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THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. . WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY. ... April 20, 1925 THEODORE W. NOYES. . ..Editor T’" Eve) ning Star Newspaper Company Business Office 11th St d Pennsyly New York Office: 110 Chicago Office : Tow European Oftice: 16 Re ngland. a Ave. st 12nd St Building ent St.. London, th the Sunday morn {75 edition, is delivered by carriers within the city at' 60 cents per month: daily only. 25 cents per month: Sunday only, 20 cents “ar month. Orders may be sent by mail or ephone Main 5000. Collection is made by arrier at the end of each month The Evening St ".Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Dailv and Sunday 1yr., S840 1 Daily anly ... 131, $6.00: Sunday only 151..82400 All Other States. Member of the Associated Press. ., The Associated Press is exclusively entitied to the use for republication of ali news dis- ‘hes credited to it or not otherwise cred- ‘ed in this paper and also the local news iblished herein. All rights of publication ¢ apecial dispatches herein are also reserved. Britain's Economic Revolution. economic volutl [ \d. when chancellor of the e: A ssterday in kng Churchil the government's policy national lared that the. estore the gold announced with regard First of all, it was d nation would at once sasis, which had been set aside during nd for some years after the war. To affect this the Bank of England is icensed to export bullion, credits totaling $300,000,000 have been ar ‘ranged in the United States, and a measure will be introduced for the conversion of bank and treasury notes into coin. Thus, by a combination of measures, the gurrency of Great Brit ain is to be fully stabilized with disturbance of international exchange. But of far greater importance is the | to the fina no announcement of a scheme of sociai| insurance safeguarding the whole| working class of Great Britain. which coming as it does from a Conservative ministry, significant of a great vhange in governmental concepts. In hrief, this project con‘emplates an “‘old-age pension” sustained by joint contributions of the workers, the em ployers and the government. It ffect the whole wage-earning popula tion. Thirty million persons, or 70 per cent of all the people, will be bene fted. Each male wage earner is to pay 4 pence a week into the fund «each female worker 2 pence and each employer, respectively, 4 and 2 pence for cach male and female worker in his hire. The contribution starts at the age of 16 and continues as long as the worker earns wages. The govern- ment will contribute the deficiency of the sum, up to the amount necessary o pay the pensions, which begin at the age of 65 years and will amount "to 10 shillings weekly for each person. whether continuing to work or not. Upon the death of the wage-earning nusband the widow will get 10 shil- lings a week for life, with other funds for children until they reach the age of 14. The state will pay 7%; shillings a week for orphans. To make the scheme self-sustaining the payments by workers and employers will rease by decennial periods, until in 1956 their shares will be 7 pence a week for men and half of that for women. The state’s contribution will rise from £4,000,000 a year in the third vear to £15,000,000 in the tenth and £24,000.000 in the twentieth year. It will take, according to the chancellor, 80 years for the contributory system 10 be self-supporting. This project involves the replace- ment of war pensions, which have “fallen § >m £110,000,000 in 1920 to £67,- 000,000 his year, with peace pensions underwritten by the state but financed jointly by workers and employers. In the words of Churchill, “out of the war loss shall be born a new social order in which fear of poverty and dis- ‘grace shall be removed from the poor.” The spectacle of a Conservative min- istry presenting revolutionary a plan of financing will arrest the atten- tion of the world. The recent labor ministry undertook nothing so sweep- ing in the way of social reform. It is & oign of the changed conditions not ‘only in England but in Europe gen- erally that this proposal is made. Coupled with it are financial meas- ures of tax reform and readjustment that greatly strengthen the pos the government With pound sterling pract par and Great Britain returning gold standard, lowering taxes launching a universal workers' pen- sion system six and a half years after the close of the war, recovery of that , country from the conflict is fully es- * tablished. is in- S0 ——— Many Senators are willing to admit that the new Vice President has some good ideas; which is of itself an un- sauisual concession. ———— Whatever happens, whether in w the Hohenzollern famil manages to take life easy. or peace, . B ———— Germany and Armaments. The election of Field Marshal von Hindenburg casts a shadow over Jjans for a further disarmament con- ference of the nations, fostered by the Coolidge administration. Fear is ex- pressed that France will seize upon the vation of the German war chief to the presidency of Germany as an ex- cuse not only to decline to enter into further agreements for the reduction armaments, but to increase her armed forces The German people had the right 110 elect the President they desired. They were slaves under any other ‘pothesis. But now that Von Hin- denburg has been chosen, and he and his friends are in power, they should act with great promptness to allay suspicion that Germany is again to be actuated by the military spirit which led to the World War a decade ago. If the German leaders o0 conduct themselves that confidence will arise in the world outside of Germany that they seek only peace, a long step will have been taken toward an improve- will | | | ment of conditions in Europe and the | world. The fear that German mili- | tarism would again raise its head has had a bad effect ever since the close of the war. | The United States has taken the {lead in the limitation of armaments movement as the practical way to minimize the danger of war and at |the same time to litt much of the | burden of taxation from the backs of the peoples of the earth. At the Wash- ington Conference in 1921 & note was | sounded which sent a thrill of hope around the world. But it was the fear lof u recrudescence mili- |tarism that limited the work of that conference in large degree. Irance made her position clear. Her stutes man delegates to the conference, cluding Briand, declared they could | not consider a limitation of land arma- ments while the threat of Germany hung over France. { The informal and tentative ex- changes through diplomatic channels {looking to another arms conference in Washington in the near future put {forward by Washington developed that France still looked askance at |disarmament Jroposals unless they | coupled with a security pact which would give her assurance of {support in case attack With Von Hindenburg the choice of | the German people for President, more {than ever, it is said, France will de mand assurance against attack, | will continue to arm herself. The Germans themselves are the {only people who can lift the shadow | which has fallen over proposals for ilimitation of armaments since their fiu]euiuu, and they should be prompt {10 do so. of German | were of German or - The Zoning Law. Attack is made upon the District law on the ground that it is contrary to the Constitution, and a test case is being tried in the District Supreme Court to determine this ques- tion. It is contended that it is a de- prival of property right which cannot | be based upon police power, as for the protection of health, safety, morals and public welfare. On the other hand. it is defended on the score that it is designed for the public welfare to prevent the improper spread business into residential sections and to regulate constructions for the benefit of the entire community. The case is under argument. It would be a misfortune if the law in question were found to be unconsti- tutional, for it is designed and in its operation has worked to prevent an unbalanced development of the Cap- ital. The court may find that it is contrary the principles of the fundamental law. It may, on the other | hand, find that it is justified. In the | former event Washington will be once | more at the mercy of unrestricted i enterprise. In the latter case it will | bave the protection of a system of regional regulations. It has been contended and main- tained that there is no absolute right zon i i { the community. No person can use his property in a manner to commit a nuisance or to menace the rights and comforts and the health of others. Whether this restriction can be made regional, as under the zoning law, or must be universal under a building code system and under police regula- tion is the point involved in this pres- ent cas: The zoning law in effect divides the District into a number of communi- ties, applying to each a rule designed to promote it as a business or a res dential section. The court is to deter- i mine whether the division of Washing- ton thus into areas for regulatory purposes is perrnissible under the Con- stitution. R According to Senator Borah, the German people have a right to de mand what they want when they want it. A danger inherent in a democratic form of government is the practically into they get ready. e War maneuvers show what can be done. It will be & long time before nations can be persuaded to decide issues by a theoretical demonstration instead of a practical test. The ele- ment of luck still remains a potent factor even in the greatest affairs of the human race. an autocracy when ———— Women exercised a dominant influ- ence in the German election. It musi be admitted that they did not pick a i lounge lizard. —— e High-Pressure Water System. The question of a high-pressure water system for central Washington is still before the people of the Dis. trict, and advocacy of the installation of such a system will continue. It has Leen a good many years since the growth of Washington demanded this character of protection from fire, but large public improvements generally come only after the need for them has been urged for a long time. It has |been shown that system would be the most effective way to put out fires, and probably the {only way to deal with several fir breaking out in the downtown part of {the city at the same time. With a pumping station at the riverside water jcould be poured in greater volume with more force and thrown much {higher than by portable pumping en- gines. It would be Potomac water di- rect from the harbor and would spare the filtered water held in the reser- voirs. The supply direct from the river is unlimited, while the supply from the reservoirs, fed by the Great Falls conduit through the filtration plant, is limited. Plain river water is cheaper for use in putting out fires, and the reservoirs of filtered drinking water should not be drawn from fire- plugs, at least not in the central part |of the city. Fires in the business part |of Washington destroy lc-ge values, jand there is the possibility that a fire or fires in the sectfon of large build- ings stocked with goods of high value might cause stupendous los: The executive committee of the ‘Washington Board of Trade has di- rected the committee on insurance and fire protection to continue its ef- forts to convert all our citizens to beligl & tha deskabiliy of & Bigh- LY |country and will signify a deep and of | in property as against the welfare of | | spises the commonplace, and in the privilege of the people to change it ! | variably gives me a laryngitis.” the high-pressure | THE _EVENING pressure water system, and there is no doubt that the need of Washington for fire protection of the highest ef- ficiency will be brought to the atten- tion of Congress next session. At a recent meeting of members of the { Board of Trade and at many previous meetings of committees of the board and of the whole board it has been shown: that if three or four fices snould break out at the same time in Sum- mer, and spread to large size, the wa- ter reservoirs might be drained and Washington suffer a disaster It is worth noting that an improve- ment in the equipment of our Fire Department is about to be made. Four engines are soon to be delivered, and the last tractor-drawn engine in the department will be retired. A new hook-and-ladder truck will also go in commission soon. The installation of a high-pressure system would be the STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. “Hello, Eddie." That would make a good title for a musical comedy. It has snap, “pep,” verve, and a Yew other essen- tial qualities. T donate the idea with- charge to the New York pro- ducers. But the phrase is simply a saluta tion, nothing more, and decidely noth- -ss. If you ride on our bus line you will hear it almost any morning especially If vou take the 7:40. The 7:40 bus for downtown rdinarily it is crowded by the time it is six blocks away from the starting point. It is about there that Eddie gets on. He arrives with a contingent of out is No. greatest uid to our Fire Department which can be conceived and would also give aid and comfort to the Water Department. ———— Washington's Oratory Champion. Washington congratulates Miss Ase- nath Graves upon her selection as the representative of the District in the National Oratory Contest which will be held here next week. The choice of this Bastern High School student for the honor of appearing in the ulti- | mate test was unanimous on the part ! of the judges, & fact which augurs | well for the chance of the District se- curing first place in the great race. The success of the oratory contest of 1924 in the arousal of interest on the part of the school children of the United States in the American Consti- tution is repeated and increased this vear. More students have entered the competition throughout the country The local elimination contests have been more keenly waged, and it is assured that when on the evening of the 8th of May the representatives of the seven regions into which the coun- try is divided meet on the stage of the Auditorium they will represent vir- tually the entire student body of this abiding understanding of the funda- mental law on the part of the yvounger generation of Americans. To this contest the District sends its best representative, chosen in a series of class and school eliminations and finally selected from the eight surviv ors of these tests. Upon Miss Graves | Washington pins its hopes for first | honors. Last year the District’s con- stitutional orator won second place. This year the hope is for first honors. — The American farmer still hopes to see a development in labor conditions which will permit @ wheat fleld to en- joy an amount of cultivation propor tionate to that bestowed on a putting green. [o— Profanity in the theater is an evi- dence of the demand of audiences for some kind of rhetorical emphasis, | however crude. The public mind de- absence of the sublime ridiculous. accepts the N It may be confidently announced that the plans of Vice President Dawes for senatorial reform have at least one distinguished and able supporter in Senator Butler. R The election of Hindenburg gives France a rational excuse for inquir- ing, “Who's militaristic now?" SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Hindenburg. When man attains Threescore and ten We say his brains Should rest. And then The people néte His mood to shirk And pass a vote To make him work. The jazzy pace Is not for him, Where agile grace 1s in the swim. His lot is cast For labor, when A man has passed Threescore and ten. Long Speaking. “You object to filibustering.” “On personal grounds,” answered cnator Sorghum. Tt almost in- Uncertainties. Elections proceed in a wonderful way That leaves ail mankind in a dizzi- ness. The prophets have taken a long holi- day And forecasters have gone out of business. Jud Tunkins says if stage styles get much scantier all a dancer will need to dress herself with is a powder puff and a lipstick. Place of Safety. The ocean at last will be placidly grand *When the warships we smash or conceal. | We'll find it a hardship to stay upon land To be hit by an automobile. Accommodations. ““Has anybody broke out of the new jail?” “I should say not!” answered Cactus Joe. “It's so much better'n the hotel that we've got a waitin’ list.” Sameness. The flight of time discovers No situation new. The same old war cloud hovers And the same old debts are due. “De Ten Commandments,” said Uncle Eben, ‘“calls on us to respect de rights of others. If we'd give 'em proper notice dey could take de place even of de traffic regulations.” ———————— ‘When some persons reach the turn of the road they consider it an oppor- tunity to rest.—Atlantic City Union. ————————— Tt is a simple truth to say that the truth is never simple.—Lafavette Joutna) and Couxisrs | simply | Mary | might get away with them, but these | ship. three others, a man and two girls. The other gentleman is staid and 45, and so rates no particular description here. Think over vour list of friends, and recall any one of them. This man looks like him. The women wear closefitting hats that come to a peak on top, ending in a cute little bow. The color of both these hats is that trying orchid, which nothing but a raving, howling beauty could wear with any hope of success. These two gals are not eligible for beauty contests. They are nice girls, any one see that, but they are not cur: beauty. Wherefore those hats had best be left at home. Not that we tell them so. Some kind friend ought to, however. It is cruelty to animals to permit continue wearing those hats Pickford or some other “star’” them t good girls are attempting the impos- sible Right here a general word of ad- vice to the ladies might be permitted. Never wear orchid-colored hats. Flowers may look nice in that color, but human beings never. It would try even Venus herself * x K * 2 is @ popular young man He ns to know every one on the bus, and every other passenger seems to know him. “Hello, Edd he goes through says the driver, as the legerdemain of meking change, handing out tokens, managing the bus and keeping an eagle eve out for the old lady cross- ing the street “Hello," replies the affable Eddie. He strides through the vehicle. “Hello, Eddie,” pipes up the man on the first seat, left. “Hello,” says the pe “Hello, Eddle,” chimes on the first seat, right. ““Hello,” replies Ed. Two seats back a lady “Why, hello, Eddie!” “Why, how-do-you-do’ die. “A' pleasant da “A very pleasant day." At the rear of the bus three young men are engaged in conversation. They see a friend arriving, however, 0 stop to greet him. “Hello, Eddle,” cries the fat one. with the double chin and the general ®ir of prosperity. This latter effect {s mainly secured by means of a for- midable row of gold-topped pencils displayed in the upper left-hand vest pocket. Just as college boys wear their coats open, in order that their fraternity pins may be seen of the world, So this fat fellow allowed his coat to flap wide for the benefit of his pencils. Indeed. it was a most alarming ay of writing instruments. If sar, with a stylus, could write the ular fellow. in the man smiles she says greets Ed “Gallic Wars,” what history could this chap not write? If his ability were in reasonable proportion to his fancy pencils, I thought, surely he ought to be able to g0 H. G. Wells one better, w;m Jrrote an “Outline of History,” and then a shorter outline of the ““Outline. P Today, however, all signs failed. Something was decidedly the matter ¢ith the world, it seemed. f M here was & new driver on No. and perhaps that accounted for the fact that no salutation greeted Eddie when he swung aboard at his corner. Every bus rider has his corner. Each passenger is as steadfast as the very tree under which he stands. One would as soon expect to miss the atter as the former. R TS fhe ‘seventh atop So-and-So will get on. At the eighth, we will see two dapper youths, and two charming girls. And so on, and 8o on. 7 What, no greeting for Ed today? Yes, something decidedly is wrong in the bus! One would sooner expect the driver to forget to collect his fare than that Eddie could get aboard and N0 one be aware of the fact. Surely the driver has worries of his own. Maybe he had a quarrel with his wife before he left for his 10,000 miles on wheels. Perhaps he has in- digestion. and is “taking it out” on poor Eddie. Eddie. of all fellows! Someboay ought to take this matte: up with the bus officials. No driver ought to be permitted to fail to speak to lddie. Is not that charming fellow all ready to respond in approved Ed- dian fashion? We watch his progress through the car, trembling with _anticipation, mingled with fear. Pathetically w> desire some one to speak to Eddie. We want to hear again that gladsome greeting. Yet seriously we fear the worst. For once, and at last, here is a bus full of people who do not know kddie! What avails him, then, those bright eyes, those trousers faultlessly creased, that sympathetic mouth? The crusty old bore in the first seat, left, continues to read his paper. The sour old lady in the first remalns intently dow. Amid a looking out the win portentous silence, Eddie walks down the aisle as well as the traffic conditions there will aliow. Maybe he has committed a blunder. perhaps failed to speak in reply, and now the bus is diseiplining him This bright thought, howe: only solaces for the time it takes Eddie to get almost to the rear of the bus Looking at him there, blithe and gay, we know our reason is no good at ail Eddie never failed to reply. As well expect the old lady steps on_your t 10 apologiz expect Eddie not to reply. As well expect a woman to thank you for giving her your seat as to believe that Eddie will not speak in return. This, then, must be that inevitable hour that comes to every man, of which the poets have sung, that hour when he doesn't know a single, soli- |tary person in the whole darn crowd! Tt is with a sinking heart we watch | Eddie take his stand at the rear. Who is there to speak to him? only an old man there, with two bright-faced boys, and none of them is interested in Eddie. It is all over, we suppose The smaller of the two lads s denly smiles. “Hello, Eddie!” he cries. who as to ud- WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC W Japan for the first time in history is represented in Washington by a diplomat who is a Christian. He is Setsuzo Sawada, who recently became counselor of the Jar cmbassy under Ambassador Matsudaira. Mr. Sawada is a Quaker, having been con verted to the Friends creed by an American Quaker_ teacher i1 Japan many years ago. Mrs. Sawada is also a Christian, she having embraced the Roman Catholic faith. Her husband is one of the remarkable young men of Nippon. He is particularly close to Crown Prince Hirohito, who, as re- gent, is today practically the ruler of Japan. Mr. Sawada accompanied the Crown Prince on the latter's Eur pean trip two three years ago. The new Japanese counselor at Wash- ington commands the English lan- guage with unusual fluency. He is destined to be one of Japan's_fore- most diplomatists. On May 15 Mr. is going to Philadelphia to a meeting of the Soclety of specially organized in his honor. * % % % Josephus Daniels’ war-time publi ity adjutant, John Wilbur Jenkin: now sits at the right hand of Mayor Hylan of New York, as the big city’ official ‘“‘director of public informa- tion.” Mr. Jenkins, who is a North Carolinian journalist, well known in Washington, is credited with the au- thorship of Mayor Hylan's book, “Seven Years of Progress,” which “hizzoner's” foes ‘'on Manhattan Island are subjecting to a broadside of criti- cism and irony. In the capacity of a special assistant to the Secretary of the Navy, Jenkins organized the ex- isting press division of the Navy and rendered valiant service to Daniels, especially in the days when grape juice, democratized discipline aboard the Sims episode and other ex- plosions were making life strenuous for Josephus in Washington and the country at large. * Kk K K Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, pres dent of Columbia University, who re- cently was President Coolidge’s guest at the White House, is a rock-ribbed stalwart Republican if there ever was one. People on the other side of the Hudson don’t seem to realize that. The other day Dr. Butler received a letter from a Woman's Democratic Club in_ New Jersey, requesting a signed photograph to be hung in its clubrooms. “You will, no doubt, be surprised at our request.” the fair secretary wrote, “as you are of an- other poltical faith. But we believe that you are the greatest liberal in American public life today. We be- lieve that vou, more than any other man, czn liberalize American politics.” Dr. Butler's friends say the Jersey Democratic women's request is an absolutely new kind of compliment. They expect the Anti-Saloon League will be the next to ask for onme of his autographed portraits. N & There's been an amusing aftermath to the late and futile ‘‘revolution” among the Washington correspond- ents, fomented with a view to induc- ing the “White House spokesman” to shed his anonymity. The leader of the lost cause was Robert Choate of the Boston Herald, descendant of Rufus _Choate. Young Choate sailed for a Eureopean vacation this week. After he was on the high seas, a group of journalistic colleagues in Washington sent him a radio message reading: “Bon voage! Rumors of your deportation are spreading. ¥ s The Illinois Merchants Trust Co. at Chicago has just moved into what it claims to be the third largest office building_in the world, exceeded only by the Equitable Trust skycraper in New York and the Union Trust Build- ing in Cleveland. The distinguishing feature of the Chicago bank struc- ture is that it is the first one in the world to follow the general architec- tural treatment of the United States Treasury Department at Washington. The four or five Jower stories, Wwith ILLIAM WILE. their unbroken colonnade effects on Building,” with the same imposing columned _entrances. They don't measure office bullding space in Chi- cago any more in square feet. The Llinois Merchants Trust pile has “a floor space of 22 acres.” Each floor covers about an acre. * % % % President Coolidge and Secretary Kellogg are anxious to have our new Ambassador-designate to Germany take up his duties in Berlin at the earliest possible moment. Dr. Schur- man_ sailed from China on April 15, via Honolulu, and may arrive in San Francisco this week. If he comes through to Washington without tar- rying on the way he will be in con- ference with the administration dur- ing the early days of May and per- haps proceed to Berlin hefore the end of that month. America's interest in German development is not quite as acute as that of the European powers, but our diplomatic officers will watch the progress of Hinden- burgism with an eagle eve. A new counselor of embassy will accompany Ambassador Schurman to Berlin— Jefferson Caffery of Loulsiana, who, like his chief-to-be, also is trans- ferred from the Far Last. For the past vear or two Mr. Caffery has been counselor at Tokio. * %ok % Some weird things recently crept into_invitations to social functions at Washington. One card read, in the place where R. S. V. P. usually appears, “B. V. D.” The guests won- dered whether the party was going to be a particularly decollete affair, It turned out to be merely wet. “B. V. D.” stood for “Before Volstead Days.” Another invitation contained an equally cheerful promise: “Excel- lent entertainment will be provided— no speeches.’ s Trees and Lumber. At a recent meeting in New Orleans of the Southern Pine Association it was announced that six large lumber companies in Alabama, four in Arkan- sas, five in Louisiana, one in Oklahoma and three in Texas are engaged in ac- tive reforestation work or practicing forestry methods in some form. Tenta- tive steps in the same direction have been taken in Florida and Georgia. But the organization points out that | the public should not expect lumber- men to take the lead and do all the forestry work. They are manufactur- ers of lumber, not growers and plant- ers of trees. Of course, it is to their owns interest to maintain the supply of raw material from which they manufacture their product. Certain- ly on cut-over land owged by Jumber interests it is reasonable to expect them to practice forestry. But the trouble has been that, in many States, there is a good market for this cut- over land and the lumber companies can make money selling it for farm land. The money in sight is more to them than the money that might be made by replacing it and waiting for trees to grow to commercial size. But the lumber interests are right, how- ever, in urging the public to take more interest in forestation and the Govern- ment to enact foresting laws.—Water- loo Tribune. —————————— He who hesitates may not be lost but he is unpopular with other cafe. teria patrons.—Baltimore Sun. — e It is never safe to boost & ball team on short acquaintance.—Toledo Blade. —_— If one-track minds had roundhouse facilities, it would help some.—Cincin- natl Times Star. ———r————————— 1t is ’):ot nm-rllgo true that a golf ‘widow is on the way to become a grass widow,—Faort Wayne Journal Gagetts, So N seat, right, ‘\ There is | two sides, are Ionic Iike the Treasury | APRIL 29, 1925. Politics at Large BY N. 0. MESSENGER. ‘While Democrats of national promi- nence the country over have been discussing in a desultory fashion Democratic policies and reorganization of the party, a situation has suddenly crystallized ' in New York politics which ls giving them something real | to worry about. The impending con- test over the mayoralty nomination in New York City has become acutc. involving Gov. Smith and his future political prospects. Also involved is the possibility of the Democrats losing the mayoralty in the election next Fall and in consequence weaken ing their hold upon the State in fu ture elections. The trouble commenced about week ago when word was passed around that doubt was being enter tained In some circles in Tammany Hall over the desirability of renomi- nating Mayor Hylan. This doubt was emphasized when it became known that Gov. Smith had reached the con- Iclusion that Mayor Hylan should not be renominated. He had no particu- lar man in view as a candidate for mayor, but he plainly signified to his followers that he considered Mr. Hylan undesirable, Leader Olvany of Tam- many was descrtbed as inclined to share Gov. Smith's opinion as to the undesirability of renominating Mr. Hylan | At this the mayc porter, ent the mavor. fornia, not only William Hearst anch friend and sup- ced the lists in_defense of | Returning from Cali ssued a signed statemen reiterating his support of Mayor Hylan's candidacy, but going to the extent of declaring his willing ness to support the candidacy of Mr. Hylan on an independent ticket. if that saould be necessary. This dec laration of Mr. Hearst caused con sternation in Democratic ranks. Mr Hearst's statement was accepted in good faith and his courage to carry it out was unquestioned. Gov. Smith, however, was repre- sented as being unmoved in his oppo- sition to Mayor Hylan and announced his intention of coming down to New York City from Albany some day this week and personally superintending his drive against the mayor. * % poin R. t T i Last Monday a spokesma Hearst and Mayor Hylan his disbelief in Gov. Smi on the fight against the mavor's re. | nomination. and predicted the | governor would find it expedient to drop it like a hot potato. This spokes man said that the governor's own po litical future would be threatened if | his opposition to Mayor Hylan's nomi.- | nation should lead, thre; ned Mr. Hearst, to the an independent ticket and nereby possibly costing the loss of the muyor- alty to the Democratic party ar election of a coalition candidate. He =aid that such an outcome would damage mith’s prestige and mil itate against his possible candidacy United States senatorship. and effec tually put an end to any hope the gov- ernor may entertain for the Demo cratic presidential nomination in 1928 The conferences between Gov. and Tammany leaders this week are expected to decide the question whether Mayor Hylan is to have the solid support of Tammany and Brooklyn leaders or whether the mayor is to run, as suggested by Mr. Hearst, as an independent candidate PR | i The threat was made by the mayor's supporters that If Gov Smith persists in his opposition to the mayor, he can count upon Mr. Hearst not only lending the support of his newspapers to Mr. Hylan in his candidacy. but to finance the cam paign _as well, snd that thereafter Gov. Smith in every move he makes | politically can count upon the oppo sition of Mr. Hearst. The friends of Mayor Hylan argue that should he have to run on an inde pendent ticket and be elected, Gov. Smith’s prestige will be damaged as badly as if the mayor should be de feated. Mr. Hylan will insist that an independent candidacy was not of his own_ choosing, and that he still is as loval a Democrat as any cne in the organization. Gov. Smith, they tend, would have to quit thereafter, and Mr. Hearst and the mayor are reported as agreeing that this is a_contingency which the gov ernor will not be willing to face, and that is why they think that he will drop the matter very shortly. Mr. Hearst is represented as sa ing that he has no political ambitions of his own and is not looking to his own possible candidacy for the Demo- cratic nomination in 1928, but is ac- tuated solely by his interest in Mayor Hylan's political fortunes. The spokesman who staod sponsor for the utterance emphasized Mr. Hearst's in tent to go the limit in supplying finan- cial assistance to the mayor's candi dac some of Gov. Smith's friends do mot put much faith in Mr. Hearst's declara- tion that he is disinterested person- ally in his support of Mayor Hylan, but think that he is using Mayor Hy- lan as “merely a pawn in Mr. Hearst's perpetual presidential chess game,” and that his threat to support Mr. Hylan on an independent ticket is his opening move on the board. The | statement is current that Gov. Smith and his friends are not underestimat- ing the power of the Hearst bankroll and they are represented as expect- ing a free spending of some of the Hearst millions in the next few days. Mr. Hearst's renewed activity in Democratic politics is interesting Democrats generally in New York State. His friendship for Mayor Hy- {lan is nothing new, of course, as he has been a consistent supporter and booster of that gentleman. He is in- | teresting himself in national Demo- cratic politics as shown by volunta public statements he has made. Re- cently he expressed the opinion that the chances for a Democratic Con- gress in 1926 depend entirely upon the policies of the Democrats in the Con- gress of 1925 and based on that he did not think the chances for a Demo- cratic Congress in 1926 are very good. * ok ok % Mr. Hearst, in a public_statement, declared that “today the Democratj¢ party is in an ecstatic state of altru- istic exaltation over foreign peoples. and is intent on abandoning the poli- cies of Washington, Jefferson, Monroe. Jackson and Cleveland in order to fol- low the will-o"-the-wisp of Wilson's theories into the deadly morass of Eu- ropean conflicts and complications.” ko The latest development in Republi- can politics in New York State was the declaration of Bishop Leonard of Buffalo against the renomination of Senator Wadsworth, who declared that the forces of temperance will leave no stone unturned to defeat the renomination and re-election of the Senator. In a public statement, Bishop Leonard charged Senator Wadsworth with allying himself with the Asso- ciation Against the Prohibition Amend- ment, and with not favoring the temperance laws of the land. N eer. The Government estimates that it takes $2 to buy what $1 did in 1890. But_before you cendemn inflation, ‘Wall Street, the war, or modern taxes, find out what dad was getting in 1890. We'll bet he wasn't getting $1 for every two of yours today—not by a four-letter word meaning to patch Champaign N ; & ews i mayor running on | the | | for re-election as governor or for the | Smith | Q. In what part of the United States are the winds most constant?—A. W. A. The Weather Bureau says that it is' probable that the winds blow most constantly at a considerable speed along the coast of central California, notably at Point Reyes Light, a short distance from San Francisco, where the winds are, generally speaking, the highest recorded in the United States. Over interior portions of the country | the winds are rather constant over | the great plains from Kansas south- ward to interior Texas. Q. At what age does @ draft attain his greatest strength?—A. H. R. A. Horses suitable for heavy har- ness do not attain maturity and maxi- mum_strength until they reach the age of 5 or 6 years, and at from 7 to 10 years the horse is at his best. horse Q. Why are the telegraph poles in India made of fron?—S. M. A. The white ants destroy wooden telegraph poles, so many iron poles are used. Q. Are icebergs water’—A. R. A. Iceberge are alwa ice. Q. Who first said of that few die and none resign? A. The original quotation is one of Thomas Jeffer: follows: “If a due office is a matter of vacancies to be obta th are few; by Q formed of salt fresh water office-holders ¥ P from on's letters, as ticipation of right, how are ed? Those by ignation, nen When on_elevated A. Electricit motive power on el Liverpool in 1893 New York in 1901. was electric iiways’—K. R. G. fi used as a vated railways in It was adopted in first us Q. Where do we get the words ranch and ranching?—D. L. A. Ranchirg is a term derived from the Spanish-American word rancho. originally meaning a place where herdsmen eat and sleep, but gradu ally extended to mean a grazing farm did Roosevelt first advo. cate the recall of judicial decision: A. In February, 1912, when in an address io the Ohio constitutional Q. When sion is in defiance of justice, they pecial or otherwise, as might be decided. and after the fullest opportunity for deliberatic and debate, the question whether or not the judges’ interpretation of the { Constitution is to be sustained sequent election, Q. What is “the higher —T. C. A. The hig | the aim of which the tion of the literary history and writings. It is called the determina- is igher |lated science of lower or textual criti cism which has for its object the as- certaining the history of writing as the work of penman and printer: ¢ high are the mountains c E. 0. S E . as & whole, is a rugged plateau with deep-cut valleys. In the southeast and the | | | middle-north are woodlands rising to an average height from 300 to 1,500 feet. Between these and extending to the southeast. is the highest plateau of Norway. In the Jotunheim, Glittertind _ attains a {neight of 8,380 feet; Galdhoppigen, 18,400 feet, and Store Skagastolstind | 7.561 feet. In the far north the moun tains, rising directly from the sea, attain a height of 6,000 feet. There are three distinct mountain ranges— the Kjolen between Norway and Sweden, the Dovrefeld and Langfjel- dene i I Q. Who is secretary general of the League of Nations?—E. McK. A.Sir Eric Drummond of n of the late Senator Wil- Clark’s $2,000.000 art collec tion by the Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York is approved, with a few notable exceptions, by American public opinion, as reflected in the press. The action of the museum trus- tees was due to the condi attached {to the gift, requiring the works of art to be kept together and as a collection to bear the name of the donor. Under Reject liam A. the Corcoran Gallery in Washington “The ction of the Metropolitan trustees,” it is suggested by the Lynch- burg News, “probably means the loss to the museum of one of the largest and most valuable private collections of art in existence, but it is impossible not to sympathize with them in their decision, which is a rebuke to wealthy men who, under the guise of benefac tion, seek even in death to impose thel will and to minister to their self- glorification. Clark was seeking to vie with Rembrandt, and the trustees of art refused to be parties to the desecra- tion The principle involved in the rejec- tion is recognized by the Boston Transeript. “Had the trustees of the Metropolitan accepted the Clark be quest,” says this paper. “They would have surrendered what was not only their right, but their duty, the exer- cise of discretion in selection, and the museum would have been loaded. for all the public knows, with a number of mediocre works that rode in on the backs of what was excellent and dis- tinguished in the collection.” Appreciation of the motive of Sen ator Clark, however, is felt by the Springfield Daily News, which argu He was quite within his rights in hoping that the years of study and ac- Guirement would be reflected in the continuance of the collection just as it was before his death. Mr. Duke was criticized when he offered millions to a Southern educational institution pro- viding it would assume the name of his father. The fact is there was nothing wrong in Duke's gift, nor in the provisions which Mr. Clark made. Those who do so much. for science, education or art have a perfect right to expect some recognition from pos- terity.” RN The embarrasment of some condi- tional gifts is emphasized by the San Francisco Bulletin. “The desire for memorials is widespread,” re- marks the Bulletin. “Colleges and museums in all parts of the country have been enriched by bequests de- signed to carry the names of donors down to future times. This has helped many new and growing in- stitutions, but in the older establish- ments donations have become an em- barrassment. There have been of- fered to Columbia University, in New York, as gifts more memorials than it finds convenient to maintain, and a year or more ago it was announced that no further gifts of bulldings would be accepted unless accompa nied by provisions for their upkeep. | situation may be met in future cases by action of testators in providing endowment funds; “otherwise, what is intended as a benefaction ma prove to be a burden.” Timely con sultation with all concerned is sug- gested by the Atlanta Journal as a preliminary to such gifts, and the Journal adds: “There is obvious merit in the contention that bequests of this kind were better made with- out hard-and-fast restrictions in matters of detail,” unless there is — e/ BUCh comsUltation, “Thers s & sreat News, convention he said: “If any consider-| able number of people feel that a de-| should be given, the right by petition | 1o bring before the voters at some sub- | her criticism is a science | books | | criticism to distinguish it from the re- | Great | the will the collection may now go to| The Trenton Times feels that this | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN Britain is secretary general of the League of Natione. He is the son of the late FEarl of Perth; was borr August 17, 1876; educatcd at Fton married the Hon. Angela Maxwell 1904; entered the foreign office, 1900 secretary of the undersecretary fo foreign affairs, and was one of the pr vate secretaries to the prime ministe from 1512 to 1915; and private sec tary to the foreign office, 1915 1919 Q. Is incoming mail canceled some post offices’—Q. F. T A. The Post Office Devartment sa that the regulations do not the stamping of letter office « destination except for special de registered and insvred mail. The on stamps for ordinary mail are ti stamps made at the receiving office Q. Is the trade balance in favor the United States or Canada?—G A. The Department of Commerc says that the total value of mport into the United States from Cands during 1924 amounted to $399,067, and the exports to Canada during this period amou to $624,000,59 Q. What_kind of bugs make?—A. R A. It is possible noise that is not au apparent to the hu a noise do lad make # not or they but car Indians £ Q. Did u arrow heads? AT to Lhe | by the Indians prior to whites. 74 playing card A. Our present- a close resemblance designed in onneur, court painter to Charie France, who had lost his reasor onneur founded his pac system Q. In Tennyson's writing: s the percentage of words derivation A. One authority informs us that per cent of the words used by Tenn son, and 10 p Shakespesre | tion Q. How do nounce the name. A. As nearly simply means “The th Q. How 1 in conduc AT ern in the ap) late 1768 used his foot by as a n been plicati the as modern ds to mark Has b Q. ever B. W “Beat on Shakespe | cessfully Ahe presented as an ope and Benedict,” fc beer Beili 2 at does the expression return by weeping mean R.S. W A. The weeping cross was a cross of stone or wood, ere by the roa side, at which penitants prayed an wept for their sins. Hence the ¢ English saying “To return by weer ing cross” meant to return in s row from some mission or underta ing. cross"” (The Star invites its readers to us this information service freely. A extensive organization is maintaine |to serve you in any capacity that re lates to information. Failure to us the service deprives wou of benesit to which you are entitled. Your obli gation is only a 2-cent stamp inclosed \awith your inquiry for dircct vepl | Address The Star Information Bureau | Frederic J. Haskin, director, Twent first and C streets northwest.) Metropolitan Museum’s Action On Clark Collection Debated and increasing danger,” wi New York Times, “that our 1 ) { will become not so much an instit |tion for the instruction and the pleas ure of the people as a sort of joint | mausoleum to enshrine the fame o American_collectors A broad view of t taken by the trustees of the museu according to the Springfield, M Republican, which continues: “The primary responsibility, as they see is to maintain the museum and dire its growth in accordance with highest at able standards of a and education ch a tying of thei hands as the Clark will has proposed would prevent the attainment of t ideal.” The soundness of the dec sion also is held obvic Brooklyn Eagle, which cites unanimous vote of 14 trustees |cluding such men as Lewis Cass Led yard, J. Pierpont Morgan, Edward Harkness, Payne Whitney, V. Ev Macy and Daniel Chester French Senator Clark bequeathed too |much,” declares the Cleveland Pla Dealer. “A bequest which deprives | the museum the right to choose wiha is fitting for exhibiti may be very unwise bequest The collecti {is declared on authority to spurious works and objects artistic value. To exhibit the E a price for exhibiting the objects ¢ nown value would be an offens gainst good taste The Lin tate Journal observes: “Mr. Cl insisted that the entire collectic be maintained as a whole in per petuity. This becomes a matter real difficulty. It is not only difficu to house a collection to meet this 1t quirement, but it imposes pervetu policies that may not be in accord ance with the best interests of il museum.” situation w t e — New Government School. America’s new foreig.. service school / opened today at Washington with -3 studer Thi: institution recentlv created by President Coolidge has s its purpose the training of men for the diplomatic_service. 1t is significant that only 25 were accepted out of candidates examined in January. dently the Government intends to pick its diplomatists carefully. It would be well if this school could be expanded to include a general course in foreign affairs for a large number of American young men each vear. Americans generally take too little interest in' foreign affairs. Too many are appointed to forelgn posts by political preference only, but Presi dent Coolidge shows that he recognizes * the need of trained diplomatists. Pu suance of this policy will have its ef fect. And more should be done make the forelgn service attractive to men of the highest grade.—Albar Evening News. ———s Morons and Othe! According to ‘“expert” authority, quoted by the Illinois Medical Journal, half the people of the United States are morons, and 30,000,000 more are equipped with intelligence only ap proximating that of a 12-year-old child This leaves only about 30,000,000 of " us to indulge in intelligent discussion as to just what class we shall uhlii the “experts.” — Buffalo Evening ’