Evening Star Newspaper, April 14, 1931, Page 8

e, S .TI-'!'E' EVENING STAR WASHINGTON, D. C. WUESDAY........April 14, 1031 Rate by Carrier Within the City. Y 48¢ per month ‘sve per month | Of years. He has always been greatly | they ,‘Ill—ti oyt Yo s f publication Pan-American Day. I gF . i postpone this crisis during a number popular and has skillfully avoided direct conflicts with the liberal and republican sentiment in the kingdom. He been rated as the best politician Europe in the matter of dealing with restive public. It has been heretofore that he might indeed in nation-wide electian be chosen as the first President of Spain in the new regime. This, however, is a rather fan- Vindication of a Theory. The President's address to the Red Cross convention yesterday might be described as vindicating himself as well EVENING £ i I8 E : 7 i i : i [ i _}E %igs ;i i H e aér ] £ : i H £ g EE gigt¥ e&E%Q E iigg fai i I ) g a change, g g ! - ] 2 4 are wets are i gl Bggsd ¥ i E f Fy E g E i B s % : drys as it is publican party. And the friends of pro- a desperate affair next year. *“Prohibi- Forty-one years ago today, under the [8s the organization for having exer-| yon igin the Balance” is the banner line fnspiring leadership of President Harri- | cised the correct judgment as to the | ;s yng National News Bulletin, published son and Secretary of State James G.|method chosen for administering relief by the American Business Men's Pro- Blaine, the first Pan-American Confer- |in & great national disaster. COming|yon Poundation. And under this | thinkers believe ence, meeting in Washington, adopted [from the president of the American |y, i found, “There is not an hour to & resolution creating the Pan-American | Red Cross, there was a note of mutual | ;00 w0 must mct at once—today—if Union. By proclamation of President |congratulation in the address by the | o oro ¢, save the eighteenth amend- Hoover, April 14 is designated as “Pan- American day.” It is being commemo- President of the United States. But the vindication of the principle it falsehood, misrepresentation and openly rated as such for the first time this|of self-help, as against involving the | oy i ant nullification.” The same article -Al'h recurring years, as other anniver- saries come along, Pan-American day will be celebrated as an appropriate re- minder—in Mr. Hoover's words—"of the spirit of continental solidarity and of the sentiments of cordiality and friendly the. other republics of the American continent.” With full fitness, the Presi- dent includes in his proclamation an invitation to the schools of the country Americas. The institution of Pan-American day 1s mot the exclusive dct of the United Tesolved to establish Pan-American “ag s commemorative symbol of the ‘soverelgnty of the American nations and the voluntary union of sll in one 3 ‘community.” Federal Government in the role of pri- vate charity, in reality lay beyond the President or the Red Cross. The Presi- dent and the Red Cross were able to adopt a policy and to stick to it in declares that the foes of prohibition are playing their most 'desperate cards un- | tha der cover of a world-wide depression. From Illinois comes the word that Gov. Emmerson's yeto makes prohibition a major issue in that State in 1932, If ces. he had signed the bill prohibition would Zfealing which the Government and peo- | The vindication of their choice of |y, yoen yugt ag much of an issue in policy and of the policy itself was left the right one are no longer matters of doubt. ‘There were two crises facing the Red that State. The only difference is that by his act the Governor has given en- couragement to the drys. ————————————— It is quite possible that Capone was in earnest when he expressed an in- clination to g0 into politics. *On second thought he has perceivad that, thanks to his own efforts,, politics for him . | must be all physical danger and no tering relief through appropriations for it Cross had failed in its effort to the $10,000,000 considered necessary for its relief work, its prospects for future usefulness or even of continued life by is here, . It is & pennant contender if was one. The Athletics, sppear to be the club that y to championship may well be that the losing of this first series of ———————— Hold-up men are discouraged in Russia by the fact that nobody is supposed to have any ready money ———————————— Towa farmers who are fighting to prevent tests of cows for tuberculosis offer another reminder that science still has a long way to go before it can be recognized as s practical and universal help. —_————————— Nicaraguan insurgents refused to be celebrating the spirit of Spring, but have produced nothing that can arouse as much en’husiasm as the early base ball score. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. The Theorist. A man need not pretend to be Exceptionslly wise To see just what he wants to see efforts alone were inadequate to thwart | the time the gong rings to start hostili- | Taxation or the liquor biz, ties there will be no lack of determina- It has all the abllity nmeeded to win and the players Hopes cherished by Trotsky of be- The way he wants to think will prove Pure Reason to the test. The song each little brain will sing Is that which suits it best. Is prompted by what you desire. Leadership. “What do you think of leading a new part “My friend,” replied Sepator Sorghum, “sovereignty of the American |coming & dictator are realized only to | “you don't appreciate the value of & power mations” s maintained against all com- the slight extent of continuous dicta- good old trade mark. A new party is ers. To the preservation of the “one|tion to & stenographer. Like many |bound to lack prestige. A successful continental community” they typify, the | another man in Russia, he finds him- honor and the hearts of our Govern-|self a vietim of a rigidly censorious | old party to adopt new ideas.” ment and people are pledged. The Co- | situation which he helped to create. Jossus of the North looks to the South only with eyes of good will and pan- American solidarity. ———t————— Even the purifying intentions of Will Hays cannot prevent this from being ® wicked world which the movies must in some degree reflect with candor. —————————— The Falling House of Bourbon. PR S Hamrher and Tongs. Prohibition's frjends and foes are at it again hammer and tongs. Scarcely have the woman advocates of the eighteenth amendment shaken the dust of Washington from their feet when the woman opponents arrive. Gov. Emmerson of Illinols, faithful to the dry cause in the face of the overwhelming The present republican movement in | referendum vote against the eighteenth Spain which threatens to overturn the | amendment in-his State, has vetoed the leader must find & way to persuade an Jud Tunkins says he enjoys grand opera because his family likes for once to sit quiet and let other people holler about something supposed to be going wrong. Enviable Indifference. A Robot has no intellect; From sorrow he 15 free And now and then I half suspect I wish that I were he! He does not feel fatigue from toll. ‘While stupidly content, He lives on gasoline and oll And has to pay no rent. Hurry Habit. ' “How do you happen to get arrested in Bpain by Philip V in 1700 and #ts | and just as vigorously supported by the 80 often for speeding?” rule continued for a little more than |drys. A group of dry Democratic women, B century, when in 1808 Joseph Bona-|meeting here yesterday, denounced the [ Mr. Chuggins. “I've got the hurry habit/’ answered parte was made King of Spain by his| present wet leadership of the Demo- | the instaliment plan, and I can't get Tuling untll the | cratic party and, calling upon Presidgnt|Tid of the momentum acquired by | he, Vi Napoleanic defeat in 1814, when Ferdi- | Hoover, pledged him their support in nand VII was restored to the Spanish | the event s wet Democrat is nominated The crown remained in the|for President next year. y-—i-ummmmwxm. In the circumstances it appears idle ‘when it passed temporarily to the House { to maintain, as some of the politicians il § I 3 be made & hustling to meet the payments.” “I bought the car on|from STAR WASHINGTON, D. - BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. the harm in ‘great deal more to toler- than that. Tolerance, properly in- indling , likewise, is something n mere abstinence from liquor, It, too, is & viftue which may be put into operation in almost any matter which the mind, heart or hand of man touches. But in no affair, probably not even in t of drinking, can & man be more temperate than in riding his chosen No 'm-uzr‘ what it s, from books to : | Enowledge about it in that light, * ok x % It is the enthusiasm, the first hobby, which must, bemcomm:nd all. of once he had it flung at gr(ccuy ruthless manner by an ardent t mistaken man. Enthusiasm itself is far too fine a thing to risk being withered at the source. The world needs all its most beautiful stories of enthusiasm, not only Single. sty tha Teveeusty afecis le 4 human beings. It will be found that the greatest enthusiasts are often the most reticent abcut them. Yonder small gentleman, who possesses millions never unlwrdin&ubflc.hyetmotme most enthusiastic amateur musicians in the United States. You never hear him say “music.” Cerned, they do ot sppest together cerned, e any of his utterances. He speaks of . _But those who know him for.oue 2P Shos S0t ret ne tics. | his heart. Hehmommgllflll‘. but he respects his enthusiasm and uses tem- perance in regard to i, Perhaps the greatest enthusiasts are they who keep their enthusiasms un- tted from the world, happy in a which they refuse to push upon others, maink wuse they want others to come to them unspoiled—and they themselves came to This happy moderation in a hobby offends no man and makes the ,rnuu number of converts in the end, or the scoffers, seeing the happiness , | Which les in such a face, come to won- der what causes it, and, seéking the rea- son, becom ves. Have are two outstanding examples. Highlights on the Wide World e enamored themse! & hobby, enjoy it, but don't talk about it all the time. Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands ou inhe place.) which the well be able to evoke, American Government, can Government, Marine (Navy) Department announced that Gen. Butler would be tried before & . Mussolini hastened But the incident is not closed, either for Gen. Butler, or for the American le. The incident has had, and will ve, consequences. The first of thece, naturally, is the exultation of the Fas- d'hbl:h,.lin language both im- dent anc nal, E“:l‘ld tactful adjustment of the affair as proot of the willingness of America to submit even to the whispered word of Pascist Italy. Yet, it is only necessary to observe, in this affair, on the one side a general who, for his qualities of courage, loyaity and spirit, is one of the most distin- guished officers in the American service, and one of the men most approved by | oy the American people; and on the cther side, the chief of a dictatorial regime who talks continually of war, who de- sires the destruction of democratic civ- {lization, and on whom falls the direct the flagrant of Pascism, “Ceka” and of the “Viminal” sponsored by himself. It s to understand that in the Julhpm‘l.:gn of the characters of the iwo personalities public opinion in America is not slow in siding with the against the dictator. Many ent Americans have already de- irtment acted awaited the result of the official inquiry. The matter has already had its echo in the Senate, where Senator Heflin of Alabama has severely criticized the ac- tion of the Government, declaring that Mussolini is a_“monarchistic “a tyraot with red with the deaths of many Italians.” For his part, Cornelius Vanderbilt, who, it is said, was the suthor of the necdote repeated by Gen. Butler, writes “Ingratitude,” said Hi Ho, the ‘sage |’ of Chinatown, “should cause no Thanks from a natural ingrate could only mean hypocrisy.” Out of Date. “Honesty,” we still recall, “Is the best policy” for all. But that was in a copy book Of which for years no note we took. And any racketeer- will state ‘The schoolboy stuff is out of date! press. The New York Herald has reproduced an o in the Nuovo Mon- do, in the allegations of -Gen. Butler are confirmed. The incident is S S S e (e o 4 Mussolinl. The it of the the | them, and profi to | ticularly at Heldelberg. describes this mild | of' h&bllb. will be acceded to—that s, it trial takes place at all. (Note—The court-martial did' not * % x % Dueling in German Universities May Be Banned. Cologne Gazette.—Duel has been practiced for cen man universities, may be summarily mlubednthermltdmdnggcl Adolf Schleicher at Munich. “Mensuren,” or fe said to date from the rapiers or small swords as part costumes. Naturally, with arms &t hand, there was temptation clzncanln the gent of murder—for sufficient provocation, course—became not only the dist guishing mark of the gentleman, bu ter on, of the scholar. Students, al a; o usurp. the prerogatives of the ves of the dueling code, and from the middle the sixteenth century it has been institution in German universities, par- of an Many of these contests, in former years, resulted fatally, though such was not the intention, Thgm.{'wen enerally engaged in only as of 1, cour- age and endurance, and a participant was adjudged victor or vanquished simply upon having escaped or sus- tained certain superficial wounds. In such form student duels have beem in place L Raussian Movies Tell . Of Five-year Industrial Plan. U. 8. S. R. Economic Review, Mos- cow.—The Soviet Union has sent to the Amkino tion, which handles the distribution of Soviet motion pictures in country, & new film entitled “The Pive-year P film is Lased on authentic material, and will be the first shown in the U. 8. A. dealing with the industrialization program and the new gon;tr;cflon now under way in the U. aspecta; the exporis and Buperis of the , the exports an of Soviet Union and the prevailing nat- ural resources of the country—Ilumber, olls, furs and fish—in their ve environments. The film also depicts scenes of industrial and tural re- construction, _electrification _projects, steel mills, coal mines, ofl wells, paper factories, tractor plants, stevedores and unloading great ships at the wharves and many other of the projects now being carried out in_the Soviet Union. In addition the collec- tivization of agriculture, the gigantic state farms, the new cities, the modern workers’ houses an War and Surgery. Prom the Topeka Daily Capital. “‘Altogether,” says Gen. Pershing in his account of the great Meuse-Argonne battle, “the medical department, for its services in the this operation, deserves greatest praise.” And war, after all, is & great surgical operation. ‘The Federal Farm Board discoves that in the matter of controlling wheat prices it had only the theoretical powers of a back-seat driver. Grinding Humgn Values. From the Charlotte News. of mechanics will mfi have pears to be respectis e | disagree red ] ] i y 73 ] ; i i bigg i & g ii!i!i! P§P ) i i fi,a.gi 'k i 5S & & £ ; § | SERE, a§§ E EE b b: z§§ ] -4 1 i i 4 i i : i b i ; I g8, £ ! 2 T § : j il b §E. E § g g | i Z s g il weeks ago came the that the World had editor, whole human whatnot of “getting out the paper” assembles here for the daily task. Familiar names ar—Harry Broun, Walter Lipp- personal, dee] . Reminiscent in spirit, it.moves sgngfig,. L Mr. Borough merely put into good order the reminiscent facts of Lindsey’s life as these were given to him by this pioneer in proper legal attention to children of unfortunate ce. Lindsey the Juvenile Court in Denver, thereby setting up an institution that has been copied the world over, thereby creating a civic institution in his own city for the majority of its population pays him sincere hmnze. Yet, te such human service, Judge Lt pears to have falle: upon evil days. .Bgy' of n, of mlmlonfl ostracism, of financial wit g from himself and his fam- ily, wife and child. What could have done this 1 And we read his story, going back as it does to his life in the South, a o ‘nd and happy. Then moval of the family to Denver. And Ben studied law and practiced it, up to a certain point. But here is, ob- viously, & man more human than legal enactments some of them so rigid as to yield to no touch of extenuation, others 80 pliant as to fall flat under of pressure. A kind man, this Under else is kind- ness, and & deep pity for small suffer- ing things like children poorly born, E}wrly reared. Certain victims to such e as they are ed to encounter. deeply thinking, Juvenile Court. That was not so bad. larm, dogs all friendly one. times throwing away the sacrosanct attitudes and gestures that Justice is a . “ .{And.sey couldn’t ways wait for this slow-moving to get into action. Children hi starve meanwhile, or meet some consuming. hunger. man took a turn tradition. He should have known better. Even that might have been forgiven had he been content with scraping off the surface suffering of his children. But, no, he had to pry into the causes of so much of undeserved misery. And in no time at all this hunt led him to marriage. To the haste in which it is embraced. 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