Evening Star Newspaper, November 12, 1927, Page 6

= {'HE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning. Edition, — e WASHINGTON, D. C. iATUnDAY. . .November 12, 1027 THEODORE W. NOYES... +Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Of 11th St and l’onncy New York Offi 10° ‘ower Buildine. Chicag. O European Ofce: Tent St. London, England. ing Star with the Sunday morn- is delivered by carriers within per month: daily”only, Sundavs chly. 20 cents e sent by or by ce . The Eve ng edition 16 city at 60 cents 45 cents ver month: Jer month__Orders may Tephene Main 5000, Collection is ma cartier at end of each month. ety by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. 1. 804 1 vr.l $6.0 1vr. $300: 1 Rate Daily and_Sunday. Daily oniv Funday oy’ The Associated Press is oxclusively entitled Tepublication of #il news cis- litad 1o 1t or not otherwise cred- paper and also the local news All « “of publication Flowers of the Forest. In conncction with the beautiful ceremonies held at Arlington yester- day on the occasion of the unveiling, he tender and the acceptance of the cross given by Canada in admiring memory of United States citizens who died in service with Dominion troops. Washington enjoyed a military spec- ‘tacle as unusual and educational as it was colorful and inspiring. For the first time since Gen. Ross| down Pennsylvan the armed land Yed his regulars avenue in 1814 were forces of Britain, in scarlet, blue and gald, and in time-honored tartans, “soen here in any number. To say that these infantrymen, half Anglo-Saxon and Celtic and half French-Canadian by birth or by descent, made a highly impressive appearance is to put it mildly. No finer looking body of young men was ever drawn up in or near thie Nation's Capital. * The Stars and Stripes and the Great Tnion of the United Kingdom were equally in evidence. Scattered in the stands were other gala uniforms and headgear reminiscent of the glory of Britain on many a hard-fought field— the bearskin shako under which the sregulars charged Breed's Hill; the Kilmarnock bonnet of the Scot; the proad stetson of the Northwestern AMounted Policeman; the sealskin cap ‘of the rifleman, whose green tunic “was adopted to shield him from the unerring aim of the patriot colonist of these very shores; the newly de- signed dress garb of the new and im- portant air force. For the first time, as far as can be ascertained, Washington had the priv- jlege of the sight and the sound of a “full Highland pipe band—a score of pipers and half'as many drummers. As this picturesque unit, resplendent “4n tarfans and ostrich plures, paraded ‘the greensward in slow time, with muffled drums and with pipes pealing the- strains of that most popular of Laments,” “The Flowers of the For- est”—now withered away, as the old song has it—it may have come to the minds of those there that bodies of American lads washed ashore on ‘Hebridean isfes Irom torpedoed troop _ships were carried reverently to Ionely hillside graves and ‘preceded by voung boys and old men playing Lochaber No More” in friendly sor- “row. The flags; the brilllantly uniformed + ranks, standing vis-a;vis to equal lines .’6f United States troops clad in that olive drab which was worn in war by ‘all born both south and north of the three-thousand-mile-long and utterly unfortified border line; the sacred music of the church militant; the -unzure sky; the hues of the trees, which seemed to have been kept on beyond _ their time in honor of the visitors from the land of the maple leat—all . these were but adjuncts of an evident feeling of deepest and friendliest senti- ment, which reached its climax in the .brief. but eloquently heartfelt speeches “af the War Secretaries of the two Commonwealths. It is safe to say that mot a man, woman or child who was present came away without being the better for wit- nessing this exemplification of the deep fundamental friendship between . the two great peoples who speak the * ‘same language and fight for the same cause. Furthermore, it is a pity that Americans of a certain type just now in’ the limelight, in whose oddly de- : wveloped minds the dates 1776, 1812, 191% and 1927 seem to have become inextricably mixed, could mot have been there in full force and to have come away more wise, more thought- ful and, above all, more silent. ~ - The English house party which in- ‘cluded Princess Mary and Viscount Zascelles and which fought a fire in jts nightclothes at the country resi- ..dence of Lord Allendale did not re- turn to bed, but dressed and went out on its scheduled shooting trip. From descriptions and pictures of British shooting expeditions the average ‘American might consider such as about as restful a way as possible to spend the day following a hectic night. - When Doctors Disagree. When doctors disagree the pat s, usually “out of luck.” For ye farm organization leaders and le; {érs have sought a panacea for the <§li.of the American farmer. Here s “Washington a day or two ago repr sentatives of three great organizatio fhe Farm Bureau Federation, 1119} National Grange and the Farmer Tnion, met in consultation. While they all agreed that the farmer was 1L, they could not come together on _the proper prescription to meet this illness. The Farm Bureau stuck to e McNary Hagen bill, with its equal- ization fee principle, as the necessary plysic. The National Grange insisted that the so-called debenture plan was the proper treatment. The Farmers' Tnion was more anxious that some- thing should be done for the patient than wedded to any particular scheme. The upshot of the matter was, how- ever, that no agreement was reached by these physicians to the American farmer. and the patient continues to dividing the farm organization leaders, Is about the poorest kind of medicine for the farmer. The representatives of the three organizations have gone back to their constituents to get further light and instructions. 3 ‘With a political campaign in the offing and at least one of these farm organizations backing a candidate for President, the chances for an agree- ment at any time seem vague. So the farmer may go without the legislative medicine he craves. The President, it is reported, has told the farm organizations that if they fail to get together on the legisla- tion needed for the farmer, failure of farm aid .at the coming session of Congress must lie at their door. He believes, apparently, that the Congress will listen to the united voice of the farm organizations. But the Congress itself has a duty to perform. It can scarcely side- step its own responsibility and turn over its legislative functions to the farm organizations. Usually Congress has been jealous of its prerogatives, and any encroachment upon them has been bitterly resented. It may be that the Congress will take its courage in | both hands and put through farm legislation without jumping through the hoop at the crack of the farm organizations whip. If it does. the farmer patient may have relief after all. oo The Holland Tube. At one minute past midnight to- night the Holland vehicular tunnel, connecting New Jersey with New ork under the Hudson River, will be opened to commercial and passenger traffic. Built at a cost of $48,000.000 and the culmination of a dream of more than twenty vears of connecting the two neighbo ates for sub-river transportation, the tunnel is a t umph of en cering genius. Elab- orate ceremonies are taking place to celebrate fittingly a new era of speedy | transport in one of the most congested localities in the world, the New Jersey ceremonies beginning at two-thirty, | with the New York celebration start- ing an hour later. President Coolidge will officially open the tube by press- ing a button late this afternoon. Every precaution has been taken to make the tunnel safe for the pub- lic. Poor ventilation was the main ob- stacle to overcome, but elaborate tests have convinced engineers that the air is as pure under the river as that at the surface. Giant fans pro- vide an ever-continuing flux and influx of the pure outside atmosphere, and the motorists need have no fear that the dreaded monoxide gas from the automobile exhaust will overcome them as they drive beneath the river in New Jersey and emerge in New York. An especially trained force of more than two hundred policemen will be constantly on duty at entrance and exit and in the tunnel itself to direct traffic and preserve order. Firefight ing equipment of the most modern type has been installed at strategic points and a burning automobile will cause no terror to the steady stream of traffic that is expected to ‘flow through the tube. Today, therefore, marks an important step in Ameri- can - engineering accomplishment and ‘makes the citizen of this . country proud that he is living at a time of glorious achievement. A pitiful phase of the situation is that Clifford M. Holland, the engineer who conceived and planned this great work and who sacrificed his life to it in his devotion to the enterprise, is not present to share in the ceremonies attending the formal opening of the tube. Juggernaut Driving. Great as is the necessity for the speedy response of fire apparatus to an alarm, it is not so great as to jus- tity such driving as that which oc- curred yesterday, when a truck was swung around the corner of New York avenue and Ninth street so rapidly, or so awkwardly, that several persons standing on the street car loading platform were forced to duck to avoid being hit by the sweeping ladders and two of them were actually struck and severely injured. That no one was killed was simply good for- |tune. That these people, supposedly in a place of safety, were endangered is cause for.immediate revision of the rules governing the handling of the fire apparatus in this city. past by thoughtless motor drivers who failed to clear the way for the fire en- gines when the siren sounded. They have, however, been brought to a sense of their duty, in the main, and few instances are now noted of dan- gerous neglect of the warning which gives right of way to all the motors of the fire department. It is requisite that the drivers of the pumps, truck d tower, especially the two latter | classes, should be scrupulously careful in the handling of their machines. Having right of way through the streets in the emergencies of alarm the Fire Department drivers must handle their apparatus in all circum- stances in a way to reduce the danger to a minimum. They must know the clearance space required and in every situation adapt themselves to condi- tions. To swing a long truck around a corner in a wide sweep, regardless of the presence of people assembled on a loading platform, is to encroach upon the public rights. Let there be no more of this juggernaut driving. e | Engineers have announced that the | air in the new Holland vehicular tun- I nels under the Hudson is more pure than the air on Fifth avenue. Less expensive, also. o The Fireside Calls. Elder and her companion, Capt Haldeman, were uproariously welcomed in New York yesterday when they returned from their ill- fated attempt to span the Atlantic by air. The pretty aviatrix and her pilot were given a typical greeting by a clty that has taken first rank in home- coming celebrations to heroes of the ir, the water, the links and all ath- letic endeavors. With the now-hack- neyed phrase, “We did it to advance the two fiyers accepted gracefully the tribute to their daring and =kill. Ruth Miss” Elder was met at the ship by her hushand, who has publicly an- languish. The combination of pride "‘l opinion, jealousies and ambitions, nounced his desive to have his wife quit the hazargous game of flying Much trouble has been caused in the | away from school today | mall boy. THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTO! But already the two participants in one of the most miraculous rescues ever recorded in the annals of the sea are talking about another attempt to reach Paris from New York. If Ruth Elder is wise she will do as her hus- band wishes. She has attained about ail the fame that she can hope for. It was a publicity stunt from begin- ning to end, and all the “We did it for aviation” statements in the world will not change it. Miss Elder did not un- dertake the trip to advance aviation. She undertook it to advance Miss Elder. Ambition is all right in its place, but having accomplished almost as much as she had hoped for, and having been rescued from a watery grave by a thousand-to-one chance of good fortune, she should be content to settle down to the domestic fireside. ——o—t————— The Fourth Dimension. Chicago is rejoicing in the world's largest hotel. It contains three thou sand rooms and three thousand baths. not to mention everything else imag- inable under the sun. It is a veritable city in itself, and the Midwestern metvopolis has a right to be proud of it. 1t cost twenty-seven million dol- lars. low long ago the order for its erec- tion was given is not stated, but it is probable that it was not over three or four years. Within this space of time the monster structure was au- thorized, designed and built. For two decades a National Cathe- dral has been in process of erection in the National Capital. It is, per- haps, halt done—probably less than that.. Its final cost is estimated at about ten million dollars. The hotel will pay for itselt in time, and, it given a chance, sound business men would in all probability have hastened to subscribe to stock in the enterprise. From the same standpoint, the Cathe- dral will not “pay” for itself, but, viewed from another angle, it will be bringing in dividends much longer than the giant hostelry. Near Latonia, Ky, is a granite church built some sixty years ago by devout monks. It seats just three worshipers, although it possesses a spire, stained-glass windows and other usual features of a sanctury. It is said to be the world's smallest church. Who is prepared to say that this tiny structure is not, in genuine impor- tance to the human race, of greater dimensions than the” world's biggest hotel? It has, and the Cathedral will bave, a ‘“fourth dimension” which must be taken into account. ————————— The State alienist of Illinois ar- ranged a special concert at which ‘the reactions of the audience, all insane and many violently so, were carefully noted. Every number was of the classical varlety and by some great master. There are many men walk- ing Washington's streets and consid- ered perfectly normal who would reg- ister complete craziness if compelled to listen to any classical program. ——ae— “The word incurable should be re- moved from the dictionary,” declares a New York hospital director. He is speaking, however, from a strictly medical standpoint. Preceding the words “ass” or “grouch” it is likely to remain applicable for a long time to come. —— et The face of six-year-old King Michael of Rumania is to go on a new issue of stamps. Not every juvenile collector can see his own visage staring back at him from the pages of his stamp album. ———ate— The “smile on the face of the tiger.” celebrated in a familiar limerick, is said to be the prevalent expression of Tammany countenances since Tues- day’s balloting. —ere- “Fraud Charged in Philadelphia Elections” may as well be kept as a standing headline. —— ot SHOOTING STARS. —_— BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Between Times. Midway ‘twixt seasons now we pause, And all rejoice with proper cause; *Tis still too soon to shovel snow And there are no more lawns to mow. Dire Expectations. “Did you have an excuse for staying ?” said one “No,” answered the other, “but if tather delivers the chastisement I ex- pect T'll have a good excuse for stay- ing away tomorrow. Proud. “So you enjoy seeing your boy play foot ball.” “I should say 1 do,” answered Farmer Corntossel. “It makes me right proud to see him out there an’ realize that he is the young fellow 1 was once able to whip.” Jocose. “I suppose that success in a cam- paign depends on electioneering.” “Somewhat,” answered Senator Sor- ghum, who was in a particularly jocose mood; “and somewhat on col- lectioneering!” Everybody Happy. Everybody's happy as far as I kin see. Though when it comes to reasons we are hound to disagree. Folks that talk prosperity are happy for the cheer That comes when crops are looming up in plenty far an’ near. Happy 'cause the country’s got mate- rials an' men To take whatever starts out wrong an’ set it right again; Happy for the present, silencin® regret, An’ happy for the future, which is lookin’ better yet. Of course, we don't pretend that life is all a grand, sweet song; But folks can’t sing forever—they are bound to tire 'fore long. But there's room for everybody in this big old world of ours, An’ those that light the briars, they kin easy dodge the flowers. There is always some one comin’ out stirrin’ up a row That will bring a passin’ wrinkle to the most contented brow— An’ some of us is happy 'cause the which is blessin's fall so thick, An’ some of us is happy ‘cause we've 8ot a chance te kicks A THIS AND THAT .. BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Listening the other day to one of these “talking movie” devices, show- ing a famous man making a speech, and giving the audience the speech as he spoke it, we fell to wishing the thing had been invented earlier, ‘Wouldn’t it be fine to have actual records of Antony Caesar; Cicero’s oration on Catiline; Napoleon's speech at the Py Patrick Henry's “Give or give me death!"; Lincoln’s Gettysburg address? These come® to mind wamed -Any one can thinik up a 1nx time-famous orations to supplement them. Yet these were famwis occi sions and speeches probably the world shall never see their lik: Today ma Every orator form with the sub “Now I must do mv they are taking piciures of me reeling my stuff «f on o wire something."” This s publicity tends to tak of mankind. And it iy the spontanc- ous which makes tor g ness is not attained by gether in a corfler to think up some magnificent scheme, but by going out into the light of day and doing or saying the great thing. Greatness is that sunpla, o ow o Suppose the spotlight turned upon Antony, as he the lifoless body of Caesar, blood dripping from the wounds left by the cowardly blows of the conspira- tors. now mute and turned to clay. “Kriends, Romans, countrymen!” he would begin. (At least, according to Shakespeare. In the temple above the rostrum a white-clad figure leans out. “Turn on a little more juice, Publiug,” he says to a comrade. “The amplifier is not bringing it out. It blurs.” Aniony continues en “Hold t pipes up the official photographer. “Just a minute, please. Keep vour arm up, Antony. That's good. Thank you!” Under such circumstances Antony no doubt would have failed to speak so cleverly, so admirably, so from the hea with - the result that Shakespeare would have been forced to invent another speech. Ye gods, the old one blurred! After all, would mankind benefit, would it not rather lose, from an actual picture and words of Antony’s great oration? There can be little loubt that he did make a speech, that he cleverly utilized his skill in ora- tory to turn the mob against Brutus and the other conspirators, at the same time he managed to deftly sneer at them. It is most probable, however, that the modern person’s idea of the acene is far in excess of the actu- ality, that it was neither so great nor glorious as we see it, either on the stage or in eur own minds as the result of historical reading. Mere truth might be served hy a talking picture—but would romance and glory be served, too? -One may well doubt it. * kR % speech over the body of amids; liberty s @ when self-con B spontaneity out been had tood over Lend me your pose, plense.” “Special Tonight! “Nappy N .poleon at Pyramids! “See the French Conqueror him in Big Addres: Hear Peru Issues Viewed. Writer Challenges Statement. of Mr. Barreda. To the Editor of The Star: As an impartial observer, recently returned from a prolonged visit to Peru, 1 have read with considerable surprige Mr. Felipe Barreda’s attack on the present administration in that country, using Ambassador Poindex- ter's talk in the University Club as a foil for the purpose—an attack which appears in your issue of No- vember 8 under the caption, “Peru- vian Lawyer Denies Prosperity.” To any one familiar with conditions prevailing at present in Peru it would seem as though Mr. Barreda's sprit of pariisanship had quite got the better of his sense of fairness and even of good judgment. Mr. Barreda, Goubtless carried away by his personal feelings, omits to give the background of this “absenteeism; he likewise omits to state that Mr. Leguia was duly elected President by an overwhelming majority, a fact which was recognized by the then President, Mr. Pardo. Indeed, it is well known that this acknowledgment of the situation by the former Presi- dent, which became known to the State Department, may be said to have been, if mot the chief, at least one of the important contributing causes for the not long delayed recog- nition of Mr. Leguia’s government by the United States. Reverting to the charge of “ab. senteeism,” Mr. Barreda also omits to state that Mr. Leguia made over- tures to the defeated party, tending to secure its co-operation in the work of the government—overtures which were uncompromisingly turned down in the expectation, it is said, of caus- ing embarrassment to the new ad- ministration and obstructing its pro- gram. The “Boots and Saddle” almost immediately sounded by the party and the voluntary exodus of its most prominent members were the fore- runners of this state of “absenteeism,” which there took birth and might very properly be considered as merely a political maneuver intended to de- prive the new administration of as- sistance. Mr. Leguia, seeing his advances re- jected, took the matter philosophically enough and decided to govern without the “absentees, The measure of his n the concrete re- ults where strike the visitor returning after an absence, is apparent, too, from the virulence of the attacks which are launched veriodically, upon the most shadowy gainst Mr. Legula person- his administration by the “absentees,” who would seem to be incapable of forgiving him for having been able to succeed without their co-operation, and, what is the bitterer lhnlllllht, of having done surpassingly well. Mr. Barreda omits to state, or has overlooked, the fact of the recent visit to Peru (1926-27) of Mr. Felipe Pardo, brother of the former Executive, for the purpose of attending to business matters connected with the interests of his family, which js the owner of large sugar plantations in the north. Mr. Pardo was able to travel wherever he wished and satisfactorily complete his business transactions without the slightest interference. On his arrival in Peru and on landing, he was greet- ed by an aide-de-camp, sent specially for that purpose by the President. 1 happened to be in Peru at the time and was personally cognizant of the incident. It must be confessed that this courteous treatment and the complete liberty enjoyed by Mr. Pardo during his stay accord very ill with the picture drawn by Mr. Barreda of the character both of President Leguia and of his administration. Mr. Barreda’s argument respecting the rise of the public debt is eco- nomically unsound. It would rather seem to be a favorably tangible proof of the progress of the country and of the increasing confidence in Peru- vian credit by the lending nations. of the increasing confidence in Peru- vian government of Kkgeping the public debt stagnating at the same flgure at which it stood in 1919, he would then, indeed, have presented a more convincing indictment of poor administrative ability. Mr. Barreda speaks deprecatingly of the opening up of a few avenues and dismisses, with this short allu- D. €., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1927 £ “Be there one hundred years ago!" It this placard could grect us from our favorite theater, we should turn away sadly, for we have a_sneaking 8\ picion that the great Bonaparte did nat look =o hercic in that scene as the h'stories paint him. He is played up to us, in all the books we ever read (and we have read a shelf full about him), as sitting on a rearing steed, his hat in hand, point- ing ou. ..e Great Pyramid with a . while away in the des- of soldiers In the spick-and- p 1 “niform of the French troops. “Soldiers, forty centuries look ¢own upon you!" The reader t rills to this day at.the n and inspired soldier-talk of the t commander. He pictures to tlLat entire multitude t he spe ch with 1:pture and r ing “Vive le Empereur?” | ‘hat DHlow B! records the event, to Napoleon read h addregs bit of parchment, that only % muarshals and such immediately about him could have heard a word of v hat he said, and that the sol il rs in th ranks spent their time. 1 hile the ha-argue was going on, discussing the absorbing topic of “Where do we go trom here"? fow * K ok % wLin HIn's Gettysburg address is uni- versally recognized as a masterpiece ot English, brief, yet packed with meanin -, filled with peetry and plain h :d sense. *“1en_one thinks of that eloquent appeal, he envisions a hushed multi- tude, a breathless realization on the p° t of those present that they were listening to a great effort, destined to %o down in history as a masterplece. Yet one of the great journalists of period (whose descendant is to- reporting in this city the doings he President) states very plainly 'ences that the speech | was a “frost, immediate’ recognition v The | crowd expected a set oration, and it |didn’t get it. Lincoln arose, he tells | us, and read briefly from a tatter of paper in his hand, an old envelope or somethiag on which he had written the address while journeying to the battlefield. Not only did that great throng, the writer-tells us, have no conception of the sublimity of the address, but it actually weithed in pain at what it believed to have been a gigantic fail- ure! As for our other specimens, Cicero’s oration on Catiline and Henry’s opus hefore the Virginia Legislature, per- haps the world is better off to have them as we do, in books, pictures and dreams, than to possess them coiled in a tjn can, impressed on a wire, to come beliowing out at us in defiance of all our sacred rights. Mankind has sacred rights, when it comes to the great scenes of his- tory. One is not altogether sure that the right thing was done to record Col. Lindbergh's speech at the Monu- ment. He repeated ‘‘the people of France” and the ‘“people of the United States” too many times, for one thing. Let us not examine too closely into our - history. ' Let -us dream of Cleo- patra, beautiful, wonderful, floating down the Nile, green, glorious. Per- haps if we had an actual record of that famous trip, we would hold our nose at the Nile and blush over poor Cleopatra th: ot t in his remini: sion, the extraordinary reconstruction program, which, from the first, was decided upon and which has been 'bril- liantly carried out, notwithstanding the hampering effect of falling prices in the world markets for Peruvian staple -products—a program which in- cluded road and railway construction topography tion works in over 20 cities, com- prising seweragd plants and drinking water supply, not to speak of the colossal irrigation projects on the arid coast. which have been brought to satisfactory completion. Mr. Barreda also omits to mention the amount of foreign capital which has been at- tracted to Peru and which is at pres- ent engaged in developing the natural resources of the country. But as Mr. Barreda, on his own confession, has not ‘been in Peru since 1919, he can- not be expected to be in a position to appreciate the extraordinary prog- ress of the country, nor the changed life of the cities, nor the fact that it is now possible to travel practically all over its vast surfaces by motor, which, in 1919, was a pleasure re- stricted to one short avenue in Lima and to a few of its better paved streets. It may be that Mr. Barreda has overlooked, also, one grave conse- quence of his criticism of the present administration in Peru, and much as he may deplore the fact that his party, intrenched in power and the dispenser of patronage for genera- tions, is no longer at the helm of affairs, he would seem to forget that in striking at a political opponent in this manner the ultimate victim is not the individual but his own country. M. T. ALEYN. UNITED STATES IN YORLD WA Ten Yea Ago Today Italy urges this country to declare war against Austria and thus de- clare its solidarity with Italian aims, on ground that America’s abstention from war with Austria is strengthen- ing craft propaganda against Italy. * * * President Wilson, addressing the annual convention of the America Federation of Labor in Buffalo, ex- presses contempt for pacifists, and asks labor to sink all differences and give this country its fullest support. Asserts Germany started the war and aims to control the industry of the world by force. Pays a tribute to Samuel Gompers. * * ¢ Italians are preparing for one of the greatest battles in history. Heavy allied re- inforcements are pouring in to stiffen that nation's defenses. Kaiger is at Italian front with Emperor Charles and King Ferdinand. * * * The Y. M. Ci A. drive for $35,000,000 war fund is started off with a million-dollar contribution by the Rockefeller Foun- dation. It is expected that the full amount will be raised in seven days. o A Candid Expression. From the Loulsville Times. An egoist doesn’t think any more of himself than you do. He is just honest enough to express it. s Long-Eared Game. From the Terre Haute Star, Three wi killed and 20 _injured on the first day’s hunting in Pennsyl- vania and Delaware, giving some idea of the number of men who resemble a rabbit. oo Knows How to Reach 'Em. From the Ohio State Journal. One of the astonishing things about President Coolidge is how short he can make his messages to the people and how long he can make his mes- sages to Congress. —tn-s. Just to Avoid Suspicion. From the Detroit Free Press. In a nervous town it's a pretty goéd tdea to stop your motor when you stop in front of a bank. — oo World's Greatest Need. etch miles upon miles of solid | it wou.d be, if we had | —extremely expensive, owing. to.-the | of the country—sanita- | THE LIBRARY TABLE By the Booklover Not all of the World War was fought on European soil; some of it was fought at Hoboken, N. J. Through Hoboken passed 1,779,109 American soldiers on their way to the battlefields of France and.Belgium. In command of the port of embarkation was Maj. Gen. David C. Shanks, who, in “As They Passed Through the Port.” has wriften an absorbing book, full of anecdote, on all the activities of the port connected with embarkation dur- ing his two years and a half of duts And not all of the war was fought by men. Gen. Shanks pays enthusiastic tribute to the eficient and tireless work of women in almost every field. except on the actual firing line. Par of his dedication is to these women: “Po the vast throngs of patriotic women all over our land who in camp. in rest house, in hospital and on our piers served their country by serving those who wore their countr R form, these sketches are dedis a tribute of admiration. is devoted to “The Armerican Woman in the World War,” but that does not complete the tale. Other chapters. “Some Christmas are Work on the Pi ‘Welfare Work at Camp “Welfare Work at Camp Hostess House in War The American Red Cross” 4 weaters and Knitted Garments,"” are chiefly concerned with the work of women, and throughout the whole book their participation in the home service of the war assumes large proportions. * ¥ ¥ k Some of the best anecdotes of “As They Passed Through the Port” are about the ways of women when they work, all with a touch of admiration on the part of the author. There was the wealthy New York weman who secured permission from Gen. Shanks to send some “canned heat” to her brother in the trenches (there was a prohibition against sending inflam- mable substances by the usual chan- nels), and when the general was ex- pecting a small package which could be intrusted to an officer in his state- room a whole lighter load arrived, designed to supply the regiment of the brother, who was a colonel. The methods of Mrs. William K. Draper, vice chairman of the New York Chap ter of the Red Cross, were S0 e\- peditious that, at the time of the blow- ing up at Halifax of a ¥French vessel of explosives, she organized a reliel train so quickly that the captain ac- companying the train had not tim> to g0 home for a change of clothing. The women in charge of the Y. W. C. A. hostess houses of the camps were often made the confessors and intercessors for soldier boys who found themselves in difficuities be cause of misdemeanors. An Italian boy at Camp Mills sent an S O S note to a hostess as follows: “Dear Mrs. Clark: It gives me great pleasure to inform you I am in the guardhouse at Hoboken. My God, Mrs. Clark, 1 didn't intend to do nothing wrong. Can't you help me? This is the name of the feller you want to write to— Maj. Gen., Shanks—he'll let me out surc. Hurried weddings at hostess houses just before embarkation were frequent, and one story is told in the words of a hostess of a pass issued by Gen. Shanks almost at the last mo- ment to “a starry-eyed young sahool teacher from Chio” and the soldier to whom she had been engaged for three years, so that they might marry be- fore he left. A comb had to be bor- rowed for the bride to make a toilet, and the wedding took place in the checking room. Altogether, the im- pression gained of tiie author of this book is of a very human personality and one not at all inclined to the view that we live in an entirely “man-made world. @ J e most popular hits of FbCe ed lnp“BHl Nye: His continuity by Fran- Bill Nye was very bald and vnce explained to a Newark audience that Walt McDougall, the cartoonist, who accompanied his writ ing, had deprived ‘his likeness of’ !\flr in order to save himself work. ‘When on a joint lecture tour with James Whitcomb Riley, he would begin the performance with the statement, 1 will talk to you in my inimitable way until,1 get tired, whereupon Mr. Riley will entertain you till you get tired. His comment that “Wagner’s music is better than it sounds” had ‘wide cireulation. When he removed to New York, he took a house on Stater island, which he called the “schloss’ and letters written from there he signed “E. Wilson Von Ny}." * k k¥ clis ye,. The taste of Samuel Butler in put- ting his own family into a novel and there representing them as such alto- gether. disagreeable people has otter been questioned, often denounced. In “Samuel Butler and His Family Rela- tions,” a relative of the Butler family Mrs. R. S. Garnett, takes up the defense of the family and tries to show that Canon and Mrs. Butler and Samuel’s sister, who was the proto- type of Charlotte in “The Way ot Al Flesh,” were not nearly as unpleasant to live with as Samuel represented them to be. She does not succeed very completely, for the polite letters of the canon and his wife to friends and relatives prove nothing about the gort of home they made for their son. Mrs Garnett admits, at least by implication, that they were narrow, unsympathetic, even harsh, toward their son. who turned out to be a genius, and that the elder sister was ‘‘a woman o. indomitable will, entirely self-centered and domincering, and she ruled the family with a rod of iron.” The pic- ture remains about as it is in “The Way of All Flesh"—a family life founded on dogmatism and intolerance rather than on kindliness and the spirit of real religion. EE I The common- life of Mexico, among peasants and Indians, in the moun tains and valley villages. in buts, ir flelds, on the streets, on the highways is treated with literary art and in- tuitive understanding by D. H. Law- rence in “Mornings in Mexico.” He gives a series of pictures, each sug- gesting something of Mexican life and Mexican character. Here isa caravan winding its way in to a market town on a market day: “From the valley villages and the mountains the peasants and the Indians are coming in with supplies. Dark-eared asses and running men. running women running girls and running lads. Twinkling donkeys ambling on fine little feet, under twin great baskets with tomatoes and gourds, twin great nets of bubble-shaped jars. twir bundles of neat cut fagots of wood, neat as bunches of cigarettes, and twin ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Q. How many Jews are there in Palestine now?—G. N. A. At the end of 1926 the Jewish population was 158,000, Q. What royal tomb has the efigy of a dog on it"—E. M. A. On the tomb of King Edward V11 and Queen Alexandra, in St. George's Chapel. Windsor, an efigy of Caesar, the King's favorite wire-haired terrier, lies at his feet. Q. TIs it true that the manufacture of artificial silk was suggested severa! hundred years ago?—A. P. A. The possibility of manufacturing artificial silk was suggested by Robert Hooke, secretary of the Roval Society of England, in his book, “Micro- graphia,” published in 1667. Q. What is the process used in Ei land for taking the strong taste away from mutton?—F. P. A. The lamb and mutton of England is usually dipped in a weak brine and hung for several d: and in some ases for two or three weeks before it is used. Q. Where is the largest harbor in the world? - How large is the Halifax Harbor?—E. B. B. A. The harbor at Sydney, Australia, is believed to be the largest in the world. It has an area of 8,980 acres. or approximately 14 square miles. Halifax Harbor is 6 miles long and 1 mile wide: therefore, its area is ap- proximately 6 square miles. . Q. Where Carrollton A. Charles Carroll of Carrollton lived at Doughoregan Manor, Howard County, Md., 5 miles northwest of Ellicott City. is Hall?— One of his descendants still lives there. Q. When will the Association of Hairdressers have their next meet- ing?—H. R. A. The American Hairdresser say: that the National Association of Hair- dressers and Cosmetclogi holds an annual show the week prior to Laboi The next one is to be September, 3, at Boston, Mass. Q. What a carol?>—W. H. G. A. A carol is a song of joy and praise. 1t was sung originally in the Middle Ages by the bishops and other clergy, but now generally by a chorus of children at_their great festivals at Christmas and Easter and on Christ- mas eve. Q. Please give Tunney's boxing ex- perience before his ring career be- he boxed at the Fairmont Athletic Club. Befors he joined the Marine Corps, Tunney fought four prelimi- nary bouts, none of which caused much comment. The Marines held regular boxing matches, and Tunney boxed both at Quantico. and over- e His real ring career started in Q. What Yeats preach poetry" 1M 8 A. The doctrine of simple words, the diction of the best human speech. does as William Butler “the language of Q. go birds eat the secd of weeds? A. They do. and in this way give planted seeds a better .chance to Srow. Q. Ts there & national‘park in this country located along the ocean shore?’—E. S. W, A. The Lafayette National Park at Bar Harbor, Me.. is the only national | park which is” on the ocean shore | line. Q. Can popcorn be used for | breakfast 1. S. A. Unsalted, unbuttered popcorn may be served.with sugar and cream. with salt and cream or with cream alone. Or the parched unpopped kernels when ground like coffee make a good breakfast food for eat- ing with cream and sugar or for boiling in water and ‘serving like oatmeal. a Q. Is it proper to use the word “raise” in the sense that children are raised or brought up?—S. W. A. The word “raise” is never to be applied to human beings. This is a misuse of the word common in the Southern and Western United States. Cattlo are raised; human beir L brouzht up, or, in older | reared. There is no other agemcy in the | world that can answer as many legit- imate questions as our free_Informa- tion Burcau in W, highly organized institution has beer built up and is under the personal di- rection of Frederic J. Haskin. By kecping in constant touch with Fed- eral bureans and other educational en- terprises it is_in a position to pass on to you authoritative information of the highest order. Sulmit your queries to the staff of experts whose services are put at your free disposal. There is no charge, ezcept 2 cents in_stamps for return postage. Address The Evenil gan.—L. L. A. He took bhoxing lessons in the Greenwich Avenue Gymnasium. Later Yesterday the world celebrated the end of “a war to end wars.” The Council of the League of Na- tions has indorsed another plan for preventing war. The plan was pro- posed by Finland, and it has been under consideration by the Leazue Council for several months—it was considered last March—so that it is now the plan on which the Council's wisdom will stand or fall in the test of world approval. The committee of the Council has reported favorably, and the report has been adopted by the Council. The kernel of the plan is that whenever a nation is made the vic- tim of aggression by another nation, the whole body of nations comprised in the League will unite in financial support of the victim. War is there- fore given a price-mark; to the rich shall come the spoils, but it has not been made clear through the press how a victory of wealth, though flow- ing through the channel of a world: banker, will demonstrate the right or wrong of the controversy, in case the aggressor is final::lany'lndepefldem. * ok ok ok The plan proposes that all League member nations shall subscribe to a fund which will be Feld in reserve by the League ready to be loaned, as needed, to any ‘‘victim of aggression.” The report of the committee a sumes “that the governments will de- cide bott whether such a scheme is to be adopted and as to the conditions, including the definition of the victim of aggression, the method of determi- nation (such as by unanimous or ma- Jority vote of the Council), the states entitled to participate in the scheme (e.g., whether they may include non- members of the League), and also the maximum amount to be covered by the scheme.” The plan does not require an ac- cumulation of actual funds in time of peace nor does it contemplate that the League itself would undertake to raise a loan In the crisis of threatened war. “The scheme contemplates that the credits should be obtained in the ordi- nary way in the money market and that the attacked state should itself contract a loan on the general security of its revenues, but with the aid of an international guarantee.” Ordinary banking scheme—a weza!thy and highly rated indorser makes it easy for any borrower to get funds “on the general security of his"—or the indorse.’s—'"revenues.” All members of the plan or agree- ment—possibly to include non-mem- bers of -the League of Nations, such as the United States, whase indorse- ment would not lessen the bankability of the note of the smallest or greatest “victim of aggression”—all will first deposit with the League or its trus- tees their bonds covering the amount of the signatory's guarantee, and “‘ex- changeable on the demand of the trus- tees into specific bonds in terms cor- responding to the actual loan issued.” As a general basis of the amount of “general bonds” to be deposited in the guarantee fund, it is calculated that each nation should put up an amount equat to 50 times its quota now paid in support of the League. How that sum would be calculated for a rich non-member like Uncle Sam has not been indicated. * ok kX “When an attacked state obtains the consent of the League Council to obtain a loan, the secretary general or trustees holding the genéral guar- antee bonds would present nn?n o the guarantors for exchange of the whole or part into ‘specific guarantee bonds,’ the latter guaranteeing the service of the specific loan raised by the attacked state.” When this plan was submitted to a conference of four of the highest of financial officials of the United net sacks of charcoal.” * ok X The contrast between the public eti- quette and the_private manners of royvalty in the Valois period is com- mented upon and illustrated by Edith Sichel in her “Later Years of Cath- erine de’ Medicl” ' Marguerite de Valois. later Queen of Navarre, in love with Henri, Duc de Guise, gave him a secret rendezvous, which was discov- ered by her brother, King Charles IX, and the Queen-mother, Catherine de’ Medici. Whereupon, ‘“Catherine and the King, still in his nightdress, with- out a word, fell on Margot and violent- 1y beat her * ¢ ¢ then followed the etiquette * ¢ ® The court would soon be stirring—Margot might be seen in this condition. Catherine made the doors safe and set about repairi with her own hands what those hands h:d‘w:o‘ght." The ninth volume in the Wayfarers’ series is “A Wayfarer in Spain,” by Alice M. 8. Newbigin. The author found a little knowledge of Spanish essential to travel in Spain, at least outside the large cities. The art, archi- tecture and history of Spain share From the Waco (Tex.) Times-Herald. A restoration of the sense of God I8 ithe world's greatest needs | space with accounts of the agricul- ture, industry and customs of medern Spain and descriptions of individual Dlaces. e — States Government, the first question . “Who will décide which nation is the aggressor and which the ‘victim nation” The Council of the League of Na- tions, it was pointed out, would as- sume the right to arbitrate the jus- tice of international disputes, in the light of the historic fact that there has never been a war in which both parties—or all partles—did not claim to be in the right and the victim of unrighteous aggression, Germany to this day disclaiming vehemently any responsibility of starting the World War. It the Council of the League of Nations had been in existence in 1914, and there had been diplomatic influence sufficient to swing its de- clsion, would that “guarantee fund,” to which, (by imagination) it may be supposed, England, France, Italy and Russia had, contributed, have been cashed in for the support of the Kaiser against belligerent Belgium? The fact that the lamb of Aesop was drinking downstream _never pre- vented the outcry of the wolf that the vicious lamb was muddying his waters and must be rent asunder. ‘What is war? How does it arise? Does it comie suddenly with right and justice clearly on one side and wrong and ielvlenmess clearly on the other? There is a baok just published, writ- | 8iar Information Bureau, Frederic J. \ Haskin, director, Washington, D. C. BACKGROUND OF EVENTS BY PAUL V. COLLINS. ten by Gen. John McAuley Palmer of the United States Army. under the title “Statesmanship or War.” The Amerlcan author quotes from a book by a German, Gen. Karl von Clause- witz, soon after the Napoleonic wars, Gen. Palmer says: ‘ War, according to Clausewitz, is not an isolated or separate thing in itself. It is simply a special form of politics. * * ¢ “If we think of this in the light of Clausewitz's definition we shall discover that, ictly speaking. there is no such thinz, per se, ‘caus2’ of war. There nr> many causes of political controversy. and, under cer- tain conditions, any political contro- versy may take the special violent form of political action known as war. ¢ * * Although Washington was born half a century b fore Clausewitz he clearly saw the relation between war and the normal forms of: political action. In Clausewitzian ter: Vash- ipgton's advice to his. countrymen might be stated this wa; “Relv on just dealings with other nations.. - - “Seek your legitimate political ends through ~ peaceful negotiations and understanding, but, lest some aggres- sor should impose the other form of political action known as war or threat of war upen you, maintain yourselve: in a ‘respectably defensive posture,’ In contrast with that inoffensive, but defensive, policy of Washington, is the typical uttitude of Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, which the author puts in words, as follows: ““When peaceful negotiation fails to solve a political question the con- troversy assumes another form of political intercourse known as war. “Now, when a controversy assumes this second form, it is decided, not by the best cause, but by the most force. Therefore, if I have enough force T can always compel subm sion to my will without reference to the merits of my cause. “Furthermore, if I am known to be invincible in this second form and always eager to embr it, 1 ean enforce my will b my just rights, even while p ical action’ is still in its normal peaceful form, be- cause I can always threaten a resort to the second form if I am not humored. “My policy should, therefore, be to prepare for sudden, victorious attack. With this assured I shall be able' to make my neighbors pay me a sort of commutation of victory even in time of peace. Therefore, I propose to maintain a striking force alway ready for offensive military action. The author adds: e fnflur{ to distinguish between these two types of armament ac- counts for an apparent paradox in present-day agitation of the arma- ment question. One very earnest gentleman says that he is opposed to armaments because armaments provoke war. Another equally ear- nest gentleman says that he is in favor of armaments because arma- ments prevent war. * * * If the first gentleman will say, ‘I am op- posed to offensive armaments hecause they tend to provoke war,’ he will be entirely right. 1f the second gen- tleman will say, ‘I favor defensive armaments because they tend to pre- vent war,’ he also will be entirely right. ; g . Since war is but ‘another form of diplomatic negotiations,” and usually comes through the gradual develop- ment of negotiations, suddenly as- suming belligerency, what sovereign government will put up a bond_ to ally itself with one or the other party at the behest of unknown in- fluences-.operating upon a council of alien birth and afliations? * koK % ond The leader in The Senate seeking to outlaw war is Senator Borah, and within the last few days he has heen quoted as opposed to any agreement that the United States should refuse to trade with a friendly nation on the ground that it was the “aggressor” in a war which our interests were neutral. “The proposal to outlaw war,” said Senator Borah, “means that war should be no longer recognized a legitimate means of settling inter- national disputes, and would thereby differ from thhe League of Nation's plan for preserving peace, or the procedure outlined in the Locarno agreement. Both the League plan anc the Locarno agreement contem- plate resort to armed force in certain contingencies. “Success for the plan to outlaw war will depend largely upon the codification of international law and the setting up of an international tribunal which would be recognized as really independent. Arbitration and diplomatic negotiation would also be depended on to settle some con- troversies.” The Senator added: “I do not assume for a moment that an agree- ment to outlaw war would end war, but it would strip it of its status as a legitimate method for the settle- ment of interrational disputes.” (Copyright. 1927, by Paul V. Colling.} )