Evening Star Newspaper, November 22, 1925, Page 47

PIP EPIDEMIC NOTED HERE + AS BUDGET PROBES LOOM Federal Officials Have Strange Malady as Time Comes to Explain Expendi- tures to Congress Commiittees. BY BEN McKELWAY. RIGOROUS and painstaking investigation, inquiry or sur. vey conducted among bureau chiefs, division heads or gen- eral f otums who earn their daily bread in the Government depart ments of this fair city will disclos among them a condition which an Inexperienced diagnostician might readily say was the result of a sweeping epidemic of the hoof and mouth dises . the Rocky Mountain spotted fever, St. Vitus' dance or a malady sometimes associated with the poultry industry and commonly termed the pip The symptoms, plainly the eyes of even the most observers, manifest ther wild, distracted and about the pupil and the ir hoarseness and deep, guttural excla mations in the course of ordinary con versation: a tendency to jump wildly when spoken to, nostalgia, insomnia and a zenerally depressed outlook on life, sometimes referred to in patent medicine advertisements as “that tired, pulled-down feeling.” your name is, if you have anything to say, say it, otherwise keep still. Pro- ceed. \ The Witness—Brooms wear out. Mr. Toot—There you are, the brooms wear out. Why didnt you say that at first? Well do I know how brooms wear out. When but a child it was my duty to rise early of a fro morning, feed the pigs, milk the cows, sweep the barn—for in my district, zentlemen, we are plain, hard-working folk. simple farmers, born and bred on the farm. And speaking of farm- ing, gentlemen, it is hame that this great and powerful Government of ours should stand idly by, allowing the farmers to die the scores for a bite to eat. Talk, if you will, of the tarifft—— Mr. Blurb—Yes, the iniquitous tariff, which builds, as it were, a wall around this, our fair land. so that the nations of Europe, starving as they are, can- not Mr. Wamp—But what has this to do with brooms, gentlemen? I sug gest that the witness be allowed to proceed with his item. The Witness—We must have new brooms Mr. Toot—Your eternal brooms! Will you never finish with your brooms? First you have brooms, then you have charwomen, then your brooms wear out. then you want new brooms. Who wore out the brooms? Who is thus wasting the money sweated in taxes out of the thousands of men, women and small children—who, 1 say-—— Mr. Wamp—Mr. Doocederper, do vo mean to tell me that you have wor out those brooms? [ think, gentle. men, that this could well be made the subject investigation. Here we have a man who admits that he has worn out the brooms a kind Govern ment gave him. He goes as to— Mr. throws a visible to casual of a look Big Doses of Sympathy. One with a sufficiently developed curiosity and thme at his dispos will see a careful and impartial se rewarded in the end by the dis that the sufferers from this strange affliction are in no wise intel seeking the services of A chiropractor, an osteopath or kpecialist deft in the manipulation of the violet ray. What they do need is sympathy administered in doses which.would choke the ordinary hu man being, but which may be repeat ed with impunity and in quantities sufficiently to sult the individual taste of the dosers. These men now looking out on life through sadly jaundiced eyes are soon to face con BT donal « nmittees subeom- mittees. Within the space of a month will De summoned to the Cap closeted by the hour with sub tees assizned to findin body asked the Budzet avpropriations. I'rom ence, they re: the much as th tyrs upon the chamber. Compared Ing experiences await them, however. the fiendish contriv ances of the Spanish inquisition would produce upc them a sensation no more uncomfortable than that effect ed by the application of u feather in a slight upand-down motion upon the upper lip Blurh—Casts, heaps, he even the charge of wearing out the brooms upon the defenseless heads of —what did you say they were, Doocederper? Slandering Charwomen. The Witness—Charwomen, sir. Mr. Blurb—Yes, charwomen. He ac cuses these charwomen with wearing out the brooms. Shame! My ced. The Perhaps we could make the brooms last another year, but the charwomen complain. Mr. Blurb—-There you slander- ing the charwonlen again. You say they are the ones who will complain You notice, Mg Chairman, that he does not_say will complain,” but goes so far as to “they will com Plain.’ Mr. 1 tell of women, please. What Where do they come from Government own them? trict temen Mr. Y and they nd ommit out why any Bureau for i experi iming ordeal of old looked the torture the harrow ard m, inter of to which most these char are they? Does th: my dis Them to o inte Tree. Tt n would be upon which mizht embark with takinz t . whicl esting researc wtive psvehol profit. in und ust what n s in i Wamp Witness Wamp s in your district Shall 1 zo on, u will k Now proceed wess—The charwomen very low wage, sir, it s to hold them even with new But with old ones 1 fear they will leave the Government service. Mr. Wamp—Let them leave. Mr. Toot—VYes. let them leave. They shall have no new brooms. Mr. Blurb—Let who leave, and why Why should this committee let any body leave, zentlemen? Will you tell me, once and for all, Mr. Goosehopper, or whatever your name is, what charwoman is The Witness. 4 charwoman. Mr. Blurb—Proceed e Witness—\Where? Mr. Wamp—Anywhere Th Witness—\Well, gentiemen, 1 think T had bhetter pass over broom question. but T think it visable to procure new mops. ix end Y only the hotd ntative who 1 upon his ations. Many situation hold that it is analagous te the mental hent which leads small bovs to tie the smallest to u tree and apply to his face such condiments as mud, plaster. cement. green paint, custard fodine Other nts vears 1 thie ninen ve paid icult brooms. ap of the recon stud whao the blem, Representati Senators, devoted that o declure and had have X -A charwoman, si Press t U chance thei zive ¢ most fectin At home. th meinber upon manires preced as indieatir disposition to curdle fresh milk in Washington v and Government clerk doors, the order lashing, bullyragging inuendoes concerni said clerk or Gove Slaying of Repr This condition, eral. Many of fact the vast gentlemen an o dnge thery in the G writer sonal peril and an hitherto unpu report of the hearings which led up to the celebrated murder of Repre sentative Wamp, Representative Toot, Representative Blurb, and the sensa- tional escape, with the clerk of Mr. A. B. Doocederper, a Government official all of which happened in the vear of the Great Cloudburst, and will be easily recognizable to our elder read- ers. The stenographic recor part HIARING COMMITT MITTLE behind T the day and the ment offici: Mops Become Issue. The Committee—Mops? The Witn he mops, gentle- men, are in sadly depleted state. We have had no new mops for five veu Mr. Blurb—Who wants any mops The Witness—The charwomen. The Committee—\What charwomen? It was here that the clerk’s notes rem were no longer decipherable. and browheat f Iter when o charwoman entered the cailed mumitiee room she found the window his servies svencd. the table everturned, the room tiered with papers and the three nittee members Iying dead upon ving every evidence of attacked with some blunt The X, of course. indi- cated where the bodies were found. Mr. Doocederper was never heard from again. There is a theory has some remedy. is tc sneering mo entative Wamp. it those iy, is in Co ority who hesiiate t not gen ress. in n fore the i course to hand. haustion stenographic has the ot his uie vhysical having hee instrument. that every evil and the remedy for the present deplorable situation in regard to the man-handling of inno- cent Government officials who appear before congressional committees will probably be found in a bill introduced Dy some man who once appeared be- fore @ committee, then went b home and zot elected Congres: The needed legislation probably take the form of - Needed Legisla H. | follows in BIJFORE THE SUB- 21 OFF THE HOUSE COM ODDS AND ENDs CONSISTI OF MESSRS. DORF MUS WAMP (CHAIRMAN). LONG TOOT AND ARTEMUS BLURB. TATEMENT O MRt B. DOO CEDERPER (HEREINAFTER RE. FERRED TO JOKINGLY AS THE WITNESS) AND OTHERS. General Statement. Mr. Wamp-—-On behalf of the com @ittee, Mr. Doocederper, T take pleas ure in informing yvou that it is our desire that vou proceed with the item on brooms, which I find listed here. The Witness—Now those brooms, Mr. Chairman- Mr. B What broom The Witness—I was just coming to that, sir. Those brooms Mr. Toot—Why do you persist in re- ferring to the brooms as “those hrooms™ when my colleague here has just asked in the simplest lan suage, understandable by the merest child, what broomns you are refer- ring to to will oth ist Congress session. In the House of December 5, 1930. Mr. Squeaks of Idaho introduced the following bill, which was referred to the committee on crime and then lost sight of: Representatives A BILL. S To authorize and direct all members of Congress to remember the Gold en Rule when questioning Gov. ernment representatives who ap- pear before them on matters per- taining to the annual appropria- tions. Be it enacted in the House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress as. sembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, author- ized and directed to provide, and thereafter to maintain, a suitable stock of 44-callber revolvers, Springfield rifles, 14-inch guns on tractors and other small items, such as bludgeons, blackjacks, brass knucks, et cetera. SEC. 2. That all Government employes summoned before com. mittees of elther House be pro- vided with such equipment in the quantities desired. and authorized, and they hereby are, to use them when sufliciently provoked, as | quietly and expeditiousiy as pos- sible, in order to prevent undue disturbance in the corridors. Reasonable Request. The Witness—That was what 1 was trying to explain, gentlemen. Those brooms-—— Mr. Blurb—Mr request_tha testimony in Chairman. may T) the witness keep to his answering, with some show of respect, at least, the ques tions put by the committee? Mr. Wamp—A reasonable request, to be sure. let me caution vou, Mr Doocederper, that u ust endeavor, to the best of your ability, to remem: | ber that you are now before a com- mittee of congressmen and we have | no time to waste on your bickering. Will you kindly proceed The Witness—My division, gentle- men, has some halls that inust be swept. They are swept by charwom- en, and in the course—— Mr. Blurb—You say they are swept by charwomen? The Witness—Yes, sir. Mr. Blurb—What are charwomen? The Witness—I beg vour pardon, sir, but charwomen are charwomen. Mr. Blurb—Proceed. The Witness—In the course of time, slr, the brooms wear out Mr. Toot—There you are, talking of those brooms again. Mr. Chairman, (his s outrageous. This witne should be taught to learn manners he- fore he comes before this committee, trying to wheedle us into letting him have some brooms or some charwom- en or whatever he is driving at. Now, in my district— Mr. Wamp—VYes, in your district. Now, Mr. Doocederper, or whatever War Strain i‘afi(es Toll. Medical authorities in London are examining numerous cases of nerv- ous strain which they believe are the result of war-time experiences. Offi- cers who went through the war with- out a scratch and who still bave the appearance of physical fitness, are just beginning to feel the effects of nervous and mental strain. In some cases complete collapse has suddenly stricken down men who believe t all possible effects of their service had disappeared long ago. Physicians declare that many men's brains and nerves have suffered, even while no outward sign was obsprvable, THE BY HENRY W. BUNN. HE following is a brief sum- mary of the m:ost important news of the world for the seven ended November 21: The British Kmpire.—-Alexandra, Dowager Queen of Great Britain and widow of Edward VII, died on Friday at the age of 80, sincerely mourned by the entire empire; and rightly so. as she was one of the best of queen On Wednesday the Commons ap- proved ratification of the Rhine pact and its subsidiary conventions, 375 to 13. There is only one fly in the ointment, but it is an insect of some bulk. The Dominions were not con sulted in connection with the negotia tions consummated at Locarno, and there is misgiving lest some or all of them may resent transaction of a mat ter so nearly concerning all members af the empire without such consulta tion. In a recent speech widely quot- ed Gen. Smuts of South Africa hinted the likelihood of such unfavorable reaction. It seems probable that dis cussion of the problem of inter fmperial co-operation respecting mat ters of common imperiul interest is about to enter a lively phase. The general elections held in Aus tralia. on November 13 resulted in the return to power with somewhat in creased strength of the Nationalist country coalition. Apparent all the members of the old government, headed by Stanley M. Bruce, retain thelr seats. The campaign was a ve bitter one The following was the appeal addressed Mr. Bruee to the electc Shall Australi be governed by a Parliament, duly elect ed by the people unde democratic constitutional form of government., or shall authority be flouted by irre sponsible extremists attempting arrogate to themselv n automatic dictatorship over the country?” 1t is reported 1 the Austr: Labor party has learned its le and will purge itself of extremists, The dissolution was because of the viclous seamen’s strike and sundry developments therefrom. No doubt Labor's defeat would have been more severe but that before the elections several unions intervened to end the strike. The general record of the Australian La party is extraordinarily inter and in many ways very fine, but of late the party has been passing through a somewhat unhappy phase Five of the six component the Commonwealth of Australia Labor governments. * the by hurden of s of have rance. French Fascist of Patriotic Youth) was inaugurated in France, youngsters from all over the country participating in the ceremony. The speech of the day ended thus: “Financlal recovery can be achieved only by means of a dicta- tor of finance. who must of necessiiy ve a political dictate rep | parliamentary: f ern 1 only two other | considered, Confmunizm and I | | i On Armistice day movement (League solemnly some 10,000 the meni of forms may be (scism The latter has rest ing peoples thei | Our work then d to two sink- mer g is cut out. We must ppress Parliament and furnish genuine leader to the state 1t should be added that these young gentlemen don't wish to be called itness Fascists, but Young Patriots, and that they condemn the Locarno in- struments, having no use for “scraps of paper” signed by Germany. The uniform of the order is horizon blue shirt, navy blue tie, light gray suit and felt hat, with a cane. Some- thing may come of this, who knows. S o % Germany.—In consequence of the assurances given by the latest Ger- man note respecting German disarm- ament, the Council of Ambassadors P notified Berlin _that allled evacnation of the Cologne area would commence on December 1 and that allied military occupation of the Coblenz and Mainz areas would at once he made as “invisible as possi- ble,” the elvil administration there- of to be turned over to Germar The note expresses the hope that eviacuation of Cologne will be com- pleted by February 20 at latest, inti- mating, - however,” with almost in- credible delicacy, that completion of tion waifs upon completion of German fulfillment of the disarmi- ment clauses of the treaty, and that commencement of evacuation prior to such completion of fulfillment s oof 1 the allies are informed the new “spirit of Locarno” and convinced that the Germans are similarly informed. The note ends with the important statement that upon verification of German fulfill- ment by, the allied commission of military control, the commission wiil be withdrawn from Germany. I understand that a league committee including a German member will take over the duty of supervising the status of German armaments: but one doubts that the supervision will be rigorous There soon as is even a Germany League of Nations, Ambassador at that, joined the Paris is to be in to_join the Council of Ambassadors The Relchstag re vened on Fri day The Sociallsts have decided not 1o seize the opportunity of a dissolu tion presented by the [ Arno issue, but to allow the government's bills providing for ratification of the Lo. carno instruments and entrance of Germany into the League of Nations to come before the present Reichstag. Of course, they will support the bills 1d as the President has dectded that only a simple majority is required in each case, passage seems assured. Vote thereon is likely within the week report has the man ited okt Italy. — Par ament reopened on Wednesday The Aventine opposition ented themselves. Premier Musso. presented to the Chamber two . in the van of a program which Il be “a juridical expression of the e will of the Faseist revolution.” bill, relating to the prem in- les the lowing Interesting pro. is: The premier to be responsible the King alone. (Not hitherto, to King and Parliament jointly.) The ministers and undersecretaries (nomi. nated and recalled by the King on the proposal of the premier) to bhe ble only to the King and pre. no question to be included in the wenda ¢ the Sepate or Chamber without the prem consent; the premier may demand a revote, after the lapse of three months, on any bill rejected by one of the houses, and by secret ballot and without discussion, if he so pleuses BY HENRY W. TAFT. President of th Japan Soeiety and former President of t > American Bar Association Asaka of Japan recently made a speech at a dinner of the pan Society of New York, in which he said: “We have aly velous power American peopl | traditional idealism and 1 vision {such power and efliciency are mold ling a great Nation whose chief aim is, {1 know, the establishment of an en: | @uring peace upon this earth, That | lofty aspiration of yours we of Japan i share to the fullest measure. and here- in we see common bedrock upon which, I confidently believe, we can Luild a firm and indestructible struc ture of peace and friendship for all time to come. “Japan highly prizes the friendship of America—a friendship that is marked by great historical events and that has never been found wanting in time of need.” Is Close to Emperor. Prince 1vs admired the mar. id efficiency of the bined with your The princess. who was present at the dinner, is the sister of the present Emperor of Japan, but as they were traveling incognito, official notice was Inot tuken of the prince’s remarks. But Lis close relationship to the Japanese imperial family gives a special sisni- ficance to h: ons of friend ship for this country. They have as a historical background the Washington conference, the participation of Ja- pan in the League of Nations, and her entry into the World Court, all attest- ing the desire of the Japanese people to do their part to preserve the peace of the world. In spite of her remote geographical position, Japan has never put forth the plea of isolation, but since she became one of the three the promotion of void a recur always Jjoined in measures designed to rence of the dreadful aclysm of a world war. - Still in the relations between Japan and America, it is clear that a cloud has been caused by récent immigration legislation. In this country, sincere belief in the necessity of protection agalnst excessive immigration and some prejudice against alien races, and in Japan, national pride, wounded by the classification of her people as an inferior race, have led to individ- ual expressions of an inflammatory character, tending to affect friendly relations. Not Representative. But these expressions probably do not in either country represent the kind of public sentiment which ripens into governmental action: and it m: be confidlently asserted that the intem. perate expressions in some localities of irresponsible politicians and sional baiters of the Jupanese, have not and will not prevail to change the desire of the American Nation to live in amity and peace with the great island empire. Furthermore, it is probable that the expressions of Prince Asaka more nearly represents the pre- valling Japanese sentiment than the statements of some of his own com- patriots whose reaction to our immi- gration law has aroused their resent- ment. £ The peace of the Western world rests largely in the potentlal effect of co-operation among the Iinglish- speaking people. While England and America continue to co-operate in the Western Hemisphere, there cannot be another World War; and in the Last- ern llemisphere peace will prevail so long as England, America and Ja- pan maintain their present entente jale. That they have agreed to do great powers of the world, she has | profes- | | i ASAKA SPEECH SHOWS JAPAN’S FRIENDLY ATTITUDE TO U. S. Brother-in-Law of Emperor Believed to Have Voiced Sentiment of Court and of More Responsible Element in Island Kingdom in Pacific. this is evidenced by the treaties which emerged from the deliberations of the Washington conference. But more en couraging than such formal written compacts is the fact that the evidence is overwhelming that the people of the countries whose shores are washed by the wat of the Pacific do not desire war and, if diplomacy fails, that they will resort to arbitration or media- tion for the settlement of any differ- ences that may arise. (Copyright. 197 SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., NOVEMBER 22, 1925—PART. 2. Whoever commits an act against “the life, integrity or liberty” of the premier, to be punished by imprison- ment of from 10 to 20 years, should the attempt fail; by life imprisonment should it succeed. ““Whoever, with words or acts, may offend the premier,” to be punished by imprisonment of from 6 to 30 months and a fine of from 500 to 3,000 Ure. Another bill declares that any Ttal- ian subject, who, while living abroad, commits any act leading to disturb- ance in Italy or damaging to the pres- tige of the Italian nation, shall be punishable by loss of citizenship, and, in a very grave case, confiscation of property. Addressing the Camera, Mussolini said, among other things: “I afirm that Fascism cannot be copled abroad, because there are his- toric, economic, geographical and moral conditions varying for each country. But I do affirm that Fascism contains elements of a universal character. Throughout the world there is a feeling that the parliamen- tary system was good in the past, but today is insufficient for the needs and passions of modern soclety. Fas- cismo is the only live force in Italy today. Everything else may be rele- gated to the museums.” He then referred to a protest against the Fasclst regime sent him by the Amsterdam Internationale, and thus proceeded: “Only yesterday I received a protest from half a dozen fools agalfist my government. Let it be understood that mno regime has ever been struck down by foreign in- fluences. All regimes which are threat from abroad rally like a single man around their flags.” (Assoclated Press translation). At this point a certain deputy turn ed to the diplomatic gallery and shouted “That is intended for you gentlemen, also, to hear.” The camera unanimously acepted the resignation of Ex-Premier Orlando. There {s no doubt that Fascismo is going strong. What, precisely does Mussolini mean by the statement that “This is be a century of ltalian power?"” * % ¥ to Jugoslavia.-Here is emphatic proof all around reconciliation and a new era of good. feeling in the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, diteh, leader of the Croatian Peas- ' Party, only the other day in parged with high ix now minister of education Jugoslavia (for the official name is too unweildy) is prospering. The budg- et has been balanced, with a slight margin on the right side: tje Dinar has been stabilized at one-fSurth its pre-war quotation: there is a favorable trade balance: the government rail ways are run efliciently and at a profit: the birth rate is astonishingly high, and the death rate has by sani- ry innovations been much reduced, so that the terrible war losses by bat: tle and disease, will soon be made good. treason, Syria. —The dispatches do not throw much light on Syrian developments of the past week. The Druses appe to be improving their opportunity. while the French are awaiting rein forcements. Their chief attacks are being directed against the Christians of the Lebanon (Maronite, Orthodox, Greek Uniate) whom the French are peculiarly engaged by honor and senti ment to xuport to the limit. RURAL HOMES SAVING GRACE OF U. S., LONDON EDITOR SAYS trachey’s Pessimism Dispelled by Auto Trip From Canadian Border to Philadelphia—Sees “Bed- rock of the Republic,” He Says. BY JOHN ST. LOE STRACHEY. Editor of The London Spectator. At my first entry into America hardly a month ago T was, I confess, oceasionally bewildered, and even for i time daunted and depressed by many of the things told me by far- seeing friends. They told me of their fears as to their nation’s future. They represented the majority of their fellow citizens as too much im- mersed in material affairs, too often WORK BEGUN BY ISAAC NEWTON RESULTS IN SUPER X-RAYS Volume Published in 1704 Tells of Discovery of First Artificially Obtained Spectrum Since Util- ized in Many Vital Experiments. BY JAMES STOKLEY. : 230 years ago the great Eng- scientist, 8 formed an experiment which started a new field of research. In his “Op- ticks.” the first edition of which was published in 1704, he thus described what he did: “In a very dark chamber at a round hole about one-third part of an Inch broad. miade in the Sheet of a Win- dow, T placed a Glass Prism, whereby the beam of the Sun’s Light, which came in at that hole, might be re- fracted upward toward the opposite Wall of the Chamber, and there form a coloured Image of the Sun.” This was the first artificially ob- tained spectrum to be studied b science, and, according to the theory proposed by the Dutch physicist, Christian Huyghens, before the French Academie d fences in 1678, it was due to the fact that light consists of About lish r Isaac Newton, per- se waves. or vibrations in the are much like waves in water, and the wave theory, which was not generally accepted until about a cen- tury ago, states that waves of differ- ent colors vibrate at different rates. The deepest red light that we can see vibrates about 375.000,000,000.000 times a second, while the violet light vibra- tions are about twice as fast. But 1 these are not the only kinds of radia- tions that exist. Vibrating more slowly than the red are the so-called | infra-red, or heat, waves, which are copiously emitted by hot bodies, and may be detected by such an instru- ent as the rgdiometer, invented by ir William Crookes, often used as an ornament in optician’s windows. On the other side of the visible spectrum are the ultra-violet rays, which vibrate more rapidly than the violet. These affect the films in our cameras and also tan our skins, for it is their pres- ence in sunlight that causes sunburn. For many years this represented the extent of the known spectrum of ra- diation, but in 1888 Prof. Heinrich Hertz, at the University of Bonn, in Germany, discovered that if an oscil- lating electric current was discharged across a gap it gave rise to what were later called Hertzian waves, in his honor. and which in the hands of Mar- coni and others made modern radio communication possible. The fastest vibrating of these have a frequency of about 450,000,000,000 per second, while the ones used in intercontinental wire- less telegraphy vibrate as slowly as 100 & second,¥nd the waves may be a mile or more in length. Still longer ones could be produced if they were of any particular advantage. The extension of the known spec- trum in the other direction, among the rays of shorter wave length, or higher frequencies, than those in_the ultra-violet began In 1895 with Wil- helm Konrad Roentgen, at Wurzburg, Germany. He noticed that when he operated a Crookes tube, named after Sir William Crookes, its inventor, and consisting of a glass bulb exhausted of air, in which a powerful electric discharge could be made, a nearby card, coated with a special chemical preparation, became luminous. He also noticed that the rays from the tube, which he called X-rays, because he did not know their nature, were stopped by solid objects like lead and iron, but were able to pass through wood and flesh. - In 1912 Dr. Max Laue of Zurich proved that these Roentgen rays are the same as light, vibrating more rap- idly and of much shorter wave length. Their frequency, or rate of vibration, may be as great as 25 billlon-billion a second, and their waves as short as a 25-billionth of an inch. The discovery of these rays led Henri Becquerel, at Parls, to suspect that some similar sort of rays might be given off spontaneously from mat- ter, and he found in 1896 that actual rays, able to affect a -photographic plate even when wrapped in black pa- per were given off from the mineral pitchblende. Two years later, in 1898, Pierre and Marie Curle discovered ra- dium in this mineral, and the rays dis- covered by Becquerel are now known as the gamma rays of radium. The slowest vibrating are identical with the X-rays of the highest frequency, while some vibrate as fast as several hundred billion-billion a second. But even this was not the limit, for the new cosmic rays, discovered by Prof. Millikan, compare with the X-rays as the X.rays themselves compare with light, and the study begun with the simple experiment of Newton is ably carried on. Convicts Take Wives. Prisoners in the Mexico City peni- tentiary are being married as rapidly as judges can be found to perform the ceremonies. The reason is the en- forcement of the law providing that soners may be visited by mo other &flmen than their wives, - On the eve of sailing for Syria, M. Henri De Jouvenel, the new French high commissioner for Syria, haus gone to London to confer with Austen | Chamberlain, at the -latter's sugges- tion, with a view to co-operation be- tween the French in Syria and the British In_Palestine, trans-Jordania and Irak. Whether genuine Franco- British co-operation in those parts is achievable in face of immemorial jeal- ousy and suspicion, remains to be seen; if Mr. Chamberlain and M. de Jouvenal can't together turn the trick, it probably can’t be turned. The total area of the Syrian ter- ritory under French mandate consist ing of the greater Lebanon, the Syrian, the Alaouite, and the Jebel Druse states is about 70,000 square miles, the population about 3,000,000, * ¥k ¥ % China.—Apparently some sort of tem- porary composition has been patched up between those great military gen- tlemen, Super-Tuchun Chang Tso Lin and Gen. Feng Yu Hsfang. On Thursday the conference on Chi- nese customs unanimously adopted an article to be embodied in the treaty on which the conference is at work, by which article the contracting powers other than China recognize China's right to enjoy tariff autonomy and agree to removal of the tariff restric tions contained in existing treaties, effective January 1, 1929; by which article also the government of the Chinese Republic declares that abo. | lition of the likin shall he effectively carried out by January 1, 1929, Apparently (not certainly) it is the el G e the tariff restrictions is not to be con sidered as conditional upon abolition of the likin: that interpretation would | seam Justified by the wording of the article. * ok & ¥ cellaneous.— We have heard much in recent weeks of plots against the Spanish directory, involving both mili- tary and civilians. Frothy rumor most- 1y, it would seem. Poor lttle Albania order and distress. apine¥ are rife, say reports. Ahmed Zogu, of whom good things were ex- pected on his return to power from exile, has falsified hopes. Annam has @ new Emperor: son peacefully succeeded his deceased father. Annam is a French protec- | torate, the Emperor only nominally ruling, the real ruler being the French resident superior, stationed at Hue. Annam’s area is slightly greater than that of New York Stute; its popula ton about £.000,000. The new Emperor topped off his education in France. The Associated Press sends us a sad story from Tunis. An American nov elist. having selectod Tunis the scene of a romance, went thither to check up on local color. He has re turned to the U. S. A mpletely dis illusioned The only sheik he dressed as a sheik ought to be Just been rigged to suit by an Ameri can moving plcture outfit. The sheiks wore Oxford ha , muliti-color vociferous socks and hornrin 5 Sp acles, Tunis has been Am ized by peaceful penetration. Clara Morris, one of the most tinguished of American tragic tresses, is dead at the age of 79. The | finest tribute to her power came from Bernhardt, who, seeing her as mille, exclaimed: “My God, this woman is not she s suffering. is in dis Murder, loot and dis ing content with the trivial and the ob- vious, too proud of things tigat ought to be deplored, too ready Yo leave the substance and grasp at the shad- ows of that passing show we call existence. Even the few ideal remained in the United State: s told, were of little value, so futile were their aspirations—a muddy mix ture of folly and ignorance. In a word, my friends spoke of thei: country as did Wordsworth of Ensz- land in his great sonnet. How could T who love your country as I love my | own fail to be perturbed by such| fatal phantoms as were paraded be./ fore me. Happily I found a solution for my fears and support for my hopes. Land of Enchantment. By @ noble accident a friend met me with his car on the Canadian border and took me from Buffalo to Philadelphia by road. We went for 800 miles through flelds and forests, by woods, waters, wastes, mountains, foothills, and plains. As we passed along the historic Susquehanna trail we found all that the tourlsts could demand of natural beauty. We moved as by enchantment through avenues of golden boughs, while above and beyond were the azure of the skie: and the violet ridges of the Pennsyl- vania Apennines—shades deep em. bowered like those of Vallambrosa. But there were things better worth seeing than even these delights of form and color. We sped past thou- sands of homesteads, barns and farm- houses, orchids and pastures, some- times standing in a kind of benev- olent isolation, sometimes grouped in smiling townships and incorporated villages. I had found salvation. The farms of the East delivered my soul from the prison house of pessimism. How could I deem America a slave to materialism and false gods, when I saw such a homeland, such a strong- hold of serenity, peace and fruitful- ness. Like the Anicent Mariner, 1 blessed the land of homes and the Al- batross of fear fell from my neck! Like the Shepherd in Vergil, I saw the bedrock foundations of the Republic. If I could have caught a farmer as our car shot down a road worthy of a Roman Consul. I should have sald to him in the words of the Latin poet omly a little altered: “Ah, happy man. Therefore your homestead stands. A shrine and fortress mid its smil- ing lands. Therefore for you the bees. their des- cant drone, Whilé from the elm the ring dove makes her moan.” Probably the proprietor, thus’ a costed, would have thought me jus crazy, and have passed on to h work, in rural contemplation, far free. And vet T feel that in the end the freemasonry of the heart might have told him, in spite of himself, that I had spoken the truth. Amer- ica is not going to suffer any so- clal, moral, or intellectual catastro- phe; and what is going to save her is the noble spirit, kept alive in her millions of country homes. There is the rock om which the Republic is founded. (Copyrizht. 1025 Organ Pipes Stolen. | BIG BUSINESS PROTESTS FEDERAL COMPETITION Upheaval Seen in Meeting of 300 Indus- trial Bodies Here December 10 Turning its face from the ac- cepted principle that Govern- ment construction must be handled and can be economically handled by government agencies big business has taken into its own hands its right to protect itself against what it declares to be the growing encroachment of the Government upon private enterprise. Heralded as one of the outstanding industrial upheavals of the last de cade, comparable with the introduc tion of the eigh-hour day in the steel industry and the growing power of jurisdiction boards of award, 300 in- dustrial organizations representing bil- lions of dollars In invested capital have organized a conference to put sq ely up to the Government the principle that business no longer s Government competition In what it regards as purely its own field. 1G_business has come {0 the|what it regards as its legitinate crossroads of Government com- | has already been held by etition with private industry. | ness executives, representing the industr; manuta ers, garment manufacture: others. December 10 {s the outgrowth of the preliminary convene fn Waushington December T and busin The conference will meet in Wash ington December 10, and may be pected, ts sponsors sav. to produce broad evidence of wuste of funds, Charge Basic Communism. Ramifications of the situatio even deeper than money waste claim, holding the drastic the extension of business realm of Government is in precise accord with the dictates of the lusic theories of communism. Other charges include: Lack of successful methods eflicient management and the driving force created by prospects of gennine industr progress forcing Govern ment production costs higher than those of private business organiz tions. That enterprises operated by the Government, usually launched under the pretext of saving money through elimination of private profit, almost in riably result in waste of publi money, with losses concealed by re fusal to employ modern cost-aceount ing systems. That political e the Government they wetivities in the who with mmpetition priva Consiat A L mpetition retary Hoover Iaid down the should wernment ¢ 1siness, Se 3 after time the Government such competition as soon Only within the last few iterated his stand at a shipping ference called by the Chambe Commerce of the United Hoover clearly outlined the matter before tie ntractc : I wou pendent investi Costs ¢ departm with prineipie as pos is attitude in Associated Ge Winter, when he s last ke ation into th i waste. He added that in struction’ by contr Oorks makes for natioy « pronouncement that in speeches by Pr Ly his immediate dent Harding. A preliminary meeting, inize in its « against Government encroac sident Coolic predecessor, I'resi 1d to or hment business o |and varied lines of public | with private « { structior Tions of dollar: that | members of Congre venture, almost coincidental with the meeting of the organized against construct to Discuss Important Matter. field busi steel automobile underwrit and man scheduled here 22 big accountants, cturers, insura The meeting gathering. Congress will has not overlooked the ue of its gesture in the minds of in attempting its National Legislature. Although protests, frequent and ex | tending over a considerable number o years, have been made individuall: and by organizations against Govern ment meet competition in business, the g next month will be the first tempt on the part of pri ss to line up sentimer rnment competition. The hes its long anc ful arm into many f industry, busf in direct competitio: rprise Reelamation projects, invelving cor of dar £ many mil mprovemen s dredging of only a vate busin Go Governn financially 1t stret Dowe leaders say, ul bridge rivers Tevees the major cited by industy eral Gover of Act Fed- ies of Go mpeti wi dow frame . of Arn v the Navy Con 14 more private enterprise competition has hee they cl vork done by and Engi struct cer i nomically a Governme intensitied since he war, States and Cities. ng the Government as in which to R - micipa its part 0 Cor 1 Ho: i “ontinued from First Page.) tely ning. 1¢ may well be that good would result from forts to crowd the operatic most hopeful single element in the isting situation, as well as the th which most contrasts with the recent unhappy past, is that things are now being done voluntarily. There never was any chance of zeiting the Frenc troops out of the Rhinelind by th sort to the ridiculous propaganda paign of the “black horror.” Yet as patentl rguments for contin ued occuy I'to the ground when their presence, so far from increasing security, threatens peace. Will End P day when the lust vecupying unit in_the sses the frontier will be Europe, because it will mar of a period of very great peril. the peaceful end. It will remove from the German mind that apprehension which more than all else has prevent ed adjustment in the earlier periods after the war, the conviction that the French meant to stay on the Rhine, to restore the frontiers of Caesar and Napoleon. Not until the evacuation of the Ruhr did the German begin to conceive that his worst fears might prove unfounded. vanished when the Cologne zone evac: uation was postponed. When it take place he will have hope asain. It is wholly irrational tc ue that because, the treaty of Versailles au thorized occupation for 15 vears the occupation should continue to the end of the period. In reality occupation was permitted for that period becau: of the fear that a less time would not permit the organization of security and the belief that France required this breathing spell in which to re. cover. But so far as security is at- tainable on this planet, the French have it now for a considerable period of time, totally irrespective of the army of occupation. The occupation is now no more than a possible negotiating point. It has a nuisance value; it may be sold outright in return for material and commercial adjustments. In reality it is no longer an acute political que: tion. Yet as long as it continues it is_ an_element of strength on the side of the unreconciled and irrecon- cilable elements fn Germany. It is a friction point. And it is an anomaly, for the security of France rests no longer upon the occupation of the Rhine barrier, but upon the word of Britain. Costs France Dearly Moreover, for both to Locarno were stiil be: reat harm The rilous Ery The an Rhix in end technical and forces of occupation in the German Rhineland is increasingly disadvanta- geous to the French. On the techni cal side the French have already re duced their period of military service from three years to one and a haif and are about to cut it down to one vear. But this means a relativeiy enormous reduction in effectives. two thirds reduction in the strensth of the home army, which falls automatically to 255,000. To keep 190.000 troops cn a war basis in Germany is to destroy cohesion and make training almost impossible. Again. the costs of such maintenance in Germany are high, and have to be deducted from the French share of reparations. iy, to fight wars in Morocco and Syri maintain an effective army in France and garrison the Rhine represent col lectively an effort beyord IFrench re sources or French willingness. Locarno, then, in my mind, means in addition to the speedy evacuation of the Cologne zone the relutively rupid withdrawal of the ancient alliex from London vicars have joined forces in an attempt to catch a gang that spe- cializes in stealing tg:vu from church orgauns, Most of churches rifled recenily are- in-the south of London. all of German territory, the Sarre Basin included. It is & atural and necessary corollary of Locarno, it is one more long step in liquidation, for financial reasons the maintenance of | His optimism again | | France Gains Important Advantage By Withdrawing Troops From Rhine zover, antecedent AT fearfully Locarno S0 transf situation that be hastened s ould have las shortened b in the it to Eurcpean phases may whicl he »ation decade to the to whicl in G vesolved to questions and car roy at I trust in the lar t afford to de ome by v pering in the smaller. The ult argument_which may Stresemann and Luther ) domestic assault must he that making concessions which se German mind very senting to assume under the Dawes matter of Alsac nuncfations they have free German position in the the war on humiliating nor ntoler: That this fundament:l been perceived, the decis on the question of the clearly indicates. Painleve and Briand have given Luther and Streseman the precise victory abroad which will make almost inevitable their suvecess the home front when the Locarno pact comes up for ratification fn the Reichstag. sing enable survive ~while m to the great, while con heavy burdens plan and. in the Lorraine. painful re under the Locarno pact been able in il. re-establish German wld and =o liguidats it truth n in his Paris (Coprright. 1925.) |Weary of Morocco.- Spain Must Keep On Senor Cambo, cently addressed a de Rivera, calling him the opportunity of the Spanish victor. at Ajdir to retire from Moroeca. The principal Canvbo vances is that Spain is dead: tived of the burden in Morocco and -H@%Sintil it is removed the economic develop? ment of Spain must be retarded, The prestige of both the state and the army is now satisfied, urges’ Sénor Cambo, and it is time to thihR df the people. 3 Gen. mits Catalan leade tter to Gea. Prime reason Senor ad Primo dg Rivera in reply ad- that the burden in Moroeep is 1s and that the nation Would o1l rid of it. He asserts that he has done all he could in that direction but Spain’ ‘bed, to treaties binds her. 1le sees no ofher solution than to bear the burden while striving to lessen it in every way. In 1917, Primo de Rivera, then military governor of Cadiz, made a sensatfonal speech, which was summed up i1/the phrase: “Ceuta for Gibraltar and to hell with the rest of Morocco.” Now Primo de Rivera, dictator, findst im possible to practice what he then preached. Red Fulfih Embezzled. W salaries paid to persons in gov ernment eimnple in Russia and the high cost of living have produced the inevitable vesult Fmbezziements re reported every day. Some are for large amounts, but most of them of sumsa sufficient to pay for the necessi- ‘which the time is almost, if not quite ties of life.