Evening Star Newspaper, September 9, 1930, Page 8

THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor Company Rate by Carrier Within the City. zenine St iy ¢ per month 85¢ per month Sc per copy ar ercop by mall of TeiEshons fion mads A [Ational 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. 1,M!I'!Ilnl and Vi Ffl: and_ Sunday rinday’ only 00; 1 mo.. 40c All Other States and Canada. y and Sunday. 1 only .. sy only . h‘r&l use for rep of all ne rlu.hu credited to it or Ited In this paper a al e local ‘Published herein. All rights of publication of al dispatches herein are also ‘eserved. 10.00: 1 mo.. 880 1 mo., 188 e The Future of Aviation. In the course of his remarks felicitat- ing Capt. Coste and Maurice Bellonte last night at the Board of Trade dinner in their honer, Capt. Edward V. Ricken- backer, American ace of aces in the World War, who was officially credited with downing twenty-six German planes, made interesting prophecies u| to the future of aviation and radio. , Linking both communication and trans- port through the air, Capt. Ricken- backer asserted that they would go hand in hand in the progress of civili- 2ation. Pifteen hours across the At- lantic, the treacherous expanse of water that took Lindbergh thirty-three hours to negotiate, and the daring Prench- men, flying in the opposite direction, more than thirty-seven hours, will be commonplace in the future. The gi- gantic R-100 and R-101, the biggest dirigibles in the world today, will be nothing but infants to lighter-than-air ships of the future and the huge crea- tion of Dr. Dornier, the DO-X, which is soon to fly to the United States, is but & pigmy in size with heavier-than- air machines that in the next decade or so will be constructed according to the captain's predictions. And the de- velopment of the radio especially in two-way communication between plane and earth will be the means of adding the safety factor to fiying that the . bublic demands. Few men know the subject of avia- tion more thoroughly than Capt. Rick- enbacker, although he learned his flying only in the stress of war. A noted au- tomobile racer before he went overseas as Gen. Pershing’s chauffeur, Ricken- backer, because of his knowledge of en- gines gained on the race track, was transferred to the Aviation Corps. And - in that hard school near the front he .. - soon became a master of flying. So the " American ace of aces has seen the air- plane emerge from an uncertain and unreliable craft to its triumphs of to- day, and predicts that greater triumphs will follow. ‘What speed will be made across the ocean or across the American continent in regular passenger service in the fu- ture is impossible to predict, but fifteen hours from New York to Paris or eight hours from Los Angeles to New York seems conservative. Speed, as Rickenbacker said, is the “‘essential” of this age, and when man decides that he wants speed, some way will be found to produce it. To fulfill the fiyers’ prophecy it will be necessary to cut in half Lindbergh’s time, which was the fastest crossing. The Lone Eagle flew at & speed of one hundred and seven miles an hour. Two hundred and twenty-five or two hundred and fifty in the future should be by no means impossible. In fact, Capt. Hawks on his refueling trip acrots the continent covered in less than twelve hours’ fly- ing time almost as great a distance as did Lindbergh. Again, in the matter of size, both the * dirigible and airplane, predictions of to- day are likely to look foolish twenty years from now. From a flimsy contrap- tion on” which a single person was perched on a seat resembling those on threshing machines the airplane has grown, in a little more than twenty-five years, to the huge Dornier flying boat which only recently carried one hundred and sixty-seven persons aloft for an hour with each passenger comfortably ensconced in its commodious cabin. And the dirigible from the tiny experi- mental balloons, which were exhibited years ago as a curiosity and which were largely uncontrollable even when a gaso- line motor was installed as part of the equipment, has developed to the mam- moth five million cubic feet capacity, six-engined R-100 which recently crosced the Atlantic in less than eighty hours. S0 predictions of future progress can freely be made and the only reason that they are likely to be confounded is that they will err on the side of con- servatism. Two hundred, t) or four hundred miles an hour and the same figures for the number of pas- sengers carried is therefore not an idle dream. It will not be many years before it 1s & reality. N Many great improvements leave no question as to their desirability, but promote irritating inquiry as to pre- cisely who is going to pay for them. —— e The Santo Domingo Horror, ‘With every additional report from Santo Domingo the situation in that storm-stricken island grows more shock- ingly desperate. The exact number of dead is not known and perhaps will never be known, but it is not of them that the present reporl tells with greatest appeal to the sympathies of the American ‘people. The survivors of wreck, a great multitude of people, are in the keenest distress for of food, for lack even of water as natural supplies have been tainted. ‘The problem 6f shelter is not acute, for 3 Santo Domingo's climate is such as to thousands of sick and injured who must be given attention or they will perish. And to get to them with succor through the maze of the stricken region is & desperately difficult task. 4 ©Cno of the principal difficulties in the way of effective vellef in Bento . Demy s the blocking of ‘hor it ckage so that ships may not gn- painfully slow by the very consequences the island, the work is being pressed at high speed. There is no.lack of money. Ample funds are available for the pur- chase and transport of provisions, A call has been sounded by the American Red Cross for clothing, for which there is an urgent need at this moment. But it will take many days to get the supplies to those who are in want. It is not surprising thai disorders among the hungry people have occurred. They are an emotional people, not particularly intelligent in the mass, and are probably in a state of hysteria even yet in consequence of their frightful experience. Fortunately the first demon- stration of a riotous spirit was quelled without easualties. But the happening is a danger signal, a warning that, great as the difficulties may be, the rescue work must be pressed to the utmost speed. —sieenes. Maine “Goes” as Usual. Maine has “gone Republican.” This is nolhing new in the political history of the Pine Tree State. The unusual would have been a Democratic victory for Governor or any of the congres- sional offices. Maine, however, has re- elected its Republican Governor, elected another Republican Senator and sent four Republican Representatives to the House, its entire delegation. Doubtless the Republicans will take courage for the coming national congres- sional campaign from this clean sweep. The Democrats, on the other hand, will point to the greatly reduced ma- jorities of the Republican candidates as compared to 1928 and even to 1926. They will point to the fact that the vote cast is one of the lightest polled in years and interpret it as an indica- tion that the voters, in a strongly Re- publican State, were indifferent to the fate of the party. ‘The {ruth of the matter is that the people of Maine have not been aroused strongly this year by any of the issues in the campaign—with the possible ex- ception of the gubernatorial race. That contest was fought out almost entirely on State issues. Gov. William Tudor Gardiner, trilumphantly elected in 1928 by a majority of 80,000 votes, appar- ently has a lead over his Democratic opponent in yesterday's election of about 16,000 votes. Gov. Gardiner, how- ever, had lost much of the popularity which he had two years ago. His ad- ministration of State affairs has been under fire from his opponents, who have charged extravagance and a fail- ure on the part of the Governor to give due consideration to the wishes of a majority of the people in regard to certain legislative matters. Purther- more, the Governor, in & clash with the Highway Commission, which he found in office when he became chief execu- tive, forced the retirement of the com- missioners, and some of them, good Re- publicans, have resented this bitterly. ‘The Democrats, therefore, can scarcely claim that national issues have had anything ta do with the cut in the ma- jority by which Maine has elected a Republican Governor. Representative Wallace H. White, the G. O. P. candi- date for the Senate, wofi over his Demo- cratic opponent by about 31,000 votes. In 1926 the Republicans elected Senator Gould by & majority of 48000. The vote cast in the senatorial election this year as compared with 1926 is approxi- mately the same in size. Here, appar- ently, the Democrats have made a gain, in & contest for the National Legis- lature, although the final vote may re- duce this gain. In the second congressional district, which is represented in the House by Mr. White, now elevated to the Senate, Partridge, the Republican candidate, defeated his Democratic opponent by approximately 6,000 votes. This is about the same lead which Mr. White had over his Democratic opponent in 1926, the last off-year election. It was in this district that Democratic leaders hoped they might be able to win yes- terday. The result, hwwever, has not much comfort for the Democrats. It will be difficult to figure the re- sults of these congressional elections in Maine yesterday as a political ba- rometer for the rest of the country. It is true that in some instances the Republican .majorities have been re- duced. But that has been due partly to the light vote cast and partly to State issues rather than national. The Republicans have held fast to what they had. On the other hand, the Republican national organization made desperate efforts to ald the local Re- publican organization to carry all these elections, while the Democratic National Committee left the Maine fight almost entirely to the Maine Democrats. If the people throughout the coun- try are as little interested in politics this year as they have apparently been in Maine the threatened uprising against the Republican party may not be so severe as the Democrats have claimed. It must be said, however, that the people of Maine have not been hit by the business depression to the extent some other parts of the country have suffered in the last year. ——or—s. It is recorded that Secretary Akerson “smiled a welcome” to Coste and Bel- lonte, which conveyed a general mes- sage whose words were lost in the roar of applause. Much of the responsibility for genial expression incident to official ceremony may safely be delegated to Mr., Akerson. bt —————— Aviation links the nations of the world. Like music and pictures, it speaks all languages. - The Disappearance of Judge Crater. While it was perhaps only a coin- cidence that a judge of the New Yegk Supreme Court should have disappeared, beyond the ken of family and friends, immediately after the ordering by Gov. Roosevelt of an investigation- into the alleged trafic4n magistracies in Greater New York, it is nevertheless & sinister conjunction of happenings.. Judge Jo- seph Crater vanished on the 6th of August, more than a month ago, im- mediately after he had drawn several thousand dollars from bank, practically his entire account. He was in perfect health, He was in no trouble as far as known, He was & man of reasonably godd habits, and involved In' rio embar- rassments of a moral or legal nature. Yet he disappeared, an4 all the searches of his friends have fafled to find him, the case in that the official hunt did not begin until the 8th of , nearly five weeks after his disappearance. Meanwhile his court had been untenanted, his bench vacant, with no explanation. It would have seemed that the hue and cry would have been sounded earlier. As the days have passed, while prepa- rations for the judicial inquiry into the Jjudgeship scandals have proceeded and Judge Crater has remained missing, sinister suggestions have been advanced hooking up the disappearance with the investigation. Surely, it is urged, there must be some relationship beyond mere coincidence. If Crater had been ill or care-worn or in straltened circum- stances he might have wandered off in delusion or in desperate expediency just at this particular time without any re- lation to the opening up of the magis- tracy scandals. At the outset of the case when it was first made public that Judge Crater had vanished there was no lack of sug- gestion that he had been “taken for a ride,” as the Chicago phrase goes. The thought was clear in some minds that he knew something about the judgeship scandals that it would be dangerous to divulge, perhaps dangerous to others than himself. In the state of the public mind resulting from the revelations of the Ewald case such a suspicion was not remarkable. And it was stimulated by the evident indifference of the higher municipal authorities regarding the mystery of Crat:r'’s disappearance. All of this mystery may be dissipated suddenly by Crater's reappearance. He may have just simply gone off on a little tour of personal enjoyment. He may have been slain for his money and his body hidden. He may have suffered from a temporary aberration and wan- dered out of the range of the observa- tion of those who know him. Or he may have died from natural causes in obscurity in the course of his fling at freedom. Any of these things may have happened as they have happened to others. But until the exact.fact of the case is known there will remain a be- lief in the public mind that Judge Crater’s disappearance has something to do with the magistracy scandals, something harmful to the prestige of the municipal administration, which was so indifferent to the uncovering of the truth as to the barter of judgeships that the Governor of the State was compelled to intervene and order an extraordinary inquiry. If Uncle Sam were a real live individ- ual 1i > the former Kaiser he could win a lot of libel suits in Germany on the strength of things that have been sald about him as a cruel creditor. Experts in the insurance line may yet devise a system of crop insurance which will afford the farmer protection when unforeseen climatic conditions render his particular area non-productive, R R DRI T Unless J. Hamilton Lewis does some- thing to create suspiciocn he will risk being considered of not sufficient im- portence to be sleuthed. ot Gandhi is regarded as asserting him- self no longer as a mere fanatic, but as a shrewd and highly ambitious politi- cian. ‘The former President of Argentina is old enough in service to be entitled to an honorable retirement instead of a revolution. —_———— No gratitude is felt for the compul- sory relief brought by the long drought to the man who used to resent being obliged to mow the lawn. —_————————— Broadway announces & number of prospective “hits.” Some of them will, as usual, be only bumps. —_—————————— SHOOTING STARS, BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Walting for a Friend. “Old Man Trouble.” I often sang of you, And every year when you drew near You'd worry us anew. “Old Man Winter,” I've echoed your refrain. ‘The drought was sad. I will be glad To greet you once again, “Old Man River,” He rippled into song, One of your kin, applause to win With melody so strong. But, Old Man Winter When stars are shining bright, You'll help the cause like Santa ‘Claus And bring us Christmas night. Seeking 2 Safe Tople. “What are you going to récommend in your next speech?” “I'm strongly tempted to take up the Einstein theory,” answered Senator Sorghum. “But you don't understand it.” “That's true. But I can make as good a guess at it as I can at some of the other theories now confronting the statesman. And it's a subject that is not going to .encourage anybody to heckle.” Jud Tunkins says s lve publicity man, 4f he works in the right part of the world, can get a typewriter and a camera and make a street fight look like a revolution. Unimpressed. On science we delight to dwell In studious content. The landlord yawns and says, “Do tell!” And then asks, “Where's the rent?” Striving to Displease. “Why did you decide to let your hair grow out?” “In deference to the wishes of my husband. Years ago he objected to bobbed hair. Now he has learned 1o | the like it, so I'm giving him a chance to change his mind again.” “In a realm of arbitrary authority,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “the laws of the land becoms only variations of the laws of chance.” From the Diary of a Grafier. A Pharaoh leaves buildings all over the land And a tomb which of treasure is full. Why shouldn't he pile up a fortune so grand ‘With such & political pull? “If folks keep on shootin’ at one an- other,” said Uncle BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. nd-bn::d y volume, called “The Book 4 Okakura Kakuzo, published by Duffield & Co., New York. 1t is a small book, easily read through in an hour, just as a cup of tea may be drunk in five minutes. There is something to be said for a short novel, & short story, a short poem, a cup of tet In certain moods a shorter work is more prized than a long one. However much one may prefer a sizable book of 500 es as a, general thing, there come times when the short book is preferably the best. ‘The subject of tea is & peculiarly intriguing one for an American. In some subtle way, based upon the his- toric party at Boston, we have come to look upon the word “tea” as almost synonymous with “independence. It is’ pleasing to know, therefore, as a result o° reading “The Book of Tea,” that tea drinking with the Japanese is more than just tea drinking. ‘With them it is a philosophy, a very way of H‘ , and one which pokes fiemle fun it the way most Americans ve. turned ‘n‘?alhh«ul of Tea,” “Teaism,” says our author, “is a cult founded on the adoration of the beau- tiful among the facts of everyday existence. * * * It is essentially worship of the Imperfeet, as it is tender attempt to accomplish some- thing possible in this impossible thing we know as life.”” = * K ok % Most Americans interested in art have heard or read something about the classic tea ceremony of the Japanese. Those who come to this book hoping to find it explained in detail will be disappointed. The author carefully writes all around his subject, but studi- ously refrains from giving his readers any account of the central ceremony itself. At first blush this will strike the reader as begging a delightful ques- tion, but when he finish.: the book he will admit that Mr. Kakuzo is right. Why should he reveal the inmost secrets of a national ceremon - one which has almost religious aspects, for the curious benefit of forelgners who may wish only to rush into a tea cere- mony of their own, to “try it out,” as it were? Shame upon any of us if we should dare to attempt such a ceremony with- out first becoming saturated with the ideals of Japan, without being initiated, 8s it were, by a genuine, bona fide “tea master!” It seems that a “tea master” is one who knows all the ins and outs of the oerem;)ny, as well as the finer points of its y. e writer here admits disappoint- ment. No doubt if the'details of the ceremony had been given, he would have rushed to the teapot and the tea caddy at once in order to “put on” a tea ceremony of his own. , Now this evidently was exactly what tiie writer feared, so he carefully re- frained glving the “layout” of the tea room, the exact motions made in the brewing and ha.dling of the tea, and many other detaiis, all done according to the tradition of the cen- He ‘does give, however, much to put & curious tea drinkc= the mys people means more than just -ome'tmn: to drink. They speak of the . an “with no tea” in him when he is insusceptible to the Highlights on the Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands WIENER TAGBLATT, nmu;’y powers, Though both these service are greatly reduced, as with the imperial army and two decades ago, there is a for supplementary force in the vast coh of the German youth who are stantly receiving quasi-military a: ‘maritime -training under the guise of athletics. Foreign officials can take no proper objection to this, as most other nations are dof the same War ‘the. German governmen ar the an concern itself in any marked or special manner with such tralning of- boys un- der age of military service. While Germany cannot go beyond the limits laid down for her in the matter of army and navy expenditures, or enlist one man more than prescribed by the treaties with the entente (the triple en- tente). nevertheless in the disciplining and developing of stus sons through definite gymnastic exerc] she is providing a most erec- tive auxiliary to, her depleted defenses. ERE . Railways Will Have to Increase Smoking Facilities. The Evening Times, Glasgow.—At the rate the hablt seems to be extending, rallway compenies will soon have to in- crease considerably smoking compart- ments on suburban trains. While trav- eling to town recently we observed one u;mplnmenb wnhl- full meflmmm of 10 passengers, plus one T, The last-named %id not smoke, every one else, including four city girls and an elderly woman, did. The girls were obviously veteran smokers—equip- ped with cigarette cases and automatic lighters. The “fag" appears to be sup- v‘mly‘ag the popularity of the powder * % % % Rector Presents Ancient Bell to Museum. La Nacion, Buenos Aires.—The Rev. ue Carranza, rector of the Ar?nm‘l‘ bell i:whmrl:un:‘%r many years cl wi h ever‘:’e centuries, in the belfry of his church. The donor, Monsenor Carranza, inherited this bell from his uncle, the | Rob| Canon Benjamin Carranza, the former incumbent of this church and who re- placed the old bell with a larger one in 1882, The bell presented to the museum, from its composition, design, inscription and ornamentation, appears to have been cast at Santa Fe (In Santa Fe Province) some time in the seventeenth century, probably about 1665. Another bell, of similar size and design and com- posed of the same alloys of tin, copper, iron and lead, is already in the mu- seum, bearing the designation “Cavildo de Santa Fe, Anno Domini 1695.” (Ca- obsolete spelling for Cabildo. meaning a lodge or chapel) The bell measures 61 centimeters (26 inches) at base and we! about 50 kilo- SRl ey b ey ecclesiast sym!| an ble uu-nnchu the by [ the untamed aesthetc sympathy with | o tmngb\n coming the World it did not serio-comic interests of the al drama of life. “Again we tise 'ho, regardless of the mundane tragedy, runs riot in the spring! of emancipated emo- gg:g' #s one ‘with too much tea' in Our author continues: “The outsider may indeed wonder at this seeming much ado about nothing. What a tempest in a teacup! he will say. But when we consider how small, after all, the cup of human enjoyment is, how soon overflowed with tears, how easily drained to the dregs in our quenchless thirst for infinity, we shall not blame ourselves for making so much of the teacup. Mankind has done worse.” is charming prose. Those who read much will occasion to won- der often at the ability of most men to write well when the subject is one to their heart and mind, Consider conclusion to the first of ch-'?f_:n):l “The heaven of modern humanity is indeed shattered in * - Cyclopean u!u(- gle for wealth and power. The world is groping in the shadow of egotism and vulgarity. Knowledge is bought through a bad consclence, benevolence practiced for the sake of utility, The East and the West, like two dragons tossed in o sea of ferment, in vain strive to regain the jewel of life, We need a Niuka to repair the grand dev- astation; we await the great Avatar. Meanwhile let us have a sip of tea. The afternoon glow is brightening the bamboos, the fountains are bubbling with delight, the soughing of the pines ur l:enrd in our k;thle. Let us dream of evanescence and linger in the beau- tiful foolishness of things.” Something about this reminds one of the best of Leigh Hunt, Christopher |b! Morley, Charles Lamb, Rabindranath ‘Tagore. * Xk % % “The whole ideal of Teaism,” our author tells us, “is a result of this Zen conception of the greainess in the smallest incidents of life. Taoism fur- nished the ba:zis f. aesthetic ideals, Zennism made them practical.” ‘Th> description of the tea room, with its utter simplicity, its unsymmetrical quality, its peace, its infinite ceremony and courtesy, will be appreciated by ail Americans who vaguely feel that there is something wrong with the Western way of living, despite our electric re- frigerators, our blaring radios, and all our other “signs of pr 54 The Japanese regard their ceremonial tea room as the Abode of Fancy, the Abode of Vacancy, and the Abode of the Unsymmetrical. “It is an Abode of Fancy, inasmuch as it is an ephem- eral structure built to house a poetic impulse,” Mr, Kakuzo explains, “It is an Abode of Vacancy, inasmuch as it|to is devold of ornamentation, except for what may be placed in it to satisfy some aesthetic need of the moment. It is an Abode of the Unsymmetrical, in- asmuch as it is concentrated to the worship of the Im erfect, . purposely leaving some thing unfinished for the play of the imagination to complete.” So an American pantry, with its complete, perfect electric refrigerator, is scarcely a tes room. Our living rooms, with their walls filled with un- related pictures, are not tea rooms. Our shining motor cars, with not & bolt left, the imagination, are not tea rooms, And some of us, some hundreds of thousands of us, maybe millions of us, eel e Japanese, Wi cour- teous ceremony of the thing which we as a race and need very, very much. Wide World attractive, and, I suppose, well dressed,” she admits with careful candor, “but this can scarcely be the explanation. If it i, then the lack of good-looking and well dressed women in London must be dreadful.” . ;. toots and holty-toity!—these may be stern words to address the in- habitants of the hub of the universe! But is it not possible that starers, like beauty, are sometimes in the eye of the beholder? One cannot help thinking of the story about the more or less pious young woman who admitted to time I look at myself in a mirror,” she said, ;I .:‘xtg’_myseu thinking ‘“How beautiful e tate, o st —that's imagination!” Mo * k% % American Girl To Study Tapirape Indians. A Noite, Rio de Janetro—A young American gir], Senhorita Luiza Stein, of the University of California, intends 1o penetrate the jungles of the States of Goyaz and Matto Grosso alone to in- vestigate the lives and habits of the Tapirape Indians living in that region. The information gained from the study of these aborigines in their native en- vironment, she hopes, will afford the material for a thesis on ethnological subjects to be submitted at the time of applying for her degree. If she finds it impossible to reach this remote tribe in the Amazon swamps she will study the manners and customs of other tribes which she is bound to come in contact with while traveling through this region. Her only companion will be a native guide, as previous experi- ence among the Brazilian Indians, in the State of Espirito Santo, has shown her that the uncivilized inhabitants are suspicious of large parties of white peo- gl':meomlnE -mt:nz lymlg’mrl smhmgu not_on! 0} ese, but several dialects of the mn\’f;—f’ * ok ok ok Australian Youths Get History From U. S. Book. The Bulletin, Sydney.—Ol about the history somt strange 1| book from which New South Wales stu- dents this year have to sweat, I took & look, and found that this strangeness was due to the fact that the book is an American uction. It is inson's “Medleval and Modern ‘Times,” and each purchaser is socked to the extent of 13 shillings 6 pence for a . The book is written from the American standpoint, and is spelled according to Uncle Sam. Why our young dea has to take its history from the :Q'r':gr"f; !wehmurl:h lllbeny 1s simply an- 0se v undemtang, ngs no fellow can * ok x % Workers Profit By Motorists’ Desires. La Opinion, Manila.—An appeal has been made to the public by 5 e com- mittee investigating the supposed ir- regularities committed by functionar'es THIS LAND OF LIBERTY. Ernest Sutherland Bates. Harper & Bros. 3 one set- ting out in any direction upon its trail. Odds and sorts and ends jammed, hit or miss, into the huge sack of time. From it no single line of leading emerges, no scrap of guidance, no pat- tern of the whole for one’s daily filling in to its completion. An inconceivably multifarious world, confusing in ap- proach, stupefying in contacts. And each year, under the rush of progress, becoming to this grain of sand, mere man, more and more unrealizable. Oh, not so bad as all this! would be even worse had not science invented method for the safe delivery of its amazing achievements. But it didn't invent method. And all other this|lines of activity have impressed it to their own needs and service. Science is certainty, order, synthesis, co-ordina- tion, unity in diversity. By a general adoption of this working medium, this method of projection, the world is grad- ually coming into view as a somewhat simplified and a somewhat understand- able fleld of human activity. Nowadays when one has something to set out he knows well that loading himself down with facts, even with well assimilated facts, is not enough. There must follow for its projection the method of the scientist, wherein big|{—S. A. essentials stand clear with minor mat- ters related to these in the order of their weight and logical sequence. Writers are learning this way and are practicing it. Readers and students are, therefore, becoming intelligently in- formed in respect to the stupendous world which this one of today so indu- itably is. ‘lee the book in hand, “This Land 3 1) ‘book good intent and certainly one of fac- tual integrity. In orglln this study is it is the author’s. To- gether looking out across the field of current attitudes and behavior, we, to- gether, discover liberty playing the wanton with crime, catering to half- baked, -fanatical minorities, imposing the will of dominant ignorance upon larger bodies of unmilitant intelligence. Protection, a component of true lib- erty, is lost through this plain errancy. From this point the author takes sole charge of the matter. What is liberty, that personal and political liberty of which this country is so clamorously oun proud? What is its charter? What the | RO story of its career through the past century and a half? Where has it m& through the wear and tear of national existence? Where has it gained? These questions, or their equivalent, lead back the Constitution. Then, the course is a forward historical toll-taking of the gains and losses to the spirit and intent of this great charter in its application to the political and social and industrial life of the coun and straight-deall book one is re- minded that “twisting the Constitution’s tail” has been from the time of the fathers up to today a favorite indoor sport. Almost any situation of moment results in attempts upon this long-suf- ering creature of man’s devising. Lib- erty, at the dictation of Comstockian virtue here, at the daring of clear law- breakers , comes out from this e chjoctivs of shia stindy outepesking e ve o [ oul mhth-tmfi?mflhfln‘m where personal interest flags. We agree. read and approve. We recognize th truth, and then we move over to some- the situation in has stated resque in way, but mse of either the facts 1y md inclu them out in an orderly and inclu- nner. He is most readable. And, after &1, this is our business. We are not merely reading a clever ‘study by an able. man; we are in possession of a working program. What about it? * * ok % Jose) . Auerbach, A. M., fl'u D. g!ew York: Harper & num' Controversy, as such, is a fu performance. This book, a law- yer of standing and mmr.lzy. is bent from a single standpoint A 'mg’ ‘document lgut 'hupl?“:o clusion upon the point as a hl‘;m mmlrn.hn does not make for dis- pu-t: for :ll:glww?t does lnvlhx:o seri- make 3 * ous study. ‘There is, clearly, & calami- tous situation at present . What is the cause of it e SoReuher. at bition are prese: s, nt paired toge the t of attack h’!':“ olm ition. anyth! what he cured, whether or not it was definitely understood in its nature and workings by the whole number of States that contributed to its success? Mr. Auer- bach has much to say on these various aspects of case. ‘That, even, is not the crucial point of the matter. The jmportant truth is that in this country where laws are the business of the peo- ple themselves, the people do not know enough to make laws. Oh, certainly they know enough or would if they thought it important to grub for the truth of any matter as it comes along, to dig into the essence of our public questions as they appear! It is for them, finally, to decide. If we have rotten laws, that is the 1 business of every voting American. That par- ticular business calls for exact and full o avadiag, BUICY. Seseascr, CAUKIng upon 3 y, research, with wisdom and and honesty vhj;cnvg 1‘:0:’“ be oS lnst-g the maj . as some sort of communicable ‘go ‘whose favorite Dthe Curely porsoma aad nak FemATK: of the - lightened brand. We have simp! abl. ly ywknowmnreuwommw eep America anywhere near our boasts about it. Why not study a certain ?eetnc application of the Constitution? We shall learn som at any rate from this practical studen of the law. We may agree. We may not. But we shall know more than we did at the outset. Tet's try it-and stop talking for a minute, * K K X 18 AMENDMENT EIGHTEEN TREA- SON? Joshua Grozier, Denver: The World-Press, ANOTHI:R lesson in political econo- my, based upon & study of the “un- amended national Constitution, of the division of automobiles, in the | the offices of the public records and regis- many additional -&;fnwmmmufi I h icular] the of license numbers. 'good” numbers, which are dispensad at special prices, netting some em- ployes of the department hundreds of pesos paid by persons who desired these distinctive numbers for their cars. Bome owners of cars have . In this courageous |y ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS' BY FREDERIC may make. readers use this great service. Make your inquiry easily read and easily understood, and address The Evening Star Information Bureau, Fred- eric J. Haskin, director, Washnigton, D.C. Q. Is Arthur Williams, the Edison of Troop 5, Providence, R. 1. He is a Star Scout,| and recently has served as a junior| assistant scoutmaster. Q. Where was the first law school in the United States?—A. B. L. A. In 1784 Judge Tapping Reeve es- tablished the first law school in his home at Litchfield, Conn. Plans are being made now to preserve the historic building, which still stands there, and to make of it a public memorial, Q. What city is called the oil capital of the world?—W. F. A. Tulsa, Okla., is sometimes thus designated. Q. Please give the names of the men who rule the United States, according to former Ambassador James W. Gerard. A. Mr. Gerard's list of 64 is as fol- lows: John D. Rockefeller, jr.; Andrew W. Mellon, J. P. Morgan, George F. Baker, John D. Ryan, Walter C. Teagle, Henry Ford, Frederick K. Weyerhaeuser, Myron C. Taylor, James A. Farrell, Charles M. Schwab, Eugene G. Grace, H. M. Warner, Adolph Zukor, William H. Crocker, O. P. Van Sweringen, M. J. Van Sweringen, W. W. Atterbury, Ar- thur Curtiss James, Charles Hayden, Daniel C. Jackling, Arthur V. Davis, P. G. Gossler, R. C. Holmes, John J. ob, P. 8. du Pont, Irene du Pont, Lammot du Pont, H. F. du Pont, Eu- gene A. du Pont, Felix du_Pont, Eu- ne E. du Pont, Edward J. Berwind, iniel Willard, S. Gifford, Sosthenes Behn, Walter Owen D. Young, Gerard Swope, Thomas W. Lamont, Albert H. Wiggin, Charles E. Mitchell, Samuel Insull; Fred J., Charles T. Lawrence P., Willlam A., Edward F., Albert J. and Howard Fisher; Daniel Guggenheim, Willlam Loeb, G. W. Hill, Adolph S. Ochs, William Randolph Hearst, Robert R. McCormick, Joseph Medill Patterson, Julius Rosenwald, Cyrus H. K. Cu y W. Howard, Sidney Z. Walter Edwin Frew, A. P. Gia William Green and Matthew Woll. Q. May an alien buy United States bonds?—A. P. ey A. An allen may buy United- States Government bonds whether he resides in the United States or in a foreign country. Q. What is “International pitch”s— . M. A. International pitch is the one adopted by the Vienna Congress in No- vembe'r.h:u'L n a i France in 1859. Previous to the Vienna Congress, held for choosing a standard pitch, there had been grea due to the variety of pitches used. In- ternational pitch has 435 double vibra- tions a second for the tone A. It-is It had been adopted in|A. 1. HASKIN. | Of this amount $84,000,000 Has paid off. sum has been The .| refunded into 2 per cent consols of ;uo. ‘This is not & war el , but rather a currency debt. Q. Where is the Canadian North- west?—S. H. \ A. The Canadian Northwest is gen- | erally meant to inclide Saskal , Alberta, British Columbia and Vancouver is the western port for the Canadian Northwi Q. When were lobsters first to be edible?—A. S. M. A. There is record that they were used for food in ancient times in Japan. Q. Where was Troy?—J, P. A. The traditional site of Troy. at the Hellenistic Tlium, Is thé mound of Hissarlik, on & spur between the main Scamander Valley and its lagt, mhg from the east (anc.8{mols), About 3 miles from the Hellespont and' the Aegean shore, north of Bes: . The famous academtc dispute concerning the ls)lew, ‘tnl“chol about A.I.); 160 with metrius epsis, may regarded as_settled by the discovery, made in ssarlik, contemporary wi period of Mycenae, :1id overlying the smaller and earlier acropolis first identified by Schliemann in 1872, Q. Who discovered the process of making Sheffleld plate?—B. L. A. Such articles ar made of copper and coated with silver by a process of fusion. About 1742 Thomas Boulsover discovered accidentally that an applica- tion of heat would fuse the two mate- rials so that they could be worked as one. Joseph Hancock, & relative of the inventor, soon applied it to the of candiesticks and other articles for domestic use. The first factory for pro- duction on an extensive scale was founded in 1760 by Tuder & Leader, ' Q. What is an “ultimatum”?—A. R. A. An ultimatum is a formal intima- tion by one state to another staté that unless the latter complies with certain terms, certain consequences will follow. These consequences mmy be war or may be measures short of war. Q. What causes the shrinkage of tis- s ;; vgnch always accompanies old age? A. The United States Public Health Service says that the shri of tis~ sue which accompanies old age js prob- ably the result of several factors, among which may be . nutrition oyl u“lneachnad S parnal al secretions, such as secretions from o e Dtne, ‘drroh-::rd e ott ‘trom mm e p 3 3 of proper meubolh#n—t.hll is, is there & general lesseni) f activity of the blzlyo ln‘uut:' m 2 food, di:charge of w: ste products, ete. Q. Where Mi%”‘“ the exe i W o now the standard for the whole world, Q. What is our unpaid indebtedn for_ the !mnhh-m?fl’cmn %u;—f. n.Aucx. & War s loan was |u' 002 - | whether the coun BUt | hesif this book upon | o8 g 28 E3 ithorized for = 000, but only $198,000,000 was gm Q. What was the p mm:nen&olmtlammwflw“m countryr—1, B "o then in A, estimated 2,181,000. Knere ase n wemiaied 8¢ garding zwmber who were Catholics, but it is ved that more than 300,000 were of that (fla? A Americans Differ in Dispute - Between League and Britain The eriticism which the commission of the League of Nations directed against British administration in Pales- tine setves as a text for'a variety of comment. It is generally agreed that responsible authorities should have fore- seen the conflict between the Arabs and the Jews and that there should have been better , but the chief jssue for seems to be try the man- duty that is not shared { authority, which is the date has with the cl itself. dent in cal & mandatory nation to account rega; g its responsibilities in & mandated country, and, secondly, it ”mouu virtually lead flmm. League iue;; take more seriously position minority in mandated » “Great l‘flhl:: has had such long g- perience in perial rule,” says e Muncie Star, “and in observ the trend of the Eastern mind that it should have realiied the error of weakness or tation in an emergency. If it was caught naj g at the time of the Arab outbreak, however, it is not likely to be guilty of a similar mistake again. There seems little reason to doubt that Lon- don is honestly endeavoring to redeem elf-government made to d to establish a homeland o The New York Sun, “Britons heve been brought face to face with understanding of the fact that in adhering to the utguo y slgn away an appreciable fraction of their sovereign freedom,” points out that “the League proceeds as & principal rebuking a subordinate,” and continues: “This does not make the reproof uttered by the League’s mandat: commission easier for Britons to bear. They are not habituated to chiding by a superior power; it will hurt their pride. More important than 1° ‘s, the words of the Mandate Commission will carry to far places and there impair the prestige of Great Britain, which for h{::mflonl has believed and has proc d that, shoumin the detail of ruling dependent peoples it might err, its purposes and practices in difficult business were generally far more generous and ulti- mately more effective than those applied by any other power. Subject peoples already in disorder may be stimulated | new ons of dissatisfaction by on's findings.” * ok ok X Considering the question ‘as entirely free from any international causes of friction, thé Philadelphia Evening Bul- letin finds that “the tone of the British the com: b be expected to form :Imq,. bloe M“‘Q’o soften the censures of mandatories, and not to stress overmuch the r authority of the League.” The concludes that “Zionists may incline to Britain to real- placed by Zionists in the lon of 1917.” poli n what his government h insuperable difficulties m in being both enforcement officer and um- pire in a vast region where Moslems out- number the Hebrews and where for ten. turies religious hatred has thriven um- checked. If Britain may be justly sured for lack of preparedness to horrible events 1ke that which Britain’s explanation is convincing.” * kX % “In the case of Palestine,” conf the Providence Journal, “any one slightly familiar with the situation| has existed there fo. centuries that Great Britain could not uj n gn Secretary well to call the attention of the Man- date Commission to the fact thal League itself did not foresee them. De- spite the fact that it had in its sion all the information concerning the unrest preceding the outbreak the Commistion itaef was Hot aniicipeting on_itself was not an the rioting which later occurred.” | “The policy of establis! civil - ernment gradually,” thinks the Daily News, “was commendable principle acceptable to the of Palestine. Certain steps were .pre- Great Britaln might as well recognize that fact and be more caretul native bd mature. in the future. It should consult fo e wistom of any contempiated lom of any con ac= tion at all experimental in charactar.” The St. Joseph Gazette sees signifi- cance in “the evidence that British aue thorities in Palestine were caught nap- ping when the Wailing Wall explosiun occurred,” and adds, “It appears to indicate that the present government is unable or unwilling to utilize to the full the large experience that nation has acquired in alert and vigorous imperial reply shows that the accusations sting. | rule. If England cannot break down the force of the commission charges as to its laxity in defending th: threatened 2ionists, it is entitled to plead that the commiasion minimizes the difficulties of satisfying racial elements whose objec- tives and claims seem in direct appo- sition.” That pape~ continues: its face, the bears the indication ship of ten is composed of nationals of co-workers hols mandates—Great Belgium, Portu and “On | took this “No doubt the Mandate Commission did not nmlchte the riots any more than did the British government,” says the Waterloo Tribune. “Had it anticl- ted them, it was the commission's usiness to address the British gove ernment on the matter. The mandate from the Lea Nations. It was & o o] other nation wanted. There was no profit in it anywhere for the British government. To be criticized now does not set well with the British.” The belief that there :my of the ten a wise and tolerant summary. of Prom the Richmond News Leader. Y A resort is a place where Fead muperinfl»mm’&'um the present situation, hu\n& 1t upon the | hotter back home. nndfnu'or the senal dlpeech to ‘made. has been ———— The Way It Works.