Evening Star Newspaper, May 9, 1925, Page 6

~0 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning E¢ WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY. ..May 9, 1925 ...Editor THEODORE W. NOYES. The Evening Star Pusiness Office 11th St. and Pennayiva York Office: 110 E: 2 Chicago Office: Tower Building, Buropcan Office: 18 Rexent St.. London, Englar nia Ave. xe <t 42nd St. The Evening Star. with the Sunday morn- foe caition. s deivered by carriers within the City At 60 et por month: dajly on O T, AL 20 e Binday onls. 20 cents Ber Sl Orgers may he sent by mail or s Satn 5000 Foliection is made by cartier at the end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. 1yr, $8.40:1 151, 86.00i1 1yr. $2.400 1 Sunday only All Other Stafes. $10.00 Daily a 1 1 mo. ! Sunday. . .1 mo only. 1y Bunday only 1y Member of the Associated Pr he ated Pre: o is exclusively entitled (tion of all news dis- It ‘otherwise cred- also the local news on aldo reserved. Asso 1 America and the Constitution. of he Consti- by ntry a year icipa rical cont 1ddress last of 1 per he contest th rendum i part re- the reacti prepar through tizensnip, spreading lers at home and their | their | der, conquest and assassination would | ag the | the speeches div friends, who heard and | of the river which based. That orator whe contest cannot be doubted | alized that year with mi ipils part d many of elder pe ing th interest country. though t stituti mo clogue speak listen, that Hons of American ned in their the 1 Juc -oung " 1tions of 1,400,000 | There and in t Thos tion and contestant t high mer delivery cul was each add of offering. th the 1 ask of sel ing. Court have our mem: Att ipreme and th rney st been embar by l aster after [ithere [ who were of men and women to face death calm; might have gathered treasure. Whether he buried much of it, or any, near the village of Andrievka is the aquestion. Treasure of Alexander the Great would be double treasure. The gold would be gold worth so much an ounce, but the gold coins, vases and amulets taken from kings, princesses and priests at Thebes and scores of other cities would be worth more than weight in gold. Lovers of antiques, lovers of things with im- perial associations, lovers of things steeped in associations of war, plun- bid against each other. % The dispatch says: “Although there ave no precise historical data indicat- ing the existence of such treasure, the weheologists were led to excavate by he statement of an $0-year-old resi- dent of Andrievka, who says he owns an ancient map stolen from a Turkish sultan vears ago showing the spot where the treasure is burled.” The old man's story of a stolen map has a reminiscent sound to persons burnt by the buried many who have been fever. dispatch also says that “Tt historical fact mutinied at npiry that one established r's troops great builder’s against Persia—2,256 years local legend has it that he his treasure somewhere on littoral to prevent it the hands of the mu- trouble with many local ds of buried tre the -and an to sure is that they too much ground, and that it is em down to any particu cover spot e ssissippi Tragedy. d the man, convéying a party and their families on the to capsize may boat at a point of exceptionall The Mi; t wh Government of a Missis- | be| ottom | rs upon nti River Th onvention excursic n sippi never lies on the own ft and turbulent nt, and may refloate ence of the ch led to the is no suggestion tha that her mo circumstances s- | There was overloaded h aused th it and wi y d shel comps ment in a to overturn. In s, she began to| life thre some su body am befor preservers s a she had loss of but sthe t Wi at present, with catestroy is probably s mi the shocking. Th are on ways a ieeply ule, w ears tgo the stea d beyond the ursionists wi safety p: overturned and Chicago, 1 d a great numb their 1i The N h: a on ex her sank in| qGuitt people rman sank iderable dis- without ing wrong. :nt boat, and| slip in re g made a ¢ h e giving This was vernn | en in | he ut-| regu- { 1e was only United H mander was a man with a long ser fore is supposed to have and in the t st of conditios degree conformable to lations for security. d by engineer Bl cqui th ates | service. r com vice put of the steel mills, together with | large quantities of other building ma- terials and being responsible for a con- siderable part of the increase in rail- road shipments. The board reports that the volume of merchandise distribution has been reflected in sales at wholesale and re- tail and railroad shipments haye been at a higher level during the first quarter of 1925 than for the corre- sponding period a year ago. Another sood sign the board finds is in the in- creased buying power of the farmers and industrial workers. The income of factory workers also has advanced almost continuously during the past elght months, and in March it was more than 20 per cent above the low point of last June. With “politics on business showing a healthy and im- proving condition, the prospect for good times is promising and apparent- ly stable. il z S w vacation” and w a sc ———— The President’s “Vacation. Preparations that have been already made for the President’s “‘vacation” of about eight weeks this Summer indi- | cate that it will not be a time of com- plete rest from labor. For six of the eight weeks the President will be at Lynn, Mase, and arrangements have perfected for the establishment there of executive offices on a scale closely approximating those in this city. There will be a complete outfit of offices within a short distance from the dwelling in which the President will be For two weeks of the time he is away from Washington the President will stay on his father's farm a8 Plymouth, Vt. The President of the United States can in truth never take a true tion.” pa bl w m; n m. been al a m an domiciled. b au W be vaca- He cannot lay down his duties and relinquish his responsibilities. He cannot turn ov part of his task to an understudy or an assistant He is the President in fact and in terms of actual, daily attention to de tails of administration from the takes the f office until successor in turn takes the oath 0 this Summer, although the Presi is away from W diy resting from his task, he will still at work, still hearing the rep. | resentatives of the people who have | complaints to make, f. names to propose for pre ntment. He will 1 get of documents and reports from’the various burca he will be consid r even a hour he cath his dent T hington, sup- | Ng Y th suggestions to ooy and appc m us and commissions ey compelled to take t in making 1pon executtve questions. President Coolidge is by nature dispos nfitted by a full vacati which means comy n fre duty and respc cannot absolve himself from his task. To him neglect of a thing that must be sidered or a subject that must be de cided He people country a valuatb ample industry and consc devot Yet it is to be that at lea ing the fortnig] he is visiting his father, and perh: rmories of his be the t go office rgies and withstand the | and | m into | tion his decisions 2 nd 3 te relaxal Y a re 1sibility thi con | | is anathema. of the of sets to duty. Ay Kr reviving the m nd possibly taking part i fa he wil nature of his h his ¢ n the actual | p; worl M fully mits, sc he as of | per as to restor . prepared thus to issi with »pi and with the United | it a blemish on his rec- | rd as a careful, capa t adds to the shipmaster. | of | ate that | all 1 trap Re, heroism orts of was caught sinking the tragedy displayed by the dea It those | vess is severe straif the White converging and America of another 1 journ at House, in the center of and inf importunities the attention a- | ences the stressful of | n people | ————— | Henry Ford made the less expe or a feature of modern humor traffic congestion progresses his exorable output takes on the aspec sive As in- T the instinct | | bo. recently i block. and yet I was not there at all. vou understand ent attendant, as it were, to be the to attend there carefy vrapped hethe SATURDAY THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. bu remember the “birthday of childhood Perhaps you yourself were the vie- m of such a party—if you were a —or the shy violet—if you were a irl—or else a guest at such an affair In-the memory of most elders at least one such celebration stands out uch a memory was when pretty 1d a “birthday revived in Mary, 9 ye party” on me rs our —ir divectly across the street, T 16 an uninvited guest. I was there, Surely 1 was the non-pres. All the children in the neighborhood ere invited to Mary's party. It S bright, clear Spring day, just the rt that ought to prevail upon such v of days. 8 was green for Mary's birthday Blue skies held their clearest touched here and there with clouds that held pictures of things in their changing shapes. has to be imaginative, of course le to see castles and cities in cloud But then, one must ore or less imaginative to see almost iwvihing elther in clouds, human be art ue, hite any One Ings, animals or good deeds. You have to have some touch of that > quality, I may say, to be able @ birthday party to which u are not invited and to be there, though no one else knows it! P Donning my magi cloak, T winged ¥ way over to Mary’s home and was mong the very first guests to arrive with a gift. Al the gue ought gifts, of course, most of them Iy wrapped in white piaper Little Johnny, 3 vears old, carried iite the largest parcel of all, one hich he had to bear stretched out on oth arm it it had been some ile thi which it might have was busy that' 1 did bestowing my have time fo 1 Johnny's. My “present” w in paper, nor yet tied with It was all I had to bring, and simply wish, was wish that n as bright, as happy, the ninth an My gift was not rir just a little Ma 1ways be d as she on wry of her birt kespeare's crown 0y i5, i, my heart. not on my head 0F 10 be scen: my crown 1s called conte the guests came to the tty, in bright vellow, anad . in’ brighte tripped up e steps exactly the stated time, ch carrying Betty rang Miss Mary rayed in w One by rty. F e one 75 t a gift the bel answered She greenish blue, which har 1 set off her dark hair and Wht 1 but looks beautiful birthd; Mar i it w greet wed by Betty ang the unusual tround them entered the room. The was smiling sweetly a 1me Bob and Bill tobert and William Conie D i very much imj » have to at party.” They, o, othes, although not colored, aind the held in their right hands m Helen and Alice, the rose the ond in bright All the t rainbow re, fin secretly ther s oSk sh ¢ B in cen re th ally * So the anced, ary's spectrum tripped, even ran up the steps of house, each color bearing o ally white paper-wrapped par- walked ts | When all came into the front yard, after a while, count revealed about 15 girls and 5 boys. Our street vibrated with laughter as Mary's lawn took on rainbow aspects. The girl's dresses were re for this rlot of color. ters women, even little women, are far ahead of men. The proper use of color in this world is something little understood by most people Yet our eyes were made for colo One does not have to be especially esthetic to appreciate d’s rain- bow thrown across the heavens. Men are afraid of color, as if it were solely feminine. The rainbow, ponsible In these mat- however, cannot be called “she” with any especial ness. It is purely impersonal—and absolutely colorful. If the Creator has seen fit to so clothe the skie: upon oeccasions, and always to make it blue to our sight, shall we not, now and then, deck ourselves like w . and always present 1 appear ance of gladness? Playing their games, made a picture for all had eves to see. This must be admitted, did not include several base bail-playing boys of 12 years of age, who sauntered down the street on the opposite sidewalk They appeared intensely scornful of the smaller children, as the latter stood in a circle playing some sort of game which required “It” to drop a handkerchief the back of some child. When this Iran arouna the children those who number, it ed behind was accomplished, “It" to the first open space, while the one behind whom the hand- kerchief was dropped was supposed to grab up the bit of cloth and speed after the oth on a jovous shout childréen trooped cream and cake! | went up indoors Yum, yvam! and | the | * % % % The girls ate their ice cream dain- tily, while the boys poked each other in the ribs and came near spilling their plates all over the rug Sammy, the cutun, | foot forward to trip the of they came by for a Every party h Cut-Up. party nplete without the 1 | e | cond helping 1ve a4 Samm id be at all He s invaria him the p: | L nuisanc Jp is the original Pete years from now, he will turn up will wear & rin the com t of thi. 1t-Up. | of mustache munit h | Lsn't he will word . and j Time | oceed up t | not wither re v rm, swings al | all the vigor of overweening contempt for *« parties.’ Miss Mary, happy, 1 the Piper's Son, and runs out arts would 1 rl, h use and him a1l about oungste om, happy ¢ | day, want Tom Jjuggle doved left “Well d-bye s sor ng his 12 across it the and ac picturesque carefully g a picture Mary, on tk wit s great s to sha it she is such good-bye, Mary,” he says she exclaims, and runs back to her guests. BACKGROUND OF EVEN BY PAUL V. COLLINS. In the face of much discussion as whether war should be outlawed or ail lovers of peace should never to serve their countries fense agalnst aggression or out either by caring for wounded ather th ary plots At the same time the {party behind him still cries land Ueber Alles,” and | feeling unrest, espe n with military revolution s Nationalist Deutsch there a ially o of as fit- | ice | MAY 9, 1925. 2 THE LIBRARY TABLE BY THE BOOKLOVER Theodore Roosevelt, the diplomat and world statesman, is the theme of Tyler Dennett's “Roosevelt and the Russo-Japanese War.” That in the jears to come Roosevel’s claim to pship will rest primarily upon foreign policies is the belief e by the author'after makin, phase in Roosevelt overlooked by others Mr. Dennett’s book isebased on the Roosevelt papers in the Library of Congress. His analysis shows a firm grasp of history diplomacy. His presentation of subject cles forceful and I the al * is * * Mr. Dennett pronounces the peace Portsmouth the most im] yeace conference in the hundred years following the congress of Vienna, be ause by It a balance was established setween the East and the West, and Japan was raised to a position of a great_power comy to deal with the Western powers A basis of equality. It set bounds to the ambi tions of the West in the East, and | probubly has stopped for all time the [destruction of Asistic states and Asi |atic civilization. The decision which brought this about rested almost ex. clusively in the hands of Theodore | Roosevelt, who held the balance of tpower in the world and by his solc | decision shunted the world off inew chapter of history | has been criticized for this this exhibition of extraordinary nanimity he helped Japan the very position from {might in the years to come {the position of the United {the author hblds that this lonly effective means of giving {to the policy of the open dc {stopping the weakening of As its division the great powers | The victory sin would h had just st—the parti tion of Chin of the re i, H Roose viewed and Mr paper this pe of it on into since by which sh: threaten ates. But was the of T r among £ 1 that and the its broad a that J st Dennet door sound erlit like {Hay's I ecear | was, during says hn that Ro note ind wer pean me and Ger the the vernment nee inee to supy emer { the the Ameri wed me had brought to h Russo-Jaj entirely that is | which { War | thro Gy 0 corre Ri von Ceci Ge { Baron this Speck Sternber and Secret Jusseran nt | | to occupy | TO QUESTIONS J. HASKIN ANSWER BY FREDERIC S Q beich |s. Where Is the longest stretch of | ve on the Atlantic A Ge that the States is Canaver: L Inlet of 120 the Atlantic that {of b | United of C Ifrom M 1to Fort . uld be itinuous from time to time. lets breaking thro |and it is possible ha red however, it | the »equito north that t b 3 it Q A. No one is | which natior hort-stor ince, B States ¢ ted Frer Voe with : French cr | being-“the fat Roosevelt | trict of Col Branch | Line bia the on Distr as of the Popular Mind Is Stirred By MacMillan Expedition assed riches The owever, or by fighting, it is note at progress has been made toward cosmopolitan paci cation. There are not two sides |the Polish border of the d | diplomat “corridor” separating East Prussia’; concer from the rest of Prussia and Germany. | are missives of While assurance is given France | gin ‘Dear Iy, when ther so. ] with self-denial is a | pathos. to aid others. The sinking of | Norman adds another proof of the | preeented final j T the ra pes son Spri : chance - | e tion, be The farmer would be a devout ad d the to “Dear the to n e painstaking Sessions of Birmin corded the f South goes first honor tion, honor that N the magnitude of the field nigh excelle the The g this years has such as to warrant its conside fixed annual event Its stronger citizenship. now and in the years to come. Such a yield is rich he well worth the planting. The Star is proud to have helpful of this with ot m to evidence the most Robert was ac- consideration Ala nd thus to the the st place competi eater for and the competition. in two an s the g contest ation as a product is is vest been in the promotion tion enterprise, in co-ope e newspapers, and high meri though is 1 of the Capital's participa- first h to come to Washington t nors have vet Busin ——— interests are in a science, but not as an It has been said that virtue Love and loyalty b r ndividual habit every vice is unreasonably exaggerated come in to draw note unrestraint the when cxpressed It is necessary line ace where begins. economy ases and parsimony i ——— for T O wide nate fashions men doub entirely involving to a fem- trous as whether “flapping inine accomplishmen e Buried Treasure. A report from I h begun treasure of Alexander age of Andrievka. | ku says that | by the Azer-| oclety for the | the Great, which | buried near the It ather a at the quest for buried tres e n shifted to the neighborhood | Baku, and that it is the wealth of | Alexander which sought. Search | for the buried treasure of Capt. Kidd | and that of the Louisiana-Mississippi pirate-patriot, Jean Laitte, has been | 1 extensively that it is| right to give the treasure of Alexander & chance. So much also has been writ- ten of the bur of the In- cas and sunken galleons that it to hear from the gion of the Caucasus Mountains and the Caspian Sea, In old Georg which is now the Azerbaijan Republic. Many unsatisfactory results have attended the search for buried treas- ure, and in the matter of finding the wealth of Alexander one should keep expectation and enthusiasm under con- trol. It is believed that the third King of Macedon in the 33 years of his active life between Pella and Babylon may have accumulated wealth. In his triumphal travels in Byzantium, sent been s eved to be vi is re carried on so iy °d treasure: of gold in is diverting in the stress of circun step” | pears dustry of the country than the Fed- Beypt, Persia and other countries he nliness and courage and sac sideration of people who are caught ance with life ificing in the balance. ———— Hindenburg has revived the in Germany find in th substitute for the “turkey trot” which | dismissed from popular attention “goose Orchestras may fact suggestion as tg some was years ago. ———— Prof y had an aversion to- ward newspaper reporters. He might have more comfortable had he perceived the relationship between the publicity and the science of Lang| been The Senator Wheeler have dwindled from tional tion to a transient hal inconvenience ——— Good Business at Hand. of Government comes in with finance and in- attack to sens on a a per No ageney loser contact eral Reserve Board. Through its | member it responds immedi- tely to the state of what is generally called “business.” Indicés of the con- of production and commerce infallible Satis- faction can be felt, therefore, in the survey of the first quarter of 1925, made public vesterday by the Federal Reserve Board of the material pros- perity of the country. This survey shows that the output of hasic industries has been consider- ably greater than for the correspond- ing period a vear ago. It is gratify. ing to note that foreign demand for American products showed a large in- Our foreign trade, which is an important element to the cturers, continues to increase. The volume of merchandise distribu- tion has been at a higher level. The foreign sales of American agricultural implements, for instance, have been much larger than for the comparable period of both 1924 and 1923. The pay roll of factory workers, although somewhat lower than in March, 1924, has gained steadily since Jast Summer, and is about 20 per cent above the low point reached last June. Foreign countries are taking in larger quantities of crude materials and food- stuffs, exports of cotton -having in- creased 49 per cent since last Summer and exports of wheat have increased 153 per cent. Satisfaction is found in banks dition re immediate and crease. such manuf th pe: da Tk of mirer of the Chi 30ard of Trade if he could rely getting the prices quoted the ticker during a bull market ago on by a ———— experts inclined agree that Gen. Mitchell has made, a reasonably safe descent under rather difficult conditions. tr: Aviation are to thy be th fre e o cle There are no s e Anti-Saloon League self with a view league. more saloc T should revise it anti-bootleg | th! de: w to an r——————— -SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON ! Th of ca ne ot wi The Pirate Still. The buccaneer Of long ago Wore clothing queer And made a show Of cutlass bright And bulging sail with delight He faced the gale i |in, ex el cai The pirate still Infests the waves. With wicked skill He misbehaves. A motor boat, A smoke-screened cal He sets afloat The coin to grab. | th in w th Dl Changes. o “Do you think the rules of the Sen- ate ought to be changed?” “Certainly,” answered nator Sor ghum. “You can take it from me that a good many of us would rather see a changé in rules than a change in membership.” m: th mi Privacy. 1 like my little radio, For, if it fails to make a hit And now and then to sleep I go No one is there to notice it. f hit Jud Tunkins says modesty 0 requires a girl to cover her ears in- | bl stead of her ankles * e It In Case of Fire. “I1 understand you have a new fire | M engine house in Crimson Gulch. {l‘ “Yep,” answered Cactus Joe m nervous and anxious in expectancy of a fire alarm. “Nope. We concentrated on the en- gine house. It's the only building in the Gulch that 'ud make any differ- |} the steady growth in building activity and in the automobile industries. It is explained that building activity has been expanding almost continuously since 1921, absorbing in recent years about 18 per cent of the annual out- ence if it burned down.” “Riches have wings,” Eben an ace and an expert to fly ’em Wwif io; afe results.” re one defendin men, victim ments 1 lie garia anti-revolutionary force at that time pr Trots! army, vear. Lenin, lost power after Lenin's death, but special now | to the Caucusus - s to the desirability of ace, and a review of the world to; y does not involve “taking sides.” his is a statement of conditions—not theories. * * * The Balkans—where igedies haye sprung question world in more forth than ny other region—are standing upon e verge of a new war not merely tween two nations, with riv rones secking to snatch territory »m each other. It is a grand strug between rival principles of so with organized government on side and holshevism on the other & life, property and order, e other attacking civilization with adly bombs—destroying unresisting »men and children, old and young bourgeoise tradesmen and offi- 15 of government, assembled in hedral in solemn service for the of a previous ination. re explosion took the lives of score itizens, but what is more sign nt. it precipitated the crisis of a w ' military defense of Bulgaria. her nations protest that Bulgaria, th increased military power, be- n increased peril to their own v, while Russian bolshevism is posed as actively plotting disorders ntering in Bulgaria, for the avowed mpaign_against all world govern other than Soviet bolshevism. The authority given to Bulgaria to crease her military force by 10,000 oty sas | additional militiamen was granted by} e Council of Ambassadors of the al- d powers for a limited time, expir- It is reported that if Bul- to \demobilize this extra & June 1. fails and Rumania that it is a menace to reply will demand ex- will assume military ecce, Czechoslovakia 1l profess em, and in anations or defense by concentrating troops along border. Yet Soviet ia_openly plots to foment bol- stic revolution in Bulgaria, and is predicted that the Bulgarian emier, Zankoff, will plead, June 1, t the internal danger continues aking it impossible to demobilize e special forces. xR Russia herself- appears in unrest, anifested by the recent return of , former chief of the red who has been in exile for a Trotsky, the political ally of e Bulgarian his return to Moscow takes on significance through the multaneous departure of Zenovieff, s principal opponent, who has fled where Trotsky spent s exile. While in exile Trotsky wrote a Jok setting forth his bellicose faith. is predicted that he will regain power, either as head of the army or ember of the cabinet of the Soviet epublics, and will stimulate bolshe- k activities against the govern- ents of all “capitalistic nations”— “Won't that cause the boys to be|which includes all civilized countrie The Bulgarian bombing is alluded to as an index of the world plot center- ing in Moscow. ok It is generally believed that the ection of Hindenburg to the presi- dency of the Republic of Germany does not mean danger of a return of the Kaiser or any other royal ruler said Uncle|[to the German throne. ‘but you got to be some kind of |18 an old man, who has seen great responsibilities, Hindenburg and the general opin- n that he will accept his new esponsibility with soberness and care A | that Germany accepts for all the surrender of Alsace and Lorr and the present border between many and France, no such assurance vouchsafed to the eastern border. The refusal is, therefor standing menace to Poland as to its stern boundary, while the old en mity of Russia to Poland threatens its eastern borde in the corridor, which is a strip of Poland running to the Baltic and splitting Prussia_into two . there are more Slavs than e are Prussians, vet ( 'many has ever accepted the edict of the treaty of Versailles giving to Poland that sea co and maritime connect with the commore Thirty million Poles, more than a ceucu. Russia, Germany and Austria, reply in desperate earnestness thai they will fight to the last man to protect their restored independence. That population is three-quarters of that of France and the Poles challenge their ally, France, to abandon them to their mutual enemies, the Russians Austrians and Germans. In uphold ing Poland in the rear France pro- tects her own safety against another invasion from restored Germany, hence she looks upon the integrity of the eastern boundary of German quite important to France the Rhine border. * % % Another clause in the Vers treaty which Germany has never ac- cepted in fact is that which forbids I the annexation of Austria to the Ger- man Republic. Agitation continues to make that annexation, and Czecho- slovakia, sandwiched between Bavaria, German state, and Aust . looks with dismay upon the possibility that she will be entirely surrounded by a German-Austrian republic in such case. In Northern Czechoslovakia there is a considerable number of Germans residing, who are agitating for annexation of territory with Ger- many, taking to Germany some 3,000,000 population now owing alle- | giance to the Republic of Czechoslo- | vakia. Hence Czechoslovakia is in close sympathy with Poland in self- | narrow ea | al however, after as A 1 as sive neighbors — Germany, Russia and possibly Bulgaria. * % ok 3k As to France and Spain, the ques- tion of war is not one of the future, but actually of today. Both countries are engaged in- bloody struggles against the “fanatics” or “barbarians” of the RIff tribes in Northern Africa and in spite of the supposed superior- ity of military efficiency, especially of France, the Riffs are taking the of- fensive, and both the Spaniards and French are suffering defeat and many losses in battle against the “holy wa of the Moslems. * ek Under such conditions the ‘outlook for another disarmament conference between nations does mnot appear promising, according to Lord Lee, for- mer first lord of the British admiralty. England has led in killing the League of Nations protocol making the league the arbiter as to what consti. tutes an aggressor nation, which should be opposed by all other na- tions. England suggests that the naval restrictions should be raised so as not to include battleships. The in- ternational race for arms thereby may be reoponed. (Copyright, 1925, by Paul V. Coline.) ailles | defense against their alleged aggres-| Austria, | “Dear “Dear John Will peck,’ d “Dear | § 3 o acecpt wrapper adver f 1924 produced which 1is sndon New willing of the book the of r all It we authority isements { hundrec cussed | York.’ Liverpool Cincinnati. Dulilin aind Hudderstield | There were other hundreds which |person of cultivation can afford {to have read,” and still others w ! an unusual poignancy It “the hook of the year, great achievement in the debut of a sure we should all hurry and libraries to any new novel, which was rev |something as follows: “This book is in no sense the sensation of the year, {it has no particular poignancy, its ‘haracters are not delightfully un- conventional, its plot does not hold a surprise on every page merits are that the author uses {English language correctly, shows some knowledge of human nature in {his charact and has invented jenough plot to keep the reader {nwake.” In spite of all the review lers' comments, some of the novels of {1924 have really been worth | American novelists have done their |share of the good work in fiction | Anne Sedgwick’s “Little French Girl" |is a real piece of literary art. | Wharton's four novelettes re ing New York life of the 4 and 70s—"F Dawn.” “The Old Maid,” *and “New Year's Day”—are in her best style. Three English novels of the year seem ve qualities above the ave p—*“A | Passage to India,” by M. Forster; |“The Old Ladies.” by Hugh Walpole and *“The White Monkey by John Galsworthy. Each year a larzer num ber of the best forelgn novels published in this country in tran tion. Among the best of 1924 are Isabelle ndy's “Andorra,” Concha spina’s Mariflor,” ~ which was awarded the highest prize of the Spanish Academy, and Ladislas Rey mont'’s “Peasants,” which received the Nobel prize in literature. * X k¥ Lewisohn a an. re, Glasgoyw and and Los Ang and Hacker possess 1ch) L ar to the the Ludwig writes on ‘“The Art of Being a Jew” in the May issue of Harper's Magazine. In an author’s note, Mr. Lewisohn explains the |of his article: “Why is it an art to be a Jew? Because definite histo forces have caused it to come about that the Jew cannot take either him- self or his world for granted: he can not live freely, _instinctively, spon taneously * * * E act of livin for him’ is an act of deliberate and difficult - choice. Thus, life for him has ]l the intricacy, the technic. the conscious adaptation of means to ends that belong to art.” * ok ok X Two murderers, a famous detective, a lawyer, a faithful servant and, of course, a hero and a heroine are the orthodox components of _Carolyn Wells' detective story, “Anything but the Truth.” ' There {s also a secon- dary mystery concerning the birth of the heroine, a situation not entirely unknown in’ stories of this type. The usual method of inductive reasoning is followed, and there is the usual leading of the reader off on a false trail before the true trail is scented. ure | wed | chief | reading. | - | Nor title | Pole s this proposed ¢ A Plans for n en decided ch less the North nake the find new { than th { honor | rewards mon ca The unnec | pects in its own { significan | The Oregoni he friendl | turers territor | probab; ke their | though it is impossible to 1 may flow o b i i success overb ind Ore the expediti way scientifi 1 says niar D h instances behind | in the | kn As concerne Louisvil | of the expedi Millan on His air of the polar Northern w the electrica Arctic Circle. Amundsen on. like the navigators seeking a shorter t 1t forc r mnd L rot to be supposed th | American Government lends it | proval to the project with any {to future exploitation,” declares | Ta imes. “It is p 1 th tere: an extension edge of that little known the expedition is backed there may be an ele nt having Old Glory fiyi the world, but that is pard | and can harm no one., The expe« will be watched with great interest |the whole scientific world.” i “What a glorious adventure to er ge in,” explains the Dayton Ne Who better than Capt. MacMillan could open up this undiscovered ter ritory and reveal to the world « science the vast possibilities which shall we say, within comparatively easy access of stout hearts? For all of which as a people we should be de voutly grateful to MacMiilan nd those associated with him in this un dertaking.” la The Chattanooga News speaks of |a j the possibility of routing shorter air-| from northern sia across the | polar region and in this connection | h the Asbury Park Press adds: “The|and the possibility of discovering new con- | lic eatin, tinent, the opportunity for experi-|and desirability mentation with short wave radio un-|obvious t the ap view is m the peak itior un- | to the his st makes i of PET them BQITRAS “R