Evening Star Newspaper, June 28, 1930, Page 6

THE EVEN With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY.. ..June 28, 1930 THEODORE W. NOYES. ...Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office: Rate by Cacrier Within the City. vening Star. ...... 45c per month vening and Sunday Siar (when 4 Sundays) ;60c per month 85¢ per month Sc yer copy Collection made at the end of euch month. Orders may be sent in by maii or 1elephone NAtional *000. Rate by Mail—Payable in A, B All Other States and Canad: ally and Sun aily only . unday only . Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitied to the use for republication of uil news dis- atches credited to it or not otherwise cred- tea in this peper ana also the local rews Dublished herein. All righis of publicaiion of soecial dispatches herein are also :eserved. drance. oniy ay ouly £4.00. ¢ mu.. 40c 1 500: 1 mo.. 80c What About the District? Before midnight on Monday the dead- lock between the House and Senate on the District appropriation bill must be broken or some method devised to pre- vent the calamity to befall the unrep- Tesentgd taxpayers of this community should all funds for continuance of the city's activities die with the death of the fiscal year. The extent of this calamity cannot b> reckoned now. The situation fis an extraordinary one, probably with- out precedent in the history of the Capital. Relying wholly upon the National Legislature to legislate, and with the legislative machinery snarled by the hopelessly unreasonable, unethical and unjustified attitude of the House. the people of the District are left holding the bag. What falls into it between now and Monday at midnight no one can forecast. Debate yesterday afternoon in the Benate emphasized the District’s pre- dicament. Senator Jones correctly asked why the Senate should pass the con- tinuing resolution now before the House when that resolution names $9,000,000 as the amount of the Federal contribu- tion. The 39,000,000 sum is what is| holding up the regular District bill. If the Senate must yield, it would be as reasonable to yield on the regular Dis- | trict bill as on the continuing resolu- tion. But, Senator Fess wanted to know, if | Teither is acted on what will happen to the District? “The District's activities will stop,” said Senator Jones. ‘The proposal that the Senate keep the House from adjournment until the matter is settled reasonably would, if carried out, develop an interesting situ- ation in Congress. The House might re- sort to three-day recesses throughout the Summer. But every time it con- vened one of the handful of members remaining could raise the point of no quorum. Then the absent members would be liable to arrest until they pre- sented themselves in the chamber. On the other hand, a so-called gentleman's; agreement might be entered into be- tween the members of the House re- maining in Washington and those leav- ing the city whereby it would be un- derstood that the point of no quorum ‘would not be raised. But, again, what about the District ©of Columbia? It is about time for the House to Tealize that it has gone far enough in its efforts to cram an obstinate view- point down the throats of everybody else. The responsibility, as one of its members so clearly stated a few days 8go, now rests squarely where it be- longs. No reasonable man can fail to place that respomsibility after ex- amining the facts. And the facts could not be more clearly stated than they Wwere yesterday by Senator Bingham of Connecticut when he said: This is not a question of principle; this 1s a question of judgment as to the amount which the Federal Government should pay toward the expenses of the District. The Senate committee, hav- ing given the matter full and careful | study, came to the conclusion, not agreed in by all, but came to a unani- mous conclusion in the committee that $12,000,000 was the proper amount. That was their judgment. The House, by a large vote, decided that they would instruct their conferees not to agree to the Senate amendment providing a Federal contribution of $12,000,000. The Senate, by a large vote, stood by its conferees in their opinion that $9,- 000,000 was not a sufficient amount. Now, Mr. President. in conference be- tween the two Houses the Senate con- ferees have repeatedly shown their stand to be as follows: “This is a ques- tion of judgment between two amounts; we have made a careful study of it; we think one amount is right:” you have made a careful study of it and you think another amount is right; the only way to confer and to reach a decision between the two bodies that differ’—as the conferees do differ—“in Tegard to the amount is somewhere in between the two.” Normally, as everybody knows, on bills | of this kind conferees meet about half | way. The amount in that case would be $10,500,000; but in order that the Senate conferees might not be accused of standing in the way of securing a proper bill for the District of Columbia, at the last meeting of the conferees they unanimously suggested their will- ingness to meet the House two-thirds >f the way and to come down to $10,000,- 000. The House conferees, however, in- | dicated their unwillingness to come u) one cent above the $9.000,000. * * ‘The House conferees have not felt that the request of the Senate for a reason- able compromise was worth listening to. Does not the House admit that this is true? Being the truth, can the House any longer justify a disregard for the accepted principle of compromise at the expense of the Capital City and its $olitically impotent residents? el Lenin in decease has one advantage cver Trotsky alive. The public at least knows where Lenin is. ———— “Intervention” in Nicaragua. Uncle Sam is “intervening” again in the domestic affairs of Nicaragua. But it is once more a form of intervention invited by the Nicaraguan government and designed for the nation’s own good. The United States for the second time has been requested to supervise the Nicaraguan presidential election, and a distinguished naval officer, Capt. Alfred W. Johnson, late chief of naval | greater several weeks ago to repeat the experiment. Perfect order prevailed at the polls two years ago, thanks to the excellent arrangements mapped out by Maj. Gen. Frank R. McCoy, U. 8. A. He had an American representative in charge in each of the 432 election dis- tricts. Gen. Moncada, Liberal, was chosen President by a majority of some 20,000 over Senor Bernaro, Conserva- tive. No popular vote, in Nicaragua's politico-revolutionary days, ever regis- tered such proportions. Drawn to the polls by the assurance of a fair vote and a square count, the electorate turn- ed out en masse. It was alikke a tribute to the Nicaraguans' civic sense and to their confidence in American motives and methods. Events next October promise to take no less satis- factory ® course. The United States Marines are still in Nicaragua in considerable numbers, but, liks Capt. Johnson and his election aides, the Leathernecks are there by invitation. Their principal task is fo bring about the establishment of a stable national constabulary. The Marines and the election force have still other American comrades in Nica- ragua—a picked engineering battalion of 400 officers and men of the United States Army, who went there in Sep- tember, 1929, to survey a route for the proposed new interoceanic canal. The engineers, too, are in the country by the express authority of the Nica- raguan government. If all this be Yankee “intervention” in the purely local concerns of a sister American republic, let critics make the most of it. One thing is fairly certain: it is a species of interference and in- trusion of which the 'advantage is far more on the side of the invaded than of the invader. ——— The Crime Commission. Under the leadership of President Hoover a commission on law observance and law enforcement, composed of men highly qualified for the work, is investi- gating the whole question of law viola- tion in the United States. Any Ameri- can who lcoks the situation in the face will agree that something should be done to bring about a lessening of law violation in this country. The crime statistics show an enormous and ever- increasing list of law violations. The President's so-called Crime Commission is engaged in an important work, seek- ing the causes for these great increases in crime and preparing to make rec- ommendations which should aid in re- ducing crime. Yet the Senate of the United States is not content that this work should continue. By its vote yes- terday on an amendment to the defi- ciency appropriation bill it reduced the sum to be used by the Crime Com- mission to $50,000, instead of $250,000 recommended by the President, and provided that the commission should confine itself entirely to the subject of prohibition. ‘The President’s Law Enforcement Commission already has done a great deal of work. It should be allowed to complete this work and submit its recommendations to the President and to Congress for their guidance in ad- ministrative and legislative work. The effort of the Senate to confine the scope of the commission’s inquiry to prohibition and its enforcement is picayunish. It is a pennywise, pound foolish policy. Long before prohibition became the law the crime statistics, such as they were, showed an alarming situation in this country. Criminals flaunted the law repeatedly with far immunity than punishment than in foreign countries. To be a murderer apparently was a less hazard- ous occupation than several other risky occupations which come entirely within the law. The great delays in bringing ariminals to trial, all kinds of techni- calities which have enabled shrewd lawyers to get guilty men off scot-free, the failure of the law to apprehend criminals, all contributed to the unfor- tunate and dangerous situation. Undeniably, the prohibition law has added & new and large group of law violators in this country. But, as President Hoover has pointed out, the increase in law violations and the large number of such violations cannot be attributed alone to prohibition. The list of murders and other crimes has been on the increase in this country for years, If there were no prohibitory law, crime would still be rampant in Amer- ica. Unless the crime wave is to be permanent, something must be done. It is for that purpose that the Presi- dent’s commission is making an ex- haustive inquiry. And that inquiry should be completed. President Hoover has announced that if the Congress will not agree to pro- vide the funds necessary for the com- pletion of the work of the crime com- mission, he will undertake to get the funds from patriotic private Americans, willing to contribute to such a cause. That the funds should be denied by the National Legislature is a sad com- mentary. —————— Reverent throngs continue to gather at the tomb of Lenin. It is the privilege of the well known politician to assert rivalry for the respect shown the un- known soldier. . A Great-Great-Grandfather. A child was born at Spark Hill, Rock- land County, N. Y., the other day who has the unusual distinction of having a paternal great-great-grandfather who is still in active service as a member of the municipal organization of the city of Greater New York. John R. Voorhis, president of the New York board of elections, will on the 27th of July be one hundred and one years of age. Despite his years he is still at work. This child who was born the other day is the grandson of his son. Unfortunately for the continuity of this little one's ancestry, Mr. Voorhis' son, who would have been the youngster's great-grandfather, died a few years ago. Should the patriarch of the New York municipal building survive for, say, twenty-five years he has a good chance of being a great-great-great-grand- father, and those who know him feel that there is a good chance that he may remain for another quarter of a century. The other day it was announced that a veteran of the Far East, whose age was stated as something around one hundred and fifty years, is soon to visit the United States. If the East can intelligence at Washington, has been casigned to the duty. He is about'to embark upon it at Menagua. The Nicaraguans esperienced such sziisfaction with American supervision 1 produce a modern Methuselah surely the United States should. There have been many cases of centenarians in this country, but not so many as in the reglons where age records are not as THE EVENING STAR., WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY. JUNE 28 1936 THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. of their 1928 election that they de-|strictly kept as here. Tt is supposed ING STAR b that there is something hectic about American life that wears men out be- fore their time.. Mr, Voorhis is an ex- ception to it, if there is indeed such a rule. He has a clear and vivid memory of the happenings of the Mexiean War, while the events of the Civil War are as of yesterday to him. Surely the movies will not neglect the chance to show this great-great-grandfather and his great-great-grandson together, be- tween whose births more than a cen- tury extends. R S A AL Japan's Policy of Peace. Prince Iyesato Tokugawa, president of the House of Peers of Japan, has just addressed the Rotary International Con- vention at Chicago in terms that should give reassurance to any who may yet feel that the island empire is a menace to international peace. Japan, he said, has now but one absorbing thought, to There have been apologies for idlers, procrastinators, and so on, but, as far|t! as we know, there have been few briefs for the liar. r:n apology for lying, therefore, is in order. Mostly mankind professes to find a lie unforgivable. To call a man a liar is to invite a punch in the jaw. Yet the Joke of the matter often is that the epithet is merited. Almost every one—man, woman or child—tells at least one falsehood every day, sometimes more, as the occasion demands. It is a fault, or vice, or whatever one chooses to call it, which is learned very early in life, as every parent knows. It seems almost instinctive with hu- man beings to say “No” when, as a matter of plain truth, they should say Yes. " put her financial and economic struc- Y ture upon firmer foundations, and her foremost aspiration is to cultivate the arts of peace, It is evident, said Prince ‘Tokugawa, that this end can be obtained only by a policy of peace, good will and friendliness. Japan is, as Prince Tokugawa re- minded his hearers at Chicago, only & cluster of small islands, in great degree devoid of raw materials -essential to human existence and to industry. The Japanese look to the sea for food and other essential supplies. Upon the sea depends Japan's national existence. A few weeks of blockade would starve the people and would bring all factories and shops to a standstill. In these conditions Japan's naval need is solely for defense. It is enough for Japan to develop and maintain a navy adequate for this purpose. There can be no menace to international peace in any Japanese navy that merely meets this requirement. And in Japan's eco- nomic situation at present, proportionate naval reduction such as that effected by the London treaty is a blessing. In two sentences Prince Tokugawa expressed what may be regarded as the changed spirit of Japan toward the Asiatic mainland. He sald: “We cherish no territorial ambitions. We have no intention to impose any na- tional policy upon any of our neigh- bors.” This obviously refers to China. Here is a change indeed from the for- mer policy which was expressed in the “twenty-one demands” imposed upon China by Japan. Out of the complex of the Chinese situation there comes one clearly de- fined fact, that Japan is now favoring the establishment of a sound, stable central government on the mainland. Japan’s economic interests require a pacified China. That land is a rich market for Japanese manufactures, no- tably cotton goods. The turmoil in China, which seems to have no end, has greatly diminished Japan's market there. Japan has a huge task in the stabi- lizing of economic conditions at home, a task in which it has the hearty good will of this country for success. For Japan is a good customer of the United States, even as this country is one of Japan's best customers in what is al- most a reciprocal trade in raw silk and raw cotton. There is every reason on both sides to keep at peace and especially on the side of Japan. ————————— Lindbergh's baby is entitled to the assumption that he may be President of the United States. It must be con- ceded that no infant has started out in life with so much political influence. —_—atee A study of conditions in some parts of Europe may convince Senator Reed that the American public is after all in a comparatively peaceful and orderly state of mind. e i Many an admirable legislative idea for public beautification ané convenience amounts cnly to a prospectus after the appropriations committee discusses it. —————. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON, High Cost of Mirth. I wonder just what has become of the smile And what has become of the song That blossomed in merriment, once in a while, And were given to gladden the throng. The youth that was careless in happi- ness told ‘The joy that arose in his heart, Rejoicing to share it; and never made bold To bargain for gain in the mart. Each smile has a price that the public must pay. ‘The song takes a toll for its glee. Mirth grows rare and precious from day unto day, And only our sadness is free, No Torchlight Parade. “Why don’t we have an old-fashioned torchlight parade?” “It would be a mistake,” answered Senator Sorghum. “We couldn't use either kerosene or storage batteries without suggesting indignation con- cerning the oil business or the electric light bills.” Jud Tunkins says he's going to save up enough to travel in foreign lands where ne doesn't know enough about the local language to let people tell him their troubles. Nothing in Vain. An Einstein theory shows great skill, Although not widely understood; If Einstein gets a personal thrill, The theory does a share of good. No Such Anim; “What do you think of the camel as a symbol of prohibition?” “It appeals to me,” answered old Bill Bottletop. “It makes me think of the feller who saw a dromedary for the first time and exclaimed, ‘There ain't no such animal!’ " “Patience,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chihatown, “may be less a virtue than a necessity. He who has nothing else | must have patience.” New Political Emblem. John Barleycorn takes from his hip The flask, known far and wide, And, in the realms of statesmanship, Now struts with conscious pride. “Dé man wif a gun” said Uncle Eben, “makes you wish foh de old-time politeness when only razors was per- mitted” Such “lies” fall within the classifica- tion of protective devices, and as such no doubt have played an important part in the preservation of the human race. Let us not be too hard upon the sim- ple liar, he who tells a “tall one" in| order to avold something unpleasant. One should withhold a lecture until he is in possession of all the facts, and then perhaps he will not deliver a lec- ture at all, since facts are hard to acquire, * ok Kk ‘The truth about the lie seems to be that mankind has gone off too strenu- ously after the false maxim which would inculcate the sterling belief that big and little sins are all alike. No doubt such ethics may be admi- rable for the uprearing of the young— especially the very young. child 3 years old may be induced to believe that it is just as great a sin to| steal a pin as to acquire_ feloniously a | toothsome tuber, more widely known as a potato. All of us over that age, however, have a very large suspicion that neither the law nor the truth regards these matters in exactly that light; that even the most hardened judge would look leni- ently upon the man brought into court| charged with the terrible theft of one small pin. It is so with the lie. There are big lies, little lies, light lies, heavy lies, lies which sting, lies which hurt, lies which injure; there are lies which trifle; there are lies which defame; there are lies which doom a man to whatever hells may exist—and one may feel equally sure that some lies, told out of a full heart, have shed over them the| light of love and glory and entitled their tellers to & deserved place in Paradise. * K K % ‘The world of man has found it neces- sary, or at least has believed it has found it necessary, to profess an equal hatred of all lies and to visit an equal condemnation on all liars, so great has been the injury done by the telling of certain types of lies. In this matter mankind has seen no other way to pre- vent what it does not like than to frown upon that which it would otherwise ex- cuse easily enough. The fact is that the world of men | has twd ways of looking at life—from the mass viewpoint and from the indi- vidual viewpoint. assemblage of traditions, based largely upon emotions, which in their turn are solidly based upon the old taboos of the race. These run into antiquity. Not even the students of such things can tell positively how certain ideas of the human race came into being. The origin of beliefs is shrouded in the mist of years, but of which few things stand out clearly, charp-cut enough so that the individual of today may say to Perhaps a | ‘The former is an| himself, “Yes, this was the cause of As far back as the records go men lied to one another. No doubt in the beginning of speech a few men took (advantage of the new weapon which words offered and made use of it to their own ends. The simple sense of justice lying in human brains struggled to say what we of today can say easily | enough, “Why, you did not tell me the truth—that was a lie!” Basically, therefore, mankind must ‘be held to be correct in its assumption that a lie is a lie, and is to be frowned, | upon as such. This viewpoint would be entirely right if it did not completely overlook the individual human being. I Since the race began there has been | & struggle against the mob by the indi- | vidual. " The mob when in full force is more powerful in a ruthless, destructife | way. "The individual has felt this, and | has realized that in the handling of such a brute as the mob constitutes he has a right to make use of such weapons |as will yield results. Anything is fair {1n love and war, as the saying puts it. Simple and compound lies, therefore, |early came to play an important part {in the history of nations. Many un- | truths were not so much written or | oral statements as mere permittings of | others to assume certain things. His- | tory is full of such lies. x ok % % ‘The life of every individual, too, has its full share of the ) well conceived and handled. It is u.._ess to deny it. The man who won't lie when the situa- tion calls for it is a plain fool. What is this thing one calls a “lie,”" after all? {It is simply a rearrangement of facts to sult a given case. If the case justi- fies it, the lie i justified. Even Prof. Einstein’s mathematics give no better equation. The result is what counts, | honest man, by a decent man, then God will forgive the liar. ‘The crux of the matter reposes in the type of person who lies and in the Dus— pose for which he lies. The range Of these falsehoods runs from the so-called “white lie” of polite society to the false- hood which keeps from a dying man the truth of his condition. The multi- form situations of life and living offer countless opportunities for choosing be- tween a_ crude, harsh and merciless truth and a sweet, clean and decent lie. He who would hesitate between them is one with the cruel aspect of life. He is not civilized. Often there is a greater truth in_truth than the mere outer aspect. This is the shell, or mere letter of the law, as it were. behind the truth may be just the oppo- site of what the ruthless realist would insist upon. It would seem to the intelligent man that Nature made a vast and unalter- able mistake in permitting cruelty to form such a large part of life. One form of life slays and eats another, and the cther another, and so on up the scale, or rather down; for larger kills smaller, except in the cases of small things, such as germs, craftily turning the tables upon their hosts. It is again this inherent cruelty that the lie, which often assumes the guise of craftiness, steps in as an angel of mercy, right—and, yes, of the truth; that greater truth which flowers today throughout the world in deeds of mercy and kindness. We hope that no one will construe anything we have said here as an apology for the evil lie, the lie foul, indecorous, unwholesome, but only as an apology, if one is needed, for the sane lying of civilized human be. ings whose lives daily prove that, though facts are hard taskmasters, man | possesses the means of pleasantly out- ! witting them. Highlights on the Wide World Exce-pts From Newspapers of Other Lands ORTH CHINA STANDARD, Peiping. — Marshal Chang Hsiac-liang, the hero of Muk- den, recently addressed the soldi>rs at the Chinchow Bar- racks on points every militarist should remember. “During the Chihli-Fengtien war in 1924, said the marshal, “a fierce battle was fought at Shanhaik- wan. Afterwards it was estimated that 500,000,000 rounds of ammunition had been fired by both sides, while 50,000 men were killed or wounded. This proves that only a single man was either killed or wounded at an expenditure of 10,000 bullets. Think of such a wasteful use of ammunition! Since these munitions of war are bought with the people’s sweat and marrow, they should be used very sparingly. This is the more desir- able, as cartridges are the second life of the soldiers, as you may say. We should all—and soldiers especially—be very circumspect in using public prop- erty, and when the property is bullets, take better aim!™ R Witness Gives Unbiased Evidence. Evening Post, Wellington. — Some amusement was caused in the Supreme Court at Auckland by the outspoken remark of a witness who was describing an accident in which a young woman was run over by a lorry driven by a Chi- nese, He summed up his views by say- ing:" “T do not stand for the Chinese at all, but this was just a plain accident, | and could not have been avoided.” “You need not express your political views here,” remarked Mr. Justice Smith, smiling. Mr. Goldstine, one of the coun- =el in the case, said it was pleasing that the witness was showing no bias in his evidence. Rio Police Interfere With Prophet. A Noite, Rio de Janeiro.—Brazil has & new and voluntary prophet, a sort of modern John the Baptist, who not only delivers his sermons from the water's edge, but wades into the element and e e calls upon his disciples to follow him. | He carries with him a large tome, pre- sumably of sacred character, which he spreads upon the waves and opens, read- ing selections in confirmation of his testimony. Needless to say, he has had many who were ready to listen, if not to accompany him into the flood. His name is Jose Pedro and he has the ap- pearance of a poor laborer, but such were the first Disciples! The multitudes assembled to see him shout enthusias- tically, “Viva o Propheta!"—*“Long live the Prophet!"—after each of his invi- tations to become more holy, but re- frain from more convincing evidences of their conversion. Police of the twentieth district, apprised of the revival cam- paign of Jose, did not view the laudable efforts of the Prophet with approval, for they have terminated his eloquence and self-imposed discomforts by retiring him tc a haven where he can be treated for a condition of profound and lamentable mental debility, despite his vehement arrulznmenc of all the false piety of the 8, i Protest Dumping of Foreign Cereals. Evening News, Edinburgh.—A mass meeting was held at Inverness of land- owners, farmers, farm servants and others interested in agriculture to pro- test against the existing policy of al- lowing bounty-fed foreign cereals to be dumped in this country, lowering prices below the cost of production of home cereals. A resolution was passed call- ing upon the government to stop the importation of bounty-fed cereals. In the discussion it was asserted that agriculture has too long been the sport of the politicians. The dumping of for- eign cereals was a national disgrace and the agricultural situation a parlous one. Unless the government applied a remedy quickly, the farmers would all g in a te ed to the co-operation of the govern- ment, there would hardly be l'folrmer in Scotland, however, who could not add considerably to his labor bill, | Hawaii Successful |In Curbing Leprosy. | star-Bulletin, Honolulu—Over a pe- |riod of 60 years the effectiveness of | mandatory segregation in reducing the number of leprosy cases in Hawail is still doubtful, nor has the value of chaulmoogra ol and derivatives in the treatment of the disease as yet been es- tablished. However, cases’ of leprosy are annually becoming fewer in num- ber, but this decline aprears to be due more to biological and other factors than to mandatory segregation or any therapeutic measures. Symptomatic and hygienic treatments under hospital or sanitarium regime probably aid in the recovery of some patients, but studies of pathogenesis, early diagnosis and preventive treatment are required for | the promotion of more effective results than are being obtained. Hawail has practiced mandatory seg- regation of lepers for more than half a century, in a'manner and with an effi- ciency commensurate with the practices in any country in which the problem is comparable. The incidence among the Hawaiian people was of a very se- vere degree even as late as 1890, when there were over 1,000 in segregation, and an average annual admission of 150 | from a population of 40,000. Inter- | marriage “with Caucasian’ and other | foreign strains, improvements in hous- ing_conditions over the old straw mat in the straw hut, replacement of the family “poi” bowl with individual dishes and an improvement in diet are among the factors which have undoubtedly contributed to at least a noticeable dim- inution of the ancient malady. Pacific Coast Wants Share of Ship Work From the San Francisco Chronicle. Pacific Coast shipyards seem to have a pretty good chance to step into several millions of dollars in contracts for building boats being financed by the Shipping Board for Pacific Coast trade. ‘The yards on this coast have worked at a disadvantage owing to the freight charges on materials that must be brought here to be built inio ships. | The Eastern yards are close by the base of supply. But the Panama Canal tolls on freight constitute a consider- able part of the freight charges and these tolls must be paid whether on a ship or on raw material to be built into a ship. It seems reasonable that the cost of delivering a ship built in an Eastern yard for Pacific Coast trade should to some extent, at least, offset the freight charges on meterial pbrought here for building. However this may be, Pacific Coast builders say they are willing to absorb freight charges and cut their margins 1n order to get the business. And since the Sh!crping Board has 37 projects approved, 11 of them for Pacific Coast trade, and many more under considera- tion, including seven for the Pacific Coast depending on getting the mail contracts, the Eastern yards expect to be too rushed with work to make it worth while to cut throats to keep the business off the Pacific. Shipping Board officials are reported to have promised to give the Pacific Coast yards an even bLreak and these yards are going after the contracts for the boats to serve this coast. Four of these approved will probably run be- tween $4,000,000 and $5,000,000 apiece. ‘The other 11 will average about $1,250,- 000. The project of bringing this work to the Pacific Coast is one in which the whole coast should join forces. Congressmen Kahn and Welch and Carter of Oakland have done good woril and the campaign deserves senatorial weight added to it. The Pacific Coast needs this work and ought to have it King'; Royal Cigars. | Prom the Dayton Daily “Times. King Alfonso has joined the cigar- makers’ union, which is about the only sure way for a King these days to make sure his cigars "en‘t loaded. and if the result is that sought by an The real truth| THE LIBRARY TABLE By the Booklover To meet the demands on public eign life and letters, the American Li- brary Association has published “Scan- ! dinavian Literature,” the third course in the “Reading With a Purpose” series dealing with foreign literacure. The booklet, which has just appeared, was prepared for the association by Hanna Astrup Larsen, editor of the American Scandinavian Review. Deeds of those hardy Norsemen who worshiped pagan gods, plundered the coasts of Europe and drove their Viking ships to America long before Columbus sailed “past the gates of Hercules,” are recounted in the sagas with which Miss Larsen intro- duces the literature of Scandinavia. Handed down by word of mouth through the centuries, these sagas are rife with poetry, adventure and drama and col- ored by the epic struggle with the ele- mental forces of the Northland. How literature developed from these folk tales to the charming fairy stories of Hans Christian Andersen, the social drama of Ibsen, and the gloomy pas- sions of Strindberg, is told by Miss Larsen, who traces the varied trends in Norway. Sweden, Denmark and Iceland, and calls attention to many writers, fa- mous in their native lands, but less well known in America, whose works are now available in translation. Among living authors, she pays particular trib- ute to Knut Hamsun and Sigrid Undset, whose novels have already attained wide popularity in this country. Americans of Scandinavian descent will, of course, enjoy this simple and comprzhensive survey of the literature of their fore- fathers. Other Americans, who are planning Summer tours, will find it a useful guide to the mythology, history and modern trends of the lands of the midnight sun. In the words of an old Viking verse, “A better burden may no man bear for wanderings wide than wisdom.” Courses on French and Eng- lish literature have already been pub- lished in the “Reading With a Purpose” series and one on Russian literature is now in preparation. The books recom- mended In all of these booklets may be obtained through the public libraries, where the courses themselves are also available. * K K % Osbert Sitwell, in “The Man Who Lost Himself,” tells an odd anecdote of the ways of luck, chance or fate with human beings. Nielsen, a Scandinavian poet, living in London and starving in various professions, began drinking and stopped eating and was finally well on the way to the mad house. His de- lusion of being persecuted took the most frequent form of people armed with black umbrellas who would glide up to him in the street, tap him on the shoulder,. mumble some unintelligible words, and glide off again into the crowd or a dark passage. A friend, after much difficulty, persuaded him to consult a physician to whom his case had been explained beforehand. The physician had remarkable success at the first and only visit. He called the friend into the consulting room at the end and said to him in Neilsen's hear- ing: “He has now confessed to me that the occurrences which he has been talk- ing about are not real, but invented ones. He admits and knows it; and I have warned him of the appalling danger he runs by indulging in such his word to drink no more alcohol for a_year.” and his eyes had lost their look of fear, there for so long. The friend felt that a crisis had been met and passed and that recovery had already resulted. Remembering ‘that he had left his walking stick in the doctor’s office, the friend ran back for it, leaving Nielsen waiting for him under a lamp post. As he came back he saw Nielsen, with the light shining on him, suddenly turn around. “As he did so, a nondescript figure, carrying a black umbrella, sidled up behind him, paused, tapped him on the shoulder, mumbled a few indistinct words, and rapidly shuffed away into the darkness, The man was perhaps himself, mad or drunk—I do not know— but the fight for Nielsen's reason was from that moment lost; for this inci- dent, .which had so often befallen him in his own mind, with every illusion of reality, had now been enacted in front of a witness. I could not deny what I had seen, for to have done so would have been to sap still further his be- lief in me and in the world of com- mon sense. One shadow behind his sick brain had taken to itself sub- stance, and had thereby supported, and guaranteed the existence of, all the other spectres stalking in the back- ground. * * * And this casual veri- fication of fiction by fact was in the end responsible for Nielsen's death, for before a month was past he had killed himself.” o Suppressed in Italy, but read with interest in other countries, the volume “Escape,” by Francesco Fausto Nitti, tells of the imprisonment of the au- thor, nephew of a former premier of Italy, in the Fascist prison on the Is- |1and ‘of Lipari and his escape through |the assistance of two friends. The prison occupies the whole of the small island, which is connected with the mainland by a narrow jetty. Along ! this jetty, which lay in deep shadow | from ‘the steep rocks which formed one side of the harbor, Nitti escaped. In the little town on the coast the cafes and taverns where the fishermen were drinking were brilliantly lighted. At the foot of the crooked, steep street leading into the town were soldiers, playing cards and drinking, but holding rifles between their knees. There were warships lying in the harbor. Every- thing seemed staged for a recapture, Paris, where he was able to write his book. Yoo XK Stella Cardross, the villainess of Cynthia Stockley's new novel “Tagati” (Cynthia Stockley always has a vil- lainess), is one of the worst. She is beautiful and when attired in a shim- mering green evening gown looks like “a tinted cameo rising from a sea bath.” But her beauty ‘is not that of the soul. Not satisfied with her pro- prietary right to her husband, good- natured Dick Cardross, she claims the same right to the two owners of the Tagati mine, in Rhodesia, near her hus- band's farm. They both fall in love with Felicia Lissell, who comes out on a visit, and that makes things danger- ous for Felicia. In attempting to shoot Felicia, Stella, through a mistake, shoots and kills her own husband. She .has already attempted to poison Felicia and does succeed in poisoning an old countess from whom money is ex- pected. Of course, Stella does not escape from the book alive. ) Clara Viebig, veteran German novelist, has turned to the German public schools for material for a novel in “The Woman With a Thousand Children.” Marie-Luise Buechner, central figure of the story, is a primary teacher in a Berlin public school and the daughter of a famous headmaster. She is almost abnormally devoted to her work and her pupils, so that, falling in love with & young doctor, Droste, she has a pro- longed and devastating struggle with herself before she makes her choice. At first she decides to marry him and continue her teaching, but from ob- servation of a friend who has unsuc- cessfully tried this experiment, she changes her mind and finally gives up marriage and the doctor in favor of her teaching vocation. x kK % Among the important biographies to be issued next Autumn is “Charles W. Eliot,” by Henry James. “The comple- tion by President Eliot,” affirmed the ‘World's Work at one time, “of 35 years of service as president of Harvard Col- lege puts to his credit a larger con- tribution to educational progress than any other man has made in our history; nd he is perhaps today the foremost private citizen of the Republic.” Born into the Elot circle, Henry James is the son of Willilam James, whose letters he edited. He is now one of the over- seers of College. libraries for courses of reading on for- | fact: fancies. * * * And he has given me | ployed in the United States?—R. C. As the two left the doctor's | those instituted in Utah by the Mormon office, Nielsen was cheerful and sensible | settlers. . - | sized by the Wilmington Delmarvia Star, but Nitti got away and made his way to | #ized by the Wimingion Delmarvia Star, | {silent and lost for months while the| | Tribune, while “Byrd and his party re- | commoditie ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN. Stop & minute and think about this|year Canada plans to spend $87,000,000 You can ask our information on construction and maintenance of bureau any question of fact and get the | roads. answer back in a personal letter, It is| — a great educational idea, introduced| Q. How will Vergil's birth be com- into the lives of the most intelligent memcrated at Mantua?—L. S. T. people in the world—American newspa- A. Among the eparations being per readers. It is & part of that best Made at Mantua to celebrate the 2,000th purpose of & newspaper—service. There Anniversary of his birth is the develop- is no charge except 2 cents in coin or|Mment of &'l5-acre tract, which is to |stamps for return postage. Get the be planted with more than 200 trees { habit of asking questions. Address your and plants mentioned in his poems. letter to The Evening Star Information The space will be made to appear as Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, director, much as possible llke a Roman garden of the first century before Christ. As ‘Washi, m, D. C. Aahirghcs far back as the Napoleonic wars a simi- Q. How much money do people spend lar project was planned. but lack. of . | funds prevented its completion. The going to fortune tellers>—S. L. A. As far as we know, there is no| Vergilian Wood will be dedicatedy in estimate for the United States. It is October. said that New York people pay approxi- | mately $5,000,000 a year to fortune tellers. Q Do many girls work their way| through college?—C. A. A. In 1027-28 there were 71,000 women working their way, either en- tirely or partially, through college. This| was 23 per cent of the enrollment. ! Q. Does ivy polsoning ever leave scars?—G. P. A. Severe cases of ivy poisoning have | been known to leave Scars. Q. Has Pennsylvania had a Demo- cratic_governor since the Civil War?— F. K. A. A Democratic governor served from 1883 to 1887 and from 1891 to 1895, the same person being elected in each case—Robert E. Pattison. Q. Can music be written to be played on the shepherd's pipe?—D. R. A. Music of a simple character can be written for it. Q. How much water goes over Niag- = | ara Falls every minute?—E. H. Q. Please give facts about Ran-| A. The normal flow of water over dolph Field at San Antonio.—F. P. L. |Falls of Niagara is 500,000 tons a m A. Randolph Field, the West Point|ute, which is equivalent approximately of the air, is the world's largest flying|to 120,500,000 gallons. field. Several years ago the City of \ San Antonio bought 2,300 acres of land| Q. Is the character of Christus in and sold it to the Government for §l., the Frieburg “Passion Play” taken by a This was the inception of the $50,000.- | person chosen each time for the rol 000 project, which was dedicated on|B. R. A. June 20-21." The field is an innovation| A. The roles are inheritable, and the in atrport building. Heretofore alrports role of Christus is assigned to the have been built with the landing area|Fasenacht family. The present Christus in the center and the hangars and other | is the eighth member of the family to buildings around the edges. [Rnndnl;z;: play the role. Field's hangars, barracks, etc., are Wi s the center, and the Janding sfea runs| Q. What s fhe price of silver at around the ouuir{; J¢ wil be walled in | P on three sides angars, of which| A Ba There will be 26. > The Rying area will| Per ounce. be so large that 250 airplanes can take . I8 h back it in off at once in formation. | po: 1t horackack riding becoming uiore outs 2| A. As a recreation it is increasing Bl e bl i e }nplan{ in popularity. " In 1028 there - McE. | were from 300 to per cenf s S ',';m;‘;:’,{':';:,';gk;’,‘;,‘“";,,‘;;}f | riders in and near cities than there were late to make them of suitable viscosi- in 1921. Chicago outranks all cities ex- ties for use without the application of | "’F; London in excellence of bridle heat. ‘Pfll i oo | Q wnhat is the gm?,b ?,‘?‘z.v‘,.’,';i‘_jvi‘;’ ;;‘_pt“"d w .i sion “Hue and cry"?-—M. D. A. A noted instance of this kind oc-| A. The phrase was employed in Eng- curred during the Reign of Terror. The | lish law to signify the old common-law French armies were sent to protect the Process of pursuing a criminal with threatened frontiers of the country,|horn and voice. It was the duty of the Gen. Pichegru led an army into Am- aggrieved person to raise the hue and sterdam in 1704, At that time the Y, and his neighbors were bound to Dutch fleet was icebound in the Zuider | turn out with him to assist in discover- Zee near the harbor of Amsterdam.| INg or in pursuing the offender. Pichegru surrounded the fleet with his g cavalry and compelled it to surrender.| ; &; 18 there any, 9‘3:;;%' s The result was that the government of | g a | legends or picture writing the fact that/ the country collapsed and Holland Was| Norcemen visited this continent Re- in 1795. o - L4 IERCIE) I S A tween 1000 and 10067—S. C. A, e A. The Bureau of American Ethe 1,,:3’_,;“{3_‘"%' kil oy nology says, as far as it knows, no | formation has come down through the D e B e ettt tamgtn | Indinns regarding the Norsemen, It about 3,000 miles, knows of no source of information con- . it cerning the early Norse voyages other Q. Where was irrigation first em- | than those contained in the sagas, vere. Q. What is the new cover crop which A e o O e e | s Deing tsed in Plocldat =P, B, M. A. Crotalaria is a crop which is gain- ing wide popularity as & cover crop in clitus groves and young tung-oll groves. The plant is native to Africa, India, South’ America and Mexico. ver is quoted at 34 cents rigin of the expres- M. D. Q. How many miles of highways has Canada?—B. C. X A. It now has about 400,000. This Permanent Place in History Seen as Byrd’s Achievement Permanent contributions to sclentific tion,” in the judgment of the A:llnta ournal. “are among e richest ane knowledge are credited to Rear Admiral 0§00, 1, ever gathersd by such an Richard E. Byrd as the Nation acclaims | gnterofice™ and that paper reviews the his new record at the South Pole. So| contributions to geographic knowledge, great are those contributions, says the| meteorological science, geology and ter- public, that his permanent place in his- | restrial *magnetism. The = Hartford tory is assured, while the ultimate value | Times sees “exploits.in the field of dar- | of much of his material, it 1s declared, | ing and useful exploration” which are will be unfolded as science continues to| “among the finest history ever has re- advance. In addition he and his asso- | corded.” The Harrisburg Patroit thinks ciates inspire thoughts of the romance|that “his rank, already high among the of adventure, made possible in an age men who do things, becomes still which has inspired few narratives of the | higher.” type represented by his explorations. | N “When knights were bold there were| «As a gheer adventure, thoroughjy ¢ no braver men than these. Courage iS planned for and gallantly executed” as enduring as the race, and it is well| remarks the Dallas Journal, “Byrd and to emphasize it occasionally,” declares| his party would merit the plaudits with the Oklahoma Oity Times. The Al-|which the Nation has hailed him. That bany Evening News remarks that “he|it should have been carried out with is one who has made his dreams come complete success, and that every mem- true, who has studied and planned and[per of the crew should haye returned dared, has given up the comforts of | whole and in better health than when life to extend the borders of the known |the start was made, should distinguish world, and has even risked his life| the expedition as the most remarkable many times to add to the sum of hu-|in all the history of Polar exploration.” man knowledge.” o ‘The permanent place of Rear Admiral | “We can't all be heroes,” says the Ann | Byrd in the history of exploration and Arbor Daily News. “But it is fine and | of science is attested by the Fort Wayne fortunate that there are pioneers pos- | News-Sentinel, the Salt Lake Deseret sessed of a splendid bravery and intelli-| News, the Asheville Times and the gance that make them unafraid to | Flint Daily Journal. The Terre Haute tackle uncharted sea lanes and cloud-|Star says: “Byrd takes his place in blown sky paths, because they have althe hearts of the American people along vision that is far-flung and glorious. | with Lindy and Bobby Jones. In each Such men give wings to our souls. They | instance it is the character of the man make us stretch our lazy minds until displayed in his achievements which | they catch something of the wind-swept | wins him the love and admiration of distances. They blow the cobwebs out| his fellow citizens. America is fortu~ of our hearts and bring back the old | nate to have such heroes.” \ bellef in crusades and grails and knights | “As a result of this expedition,” it 1s in steel-blue armor.” | pointed out by the Muskegon Chronicle, * x k% | “there has been surveyed at least a “Daunting mixture of the intellectual small Fflenmntrln great Cor:%llnenr:.‘hur::‘l v g ha- | U ce but larger than the whole a e h e I eEIA" |of the United States. The s total of Beographic knowledge has been in- st var - |creased. Direct rewards are meager, Do i ohan e all ‘those bafire | but the great things that have beer them.” ~“While viewing the expedition | done in every age since time was have as “Vikinglike and stirring,” that paper | been done by men and women inspired adds that it “sailed southward with a by & better motive than direct personal program about as romantic as that of | rewards. a university seminar or an examination | for various Ph. D. degrees.” | “The old explorers disappeared, were | - Canadian Tariff Raises world walted to learn if they were to| o Offense to U remain silent or emerge with a new| From the Buffalo Evening News. story of discovery,” recalls the Oakland| Canada promptly raises duties on imported from the United turn long after a public has read of the| States to co: pond with the new rates daily adventures in the wastes.” The|imposed this country on importe Tribune in its praise concludes thatfrom Canada. The list of articles thus “the welcome New York tendered the | affected is somewhat significant. The; modern adventurers speaks the senti- are, cattle, sheep, horses, meats. rvm{ ments of the Nation.” The Syracuse deer, eggs. butter, oats, oatmeal, rye, Herald lauds “a ‘story of splendidly | wheat, flour, cut fiowers, potatoes, soups, planned enterprise, of human resource- | cast-iron pipe. fulness existing for the ‘conquest of | It will be noted that all of these, ex- appalling obstacles, of superb personal cept one, are agricultural products or Sourage, perseveraiice and effciency.” | direct manytactures from agricultural e Texarkana Gazette also pays its' products. he Canadians, studying the tribute to “intelligence, pertinacity and American act from its text, and not courage.” The Rock Island Argus ayers| from political speeches, appear to have as to the leader of the expedition, “He | no doul that it is an agriculturas is not only daring when courage is called | tariff. for, but is sane and sensible and pru-| Those Americans who wish to de- dent when such qualities are needed.” | nounce the tariff and o avold offend- & by ing the farmer vote at the same time “ - | will need to keep their arguments well Y| dian law. D reason Of fis many Worthy achieve- | 'Canada cannot be blamed for takin} magic of the pleturesaue nis ser ang | this measure of reprisal. 1t should net R Tecause he coque tn his act and | be regarded as an expression of ill will know. him through his exploits as 'ninglmsl the United States any more Taea) ofier Taough his explolts as an| than the American law embodies ill wilk & Tegular fellow? - The Jamcoviie Gad (toward Canada. In Canada’s case the Tetteoadds: "We like thete moron con | countervailing duties are a natural busi- e e l;z ;1" s, ?"‘ne&x policy, divorced from any foolish W e aase And pliin people; | theorizing, ' The United States has un- Ty Pisadine Smr‘-Ne:'ls‘ s:l;: _{‘“:y'd?gh:(en u’) bard u'x‘uam Canadian im- o ' | portations In order to reserve the mar- Droud ol thels achievements, but oy 8" [or,ome, Producers, Canuda,’cud Spolling it il By vaingioriout’ Dragging.” | ties in order that' an snlarged. homa “‘Some! ‘e tempt won- der,” states the Schenectady Gazette,| " where. yz’fi‘fl"i.".‘h;"'u"”é;m for it any effort to accomplish a difficult | either country than a freer interchange thing which does not bring a prompt | is open to demonstration and may call and material reward is worth while.| for the early attention of the Tariff The welcome to Byrd should prove the Commission. Inasmuch as the cost of answer to this. No buried gold awaited | agricultural production in Canada him in the Antarctic; not fortune| awaited his return. Yet a memorable tribute was paid him on his arrival in the United States—a tribute that could not be purchased with the wealth of Croesus. He was greeted as the man whose work was done—and done well.” i scientific fruits of the expedi-' much the same as in the United State the terms of the flexibility clause may apply to Canadian trade more favorably than to that of most countries. The subject, however, oan be studied on the basis of experience much more helpful- 1y than under the impulses of senatorial politics. ¢ 4 )