Evening Star Newspaper, April 10, 1925, Page 6

6 THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY........April 10, 1925 THEODORE W. NOYES. . . . Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company s Office. 11th St. and Pennsvivania Ave. New York Office: 110 East 42nd St. Chicago Office: Tower Bullding, Eurepean Oftice : 16 Regent St.,London, England. The Evening Star. with the Sunday morning citton, T Akiivered by curriers within the ai 60 cents ner inonth: daily only, 43 per month: Sunday only, 20 cents per cath.” Orders may be xent by mail or tele- e Matn 5000, Collection is made by car- riers at the end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daily and Sunday Daily only...... Bunday oniy.. mo., T0c mo., Hoc mo., e All Other States. Dailr and Sunda. Daily only.. bunday only.. Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press fs exclusively entitled to the ‘use for republication of all news dis- patches credited to it or not otherwise credited in thls paper and also the local news pub. Tished herein. ~ All rights of publication of +pecial dispatches herein are also reserved. Herriot's Lease of Life. in the Premier Herriot's victory rench Chamber of Deputies yester- day, when he was sustained by a ma- v of 49 votes, may prove to be of a Pyrriic nature, but it serves for the The was the smallest bat he has received on any issue of noment since umed office iiighty-seven members of the Chamber abstained from voting, more than +nough to have turned the tide against the premier had they cast their bal ots. Their silence indicates at least their refusal to support him, though the same time it shows an un- willingness at this moment to pre- cipitate a crisis upon the financial question. Thus Herriot retains his premiership by negation rather than mation. % This maneuver was Harassed by criti; menaced by the defection of his own forces, confronted with a finan- cial situation of extreme gravity, he elected to go before the Chamber ag- gressively, and in a three-hour speech he placed the burden of blame for the country’s present fiscal difficulties upon the post-war administrations pre- ceding his own. The move succeeded. though it put Herriot and his ministry in a arious position. sterday’s success does not guar- antee the continuance of the Herriot gover since the ministry’s own financial measure, designed to relieve the acute fiscal situation, is yét to be brought into the open for discussion The measure itself i rewritten at present in the Chamber's finance committee. It is understood that it proposes a compul- sory tax collection. Should it emerge from committee with that feature it is doubtful whether the premier can secure its passage. Should he fail, on this final test of strength in the deputies he must, of course, resign. ‘That issue will probably be met next week In his spectacular defense, which was at the same time an agsressive 1uove against the opposition. Premier Herriot drew upon his last reserve of sirength. That he won in the vote by less than 50, with 87 members silent, is 2 warning, of which he is doubtless well aware, that he approaches the supreme test. A change of ministry now in France might seriously complicate the inter- national situation. It would be es- pecially important in view of the ap- praaching German election for the presidency. It might, indeed, have an effect upon the German campaign in which Hindenburg stands as candidate for President in the name of the pro- monarchical parties. A French scan- dal over finances and a chaotic par- iamentary situation at Paris eatly hearten the militant Germans. Thus it is possible that caution will prevail et Paris next week, and that partisan politics will be modified for the sake of the international balance. o present vote he as of the ialist pre- daring. cien ment and action ing The telephone operator who pro- nounces “nine” as if it were spelled *nigh-un” may sooner or later be men- tioned as one of the reasons for higher rates. It costs money to educate a large corps of 'phonists in the new pronunciation. S — A grand jury may do its best, but It can never hope to secure the place in the attention of a sensation-seeking public that was held by a senatorial investigating committee. a ——— American Enterprise. The news is out millions of cotton freed from that users foreign ““‘America’s have been domination of chemists employed in the color tradeslaboratory of the Department of Agrieulture.” The news comes in the form of a statement by the chairman of the division of dye chemistry of the American Chemical Society, which was made at the sixty-ninth meeting of the society. It was said that fadeless vat dyes are being made in the United States at lower cost than German dyes. For a hundred years, or longer, it has been a saying among Americans that “foreign dyes are best.”” We have also said, “It is strange that we can- not produce dyes that stick.” Much foreign trade has been kept from the TUnited States by the belief, or by the fact, that American dyes were not so zood as foreign dyes. If we can now maKe them as good and unfading as “ome of our commercial competitors make them, and make them as cheap, we have set up a Lighly important in- dustry, and the way is clear to selling more millions of dollars’ worth of dyed textiles in America and Asia. There has also been a belief, prob- ably unfounded, that American woolen zoods were not so good as foreign woolens. There seems no reason why American woolens should not be as 200d as any other woolens. We raise the sheep and the wool. We have the weaving machinery, and if American manufacturers want to put as much virgin wool in cloth and blankets as English and German manufacturers they can do it. Wa have made much woolen goods mixed with eotton and would | of | tadeless dyes through the discoveries | shoddy. or second-hand macerated wool, for the home market, but no doubt the cheaper kinds of woolén goods in Burope are also adulterated. There is no reason why a yard of American all-virgin-wool cloth should not be as good as that character of cloth made In any part of the world. We sell our cotton fabrics in many parts of the world in competition with German and English spinners, and it is quite likely that we will be able to compete with them in woolen goods. | There used to be, and to some ex- tent still is, & superstition that Eng- lish and German steel is better than American steel, and that foreign | razors, penkniv etc.. are better than American. There is no doubt | that some foreign blade steel is better than some American blade steel, but poor steel is sold in the home markets of England and Germany, and, of course, at low price. American high- tension steel or tool steel and the like 25¢ 1 is @s good as any that science knows how to make. American tools, saws, axes, razors and knives are famous in toreign countries, There are few things of manufacture, perhaps noth- ing, that we cannot make as well in the United States as they can be made elsewhcre, and it is our business to set ourselves to the job of doing it and keeping down the cost that we shall get such a share of foreign trade las we may deserve. Our higher wage scale and better living standard are not necessarily a handicap. It ought to be an advantage. High-priced labor should be more intelligent and ef- ficient, and the incentive to invention and use of labor-saving machinery is keener. o Headlights in Washington. Although Washington is badly in need of an adequate and intelligible headlight law, there are many Wwho believe that if Trafic Director El- dridge carries out his announced de- termination of blanketing the District | with headlights turned on full blast there will be more confusion and danger in the night traffic condition than there is at present. If headlights are to be turned on and no dimming allowed where there is insufficient street illumination, 100 per cent enforcement of the law is necessary to protect the motorist as well as the pedestrian Ixperience in the States has shown that 100 per cent enforcement is not possible, even with many more police- men than are available in the District so that it the new law the automobilist’ will find himself driving on well lighted Sixteenth street faced by a battery of bright lights, half of them probably adjusted and non-glaring, and the other half | blinding =o that he will be unable to see where he is going. Admitting that Director Eldridge has made an intensive study, in co- { operation with Bureau of Standards experts, on the entire headlight prob- lem, and that he is amply qualified to know whereof he speaks, it is an obvious and easily ascertained fect that no State, no matter how stringent its regulations, has been able to elim- lights. On that basis is it reasonable to as- sume that the police of Washington, efficient as they are, can accomplis the superhuman and regulate each and every headlight on each and every car, and, more important et keep them regulated despite the jars ind jolts which will destroy in time a.v adjustment, so that it will be safe for every one to have bright lights There 1s no protest against a head- light law. Washington should have vised. But while the no-dimming edict has been found to be effective op country roads without other lightinr, it is emphatically not applicable to a city like Washington, where in many sections the streets are sufficiently luminated. Experienced motorists agree that while adjusted headlights are not blinding the dividing line between the adjusted and illadjusted light is small. With this fact in mind, and the ad- mitted inability to stamp out the glar- ing light, it should be obvious that headlights in @ city should be used sparingly and with common sense, and not be forced by law to be turned on at full power. There are many streets in Wash- ington where a motorist should use headlights, because of poor illumina- tion. This is particularly true in the suburbs. But let usnot have legislation which will force every Tom, Dick and Harry to blind people all over the city by headlights which, despite the law, will be blinding. Yor this reason it is to be hoped that Director Eldridge will consider that he is dealing with a city, and not sparsely populated country where there are no lights at all, and strike out the no-dimming clause in the pro- posed law. | N The efficient influence of Judge Landis in base ball and of Will Hays in the movies may yet call for some one to supervise and conciliate the jazz rivalries in radio. S Violations of traffic regulations have diminished. A regular court evidently has more influence tham an amateur judge in a police station. e National Parks. Advance reservations by organiza- tions_and others for accommodations in Yellowstone Park this Summer are said to warrant the expectation that more than 100,000 persons will tour the Yellowstone Reservation this sea- son. The park officially opens June 18, and 40,000 reservations have al- ready been made for the Summer. With the prospect of a busy season in view, work in preparation for the accom- modation of the expected multitude of visitors is being expedited and im- provements are being put in. Although the Government reserve will be open June 18, the park will be ready for sightseers June 1, it is announced. A million-dollar fire recently de- stroyed much of the park’s transporta- tion facilities. To replace the trans- portation system the largest contract for motor coaches ever awarded has just been made with a Cleveland firm with an agreement to operate theéir plant day and night until June to-com- plete the cars. A train of 65 freight takes effect | inate any large percentage of glaring | one, and have the best that can be de- | | | | | | | | i | | | {died the other day in his 7 THE EVENING cars will be required to transport the park busses, and the train will run directly from Cleveland to Livingston, the nearest gate to the Yellowstone National Park, and thence driven 60 miles to the reservation. Fortunately, the hotels in the park were not harmed by the fire. Each succeeding vear shows in- creasing appreciation on the part of the touring public of the wonders of our several national parks. A Gov- ernment bureau supervises the up- keep and improvement of the national parks, appropriations for which Con- &ress generously provides. The Gov- ernment goes to great pains to care for the roads, furnish transportation means and hotel accommodations, as well as preserve the wild life within their areas. The officials and employes | in the park service enter into their work with great enthusiasm. All visitors to these parks testify to their wondrous beauty, and express the wish that they can come again and have their friends share their perfences. ex- ————— Jean De Reszke. Jean de Reszke, idol of opera-going generations from 1872 to 1903, who th year, has joined the great group of artists of the past of whose skill naught re mains but affectionate memories. Thousands of persons are alive today who listened entranced to the eminent Polish tenor who, with his brother Edouard, also a splendid singer, formed an urtparalleled operatic team, and who retired from the Amer- can stage shortly before Caruso, suc- sor to his laurels, burst in all his glory on the western world. One by one they will drop away, and De Reszke will have joined the legendary figures of the past So far as can be learned De Reszke left behind him no reproductions of his marvelous voice. If there exist i | old-fashioned cylindrical records, made i | | | may be had, but the | screen of every | put at a time when the talking machine ndustry was in its infancy, and when the great foreigner was past his prime and unchallenged supremacy, they are unlisted in the catalogues of the great makers. Reproductions of the voice of Adelina Patti, his great competitor, were made when the great diva wa well past 60. As in the cases of Jenny Lind, Ole Bull, Campanini and many others no ade quate vestige of De Reszke's art re- mains except in the recollections of those fortunate enough to have heard him, nor are such memories transmit table. How much more fortunate public of today. For its benefit won- derful voices and marvelous s instrumentation are perpetuated in every tone and shading. recorded un- der the most favorable circumstances ata time when their possessors are in the full flower of their art, to be at brought ever-fresh and perfect out of | the past, simultaneously, with the reproduction phy it desired the silver expression on cal and gesture. ————————— French literature has worked won- ders with pen, ink and paper. This fact will scarcely encourage French finance, famed for its prudence, to go too far with the same materials. ————— It may be a relief to Dr. Cook away in comfortable where the gullibility of the public can no longer tempt him. o be a son ————t Aviation has its perils not only among the actual flyers, but among those who discuss it as a branch of military efficiency. — et The Prince of Wales is welcome the English-speaking world over, even if he does, in his heart of hearts, prefer cricket to base ball. ————— Florid: climate since the tornado is described as lovely as a rule, but occasionally temperamental. e France is courageous; even to the extent of facing the historic perils of paper mony — et SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JORSO The 0ld Schoolmaster. The old schoolmaster used to teach’ ., The youngster, reach A birchen rod with which he'd win At least a show of discipline. and would have in And if his scholars should combine In any mutinous design He'd promptly jar their sense of fun And dust thelr jackets, one by one. The old schoolmaster, were he here Would make his meaning swiftly clear And say, “There won't be any ‘frat’ Where I preside, and that is that!” Funereal. “Have you ever thought of retiring to private life?” “Yes,” answered Senator Sorghum, “but only the same way that I have thought of giving my admiring rela- tives a chance to say, ‘Doesn’t he look natural!’ " Jud Tunkins says the spendthrift of 25 years of age is very likely to prove the tight-wad of 40. Parental Example. ““Parents should set an example.” “What's the use?” asked Mr. Dustin Stax. “The fact that I was a dollar- a-year man during the war does not prevent my son from spending ten thousand a week.” Waiting. “I understand You are Mesa Bill.” “I am,” confided Cactus Joe. “He's a low-down, irresponsible citizen, and 1 am going to get him sooner or later. I've rounded up enough palitical in- fluence to get me appointed as a bicycle cop.™ laying for ‘Where oratorics most abound There's need for no alarm. The slapstick makes a mighty sound And does but little harm. ‘A true friend,” said Uncle Eben, “is willin' to spare yoh feelin’s once in a while by bein’ jes' a little untruth- ful.” re- | is the| kill in | STAR, WASHINGTO For the benefit of those readers who do not care for poetry, we con- tinue here today our jazz version of Pope’s “Essay on Man,” translating the second epistle from rhymed coup- lets into prose. This series is be- lleved to be the first time any one has “translated” English poetry into English prose St. John, old buddy, vou: stack against a big order when you sume to scan God. The best you hope to do ix to know yourself, as the old Greeks said. The proper study of mankind, take it from me, is the ring-tailed variety known as man—to wit, himself. What a bird man is. to be sure! You might say he is wise in a dark sort of way, and great in a crude manner. He has got too much knowl- edge to be a skeptic, and is too weak to be a true stoic. So he hangs between, in doubt whether to call himself a god or & beast, or to prefer his body or his mind. He is an ignorant sap, no mat- ter whether he thinks too much or not enough. In fact, men were cr. ated half to rise and half to fall. Al- though he lords it over haif of cre- ation, he s a prey to all things, and though he is the sole judge of truth here, he is always in error. In short, you might call us the glory, jest and riddle of the world, all in one breath Go, you simp! Be a scientist until you are blue in the face. Tell the sun and moon when to stage an eclipse and let the multitudes applaud ‘em, as | if it were some sight on a stage Tell Time what to do, Jjust when to set. Go tell Eternal Wi dom how to run the universe, and then come back to earth, and just be yourself, your sweet self—a fool. L peEE . You can't even explain where vou came from or where vou are go- {ing! for your boasted reason, |passion quickly overthrows it, if given a chance. But don't be down-hearted! are two big principles in |nature that bring us out right. The first one is self-love, to urge us to be up and doing; the second Is reason, to put the brakes on all four wheels when necessary, If it wasn't for self-love men would Dbe too lazy to move. If he didn't have a bit of reason behind him he would be active to no good end. The thing { works out very nicely, you see. With- jout love of self a man would take |root. like a vegetable, and never budge a step. Look at all these ginks | Fiding a few blocks in an automobll | J¥hat's the use of arguing about it? | Wise gazaboes, just like nuts, when |they get into arguments, most often mean nothing at all, or else find out {they have been saying the same thing. As for us, let us admit that self- love and reason have the same end Both seek happiness, both fly from | pain. Our passions we may label di ferent forms of self-love, that is all, d though selfish, if decent, are worth while As we sail along through the ocean life, reason ix our compass. but passion. pep, is the gale that blows us along, buddy. We do not find God {only in the calm weather. He mounts | the storm, and walks upon tha wind | Make an Irish stew out of love hope and fear, taken ofit of beautifui Miss Pleasure’s kitghen cabinet; mix in the spices of hate, fear and grief. secured from that sad lady, olé Mrs Pain These ingredients, slapped togeth | with art and not overdone, result a hot article, yet not too hot, @ peppy tasty confection to malntain tha baul- ance of the mind, and give ail the strength and color to our life. | We always are looking around | something to please us, now th ur i { | There human BY FREDERIC | | | | ! There probably isn't a better hater {of America in all Germany than Field { Marshal von Hindenburg. He inc. | nates the class that holds the United States primarily and overwhelmingly responsibie for Germany’s loss of the war. ica’s intervention in the allied cause was the more ferocious because he expected to make it futile, and failed When the United States entered the fray eight years ago this week and planned to =end men to ithout stint,” Hindenburg begged the German people to be of stout heart. He satd ha “would smash the | American Army in mid-Atlantic.” By that, he meant that von Tirpitz submarines would pever allow United ates soldiers in any material quan- | tities. to reach the battle line. 1 Hindenburg ever becomes President of Germany, he may pay us perfunctory respect, but he will never love us ok o % The writer lived in Germany un- interruptedly for 13 years prior to 1914, and never remembered hearing of Hindenburg in all that time. He was one of the things that the Kaiser had up his sleeve for “The Day,” like the Big Berthas that besieged Liege and bombarded Paris. Ludendorft was also brought forward as a sur- prise package. Outside of the im- mediate army set, his name was ut- terly unknown.. Of Hindenburg’ in Germany there is little During the last year or two of the war the Berliners erected a massive Buddha-iike image of him, made {of wood., into which it became a | patriot’s privilege to drive a nail, provided a contribution of so-and-so much was made for a certain soldiers’ fund. For every mark's contribution. you could hammer a nall into the Hindenburg effigy. It became an eye- sore as Germany's mad gamble for world power fizzled, and came down soon after the armistice, along with Hindenburg’'s hopes and the Kaiser's throne. el Not long ago the Brazilian govern- ment ordered a mineralogical Instru- ment from the Smithsonian Institu- tion at Washington. The bill was $150 and was forwarded to Rio de Janeiro. Payment promptly ensued, but it arrived in the form of a check on Brazil's New York bank account | for $150,000,000. The man who drew the check had tacked on six naughts by mistake, a sort of Brazil nut. The Smithsonian sent it back to Rio with an amusing note, and Rio returned a check for the right amount, accom- panied by an equally good-natural letter. * kX x President-elect Machado of Cuba will pay his respects in Washington about the middle of April. President Coolidge will give a breakfast in his honor at the White House, and Secre- tary Kellogg will entertain for Senor Machado at the Pan-American Union Baron de Cartler, the Belgian Am- bassador to the United States, who also is accredited to Cuba, will be another of his hosts. Senor Machado, who is best known in Cuba as Gen. Machado, will visit New York before teturning to Havana. He wants to establish an entente cordiale with American capital. * ok ok 5 Miss Neville Taylor Gherardi of Washington, who released the carrier pigeons with a message to the Presi- dent at the moment the new aircraft- carrier Saratoga started down the launching ways, is a direct descendant of Gen. Daniel Morgan, hero of the battle of Saratoga. Her grandfather, the late Rear Admiral Harry Clay Taylor, U. S. N.. 45 years ago com- manded the sloop-of-war Saratoga, the third ship of that name in the American Navy. H2r father, Capt. Walter R. Gherardi, U. 8. N, who is and tbe Sun | Hindenburg's rage over Amer- | Europe | idolatrous hold on popular affections | doubt. | N, D. C, FRIDAY THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. that. But as a rule you will find that every man has some Master Passion that subdues all the little passions, just as old man Aaron's serpent swal- Jowed up the rest. * ok ¥ K When you find out a man's ruling passion you have got the low-down on him at last. This ruling passion is born with him, just as at the moment ived life he also got the lurking ple of death B ure is its mother, habit its nurse; 1l our ability, spirit, faculties make it worse ; even our reason gives it power, Just «s the sunshine can make vinegar ourer thun ever. A man wiil follow his ruling passion through life, or even at the expense of life. The strange thing {8 that every man finds good reasons to uphold him in what he wants to do. The merchant likes his toil, the sage his lack of bodily motion, the monk his humility, the hero his pride. But cheer up, buddy! Out of these ruling passions come the best things we do. Old Mother Nature is working through us and the good will come out. She raises great crops of wit and hon- esty from spleen, obstinacy, hate and tear. Shé transmutes anger into zeal and fortitude. Out of avarice she makes prudence, and from sioth, blessed philosophy. Primitive lust becomes gen- tle love, to charm all womankind. The envy which besmears the ignorant man becomes in the wise or brave merely the desire to do as well O the God within the mind can bring light out of this chaos of our,| nature. But he is a fool, indeed, he who would imagine that because vice and virtue are hard to dissever they do not exist at all. Though black and white may be blended to make gray, 8till there are such things as black and white. e i rec | ¥ * ok ok ok Vice, by itself, Is some monster. has euch an ugly yap that any normal person only has fo see it to hate it. | But the funny thing about vice is just | this, that if you see its old funny face too much you get used to the ugly critter, and ending up by embracing what you first endured, and then pitied. It is only by fits and starts that we | follow good and evil, of course. Even the rogue and fool are wise by turns. and the best, at times, are what they despise. As the saint said. we do the things at we would not, and the things we should have done, we do not No matter what the ruling padsion is, howe¥er. every man is hap with ?)IM own particular brand. The student is h to be a grind The is happy because he doesn't know any- worry him: the rich man is | | | | thing to more or less happy with his wealth, and the poor are contented with the care of heaven. Thesr have to be. Look at that blind beggar dancing on the sidewalk! He cannot ‘!ue_ but he can dance. And the erip- ]plnv although he cannot dance, he can sing. The drunkard thinke he is a hero. and the lunatic is happy because | he thinks he is a king. | Lok at the kid there, pleased with a rattle or a teddy bear. When he is a little older some livelisr plaything, such as a scooter, or a bicycle, will delight hi Later he will go in for foot ball and business. His riper stages will be amused with goif, garters and gold. In old age he wi D! with prayver booke and philosophy. And he will be as pleased with these tors as he was with thoce before, untfl in the nd he will sleep, and the play of life wilt be o Ah, buddy In folly’s cup still Jas that blg bubble, Joy: Get a clingh on vourself and enjoy life, because life is great. Though each one of us Is more i less of a fool, the big c aat God s wise. ks there, WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS WILLIAM WILE now aide the Secretary was a ntenar on this same Saratoga vears ago. when she {was the Pennsylvan Nautical School ship. with headguarters at Phila- | delphia. of Navy * % ok ok When Secretary Jardine starts in Agriculture, in pursuance of the | Coolidge economy program, he will !do =0 as a man who once knew the department intimately from the in- side. Most people thought Jardine was a newcomer there when he joined the cabinet a few weeks ago. As a matter of fact, he was a member of the department for three years—1907 to 1910-—in the capacity of assistant United States cerealist, in charge of land investigations. His job was know all algut the growing of grain—corn, wheat. oats and the llke -—both from the standpoint of cul- tivation and with regard to disease and treatment. Dr. Jardine is the only member of the present cabinet (he is almost the only one on record) who was graduated into executive command from the departmental rank and file. * ko x Eastertide, which always finds | Washington tourist-bound, brings a | rush of business to the Government's “auto tourist camp,” in Potomac Park | adjacent to the river and the speed- way. More than a hundred “arrivals” register a day there nowadays. It is *Main street on wheels, democracy on balloon tires and typical | tents. Every State in the Union is | represented, and every age of tour- |ist and car. The camp is adminis- | tered under the direction of the su- | perintendent of public buildings and | grounds. This is Uncle Sam’s officlal welcome to his tin-can children: “This camp,is your home during your visit. Please use it and regard it as such. It is desired to make vour stay pleasant and comfortable. The manaj ment desires ‘aithfully and courteous- 1y to serve you.” Charges have gone up since last year. It now costs 50 cents a night per car, instead of 25, or $2.50 a week. Tourists may remain a maximum of 14 days. Two days is the average. This year's innovations include & camp bathhouse, with hot and cold running water. In August 200 or 300 arrivals a day are com- mon. * K ok ok The newly composed Washington diplomatic corps contains five envoys who knew one another in the Far ast. Signor de Martino, the Italian Ambassador; Dr. Franitsek Chval- kovsky, the Czechoslovakian Minis- ter, and Dr. A. C. D. de Graeff, the Netherlands Minister, once were simultaneously stationed at Tokio; Baron von Maltzan, the German Am- bassador, was a colleague at Peking of Mr. Matsudaira, the Japanese Am- bassador, when the latter was Secre- tary of Nippon's legation In China. Peking, by the way, figures conspicu- ously in the changes in the American and rman ambassadorships, re- spectively, in Berlin and Washing- ton. Dr. Schurman goes to Germany from China and Baron von Maltzan comes to America from the same coun- try. Oriental diplomacy seems to be considered a good training school for diplomacy in Washington. (Copyright, 1925.) Know ’Em Intimately. From the Boston Transcript. Sponsors for “Truth week” shew ®ood judgment in fixing on dates not within the fishing season. —_——————— Many a man calls his wife the bet- ter half, when she is about %0 per cent of the family.—Flint Sunday Journa APRIL 10, 1| |to save money at the Department of | America in | 1925. World Court Problem. Correspondent Discusses Star’s Editorial on *“Hamstringing.” To the Editor of The ota: Your editorial headed “Hamstring- ing the Court” invites attention to a matter concerning which the public need to be better informed or to give more careful thought. You are undoubtedly right in the assumption that if the United States 1s to awalt the codification of inter- national law, its recognition of the World Court will be long delayed. It may be assumed also that if such a codification were ever made without participation by the United States it would not be such a codification as we would be willing to subscribe to. Though you take issue with Senator Borah, I think it can be shown that you are both right as far as either the Senator or your editorial goes. This paradox lfes in the fact that the codification is rendered necessary and yet made practically impossible by a radical difference between the United States and Europe as to the source and function of national authority. If a court could be assembled the members of which would agree as to the nature of a nation's sovereignty, the absence of fixed laws would not need to occasion grave concern, nor would there be impassable obstacles to the construction of an interna- | tional code as speedily as needed. The judiclary is an essential not, indeed, the most essential strument of government. Within its prescribed sphere of action, the World Court, if recognized by all nations, would bear a similar rela- tion to world government, with the difference that it would deal with nations, instead of with individuals, { corporations or municipalities of its own nationals. A court must be con- i firmed tn the faith of tie Institutions of the nation for which it admini ters the law. The higher court of an absolute monarchy, based upon the divine right of kings, could not, however learned in the law and however honest, administer the law and justice for a gonstitutional gov- ernment based upon the theory of popular sovereignty. A Supreme | Court of the United States, posed of the highest and most learned judicial officer of each of the other nations of the world, would not be qualified to pass upon matters which come before our Supreme Court They couid not “agree in principle.” Whether it would be possible by stipulations to establish a principle of sovereigngy which would control the procedure and prescribe the action of a world court is a matter for the highest authorities on Amer- ican and on European jurisprudence to decide. A principle acceptable John Bassett Moore, the American member of the present court, would probably satisfy the requirements of the United States, but there appears to be an irreconcilavle difference, amounting in fact to a contradiction between the American and the Euro- pean conception of sovereignty A sovereignty which is a divine en- dowment of king or class has differ- ent aspirations and different rule conduet from those of a sovereignty which is the endowment of all men created in the divine image. A group of learned jurists committed to the theory of kingly sovereignty {could not even recognize the exist- {ence of a sovereignty common to all mankind, vet it is around a concep- tion of sovereignty that the relations of one mation to or with another re- -if in- com- in directly or remotely, upon any ques tion that could come before a world court, The Magna Charta could never have come into existence through the sanc tion of a court composed of jurists representing all nations. Likewise, the Americun revolutionists would have been outlawed by such a court Speaking of a “limited sovereignty involves a contradiction of terms to the mind of jurists of the old Iuro- pean school. It must be unlimited or it is not sovereign. Some years ago | The Star announced to the world that jBaron Fava, the Italian Ambassador, had Deen recalled and diplomatic relations broken because the United States could not compel the punish- ment of certain citizens of a State who had murdered Italians sojourn- { ing in that State. A recognized cause of war existed, due entirely to the fact that the United States could not | exercise police powers In the State of Louisiana. Under strict construc- tion of international law, a world court, having this case before would have been compelled to require of this Gdvernment a thing which it had not the sovereign power to do Broadly speaking, the Monroe doc- trine implies, to the mind of Europe sphere of influence” principle. To the American mind it represents the preservation of a theory of govern- ment, and in no way extends the au- thority of the United States nor im- pairs the independence of the nations within its scope. It is not so much a code of interna- tional law as it is a principle of in- ternational relations that must be established before the United States san safely join the World Court. Fhe basis of European government is politics to sustain power; that of American government is authority to sustain social and economic security and progress. The hospitality ex- | tended by France to Ben Franklin would have been condemned by a World Court, had one existed at that time. The world has . progressed toward the adoption of the American principles of government to such a degree that absolutism is no longer recognized among civilized people: but is it in any way assured that the majority rule applied to a decision of a world court would accord with ithose principles? The saving clause in the League of Nations treaty was that requiring unanimity. A basic principle of “sovereign relations” | seems to be an additional requirement of a world court. JOHN P. MILLER. ORN to the music of far He took, in Nature's school, Bager to serve; and found to| volves, and this must have a bearing, | it, | Q. How much is the population of Washington increasing?—Ls R. W. A. In 1920 the population was 437,571, while the estimate for July of this year is 497,906. Q. How many dally newspapers are there in the United State: W. M. F. A. There are 2,465 daily news- papers. Q. How many electrical engineers in the District of Columbla?—A. P. A. There are 234 electrical engi- neers in the District of Columbia. Q s What is the name of William Hart's pony?—C. O. Mr. Hart's paint horse has been known and become famous the world over by two names. Prior to the World War he was known by the name, Fritz. When our country en- tered the war his name was changed to The Pinto Pony or Pinto. Such has been his success that admirers are under the impression that Fritz and the Pinto Pony are different hors: This is not true. Fritz and Bill Hart's Pinto Pony are one and the same. Q. How fast does the brain grow? J. D A. At birth the brain weight is about one-third of the weight at ma- turity. The increase s very rapid during the first year; quite rapid dur- ing the next seven and eight years; fler this it becomes very slow. The weight is attained in man the 50th and 60th woman between the and 30th vears. A premaximum 1 to 15 for males and at about 14 | for females, indicating a too- ous growth seems to be the important cause of death at this age. At the end of the 8th vear, when the brain has almost completed its growth, the body has reached to a third of its mature weight. At birth the brain forms 12 per cent of the total weight of the body, while in the adult it forms 2 per cent or less. Q. How much does it cost to burn gas for cooking?—E. L. C. A. It fs estimated that it costs ap- proxifhately 4 cents an hour to heat an oven, less than % cent for the or- |dinary burner and between 3 and 4 cents for the giant burner. How many Roman Catholic and many Methodist bishops are the United States?—C. E. S There are, according to the published data, 94 Roman bishops in the United States | «nd 14 archbishops. 41 bishops of the | Methodist Episcopal Church, North- | ern Convention, with 5 retired addi- | tional, and 16 in the Methodist Epis- | copal ‘Chureh South maximur between and in 40th Q. how there | A latest Catholic Q. Who was the first President of | France?—J. B. D. A. Louis Napoleon, the first Presi- | dent of the second republic, 1548, was | the first President of France. The | first President of the third and pres- {ent republic was Loufs Adolphe Theirs, who acceded in 1871 ! Q or A Is it <hould R A ther correct both an adjective and an adverb. correct to say “Drive slow t be “Drive : slowly? is | Q. Where is the original Tosca- | nelli map that Columbus used duri | his voyage?—J. H. | 'A. The existence Toscanelli map present time. of the original doubted =zt the ome authorities claim | uch a map was never given to ! overnment own the . McW. road companies ses the ¢ mail coaches™ The ral | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN the mail cars and the Governmen' pays the railroads for car foot space the temperaturs of on the equator?—S8. What ia situated Q. Quito, 3. A. The climate at the equator va- ries with the altitude above the sea level and nearness to the sea. A! Quito, on the equator, 9,350 feet above sea level, the morning ten perature is 47°'—the midday temper ature is 66°. This varies very little with the season. Q. What is the largest cart shell used in the Army’—D. G A. The largest cartridge shell machine gun is one-half inch This the .50-caliber car tridge. That which is fired in canno: is the 37-millimeter cartridge, whici is one and one-half inches in diame ter. idge fo a dlameter. is Q. How can T do over a waln bedroom suite, giving it a dull finish —W. C. H. A. If you wish your walnut bed room suite to appear as an antique it is advisable to use varnizh mover, for the reason that this re | moves all the filler in the wood and vears | of | vigor- | most | own | shows the natural grain more clearly Do not refill, but wash with gasoline. | Apply t stain and two thir coats of shellac; rub with fine stee wool after each coat of she dried 24 hours. Ap - | rubbing nish ch hours e linseed oll, as If a dull one coat of fin coat s stone and es a dul red What were the neg World War 400,000 negro s ticipated in the W one-half of that 1 92d and $2d Q. Did the Governor of Texas a low Mexican troops to cross Texas? R B. J. A. Tn January, 1924, President Obre gon of Mexico asked permission move troops through the United States border in order to facilitate the suppression of an insurrectio: broken out in Mexico. His reque was favored by Sec v of St Hughes, who asked the governors o the border States Permis sion was at first refused to through the State of Texas, but ing Gov. T per: on January the same ¢ Mexican tr transpor m Waco thenca pa A were El Paso Q How large is British Gulana K A, Tt |H of 89,41 is George covers area square miles. The capital town. It is uated on the morth shore of South America, with Ven zuela on the west, Dutch Guiana or the east, and Brazil on the south When first used B Raz ¢ peric were razors were in use at a v and known to the peopl used a primitive fo cases marely The first was that m Sheflield E hey razor, in flint of of he safety Michael H n 187 instance of de by gland and entertdin e of yourself by The Star Ir Frederic J. Hoaki director, Twenty-first and C streets northwest. There is @ wealth of én- | formation at the command of The Star Yeaders. There is no charge for service. except a 2-cent stamp which should be inclosed for direct reply.) (Infory making formation Bureau, College Athletics Start Debate Among Faculties Revival the often-made charge that American colleges give too much ittention to athletic contests has roused a general discussion of pres- nt-day educational methods. Col- lege leaders are being quoted in the press, not only on this subject, but wlso on methods employed generally for the correct training of the mind The New Haven Register, published at the seat of a university which has been noted for its position in inter- collegiate athlotics, quotes Dr. Henry S. Pritchett, president of the Carnegic Foundation the Advancement of Teaching, as giving this warning: “Today the outside activities of the college overshadow and run counter to the intellectual life. Athletics, in larze measure professional in its methods and organization, fills a larger place in the eyes of students and | even the public than any other in- terest.”” Tae Register for its own part con- tends: “It can hardly be claimed that actual participation in athletics by its students has injured the academic standing of any college. Most of the objection {s on the score of foot ball, and foot ball engages the active in- terest of the student body and the public for less than three months of the year. It must be remembered that if large profits were not made on foot ball gate receipts many of the minor sports, which give healthful exercise ‘o hundreds of students, would have to be discontinued.” The Spokane Spokesman - Review heartily indorses the criticism of T Pritchett and sees in the present sit- uation too much “athletics, fraternity and sorority interests and activities social diversions, fincreasing atten- tion to attire and adornment, to say nothing of the automobile and other divertissements, which are described as “growing obstacles to the acquisi- tion of a liberal education: * * ¢ A powerful lure to that element of youth that wants ‘a good time' and seeks it in the pleasant atmosphere of institutions' carried by generous philanthropy or public taxes.” * o Comparisons made by some critics GENERAL ARMSTRONG ARCHIBALD HOPKINS tropic seas. Where Mauna Loa, with her smoky crown, O'er verdant sunny isles looks regnant down, , her high degrees. The ocean’s sweep in storm or rippling breeze, The midnight stars, the dizzy mountain trail. Life ‘neath the sky, the saddle and the sail, The tumbling surf, the hills, the lofty trees, His spirit formed, til]l lusty manhood came Full of high purpose to uplift and bless, Strong to endure life's utmost toil and stress. In learning’s quest he left his island shore, Thirsting for truth, careless of pelf or fame. the open door. Straight from the sheltered charm of college days, Stirred by the mighty con flict’s high appeal, He buckled on his sword with flaming zeal, Not in the strife to win a soldier’s bays, But up from lowliest lot the oppressed to raise To manhood's plane; and when the goal was won, Rank and renown créowned duty nobly done, Back from the fleld returned to peaceful ways. Charged with the care of helpless thousands here, He ceasele: strove and toiled and wrought and planned To train the darkened mind, the heart, the hand. All that we see today is his. and him, Hero and founder, leader beloved and seer, A, beacon light the vears can never dim and Editors hetween i ches and the m ers of colleze subject of frank Atlanta Journal athletic coach more than a member of culty,” says the Journal, “in no way is subordinating he one to the other. There are many of a college faculty, but only one foot ball coach, for exampte He is a busy man with a heav responsibil And nowadays le must an of and good caliber in every way. Then , the contact between the faculty has become ntim to the great pensat fac! comment on of some men the s are members be a = class and friendls of both sides. Indorsement P P hett's tion by Dr. Samuel apen cellor of the Un of noted with favor by the News, which says: “Athleti in the" colleges are beneficial, but they permitted to cla the amount of attention they now get—they should not be emphasized to the neglect of other things. Even faculties are clined to re: the reputations of their institutions on the abilities of gridiron and track stars rath on_their cducational facilities.” The Topeka Capital points to t optimism in th statement of T» Pritchett that here =incere ground for belief that our people wi find their way r of sehoc that will promote a high quality human life and make for good citi- zenship. The Capital also refers t & statement by President Hibben Princeton, who outlined & new poli in higher education, designed to de velop independent and original think ing and grappling with problems of life. “There is independent thinking and teaching,” says the Capltal, “but a vital defect is the disparagement of teaching and of thinking as sub- ordinate to sensationalism. Any way to win, nothing succeeds like suceces and such slogans are anti-cultural and in a degree nullify and destro: the labors of teachers skilled in mod ern problems of life.” Notwithstanding the current oriti cisms. a new era in college ort hailed by the New York Even Post. “Formerly,” declares the Po athletics belonged almost entirel: to the students and the alumni body and the primary object was to win physical renown for the university The students, as well as the alumn! were wont to emphasize the univer- sity’s prowess on the athletio fleld at the expense of scholastic work. Thn 2im of the modern facultles is to bring akout a scientifio and order! partiofpation in sports by all the ur dergraduates, with the avowed ob ject of accompanying improvement in mentality with bodily upbullding Statistics show that S0 per cemt of the students at some colleges take an active personal part in some sport or other, clearly indicating a healthier student body.” The Roanoke World-News deploras | that there are not more college alum |ni who belleve that the purpose of education s to give a well rounded cultural equipment and not to fll their minds with endless and weight matters of technique. The Spring- field Daily News speaks also for well rounded development, and re marks: “Character is the product of applied industry of the right kind. Character has to be worked out much like a class problem. It is n obtalnab's except at the price right living and proper thinklng Right living includes the required amount of physical as well as mental exercise.” advan e ch Buffalo Buffalo game essential and should not ba their r thar 0 a syste s