Evening Star Newspaper, April 4, 1929, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR __With Sunday Morning B WASHINGTON, D. C THURSDAY.......April 4, 1090| THEODORF W. NOYES. .. .Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company B e ke 14 Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. and Vi < Dally l:r Sunday ?:fl.v inday only . All Other States and Canada. Dally and Sunday..1 yr. $12.00: 1 mo., $1.00 . mo., " isc ily only .. 1 r. Bindar "onts iy, mo. 80 Member of the Assoclated Press. The Associated Press is cxelusively cntitled to the use for republication of sll news dis- tches credited to it or not otherwise cred- ARed hersite - Al Fights of publication of >l Tights tspatches herein are aiso reserved. -1 yr, 31 ‘1 ¥r. 36.00: 1 mo. 1o 30005 1 mes ¢ putlished special d The Social Precedence Problem. While to some, living away from ‘Washington and unacquainted with the delicate niceties of official-soctal rela- | tionships at the Capital, the issue raised by Vice President Curtis’ protest against & recent ruling by the retiring Secre- tary of State regarding the status of his official hostess, his sister, is & small and immaterial matter, to residents of Washington this question is momentous. It has been, in one form and another, & burning question for many years. Probably more brain fag has been caused the officials whose duties include the scheduling of soclal-official ranks by such problems than by any interna- tional eomplications. Indeed, the so- clal-precedence puzele is in a large de- gree international in character. ‘The fundamental issue in this mat- ter is whether the hostess of the Vice President, whether wife or sister, takes precedence at social functions over the representatives of foreign governments. The now retired Secretary of State, perhaps upon the advice of the experts of the State Department, has decided that she does not, and has so notified the dean of the diplomatic corps. This ruling recognizes as valid the conten- tion that the Ambassadors and Min- isters are the direct representatives of their sovereigns and executives. But it departs from precedent, in & manner, by 80 declaring, inasmuch as since the | early days of the McKinley administra- tion the hostess of the Vice President has taken precedence over the diplo- mats. In this particular case the real complication arises from the fact that the hostess of the Vice President is not his wife, he being a widower, but his sister, And the complication is further involved by the fact that the Vice President’s hostess has a husband, who must be taken into account in all reckonings. No strict social-offigial code has ever been established in Washington beyond the possibility of amendment. The memory of man runneth not to the contrary of the posing of problerhs be- fore the Department of State relative to relationships between ambasshdots’ and judges, ministers and Senators and Representatives, Speakers and cabinet officers. A fairly workable system has been evolyed that has met most ques- tions. But from time to time Presi- dents have changed maftters, as did Me- Kinley in the case of the Viee Presi- dent’s hostess, and it has been neces- sary for the State Department to recast the social horoscope. For a long period these social ques- tions were settled, as they arose, by Alvey A. Adee, who served as Assistant Secretary of State for many years. He Wwas recognized as past master of prob- lem solution. But even he at times was unable to find the way out of the social-official-diplomatic-judicial laby- rinth, as on the classic occasion, often cited, when, after the list of guests for & proposed dinner had been submitted to him for expert advice in table seat- ing, he pondered for a time and then recommended that the prospective hostess become ill and postpone the dinner. Keen sympathy is felt for Secretary Stimson, whose advent into office is thus marked by the direct putting of what is perhaps the most difficult and embarrassing question that could be Iaid before the head of the Btate De- partment. But however he may decide, whatever the outcome of the disputa- tion, whatever expedients may be de- wised to prevent the precipitation of a diplomatic involvement, it is assured that the Government at Washington will survive. “One of the modern embarrassments results from an effort of underworld operators to keep up with the fiction mystery writers. Coolidge for the Senate? What to do With ex-Presidents has | under study, may,be good; its execu- time-killing. Coolidge speech in the Senate, if any, Tllegal Conservation. ‘The good intentions of the oil indus- try toward conservation by restricting this year's output to the 1928 level may not have reached the end of the road. But they have come to a detour sign that certainly blocks any rapid progress for the time being. ‘The situation is full of complications. Responding to continued recommenda~ tions from the Federal Oil Conservation Board, the American Petroleum Insti- tute, representing and controlling some ninety per cent of the production of the United States and about the same per- centage of the production of the whole ‘Western Hemisphere, adopted & plan for limiting this year’s production and leav- ing under the ground the excess oll in nature’s storage tanks, instead of piling it up in man-made tanks above ground. About the same time the Secretary of the Interior, as chairman of the Fed- eral Oll Conservation Board, asked the Attorney General for an opinion as to whether this board could sanction the plan and whether the plan itself was in violation of the anti-trust laws. The Attorney General wrote a letter, read yesterday at & meeting of the oil producers and the Oil Conservation Board. It had the effect of an explod- ing bomb, although the explosion may have been anticipated. It declined to state whether the plan itself was in vio- Iation of the anti-trust laws, but it was most emphatic in its declaration that the Pederal Government was without power to approve the plan. Such ap- proval would constitute & grant of im- munity to the oil industry from the operation of the anti-trust laws. “This letter evoked protests from the ol men. They said they were not ask- ing for any immunity. They declined to accept the implication contained in the Attorney General’s ruling, the im- | plication being that their plan was & violation of the anti-trust laws. Be that as it may, the Attorney General's letter nipped the plan in the bud. With- out the backing of the Federal Govern- ment, any co-operative effort among oil producers to curtail their production becomes & hazardous undertaking. Com- petition and throat-cutting tactics iden- fled with ofl production make it so. E. B. Reeser, president of the Petro- leum Institute, asked, “In the light of the Attorney General's: opinion, have we come to an end?” ¥ His question Temains unanswered. The Jogical. way out of the difficulty might appear to lie through legislation amending the anti-trust laws, to al- low production-controlling agreements. The Webb-Pomerene law is an example of such governmental sanction, as it ap- plies to exports. But the Government shies at price-fixing agreements and control of production implies control of prices. The oil men may work through the States, obtaining the co-operation of State regulatory bodies, to control production. But whether this will re- sult in snything more valuable than I‘enunmmerl‘htdknuonrm to be seen. The difficulties facing the ofl indus- try will be watched with interest by many other industries, such as coal, where excessive competition and over- production run hand in hand and where agreements to end such conditions are fllegal under the anti-trust laws. ——r——————— Skipper of the I'm Alone is going into the movies. Hitherto deflant of suthority, he will respond in obedience to the man with the megaphone. —rat—————— Soviet Russia regards the remains of Lenin with reverence. The embalmer has replaced the anclent sculptor in creating works of art. - ———— et ———— Pipe-Lines and Pipe-Dreams. One who reads of a Prench plan for a trans-Saharan subway might be inclined at first to snort at what seems o be an utterly fantastic notion. As one reads further of the details of the project it appears to be not nearly so much of & joke, but & rather sane and practical plan, albeit & costly one. The French are determined to work out ‘some safe, satisfactory and inde- structible apparatus for getting across that vast sandy waste and probably entirely unreliable. trans-Saharan surface rallway, now H viaduct of cross-ties and piles. tube, indefinitely. extensible by of the addition of units, could not only vehicular traffic, but light fiiaetonethe in THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, Impetus for a Bus Terminal. : Impetus to the establishment in the the Trafic Bureau and the bus trans- portation division of the American Au- tomobile Association. * With an increasing number of lines operating in the National Capital, the need for a bus terminal, located out of the center of congestion, is apparent. At the present- time the busses use curbstone terminals at widely separated points, and these heavy vehicles con- stitute a serious delay to traffic in the downtown section. Between Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets on Pennsylvania avenue more than fifty busses of vari- ous sizes arrive and depart daily and the congestion in this block is acute. The bus lines have had free use of the streets long enough. They have built up a lucrative business, and, pool- ing their resources, would have no dif- culty in financing a union terminal. Naturally, the companies object to & station outside of the congested section on the ground that it will take away one of their chief talking points for the use of their vehicles, “to the heart of the city,” but & well run union terminal will certainly make up in convenience of information to travelers and added patronage any business that would be lost If the present arrangement is forsaken. In any event, it is quite obvious that Washington's traffic conditions will not permit further use of public space by unwieldy vehicles which are engaged in interstate business. The union ter- minal is the solution of & vexing prob- lem and no time should be lost in es- tablishing it. —— e It is frequently intimated that the Congressional Record needs a so-called “columnist.” There are several matters that statesmanship would like to “laugh off.” ————— Japan provides the cherry blossoms, but cannot guarantee the climate that should accompany them in order to insure their full beauty. Debts among nations, like those among individuals, seem easy to ar- range by those who expect neither to collect nor pay. Reorganizing & police force brings into action new.personalities, but does not automatically dispose of the same old problems. ‘Wall Street gamblers are confronted by the old theory that a vice may be eliminated by rendering it expensive, ———— Mexican rebels apparently insist that an occasional revolution is a part of the, governmental routine. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Road to May Day. Tolling along on the road that is rough; ‘Traveling Hard Luck Lane, A robin brings courage and cheer enough ‘Ta echo his old refrain: “So, here we are, where we're glad to be, 3 And the world was fashioned for you and me!” It's & journey long, through the snow and frost, ‘To the clime of the pleasant hower, With many & traveler tempest-tossed, In quest of the woodland flower. And the robin sings in his April glee, “So, here we are, where we're glad to be!” v Bowing ‘to Influence. “Are you in favor of prohibition?” “‘Of course, I am,” answered Senator Sorghum. “Aside from prohibition’s moral argument, pause for & moment and look at its political pulll” Jud Tunkins says an absent-minded man is in hard luck these days. He's liable to be thinking about a Beethoven symphony when he cught to be listen- ing for an automobile horn. Trying to Be Good. “Be good! Be good!” my father said, “With Conscience free from sorrow. By new laws we today are led; And we’'ll have some more tomorrow.” Conversational Expense. “Talk is cheap,” remarked the ready- made "philosopher, “So it seems,” sald the plain citizen, “until you take a look at your telephone bl “We bring gifts to the gods,” sald Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “because we have lost faith in our friends of com- With eminent authority, i HUAE i rgfi same . There are a great many such equivocations, wherein the thing tekes the real thing. It one cannot really lead, onme Leu a ok ox ok i ‘Where 50 many “jobs” fall down— pay or opportunity for advancement, but_rather the insurmonntable barrier tention, One may be happy though frugal; comes rather through the mind and heart ‘worl amount of money whatsoever, Being in a “rut,” as it is called, is bread line. Many a “rut” is lined with rose leaves, after all. forgives is to be ignored. * ok ok % his workers feel that he is interested in them is an Executive with a large For the “troul that they like to be paid attention to. suppositional the place of into a parade, where every marcher leader. for the worker—is not so much lack of to happiness involved in lack of at- there is an art in it; content king in accord than through any & great deal better than being in a What no worker in any rank ever An executive who man fo make “E as the sa) is. e” with all men is ‘They are not mechanical figures, run by clockwork, but aspiring human be- ings, bent on being somebody. Let a man feel that others think him mmbodi;.nhz will b2 happy for hours at a time, although there may be no real reason for it. 5 Some profess to believe that this is a modern American ides, or feeling, but it is not; it may be traced in Ro- man history as eaglly as in a skyscraper of today, and in the lives of French- men of the past hundred years as in the careers of successful men in the United States. ‘There is no race, with the possible exception of which have put a premium on resignation, which does not incorporate as much “push,” “pep” and “vim” as any other race. ‘The only difference is that some are | more unblushing about it than others. * % %% Parents need have no fear that they . Initiative a crime, & e such principles as the basis otm in any great civilian enter- prise, such as a manufacturing or com- | Diien. rent apor experience, demon: jes rest upon nce, - strated ability and technical knowledge. *xxx It was in something like that tone of officers today by tI tion of heads of departments of the Army, of successful admin- istration by the incumbents, ‘While the rotated victims are from protest, under military -disci, , the storm of criticism is gathering, it threatens thunder and lightning and wind and a. , Congress proposed replacement are conditional upon rwm“ by ‘Then will come, also, & reopening of the whole question of method of ad- vancement in the method now under which a lieutenant who has failed to qualify upon examination first lieutenancy ular Army service just one day longer than the emergency . captain. Then, mayhap, the captain will salute the quickly promoted shavetall, and if the latter finds that the captain's quarters jare more elegant than those of the seniority officer (the aforesaid Army shavetail), must major general other emoluments. * k%% It is recognized that conditions of ipeace and of war demand different standards, War demands production of iuction d:nd lmm;dmgd a.c- tion. Peace demands research an - velopment along broader lines. Senior- when a battle is imminent; then only fitness to win is of any importance. In peace seniority is the condition prece- A B 8 wl of o On the other hand, according to a high-ranking authority, seniority alone wndlwto ltlgll:flnn. It ' should be counted, says' ranking officer, lification e 1631 Taw stipuiates that promotions W st “qualifications” o‘tb;h: uf , but the rule that “qualifications” means | Y& Army—not Army only seniority of the Regular. the emergency officers. SEFalasit top d such a8 one may have lhmlou mm‘ The child that likes to be “the center i ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ./ | BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN, : TR as B of attracti phenomenon in a million homes, is the human em- | phi}j; N tl::l the man who goes gunning for ‘The liti girl who dancing on the sidewalk, in the that the neighbars are watching her, is the real mother of the woman whose flesh-and-blood children always excel &% )th’l children (to hear her These cravings to be “It” take a thou- sand forms, some interesting, some others pleasing or distressing. They become 80 interwoven with life as it is lived (which is somewhat different from life itself) that nct even their pos- sessor_can separate them, * K k% ‘Thus motives can be allowed to p! little part in life. ‘It is not so muc] the motive of & as the itsel! which counts, While there is likely to be lohTe injustice result, it is not com- parable to it which would arise from a free recourse to the motive as the guide. Hell is paved with good jnten- tions, it is said; thus the world ex- presses its real opinion of good thoughts which do not result in good deeds. The deed is the essence of the thought; he who hews closely to his own line with good deeds, although they be small and homely. will in end come closer to salvation than he who insists on saving mankind from itself while letting his own dog starve. The he and aspirations of mankind, unless linked with a little actual kind- Rre ot 1o be Eompared with the Jough are nol com] roug! m:oznn which nevertheless does actual good. ‘The craving to be paid attention to, which is not uliar to any one per- son, but is the common property of humanity, is wholesome so long as aspires to personal betterment of the helpful variety which aims to include others in the benefits desired. One should not spy for motives, therefore, but for the great inner modern business has picked up as a -l«aln, “Service.” 0 matter how faultily this aspiration may be carried out in business, it is possible for every human being to give a little of it to others, and the point, it to us, is that this service ma; supporters and {the four-year cycle argue that when and | Army and about 900 ity can be given little consideration | g, vhien part of a divine plan, nevertheless. BACKGROUND OF EVENTS BY PAUL V. COLLINS. King's horses cant do for Humpty| The Miss Dumpty. : | Miss * 0k kx On the other hand, the o;l cers stay longer in one place they be- come bureaucratic and more partisan to their locale than to the Army. ¥ e ‘The argument in favor of chmfln;m&edp:itu: of the heads of de- partments within the Army is that it gives more rapid promotion to the mflr officers. But .the concern for ‘young officers, according to charges by notably Representative McSw: author of an amendment to x Wainwright ll;wmo: 1A920 munnn‘: promotions rmy—seems be limited to the officers already in the Regular Army and against the “emer- gency officers” who entered the war from civilian life and desired to remain in the Regular Army after the armistice. According to Mr, McSwain’s speech in the House, “there are about 900 emer- gency captains that were put on the promotion list below first . lieutenants and second lieutenants of the Regular first lieutenants tains are, on the average, 0 years older than those lieutenants who precede them on the n list.” Yet the law provided for emergency .officers below grade of brigadier general “upon their qualifica- tions,” and that presupposed an exami- nation to determine their respective ® % %% Army, 55 expressed by e, B y, as e y Maj. the general staff, is that all oificers, entering the Army, should come in as second lieutenants, regardless of their rank during the war, their military experience, educa- tion or their lons. previous service should not be counted; only the drill of Regular Army service should count. That has not been sanctioned by . Andrew Ji rank | qualifications. becams ular Army, withouf with the Army. 8o did Frederick Fun- ston. Leonard Wood resigned as surgeon and was made a colonel of volunteers, and later a brigadier . Unde the present policies of ‘War ‘Depart- of major until they have of 35, regardless of cites one -emergency years he has served in that grade, while fledglings of the Regular Army direct have gone up over him. 1t was nbt 50 prior to the World War, . H tel served in the is forever toe-|tion, although hope | is an abrupt change gy direct or indirect competition with i|the United States which they think ‘Their | judgment or the npeglect of our traffic officers. tion | tion has ever been directed to the at- in a large measure, this of policy of the Government to improve and with measure would be advantageous to the Americans as well as the Fil} , 1t is proper to push it through. d in the conclusion of vg:rqnph 703, submitted by B. P. Davis, secre tary. Colorado State Governors' Association |tion by hos and president of Colorado State Farm Bureau, representing agriculture, in- cluding live stock, he urged: “We pro m urge that Congress levy a tective Import duty on products the Philippine Islands which come into mcu of the farms of the United “We u ithe continuation of the flexible pflnclfie, 'l% ample m; vision for a same.” On the other hand, with the policy of hel&ln( the inos in the expansion of industrial commercial enterprises, the free-trade relation that now exists with the United States was authorized in the Payne-Aldrich bill with limita- tions of 300,000 tons a year of the im- mtlm of sugar, but was finally afterward. At this time, there- fore, any ban on the importation of sugar in the United States from the Philippine Islands . will divert Philip- pine sugar to Euro) thereby prepare the ines to han- dle her own commercial enterprises. However, America can manifest true | sense of fair play if the islanders are permitted to levy duty on certain com- modities that enter their from markets and would protect their domestic industries. H. J. OLYMPIA. Steamer Rescue La Of 1873 Is Corrected| To the Editor of The Star: Q. Why were some of our troops sent to Siberia in 1918?—E. M. H. A. In the Summer tile forces apparently or- ganized by and often largely composed of enemy prisioners of war. It was of importance to the Government of the- United States that assistance be render- ed and Russia aided to regain control of her own affairs and own territory. Ja and the United States were the only two divisions in a position to act in Siberia in sufficlent force to accomplish he "Urtited Siaies’ proposed 10 Japan e tes apan that each country u%r:p:.leev Lhmmlpl.ld men to Viadivostok. The government of Japan consented. The command of the forces was given to Maj, Gen. Wil- liam 8. Graves. The troops arrived at Vladivostok from San Francisco and Manila in several contingents and by the end of September, 1918, the whole force had landed. The purpose of con- tinuance of American troops in Siberia was for maintaining an artery of trade in the operations of the Siberian rail- Q. Why is Death Valley so hot and dry?—S. T. A. The climate of Death Valley, Calif., is due in a measure to its con- figuration. row valley, level. The Panamint out from it the moist winds of the Pacific so that in August there is less than one-half of 1 per cent of mois- ture in the atmosphere. Q. Where is the original draft of the Declaration of Independence?—P. N. A. Thomas Jefferson's original draft and the broad-arm chair on which the document was written are owned by the American Philosophical Soclety fn Phil- on | adelphia. land family. viter” of the m“v"fi Wi o The Star. of the appeared in | i | »58B253EA" E~§§§§E - Traffic Lights Urged On Maryland Ave. N.E. To the Editor of The Star: ‘With all the stop signs and signal | lights that have been installed in our city, some of which appear to be with- out rhyme or reason, I have often wondered why Maryland avenue north- east should ha Maryland avenue Building to Fifteenth Maryland avenue in’ is, as every one km:u, vard the boulevard, have the right of way, | SiciruE N ‘The numerous accidents on this avenue emphasize either the. error of their Why doesn't the Traffic Bureau let up on the Northwest a little and check up on some of the big problems .in other sections of the city? I have often wondered if the situa- tention of our Trafic Bureau. P. I. BASSETT. Two Measures Urged To Honor Washington To the Editor of The Sta: Your paper says the commission to, eommmn-"t:. the Washington anni- ns. imposing element in & lan, was approved, it instigated, uunno::m n':ogto (1789). e Q. Why was the “turkey” given this name?—P. K. A. In view of the fact that the origin of the turkey is clearly traced to North America, some may wonder how this bird obtained its present name, which way called the “All d|G. C. consists of a long, nar- | considerably below sea t Mountains shut | Q. Why is the Cape-to-Cairo Rail- Route"?—W, A. In Rhodes’ All Red Route, by R. Preeman, this statement is attributed to Rhodes upon his first visit to Victoria Falls: “Do you know that the natives claim that they can see far into the future by looking into the depths of that big rainbow? . . . I can see two lines of shining steel running from one end of Africa to the other ... all the way from Cape Town to the . . . . Do you see that bar ?” (Then the rainbow glowed & dusky rose where the light of the set- ting sun struck there .the smoke of smouldering veldt fires.) “That means it'’s going to be an ‘All Red’ railway; that it wil run n Briti#h territory all way.” Q. How long has botany been studied?—J. D. 'S Y A. Among the ancients, Aristotle, the Greek philosopher (384-322 B.C.), and the Roman naturalist, Pliny the Elder (23 to 79 A.D.), left botanical records of historical interest. However, botany As | as a modern science has developed in the last four centuries, dating from the Reformation. Q. What causes the fog off the Grand Banks?—E. V. 8. A. A fog is vapor condensed to fine particles of water in the lower atmos- phere. The condensation is promoted by the existence of particles of dust in the air, which act as puclei. Q. What is the history of the Targe rock in Audubon Park, New Orleans?— R. M. A. It is a part of the debris from :I:z“ Cotton Centennial Exposition in Q. What kind of & shark is & man- | eater>—J. B. R. A. The white shark is the man- eating shark. Its scientific name is “Carcharodon carcharias.” Q. When were carpets fitst manu- factured?—D. E. H. A. The first carpet-making on a large «Scale was done in an establishment founded by Henry IV in Prance at the Louvre. This was followed shortly by one called “Savonnerie” at Chaillat and one at Beauvais by Minister Colbert in 1664. In 1735 ingrain carpets were made at Kidderminster. The Earl of | Pembroke established & factory at Wil- ton in 1745. During a period of up- heaval hundreds of carpet weavers were driven out of Prance. They took refuge in Flanders and Holland snd there a large industry sprang up and flourished. Brussels carpets were intro- duced in England from Flanders by John Broom in 1749. The first carpets made in America were made on hand looms. Erastus B. Bigelow of Boston, Mass., perfected the first loom. American Press Brl'lshes Aside Alarmists in I'm Alone Affair Whatever disagreements exist over . | the right of Coast Guard cutters to fire on and sink the Canadian rum-runner I'm Alone, after a chase far off the coast of the United States, the A‘x‘mrlnn “There is no question character of the vessel that was sunk,” the New York Sun may be a question wi side the 12-mile limit when first chased by the patrol boat Wolcott. There may be a question whether the pursuit, first was hot. But, assuming Secretary Mellon is right in his statement that the patrol officers are correct in both these respects, the fact remains that the British government never abandoned the principle of the three-mile acceded to The Sun suggests the “mal it certain that no such in: cident occur again.” * X k% “Unquestionably the matter can the Sun, though it sees a “tesf national citizenship.” The Indian- apolis News sums the case with the statement that “this Government will international law and of treaty, the Unltzdmsuta zv'uh. t'm“ g:lm and reparations,” an hp:mz settled, “arbitration flm to be to. “If we have done wrong” in the opinion of the Huntington Advertiser, “it is urgent that we proper amends to manifested a friendly ted | lations.” Hoover enforcement plan,” exclaims the Chattanooga News, an ardént probibi- tion advocate, which is not so muth interested in other phases as in the fact that “as a result of the first real test of the Hoover administration's detérmi- nation to enforce prohibition against smugglers a British rum-runner rests on the bottom of the sea.” The Grand Rapids Press remarks that “‘Stop’ in territorial waters means just that, and Great Britain would hardly be d claiming that a nation has no right o enforce an order to halt in its own territory.” “That the schooner was sunk in the spirit of the agreement under which American Coast Guard boats may search and seize within one hour’s sail of the American coast seems hardly open to doubt,” insists the Loulsville Times, while the Brooklyn Daily Eagle holds that “if the wmt began within the limits prescril by and_sinking, Pt and submit to search, can be justi- a5 & legitimate exercise of rights to the United States by the British government.” * ok k% ‘The Rochester Times-Union declares as to the “smuggler’s captain” that “his ship would not have been sunk ifhe bhad acted as an honest and sensible man when the revenue cutter fired across its bows.” r ‘The Butte Montana Standard doubts that Great Britain will “advocate any redress for shi which are chronic offenders in violating international re~ Nevertheless, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram upholds the position that “the great body of reasonable citizens in the Nation must surely cccupy the middle ground that prohibition enforce~ ment is important, but not so much so that all other rights and liberties may properly be sacrificed to it.” The Toronto (Ontario) Star cone cludes: “The outcome should be a cone sidered agreement that will prevent the recurrence of any such incident and the payment of damages to the indi- viduals who have suffered loss. [ ‘The | The whole case will need to be anal; Birmingham News takes the position that “in cases of this kind only ex- pert judgment should be heeded,” ob- serving that “thus far responsible spokesmen of the two governments have c2I)eq| controlled 'by remarkable pru- nee.” As an fllustration of “the various diplomatic complications from the destruction of the ship,” the Syra- cuse Herald states: “The one hour’ lyzed by competent and judicial minds, with & view to arriving at a just settiement of this case and a just agreement for Charts Identify Species of Birds BY E. E. FREE, PH. D. Strollers in the country this need no longer fim into mmmum irds that they see sit- bushes. A set of simple charts, about the size of post cards, may now be carried in one’s pocket to settle all arguments. Invented and recently D} by Mr. Horace Taylor, lec~ turer at Tufts College, Mass., these in- genious and automatic bird-namers consist of four cards with windows cut in them at the proper places, like the lanks of & W?.nue i 5, 5