Evening Star Newspaper, January 23, 1927, Page 49

SIDENT’S ART APPEAL APPLAUDED IN CAPITAL Beaders Stress Need of Buildings to Attract Rich Gifts—Corcoran Gallery Doubling k \} N E BY WILLIAM RUFUS SCOTT. “In the coming years Wash ington should be not only the art center of our own country, but the art center of the world.” —President Coolidge in his an- nual message to Congress. ‘Whether Washington is to become the “art center of the United States depends almost exclusively upon whether adequate galleries are pro- vided for displaying the magnificent gifts of art” which wealthy Americans undoubtedly would present to the Na- donal Capital if assured of proper handling of their collections. . 4 The Corcoran Galle Art is tak: ing a long stride toward giving such assurance. Not on to $6,000,000 Willia tion to be housed advantageous an addition designed especially for accommodation, and costing $700,000, which certain members of his family tgenerously donated, but the gallery itself is simultaneously erecting an other addition costing approximately $300,000, in which gifts of art, or its own possessions and purchases, may be shown effectively. 3 This total $1,000,000 construction | program will be finished, it is h early next year. By it of the gallery will be m than | doubled. The additions are designed | by Charles A. Platt, architect, to con- | form in style with the existing struc ture, and he has drawn plans also | for an addition on the remaining piece of ground, on the New York avenue | side, when the gallery is ready to ex- pand there. = Needs of National Gallery. By ‘way of contrast, the National ('{ullery of Art, now cramped in the New National Museum Building, has @lmost reached a standstill. Where \nrmerh’ about §500,000 worth’ of art 'as given to the National Gallery an nually, hardly 3 fifth qf that amonnt is received now, because,donors do not care to bestow their collections on a gallery that must store them away, or exhibit them poorly The collectors of America who con. sider Washington a desirable place for a permanent display of their art treasures do not ask Congress to buy + their collections; they oniy ask that Congress provide the building in § Which the public may enjoy the gifts properly. Therefore, it is pointed out, it rests largely with Congress whether Washington is to become the art cen- zex_-r;:f It'he Nation. e Freer Gallery, which, with its building, art contents and endn\\'}l’)er‘!l. is valued at close to $10,000,000, is ' striking example of one American’s determination to leave his collection to Washington even if Congress would not shelter it. The donor of this: valuable collection of Oriental and other art made provision for erecting the building at a cost of $1,400,000. But not every collector will go that far. Either Congress or private citizens must furnish build- ings, so that the flow of art to Wash- ington will not be impeded. Gift Intimated by Smoot. Senator Reed Smoot of ,Utah has intimated that philanthropically in- clined persons may give $10,000,000 ! for a National Gallery building. If this materializes Washington will make a great advance toward the art ‘leadership desired by President Coolidge. “The people of Washington gen- erally, perhaps, do not appreciate the extent and value of the Clark collec- tion,” sald C. Powell Minnigerode, di- reetor of the Corcoran Gallery. “It will enormously broaden the gallery's scope, being the most important ac- cession in the history of the gallery, adding many works of great beauty and value by the old masters, as well as textiles, furniture, faience, antiqui- ties, sculptures and other classes of art. Thése are objects of art in which #Vashington has been most deficient.” The situation at the National Gal Jery was described by Dr. Willlam H. Holmes, director: “If some -one gives us a valuable painting now I have to look around and most likely remove another paint- . ing to make room for the new gift, or else put it in storage. Should the Yfinest -collection in America be offered to us we would have to reject it, un- less the donor accompanied his gift with funds for a building or Congress guaranteed to house it. Washington ought to be getting many millions of dollars’ worth of art every vear. Many collectors would prefer erecting monu- ments to themselves in the National Capital by leaving their art for per- manent display here as memorials, but they know the National Gallery. at Jeast, is not prepared to fulfill their wishes in respect to housing.” Capital Missing Rich Gifts. Not _only Is the failure to );»;nx‘ide ition space costinz Washington f;‘;‘:‘:‘; Oaluable collections, but the present. possessions of the National Gallery are jammed in a space wholly inadequate. and never originally planned for a gallery. The necessity of erecting a gallery for the art. al- ready owned by the Government is imperative, in the opinion ‘of all apt Jeaders here, to say nothing of the expansion that would result from gifts if a new building were available. The $50,000,000 Federal building program does not include an art gallery. "As to whether Washington may be- come the art center of the world, the answer is bound up largely in the same question of housing. While cer-y %ain European galleries, such as the | Louvre, the Uffizi, Vatic: nd others, Jave collections of old masters which may remain unrivaled as to extent, it is yet possible for Washin, ;- quire examples of the old master: and the Clark collection is a high simportant step in that direction. Fur- thermore, there are still in private | hands ‘in Europe art works which | Americans doubtless will buy, as well ! as works of the first rank already owned by Americans, some of which | will come to Washington, always pro- vided a place is made ready ‘Washington, however, may become outstanding in modern art, especially in modern American art. The Cor- o Gallery, for instance, has shown an especial interest in the productions of American painters and sculptors. 1t has followed the policy of acquir- g for its collection the best exam- s of their work. As a result, the ery presents a thoroughly repre- tative collection of the work of e artists, illustrating the devel- ent of American art, mainly since beginning of the nineteenth cen ry. There are also fine examples offthe work of foreign artists. | Endowment for Prizes. his lifetime Mr. Clark en- D e “Corcoran Gallery with 0,000, the income from which ive $5,000 in prizes every two \Ilfl:!lo“f American artists and about 9,000 in the same period for purchas- {rlg their works. Thus the entire in- égme of $12,000 per annum goes en- ufiy to American artists and so to eficourage American art. $ The prizes are given at the Corcoran AGallery's Biennial Exhibition of Co- temporary Ameiican Oil Pain and since the amount invoived cc tutes the most substantial re given in art contests in the Uni Stetes, the prestige of Washingtoy drt center is notably increascd ery gives other special exhibit ta, foster American art. ‘Alofig with this encouragement, the is s | valued at more than $1.000.000. C 3 .apacity. gallery has met with gratifying suc- cess selling works of art from its spe- clal exhibition more than $1,000,000 in sales having been made for artists since the biennial exhibitions were establiched in 1907. No commissions are charged by the gallery on these sales. The art school conducted in connec tion with the Corcoran Gallery is n important activity in Washington art circles and the enlarged Nery will be of benefit to the school in so far as having a larger v ety of art helps the student. The school, which has an annual enrollment of from 350 to 400 pupils, charges no tuition, but a nominal entrance fee is required. While the following resume is by no means complete, it gives some idea of the scope of the ( k collection nd the enlargement it | the Corcoran Gallery. 0ld Masters in Gift. Paintings and drawings—About 200, including many old masters, such as Rembrandt, Titian, Van Dyke and Murillo. Of the English schoo! there are examples of the work of Raeburn, Reynolds, Gainsborough, etc. The French are represented by Corot, illet. Rousseau and others. There re 16 very beautiful drawings Velasquez, Da Vinci and masters of their rank. Textil fes of There are three kinds. four Gothic tape! A is Then there are four three Peauvais. Between 40 and 50 rugs al in the collection, including 35 Ispahan, 5 Polonais and 1 Damascus. Experts say the tapestries and rugs together are worth $3,000,000. The collection of laces is both rare and exquisite. There are 50 pieces of the Ttalian, French and Brussel examples of the fifteen'h, sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries Furniture and ornaments — The three perlods of the Empire, Louis XV and Louis XVI are represented. The Louis XVI salon has a ceiling 44 feet long, by Fragonard. There are 192 antiquities of the Grecian, Egyptian and Etruscan schools, someé dating as far back as the twelfth century B. C. Falence—Three kinds, with 121 Gobelins and in Berlin; 35 pieces of Bernard de Palissy ware and 45 pieces of old Delft ware. Stained Glass Windows. Two stained glass windows of the thirteenth and sixteenth centuries, a Gothic mantel and sculptures in mar- ble by Rodin and Canova, among others, complete the “high spots” in careful selection from th collection, taking the value and interest of greatly enhanced. The Corcoran Gallery, open every day in the year except Christmas and the Fourth of July, or when special exhtbitions are being installed, at-| tracts from 160,000 to 225,000 visitors annually, which i= considered a_large patronage for a city the size of Wash- ington. Tourists by the thousands vidit the gallery every 'vear from every State in the Union. This is _true also of the National Gallery. The number of visitors to the gallery itself is not kept, since it is in the new National Museum Build- ing, but more than 400,000 visitors a year visit the Museum building, most of whom also view the art collection. Art at Library of Congress. In the print division of the Library of Congress Washington has'the larg- est collection of this kind of art in America. There are more than 400, 000 prints on hand now end they are increasing at the rate of 15,000 a year. A notable tribute to the Library of Congress as an art center was paid by the late Joseph Pennell, who left his valuable collection to the Library and ultimately a bequest of about $300,000. The Library of Congress, further- more, is an almost unwalled store- house of the literature of art, con- sulted constantly, Any survey of the art resources of Washington which omitted the Library of Congress, there- fore, would be inadequate. Thousands of visitors find the print division fas- cinating, while art connolsseurs visit it for more technical reasons. Among what might be termed pri- vate galleries in Washington is the Phillips Memorial Gallery, which has an important collection, including some very modern works. _ The persona! side of art in Wash- ington is represented by such organ- izations as the Arts Club, the Society of Washington Artists and the Wash- ington Water Color Club. , They foster public interest in and apprecia- tion of art as well as contribute to the professional advancement of artists. The encouragement given to art by President Coolidge in his message has been received not only here, but in art circles throughout the Nation, with the greatest interest and with the con- fident expectation that . great impe- tus will be given to Washington as an art center. . North Africa xm};)us Over Lake’s Recession “cream,” the the gift are North Africa is anxiously wonder- ing whether Lake Chad in the French Sudan is soon to disappear. The hody of water, which, being fed by various tributaries, upon whose volume its size has depended, has covered some- times as much as 20,000 square miles at high water time, is diminishing be- low its usual proportions during drought, when its bed has measured only some 4,200 square miles. The lake has never been known to have a permanent outlet and Col. Tilho, who is devoting his life to Afri- matters, warns that it now threat- ens to empty its entire waters into the River Niger. Such an eventuality s very much feared in technical and colonial circles, as it would mean ster- ility for the rich lake delta with an area of 120,000 square gpiles. This land is unexcelled for fertility and, besides being the home of count- less flocks of fowl,'is cultivated with cotton, sorghum, rice, wheat, sugar cane and tobacco. The drying up of the lake basin, with its resultant ef- fect on the productivity of the delta, would be calamitous. o Poincare Found Weaker In Paris Political Whirl (Continued from First Page.) spire confiedence in France and Ger many, respectively In fact, the year which has just is the first year of actual The war was ended by formal reconciliation and mutual acceptance of voluntary agreements along with the_German admission to the Leagus of Natlons last September. Thus, in u sense, the practical value of all the adjustments made both at Locarno and_ later at Geneva remains to be iisclosed by the tests of time. One can say that both in France and in sermany the popularity of the policy reconcilation seems unimpaired nd both Briand and Stresemann be yond the reach of any domestic politi Cal UDBeL. omyriehe208%,) will bring to | by | pieces, some from the Hanauer estate | the collection. l When it is understood that the art | obtained by the gallery represents a | entire Clark | THE SUNDAY BY WILLIAM GREEN, President, American Federation of Labor. EN look to the church as the agency which will teach heaven and to live a right- eous life. Labor is gener- ally regarded as the hewer of wood and the drawer of water. To those of living are interlaced in a complete expression of life, the church and labor symbolize different planes activit. |a unity that implies that each differ- | ent activity is part of a related en- |deavor for self-development seek | unifying principle. This I understand | to be the basis of this inquiry: What |can the church do for labor? all men is sincer life more abundantly. | differ widely in the kind of life they | think they waat, but one and all, con- sciously or unconsciously, are in quest |of the mysteries of the kingdom of | shall leary | God, through which we | the meaning of life. | * % ok k Some of us see the church as the {road to the kingdom of God. Others | see it through the redeeming power of great soclal reform. | others hope that through the develop- | ment and release of creativg power {in men human beings may “expre their spiritual natures. And othe there are with the penetration to see lin all these things the inextinguish {able desire of men to have more of lit. Men are everywhere grasping lafter pleasures and possessions or something to satisfy the longings of human nature. ‘This very simple | principle brings a deflnite meaning out of what seems otherwise a mad scramble. The church has the responsibility of developing creative activity in spiritual living and in_directing re- ligious education along lines that will promote character building and right |living. In addition we look to the |church for the art of developing spiritually, just as we look to our | schools for the art of developing intel- lectually. As the spirit of the man Is that which dominates and colors his {living, it is evident that the church {has a functional opportunity to be the all-.pervading factor in_ individual and community life, if the church |achieves its fuilest possibilities. | * K & % Through its influences on the main- | springs of character and thus deepen- ing the currents of living, the church, that influences spiritual life by main- taining high standards of justice and | fellowship between men, makes its greatest_contribution to the cause of labor. The fundamentals of human relations which the church teaches | should serve as the basis for human relations in industry and all work relations, The labor movement had its origin in hunger that was both physical and them to find the kingdom of | who do not see how the various parts * Those who find in all of life | aj STAR, WASHINGTO! What Can the Church That which is a common tie between | longing for life, and | Individuals | And still | spiritual. Labor seeks life and life BY HENRY W. BUNN. HE following is a brief sum- mary of the most important news of the world for the seven days ended Janu- ary 22: France.—The recent elections to fill one-third of the seats in the Fren(-!} Senate resylted in a gain of 5 for the Left as a whole, negligible; not appreciably affecting Poincare's position. It is, however, significant that considerable gains were made by the Extreme Left, largely at the expense of the Moderate Left. The Unified Socialists won 10 additional geats without losing any and (for the first time, I believe) a Cum- munist finds himself a Senator. The Radical Socialists won 5 new seats, but lost 11 old ones. Thé distinguished De Selves, pres- ident of the Senate, was defeated for re-election, and so was Millerand. Barthou, Clementel and Caillaux were re-elected and Raoul Peret, president of the Chamber, becomes a Senator. Louis Kilotz, Clemen- ceau’s henchman, was defeated. And here is another significant fact. A Unified Socialist, M. Bouisson, has been elected president of the am- ber in succession to Peret, defeating the Nationalist candidate, the re- doubtable Maginot, 284 to 186. Bouisson has been vice president for the past two vears, and in that capacity has pleased all parties by his combination of dignity, tact and good humor. With some plausibility the contest for the presidency of the Chamber has been described as one between Poincarists and the Briand- ists (so aligned with respect of for- eign policy), the Briandists winning. M. Bouisson is the first Unified So- cialist to hold his office. The French senatorial term is 9 years. The eminent Paul Doumer has been elected President of the Senate in succession to De Selves. Insurrection still exists in Syria. * K K K Germany.—Dr. Curtius of the Peo- ple's party having been defeated in his effort to construct a Bourgeols bloc cabinet (Democrats, Centrists, German and Bavarian Populists and Nationalists, Nationalists predominat- ing), Dr. Marx tried to form another “Little Coalition” cabinet (same as above minus the Nationalists); which should enjoy Socialist support without Socialist participation. Having an- nounced failure, he was thereupon requested by the president to essay the task vainly attempted by Dr. Curtius; namely, formation of a Bourgeols bloc cabinet. At the same time the president appealed to the parties concerned to compose their differences and get together “for the good of the Fatherland Dr. Marx is at work. * K K * China.—The Chinese situation is now of an interest and importance so great as to be almost exclusive. I remarked last week on the uncer- tainty concerning the attitude of Wu Pel Fu. It would appear that a de- tachment of his army has been assist- ing Yen Hsi Shan, Tuchun of Shansi, in resisting the advance of Quomin- chun (the army headed by Feng Yu Hsiang, the ““Christian General”) into Honan Province, and that the allied forces have effectively halted that advance near Wen Hiang in the north- west corner of Honan. Troops of Wu Pel Fu hold the western terminus of the Lunghal Railroad at Ling Pao, a ligttle east of Wen Hiang. Co-operation between Wu Pei Fu and Yen Hsi Shan (known as the “model governor’) was to be expected; they are men of the same kidney, of the Confucian breed, gentlemen of the old school. It was to be expected, t0o, that Wu Pei Fu would act against Feng Yu Hsiang, who betrayed him and China in 1924. There might still, however, be reason to doubt whether Wu Pei Fu would co-operate with Chang Tso Lin and Sun Chuan Feng. But, though the matter is not clear, I 1m inclined ‘to infer that he has de- WILI JANUARY 23, 1927—PART 2. Do for IAM GREEN. more abundantly. It seeks relief from long, hours and animallike toil, that it might know the glory of wellliving and opportunity for the beauty and color which add richness, depth and symbolism to living. The movement seeks to develop the character and self-respect of working men and women by making them feel that they are of importance to in dustry and to society and that should be and must be consultec when matters affecting their interests dre at stake in the concerns for which they are working. It brings to workers responsibility instead of ac- ceptance of the position of humbly taking what others decide to give them, or dumbly doing what they are told. Labor movements seek first those economic standards that lift the hori- zon of the workers' lives and widen legation at Peking arrived at Hankow on January 11 to discuss with Eugene Chen, foreign minister of the W Chang government, the Hankow affair and the future of the British conce: sion. After Cantonese troops belatedly cleared the mob out of the British concession at Hankow, a commission appointed by the Wu Chang goveérn- ment took over the administration thereof and apparently, patrolled by Chinese police, it has since been unmolested. We are told that the Chinese authorities were urgent with the British (though the women and children were evacuated to Shanghai, the men remained) to resume bus ness, but that they refused to do so pending action by the British govern- ment. Fantastically enough, it might seem that the Chinese Extremists were abashed by the results of the Hankow outrage. The British spoiled all by their marvelous exhibition of self-re straint. They refused to provide M. Boredin with martyrs he required. Just concefvably that exhibition of self-restraint had a certain moral ef- fect. The ecstatic hour of insulting the British “dogs” passed, the net ap- parent result being the cessation of business dealings with the aforesaid “dogs,” dealings now seen to be so essential to the prosperity of Hanko Therefore it would seem the Modes ates have gained the ascendency at least temporarily. On January 10 Eugene Chen issued the following notice (apparently ad dressed to all Chinese officials), headed “An urgent notification from the min- istry of forelgn affairs of the Nation- alist government; “A new situation has arisen since the Nationalists entered the British concession. The British delegate, who is on his way from Peking, is due to arrive tomorrow in order Lo arrange relations between the two parties. We have repeatedly declared that the lives and property of foreign immi- grants shall really be protected, ‘and such protection must be given in order that diplomacy m: be facilitated in its work. It is hereby announced to the world that such protection will be afforded by the Nationalist govern- ment. “You are hereby requested to in- form the population that they must assist, and therefore stop all anti- British and anti-Christian movements during the time the negotiations are being carrled out with Britain.” One awaits report of the result of that conference (apparently still in process), wondering what instructions Mr. O'Malley may have received from Downing street, wondering especially what has passed between the con- ferees concerning Shanghai; wonder- ing whetner or no the British govern- ment has decided to stand by the au- they | live; shorter are fundag iring op- The meove- , not for and more the in_ which the: hours and higher wage! mental requirements in as; | portunity for development | ment is seeking these thin the sake of better hours money, but that it may b of life to those who do the work. * % % x improving the working condi- of workers, opportunities available for changes in the lities of the workers them- The labor movement seeks first to 11ake conditions of labor such that bodies and minds shall not be so poisoned or warped that their posses- sors cannot appreciate and use oppor- tunities that may be theirs; it deavors to make employment ‘more stable, so that families need not worry continually over food and ledging for By tions made person selve thorities of the international settle- ment at Shanghai, who are vigorously putting the settlement in a posture of defense and who have proclaimed that, should the settlement be at- tacked, the British procedure at Han- kow will not be repeated, but fire- arms will be used promptly and no chances taken. Seldom has history presented so dramatic a situation. But if the Mod- erates have at least temporarily gained the ascendancy at Hankow, this is not true of certain other places, notably Fuchu and Amoy. Moreover, there is this consideration to be weighed. The Moderates are playing with fire. However moderate their aims, th have more or less used anti-foreignism as an instru- ment, thinking, no doubt, to curb ex- treme manifestations. But obviously that terror may readily get out of hand. Anti-Christian mob hatred, vicious- ly and mendaciously fomented by agi- tators, gave itself rein in Fuchau, Fu- kien Province, last Sunday and Mon- According to the dispatches h and American missionaries were badly beaten, and British, Amer- i ‘rench and Spanish churches, orphanages, hospitals and schools were looted; Roman Catholic, Protes- tant and Y. M. C. A. institutions and personnel being treated with like im- partial violence and mnothing being done by the military authorities (there are 40,000 Cantonese troops in the city) to restrain the frenzied populace. An orphanage conducted by Spanish nuns was attacked with especial feroc- ity, the agitators having broadcast the old, old, charge that orphans were muyrdered by the nuns. Happily, the nuns made good their escape disguised as Chinese. Evacuation of foreigners from the upper Yangtse continues as rapidly as the limited shipping facilities per- mit. That excellent institution, Yale in China, at Changsha, in Hunan Prov- ince, has been closed because of pre- posterous demands made by students .under incitement by the extremists. Among the demands are the followin, The students to have voting repre- sentation on the governing board; any member of the teaching staff to be fired should two-thirds of his students so vote; the students to determine the curriculum; no student to be expelled except by consent of the student body. It is no doubt of considerable sig- nificance that Mr. MacMurray, our Minister to Peking, having arrived at Seoul, Korea, en route home to confer with the President and Secretary of State, was ordered back to his post. Capture of Shanghai by the Canton- ese doesn't seem such a sure thing after all, if recent reports are correct, which state that forces of Sun Chuan Indian Is Not “Vanishing American,” Statistics of Tribes Show, Says Expert “Poor Lo” is far from being a * ishing American,” and romantic s) pathy directed toward him is largely wasted, according to Albert B. Rea- gan, expert on Indian affairs, who has lived among various tribes of the American aborigines for many years. There are at present, he states, 349, 595 Indians in the United States, an increase of 16, or approximately 4.8 per cent, in 10 years. The Navajos of the Southwest, com- monly thought of as the tribe most rapidly dying out, show themselves to be one of the most rapidly increasing. They numbered a little less than 9,000 in 1889, but now muster a roll of about 38,000. The Cherokees of North Caro- lina show the most rapid increase dur- ing recent years, swelling thelr num- bers from 7,914 in 1912 to, 11,969 in 1926, or more than 50 per cent, in less than 15 years. Other tribes, especially cided to do so. According to a late report, troops of Chang Tso Lin are well on their way southward through ifonan to co-operate with Sun Chuan in the West, are reported to be in flour- ishing condition. the largest number being naturally in Oklahoma, where over 100,000, the Five Civilized Tribes ajone to(le n- educ tional activities of the United States Government with most of the improvement in the status of the In- dians. In 1882, he says, there was only one hospital among the Indian: in 1900 there were five, and in 1925, 82. These gave treatment to appre mately 28,000 Indians. On reserva- tions, besides the medical aid and at- tention given the Indians by the hool and agency people, there also are now 40 field matrons, 135 nurses and 181 physicians, besides eye, nose, ear and throat specialists and seven traveling dentists. In 1775 the Continental Congress expended $500 for the schooling of the Indian youth at Dartmouth College, and the year closing we spent about $6,000,000 in the instruction of 67,000 Indian children, where medical super- vision is attended to with great care, both in caring for them and in teach- ing them the laws of health and sani- tation. In addition, the Government has introduced modern sanitation methods of living into the Indian homes. b CEMES The University of California has a sea-going launch which is used in itssthe-medical-and trips Lo make sclentific collections, 4 Labor? | tomorrow or live in dread of losing |a job, of sickness, or of other dis | ability. Tt seeks to provide the means | for more equitable conditions of em | ployment and for the adjustment of | | difficulties that grow out of industrial | relations. When definite standards of fair dealings are guaranteed jofntly | by management and representatives | of the workers, labor is there In position to render longer service and to assume definite responsibilities. | ut labor cannot enter upon this rger activity until managemont | creates the opportunity by guarantees |of justice that beget confidence on the | part of the workers. {" Our trade unions are based on ¢ | divisions which follow the demarca- | tions of different vocational groups: | These groups are the repositories of ‘\\nrk experience, which constitutes technical information invaluable in developing greater efficfency and im- provement in production. The begin- | ning of this type of union manage- {ment of co-operation marks the in- |itiation of an educational undertaking {of immeasurable significance, for it | makes possible the utilization of the | production experience of all concerned in production. P i £ | of t The decisions and the policies the trade-union movement must r | with the wage earners themselvi {Upon the various factors in industry rest distinct functional responsibili- ties which labor recogni: Each | separate factor must have authority {to decide those matters for which it has functional responsibility. But this does not imply arbitrary decisions without consideration of all factors and elements concerned. In addition to industrial considerations, public opinfon has a real influence in deter- mining industrial policies. When dis- putes arise within indust public | |opinion becomes increasingly poten- | al. General discussion of the issues @ is necessary to an intelligent conclu- sion, which involves, of course, hav- ing the necessary data available. 'lnl this connection the church could ren- der a service, not only to labor but to industry and society, by providing un- biased agencies for joint educational discussion. This service does not ne- cessitate partisan or definite action on specific issues by the church, for that would be distinctly outside its province. But the church can with propriety be the champion of free discussion and fair play. Of tran- scendent influence would be the ethical standards and emphasis on right liv- ing which the church would_ focus upon any concrete situation. Under- standing of industrial conditions and industrial forces is essential to dis- cussfon. Any effective aid to labor must be based upon an understanding of work- ers, their organizations, their condi- tions of work and of living and the hopes they hold. This understanding can be tened if ministers and the more enlightened of the congregations take the lead in furthering it and in increasing their own knowledge. (Covyright. 1927.) Feng have, after inflicting severe re- verses on the enemy, practically cleared Chekiang Province of the in- vading Cantonese. Our Admiral Williams is said to have available in Chinese and Filipino waters and at Guam 55 vessels and 8,000 Marines and bluejackets. A squadron of five British cruisers has “safled from Malta ‘to Shanghai and a detachment” of T,000 “Marinés left Portsmouth yesterday on a char- tered liner for the same .destination. Another cruiser and a hospital ship will soon follow. The government is careful to dep- recate a false interpretation of these dispositions, which are only “precau- tionary. A semi-official follows: . “The government is ready and will- ing to go very far in meeting the Chi nese proposals in negotiations. statement reads as many observers of the situation to- day might perhaps think justifiable. The objects of British policy through- (t)utdthe \{orlt;’ are peace, progress and rade. Nowhere is this m than in China.” ks Meantime the British labor leaders are not exactly helping the govern- ment in its negotiations with Wu Chang by declaring for surrender of all the concessions, including the in- ternational settlement at Shanghai and against use of force. The Peking government has issued mandates announcing; That the cus-| toms increases provisionally promised by the Washington conference will go into_effect February 1; that Chinese tariff autonomy will take effect Janu. ary 1, 1929, and that the additional revenue derived from the tariff in- creases will be applied toward aboli. tion of the Likin service of read- justed foreign lohns and constructive administrative purposes. The foreigs We | are prepared to go much further than | ARLINGTON COUNTY WAKES TO REALIZATION OF FUTURE Washington’s “Little Sister” Expects 1o Make “Debut” by Beautification Under Greater Capital Plan. BY REX COLLIER. HROUGH the smoke of a not too esthetic industrial develop- ment, nearby Virginia is be ginning to peer into a future which holds forth for it a role more promising than that of mere neighbor to one of the world's great capitals. Arlington County, somewhat back- ward child though she may have been in the past, is experiencing the thrills of “growing pains.” No longer is she content to hang onto the apron strings of the Capital City—to look to others for protection and succor. Awakened to @ new realization of the responsibility devolving upon her with the formulation by Uncle Sam of fmportant plans for her beautification and development, the adolescent child is demonstrating that she has plenty of genuine, if somewhat latent, pride in her own future well-being. Some Groups Skeptical. There are those, of course, who will be skeptical as to these things. The doubters will find it difficult to recon- cile the past with what lies just ahead. They cannot see beyond the haze that walfts itself from Virginia's shores to- ward Washington’s stately skyline. It is a haze familiar to many who wend their way to Arlington, Mount Vernon and other sacred and historic points of Old Virginny—the haze of old shoes, rags and paper in process {of cremation. Nor can they easily blot from their minds the composite picture of oil tanks, brick yards, freight yards, abattoirs and signboards which im- pressionable ones find difficult to dis- sociate from Arlington County’s roll- ing landscape. Yet there stands out bold an- in | tithesis to all of this a number of most unmistakable slgns of better things to come for nearby Virginia. County Senses Growth. Arlington County is beginning to sense that it is really growing up; that it has a duty to perform for its own ctizens, responsibilities to shoul- der for the National Capital, obliga- tions to fulfill with respect to the Nation which so long has manifested a certain guardian interest in her welgare. Her Uncle Sam has taken pencil and paper and has shown her just how he would like to see her progress. He has vested in her marked confi- dences by building to her shores a magnificent memorifal bridge and by mapping out for her a wonderful pro- gram of park and boulevard develop- ment. He has indicated a willing- ness—yea, a desire—to welcome her to his arms as a part of his greater metropolitan family. But he can’t, alone, shape Arling- ton County’s future for her. The county must take a hand in her own advancement. She must take an ac- tive interest in her own destiny. Arlington County is giving evidence of just such activity at the present. Zoning Law Results. The latest and, perhaps, the most far-reaching movement in this direc- tion is the rising agitation for a zon- ing law for Arlington County. Such a law, officlals of the National Capital Park and Planning Commis- sion say, is the county's paramount need, if plans of the park experts are to be carried to fruition. Lack of such regulations to govern the use of privately owned land in the county, it is declared, threatens ‘to imperil the Federal development pro- gram worked out for the areas jacent to the three public bridges now connecting the county with the National Capital. Further delay in adopting a_systematic, business-like, municipal-like policy, restricting the uses to which property holders may put their land, may prove fatal, the commission believes. The Federal Government is plan- ning big things for nearby Virginta. It has large holdings there now- Arlington Nattonal Cemetery, Fort Myer, the experimental farm, eto. and it will need additional land on which to lay out the imposing system of approaches projected for the new Memorial Bridge, to provide right-of-way for the Mount Vernon boulevard and to permit of general extenslon of the parking program conceived under the Greater Wash- ington plan Much Land Industrial. Much of the area involved in the regional development agenda already is of industrial character, Many of the factories which have settled there have permitted their properties to attain a run-down condition far from exhflarating to sightseers and others. The aroma of burning trash mingles with the odor of soft coal to stifle hapless motorists, These industries have scattered themselves, haphazardly, from the Rosslyn terminus of the Key Bridge to Alexandria. Under present regula- tions any business man may purchase ground "in Arlington County and build himself a factory on it as he wholly unhampered by zon strictions. All that is neces- sary is for him to obtain a building permit from the county authorities, who apparently are obliged to grant it providing bullding ordinances are complied with. The county, however, may refuse to issue this permit it it believes the business to be estab- lished may become a “public nui- sance.” The county has before it at the present time a problem involving the proposed erection in the general vielnity of the approaches of the Me. morial Bridge of an abattoir. Citi- zens of the county, to say nothing of the National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission, are considerably exercised over the prospect of a slaughterhouse In this location. At- tention of the Virginia Park and Planning Commission has been di rected to this matter, and at a recent meeting the commission went on rec- ord as condemning the erectiog 4n such areas of factories likely ti .- come offensive to the public. Stringent Law Is Solution. The eventual solution of all such problems lles In the enactment of stringent zoning regulations for all the territory Involved, according to officials of the Federal Park Com- mission. This view is shared by civic organizations of the county, who are allve to the fact that Arlington County is rapidly becoming *“Arling- ton City,” an important adjunct of the Natfonal Capital. Residential communities are spring- ing into existence with magic regu- larity throughout the length and breadth of the county, and most of these before long will be linked by a city water supply system, direct from the Government's own plant at Dale- carlia. Communities are losing their dividing lines and are becoming amal- gamated into one, with common in- terests and aspirations. This growth has brought forcibly to the fore the urgent need for a coun- ty-wide “city-planning” movement, de- signed to standardize and harmonize the existing and the future yoads and highways of the embryo city, A commission even now i T ing advisability of instituting a city form of government for.the coufity, cognizant of the fact that a govern- ment established to meet demands of a decade ago, when Arlington County was spotted with flelds of waving corn instead of dotted with thriving. villages, may not be equal to the un- foreseen situation of today. The signs are u ‘Washington's “little gister,® across the Potomac, is preening herself’for the long-awaited debut, World BY JAMES T. SHOTWELL, 3 1 Historian of the Famous Scholar and His Any form of religion which tends to deny the essentially spiritual quality in the best achievement of the best minds, when questioning along the frontlers of the surrounding mystery, is destined to be passed by and discarded as the quest proceeds. can maintain themselves by force of repetition for long stretches of time, but not forever. The condi- tion of their existence is in the long office is directed to urge the concerned o reopen the ‘eonfamers on Chinese customs. * k ok % gel/'nfted States of Senate has refused to ratify Lausanne treaty. The vots ssas oy to 34 In s avor, i.c. six short of the twothirds majority fequired for rati- On Thursday the Senate voted, to 33, a resolution forbidding adseinis tration of the oath of office to Franik L. Smith, Senator-designate from i nois, pending investigation and report by the privileges and elections com. mittee upon the question of his right to be seated, and subsequent decision by the Senate. That right is chal- enged by the allegation that huge his behalt In he et ponded in e Tllinois Re, primary campaign of last Feql. cop Smith "has been elected o America.—The I)r’e‘_shent Senate, e Hoover Commissi to report upon the question « route for construction - of Iu‘r ocean-going craft from Lakes to the Atlantic h; unequivoecally in wrence route, agreement can be Dl')‘l'x}:inlon of Canada. e Army appropriation passed by the House calls lorb:."to;g expenditure of $357,000,000. It con- ((,elmfigtes an Army enlisted strengtn \750, as against the budget recommendation of 115,000, and a daily zl;t::)lllan:fi allowance for the soldier cents, whereas the bud s mendation was 35,74 centl.get e * k¥ ok Notes.—The Mexican foreij Hn issued the following n’i’t‘m‘;‘:fie ‘Answering numerous questions with regard to the present, publications in the press, the Mexican government declares that it is ready to accept in ‘!:Yfl?tcelflflesttnhl.t l(: dlflc!‘l’lenu with the. ni es shoul decide way of arbitration.” o It would seem, however, that Presi- dent Coolidge is opposed to arbitration, Peru has rejected the proposal of Secretary Kellogg looking to settle. ment of the Tacna-Arica question, the which proposal had been accepted “in principle” by Cille and absolutely by Bolivia. ! P ity 19979 of the best a_shipway the Great as reported favor of the St, provided suitable struck with the run the same as that of the rest of r_heritage. ouWhere bellef rejects that skeptical process of inquiry which is in the scientific method, it seems to erect for itself safe attack. But this appearance of safety is delusive; for the creed that lives by isolating itself from the intellectual life loses its vitality and ceases to offer any effective help to square the ideal it cherishes with the reality which it ignores. It is surely an artificial fron- tier which theology erects between the creed that embodies bellef and the rocesses of thought which may de- ferm.lno our acceptance or rejection of it. Exalts the Mind. Much more valid is the distinction which has been drawn between the attitude of mind in each case. Re- ligion exalts the mind by the con- templation of mystery, it apprehends Science compel creative mind in the hour of its crea- tion? Exultant in the power to mould the stubborn elements of thought into new forms for the use of contemplation of mankind, it is at the same time held in check by a sense of its own lim- itations. Knowledge, in short, is mere- ly a human parallel to mystery; and truth merely the harmony within this structure which we erect to fit along- side those fragments of the unknown ‘which eternally confront us with their question. But is this really all that knowledge is; all that truth implies? These are not the definitions of the fathers of the church. Withstood the Shock. ‘When the Christian church de veloped its own worship, it naturall, itselfl as other religions h: done against the profane world out- side, and for over a thousand years the bulwarks of this mighty city of the soul withstood the shock of temporal onslaught. Against it the powers and palities of this world raged in n. It was the ideal and the irspiration of thoughtful men. But during most of that time its defenders made the mistake of con- tinuing to repeat that emphasis upon INVISIBLE FRONTIER DIVIDES SCIENCE FROM RELIGION NOW Knowledge Is Merely Human Parallel to Mystery and Truth Is Harmony Within This Structure, Finds. won its liberty and established its institutions. But after the church had been established and its doctrine had won | an almost unquestioned allegiance, it could no longer remain closed to the movement of inquiring minds. Out- side and within began a movement of exploration. So large is this move- ment now, so different in its outer - aspects from the guardianship of ancient dogma, that many have been struck by this external contrast and failed to see its real meanin; Includes All Search. ‘They have failed to take account of the changes wrought by history and judge it now as the fathers of the early church would have judged similar movement in their day as & revolt against the divine government the conflict between the sacred and the secular which had been the slogan ot the e, in-whioh the early-church of the world, or an attempt to et the responsibilities of its citizenship. But that is a complete misunde: standing of the nature of modern thought. What has really happened is that the narrow confines of theol- ogy remain upon their seven hille while the empire of the world includes all valid, reverent search for truth, all sacrifice of self for high ideal in the realm of thought or social service, and reaches through the entire fleld of daily experience. The city of God extends its bounds to include the fartherest conquests af the human mind, and its citizenship implies service for humanity. (Copyright, 1927.) Austrian Archduke Being Royally Reared Empress Zita, widow of the late Emperor Karl of Austria, is bringing up her oldest son, Otto, in true Haps- burgian traditions. Archduke Otto is now 14 years old, and if he is ever called on to wear the iron crown of St. Stephen of Hungary he will not take his place unprovided with the scent of kingliness. Ever since his father died at Madelra this youth has been surrounded by an excessive def- erence. He is sheltered from ghe world, is encouraged to play wif armies and is called “your even by his own family. The young prince is not, however, spoiled by lux- ury. l}hm is said to be poverty in the house at Lequeitio, Spain, the pres- ent home of the Hapsburgs—even to the extent sometimes of absence of fires in the Winter time. His break- fast s served by a uniformed servant who serves for ‘“glory” only, since the Empress is unable to pay him. At his breakfast table the butter is rationed to two small slices per head, and no one—not even his mother—sits down in his presence. His faithful supporters in Hungary are g:n:lh‘:( to z&e ’Il.rn exiled family al at is In thelr power to make life easier.