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4 JAPAN MYSTIFIED BY U. S. FEAR | OF RUMORED MEXICAN- COLONY| irdete L Desire for Friendship With America Constantly! Checked by Misunderstandings, Says Noted * Tokio Editor’s note—The foliowing arti- ele by Mr. M. Ohta, dircctor of one of Japan's wmost important daily newspapers, Hochi Shimbun, deals immediately with the re- ported purchase of 3,000,000 acres of land along the Pacific coast of Mezico by a Japanese syndicate. BMr. Ohta’s main theme, however, {s the attitude of the Japanese Journais toward the American- Japanese problem. The presenta- tion is made. naturally. from the Japanese vicw of the situation. BY M. OHTA, Director Hochi Shimbun The great sensation stirred in the United States Senate over the report. ed lease of 3.000.000 acres of land ahout Magdalena Bay, Lower Califor- Mexico, by anese syndicate, the cause of an even greater tion. though very shortlived, in panese journalistic world. The impression was conveyed that the volume of information the Ameri- ean public does not have, about Japan. is really astownding. At the same time we were unable to account for the violent prejudice azainst us. and everything connected with us. displayed by some of the American statesme: who utilize every event, incident, rumor and hear- say o inepire the American public with antipathy and fear—utterly un- founded—for u The United in itself, while enough to the s States is a continent wpan is hardly large compare with many of ites in the American common wealth. Since the beginning of hi tory the United States is the first Nation of white men to number more’ than 100,000,000 white population. The Roman Empire never numbered as many. | Sees Nothinz to Fear. The United States; with her im- mense wealth. her compact solidarity the excellent quality of her citizens has nothinz under the sun to fear. She could defy the whole world with impunity. Why on earth, then, should =ome of her politicians be so nervous about little Japan and her mbition.” 2 Do signifi worl if they consequence of If we wer the greatest Americans realize what the one 1t problem of the post-bellum is? What would ey answer were saked what the greates: the World War wa to reply. we should say bhenomenon re- sulting from the World War is the of the United States as sreatest and v power. I am not flaitering America when I say that the destiny of the world depends in the largest measure by far the policies which the United States will finally adopt. This i« the simple truth 1 cannot, therefore, how the august Senators test of world powers 1 hvsterically nerv- ous over and a mere rumor at apanese has leased a far-away coz worl come v triflin tha na corner of Would Laugh at Rumor. - It it were true, whar could it mean to the safety of the United Japan cstablished a stronz e instead of a colony in Magdalena Bay, what stratezic value could it have in war time, 6.000 miles from home across the immense waste of the Pacific? We would have expected the United States Senate to laugh away the rumor lemnly announcing that his colles 2 i ughgoin -\ zain a foot lena Dav, demand seri Mr. Borah make a thor Jecauxe if the Japane hold on the shov t would be 1 m: tion.” The sensation in pletely mystifies us. 1 do not understand. some Americans are so the Senate com- either. why suspicious of - | which so sadly marra chest | Editor. Japan and ready to attribute to her an inimical “ambition” which it would be manifestly beyond her power to accomplish by any means. W hat overt or open act has Japan been gullty of to create such a suspicion? Has the Japanese government ever | committed a single act which could be | reasonably interpreted as a menace | to the American | pan’s diplomatic pol has unswervingly been intimacy the United States and Great Sritain. It has always carefully avolled any act that savored of. on ition to the desires, expressed or unexpressed, of the American Go crnment and people. In each diplo- | matic transaction, so far as I know, in which America and Japan were in- volved Jupan has never failed to align horself with the policles of the States, and if there were any act or acis not pleasing to the United s, the Japaness people have not nformed of it. Co-operation Is Cited. The Japanese government approved of the open-door policy in China and | has always remained true to it. It did its utmost to make the Washington conference a success. Although later | events—earthquake, among the rest— make Japan the chief beneficlary of the Washington agre>ment, at the | time of the conferenca the Japanese gOV rent was mak 0 ntiously, the utmost concession that it thought it was able to make and the press supported the govern- ment unanimously, fervently -aiding | to curb the demands of the jingoistic conszrvations. | Ever since civil war broke out in | China the one striking note of pan’s diplomacy has been the main- tenance of absolutely concerted action with the Unitod States and the other powers. When the earthquake came we re- celved such bounty from the Amerl- can public as we had never dreamed of. Japan overflowed with gratitude toward America and gave full expres- sion of its gratitude. We were par- ticulariy happy because we believed that it was an indication of a friendly | teeling for us in America. | | Feeling Toward U. S. Envoy | Ambassador Woods has become a | demizod in the heart of the Japanese people and continued to be even atter | the passage of the immigration law the friendly rd America. During over the immigration which spread over the country one American citizen in Japan | was in any way molested. The gov | <rnment and the leaders of the social | body took especial care to guide the popular excitement toward the skies so that the mass opinion was harm- less to American residents. | sentiment to | the agitation act not we can to cultivate the friendship of the American people. but, in spite of that fact. a good deal of misunder- standing about us seems to st in | Amer Official representatives of | the governments reiterate their pro- | nouncements about good understand- ing and eternal friendship, but the | facts cause us bitter disappointment. | Whatever Japan's friendship means to the United States. to Japan the | triedship of the United States means a great deal. There is nothing like friendship between either individuals or nations, | apart from the political and economic interests involved in their intercourse. | If there is anv obstacle to the growth |of such a friendship, we owe a duty {to peace and to humanity to remove t. Tl feeling cannot grow without cause and we are very anxious to know the causes that prevent com. plete amity between Japan and the United States. All the arguments and information { e have received so far are without | importance or without truth. MEDICAL QUACKERY DECRIED AS TREASON TGO HUMAN FAITH Life Too Sacred to Be Exploited, Protests President of American Medical Association, Who Says Public Is at Mercy of Charlatans. BY DR. WENDELL C. PHILLIP! President. Amenican Medical Association When sickness strikes at the home or the individual. the terror of the un- known enemy, the panicky feeling and the uncertainty is greater than the pain suffered. From time turned with immemorial man has faith and confidence to the doctor. With a sublime faith he follows the doctor's moves and im- plicitly acts on his suggestions. What eould, therefore, be more dastardly than treachery to the sick? Yet th ie precisely the treason to human faith and confidence daily perpetrated by the quack and the charlatan. Much in Public Eye. Medical quackery 1s a subject at present niuch, in the public eye. Though we live in the greatest of all scientific ages and our public is fa- miliar with such scientific marvels as the automohile, the telephone, the air- plane and the radio, the phenomenal growth of medical science in the last 50 years has apparently outstripped the average layman’s comprehension. The development of our knowledge of how germs cause disease, the brillant conquest of medicine over the scourges of vellow fever, smallpox, malaria 1yphoid, diphtheria, etc., and the mar. velous progress of surgery, sanitation and hygiene have necessitated & far longer and more comprehensive train- ing for legitimate medical practice, It long the physician’s training from two years to a course covering mot less | than six years, with one or more years of practical experience in hospitals. We now have in the United States a body of highly educated medical wractiticners, competent to cope with all health problems. The high educa- tlonal requirements have unfortunate- iy resulted in an enormous growth of poorly educated cults and quack- erles, all preying on the public under the guise of doctors. The honorable position of the doctor in society, as well us false ideas of his worldly gain, are naturally coveted by men who are unwilling to travel the long ind ardu- ous road to secure the title legiti- mately. Parading under the title of doctor, a title which has earned the well deserved confidence of the pub- lie, these ignorant, undisciplined zeal- ots do not hesitate to fleece the unsus- pecting public of its money and waste its health.' Practice Is Widespread. The authorities of New York State have given careful consideration to the problem of medical quackery, and they tell us that for every legitimate prac- titioner of medicine there is at Jeast one unqualitied quack treating the sick, hence an unadvised patlent has ore crance In two of falling under the care of a charlatan. In view of the complexities of the buman body and the seriousness of sickness, it is almost unbelievable that 4ny citizen would voluntarily risk his 1ife and health to those who have no knowledge of disease. But to the pub- has been found necessary to pro- | lic the title “doctor” means one who is skilled in the art of healing, and since these chariatans and quacks, without the least warrant, take for themselves the title “doctor,” the public seems unable to discriminate between the quack and the trained physician. ew York State alone spends about $50,000,000 annually for the conserva- tion of public_health, but the practice of medicine by ignorant charlatans, with the consequent spreading of in- fectious diseases, creates a breach in this wall which offsets at least half of t8 beneficient effectiveness. Members of cults who openly deny that germs cause disease do not hesitate to take the responsibility of caring for chil- dren with diphtheria, scarlet fever and infantile paralysis. Need of Public Being Informed. ‘The extermination of quackery is both a police function and a matter of public education. The American medi- cal profession is learing that its 1140,000 members must constitute them- |selves a great university of personal ‘and public health education. The time ie not distant when the better under- | standing of the laws of health, sani- tation and hygiene, g#ined by the gen- | eral public itesif, will hecome its sur- iest safeguard against the dangers of quackery. In the meantime it is incumbent upon the State to protect the public iagainst those who are not education- lally qualified to trent disease and to conserve health. In other words, the inulhorill(l must inform the public how to discriminate between qualified physicians and every type of quack and charlatan. Human life is too sacred to be ex- ploited or endangered by flamboyant cultism, (Copyrixht. 1928.) Scienc;: and Religion Are Closer Says Foch A Paris newspaper has been ask- ing well known people to express their views on the question of the relationship of sclence to religion. The opinion of Marshal Foch, who is known in France not only as a great general, but as a deeply religious man of real scientific attainments, is as follows: “The question can no longer be asked whether science is oppose to the religious sentiment. Religious studies are becoming more and more scientific. And sclence, in its succes- sive discoveries, has found out noth- ing which contradicts religious doc- trine. Both activities are developing without conflict. For any unpreju- diced mind, they ought even to find points of contact in the sincerity of their respective researches. It seems evident from this state. ment that the man who led the allied armies to victory in the World War considers that religion, no less than science, tends to change and to prog- ress. | On our side. we are doing all that | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JUNE 6. 1926—PART IDA GILBERT MYERS. A LIFETIME WITH MARK TWAIN. |" By Mary Lawton. Tlustrated. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co. O you know about Katy Lear: who for 30 years was a mer ber of the Mark Twain household? Well, this {s Katy Leary's book. wgitten down from Katy's word of mouth by Mary Lawton. Twain himself once Now, If Katy only knew how to write, and could put down the dolngs of this family, we should indeed have a document worth having.” For Katy is of an inimitable Irishy, and she loved the Twains and went about the world with them, her shrewd eyes looking out upon people and kings and queens—upon the whole motley crew of folk along the ways followed by the Twain tribe. And her storles grew with the rising of every morn- ing’s sun, all events of every degree of importance centering around her heloved family. “And how it all came tumbling out—her funny stories and quaint savings; her searching observa- tions of life: her lightning-like per- ceptions of people! What a riot of words! And words unforgettably her own—tunny, humble. gay, illiterate, as she herself says: eloquent and | searching, and so magnificent when occasion warranted.” And here you have it all through the enthusiasm and patience of the woman who took upon herself the role of amanuensis to Katy Leary, spokesman—or woman —in this case for Mark Twain and his family. PR PORTRAITS OF A HALF CENTURY. Samuel L. Powers. Illustrated. Little. Brown & Co. ‘entury ago the Centennial tion at Philadelphia was in progress, just as the Sesquicentennial is beginning there at the present mo- ment. A loug stretch of time, in which marvelous changes have come about. And over this period Samuel Leland Powers is looking as the time coincident with his own active carcer. A Boston lawyer for this period, a member of Congress hesides, and man of affairs generally in addi- tion. The book in hand is a moving pictiire of one man’s life, cast in this cular period of momentous progress. A goodly company assembles here—weli known men of Mr. Powers' own profession, state: men, presidents, great business le ers. Recollections of this sort rean| mate famous individuals, vitalize his- tory. co-ordinate events into definite periods of national advance. And particularly is this true when the writer has the gift of anecdote, the dramatic power to project liv ures upon the film in interesting moving scenes, as author so clearly has. One of the luseful and admirable supplements that history requires for s best statement and interpretations ok % ¥ OF THE THE TURN BALANCE By Brand Whitlock. Indlanapolis: ‘The Bobbs-Merrill Co. TTHIS novel made its first appear- ance about 20 years ago. It was then, or thereabout, that the young lawyer came into the friendship and under the influence of Golden Rule Jones, mayor of Toledo. The effect of this assoclation upon Mr. Whitlock was marked. He began to consider more deeply' the human side of the lawbreaker, where hitherto his atten- tion had been fixed upon the legal aspects of crime. From such changed point of view, legal procedure came under his inspection. The character of prisons and other punitive meas- ures grew in his interest. It is from such a changed background that ‘“The Turn of the Balance' emerged. Here is a story of poignant appeal, dealing with a single figure that seemed to be a victim of the law rather than a beneficiary under its just and helpful operation. A long and searching story, pitiful beyond description, of one of the many millions whose enemies are those of the whole world and of his own nature besides. A strpng story, written in a flery zeal of sympathy for the errant one, and in an equal flame of protest against the brutal ways of punishment. That the book has bheen reissued is significant of its quality. Toduy it reads with barely undimin. ished point against many of the in- eptitudes and cruelties of justice as this is embodied in jurisprudence. * ok ok % By Brand Whitlock, author of “Belgium,” etc. New York: D. Appleton & Co. “ PROOTED" is in mood clearly the lightest of the books of Mr. Whitlock. Taking a day off, so to speak, from the serious concerns that have absorbed his mind and effort, he here projects a series of studies, types that have exchanged their ‘native America for life in Europe. These types. to be sure, are individual and altogether human, vet by their distinct varlance from one another, by the clean-cut serve to stand as patterns of the com- mon run of expatriates. The char- acters and the action are given a fair degree of unity through the person- ality and activity of one Betty March, trom Macochee, Ohio. Around her gather prince and artist and plain good fellows. All the‘way from Paris to Monte Carlo Betty Marsh lures and delights the male persuasion, to the chagrin and disapproval of the women, A light, little story, if it be a story, founded on the famillar cir- cumstance of America running off to Europe for the satisfaction that Amer- ica is still too young to grant un. grudgingly. Betty Marsh is not con- vincing. Pretty enough, certainly, but much too crude, much too dependent upon gum-chewing English and no French at all, for any American girl, even from Macochee, Ohio, to hope to EBL by with over across. Whereas UPROOTED. lines of each, they [' A Few More Faciés and Anecdotes About Mark Twain—Portraits of Half a Century. An Old Novel Comes Back With Some New Ones. this girl not only gets by, but she has, as well, something of a triumphal pro- cession’ through the male preferences of a good part of Europe. * ok ok ¥ CLARA BARRON. v Harve O'Higgins, author of “Julie Cane. etc. New York: Harper & Brothers. | ARVEY O'HIGGINS undertakes | by way of “Clara Barron” to dramatize the thwarted woman. Having a crowded fleld from which to'choose he selects the most obvious- ly defeated of them all—the unchosen woman of certain temperament and habit. Having read this novel, one imagines the course of its develop- ment. More than likely Mr. O'Hig- gins picked her, mature and compe- tent and masterful, from any num- ber of such at his hand—at anybody’s hand. Capable, managing, syste matic, successful, but still lacking, this author must have worked back- ward, one judges, to trace each of these powers and capabilities to this period or that, when the natural chofce in life was either unmet or disappointed. When, because of such defeat, a forward step toward self- sufficlency was taken, as it so often is taken by women of strong na- ture. Finaily the author reaches a plausible childhood for this heroine— the nature of the little girl, her re sponse, or lack of it, to the usual pleasures of children, the home, the parents. And finally, with the whole woman in mind, he begins with the little girl who finaily becomes Clara Barron. An instinctive self-suppres- sion and disappointment at the only moments of self-expression indulged in by her, these stand as the formula | by way of which the woman achieves a certain leadership that is, in fact, quite destitute of anything that m: be called life itself. An exceedingly fine piece of work. A true and tragic and unforgettable story. * ok % % KATE MULHALL: the Oregon Trail. author of “O: Tllustrated. Meeker. UT In the State of Washington one Autumn morning a little over a vear ago a young man, only 96 years old, stepped into a waiting plane and set flight for the City of Washington | to petition Congress in hehalf of a measure proposed by the Oregon Trail Memorial Association. That astonish- ing youth was 1z Meeker, probably the only remalning embodiment of any point in our pioneer history. E‘lra Meeker is the Oregon Trail by virtue of experience and by the equal virtue of a flaming and forward-look- ing spirit. With the zeal of 21 he is striving to perpetuate the mem- ory of those daring and enduring men and women who established the great human values that this long trail threads across the continent A Romance of By Ezra Meeker, eam Days,” etc. New York: Ezra | on | efrect 9 into the far Northwest of the Union. As an item of the Oregon Trall Memorlal Assoclation campalgn be fore Congress Mr. Meeker brought with him one of his own novels, “Kate Mulhall” Here set in the rude drama of the times is the voung girl faring out into the great West in company with neighboring ploneers. There is no reason to think that this story Is not as much a good piece of realism as are the romances of the Middle West that, tcday, are making up so large & part of current fiction. More dramatic than these, to be sure, but this essence lies in the ruder structure of the moment itself. Besides the story of Kate Mulhall the little volume contains an_overflow of extrn materlul—a sketch of the Lewis and Clark expedition and ap outline history of the Oregon missions containing the traglc end of Marcus ‘Whitman and his wife Narcissa, great figures in the early Oregon days. Quaint pictures in keeping with old days in the illustrative art objectify points in the text. This good story of early American migrations is, in substance and in spirit, an autoblo- graphic account of the hardy days of a Meeker himself, the “remark- sle man’ 96 yeirs young—who a few days ago stepped briskly about his business at the Capitol, at the | White House, and along the streets | of Washington. R THE WAY OF THE Arthur Weigall, author Dweller of the Dese ,York: Adelphi Company. {ROM studies of Egyptian arche- ology Arthur Weigall turns with increasing frequency to the making of romances based upon Egypt as the meeting place between the East and the West. Entirely familiar with this region, he has more than once given off vivid pictures of it by way of the novel. The story in hand is that of an Englishman and an Egyptian girl. Sharp contrast is the medium by way of which the novel gets on its way. On one hand the sum of Eng- lish prepossessions and prejudices. the other, the temperament of the East bodied in a beautiful woma Back and forth from one point of view to the other the author plays in an interesting interchange of social incidents whose immediate upon each of these characters is that of surprise, if not repulsion. Under the steady growth of interest, however, the impositions of race and creed begin to give awa These con- trasts are exceedingly well set in vital matters and in externals of pleasing grace. The change that takes place in the minds of both the man and the woman are slow, as owth is slow, not sudden, like the miracle, and therefore unconvincing. An interesting story whose high point is the counterplay of charac- ter sourced in opposition of race and tradition. ST. of ete. BOOKS RECEIVED 1 INDIA. By Sir Valentine Chirol. au thor of “Indian Unrest,” etc. With an Introduction by The Right Hon. H. A. L. Fisher, M. P. New York: Charles Scribner's Soi FIRE-BRAIN. By Max Brand, au- | " “thor of ““The Untamed,” etc. 'New { York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons. POPULATION PROBLEMS IN TH UNITED STATES AND ADA i An Outgrowth of Papers Presented at the Lighty-Sixth Annual Meet. ing of the American Statistical Assoclation, December, 1924. Fd- ited by Louis I. Dublin. President, | American Statistical Association, | 1924, Boston: Houghton, Millin C THE PALMETTO DERBY: And Other Stories, By George Hoyt Smith, author of “Gray Gull Feathers.” New York: The Knick- erbocker Press. THE NUMBER ONE BOY. By John Taintor Foote, author of “The Wedding Gift,” etc. New York: D. Appleton & Co. CHILDREN OF THE Folk Tales of Indian Emma_Lindsay Squier. author of “The Wild Heart,” etc. New York: i Cosmopolitan Book Corporation. FOUR AMERICAN PARTY LEAD- ERS: Henry Ward Beecher Foun- dation Lectures Delivered at Am- herst College. By Charles Edward Merriam, Professor of Political Sclence _in the University of Chi- cago. New York: The Macmillan Co. LAW REFORM; Papers and Ad- dresses by a Practicing Lawyer, Henry W. Taft of the New York Bar. New York: The Macmillan Co. CHILDREN OF ANCIENT EGYPT. By L. Lamprey. [llustrated by Margaret Freeman. Boston: Little, Brown & Co. EDUCATION AND THE GOOD LIFE. By Bertrand Russell. New York: Boni & Liveright. THE BOOK OF THE ROGUE: Stud- | ies of Famous Scoundrels. Se. | lected by Joseph Lewis French. Illustrated. New York: Boni & Liveright. NOTORIOUS LITERARY ATTACKS. Edited with an Introduction by Albert Mordell, author of “The Erotic_Motive in Literature” etc. New York: Boni & Liveright. BANZAI (Hurrah)! By John Paris, author of “Kimono,” etc. New York: Bonl & Liveright. THE TRAIL OF GLORY. By Leroy Scott. With an Introduction by William T. Tilden, 2d. Boston: Houghton, Miffin Co. THE ANIMAL ETIQUETTE BOOK. By Helen Cowles LeCron, author of “Picture Tales for Tiny Tots,” etc. With Frontispiece in Color and Tllustrations in Black and White by Maurice Day. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co. THE HEALTH GUARD BROWNIES. By Nathalie Forbes Moulton. II- lustrated by Henrletta Adams. Boston: Little, Brown & Co. FOLLOWERS OF THE TRAIL. B; Zoe Meyer. Illustrated by Willia: P. Stecher. Boston: Little, Brown & Co. - THE TIDE. By H. A. Marner, As- sistant Chief, Division of Tides and Currents. United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. Illustrated. New York: D. Appleton & Co. Books Upon Miracles Is Banned by Pope TWILIGHT; Tribes. By The somewhat rare procedure of the prohibition of a book by special Papal decree has just been invoked to dis- courage the reading of an annony- mous_book recounting the alleged miracles worked by a certain Monk, Pather Pio of Pietrelcina, on Apulia. Legendary reports of his miraclous cures had been spread far and wide through Italy and had even pene- trated to America. Apparently some enterprising jour- nalist tried to make the most of the interest created. The sensational char- acter of the propaganda came to the notice of the Vatican and inspired the recent action of the pope, who has forbidden all Cathelics to.vead or translate the work, ADVENTURE-DRAMA RETURNING TO STAGE AS JAZZ AGE PASSES David Belasco, Whose Finger Is on Pulse of Public, Says “Unfortunate, Indeed, Is Producer Who Fails to Obey Warning Signs.” 4 BY DAVID BELASCO. Amusements—reflections of public thought—run In cycles. When liter. ature and public taste were ultra- romantic, we had as a component the costume drama, heavy love scenes, and even revivals of the classics. Subsequently, there came a more materialistic period and drama, melo- drama and light opera were the offer- ings of the amusement purveyors. With the World War and its ac- companying martial ardor everything was military in_ nature—spies— crooked diplomats—double-dealing and devious diplomacy. Even the music of the day turned to march and quick- step time and _the cotemporary writers eschewed the softer, more con- ventional themes for those calculated to match the war thrills and the re- sultant public demand for action in song and story. Each of these changes represented a thought-cycle in civilization. Then came the armistice—and for 24 hours the country went mad with joy at re. lease from war’s horrors. This sud- den change from grave to gay brought with it a reaction which was mirrored in music, books and stage offerings— a mad reign of semi-barbaric hilarity which we promptly termed “The Jazz Age.”” It was syncopation reduced to the nth power—seven years of thoughtless, careless mirth and bub- bling frivolity. And now the new cycle is coming in—a recurrence of the -ballad-love- adventure days. Irving Berlin was the first of the modern music-makers Forced to Pay Price Of Shot Fired at Him It is bad enough to be fired at, but to be compelled to pay the bandit who did' the firing for the price of the bullet amounts to nothing less than insult heaped upon injury. So feels J. H. Edgar, member of the China in- land mission, stationed at Tachienlu. Szechuan province, who has returned to Shanghal. Edgar on his way here traveled in a Chinese boat, one of a string of those proceeding down the Yangtze River. All in all not a mo- ment of the whole trip, which takes about three weeks under normal cir- cumstances, was without its thrill. At Lunchow a soldier-bandit appeared on the river bank and fired a shot at the boats, bringing them to a halt. Immediately the soldier made for his boat and started ejaculating “Car- tridge, cartridge!” Edgar expected to be mulcted of at least $20, but no, the soldier merely wanted 20 cents to pay for the cost of the cartridge he had fired at the boat. Edgar pald him 50 cents and was allowed to proceed. The Chinese passengers, however, be- rated him soundly for paying more than he was asked. They said he was spoiling thelr game. S S PR Chinese Drainage Away From Bolshevist Ideas Further evidence that China is gradually drawing away from the se- ductive teachings of the bolshevist elements is seen in the formation among Chinese of the Citizens’ Diplo- matic Co-operative Society. The or- ganization meeting was held here at a cabaret in the French concession and was promoted by a noted Chinese writer, a Chinese Catholic priest and a general out of a job. Speeches were 'made denouncing communism and pointing out the evils threatening China through red activities. The new organization is taking its cue from the recently formed Constitu- tional Defense League inaugurated by foreigne: The purpose of the two socisties is the same, but they are not aMliated. and his “Always,” “Remember” ‘At Peace With the World" have dis- closed a public taste in keeping with the theory that the jazz-age is on the decline. Cotemporary fiction also is turning to the sweeter and more serious things of life, women's garb is chang- Ing from straight, boyish lines to the fluffiness and frills of other days—so it naturally follows that the stage also is showing the effect of the changed thought of the day. Theatrical producers keep a watch- ful finger on the pulse of the amuse- ment-seeking public, for without ad- vance knowledge of changing con- ditions one easily may come a costly cropper with the wrong sort of offer- ings. * I personally have sensed these changes and in common with other producers who claim a knowledge of public demands, have prepared for types of offerings which will keep pace with the new order of things. I see in the immediate future a general de- mand for adventure-drama (once mis- named melodrama) and a rather com- plete turning away from lightness and frivolity, except in revues and the so- called “Follles” type of entertainment. The stage proper, I am sure, will swing back to adventure-drama, comedies and probably light opera. It is the relentless working of the law of change, and unfortunate, indeed, is the producer who fails to obey the ‘warning signs. Jazz 18 dying—sweetness and the better things are returnin nd Russian Fire Water. More than 8 per cent of all the wages earned in Soviet Russia, or 13 per cent of the plain workmen's wage are spent for vodka, accord- ing to Commissar of Health Se- mashko. The commissar also asserts that 65 per cent of the city work- men are drinkers and that 6000 deaths were attributed to that cause in the last fiscal year. He says that vodka with a 40 per cent aicoholic content, was restored as a counter irritant to samogon, the peasant bootleg lquor. B g Streakless Hat Band One of World’s Needs Talking movies and a hat band that doscn’t get streaked by the rain are two of the world's needs not yet sup- plied, according to the British Insti- tute of Patentees. The institute has Just issued its booklet on ‘‘What's Wanted"” as a guide to inventors who may be slightly uncertain as to what to_invent. Many of the items listed have been suggested by the war office, the air ministry, post office, and other British government departments. Industrial concerns have also offered suggestions of inventions which would be valuable to ‘manufacturers and artisans. The list 'includes a noiseless alr- plane; better automobile headlights; processes for instantaneous color photography, elimination of rust, and transmission of speech by light; also & method of conveying speech directly and readably to paper. Gold Mining in Spain. Although gold mining in Spain has a history going back to the Romans, its story o far is rather gilded than golden. * Now, however, dredging al- luvial soils on the River Orbigo. in the ancient province of Leon, begun seriously in July, 1926, is giving such promising results that a second bucket dredger is about to bg installed. THE PUBLIC LIBRARY Recent accessions at the Public Li- brary and lists of recommended read- Ing will appear in this column each Sunday. HISTORY. American. . G. Jefferson and Hamil- 8332-B67 Boyd, W. K. The Story of Durham. F866-B69. Brininstgol, E. A. A Trooper with Custer. ' F'804-B776t. Caldwell, R. G. A Short History of the American People. v.1. F3-Cl29s. Pont, H. A. The Campaign of 1864. ' F$347-D928. Howbert, Irving. Memories of a Life- time in the Pike's Peak Region. F934-H83. Kerrick, H. S. The Flag of the United States. FVF-K464. Mariano, J. H. The Italian Immi- grant and Our Courts. F83991t- B. y, P I Confederacy. Pollard, A. F. History. F! Pratt, J. V F8336-P88. Rowland, E. O. M. Andrew Jackson's Campaign Against the British. F'8336-R79. Smith, H. Texas. 1911. Speranza, G. F'8399-Sp37. Sullivan, Mark. ¥'835-Subbo. Wheeler, H. W. W567. ‘White, W. A, Some Cycles of Cath; F83-W583s. European History. Anthony, K. §. Catherine the Great. F5457-Ans. Eastman, Max. F5466-Ea7. John, Owen. Queen Elizabeth. F4549-J6: La Batut, G. de, Vicomte, and Fried- mann. Georges. A History of the French People. 1923. F39.LI1. Lutyens, Engelbert. Letters. 1915. F39444-1.97 Schevill, Ferdinand. History of Eu- rope From the Reformation to the Present Day. F307-Sch28. Sedgwick, H. D. Spain. F40-Se23s. Stanoyevich, M. 8., comp. Slavonic Nations of Yesterday and Today. Ref. F539-St1. Ancient History. Cox, R. H. The Green Roads of Eng- land. 1923. FF45:C838g. Lanciani, R. A. Ancient and Modern Rome. FF36-L22a. Osborn, E. B. The Heritage of Greece and the Legacy of Rome. FF31- 0s12. Quennell, Mrs. Marjorie and H. B. Everyday Life in Roman Britain. 1924, FF45-Q3. World War. Aubert, Louis. The Reconstruction of Europe. F30798-Aul3. Baynes, E. H. Animal Heroes of the Great War. F30798-B346. Bonn, M. J.. The Crisis of European Democracy. F30798-B646. Clayton, P. T. B. Tales of Talbot House. F30798-C57. Liggett, Hunter. Commanding an American Army. F30792-L629. Martin, P. A. Latin America and the War. F30791-M365. Russia, Foreign Office. How the War Began in 1914. F30791-RY: Miscellaneous. Baldwin, Oliver. Six Prisons and Two Revolutions. F604-B19. Harper’s Book of Facts. 1895, F-5H23. Hudson, W. H. The Story of the Renaissance. 1924. FE-H864s. | Johnson, Allen. The Historian and Historical Evidence. FA-J632h. Knowlton, D. C. Making History Graphic. FA-K765m. § Lewisohn, Ludwig. Israel. F61-L5891. McCabe, Joseph. 1825:1925: A “Cen- tury of Stupendous Progress. MiZ2de. Newman, H.,, ed. The Keal J Weigall, A. E. P. A History of the Pharohs: v. 1. F71-W428h. BIOGRAPHY. Abbott, C. B Howard Pyle. F-P9¢a. Du Annapolis. F857A- State Rights in the 1°861-Ow94. Factors in American pansionists of 1812. ‘The Annexation of F877-Sms6. C. Race or Nation. 1 Buffalo Days. F89- Our Times. v. Since Lenin Died. 1924, FE- e, F61- l -~ NATIONAL ORIGINS LAW TO ADMIT ALIENS ON PRESENT PERCENTAGE Henry H. Curran Explains of 1924 Act, Effective “Like to Like” Provisions in 1927, for Changing Basis of Immigration Count. BY HENRY H. CURRAN, Former Immigration Commisioner for the Port of New Yark. If all the American people w deacended from red Indians, 6r from white Swedes, or even.blue Egkimos, there would be mneither trouble nor talk about what is known as the national origins” proyision of the immigration act of 1924, But, for better or for worse, we are descended in some part from all three of those interesting peoples; and not only that, but from 57 other varieties of human color, race, nation and degree of vicis- situde. And for any one to try to say just what we are today, in exact terms and percentages of the nations when our ocean-going ancestors came to these shores, is to court a chorus of piping cavil that makes a full-blooded frog-pond in Spring sound like the last little cheep of the last little cricket of October. Yet the United States Census Pureau is doing that today, and the preliminary findings indicate that it can give us the answer, almost to hair's breadth. With such fortunate assurance in hand, we enacted through our Con- gress two yvears ago this “‘national origins” law, which has of late so ®et us by the ears here and there. In ‘doing s0. we decided in effect to pool the blood strains of national origin of our continental American people, as those strains appeared in us fn 192 the year of our last census. In thi pooling we would count in the Italian or Russian who came here in 1910, the son of the German who came here in 1848, the grandson of the Irishman who fled here from a potato famine & century ago, and also the descendant of the Englishman who stepped ashore from the Mayflower in 1620— and everybody else, wherever he or she came from, and whenever he or she arrived, from the earliest settler in 1620 or sooner, aM the way down to the latest in 1920. Many Factors Involved. ‘We would take account of inter- marriage between national strains, of actval figures of reproduction, immi- gration and emigration, of all the fa tors, in short, that go to make up the sum of how much there is of each foreign nation’s blood in the com- posite blood of the American people of today, insofar as quota Eountries are concerned. The contributing per- ntage may prove to be something: like this: English, Irish, north and south, 20; Scotch. 15; German, 15 Scandinavian, 8; Italian, 5: the rest, 12. Or they may be cons ferent—but that is Then-—from 1927 immigration to the United States ac- | cordingly: that is to say, out of every {200 imnifgrants whom we allow to | settle in our country, 25 may come | from England, 20 from Ireland, 15 c . 15 from Germany, & Sweden, Denmark and | Finland, 5 from ltaly and the other 12 from the other quota countries, each in its own proportion. Whatever the total of all the quotas now—about 150,000 a year—the proportions will be as shown if those be the percent- ages certified by the Census Burs or otherwise if otherwise certified Like Miniature Nation. And that is all there i national origin: law We ¥ creed that in the future our gration shall he “like to like,’ h | vear’s increment to be a miniature it its national makeup of what we Americans_are today: an imported seedling of our own national family tree; a mirror of all our previous im migration and the present progeny | thereof. For the first time in our his | tory, we have thus laid down a fair |and afirmative basis of allotmen | The key of it all is,our desire o r | main homogeneous.insofar as we wera €0 in 1920, by adopting and continu ing the 1920 or any other bygone census year. We take into account |also the American-born—and surely { those of us who were born in the | United States are entitied to be | counted—when we “take account of stock” in immigration le tion! | As a matter of fact, the ional | origins" law works | portant changes fr lotment. It takes from the quotas of Germ Irish Free Si | to the quota: | the Trish and German quotas | vendy larger than the demands made | upon them, and as thoughtful leaders |in both countries are deploring the exodus of their voungest und best to America, we need expect no lamenta- tion from those quarte In respect of figures, therefore, change s of no moment The change is of very great momen in its removal of any possible charge of discrimination. as among foreign countries, m our imn At last we have reache Is there an derably dif 1 two ny and the nd adds the 40,000 As th (Copsricht. 1976, BY DR. WILLIAM MARTIN, Editor. Journal de Geneve, Geneva. Do not put yvour faith in those who tell you that Europe dreams of new adventures; she is sick of war and hates victory almost as much as de- feat. Do not believe those who speak of the century-old hostility between France and Germany. That is of the past. Never in history have peoples gone to war because of past grie ances. Far from being opposed, man of the interests of France and of Ger- many are identical, and the two coun- tries will become more closely united under the pressure of economic ne. cessities. The real anxieties of Europe today lie elsewhere. The war may be ended in the fields of politics. Unfortunatel the economic and social consequences have not yet been overcome. The war gave rise to an unprecedented de- velopment of the productive power of European industry. But Europe, by spending lavishly for five years her wealth and manhood, destroyed her reserves of goods and of riches which had accumulated during a century of technical development by the savings of three generations. Today her pro- duction has_increased, her consump tion has diminished. The miner's strike in England has fundamentally no other cause. Two Ways to Recoup. What has been the result? First, unemployment ip several countries. The unemployed ‘cannot be allowed to atarv ‘They must be fed by means of the national savings. Unemploy ment, & new type of war waste, ends by destroying the collective savings and by lowering the standard of liv- ing of European peoples, already so low in comparison with the American level. There are only two methods of solving the problem of unemployment; the export of goods or of men. It is difficult or impossible to export goods. Each country closes its frontiers to foreign products to protect the home market for its own industr It is even more difficult to export men, as the whole of Europe, with the possible exception of France, has a surplus of fabor and overseas countries have re- stricted immigration. Let us be quite frank. It is not for me to judge the policy of vour coun- r But I wish to show you the uropean results of the restriction of FEurope has always had a surplus of labor. Formerly this surplus flowed naturally to the American continent, which more or less resulted in a state of equilibrium. Now this safety valve no longer ex ists for us, and if the boiler occasion- ally appears to be on the point of bursting, it is because there is no escape for the excess steam. Blames Immigration Ban. I am convinced that the majority of ‘European troubles which so aston- ish you and which often astound us are due to the fact that our people cannot migrate freely as in former times. Had it not been for the reste!~- tion of emigration enforced during the war by the British government and the restrictions applied in the United States after the war Ireland would never have had enough young immigration. Benjamin, Rene. La Prodigieuse Vie d'Honore de Balzac. E-B218b. Bishop, J. B. Notes and Anecdotes. E-9B544n. 3 Bok, E. W America, Give Me a Chance B6345a2. Coolidge, T. J. Autoblography. 1923, E-CT79. De Kruif, P. H. E-9D364m. Evans, Mrs. R. C. The Rosalie Evans Letters from Mexico. E-Evi6. Foulke, W. D. Roosevelt and the Spoilsmen. E-R673fo. Lawton, Mary. A Lifetime with Mark Twain. E-T9141. Le Gallienne, Richard. The Romantic '90s. E-L5254. Lucas-Dubreton, Jean. E-P399LE. Nevinson, H. W. More Changes, More Chances. E-Ndl4a. mll':’lel.“ R. D. Roads of Adventure Raymond. T. Disraeli. E-D63r. Scherer, J. A. B. The First Forty- Niner. 73868. ‘Washington Academy of Sciences, ‘Washington, D. C. The McGee Me- morial Meeting, Dec. 5, 1913. 1916. Microbe Hunters. Samuel Pepys. BOTTLED-UP EUROPEAN RACES HELD CAUSE OF UNREST THERE ations Unable to Export Either Men or Products Occasionally Explode in Civil Says Journalist. trife, men to rebel and hecome free. Had it not beem for these restrictions. Fascism would never have won in | Ttaly nor taken on that international | character displayed in the recent | speeches of M. Mussolini To sum up, Europe more than before 1914. In spite of {war losses she has more labor. She an export neither men nor goods As a result, the price of goods has de- clined. The cost of production must be reduced and wagzes lowered. The tandard of living for the laboring class must fall. re, consumj tion must diminish and the outlets of 'y become still furth re. stricted. The industrial crisis must continue and become more serious. rope thus finds b inclosed in a vicious circle, e ¢ the reverse of the situation in the United States. (Copyright. 1926.) producing U. S. Has Wandering Embassy in Madrid A new Amb: Madrid, the Americ once more moved its pr time this occurs considerable venience is caused not oniv who have to move bulky and impor- tant loads of state papers, but to who have business with the for hotel clerks, telephon- ists and cab drivers : 5 conserv tive as most other Npaniard keep addressing inguirers to the pal- ace of Duke So and So, hired by the Ambassador several times removed from the present United States repre- sentative, or, indeed, any of the am- bassadorial residences during the last decade or so. except the latest. come to sy has Each incon to those Your. solved VAHAT are the fow greatbooks really worth read- ing? How shall a ‘busy man or woman :rum them? This em has been wonderfally solved for Dr. Eliot from lifetime of reading, study, and teaching. He has made it possibls for youby readinglittle, stilltobewell read. DR. 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