Evening Star Newspaper, February 10, 1928, Page 8

'HE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. (Pl Jivsimmn ¥ WASHINGTON, D.C. | ®RIDAY......February 10, 1928 'rHEODORE W. NOYES. “The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office L1th St. and Pennasivania Ave. New York Office: 110 East 49nd St, joa: Towsr Building. : 14 Regent St., London, England. +Editor Rate by Carrier Within the City. Star............45c per month (when & €3¢ per month The Sunday Sta : . Be per copy Collection made At the end of each month. Orders mav be sent in by mail or telephone. NMain 5000. Rate by Mail— able in Advance. 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The pro- posal to reorganize the Pan-American | Union on & treaty basis was advanced to permit of some enlargement in me‘ functions of this institution. to guaran- | tee representation upon its governing | board of all the Pan-American nations and to place the Pan-American Union ftself on a more permanent footing. The | proposal was not new and in the five years since the last conference, held in | 1923 in Santiago, Chile, the ‘governing board of the Pan-American Union drew up a convention for the reorganization ©f the Union which was presented to the delegates at Havana. The Argentina delegation, headed by Ambassador Pueyrredon, has held out for including in the preamble of the convention a statement that it will be the purpose of the Pan-American Union to abolish excessive tariff bar- riers and other trade restraints between the Americas. To this the majority of the other delegations, including the United States, is opposed. Argentina yefuses to alter her position, and the proposed convention, with its provisions for reorganizing the Pan-American Union, seems destined to be lost. Argentina’s position cannot be called sincere. The success of the Pan-Amer- fean Union has been due to its avoid- ance of political questions. ‘The im- passe at Havana caused by an attempt merely to give the union some authority to try to adjust tariff disputes is elo- quent illustration of the more serious entanglements which would immediate- ly follow, once the union endeavored to bring about such adjustment. Argen- tina is hitting a% Yhe high-tariff policy of the United @ tes. But Argentina knows the futdlg of attempting to change this poliy by giving the Pan- American Union some imaginary au- thority to meddle with it. Nor is the high-tariff polLy of the United States 8 real detefrent to Letin American trade. Other members of the Pan- American group, including Argentina, have erected their own tariff walls, not #0 much to protect their industries as to raise revenue. To assign to the Pan- American Union the mission of crusad- ing against the tariff, or to revise other restrictions on imports, all of which| gepresent domestic policies of the na- tions involved, is to sign its death war- rant and to kiss it good-by Argentina’s dog-in-the-manger atti- tude, while it may have its effect in the national elections which fall this year in Argentina, will accomplish noth- ing for Pan-Americanism. Fallure to sgree on reorganization of the Pan- American Union is of minor importance when compared to the serious damage 0 be wrought by Argentina’s mischiev- ous manipulations of the monkey wrench in the rather delicate machin- ery at Havana. ociated Press. An atworney who can talk for a long | time in 8 desperate homicide case at Jeast gives the accused the benefit of something resembling a flibuster. — —e-—— Hickman's Conviction. | In rendering verdicts of sanity on the two charges against William Ed-| ward Hickman of murder and kidnap- ing the jury st Los Angeles has re- | leved the public snxlety regarding s esse that has held the interest of the eountry for several weeks In the face | ©f established and confessed guilt of 8 most shominsble crime, s ples of | trresporxibility was set up by defense | eounsel and extranrdinary efiorts were | made 0 prove the defendant ¥ be 8o unbslanced st the Ume of the com- mission of these offenses of child steal- ing and dlsmemberment 8s 0 be un- acoountable and irresponsinle. A family | history of “queerness” was set forih | Aleniste testified that in their judg- ment the man was ineane Appreher - sion lest by this ples the flend should es- ecope Just punishment. In less than an bour after the questinns were submit- ed v the Jury two verdicte were ren- Gered, by which the plea of insanity was rejected and by virtue of which & wntence of desth msy be imposed Bentence will be pronuunced Wmorow ond while there s the possilility of Be tmprisonment, under the law, 1t i belleved that the court will pronounce tie maximum pensity of desth Whatever tie senience may be, wn sppesl will be taken, Intention W ke wuch s sppeal has slready been enngunced. This Wil entail delay The prayer of the public is that 3t may B brief Bnd that justice msy be ad minietered speedily. For this cese ia yegarded sa of imporiance beyond ihe wirocity invoived in 3. A wholesome deterrent effect will be had from 3t i1 the law is relentiessly pursued 4 the climax of the ultimete punisliment The inssnity defense reached the point of shwurdity in thia case, The paneuver, in behalf of Wickman Jjiy counsel were at odds with his throughout the trisl. In an s I ministration spokesmen and & member was felt throughout the country | in the courtroom, and when that letter came to the hands of the prosecution he vowed vengeance upon the one to whom it was addressed and who had revealed it. A thoroughly viclous man, irredeemable, worthless, dangerous, he has been condemned, as his deeds merit, to & painful fate. May his crime and its punishment serve as a warning. o The World Court Resolution. One cannot help but wonder pre- cisely what is back of Senator Gillett's resolution of Monday suggesting to the President the advisability of a further exchange of views between the United States and the signatory nations to the World Court to establish whether existing differences as regarding our adherence to the Court can be satis- factorily adjusted. As far as the public is advised, the present status of the negotiations, which up to September 3, 1926, were being conducted with a view to our entering the World Court, is as fol- lows: On January 27, 1926, the Senate voted for ratification of the World Court protocol modified by five reser- vations. In March the secretary gen- cral of the League of Nations was ad- vised of this action. The Council con- ferred upon the reservations proposed and subsequently invited the United States to a meeting to be held at Geneva in September, 1926, for the purpose of discussing the various ques- tions raised by the terms of the Senate resolution. In April the United States declined this invitation, declaring that the Senate reservations were clear in themselves and not open to discussion. The conference was held without American participation and after open discussion a subcommittee was appoint- ed to “clear the way" for American participation. On September 23 the| conference as a whole signed a pro- tocol concerning the American reser-| vations which modified the fourth of these and sought to clarify the mean- ing of the fifth, and suggested such further exchange of views as the Gov- ernment of the United States might think useful. There the matter was permitted to drop, President Coolidge in a speech on November 11 stating that “unless the requirements of the Senate resolutions are met by the in- terested nations, I can see no prospect of this country adhering to the Court.” The first three American reserva- tions, entirely routine in nature and cheerfully accepted by the “interested nations,” need not be here discussed. The fourth reservation provided that the United States might at any time withdraw adherence to the protocol and that the statute might not be amended without its consent. The modification made to this proposal by the signatory states provided that they, acting together and by not less than a two-thirds majority, should have a corresponding right to withdraw con- sent to the American reservations. The fifth American reservation pro- vided that the Court should render no advisory opinion without notice to all adhering states, nor should, without the consent of the United States, “en- | tertain any request for an advisory opinion touching any dispute or ques- tion in which the United States has or claims an interest.” Seeking to clarify the more or less ambiguous language of this reserva- tion, the signatory powers proposed that any objection on the part of the United States should have “the same force and effect as attaches to the vote against asking the opinion given by a member of the League in the Assembly or the Council” of the League. ‘These modifications resulted in the abandonment of our project to enter the Court—a project favored by each of three Presidents, by the Senate, and, most earnestly, by the public. The justification for that abandonment has never been clear. The modifica- tion of the fourth amendment appears on its face to be entirely equitable. A modification of the fifth in some form seems to havd been necessary to THE EVENT) the Senate may with logic continue its refusal to grant him a seat. Thus there Is prospect that upon thepresentation of his new credentials as an appointee to fill & vacancy which exists from the Senate’s point of view by reason of its formal action and from the State's point of view by reason of resignation, the action taken in January will be re- peated and the seat will again be de- clared vacant. In that case nothing will be done until the person who is declared elected in November presents himself for admittance at the Decem- ber session. If Mr. Smith, who has announced his intention to enter the primaries, should win the nomination in April and if, as the regular Republican candidate, he should be elected in November, what will the Senate do then? Could it with legality or with logic refuse to admit him if no taint were found in his title, from either primary or election proce- dure? It would seem that if this situa- tion arose the Senate would be com- pelled to admit the credential bearer to a seat. To bar him then would be to put the case on a personal ground, which would have no justification in law or in precedence. This conjunction may not arise. Mr. Smith may -not win the primaries, or if he should win the nomination he may be defeated in the election. For the present the seat remains vacant and will probably so continue until next December. e Science Distortion. Publicity is a great thing and so is science. But when the latter is mis- used and made ridiculous to boost the former the result can be nothing but an asinine spectacle. Witness the test now being conducted in New York on chorus girl subjects to determine whether a blonde or a brunette reacts more quickly to a love suggestion. Girls of each type, and it is presumably unknown whether or not the blonde has always been a blonde or the bru- nette always a brunette, are seated before a table piled with complicated machinery which is supposed to regis- ter their reactions as love-stimulating movies are flashed upon the screen. After this bunk has proceeded for some time those in charge of the exhibition triumphantly pronounce the brunette a winner—that is, she gets more “kick” out of the pictures than does her blonde friend. To which the public stifling a yawn will retort, “Who cares anyway!"” ———— An eminent film comedian has com- promised the claims against him of the U. 8. Treasury. It would be an achieve- ment in humor if he were able to show that he has made a joke of the income tax. oo One by one old maxims lose their influence. With mergers in process of formation the ancient remark, “Com- petition is the life of trade,” is not so often heard. ———— Nations of the world are being brought closer together by telegraph, alrship and radio. In time they may become 50 neighborly that they will all get on as well as Canada does with the U. 8. A. — ‘This month nearly all the political valentines appear to be going to Al Smith and Herbert Hoover. - It might be regarded as a fine plece of strategy to keep Sandino thoroughly scared without seriously hurting him. —tee. “A favorite son” is too often regarded by master statesmen as local talent try- ing to break Into the professional class. ————— The early start of presidential cam- paigning promises a long season for political press agents, - SHOOTING STARS, BY PHILANDER JOHNSON, Knee Deep. If you, mayhap, should care to learn The melody in many a heart, clear up the point as to whether we were seeking only such rights as would be enjoyed by nations represented on the Council of the League should it be decided that requests for the Court’s advisory opinion must be unanimously made by that body, or whether we were secking a special and indefensible right to prevent any advisory opinfon on any subject whatsoever by the mere claim of an interest in the dispute or question being dealt with, Just what is behind Benator Gillett's resolution—for he s one of the ad- of the Benate foreign relations commit- tee—is problematic, But it is most earnestly 1o be hoped that the possi- bility of some alteration in a dead- lock In which our position has never been clearly justified to the public tx foreseen by hime-and that an equita- ble solution of such conflicting viewpoints #s may exist may be forthcoming, to the end that our full adherence to one of the great instruments for interna- tiona! good will be achieved. B “The idea of getting back on his old mall route, where he can L sand- wiches in silence instead of taking chicken 4 with speeches, seems o appeal o Lindbergh, | i R v The Illinois Senatorship. A new complication has heen brought {shout in the Hlinols senatorship situs- ton by three actions which oceurred yesterday. Benntor-elect Bmith, whose {seat i the upper house of Congress has (heen declared vacant becaise of large | contributions made by publie utility in- [ terents 1o hiis primery cumpaign fund, | tendered his resignation o the gov- L ernor, who thereupon st once appointed lim 10 werve for the unexpired term and jssued & proclamation calling for & senatorial primery on the 10th of April and sn election in November, ‘I'he resignation momenturily varated the | neal, which the Senale had already de- [ clared 10 he vecent. ‘Ihie reappoint- ment flled that vacancy temporarily “The coll for w primary snd a special election made provision for Alling it definitely. The Benute huving refused (o admit To Whitcomb Riley's pages turn 8till echoing the gentlest art. There will we rhyme of blossoming June Where flowers greet the skies aglow— Just now the North Wind roars a tune That bids us sigh, “Knee deep in snow!" “Knee deep in June!" the blast, Your wonder song again we sing; And flowers bloom from first to last Amid the sweetcst caroling ‘Through every line, wherein you tell The ecstasy that poets know, We trudge to find the Junetime spell, Although we sigh, "Knee deep In snow!"” The One Belligerency. “Are you a miMtarist?” “I never really wanted to fight but once in my lfe” answered Benator Borghum. “When was that?" “When some one accused me of being & pacifist.” Enlightenment. ‘This world grows wickeder, we vow, Perhaps 1L 18 no worse just now ‘Than in the days agone, Hypocrisy wins no applause, This world sometimes seems bad, bhe- cause We know what's going on. Though flerce Jud Tunkins says & doctor has 1o be tactful 8o a8 o cheer you up und at the same time keep you sufficlently scared o realize you need him ‘The Only Kecognition, “Mave you any political pull?” “Not much,” unswered Farmer C tossel. “P've devoted my life to the service of my parly, and the only job 1 ever got was chalrman of & reception commitiee,” “Fate 18 Impartal,” sald Hi Ho, the suge of Chinstown, “Even the most luxurious motor car I8 lsble (o have & fut tire &t any moment.” Food and ‘Transporiation, ‘The reindeer now affords rellef, Bold as & substitute for heef, Apd Banta, as tme 1olls away, Must put & motor in the slelgh Mr Bmith on his former credentisls ts not lkely to wdmit him on his new ap- potntment. He has heen twice denled wdmittence, onee on w5 sppoIntment wnd once on an eleotion, In strict legulity the governor can appoint whom- &h | soever he wishes to NIl & yacancy, hut when, as in this ease, he sppointa the “When (leorge Washinglon was a hay, seid Uncle Bhen, "he couldn’ tell a lle. An' when he growed up he was such & quick Nghter he didn’ have W." e ) Pedestrian in the Running, From the Virginia Pilot A in th Asys of molor C;i:n titton "’""“ . NG STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. ‘Whatever is right springs from one of four sources, Cicero tells us in his essay on “Dutles,” either from wisdom, Justice, fortitude or temperance. “It. consists either in the perception of and skiliful treatment of truth; or in maintaining good fellowship with men, giving to every one his due, and keeping faith in contracts and prom- fses; or in the greatness and strength of a lofty and unconquered mind, or in the order and measure that constitute moderation and temperance,” clares, defining his sour So, kind readers, we may all line our- selves up according to the Ciceronian ethics. These did not differ very much the moral precepts of Chris- One of the most striking divergencies occurs in the following: “The first demand of justice is that no one do harm to another unless pro- voked by inju ‘This, of course, 1s plainly counter to the teaching of Christ, but there are thousands of Christians in the world today who act upon it, nevertheless, So it may be said that Cicero knew human nature very well, He who has ambitions to be an hon- orable man owes a duty to othe 100, our Roman points out. This would be called social service In our modern terminology. j “Although Chremes, in Terence’s play. thinks nothihg human indifferent to him, yet because we perceive and feel the things, prosperous and ad- verse, which happen to ourselves more keenly than those that others, which we see, as it were, at a great distance, we decide concerning them otherwise than we should con- cerning ourselves in like case. There- fore those give good counsel who forbid our doing that as to the equity of which we have any doubt. For equity is self-evident; doubt implies a sus- icion of wrong." 5 ‘What Clfl‘ra‘,ls “getting at,” as the boys say in school, is that the human conscience of a decent man or woman knows almost instinctively when a thing is right. He may not always be so sure as to whether a proposed action is wrong, but as to the correctness of a good action, seldom is there any doubt i his mind. “Chus, from the depths of the centuries comes the echo of advice from one of the greatest of the anclents, a man like unto ourselves in all ways, heroic in some ways, fallible in others, Suggesting {o us to have the courage of our own convictions, and to act, when a good thought comes into our mind, not to be deterred from doing good because of bashfulness, or what others may say. * ok K X Although _ Cicero, in opening his treatise, declares that duty is difficult to define, he does define the term later, In the following words “Every purpose ought to be free alike | from rashness and from negligence, nor ought anything to be done for which a reason worthy of approval cannot be given. plete definition of duty.” The mind is thus given an important place in the daily life of a human being. Upon this idea the education of civilized persons has rested solidly for 20 cen- turies. Only in the last 10 years has a different idea secmed to creep, at times, into the educational fabric. Cicero gives various storfes of Roman chicanery, adding: “Shrewdness like this is to be shunned in transactions of every kind."” Wars, he sald, are to be waged “In or- der to render it possible to live in peace | without fnjury.” ‘This was the famous “peace of the Romans.” based solidly upon the might of the Roman sword. Victory once gained, he continues, “those are to be spared who have not been cruel and inhuman in war.” Cicero had embracing views of human duty. “Since we pass our lives, not WASHINGTON happen to | This, indeed, is almost & com- | among perfect and faultlessly wise men,” he said, “but among those in whom 1t Is well if there be found the semblance of virtue, it ought, as I think, to be our purpose to have none unbefriended in whom there is a trace of virtue.” Anger {5 to be eliminated In any sort of punishment, he declares. (How this idea has followed down In English law!) “For he who enters on the of punishment In anger will never rve that mean between too much little.” h he praises public office, he hat there are and have been many men of great mind in private life, engaged In important investigations or enterprises, yet_ attending to no af- fairs but their own. This Is a trulsm in modern life, yet when enunciated was an_argument in favor of the man who did not engage in public service. “Becomingness™-this is & word Cleero used (as near to the Latin as may be) to indicate a superquality which graces certain deeds. “This be- comingness of which 1 speak belony indeed. to all virtue, and so belongs to it that it is not discerned by any abstruse process of reasoning, but is perfectly obvious. In our own day and generation, for instance, we may say that the deeds of Col. Lindbergh possess this added Iuster, this fme becomingness. “It Is the part of justice not to injure men,” Cicera said:” “of courtesy, not to give them offense: and it i in this last most clearly seen.” PR 1t does any one good in tie hurry of 1928 to stop now and then and con- sider virtue in the abstract. The ancient writers did this for us perhaps better than any modern can, because they were just awake, as it were, and were more struck by life from every angle. A modern philosopher, especially if_he had dabbed in psychology, would offer a book on the constitution of the human mind. but see how easily Cicero lumped it off: “The natural constitution of the hu- man mind s two-fold. One part con- sists in impulse, which hurries a man hither and thither; the other is reason, which teaches and explains what 15 to be done and what is to be avoided.” Now this fs very elementary and rudi- mentary, yet it may be questioned whether the bold pretense of psycho- analysis tells one much more “We are not so constituted by nature as to seem made for sport and jest, but rather for sobriety and certain more weighty and important pursuits.” He gives a tip to parents when, in discussing another matter, he says that “we do not give boys the unlimited liberty of play, but only that degree of freedom which fs consistent with good conduct.” He believed that the | natural tendencics of children need | some check, and that this advice and wholesome restraint must come from those who have been through the mill themselves. Cicero did not belleve In human standardization. “Every one ought to | hold fast," not his faults, but his_pecullarities, S0 as to retain more eastly the becomingness which is the subject of our inquiry. We ought, in- deed, to act in such a way as shall mon human nature; yet, holding this sacred, let us follow our individual na- | ture, 5o that, if there are other pur- suits in themselves more important and excellent, we yet may measure our own pursuits by the standard of our own nature.” We leave these rambling selections from Cicero with two more. He speaks of a man’s consclence, “than which | God Himself has given man nothing { more divine;” and he says, “Masters are found where learners want them.” OBSERVATIONS | e To demonstrate that the Shipping Board is doing its best to get the Gov- ergment out of the shipping business as fast as ever it can, Chairman T. V. O'Connor of the board cites the fol- lowing figures in a speech aboard the Leviathan in New York this week: “We owned more than 2500 vessels. We have disposed of more than two-thirds. We now own less than 800. Of these, 300 are in active operation. All the rest are being sold just as fast as we can sell them.” Chairman O'Connor and his associates are between two fires. They are criticized by those who complain that the Government fleet 18 not being dispersed fast enough and by those who oppose the sale of any ships and ad- vocate the building of more. The figures he cites tell thelr own story, the story of the Coolidge shipping policy as con- trasted with the policy reflected in the Jones bill, which passed the Senate last week and provided $250,000,000 for more ships. L The draft of a tieaty to be submitted to the 21 American republics providing equal rights for women, prepared by Alice Paul, feminist leader, was pre- sented this week to the Pan-American Conference at Havana by Mrs. Jane Norman Smith and Dorls Stevens, in behalf of the Woman's Party of the United States, The treaty aims to make “any discrimination against women matter of international concern” A cablegram to Charles K. Hughes, chatr- man of the United States delegation at the conference, has been dixpatched by the District of Columbla branch of the National Woman's Party, signed by Mis Emile Berliner, as chulrman, soliciting his support of the treaty. L ‘The Natlonal Grange and the Amer- fean Farm Bureau, in accord on many features of the leglslative and political program affecting the farmers’ inter- ests, have split on two major mensures now before Congress— the MeNary- Haugen farm relfef bill and the Madden Muscle Shonls bill. The Americun Farm Bureau has indorsed both and s continulng active efforts in behalf of hoth. —The Natlonul Grange has in- dorsed neither. To date the Grange has kept clear of any cammitment on any particular Muscle Shoals bill, and in the case of farm rellef has put for- ward o8 a substitute for the MeNary- Haugen bill the export debenture plan embodied in a bill Introduced by Rep= resentative John €. Ketchum of Mich- fgan. Hearings on the Ketcham bill sturted this week. There have been in- Umations from the White Houss that Mr. Coolidge, sull unslterable - his apposttion (o' the equalization fee ar- rangement of the MeNary-Haugen bill, wan disposed to an open mind on the debenture plan and might ap I Congress pass EE Birty-fve members of Congress from 21 Hlutes gatherod around the banguet honrd wt the Willard Hotel lust Wed- nesdny In the st of & scheduled ser of Hoover “get together” dinners, No publicity attuched (o the gathering and he guest list was ot Adams, 10 pubilie natlonal committes, und Gearge B Lockwood, former secretury, who together opened Hoover Wendguar- tern here Uhin week, and Dr, Hubert Work, Heoretary of the Interior, the sponsors of the meeting. Kuch uent was called on for & three-minute 1 conditions In his home were ¥ reports that John Adams was Lo as- wime the role of p anvention man- nger, but the fact is that he plans to 40 abroad soon to be absenl several " b LR !anl{nr fl.,n. ‘l‘)ul of lw ll‘::llllnll " An_aapirant for the post of Lempor ehal ot the Demoor {u natlo w‘ ol h with his Democratic senatorial col- leagues, is a stanch dry, but identified with the younger and liberal wing of his party and, hailing from the North- west, s far removed from both Ta many Hall and the solid South. Last, but not least, he is an exceedingly capa- ble speaker, both in sound and sub- stance. He has promised a 60-minute keynote specch, a decided nnovation, if he is called on to deliver it. It Is pretty well settled that John W. Davis will be permanent chairman of the conve tlon. Claude G. Bowers, the hisorl whose address at the Jackson day Dem- ocratic dinner was one of the hits of the evening, 1s slated to make the nom- inating speech for Gov. Smith. Ex- Gov. Cox of Ohlo has been suggested as temporary chairman, theveby putting in the two places of honor the oniy {two living ~ Democratic presidential standard bearers —Cox and Davis, Sen- ator Dill's friends, however, are still *boosting for him and are encouraged to believe that the Washington Senator may yet land the place. o ox The complicated and highly coutro- versial subject of coml foeight which hus been a bone of contention in the so-called luke, cargo and tid ¢ cases before the Interstate € Commisston for half n dozen years, has been projected into the pro- Ive senatortal conl investigation st the nstance of ¥ or David A, Reed of Pennsylvania. An amendment to Senator Hiram Johnon's coal e - gatton resolution prepared by Iteed and d by Johnson hax been offered mic of the “existing bita- minous conl rate structure.” Reed says he welcomes the coul fnvestigation, but wants the economic factors from the operators’ standpoint to go into the re ord along with the miners' stle of the story. Menntime, the miners in i nots have flatly rejocted ail offers of the operators (o arbitrate the wage dis pute I that territory, and the mine shut-down continues, LR Representative George Holden' Tink- ham of Hoston, millionaire bachelor, aportsman and globe-trotter, completed another world tour lnst year, traveling 43,000 miles i seven months - nearly twice the ¢ mference of tho globe. home without & tger, vhich one of his mnjor objectives, but he corvalled n host of other tro- phies Which are now arviving in Wash- ngton Inerates and boxes. ‘These in- clude 11 Buddhas from Burman Java and the Malay Islands, and a 0-pound ruinbow troue stufted, which he caught alive n the waters of Lake ‘Taupo, New Zealand. His offices ut the Capitol and s apurtment downtown re nin. lnture musewms of natural history, and are the delght of thelr owner and the wonder of his colleagues (et 1n ) .- the Inhabitant, eyt Vogor ek, I his wegiment be- committon 1 def ot NETORs 08 /N e Defining i M Hou i right to sit i habitant” of the firat Pennaylvania dis- Fram th Juni fore ) tict, miakes the assertion that & dental Nits Vgt “would disguality nearly half of the Henate and & conatderable \hors of (he Houne, It only shows how fmp 1L In that there should bo w fiy and nuthoritative yultng on the question ttastie Not all the Henators and Ry enentativen who have homes tn Wil tnglon stand precisely 1o the same posi- ton wa that held by Meo Heok ‘Thelr long service at the Capital has made & venldonce there w nevesatly, and it need not fallow that 1 every sug malntaln “a voulng resldeno Wy 0 (he Btate which they represent. A lib- ol Interpretation of the proviston of the Constitution, bringing the Amer I ‘nrwu-m nto elosar neoord with the Engllsh pariinmentary-+vule, might or Mm nob be an advantage (n wident alon e congreasional distiicts nd bt 1 o \ cane Loy et that the influence of becomingness fs | be in no respect repugnant to our com- | rates, | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1928. PHILOSOPHIES BY GLENN FRANK 1 once sald in this column that the most valuable man of our time is the scholar-genius who combines the bur- rowing qualities of the mole with the singing qualities of the lark, the man who 1s master allke of the science of research and the art of expression. We have always respected the bur- rowing mole; in universities, in churches, In political parties, in business houses, we have defled the patient plodder. ‘We have always been a bit suspicious of the singing lark; maybe it has been a hang-over from our Puritan distrust of anything save the austere, but the man who has put artistry into his ac- tivity has never been looked upon as safe and sane and sound; we have scemed to prefer his more leaden-footed brother. But we are in the midst of a con- fusion and complexity which require a leadership of clarification, and this sort of leadership must rest upon a power of interpretation as well as a power of Insight. Only sharp, clear, understanding can be the vation of our time,” says Count Hermann Keyserling in a study of the problems and leadership of our Western civilization. “Today,” he says, “the true inter- mediary of the spiritual is not the writer of pondercus tomes, but the jour- nalist. It is true enough that journal- istic technique does not always serve the finest spirit. But this does not in any wise alter the fact that today this is the kind of technique which can achieve most. “Very few have the time and the taste for the reading of heavy volumes. For them, scientific values must be pre- pared in the compactest and most prac- tical form if they are to assimilate them. “And, further, be it noted that this circumstance does not in itself indicate superficiality on the part of the reader, but rather a higher development of the intellect. “He who catches the drift of a mat- ter in the cont of a brief phrase is solutely superior to the one who 5 l1borious argumentation as the man of pithy expression is to the man f pompots phraseclogy. the journalistic gift s in itself tion of inferiority is proved ) single fact that, without ex- ception, 21l great statesmen were, in their manipulation of the masses, mesters ¢f the journalistic method, and that the ablest directors of our time have come from the ranks of the jour- nai X > gift in question means in itself nothing more nor less than the capacity for brief teiling and effective expres- Whnt elee, indeed s character- of the most effective among the profound snirits of all timc—be they kings or sages—if not this very gift? Were they not all to this extent not simply journalists, but indeed super- Jjours 2 A greater sense of responsibility for leadership by journalists! A greater development of journalls- tic technique by leadership! 5 Here are two genuine social needs. M. MeClure Newspaper Syndicate.) vt — France and the Rhine Issue in New Guise im tha New York Evening Post Briand’s answer to Stresemann's de- mand for the withdrawal of French troops from the Rhineland removes th to that of economics. In effect the French foreign minister simply asks rmany how much it is worth to the Reich to have France recall the forces which are now occupying German ter- ritory. It has long been realized that France (Copyri ¢ was maintaining these troops for future | bargaining purposes on tére question of reparations. but- never before has the French statesman admitted so frankly that this was his policy. With the right { to occupy German territory until 1935 provided for in the treaty of Versailles. this is a perfectly tenable position, but it scems to be gather like playing with fire to risk tA~ mutual good will of France and Germany for the sake of advance payments on the reparations account. Nevertheless Briand does a mit the logic of the German thesis on the security issue involved and opens the way to negotiations leading to com- plete cuation of the Rhineland by declaring. “We are willing, with our allies—for in this matter France is not alone—to examine any proposition he (Stresemann) has to make, for we have no desire whatever to prolong the oc cupation of the Rhine In this exchange of views it is readily apparent that neither Stresemann nor Briand is forgetful of the fact that both countries will soon be holding general electio ‘This is a consideration which must be borne in mind In the examina- tion of all news from Europe during the next few months, for every French or German statesman will be speaking pri- marlly for home consumption. It is consequently deeply significant of the change which has come over Franco- German relations fn the past two years that both these speeches upon the oce of the Rhineland should be d_in terms as friend! It 15 no longer either French or German politict even with elections in the ofting. to ats tack cach other with the violence which At one time marked their public speeches, When the elections are over, the way should be clear for those nego- tiations which Hriand suggests, and. if bargain they must over this question, we hope that France and Germany can reach & speedy agreement over the price which must be paid for the final with= drawal of the troops - v - Tax Recip v Grows, From the Pliladphia Pabiic Lodger The reclprocity movement among States, lrmlluk to the exemption from taxes of intangible personal propesty of non-resident decedent Ing, according to a state Representative Franklin 8. Ed 3 The Tax Commission of Virginia has nended & complete revision of the Inheritance tax i (hat State pro- viding for exemption of taxes from tranafer of stocks and bonds of non- restdent decodents, and o stmilar law enacted In Mississippt ploneer In the movement to reciprocate on such ex- emptions with other States, will soon recenaet reciprocity after having drop- ped 1t My, Edmonds declares IN WORLD WAR Ten Years dgo Today Five Americans wie killed on patrol I B0 man's land. Cenmans, I wm bush, (n supetior foree, ory “Kamerad 1" and open five, Four of our men miss- g und another, badly — wounded, renches our Hines, One Amorican ave (eryian killed and five wounded by ahell Are. Many (hiilling alvplane bat. tles take place wbove the trenolies, o An Ay N REHOTAL NOW eoms manda the sector tevently taken over LY our forves. French commander, ve. Huquiahing command, pratses conduet of American troops under fire. * ¢ o One thousand etght hundred and thivty - w0 survivors of the Tasvania are now offiolally lsted, and (he 347 still un- wocounted for fuelude about 300 wha are supposed o ho safe. * ¢ * Seere tary Buker divides the general staft Into five bureaus, each under sn axeoi- the chief of atafr, * * * problem from the realm of politics | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS There 18 no room for ignorance in this busy world. The person who loses out is the one who guesses, T Find out whatever you want mkmw.‘ | This paper | employs Frederic J. Haskin to conduct | an information bureau in Washingto for the free use of the public. ‘There 18 no charge except 2 cents in stamps for return postage. Write to him today for any fagts you desire. Address The Evening Star Information Bureau, Fred- gric J." Haskin, Director, Washington, Stuyvesant's, Governor of New York, was amputated’—L. A. 8. A. He lost his right leg. Q. What Is the aggregate number re- | quired each year to carry on the work | of the National Park Service, executive as well as feld work’—K. S. B. A. Approximately 500 under fce and from 500 o 1,000 outside of the civil service comprise the service | personnel Q. Wimt is the temperature of the moon A. Since the moon has no atmosphere, radiation of th un’s heat is very rapid. Night on the moon is about 14 of our days long, and the daytime is of the Q. Please state which leg of Peter | button, under the |ing the fourragere under the ieft arm BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN. Q What States have compul automoblle llability insurance?—J. P. A car owner. are seven States have ing partial compulsory insurance regu- lons. These are Connecticut, Maine, isetts, Minnesota, New Hamp- shire, Rhode Island and Vermont. Q. Who owns the Corn Islands in the Caribbean? —W. E. J. A. The United States owna Big an< Little Corn Islands. Big Corn Island is d about 2 m! 900 inhaoitants. Corn Island is 1'3 miles long and wide, There are few inhabit- Army regula- War Depart- gere tached to the houlder by fastening the button- hole thereo! t the left shoulder-loop oulder loop. pass- and oop on the ferret 10op button, allow- Q. W tial rains occur in Florida Summertime?—F. fL. T, same length. It is probable that the maximum in daytime is between freez- ing and botling points, Very (astrono- mer) concludes; it is heated to a tem- perature of 200° Fahrenheit. At night the temperature falis rapidly and may descend to 100° below zero. Q. When was Camp Zachary Taylor abandoned?—G. M. A. Camp Zachary Taylor, which was established during the World War, was abandoned on July 1, 1921. Q. Does the Red Cross receive part of the money from the sale of the tube culosis Christmas seals?—E. G. D. A. One hundred per cent of the sales to the National Tuberculosis Associa- tion. The Red Cross receives no percen- tage of these sales. Q. Why is Lent so called?—A. B. T. A. Lent is a modification of an old English word meaning lenten and ap- plies to the season when the days begin to lengthen. Q. How does the humidity of the Hongkong climate affect veneered furni- ture?—V. A. A. During the Summer months the veneer will peel off. Q. How do oysters raised on the Pa- cific Coast compare with the oysters raised on the Atlantic Coast in value Were oysters planted on the Pacific Coast or do they grow there naturally? —A. J. B. A. The Bureau of Fisheries says that oysters raised on the Pacific Coast have grown on the Atlantic Coast because the demand there is much greater than the supply. When Eastern oysters are transplanted to the Pacific Coast they sell for approximately the same price as the Western oyster and bring from about $6 to $12 per sack, whereas in the East the same quantity would sell for about $2. Oysters grow naturally on the Pacific Coast, but are a different spe- cies from that found on the Atlantic and are known as the Western oyster. Q. Please give a list of the world's longest railway tunnels—R. K. A. The longest is the Simplon, Switz- | erland-Italy. 12.26 miles; next comes | the St. Gothard, Switzerland-Italy, 9.32 miles: then the Loetschberg. 9 miles; Mont Cenis, Italy-France, 7.98; Arlberg, Austria, 6.23: Moffet, United States, 6.09; Ricken, Switzerland, 5.33; Tauern. Au: tria, 5.31: Ronco, Italy, 5.16; Tende, y, 5.03; Transandine, Chile-Arge: 5; Connaught, Canada, 5. most people now engaging?>—H. H. A. Since the war there are more per- | sons engaged in the pursuit of chem- istry than any other science. This is | due in particular to the rapid establish- { ment of chemical industries in the United States to supply materials which had formerly been imported entirely. | For McAdo While many editors feel that Willlam |G. McAdoo's speech at Richmond threatens the harmony of the party. | the comment evoked by the remarks |sounds & rather surprising note of | agreement. Many writers of both par- tles feel the injection of the prohibition 1ssue unwise and dangerous, although there are some on each side who seize upon it as & subject for defense or at- tack. | The Roanoke World-News (independ- ent Democratic) states that “it is not likely that he can control the proceed- {ngs of the Houston convention or d tate its choice of a nominee But he { can make & lot of trouble for those bent serving party harmon d he icket sertous, 1t irreme- | damage i he s o clined The liquor question. tmportant and absorbing as it 18" according to the Dayton Datly News (independent Der ocratic), “has nothing o do wid the historie function of the Democratic pa ty. Other than party ag well organired on both sides, out that troublesome issue. | should be left to them line of both great political p finds that chief significance of the ad- | dress lles “In the place and nature of | his audience, in the auspices of the | Anti-Saloon League under which it | wis made and i the assertion of what | everybody Knows to be a fact—namely, | that the wet and dry question is @ | g both parties and s sure (o figure the presidential election of 1924 Yet the Springfield Republica endent), points out: “With prohibition | n the Federal Constitution, NOW {0 be pasatble to forget Whethes presidential candidate has been i tavor | of or against prohibition, and to judse his qualifications by other standards | A President takes the oath to enforee the laws and to defend the Constitu- ton.* | LR “There 18 no doubt,” ville Times (independent Demovcratic, | that this McAdoo Address expresses the thoughts and feeling latge number of Democtats tly | true that a large sectton of the patiy although eomumitted to the entorvement | of the elghteenthh amendment, will te- | RArd Mr MeAdow's wssault on Sy and Ritehie ws attempied dynamiting of the hatmeny which was thought | have been established at Jucksan duy dinner The Haaton wript | dndependent) also declare " | han created ain bate which Wil pack | the Democratie national convenidon tull | states the Ashe of dynamite ™ I support of the MeAdoo pasition, | the Ohattmiooga News \lu\h-v-u.lenl] Domoctatie) quotes from s Western | Democrat, Judge 1. W (‘\ll\nll\sl\.ulLI the atatement that “if the American | people will stand for a ¥ Whom 1t can be sald by & fulend, not Gentifted with anvthing else’ save wetnoss, then, ndeed, ate they (ear- | My and wonderiutly made,” wid II\nli estdont of He s paper s AV Amen the Aol Bate Jownal dadependent Re rnhlh-mn tukes the position that “the wot that Siih o w wet a poduet I nany. and that he apparently has no politieal Vision bevond the boun make hbin b AN A candidate " 16 I not Baprobabie,* i the oplie of the tuberculosis Christmas seals go | a much higher market value than those | | C Q. In what branch of sclence lre; A. The Weather Bureau says that | the Summer rains of Florida are main- face air 15 warm fore is_forc laces that happen to be wa | others round As this is it comes e to the extent r left below. Being expands against th |less and less press the welght of the under less pressure, | the remaining pi | work at the ex e of it He . This cooling leads t { clouds, and that, in the rising air, being botn warm and a large amount of moistu hence the rain | talling from it is correspondingly great. the formatiol to T date of resumption of r the Ciytl War— | ""A. The resumption act was approved ! January 14, 1875; it directed the Sec- {retary of the Treasury to prepare and {provide for the redemption of U: | States notes in coin on and after Janu- , 1879. ? Q. When a train goes around a curve which wheels slip?>—L. P. R. A. In going around a ¢ the outer {wheels of a train slip somewhat in | order to keep up with the inner wheels. | S Q. Why is “holystone” so called?—H. S. L. ™A The word “holystone” denotes & piece of soft stone used in scrubbing | decks. The term is supposed to be de- rived from the fact thag decks were |usually scrubbed on Saturday as & preparation for Sunday inspection, | church, etc.; hence the phrase “holy~ | stone and holystoning.” Q. Are fiber flax and seed flax the same’—W. T. M. A. The cultivation of flax for fiber and the cultivation of flax for seed or oil are two distinct industries. FPiber |flaxisa variety distinct from seed Q. What is the best way to supply mineral feed to chickens?—T. P. A. Mineral feed is best supplied in the form of crushed oyster shell. clam shell or limestone, which supplies the calcium egg-shell formation. hed shell or limestone should be kept before the hens all the time. Bone meal may also be used to advantage. espectally to supply the phosphates, and usually mixed with the mash ration. Why were the German sub- marines called U-boats?—E. M. A. German submarines are called U-boats, from the German word be- ginning with “U,” which means “under- | sea boat.” 4 Q. Does a cover charge ever include | the food served>—J. G. L. A. A cover charge is an gssessment for the privilege of having & seat in & | restaurant. It includes no article of | food. Few Plaudits From Press o Smith Attack McAdoo spoke with pit= facts.™ | ambitions fless logi The Santa } savs of Gov not _deny been one of oppas! amendment.” and er (Republican are those who thin New m and I without terests. e He advoca ce, Lolal abs L b rer of speaking he does not bemng & part of the b W know. * * ndependents of Qo S es.” b The New York Times ndependent) | depend in the end™ S News Leader (= dependent Democ on what sart & compromise Smih s will cept. 1f he comes far SAUSEY th ¢ tonal po pathetic argy N0 secretly Are aym- because they thiak prospect th he wil will de ae- ceplable to the Southern States, though by 4 majorities. 1t he gogs no 1 he did i his addr 0 the League of Women Voters and & his message (o the New York Legisia ture, My, MeAdoo and the clerioal lead Sty can prevent Smith's numination The logieal concluston to which Mr Adoo's theary leads adiises e Advance (Democratic), W M EVETY asition af public trust Which has anvthing o do with e bitlon all wets ahould be rigidly exs cluded Dy judges. diy jurvinen, dry policemen. @iy cunmonweali attors DEVs - Al (hese Bie @ Devessiy 10 pros hibtton enforcement, i the MeAdoo theoty I8 a0 Wl what of ether laws? 1t nt ofpsed 0 pros Nbldon Will not enforce prahibithn, WhY expect that & President oppased (0 any uiher law will enfutve that law The (e i as lagical as the other,* CME MeAde waliis (e chalce of & restdent of the United States tay owed down to this stngle baue” te- WArks the Qrand Rapids Press (tnde- pendent), with the coanment that “there wie weak and coloriess Deime- erativ divs whose noaminacon would be A& greatar dbasier” The Milwaukee Journal (ndependent) states that “alt A MEA Teally savs i (hat Qev Hnlth W not W odey, and that Mr. Me- Ao does 1ot WAt Ly Smiih noms ated * O Buk the Duluth Hetaid (me dependent Reputioan) oowncludes: * A0 bt MU MO Adon Woukt wgiee thay E Wondiow Wibson were now Preaitent W prahibition iy eiteet, he wow Tet his personal views wn the with him t ment of the Ww af the land* tive oMoer, who will be reaponaible to ] daries of s own State me cnough o | lnterfera with the vigar of his “\Nfi loot O (LR vy < oo rporation i onl 50,000 akllled. Workers for u! ol W be ! an of the gm\guo Hpokeaman-Rev Repubiics ~hat ue veriy ::mm Ignises that Lher-n-law we “Han i