Evening Star Newspaper, July 11, 1930, Page 8

A8 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D b istry out of office and precipitating e | “hat trouble is brewing th 'Tl;l,E. E\_‘_r;‘.m,fi fl:\R general election. W.:en the time came | unary Tacketeers in nrooi;:.u:n‘a r.E C., FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1930. Protest Against Protest. . ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS for a division for vote the Con- | talities are feared in the near future. WASHINGTON, D. C. se_vatives were solidly aligned for the Reverting to Chicago, it is to be noted FRIDAY..........July 11, 1930|emendment and the Liberals were|that there are no new developments in - —— | divided, not all of the latter following | the Lingle case save that one of the THEODORE W. NOYES. ... Editor | Leader George into the opposition lobby. | Suspects suppesed to have been arrested The The Evening Star Newspaper Company Busiuess Office: ith 8. and Peansyivania Ave. New Office: 110 East 42nd 8t ! ghieago Office: Lake Michiean Builaine. ropean Office, 14 Regent St.. London, Enmtand, Rate by Carrier Within the City. 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President Hoover has been asked to gend to the Scnate the documents and correspondence relating to the nego- tiation of the London naval treaty which hitherto have not been made public. The Tesolution of the Senate as finally | adopied carris the request to vhr; President with a qualifying clause that | he shalt send the documents “if not | incompatible with the public interest.” | This is the language which invariably | has becn used by th: Senate when re- questing information from the Chief Executive. Further, the resolution pro- vides that the President is to submit the documents, if he dogs, with such recommendations as he may make with respect to their use. In other words, if they are to be treated as confidential by the &ecnators, then he has merely to say the word and they will not be made public. The adoption of the resolution, which finally was brought about by the friends of the treaty and cerfainly with their | votes, has little significance beyond the | fact that action on the resolution brought to a close a sham battle whidh | has been going on in the Senate, under | the leadership of the treaty opponents, | for the last three dave. The way is now | left open for consideration and action on the treaty itself. Unless, indeed, tha opponents are able to bring forward | another side issue. The opponents of the treaty, some of whom declared in mMnging tones they were upholding the | rights of the Senate and were seeking to tear a veil of secrecy from about the london treaty,” have been informed that there was nothing in this cor- respandence which had material bear- ing on the treaty. It was being with- held merely because of the free ex- | pressions used by some of the cor- | respondents and because of the desire to maintain faith with others who had #poken confidentially. President Hoover, under the resolu- tion ‘adepted by the Senate—or under any resolution which might have been adopted by the Senate—is at liberty to withhold the documents requested. He may determine that it would be unwise to send them to the Senate, or he may send them. if he so desires, with a request that they be not made public. Bo far as any actual effect upon the government won by three votes. A bit of strategy which was veritably stage play In its spectacular quality very nearly upset the government's applecart. A group of the younger Conservatives, estimated at from fifty to one hundred, absented themselves from the chamber prior to the final vote, leaving the gov- ernment in a substantial majority on the preliminary ballots. It was hoped that this apparent ease of victory wou'd cause some of the government suppo ers to drift away from the session before the last division. Just before that divi- sion occurred these absent Conserva- tives, who had been hiding in a club across the street, poured into the Par- liament Building and the Commons Iobby by back passages and but for the prescience of the Laborite whips, who had a tip that something was doing and held every man in line, this last-minute accession of opposition votes would have carried the amendment and caused the government's resignation. Thus the responsible ministry system by-plot of the young Conservatives was a bit of British humor, a sporting prop- osition, a game of politics. Had not somebody in the Liberal.ranks been wise to the scheme the ministry would have been defeated, Premier MacDonald would have resigned and a general elec- tion would have been ordered for which Bngland is not prepared and which eould not conccivably ameliorate the economic conditions from which that | country is now suffering. ¥ r——— France and Italy. France has now replied to Italy's recent propcsal for an indefinite sus- pension of 1930 naval building pro- grams. M. Briand yesterday announced that the French would cease all con- Struction plans until December, in order to pave the way for naval nego- tiations with the Italian government. Dispatches from Rome suggest that M. Briand'$ gesture is considered an insuf- ficient answer to Senor Grandi's offer idetrack the current year's navy program without date, provided France does the same. It is acknowledged that | Briand's suggestion of a six-month holiday will improve Franco-Italian re- lations, but leaves unsolved the thorny problem of naval parity, which Mus- solini demands. All this cannot obliterate the fact that Paris and Rome are undeniably getting together in an effort to bridge the | ominous gulf left open by the failure of Prance and Italy to join in a five- power limitation treaty at Londcn in April. That their respective statesmen recognize the dynamite in a simmering situation is manifest from the Grandi offer and the Briand rejoinder. Between indefinite suspension and a half-year Tespite there is, of course, a wide mar- gin, but not one that should prove insurmountable by statesmanship, if marked by good will on both sides. M. Briand told the Foreign Rela- tions Committee of the Chamber of Deputies that “another war in Europe I8 impossible and unthinkable.” Men used to talk that way before the World War, when Anglo-German rivalry at sea was at its zenith. Yet Armageddon came. It is a most hopeful sign that France and Italy are coming to terms congsideration of the treaty is concerned, his sending of the documents to the Senate would be immaterial. They “ throw no new light on the treaty. They eontain no pledges of any kind which are not contained in the treaty itself. The vote in the Senate on the pro- Posal to amend the McKellar resolution | Tequesting the President to send to the | Senate the documents was significant. Senator Robinson of Arkansas, Demo- cratic leader and a member of the American delegation to the London Con- | ference, offered th> “mendment, which provided that the President should send : ‘the documents if not incompatible with | the ‘public interest. A roll call showed | 38 Senators supperting the amendment and 17 voting against it. Of the 17 ‘weoting against the amendment, a dozen Senators are expscted to vote for ratifi- ‘eation of the treaty. The efforts of the opposition to the treaty, led by Senator Hiram Johnson | of California, to make the Amerleml ‘people believe that there are important | secrets regarding the negotiation of the | Tondon naval treaty—secrets which if revealed might arouse sentiment . agaiist she treaty-—are faling particu- ' larly flat, | e | A chagrmanship is important. In the @. O. P. it takes the spotlight, while many politicians of more historic pre-‘ feneions remaln comparatively obscure. — et — A Trick That Failed. Adwocates of s responsible ministry form of gevernment such as that pre- vailing in Great Britain are not encour- aged by the latest happening in Com- | mons, when the MacDonald Laborite government by the narrow margin of three votés escaped defeat and conse- qguent resignation. There is, of course, me earthly likelihood of a change from the present American plan to the British mode, vet from time @eparture is proposed as a remedy for certain ills and ineptitudes of the fixed- term system. ‘The present Laborite government of Great Britain s a minority party organization. enough votes in Commons to stand alone. It must have the co-operation of Conservatives or Liberals. In the present. instance the Liberal party is in quasi alliance with the Laborites. Yet it i¢ a precarious support. David Lloyd George, the Liberal léader, prefers to maintaln a Labor ministry to & Con- " seryative government, whish would prohably follow a, general election. Yet his support of Premier MacDonald is whimsical, erratic and at times unwel- coms. ‘This lajest crisis was brought about By a motion made by one of the Lib- erels, scting as agent of his party, to amend the finance act by exempting ' from income tax certain corporations in ,thé amount of funds expended from profits on replacements, improvements and extensions of plant. This amend- ment was resisted by the Liberal chan- cellor of the exchequer and his party to time this | The Labor party has not | with an issue which contains plenti- fully the seeds of conflict between them. Had Britain and Germany found it poseible to do so betimes, 1914 might have been avérted. 3 ‘The naval conversations between Paris and Rome have a timely meaning for America at this hour and for the United States Senate in particular. French- men and Italians are gravely ponder- ing the possibilities which lie hidden in a perpetuation of naval building competition. If the London treaty were to fall an era of new rivalry be- tween the United States, Great Britain and Japan would be almost inevitable. Ratification of the London pact, apart from any of its other aspects, is urgent- 1y desirable on that count alone. T A certain amount of stability seems {to be asserted n Russia. The town known as St. Petersburg, then as Petro- @rad, then as Leningrad has not changed s name in a considerable space of time. - mens Some of the irresponsible aviators are being referred to in suburban communi- ties sometimes as flying squirrels and sométimes as flying nuts. e - Public entertainment goés into the stock market and invites the public te invest, not only at the box office, but with the broker. Tariff retaliations may call for a con- ference with responsibilities equal even to those seeking to determine a naval ratio. i anie News From the Front. Dispatches from three cities give bul- letins regarding the latest development in gang government in the United States. In Chicago a gangster, evident- 1y accused and convicted of treachery to his organization, was “put on the #pot” in his own apartment. His wife, in an adjoining room, heard him pro- testing just before a pistol cracked and he fell dead. The police say that they know who his killers are and that they will ghortly be put under arrest. ‘This Is the forty-seventh gang killing in Chi- cago since the first of January. From Baltimore comes word of an exchange of shots between two rival gangs representing Philadelphia and Baltimore racketeers who are competing for the privilege of furnishing girl en- tertainers to Baltimore cabarets. The ocasualties seem to have been confined to two wounded gangsters. No arrests were made, From Binghamton, N. Y., comes an- nouncement of an outbreak of gang warfare in Sullivan County over an as yet undisclosed lawless privilege or con- cession. One man has been mortally wounded and three men with interest- ing criminal records have been arrested, while conferences are now in progress between the prosecuting attorney of the couhty and the commander of the local unit of the State police. From Detroit no bulletins are lately forthcoming. ‘The gangsters there, _stood as a unit against it. The Con- + setvatives, who sre now in a state of Cisorganisation over the tariff question, naturally favored the smendment as a ikely fevs- for for 4= ‘he Liboesl mine > however, are quite active, but at present are mot executing any of their recreants. ‘This lull, however, is not likely to be protractéd. New York hes no nzws to raport save was put to a test by a trick. The little | { apartments in Los Angeles for extradition to Chi- cago seems to have vanished and no- body in the coast city apparently knows what has become of him. That is not a particularly thrilling happening, but | 1t has its part in the complex of gang government that is now a phenomenon of American civilization, e A Great Art Treasure. Announcement is made of the pur- { chase by one of the largest art firms in |the world of the Gustave Dreyfus col- Jection, now located in Parls, for t-ans- port to the United States and probably | for sale in this country as a unit or by !items. The collection has been valued | by the owning family at about six mil- |lion dollars, and though the amount pald for it now has not been disclosed, the sum is belleved to be an approxima- tion of that figure. This is rated as the in the realm of art.” | The Dreyfus collection comprises sev- leral hundred items, all of the “Italian | high renaissance.” It includes paintings, tures, panels, bronzes, terra cottas and medals. It comprises works of Ver- rocchio, Leonardo da Vinci, Desiderio da Settignano, Francesco Laurano, Mino da Fiesole, Rossellino, the Della Robbias, Francesco Cossa, Filippo Lippi, Filippino Lippi, Bellini, Neroccio, Donatello, Ber- toldo, Bellano and scores of others whose names are familiar to students, creators and appreciators of art. For fifty years this great treasure has been housed in of the Dreyfus family in Paris. It was started about sixty years ago, shortly after the Pranco-Prussian War, by Gustave Dreyfus, a wealthy French banker, who for forty-three years after labored unceasingly to im- prove the quality of the collection. Interesting speculation is aroused as to the possible future disposal of this rare assemblage of art. It is most de- sirable that it should be kept intact. Yet purchasers for so costly a collec- tion as a whole are rare. There may be some American connoisseur who is rich enough to take it as it stands and either house it for his own pleasure or give it to one of the great American museums of art. Such a treatment would entail an outlay of much more than six million dollars, in terms of the profit of the present purchaser and the provision of a proper housing for the collection. Would it be beyond the range of reason to suggest that this treasure be secured for the Nation with emplacement in Washington in the Na- tional Gallery, a permanent home for| which is soon to be created? ———r———— A few legislators appear to contem- plate the London naval pact much as they view the Volstead act, cherishing an abiding belief that they can get 1id of it if they do not happen to like the way it works out. 3 ———— Even literature has its market vicis- situdes. Books that sold for $5 are now selling for $1. The decline in price, ow- ing to popular ifipulse, does not per- mit any question as to the basic value of the books. o There will be beauty contests on the beaches in spite of the fact that there is no record to show what careers have been achieved by multitudinous beauty prize winners of the past. ———— Messages are promised from the worla beyond by Conan Doyle. They will be more than welcome if he can make any one of them as interesting as a Sher- lock Holmes story. oo Line-ups for the Fall campaign con- vey reminders that the big politics of this country is by no means confined to presidential vears. r—.— Prohibition is complicated not only by the rum-runners, but by the political BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Many people kick against the hot his own for half a year or more the weather, when, as a matter of fact,|prospect of having from four to six there are a great many reasons for months without the expense or trouble praising it. {of heat is something to look forward Mostly the grouch of mankind against to. Undoubtedly it helps make him the heat is due to physical discomfort, enjoy Summer. which cannct be gainsaid, but which| In Summer there is plenty of heat may be mitigated. | supplied by Nature for all practical pur- We can think of 10 good reasons, off- | poses. Often one feels as if he would hand, why the Summer is the pleasant- | be wil'ing to spare a part of it. Surely est time of the year. Here they are, if some of Summer's heat could be as the radio announcer says: | condensed and stored for Winter use 1. There is not so much illness. {the lucky inventor would make a for- 2. There are no heating problems. |tune, and probably might be able to 3. Cold drinks taste better. | write several books about it into the 4. Windows and doors are open. | bargain. 5. .Pleasures of outdoor sports, in-| cluding bathing. Heat undoubtedly makes cold drinks 6. Playing with lawns and flowers. taste better—at least while they are 7. Leafy shade helps eyes and minds.| going down. The solemn assurance of I 8. General and helpful “let-down” in| medical experts that cold drinks are| living. d for one has not made the least bas 9. Pleasurable contrast of hot days dent in the habit. and cool nights (upon occasion). Pernicious or otherwise, the consump- 10. Relief after heavy thundershow-, tion of iced drinks has gone along mer- ers, both mental and physical. * ok ok ok rily throughout the American world. to the tune of clinking glasses These merits of hot weather perhaps|habit 45 not new. The Romans cocled “largest single transaction ever achieved | Tequire some explanation. their wines with snow. We of the United States simply have overdone the There is still plenty of sickness in|habit, as we do almost everything else. Summer, of course. This season the The pleasure of open common “cold” seems almost as widely| doors has much more to it than the spread as during the past Winter. | admittance of fresh air. Bus and car passengers sneeze fre-| up and down the street and across the quently, and mostly without taking the | w: y is more enjoyable. Somehow we precaution of placing their handker- | feel more at one with humanity during chiefs before their mouths. No doubt there is much infantile { the hot months when houses are open. The excellent plan of some engineer | and other illness, some of it brought on| to keep windows perpetually sealed and by the very season which we are prais-|to supply moistencd and cooled air ing. This is inevitable, and is com-|through ducts overlooks the psychologi- bated by modern science, better living | cal factor invelved in the average lik- conditions and the diffusion of knowl-|ing for open windows. edge. In the main, there is less sickness, although probably more discomfort. The latter, as we have attempted to show before here, is mostly a question of skin discomfort, and can be helped miaterially supercleanliness, ~ light cating and thin clothing, the laiter reduced to a minimum during the day and at night to nothing. Even the advocate of closed windows and doors during the cold months will be willing to admit that the plenitude of fresh air during Summer perhaps helps keep people healthier during hot weather. Although no air may be stirring, closed windows on a Summer night seem to suffocate one. The moment the windows are raised one seems to breathe better, although actually it is a question whether any more air ccming in. Every one knows the sense of op- pression which one suffers when a rain- storm comes up on a hot night, necessi- tating the closing of windows until the deluge is over. The very air seems red hot until the moment arrives when the windows may be raised again. But we anticipate our tenth virtue of hot weather. It is enough to say that living conditions help toward better health in regard to the major complaints when the trees are in leaf, thermometers rise and hu-| 2Vay from it. When trees manity perspires, * kR x The lack of heating problems may seem a curious reason to adduce for liking Summer better than Winter. Yet| down” in every one knows that heat in Winter is a problem, whether one resorts to coal, oil, gas, wood or whatnot. In this climate one must have arti- | "videspread and universally ficial heat about eight months out of| the year, if he wants to be sure of being warm all the time. If he does not mind being uncomfortable in the mornings and evenings, he can cut off his heat by the end of March. the man who runs a furnace of We question whether human bei will ever be able to feel at their ease scaled up behind. glass which t know is irremovable. * % k X ‘The pleasures of outdoors sports are so njoyed that they merely need mentioning. Yet they constitute ‘one of the true joys of the Summer season, one which can come only at this time of year, except to the fortunate few who are able to move around with the sun. Playing at gardener is another Sum- mer happiness. The grass grows only during warm- and pleasant weather, Now, if ever, one gardens. Now is the time to make a lawn and to care for the same. The happiness of roses, gladioli and lilies comes to the amateur, as to all men, during the hot weather. To get the beauties of these flowers he must be able to appreciate Summer. Summer tolerance, and . especially | actual Summer liking, comes as a mat- |t |to forget the heat, as the phrase has| er of appreciation. One must be able it, in enjoyment of the good things the season brings. Leafy shade, unknown at other times of the year, enters into the life of humanity, helping both eyes and minds. The race is tree-minded and cannot, get e bare the world waits for them to be covered with leaves again. Those of us who live in and near Washingtop know the beauty and help of trees. As for a general and helpful “let- living, we mean the very spirit of the season, which rather relo- gates the heavier aspects of life to the cold and darker seasons. Many serious institutions are shut entirely. Our last two reasons for enjoying Summer hinge upon a certain sensuous enjoyment of rapid contrasts, Althbugh based upon things physical, they in- voive the use of intelligence, and their proper enjoyment is the final crown of Summer living. Minority Report on Tréaty Analyzed as Factor in Fight The| b windows and | The prospect | On Non-Mail Deliveries To the Editor of The &tar Of all the silly, selfish, nonsensical articles submitted to your paper I think the one protesting “against the “'so- called” three-day mail stoppage which appeared in Wednesday's edition of The Star heads the list. First of all it was silly because Con- granted ti . Evidently lawmakers censidered that suspending Government activities on that particular Saturday would be for the good of all concerned: the ones who received the holiday were thankful and likewise concurred: so why should one person pretend that his judgment outranks the combined judg- ment of thousands? quantity of mail handled at this time of the year falls far short of that han- dled during the Christmas season I be- lieve the postmen were glad to get the extra time, even though the load was a little heavier on Monday. Second, it is selfish to ask a few em- ployes to work when others are enjoy- ing a vacation just because some in- dividuals feel that regardless of the rights and comforts of others their mail should be delivered. There is a strong presumption that no harm was done by mail going undelivered until the fol- lowing weckday. The street cars and busses did not suspend operations be- cause their largest business is on holi- d The same can also be said of other public carriers, end we must not forget that provisions in the charters under which they operate deal with this | particular question. | All in all, the protest might have been overlooked had not a reference i been made to our good President. Why shouldn't a man who is at the head of great Nation like ours, and who is h with the whole world, receive t all times regardless of holiday houldn't the people of the United ates show courtesy to the various lega- tions here in Washington by permitting | their mail, both personal and official, to | be_delivered promptly? It must not he forgotten that it was a representative of a foreign country who rendered such inestimable service to our country dur- ing the Revolutionary War. Last, I want to ask our good friend | three questions. Why did he not protest When this same thing happened May 31? Did he stay at home and refuse 1o enjoy the prolonged holiday just to see It he would receive mail on Saturday morning? Does he still remember the excellent service rendered by the postal service last December? M, E. READ, ——— | PoorSeating Provisions at | Independence Day Show | To the Editor of The Star Now that the Monument Grounds have been cleaned up after the Fourth of July celebration it may not be amiss to say a few words concerning the affair. One wonders just what sort of the managers had in their minds, sold us seats in what we fondly d was the “grandstand,” where we were to sit in comfort, listen to the speeches and music and see the “torch- t parads." after which the fireworks to follo: What we discovered after getting there was that the “talkies” were to be over at the Sylvan Theater, and that our paid seats were simply for the fire- vorks. W discovered very early at they were not named seats and that if we left them and wens over tn the Sylvan Theater we would never find the seats again or at least if we did we somebody else in them. So ¥ from 7:20 until 9:30—sat and cussed and discussed the whole plan of the show and wondered just what the committee had in mind. Also we saw people with two tickets for scats passed through the gates car- rying with them all the way from one to six kids of varying ages, each of whem v soon comfortably seated on | mai | And | st those who came later and had tickets, I shouid say that practically half of the people on the scats were children for whoin no tickets were sold, The fireworks were a success, but every one was dead tired with waiting three long hours for them to start. | "'We all regretted that a policeman 1 'm:!‘ of the chairs to the exclusion of | | The popular view of the minority) taken an impression would be an atti- | Was hurt with a falling bomb, However, report of the Senate Foreign Relations | Committee on the London naval reduc- tion treaty is that it represents the opposition in Congress. Issue is taken particularly with the contention of Sen- ators Johnson, Moses and Robinson of Indiana that it is a “billion-dollar treaty for the purchate of naval inferiority.” The 11 objections raised by the dissent- ing Senators form the chief subject of the discussion. “It is preposterous,” in the opinion of the New York World, “to say that we were outmaneuvered by the British and Japanese, when the facts are that they have agreed to stand still in practically all categories while we build furiously to equal them in some and surpass them in others.” The World argues as to the American delegates: “They got Britain runners for office. r——— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Inevitable Rightness, ‘When Eve and Adam misbehaved And troubles came along, In language primitive they raved, “This world is going wrong!" In classic conflict heroes bled, Inspiring epic song. The vanquished usually said, “This world is going wrong!"” Herr Einstein now conducts a school In mathematies strong. If it obeys Ike Newton’s rule, “The world is going wrong!” Opposing forces show their might. Things stay where they belong And somehow keep on going right, Instead of going wrong. Safely Innocuous, “Your constituents never find fault with you.” “It has been my policy,” said Benator Sorghum, “to attempt as little aggres- sive force as possible. I have enjoyed a great deal of conservative support be- cause of a general impression that I can be relied on as perfectly harmless.” Jud Tunkins says by the time hi$ Congressman has worked out a call on & dial phone the mental strain has made him forget what he was going to talk about. Universal Argument, In low estate or wealth immense, The conflict ne'er relaxes, The rich dispute of precedence, ‘The poor complain of taxes. Sentimental Discretion. “Dan’t you think the Prince of Wales ought to marry?” “No,” answered Miss Cayenne. “It is his business to be popular. Think of the disappointments to millions of girls if he were to fix his irrevocable cholce on any one in particular!” “A vanquished foe,” sald Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “brings no tran- to accept an inferiority of about 8.1 to 10, and Japan to accept an inferiority of 6 to 10. They entered the conference with an inferior big-cruisen fleet and they came out with the right to have a decisive superiority.” position the Dayton Daily News quotes the statement by Earl Beatty, admiral of the British fleet, before the House of Lords “that England got the worst of the London treaty, because it was the only nation that made any reduction of its sea strength.” Referring to Senator Johnson's state- ment that the treaty “is un-American, that it gives us inferiority to instead of | parity with Great Britain, and that if we sign it we may do an injury to our growing commerce,” the = Columbus Ohio State Journal contends: “While it is almost apparent that the treaty, if ratified, will not work to our benefit in any way that we can discover, we do not oppose it for the same reason that the Senator does. * * the treaty only as it affects the United States, and, viewing it from that angle, it is apparent that the treaty neither reduces armaments nor expenses for armament, and it doesn’t contain within it the slightest impetus toward that noble but theoretical cause of a lasting peace among nations. The few limited agreements which are contained in it are robbed of their power by the safeguard clause, which allows any of the signatory powers to break its prom- isés of limitation if, in its own unsup- ported opinion, a power not bound by the treaty adds to its navy in any amount that the signatory power be- lieves dangerous to itself.” * Kk ok X Answering Senator Johnson’s “fever- ish denouncement” with the contention that “overstatement is less effective than understatement,” the Springfield Union says: “A treaty that could grant to every nation everything it desired would be no treaty. A political world that could produce such a treaty would have no need of one. * * * If Con- gress takes advantage of the privileges aecorded under the treaty, this country will be in a position in 1935 to demand further parity and reductions of ton- nages, for then we shall have regained the ground lost between 1922 and 1930 owing to the failure of Congress to exercise this country’s option to build cruisers during that period.” “Opponents of the treaty are devising ‘reservations,’ "’ states the Seattle Daily Times, with the comment, “Obviously If the United States should reserve the right to go on building ships without limitation ,as to number or type, the whole purpose of the treaty is defeated, for the other signatory nations could not be denied the same right.” The Times suggests that “those Senators see in treaty debate the last chance they will have for some time to occupy any place at all in public attention.” quillity of mind, since he becomes a life- long enemy.” The New Cherub. ‘This Lindbergh will proceed No doubt quite soon to fly. His folks will say he is indeed An angel in the sky. “Dishere radio promotes laziness,” sald Uncle Eben. “One’ banjo player kin work jes' a little while an’ furnish music foh de intire country.” “Alarmist Senators,” advises the San Jose Mercury-Herald, ‘“should read Baron Shidehara's recent address be- fore the Imperial Diet. In this he said: ‘It is incumbent upon us to reserve to ourselves perfect liberty to present at the next conference whatever claims may then appear suitable under the given circumstances. That liberty is explicitly provided for in the present itreaty. There is no occasion for the I apprehension that the treaty of London is to bind us hand and foot for all time. To show one’s self unduly dis- turbed under the influence of so mis- In support of this | * We can view | | | | | most part been discussed | attachment of reservations tude little worthy of a self-respecting nation,’ " = Pointing out that the minority report | “lists 11 specific objections to the Lon- | don treaty,” the Kalamezoo Gazette contends as to the minority’s claim that haste in presenting the matter pre- vented proper consideration: “The in- teresting point is that the three pro- testing Senators firmly believe in the Justice of these objections, despite the ‘Indecent haste’ with which they have been asked to consider the treaty. Without ‘sufficient time to study its provisions,’ they are able to set forth 11 specific objections to the treaty and to condemn the whole document as un- fair to the United States.” The Providence Journal maintains that “the reasons they advance for their denunciation of the pact have for the at great length by the members of our delegation at London. And in nearly every instance the refutation of the arpuments of these foes of the treaty has been more con- vincing to the laymen than are the assertions of the three Senators.” The Muncie Star suggests that “their logical course would seem to be—and that should have occurred to them, but ap- parently did not—that possibly all others in the regiment are not out of step because not keeping time with the objectors.” The Appleton Post-Cres- cent charges “flagrant misstatements and distortions” in the report, and serts that the position that “we can bulld the cruisers Great Britain ‘per- mits’ us to build” is an “insulting term, both to the British government and to our own.” “More rhetoric than logic” and “ap- peals to blind prejudice” are among the terms employed by the Chicago Daily News, with the accompanying statement that “foes of the treaty do not stop tc ask themselves what the psychological, political and economic effects of rejec- tion of the instrument would be. They dare not face that question.” The Bal- timore Sun assails “resort to every sort of stuff and nonsense to delay ratifica- tion,” and the Louisville Courier-Jour- nal describes the protest as one that “appeals to International suspicion rather than logic, to emotionalism rather than reason.” Incidental facts in connection with the “blistering adverse reports” receive the attention of the New Orleans Times Picayune, which observes that “the treaty opponents reason that their best hope of defeating the pact lies in the udaccept- able to the other signatory nations, or by delay of Senate action,” and advises that “the treaty's friends, forewarned, should be armed against the opposition tactics.” In the course of a summary of the arguments, the Danbury Evening News remarks: “Of course, this treaty does tie our hands, so far at least that it prevents us from doing the things that we agree not to do. But it also ties the hands of those who enter into the agreement with u - Don’t Try Both From the Tulsa World The recent airplane hop between Flor- ida and California proves that it is absolutely necessary to stay in either place. . Real Partiotism From the Racine Journal-News, We prefer to belleve that the high school principal who suppressed the stein song was only patriotic. N, Will Stay Home From the Oakland Tribune, The announcement of Queen Marie that she will be glad to live a quiet life may be construed as a promise she is not going to visit America. ———— The Great Lure. From the San Antonio Espress. Back-to-the-farm movement always u‘ popular when tb: watermelons are Tipe. we in section 2 all regretted sincerely that if a bomb had to drop on somebody {1t did not drop on the heads of three | men, a policeman and two Marines, who stood in a huddle right in front of our | section during the fireworks, interfering | with our view very materially. They | were requested to scatter out, sit down r fade away by sundry and varicus per- sons in the seats without avail. Sar- casm, pleadings, threats and even vefled | but expressive profanity from those be- | were there to the end, What a joy 1t | would have been to see that bomb descend upon them! We would certainly have cheered the arrival of the am- hulance to take them away. ILL C. BARNES. r———— A Vivid Memory of Arthur Conan Doyle To the Editor of The Star: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle has recently passed over. T remember with pleasure, | when in England some Summers ago, of having been invited to spend a few | days with him at his estate at Crow- borough, in Sussex. I went there with | Dr. Allerton Cushman, a distinguished Washington scientist, who, too, has recently died. It was a pleasant journey of about an hour's rid> on the train from London through beautiful country. Our host met us at the station, dressed in sporty golf clothes, and we were soon welcomed at the house by Lady Doyle very gracious, and the three children, very much alive and incessantly doing things. The house was low, covering considerable extent, and seemed to have grown by additions or accretions. To the front were trees and a beautifu! ose garden. To the right, on entering. spacious dining room, and on the left of | the central hall an immense living room, hung with game trophies and arms: easy furniture, a library of psychic books, an open fireplace. The boyvs loved pets and had a number. One of these, a snake of considerable length. curled itself contentedly in front of the open fire as we converss The chief characteristics of Sir Arthur seemed to be force and a quick, nervous action. His speech was quaintly Scotch, abrupt and direct; his nature, however, sympathetic and kind. Lady Doyle was particularly gracious in manner and conversation, very suave and gentle. The children were irrepressible. 1t was a simple country home of gentle pe | ple. without ostentation. In the afte | noonour host took us a long d alternating with walks, during which time he showed us the fine trees, superb views and places of historical interest. In the evening there was a seance. 1 was not present on that occasion. Sir Arthur will be known longest, 1 think, for his classic of “Sherlock Holme: He was also an untiring investigator of the phenomena of spiritualism, but was not himself a psychic. I remember well, as recently described in the papers, the locality where Sir Arthur will be buried. It is a field to the left of the house, where the boys' pony was browsing at that time. 1In the far corner is a Summer house. Weather permitting, this was frequently his workshop. Near to this Sir Arthur will be buried. It scems a fitting place. OTTO TORNEY SIMON. .- Limited. From the Florence, Ala., Herald. A man with short arms is grievously handicapped when trying to {llustrate the length of the fish that got away. - Put and Take. From the Bioux Falls Daily Argus-Leader. Election to office puts the concelt in a man; service in office takes it out of him. ———— Ice to a Polar Hero. From the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel. Wouldn't you like to watch Admiral Byrd when he gets his first ice bill? Inasmuch as the a in! | hind them didn’t do a bit of good. They | BY FREDERIC l Many readers send in questions signed | only with initials, asking that the an- SWers appear in the newspaper. The space is limited and would not accom- modate a fraction of such requests. The 1answers published are ones that may interest many readers, rather than the one who asks the question only. All questions should be accompanied by the writer's name and address and 2 cents in coin or stamps for reply. Send your | question to The Evening Star Informa- tion Bureau, Prederick J. Haskin, direc- tor, Washington, D. C. Q. Where did Earl Sande learn to ride>—O. P. A. Earl Sande learned to ride in Idaho when he was 11 years old. From | & neighbor's boy in American Falls he bought a little pony for $15, and with this pony he raced the other bovs and their ponies. A few years later at a Fourth of July celebration he rode in a race for the leading horseman of Amer- ican Falls. For a year and a half this| horseman and Sande worked the State at the county fairs and finally came to Phoenix, Ariz. Here Sande entered the employ of a liveryman, and, whenever opportunity offered, raced two of the livery's horses. At a world's fair in Arizona he won 26 match races in one da; | Q. What is an American-plan holel?i —M. I M. A. Tt is one where the tarift charged | covers both the price of room and meals. Q. What is the word for the twining | of vines to the right as they climb?— | d: 1.8 | "A. It is described in science as geo- | tropism. Q. How many cones can be filled from a gallon of fce cream?—A. M. H. | A. It depends upon ti® size of the dipper. The usual size allows 35 cones to the gallon. | Q. How old is Emil Ludwig?—K. J."| A. Emil Ludwig was born January 25, | 1881. Q. How much _difference would it/ make in the speed of an alrplane if it| did not have to carry landing wheels| and gear?—T. M. A. Engineers say that if planes could pull up the landing gear into the body of the plane while in flight it would in- | crease the speed of fast planes as much as 50 miles an hour. | Q. When were newspapers first pub-| lished at sea?—H. G. P. . | A. Marconi inaugurated the first| daily newspaper, the Cunard Daily Bul letin, in 1904, on the R. M. S. Cam pania. Q. Who keeps up Mount Vernon, the home of George Washington?—L. W. | A. It is maintained by the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association, which is an| organization of women from all parts| of the Union. The small entrance fee goes to the upkeep of the establishment. | What is the size of the White House grounds inside the fence?—J. | O.R. | A. There are 181, acres within the fence. Q. What is the “Young B. R A. It is the scheme finally worked | out by which the payments of Germany | to nations injured in the World War may be finally determined and settled. Q. What color is visible in the dark- ness?—M. N. A. There is no color that is visible in absolute darkness. plan”?—H. Strickland _Gillilan, Hoosier bard, | ought to try his hand at another “Off Agin, On Agin, Gone Agin, Finnigin," with Claudius H. Huston as the hero of | the ballad. The theme would only have to be altered to depict the G. O. P. n: tional chairman as n, out and bick | “agin.” At least, that’s where matters | stand after yesterday’s amazing pro- | ceedings at Republican headquarters in | Washington. Few politicians believe | that Huston's evasive communique tells the whole story of what happened. Un- less certain party leaders who sat in at the conference suddenly became tongue-tied, there was plenty of plain | speaking. Neither George Moses nor | | Will Wood is accustomed to succumb to paralysis of the vocal organs on _critical | occasions. ‘The probabilities all favor | the theory that they talked right out in | meetin’. "Mr. Huston possibly was the coolest of the lot. No man under fire ever presented a more unruffied front| than he did when the newspaper men bearded him at the end of the day. As a smiling dodger of leading questions, | Washington hasn't known his equal in many a moon. | . B Supposedly Huston is not to make | his exit till the Senate adjourns, in | order not to give the Pat Harrisons, the Thad Caraways and other Democratic | devastators a national target range. But | the shooting will begin as soon as the | | Democrats strip for action in the im- | pending congressional campaign. They are persuaded it doesn't make much | difference now whether Huston goes or not, or when he goes. They rather think the delay in ousting him-—espe- cially President Hoover's reluctance to bestow the order of the boot—is all to the good from their angle. The Dem- ocratig anti-Huston ammunition dump would have been blown up only if Mr. Hoover had promptly sallied forth with a blast. Nothing of the sort having come to pass, the Democrats consider | that the Huston issue is theirs—to have and to hold. A plenty will be heard of it afore the ides of November. ok %k Secretamy Stimson, who was busy as | a bee on the floor and in the cloak rooms of the Senate the first day of the naval treaty debate, dignified with | an official denial the charge that the administration seeks party advantage from the London pact. Stimson de- clared he went to the Senate, in cxer- | cise of a cabinet officer's right to the floor, to pay tribute to a distinguished | Democratic * supporter of the treaty, | Senator Swanson of Virginia, who opened the pro-pact discussion. The Secretary of State might have gone farther and remained within the truth. { He might have added that without lib- eral Democratic support when the vote comes the treaty wouldn't have a Chinaman’s chance. There's a fair prospect _that the final roll call will re~ cord more Democratic) than Republican | Senator Tom Connally, Democrat, of xas, has sailed for Europe, his first trip across the ocean in six years. This s, he goes “unarmed,” a re- minder of the fact that when Connally | landed at Queenstown in 1924 the Brit- | ish authorities despoiled him of his six- shooter. Ireland was in turmoil and they didn’t think even an American | politiclan with a name like Connally ought to be at large in Erin with a gun on his hip. Later Tom's weapon was returned to him through American consular officials. Senator Connally is headed straight for Dublin. He wants to inspect in its suburbs a famous old ruin known as “Tom Connally's Folly,” a castle bui't a couple of centuries ago by an Irishman whom the Texan be- lieves must be a lineal ancestor. »* Aiw Edgar L. G. Prochnik, popular Minis- ter of Austria at Washington, warns his colleagues of the diplomatic corps to be careful about posing for the talkies, if the pictures are to be Shown “back home.” At any rate, Herr Prochnik suggests that advance notice of their exhibition be sent. Not long ago the Austrian envoy did a movietone in Ger- man for presentation in his own coun- try. It happened one day to be thrown on the screen in a theater in which a couple of Herr Prochnik's sisters were seated. They survived the shock of sud- denly hearing and seeing their brother WASHINGTON OBS J. HASK Q. How is Al Capone’s last name pro- nounced?—H. A. H. A. It is pronounced as if spelled “Ka-po-nee."” Q. When did John McCormack first sing in grand opera’—L. K. O. A. McCormack made his debut Octo- br 15, 1907, at Covent Garden. Q. When was the first lifeboat used, and where?—N. B, V. The first lifeboat was England at the mouth of about, 1790. Q. How many childien did John Rolfe and Pocahontas have?—P. H. B. A. They had one son Q. Will Canada have a good grape crop this year?—M. D. A. It is estimated that the 1930 grape vield will be more than 60,510,000 pounds, an incre; of more than 10,- 000,000 pounds over last year. Q. Why does a Lbster turn red when it is boiled?—W. G A. This change in the color of the shell of a lobster is the result of !hl’ effect of boiling water on the coloring material in the shell, and is a chemical change. Q. What is the surname of the Prince of Wales? Which of his Christian names is he called by his family?—J H. F. A. His surname is Windsor. It is stated that he is usually called David or Davy in the family circle. used in the Tyne Q. Did Andrew Carnegle leave $10,- 000,000 in his will to create a better understanding _between the United States and England?>—0. V. § A. He did not. But in 1810 he con- tributed a peace fund of that amount to promote a better understanding be tween the nations of the world. Q. What is meant in law by “nova- tior P, A. A. The word “novation” is from the Latin word meaning “new,” and its use in legal phraseology means a substitu- tion of a new obligation, indebtedness, creditor, etc., for an existing one. Q. Do Army officers above the rank of colonel receive promotion in the same way as officers up to that rank?— C.G. B A. Officers above the rank of colonel are selected instead of being promoted from rank to rank in the ordinary way. Q. What is the present name of Con- stantinople?—J. H. F. A. The ancient name of Istambul has been taken by Constantinople. Q. In teaching children is it better to start blackbeard lessons in seript or printed letters>—R. A. A. The Office of Education says that a great many primary teachers are using the script letters and a great many are using the printed letters. The use of the printed letters followed the se of seript, but is not considered less preferable. No scientific investigation has been made on the use of either. Some primary school teachers use both Q. s it true that if a poisonous snake is injured it will commit suicide by biting itself?—R. L. McR. A. The Bureau of Biological Survey savs that the biting which an injured snake sometimes inflicts upon itself is spasmodic, and should not be considered intentional and suicidal. The bureau says further that the poisonous snakes are known to have a certain resistance to their own poison, but that they could be poisoned by the venom of another ERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. “in person.” but wrote him that it was an exceedingly upsetting experience, * % % x Benator Reed Smgot, bridegroom, of Utah, held almost fncessant court in the Senate yesterday, as colleagues by the dozen ralli>d around to congratu- late the tall sycamore of Salt Lake on his latest matrimonial venture. The galleries scented the unusual in Smoot's neighborhood,* and soon pages were scurrying to his desk with .autograph albums sent down by visitors who craved the Utahan's John Hancock on 50 notable an occasion. Uncompromis- ing partisan and standpatter that he is, Smoot commands universal respect among his Senate colleagues, They particularly admire his industry. At 68 he remains the chamber's hardest work- ing member, KRN » Style scouts in search of dope on what men are wearing can get an eye- |ful thes> hot days by looking down upon the special Senate session. Every known (and unknown) variety and hue of Summer toggery are on view. PFash- ion honors go to Senator Vandenberg, Republican young guard, of Michigan, The editor-statesman 1s knocking out the eyes of his envious confreres with a double-breasted white-serge suit of ime maculate cut, which is apparently im- pervious to humidity. Vandenberg claims hitherto has been known only as a furniture center. (Copyright, 1930.) v The National Capital. From the Atlanta Constitution. For several months the two houses of Congress have been deadlocked over the appropriation bill for the District of Columbia, now practically wholly cov- ered by the City of Washington, the Capital of the Nation. The House in- sists that only $9,000,000 shall be given from the national Treasury for the up- keep ‘of the District, as for some years past, while the Senate wishes tg Taise that to $12,000,000 as a more cdltitable contribution. The status of the Nation's Capital is one of the curious anomalies of our Federal system. When Jefferson and Hamilton comprcmised the Capital issue by agreeing to locate the seat of the Federal Government on the Potomac River, concesslons were made by Mary- land and Virginia to constitute a Fed- erad district 10 miles square lying upon betin sides of the river. In 1845 Con- gress receded the Virgima part of the District to that State, reducing the District to about six miles square cn the east, or Maryiand, side of the stream. But those facts cut no figure in the situat‘on now. The Constitution provides among the powers delegated to the Congress one “to exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever over such District (not exceeding 10 miles square) as may, oy cession of particular States and the ac- ceptance of Congress, become the seat ol Government of the United States,” which power remains complete in the Congress, without let or hindrance by the residents of the District. They a.e dinfranchised, are unrepresented in the Congress and their municipal affairs are administered by officers appointed by the President, confirmed by the Sen- ate, or otherwise designated under the laws made by the Congress. The people who have elected to own {;rupert_v and reside leisurely or transact usiness in the District of Columbia, or Washington City, are not regular eciti- zens of the United States, but are sub- jects of the Congress, similar to Porto Ricans, Hawaifans and Filipinos. Those are all curious facts to exist in the heart of.the Union, and are the source of irritation and some forms of obvious practical injustice. One form of injustice is this recent refusal of the Congress to live up to a substantive law enacted in 1878 to apportion the con- tributions to District expenses on the basis of 60 per cent by the peopls of the District and 40 per cent by the Federal Government. o Washington Is Safer. Prom the Adrian Daily Telegram The idea is spreading that the reason Congress doesn't adjourn is that the members are afraid {0 go horae, it was made in Grand Rapids, which = .