Evening Star Newspaper, March 3, 1927, Page 8

. : THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1927. * £l — ., THE EVENING STAR With 8unday Morning Edition. WABHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY. . March 3, 1927 THEODORE W. NOYES. . The Evening Star Newspaper Company Offce 31t ne "ot Fnnavis ork Fex oo 110 Fant 42 ‘Chicars O Tower Buiding Beropean on«fi;n.dnn| %1 London., Star. with the Sunday morn e delivered by carriers within fally only dara anly. 20 cenis - undars only per “month " OTiera may he aeni by mail o ona Main 8000 Coliaciion i made by er at end of each month B8, All Other States and Cana Dafly and Sund sr. $1200- 1 mo. 1 ongy ordar-d r B3R 001 1 mo Sunday only . 1. $4.00:1mo Maryland and Virg and Sundar. .1 vr $8.00:1mo oniv 1y $800 1 mao s only T $300 1 mo to the ues for repul oa credited to it or ited fn this paper and aiso the local news oublished All righta of publication *f apecial ches herein are also reserved Maryland Planners. Not in many years has so much genuine enthusiasm over any project been shown as now Is being manifest in Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties, Maryland, over the prospect of developing these regions, rich in soenic beauty, along great and broad lines so that they may fittingly re- spond to tha needs of the future greater Washington. Officials and citizens alike look forward to the day when the most beautiful sections of the National Capital will spread into the suburbs. But they realize that the region cannot ‘“jes’ grow" like Topsy. There must be well knit, co- ordinated plans for logical develop- ment, Mistakes in planning the vast ares adjoining the District must not be made If progress and beauty go band in hand. Mistakes of today mean countless thousands of dollars’ expense in eradication in later years if, indeed, they ever can be eradi- cated, Territories must he zoned that established property values may be protected. A sense of surety for future investors may be gained through this very process. Streets, boulevards, parks, playgrounds and pubdlic spaces for all generations to come must be devised at present if the future is to be as it should be. The same spirit of enthusiasm that teday dwells in the hearts and minds of those who are looking forward to a National Capital of extreme beauty and comfort must continue to pre- vail. There must be no flagging of universal interest. Co-operation and co-ordination of effort are necessary. Sniping, bickering, backbiting and selfish interest must be subordinated to common weal. A spirit of good should forever reign. But a note of warning is never amiss. " Upon the vision and courage with ‘Which the Maryland Park and Plan- ming Commission, soon to be named, approaches the task will depend its success, and to gain this goal there must be an inspiring personnel. In mery cities mere politics has been permitted to dominate the selection of men for such responsible posi- tiens. Mere politics may show itself in the selection of planners for Mary- land. If there is one group of men that should be selected, sans politics, it ts the members of the Maryland Planning Commission. Only men ‘who dare, men who have the courage ©of their convictions, men who have vision, men who are dominated by an artistio sense, leavened with the practical, should be chosen by Gov. Ritchle to sit upon this commis- sion, For these men will not only hold the future of the two counties st the moment In their hands, but will determine the future character ®f this great territory. { A Community Loss. The loss of President Lewis of George Washington University will Pe felt by the Capital community a well &s by the university, His admin- fstration as president has been Yigorous, sound and popular, pro- moting the welfare and increasing the pregtige of the university, Without detracting from his activity and ef- factiveness as university president he has aiso met his obligations as a good and loyal Washingtonian, par- tielpating in the activities of our citizens’ organizations, and helpfully prometing sound projects for the bet- terment of the Washingtonian and the upbuilding of the Greater Wash- fngten. Civio Washington will regret his departure. N Communists assert opiniona without Pestraint. It is easier to make alleged wisdom free to everybody than it is te aocomplish a distribution of prop- erty. ———— Airway Weather Report: The tragic death of two Army alr fnen off the coast of New Jersey sev- eral days ago, which was vaguely de- scribed by the mute evidence of parts of their plane washed up on the beach, once more emphasizes the need for ex tensive, accurate meteorological re- ports and facilities for crosscountry fiying. The two Alr Corpa pllots took off from Mitchel Field, Long Island, for Yangley Field, Hampton, Va., with a g004 weather report at their destina tion end good weather at their de parture. But as thev flew along the ooast of New Jersev they encountered fog Which forced them down and down untll the plane struck the concealed water and snuffed out their lives. The automobile, steamship, raflrond traln and airplane have not yet con- quered fog and tempestuous weather. But the plane’s chances of success in avolding spontaneous meteorological disturbances lie in the improvement of facilities for dissentinating weather reports. Until a year or so ago, a pllot ‘oould board his plans beneath a calm, clear sky at Bolling Field and set his compass west with Moundsville, W. hY( the next stop, where clear weaher prevailed, according to the pariodie Tecelved from that roparts “ateliogy Pug dow was he o kaow'the nessasty for them 18 uaderstood tiooa” i v . Editor | il or | {that 1n the mountaina around Cum- berland and Unfontown it was clear, Often it was good at both ends, but fogey. rainy, snowy or otherwise ohjectionable hetween the terminals. &0 the Alr Corps, after muny at {tempts, finally obtained the necessary Pappropriations for the maintenance {of weather stations at these two inter mediate points and promulguted a “block system” whereby planes could be called down if unfavorable flying developed after their de too? weather parture, As time goes on every ing JEs-country | ably plane depart misston prob with re for | on a will be equipped radio Installed solely reports in the air 100 ceiving s receiving it parAty weather along at than miles an hour. Then accidents or fa | talities caused by the elements will be as races more negligible. A eross that country a fog encountered fixht does not last very long w0 they usually plunge ahead. suffer the helpless feeling that builds ltself them and In most cases s emerge In the sunlight. 7The Army airmen probably figured un the same result and declded through, since the wenther was g at the other end 1t it s possible, a pilot will deavor 1o keep the ground in sight when he strikes a fog even though it | requires clipping the tops out of trees { For with “one foot on the ground™ he has that much of & chance in selecting a landing place If the engine stops while it he is in the grayvish-white mass on high and trouble develops. there is nothing to do hut abandon ship and use the parachute. The Department of Commerce, charged with encouraging and devel oping civil aviation, has emphasized meteorological facilities aboveall, and now s building up a aystem of weather reports that should guarantee the safety of passengers and planes from the death clutches of fog and other dangerous flying weather. But it seems that before a major step for- ward is taken, the need for such ad- vancement. which requires additional expenditures of money, must be em- phasized with accidents that could be avoided. Rapid, complete and accurate weather reports along any proposed airway must come in the future if fiving is to be made pleasant, safe and profitable. on n two abont to push on en - “It Is to Laugh!” The drys, In the Senate and out, at last have found an occasion to laugh at the wets, Since the elections last Fall, when victory perched on too many wet banners to suit the prohi- bitionists, the chortles have all come from the wet camp. With the pussage of the prohibition reorganization bill through the Senate late yesterday, the first dry viotory in Congress of the present session was registered. Fur- thermore, the wet group in the Senate tore itself wide open over this measure. Harsh words emanated from wet throats, directed mot toward the dry enemy, but toward Senators of their own camp. The trouble began when some of the wets voted for cloture on the prohibition reorganization Mil. A change of a single vote would have prevented cloture. Senator Bruce of Maryland, champion of personal lib erty and temperance through some other route than prohibition, chided his wet colleagues, among them Walsh of Massachusetts and Copeland of New York, for casting thelr votes for cloture. Both these Senators were not slow in making reply. No vital objection to the prohibi- tion reorganization bill is felt by many wets, It does not affect the principle. It in designed merely to ald in law enforcement. But some of the wets have felt they could prevent any legislation the drys desired at the short semslon of Congress. The pas- sage of the reorganization bill, there- fore, came as & shock to that group in the wet party. The hold prohibition continues to have upon the Senate, despite all claims to the contrary, was in evi- dencs when the reorgunization bill came up for consideration. Fven had the wets, who supported ths cloture resolution, and the bill itself on final passage, voted with thelr more vbdu- rate brethren on this measure, it is doubtful if they could have finally pre vented uotion on the bill. A number of dry Senators voted against the cloture motion, because they are op- posed to cloture, not to the reorgani zation bill. It was significant, 100, that the motion for cloture on the prohibition measure prevalled imme. diately after it had falled on such popular measures as the public build- ings bill and the retirement bill for emergency officers of the Army. And on the passage of the reorganization bill only six devoted, dyed-in-the-wool wets were found Voling aguinst the measure, while more than that num ber of wels supported it. Wayne B. Wheeler might remark with some jus- tice, “It 18 to laugh!” -—o— The mun who fiuds a reliable pre- ventive of hog cholera will do more for the farmer than any of the relief legislators have yet accomplished. A Serious Situation. A joker which *was slipped nto the District supply bill for no explainable reason forbids the District from erating its electrio trafe signals guarding the safety zone at strest car loading platforms. To meet the terms of the bill the local government has been forced to serve notice on the Po. tomac Electric Power Company that it will no longer be remponsihle for payment for the electrio current used by these slgnals. After a conference officlals of the Washington Rallway and Kleotric Company decided 1o furnish the our. rent free last night and have offered, in case it is legal, to continue opera- tion until the next Congress either gives the District permission to op- erate them or orders thelr removal. ‘What conosivable reason could have heen in the minds of the legisiators for this remarkable omission is dif- ficult to understand. Rafaty zones, guarded by flashing beacons, are in use in every city in the country, and op Pilots from experience have found | {by every community. Washington haw only recently installed the most ! modern type of signals at strateglc points, and although progress has been made there are not nearly enough of these zones to furnish adequate pro- | tection to street car riders. Now it appears that the signals and { plattorms alveady In use must be torn down. Certainly unlighted obatruc tiona 1o traM he allowed to ‘l'enmln in the street, and it is not to be supposed that the traction pany will continue its generous offer indefinitely, 1t fv gratitying to Wash ingtonians that the company in this amergency stepped the breach, but operation of these signuls should other exnnot com has into on the same basis as all truMe lights. The of Hlouding platform bescons is so trivial e cost the that theve should be no controversy It conditions Washington step huckward in Graflic win o A% 10 their operation ng not remedy early in next session will have Ptaken a « trol and hive to confess ftself with the allim rexulation of the and impotent cope portant problen of ot thousnds triuny hat motorists pedes ite streeds. —— A Job for the Police. that the shocking robbery and have | Now ansaull in the Capitol grounds Leen cleared up by the lucal police de partment with credit 1o itself anviher Mtronts it in the apprehension of the four handits who have been tervorizing Keepers in nightly 1 and attempted mur One of the Victims of lust night's foray is dying from two bullet wounds that he ceived when he protested the outrage. Thix band is swid o fast and to visit meveral places in course of its raids. Kvidently Busch verdict, which will tuke lives for one if the sentence of the court is carried vut, has made no im- pression on this gang. The police de- partment should and undoubtedly will concentrate all its resources into an effort to catch Washington's newest set of criminals. And it is the earnest hope of the public that it may he suc- cesaful In its quest, 5o that Washing- ton justice, via the electric chair, can be put Into speedy operation, - “A rolling stone gathers no moss,” but the citizen who interests himself in foreign enterprise can gather an amount of trouble which makes an innocuous supply of moss seem com- puratively desirable. Ce—e— After a decision by the United States Supreme Court the oil litigants in- volved are confronted with the most difficult form of the question, ““Where do we go from here? muc problem small shop unds of robberies ers. re ar the the use three « o ———— A March blizzard is scheduled for each year as a reminder that inaugu- ration day, when it arrives, cannot enjoy assurance of an absolutely per- fect stage-setting. .o A great deal of time and trouble might be saved if the United States Supreme Court could arrange to han- die some of these complicated matters at the outset. e B — Johannesburg wants to give Presi- dent Coolldge two African lions. A new party emblem may be evolved in opposition to the Tammany tiger. e The patient ultimate consumer now walits to see whether the decision ad- verse to Mr. Doheny is to Influence the price of gasoline upward. ———— China, once regarded as a recluse among nations, has suddenly devel- oped an amazing tendency to promote foreign entanglements. r——— It should not become an established tradition of the United States Senate that a filibuster takes precedence over all other business. oo SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON, A Little Meetin', Had a little meetin’ Down to Pohick on the Crick. A time of happy greetin’ Kept the hours a fivin' quick. Had no comment scrappy On votin' or finance. We said, “Le's all be happy Since now we have the chance!” Jud Tunkins sang a ditty. 8i Simlin spoke a piece. Miss Cayenne was so witty That we longed for her to cease. ‘With sentiment =0 hearty, Though cares may gather quick, We'll still recall that party Down to Pohick on the Crick. Question for Question. “Are you in favor of farm relief?” “I am,” answered Senator Sorghum. “It is & vital question. But as in the case of so many vital questions the answer always appears to be another vital question; ‘What are you going to do about it?" " My Radio! y Commercial products that we prize In art take new positions, As they proceed to advertise The greatest old musicians. Jud Tunkins says it now takes a really great man to hecome famous without the help of a grand jury. Lubricance. Oll, from the soil, Promoting wealth and fripper: We toil—and recoil— It proves so very slippery! Genuine Affection, ““Are you fond of music?" “Yea," answered Miss Cayenne. “I'm so fond of it that T can't see why people are permitted tq spoil the effect of trying to dance to it.” “Disappointments,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “are of value in reminding the egoist that he is but human, after al Lament of a Lame Duck. I'm going to the dear old home. From Washington 1'll have to roam. A tide of griefs I'll have to stem, Homesickness is not one of them. “De ‘journment of Congress,” said Unele Eben, ** ‘most allus sounds like e bunch ©' broken New Year resolu- s does | the BY CHARL What are the qualities of a good novelist ? Thix is 4 theme which ought to| interest every one, for surely every man and woman in the world has longed (o write a novel. Thousands upon thousands every | vear attempt i, and the publishers | put into being some few hundred | stories, as the vesult of all those| atlempts | Henry Fielding, wne of the oldest of English story tellers, says, in the | st chapter to the ninth hook of hix | om Jones,” that “lo fuvent kood | | stories and to tell them well are possibiv very rare tulents, and vet | bauve olerved few persons who have | serupled to aim ut both | Since (hix I8 more « x true, with | woirueness that the pussing centuries | has not lessened, it ix Interesting to vead the qualifications which Field- ing sald every novelist ought to possess. Geniux, he says, sweepingly, Is the | flist requisite. By genlus, he con. | tnues, he understands thoke powers | of the mind which are capable of penetrating into ull things within [ our reach and knowledge, and of dis- tnguishing their essential differences NI ve who aspire to write novels | think wpon thisx astute statement for | woment betore writing and decide | | | Whether or not ve possess genius EEE Thexe powers of the mind, aceord- | g to Fielding, are Inventlon and | Judgment Invention, he declares, ix | not merely creative ability. It ix, | vather, simply discovery finding out “u quick and sagacions penetra tion into (he true essence of wll the oblects of our contemplation.” Invention us merely creative ulty ix taken for granted, and properly so, for without it no or woman, either, can even at | tempt to be a novelist. Plot, char- acter, the abllity to wdle the “threads” of the nction as the teach- ers delight in sayving-—these matters come naturally or they do not come at all. It ix with the higher abilities of the novelist that our author s con- cerned. In addition (o the qualities named, the real novelist, he says, must “have a good share of learn- ing.” Nature | fu mos o, can only supply us with capacity; learning, he says, must fit them for use, direct them in it and must contribute part of the mate- riale. By the word “learning” he means, we suppose. education. A competent knowledge of history and the belleslettres la absolutely necessary, our author continues, * k x ¥ Discovery of archule words Is one of the pleasu reading a book as old as “Tom Jones.” It I= sur- prising, considering that age, to find %0 _few of them. Now and then, however, one crops up. There are practically none in the novels of Anthony Trollope, only a few in Jane Austen, very few In Dickens, so stable has our English language hecome, Here Is & good one, however, from the chapter under consideration. Flelding writes: “Again, there isx an- | ther sort of knowledge. beyund the power of learning to bestow, and this is to be had by conversation. He does not mean simply talking, but, rather, frequent and Intimate association with all sorts and condi- tions of men. This meaning of the word may be found stlll given in our latest and lurgest dictionaries, but it is invariably marked “archafc.” | ridiculous THIS AND THAT E. TRACEWELL. Flelding declares that “neither phys fe nor law are to be practically known from books. Nay, the farmer, the planter, the gardener, must perfect by experience what he hath acquired the rudiments of by reading.” Thus the “school of experienc given its credit “Now this conversation (association) In our historlan must be universal, continues Flelding, “that ts, with all ranks and degrees of men.” He concludes this chapter with the following, ax pertinent foday as of old: “Nor will all the qualities | have hitherto given my historlan avail him, unless he have what is generally meant by a good hewrt, and he cupuble of feeling The author who weep, says Horace, himself. In reality tress well which s will must mule fhrst me weep no min he 1 pnint a dis doth not feel " while he f« painting it nor do I doubt but that the most pathetic and affect lng scenex have heen writ with tears (Note: Dickens wept while wiiting t death of little Nell, in “The Old Curlpsity Shop, [ the same manner 1 never make my but whe it i« with the m convinced that 1 reader langh heartily 1 have lau before him R K A Pielding plainly calls o oritie a reptile, in his opening chapter to the tenth ook of this most diverting history of his is work,” he says, “may, indeed, be considered a_ great creation of our wn:and for a llitle reptile of a crithe o presume (o find fault with any of It parts, without knowing the man ner in which the whole Is connected, and hefore he comes 1o the final tasirophe, {5 4 most presumptuous sbsurdit ‘ Then comes a sentence which might I be used in rhetoric hooks (now ppily golng out of style) as to the ful use of # coined term. “Another caution we would give thee, my good reptlle, is. that thou dost not find out too near a resem- blance between certain characters here Introduced.’ Certalnly, Henry Kielding had no love for the critics. Through these ntroductory chapters, as the reader here knows, he takes constant filngs at them. Perhaps they deserved it. Then, Fielding had various plays which did not fare as well. Maybe that had something to do with it The first chapter of the next hook, the eleventh, s devoted entirely to the critics. The word, he says, is Greek, and signifies judgment, a quality which modern (1700) critics lucked. Mostly eritics are slanderers, goes on: “vice hath not, I more abject produces not a more : nor can the devil receive a guest more worthy of him, nor possibly more welcome to him, than a slanderer.” Flelding admits he treats the sub- Ject banteringly, but says, “Surely a man may speak truth with a smiling countenance," This 18 « wise b “pli he belleve, a observation. It commonly thought that truth must he | of fact solemn, when, it need ‘not b hand, need on ing the truth 1t hurts, may “good heart” earlier spoke. The introductory chapter to Book 12 is entirely a joking reference to the use of classical quotations from ancients, A modern author has a right, Fielding contends, to use his wisdom as he pleases, as A matter Nor, on the other be angry when tell- The truth, even when be spoken with that of which our author Opinions on Farm Bill Veto Are Express Approval of President Coolidge's veto of the McNary-Haugen bill is voiced emphatically by most of the newspapers of the country without re- gard to their political affltations or leanings. Just as emphatically the action is denounced hy a representa tive minority, composed chiefly of ihose reflecting the sentiment of the reat farming sections, and including «ome leading Republican dailles. Typlcal of the view held by advo- catew of farm relief who are unim- pressed by the President’s contention ‘hat the measure was unsound, is the “ollowing from the Oregon Journal (in- dependent): “It was all right to reduce taxes on large financial interests. It was all right to create heaviest tarift wall in history in favor of manufac- turing interests. 1t was all right to pack commissions in interest of big business groups. But McNary-Hau- <en bill was to give same governmen tal treatment to the West and South. It was vetoed." v Those who applaud the President emphasize his courage. “President Coolldge’s veto of the bill,” declares the Toledo Blade (independent Re- publican). “is convincing proof that the President ix bigger and braver than Congress, Lacking convietion that the bill was sound in principle, Some Congressmen—enough to make A thin majority—voted for the biil for the purpose of increasing their prestige and popularity. They weighed the consequences of af- fArmative or negative position against the probable number of votes which would he affected in their dis- tricts when they came up for re-elec- tion. There was popular appeal in the designation of the bill as a farm relief measure, so they supported it and passed the huck to the Preident, who accepted the challenge.” P The Buffalo Evening r.\'olwn‘thflep\:::- holds that, “in fact, & cer- et e *he would veto It probably determined the action of many mem. bers of Congress who voted for it. A similar position Is taken by the Charleston Daily Mail (independent Republican), with the comment that “it looks somewhat as if Congress pussed the measure for effect and con- templated with complacent equanimity the possibility of embarrassing the Executive.” As the Birmingham News endent Democratic) views the matter, Republic 1 the Congress VYoted for the bill “with a slow; down- ward movement of the left evelid” be- cauge they knew it meant that their vecords would be hombproof.” Such Representatives had in mind, accord- ing to the News, that at the next elec- tion “the party, having decided Cool- idge conld not make the grade for a third term, would have nominated some one eise, and that it would also he shown to the farmers that the grand old party that loves them so Well was canning Coolidge on their account hecause he vetoed the bill.’ “We bhelieve,” affirms the Wichita Beacon (independent Republican), “‘that President Coolidge was In accord with the majority of actual farmers in the United States when he vetoed the bill. Moreover, we believe he was in accord with the actual sentiments of the majority of the Congressmen. s'e * Many of those who voted for it were alarmed at its dangerous fea- Lirem, but felt sure that President Coolldge would veto it.” The Min- neapolis Tribune (Republican) “feels that ‘4t is hard, indeed, to see how the most ardent advocate of the Me- Nary bill can read the President's facts and conclusions without some slight wavering in his convictions,” and the South Bend Tribune (inde- pendent Republican) adds that ‘“be- fore the Spring and Summer have passed many McNary-Haugen spon- sors will,"w' believe, he with the President .M‘mml ed With Emphasis the President in vetoing the measure ix widely expressed. The Nashville Banner (independent) remarks that, In the face of a_great political cam palgn. in which Mr. Coolidge will or mav prove a central figure, it was highly courngeous.” The Bluefield Telegraph (independent Republican) upholds a similar view, while the Sa vannah Press (Democratic) says that President Coolidge “has shown him self to be a strong man.” The .Jersey City Journal (independent Republican) feels sure that “perfervid threats vengeance will peter out” and the Chattanooga Times (independent Dem ocratic) contends that “Mr. Coolidge hasan't been seriously hurt by his veto.” . [ * ok x X “Courngeous disregard of - litical considerntions” 1 seen 1o the Seattle Times (independent): = that President Coolidge “has lived up to tradition in personal courage and d calm consistenc: impresses the Kansas Journal-Post (Republi Denver Post (independen;). vocon, ng the same quality, also com- mends level-headed actic The New Orvleans Times-Pic (independent |v»mu}-mur)’,“’lf‘ll'nltmi‘;:lm: Journal (independent), Charlotte Ob. server (Democratic) and Worcester Telegram (Republican) also look for. ward to other methods of farm fm. provement. The Atlanta Journal (Democratic) declares that, “as far as Georgla is concerned, her farmers are too intent upon attaining for them. selves that real and lasting relief which diversified agriculture and co-operative marketing on business principles insure, to he misled by sich flx‘«‘.:: the-wisp as Government price. Soundness of the President “ng is upheld by the New \':»:kr:\.'::fli (independent Democratic), Charleston Evening Post (independent Democratie) and Akron Beacon Journal (Repub. lean), while the Hartford Times (inde. pendent Democratic), Youngstown Vin. dicator (Democratic) and Philadelphia Evening Bulletin (independent Repub- lican) feel that his political position has been strengthened by the veto The Tulsa World (independent) sees nereased moral and officlal stature. he Loulsville Courier-Journal (Dema. cratic) uswerts: “Mr. Coolidge from the first has been sound on this question and by remaining sound to the end he justifies the estimate of him so largely held by the intelligence of the ntry.” The Fort Worth Star-Tele. &ram (independent Democratic) saye that “the veto means that common sense has been applied to forestall the inevitable disappointment and further distress into which an unsound ex- pedient would have plunged the farmer and the country.” The Okla. homa City Times (independent Demeo. cratic) believes “some other plan must be found.” The San Francisco Bulletin (independent) hails “a first lesson in the elements of sconomics," The President's performance of a public service is recognized by the Providence Journal (indepemdent) ana St. Louis Post-Dispatch (independent). Nevertheless, the Chicago Dally News (independent) points to the seri- ousness of the farmer's position and comments: “Though the MecNary- Haugen bill Is dead, the farm problem remains and continues to challenge natfonal attention. Industry, finance and business should redouble their efforts to throw needed light on the grave and pressing problem and d vise a satisfactory solution The St. Paul Dispatch (independent Republican) declares: “All that Presi- dent Coolidge has o far had to offer agriculture, and all he offers in h message is a scheme for a bureau at W'llhinllndn Iln‘uut advice. to. the farmer and lend money. to co-opera- tives. No such . problem of the o the | of | A Chastening Tale. From the Omaha World-Herald. Here is a yarn that would have theen better told over the radio than in a newspaper column: Down in Mexico recent floods have washed up the remains of an ancient Maya city which was old when Rome was just beginning. The curiain which” kindly Time has drawn over unsightly decay s drawn back to re veal the great streets and highways of an anclent clty. Across the river which flowed by the city are mag nificently constructed stone br Along the shore are long stonefaced terraces. Scattered about by the flood waters are t(housands of finely cut stones and pillars, revealing the archi tecture of a high civilization Within a radius of 20 miles, archi ologlsis declure, are the ruing of other cltfen, compristng 4 metropolitan aren that spread over nearly as much terrl tory un does London or Gremter New York In the Legisiature at Lincoln thev wre il wrangling about rouds to pull a modern Nebraskan out of the mud ind about bridges. Over the heads of the wranglers (& belng bullt the great Nebraska Capltol aw an example of a klorfous architecture, marking the measure of our own civilization rising out of prairfes where only yesterday the buffalo grazed The whole thing delivers a discour aging blow to thoke optimistic souls who like to believe that the world ever progressing, that each sge is iove 1te predecessor, that our own i« the greatest of all, that history i« bunk and that the past is merely darkness and fogyism. Told over the radio the story of the ancient Mava clt would have made a chastening taie. e Washington Quoted In Plea Against War of The Star Your columns have informed of the 50,000,000 Americans who, on Washington's birthday anniversary, listened 1 to President Coolidge as he eulogized the Father of His Coun try. We learned ofs the al commission he is to appoint and head to arrange for an adequate celebra tion of the coming bhicentennial anni- versary of that notable natal day in 193; This commission asks sugges. tions. Here is one: In all our President’'s portraiture of Washington—as agriculturist, student, surveyor, speculator, generalissimo and President -1 waited In vain for any mention of that ‘most devoted patriot's “fi wish, which he de- clared as being “to sce that plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth.” Now, sir, T should like to suggest to this congressional commission that no one thing they can accomplfsh in the next five yvears would add such universal luster and renown to America’s greatesy hero as would the realization of this, his first wish. viz. to banish the idiocy of war from our modern radio-encircled globe. And it can be done if our country will do its leading share! EDWARD BERWIC Opposition to Women As Jurors Attacked To the Editor of The Star: Do vou remember when the man- agement of Central Park, New York, tried to keep automobiles out of the park because they scared the horses? Now grave members of the United States Marshals' Association, In con- vention assembled at our palatial Wil- lard Hotel, deplore the admission of women to jury service because it fs difficult to” provide accommodations for them! Dull appreciation of a great event. , THOS. WINSOR. ———— To the Edito us congressi Heroic Measures Needed. From the Lynchburg News, The only way to reform election Chicago, apparently, Is to them. in abolish r———— Turks Are Content. From the Buffalo Evening News. Denled a treaty with us, the Turks will register content with a modus vivendi. Even that 'sounds like a for- efgn complication. —— e equality to agriculture. No ‘such scheme can re-establish President Coolidge in the esteem of agriculture. ok ok ok “Mr. Coolidge’s position,” the judgment of the Indianapolis News (independent), “would he stronger had the Government not applied legislation to other business undertakings that involve the principle he criticizes (price fixing). As long as this policy is ap- plied to other groups it is illogical to deny similar treatment for agricul- ture. The President will receive credit for his sincerity in vetoing the major remedy proposed by leading farm spokesmen, but it is obvious that the problem of relief persists. Nor can the country as a whole remain uncon- cerned with the economic maladjus nent, affecting as it doés most of the 000,000 people who live on the farms the Nation.” The Canton Daily News (independent Democratic) charges that the President n no more understand the West and the situation that produced the MeNary-Haugen bill than George 11T could understand the disturbing con- duct of John Hancock, Sam Adams and Paul Revere.” The News also sa “*He adopts in opposition to this rei for farmers pretty nearly every argu- ment which he rejects when favoring the reljef of the particular, special in- terests which he holds divinely en- titled to relief.” “The trouble with what the Presi dent has dome,”” avers the Des Moines Register (independent Republican), is that nobody can read his message and feel that the President what he is talking about. That is far worse condemnation of the President than any mistake of deliberate judg- ment on his part.” The Bloomington Pantagraph (independent Republican) contends that ‘‘Congress, In closer touch with the whole country than the President, has distinctly changed its attitude after the evidences on this measure of farm relief have come to it through the past year's develop- ments. “We think the bifl will be resur- rected,” says the Rock Island Argus (independent), “in substantially the same form and put upon its passage by a subsequent Congress, and we doubt if Mr. Coolidge will ever have the opportunity to impose another veto upon such legislation.”” The Waterloo Tribune (independent), Sait Lake Deseret News (independent), To. in 3 eratio), of tu G g J peka Dally Capital (Republican) and | Lincoln State Journal (independent Republican) expect the fight to go on to & succeasful end. while the Lynch- burg Advance (Democratic), assailing the high tariff system, as benefiting | only limited classes, concludes: “When the rural population becomes fully awake to this fact, the term ‘embat tled farmer’ may have a new mean- ing.” Political action is foreseen by the Sioux City Tribune (independent), Davenport Democrat (Demoeratic), Duluth _Herald (independent) and Omaha World-Herald (independent). “The issue lines up the East against the West,” proclaims the Burlington Gazette (Democratic), predicting a bat- tle in the Republican convention, while the Passaic Herald (independ. ent) foresees tariff reprisals, and the Morgantown New Dominion (Demo- eratic) p to inconsistency with tarift policies. “Jllogical’ is the ver- dict of thg Chattanooga News (Demo- d _“'President Coolldge out. understands | ! Q. What is the meaning of all the| tiny flags that may he seen fluttering in the gardens in Japan’—M. P. A. These pennants are used tol frighten_ birds away, thus protecting | the garden. A lath upright is placed | about every 20 feet, and a cord car-| ried from post to post. On the cord| stripa of paper and cloth are tied The fluttering pennants are, {herafore A graceful adaptation of the scarecrow iden Q hook A What fs meant by a “source FOW | As itx name indicates, it s a| containing sources of informa tion an any glven subject, fncluding list of reference hooks, annotations and similar data hy means of which an exhaustive study of the subject! may he made. Q. If the Star of Bethlehem wa not of wupernaturai. origin what star conid it have been? -M. C. A. According to Kepler the * in question was probably a conjunc- tion of Juplter and Saturn in the con- stellation Pisces, the two planets being so close as to seem like a single atar. This conjunction is_recorded as ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. mileage in electric rallways?—B. C. T. ew York in 1922 had a mflur 92.35; Pennsylvania, 4,423.08. kllt‘\' da had at the same time hut 4.52 mile: Q. Was Independence Hall in Philadeiphia ever used as a prison?— 8. N. 4 In 1777 American ofcers tured at the Battle of Brandywine and Germantown were held prisoners in the bullding by the British. Q. How is the Playground amd Recreation Association of Amerdoa financed” D, F. 8. A. This organisation is supported by private contributions. Q Do the roots of trees the Wintertima? 0. V. s A. The Bureau of Plant Industry says that the roots of trees grow dur ing the Winter balow the frot balt. The roots do not grow it the ground freezes down to 3 or 4 inches, Q. How can gold leather strapw on slippers he brightened? . R. A. Gold leather and gold trimming may be cleaned by rubbing with a having occurred about BC, { migit possibly coincide with the birth {of Christ. Another theory is that the Bethlehem was a recurrent | st appearance of which was when it appeared in Cas- stopela ahout every fs that the i 350 vears. A third star was Venus o ory brightest of all known stars i . How many rings did the mum my of Tut-ankh-Amen wear” W Thirteen rings his hands. There were on his arme «Q nam A Maas, Q. What s the Juilliard Musical Foundation?—W. O. & A. It ia a fund left in charge of trustees for the purpose of promoting musical education and musical per- formance. At the present time it is eatimated at $19,000,000. Has Germany any large pas- ¢ ships in service now—that is, any that compare with the Leviathan and the Majestic?—F. U. A. Germany has none at the pres- ent time, but it i said that the North German Lloyd has recently begun the construction of two 46,000-ton liners ‘These are to be known as the Bremen and the Europa, but will probably not be completed for two years. Q. were found on 11 1 How dld Lexington, Va., get ite -M. P. W. It was \What State has the greatest BY PAUL 'V y by N Ameyica was mot settled by the "rg:\lll!h—nfiilhrr the Pilgrime hor the Puritans could attribute thelr Virtue to_their English origins, b must credit the samie to- their belng "40 years in the wilderness.” like the children of Israel. only their “wilder iness” was Holland and erstwhile '-. gium, where as persecuted English fu; Ritives they came under the influence o erran “kultur,” and so they must ascribe the foundations of the “home |6f the brave and the land of the free’ | quite to the kultur of Deutschland. | and not at all to England, for “those Anglo-Saxon pioneers not & well instructed people. nor very genial. nor did they add such a favor Able contribution to American civiliza- tion as the atory writers of that time {and race would have us belfeve. | “"This amazing disclosure comes hot from the pen of a Herr Seeger. editor lof the Progressive. the official organ of the Steuben Soclety. a political Ger- man-American organization. This society is actively fighting the pro- vision in the immigration reatriction law passed in 1924, with the amend ment clause, inserted in the legisia tive jam of the closing hours of Con- | gress, making “national origins” the basis of the quotas, beginning July 1, This basis of “national origina” will cut down the quota allowed to Ger- for the past two vears, from c 23,428, At the same fime it will increase the quota al- lotted to Great Britain_and northern Ireland from 34,007 to 73.039. A third {of the immigrants admitted . in the fiscal vears July 1. 1924, to June 30 next are of the race called our “ene- mies” in the World War, while only one in five immigrants could come| from our British and Irish allies in ttie, e’ United Stated has heen assumed to be primarily Engligh. The language here spoken is English. The courts and public schools arve conducted in snglish. The proudest Americans are the descendants of English Pilgrims. Puritans and Cavaliel Yet of the total number of immigrants admitted each year under the existing law of | 1924—165,000—only 34.007 could un- derstand and speak our English lan- guage when we received them and| hegan the work of assimilation and Americanization. All the rest are | “furriners,” speaking some three score | other languages, and led by racial tra- ditions quite different from our own. This statement is modified only as to| the Irish Free State. where, of course. the natives spenk English. while now in their independence they are re. acquired their native Irish lariguage. The outstanding fact is that under existing law since 1924, up to next June 30, a third of our received im- migrants are German. And the ratio of one in five permitted to Great Brit- ain has not meant to the English {alone, but the 34,007 covered some | 5,000 who came from Scotland, morth fern Ireland, Wales and the British West Indies. Editor Seeger boasts: “The Yankees in the Yankee States, the descendants of the Puritans, are fast losing ground. Only about one- | third, of the inhabitants of Boston New ilaven, Providence, Hartford New Bedford, Fall River, Lowell and other cities are of native American | ancestry.” And even so, why did he | overlook “lil ole New York Are | there no Americans left that | “foreign’ metropolis? Commenting upon the strange allot- | ments, the Immigration Restriction League, Inc., say: “In practice, therefore, we have the grotesque situation of allotting to ! Germany an immigration about 60 | per cent larger than to great Rritain | and northern Ireland. although, ac- cording to the committee of six ex- perts who have made their prelim- in and | This star ix reported to ap-| which varies in brightness, but is the| | E bracelets | named after Lexington. { In this editorial it : girls with cloth moistened with alcohol. | £, | Q. How many | retived under | ment act in eld service € B P A. In the Treasury service 2,162 persons have been retired. The total number of Civil Service employes re- tired up to June 30, 1926, was 17.052, retired for age, 13.576; for disability, 3,842, Of these 4,303 have died. Q. Doss the Government Printing Office train apprenticea” <. M A. The training of apprentices in the Government Printing Office was introduced four vears ago, and has proved so satisfactory that it is sald | that for the first time in nearly 40 vears it wam able to fill journeyman positions with qualified apprentices of it« own training. pérsons have been the Clvil Servica retirs- the departmental and of the Treasury? There is no other agency in the waorld that can ansirer as many legiti- | mate questions as our free Informa- | tion Bureau in Washington, D. €. This highly organized institution has been built up and_is under the per- 2onal direction of Frederio J. Haskin. | By Leeping in constant touch with Federal bureaus and other educational enterprises it is in a position to pass on to you authoritative information of the highest order. Submit your queries to the staff of experts whose services are put at your free dizposal | There is no charge except 2 centa in | stamps for veturn postage. Address | The Evening Star Information Ru- | rean. Frederic J. Haskin, direetor | Washington, D. (- BACKGROUND OF EVENT ’. COL thirst for religious liberty, drove them Into Holland—even as Kaiser Wilhelm “got in Dut for another kind of liberty. If the Puritans had not heen | like Richard TII, “sent before his time into this breathing world,” they might have met Wilhelm. for one touch of exile makes the whole world cousips. But,” anvhow. according to ierr Seeger, they got some of the overflow of kultur, even' among ths Hollgnd- ers, who. Herr Seeger is gobd enough to state, are descended from the Ger. a However, he further adds, he fanaticiem and intolerance of the Puritan pioneers has heen transmit- ted. although in & modificd form, to their descendants of today. In their mental attitudes they titute an antagonistic contrast to the Ameri- cans of German ancestry. who. a® a rule, are of a humane. cheerful and tolerant disposition.” (In Belgium so demonstrated, in 1916, es maz sein.) These quotations from the editorials of the offictal organ of the Sieuben Sociely. champloning the nnchange- Ableness of the present quotas, to bring more kultur to America than English “physiological atavism,” will be more enthusiastically appreciated when we read the sentiments exprees. ed at a meeting of the Steuben So- ciety, held at Mecca Temple, West Fifty-sixth street, New York. Febru. ary 15, for the special purpose of de- of the “national clause of the 1924 act. which i to go Into =ffact next Juiy 1. On the same date, the Progressive published an editorial by ite :nanaging editor, Frederick F. Schrader. who was formerly connected with the German-American Alliance, whose charter was revoked during the war. was stated that the Steuben Soeciety was formed when ‘a number of these stout-hearted men in New York resolved to form a se- cret soclety to which only American citizens of German blood, however re- mote their ancest shoull he ad- mitted.” The “program’” of the =o- clety inoludes, according to the edito- rial, military drill, a ‘“revision of the Versailles treaty,” and “a revi- sion of the immigration act of 1924, which, Mr. Schrader raid, “could be accounted for only on the theory. of pernicious nativistic induences.” = Until this morning there appeared to be no prospect that any action would be possibie in the House toward the modification of the national origin clause of the law, but at a late hour vesterday it was decided to permit the matter to be considered at 10:30 today. After a spirited fight on the floor, lead by Chairman John- son, the Senate joint resolution was adopted by the House, postponing the national origin basis of quotas for one vear. That will give the censu experts time to complete their ana ysis of the varfous rac whose blood has contributed to the making up of the population now known as American, which will then become the basis of immigration admissions—un: less or until the law Is further changed at future sessions. The na- tional origins basis cannot go into effect now until July 1, 1928, and not then unless the President, on April 1, 1928, issues a proclamation announc- ing the quotas under it. Under the S. J. resolution 82, now accepted by the House, wives and children (up to 21 years of age for children) will come in, to join the immigrant alreadv here, by priority within the quotas. This takes the place of the Wadsworth bill in the Senate, which would have admitted them In addition to the present quotas —to & limit of 35,000. This will admit vith thelr Darents, up to ‘21 vears of age, supplementi about 3,000, 7 b e | * X ok ¥ Todayv, Representative Albert Johtn. son, chairman of the inary report of the national origins quotas, the people of German descent in the United States are less than one-third of those whose Inrb‘lml came from England or Scotland. * K X Furthermore, Editor Seeger explains the wrong of adjusting a more equi- table ratio as between England and Germany by calling attention to this argument: . & “Psychological atavism, the hered- ity of mental qualities, through the infinitely fine brain-cells, is just as potent as physiologic atavism, the heredity of ‘corporeal qualities, often becomes a fixed racial char- acteristic.” Get that clearly! Atavism—psycho- logieal or physiological! Contrast the iwo—the heefiness (!) of the English and the “infinitely fine brain cells” of the. former. subjeets. of . U alser! D] jue ‘of thelr immigrat| committee, ix to introduce a new bl for immigration restriction. It can- | not be considered at the session, clos ing tomorrow, but it may dis cussed in anticipation of next Dacem- ber’s session. This bill repeals Yo “natlonal origin” clause, and in & der to strengthen restriction, whi starting with the present basis—2 per ent of each natlonality present here in 1890—it will deduct 10 per cent of every quota each year until in 10 vears all Immigration will be shut out, unless permitted by later legis~ lation which may be found desirable unldel; ll;luro conditions, t is freely predicted in Congress that this immigration restriction question is destihed to arouse most bitter raclal disputes and contfo- versies within the next year. The bitterness comes malinly not from the foreign countries, hut -