale would, of course, leave a deficiency, to be met by a later appropriation when Con- gress reassembles. Such a deficiency. in fact, was perceived in advance of the occurrence, and provision was sought to meet it in the measure that failed Saturday night. Unless such a ruling ean be given and the appropriations actually avail- | able can be so applied, a very serious hardship will be imposed upon these Public servants, who will lose not only <heir promised increases, but actually fheir bonus at the rate of $20 a month, which would in most cases inflict a very grave hardship. Should the con- troller gencral admit the legality of the claim of the new scale of pay for these classes upon the regular appro- priation Congress will certainly not be in @ position to question his action, inasmuch as it was its own fault that this prospective deficiency occurred. ————— The Japanese who interrupted a ball attended by Americans in Tokio with speeches and threats of boycott would find their sentiments indorsed by many | people in this country if they had limited their demonstration to a pro- test against jazz and modern dancing. § ——————— 3 Storm Damage. ¢ Storm losses in the District and the country south of Washington are ex- ténsive and serious. and news coming from places cut off from telephone service shows that property destruc- ‘tion has been greater than known last night and early this morning. No-part of the country adjacent to Washing- ton escaped without damage, but the greater force of wind was south and ontheast of the cify in the lower part ot Prince Georges and the upper part of Charles Counties:and in” Calvert County. It is reasonable that later réperts will tell of extensive damage in several bay counties on the western nd eastern shores and along the lower Potomac and Patuxent. Re- fearkable rainfall and hail added to the losses. This spring has brought much un- sisual weather. Perhaps the records of the weather bureau show that since Jts creation we have.had a spring of more cold and rain, but the belief of dhost -persons is that the spring of 1924 excels all others in bad weather. There ‘have been floods in the upper Potomac—not one “freshet” but two— and heavy loss of property and. life F Ween suffered in the upper valley @é 'the rivér and along most of the - ' a as much in com- | was no dissent in House | | can easily see why Mr. McAdoo could ‘mentioned,” each with a following. or, it would perhaps be more accurate | 16 say. a pushing coterie of advocates. Unless’ sentiment settles in advance | upon the man who is to carry the Re- | publican standard with President Cool- | idge the balloting for second place will be livel As for the platform, much doubt | prevails on the score of its exact phraseology. But the question is chief- ly one of text, rather than of prin- ciples. There may be a contention on the point of prohibition, whether tho { party will take a positive stand for stiffer enforcement, or will be content to refer to prohibition as an accom | plished fact, with no pledge for the fu ture. The Klan question may be de | bated. There are those who wish to | see the party adop: a strong position |in denunciation, and others who re- | gard such a statement as unwise. The world court, it is accepted, will come | in for a kindly word. perbaps a strong | statement of demand for a congres- | sional epactment favorable to the | United States entering such a tribunal. 1t is on the score of the perform- ances and record of the party during| the past four years that the platform writers will he put to their test. The disclosures regarding the work of members of the Harding administra- tion make this task one of difficalty In advance of the Democratic denunci- ations that are to be expected from the New York platform, it is necessary to put forth some sort of plea in abate- | ment. Careful differentiation is de- manded to put the blame for the dere lictions that are so nainfully evident upon the individuals who betrayed the trust imposed in them This ‘platform will be that of Mr. Coolidge. Not that he will write it. He may tot dictate e single plank. But inasmuch @s the party is pledged to name him as its candidate, it must present to the country a statement of principles that fit his record and his known attitude toward the questions of moment. On the score of tax reduction an ac- complishment may be and doubtless will be claimed. That claim will prob- ably be denied by the Democracy. The Republican platform may and prob- ably will point to the fact that tax re- duction was proposed and urged by | the President and the Secretary of the Treasury. On the score of the bonus no party claim can be advanced. The Repub- lican President vetoed the bonus bill, | and Congress, by Republican as well as Democratic and Progressive votes, passed it over the veto. 1f there is dis- credit in the public mind for its enact- ment it falls upon both parties alike. The Republican President, who sought to prevent the drain upon the Treas- ury by his veto, will receive the bene- fit of such a sentiment. If the. pro- bonus sentiment dominates his action will prove a handieap. e A dry candidate will be demanded by Willlam Jennings Bryan, who, for the present, will not insist on complicat- ing the New York convention with questionnaires relative to the Darwin- ian theory. Col. Bryan gives his in- vestigating abllities wide scope, but he knows when to concentrate. ———————— Mental attitudes follow certain recognized customs. Democrats have | no difficulty in suggesting candidates they belicve would be better than President Coolidge, and Republicans | i [ be improved on as the banner bearer. ———————————— The Ku Klux Klan will never have the temerity to invade a national party convention and try to show its kind- heartedness by laying a cash cam- paign contribution on the platform. It is a melancholy fortune that be- comes famous for its ability to employ the most expensive criminal lawyers and alienists. | ————— i In case & third party appears it will follow a distinguished precedent in having its candidate definitely selected well in advance of the convention. The War on Cancer. Announcement from Philadelphia that the germ of cancer has been- dis- covered will arouse hope that the cure of this terrible disease will follow in consequence. Cancer ‘cures” have been proclaimed often in the past, but ‘with less achievement resulting than anticipation has warranted. There scems, in fact, to be no specific cure vet for the mysterious ailment. If, however; the specific germ has been isolated a serum may be found that will attack the disease and directly conquer it. Heretofore in bacteriological ad- vance, whenever the specific organism of disease cause’ has been isolated it has -been 'utilized on the -anti-toxic:) hypothesis to create in turn the cure. In no instance i8 complete success achieved. But one by one diseases \ have been conquerad in such degree as to constitute a victory over the malignant ills that attack mankind. Cancer has thus far resisted Inquiry, and analysis. It has been attributed to foods, to bruises, to chemical blood conditions and without definite demon- stration to individual organisms. Dr. Gilover's discovery, it is stated, is that of the micro-organism which produces the abnormal growth In tissues and in corgans known as cancer. For two years treatments have been in prog- ress, with results that are described as “remarkable.” In a majority of the cases, which were in all stages, fa- vorable developments have occurred, and in some instances ‘‘the subjects have been discharged as symptom free, a condition the layman would call It is well to restrain enthusiasm over this announcement. To often has disappointment - followed proclaimed discoveries of cancer causes and can- cer cures. But it is evident that some advanee has been made, and for that at least there is grat*ude. ———————————— Two nineteen-year-old scientists pos- ing as cold-blooded investigators ren- dered superior to ordinary human con- siderations by their intellectiality, of- fer @ fascinating study to the genuine- Iy cultured student of psychoanalysis. That there are mental specimens of indescribable morbidity is well enough known. The important line of research contemplating the practical protection of society relates to how they get that way. ———— Reciprocity in automobile matters | permit hopes of speedy action on the part of Maryland in repairing road ways near Washington, D. C., that have passed into the death-trap class, ——e———— It will be a relief to a number of statesmen to find party conventions affording opportunities to attend a few mectings with nothing to investi- gate. ———————— In order to secure a truly competent jury it may be necesmry to find twelve men who are able to define off- | hand all the long words in the vocabu. lary of psychoanalysis. ———— Brass bands are not expected to fig- ure as prominently as usuval in this summer's campaigning. Orpheus is | to be banished along with Bacchus. ————————— Ohio may feel that her political prestige is not properly respected if Mr. James Cox insists on remaining placid spectator. e One of the points of efficiency now demanded in a candidate is his ability to do business without an extravagant expense account. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON Moments of Relief. Every now and then we pause To have an argument About the taxes and the laws And threats of discontent. We lay aside without regret The scandals that we read Of grafting or divorce or debt Or ‘homicidal deed. ‘We talk in language very loud And boldiy eriticize A government of which we're proud. We know it's good and wise. Whenc'er the burden seems too great In life's accustomed grind We argue on affairs of state, And that relieves the mind. We know full well the nation rests Upon a base secure, And heeds the popular behests By methods strong and sure. Among the blessings that it holds For every citizen Is the occasion it unfolds To argue now and then. Eclat. “Some of the greatest writers of the country will portray the proceedings of the convention.” “They will lend eclat,” answered Senator Sorghum. *‘Even if it doesn’t develop any political surprises it will be a great literary event.” Moral Certainty. The delegate sets forth anew. His work, with joy, w view it. He knows exactly what to do And likewise how to do it. Jud Tunkins says his chief objection to jazz music is that it looks so easy almost anybody is willing to try it. First Test. “Tell the janitor to put up notices that no book agents are to be admitted to the building,” said the publisher. “But you have just advertised for agents to sell our new work,” protest- ed the secretary. : “Of course. I want to try the appli- cants out. If a man could be stopped by a little thing like that what good ‘would he be to us?” Power of Language. The alienist who tekes a case Will make, in scientific pride, Fine polysyllables replace The common terms to crime applied. Inexperience. “We are anxious to do something to assist agriculture,” said the econ- omist. T know you are.” rejoined Farmer Corntossel. “But did you ever see a city person with the best intentions tryin’ to help hoe & garden or lead a calf?” Foregone Conclusion. ‘A man who attempted a forecasting caper In any political move Of yore, must get busy with pencil and paper His long calculations to prove. The forecasters now who assembie be- fore us Laborious thought may forego. He simply says “Yes” to the popular chorus That's caroling; “We told you s0.” ““De objection to de man dat tells all be knows,"-said Uncle Eben, “is dat he wants to keep on talkin' long, d@fter hazs done told it.™ Prefessor of Histery, Natiemal Former - ‘The bugle of revolt is filling again the mountain ranges of Albania with its stirring echoes. The southern and nothern sections of the little state have joined hands across cen- tral Albania, and over the head of the government of Tirana, which re- sides in and relies for support on the last named section. That government | is now between two fires. Athens reports that fierce fighting is oing on between the government forces and the insurgents. The latter are reported to be alrcady in occu- pation of Rerat, the home town of the present prime minister, Elias Vrioni, who took over the govern- ment ‘reins only last week. The American minister, Ulysses Grant- Smith, cables that the whole of south- ern Albania is under the centrol of the revolutionists. And Belgrade, by way of indulging in its own com- placency, broadcasts the news that the Albinian ‘“reds” have occupied Scutari, the capital of northern Albania. Lustly, American destroyers are being hurriedly dispatched into Alba- nian waters, and Rome adds that the fall of the government .in the hands of the Albanian “Fascistl” is a matter of days. But what is all this trouble and confusion about? Until some days be- fore, Albania scemed to have outlived her reputation for chronic convulsions, and for a considerable length of time since she won her independence she appeared to be relegated and for- Eotten in bLer littie snug corner along the Adriatic coast To be sure, observers of tional affairs in America have discounted all newness in th of Albanian upheavals. They opined that it is a mere rehashins of old lingering issuce, a revival of | the Albanian’s love for fireworks According to them, the diagnosis s | quite simple—a bit' of religious feel- ing between Christians and Moslems: & number of feuds; a lot of friction between local hereditary chiefs; a good deal of sectional wntagonism, and a generous sprinkling of detes- tation on the part of the people to ay_ taxes. PEith all deference to the erudition of these observers, it is respectfully sub- mitted that not one of the above enu- merated issues is involved in the pres- ent_conflict. Those issues lic dead and buried under the overwhelming political exigencies which have arisen of late. * * % nterna- | | | Tver since the opening of the first | Albanian Parliament in April 1921, a | bitter party strife has been waged. The | greater part of the first two years of | parliamentary experience was spent in | the process of readjustment and re- | alignment along party lines. And about | 4 year ago two distinct and well defined | Zroups came into existence, the party in power, which has designated itself successively as “progressive” and “‘popu- | lar,” but which is largely compesed of | great landowners and other members of | the old and moribund aristocracy. and. of opposition, whi < indiseriminately composed of Roman Catholics. Moslems and Greek Catholics. | ail grouped togther under the name of | Liberals The bitter contest between the two arties for political supremacy came to | D head on the fateful day of April 6. | When the two luckless American travel- | ers. George B. de long of New York and Robert Lewis Coleman of San Fran- cisco, were killed by ambushed assassins. The double crime stirred the whole peo- iple of Albania. The indignation it aroused was all the more intense becausc never before had any foreigners, least of | Americans, who are held in special | teem, been s0 much as interfered with Quring their travels throughout the | country. It was but inevitabie that the | | confidenice reposed in the government | | should be shaken, and the opposition | could not fail to make the most out of | one more charge in the | evances against the party | . top of that abomination there | | | secon 'La Follette Definitely in Race For White Hous | Senator La Follette's letter to | constituent places him definitely in | | the presidential campaign, either as a | lone candidate or at the head of a new party. in the opinion of editors. The New York Evening Post (In-| { dependent), feels that La Follette “at| last puts himself where he belongs— | outside the organization to which he | | owes his political euccess.” and that | “both the Republican party and the Coolidge administration will be the| stronger for his formal renunciation of his Republican allegiance.” His pronunciamento, the Boston Tran-| script (Independent Republican) ad- w “may be a sincere expression, but it offers no argursent for any ' onment, east or west, sas City Journa! (Republican) de- clares “it sounds like the old ecry of the politician, rather than the bugle call ‘of @ statesman,” for ‘there are {no conditions which warrant the as- sumption that the people Lare in a state of feverish rebellion,’ and, T {he senator desires to lead a Coxe: army of the disgruntled and scorns {he motley red legions of the radi- | cals, he likely will find himself an armyless general.” * ¥ % ¥ Although “neither of the two ma- jor parties has a wide or comfortable |Toad to travel in the coming cam- | paign,” the New York Herald-Tribune (Republican) is sure that “any pos- sible third party faces even greater obstacles and pitfalls” The Min- | neapolis Tribune (Republican) ob- cerves that “some of the Minnesotans ac- tively interested in the’ St. Paul con- vention are disappointed because Sen- ator La Follette has elected to con- demn the convention as a nurturing ground for revolution by force and for the cstablishment of a dicta- | torship of the proletariat” Further- more, “he has himself to blame if the ultra-radical element has a hanker- |ing to attach itself firmly to the tail of his kite.” Because, as the 8t. Paul Pioneer Press (Independent) points {out, he fears his friends “for their politics and not thelr ideas” for “the ideas which he clatmg to fear are the fruit of his own Ideas” thus, “he has sown the wind; he is caught in the whirlwind, and he thinks to es- cape by repudiating the elements with words,” but, “he will not escape. Characterizing,_his message as cut | smart politics.” the Milwaukee Jour nal (Independent) insists one might think more of Senator La Follette if he had aid plainly that he is a candi- date and given the platform on which he will stand : moreover, “what he de- mands of the other parties is care- fully indefinite.” The Birmingham News (Independent Democratic) also regards his message as all cluttered up with veiled threats that the old- line parties would better loosen up and make themselves fit for an open- minded, God-lovihg Abou Ben Adhem to vote the ticket, else something will break in the political heavens pretty S°La Follette's attack, however, the Detroit News. (Independent) main- tains, “is going to make many who look hopefully toward the Farmer- labor movement think twice before they commit themselves to its sup- port, and while they .are thinking they will be watching Bob La Fol- lette and wondering whether he, as an independent candidate, will not be etter and more promising aiter- al | | sition withdrew | stronghold of epposition to U | just | America | mu The Albanian Revolution. BY CONSTANTINE A. CHEKREZI, University, Washington, D. C., Cemmissioner of Albania to the United States. took place another tragedy, right in_the midst of the brewing storm.” On the 20th of the same month an inhabitant of Tirana wounded mortally Avni Rustem, a member of the parliamentary oppcsi- tion. Portentous demonstrations were held throughout the north and south, the people demanding the immediate ap- prehension und exemplary punishment of the assassins of all these crimes. Dur- ing the impressive funeral of Avni Rustem the progession stopped before the residence of the prime minister long enough to oblize him to come out and promise that he would do everything within his power to bring the culprits to swift punishment. Yet the rumor was spreading fast that the government was somehow im- plicated in the murder of Avni Rus- tem, at least; and the apparent delay of the authorities in setting the ma- chinery of law in motion contributed additional fuel to popular indignation in the north and south ,where the gov- ernment and the party in power were frankly detested. % %% At this juncture, the opposition In- timated to the government that pub- lle morality and decency, as well as| political exigency, required that the cabinet should retire in order to ap- pease popular feeling in the disaf- fected sections. The request was re- fused on the ground that the retire- ment would have been interpreted by the people as an acknowledgment of ®guilt on the part of the government itself. Thereupen almost the entire oppo- from the assembly. and. at the request of their several | constituencies, its members left Ti-} rana o assemble at Valona, the| gov- ernment of Tirana. The latter, in| its turn, seemed to be thankful of rid-| ding itself of the opposition and tried to rule the country with the aid of the mu ted assembly. As a resuit. the northern and southern sections were driven to despair and gradually drifted into open revolt against the government of Tirana. There is one point of special inter- est in the armed contest which is now going on. namely, that for the first time in the history of Albania there is such a joining of hands between her two extreme ends as against the cen- ter. That is, in itself, sufficient to negative the idea of any sectional strife Upon all other occasions the contest was between the north and| south, the central section usually aligning itself with the north. But, as a matter of fact, the members of | the apposition, which is now in open | cvolt, are recruited from all sections of the country. and the attack against the center is largely due to the fact that the government is situated in it | And the party in power is also (Ol’med‘ in the same way, irrespective of -.m[ the Tirana, regional shade. s Vrioni, is a south- | The present h erner; and = are two other mem- bers of the government, the north| being represented in it by @ l'our(h’ one. iz The make-up of the opposition is| as interesting. Its principal | leader is Mgr. Theofan Noli. Bn\hopl of the Albanian Orthodox Church in who now with the in-| surgents at Valona._ What s more | interesting is that Bishop Noli was| born in a little Albanian colony m; Thrace. near Adrianople. The other| notable_leader of the opposition ls| Louis Gurakuqi. a Roman Catholic,| 1ative of Scutari, the great majority of the population of which is Moslem. The foremost leader, if mnot the moving spirit of the party in power. | is Ahmed Zogu, & YOung mountain- cer. By an ironical turn of the po-| litical wheel, Zogu was first put in| power by the party of opposition, | which later brought about an un- wholesome bitterness between him and the party he deserted. In the | Jast three vears he has been premier | dictator, and the power behind the throne since last March, when a bul- | 1ot wound forced him to retire from | active politics. | | | e, Editors Agree nalive, for the middle west, where | most of the dissatisfaction with the old parties lies, is far from ultra- | radical.” * x * He put himself in a position, continues the Norfolk (Nebraska) News (Independent), “to go before the convention with the claim that he is the representative of the pro-| gressive element, not the red radical element.” Therefore, “his threats of an independent ticket may have con- siderable influence in determining the course of the two old parties.” In| fact, “since his attack upon the com- sts precedes his criticism of the old parties,” the New Orleans Times Picayune (Independent Democratic) | considers it probable that “his chief objective at present is the divorce- | ment of the so- ive' | factions from the order that the farmer may serve as| nucleus for a La Follette party, if later on he decides to organize ly‘l lead one.” * The Newark XNews (Independent) | suggests the necessity of both major | parties raising clean issues, for “La Follette; 100 canny to let himself be | smeared over with communism by taking an indorsement from the com- munists at St. Paul, would be a pow- erful campaigner, radical and dan- gerous though he is, against parties that stood for nothing but perpetuat- | ing opportunism and selfishness.” One of the things the La Follette letter does, according te the New York| Evening World (Independent Demo- cratic), “is to warn the Democracy against_any foolish. futile compro-| mise with reaction.” More than ever, therefore, the La Follette dictum, the Knoxville Senti- 1 (Independent Democratic) holds, | “imposes the privilege and necessity on the Democratic party of putting itself at the head of progressive an purifylng forces of the nation that are looking for the party and leader that will lead them to victory.” * has In a Few Words. If 1 had my way I would put a cradle beside the flax on Empire da. and when the girls of the schools came to salute thg flag [ would make every one of them salute the cradle. France is not the only country with a falling birth rate. The average family in England is only slightly over three members —BISHOP OF EXETER. To my way of thinking excessive drinking is a matter of vogue. I can recall the time when tobacco chewing was accepted as an addiction of the utmost refinement. Then fashion frowned upon tobaceo chewing and it subsided. I believe the same thing was happening in regard to liquor when the eighteenth amendment came into being. —GEN. GECRGE W. WINGATE. Women comhig from all over the world to the pea:e CONgTess are wast- ing time and energy. Women have too long allowed themselves to be swayed by sentiment and romance. That's the trouble with this peace movement. It sounds well on paper, but it amounts to nothing. —MRS. O. H. P. BELMONT. Let us beware of the old adage: “In time of peace prepare for war.” In reality, if one wishes peace, one. must prepare for peace. —ANATOLE FRANCE.’ Russia must not overlook the im- portance of chemical warfare as a means of defense. We must organize in every way because nobody knows in_what dreams the American bour. geoisie in maml:}j. N TROTSKY. | of well known standare |is in duty bound to exe; Wage Is Defended. Plasterers’ Demands Are Declared Fair By Writer. To the Bditor of The Star: There are two sides to every ques- tion. For a week the public have seen in the newspapers statements which are either entirely illogical or unwarranted by the facts of the case. Mr. Shannon, president of the Real Estate Builders' Association, called the wage scale of the plasterers eco- nomically unsound and unbusiness- like. Another statement published (at whose inspiration I do not know) was that only on the Walker Hotel were men at work on the new scale, $14 a day. It was also stated that men were breaking away from the union and working with non-union firms. The unkindest statement made was that the plasterers would fight the in- troduction of non-union labor. Now, let me begin with the Jast statement and work toward the first, the economical soundness or unsoundness of the wage scale Plasterers will not fight the intro- duction of the non-union element. It will simply allow that element to defeat itself by incompetence and in- creased cost of production, Men have not broken away from the union. Out of 600 two men have gone to work non-union. The union is with wonderful fortitude, depletion in their ranks. The Walker Hotel is not the only job where plasterers are working. The list of empl. s who arc pay- ing the new scale is quite encourag- iNE. And naw as regards the eeo nemic unsoundness of the new seale When plasterers got lfi‘ a“vi;yd cost for the plasterer’s labor. in an_average house, say 600 varde approximately Two men, ‘doing three day work hrowning and three days' whitecoating, or to put it clearly, twelve days of a plasterer at $6 a'day equal $72. The wage scale of today, $14, makes the plasterer's labor cost $168, a_difference of $96. house sold in $6 day for....§3 A house sells, in $14 day, for.. this sad An increase fn Plasterers’ added cost 9% 25.004 The plasierer added $86 and has ta stand t gaff and is held up as a primary cause of the house wosting | $5.100 mo The individual the house gets af least 2 per eent (please note I am conservatite as possible) of $5500 or & $4 more than the lab plasierer What about the economie souy ess of thai” But that 1z onls ene cmall added cost to the hous Examine the extra charges with the profit for the house. Let me eive an instance, told the writer he built three honses. He agreed with his son, a contracting plumber, that he would wait for pa ment until the houses were xold a partake of profits. His exact wor to me were: “My son's share of the profits on the thr houses was $1,000. If T could give him that you have an idea what profit I made.” And this i¥ one of the men who protest at the economic unsoundness of the plaster- ers’ wage scale. Let us diagnose the remark of our scale being unbusiness-like. All busi ness is based on buying in the cheap. ext market and selling in the deares Provide a reserve fund. Fix a pri that covers all contingenojes. The plasterer has a precgrious busi- ness. No sinecure, no guardntee, at the mercy of rain, snow and shortage. of material and the hun dred and one causes of non-employ ment resulting in loss of wages. Hi average, if fortunate, is eight months work in the year.' His experience on real estate work during these weeks of rain can be better imagined than described. His wag. working should be determined on the same principle as that of the business man. There is not.a plasterer but would £ladly exchange places with those who have a steady position. with sick leave and vacation lowance and know nothing of.his experience, The plasterer is studyving economics and is busine: ike in framing his wage scale to allow him to earn a reason able average income JOHN FINDLAY. ——— Speaks for Philippines. salesman wha A huilder University Dean Deplores Failure to Grant Independence. To the Lditor of The Star: The accumulation of domestic prob- lems demanding the attention of Con- gress is the reason given by leaders of that body for not considering the Philip- | pine situation before adjournment on the 7th instant. American statesmen have always made the avowal that the occu- pation of the Philippines by the United States is a trusteeship for the welfare of the Filipinos. If this is true, then the discharge of that trusteeship falis short for a trustee as much care in the performance of his trust as in the conduct of his own business, and yet the unsatisfactory state of affairs in the Philippines is ignored by Congress because of domestic questions. The sidetracking of the Philippine question at this time, when it is admitted even by the administration that immedi ate solution is highly imperative, affords new evidence of the impracticability of the government of other races without their consent. However, the Filipinos do not despair of the future. Their abundant confidence in the righteousness of the American people will again be tested and denonstrated. Though the apathy of Congress will grievously dis- appoint the Filipino people, vet they will again respond to this new demand upen their faith in the American nation. JORGE BOCOBO, Dean College of Law, University of the Philippines. Suggests Auto Tourists Carry Boys as Guests Ta the Editor of The Star: Standing at the corner of 16th and H streets this morning, waiting for a bus, I noticed two little boys hailing the drivers of automobiles “for a ride up the hill” Many drivers passed, some with & smile, some showing that the car was already filled, while one or two were posi- tively blind. b Suddenly & large, expensive ma- chine, which a moment before had passed on, returned, and a fine-look- ing, tall gentleman got out, leancd over and spoke to one of the boys. The look in the little fellow's eves told me that he had been invited to take a ride. For some time after I could imagine a scene in Rock Creek Park, then downtown to the movies, perhaps, or, perchance, they were en- joving the cooling dishes that youth loves down in some “soda parior.” Such thoughts brought to my mind a suggestion I would like to make. A great number of Washingtopians are going away for the summer. An average automobile can seat five per- sons or ten_ “kids’. Most of these persons are planning to-live In or near their automobile. Why not take along some little fellow to fiil up that vacant space? He will come in handy in many ways. And what a number of boys there are who would think of it as a great adventure! It is idle to speculate upon the great enjoy- ment all would have.. This appilea to "_""_' "* IRVING M. GREY, bearing, | it | price of a house 5,100 | sells ©| for "patients storm, | scale when | BY FREDERI Q. Which city has the most auto- mobiles?—T. N. A. Theé National Automobile Cham- ber of Commerce says that in a sur- vey made of sixty-three of the larg- est cities (having more than 100,000 population) Los Angeles, Calif., led with 426,935 motor vehicles. Q. What kind of a biossom has the Franklinia tree?—K. V. A, A. The Franklinia three has a white flower, in some instances with a pink- ish tinge, and resembles dogwood to a greal extent; however, it has a larger and more beautiful blossom It blooms, unlike other trees, in Au- gust and September. Q. How can Easter lily bulbs be kept?—R. C. A, Easter lilies should be allowed to die down and the bulbs removed from the pots, brushed and stored in racks in & cool cellar until fall, when they should be repotted. Q. What America? A. The oldest bank in the United |States is the Bank of Philadelph |originated by Robert Morris. and chartered by the Continental Con- gress on May 26, 1781, It became a national bank in 1864 Q. What is the franking privilege® B. A. ‘lscv.he oldest bank in . It Is the privilege of sending mail free. The person who enjovs the privilege has a facsimile of his sig- nature printed upon the envelopes used for his mail. These and cartons | bearing the facsimile are accepted by the Post Office Department without payment of postage. Q. How does the consumption of opium in the United compare with that in China?-—0. B. A. The United States uses thir |six grains of opium per capita, as |against two grains used by the Chi- nese. $ Q. How can a tiny green frog which came from Florida be made to eat?—S. J. T. A. The bureau of fisheries says that small frogs are interested only in eating moving objects. Under sim- ilar circumstances that bureau, in feeding {rogs, has pat an angle worm or a tiny piece of meat on a string or piece of paper and kept it in con- tinual motion. 1In this way the frogs jusually take the food. Q. Is goat's milk a satisfactory sub- stitute for cow's milk?—R. S. N. A In taste goat's milk is like rich cow’s milk. except that it is_somewhat whiter and @ trifle sweeter. The unin- | 1tiated would not he ahie to distinguish it from cow's milk ecither by taste or |odar. Tt is slightly more viscous than cow's milk. the consistency being smooth like first-run cream. Over 3,000 moats |are used by various government hos- i pitals for * milk-producing purposes. Tuberculosis sanatoriums especially use large amounts of goat's milk. E: | declare that it is a good body suffering from wasting a5 euberculosis. Goat's | diseases such milk being alkaline in its reaction, the | ame as humnan milk, is about the best | | substitute for mother's milk for babies. The curd of goat's milk. being tender | IN TODAY’S BY PAUL ¥ The most vociferous silence ever deafencd humanity was that which hushed the world war at 11 lo'clock on Armistice day. Roaring | batteries suddenly became dumb. | Something resembling that silence |'as the mist resembles rain" comes | upon Washington ~toda with the almost simultaneous hush of gTess d the completion of the fan- of the national oratorical con- of seven champion orators of {high schools representing all sections of the country. | Tn the many months of Congr | there were millions of words, but in T he eighty-four minutes of the seven speeches of the young champions | there was more cloquence; for, as | Ben Johnson wisely said, “Talking {and eloquende are not the same; K nd to speak well. are two it not fitting, therefore, ner of the first prize in contest of cloquence, is paid more for his twelve minutes of real oratory, than a U: d States senator is paid for a whole session of just talking? Cuzzlin'_ work—talkin® s |claimed a man of quiet habits, ! moving power lies in eloquence. ! ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ sionally there are flashes of eloquence in our modern Congress, but it has become trite to say that “old-fashioned oratory is out of style.” Men point to the orators of {two or three generations ago—Web- ister or Calhoun or Clay—or farther | back to Patrick Henry—and remark sagely that their “fine frenzy” w | &l very well for their day, but that |it would be ineffective, if net ridicu- today, for an orator 1o tear the vens to tatters or “send up so that Con- fa it the | ex- but | Oce ¥k ® * In ancient Greece, the orator held tthe same place in public influence as |do the free press and pulpit of today. | But the reward of the ancient speak- ler who moved men with his elo- |auence, was counterbalanced by the penalty of exile in case of fallure. Aeschines attacked Demosthenes and denounced his conduct as that of a slacker, if not a traitor—Demosthe- nes, who had delivered his powerful philippics to arouse Athens to pre- paredness against the invading Ma. donian! Demosthenes so overwhelmed his enemy with his reply that Aeschines was sentenced to exile. He retired to Rhodes, where he started a school of rhetoric, and there he had the vanity to read_to his pupils his speech |against Demosthenes and the latter's reply. The pupils listened respect- fully to Aeschines' speech, but ap- plauded most that of Demosthenes, Whereupon the chagrined teacher ex- claimed: “What, then, would you have thought if vou had heard the lion himself2" Aeschines was elegant, suave, rhet- orical, but not convincing: Demosthe- nes was masterful in his sincerity and conviction of the truth. Lerd Brougham says of this reply greatest oration of the greatest ora- tor?” 3 2 x %k ¥ The secret of oratory is its powerful self-conviction’ of its truth, and the most forceful expression of that truth. Why do we hear so little De- mosthenic oratory today? Can it be due to less depth of conviction of the “eternal verities?™ Due to more gens eral sophistication, with consequent readiness to qualify truth with con- venient opportunism? Conceive, if one can, the mental res. ervations possible to Patrick Henry as, with utter abandon, he exclaimed “I'know not what course others may take, but as for give me liberty or give me death! i That was not rhetoric, but it was eloguence, and it may be said that only in the degree of self-abandon- ment to truth and moving conviction of that truth, in such degree lles ora- torical merit. H * “Search, ve that would know the secret of true eloquence and ye shall find truth to be the strength of the great classic speaker,” said Henry Ward Beecher, the most eloquént s * to| “The | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS C J. HASKIN and flakv, is digested In the shortest possible time. It 15 pure and o and can safely be taken in & raw state. Goats are considered immune from tuberculosis, so their milk needs uo pasteurizing. and runs no danger of los. ing any of its vitamines o= having any of its lime salts altered by the applicas ) tion of heat. ’ Q. Ts it correct to say “had rather~? —L C. T A. “Had rather” is an English idiom the use of which is accepted. “Would rather” conforms to the grammar of the English language. Q. Has any college completely abol- ished the lecture system as a method of teaching?—W. G. A. The Tutorial System bas never been fully adopted in the United States. During the late President Wilson's term as president of Prince- ton. & modification of this system was tried there. Q. Is it passible for deer to have foot and mouth disease?—H. K. A. Wild animals such as deer are | subject to foot and mouth disease Q. How are size: lated?—l. N A. There tems for ¥ used in American and_ French. The of shoes caleu- are three general sys- messuring shoes: English, an; i 3 [Bpan he United French unit length is the Paris point | equaling 2-3 of a centimeter, or ap- proximately 4-15 of an inch, fifteen points or sizes being about four inch es. English and American measure is 1-2 of ‘an inch, the former counted from the 4-inch 'mark, while the latter |is counted from the 3 11-12 inch mark {1t has b suggested that the Enc lish measure be universally used. Ir the English measure the sizes ri from 1 to 13 for children. For adults they continue in a new serics Size 12 ix therefore S 1-3 inches long, hile an adult size 4 is ten inches, | | educated?—C. O, [, A. He bad private tutors, th |tended the naval training sch Osborn and Dartmouth. at- Q. What is the “shooting brake® |recently presented to King George? |—RONTT A This is an interesting vehicls 1o be used by the king on his many shooting expeditions. It resembles a very completely equipped station wagon. The car has compartme |for hunting paraphernalia and a se: |inz capacity for a number of gues |1t"is mounted on the new ¢5-hor. power, six-cylinder Daimler cha: Q _What was the population of Aus- tria-Bungary before the war A 8. A The estimated pre-war population |of the Austro-Hungarian empire was 51,000,000 The population of the pres- ent republic of Austria in 1920 was 6.428.330. The population of Hungary n 1921 was 7.945.878. A portion of the territory occupied by the former empire has been incorporated in the new re public_of Czeche kia, whils other parts have been awarded to Poland (Have you G quastion you want i swered? Semd it to The Star Informa~ tion Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Direc- tor. 21st and C streets worthwest. The only charge for this service s = comts in stamps for return postage.) SPOTLIGHT . COLLINS. | preacher of the last century. “Trutk which Demosthenes, master of ora- tors, flung as well-wrought gold. into those still-resounding orations, which | outring the delighted wonder of the srowing centuries and outlast the Keenest_examination of pitiless criti- cism. Search, and ye shall find truth | which Plate, Cicero and Quintilian | declare to the very throbbing, informin of all abiding and cloquence; truth which in makes the very virtue of eloquence; which Shedd in his scholar- 1y essays declares to be the very glory of noble speech; which Cala- ridge and Marsh, with Bacon, afirm {10 be the force and fire of eloquenc Search and vou will find that the 1 secret of eloquence — truth — truth | which makes Demosthenes grander than | Aeschines, Cicero than Hortensius, | Massillon than Bossuet, Burke than | Fox, Webster than Hayne, Gladstone than Disraeli | than D I What names would form antitheses today for Beecher, as he might set off | the orators of our Congress, the one | in contrast with the other? Many are full of words—as was the page which so exasperated Hamlet, wh he was asked what be was readin and replied. “Words! Words: Word » o x % | The great mistake is made b¥ !the listenor who ascribes eloquent | outbursts to the sudden inspiration of | unpremeditating genius—unless th definition of genius be that of Mi angelo—"a capacity fo Ppains.” Daniel Webster protested that his mind was not a perennial spring, but a cistern, from which he could pump only what he had previously store | Oratory is mot dead;: “it is not done jany more” because the jazz of tha age has been fascinated by “the lit- tle man in the tin shop” rather than the solemn thrills of the cello. “The capacity for taking infinite pains!” In newspaper circles tt most erushing condemnation is gi —usuall the cubs—to what known as “fine writin'” 1t is some- times assumed to be the mark of a |literary amateur—to be laughed to scorn at the cop: desk It e superficial tradition that live copy | must come hot from the typewriter, | page by page. unrevised. directly to the linotvpe, and to the first column on_the front Not so was the description of his own methods of writing editorials given by the vetoran Henry Watter- | Son to the Natlonal Editorial Asso- clation as he told of the ripening process of his penciled copy and the manifold _interlineations before it reached the linotype, and the cancel- ations and changes of expression | the proofs. ~ Only through “infinit: pains” will develop great orators. We talk of the coming of the great American novel: why not look rather for the great American orator who will not “legislate in committee™” but “listening senates will command. " with Beccher's secret of eloquence? 1 * K * ¥ It is a favorite subject of sopho- moric debate whether man is the product of his environment. Who will measure the influences of the spirt of the times by which great geniuses have been grouped #n the canturies— |in the golden age of Greece, the |golden and silver ages of Rome, the |renaissance. the Blizabethan and | Victorian ages of England? Has it {“just happened” that great co- {temporarics lived in bue century ang ithe adjoining centuries wero barren? {The groupings of genius—who will lexplain them | Now with the orator cnabled to | speak to audiences not of a few visible |hundreds but as did the voung ora- | tors of the recent contest, addressing |through the wireless ether the mil- |llons spread over half a world, what {unfathomable inspiration comes for {the first time, to eloquence! The {printed page may be cold, but a lis tening world has the throbbing in- terest of instant responsiveness of beating hearts. pulsating blood of passion and tense nerves of action. Call it the mob spirit, the instinct of the mass! The age is for oratory: it will create greater than Demoasthenes to the degree that teday’s civilization 1g greater than that of ancient Greece, (Copyright, 1024, by Paul V. T in Q. Where was the Prince of Wales , ‘ .