Evening Star Newspaper, July 30, 1925, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR __ With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGZON, D. C. July 30, 1925 THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office: 11th St. and Pepneyivanis Ave. Ne(:lh York gfl«v' ;lrlO Ealnt ’Ifi‘l‘:‘s‘ ce: Tower Building. Buropean 16, Regent St.. London, England Office The i edition, In delivered by carricrs within ho city at 60 cents per month: daily only. 45 cents per month: Sunday only. 20 cents per momth' - Ordera may be sent by mail or irlephone Main 5000 Collection is made by carrier at the end of each month. Rate by Mail—Pavable In Advance. Maryland and Virginfa. Daily :Y;‘l‘i’ unday S1T. :1mo., pail ; Stndagonty All Other States. Daily and Sunday.. .1 yr.. $10.00 Daily only $7.00 Sunday only $3.00: 1 mo’ Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Pross is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dis- patches credited to it or not otherwise: cred- ited in this paper and also the local mews published herein. All rights of public of apecial dispatches here) re i1mo i1mo :1mo. 1yrl i1 mo. 1yr A Crusade Against Crime. At a meeting in New York yester day, called by Judge Elbert H. Gary, 4 movement was initiated for the or zation of a nation-wide crusade | the suppresston of crime. Gov. Smith of New York was present and pledged earnest support to the move- | ment, and a proposal was made that | the matter be laid before President Coolidge, with a request for co-cpera. tion. As a focal point about which the zanization would be based it is pro. posed to create a mational crime com- mission, which would do laboratory work in the study of crime and crim- inals and give law enforcement of- ficials the benefit of its conclusions, but the more important part of the movement would be to arouse the pub- lic to an understanding of the seri- ousness of the situation. Tt is realized that so long a8 the public is indiffer- ent me and the punishment of criminals crime is bound to increase. | Not only is the public indifferent, but it contributes directly to lawlessness by a flabby sympathy for and mawk. ish sentimentality over criminals. The criminal has become more of a hero than an outcast. Prisons have lost their terror, and the peril of the gal- lows or the chair has become almost negligible. Publicity and flowers, in- stead of the dungeon and the hang- man’s noose, have become the lot of murderers. At the New York meeting there was lack of agreement as to responsi- bility for the fact that this country is so infested with crime, some blam- ing the police, some the courts and others the prosecuting officers, but there was no disagreement as to the necessity of dolng something about it. Every good citizen ought to help, and one way good citizens can help is by obeying the laws themselves and refusing to have traffic with law- breakers. A very considerable pro- portion of our crime is among boot- 1eggers and rum-runners. They mur- der ‘each other, murder law officers and frequently slaughter the innocent bystander, all as a result of keen com- petition for the patronage of the “good citizen.” ———— “Stop!™ At numerous points about the city the word “stop” is painted in large white letters upon the pavements. That four-letter word means “stop’ and not “slacken.” It means that all drivers must bring their machines to a dead halt and not merely slip over the crossings at reduced speed. The purpose of this new rule, so plainly denoted in signs that all can read—unless they are illiterate, and such should not be permitted to drive motors—is to prevent collisions at street intersections. It is for the pro- tection of all street users. If It is obeyed as it should be it will lessen the number of crossing accidents to a negligible point. There may be some bumps through misunderstanding, but when machines have been brought to 2 dead halt they cannot be sent across the intersections at dangerous paces. The damage caused by such mishaps as may occur will be slight. This rule has not been devised to annoy the motorists of the District or to check the flow of traffic. Its intent is to protect all street users and to permit a safe flow of vehicles. It should be so uccepted und observed in spirit as well as in accordance with the letter of the word that now con- fronts the drivers of Washington. “Stop” means nothing else but! ———— The ex-kaiser is described as hav- g a happy home and, thanks to the transfer of crown possessions to his private estate, the wherewithal to pay the rent. for to a e Tt is unfortunately impossible for a man of good intentions to engage in controversy without contributing pub- lieity to ideas which he regards as ‘wicked. TR TR The Chinese are a proud people and perfectly willing to keep their war | as exclusive as possible. -ttt Our Barbarous Frontier. When an American citizen 1s cap- tured by Chinese bandits, maltreated, held for ransom, perhaps slain, the people of this country express intense indignation at the outrage and the Government moves to obtain repara- tion. The region is described as un- civilized and ‘the people as barbarians. The frontiers of barbarism, however, are not so far removed as China. It is not fiecessary for Americans to go into that distraught land, or to Africa, or into the wilds of Borneo, or into sovietized Russin to find adventure. They can get it right here at hame n the United Stutes. They have ienty of opportunity for contact with +anditry in the very centers of Ameri- can population. Yesterday in Chicago occurred an enterprise in brigandage that for ne-ve and daring surpasses anything that Chinese bandits have ever under- taken. Four men walked into one of the largest hotels in that.city in Svening Star. with the Sunday morn- | halls to the offices of the hotel, where they held up the entire office force at the point of their guns and scooped up several thousand doilars. It is at this point that the tale differentiates. Had these been Chinese bandits they would have escaped with their loot, perhaps with a few hostages. It so happened, however, that one of the girls of the office force—a half-drunken bandit had been marching the squad back and forth between rooms while the robbery was in progress—slammed a door in the escort's face, and that started a panic. The thieves ran -after doing some shooting, and a pursuit was started. The net result of the whole affair, at the end of a few minutes which compassed it, was the death of three men, two of them members of the band, the wounding of three and the capture of a third brigand. The fourth escaped. Daylight hold-ups are by no means | uncommon in this country nowadays. The Chicago affair just reported is simply a little more sensational than many that have preceded. The use of the shotguns, weapons that cannot be weil concealed, marks an advance in boldness in criminal procedure That it was an “inside job,” as shown by the accuracy of the movemems of the thieves, in no wise lessens Its bold- ness. It will be interesting to know | how a squad of four men could walk through the corridors of a big metro- politan hotel, filled with people, var- rying weapons in their hands, without attracting attention. Has crime be- come so commonplace in Chicago that this spectacle goes unnoticed? ——rao——————— Mrs. La Follette's Refusal. Mrs. La Follette bas declared her- self out of the race for the senatorial seat made vacant by the death of her husband. Robert Marion La Follette. Her statement was made in reply to various women's organizations which have urged her to run, on the theory that now was the time and opportu- nity to place 2 woman in the Senate of the United States. Two reasons were given by Mrs. La Follette for her declination to become a candidate. The first was that “it would be against nature for me to undertake the responsibilities of po- litical leadership.” The second was that she plans to write her husband’s blography from a wealth of material and notes prepared by Senator La Fol- lette, which he had intended to use to bring his autobiography up to date, from the year 1912. This work, she declared, would 'be a greater service to the progressive cause than her elec- tion to the Senate. To women anxious to see one of their sex elected to the Senate, Mrs. La Follette's announcement doubtless will be disappointing, for had she de- termined to run the people of Wiscon- sin, devoted to Senator La Follette, would probably have elected her. But Mrs. La Follette has remained true to herself in making her decision, and the reasons she has given appear ex- cellent. She is anxious to see the cause of progressivism led by her husband continue to advance. Her belief is that his successor should be a man physically and mentally able to carry on an arduous fight for the progressives. That she should enter the Senate merely because she is a woman, and because she happens to be the widow of the man who has held Wisconsin in the hollow of his hand politically for a generation, does not appeal to her. Women have attained the ballot in this country. They are on a political equality with men. They should un- derstand that a woman should not be elected to the Senate, or to any other office, merely because she is a woman and not a man. They should under- stand that when a woman is elected to office it is because she is particularly fitted for that office and is capable of giving more efficlent service than her opponents—men or women. When such a woman announces her candi- dacy for the Senate she should be elected. Of the women elected to the House of Representatives so far, nearly all of them have been chosen to succeed dead husbands or fathers, and they have not been re-elected. It Is a kind of nepotism made possible by the sen- timentality of the American people. Mrs. La Follette has wisely turned her face against it. S TR 9e R This is the season when the fate of a nation is.apparently dependent on the amount of enthusiasm an orator can command at a New York chowder party. o Thanks to the recent controversy, many people who have hitherto neglected thelr Bible bave at least read the first chapter of Genesis. — et Mussolini did not hesitate to bounce a reporter out of Italy. Critics may krow what to expect if they do not happen to like his play writing. ——— A Bold Rum Runner. A steamship slipped through the narrows into New : York Bay the other day, and, withot pausing to observe the usual formalities of port entrance, passed up into the Hudson, where she “‘dropped anchor.” A lighter quickly swung alongside and the cargo of the ship was transferred. This unusual proceeding ‘naturally attracted attention and customs au- thorities got busy and visited the ship. They held a preliminary court proceeding on board as the craft was being towed down to the barge office, and they reached the conclusion, sup- ported by frank statements of the commander, that the cargo that had been lightered wak one’ of ‘“wet goods.” . The ship had been chartered for a run from somewhere in the neighborhood of New Orleans to New York and had taken on her cargo in the €ulf from another vessel. The only evidences of her traffic were 15 bottles of various liquors. The ship was held, though the liquor had been apparently all removed. Not satisfied with the first exam- ination ‘of the craft, customs agents decided upoi & more thorough search and yesterday they’found hid- den under several tons of coal in the the middle of the afternoon carrying sawed-off = shqf after hold nearly 8,000 cdwes' of had no license papers and there Were {no ship's articles. Now 24 people are in custody and the ship is held under a number of (j:rkeu. and whether the first cargo Was: success- fully landed or not, a conkignment of wet goods worth several hundred thousand dollars s confiscated. The other day in New York a large number of pending lquor charges were heard In special court session and the defendants were cleared out with more or less nominal fines. This present case, however, should not be treated in such a summary manner. The ship is certalnly forfeit, and every man on her should go to prison for a long term. Even it by the land- ing of part of the consignment & large profit was made, a maximum | sentence would hardly be compensat- ed for by the gains of this piratical enterprise. e e Georgia Refuses to Ban Science. The House of Representatives of the State of Georgia has voted down over- whelmingly a proposal to prohibit the teaching of evolution in the common schools. The fundamentalists of the Cracker State, it appears, have met a check. The action of the-Georgia legis is particularly since the whole matter of teaching or not teaching evo- tution before the courts, und will Iy be determined by the Su- preme Court of the United States. The questions involved relate to the freedom to helieve and to teach, very vital questions to any people, and to the people of the United States, which was conceived and created in the de- sire for freedom. The report of the debate in the Georgia Leglslature shows the father of the proposed anti-evolution amend- ment as saying: “I don't want any smart Alec trying to teach my child that man descended from a tadpole or a monkey. When a man gets so smart that he can't believe the Bible, he is just too smart to know that he is a fool.” | Yet Mr. Lindsay must know that many men rated “smart,” able and even eminent in church affairs have differed strongly about the true mean- ing of parts of the Bible. He must know that men who have gained high reputations as scientists and have done much for mankind continue to believe in the Christian God, and that they reconcile scientific truths with the Scriptures. Intalerance, in the long run, meets defeat. Since the earliest days of man, he has striven to gain more and more knowledge, to know the truth. Ranatics, some of them religious, have sought to check this groping for enlightenment. But while the cause of progress in the past has been checked, it has been only for a time. The failure of the Georgia House of Representatives to approve the ban on teaching evolution is an indication that the drive to make an issue of fundamentalism in politics is not likely to be successful ators wise, is now i —————— Higher prices for farm products are predicted. These predictions would make the farmer happler if there had not been a drought and a consequent scarcity. ————— There is now fear that the supply of oil will hinder the artistic impulse by proving Insufficient to support the scenic beauty of the gasfilling sta- tions. If Clarence Darrow were a man of more constructive inclination the Democratic party gnight feel inclined to solicit his inte: in a new leader- ship. In presenting problems China started with the little matter of mah jong and progressed rapidly to the big war game the people insist on playing. THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. ‘Why do people put off buying the little things that would make life more enjoyable? I know a couple who have been try- ing to get a 10-cent tea strainer for the past year, but never seem to be able to “get 'round to it." 1 know a woman with fine diamonds on her fingers who declared that she could not afford to pay 35 cents for some “‘bug powder” to rid her kitchen of roaches. Hundreds of thousands of men shine their shoes on scraps and tags of rags, instead of purchasing a decent plece of flannel. Some even have been driven to the necessity (let it be told bravely) of using the towel to put a polish on their shoes, because they never could induce ‘any one to buy them a real shoe-shining rag, such as the boot- blacks have. If you are ever in a “shoe shine parlor” and see one of the customers casting wistful glances at the strip of flannel being slapped upon his shoes, know that the gentleman lacks such an article &t home. . One of my acquaintances recently lamented, when meeting a friend on the street, that he had never had a real plece of flannel wherewith to shine his shoes in a life, and never expected to own one. everal days later a messenger brought him a neat packet, inside of which he discovered a very capable lpoking piece of white flannel. He would have preferred it gray, but remembered the old adage, “‘Beggars cannot be choosers.” Accordingly, he mentally thanked the unknown giver, wondering who on earth he might be. * ok % ¥ Several days later another neatly- wrapped parcel arrived, The gentle- man poked it gingerly. Once in his life he had been the victim of a jok along these lines, since when the l:l:wsl of that exploit had haunted m. The parcel, had a most ‘suspiclous look. Should he open it boldly, he thought, or tackle it with discretion, long heralded as the better part of valor? The too-neat appearance of the parcel decided him in favor of the latter method. First he poked the package, but, as.nothing rustled in it, decided to summon’ up courage. Holding the thing down carefully ¥ith his left hand, he tore open one corner. As nothing popped out, he proceeded to remove more paper, and, as he did so, saw what was in the package. It was another shoe rag! “De luxe edition for your Sunday shoes,” read a penciled memoranda pinned to the strip of white lamb's wool. “Now, who on earth could have sent me this?” inquired the victim, to himself. “Who have I talked to about not having a shoe-shining rag?" Much cudgeling of his brain re- sulted in no progress, despite the fact that such flagellation of the mental faculties is normally supposed to result happily for the flagellant. Several days later he met a friend in the elevator. “Hello, Bill,” he said. “Hello,” said the other. you like those shoe rags?” “Oh, ho! So you are the bird! Great stuff, my boy—and I thank you. too.” Most households think. nothing at “How did all nowadays of buying a car, or a fine radio receiving set, but think it gross extravagance to buy a dollar’s worth of shoestrings at one time. Take shoestrings. ‘What happens in the average home when somebody breaks a shoestring? You know as well as I do! The unlucky one is “up against i Usually this happens when one s in a hurry. Some way or other Fate invariably reserves the breaking of shoestrings for the times when a man is in a hurry. Even in this matter, however, there has been,warning. Every man has a premonition when his shoestring is going to break. “I had better buy some new shoe- strings,” he tells himself. But he never does it. We never do! Life glides away, and our shoestrings get~thinner and thimmer, and then—— Plop! “I've broke my shoestring!” we roar, and upstairs floats a cool volce “I told you to get some shoestrings the other day." 4 “Why can't we have a pair on hand for emergengles? Here I am, late for the office, and there is mot a .darn shoestring in the house! “You'd think we didn’t have a cent to our name. Now what will I do? It is too short to tie together. Guess I will have to use some string.” This threat usually produces re- sults. An old pair of laces is fished out from an old pair of shoes, to do duty until it shall break in its turn. * %k ¥ The question is: Why doesn't the average family stock-up on shoe- strings? . Why must there be a wild scramble to find an old one every time a man breaks a shoe lace? One would think shoestrings cost a thousand dollars each, the Way the average family resents investing ih them. You know shoe laces will break. You know that time flles, or at least have been told it often ‘enough. Yet the next time the thing hap- pens all the rest of this merry drama will take place, too, and you will go down town with a lace knotted to- gether, or with white string showing gayly in your black shoes. How about that dustpan the family has been talking about fot the past five years? There Is no legitimate reason in the world for having failed to buy that handy article. Literally tens of thou- sands of dustpans have flung them- selves in your face during those five vears, clamoring to be purchased, but you steeled your heart against them and bought a pound of candy instead. A monkey wrench is another article the average family has on its list to buy some time. One hates like sin to “loosen up” for a monkey wrench, so we go to the theater instead, a -much |less expensive form of amusement than buying monkey wrenches. In brief, inertia has us in its grip. We have gotten along very well to date without a tea strainer, I guess ‘we can wiggle along a while longer. We survive without some bug pow- der, let us leave the roaches in peace for a while longer. ‘We have managed to shine our shoes some way, why go to the trouble of making the job easler and more expe- ditious? Our shoestrings will break, we know it—but we should worry! BACKGROUND OF EVENTS .BYPAUL V. COLLINS. That unredeemed - .farmer, Coolidge, who 1s now Hmited in his agricultural activities mostly to the ‘White House lawn, declares that agri- culture must be spelled with a capital A during the rest of his sojourn at 1600 Pennsylvania avenue. In this re- solve be is aided and abetted by his chief gardener, whose very name ex. presses his partisanship to le jardin. * & x % American farmers as a class excels those of mny other nation in broad knowledge, not only of general farm- ing, but of world affairs. Chinese farmers excel Americans in ability to make 200 blades of grass or a bushel of rice to grow where none grew be- fore, for they practice intensive farm- ing, with unlimited fertilizer and un- limited labor. Forty centuries of farming in China leaves the soil more fertile than 40 vears in the Red River Valley—"the bread basket of the N — Europe is amazed at the Darwinfan discussion. Europe always takes Amer- ica either too seriously or not serious- ly enough. ——————— New York is beginning to regard the re-election of Mayor Hylan as a time- honored formality. ——— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON, Lessons, I knew my lessons, once upon a time. I could recite in phrase securely . taught The answer which in studied prose or rhyme Was to the student confidently brought. 1 knew my lesson in that earlier day. But since I have asserted “Thut and “So,” 1 am compelled to pause and think and say, In all humility, “I do not know." The New Rivalry. Do you think votes for women have helped the political situation? “I do,” declared Senator Sorghum. “The bitterness is gradually disap- pearing from an election to office and concentrating itself on the decision in a beauty contest.” Too Much to Expect. An epitaph must not include A trace of criticlsm rude. S0 who shall lead a life by half Deserving of his epitaph? Jud Tunkins says the less a man knows the longer it takes him to tell his suspicions. Values. “I can remeémbar when you thought you'd be happy if wheat sold at a dollar a bushel.” “That was in the old days,” an. swered Farmer Corntossel, “when a dollar represented @ square meal for the -family instead of only a tip to the waiter.” Distraction. 1 turned aside to listen to some chat ‘Which seemed to be engaging one and all; And science grew s0 interesting that 1 very near forgot about base ball. “Argument seems necessaty to some | tguns, in thelr hands.|liquor and champagne. They lsc dls- | foIks, sald ' Uncle ' Eben, “Same a8 They meandered through lobbles and | covered that the officers of the ship | Playin’ checkers is to others.” world”"—where one kind of soil ex- haustion has been repeated for a gen- eration, without replenishment. Chi- nanten have learned nothing new in a thousand years; American - farming has been revolutionized by science and machinery within“less than a single lifetime. Economists declare that the test of today is not yleld per acre, but is yield per man—and not yield of crops alone, but yield of net profits— in the purchasing power of the farm products, together with the farmer’s full share {n the'comforts and luxuries of modern life. The statesman’s view of the prob- lem is not that of the mere “farm bloc,” which seeks only the advantage of one class; the statesman recognizes that true prosperity will come not through tha farmer's getting a greater share of reward at the expense of the city, but through better distribution of a greater total prosperity, whether it come from farm exports or from the economies of the connections between the farm and a prosperous home mar- ket. Ninety per cent of farm markets are in the home markets, 10 per cent in exporting surpluses. * ® x ¥ “Does farm sclence pay?” ask the ekeptics. President Coolidge evident. a believes it can be made to pay bet- T, Sometimes the most “direct’answer is found in the alternative. What would be the result if all the infiy- ences for good.from sclence wers: moved? One might ask the éntomolo- gist what unrestrained insect pests would cost production. * Or, agk the animal husbandry experts what is the value of elimination of hog chelera, Texas fever and the foot-and-mouth disease. Or, &sk the Bureau of Plgnt Industry what it would mean if every barberry busH 4n the .Northwest were destroyed instead. of permitting 50, 000,000 bushels of small grain to per- ish annually of rust, where each bar- berry bush is a potential spring from which flows a flood of rust for 10 miles or more. Or ask the cotton ex- pert what price cotton raisers could afford to pay for the extermination of the boll weevil. Or, ask the “ary farmer” how much it is worth to find crops which will flourish against drought, or what is the valte of the “dust blanket” in conserving the wa- ter In the soil. Or, ask the horticul- turist, the agriculturist, the breeder, how much science has done in scout- ng-the world and bringing to us seeds which flourish in Siberia and there- fore flourieh under similar conditions in our highest latitudes and coldest jons; or grass from tropical Africa which produces abundant pasturage upon our Southern farms, enabling dairying to prosper. Or, ask stock- raisers the value of the best breeds of cattle and hogs and sheep, as com- pared with scrubs. £ * ok * X% If the masses Of farmers used the most advanced knowledge of farm sci- entists, the productivity of all crops and the values of all kinds of live stook would be multiplied. But not one in 100 farmers applies the knowl- edge available. The result is that the per acre was 23 bushels; today it is Calvin | 25 bushels. Rye in 1366 averaged 13 bushels: today, 15 bushels. Buck- wheat in 1870 averaged 18 bushels; now it is 19. Corn in 1866 averaged 26 bushels; now it has climbed to 27 bushels, upon the basis of a nine-year average. Yet progressive farmers frequently produce in excess of 100 bushels per acre. Wheat has come up trom 12 bushels to 15 bushels. What is more significant, is that, ac- cording to the Department of Agri- culture, some of the wheat raisers produced the grain at a cost of $1.00 a bushel, while others expended $5.20 to raise each bushel of wheat of the same grade. Similar variation of cost of production might be cited in all other lines of farming. That aif- ference appears to measure the gap between intelligent “agriculture and “just farming,” after some 40 years of sclentific agriculture. * % % It is pointed out by a scientist of the Department of Agriculture that the result of scientific exploration and the effort to enlighten the present genera- tion of farmers is not so discouraging as it may seem superficially. The farm- ers who were mature and experi- enced when farm schools were es- tablished could not be impressed with the importance of improved methods. The. new knowledge, even when demonstrated by specialists, could reach only the oncoming generation. ‘While thousands of new farmers are coming into action yearly, it must not be overlooked that practically all of africultural instruction through -schools dates back only to about 1888, and spans only one generation, including more than half in the ove: lapping generation which received its methods and knowledge from sources unaffected by farm sclence. * ok ok % Farm economists of the Department of Agriculture deciare that the worst calamity that could befall agriculture would be a sudden acceptance of ideal methods by a great number of farm- ers, thereby bringing production up to_the maximum of science. The vital problem of farming is not rroducunn but distribution. It is ideal, but entirely ‘impracticable for farmers to so thoroughly co-operate as to limit their product to the market demand, and to so regulate distribu- tion as to control “supply and de- mand.” The British rul producers are demonstrating today ' what such control of production ‘and distributfon can accomplish in prosperity. But farmers are too numetous and too unorganized to hope for such disci- pline, yet it is the hope of their lead- ‘ers, and of broad statesmen, that co- operation may be so developed, nartly through legislation, that most of the extravagances and blunders’ of. pres. ent methods of marketing may ‘be|. modified. * k ¥ % What is the future of the world problem of feeding the ever-increasing population? ~China feeds five times the population of the United States, upon an area two-thirds as great. The land area of the United States is 1,908 million acres, of which only 365 mil- lion are producing crops and 587 mil- lion are semi-arid or good only for pasture. The rest is forest or cut- over land, or humid grass land or desert. ‘When we have a population 8o great that the land, with intensive cuitiva. tion, cannot produce sufficlent food, the peopie will not starve. In science will be developed methods by which the gasses can be treated with ultra- violet rays in great 'factories. By proper mixing, all the elements_of food, which Nature now mixes in the iaboratory of the fleld, with rain and sunshine, will be produced inthe chemist’s laboratory-factory. Chimerical? Nos it is being done to- day by the most eminent scientist of France, Daniel Berthelot, president of the Fréneh Soclety of Electrical Engi- neérs, a member of the Institute de France and professor of the Sorbonne, the highest seat of learning in France. Synthesis will take the place of agri- culture—in the millentum of science. ‘meanwhile farmers of y. (Copyright, 1925, by Paul V. Collins.) ABDELKRIM By W. P. Cresson, Gebrgetown University School of Foreign Service. Not the least of the difficulties forced upon French statecraft by the revolt of Abd-el-Krim's tribesmen in 'fmorthern Africa is the questign of rec- onciling public sentiment, both at home and abroad, to the necessary punitive measures involved in the campaign. The traditionally .clever diplomacy. of the French foreign office has, until now, been adequate to meet the deli- cate situation raised by clashing French and Spanish interests along the Moroccan frontier. The military situation has been notably improved during the last few weeks by abandon- ing the complicated methods of mod- ern European warfare in favor of a thrilling and spectacular return to the Napoleonic cavalry charge. There re- mains, however, the outstanding prob- lem of defining a future policy toward the Riffians, and the formulation of a desirable “end to be obtained” in re- turn for all this sacrifice of blood and treasure, at a time when France needs nothing so much as leisure. The whole Riffian adventure is ®lewed by prac- tical Frenchmen as gravely inoppor- tune, to say the least. Moorish Chief a Diplomat. To these difficulties the enigmatic Abd-el-Krim has contributed not a lit tle by a veritable master-stroke of di plomacy. In a recent interview, wide modern of ‘‘publicity” methods, the astute Moorish chieftain has widely sown the tares of discord across the none too fertile field of Franc ish “‘co-operation.” Cautiously aban- doning all claims to recognition as an independent sovereign, he now appar- ently demands in return a full degree of autonomy under.French protection and guarantee. Whether seriously in- tended or not, such a proposal is cal- culated to play havoc with all the carefully evolved plans for the pre- carious “balance of power” that cen- ters about the Straits of Gibraltar. While at first sight this chivalrous and Saracen acceptance of an enemy's “protection’ seems to offer a dramatic solution for the problems of the Rifft— the fact that the territory involved lies almost entirely within the Spanish “zone of influence” laid down by the powers makes it acceptance a matter of doubtful expediency from the broad- er standpoint of European peace. Spain clings with stubborn pride to the shadowy “protectorate’” she exer- cises in this territory, the last vestige of her great colonial empire. British Policy Involved. Moreover, it is no secret that Great Britain vastly prefers her old enemy, Spain, to her late ally, France, as a neighbor in northern Africa. Her self- appointed task as guardian of the Gibraltar Straits could only be fur- ther complicated by an increase of French—at the expense of Spanish or Moorish—influence in that quarter. Whether Abd-el-Krim is wickedly amusing himself by a little diplomatic light comedy, or whether he seriously hopes to capitalize the pretension of his powerful neighbors by founding a new Moslem power on the basis of their rivalries and discords in North Africd, is a question that may yet cost sleepless nights to the harassed for- eign offices of at least three great capitals. Whatever the outcome may be, the desert chieftain’s talent for leadership. both upon the battlefield and along the devious paths of diplomacy, seems inconveniently to increase rather than diminish as the situation develops. (Copyright. 1925.) - Why Bryan Resigned From the Cabinet To the Editor of The Star: 1 noticed an Associated Press dis- patch from Portland, Oreg., Wednes- day morning containing an interview with Milton A. Miller, purporting to give the reason why Bryan resigned from the cabinet. The interview is partially true, but contains some in- accuracies. Before the resignation had become public I called on Mr. Bryan at his home on Clifton street, and he confided to me the real reason for his resignation. As Mr. Miller states, it ‘was because of the note to Ambassador Dumba of Austria, and not directly because of the German note. Quoting an interview with Bryan, Mr. Miller says: ‘‘As the President did not give out why I tendered my resignation, I did not think that I should do so. The world has the idea that I resigned on account of the President’s note to Germany. Let it think so.” The facts are these, as related to me by Mr. Bryan: Because of the sinking of an American vessel by Austria, as Secretary of State, he was compelled to take cognizance of it, and wrote a peaceful note of protest to Ambas- sador Dumba. When it was submitted to President Wilson he insisted that a warlike rote be sent, and he made cer- taln interlineations in it which Bryan refused to sign, and tendered his resig- nation. Since Wilson was a candidate for renomination and not knowing what effect Bryan's resignation would have on the renomination and re-elec- tion, he sent Secretary McAdoo, his wife (Wilson's daughter) and Tumulty to see Bryan and urge him to with- draw his resignation, stating that he had sent the original peace note which Bryan had signed. I was with Bryan at his home on Clifton street at the time. He absolutely refused to with- draw his resignation, and left those mentioned standing at the foot of the stairway, and he went upstairs, clos- ing the incident. It might be added that there were other reasons why Bryan resigned, but that he did not feel justified in leaving the cabinet because of them. These reasons related to Federal patronage. The administration had promised to appoint certain friends of Bryan to political office. When Wil- son decided to seek a renomination he turned down all of Bryan's recom- | mendations and built up a political machine of Federal office holders of 'his own choosing to make his renomi- nation certain. W.J. DWYER. Denies Hoover Compared British Debt and Rubber To the Editor of he Star: In The Washington Star of July 20 appears an article by Norbert Lyons, secretary of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce, Which begins as follows: “Secretary Hoover recently an- nounced that British control over the rubber industry in the Middle East will enable Great Britain to repay her war debt to us out of the enhanced profits thus accruing to her.” The Department of Commerce has issued an exhaustive repart on the subject of rubber in the Middle Fast, but the report made no reference to the British debt and neither Secretary Hoover nor any other official of the Department of Commerce referred in any way to the British debt.in con- nection with the subject of rubber. The comparison between increased profits to British rubber growers and the British debt to the United States was cited by one of the press assocla- tions on its own responsibility. WILLIAM E. YELVERTON, Assistant to Mr. Hoover. Singular Sidelight. ly broadcast to the world by the most | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Q. How many times did Willlam Jennings Bryan deliver his speech “The Prince of Peace”?—A. S. A. Mr. Bryan gave this lecture about 1,200 times. He never commit- teds it to memory and, while the main points were always stressed, the de- livery of the lecture was never ex- actly the same. Q. What is the value of the out- put of the motion pictures?—R. M. A. Establishments engaged primar- ily in productng motion pictures in the last census year reported a combined output value of $86,418,170. Of the 96 establishments reporting 48 were located fn California, 16 in New York, 8 in New Jersey, 7 in Illinois, 5 in Pennsylvania, 3 in Michigan and the remaining 10 in 7 other States. Q. How long has the questions of dancing, theater-gofng and card play- ing been under discussion in the councils of the Methodist Church?— A E M. A. The ruling against such amuse- ments has been the subject of debate at General Conferences of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church for 52 years. Q. How much do naturalization fees amount to in a year?—C. M. S. A. During the fiscal year 1924 there were 601,657 naturalization papers filed and ' $845,042.53 received. Thi exceeded the business of any previous year. Q. Which of the tropical fruits at- tains the greatest size’—G. & A. The jack fruit is probably the largest. Some specimens are sald to weigh 80 pounds and be 2 feet in length. Q. Who thought of drink of coffee’—J. B. W. A. The Arabians are given the credit for discovering and promoting the use of coffee as a beverage, and also for the propagation of the plant. This was probably as early as 800 A.D. Certainly the drink has its use in the classical period of Arabian medicine, which dates from Rhazes (850-922). Q. How far north of the Equator can the Southern Cross be seen’— G. L. M. ‘A. The Naval Observatory says if the earth had no atmosphere the southernmost star of the cross could be seen just above the horizon in jatl- tude 27N., but, since the atmosphere prevents stars from being seen at the horizon, it would be necessary to go| a few degrees farther south in order | to see it. How high a star has to be above the horizon in order to be| visible depends upon the brightness | of the star and the conditions of the| atmosphere. making a Q. What is ‘meant by a balanced aquarium?—J. M. A. The Bureau of Fisheries says) that it is one that has sufficient plant life to supply the oxygen so that it is not necessary to renew the water frequently. In other words, the plant life and water are balanced. Q. Does the Pennsylvania Rail- road use electric engines going into New York City except for the milk trains?—W. C. C. . A. The Pennsylvania changes steam for electric tives at Manhattan Transfer. It has no steam train running into Man- hattan Island for milk or any other traffic. Ralilroad locomo Q. What river is the swiftest?— C. K. A. The River Rhone, which is gen- erally regarded as the swiftest river in the world, attains a velocity of nearly 40 miles an hour in certain parts in its course. Q. Is it against stage money?—J. S. A. The Treasury Department says there 18 no regulation against the use of stage money as such, but if a per- son attempted to pass such money as lawful currency he would be violating the law. the law to use Q. Are guinea pigs used as food— if 80 how are they served’—W. W. T. A. They are baked whole, or ma be cut into pleces and fried or fricasseed. Cavies are excellent as entrees in various stews and served with mushrooms, with brown onions, a la soubise and especially with On account of the whiteness of its skin the smooth-haired white guinea pig is best adapted for the table. The males become somewhat strong flavored with age: but are fine when 4 or 5 months old. Fe. for a much longer period of time. They are probably at their best when about 1 year old. Q. Is carbon monoxide poisonin comparatively recent cause of de D, I A. A number of cases of monoxide poisoning are described in ancient literature, quotations from which in dicate that this poison was frecuently the cause of death by accident, by suicide and by use as an instrument of punishment or torture: In Livius it is stated that during the second Punid War, about 200 B. C. Roman soldiers and citizens were put to death &y this means. Q. What causes cream to sour when mixed with tea or coffee? A. D. §, A. Feathering of cream is the flak ing or, curdling of it in coffee. This is sometimes troublesome to milic dealers because customers assume that it indicates sourness; and because. al. though sweet cream when it feathers does not produce a sour taste in the coffee, yet it gives an unpleasant ap- pearance. It is known that sour cream will feather when added ta hot coffee but at times cream that s sweet to the taste will do likewise. The main factors causing this con- dition are, high acidity: homogeniza- tion: adding hot coffee to cream and sugar. Acidity and homogenization are chiefly commercial problems; how ever, in the home it is well not ta mix the cream and sugar before add ing the hot coffee. Q. Has sclence proved conclusivelr that consumption is or is not an hereditary disease’—R. S. G A. The National Tuberculosis sociation says that it is now knc that tuberculosis is not hereditar: and that it is practically never hande on from the parents to the child b fore birth, It is recognized, howeve: that tuberculous parents or relative usually infeet the healthy born child a hort time after birth'if their habits are careless. Q. Do both male and female mo quitoes bité?—L. E. A. A. The male mosquito does not bite because of the fact that the mouth parts are hot sufficiently developed to enable them to pierce the skin. Both sexes buzz, although the pitch varies with the species as well as sexes. As Q. When were facquard looms first used n the United States”—W. A. D A. F.W. Howe of the Crompton & Knowles Loom Works says: “As far as we are able to learn, the first j quard machine was bullt in this coun try by Mr. W. P. Uhlinger. He was the founder of the Fletcher Works Philadeiphia. The first machine wa built in 1850. It is interesting to know that Mr. Ublinger served his time as an apprentice under Jean Marie Jac quard. Consequently we presume he designed and built jacquard machines, embodying the notable features whic were the result of the knowledge and experience of Mr. Jacquard up to that time. I understand that Mr. Jacquard invented a hand machine bearing his name about the year 1800.” Q. What is the average height of an infant at birth?—R. F. A. The average height is between 19 and %3 inches. Q. Will you please tell me what a cangue is?7—B. R. B. A. This is a heavy wooden collar or yoke, worn around the neck by convicts' in China as-a punishment. It is sométimes combined with a-cage Q. What is the most valuable hotel in New York City?>—F. S. K. A. The 1938 tax department as- sessed valual (subject to revision) listed the Pl nd the Pennsylvania at $11,500,000. The Biltmore and Commodore followed with an assessed valuation of $10,000,000. (It is the desire and privilege of the organization this paper maintains in Washington 'to give reliable and prompt service to all requests for in- formation, This is the purpose and its aim It often happens,” however, that readers write in for information and fail to give their names and ad- dresses. Such occurrences leave the Bureau helpless and, of course, the letters cannot be angwered. In order to avoid disappointment, please make certain that your name and address is signed to every communication sent to the Bureau. Also bé sure to inclose 2 cents in stamps for return post- age. Address the Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, director, Twenty-first and C sireets northiest males are tender and finely flavored Ford’s Hardest Henry Ford has tackled the hardest job of his career in his campaign against jazz, the country believes, as it views the establishment of his school for teaching the old dances. Mr. Faord declares that the steps of a fornier generation “are in the blood | of the American people and will never die,” but, despite the acknowledged beauty of the old dances, a royal battle is expected with King Jazz. The Pittsburgh Sun feels that while “Mr. Ford may not be as successful in selling the old dances to this gen- eration as he has been in selling mo- tor cars,” at any rate “‘he will have the satisfaction of knowing that he is contributing something of gentility to temper the age of jazz, and he wiil have a mighty good time.” The idea appeals to the’ Springfield (Mass.) Union as one moté stepin the motor king's career &s ‘a. “Standaedizer.” As chief ‘of moderti industriallsts, he has “demonstrated what standardization can do in modern sbelety,” and the Union . explains. that “thanks to the influence of his automobiles, an amaz- ingly large number of persons in the United States ride in the same sort of ‘conveyance, g0 to the same sort of towns, buy the same- sort: of ne- cessities, ‘live in the same sort of houses, wear the sani€ sort of clothes, eat the same sort of food and indulge in the same sort of amusements. The Springfield’ paper- concludes that “if, now, he would have us dance the same sort of dances, he may have his way. W # Analyzing the situation. the St. Joseph News-Press suggests: ‘“The modern danceg, when well performed, have a kind of zip and pep, as the boys would say, that makes them vgry fascinating. Yet many of the ancérs go through with them in a roughhouse way, in which the old idea of the poetry of motion is all left out. If people are interested in danc- ing as a beautiful art—and some day they will return to that idea—they will revive many of the graceful old figures.” Viéwing the matter impar- tially, however, the Yonkers Herald, while conceding that “multitudes will readily agree that the old-fashioned dances are more beautiful,” asserts that “the tendency is not in the di- rection of the formal, stately dances of yore.” ‘ - “It s a fine and commeuy; terprise” is the unqualified” indorse- ment of the Morgantown New Do- ble en- minion. “Whatever may be said for the modern dancing it is certainly ‘| much less pretty than the old round From the Springfleld Républican. Mayor Hylan's charge that his enemies are seeking to have him trans- ferred ot":l:‘: 't‘.lho m&r:"r?m:: u:: bench preme wWe -wu%t on position the esteem of the politiclans, fan@ square dances; also less social and probably less moral.” The pos- sibility that the old dances might be even more attractive to youth appeals to the Syracuse Herald, which sees Washington, D. C. Job Ahead In Revival of Old Dances faithful flashback-of the old ballrooms, they would swear 6ff on their modern contraption at once.” Various features of tie up-to-date method come in for sharp criticism the course of the discussion. “It hard to picture ~bobbed-hair girls as curtsying, and balloon-trousered youths as bowing in the graceful fash- fon that was in vogue generations 2go,” the Flint Journal asserts. “Danc- ing seems to.have degenerated by de- grees from charming social games, 1n which many could participate, to paired-off hugging matches,” adds the Norfolk News. “The quadrille does not fit well into the jazz age,” says the Michigan City News. K “8till the old dances may come back in time,” thinks tlie St. Petersburg Times, which cites the fact that the classic dancing of the ancient Greeks was revived and the Russians put new life_into the moribund ballet.” “Mr. Ford has.been able to accom- plish the most amazing wonders in the mechanical world, but he may find that controlling the fancles of the dancing crowd is a more difficult prop- osition,” 1s the way the Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader views the magnitude of the task, while the Waterbury Demo- crat remarks that “dancing- teachers often suggest that this or that method of dancing would& be more refined and appropriate;-but they find it difficult to enforce their views.” Even more positive 1§ the ,Middietown, N. Y., Times-Press’ % that “'the world" first billionafre has undertaken a big- ger job than he tackl®d when he sailed the famous ‘peace ship.' £ M In view of the fact that Mr. Ford “has given the world what has been described as the last word in jazz mechanics,” the San Francisco Bul- letin calls it an interesting paradox that he “has no patience with jazz dances.” The Bulletin belleves he is likely to find it is easier to sell the people a new idea than to induce them to revive an old dance. Personal | liberty also appears to the Golden Gate paper, which continues: “In modern dancing every one is permit- ted to do as he pleasés. The result may be chaotic, and ungraceful, but jazz would not have lasted so long if it had not met the need of the age for a freer and livelier form of move- ment."” Even the old dances had their mo- ments of freedom, the 'Harrisburg Telegraph recalls. “Henry believes the modern dance ix a device of the devil, but that the old-fashioned dance is full of virtue,” says the Telegraph. “We wonder if Henry ever recall what he did when the fiddler who wa! ‘calling figures’ uttered the comman swing your partner.’ Talk about] ‘holding close'-——why there were times| nothing but “slide and shuffie” in-the modern style, and remarks: “If its youthful votaries could gaze on a when- the -dainty fest of the you Jadiss searcely fouched the Moot G as much as twice around.”