Evening Star Newspaper, April 20, 1931, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR ‘With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY. . .April 20, 1931" Editnr§ THEODORE W. NOYES. The Evening Star Newspaper Company | Business Ofmce 1ith 8t. l%? Pennsylvania Ave. New York Office: 110 East 42nd St. ifilel‘fl Office: Lake Michigan Building. uropean Office: 14 Reaent M., London, England. Rate by Carrier Within the City. H- Evening 45¢ per month e Evenin, | r Cwhen 4 Bundays o -80c per month | The Evening and Suridiy Sia ) undays) -.65¢ per mon The Sunday Star .. 5S¢ Coliection made at the erd of each mont Orders may be sent in by mail or telephon NAtlonal 5000, per copy | h. { e Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Patly and Sunday. 151, $10.00: 1 mo.. 85c | 1 1310 $6.00: Bunday only . ily only : 1 mo. 34.00; 1 mo.. 40c tainbleau has been indicated as a suit- able place of residence. But there are rumors that Alfonso has his eye turned in another direc- tion. He has large interests in Eng- land, having been a canny investor of his savings from the voya! stipends. Furthermore, his consort, Viesvils s an Englishwoman by birth. A late dis- paich from Paris states that he will leave that city for London tomorrow “on private business,” and another dis- patch from London says that there are persistent but yet unconfirmed reports that Alfonso has bought Norris Castle, an estate of 200 acres near Osborne, on the Isle of Wight. Such a residence would probably bs quite agreeable to {the French and less likely to become irksome to the English, in view of its detachment and comparative isolation. But an even later dispatch, from Paris, says that the Duke of Miranda, the former King's chamberlain, an- ! THE City #thairs Committee. In a meas- ure, it # the hurling of reserves into the attack on the mayor and his ad- ministration of the New York City government. ‘The City Affairs Committee of the Npaonal Republican Club, after listing its specific charges of maladministra- tion, asserts that there are two troubles with Mayor Walker. The first, the re- port maintains, is found in the fact that the mayor has given little serious atten- tion to his duties; that he has “joked, junketed to the race tracks” and has spent many of his nights at “wild par- ties.” The second “trouble with the mayor,” the report holds, is due to the fact that he is an integral part of a in building up its own power and filling the pockets of its members rather than in governing the city well.” It is per- haps to be expected that the National Republican Club will list membership in EVENING i | “political machine which is interested THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. A large Boxwood trimmed to resemble a chicken stares the inquisitive passerby in the face, And the passerby with a flair for history is immediately taken back at least 2,000 years, to the days of the Romans, .who loved such things. They perfected the toplary art. The natural had no standing at all with the Roman toplarists, or land- scape gardeners, or painters. The informality of Nature was anathema to them. They worked in straight lines, and it was natural with them to trim shrubs and evergreens and bushes of all kinds to suit themselves. All through the Middle Ages this type of gardening survived, coming at last into full flower in England in the eighteenth century. By the end of the first quarter of the nineteenth, however, topiary work was | to use pleces of several important fur- | niture periods together, whereas five years ago this wu' (r:w:md upon. * The battle of the formal versus the | informal goes on merrily in the garden. | Every one agrees that the Boxwood, the | Yew and the Arborvitae had better be {left alone. No cne considers it beauti- ful any longer to trim them into the |shape of bears or cows or chickens, | An occasional specimen may amuse or |liven up & corner, but it is enough. Whether the garden as a whole had better be formal or informal depends in the last analysis on its size, shape, | the type of property it surrounds and e amount of money the owner pos- | sesses. In some instances the formal is | more pleasing {o most_eyes, but often the supremely informal may cost a great | deal mcre to achieve in a given situa- STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, APRIL 20, 1931. The Political Mill By G. Gould Lincoln. Edward E. Smith of Minneapolis, & veteran Republican leader in Minne- sota and one of the clearest-headed and wisest in council, is not yet willing: to agree with the Democratic critics of! the administration that all is lost so far as the Republicans are concerned next year. Yet he does not minimize the danger of the situation from a Re- publican point of view. He said, how- ever, when he was recently in Washing- ton: “If the Republicans are as badly scared as our opponents claim, then we are not likely to lose in 1932 by ‘over- confidence.’ " Mr. Smith, who was formerly State Senator and is a veteran of a great many political battles, does not believe in heing overconfident. He has seen too many defeats because of overconfi- dence. The very fact that the G. O. P. may be considered to have its back to E. H | ANSWERS TO BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. ‘This bureau does not give advice, but it gives free information on any sub- Ject. Often, to be accurately informed is to be beyond the need of advice, and information is always valuable, whereas advice may not be. In using this serv- ice be sure to write clearly, state your inquiry briefly, and inclose 2-cent stamp for reply postage. Address The Evening Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Washing- ton, D. C. Q. What cities in the United States | have a population exceeding 500,0002— | A. The following have: New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit, Los An- | geles, Cleveland, St. Louls, Baltimore, Boston, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, | Milwaukee and Buffalo. Q. When was the first American | handicap shooting at live birds, the| QUESTIONS Q. Who said, “Str, no man could be OT& ’{z‘rnt as Daniel Webster looked"”?— ‘A The Duke of Wellington thus re« marked after he had seen Daniel ‘Webster. Q. In what State is Yellowstone Na- tional Park?—J. H. M. A. Geographically, it. is almost en- tirely in the State of Wyoming, with a small area in Montana and Idaho. Politically, however, it is a United States Government reservation does not come under State control. Q. How are the dykes of The Nether~ lands made?—J. W. B. A. The dykes which protect The Netherlands from the North Sea in many cases go back to Roman times. Many are raised as much as 40 feet above high-water mark and are wide enough at the top for a general road- the wall in the coming campaign is likely to prove an asset in a fight which, notwithstanding the shouts of the Dem- ocratic opposition, Mr. Smith is not yet Tammany as undersirable. However, Tammany is the dominant force politi- cally in Manhattan toflay and to it {nounces that Fontainbleau will be the ! future home of Alfonso and his family. | This suggests that he intends to remain coming into disfavor, with the result|tion, and give a beiter result. that today it is seldom seen, except in| The Boxwood chicken should ever be isolated instances. | kept in mind's eye as a warning to the il %] average gardener in the average home last one, and when was the first one|way or canal. They are made of earth shooting at clay targets>—F. D. M. | protected by stone slopes and by piles A. The last Grand American Handi- | and at the more dangerous points by artificial structures of brushwood laden All Other States and Canada. fly and Sunday..1yr. $12.00: 1 mo. $1.00 T yOh o1 YT 4800 1 mo s inday only 1yl $5.00 i 1mo., 5Cc Member of the Associated Press. ‘The Associated Press is exclusively entitled o the use for republication of all news dis Patches credited to it or not otherwise cred- ted in This paper and also the local news Dublished herein. All rights of publication of #pecial dispatches herein are also roserved. 1 Honduras Catches the Fever. Latin America, it would begin to ap- pear, simply will not stay put. Several months having elapsed since the epi- demic of revolutions seemed to have Tun its course in South and Central America, Honduras of a sudden is the soene of an armed revolt aimed at over- throw of the government. Tela, impor- tant Caribbean port city, was attacked on Sunday by rebel troops, who were repulsed, after severe fighting, by gov- ernment forces. The towns of Progreso, Saba and Sonaguera were also attacked, but successfully defended. Cruisers of the United States scout- ing fleet—our “trouble squadron” in the Caribbean as it is not inappropriate- ly nicknamed—are proceeding to men- sced points on the Honduran coast. They are under the same orders as American naval forces already operat- g in Nicaragua, where, in accordance with the new Hoover-Stimson Central American doctrine, protection of Amer- ican lives and property will be con- fined to the coastal area. Any of our nationals who may be caught inland will have to shift for themselves, if | they are unlucky enough to be within the zone of the Honduran civil war. Honduras borders Nicaragua on the morth. That geographical circumstance suggests in gome quarters the possibility that the marauding and meddling hand of “Gen.” Sandino may be at work in the Honduran revolution. One of the difficulties hitherto encountered by the Nicaraguan Guardia Nacional and the co-operating United States Marines in their joint efforts to suppress Sandino | s that his guerrilla bands found it easy %0 flee for safety across the Honduran border. The Sandinistas, it was also discovered, recruited the sinews of their warfare, chiefly food, from Honduras, | usually by methods punishable in civil- dned countries as grand larceny. It will be interesting to observe whether there i anything more than coincidence in he, outbreak of a Honduran revolution at the moment of revived Sandinista depredations in Nicaragua. American human and material in- Serests in Honduras having been safe- guarded, the question of recognition of & possibly successful revolution may sooner or later confront the State De- partment. Practice makes perfect. Sec- Tetary Stimson has certainly had no lack of precedents in that particular field of diplomacy during the past year. | Bolivia, Peru, Argentina, Brazil, Guate- | mala and Panama have put revolution- Ary governments in power since the | Spring of 1930. Washington's policy of | extending recognition to regimes de- | monstrably representative of the public will, capable of maintaining law and erder, and ready to acknowledge inter- national obligations will presumably dictate any attitude Secretary Stimson may have to adopt toward Honduras. That state is a party to the 1923 pact | whereby the five Central American states agree, as among themselves, not to recognize the validity of any govern- ment which usurps office by unconsti- tutional means. The question arises, what are constitutional means south of the Rio Grande? Ballots—or bullets? | Wherever there is political disorder the announcement is made that Com- munists are present. The Soviet clatms to have local employment for the entire Russian population. Yet there is ap- | parently always abundant talent avail- #ble for outside missionary work. ———— - France Anxious for Its Guest. When Alfonso XIII, as he had been, ! arrived in Paris on his departure from | Spain, he was greeted with remarkable | demonstrations of affection and respect. | Multitudes swarmed about the railwa: station and escorted him to his hotel | and cheered him lustily and sincerely. | For a few hours he was quite & hero. For two or three days he was the cen- ter of Parisian interest and the news- papers were filled with stories about him, speculations as to his plans, ac- counts of his goings and comings. Then | Alfonso became an old story. This! was probably not due to the fact that he was officially known by the less| regal title of Duke of Toledo. It was | due doubtless to the fact that Alfonso was no longer especlally interesting. The crowd cannot continue indefinitely | to cheer a fallen monarch or to be! acutely concerned over his welfare and whereabouts and projects. But the French government, or at least the municipality of Paris, which | is virtually the same thing, did not lose interest in the fugitive. Indeed it| became somewhat uneasy regarding him. Even as the Duke of Toledo he | was in a way the guest and charge of France apd apprehension developed lest | some harm might come to him while he was in Paris. So it is now under- stood that the Paris police have inti- mated to the distinguished visitor that it he intends to remain in France he should select some smaller place than the eapital for his residence, where more adequate measures can be taken | #or his protection. For Alfonso is not yet out of the ‘woods, though out of Spain. Some ex- tremely bitter feeling is manifest to- ward him on the part of the radical as close as possible to Spain in order to make an immediate response to & recall, S No Tax Rate Increase. Study by Congress of the budget for the fiscal year 1931 resulted in sharp disagreement between House and Senate over the amount of the lump sum, a disagreement that was compromised in the closing hours of the long session last July by increasing the lump sum to $9,500,000. At the same time the House decided to investigate District fiscal affairs. The investigation, ordered in July, did not begin until a week or so before the short session last December, which was, of course, too late to have any effect on the estimates prepared for the fiscal year 1932. The investigation moved by fits and starts through the course of the short session, and the end was not in sight when the budget for 1932 be- came the 1932 appropriations act. Now the Commissioners are starting to work on their estimates for the fiscal year 1933. The end of the fiscal in- quiry, which, it is presumed, will exer- cise an important influence upon ap- propriative practice for the District, is still beyond the horizon. There are in- dications that the report of the com- mittee of investigation will'be made be- fore the convening of the new Congress. But even if it is made then, the psycho- logical processes of a new Congress are not of a nature to insure expedition in the digestion of reports. So the 1933 | estimates will follow the pattern out- | lined in the last two appropriation bills, being based on current tax rate and the current Federal appropriation of $9,500,000. In deciding to hold estimates to a revenue availability computed on that basis, the Commissioners have acted wisely. As long as Congress does not see fit to disturb the lump sum the tax rate must remain undisturbed. If the! money produced is insufficient for the growing needs of the District, the Jeast important of such needs must wait until Congress recognizes the long-since obvious fact that its proportion of con- | tribution must be greatly increased. ; ———— Good Management. Although the season is less than a | week old the Washington team is off to the fiying start that its supporters so earnestly desired and today holds the undisputed leadership of the American League. And to many &n old-time fan there is & reason which accounts for | this good beginning beside the general high-class play of the team. This rea- son is & change in policy on the part of the management in regard to with- drawal of weakening pitchers. In pre- vious years it was the exception when the first sign of faltering was noted in | a Washington slabster and he was re- | pladed immediately by fresh mound talent. This. year in the five games| played starting pitchers have been re- lieved three times and on two out of the three occasions the shift was ef- fective in bringing victory. Brown in the first game, after pitch- ing magnificent ball for eight innings, palpably “lost his stuff” after one was out in the ninth, That Marberry and Crowder, who relieved him, were un- able to stem the Athletics’ onslaught was no fault of Walter Johnson's. In the third game Crowder was saved by | wonderful support until the fifth in-| ning. It was apparent, however, that he “had nothing on the ball.” When Miller of the Athletics opened the fifth by plastering a fly on the center-field | fence, Crowder was removed and Tauchser saved the game. In the fourth | game Jones pitched beautifully for six innings. but in the seventh he displayed unmistakable signs of being “through,” throwing the ball three times in the dirt at the batter's feet. A quick shift to Marberry resulted in another Wash- | ington triumph. With the exception of Crowder none | of the pitchers had been hit particu- larly hard, and even in Crowder's case only one run had been scored against him. Brown had been “bearing down” with all he had for eight innings. He clearly weakened in the ninth, He was removed at the proper moment. Crowder’s luck could not save him for- | ever and Tauscher took up the burden at the propitious moment. Jones.‘ losing his usually good control, began | a stage of wildness and Marberry was | promptly rushed into the breach. It is| such canny management as this that| produces winning teams. Washington players have all the ability necessary to garner a pennant, and it looks very much as if Walter Johnson has finally come into his own as one of the high- ranking managers, - ue on the part of San- Efforts contin {dino to advertise as a revolution what appears to be only another racket, R — A New Walker Irdictment. Just as Mayor James J. Walker of New York has completed his reply to charges made against him by the City| Affairs Committee, headed by Rev. John Haynes Holmes and Rabbi Wise, he is | subjected to another attack. The City Affairs Committee of the National Re- publican Club, in its annual report, makes specific charges against the mayor and calls upon Gov. Roosevelt to remove him from office. In general, the charges made by the two committees do not differ greatly. The report now Republicans and there is fear lest fanatics might slip across the frontier and up to Paris and make things very unpleasant for the former monarch, made by the committee of the National Republican Club in effect backs up and bolsters the charges made by the City Affairs Committee. 1t is made public, many evils have been charged by Demo- crats as well as Republicans. Mayor ‘Walker, whether he desires it or not, will have to suffer for the flls of the organization which put him in power and maintains him there. ‘The publication of the reply of Mayor ‘Walker to the‘charges leveled against him by the City Affairs Committee, ex- pected today, is awaited not only in New York but elsewhere with interest. The City Affairs Committee brought a severe :ndictment against the mayor. Gov. Rcosevelt, who is recognized as & formidable contender for the Demo¥ratic presidential nomination next year, has a real problem before him in view of the disclosures, covering a period of many months, showing the rottenness which has prevailed in several of the departments of the city government of New York. The attack on Mayor Walker now made from many quarters has singled out the mayor only because he is the symbol of a dominating political organi- zation that governs in America’s great- est city. The attackers may be able to show that Walker is a shallow “wise- cracker” and inefficient, but what they are intent upon doing is to show up the “system” which prevails under Tam- many leadership. Tammany has been shown up before, many times. But Tammany has staged a ‘“comeback” after each reversal. The system can be defeated finally only when the citizens of New York take an intelligent inter- est in their own government, not spo- radically, but all the time. ——— A network of highways to unite the @reat cities of Europe is under discus- sion. The political theorists have had their chance to effect’ European unity. Some broad-minded and practical en- gineer may yet step in and do the real work. B U. S. citizens have been notified in | every possible manner that Nicaragua is making no bid for tourists or for ad- ditions from outside to its residential population. The Sangino outlaws are | determined®to be exclusive even if they have to be rough about it. S Some of the amounts mentioned in New York bribery charges are as low as $3000. As moral standards become lower, prices appear to go along with them. et Assertions that he will return indicate a ruler but as a political organizer. SHOOTING Si‘ABS BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. “Leave 1t to Me! When we're moved to complain We will hear a refrain | Prom a chap whom we welcome again and again, Who says “From anxiety you may be free. Just leave it to me, boys; just leave it to me!” An election will show Hopes that glimmering go, But the same old assurance we're cer- tain to know. You'll always find some are exclaiming with glee, “Just leave it to me, boys; just leave it to me!” A Word That Needs Management. “You are going ahead very fast,” re- marked the friend. “The first thing you know, they will be calling you a dictator.” “Don’t encourage the ides” sald Senator Sorghum. “The word is all right when it is applied to & struggling politiclan as a warning epithet. But you are in danger the minute you are tempted to regard it as a compliment.” Jud Tunkins says the microphone is one of those marvelous mechanical creations that seem to show human in- telligence. It lets the speeches and the jazz go past and allows nothing to dis- turb its imitation of the average listener's vacant stare, Songs in Season. We've sung the song of Gentle Spring And tried to make it sweet. ‘The next song that the year will bring Is “How about the wheat?” Oh, will it grow and also show A profit that is neat? The flowrs are sure to thrive, know-— But how about the wheat? we Hunest Admiration. “You are very deferential toward a trafic policeman.” “I try to show proper respect for su- perior wisdom,” sald Mr. Chuggins. “He is one of the few men who knows all the driving regulations as fast as they happen.” Plain Comfort. I thought I heard a king declare In no uncertain tone, | “A good old-fashioned rocking chair Is better than a throne.” “A man who seeks praise he has not earned,” sald Hi Ho, the sage of China- Alfonso's faith in himself not only as' town, “must not complain if it is min- gled with blame he does not deserve.” Eccentric Dignities. ‘The modern methods ‘of reform Appear to hit a twister; A statesman’s pictured as a clown, We call comedians “Mister.” | “I don't favor de use of airplanes in battles,” said Uncle Eben. “An airplane When one runs across a Boxwood chicken, for instance, it is a specimen, done for the fun of the thing. Usually there is not more than one or two to a garden. The chicken instanced is of heroic proportions, with its eye mace by the sky behind. Thus spectators enjoy a green hen with a bright blue eye A little of this sort of work will go a long way, certainly. It bespeaks the paid gardener, rather than the amateur who does his own work for the love of it. It is interesting to note that the Latin word topiarius means landscape gardener. It comes from “topia,” through the Greek topos (place), and means the ancient Roman -style of mural decoration with heterogeneous landscape scenes. Its essence is formalism and the un- natural, and is thus essentially opposed to the natural and the informal. While there will always-be a dispute among gardeners as to the relative merits of the formal and the informal, there can be little doubt that each has its place and that the inner nature of each home owner. will have.to decide. One will notice the same thing in the arrangement of men's desks in of- fices. One worker will like his desk to look just 50-50, as the expression has it. He arranges everything squarely, with all lines of books, papers, etc., parallel. He adopts the balanced treatment, as it were, and nothing offends his eye quite 50 much as the desk of a mate who believes in an informal, or what ntight be termed a diagonal treatment. The latter instinctively veers the ma- terials on his desk top until no two are pointing the same way. With him the diagonal is better, because it is not so SUfT, and gives a certain air of in- formality. The likes and dislikes of these two will never coincide; what appears good | to one strikes the other as untidy or | fussy. Much the same thing holds good | in the matter of interior decoration. Popular favor veers between applause for the formal and the informal, At one time not so many_years ago every one wanted a formal three-picce overstuffed living room suite, and if you visited a thousand homes you were likely to find exactly the same sort of furniture in every one of them. During the past three or four years & vogue for the Informal has arisen, | with the result that it is no longer con- | sidered good taste to purchase living | Chalrs and | room furniture in “suites.” sofa, etc., should not match, but rather harmonize. It is now considered good garden. It appeared in an Estate, where | lost to some extent in an ex- of shrubbery, trees, lawn, hedges, it w pans ete. | It should warn the average house- holder not to attempt anything like it, either in respect to shrubs or ar% other | matter. And thus the informal may be said to win, for it is the informal which stands the better chance of looking nat- ural in the small garden. And the natural, after all, is the best. | % % % | Just as an office desk may look too | neat, so a garden will suffer from &n | excess of zeal In cleaning up at this | time of year, | Have you not seen a garden so raked and mowed that it had positively a scrubbed appearance? | It will do no harm to allow a few leaves to Temain around the shrubs. | They like them. In their natural state | no person with a zest for outdoor physi- | cal exercise would insist on taking away the covering. | Evergreens of all sorts benefit from { permitting & natural mulch to keep their roots cool. It is well, therefore, if the home gardener refrains from being too scrupulous in removing all the Win- ter debris from the yard. An exception may be made in regard to the grass, but even here a too harsh cleansing tends to give a bare look and deprives the grass plants of sueh sus- tenance and protection as there may be in the finer litter which has been on all Winter. It must not be fdrgotten, unless the coming Summer is vastly wetter than last, that grass will need every bit of natural protection which it can re- ceive. To rake the lawn too clean is to remove this natural coat and permit the Summer sun to burn in too deep. Gardening in Washington and suburbs seems farther advanced at this time (mid-April) than at a similar time last year. This, in view of the drought, seems surprising. Perhaps it may make us revise our estimate of the inherent power in all plants to take care of themselves. Lawns everywhere look well; no doubt the lack of water put grass on its own and made it tough to survive—that is, it toughened it. Hence the home gardener, in dealing with his plants this season, will keep in mind the natural battle which they went through last year and will give them every ald, even to the extent of permitting a few leaves to remain on. A bit of untidiness is natural. If you like the unnatural, go look at the sur- ;\'ufilspeclmem of the topiary art, and still, | WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC No matter what you hear to the con- trary, the age of miracles is not pas Borah and the State Department are in agreement on a foreign policy. They see eye to eye on what Uncle Sam ought to do—and not to do—in Nicaragua. gram of confining protection of Ameri- can citizens to those within the coastal area has the approval of the Senate foreign relations chairman. That will mean much when Nicaragua, as it is sure to be, is on the calendar next Winter. Another potent Republican Progressive, “Bob” La Follette, baby of the Foreign Relations Committee, gives the administration program his OK., too. It was a foregone conclusion that Senator Johnson would see red, white and blue when he heard of the Presi-| dent’s refusal to extend “general pro- tection” to Americans in Nicaragua. Hiram isn't in the habit of supporting anything bearing the Hoover hallmark. As long ago as when Marines were am- bushed last Winter, Johnson was loaded for bear on our whole Nicaraguan policy. He has a real issue now, and may be depended upon to tackle it without gloves. * ok ko Undoubtedly, the President is relying unteservedly on the judgment of his Secretary of State in this new and nasty Nicaraguan mess. Col. Stimson was on duty for many months at Ma- nagua in 1927, as President Coolidge’s special Tepresentative. He knows Nica- ragua and the Nicaraguans as few Americans do. Besides, he is a soldier. When he talks of the difficulties in- herent in military operations in the bad la where Sandino’s “ruthless assassins” are killing and looting, Stim- son speaks by the book. The formation of the Guardia Nacional under Ameri- can command was part and parcel of the pacification scheme Col. Stimson evolved after the Nicaraguan civil war of 1926-27. He is filled with correspond- ing faith in the Guardia’s capacity to cope with the marauding Sandinistas better than the Marines and in the ob- ligation incumbent upon Njcaragua to do the job with their own resources. . * kK % If Hoover had Congress on his hands at this witching hour, and especially the Senate, Nicaragua would vault back into the controversial limelight with a vengeance. Interventionists and anti- interventionists would be making vio- lent whoopee. Tom Heflin would not be there to shriek in tem uous tone about the horror of letting “our boys" be killed in “Nickarawgy,” but other volces as raucous would be yelling for withdrawal of the Marines, now and forever. There is no unanimity of view on these questions, as the administra- tion will discover just as soon as Con- has opportunity to let off steam. There's a preity formidable element which thinks that the implications and obligations of the Monroe Doctrine re- quire the United States either to wield | the big stick in Latin America or clear the way for foreign governments to. do so, whenever and wherever their own nationals are imperiled. * K ok % Ambassador Debuchi of Japan is en- !tertaining at dinner tomorrow night in | honor of Ambassador Ferrara of Cuba, | g who is about to leave for the Far East. Senor Ferrara has been accredited as Cuba's envoy to Japan and is goin; there to establish a legation, which will be left to a charge d’affaires. Havana and Tokio discovered that they h: some mutual economic interests, which may, among other things, result in the settlement of Japanese workers in Cuba, so they've decided that their re- lations would be faclilitated by diplo- matic intercourse. Senor Ferrara fis considered by many of his Washington colleagues as the most astute foreign diplomatist on duty here. He is an Italian by birth, but adopted Cuban nationality and fought for the island’s independence in 1898. Ferrara plans to return to Washington via Siberia and Russia, after his officlal sojourn in s * K X X Miss Loulse Stanley, chief of the Bu- reau of Home Economics at the responde: with tion's mmunca wives. Her mailbag now nd then contains The o The Hoover-Stimson pro- | e | WILLIAM WILE. which will develop the deliberative faculties.” Another, who evidently is | interested in girth control, requested |advice on “how to ameliorate my | flesh.” * K X ok One of Washington's charming visi- |tors, of which the Capital woods in ‘(herry-blmn time are full, is Mrs. ‘Albln E. Johnson, whose husband until | recently was New York World corre- | spondent at Geneva, Switzerland. Mrs. | Johnsen, prior to her marriage to that brilliant scribe, was active at Geneva |on behalf of the American League of Nations’ Association. “Not long ago,” she narrates, “one of our Middle Wez.- | ern globe trotters, after being siown | through League headquarters, confessed he was completely ‘sold’ on it. ‘I'm going home,’ he declared, ‘and tell folks |it's a darned shame that a little coun- try like Switzerland can have a League | of Nations while the United States, the | richest country on eartn, is still with- | out one.’” | * ok X % Prof. Alexander Meiklejohn of the University of Wisconsin has just de- | livered his maiden address in Washing- ton—before the National League of Women Voters. The former president {of Ambherst, despite his British birth, New England upbringipg and solemn ltherlor. is as witty as they make 'em. He plunges his audience into incessant | peals of laughter with the skill of a ‘Wlll Rogers. The Women Voters had assigned him the topic of group rep- resentation on Capitol Hill. “I don't | know much about that” said Dr. | Meiklejohn, adding: “I 'know about | alumni”—a thrust at the action of Calvin Coolidge's Alma Mater in eject- ing the philosopher from the presidency of Amherst in 1924. Melklejohn calls for a “social revolution” in America to prevent the drowning of idealism in a | sea of materialism. He thinks the | “ethics of the tennis court” must sup- \fl:;g; "}f Jirieks orl;he base ball dia- pe e in this co made worth living. B * K ok X | It was a som ewhat m | of 60-0dd journ bl Ll alists of distinction who | confronted President Hoover the other night. They were members of the | American Soclety of Newspaper Ed- itors, in annual session at Washington, who'd been invited for an “informal” 9 pm. pow-wow at the White House. The “informality,” they'd understood, extended to the matter of dress. The tp went out that the scribes should turn up in their business clothes. ‘They expected to encounter Mr. Hoover in his. Instead, he greeted them in his dinner sult. The situation became normalized as soon as the Prasident launched into his shop talk with the editors. Many of them, who had never heard the “Chief” in an extempore address, were surprised and delighted by his fliency and ease. Hoover is always at his best in such an environ- ment, when the impulse to ‘“deliver a speech” doesn't oppress him. * ok ok % Dr. Ada L. Comstock, only woman | member of the Wickersham Commis- sion, will be the principal speaker at the annual banquet of the American Law_ Institute in Washington on May . Miss Comstock's statement was the shortest submitted bf' any member of the commission, belying the theory that brevity is not among woman’s charms. She registered unmistakable | wetness. (Copyright, 1931.) —_— e A Reduced Scale. Prom the Charlotte News. The stock market remains so inactive that one can begin to have nervous de- pression on an even smaller margin. A Wise Precaution. From the Indianapolis Star. An heiress to a $10,000,000 fortune has just married her lawyer, which is one way of keeping the money in the family. o Some Solace for Bill. Es - | Prom the Cleveland New: Certain ex-mayor of Ohic it 8 personal co 2 willing to admit is all over. e “The Democrats,” Mr. Smith added, “seem to be waiting for Raskob to give the nod,” referring to_the Democratic national chairman. Continuing, Mr. Smith said, “I have been surprised since my arrival in Washington at the fre- quent mention of the name of Owen Young.” Mr. Smith meant, of | course, the mention of Mr. Young's name in connection with the Demo- cratic presidential nomination. Mr. Young, it has been insisted by many persons who contend they know the “inside” of the policy of the Democratic national organization, is the real choice of Chgirman Raskob for the presidential nomination next year. Just how far the head of the board of the General Electric Co. can get, however, in a Democratic ~natictsl ~ convention re- mains to be seen. Mr. Young is highly regarded personally and for his great success in the business warld. He has not held political office, huless his serv- ice overseas in connetion with the reparation muddle can oe so construed. EE “It seems to be settled,” Mr. Smith said, “that President Hoover will be renominated without opposition.” In this view of the Republican situation, Mr. Smith concurs, apparently, with practically all other Republican leaders, big or little. There is a growing belief among these Republican leaders that the Democrats, despite their constant attacks on the President, will not be able to indict him before the American peo- ple. They assert that the criticisms of the President by the Democratic spokes- men have no body, that they are mere- ly invectives and will get nowhere with the general body of the voters. * K ok x The Republicans are showing signs of taking the offensive against their Demo- cratic opponents these days. For ex- ample, Senator Dickinson of Iowa is- sued a statement tcday seeking to show that the speeches made by Chairman Jouett Shouse of the Democratic Ex- ecutive Committee, now on the West Coast, while filled with attack upon the President, have presented no program, legislative or otherwise, cn behalf of the Democrats. The Republicans are constantly reiterating the charge that the Democrats have nothing to offer the sountry, even if they are put into powar. They are likely to continue to hammer away at the opposition along this line for a longe time. It may be an ef- fective method of attack. Said Senator Dickinson: “The Democrats are without any pro- gram unless we may regard the recom- mendations of Mr. Raskob as the party platform. The nubbin of these recom- mendations is prohibition repeal and the junking of the anti-trust laws—propcsi- tions which have created an intaase | strife within the Democratic party and | which led a large section of the de- mocracy of Southern California te di- rectly snub Mr. Shouse upon his ap- pearance at Lcs Angeles for the second in his series of addresses. “Mr. Shouse in his Portland speech boasts that the Democrats will ‘consti- tute the only united cgherent efforts for legislation in the nexf Congress’ and then says that Democratic effcrts in legislation would be ‘constructive.’ “Thus Mr. Shouse again deals in generalities, whereas the country expects specifications.” e ‘The Democrats are having a bit of fun at the expense of Representative Ber- trand H. Snell of New York, chairman of the House Rules Committee, and an aspirant for the speakership in the com- ing Congress. Mr. Snell in a speech in New York said in effect ihat the pro- tective tariff had gone the limit in the | matter of aiding industries in this country. The Democrats read into his statement that the Republican tariff makers have gone beyond the limit and that Mr. Snell is perhaps now willing to go in the other direction. They attribute his attitude to fear on the part of the Republicans of an approach- ing political storm. Representative Mc- e of Alahama, Democratic whip of the House, has this to say of Mr. Snell: “The astute Congressman Snell evi- | dently has sensed the approaching storm of indignation which in 1932 will ! restore the control of affairs in this Government to the Democratic party. Of course, nothing but the fear of the wrath of the people could divorce the Republican leadership from those fa- vored interests which have successfully carried out their program cf high| tariff laws and artificial stimulation of their own business. “The leopard cannot change his spots and the people will not in the near future put their unfalling trust in a leadership which has been so hurtful to the public welfare. Under that leadership America has set the pace in building tariff walls against which 35 or 40 foreign nations have protested and many have since retali- ated with similar laws “International business confidence has been almost destroyed by the Re- publican party. Under its policies our foreign trade is in extremity, while business in America has declined to its tragic conditions. * K K * In other quarters Mr. Snell's state- ment is attributed to a desire to make his peace with some of the Progressives in his own party, who have been en- emies of the tariff act which Mr. Snell | assisted on its way through the House. | Mr. Snell has taken a running start for the speakership nomination. There is no doubt among his colleagues about | his ability to preside over the House. But whether he can be elected is an- other matter, * K K K + Despite the fact that Democrats have candidates for the presidential nomina- tion in many States, there are two States particularly prominent in the public mind today when the Democratic nomindtion is under con- sideration. One is New York and the other is Ohio. There are plenty of observers who are saying: “If the nomination does not go to New Yerk, then watch out for Ohio.” Ohio helped the Democrats elect their last President, Woodrow Wilson, when New York was going for his Republican opponent, Charles Evans Hughes. Democrats feel it may do the same thing next year, though they expect to be able to carry New York, too. The Buckeye State went Democratic in the senatorial and gubernatorial elections last Fall. There are several Ohio Democrats mentioned as presidential possibilities, among them Newton D. Baker. The former Secre- tary of War put out a statement in Cleveland which has been interpreted as placing him in the class of receptive candidates. Mr. r has proved his ability many times. He would have the support of many of the old Wilson Democrats. His weakness would lie in the fact that in the Democratic national convention of 1924 he appeared as the champion of American entry into the League of Nations, and in the fact that hawn-'.o - IM% § ¥E' § Sk | !a local fish market. | stincts of comradeship, before which cap at live birds was held in Kansas City in 1902, with 456 starters, 493 e tries. The first one at live birds was | held around New York City in 1893, and every year up to 1902. It was 8o | big in 1902 (twice as big as ever before) | that it scared them off shopting live birds and they discontinued it. ‘The first Grand American Handicap at clay targets was held in 1900. Q. How much fish does a pelican eat in a day?>—M. A. T. A. In Fort Myers, Fla, there is a | tame pelican which takes its meals at | The proprietor says that it consumes about 10 pounds of fish daily. Q. How long do periods of business | depression usually last?—E. A. M. A. In reviewing those of the past 40 years, the depression of longest dura- tion was that of 1912, which lasted 25 months. Usually a depression lasts from 8 to 15 months, Q. Where does child birth rank among causes of death?—D. L. A. In this country, among women be- tween the ages of 20 and 50, it ranks second. Tuberculosis alone takes greater toll of lives. Q. How many States have Indian names?—R. C. A. Twenty-seven States have names of Indian derivation. Q What are shell-treated eggs? —C. C. A. They are those which are dipped in a bath of ‘mineral oil, to coat the shell and fill the pores, preventing the | evaporation of moisture from the egg. This is done to hold the quality of | eggs in long shipments or in storage. | Q. Why can’t 2 man sustain life by eating grass?—C. G. T. A. In so far as diet is concerned the mammalia are divided into three classes —the carnivora, the herbivora and the frugivora. The frugh lvora, to which group man belongs, exhibit their supe- riority by their cleverness in ol ing food in concentrated forms; conse- quently the digestive apparatus is too |small to digest sufficient grass to sus- tain life and is not fitted to assimi- \ late it. Q. What fund made possible the es- tablishment of the Harvard Law | School?—H. L. H. | "A. Isaac Royall gave to Harvard Col- |lege a sum of money with which to found the Royall professorship of law. | From this developed the Harvard Law School. Q. How mnear to Nome, Alaska, do Eskimos live?—G. P. A. Eskimos live in and all around the city of Nome in the Seward Peninsula, Alaska. This area is one of the most thickly populated areas of ths coast, but the Eskimos live all along the coast of Alaska and Canada, on the Alask: Peninsula in the southwest §o Green- land in the northeast. with stones. The West Kapelle Dyke is 12,468 feet long and has a seaward slope of 300 fect. Qn a ridge 39 feet wide are a roadway and a railway, Q. How many bulls and horses are killed in Spanish bull fights?—A. F. A. Bulls used in bull fights in Spain are of well known lineage and reared in special establishments. The best bulls are worth from $200 to $300. About 1,300 are killed annually. In many of the bull fights as many as a dozen at a time may be employed. It is also estimated that 6,000 horses are used annually in Spain for this amusement. Q. Do we speak English or is our language called American?—W. E. N. A. English is the officlal language of the United States. It has been sug- gested by some philologists that the speech of the Americans be termed the American language, but no definite ac- tion has ever been taken in this re- spect. Words and phrases that are pe- culiar to the United States are termed Americanisms, Q. Can moles see?—J. dMcC. A. Neither external eyes nor ears are ordinarily in evidence in the American mole. If not totally blind the common mole of the Eastern United States can at best merely distinguish between ufi the and darkness, as what remains of m'gm of sight lies wholly beneath Q. Who said “Don’t cheer, boys, the poor devils are dying?"—H. L. A. It was said by Capt. Jack United States Navy (the late Rear Ad- miral J. W. Philip), who was in com= mand of the United States battleship Texas in Santiago harbor. It was said ‘regarding the enemy on the cruisers Infanta Maria Teresa and the 'ndo when forced to surrender—to quiet the loud cheering of the Ame: over this victory, July 3, 1898. Q. Please give a biography of Eugene Bue—S. F. A. Eugene Sue was born in Paris on January 20, 1804. He was the son of a distinguished surgeon in Napoleon's army and is said to have had the Empress Josephine for godmother. Sue himself acted as surgeon both in the Spanish campaign undertaken by France in 1823 and at the Battle of Navarino (1828). In 1829 his father left him a fortune and he Paris. His naval experiences supplied much of the material for his first nov- <ls. In quasi-historical style he wrote “Jean Cavalier ou Les Fanatiques des Cevennes” and “Latreaumont.” He was strongly affected by the Socialist ideas of the day, which prompted his most famous works, “Les Mysteres de Paris™ and “Le Julf Errant.” lution of 1848 he (the Seine) in the Assembly, and was exiled after his protest against the coup d'etat of December 2, 1851. His later works were inferior. He died at Annecy (Savoy) August 3, 1857. The sudden death of Speaker Nicho- las Longworth is followed by spon- (taneous tributes to his unusual public | career. Emphasis is placed upon the fact that he was a man of wealth who | succeeded in winning political success through personal qualities, and that, though the son-in-law of President | Roosevelt, he was able to leave the im- print of his own personality on his po- litical generation. ‘The incident of the campaign of |1912 is emphasized by the Detroit Free Press, with the statement that “the honors that later came to him as floor {leader and Speaker of the House were ¢arned.” The Indianapolis Star avers that “he had the courage of his con- victions and was a constructive force |in the affairs of the Nation, much in need of public men of his capacity and stamina.” “Whence the power of Nicholas Lon worth as a political leader and parlia- mentarian, and whence his charm as a man?” asks the Cincinnati Times- Star, adding in comment on the sub- ject: “The question is on all lips, and the answers are as varied as his own qualities—his forcefulness in legisla- tion, his candor in controversy, his in- party lines faded. The paradox of his political efficiency and easy suavity of outlook is perhaps explained when it is noted that by birth and choice he was an exponent of the humanities. Cincinnati sets high store by them and has given them a preferred place in the curriculum of its university. Speaker Longworth had a heritage of wealth and social position; he was uni- versity-bred; his culture was broadly based, and in the art of music his was the hand of a master.” e “He will be remembered for a long time by those who knew him as a faith- ful officeholder, a force for good and a fine fellow,” declares the Ann Arbor Daily News, while the Youngstown Vin- dicator proclaims that “Ohio has every reason to take pride in his record,” and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram describes him as “a credit to American politics and to the American background.” The Seattle Daily Times pays the tribute: “In thé course of a career that has been too socn and too abruptly closed, Mr. Longworth set & fine example for the young men of ‘Amencn. He did not merely play politics, as so many are wlllins to do, but worked intelligently and whole-heartedly for the better service of the people. His high ideals, his fairness, his capacity for friendu- ness were not the attributes of political posturing, but were recognized by all as evidences of a perfect sincerity. “Too few have appeared on the American scens who have risen from wealth and position at birth to high place in national affairs,” thinks the Memphis Commercial Appeal, while the Harrisburg Telegraph points out that “he was a big man in his own right” and held the office of Speaker “with honor to himself and satisfaction to his | party and the country.” The Rock Island Argus feels that “perhaps the greatest triumph he achleved was to, make it clear that he could attain wi a prominent and highly influential post aside from the accident of birth and his marriage to the daughter of a great President,” and the Omaha mentio; Pemocratic presi- dential possibilities,*'@ge of them is Gov. George White, who'gould be dry enough to satisfy the Southern Demo- crats. Another is former Gov. James M. , the Democratic standirdibearer in 1920, who made rery npres- sion with his speech at the fing of the Democratic Nationat orfnittee here in March{'and & third is 8 B , An opponent of the are { | down to the hard work of ‘Longworth, Man of Wealth, Lauded as Servant of Public " World-Herald conterids that “it is & good thing to have it demonstrated that in our great democracy there is & congenfal place in the political arens for the aristocrat.” R “He was an exemplary rich man,” says the Pasadena -News, “buckling exacting pub- lic service. His father-in- law, the lamented Col. Roosevelt, also was a conspicuous example of a man having abundant means who conse- crated his life to public service. Genial, warm-hearted, likable, Nicholas Long- worth was personally popular with men of all political faiths. His sudden passing has grieved the Nation.’ “The course of Government will be changed by his death,” in the judgment of the Columbus Ohio State Journal “Just what the political significance will be is difficult to determine. With the® exception of the President, ,the Speaker of the National House of Rep- resentatives is the most powerful man in the Nation, and Speaker Longworth wielded that power with an urbanity and an effectiveness that made him perhaps feared, but certainly respected by his colleagues. In his passing the world, the Nation and Ohio suffer & loss. His legacy is a station in life for whoever can get it.” Speaker Longworth’s personal charm and popularity are attested by the Day- ton Daily News, the Chattancoga Times, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the New York Sun, the Worcester Evening Gazette, the Charlotte News, the Balti- more Sun, the Charleston (8. C.) News and Courier, the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Wheeling Intelligencer. The Madison (Wis.) State Journal holds that “there are Je;v m:;fln’;eh&:mw equally equipped for 4 The ingham News states that “in all his political dealings he was the same gracious, polished, gentlemanly ‘Nick’ Longworth that he was to his friends.” The Atlanta Journal sug- gests that in him “good humor attained the potency and the charm of a fine art.” The Philadelphia Evening Bulle- tin records that “he had unique quali- fications to mediate between sections and elements of diverse background, to diminish antagonism and soften the asperities of controversy. “His conservative judgment, fairness, experience and industry had earned him through the years of his service the re- spect of his colleagues in both parties,” testifies the Chicago Daily Tribune, while the Akron Beacon Journal ex- plains as to his success in the office of Speaker: “In this position he fitted admirably into the succession of ‘czar- dom’ which by an application of hard rules had held the independence of the House in leash for near two generations of American Government. FPirst Reed, then Cannon, then Longworth. But if the dominion of Reed and Cannon was imposed with no apology for the frank usurpation that it really meant, that of Longworth wore the face of finesse and benevolence. These were the qualities which in the progressive revolutions of our National politics red him from | being overborne by insurgent strength. Nick, indeed, was too good a fellow to Gardeners—Not Collegians. Prom the San Antonio Express. do_creative work. he does possess such talent, may ndt the college spoil & good gardener? Jobs of Probers Aiding. From the Dayton Daily News. Another probe of the 1 has been started,