Evening Star Newspaper, January 15, 1927, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY....January 15, 1027 THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company oftice Nyl 310 st st Pepnasicania At ! 5 v e BER R i axo Office: Tower 3 | Europeai Ofice; 14 Kegent St.. Loidon. Engiand The Frenine Star. with the Sunday marn. fng edition. is delivered by carriers within 1ha ity at 60 canta per month daily oy 48 centa per month: Sundara onix. 20 cents per ‘month_ Orders mar be seul by mail or telephone Main 5000, Collection is made by | carrier at end of each month. | | Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. | Maryland and Virginis. | Daily and Sunday....] yr. §0.00: 1 mo. T8¢ Sunday only 1yr.$3.00: 1 mo. All Other States and Canada. i 3 v..1 vr.. $12.00: 1 mo.. $1.0¢ Paly swsee it IR unday only .....1¥r. $4.00:1mo. Member of the Associated Prvs:; - inted Prees is excinsively entit o The Bt bTieation of uil newa die- | tchea credited fo it or not otherwise red- e (Hfe paper and ait ihp local news published harein Al ric publication of epeciul dispatches herein Europe and Nicaragus. i Europe is fairly reveling in indig- nation over the “Imperialism™ of the | United States as the result of the landing of forces to protect American and Buropean lives and property in Nicaragua. The press of Europe can see in it nothing but a brutal design against the liberties of weaker nations and a deliberate purpose to make our- selves by force masters of the West- ern Hemisphere. Apparently what al- ways has been all right for European | pations to do in other parts of the world is all wrong for the United States to do on this side of the At- lantic. BEurope heartily agrees with the views of those American critics of their own Government who are, for themselves, happily free from respon- sibility. Europe believes, or professes | to believe, that the United States | should sit back and let nature and rev- olution take their course. If, as a re- | sult, American lives were sacrificed | and American property destroyed, Eu- | rope would be able to view the losses with passable equanimity. Put sup- posing it should fall out that Euro-| pean lives were sacrificed and Euro-| pean property destroved? Would Eu- ropean governments restrain them- selves from punitive measures through regard for the rights of weaker na- tions? Is there any American so sim- | ple-minded as to belfeve they would? It is a wholly safe prediction that | 1t it had not been for the Monroe | Doctrine British forces would be in | Nicaragua today. And yet the con-| tentlon is advanced that the Monroe | Doctrine is not involved in the Nlc-| araguan difficulty. Fears are ex-| pressed that we are making ourselves | disliked in Latin America. We would have made ourselves despised had we | sat back and left the duty of inter- vention to Great Britain or some other ‘European power. There is talk that we are sowing the seeds of war by our policy toward Latin America. It is difficult to belleve that any informed person is really fearful that we are going to war against either Nicaragua or Mex- ico. But we would, indeed, be sowing the seeds of war if we shirked our responsibilities and made it inevitable that some European power would land armed forces on American soil to pro- iect the rights of its nationals. Had the American Government followed this course in the present Nicaraguan difficulty, the American people would have had to choose between one of twd alternatives. Lither they would have had to abandon the Monroe Doc- trine or be prepared at some future time to fight a war with Europe to re-estadblish it. The Monroe Doctrine is not a thing which the United States can put on and off like a cloak. It is respected, even if it is not loved, by Furope today. Once establish a prece- dent by putting it astde, and respect for it will die. — et Base ball must go on regardless of scandalous suspiclon. A good player is an enthusiast. In a way he is an {dealist. That he should succumb to | wercenary mathematics is a psycho- logical improbability. P A reteree is needed by Nicaragua. Uncle Sam may be looked to as the Judge Landis of the situation. —— A Tennis Outburst. Mile. Lenglen, the temperamental French tennis star, now in this coun- try under the banner of professional- | ism, predicts dire things for American | tennts. In an interview in Atlanta | vesterday she commented caustically on two of the great stars of the| American courts. Of Helen Wills, her | greatest rival when she was still an | «mateur, Lenglen remarked that she | is getting too fat to play good tennis, | and as for Tilden—well, he 1s past his | peak and will never recover. At the | same time that she brought the charge of stoutness against Helen, Mile. Lenglen is reported to have ad- | mired her own slim figure In the mir- ror and to have told the reporter that | a natural tennis game, such as she | possessed,, required no practice and little training. Great stuff! And in- teresting, if true. At the risk of falling for the pub- | licity stunt that is evidently at the| base of this latest outburst of the |air French star, it is necessary to point out to her and the public at large that William T. Tilden, 2d, is very probably the next singles tennis cham- pion of the world and that Helen Wills of California will doubtless occupy a similar position as queen of the courts. This prediction is made de- spite the fact that Tilden is “on a de- cline” and that Helen is allegedly get- ting fat, because Tilden, “past his peak,” and Helen, with a large amount of avolrdupois, are more than a match for @ny tennis player of either sex who now enjoys life in this dear old | onstrated her right to this position Imm-nn confidence that he was su- ! preme without training. This year he { has announced that he will devote his | time to getting back his lost laurels. | And this announcement is almost antamount to the championship, be- | cause Tilden In training and at his best, even now, is unbeatable by any man who tréads the court. With the possible exception of Mlle. Lenglen, Helen Wills stands at the head in woman's tennis. She has dem-: and, but for illness last year, would undoubtedly have maintained her su- premacy. One of the chief disappoint- ments felt by the public when Lenglen turned professional was that Helen would no longer be able to try conclu sions with her for the right to be called world champlon. Lenglen is conceded to have the finest game | among the feminine contingent, but Helen's skill is incréasing daily and if she does not galn more than one hun- dred pounds in the next vear she might vanquish even the French star, if a match could be arranged. So, publicity stunt er not, and with all due respect to the gallant holders »f the present championships, Rene La Coste of France for the men and Mrs. Mallory for the women, it is timely to nform the world that Tilden and Wills are hot on the trail and that when the shades of 1927 are finally drawn their names are most likely to stand at the head of the lists. —one Philadelphia Bars Parking. Philadelphia has taken the big jump —the jump that is inevitable Yor all cities which find themselves with in sufficlent street space to care for the number of automobiles registered. Ef- fective at once, the City Councll has barred all parking between 6:30 a.m and 7 p.am. throughout the central business district. Philadelphla mo- torists therefore will be unable to park in a strip of the city a mila and a half long and a mile and a quarter wide. For those who have daily garage space in the downtown section the drastic new regulation will have little sig- nificance, but for the many thousands who have been accustomed to park- ing for shopping it will mean an en- tire readjustment of routine. .Washington at the present time faces almost the identical condition that caused the Pennsylvania metrop- olis to make this startling move. With the automobiles here numbering approximately one to every five persons, the streets have become S0 congested that a no-parking edict looms as a regulation of the future. The streets are lined from early morn- ing until late at night with rows and rows of standing cars. Although Washington, with its one-hour limit, treats the parking problem with lib- erality, violations of this regulation have been =0 numerous that difficulty is experienced in finding a space, and business as well as normal transporta. tion is handicapped. A move to ban parking in downtown ‘Washington would probably meet with little support at present. It would be inconvenient not only to the profes- slonal man and the woman shopper, but the merchant as well. It would for a time have the effect ‘'of causing a slump in the business of the city. But with tife number Jf cars dally increasing along with a corresponding increase in the number of reckless, thoughtless, incompetent and law- breaking drivers, the situation is reaching the point which calls for drastic action. If every motorist would consclen- tiously obey the parking regulations the day when this action will have to be taken will be shoved further in the future. A steady movement through- out the congested section of all park- ers after their time-limit was up would automatically creats openings for others and would result in a much greater mobility of the thousands of automobiles comprising Washington’s traffic, thus using street space to the fullest advantage of the majority and not the selfish advantage of the few. The parker who stays two hours in the space that he is entitled to use for one hour only fs robbing some one else of his rights and i the type of motorist that compels the enaction of | radical regulations. No one wants @ no-parking ban in Washington. And no one wishes to | contribute a share to bringing it about. So that the best thing to do is to aveld abueing the privilege that is now granted to motorists here and to make it unnecessary, for as long a time as | possible, for the authorities to adopt | an unpopular regulation. ——— As “Czar of the movies” Mr. Will Hays may find himself called upon to ducers but quarrels in the home, The Public and Radio. Despite the pleas of milllons, Con- gress has shown little tendency to move radio legislation forward to early enactment. Stressed as one of the most important matters to bo taken up when the short sesslon con- vened, the problem of adequate radio control still remains unsettled by the two houses. The Dil bill in the Senate and the White bill in the House, radically different in terms, but both with the same purpose, have not been harmonized to the extent necessary to give the millions of radio listeners what they desire, well regulated and thoroughly controlled broadcasting. In the meantime conditions in the are becoming steadily worse. Even on the better radio sets there |are certain wave lengths that give |forth nothing more than doleful howls which cause the sensitive per- | son to decide that no longer will |he tune In. On the cheaper and less selective apparatus enjoyment of the wonders of the new invention fs confined strictly to the home station. Since the Chicago court declsion, which stripped the Department of Commerce of power to regulate broadcasting, an increasing number of statlons have jumped their wave lengths and are now operating on world. Tilden possesses the greatest game of tennis that has ever been known, His defeats last year were not cause he had lost his skill but because of business worries which prevented adequate preparation, and perhaps the be. | the waves assigned to other broud- | casters. Two stations, broadcasting fon the sume wuve not intelligible to the listener unless one length, are reteree not. only disputes among pro- |V same hours and on the same waves the result is exactly what radio listeners have had to put up with for the last few months, simply chaos. It is to promote the orderly ad- vance of radio broadcasting and re. ceptlon that legislation is mow pend- Ing in Congress. The White bill would put this power back into the hands of the Department of Com- merce, which handled the llcensing and control successfully before the adverse court ruling; while the Dill bill seeks to appoint a separate com- mission. The publle is willing to accept either one of these measures or a compromise of the best features of both, but it Is becoming impatient as night after night of what 18 char- acterized as “good radlo weather” goes by and nothing is accomplished. There Is a large amount of money fnvested in broadcasting stations and there are some twenty million radio receiving sets. Should not this vast host of Americans receive prompt recognition of their desires in the halls of Congress? R Arterial Highway Completion. Acting on the recommendation of the traflic office the Commissioners vesterday approved the establish- ment of a thirty-mile speed limit on certaln sections of Connecticut ave- nue in the suburban district. This move, which will prebably meet with the unqualified approval of all those who use this arterial highway as a means of entering and leaving the city, practically completes the am- bitlous boulevard system which was begun when the traffic office was created. Washington now has sev- eral fast traffic streets which pro- vide a convenlent and safe route for those who live in the outskirts. Stop signs have been placed at all Intersections and the system is now functioning for the greatest ad- vantage of the public. The Commls- sioners’ action was a logical carry- ing out of a plan which has worked with success in other cities and which is now being accepted as the modern theory of trafiic movement. The National Capital is to be con- gratulated on its treatment of this phase of its traffic problem. ———— “Parlor bolshevists” are no longer referred to. The bathroom and kitchen are prominent considerations at pres- ent. They find little practical sup- port from bolshevism. ——— e Russfan bolshevism is represented as a formidable force. Such a state of affairs suggests shorter hours and more wages for the hitherto neglected interpreter. . mon s Mexico appeals to Soviet statesmen as a country contemplating govern- mental endeavors with a willingness to try anything on e Polson introduced into alcohol is re- garded as the most conspicuous mod- ern method of making a bad matter worse. - —or—s Chinese factions are able to agree only on one point: an ahtipathy to- ward forelgners. B 0il is a means of lubrication. In politics and finance it becomes a pro- moter of friction. S SR Ancient pyramids would be more compelling in current interest if they had been located over oil wells. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON “Pre-War.” The *'pre-war” stuff Of which we hear Becomes & bluff A trifle queer. Those friendships true, Those careless songs That echoed through Convivial throngs— That oyster stew Through memory flits, Whose price we knew Would be two bits— Plates promptly filled ‘With foodstufts fine, The fowl fresh killed ‘When we would dine— The times, alack, Heem Kkind o' tough! On, give us back That “‘pre-war’ stuff! Unwelcome Suggestion. “Wo used to refer to you as a ‘sil- er-tongued orator.’ " “I never liked the title,” answered Senator Sorghum. “Reference to any precious metal invites the resentment which always arises at thought of the use of money in politics.” Interplanetary Conversation. I thought T heard a message fly Concealed by static great. Perhaps somebody in the sky 1s eolling real estate. Jud Tunkins says it's kind o’ early, but we might as well begin right now indulgin’ in the annual pastime of predicting that the fruit crop will be a failure. Municipal Competition. “Crimson Gulch used to be the toughest little town on the map.” “Gosh, stranger,” sald Cactus Joe, “we're doin’ our best. But how kin we compete with big citles like Chi- cago and New York!” Artists Who Go Broke. A great musiclan rose to fame, The story's almost funny. He got a celebrated name. Lord knows who got the money! Precaution. “A moonshine still has been dis- covered in Crimson Gulch!" “You don't say so!” exclaimed Cac- tus Joe. “We must put them moon- shiners in jail right away so's We can keep an eye on ‘em and see that they don’'t get into these up-to-date wood- alcohol ways.” “De jazz orchestra is always some- where around,” said Uncle Eben, “and has much greater power than the other. .When two or possibly three stations elect to broadcast at the - i many a candidate hus to keep shakin’ hands when he'd rather be shakin’ a foot."* || tiary in the THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Hearing a gentleman play “The Stars and Stripes Forever” on a uku- lele, we thought about the performance much as Dr. Johnson did about the dog walking on its hind legs. “Is it not wonderful?” some lady exclaimed, “Madam,” sald the ponderous old man, “the wonder Is that he is able to do it at all." The ukulele, national instrument of Hawali, 18 at its best when used as originally designed, simply as an ac- companying iustrument for the voice. Its roaring hum, in the simple fundamental chords in the varions keys, makes it a unique Instrument, | must- of an at once plaintive und bright, clanly sound. yet possessed exotic character all fts own. We have never been able to join the chorus of those who snecr at the queer, diminutive guitar which made Honolulu famous. Properly handled - too often it is not—the ukulele is renl musical Instrument, at once fasci- nating to player and auditors. The great vogue for this little in- strument came in the United States 13 or 14 years ago, before the World War, first striking the Pacific Coast, naturally enough, and then making its way to the Atlantic. Musical persons who had visited Honolulu previously had brought back a few of the curious instruments, with the différent stringing which distin- guishes it, but to the great mass of the people the ukulele was unknown. Hence, when the students at the Pacific 'Coast universities made a “fad” of it the novelty of spread over the Nation, young men and women seiz a8 a godsend, acceptable to those but little gifted with musical ability or technique. Any one could learn a few chords and strum them to the sounds of his own voice. Many became alarmingly good at it, some even proficient. But the great majority were hope- lessly mediocre performers, even upon the ukulele, so that of latter years the tiny affair has fallen into #ll repute. During the past five years or so huge numbers of them have been sold as children's toys. * * %k % As a matter of fact, there is many a good violinist, for instance, who might take up the study of the ukulele with great profit. The ‘“uke” glves one the funda- mental harmonies in the various keys, with musical progressions, and the varlous diminished chords, a8 they are called. These are all matters which are learned in the study of the theory of music, but the trouble is that so many students of solo instruments to- day do not study theery to any great extent, Too many players of various instru- ments—and often, alas, even of the plano, king of instrumentsi—fail to have a correct working knowledge of harmony. . To have a technical knowledge 1s one thing; to know harmony in- stinctively, as it were, is decidedly another. ‘We know performers who can play the most difficult cadenzas on the vio- lin and do double stopping, too, yet who, if thrown on their own, would not be able to tell you what chords should be sounded for any change. A month spent with the humble ukulele would enable these musicians to pick up an astonishingly large amount of theory and practice of harmony. * ok o oR The ukulele Js an adaptation of the Portuguese gultar, “invented” about 1870, firat used principally as a sort of drone bass for the hula dances of the fsland. It derives ita name, “‘ukulele’ {mean- ing “skipping flea”), from the rapid play of the fingers of an expert across the four strings, which are unusual in having the second from the player tuned lower than the string nearest him, as he holds the Instrument. The predecessor of the ukulele was the ukeke, a one-string affair utilizing merely a flat board, which must have brought forth a most unromantic, un- pleasant sort of tone, if it could Lave been so dignified. The beauty of ths ukulele lles principally in ity pleasing tone, which can be secured only if the player is content to think of music as softness rather than as loudness. All the ukulele instruction books of 10 to 14 years ago (the only ones with which we ure acquainted) cau- tloned students agalnst “beating” the stringa. The true charm of the in- strument was to be secured, they said, by gently “strumming” upon it. This is trus. The reverberation in the body of | the instrument, secured by means of the sound hole, s what makes th peculiar humming roar of the “uki and the best players are content to secure this by rapldity of stroke rather than force. Medlocre performers, or those pos- | sessed of poor instruments, try to force the matter by thumping upon the strings with might and maln, when the beauty of the little guitar is immediately lost. It is In this mat- ter as it was in radio, loudness was at first sought, but finally every one turned to “tone” as the ideal. * * kX A young woman with a trus but light soprano voice makes an ideal performer upon the ukulele. She can play the instrument as it was intend- ed to be played, and still not have her solo drown out the accompani- ment. Ukulele instructors are fond of say- ing that one may get more pleasure out of the “uke” in a month than out of any other fretted instrument in a year, and this statement is more or less true, since three chords, in the key of C, say, will allow one to accompany a startlingly large number of _simple tunes. Most of the old college songs, such as the “Yale Boola” song, can properly accompanied with two, or three chords, at the most, without any slighting of the harmonic re- quirements. As soon as the performer has dis- covered in which key he can sing or whistle the best he can rapldly learn all the related chords which may be used legitimately in it. Our personal bellef is that the ukulele should mot be used to play tunes, but should be confined to its traditional use as an accompanying instrument. In this it is at ts best, whereas as 8. solo instrument it must necessarily be a poor second to the mandolin, the guitar (steel or other- wise) and the banjo. As a simple accompaniment to the folk songs, the music of the ukulele is altogether charming and adequate, and perhaps here finds its best usage. BACKGROUND OF EVENTS BY PAUL V. COLLINS. Now comes an “official” denial of the accuracy of Secretary of State Kellogg's information of communistic activities with Mexico as- the base for attack upon the United States. Mme. Kollantay, the Russian am- bassador to Mexico—the only woman ambassador or minister plenipoten- orld—says flatly “‘taint s0, o there! It is stated on indisputable au- thority (though this information does not_come from our State De- partment) that, since the formation of the Soviet government of Russia, no less than $24,000,000 has been ex- pended in propaganda in the United States, and that in one period of two months $40,000,000 was so expended here—nearly all smuggled in through Mexico. Mme. Kollantay is one of the members of the Soviet Women's Communist Internationale, and is reputed to be the most active woman Communist of Russia. Other mem- bers of that Women's Communist In- ternationale include Hon. Director Clara Zetkin and Sylvia Parkhurst. * ok kX In order to appreciate the signifl- cance of this one unit of the com- munistic organization to overturn the organized governments of the world, it is necessary to comprehend the fact that it Is the most highly organized conspiracy that the world has ever known. The uo—ca‘lled “goviet government of Russia” is only camouflage of the real power. The actual authority is hidden, mys- terfous, anonymous and sinister. It lies in the “politbureau executive committee,” but its personnel is un- known even to the members of the units closest to it—the international laison section and the komintern propaganda and operations section, Yet it holds sutocratic power even over the dummy Soviet government. * % ok % The writer has before him a secret “plan” (made in Russia) of the inter- nationale, which has never been pub- lished in America, and which covers in detail the entire organization and its governing rules. The trinity at the top consists in the secret and anonymous “politbureau” as the su- premo center of power, flanked by the internationale liasion section on the right, under which liaison section are the following: Soviet government commissariats, the cheka political secret service, central secretariat, in- ternational revolutionary fund and the committes of direct action. All these subordinates report to the inter- national liaison section, which reports to and is controlled by the politbu- reau, while the cheka, the central sec- retariat and the international revolu- tionary fund, reporting to the liaison section, also report directly to the politbureau. On the left of the politbureau is the komintern, controlling the central secretariat and the committee of di- rect action, although these subordi- nates must report activities to the international liaison section of the triumvirate power, also giving a double check on their activities, but supreme control to’the politbureau. Under the central secretariat are units governing the press, postal serv- ice, personnel, finance and audits. All factories and mines of Russiu ure| operated by the politbureau. Under the secretariat, the world is divided geographically and socially. For example, there is one unit look- ing after Germany, another after the Latin countries and a third after “Anglo-American” interests and these three units work through a “Western European secretariat of communistic parties,” dividing the activities into four sections—education, trade unions, Women's Communistic Internationale (of which Mme. Kollantay has gen- eral charge in America from her head- quarters In Mexlco) and the Anti- Fascismo League. They reach our s and teachers of schools; also h organizations and preachers. * ok kR The most direct ex be ure of methods may in the docu- listed the resp. (responsible’ the | Wi Forster; one ol e, ane ment from Russia, above mentioned, by quoting the rules: RULES. In the domain of international poli- tics: 1. To investigate, ald and abet chauvinistic movements and interna- tional conflicts generally. (Under that fule, why should not Mme. Kollantay be active in the Mexico-Nicaragua affair? Why else was she a Communist diplomat, sent to Mexico and received by President Calles?) 2. To provoke agitation at home and abroad in order to induce international conflicts. 3. To assassinate or make attempts upon ambassadors of foreign govern- ments at all capitals (sic!). 4. To compromise influential men in all countries by public scandal, blackmail, bribery, information to prosecuting attorneys and perjured testimony (sic); to make attempts upon the life of men in government authority (sic), and thereby foment political disturbances, riots and de- structive agitation against established order abroad. (a) By methods 1, 2, 3 and 4, to instigate, aid and abet political tur- moll and coups d'etat, thus facilitating bolshevik agitation and seizure of supreme power. In the domain of economics: 5. To foment and assist general strikes, damage machinery and boilers by systematic sabotage, and, to that end, disseminate provocative and in- cendlary literature. 6. To provoke and support railway strikes, blow up bridges; rallways and canals, and disorganize transport generally. 7. To impede and prevent the pro- visioning of cities and towns, create financial panics and exchange opera- tions against currencies, and flood the world markets with damaged bank- notes. (b) By methods 5, 6 and 7 to cause economic confusion, industrial up- heavals and social unrest; to precipi- tate the collapse of the body politic and thereby obtain the sympathy and active support of the proletariat for bolshevik coups d'etat and seizure of supreme power. In the domain of military affairs: 8. To corrupt the k and file of the Army and Nay subvert dis- cipline, esprit de corps and morale and ultimately destroy the organized forces of all governments, so that the enlisted personnel will adopt and sup- port the bolshevik propaganda. R The organization of the world is as follows: I. (@) Central Furope division, (b) Scandinavian_ division, (c) Balkan division, (d) Latin division, (e) Great Britain division. II. Special group secretariat: (f) British-American-colonial division: 20, South Africa; 21, Australla and New Zealand; 22, Canada. (g) North American division: United States; 24, Mexico. (h) South American division: Brazil; 26, Argentina. Other divisions cover Asia. * Kok Ok It is noteworthy that the United States and Mezico are joined under one management, rather than United States and Canada. It is recognized that Canada is fully as antagonistic to bolshevism as is the United States, hence unsuitable for & center of opel tions, while Mexico, under the Calles administration, 1s accepted as bol vistic in sympathies, and so would be Nicaragua f Sacasa were in power instead of Diaz. While changes of personnel may have taken place, subsequent to the securing of the secret “plan” from which the present information is quoted, the personnel then scheduled for the work in the United States 7" ll;wur pt 3, 25, o s THE LIBRARY TABLE By the Booklover. Announcement was_recently made in The Star that the Vassar alumnae of Washington have secured Hugh Walpola for a lecture at Memorlul “ontinental Hall, January 26, on the subject, “The Victorian and the Mod- ern Novel.” Hugh Walpole is a mod- ern novelist, who does not despise the Victorlans and e the pre-Vie: torians. The Booklover has heard him express grent love for Sir Walter Beott. ably one of the two or three foremost Snglish novelists today, so when he compares the Victorian and the mod- ern novel he is likely to say some- thing worth while. One who knows Hugh Walpole's different novels some- times imagines that he can trace in them the influence of various Vie torians, for example the influence of ckeng In “Fortitude,” of Trollope “The (‘athedral,” of Jane Austen in “The CGreen Mirror,” of Thackeray in nearly all of them. Yet none are in any way Imitative; all are entirely “modern.” Th a small group of peo- ple discussing Hugh Walpole the other day, the question was ralsed, “Which of his novels best represents his type?” It 15 a question which cannot be answered, because he has no one type. He has many types. In fact, his great variety distinguishes Hugh Walpole from most other mod- ern noveliste. It is difficult to think of any one else who has successfully written so many different kinds of novels, * “Fortitude” is a big biographical novel, the story of the life of Peter Westcott from the time when, as a little boy, he perches on a high, an- clent chalr In the great kitchen be- hind the taproom of Sam Figgis, the innkeeper, and listens to the talk of Frosted Moses and Dicky Tasset and the others; until, a mature man, dis- illusloned, with one stage of his life disastrously ended, he sits alone on i hill in Cornwall above the sea, and discovers that he still has the one thing needful to face the future— courage. Peter Westcott's further life indicated in Young En- chanted,” which is prima tinuation of *“The Green Mirror,” a record of the lives and conflicting per- sonalities, of the struggle between the older and the younger generation, of the Trenchard family—George Trench- ard and his inscrut wife, Harriet, and their children, Katherine, Henry and Milllcent, as well as Grandfather Trenchard, Greataunt Sarah, Aunt Aggle, Aunt Betty and Uncle Tim. “The Cathedral,” like Trollope's “Bar- chester Towers,” is a picture of the life, chiefly clerical, of a cathedral town, with indications of some of the | secret springs of action. The great mass of Polchester Cathedral influ- entes, sometimes dominates, the char- acters of all who live beneath its shadow. Polchester is also the scene of one of Hugh Walpole's most artis- tic novels, and certainly his most de- pressing one, “The Old Ladies,” a study of old age, poverty and loneli- ness, all together. Polchester Cathe- dral appears again in Hugh Walpole's most recent novel, “Harmer John,” a modern morality, in which the cathe- dral serves as the symbol of an ideal which puts to shame the life led by the inhabitants of the town. *The Dark Forest” and “The Secret City” have Russia for a setting, and are the result of Mr. Walpole's service in 1914-1916 with the Russian Red Cross. They, also show a decided in- terest in phychic phenomena. In “Jeremy” and “Jeremy and Hamlet," Hugh Walpole shows himself an in- terpreter of child life and mind. Jeremy is no commonplace child, but a child of many fancies and keen in- tuitions, and his dog, Hamlet, is as original for a dog as Jeremy is for a boy. In 1925 Hugh Walpole indulged himself in a fantasy, a tale of mys- tery and horror unsurpassed by the Victorian Wilkie Collins or the mod- ern Edgar Wallace, “Portrait of a Man With Red Hair.” He says that he frankly enjoyed writing it. and though it is very unlike any of his other novels, it shares with them his vivid sketches of places and his de- lightful way of telling a. Children of all ages from § to_S0 who enjoyed A. A. Milne’s “When We ‘Were Very Young” will find renewed delight in his “Winnie-the-Pooh.” This is a story of a “Bear with Little or No Brain at All" and his master, Christo- pher Robin, and their exploits ing an “expotition to the North-Pole, when they were too proud to admit that they didn’t really know what it was like or where it was. i Bear and his inevitable ¥ there are in it a confused little Pigiet, who followed Bear admiringly about: Eeyore, the sad grey donkey who lived by himself in a thistly part of the for- est and sometimes thought to himself “Why?” and sometimes *\Wherefore?" and sometimes “Inasmuch” and some- times didn’t know what he was think- ing about. There were also the Wise 01d Owl, who used such words as En- cyclopedia and Rhododendron; the careful Kanga and the irrepressible Baby Roo, Rabbit, all of Rabbit's friends and relations. Pooh corralied them all in his Sing Ho! song: scover the Pole. i kg Bieies. dnd Rapbis and Al It's & Thing you Discover. as I've been tole Owl and Piglet_and Rabbit and all. Eeyore. Christopher Robin and Pooh ‘And Rabbit's relations all went too— And u}!{\en the .Po-la was none of them Sing l?::“! for Owl and Rabbit and all!™ Read about them in these tales, and we belleve you will agree that here is the same irresistible charm that won so many readers to “When We Were Very Young.” * If one wants a very brief authori- tative and interesting article on evolu- tlon he will find something to his pur- pose by Dr. Vernon Kellogs, secre- tary of the National Research Coun- cil,’in the January American Federa- tionist, the official magazine of the American Federation of Labor. If the reader has not scen a recent number of the American Federationist he will be surprised at the transformation brought about during the last year or two by the use in that journal of better editing, better typosraphy and the introduction into every number of one or more articles on subjects of general culture, like Dr. Kellogg's “Evolution and Its Implications.” PR Red hair often figures in mystery stories, probably because it is striking, like jazz music and cubist art. One can hardly suppose that crime and red hair have any psychological con- nection. One of Conan Doyle’s Sher- lock Holmes stories is “The Red-head- ed League,” Hugh Walpole's one ex- pedition into the realm of mystery and crime in his “Portrait of a Man with Red Hair,” and Carolyn Wells' latest detective tale is “The Red- haired Girl.” A girl with a flame- colored head emerges from the house where a murder has taken place, and two flatirons disappear from the laun- dry. The clever detective immediately perceives the connection. e bers whose names appear garbled. eaon 1s recorded as through the 1. W. W. and the Sailormen’s Trade Union, New York. * % K K As stated above, the Soviet govern- ment, ostensibly the sovereign author- ity in Russia, is actual sham for conducting external relations and ob- taining de jure recognition by foreign nations, 1t is correct in denying any knowledge of, or responsibility for, Communist propaganda to subvert the Mr. Walpole himself is prob- | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS Q. Is_any part of Texas in the Tortdd Zone?—('. G. A. Tts extreme southern point is degrees north of the Trople of the term “ex- reference to What is meant by itorfality” in . R M It refers to a rule of interna-| tlonal law by which certain <classes | of allens in a country are more or less exempted from its jurisdiction and are governed by the laws of their own country. Such privileges are often granted by Orental nations to Christian residents by express treaty, Q. What is the Jowish flag?—N. K. blue field with a white border, in the center of which is a six-pointed white star. This six-pointed star was the battle emblem of King David. Q. Do elk and horns as deer do?—R. A. They shed their similar manner. moose shed their E. O horns in a Q. DId Thomas Paine help with the Declaration of Independence?—I. P, A. Thomas Paine was born in 1 Of his work called is said that it opew assertion of independence, and was probably the most powerful pamphlet ever influenced a_nation’s his- In this wense Thomas Paine may be said to have influenced the A. The Jewish flag consists of al| BY FREDERIC J. HASK smaller ones, 42, 34 or 18. Even the smallest stones have 18. last onedoflar W, Q. When were the gold pleces colned?—P. coined wer. made n 1 Q. When will occur the next tetal eclipss of the sun, visible in the United which will have a general visibility in the United States will ba August 31, 1932. The path is from James Bay, Quebec, across Maine. Its durstion will be two minutes. Q. What was the date of the last continual burnt offering made by the Jews in Jerusalem?—A. P. M. A. The last continual burnt offering was probably made by the Jews A.D. . since which time no such offering has been made. Q. Pleasa tell me when the Aque duct Bridge at Thirty-sixth and M streets northwest was built?—B. W. K. A. The piers of the Aqueduct Bridge were put in by the United States Government during the Civil War, at time it built & wooden b In 1837 this was :y{lv‘u'fld and the present bridge was ulit. Q. What is the Torrens system, and { how does it | recording of 1a A. The Torrens preparation and adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Q. How many letters does the large canceling machine used in post officcs cancel?—S. 1. A. It cancels 500 a minute, and the smaller machine cancels 300 a minute. Q. plode S 8 A. The Bureau of Standards sa that probably very few explosions have ever been caused by running a boller dry, although the boiler ma: be ruined by such treatment. With- out water in the boiler there can- not be an explosion. Most explosions are caused by weakness of the boile or by excess pressure. Does a dry steam boiler ex Q. What is the average cost of a ration in the Army?—R. H. C. A._ According to the 1926 repost of the Secretary of YWar the cost during the fiscal year 426 was 36.12 cents, as compared with 30.94 cents for the year 192 Q. Who wrote “The Girl T Left Be- hind Me”?—E. D. F. A. It is not known definitely who wrote “The Girl T Left Behind Me" or the year in which it first appeared. It was sung so long ago as in 1760. Q. How much damage is done by hailstorms annually? How big do hailstones come and with what force do they strike the ground?—s. C. A. It is estimated that throughout the world hail extracts from the human race a toll of something like $200,000,000. Hallstones are some- times bigger than oranges. A case has heen described in which hall- stones burfed themselves to a depth of more than a half a yard in the soil of a meadow. Q. How many facets does a diamond have?—E. C. C. . It depends on the size of the Large stones have 68 facet United States Government, for it is only a gubordinate, With no access to inside Workings of the politbureau, does no§ Wag the dog. o 27. by Paul W Collins.h With Chin American . opinion, following with profound interest the unrest in China, the rise of anti-foreign feeling and the ‘weakening of British prestige through events at Hankow, inclines to the be- lief the time is at hand when the world rowers must adopt wholly new poli- cles in dealing with the hitherto help- lesst nation. “Because the Chinese are an essen- tially pacific race, because they have permitted themselves to, be bullied and outraged by foreigners in a way no other great people ever tolerated,” declares the Baltimore Sun, “'there are still some who think that treaties forced upon China in her period of helplessness can still be maintained by foreign troops. This school will now endeavor to show that ‘Western civilization' is menaced by a perfectly normal patriotic movement, libeled by calling it ‘Bolshevik’ in inception. If that argument triumphs, then is dis- aster really near.” “We In Amer "' advises the Hous- ton Chronicle, “will be wise to take with a few grains of salt the talk we may expect to hear about bolshevism and communism in China, and if Brit- ish or other interests become hard pressed, we can expect to be regaled with the usual stories of horrors and human brutalities. Some of which may be true, of course, just as it is always true where there is raclal or national conflict, but, nevertheless, we should bear in mind that ancient China is struggling toward a new na- tionalism and possibly a new civiliza~ tion, and we cannot look with any too great favor on the foreigners who stand In her way.” Suggesting that ‘“‘puzzled Britons, reading of the Cantonese attack on the British concessions at Hankow, may ask why it is that the anti-for- eign feeling in China continues to be focused on them,” the N York ‘World offers the explanation: ““Partly for old historic reasons, running back to the opium war, the seizure of Hong- kong and the spread of British com- mercial interests in China, but more largely, it is probable, because of the intense Chinese resentment caused by an incident of 1925. On September 7 h police of Shang- hai, after sporadic previous shootings, clashed with a Chinese demonstration entering the international gettlement, wounded a dozen students and work- ers and killed three.” PR “How deep the trouble lies is not for the present telling,” observed the Bir- mingham News. “At least the Chi- nese have grievances against the for eigners because of their attitude of superiority, because of the conces- sions, because of the economic strug- gles under which the Chinese labor— struggles and difficulties for which they hold the foreigners altogether re- onsible.”” The News also holds that ne thing which foreign governments are beginning to understand—and it is almost inexcusable that something hasn’'t been done about it—is that China is evolving into that state called racial consciousness.” The Ogden Standard-Examiner emphasizes the peril involved with the statement that “with anti-foreign sentiment well de- veloped the Chinese holding allegiance to the Cantonese government cannot be trusted, no more so than could an American mob that has been aroused against foreigners.” “Great Britain will be wise, the Santa Barbara Daily News, recognizes the legitimacy of the Chi- nese demands and gracefully with- draws from a dificult position. If China comes into her own, the ‘sphere of influence’ system is doomed. It is more than possible that the agitation | of the Chinese against the British Is the beginning of the end of the entire gystem of foreign rule in China," The Philadelphla Ledger barrassment in the fact that “the fic- tlon of Peking's sovereignty is the sole stook in trade of the diplomatic corps, which s charged with the protection of foreigners described a% follows of registration of titles distinct from registration of deeds It was introduced into South Aus- tralia by the Real Prope rens) Act (act of 1857-38), drafted b Sir Robert Richard Torrens (1514-84) The essential feature of the Torrens system is the guarant thie gov ernment of properly registered titles. The system has been generall adopted in Australia and British Columbia, and in its original or a modified form In some other coun- tries, including some States of the United States, Q. Are there any professional blood sellers?—W. P, A. The Public Health Service says that there are professional biood sellers in large cities. In Leondon there is an organization called “the Soclety of Donors,” whose members make ‘a_business of providing blood for blood transfusions. The blood of such persons is first tested in order to determine its purity. These peopla are permitted to give about one pint of blood at a time, once a week, and are paid from $25 to $50 each time. . Where is the “House of Peace " E. K. - Sulgrave Manor, in England, the original home of the Washington family, was dedicated as a “House of Peace,” and its formal opening to the public took place June 21, 1921, Did you ever write a letter to Fred- eric J. Haskin? You can ask him eny question of fact and get the answer in a personal letter. Here is a great educational idea introduced into the lives of the most intellipent peopls in the world—American newspaper read- ers. It is a part of that dest purpose of a mewspaper—service. There is no charge except 2 cents in_stamps for return postage. Address Frederic J. Haskin, director, The Evening Star gnh.;v-mcuon Bureauw, Washington, Change of Policies in Dealing Seen as Necessity der the present regime, enter into any negotiations save through " The Ledger believes that *‘Hankow has been a demonstration that an- other technique or a new polley is necessary in dealing with a militantly nationalist China.” L “Turmoil is the chief expression of China's awakening, nevertheless, states the Oklahoma City Times. “Civil wars have flared up with fre- quency In recent years. There {8 divi- sion among the people and a lack of stable government. China must dem- onstrate ability to manage her own affairs before foreign pressure and domination will cease.” The Albany Knickerbocker Press reviews the sit- uation with the conclusion that “a consultation of the powers upon which of the Chinese factions to support and resultant whole-hearted support of the favored faction to bring peace to the war-torn country might not be inad- visable, together with a clearcut, con- estatement of the entire Chinese Still another factor in the sftuation i emphasized by the Christian Sclence Monitor, which observes that “obvi- ously there is a division amq the power that “tha unity which it was customary to observe in the face of u menacing situation is absent, and without it the prospect of a happy solution is remote. Meanwhile atten- tion is centered upon Hankow.,” con- tinues the Monitor. “What is happen: ing there may have an important bear- ing upon the future of China.” A change in British policy is hailed by the Oakland Tribune with the statement: “Recently a British gun- boat leveled a Chinese village. This week the same nation abandons its Hankow concession rather than be responsible for the bloodshed which would follow a defense. The newer policy reflects the popular reaction in England to what has been called a needless assault. It may be rich in promise."” Claims Edmund Burke Was Irish Statesman To the Editor of The Star: In The Evening Star of the 12th instant you stated that Edmund Burke was an “eminent English states- man.” As this is an erroneous state- ment, I ask you to kindly correct it. The following information may be of some use to *ou: Alvers Edmund Burke, eminent statesman, was born in Dublin, Ire- land, January 1, 1730, and gled in Beaconsfleld, England, July 7, 1792. His preparatory training was gained at a school in Ballitone, Kildare, Ire- land. Entered Trinity College, Dub- lin, in the vear 1743, where he was graduated B. A., and in 1751 took his degree as master of arts. Trusting you will be kind enough to correct this statement, in justice to this illustrious Irishman, to his coun- try and the Irish race, I am, JAMES P. FURLONG. Practical Memorial Is Urged for Capital To the Editor of The Star: In reading in your {ssue of today the 18 suggestions to the executive committee of the Washington Memo- ;'lal Commission, this thought comes o m Why put up another expensive building in memory of our great na- tional hero, George Washington, when this beautiful city itself is the best possible mentorial to him? 1Is it net painting the lily If some further memorial be needed, would not George Washington have best liked somethipg not only of beauty but of practical and perma- nent service to the people of the land he loved so well? L LILLIAN HENDRICK)