Evening Star Newspaper, April 14, 1930, Page 8

A—8 {THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Editien. WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY.........April 14, 1930 -_— THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Comgany 11ty 8t SaR Benneyies P S i 3 fce 44" Regent St.. London: uropean Office, 14 R Within the City. . 45¢ rer month a e Surday Star Collection ma ders may tionai 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. land ginia. Bl s yro ay only . yl All Other States and Canada. 7. $12.00: 1 mo.. $1.00 : 1mo.l i8¢ E‘“ snd Sunday. ; only - yr.. $8.00: 1 ay only Il $500: 1mo. 80c Member of the Assoclated Press. “The Associatec Press 1s exclusively entitled e for repul on of all news dis- atches credited to it or not otherwise cred- in this paper and also the loral rews published herein. Al rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved The Moore Bill. The decision to hold hearings within the near future on the bill by Mr. Moore of Virginia for appointment of a commission to study fiscal relations be- tween the Pederal and District govern- Jments will be welcomed by Washingto- | nians. Mr. McLeod of Michigan, acting chairman of the District committee, and Mr. Beers of Pennsylvania, chairman of the subcommittee on fiscal relations, are to be congratulated on their willingness to start this measure—of great impor- tance to Washington—on its course. The suggested changes in the bill, understood to have been made by the Tetiring Commissioners, and upon which the hearings will naturally develop fur- ther discussion, are all good. The pro- posal that the fleld of the commission of inquiry be limited strictly to the di- vision of expense is natural and proper. In addition, it is proposed that a three- year residence requirement for the three ‘Washingtonians who would serve on the commission be inserted in the wording of the act and that the commission re- port on its findings every two years in- stead of every four years, as the bill now provides. ‘There should be no opposition to Mr. Moore's bill in Congress. Its passage entails no usurpation of the rights of the House appropriations committee, which, while determining by a rigid and inflexible rule for the last seven fiscal years the division of expenses, could not consistently champion that rule as equi- table and at the same time oppose im- partial investigation of its merits by the fact-finding agency to be set up under “Mr. Moore's bill. It is only logical to regard the Moore bill as an instrument the purpose of which is to assist, by research and report, the houses of Congress which have the exclusive and important re- sponsibility of legislating for the Fed- eral City. No appealing or persuasively worded arguments are needed to bolster its obvious merits. These become ap- parent by the recognition of certain facts that stand on their own legs. ‘These facts are that, without rhyme or reason and in defiance of sub- stantive law, enacted by Congress in 1922, and never repealed, the Federal appropriation to expenses of the Fed- eral City has rerained virtually sta- tionary while the local contribution has inereased nearly 50 per cent; semi- national projects, disproportionately expensive for a city the size of Wash- ington, are being undertaken under & division of expense that may have been equitable seven years ago, but no longer bears any relation to equity pow be- cause the budget has increased more than $10,000,000. But those who consider the Moore bill may forget even these facts and regard the measure from merely two standpoints: First, is the Federal Gov- ernment now paying too much or too little toward the support of the local community? Second, is the present system of dividing the expenses in the best interest of the Capital of the United States? ‘Washington does not favor the Moore bill as a possible tax-reduction or re- sponsibility-dodging measure. Wash- ingtonians favor it because they want the facts. Congress should regard it in the same light. B — A Soldier’s Death. Prohibition Agent Lamar W. York died in line of duty, as a soldier dies at the front in battle. He was killed by the enemy, a lawbreaker, because he refused a bribe. He was true to his cath as an officer of the law. This man could have saved his life by yielding to temptation or by a mere gesture of acquiescence in the proposal of the men he had caught in a lawless action. He refused and perished. Agent York leaves a family who were dependent upon him for maintenance. His widow and his children should now be the objects of public assistance and practical sympathy. When a policeman dies in an encounter with a criminal, he is lauded, and his widow and his children are cared for by the commu- nity in whose interest the husband and father has sacrificed himself. This should be the course in the case of the family of Agent York. It is well to bear in mind that the man who lost his life the other m‘htl ‘was doing the work of the Government under the law of the land. That fact alone is all that matters in the reckon- ing of this crime and its consequences. —_———— According to some of the calcula- tions, there are so many lobbyists that' in the course of timz it will be impos- sible to find employment for all of them. Secretary Stimson Reports. In what is evidently intended to be the farewell Naval Conferencs broad- cast from London, Secretary Stimson on Sunday rendered final accounting of the American delegation’s stewardship. It is a reasoned, convincing report. It concludes with an expression of the delegation’s “bellef” that “we have suc- cesafully accomplish-1 the mission with which we have been intrusted by our country.” Except for captious critics—big navy- 1tes and pacifists aliks—who would prob- ably cavil at any trzaty brought back from London because it did not reflect thelr prejudices 100 | >r cent, there will be little dissent from the estimate which Secretary Stimson puts upon the achievement of the delegation. He might have been somewhat more literal and attached to that judgment a res- ervation to the effect that as much of the delegation’s “mission” was “accom= plished” as was humanly possible. Cer- tainly the American public was led to hope, amid the high optimism in which the conference was incubated, that a five-power treaty was not only its goal, but its attainable goal. ‘That objective has not been reached. No blame can conceivably attach to the spokesmen of the United States for the conference’s failure to achieve it, France and Italy presented a set of stonewall conditions impervious to con- clliation or compromise. It might have tended to minimize the world dis- appointment over the Franco-Italian impasse if the inevitable deadlock had been assessed at its full importance be- forehand. Though it could not have been avoided, advance exploration of the situation which led to it would have had its uses, even if only to make clear that nothing more than three-power results were likely at London later on. All this is water over the dam now. The Anglo-American-Japanese treaty is in itself an inestimably substantial achievement. The perspective in which to view it is the background of the Geneva Conference of 1927. On that occasion the world's three leading naval powers found it impossible to agree. They have done at London in 1930 what they failed to do three years ago. Anglo-American rivalry at sea, in Secre- tary Stimson's words, “is definitely at an erd.” Our naval relations with Japan are similarly stabilised. In a universe which craves speed eighty-five days—the duration of the London Conference from the hour of assembly to the moment of final agree- ment—may seem a snall's pace. As a matter of fact, man's history re- cords no event of even faintly proxi- mate magnitude brought about with such expedition. Messrs. Stimson, Adams, Robinson, Morrow, Reed, Dawes and Gibson wrought acceptably in their strenuous three months on the Thames. When they lafid on home shores, they will be entitled to be greeted in those best of all words: “Well done, thou good and faithful servants.” o Mellons Back Grundy. ‘The Mellon influence has been defi- nitely and publicly placed back of Sen- ator Grundy in his campaign for the Republican senatorial nomination. As a matter of fact, this is not news. It has been understood for a long time that the Mellons, the Secretary of the Treasury and his nephew, W. L. Mel- lon, former Republican State chairman, would support Mr. Grundy against Sec- retary James J. Davis of the De- partment of Labor in this fight. The feature of the Mellon announcement which attracts great attention is that the Mellons are backing Grundy and at the same time Francis Shunk Brown, candidate for governor on the ticket with Secretary Davis. It is an obvious attempt to divide the support of Mr. Davis. Whether such a move will be successful the primary election will show on May 20. There has been talk of political deals in Pennsylvania in the last month or two. Much of it ran to the adjustment of the troubles between th: Vare or- ganization in Philadelphia and the Mel- lons, who were known to be backing Grundy for the Senate. When Grundy's handpicked running mate, Lewis, was withdrawn from the guber- natorial contest, immediately there arose rumors of a deal between the factions. Mr. Davis was to be “sold out” by the Vare organization so that the Vare candidate for governor, Brown, could be nominated with little difficulty. But as time progressed and it became evident that Mr. Davis was to have the support of the Republican machine in Allegheny County as well as of the Phil- adelphia organization, it seemed that the Vare faction stood to win both the governor and the Senator. Why, it was asked, should Vare and his followers in Pennsylvania politics be willing to re- linquish the senatorial nomination to the Mellons under such conditions? And the same question is pertinent to- day. Mr. Vare has proved himself in the past a quicker thinker and more politically able than have the Mellons. “oor sf! ia ia recent days. The organized Republicans in both the east and west sections of the State have been aligned against him. In primary fights, organization is a big factor. The attacks which Mr. Grundy has leveled against the Vare machine and against Gen. Atterbury, Republican national committeeman and president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, have not caused a furore among the voters. Mr. Grundy'’s own record as a collector of huge cam- paign funds has been published many times. There has been an inclination to stick the tongue in the cheek and smile when the Grundy attacks have been made on his opponents therefore. The Mellons have had in the back of their heads the future political fate of Senator David A. Reed, the senior Sen- ator from Pennsylvania, even to a great- er extent than they have had the Grundy cause in their minds, accord- ing to reports. Senator Reed halls from the west end of the State. So does Secretary Davis. The election of the latter might in the future jeopar- dize the re-election of Mr. Reed, who is the particular protege of the Mellons. It is true that Mr. Davis is running for the unexpired Vare term, which ends two years before Mr. Reed has to come up again. This means that Davis in 1932 must stand for renomination while Reed will not have to meet this situa- tion until 1934. But that does not al- together satisfy the Mellons. They feel, perhaps, that Mr. Davis might be suc- cessful again in 1932, and then the drive against Reed by the eastern wing of the Pennsylvania Republicans would materialize. ————— ‘Temperatures far below zero are en- countered by high altitude aviators. This fact may further popularize aero- nautics by offering some new ideas to next Summer's climate chasers. ————— The Midnight Alley Murder. ‘With the arrest of two men who have acknowledged participation in the slay- ing of Prohihition Agent York in this city the other night what appeared at first to be & profound mystery is in the way of being fully solved. While the statements of the accused do not go so far as to confess the actual slaying, - THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, APRIL 14, 1930. The Political Mill | Ithey sumice to make plain the cireum- | stances in which the agent of the law was killed. He had followed the liquor- laden car into an alley and interrupted the two men as they were about to discharge its contents. They fled and the officer took possession of the car and, to attract attention and call for assistance, he sounded the siren for several minutes. A crowd gathered and eventually the fugitives returned. Then, according to disclosures by the police custody, followed a negotiation for the release of the car, the bootleggers of- fering the agent first $50 and then $100 if he would let it go. He refused. Then a shot was fired and the officer fell dead. The crowd scattered, the two now in custody leaped into the car and drove away. Now they both admit participation in the affair up to the point of the firing of the shot, and then mutually deny that act. Assuredly there will be plenty of testi- mony in this case to determine the guilt of the crime. The shooting took place in the presence of a large number of people. The scene was a comparatively dark alley and the hour was late, but probably the participants were known personally to many of those who had been attracted by the sound of the siren. It is now the task of the district attor- ney’s office and police headquarters to get the evidence which will without fail fasten the guilt upon the one who fired the shot and determine the degree of culpability of his companion. Meanwhile the question remains, as stated in The Star yesterday, why did not the sound of a siren blowing con- tinuously for twenty minutes in a no- toriously “tough” part of the city draw police attention? Is there any fleld in the Capital into which the police will not venture unless specifically called? Is there any disposition on the part of the police to refrain from intervention in prohibition enforcement activities by those specifically assigned to that task? These are questions that Gen. Crosby as Commissioner in charge of police affairs may wish to have answered in the in- terest of a fuller knowledge of the or- ganization. ————————— There is satisfaction in finding the question disposed of as to whether Gen. Crosby, as a military man, is still to be rated as a “professional” barred from participation in the ordinary activity of civil life. He may now be addressed in official courtesy as “Mr. Commissioner” even while commanding the title “Gen- eral” as a compliment in social rela- tions. ——— Denmark has abolished the law pro- viding a death penalty. It has long been unenforced. No finer publicity could have been provided for a country whose national reputation for kindliness and forbearance should provide a basis for many advantages. - —_———— There may be a great deal of politics discussed in connection with a United States Supreme Court selection. The very nature of the office causes the discussion to cease automatically after the appointment is made effective by confirmation. ——ee— This is the season when a Summer resort is expected to become most active {in campaigning to suppress gambling, thereby conveying the assurance that there are still facilities available to sat- isfy those who are sportively inclined. —————— A busy career is scheduled for Rear Admiral Byrd after his return. He will write a book, deliver a series of lec- tures and no doubt demand time occa- sionally to go fithing after the manner of the ordinary recreationist. o A merger is considered harmless be- cause it can control only a small per- centage of the output of a given indus- try. How much can be controlled by gentlemen's agreement is still a matter for abstruse calculation. —————— Diplomacy is of two kinds. One seeks to clarify; the other to complicate. The latter kind confers a professional benefit in making an unlimited amount of future work for diplomatists. ———————— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Blisstul Repose. An old-time song to me is dear, A Rip Van Winkle lay. ‘The humble rhyme we used to hear In -careless hours and gay. The loiterer dozing at his ease No vigil cared to keep, And all he had to say was, “Please Go 'way and let me sleep.” Prosperity, I'm sure, prevails ‘Through all the blossoming land, Of comfort if one climate fails, Another’s near at hand. ‘When big debates disturb my ease ‘With theories so deep, All that 1 have to say is, “Please Go 'way and let me sleep!” Promises. “I am afrald you have made some promises that were not kept.” “The idea works both ways,” answered Senator Sorghum. “A lot of people who have promised to vote for me have changed their minds just before elec- tion.” Jud Tunkins says everybody needs fresh air and sunshine, choosing mostly to get ’em by way of golf and base ball. In the Parks. Historic monuments are there ‘With glimpses of majestic gloom— The greatest throngs assemble where The cherry trees are now in bloom. Better Informed. “I saw you talking to & hootlegger,” said the keen observer. “Well,” answered Bill Bottletop, “You have the best of me there. You knew he was a bootlegger and I didn't.” ‘“Ask not for gratitude,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown. “To remind a friend of favors may cause you to be feared as one who seeks to collect & debt.” No Unemployment. Though compensation is not great ‘When politics goes dizzy, ‘There's work to do in every State ‘To keep large numbers busy. “A good example,” ‘said Uncle Eben, “is easy sebh But it’s like a clock you regarding the statements of the men in | THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. ‘We hoH. visitors to Washington this Spring will take advantage of the op?m’- tunity to sit awhile in some of the city's smaller parks. All sightseers get a chance to stretch their legs in Rock Creek Park, the grounds of the Natlonal Zoological PAl'k‘ Potomac Park and at Arlin, , bul many of them fail to take the time to investigate the squares and circles which dot the city with green. In some respects these smaller parks are the most interesting of all, at least they seem so to native Washingtonians, who have grown up with them, and know their intimate charm through long contact. While intimacy is, indeed, the essence of the small park, much of its happy spell can be gained in a brief sitting. Perhaps both visitors and residents are too rushed, that is why a session in the park, just “setting,” is good for al- most any one. Science has a fancy name for ten- sfon of the muscular ‘system, but whether one knows the word or not he often is in full possession of the fact. Relaxation is as necessary, in the av- erage life, as tension. The spring that is forever too tightly wound tends to break at last. Human mainsprings may be given a little rest by Springtime loafing in one or more of the beautiful little parks, which rest the weary eyes and muscles, the one with green and the other with comfortable benches. y * ok ok ok Washington park benches are par- ticularly comfortable, at all seasons of the year, and unusually clean. We often have wondered at the latter, but no doubt it is because so many people sit on them. And householders who have tried to buy similarly easy benches in the stores for their back yards know that it is a difficult task to get as com- fortable ones as those which Uncle Sam provides for park use, whether at the Zoo or in Lafayette Park, or Franklin Park, or elsewhere. “1 loafe and invite my soul,” wrote Walt Whitman. “I lean and loafe at my ease, observing a spear of Summer grass.” When Walt thought those words, no doubt he was recalling some delightful hours he spent in Washing- ton parks. Every resident has the same oppor- tunity today, only now there are more small parks, and all of them are in bet- ter condition than during the sixties. As the city has grown outward, moving the forest primeval ever before it, the trees and grass left behind have become ever more dear. ‘Washington's squares and circles have become sanctuaries for pigeons, squir- rels and songbirds, all of which de- light in the green trees and grass of Spring and Summer and the freedom ll‘csm molestation which they there enjoy. Visitors will discover that most of the larger downtown parks are pigeon cen- ters. Many persons seem to have a pe- culiar lovg for this form of poultry. Or is a pigeon poultry? ‘Well, anyway, a pigeon.is a large and handsome bird, making a particular ap- peal to many. If you fancy pigeons, you can find plenty of them willing to go through their best antics for a meal of peanuts, or breadcrumbs, or whatever it is that this brand of fowl especially fancies. We will confess that we never par- ticularly liked pigeons or to have a flock of them fly down near us while sitting in a park, looking indignantly at us be- cause we furnished them no peanuts. _ Once upon a time we disbursed a cake of milk chocolate to a squirrel, thinking he would consume the viand upon the spot—but no, he had so little sense that he took each separate square over by a tree and there buried it. “You are doing wrong.” we advised him. “Your instinct is making a big mistake. When you go to dig up those bits of chocolate, you will discover that they have melted away. But he would not listen to us. He went right ahead solemnly burying his chocolate against & rainy day. PRI Next to the birds and squirrels, we suppose the children are the most in- teresting creatures to be found in parks. They exhibit more decorum than at home or while playing on a neighbor’s property. Now, we suppose that decorum is what children today are more in want of than any other one quality. If you were to say “decorum” to the average modern child he would look at you in utter astonishment and then ask you if it were good to eat. Most of the kids you see in parks are very well behaved. Perhaps they have been lectured good by mamma before they were turned loose. Often they have neat-looking maids attending them who kecdp wary eyes open for their charges and for the park policeman, that very handsome young man who comes around every now and then. When Summer arrives many of the residential parks sport sand piles and other of the more xcntle play equip- ment for the benefit of the smaller children. We have forgotten whether roller skating is permitted on the park walks, but we rather think it is, and 1f s0, the little ones at least are not in danger of being run over, although the .0ld man with the cane had better watch out. Next to the children; the spectator may rather fancy his fellow bench-sit- ters. Here you have humanity in little, grouped for easy inspection. We recall the naturalness of one of Miss Lin- coln's detective stories opening with a gentleman sitting in a Washington park. As we recall the tale, he wac supposed to be “dressed to the minute,” with frock coat, high hat, spats and cane. He is to be seen often sitting su- perbly in one of the medium uptown circles, say Dupont. Is he waiting for the villain to come along, or is he the villain himself?> No one will ever know, because few of the characters one sees in parks are provided with self-explan- atory books. That is why they are in- dividually so arresting. A great park sport, while one is lazily enjoying the sunshine, is to speculate umn one'’s fellow men and attempt to r e them in their proper spheres in ife. The thing is reduced to the ele- mental one of “looks.” If yonder gen- tleman looks & sport, we set him down as such, and let him go at that. If diplomat, then diplomat. Of course, he may “tend store” in his on hours, but now that he is off, no one has any right to call him less than Caesar. L ‘The fundamental charm of the parks, however, lies in that superb Nature which makes the sky blue, the grass green and the flowers lovely to the eye of man. Here one finds the appeal of these beautiful things made all the stronger because they are in such direct contrast with the ugller creations of mankind. Is it not a bit strange, and yet a bit hopeful, too, that when man wants to dress up a city he naturally turns to green, growing things? No matter how resplendent his electric lighting, no matter how glowing his marble walls, he must have them set Off against green grass, evergreens and shrubs, to secure the maximum effect from them. Then, and then only, will his marble look as if it belongs to its setting, and his lights have something to play upon grea worth while. We would hate even to k of the National Capital abandoning its smaller parks, as it has permitted some of its great trees to go down in the relentless march of progress. Even if one does no more than ridc by them, they are a blessing, & relief and a benediction. They tie us to the earth, and help keep our feet on the ground, and visitors here this Spring from all parts of the country will find in their grass, shrubs and flowers a touch of “back home,” for these things speak a universal language. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. If the country likes the three-power naval treaty as much as President Hoo- ver thinks it ought to, Senator Joe T. Robinson of Arkansas should be able to capitalize his share of the glory in 1932. ‘When the long, long London trail be- comes history, the part the Democratic Senate leader had in making it will redound effectively to his credit. No one member of the American delegation wielded greater personal influence at the conference than the Arkansan. Known as “the man with the veto"—the head of the Senate minority, with more than votes enough to smash an objectionable pact—Robinson’s position in London was unique and always highly respected. Invariably, his authority within the Yankee delegation was on the side of action as against delay. He contended consistently for a more liberal treat- ment of the American newspaper men at the conference. He s unflinch- ingly against entangling naval questions with political complications. Robinson's friends consider him towering Demo- cratic presidential timber. If his hat goes into the ring in 1932, many of the laurels of London will adorn it. * K X % President Hoover's reoccupatien of the White House executive offices syn- chronizes with the air-tight no-hand- shaking rule to be enforced religiously from now on. Henceforward nobody will be permitted to glad-hand the bl{lchld. excent when paying a formal call upon him. The days, like these of Springtime, when tourists would come to Washington in droves and file by the President in long pro- cessions, are gone forever, as far as this administration is concerned. The New Year day reception will be maintained, but thnll"s lllL“ul’dn Hoov!lll' began a year ago by letting ‘em al come. As his right hand and wrist began to show signs of wear and tear, handshaking days were cut down to two a week. Now they've been abol- ished altogether. The President con- siders them an unn nuisance. So_the hand-turnstiles, which Sergt. Dalrymple of the White House police force and his men used to click as they checked off individual callers, are now laid nwny;‘ D Insiders foreshadow coming events within the Republican national com- mittee thusly: Chairman Huston will not be requested to resign, but in due course he will do so. There is to be no hurry about picking his successor. The 1930 “off year,” having nothing to do with presidential politics, will be considered the exclusive province of the G. O. P. senatorial campaign and congressional campaign committees, headed, respectively, by Senator Moses of New Hampshire (Senator Steiwer of Oregon, chairman Fm tem) and Rep- resentative Wood of Indiana. On such occasions as it's necessary for the na- tional committee to act, the functions of chairman ne‘lgn be ex:lracelsed by Ralph Williams of 80N, mznp, a shrewd and s,e.ugned stalwart. * * “King Cotton” was the character in- troduced in the merry skits staged the other night by the Department of State Club, to depict Joseph P. Cotton, Acting Secretary of State. When he was before the footlights he wore a crown, but otherwise comported himself along lines the show Cotton Joe.” To the tune of a familiar ditty of Dixie, the chorus sang this song: “Gone are the days the de, e are the days Of the old diplomacy. Now we're at work 1In the ‘Cotton’ field youugmw. ent was free; ‘You hear ‘obedient servan Calling ‘Uncle Joe'.” * ok k% Now that it can be told, there was a suggestion cwrrent in Illinols & year in8 | murdered, his lit Indians ago which, had it been acted upon, would have eliminated both Senator Deneen and Ruth McCormick from the 1930 fracas. The proposal was that, in the interest of Republican harmony. they should both get off the track and make way for none other than one Charles Gates Dawes. Gov. Emmerson, now in office at Springfleld, received credit for the idea. Evidently it didn't make a hit in either the Deneen or the McCormick camp. It sprang, of course, from the fear that the late unpleasant- ness would leave an ocean of bad blood behind it and result in a Democratic victory at election time. * k% % Herr Friedrich Wilhelm von Prittwitz, the German Ambassador at Washington, will be one of the stars of “journalism week” at the University of Missouri early in May. He will deliver an address at the banquet which brings the week to a close. The university announces that “it is regarded as especially appro- priate that the German Ambassador should be on the program, coming, as he does, from the home of the inventor of movable type, the father of printing, Johannes Gutenberg.” * ok ox % Pressure will undoubtediy continue to be put upon Senator Hiram Johnson, Republican, of California, to accept the chairmanship of the Senate campaign funds investigating committee. Exactly 10 years ago this month, on the eve of the fateful 1920 presidential cam- paign, a Senate committee was at work on the self-same job, At that time Hiram was himself an aggressive as- pirant for the Republican nomination and in the midst of his contest with Herbert Hoover for capture of the Cali- fornia de]!?itlon. Johnson got it. Most Capitol Hill authorities think the Sena- tor shrinks from an investigating job that might prove embarrassing, in view not only of the old-time friendship be- tween the Johnsons and the McCor- micks, but because Hiram and Ruth see eye-to-eye on the World Court, the League and other international matters. The Californian, moreover, is a knightly soul, and lambasting a lady—which the slush probers may have to do_ before ltxl:lr inquiry is over—isn't in Johnson’s e. (Copyright, 1030.) Chivalry Is Misplaced In Arizona Crusade From the New Orleans Ttem. A romantic hubbub in Arizona for an Apache hunt across the border will go for naught. The Mexican government has prohibited the hunters from enter- ing Mexico. This recalls the efforts at Laredo to arrest ex-President Calles. For in both instances hare-brained fellow citizens of ours have fomented trouble with blithe disregard of consequences. Laredo threatened to arrest Calles on an old criminal charge, that this might m’d‘:‘ ln“b‘er'::u;m disorders. The Arizonans calmly pre- pared to invade a foreign country to punish a band of murderous Ing . The story behind the Arizona crusade arouses sym; . A Mexican rancher was raided t‘p-chu, his wife was are luppole.:n J)'" hl‘?‘u:i;g: to & mountain fastness in Sono: Arigona e Indians and recover the child. Since the invasion was to have been entirely friendly to the’Mexican govern- ment, doubtless there is indignation in Douglas over the action at Mexico City. The adventurers are invited to consider ‘what would be their feelings if a party of English bloods were recruited in Eng- land advance upon Chicago to help some American revenge himself upon gangsters. ~ Few men in public life in this coun- try have ever been' the subject of so much speculation as Calvin Coolidge. When he was in the White House he 'was successful at keeping his own coun- sel till it came time for him to speak or act on & given subject. It was not until after it had become from Atatements made by party in all parts of the country that he could have been renominated for President in 1928 | Sf that Mr. Coolidge finally issued hie fa- mous “I do not choose to run for Presi- dent” statement. And ‘ever since he left the White House, little more than a year ago, there has been great speculation regarding the possibility of his getting back into public life and public office again. First, it was the Senate for which he would run, and more lately he has been touted as the probable dark-horse candidate for the Republican presiden- tial nomination in 1932, not so dark, either, * ok ok X But Mr. Coolidge has finally broken silence again—silence as to his own lans. He does this so rarely that each of silence becomes a matter of news. He has declared he has no inten- tion of becoming a candidate for the Senate nor for the presidency. He is through, he says, with public office, un- less some emergency should demand that he take up service of his coun- again. Now that he has spoken, and spoken quite simply and directly, the country will realize that his position is entirely in keeping with the man. The effort has lre'}uen'ly been to prove Mr. Coolidge subtly indirect, to show him & past master at playing a dark hand in politics. The truth is that he has al- ways been direct, and has not sought by Indirection to do what he has had to do. Mr. Coolidge is not now a potential can- didate for the presidential nomination, s he has been pictured, nor does he in- tend to become a candidate. 3 * ok ok X Men who have been successful Pres- idents of the United States—and Mr. Coolidge was surely one of these no matter what his political opponents may say about him—if they live after they have left office, are frequently regarded with suspicion by the immediate follow- ers of White House incumbents, partic- ularly if they happen to be of the same political faith. Like Napoleon at Elba, there is always the chance that the former President may seek to r the hlgh:u f:;:c:ltllva‘ office in t‘he Govern- ment, wi e powers it Jossesses, Such ex-Presidents create a degree of nervousness that is sometimes entirely unwarranted. Mr. Coolidge's most re- cent statement is calculated to allay any such nervousness, if it has existed. * ok ok % When the late “T. R.” left the White House under much the same circum- stances that Mr. Coolidge gave up the presidency in 1929, he went to Africa to hunt. When he came back he found there was more exciting game at home. He did not, like Mr. Coolidge, assert that he would not seek public office again. He sought it. Despite the fact that his efforts to regain the presidency in 1912 split the Republican party wide open, Col. Roosevelt was again serious- ly considered by the G. O. P. leaders for the nomination for President when the second Wilson term was drawing to a close. Had he lived, there seems no doubt whatever that he would have had the nomination which finally went to the late President Harding and would have been elected President. The Republicans in those days did not real- ize that the swing of public opinion had been so0 strongly inst the Democratic administration that nearly any Repub- lican nominated could have won in 1920. Roosevelt was felt to be a candidate so strong that he could win with the party united again behind him. * ok kX ‘The Democrats and Republican in- surgents, who dominate the Senate lobby committee, have delayed the sub- mission of the committee report deal- ing with Muscle Shoals and particular- ly with the activities of Claudius H. Huston, chairman of the Republican |try as indorsement of the good will and national committee, who was at one time president of the Tennessee River Improvement Association. Just why this delay, no one appears to know. Senator Walsh of Montana, a member of the committee, was requested to draw up this report so that it could be submitted to the Senate during the consideration of the Muscle Shoals bill, Tecently passed by the Senate. But the report failed to materialize. Now, it appears, Senator Walsh has not yet even begun to draft the report. Re- publicans are growing suspicious. They are wondering what is back of the delay. The submission of the report, whenever it does come, is likely to stir up the agitation again against Mr. Hus- ton’s continuance as chairman of the Re- publican national committee. The Dem- ocrats would prefer, apparently, to see Mr. Huston remain in office as long as possible. They are figuring on making as much as possible of the testimony given before the lobby investigating committee in regard to Mr. Huston in the coming congressional campaign. * K ok % Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCormick, new- ly nominated by the Republicans of Illinois for the Senate, has shown her political and organizing abilities in her campaign just finished so successfully, and also in the campaign which she conducted throughout the State of Illinois in 1928 for election as Repre- sentative at large, the place she, holds in the present Congress. If Mr. Huston has to go, could the Republicans do better than pick the daughter of Mark Hanna for their national chairman?| PO He was a member of the Senate and also Republican national chairman, in the days when the national chairman ran the Republican party. * ok ok ok . ‘The victory of Mrs. McCormick in Illinois, with the World Court—or, more correctly, opposition to the. World Court—as her main talking point, is glving some of the sitting Senators cold shivers up and down their backs when they think of facing a vote on the protocol proposing American adherence to the court with the Root formula in place of the old Senate reservations. Mr. Hoover has promised to send the protocol to the Senate for ratification at an opportune time. There is a keen desire on the part of some of the Senators who are up for renomination and re-election that the “opportune time” will not come until after the No- vember elections. They would like to support the President in this matter, but they do not wish to take any chances on this issue right now. With the campaign coming on, some of the political wiseacres insist that it ‘would be unwise for the administration to cast either the World Court protocol or the proposed new naval limitation treaty into the Senate at this time. Get the elections out of the way first and then tackle these questions, which will, at best, be controversial, they say. Parti- san politics has no proper pl in consideration of the foreign relations of this country, az:hnu, but just the same partisan polif has played hob with some of for improving inter- national relations in the past. * ok ok ok The campaign for the Republican| € o0, > senatorial nomination in Pennsylvania is on with a ‘vengeance. Secretary James J. Davis is saying little or noth- ing but continues to saw wood in the President’s cabinet. Senator Grundy, his cipal opponent for the nomi- nation, however, m‘m]w, lare haj "oia Joe” has some sur- P up his sleeve. it his strategy 50 far does not seem to have gained him many rents. Before very long Senator David A. Reed, the senior Sen- ator from Pennsylvania, is expected back in the country from the London Naval be arrives he may ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN, This great service is maintained by The Evening Star for the benefit of its readers, who may use it evfl day without cost to themselves. they have to do is ask for any ‘information desired and they will receive Dromget answers by mall. Questions must clearly written and stated as briefly as possible. Inclose 2-cent stamp for re- turn postage and address The Evening tar Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washington, D. C. . How man; le in this country haee 1n°e:nm gfp:gu than $5,000.— C. 8. . About 8 cent of the incomes ln‘the Unludpel?um is in excess of $5,000. Q. What was the famous remark made by a World War general whla_x‘ .began, “My right has been rolled up? H. O. H. A. The following was written by Gen. Foch in a letter to Marshal Joffre dur- ing the Battle of the Marne: “My right has been rolled up, my left<has been driven back, my center has been smashed, I have ordered an advance from all directions!” . - About what period of English his- !03 is “Lorna Doone” written?—B. L. A. It is & romance of Exmoor in the Stuart times from about 1673 to 1687. Q. Where was the first European colony established in China?—V. 8. C. A. The first was a Portuguese colony established at Macao in 1557, when it was given two snd one-half square miles of territory. The permanent oc- cupation of Macao and the nearby islands of Verde, Taipa and Coloane by Portugal was not confirmed by treaty until 1887. How many calories are there in Q. t?—B. C. o ohund of yesst contains 625 calories, There are 32 cakes to the pound, therefore a cake contains about 20 calories. Do people who live in Monte Cl?fo nmfi: in the Casino?—W. J. H. A. The inhabitants of the city are forbidden access to the gambling tables, but are exempt from taxation and de- rive large profits from the visitors. Q. Are there any chimney sweeps left in London?—K. A. A. London still has chimney sweeps. Q. Why were totem poles erected?— A. M. B. A. Totem poles were erected to com- memorate evrx?u; a wedding, a victory, a birth, a death, a long trip, any major event in the life of the erector, were thus recorded. Q. Who decide ;pm‘:‘ t;l‘e location e Roman Forym?—M. M. D(A".h ‘The rwmln“l’\:rurn was_situated between the Palatine Capitoline and Quirinal Hills. Originally it was & swamp or marsh. Romulus and Tatius are said to have drained it and set it apart, after filling it, as a place for the administration of justice, for the as- semblies of the people, and for other kinds of public. business. . Should & married woman sign her nllQn! Mary Smith Jones or Mrs. Paul Jones?—M. C. C. P A. It is not correct to sign anything except a hotel register Mrs. Paul Jones. A woman's signature should read Mary Smith Jones, and if it is necessary that she be identified as her husband’s wife, she writes in parentheses at left of her signature (Mrs. Paul). i Q. How old was Rudyard Kipli when he began to write?—R. E. N.p e A. He composed his first juvenile work at the age of 13. At 26 he was acclaimed a genius by the public, and the writer of more best sellers than any other author of the time. Q. How large a part of California is under cultivation?—0. M. A. One-third of the land in Cali- fornia is under cultivation, and probably almost one-third more could be culti- ted with irrigation. California leads all states now in firrigation, having spent millions of dollars on projects, and having over 4,000,000 acres under irrigation at the present time. Q. What nation controls the Suez Canal?—A. McG. A. Although the British Government holds seven-sixteenths of the shares of the Suez Canal, it s as a matter of fact predominantly French for the pu?ou of administration. Of the Board of Managers, one is Dutch, 10 are British, and 25 are French. They are said to work in greatest harmony. Q. Why is it not practicable to run automobiles with natural gas?—T. R. B. A. The Bureau of Standards says that automobiles could be run success- fully on natural gas, but the gas would have to be compressed into steel cyl- inders, which would add considerable weight. The amount of natural gas equivalent to 5 gallons of gascline would require enormous containers if it were not compressed. Q. What is the method of teaching reading called whereby the child is taught his letters first and then words alphabetically and phonetically?—F. C. A. It is called the alphabetic method. Q. What private corporation is the largest in the world?—C. E. L. A. American Telephone & Tele- graph is said to be. It is the first $4,000,000,000 corporation. The com- pany has about 470,000 registered shareholders and employ. 454,000 people. Q. Please give some information about the dance called the cotillon.— L. M. A. The cotillon i8°a dance of French origin, and is performed to gquadrille music. It was a fashionable dance at the court of Charles X, where it had been adapted from a peasant dance. At first for one, then for two performers, it soon became a ronde dance, in whick form it was introduced into England. There are hundreds of postible figures in the modern dance, and the accessories are most elaborate. The cotillon is begun by a small number of couples, who oc- cupy the floor while the rest of the guests sit about the ball room. These couples select others from among those seated, and, after going through a figure, all take seats and are replaced by other couples until the whole com- pany has danced that particular figure. Another method is for each set of couples to dance a different figure. )Qo, Is it true that fish see but one color, gray?>—S. R. A. The Bureau of Fisheries says that fishes distinguish colors, but whethar they see as many colors as we do is not known nor can we say that the colors appear to them in the same way that they do to us. It would be safe to .1' however, that fishes can dist! more than one color. Defeat and re-election of William T. Cosgrave as President of the Irish Free State, coming within a few days of each other, are interpreted in this coun- conservatism of this nleader':a Wh%u i‘s dependent upon a parliamentary coall- l!o? for his success. He is credited with having developed agriculture and industry in the country to a point which made it impossible for De Valera, his opponent and an advocate of complete independence. to displace him. “His ministry achieved a record for longevity among European cabinets,” says the St. Louis Times, “by virtue of its eight years of continuous service. Cosgrave is a rock of common sense and stability of purpose. He is one of the men who are making the new Ireland move.” The Elmira Star-Gazette recog- nizes in him a man who has “shown remarkable powers as a statesman and organizer,” and it attests that “his place as a_wise administrator and executive | is well established.” EEE “On the whole, concludes the Kala- | mazoo Gazette, “the decision seems a wise one. It is true that Mr. Cosgrave's policies have not always been sufficiently essive to satisfy a considerable body of Irish public opinion, but it is equally true that the president has maintained a stable government during a period in which stability has been repeatedly en- dangered. Some of the more flery Re- publicans have been pleased to regard him as an apostle of abject submission, but there are indications that the Irish people as a whole are in full sympathy with his program of harmony and con- ciliation.” “It is well for the nation that the conservative element is continued in wer,” according to the Lynchburg Advance, which points out that in addi- tion to Cosgrave's faction “the Labor party is likewise conservative, and the two control the Dail. Practically all government measures, however,” con- tinues the Advance, “are consistently opposed by the Fianna Fail, and fre- quently the breaking away of a few members of other parties puts the gov- ernment in danger of defeat.” * ok ok k “Sir Horace Plunkett said some time ago,” recalls the Ottawa Journal, “that Mr. Hogan, President Cosgrave’s min- ister of agriculture, was ‘the best min- ister of agriculture in ope.’ Irish agriculture certainly has béen put upon a new basis. There are more and bet- ter uttlemcumeneloglv; b‘el:‘n remed- ganized, dairy product proved. The Irish farmer today, despite strong competition, is in a better condition than for years. Financially, too, the country is strong. Free State bonds are quoted at par; the public debt is within one year's revenue; taxation has been kept down.” Speaking of the fact that Cosgrave's tempo misfortune “hung by the thread of parliamentary support,” the Hartford Times refers to the resulting conditions as “part of nearly all modern European governments,” and concludes that “Americans probably consider the method too hectic and volatile to be as satisfactory as our own.” The Times adds that “it will undoubtedly be for the good of x:;!md g;t the well pgsuea, energetic an ospeie Cosgrave continue to Free State affairs.” The Waterloo Tribune offers the cnfi..‘; y under present relations with Great Britain. He is promising nochln, the future as to Ireland’s ‘nationalism.’ With d established on a firm basis of self-government, perhaps his. in the pres- ip may make him a lot of enemies. ‘The Mellons, Senator Reed’s particu- lar sponsors, are out openly for orumz’y ainst Davis. That was expected. ey have declared also for the nomi- nation of Brown for governor, Davis’ running mate. It seems like a last gmu effort to hold the lines for ', Grundy. Cosgrave’s Good-Will Policy Made Factor in His Success party would then, if the situation is un- derstood, strike out for less of British interest in Irish affairs.” * K x % Notwithstanding the fact, as pointed out by the New York Evening Post, that De Valera, opponent of Cosgrave, “was hailed as ‘the only man likely to re- store the lost confidence of the people’ and as ‘the outstanding Irishman’" the Post states, “These plaudits could not avail him much against the record for constructive statesmanship which 1s to the credit of President Cosgrave.” ‘The Detroit Free Press sees a dif- ference between the possible influence of De Valera, if he had been in power, and that of Cosgrave, and avers, “Cos grave has done much to soften the bit= terness in Irish hearts which England's long rule of Ireland had engendered to her own discomfort, and in the field of domestic legislation has shown a degree of enlightenment that seems to make it unnecessary to seek further for a man to ‘save’ the Irish nation.” “De Valera has never become recon- ciled,” says the Memphis Commercial Appeal, “to the idea of the Free State. He will be satisfied with nothing less than a sovereign republic. He says 5o quite frankly. Fortunately for Ireland, he does not command a majority in the Dail. President Cosgrave does not ex- actly fire the imagination of his coun= trymen, but he has put them on the road to a stable and satisfactory gov- ;x;nment, and so far they have stood by As to whether De Valera could [ ave been stronger with the country i he had been at home, instead of travélng in the United States, the South Bend ‘Tribune expresses uncertainty, but finds as one factor that “the break came at a time when the Republican party was weakened by internal dissension.” Adverse conditions are emphasized by the Atlanta Journal with the statement: “Business depression, widespread unem- ployment, an unfavorable balance of trade, and a threatened deficit in the treasury call for the utmost wisdom the government can command. A time like this, while it tends to bestir popular unrest, would be ill suited, as far as the public good is concerned, to the rad- ical experiments of De Valera, nor is it likely that he and his group would care to assume responsibility at such & juncture. President Cosgrave, though he may reconstitute the council, is ex- pected to hold the even tenor of his policies.” ——oe—. Historic Estates Go On Market in England From the New York Evening Post. English estates which are for sale or rent continue to be advertised in large numbers in the London newspapers. The advertisements make rather melan- choly reading, since they reflect the difficult conditions which have befallen the families in whose hands they have long: been. One would think their his- toric appeal would be sufficient to bring buyers, but the advertisements are care- ful to note their livableness. “The mansion,” says one advertisement, “has every modern convenience.” It pro- ceeds to enumerate “electric light, cen- tral heating, telephone.” Distinguished names figure in these real estate notices. Among the proper- ties offered for sale is Broome Park, Barham, “at one time the home of the late Lord Kitchener.” The mansion ‘was built in 1635, but it is up to date with “private water supply, electric light, central heating, modern drain- age.” If not sold privately, the estate will be put up at auction. Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire, the residence of the late Lord Curzon, is for rent. A Ja- cobean manor house, once the seat of Carew Raleigh, son of Sir Walter Ra- leigh, ‘h for sale “at a greatly reduced e . these advertisements stress , some of them :he fish- gamebag,” one ly,1,000 pheasants, 50 brace of partridge.” 120 duck and nu- merous rabbits.” A Scottish estate has “6,000 acres of good stalking and mu ground, and fishing in the loch.” is one of a group of estates which e e ase it amount offered. Many of '.hew