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Tiie Associated Press is exclusively entitled r Tepubiic 4TIt o mot otherwise credited This Daper and alfo the local mews pud o 2t Hercif are ‘alao reserved. special Exotic Establishments. Republic of Mexico is to be « to mak o gratulated on its decis Sixteenth its assy on upper street enters but srate pluce nent for official Washington, 4180 @ residence representative of the hest traditions of Mexican art. indus- horticulture and that indefinable tant, @ t known as vy but impo osphere originally the Franklin Mec gh, is not amenablé to accurate »ctural typification. Most of the original structural scheme must neces sarily be retained. but in detail, and. in certain major instances, the ing scheme will be made to blend as Mexican ideals. flowers pecu objects of house of Sec Che proper ry is exist far as possible with Native shrubbery ar to the art, including examples of the Aztec s of decoration 1 to combine to render the premise: handsome amd tion of the best aspec national life, The »ss the Rio Grande is to be congratulated on the possession of distinctive national types architecture and of art which may b ssfuily applied to its govern mental buildings in other lands. Tt is 10 be congratulated on having admin- and diplomatic officials dis- criminating, far-sighted and liberal enough to adopt and put into effect plans for which thanks will be given i and er republic, hool and ‘them interesting cross- e s of Mexican nation situated acr suc istrative Washingtonian and by many visitors The home of the Pan-American Union, for example, famed throughout all the world for its unusual combination of tility and appropriate beauty, is one «f Washington's favorite structures. It is almost as highly cherished by local residents s by the representa- tives of the countries of Spanish and Portuguese America to whom it ex- tends a homelike welcome. Other embassies and legations here ways are thoroughly and presentative of the na- them. Washington contemplate with pride and atitude a future collection each one which would be absolutely and beautifully typical of the country oc- cupying it. Such a group would form # permanent architectural and histori- cal exposition that would prove a na- tional asset. The converse of the proposition is equally true. The fundamental of ex- traterritoriality capable of such istent physical extension that plomatic buildings of the TUnited States throughout the world may some day be suggestive, if not actual- Iy representative, of the best in Ameri- can architecture and fine arts. In such an event the field of choice a wide The claim is inade that America has no distinctive type. Bet. = that she has sev- including the New England colonial and the Southern colonial edaptation of the Georgian. The pres- ent habit of buying or renting almost any available residence and filling it - taking it over filled with a hodge- podge_ of household goods characteris- of many periods and many climes sdoubtedly some day will be super- sédéd by a policy of erecting hand- some, dignified, appropriate and truly American structures equipped with erling examples of American crafts- manship. in many heautifully tions which would own is ons one might it be eral, e ——— When President Coolidge takes a teip down the river on the Mayflower demonstr the restraint in ex- pression for which he has become fa- mops. There is never a boastful word about the number of fish he caught. r——— Pebple used to laygh at Henry Ford's fiivvers, but they take his air- plane plans very seriously, indeed. ———s John Jacob Rogers. An enduring memorial to the late John Jacob Rogers of Massachusetts the foreign service law of the ted States, co-ordinating in a large -asure the diplomatic and consular ices. This law, which bears Mr. Rogers’ name, and over which he abored for several vears before its final enactment by Congress, has been in‘ effect a little less than a year. It promise, however, of great hifigs for the foreign service of this untry, and was hailed by former ecretary Hughes of the State Depart- ment as a long step forward. Mr. Rogers entered the House of Répresentatives a young man a dozen vears ago. His death at the age of 43 = a distinct blow to the public serv- ce. A student, a hard worker of recog- d ability, Mr. Rogers had forged steadily ahead. He early became in- erested in foreign affairs of the coun- . and at the time of his death was e ranking Republican member of House foreign affairs committee with every prospect of eventually be- oming the chairman of that com- nittee. He was highly regarded not only by his colleagues in Congress but officials of the Government gener- (ly. His modest, unassuming nature was well exemplified in his service as a private in the Fleld Artillery dur- o9 STAR March 31, 1925 with the Supday moralng 1" Careiers within the on of all news dls- ! 1 ‘rights of publication of from all parts of the country. | ‘% cents per | |sion in his bill that the Government i | i | |is much stil to be | bill gave such fine |ing the World War, when he might { readily have had a commission for the asking. 1 years ago Mr. Rogers be- came convinced that the laws provid- ing for the American foreign service | needed overnauling, that steps should | be taken to make of that service a career for @ young man who entered either the consular service or the diplomatic servi As it was orig- inally constituted the foreign service was composed of two services— diplomatic and consular—which were in fact widely separated. There was | no interchangeability, even though | the transfer of a man from a diplo-| | matic post to a consular post or vice| versa would have been advantageous. Mr. Rogers became there should but a single service, though, of course, to conform to inter- national usage, the offices of consul and diplomat still remain distinct. Furthermore, Mr. Rogers believed that merit and experience, rather than the possession of a private for- tune, should be deciding facfors in the selection of men for important diplomatic posts abroad. It has been notorious for years that no without considerable pr tune could be sent to the Court of | St convinced be al- a James, to Paris or kome, or any W. Davis before the House of the Rogers toveign service bill, after he had been United States said that he had been forced to spend | $50,000 or $60,000 & vear out of his own pockethook while he was Ambas sador. As the representative of a great Nation, the Ambassador is ex- pected to entertain on a large scale, as do the representatives of nations. So Mr. Rogers made provi- of the great capitals, when committee in John he appeared | support Ambassador in London, other should bear f the expenses which hitherto have been paid by the diplomatic representatives of this country in foreign capitals. Mr. Rogers achieved much of the Nation. Yet the work which he started and to which the passage of his best known impetus must not unfinished. There done. The estab- lishment of suitable embassy buildings in the foreign capitals of the world; the prov of funds adequate their maintenance and operation; in- creases in diplomatic and consular salaries all along the line to the end that these may attract the best that our Nation produces in brain and these are the important of the unfinished tasks. Their accomplishment al to | the full realization of Mr. Rogers’ ef- forts to place the American foreign service « parity with that of the other & nations of the world. ———— The More the Merrier. The estimated population of the 3 tional Capital is rapidly approaching the halfmillion mark. which is ex- pected to be reached in the next five vears. Between the taking of the Goy- | ernment’s census every 10 years tab is kept upon the growth of the city by the unoffictal census of the takers of the city directory. The publishers of Boyd's City Directory, the 1925 edition | of which is now being circulated, esti mate the present population of the city to be 485.375. This approximation was reached by multiplying the total number of individual names in the | city directory. 194,150, by two and one- half to account for the names of wom- en and children that do not appear in the book. The result thus obtained is estimated as being close to the actual number of persons in the District of Columbia. A similar method of estimate of the increase in population since the is suance of the last directory indicates it to be 3,155. With a population only a trifle less than half & million Wash- ington takes rank with the big cities of the country. Many of this gene tion have witnessed the steady growth of the Capital occurring under their very eves and have taken part in the material development of the city. The World War, which brought a great in- flux of temporary workers to Wash- ington, no doubt left upon its receding tide a goodly proportion of the new- comers. Washington has been a lure to the people of the United States for a great many vears. It has an attraction to the intellectual. The Capital's social | side appeals to many, while the charm of the beautiful city itself is irresisti- ble. There has been nothing of a mushroom nature in its steady growth in population. Real estate activity is mainly for the purpose of supplying homes and the recurring. “hooms” in real estate are the operation of the law of supply and demand. It is the history of many State capi- tals that there is a sharply defined limitation of their growth. There is no reason to apprehend any limitation upon the natural growth of the Capi- tal of the greatest Nation in the world. o Germany’s election suffered an em- barrassment by no means uncommon, due to the presence of too many willing worke . The black shirt is still in evidence in Italien politics. ‘The laundry men are evidently not in control of the situ- ation. some for the foreign serviee be permitted to rest m to careers personalit more i esse lea Gen. Mitchell's New Post. ‘When Gen. Mitchell's present as- signment as essistant chief of the Army Air Service expires on April 26 he will report for duty as air officer of the 8th Corps Area, with headquarters at San Antonio, Tex. This is regarded by flying officers as the most impor- tant fleld position in the Army avia- tion service, and while Gen. Mitchell had expressed a preference for an- other assignment he will, like the good soldier he is, cheerfully accept the post to which he has been ordered, and no one doubts that he will dis- charge its duties efficiently. It would seem to be a fair judgment | that while his superiors felt it was necessary to discipline Gen. Mitchell because of his course at the congres- sional aircraft investigation, they have no disposition to persecute him. He must accept a reduction in rank from brigadier general to that of colonel, but as nearly as could be under the circumstances he is given duties com- | gins this week for { There ménsurate with his demonstrated abili- tles. The country and the Army Afr Service will suffer as little as possible from the fact that he no longer is to be retained as assistant chief. Now that the smoke of the recent battle over aviation has cleared away the public is able to appraise the air defense situation with more fairness than in the ‘heat of the controversy. 1t probably will be the general verdict that our aviation services are not as hopelessly inadequate as they had been pictured, but that there is room and necessity for a good deal of im- provement. As to the part Gen. Mitchell played in the controversy there is wide recognition that he ren- | dered a great public service knowing, as he undoubtedly did, that he would | have suffer it. His methods | were spectacular and some of his statements were extreme, but spec- | tacular methods undoubtedly were necessary to focus public attention upon the air services. .Gen. Mitchell accomplished what he set out to do, and now he is taking his medicine like @ good sport und a govd soldier. to for B S The Hampton-Tuskegee Appeal. Lending his support to the Nation- wide campaizgn of Tuskegee and Hampt Universities which be- sing a fund of | $5,000,000, President Coolidge has writ letter to the promoters of the | movement calculated to increase pub- lic interest in it. Washington is being | asked to give $100,000 to the general fund to be shared by these two highly worthy schools of education for the colored race. The President points out that Gen. Armstrong originated at Hampton In- stitute a “philosophy of education,” the philosophy of learning by doing. It recognizes that out of the capacity to do small things honestly and well Erows the capacity to do bigger things better. Booker T. Washington, Gen. Armstrong’s first great disciple, found- ed Tuskegee Institute upon these sume principles. At Hampton and Tuskegee the Armstrong methods have been | proved by practical application. | President Coolidge describes the | Armstrong philosophy as in its es sence “the American philosophy,” and | declares that American education has | taken no more important step forward than the introduction of these methods ten a of teaching into rural county training schools. He that America, common with many other nations, passing through a period of a tenden to theories and facts. He takes a pointed thrust at those who would have us believe that we as a people can attain “by wishing, or by passing laws, or by joining move- ments that which men never have or | can achieve except through bard, in- telligent labor.” ? Tuskegee and Hampton are worthy of public support because they have | shown that. as President Coolidge ints out, s a man work that as the Nation prosper.” say in | confuse i s0 is he; does, so will it | ————— Gernany had a saddler for a Presi- dent. His loss is deeply felt, He was laughed at during his lifetime. He met his responsibilities without trou bling himself over the intellectual complexities relating to a national sense of humor. ! ——— | The offense of Dr. Cook was serious. is no inclination to forgive it, owing possibly to the fact that it did not permit the summoning of a group of alienists. e SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON Snowstorm. When April comes a-smiliy’ and the world is bloomin’ gay, sort o' miss the snowstorms, my own contrary way. the starry flakes that scattered | from the cloudland up so high Were reminders of the blossoms that we loved in days gone by. n in For And they also had a message of the days that are to be, ‘When the mockin’bird is singin' over yonder in the tree. : ach tiny flake would do its best be- neath the sky so gray To make the snowstorm something like a beautiful bouquet. Old Days. “Don’t you ever yearn for the good old days?” Never,” answered Senator Sor- ghum. My wife recently took me to the attic and showed me some of those 1860 fashion magazines.” No Let Up. Our debts are always going strong In life's erratic pace. The ice man soon will come along To take the coal man’s place. Jud Tunkins says turtles live to be centuries old, but like some of the people who take special care of them- selves, they never look as if they had the satisfaction of knowing they were alive. ‘Wary. “Did you disapprove of the play?” “Very much,” answered Miss Cay- enne. “For what reason?” “I decline to go into particulars. The fact that I dislike it is no reason why I should contribute to its pub- licity campaign. A Futurism. Our old cat She had some Kittens And she thought That they were wonders, Though to me They looked like any Of the kits That cats keep having. Our old cat Keeps purring proudly, Though her brood 1s mongrel, ve They'll be spared, Though all unworthy, ‘Cause we hate To hurt her feelings! “Don’t bet on de hoss races,” said Uncle Eben. “Dar is thousands of other ways of goin’ broke, and most of ‘em considered mo’ respe e 9 | them for Hght {flowers, delighting once more the chil- THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Every clod feels & stir of night, An insiinct within it that reaches and towers, And, groping bliudly above it for light, Climbs (o & soul fu grass and flowers. Out In my back yard the peoniecs are beginning to come up. The ground {s terrible, almost as hard as marble; stuff in which one would think nothing on earth could grow. But up through that crust the soft, tender red shoots are pushing. One day nothing was to be seen. The t—there they were! The bits of red are so you could easily tear them to pieces | with two fingers. The ground is so | hard that it is scarcely possible to dig it with a trowel, even this early in_the season. Yet those tiny things manage to do what you cannot, pushing up eas- fly enough through the hard surface dirt, in answer to that inner urge so beautifully made articulate by the poet. ‘. Truly, God works in mysterious ays his wonders to perform This first pushing through the earth is the sure sign of Spring, no matter what the calendar may sey about it, soft that | faunt | bees sailing around. for stale cigar butts, cruelty, inhu- manity, much endeavor that never would be missed; the latter for di- vorces, eternal quarrels, misplaced sympathy. The best man is the one who has a little of the woman in his mental makeup, and the best woman Is she who partakes slightly of the mascu- line way of looking at things. * k kX . Out in the garden the hyacinths are in_full bloom. The blue ones are full and sturdy, but the pink hyacinth has a droopy stem. It is necessary to support it with stic in order that it may its bells to the great bumble- a Dickle, sitting on the back porch, has seen the bumblebees disporting themselves with the honey of the hyacinths. His first word is “Humblebee.” A rather large word for one but 14 months old, but Dickie negotiates it with more or less success. Sometimes he says it perfectly, sometimes leaves off the bee, sometimes drops the bum- ble. or the weather-wise. The bulbs and the seeds have felt the stir of might and are coming up to look them in the world of light Who would say that the new plants | do not Tl ps not, &re Rrowing thing has come more or clusion, for instan of man'is not th gence in the hum Every cell of with its ‘shure a as we see, but Science to, the that ‘the brain Iy seat of intelli n being . the body is endowed of thought, being, in hle to handle particular problems as they come up. Perhaps a red-blood corpuscle does a better Job of real thinking than a dog or a cat, despite ‘its hugely simpler mechanism New plants, then, can see and ap- preciate the light lagerly they push up, in order to fulfill their func- tion in nature. No hesitancy is theirs. Boys and dogs may hold them back, but they cling to life. They want to see Light! less con- and enjoy i flowers that tra la, have do with the case. At the way it seems to me. Spring’s flowers have been likened to the finery of the new seuson, to the gown of the belle, the jewels of the . Mudonna, bfit why €hould they be compared to any merely human adornment? | Earth is not as we are Flowers are not earth’s dress, cept in our heated imaginations. Flowers are flowers. They exist by themselves, part of the éreation, and that is enough. Today they are groping ugain above Soon, very soon, they should climb to a soul in grass and bloom in everything léast that The Spring, the to is ex- dren of m especiaily There are the n, the men themselves, and their woman folks little doubt that women best appreciators of flowers. Perhaps a better way to put it woul be to say that the feminine qualit in all of us loves the flowers. Men are not entirely masculine; women are not solely feminine. Both sexes partake a bit of the nature of the other. If this were not so, we never could hope to understand each other even as well (I do not say as little) as we do, The rankly masculine is as much a | plan |auarter of a mile | up there in the s |pricked up his little ears. | bloom the | ‘Thus the winged insect becomes va- about | Flously Bum-bull, bum, ble and ble-bee. It has been the fashion. of recent sears in Washington, to let the first word of little ones be “hot dog.” “Bumblebee” is distinctly better Wien Dickle went into the house and started to play on the living room rug, he did not forget his big word. High over the house roared an air- The great motor, perhaps a high, droned away bum-bull bee, bee, In the house, on his rug, Dickie A smile wreathed his countenance. Bum-ble bee,” he said * Kk K The tulips are bright and green at this writing, and perhaps will be in by the time this gets into print. We have Darwins, Bre®der and some of the old-fashioned tulips. This is our first adventure with the Dutch flowers, and we are interested not only in the bloom, but in the com- parative merits of the bulbs. The Darwins are boosted in all the catalogues. It will be interesting to watch the blooming of the various sorts, and see just how they compare in_our own opinions. After all, that is what counts. Just as there are many speci of dogs, with each brand having its special friends among humanity, so the glorious families of flowerland have their fanciers among men and women. One man goes in for roses, and makes them his life work, as well he may. Another takes up the canna ly, and transforms it from the old red article into wonderful creations of watermelon pink. A woman selects pansies for her Hobby. Not that she does not like the rest of the flowers, but she simply prefers the pansy. 8o the whole gamut has its friends. There are “glad” enthusiasts, and dahlia culturists, aster “fans” and peony “nuts.” It may be that we will like the old- fasioned tulips the best of all. Why not? Some of the old things of the garden” are still the most worth- while. I would not trade the good old zinnfa for many of the newer flowers of tha more cultivated kind. misfit in this world as the intensely | feminine. The former is responsible | I love its soul, there on the end of its stalk BACKGROUND OF EVENTS BY PAUL ¥V “Military trafning would be worth every cent the country has expended on it and is now expending, even if there were the assurance of no more #aid Secretary of War Weeks a day or two ago, while addressing the Association of Military Colleges and Schools. The song, “I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier,” has gone out of style, and the thesis of Mr. Weeks tends to put even the pacifist in the same category. Never- theless, the registrations in the Dis- trict of Columbia for the privilege of attending the citizens' military train- ing camps this Summer appear ai- most dormant, and the .officers ‘in charge are wondering why, Usually good, healthy young men are glad to pay the expenses of a month's outing in camp, but here Uncle Sam offers to pay the cost, with no obligation upon the recipient to give military service afterward, and the District's quota is only 13 per cent taken up. At the last, when there will be post- ed an S. R. O. bulletin, there will be long lines in waiting, filled with dis- appointed would-be trainees. The op- portunity is still open for applicants who apply to Lieut. Col. Scott, in the Graham Bullding, at. Fourteenth and E streets. * X ¥ X Dr. Tigect, United: States Commis- sioner of Education, is quoted as de- claring that “the modern tendency of education 1s to teach too much about nothing and not enough about some- thing.” Educators are beginning to realize that all of life is not in the cerebellum, but lies in biceps and nerves. All education is.not in books, but some is in ability to do team- work and to hold one’s own Wwith thousands of others undertaking dis- cipline. This year at Camp Meade and Fort Monroe there will be be- tween 4,000 and 5,000 young men an- wering the bugle calls, learning to ‘right dress,” “about face.” “right by fours,” and to respect authority—not bossiness, but organized development of efficiency. A man who has learn- ed to stand erect, act erect, salute the American flag properly, and to be respected by officers and men alike because he has proved his ability to obey orders, and thereby proved his capacity to give orders in due time, returns from such a training 100 per cent more of a man than the loafer who mopes around a street corner without really knowing * & why he’s born, But only to consume the corn. Dovour the eattle, fowl and fish And leave belind an empty dish.” e The camps open July 1. In the 30 days of training the boys learn how to care for their bodies, how to de- velop all. their muscles and. organs properly, how to swim, ride horses, do athletics and setting-up exercises, how to shoot and hit what they shoot at—better than anti-alrcraft guns. , There are four courses provided for raw recruits and for the advanced trainees who have been to previous camps. Boys from 17 to 24 years take the basic course, the first year; the second year the ‘“red” course; third year, the “white” course and fourth year (ages 19 to 31), the “blue” cours: ‘That qualifies them to take exami- nation, If they desire, for a commis- sion as second lleutenants fin the Regular Army, but such a career is not obligatory. It is enough for Uncle Sam to know that the camps actually train men, physically and mentally, 50 that in case of need they would be fitted to take immediate responsibility in national defense. The trainees can return to their civil occupations-with all the benefit of the month's outing and training, and with clear con- sclences that they are not “putting one over on Uncle Sam” by doing so. ‘When it is recalled that the draft found 40 per cent of the men of the ". COLLINS. understood that a graduate of the citizens’ military training camps stands in a superior class—*“A, pre- ferred"—and must be so recognized in his local community. And all this opportunity costs not one cent, for the Government pays for the uniforms, the transportation to and from camp, the board, medical atten- dance, housing and laundry during the month's outing, and gives the training by experts. It is amazing that red-blooded boys who believe in themselves do not crowd the recruit- ing offices months ahead to register for such a free vacation and training. Evidently they do not know what they are missing. Last year 20,000 YOUNg men took advantage of this opportunity. The total number ad- mitted is limited by the capacity of the camps, but those who register early are certain of admission. The auota assigned to the District of Co- lumbia is only a few hundred. * ok ¥ % Lieut. Col. Scott has received many letters from parents of boys who have been o previous camps. These testify to the benefits. Among the letters is one from a Japanese boy who writes that he ls his “self-guardian,” but in his- capacity as T Kimespaclty as guardian of himselr, “I ‘am going to keep boy. (himself) to ca finished his course. he enjoyed sending my mp until he has My boy said that everything he received from camp. THe officers treated them kindly, and their kina treatment is getting better every year, and he sald that the more he goes to the camp, the more he likes to go." i A father of a boy who has com- pleted the course of. f 2 writes: R “It was very depressing to read last Summer accounts of the boy: who. were turned. away from " ihe camps because of insufficient accome modations, and I sincerely trust this misfortune may not be repeated.” A mother writes: “The benefits derived by my s were 100 per cent. For many years he attended a private camp in New Hampshire, but in comparing them Wwith the past vears at camp, the lat- ter at Camp Meade under the-super- vision of the Citizens’ Military Train- ing €amp, was the most beneficlal as to health and general character. My son and myself look forward to next Summer for another wonderful month at camp under the Citizens' Military Training Camp. X “I indorse the military training for boys and am happy in the thought of our very good Government affording us this special training for our boys. I am sure that our country will pros. per in the foresight of the training of the youth.” Here is a most significant letter from a mother who had been at her wit's end regarding her boy: “Before my son went fo training camp he was most reserved and seemed to want nothing except to be let alone. He resented being ques- tioned as to where he was going and it even seemed to annoy him to have to eat with the rest of the family. I could mot get ‘mext to him, so to speak. His thoughts were a mystery tod me and I could not seem to hit upon a toplc of conversation that would interest him at all. He would not talk about his progress at school, so0 I made it my business to inquire, and I found that he was always on the outside of things. He would stand near a crowd of boys, but nev- er join them, and did not-seem to want them to notice him. “Upon his return from training camp I notice such a difference. Now he is one of us and is interested in everything that goes on about him. I have discovered a depth of feeling and thought that I never dreamed he possessed. His personal appearance Unijted States physically unfit for service and 25 per cent mentally unfit, being so illiterate that they could not read and write, it will be has improved. He seems to take pride in keeping his clothes pressed and in order, and likes to appear well before others. He respects mother ) i Maybe not. | kind of ignorance that accrues from NEW BOOKS AT RANDOM LG M NATIONAL ISOLATION LUSION. Perry Belmont. Putnam’s Sons. Except for a final word of ex- hortation and advice, “National Isolation an Illusion” is argument throughout. In part. this body of logic is set up against the doctrine of national fsolation. In other part, it is pro- Jected in vindlcation and support of the Democratlc party in American politics. This party, ccording to Perry Belmont, is the lineal descend- ant and the lawful inheritor of those principles upon which the founda- tions ‘aof this Government rest A 80 this author likes to main- hat has conclusively estab- lished the validity of this birthright by way of its high servios in con- verting abstract principles of gov- ernment into the concrete substanc of national programs and policies. Spectfically considered, in this con- nection, are those policies bearing upon the relations of this Govern- ment to the remaining political powers of the earth Here, on the one hand, an act of repudiation. On the other, an advocacy of party so zealous in epirit as to approach, in effect, pure propaganda itself. These two stand together here as the central motive power around which is gathered a notable body of research embodied in corroborative detail and final de- duction AN IL- G. P. B k% But for our generally untidy habits of thought, but for our generally loose ways in the usa of words and in_their interpretation, the first part of Mr. Belmont's argu- ment would have fallen away com- pletely for want of theme—would, in fact, mever have been undertaken. It is such wobvious incapacity for straight thinking and speaking that has so widely and persistently identifled a possible political inde- pendence with an utterly impossible economic isolation. % e From the day when Washington admonished his country against en- tangling alliances, this confusion of ideas and terms has steadily grown. At the time of their delivery these words fell straight into the fears and dubieties of a new and untried Nation, nervously apprehensive of monarchical designs against it. The natural sus- picions of those days of experiment and tension precluded any making of clean-cut distinctions. Fear, con- stant and acute, served to confuse issues and to becloud measures. All this a matter of course in that situa- tion and at that time. But that such confusion should have persisted throughout the full period of our national life, still feeding the same old groundless fears—this s an anomalous and astonishing thing. For it takes no more than an ele- mentary grade of knowledge to dis- cover that any nation, in order to adopt isolation, must be completely self-contained. No such nation exists, ever has existed. Self-con- tainment belongs, if it belongs any- where, to a primitive state not vet out of its tribal organization. Prob- ably not thera even, for the nomadic tribes themselves give argument against the power of locality to keep pace with their needs and desires At this near end of the long se- quence let us take the United States —fabulous in natural resource, opu- lent in inventive genius, bulwarked against interference by the en- circling seas. Self-contained? Not by & long run. Subject for the ex periment of isolation? Every day argues more strongly against it. No, isolation is a myth or {t is a scare- crow. If a myth, the creation of be- wildered and dulled minds. If a scarecrow, a clear perversion, a thing raped from economics to be set up in the fleld of politics Wwith its most gruesome and hobgoblinish antics turned upon the foreign relations of a country. Clear demagogism, then? Very likely, instead, the the surpassing power of the human to fool his own mind. However ntuch and for whatever rea- son, or no reason, we may hitherto have offered hospitality to the doctrine of na- tional isolation, we are bound hence- forth to seize the difference between a proper political independence and a necessary economic interdependence, This clearing of the mental eye will be sharply speeded up for those who seize the advantage of this budget of prime evidence, this full and deliberate discus- sion of the vital point in hand. P Mr. Belmont approaches his cham- pionship of the Democratic party by way of the service of Thomas Jefferson in permanently shaping the essentials of the foreign policy of this country. To him, in a full bulk of documentary proof, are assigned the doctrines of the freedom of the seas, freedom from un- just commercial restrictions, neutrality, non-intervention, recognition of de facto governments, non-extradition of political refugees and the Monroe doctrine, in whose making Jefferson clearly had an influential part. AIl measure these, bearing upon the main thesis of this study, upon the non-political economic interdependence of the civilized world as a whole. From this point of de- parture Mr. Belmont proceeds to cite in a systematic and supported treatment the other manifold claims of hie party for supremacy in the guidance of a na- tion founded upon democratic principles. These claims are of primary connotation in political philosophy. They are but- tressed by documents of incontrovertible authenticity. They are elaborated clear- 1y and linked up indissolubly with the expansion of the country and the growth of the mechanics of government. He cites the great difference between the two dominant parties, a difference of theory that is acquiring the disconcert- ing habit of breaking bonds and of roaming acrose into the field of the op- ponent. However, in an ardor of party conviction and personal loyalty Mr. Bel- mont takes the high stand that “the Democratic party, created at the birth of our democratic Republic, preponder- ant when our forelgn policy was formu- lated, disrupted when the country was rent asunder by civil war, surviving and reuniting at the restoration of the Union, derives its indestructible vitality from the principles upon which it was insti- tuted—principles which lie at the founda- tion of the Government of the Republic.” The party, therefore, to stand full- panoplied for a world interdependence while it maintains rigorously the politi- cal independence of our country. To the Republican as well as to the Democrat, however, does this author assign the honest task of defending the funda- mental principles of our Government against the many destructive influences now working for their subversion. * K ok * A full, philosophic and authentic treatment, projected out of personal political experience as well as out of seasoned intellectual training. A man- ner of easy communicability helps mark- edly to deliver the discussion to the relatively unwaywise political student. A partisan view? Undoubtedly. That is, partisan in its discussion of the au- thor's own party. Not so at all, how- ever, in_its consideration of the main theme. There one finds exactly what is needed to clear up a dangerously con- fused conception of the subject under prime consideration here. and is not ashamed to show it. He discusses his friends, his studies and his amusements. He is taking a great interest in foot ball, in which I encourage him, having just been made captaln of his team. (Copyrigkt, 1925, by Paul V. Collins.) BY FREDERIC Q. Please tell how W Peckinpaugh McF A. George Mogridge was traded by New York to Washington in the Roth deal in 1920. Peckinpaugh was trad- ed to Boston by New York with Quinn, Collins and Plercy for Scott, Bush and Jones, and later included in a three-sided deal that sent him to Washington. This was in the year 1921, shington got and Mogridge—J. R. Q. When was the first excursion trip made from coast to coast?—J. S. A. The Bureau of Railway Econ- omics says that the first transconti- nental trip was made by the Boston Board of Trade on an excursion leav- ing Boston May 24, 1870, and ar- riving at San Francisco on May 31, 1870. Q. Are there more divorces now than there were 20 years agi PT A A. A comparison of the figures of 1903 and 1923 show a great increase in number and percentage of divorces In 1903 in the United States there were 786,132 marriages and 64,925 di- vorces. In 1923 there were 1,233,823 marriages and 165,139 divorces. Q. What gonzi_use color on varnish violins”—L. W. P. A. Hart's “The Violin and Its Maker” contains the following: ‘“The varnishes of Bergonzi is often fully as resplendent as that of Guiteppe Guarneri or Stradivari and shows him to have been initiated in th mysteries of its manufacture. It sometimes secen to be extremels thick, at other times but sparingly lald on; often of a deep rich red color, sometl; of a pale red and again of rich amber, so that the variation of color to be met with in Bergonzi's violins is considerable.” did Ber- h Q. What is the specific gravity of cork?—E. R. A Tt is 0.24. Q. What are the five largest har- bors in_the world>—R. G. The Coast and Geodetic Survey it depends upon what §s meant Y argest” and by “harbor.” Using the word harbor as a port, and con- sidering only those haying on their shores cities of commercial impor- tance, the five largest in area are Port Phillip, Melbourne Harbor, tralia, approximate 400 miles; Yokohama, Japan, 200 miles New York City, square miles: San Francisco, 79 square milgs; Bombay, India, 60 square miles. 'In export and import value, the first five are: New York City (on sea coast)> London, England (67 miles from sea); Liverpool England (3 miles from sea); Hambur, Germany (67 miles from sea); Ant rp, Bel- gium (50 miles from sea). In_tor nage the first fiive are: New York, Antwerp, London, Hamburg Liver- pool. The Guif of Osaka may be considered as a harbor for Kobe, and contains approximate 30 square mil Q. Who was t Christian missionary to China H. M. A. It cannot be definitely stated who was the first Christian mission- ary to China, since a tablet found in 781 A.D. indicated that Nestorian missionaries operated in China a J. HASKIN early as 505 A.D. There are, ho ever, no definite records. The firs definite record is that of Friar Jof of Monte Corvino, a Franciscan fria who went alone to China in 129 shortly after the return of the Polo mily to Europe, and he remained ir China for many years, when his ef fort was reinforced by the Pope of Rome and he was consecrated Arch bishop of Cambalin (Peking). Q physician make?—G. A Itissa How much does the ave H. C. that the average gros income of physicians in the Unite States is $3,000 per annum, the tot for all physicians being $420,000.000 Q med Why should grapevines be trim 1 the Fall?—A. McG. A. Grapevines are likely to excess if trimmed at after or immediately before rises, to bleed any time the saj Q. When J0ston ? was the first burial ir E. R | A. On February 18, 1630, Gov. Win throp recorded what was probab! the first burial in Boston. The entry reads: “Capt. Welden, a hopefu young gentleman and an experienced soldier, died in Charlestown of con sumption and was buried at Bost with a military funeral Q. Of whom did Dickens say man e walked down to po ith 50 small a book under his arr o reference was to the po Gray Q oo orig s the sla —H. T. D. grapher ha nskr A le 1 to th traced tk | tern Q. How do Arkansas dia |pare with African ones?’— A. The Arkan 10nds com- E. A as diamond mine, in Pike County, has produced severa thousand diamonds equal in color to the best produced in other parts of the world and 1 per cent harder thar the hardest from other parts of the world. In the Arkansas diamon mines the gems have been found place,” as the geologists put it, and nowhere elsc on this hemisphere ha they been found. The Arkan mines are being worked only enough to pay overhead, as the management |has decided that the per load recov of diamonds is not sufficient tify the operation of the mines = B o | this time t make any ong P, thority for of $50 gold pieces done the case of ific exposition coin Q. Would a $50 gold piece?—] A. There is no regular coining This was only the Pana the min a (It is certain that you puzzle daily over questions that we can answer fo you. You are confronted by problems grave to you, which can Ve answered easily by us. Our attention is directed chiefly s of fact. In matter 1egal. and financial we do no give professional advice, but even in these we can often smooth you way and pro the contact you need with technicians. Make a practice asking us what you do not know. Au dress The Star Information Burea Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Twenty first and C streets northwest. Inclose | cents in stamps for o direct rep to matte medica strictly Secretary Jardine’s Policy Is Text for Producers and consumers of farm products are giving attention to the acts and utterances of the new Sec-| retary of Agriculture, Willlam Jar- dine. Their interest is reflected in the comments of the American press on three things: The estigation of grain market fluctuations which the Secretary has ordered, his state- ment in favor of co-operative market- ing and the department's advice against increased acreage for the present vear. Commendation of the proposed marketing move is given by the Phil- adelphia Bulletin, which believes that “ff Secretary Jardine insists on the policy that the farmer needs no spe- | nothing | clal favors, and requires more than fair credit on sound se- curity, and opportunity to perfect his own methods of co-operative mar- keting, he will go a long way toward putting agriculture in a sounder frame of mind and on a sounder eco- nomic basis.” While admitting that co-operation will attain probablv more than anything else, the Peoria Journal takes the position that the tarmer, nevertheless, “is the world's greatest gambler. He gambles on the weather, economic conditions, pub- lic tastes, political affairs, world jealousies and land values With a fair field the farmer will be able to take care of himself, states the Chat- tanooga News, which urges: “Stop the profiteer from preving on the farmer.” It is argued by the Utica Observer Dispatch that the producer and consumer can be protected only through more direct handling and selling. The paper continues: “This is true of all products, either from the mill or tho farm. It is a system that has grown up through the com- plications of epeculation and trade. To rid ourselves of it is the work of great minds and careful investiga- tors.” * ¥ * The charge that there is indication of complete ignoring of the anti- Assails Bombing Tests. Planes’ Value Overrated, Clin- ton R. Thompson Says. To the Bditor of The Star: Permit me to congratulate you for giving additional publicity to the ar- ticle on “Battleship vs. Alrplane” by Comdr. Herbert S. Howard, originally published in the Independent. It is the clearest and most succinct pres- entation of the whole contriversy that I have ever read and ought to be convincing to any candid mind. I wish it could be brought to the at- tention of every one who permitted himself to be influenced by certain sensational testlmony recently sub- mitted to Congr I was present at the bombing of the Ostfriesland, in 1921, and have a vivid recollection of the tedious hours of | waiting for suitable flving weather; then of the majestic sailing of the bombers over the hulk and the care- ful dropping of preliminary sighting bombs; then of the equally deliberate dropping of live bombs, with an oc- casional hit. All this while the ship was anchored, unprotected by smoke screens, its own guns and combat planes, and without the ability to change course after a boemb had left the plane. The public has no conception of that side of the picture. Press views showed only the actual explosion of a bomb or the battered hulk after several bombs had registered hits Movie news rcels are limited to scenes of action, so they showed their audiences only the blasts of the bombs and the ship actually settling beneath the waves. But one who witnessed the whole test was most impressed with the utter helplessness of the victim: the careful deliberation and low flying of the bombers, quite impossible un- der battle conditions;and, withal, the failure of the planes to deliver a fatal blow. The final sinking was due more to the cumulative effect of two days of bombing than to any single shot. CLINTON R. THOMPSON. Press Comment |8ram gambling law is 1 made by the Topeka Capital, which calls attention to the fact that this law “prohibits the weil known provincial ‘sucker from gambling on the Board of Trade” It asserts, further, that is doubtful if as many suckers wer ever in the market before as wer gambling in this year's grain futures | The market reports have described | the speculation as enormous. The sit uation has been such as to justif | the decision of Secretary Jardine to | inquire into the complete failure of, the grain marketing machinery t |prevent gross fluctuations in the | prices of grain, notably of wheat, but even more so of rye.’ Some excep- tional artificial stimulus is held re- | sponsible for the conditions observed Dby the Syracuse Herald, which states t Is clear that the wheat boom of January, with its two-dollar figure, was due to such stimulus, and that the recent violent reaction is traoe- able to the general recogmition of the real situation as it was affected by actual supply and demand. At any rate, a good many heavy buyers | of ‘wheat have been ‘pinched’ in the |last fortnight. Perhaps the inquiry {of the department will shed some in | teresting light on the real causes of | the exaggerated rise and the sudden slump.” It is not really civilized busi- tess, in the opinion of the Champaign ews-Gazette, which also commente: “Some steps, at least on the informa- tion side, ought to be possible to | keep the fluctuations of wheat within the facts. Now if the real conditions justify a change of 20 per cent we are likely to have changes of 100 per cent first one way and then tho other.” The News-Gazette finds = parallel in the “ups and downs” of money before the establishment of the Federal reserve systom. It be lieves a remedv ought to be found in the case of wheat also. * | A suggestion that the biz specu |lators have been unloading every- Uwhere made by the Morgantowr l\\', b, ¢ New Dominion, which ex presses the opinion that “it doesn't | seem likely that officlal investigators {will discover anything not alresd: | known. The elump. in the price of wheat, and to a less degres in other grains, has been worldwide, as was to have been expected in a commodity whose price is dependent on the de mand of a world market.” Thissams factor is recognized by the ort Wayne Journal-Gazette, which says that “what the Government doubtless wants to find out—at least what it should desire to learn—is whether or not eccentricities of the world's mar kets for wheat or the manipulations of gamblers have been tho cause. of these spectacular effects.” The pos sible method emploved in the market is suggested by the Portland Tele gram, which states: “It has been favorite argument and probably more than half true, that a powerful ring of operators forces down prices soon after the harvest, when most ofgh grain growers are obliged to g#ell Later the ring advances and holdgup prices. This year the practice segms to have been reversed. Sooner, or later a way must be found taddo something by which pure speculgfion or gambling will not be able tauaf- fect the price of the world's j - pensable food.” * * ¥ k - ey Comment on the present seagign's crops indicates a greater degres! of uncertainty than on the other te brought to public attention, er present conditions,” says the SWux Falls Press, “each farmer will be in- {clined to go ahead and produce'as much as possible of whichever crops scem to him most lkely to yield weil on his land.. When the Government | estimators and fixers can guarantee | weather suitable for light to heavy vields, it will be time enough to give advice on how much to plant” A similar view is taken by the Indfan apolis News, which argues: “With- out passing final judgment concern- ing restricted production, which the department plainly is urging, it may be pointed out that, while acreage may be controlled, many other facts cannot, such as climate.” A} Bt