Evening Star Newspaper, April 23, 1930, Page 8

THE EV. G STAR, WASHINGT ., WED. 30. W ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN, THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C ‘WEDNESDAY.....April 28, 1930 THEODORE W. NOYES. ...Editor City. Rate by Carrier Within the E 4c ger month (when The Sunday Ster ... Collection made at the eac] Orders may be sent in by mail or felephone NAtional 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and_Virginia. aliy and Sunda: 1yr. $10.00: 1 mo.. 8 1y only . J1yr. 86.00: 1 unday only . 1yr, $400; 1mo. 40c All Other States and Canada. aily and Sun Lye 812000 iy only 1 £8.00; Bunday only 5.0 Member of the Associated Press. ociated Press is exclusively entitled ? all news dis- imo. 1mo. S0c is paper and also thi published herein. All rights of special dispatches herein are ublication of Iso reserved. The Treaty Is Signed. Its laborious task as nearly completed #s human ingenuity and the insuperable snags of world politics made possible, the American delegation to the London Naval Conference is homeward bound. ‘The five-power treaty, which in essential respects is a three-power treaty, was signed at St. James' Palace yesterday. ‘Thus ended, not as gloriously as was hoped, ninety-two days of resolute ef- fort to advance the cause of disarma- ment at sea among the quintet of powers which rule the waves. The scene now shifts to three different arenas, in London, Tokio and Washing- ton, for until the governments of Great| Britain, Japan and the United States break of the fire before the cell doors were opened and the prisoners were released. Probably that delay accounted for most of the deaths that occurred. It is pos- sible, indeed, that if the cells had been opened promptly at the first alarm there would have been no casualties, It 1s further disclosed that the prison personnel had never recelved instruc- tions for the routine to be followed in {case of fire, and that no fire drill had ever been held among the prisoners within the memory of the warden. This is astonishing. It seems incredible that in a bullding of such age and with a more or less hodge-podge interior ar- rangement the possibllity of fire should never have been considered. But then it may be questioned whether this 18 not the case with many other establishments, public and private, in which there is a definite fire risk. In how many industrial and commercial and governmental institutions are fire drills conducted? Probably very few. School children are trained through oc- casional drills and these exercises have served in good stead in instances where fire has occurred and the children have kept their heads and marched out to safety under discipline. But let a fire occur suddenly in any large building housing hundreds of people and panic is likely to develop with little chance to restore order and effect the safe escape of all occupants. In the Columbus case there will prob- ably be some punishments and dis- missals as faults of management and failures of judgment are brought to light. But these will not restore the lives of the 317 men who were burned or suffocated on Monday. The fact that they were convicts, offenders against law, makes the case no less horrible. Indeed, jt makes it worse, because they were the charges of the State, which was responsible for their security and rating system put into effect by Maj. Pratt, which rewards courtesy and pun- ishes discourtesy. ‘While material improvement has been noted in the past few years in the atti- tude of Washington's policemen in re- spect to courtesy, there are still a few who, on arresting a reputable business man for & minor violation of the traffic regulations, will treat him as a criminal, and for this reason reiteration of the ‘warning by those in control of the de- partment is necessary, It is this minority in police ranks which must mend its ways, There can be little co-operation between the police and public if on being stopped for driv- ing & few miles over the speed limit the motorist finds himself talking to an irate, snarling and insolent officer who demands in a peremptory tone to see his permit and inquires sarcastically as to the reason for such & hurry, 1t s this kind of officer who lessens respect for the law and precipitates violent argu- ment and general ill-will between re- sponsible and substantial business men of the community and the department, On the contrary, the policeman who uses the proper courteous method of procedure in dealing with the public stimulates respect and co-operation to the highest degree and is thereby a much more efficlent officer. What chance of argument is there if an officer, after stopping a motorist for a trame violation, inquires calmly for the op- erator's permit, writes down the infor- mation contained thereon, hands a ticket to the motorist and thereupon starts his motor cycle and goes on his way? No angry words need to be spoken between the officer and the motorist, and with this procedure, which, gratifyingly, 18 used by the majority of local policemen, no chance is given the automobile driver to enter into an argument concerning the merits of his their well-being, and fallure on its part to provide safe quarters and effective custody lays a heavy burden of blame ratify the resultc of the conference, these are without effect. President Hoover, within an hour of the treaty's consummation, announced that he would submit it to the Senate at the earllest postible moment. Sena- tor Borah, chairman of the foreign re- lations committee, followed With the pledge that, to the extent of his ability, consideration of the pact at the Capitol would be expedited. Congress had planned to adjourn in June, but if the naval treaty is to be disposed of be- forehand, the session will probably have to be protracted beyond that date. ‘The country will rejoice to see the Benate remaining on its responsible job longer than anticipated, if the conse- quence is early ratification of the Lon- don agreement. The President of the United States instigated the confer- ence which gives birth to it. Our co- signatories have a right to expect that we shall similarly take the lead in clothing it with final and formal sub- stance. The determination of various senatorial groups to subject the treaty to rigld scrutiny before ratification is a sane and reasonable plan. It is & complicated and confusing document at best. International accords in which professional protocol experts have had a hand are seldom conspicuous for clar- ity. There is special need for elucida- tion, in terms which the common man may. understand, in the case of a pact affecting the vital issue of national de- Zense. It will not be difficult to turn the searchlight on the essentials. The treaty gives America full “combat parity” with the British Navy—the great sine qua non with which we en- tered the conference. It fixes our naval status with respect to Japan on a basis of security for American interests in the Pacific. It postpones for at least six years the expenditure of $400,000,000 on battleship replacements. It has done in 1930 what the naval powers falled to do 1in 1922 and again in 1927, viz.,, brought about, at last, the limitation of warship classes left unlimited at the Washing- ton Conference of eight years ago. It arrests absolutely, until 1036, the race in naval rivalry among Great Britain, Japan nd the United States—a com- petition which carried the seeds of war- breeding mistrust and the burdens of in« calculable cost to the taxpayers of those countries, ‘These are real acctomplishments. Flaws can and will be picked in them, when professional naval experts “do their stuff” at Senate committee hear- ings and amateur sea strategists per- form on the Senate floor itself. Doubt- less much will be heard of the “safe- guarding” or “escalator” clause of the treaty, whereby any power—Great Brit- ain is mainly in mind—may build be- yond prescribed limits in case any non- treaty country—France is here chiefly meant—makes it necessary. Prime Minister Macdonald, after sign- ing for his government, went as far as he could in giving the world reassure- ances that the “safeguarding” preroga- tive will not be invoked to the destruc- tion of the limitation principle. “I hope 1t will never be used,” he said, “but if it has to be, that will only happen after every effort has been made to avoid it. ‘The British government is ready now, and always will be, to strive with might and main to prevent this arising.” ‘Whether the “escalator” clause ever comes into operation or not, it cannot be gainsaid that the London treaty is the “great accomplishment for peace,” which President Hoover calls it. It is & new and bright feather in the cap of American statesmanship. It does not dethrone the war mentality of the world, but it is a constructive, concrete step in that direction. It deserves, as such, the prompt and ungrudging ap- proval of the Senate and the cordial support of the country. —_— e In earlier days of English literature & good detective story was a noteworthy event. Now every alert newspaper prints two or three mystery thrillers a month. The Prison Horror. Testimony given before a State board ©of inquiry into the Columbus Prison fire indicates clearly that there was a shocking lack of judgment on the part of some of the guards in the matter of releasing the prisoners from their cells. Conflicting statements are given, one of the guards who had possession of the keys to the cells in the block menaced by the flames and smoke and from whom they were taken by force by two of his assoclates declaring that he had upon the commonwealth. ———te The People’s Money. President Hoover has a second time warned Oongress that appropriations must be kept within the budget figures if a deficit in the public Treasury is to be avoided. Yesterday he addressed let- ters to the chairmen of the Senate and House committees on appropriations calling attention to the fact that one hundred and twenty-five bills have been reported by standin; committees of Congress or have passed one house or the other which would authorize an additional expenditure of $350,000,~ 000. These measures are above and beyond the annual supply bills for the Government. Many of them carry comparatively small items. But in the aggregate they reach a huge sum. Many of them have merit. It may be neces- sary to pass some of them. But the President's warning is timely. The country has experienced a constant re- duction of the Federal tax rates since the close of the war period. A resolu- tion of Congress, approved by the Presi- dent, has lopped $160,000,000 off the tax bill, which the people are paying on the incomes received in 1929. No one wishes to see the Treasury placed in a position where the Federal taxes will have to be increased or a bond issue made by the Government. A government differs little from the individual family when it comes to liv- ing within its income and on a budget. The danger to any budget i8 not from the major causes of expenditure, but from the dribbling away of money on the smaller items. It is against just such dribbling of the people’s money that the President has taken a stand. Many of the proposals advanced in Congress looking to the appropriation of public funds are worthy. But are they sufficiently worthy to run the country into debt? The country is not at war, but in the midst of peace. The Federal Government already is expend- ing & vast amount to aid the American people in making greater success of their private undertakings. It is pour- ing out millions of dollars for education, for public highways and for a score of other meritorious objects. The House is about to have before it & river and harbor bill, authorizing large expenditures. Here is a measure which provides for many projects of exceéding merit. It is a measure upon which individual Senators and Repre- sentatives may seek to fasten many amendments still further increasing the amounts to be expended ultimately by the Government. The river and harbor bills of the past have frequently been labeled “pork-batrel” measures, It does not necessarily follow that the new bill can properly be so named. Neverthe- less, it s a measure which will bear watching. The President did not in his letter specify any piece of legisla- tion by name. Whether he had in mind the river and harbor bill can only be conjectured. Economy in governmental expendi- ture is always necessary. When publie expenditures becorme a burden on the people some of the measures compelling these expenditures become a grief to the people rather than & blessing. The House and Senate in dealing with the annual supply bills have kept within the budget figures, Senator Jones of ‘Washington, chairman of the appro- priations committee of the Upper House, has said. This is as it should be. To the credit of the committees on appro« priations it may be said that they guard faithfully against excessive expenditures of public funds. The danger usually is found in legislative proposals authoris- ing small and large expenditures. Once they are written into law the appro- priations committees are compelled to give these proposals consideration. ——— Prison discipline ought to be severe. By no stretch of imagination can the fear of destruction by fire be accounted a proper incident of punishment. The Ohio State Penitentiary horror calls attention to the need of plain human sense and a little less elaborate phi- lanthropy. S Police Cotrtesy. The announced program of Gen. Crosby to stress couttesy in his Admine istration of the Police Department meéts with the hearty approval of every resis dent of Washington. For the first time, yesterday, the new Comfisisoner met the commanders of the fourteen pre- arrest. With so many visitors constantly in ‘Washington it behooves the local police force to set a high standard of courtesy. It is one of the best advertisements for any city. A single policeman, in deal- ings with tourists, can do much harm or good to the city, according to his at- titude. Gen. Crosby's and Maj. Pratt's campaign, therefore, has the whole- hearted approval of every one inter- ested in the welfare of the Nati Capital. o e Telephoning with the dial system re- moves the pleasant voice of the operator and substitutes a mechanism as severe in appearance #s a microphone. “All the world's” a stage and the daily drama becomes more and more “mech- anistic.” ————ee Germany avolds waste of energy as far as possible. The service that Hin- denburg is still rendering as President proves that the Berlin government knows what to do with its brainy octo- genarians, ————— Every nation is calling for economy, and the great naval agreement just reached in London is a means of saving & vast amount of expense of a kind which almost invariably proves a pre- carious investment. —————— From time to time it is necessary to warn the public that the prospect of a Treasury surplus is something easily taken care of. Caution is necessary to avold substituting a defieit. - ————— A Maryland citisen was kidnaped in Mexico. The bandits of that nation are still practicing their ' profession, al- though a little less eager to introduce its methods into politics. ———— SHOOTING STARS. — e BY PHILANDER JOHNBON. Simple Dietion. For eloquence 'tis safe to seek In him who strives the truth to speak, And to express it is content, Without profuse embellishment, Although one speaker does his best To sway opinions of the rest, There is small hearing for the elf Who hasn't quite convinced himaelf. Music and Politics. “Are you fond of music?” “Very,” answered Senator Sorghum. “The orchestra reminds me of my own field of endeavor. No matter how the individual members may quarrel among themaelves, they can always be depend- ed on for genuine harmony when a leader who knows his business shakes a stick over them.” Jud Tunkins says the artist who makes the picture for a package of garden seeds is one of those geniuses who try to keep humanity happy and hopeful. Favorite Plant. The gardener will till The soil with patient doubt. The heating plant is still The one he cares about. Old-Fashioned Fame. “You have a very aistinguished an- cestry.” “Yes,” réplied Miss Cayerine. “I o8- casionally wonder how some of them succeeded it becoming so famous with- out employing press agents.” said Hi Ho, ften seeks to make up for his own shortcomings by enforeing the strictest rules of conduct for others.” Neéw Party Emblems. The elephant and donkey Often il us with delight. But the parrot and the monkey Still are bold to talk and fight. “I'd rather be a good singet dan & good talker,” said Uncle Eben. “When you sings, everybody knows whai comin’ an’ ain’ got no 'scuse foh gittin’ mad.” PO — And Rapidly. From the Jackson Citizen Patriot. According to statistics the horse cen- the country is decréasing. Someé- times we think that thé horse sense of the country is doing the same thing. ———— That's Soon Enough. From the Savannsh hl:ndnl N ‘What good is that new 1f we have t0 Wait 3,000 o prove it really is there? By that time just think of the planets we may have! cincts under his control and in the con- been ordered by his superior officer not to yleld the keys to any one, and the officer denying the giving of such order Certain it is that a delay of from eight o ten minutes occurred after the out- ference that followed impressed upon them the necessity of courteous dealings with the public. especially in minor tra fic violations. He told them that he was in entire sympathy with the new R ) Why 8o Often? Fiom the Akron Beacon Joufnal. A normal man is one who cleans his desk every six months and wonders why he saved that darned 3 » THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. How may the average person be im- with the love of books as Perhaps too many readers books as strictly utilitarian things from which something or other may be got- ten, but which otherwise are inani- mate, The truth is that books are com- mns. delightful to have around for selves, and with whom one is never alone. Lack of comradeship is the secret sorrow of countless hearts. It is to these men and women, who for some reason are debarred from those friendships which others make 8o lightly and keep so easily, that the appeal may be made to accept books as more than so much paper and type. For books are the minds of men, usually the best of those minds, and when you have the best of a human mind you usually have the best of the man, * ok ok ok ‘Thus every good book worthy of the name may be considered to be a perfect friend. Not just so much paper and ¢loth binding, mind you, but something more, Not just a pretty title in gold against a background of red, or blue or green. The “something more” is the soul of the book—it is its atmosphere, which goes out from it and which surrounds ‘aura” of a human body is belleved by certain sects to surround the human being. This is a book's intangible personality, which distinguishes it from other bocks and sets it apart in the affection of the reader. Book personality has nothing to do, in one sense, with whether a book amounts to much. There are man, 800d books that do not rank very mgfv\ in the eternal line-up of literature, yet have managed to endear themselves to many. * k Kk % We can recall one such book, a small thing in green covers, which was be- loved in a certain family and had been read for many generations. This volume never had a large cir- culation. From the standpoint of per- fect writing, it did not rank very high. Its binding and general “make-up” would have taken no ’Drllas at a typo- graphical exhibition. It would have at- tracted no attention from a stranger. Yet to the members of that family it was a perfect book, and above all & perfect friend, in a world where per- fection of books is as little known as perfection of friendship. These people, these readers, large and small, had learned the secret of making friends out of their books. This friend of theirs had a great spiritual signifi- cance, despite its shabby exterior and its thumbed pages. Had 1t been lost— which, thank Heaven, it never was!—a successor in fresh covers could not exactly have taken its place, because the new one mld h‘:’veh llucked the precise some- g which love and affection hi placed in the old one. . e * k x % This 15 what we mean by lookin bo%hu thfr‘lends. 4 Foe eir companionship & man can never be lonely, although p'o the world he may seem to be so. He finds within their covers old dreams and new, and goes eternally on great adventures, and finds great con- tentment, In books he sees that Diogenes was not colning merely a pretty phrase when he looked into the shop windows of Athens and declared, “How many things there are I do not want!” He finds that Socrates, in his peace- ful acceptance of the unjust death im- posed upon him by the rabble, was not merely making his fate acceptable to himself, but in honesty and truth spoke out his full mind. Here, in his books, the reader-com- panion finds a surcease from all the mpgery. the wear and tear of life, the craftiness and slyness which keep alive in men the worst marks of their com- mon human nature. R These book friends do mnot demand that they be handled with gloves, as the saying is. They have got to that point where nothing matters except that they be loved. This may or may not mean that they be read. Reading, after all, 15 only one angle to & book. To stress the point of read- ing is to approach dangerously near to the utilitarian viewpoint which we would shun. Every book lover has on his shelves several volumes which he has not read, and which he may never read, who knows? ‘The point is not that they are un- read or may never be read, but sim- ply that they are there waiting for the reader, and at the same time con- gbutmg their silent friendship to his e. Just as beautiful women of a certain quiet dignity cheer and help those who merely see them, so good books have a direct influence on the lives of those who live with them. * ok kK Books as companions have several marked advantages. ‘They eat nothing, take up little room and seldom change in appearance. They are as steady as the clock in their comings and goings, unless they chance to fall into the hands of a bor- rower, when there is no telling what will become of them. ‘The decorative use of books in the home is well known, but it should be stressed that this is something larger and more significant than interior dec- oration merely. Books teke on added importance by reason of the qualities which we have attempted to enumerate. Their atmos- phere, which helps make them com- rades to the sensitive ones of this world, extends throughout a room, transform- ing dull tables into scintillating pieces of furniture, making unremarkable chairs rather interesting. Note yonder easy chair. scal its cushions worn from use; the observing may even note that the springs almost sag to the fioor. Though not a thing of beauty, it bears silent testimony to many quiet happy hours which some one has spent in it with a book; and this invisible usage, plain and incontestable, has given it a genuine, homely sort of beauty which no brand-new piece could pos- sibly possess. Its arms are * ok ok X Book friends so enter into the lives of their human friends that they trans- form the very rooms in which both are joint partners. Even the booky smell which some old volumes send forth is loved as an in- tangible perfume of good sense, good manners and good living. Something of these qualities insen- siblv leaves good books and attaches itself to those who live with them. These friends are always helpful, neither asking for pay nor invariably seeking praise. o ‘They are the good book friends of life, with which no man is poor, with- 01“; which no man can be said to be rich, WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VIL‘B. Circumstantial details are lacking, but the sf persists that the Hoover medicine ball cabinet has just suffered its first rift. At least a certain charter.,| member some time ceased turning up for the early morning game and the little birds that twitter in House grounds are whispering that there's & reason. The causes alleged for the maiden breach in the spheroid- throwing ranks run all the way from differences with “the Chief” over the Wotld Coutt to the suggestion that med- icine ball proved too 'eNuous & pas- time for the lately departed. He has long been a pillar in the Hoover church, but recent rather conspicuous worship of false international gods—according to the tale his colleagues have heard— has undone him. * ok ok x Next Saturday, off Hampton Roads and Newport News, Uncle Sam's two at aircraft carriers, Saratoga and Xington, are going to do thel before a distinguished delegation from Congress. The big “mother ships” of avy's flying service have just come into the North Atlantic from the ma- neuvers in the Caribbean area. Their regular station is with_the battle feet on the Pacific Coast. From their huge hulls and 900-foot decks, Saratoga and Lexington will release whole flocks of the complement of 120 airplanes which each of them carries. They will go through a variety of stunning evolu- tions, 1neludml{e the dropping of bombs on targets. ar Admiral William A. Moffett, chief of the Bureau of Aero- nautics of the Navy, who has just re- turned from the London conference, will attend the show. He is smile. wreathed as the result of his success- ful efforts to keep the Washington treaty total of 135,000 tons of aircraft carrier Strength stabilized under the new pact. e Anybody who has tried to hear him- self think in a Washington hotel restau- rant these tourist days will see some- thing sweetly reasonable in the typo- graphical error on a card placed at the plate of every guest in a well known down-town hostelry: “Attendants will park your car ‘wmle‘dlnninl here.” TELE Now that the Post Office Department has barred delivery of letters or cards bearing freak addréssés—such as caric tures of popular radio stars—this ol server’s attention 18 drawn to a couple of amusing salutations successfully sprung on the postal authorities of other ays. ‘Benjamin Franklin got a letter addressed, “Franklin, The World.” Brander Matthews once mailed a mis- sive to “Mark Twain, God knows where.” Mr. Clemens received it in Switzerland, and replied, “He did.” M ¥ Propaganda for the League of Na- tions, t6 which even Senau‘ulrreconcu- ables will hardly object, is now on view at the Corcoran QGallery of Art in Washington. It consists of a collection of drawings of League personalties, in- ¢luding a graphic picture of the Coun- cil in session at Geneva. The artist is a Oakley, a League enthusiast, who has spent many months in Switzerland for the purpose of illustrating, from time to time, the progress of events at Geneva and compiling a permanent record of the statesmeén who are shap- ing them. Miss Oakley's graphic pencil has portrayed vivid likenesses of Briand, Macdonald, Stresemann, Chamberlain and the other world figures, who have pirouetted across the League scene in recent years. She calls the collection “The Miracle 6f Geneva,” a titlé which typifies her conception of what's going on there. * ok K K Ambassador Dwight Morrow 18 the Amherst man who sa! topped “Cal” Coolidge “would go 1! i than anybody else in the class 1895, of which they were both membeérs. Now comes Calvin and writes & preface for a blography for Motrow, which is Jjust off the press. “It is the glory of the United States that it can produce such eitizens,” says the former President in his several’ pages of encomium of the college mate whom Mr. Coolidge launched upon a distinguished career of public service. “It is said of Morrow ifted Philadelphian, Miss Violet | by id that sorrel- | the the flippant,” continues his eulogist, t he thinks of others so much that when he takes a train he does not al- ways know where he is going. But he never started for anything without reaching his destination. He always ar- rives.” Some say Morrow means even- tually, if not right away, to reach the White House. * kK 8ir Lionel Earle, permanent secreta: to his majesty’s office of works in Lm‘;! don, has just left Washington, after 8iving the new British embassy an offi- cial once-over. His job corresponds to that of a supervising architect of our own Treasury and comprehends the business of seeing that all British gov- ernment buildings at home and abroad are just so. 8ir Lionel found that John Bull's mammoth and magnificent es- tablishment on Massachusetts avenue is the impressive pile its eminent de- signer, Sir Edwin Lutyens, intended it to be, but that certain eccentricities of the Potomac climate were not taken fully into consideration. It appears that the supervising British architect, among other things, found that the whole win- dow scheme of the embassy had to be done over to make the building fly and mosquito proof. EoA President Hoover's private office in the renovated White House executive offices corresponds rigidly with his ideas of simplicity. Barring a couple of flags —the Stars and Stripes and the Presi- dent’s own standard, which stand be- hind his desk at the windows looking onto the south front—the room is ut- terly devold of decorations. The old circular bookcases which lined the walls and were filled with Supreme Court re- ports and volumes of the statutes were gutted by the Christmas eve fire and have not been replaced. For years an etching of Lincoln, which might have been a Whistler, was the only picture in the office. That's gone, too. The some- ‘what modernistic wall candelabra don’t look very Hooverial Songs for Musical Rail Whistles Are Suggested Prom the Boston Transcript. i From the sunny South comes a report that the Southern Railway has equip) some of its locomotives with chime whistles. The reason is said to be that the musical notes in the otherwise still watches of the night are not as likely to disturb the slumbering population of Southern towns as would the strident tones of the ordinary whistle. Engi- neers are represented as taking kindly to the new order. One is reported to be revealing the musical capacity of the chime whistle by making it play tunes. If that can be done, certain suggestions are in order. Southern Railway trains as they rumbled over the bridge across the Po- tomac after leaving the Washington St ht appropriately send &e familiar lrr{ Me Back to Ole Vir- y.” In the deep South, “Oh Jusannah!” 1t the journey of the banjo to Alal would, of course, be appropriate. “Dixie” would fit in anywhere, but might be played with suéh animation as to wake up the folk who have he fore been disturbed by the locomotive whistles. Selections of another kind would fit the case as grade crossings weré approached. “There Will Be One Vacant Chair” might serve as a WArning to the joy-rider. A few bars from the “Dead March in Saul” should carry the same admonition. Still fur. ther possibilities suggest themselvel Why not put a whistle player in the locomotive ¢ab to amuse the passem- gers during the daylight hours when e engineer could use the or ry whistle? Notes of the chimes might even be made to serve as first, second and third calls to the dining car. Some practical people may ho“l,d that | pol e these suggestions are fanciful, re- fer to regard them seriously. 24 open a pleasing prospect for New Eng- land, including the rendition of sea chanteys on the Yankee Clipper, “Yan- kee Doodle” on the Flying Yankee and on the Wolverine the song of the man who would be in Michigan. India’s Nationalist Spirit Causing Present Unrest To the Bditor of The Star: The World War brought sbout & fe- markable change in relation be- greatest war of history, sent their sons to the battle front to fight side by side with their one-time oppressors. After the armistice, when the victo. rious troops returned to their respective countries, the colonial warriors came home with the feeling that they had done their duty and helped to win the war, This feeling may be seen as a basis for the national movements which have taken place and still are in zm'resl in the colonies. Good schools from which the natives are graduating in in- creasingly large number and the rapid economic development have atrength- ened the feeling of independency of the colonies, for knowledge and Krupemy will always cause a thirst for liberty. The highly cultured Europe set them a good example. The downfall of the two great imperial powers, Austria and Russia, meant the erection of a number of new free republics. Out of the Rus« sian Empire sprang forth Finland, Esthonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, all of which are now marching toward & sound economic independence. The republics of Czechoslovakia and Hungary separated from Austris. And, consider- ing the difficulties all these liberated states have had to fight, they have all without exception been very successful. ‘The colonial problem is no_ doubt tics today. The greatest colonial power in the world, England, has often been confronted by the increasing patriotic feeling of its colonial subjects and has also found it wise to grant them certain concessions, The abolishment of the British protectorate in Egypt in 1932 when this country became an independ- ent kingdom, the self-government granted lia and the have for the time being turned them into allies instead of into rebellious sub- jects of foreign oppressors, and they are enjoying an economic progress based on peace. The present conditions are thus of vast importance to but no doubt some future no more form a part of British Empire. England’s excuse for not grant- ing India self-government is that the population is nof ;:_Ebh to attend to the matters of state. may be right, but the natives have a different opinion, and the consequences are the feelings egainst Great Britain, The pres- ent civil disobedience movement against Britain is more serious than most people think, and the snowball has just start- ed rolling. Mahatma (le. “the great soul”) Gandhi, the leader of the move- ment, 18 excee ly popular with the natives who consider him their libera- tor, and once the slumbering spirit of India is Toused the English supremacy En, ‘Whether 's polidy in handling the situation in India today is right. 18 a question that only the future can answer. With the colonial experience of the English statesmen, they no doubt were aware of the seriousness of the civil disobedience movement from the start. They might have checked th“e, movement by repealing the “salt law,’ which is the bone of contention and the apparent cause of the disturbance, but on the other hand this would have been considered a weakening of the English ‘With the exception of the possible arrest of the arel& leader himself, the arfest of Gandhi's leaders and friends was the greatest blunder the English could have made. The fraction of the Indian people who believe more in violence than in civil disobedience considers this act a violence on the part of the British. And as violence can only be met with violence, the result i§ the clashes which have occurred, and which noudoubt ;z: m‘:i forerunners for more bloody encoun! ARNVID NYGAARD. Parent Takes Exception to School Discipline Order To the Editor of The Star: To an article published in The Star of April 17, 1930, under the heading “Brings Teacher Reprimand,” I wish to take emphatic exception. It refers to Mrs. Laskey Johnson, a teacher known to me by meahs of the fact that two of my children have been in her and_conscientiousness, at the Henty D. Cooke School, during the past eight years, are well known throughout our neighborhood. A very unfair act was committed to the Board of Education in making pub- between this teacher, and the pupil in question. My daughter and several of her #choolmates were in the same room with this boy. They have witnessed and have told of the actions of this so- called “good boy.” They ¢ondemn him as constantly afnoying and distracting both Mrs. Johnson and the pupils to such a point that it interfered with the instruction of the class. ~1If this teacher lost contfol of herself to such an extent as to stick a pen-point into his hand, it was undoubtedly use of his exasperating ways which weré note- worthy among his classmates. And it is impossible to believe cven then that Mrs. Johnson maliciously inflicted the punishment as the article implies. ‘The Board of Education, as a result of | the above act, outdid iteelt | forth its poral pun! nt in the schools; & blow to law and order. What is a teacher to do with an incorrigible child? She ted to punish it and if she Board of Education’s attitude is merely one of criticlsm and penalizing. It would e ly be a great helj our school system if an efficiént officer from the Juvenile Ootirt would bé ap- pointed with authority to investigate an incorrigible child and mete out just corporal punishment to such an of- fender after the parents had been given due warning of what to éxpect. A publie, old-fashioned whipping and its accompt ylng shame will go a great ways towards blishing law and order —and will teach respect for the rights of others. A teacher should be allowed to at least report an Incorrigible child and authority shoul he is duly ';"fl?’ without having it marked af record. " person; , pains- In this case knowing eerrlene- Mrs. Johnson's ability, taking care and conscientiousness, and her constant and kindly efforts during school hours and after school hours to teach the pupils under her caré, that an injustice has been done to by the Board of Education and the in- complete article you have published relating to the unfortunate affair, CHARLOTTE L. GRUNWELL. Protests New “Fountain” In 20th and Q Sts. Park To the Editor of The Star: I should like to make & formal proe test against the mutilation of the lit- tle park at Twentieth and Q streets northwest. Of all the cheap, undignified drink- ing fountains we have erected in this city, this one is the worst, and does not | rfieetlng the French raise. After all this, compare with the horse troughs used here. I can see the objections to a 1 at this spot, but to up half Bagsiones waiih Tad %05, sitle e lagstones whicl a pe and a drinking cup that could not B £ e e 10 Bave & Arinking oo, ‘we are ave a N goodness sake do not set WD. isonous-looking affair like this, which would not do crédit to a hick town. C. AUGUSTUS SIMPSON. ———— The Height of Comment. Prom the Omaha World-Herald. It is contended that airmail postage should reach higher altitudes. the foremost question in the world poli- | it and| prgentine which mate"?—W. J. D, : The € | metal, classes, and whose very excellent record | tjo lic only one side of the controversy n Mre, " Johnson | g ifist edict vrohlbgmnl eor! that see that | It eel | thi If you have never used the ce, begin row. It is maintained for your benefit. Be sure to send your name and address with your question and inclose 2 cents in coin or stamps for return . Address The Eve- ning Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. in, director, Washington, D. C. Q. What name is given to motion pictures which are not talkies?—R. C. A. Since more talkies are now being made than pictures without sound, there i _an increasing tendency to mean talking pictures when motion pictures or movies are mentioned and to call the silent pictures non-dialogue pictures. Q Do many Italians have titles?— M. C. A. The former existence 80 many separate sovereignties gave rise to a great number of titles of nobility. There are many hundreds of princes, dukes, marquesses, counts, barons and viscounts, and many persons of patriclan rank with a right to the designation “nobile” or “signori,” 45 well as certain hereditary knights or cavalieri. " o I st bS8 G = WA ‘The average car when developing lum power uses a mixture of in Italy of |f . | approximately 5,500 members this year. Q. What was the cost of the follow- ing United States naval vessels: Con- stitution, thnn. Merrimac © and $36,000; $4,677,790. Q. Who was the author of “Damaged Goods"?—K. W. Q. Please explain the purpose of the Wakefleld Association and_the George ‘Washington Commission.—E. F. T, ST ey e Assoclation was from voluntary contributions rendering valuable service in Wakefield & national shrine. that Con '3."4 o;”a’lnnl m S cipal mementoes o prin w-m':’mmn. such as his mother’s home and all ascertained places of residence, ‘West Virginis, and routes of travel followed by Washington land or water within the boundaries those three States, all taverns, houses of friends, publi¢ and private bulldings presumably in existence of known to George Wi during his lifetime. Prom what is English as about IH? per c¢ent of air and 7', per cent gasoline by weight. The engine will operate satisfactorily and give bet- ter economy on mixtures containing as much as 94 per cent air, but will de- velop less power than with the richer mixture. engine will not operate satisfactorily on & mixture containing more than 95 per cent air by weight. Q. What is the new drink from the 18 called “gaucho Pan-American Union says A that gaucho mate is another name for | W yerba mate. Tt is a drink much tp&m in America ived?—A. D. A. English as spoken in this country is derived from many sources. Our speech has a Saxon base. Approxi- mately 20 per cent of the words in con- versational use are derived from Latin. We have many literary and ecclesiastical Latin terms and technical words de- fived from the Greek. A greater part of our household and poetical words are Saxon. There is a strong French in- fluence ally introduced by the conquest of of Britain by illlam the Conqueror, the Duke of Normandy. There are also in our lan- guage numerous words brought by col- onists from the Netherlands and also Q. Please give some informa e 3 wi is & hard gem stone, of which emerald and aquamatine are variations. Beryl contains about 14 per cent beryllium oxide and occurs in feldspar, especially in New Hampshire and North Caro- lina. Beryllium is the world’s test being only about twice as vy a8 water, Q. What is owned by the tactied tersliorien of the Sy les e have areas of 1 square muen uch,sum’ Q. What are twins calle: look alike?—L. T. D. it bt the smallest terr| ‘United Statess—¥ K B, in the same family usually are. Identical twins are always of the same séex and are strik- ingly similar, Q. Which is the correct title—British Empire or_British 3 r ire s the designation for the w)g)lr: ag e:-u w'-t rif linked together by allegianice to the British crown. The associated self- m;‘mnm="omrm;mlue: of & British en of oommngo of Nlfion‘l‘. S Q. How man; com| : uSh BT e sonpog e - . ational Safet; & staff of more than :o;.’xfflogmwnu v from & group of 14 members in 1912 to Weak points and advantages in the inte(u ing clause of the naval treaty, 2s prepared by the powers at London, are set forth in the courde of the debate that has followed the anfiouncement of the adoption of the principle. There are differences of opinion as to whether the provision for naval expansion in an emeigency tends to weaken the force of men treaty as a means of arms limita- “Americans should not be disturbed for a moment,” says the Richmond News-Leader, “because Britain insists that & safeguarding clause be added—a clausé permitting her to reassemble the conferénce and to seek revision in case naval construction of any non-sig natory power threatens her position. The United States would have precisely There ;.’..‘“""u‘“g’%‘.’.éh’” Tor ach excellent lent for such a nruulr% clause. It is to be found in Article of the five- T Wash- nln‘t:o n:l mtere:oty!of “(”' S T fear from a safeguardin clause in 1930 t.hn:x t::ere was lx'z“ 1922."‘ * e safety proviso impresses the New Orleans Times-Picayune as one that seems necessary with conditions as they are,” though that paper recog- fl-‘o‘;l‘c %'tzhmuclzum u:“ somewhat entary n el condi« tions.” The New %em unlfor con- fll}d@l mo'.'";ln is to be that the only on th%nmund f_its absol o a necessity, but in view of the nucum“':f icq and Italy, ‘auoh no amount of provides an which may not arise.” avers the Detrol; Free Pres, “and which, if It showd arise, will necessarily destroy th nul-‘i;n 08 of the signatories, * * limiting frame that “the outstanding achievement of the confer- ence is deemed to be the clearing away of naval fivalry mo% the greatest feé naval powers.” e Dally News concludes: e one femaining Source of anxiety is France's an_‘lrent deter- mination to go on building warships. That may Iniplre Italy to do the same. Thus Great Britain soon may insist on casting off the limitations of the three- power treaty in order that the tradi- DIcd 0 Otha? Baropean powers may” Wers ma maintained.” J “ et " * lhs\Tlxd be S i mmn“"‘uum the any ems en u"‘% News argues: future, the “The extra dollar which France spends be matched by for fighting boats will porers taly— three dollars spent by the other —four dollars, if we include Ance, course, is relatively no stronger than before. It might as well have saved its cash. ~As that would save w the c;.lhd)’t all uliecmt n‘l I;.‘ve confidently predic lore Pty Bl e jec y e of the rest of 2"‘ o Observing that the Japanese dele- tes “were not wholly satisfled with safeguarding clause,” the Kalamazoo Gazétte records that “they do feel that it is a loopHole which ml;htegmve dan- gerously témpt! conceding that ee of the Pacific Islands, de- | the - | must have a fleet France.” this P‘flo’nflwhlchhw itself. 'The poll tak American 1| toud The | tion laws. ‘There are 435 members of the House. Spanish and Indian words. Q. What are the reasons that the Army and Navy Schools cannot agree in regard to foot ball?—A. B, sp! manner in 1890, when they met on the old Plains of West Point. The following year a return game was played at Annapolis. The series was inter- Tupted after the 1893 game, but was resumed in Philadelphia in 1899, where two service schools met on Frank- lin Field. The first gridiron strife be- tween the two schools occurred after no game between the two institutions in IIO‘%‘ year. The war stopped further con- tests until 1019 and from that year until 1928 these two schools played annually. THe differencé in eligibility rules and the number of years students were allowed to play have been two of ;.chg main differerices between these two Q. How many trained nurses and practical nus 2 R .:r_’: gn:;;: there in the United ttee on the Medical Care says that a wen?l“:n:-‘ meration rade last Fall showed that there were 151,996 practical nurses. It :Iz‘l’m"nvl: t‘r:l%‘ed W1t:'uue- at 200,000 and ot s M0 ‘hospital personnel Safety Clause in Naval Pact Subject of Varying Comment declares: “It is fine to have belt on which you can go u; l::rm £= at will. That sort of treaty should be B 18 Mg ov oo sowetn'mak o or go down in not build- ** k% “Obviously such a provision,” ing to the Hartford Courant, “impairs and may lead to invalidate the treaty; for if Great Britain increases its mates both the United States and Js Wwill be obliged to do so. No matter the provision is , its ent now will stand only as long as the naval situation does not change. it will not change during the six which the treaty will run may be much to hope, inasmuch as France given evidence of a strong de tlon to enhance its imperial and g":':‘" by the construction of & eet. “TO the more or less simple-) | American public,” states the frl:ln Record, “an armament aty that opens so ready a way to nsion seems a contradiction in t limits but does not abolish tive construction. The conference duces a paradox—reduction upward. ‘The Manchester Union sees it as “the pect? needs 724,000 tons of warships, has refused to change that she is given sm-nmal which neither Great Britain 4l with equal Gejermination that sha equal to that la Poll Reveals Congress Still for Prohibition P erocs 1 il diy. OF & least that illing to express en by the North Newspaper Alllance will cheer who are urbed by the ’P'lrrl!m-nd 'S were not so coy. bers the Senate were polled. Only 34 replied, of whom 29 stand for con- . enforcement of existing prohibi- One hundred and sixty-five replied to & telegraphed request for their views. Of these an even 100 are strictly dry, po- litically. Fifty-two stand for repeal and 12 for modification. One member refused to state his views, but said he would meet the issue at the oomlnf election. His statement would probably also express the views of many of his 270 silent colleagues, who see no merit in hastening to cross a bridge that might be replaced by & better one by the time they get to it Perhaps a good many of these N late 2%0 in House and 62 in the Crary Digest pol Somes out. 0+ T es O ‘course, it. has been known for ears that the Congress was dry. That why the récent prohibition hea e been more important as fore: exhibitions than as a collection of evie dence to guide lej tion. The Allle ance poll reflects fairly accurately the recent mmx‘ o& prohib! ztlnn“mi:nuru. Meanwhile the 5! ring from more of the re pes turns from the Sout are Fising het some of these sam jut some of leaders who denounce the t eoun. now are the same who warmly dztendeé oy Fhere '1s_admittedly something to b said for the Japanese view of mat- P it in the Fall of 1928 when it f accurately the election of a fi&fl News and Observer they favored.