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THE EVENING STAR| ‘With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY.. ..March 12, 1929 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor The lnnln“sf‘a‘xr Newspaper Company usiness Office: 11th 8t. and Pennsylvania Ave. New York Office: 110 East 42nd St. Chicago Office: Lake Michigan Building. European Offce; 14 Regent St.. London, Englan Rate by Carrier Within the City. The Evening Star............45¢ per month The Evening aud Sunday Star (when 4 Sundass) . 5 The Evening and Su t (when 5 Sundays) e Sunday Star Sc per copy Collection made #¢"ihe #hd of each menth. Orders may be sent in by mail or ielephone Main 5000. 60c per month 65¢ per month Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Dally and Sundas....1 yr..$10.00: 1 mo., 85¢ Daily oni 1 mo. S0c Bun i 1 mo., 40c $1.00 asc Sunday only 50¢ Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclus entitled #o the use for republication of hlches cradited to 1t or not otherwise cred- ted in this paper and also the local news published herein. All ri of publication of #pecial dispatches herein are also reserved. ‘We Approach the Court. In light of news from Geneva, there | can be small doubt that the way is being paved for American entry into the World Court. Mr. Root's scheme to that end was presented yesterday ! to a speclal committee of League of Nations jurists charged with the task of revising the Court statutes. The | those of rank, have little reason to look for lenlency and opportunity later to enjoy the use of property in any form. There is, unhappily, reason to look for bloody reprisals and punishments as the insurrection wanes and the govern- ment re-establishes its authority. Apparently the insurgent leaders are drafting forces in the field in their last stand. Dispatches tell of “recruiting” for the rebel armies in the field. For these poor wretches .who are drawn | into the fight against their will, with no wish to participate in any way in the quarrel between discontented mili- tary officers and politicians and the government, there is a deep sympathy. | Perhaps some hundreds of them will be sacrificed at Torreon in the last stand of the insurrection if that should prove to be the climax. They have no prop- erty to confiscate, only their lives to be forfeited in a cause in which they have no concern. e Effect of the Jones Act. The Jones act, empowering a judge {to impose fines as high as ten thousand dollars or a prison sentence of as much as five years for first offense violations of the liquor laws, scems to have put fear into the hearts of the gentlemen af the underworld. Press Teports from here and there quote the “racketeers” as announcing. in injured tones, their immediate intention to retire from business. The risk, they say, is too great. They could laugh at conviction for a misdemeanor, and scratch off the fines as necessary overhead. But the American statesman's proposals were at once accepted as & basis of discussion. ! Reasonable in themselves, they were | received in a reasonable spirit by .judi- cially minded men. It is inconceivable that anything but a mutually satisfac- tory arrangement will be the issue of | pending considerations. | The Root plan consists, in short, of | an “interpretation” of the reservations attached by the Senate as the condi- | tions of American adhesion to the World Court protocol. As immortal Article X of the League covenant was the fun- damental factor, from the Senate’s viewpoint, so Reservation V is the thing on which the treaty-making branch of Congress lays stress as regards the Court. It is the reservation referring to advisory opinions in cases to which the United States is a party. As is well known, the principal League powers hitherto have not looked with favor upon the conditions which the Scnate, supported by the President and the Becretary of State, laid down. The “un- official” Root mission's purpose is to induce them to accept them in “inter- preted,” though not substantially mod- ified, form. It is gratifying to know that Geneva is minded to accede to America’s de- sires and to acknowledge their validity. The atmosphere of accommodation in which our elder statesman finds him- self is exemplified by the proposal of Sir Cecil Hurst of Great Britain that the United States be given the right to ‘withdraw from the Court any time it desires to do so. The Hurst suggestion specifically mentions that we could re- tire if we found changes made in the Teague covenant—under which the Court functions—that were not to our | | 1 liking. Apparently the promptness with which the United States enters the World + Court will now depend upon the rapid- ity with which the Senate acts. It is apparently planned to ask the Senate Tatify the revised protocol condi- and upon its unanimous ac- by other Court members. It understood they will be prepared move as soon as they are assured of the United States’ intentions. It is almost exactly six years since President Harding and Secretary Hughes first asked the Senate to approve Amer- ican entry into the World Court. Presi- dent Coolidge and Secretary Kellogg urged it. President Hoover and Secre- tary Stimson ‘obviously desire it, else * Elihu Root would not now be at work in Geneva. Probably it is too much to expect of #enatorial human nature to believe that the revised Root reservations will com- mand speedy and whole-hearted sup- port’ when submitted for ratification in ‘Washington, But devoutly it is to be hoped that hair-splitting, for once, will be shelved in favor of statesmanship. American sentiment overwhelmingly fa- wors our joining the Court. The Senate should no longer fly in the face of that sentiment. Several cautious statesmen hesitate’ wbout entering the World Court unless there are lights to indicate clearly. modes of exit in case of emergency. —————— Mexico's Revolt Failing. Present indications are that the Mexi- can revolt is failing. In the first hours the uprising of disaffected troops under capable military leaders, against the government, appeared to have a suf- ficlent force, at least, to establish au- thority in several of the states and per- | haps to spread throughout the country. But the government at Mexico City, though evidently taken unawares by the insurrection, acted promptly and effectively and in a short time had | quelled the revolt in Vera Cruz and checked it elsewhere. There now re- mains a single large rebel force in the field concentrating at Torreon, in the state of Coahuila, Against this force the federal troops under the command of former President Calles, now serving as minister of war, is advancing. Other detachments of insurgenis in Saltillo are being sought by the federalists in the hope .of bringing about a definite engagement, the outcome of which is hardly to be doubted in view of the disparity of numbers. In these circum- stances it would seem that the revolt is, within a fortnight of its beginning, nearing the end. A measure of reprizal has been insti- tuted by the government at Mexico Cit; Under a “newly promulgated regula- tion"—probably very newly promul- gated—the property of rebel chiefs is being confiscated by the government, to be sold, the funds thus gained to be employed in defraying the cost of sup- pressing the revolt. The fact that this measure is styled a “regulation” in- dicates that it is an emergency device designed to meet the present crisis. A confiscation of property after the {their prices. prospect of languishing in jail for five vears is dismal, indeed. Those who are not scared out of business have doubled ‘They are determined to make their patrons pay not only for the product, but to pay much more dearly for the risk that is run in selling and delivering it. But to rejoice or to mourn, according {o personal inclination, over the ap- parent effect of this stringent law is premature. The profits of the illicit liquor business are great. The deter- rents must be great, indeed. If such an enactment as the Jones law would dampen permanently the ardor of the professional bootlegger, it would prob- ably have found its way to the statute books long ago. Its efficacy as a weapon against “the powerful bootlegger re- mains to be tested. The moral effect of the law may be great. But to be really successful it must have more than a moral effect. Those arrested now for violations of the liquor laws will be tried with the Jones penalties staring them in the face. The interesting question is whether juries are going to convict them and permit the judges to impose the greater penalties. In some sections of the coun- try the problem has been to obtain jury convictions under any circumstances. Will these juries now convict men who may go to prison for five years? ‘The purpose of the Jones law has been widely misrepresented. The law was not written to enable the authori- ties to send a boy with a half pint in his pocket to jail for five years. There is no more reason to believe that the relatively innocent violators of the law are going to be more harshly dealt with under the Jones law than they were before its enactment. The purpose of the law is to get at the “old-timers” who have grown fat from the proceeds of their business, and to give the bench a sharp-edged sword in dealing with them. In the cases of aliens, their conviction now for a felony will make them liable to deportation, where their conviction for a misdemeanor before only made them more wary in their transactions. If the moral effect of the mere enact- ment of the Jones law is as great as represented, a series of stiff sentences under the Jones law should increase that effect manifold. If the growing sentiment against law violations of all sorts is erystallized into a demand that the courts take full advantage of the Jones act, the problem of enforcing the Volstead act may not be solved, but the opportunity will be given, for the first time, to find out whether high penal- ties really point the way to the correct remedy. ————— It is now considered remarkable that an aviator is able to travel over Bering Sea from Siberia to Alaska. Geographers hint that in very old times the journey could be made on foot. Nature is often uncompromisingly harsh in changing conditions, but invention is always triumphant. -t A New Speed Record. America has lost another world record and Britain has won it. And the win- ning of it is a tribute to British sports- | manship and persistence. On the long, sandy stretch at Daytona Beach yes- terday Maj. H. O. D. Segrave attained his goal, that has been constantly in front of him since the land record passed from his grasp under the flying | wheels of an American thirty-six- cylinder automobile, More ‘than a year | ago Maj. Segrave, machine gunner, aviator and automobile enthusiast, was approached by two English sportsmen who, calling attention to the fact that the automobile speed title was held by the United States, asked him to cross the ocean again to restore it to Britain And to clinch the bargain they assured y him that they would go the limit to | build the fastest car on wheels, and for | good measure the fastest craft that ever skimmed through the water. So to this blond young Britisher was intrusted the semi-official task of at- taining land and water records to match the air-speed mark already held by England. The first part of his mission | was accomplished yesterday. Driving his specially constructed one-thousand- horsepower monster, Maj. Segrave | burned up the sands at Daytona at the rate of over 231 miles an hour, beating by more than 24 miles an hour the rec- ord held by Ray Keech in an American | car. The second part will be undertaken soon, when the daring Britisher chal- lenges Gar Wood, America’s premier speedboat pilot, with Miss England against Miss America VIL. Wood's boat has already done better than 92 knots. Miss England, powered with the same motor as the automobile in which Maj, Segrave has just broken the world rec- ord, is theoretically rated at 100 knot: and a battle royal should ensue when fact of insurgency is not so effective for putting down an nupr g a5 actual mili- tary power. Thag who ha\’:efu_ux the the two drivers open the throttles, | One of the best features of the on- slayght of England against Amefg'.a in THE EVENING field against the government, espechllylspeed on land and water is the lack of | commereialism which marks the visit .to these shores of the English sportsman. His backers have insisted that they re- main anonymous, while Maj. Segrave himself has undertaken the venture purely from a sporting standpoint, as he is no longer connected with an automo- bile concern. Although it is hardly pos- sible—and these are his own words— that he will be able to win both records, he has already brought glory to Eng- land's name and has accomplished his avowed purpose of making it possible to claim that “Brifish engineering is the best in the world.” America, however, will not yield to England inhe warmth of congratulation to the man who took his one chance in ten of coming out of his car alive and got away with it, v The Prince of Wales will become regent. His public will ask no more than to find him as gentle and sincere in authority as he has been in the rela- tionships and activities of his compara- tively carefree youth. His own opinion that he is too well advanced in years to run for office does not prevent Elihu Root from following his accustomed course of carrying on some of the hardest work in public affairs, B An active, even an aggressive man with growing prominence, Senator Borah probably sees no reason to regret having neglected suggestions that he become a vice presidential nominee. S New York theater managers declare that they cannot find good plays. Wil- liam Shakespeare wrote a few that are allowed to remain comparatively un- familiar to present-day audiences. —— “Men will be spared” says Gen. Acosta, “but officers will stand court- martial.” There are circumstances in which it is not,advantageous to be regarded as a superman. - If a special session can accomplish all the work laid out for it, it may enable a regular session to enjoy almost a vacation. - Public remarks of Mussolini indicate a growing reliance on the Fascisti to figure in power as the G. O. P. of Italy. e SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Our laughter was cruel in days long ago, When cripples with mirth were in- spected By kings; vet a glance 'round about us ‘will show Rough fun is by no means neglected. ‘When pictorial morons blow up their dear folks And bulbous-nosed boobs grow erratic, We.are forced to confess that a lot of our jokes Are just a bit overemphatic. ‘We lasso the hero. We kidnap the girl. They're trapped in a tropical tangle. We bid them embark and their ‘sails they unfurl, And arrive where the cannibals mangle. Our humor reverts to barbarian dreams, As backward years turn in their magic, And nothing is really funny, it seems, Unless it's peculiarly tragic. Slight Step Forward. “Do you think the morals of the gangman in big town politics are im- proving?” “To some extent,” answered Senator Sorghum. “I should at least say they are getting from worse to bad.” Jud Tunkins says one of the things that make him laugh is to hear his grandmother tell how she used to hide Goldsmith's “Vicar of Wakefield,” be- cause her parents disapproved of love stories. A Second Thought. “How shall I make young Van Bohr stop proposing marriage to me?” “Accept him some time,” answered Miss Cayenne. “Maybe he'll get scared and stay away.” “A light mind,” said Bi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “is too often the cause of a heavy heart.” Pictorial Promise. Our florist catalogues will send. While we salute him as a friend, We call For blossoms coiled in tiny seeds— And, maybe, get the same old weeds Next Fall. “De mo’ a man knows,” said Uncle Eben, “de less valuable time he’s liable to use up tryin’ to tell it.” MICROTORIAL. A Historic Procrastination, Chill memories soon fade away About Inauguration day; And four years hence, again too late, We'll wish that we had changed the date. . Universal Language. The Kellogg announcement is strongly admired. A good understanding by all is desired, | That reaches from far Patagonia's strand, All the way up tre map into Eskimo land. Like music, a thought that is kindly expressed By one all sincere, is quite clear to the Test; And we need not depend upon lexicon skill When we're speaking the Language of Peace and Good Will. v With a Bump. From the Kalamazoo Gazette. It makes no difference whether one follows the teachings of Einstein or of Newton; when the stock market breaks, |a lot of people come down to earth. et Whoops! From the Boston Evening Transcript. A vaccine to take the whoop out of whooping cough may justify lovers peace and quiet in hoping that thei may yet be similar treatment for whoopee B Oh, Well! From the Elmira Star-Gazette. Yes, party lines are slipping. The new Atforney General of the United States s a roek-ribbed Democrat who has voted for three Republican Presi- dents. STAR, WASHT NGTON, D. © THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. ‘The mystery of the person who con- stitutes himself champion of humanity deserves careful consideration. He—or she—who rushes to the de- fense of others the second anything which they may construe as criticism éfi leveled against them is a well known ype. This prize specimen is a blood rela- tion of the man or woman who asks questions but refuses to accept answers. Whereas the latter attempts to shos by disputing With knowledge, today's specimen constitutes a far greater. study. Ii one is to understand why this man acts as he does, a careful search must be made into his antecedents, in order to determine the environmental data which cause him to do as he does. Thus only may some approach be made to the mystery which he is. And surely he is a pu; human b it seems perfectly plain one has_enough to do in life to defend himself and his own. There is no-apparent reason why any average person should rush to the de- fense—mostly spoken defense, of course —of those who are in no way related fo them, whose names they perhaps do not know, and who would not thank them for thicir excessive and unasked seal. * K It will be found that in almost every such case there is some hereditary b ground which, when known, pe accounts for the brilliant. defe Thus a woman who pretends to ab- hor gossip, a natural conversational ac- tion of human beings, will turn out to be, upon investigation, one who was the victim of such chit-chat hevself dim (and she hopes forgotten) past Perhaps her environment was such as to make her realize the evils of unre- stricted chatter, A careful analysis of the sort of peo- ple whom she defends in conversation will show the analy: which she is the most sensitive. Thus by failing to keep her mouth shut when she is not involved she gives herself away. Most such persons never have the least idea that the mental tracks which they leave behind them in con- versation are as plain as footprints in the snow or upon a muddy road. They forget that some minds are capable of putting two and two together. Yet all such backgrounds fail to ac count for the person who merely resents criticism of others from a third party. We must go even farther back than prior emplgyment, when he—or she— might have been in a position of com- mand, and thus have never been “talked back to.” Thus school teachers and * * others come to possess “voices of com- | which all unconsciously they | mand, carry with them into other vocations and into married life. . They are not aware of the fact that an adult human being has a right to an opinion. The sad fact was that the children they taught had no right to opinions. If a contrary opinion was expressed by & pupil, he was lumped off with the designation “impudent,” and a report made of the same to his parents. It is common observation that such persons, in_after life, tend to resent contrary opinions even of their equals. Super- visory work in any capacity will give some temperamenis the same inabil- ity to encounter mental opposition in other walks. * Kk Kk ¥ Persons in the same business band together to “catch up” any criticism of their life, occupation or habits, all done unconsciously but simply as a part of the great defense mechanism of the human race, which long centuries ago was carried over from the physical to the mental and spiritual spheres, where it functions gleefuly. . because to most | the | r the themes upon | { Praise, and praise alone, is what they | tolerate. Let the unwary so much as breathe a single slight eriticism, or what they so construe, they immediately spring to the defense, either directly or by indirection. Every one is perfect, {80 how can the slightest fault be found [in this friend of mine? Has she not | told me herself that she is perfect? How | dare you remonstrate mildly that the | lady is merely a good press agent for | herself? What right have you to cru- elly point out the sad truth (but which no one has a right to know) that every bit of praise of her came first from her own fair lips? She “sells” hersell well, one must admit. but that does not pre- vent her sales talk from being the same old hokum. ‘These champions of humanity, who will not permit a remark excepl In praise, are merely o many ardized persons, Perh s seen through thelr pretense betler than any other writer before the Ameri- can public. In his various novels he b punctured their self-esteem heyond 1e- pair, but they nevertheless keep on blowing up themselves and their frien, with great gusto. 1 rand belonging to the and his books they call exaggerated One of the enlts of the standardized Amerfean is that of optimism. The good points of this way of looking at the life |and the world have overbalanced their judgment, that they fail to find, or at any rate pretend to fail to find, any good' whatsoever in pessimism, of which the most lent form fs that of ordi- nary everyday criticlsm, hese champlons of humanity have lowed the cult of optimism, hook, IHn(' nd sinker, as the fishermen say. | They will not listen to eriticism, nor permit any one else to listen to it if they can help it. They immediately spring to the defense of friends, enemies, acquaintances and those whom they do not know and perhaps have never seen if so much as a single word of i plain talk is directed against such, ah, | s0 dear persons! | . The absurdity of it all is that most of these other persons are very well able to take care of themselves and would not ask nor permit them to become their involuntary champions on the spur of the moment. What more absurd spectacle is there to be beheld in ordi- nary life than some commonplace per- son flying into a great rage because some other everyday man has ventured to say that he does not care for a pro- duction of some great man? To listen to the offended one carry on, the observer might think that he was a dear personal friend of the great man. | Hear him go on: There is not a word of truth in such a ridiculous charge. Why, that great person would no more | think of making a mistake than the average person would of committing faults, It is positively insulting to be | forced to listen to such a charge against such a fine man—- And the charge is nothing at all, of course; merely a personal opinion that the man’s latest magazine article is not so wonderful, after all! And yet if the defender of humanity had written it himself, with his whole career depend- ing upon it, he could be no more in- censed at the temerity of any one who dared to express an honest—and per- haps just—judgment. Difference of opinion—how little the average human being can stand it, and how determined he is to put it down at once and to permit only ong opinion to prevail, in so far as he is able—his own, of course, Yet difference of opin- ion is the very spice of intellectual life. Without it mankind become a mere herd of curious animals dressed in cloth instead of fur, which, like the woolly sheep, follow the leader blindly, more often to destruction than not. | Hoover’s Cabinet Selections Based on Fitness for Tasks ‘The Hoover cabinet is appraised by the press generally as an exemplification of the President’s desire for teamwork and efficlency in handling the business of the Government. “The appointments are uniformly sat- isfactory and at the outset give assur- ‘ance of considerable strength to the new administration,” says the Cleveland News (indeper.dent Republican). Able men in their respective fields, of whose administrative quality there are favor- able prepossessions,” is the opinion of the Cincinnati Times-Star (Republican), and the Flint Daily Journal (independ- ent) holds that the eabinet “will have the/general respect of the public.” “On the whole and on its face it is a good cabinet,” in the opinion of the Louisville Courier-Journal (independ- ent), while the Hartford Courant (in- dependent Republican) calls it a “group of obviously high competence.” The Binghamton Press (independent Repub- lican), emphasizing the members’ rating “in equations of business efficiency, views the cabinet as “an impressi one,” and the Buffalo Evening News (Republican) . reflects much public com= mendation for the indiviGual members. “Mr, Hoover has not paid political debts or heeded political demands,” de- clares the Albany Evening News (inde- pendent Republican), with recognition that “nearly all of the members are men of experience, which makes them particularly qualified for their new offices.” The Harrisburg Telegraph (Re- publican), states, “Politics has played its part, but 'so have the individual qualifi- cations of those selected, the personal friendship and the policies of the new executive.” * ok ok ow “It is easy to understand,” remarks the Brooklyn Daily Eagle (independent), “that most, if not all, of the new figures are men .selected by Mr. Hoover to carry out 2 well defined plan in the administration of the various depart- ments. Here, it would seem, is the first direct application of those special qualifications that made Mr. Hoover's availability for the presidency patent.” Similar views are expressed by many important dailies, including the Youngs- town Vindicator (Democratic), the Co- lumbus Ohio State Journal (Repub- lican), the Duluth Herald (independent Republican), the South Bend Tribune (independent Republican), the Pasa- dena Star-News (Republican), the San Antonio Express (independent Demo- cratic), the Roanoke Times (independ- ent Democratic) and the Springfield Re- publican (independent). Quoting statements that, “very few of the members are. widely known to fame,” the Altoona Mirror (independ- ent) observes that “Mr. Hoover may think there are processes of govern- ment very much more effective than the sensational.” The Worcester Eve- ning Gazette (indep. adent) thinks that “after all, it is the President’s pre- rogative to pick his advisers and use them in the capacity he thinks best.” The Muncie Star (independent), re- ferring to the selection of William D. Mitchell for Attorney General, calls it “indicative of the Hoover tradition of demanding merit rather than political activity as the basis for consideration of an individuals cabinet, qualifications.” The Toledo Blade (independent Repib- lican) lauds a fellow citizen in the words, “Toledo extends its felicitations and best wishes to Mr. Brown, but we who know the new Postmaster General best incline to the opinion that the President, who has enlisted Mr. Brown's services, is the more to be congratu- lated.” * ok kX “It is interesting to note,” states the Detroit News (independent), “that the new cabinet is composed of men the majority of whom are older than Presi- dent Hoover, only one of his own age and one younger. It would be like the modest: President to seek the wisdom and counsel of older men—but not too many of them too much older!” The Jancing State Journal (independent) Jeels that “it 15 doubtless well that the | Hoover council is a mature body.” The Indianapolis News (independent) sees merit in the fact that with two o: three exceptions they “are possessed of an in- timate acquaintance with public affairs,” and the New Castle News (independent) calls them “a guarantee to the Nation of four more years of good Govern- ment.” 4 Various papers offer less enthusiastic eomments: The Dayton Daily News (Independent Democratic) sees, “to all appearances, a good, average, nowise notable cabinet, free from the obvious weaknesses that spelled tragedy for the Harding and Taft administrations.” The Newark Evening News (independ- ent) recognizes “few members who tower above their fellows.” The Phila- delphia Record (independent Demo- cratic) holds that the group “does not satisfy the predictions of a Hoover era of superhuman efficiency,” while the Lynchburg Advance (Democratic) counts six as “unknowns.” “All in all,” observes the New York Evening World (Independent), “the new cabinet does not impress one as the creation of an efficiency expert,” and the Yakima Daily Republic (in- dependent) comments, “In this list are to be found some of the ‘best minds,” but it begins to be apparent that the next President will have a higher respect for his own mentality than for that of the majority of his advisers.” * K ok ok In a discussion of the sectional alignment involved, the Des Moines Register (independent Republican) is convinced that “the Middle West was never better represented in the cabinet,” and the Sioux Falls Daily Argus-Leader (Republican) states, “There is .gratfi- cation in these selections if for no other reason than that Mitchell and Good are from the Middle West.” ‘The Charleston Evening Post (inde- pendent Democratic) quotes a corre- spondent as writing, “Why Mr. Hoover ignored the South is a mystery not en- tirely cleared up,” and the Post adds: “It, would be well to hear on this point the ‘Hoovercrats’ who sold their Demo- cratic birthright at the election last Fall. Where, it might be asked, is the ‘potfage?’ ” The Birmingham News (Democratic), suspecting that the President could not find suitable ma- terial among Southern Republicans or Hoover Democrats, draws the conclu- sion, “If this be the case, Mr. Hoover is to be felicitated.” Belief that Southern support of the Republican party is only a temporary manifestation is expressed by the Greensboro Record (independent), Nor- folk Ledger - Dispatch (independent Democratic) and Scranton Times (Democratic), while the New Orleans ‘Times-Picayune (independent Demo- cratic) says, “The country at large, we imagine, will refrain from any very marked approval or disapproval of the cabinet. appoiniees, preferring to judge them by their works.” The Chattanooga ‘Times (independent Democratie) holds that “the South re- mains a ‘Government stepchild’” when- ever the Republican party holds power.” The clection results in the Soufh, how- ever, in the opinion of the Syracuse Herald (independent) were “not aquite important enough, in Mr. Hoover's judgment, to be recognized with the bestowal of a cabinet portfolio.” R, That’s Unkind. From the Bellingham Herald. Mexico, seething with & new revolt, has taken on some of the aspects of normaicy. et Justifiable at That. From the Altoona Mirrer. X The head of the National Teachers Association says radio is killing ) {Sometimes it does sound like a mur- der, 1929, NEW BOOKS AT RANDO! L G M. THE PHILIPPINE Cameron Forbes. Co. It is now just about 25 years since President Roosevelt called Cameron | Forbes from his Boston banking house to fill & vacancy in the Philippine com- mission, a body functioning as the leg- islative head of the Philippine Islands. To him were assigned the departments of commerce and police. From this office Mr. Forbes passed to that of vice | | governor” and then, under President ‘Taft, to governor general, holding this office for four years. Again, in 1921 at. the invitation of President Harding he | went to the Philippines, where, in asso- fatfon with the late Gen. Wood, he made a_ thorough resurvey of condi- tlons existing there. This brief look- ing backward is designed merely to re- call the fact that for a dozen years, or thereabout, Cameron Forbes stood | in_an officially privileged relation to this part of the domain of the United | ISLANDS. W. Houghton Miffin i “The Philippine Tsiands a direct outcome of this long and important enterprise. More than this, the study is supported and amplified by a mas of official report and record that came this author's way by virtue of thorized relationship to the Go: ment at Washington. The study is, therefore, authentic and comprehen- sive. Rellable in its findings, inclusive in its scope. * k% Here are iwo volumes summing to| more than 1000 pages of clear and definite information on the subject in nd. ‘To these is added supplementary material in the form of 38 appendices which, in_sum, follow the course of Filipino affairs up to the present, up to the late months of 1928. Again, to the body of the work is appended a bibli- ography, selected for the purpos aiding readers and students to fu research on this subject. And there are maps. Let us not forget this prime essential to any study of geographical and historic facts. Pictures, too, abundant, excellent, most useful. * ok ok K The work opens with a general sur- vey of the Philippine Islands—their placement and climate and natural resources, Moving ea: from this basic point to the early history of the islands, especially to the dominion of Spain in this quarter, it reaches the prime point of the whole consideration, that of the United States in the Philip- pine Islands. The real beginning is consequently the American occupation, one of the immediate results of the Spanish-American War. In energet progression the story passes from this point into the business of restoring order, of effecting stability in both measures and mood, of steadying the financial outlook. The pursuits of peace took the place of the confusion and unrest of war. Public works served to give not only a better mode of life but produced employment for laborers as well, Measures for the common health and well-being were inaugurated, courts of justice established, education was begun—in a word, the whole foun- dation of modern civilization was set steadily as the base of that American occupation of these islands of the Orient. There is here, too, the story of the malcontent and the agitator, of those restless, impatient ones who, in every age and every place, find them- selves unable to wait for the slow processes of growth in governments, but who, on the contrary, force untimely movements to the menace of the whole. Just the same here as it has always been everywhere. So here is the story of agitation, revolt, attempted rebellion, with the logical sequences of these. The tribal peoples are made the sub- ject of this author's interested and thor- ough study. Certain of these, more advanced and dominating and influen- tial than the others, are vividly out- standing here in their traits and modes of life, in the situations contributing to their leadership, in the qualities that made them of special concern to the American authorities both in the islands and at the central Government ag well. To the movement for inde- pendence among the islanders the author gives very careful and well pondered attention and opinion. In approaching this theme Mr. Forbes dwells upon the spirit of America toward the Filipinos in their quite natural aspirations for self-rule. He commends that spirit, upon the whole, in its intelligent seizure of the basic conditions—race, climate, tradition, re- ligion—which must be made the foun=- dation of all measures on the part of our Government in their relation to this problem so new to the United States—the problem that is named sometimes that of imperialism. If you will read the last chapter of this book, I'm sure that from its broad outlook, its deep understanding, its wide sym- pathy, its clear historic sense, you will see at once the difference between the purposes of this country in the E: and those that have in earlier times I armies and conquerors into alien lands. Here is a splendid work, big in spirit as it is in body. An informed study, through whose facts, so full in sub- stance, so clear in arrangement, there shines invariably an attitude of reason, of understanding, of wise and friendly statesmanship toward this aspiring and growing country of the Filipinos. And interesting! A report, to be sure, seri- ous and even momentous. Yet it reads with the flash of adventure, with the tang of our vital and amazing present through and through it. * K ¥ K THE SANCTITY OF LAW. John W. Burgess, Ph. D, LL. D. Harper & Bros. "—this sanc- tity of law: sks. The_bo itself is answer to the question. What is there inherent in a law, an as- semblage of words merely, to produce in the mind of man the reverence for it, the recognition of its inviolabilit that are so generally conceded to thes: bodies of legal advisement and admoni- tion? An elusive subject, since it deals in essence with an attitude, with feel- ings, on the part of both individuals and collective bodies toward an abstrac- tion that lies, in the main, outside their daily preoccupations. The author, pro- fessor of political science, goes back in this pursuit to Roman times, coming on from that point up into the present, or thereabout, on a quest for the birth and growth of that general respect for law that has, during these centuries, dominated the great masses of popula- tion distributed as nations and peoples. That it is an imposed authority leads to a study of the source and quality of such authority from age to age along the period under inspection. It leads also to the recognition of an instinct in man toward guidance and direction. Did not the sanctity of the law take its rise, pretty much as religion may have— out of man’s fears, out of his confusion: out of the impera lessness, of his own surpassing nee Some one to lead, to guide, to imp this and that of compliance and obedience. So, God was the fi law- maker. And, following this exposition, we find that God has been lawmaker fhrough the eenturies, the church acte ing as his agent, religion serving the fundamental purpose of bodies of legal authority. Such, at any rate, seems to be the gist of the survey as it moves from the past into the present. In- volved, to be sure, in much of mis- understanding on the part of mere man toward God's perfect plan. much of | misinterpretation—but, nevertheless, the sanctity of the law rests in a claim, at its primarily divine origin. Understand, this is an historical sur- vey, not & theclogical philosophy of law. But, to me, the substance of the matter appears to be that which I have given. ‘Then there is a break in such con- tinuity of advance. Science takes the piace of anthority. The questing spirit of individual man reaches out to seize upon the nature of law, to determine ANSWERS TO What do you need to know? Is there} some point about your business or per- sonal life that puzzles you? Is there something you want to know without delay? Submit your question to Fred- eric J, Haskin, director of our Wash- ington Information Bureau. He is em ployed to help you. Address your in: quiry to The Star Information Bureau, | Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washing- | ton, D. C. Q. What is the name of the moving | picture the proceeds of which will go toward the building of a home for dis- | abled school teachers?—L. T. A. “The Woman Forgotten” with| Belle Bennett in the school teacher role, is the film of which a portion of the profits are to go toward a building fund | for old and disabled teachers, Q. Who provided the new chair of | chemical education at Johns Hopkins? | ~L. A. 8. A. The new chair of chemical edu- cation at Johns Hopkins Upiversity has been provided by Francis P. Garvan,| president of the Chemical Foundation of New York. Dr. Neil E. Gordon, ed- | itor of the Journal of Chemical Educa- | U(m‘. has been appointed to fill this | chair. What was the expectation of life | at birthy jn 1600 and what is it now?— | H. S. A. The span of life reckoned at birth in 1600 was aboul 20 years. In 1700 it had risen to about 25 years. In the United States in 1800, it was about 35 years; in 1850, about 40 years; in 1900, about 48!. years: in 1910, ahout 52 | years; in 1924, about 56 years. Q. Wasn't the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Baroness von Suftner?— A. The Peace Prize was awarded to Baroness von Suttner, an Austrian, in | 1905. It was an error to say that no | woman had ever received it. Q. How should an old black walnut chest of drawers be refinished?—W. T. A. A modern practice is to remove the coats of paint, smooth the wood and apply raw linseed oil. Q. Is the name?—A. B. L. A. It is sometimes called “heartease.” Q. What is the temperature at the Equator?—J. McC. A. The temperature at the Equator varies with the altitude above sea level and also proximity to water. At Quito, pnn:f’k;ru»m by any other B. L. “My Native Country, Thee,” was sung last Sunday under the dome of the Cap- itol by more than a thousand aliens who meant all the time just the reverse f what they said. For this is not their native country” at all, although it ere hard to find more patriotic and loyal Americans than they were—and are. They had come from New York City, at their own expense, to see the onal Capital of their adopted land. They are students in the Americani- zation School. Once upon a time two young boys were disputing. One was the adopted son of those he called his parents; the other was with his actual father and mother. Said the adopted orphan: “Huh! Your parents don't love you like mine love me. Your father and mother had to take you; mine chose me.” ‘That seems to be the notion of many an immigrant coming to adopt Amer- ica and achieve the honor and privi- ‘legos of American citizenship. Against | such a spirit there is no desire of Amer- ican natives to invoke immigration re- | striction. Probably there is no country doing more in a practical way to aid the acceptable immigrants to become imbued with the spirit of their adopted country than is the United States of America. Other countries force immi- grants to learn to speak and read their official language and handicap them un- til they do learn the language, but in America schools are maintained to give aliens the opportunity, without cost, to learn not only our language but the history and ideals of the country and its government institutions. So there are many thousands of aliens in Amer- ica who love their “adopted” parents— like the orphan above quoted was con- fident his foster parents loved him—far more than do those who “had to take” Uncle Sam because they were born in his own household. ‘There is such a public Americani- zation School in Washington, located on the corner of Tenth and G streets northwest, where students of all ages, from 5 to 59 years, representing 56 nationalities and of both sexes, are eagerly learning to become American citizens. The principal of the school, Miss Maude E. Aiton, has built up the work during the last decade from a small class of citizen candidates which in 1914 met three times a week to a school of 800 to 900, meeting mornings, afternoons and evenings, and with a turnover making a total enrollment of not less than 2,000 in the course of the year. From this school some 50 “graduate” each month with certificates recognized by the courts and Naturalization Board, entitling them to become citizehs with- out further scholastic examinations: they can read and speak English and are familiar with the history of the United States, the ideals and Institu- tions of our Government, both Federal and State, and the general iderls of Americans, | ke ‘What is most interesting is that these alien students, comprising 56 nationali- tles, are all eager and enthusiastic in their ambitions to become qualified Americans, In the face of the fact that when the Army draft was made in 1917 a quarter of the young American natives were found to be illiterate and utterly unable to meet the present requirements for naturalization of these aliens, it isa standing rebuke of American short- comings in education. Yesterday morn< ing when the writer entered one of the classrooms, unannounced, the- teacher called upon a young man to repeat his criticism (in English) of the speeches made that morning by others in the class—for a daily exercise consists of two-minute speeches—and he told in English what he had said in the class. It transpired that he was a Mexican who had been 46 days in the United States and had had no study of Eng- lish before coming. How many Ameri- cans could enter Mexico today without knowledge of Spanish and by April 1 express ideas in the foreign tongue? ‘Tomorrow evening in the auditorium | of the United States Chamber of Commcree, at 1615 H street, there will be givan a reception to the pupils of the Americanization School and their friends of the public, under the auspices of the State Americanization whether or not it is & sacrosanct fnsti- tution, whether or not it is pure truth, that supreme goal of scientific investi- gation, In this transition there is con- fusion, pound to be confusion, in the slandinz of the Jaw, in the common conception of itz inviolablility, it sanc~ tity, Through this confusion e au- thor sees progress in a larger conception of human relations the world over, sees finer laws for world co-operation, cees a truer sanctity based on individual understanding and _responsibility— after ull, it is the individual who sup- ports on' the one hand or breaks down on the other the long autharity of the ages as this is embodied in the accepted statues of time and natlons. Historical in its material, human In its treatment, triumphant in its ultimate power, “The Sanctity of Law" is scholarly assurance and. better vet, it is vivid and dra- | matic narrative bearing down upon all | culti | 1tal QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. which is almost on the Equator, and lies at an altitude of 9.350 feet, the annual range of temperature is less than 1°. The daily range, however, is consider- able. The early morning temperature is about 47°: the midday, 66°. On the oast the daily range is from 90° to 75°. t Singapore, the shade temperature ranges from 72.5° to 92° F. The tem- perature of solar-radiation may be high as 153.8°. In Central Africa the InFmPl annual temperature is about 90° F. Q. Where is the oldest school for the ivation of music in all its branches? . P A. Santa Maria di Loreto (in Naples, ) has the oldest school for the cul- tivation of music in all its branches. This originated in 1535 with a poor artisan by the name of Francesco, who received into his house on the Mercato orphans of both sexes and caused them to be fed and clothed and instructed in music. The rich citizens of the Mercato assisted him. The 1ame of the scnool reached the ears of Giovanni da Tap- pia, & Spanish priest. He volunteered to direct it and extend its services of usefulness by a permanent endowment This he obtained by begging alms. The original humble institution was trans- ferred to a larger building close to the Church of Sta. Maria de Loreto. This building received the title of Conserva- torio, and was endowed in 1566. Q. Do we import as many matches as we make in the United States?—R. B. A. In 1927, the value of matches made in this country was $24.725404. The value of imported matches was $52.- 459,111, Q. Why doesn't the Leaning Tower of Pisa fall?>—S. P. A. The fact that the Leaning Tower of Pisa stands depends on the law of stat- ics which insures the stability of the leaning building ¥hose parts are firm!y bound together and whose center of gravity does not project beyond the limits of the supporting foundation. The leaning tower has a spiral stairway within, which is built with increased height on the sides of the lean and decreased height on the sides opposite the lean, thus throwing a greater weight inl masonry on the side opposed to the ean. Q. When was Alaska first visited by a European?—W. J. D. A. In 1711, a Cossack, named Popof, visited Alaska. This is the first visit of a European which is recorded. BACKGROUND OF EVENTS BY PAUL V. COLLINS. committee of the D. A. R. The ‘Tower of Babel fell because of a con- fusion of tongues, but it “had nothing on” the Americanization School, which falleth not, because its 57 varieties ot tongues are not in such confusion. * ok ok K Here is an extract from the speech of welcome to the 1,080 fellow im- migrants, delivered last Sundav at the Capitol, by S. H. Hanessian, president of the Citizens’ Association, made up of students of the school. It is quotea because it is typical of the sentiments of the students. It will be noticea how the speaker refers to the United States as the country of the alien “adopted citizen,” and not as a foreign land, assuming the attitude of the boy whose parents had “chosen him.” and not one who had been forced to be an American by accident of native birth. Said Mr. Hanessian: “Fellow members: “In_behalf of the Americanization School Association of the District of Columbia I extend to you a hearty welcome to our Capital and wish that your short visit here be pleasant anc interesting. 5 “You are here on a patriotic pil- grimage, to see the Capital of your country, to fill your hearts with juss pride, and go back with greater love and admiration for your Nation. “Washington, more than any other city, typifies America; it stands at a vast monument to the glory and achievement of a great nation, marching upward and onward. It is a huge tribute to the heart and soul of the master builders of America. Every stone, every statue, every memorial is a page of history, telling us in clear and unmistakable words of the glory of our forefathers, of their sacrifice, of their love for their country. “Here you come nearer to Washington, Lincoln, Hamilton, Jefferson and hosts of true patriots and great Americans. You hear their message in stone and statue—their message of good citizen- ship, true patriotism, love for your fel- low Americans and sacrifice "~ your ideals. “This is the great heritage of our privilege as American citizens. And it should be our paramount duty to pre- serve that heritage, and follow eir lead for the glory of America. “Ours is a republic of more than a hundred millions of fellow citizens. This vast number should not cause us to for- get our duty to one another, and the common brotherhood under one flag. “The moment we forget that we are one as a nation, and that we owe each other a duty as fellow citizens, we be- tray our ignorance of the ideals of de- mocracy, and we become untrue to the motto, ‘United We Stand. “And here, more than anywhere else, we realize the meaning and beauty of the National Union—one in ideal, one in destiny. “From the very top of this building shines forth a light—the light of liberty. It is symbolical of the spirit which has guided this Nation throughout its his- tory, leading it to the glorious present. “While standing under the shadows of this historical building, in sight of this torch of liberty, let us resolve once more to be true to America and her ideals, and dedicate ourselves to the glory of this great Nation.” * K K X 1t is speeches like that which consti- tute a feature of the daily classes, fol- lowing a suggestion made by a student from Czechoslovakia. Among the themes of the current week were “The S O S” by one from Italy, “The Severe Winter in Europe” by one from Czecho- slovakia, “Lindbergh” by a German, “Washington” by a Syrian, “Abraham Lincoln” by a ‘Chinaman, “Comdr. Byrd” by a German, “Edison” by a Pole, “Theodore Roosevelt” by a Greek, “Th Viewpoint of a Latin Compared With That of the Anglo-Saxon” by a Haitian, “My Family” by a Russian, “How to Live, How to Rest,” by a Norwegian. etc. This morning a French demoiselle sang French songs and then interpreted their spirit into Yankee language—tres belle et bien chic. X oK ok K There are many Americans who in thewr jgnorance of the alien population make the mistake of assuming that all aliens, while unfamiliar with the Amer- lcan language. must be uneducated. The range of erudition among students cov- ers the span between illiterates, even as to their own native language, up to uni- versity graduates and technical experts, lacking only the English language, ‘There are cpecial ¢l for alien mothers, and the men are urged to send their wives to school as well as attend- ing themselves. Not only are school pnvue&es adapted to these women, but an underkindergarten i5 maintained for the care of bables while the mothers are studying grammuar and pronunci- ation and Yankee w of doing things. Also, thauks to the generosity of the Rotary Ciub, omnibuses, three times a Week, gather up these motners and their chiidren from eil parts of the city and carry them to schocl. Women are given enhanced seif-reliance when they dis- cover that under the Cable law, passed: by Congress in 1922, women are not de- pendent upon their husbands for u- ralization. but they can become natu- of us i the present and the nearing future, l ralized Americans on their own account. (Copyright, 1929, by Paul V. Collins.)