Evening Star Newspaper, September 21, 1932, Page 8

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The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dis- patches credited to it or not otherwise cred- ited in this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of publication of special dispatches herel: Iso_reserved. = - America and German Arms. ‘President Hoover has made an urgent appeal to Germary not to sabotage the Geneva Arms Conference. It is not ad- dressed directly to the Reich, being merely in the form of a White House statement at Washington, but the effect will not be lost on the Reich and the Berlin government because of that cir- cumstance. Germany now knows, in the President’s words, that the United States expects her to “lend her aid” in the ‘“great purpose,” for which Mr. Hoover envisions “such promise of progress for the entire world.” The White House communique does not specifically concern itself with the arms equality issue raised by Germany, nor with the stern rebuff that proposi- tion has encountered at the hands of Great Britain and France. Inferen- tially, the United States. through Presi- dent Hoover’s utterance, does align itself against Germany's demands, be- cause these were presented in the form of an ultimatum alternative—equality or withdrawal from continued disarma- ment negotiations at Geneva. The United States leaves the Germans in no doubt of this country’s disapproval of their determination to have their way, or, like the pouting little girl in the story of the party, take their dolls and go home. President Hoover emphasizes lha!‘ “the sole question in which the United | States is interested is in reducing arm aments of the whole world, step by | step.” If the Germans proceed, in de- | fiance of treaty obligations, to expand their military establishment, the “step | by step” they would thus take would | be steps backward from, not forward to, the goal of disarmament. The progress toward that objective is la- borious enough. The endless debates at Geneva, which stretched over six weary months, are to be resumed today by a conference committee on which the American Minister to Switzerland, Hugh R. Wilson, will sit The American people have no occa- sion to throw up their hats in enthusi- asm over the fragmentary achievements of Geneva thus far. But hope springs eternal in their idealistic breasts. They do not wish such fiber and substance as it may still have to be warped pre- maturely by the brusque proposals of Germany to wreck the conference un- less she can have her way on arms equality without further ado. There 1s much to be said in favor of her de- sires. But she is going the wrong way about to gratify them. Mr. Hoover makes one allusion which §s open to varying constructions. He says that “we are not & party to the Versailles treaty and its limitation on German arms. That is solely a Euro- pean question”” In our own separate peace treaty with Germany it is defi- nitely set forth that “the United States shall have and enjoy” certain “rights and advantages stipulated” in the Ver- sailles treaty. Among them are the “rights and advantages” defined in Part V, the clause imposing arms limitation upon Germany. This country has not quite the same interest in keeping Germany weak in & military sense that, say, France and Poland have. Apparently that is the technical point the President means to make. But it is evident that the United States by treaty with Germany also| possesses “rights and advantages” which cannot be abrogated unilatérally by the Berlin government. It is well that Germany should be reminded of that fact. r———————— England implies the opinion that Germany and other neighbor nations have already produced more military devices than the British Museum should be expected to keep dusted off and cata- logued. —oe—s Scott—Minus and Plus. The centenary of the death of Sir Walter Scott, poet, novelist and biog- rapher, is being widely observed today. Throughout the English-speaking world and in France, Germany, Russia and Japan, wherever his works are known in the original or in translated form, tribute is being paid to his memory. Scott’s own personal story never has been adequately told, and it is to be hoped that the present celebration may prompt some competent hand to do it as it should be done. The man Was & curious mixture of noble and ignoble traits, a combination of curious pre- dilections, loves and hates. His hand- somer aspect was painted by his son- m-law, Jonn Gibson Lockhart; his less admirable, but not less interesting na- ture, has been neglected. ‘The problem is rendered particularly ntriguing by the fact that many of Scott’s faults were sources of strength to him. He was possesed of overween- ing pride and egotism, and it was his exaggerated notion of his talents that first prompted him to write. He was greedy, and his passion for money and prestige stimulated his productive hbo_r, He was intolerant, and his illiberality made it possible, for him to focus his thought effectively. He was cruel, and his capacity for militant malice gave him the instinctive emotional material for the creation of villains almost with- out parallel this side of those of Shake- speare. He was snobbish and opportu- the masses, by his preten- slons, received him at his own valuation. But an arralgnment of his short- comings cannot be sccepted as & full and complete explanation of Scott’s achievement. His virtues were as numerous and as compelling as his vices. He was a tireless worker, born to win. If he was quick to detect an oppor- tanity, he was willing to toil to ex- tract its entire worth. He did have genius, and he was justified in be- leving in his powers. He drove him- self as remorselessly as he drove other men. That he could be spontaneously and sincerely generous was repeatedly demonstrated. Toward chosen friends he was abundantly courteous and kindly. His reactionary prejudices were ground- ed in a discernmefit of the real merits of ancient institutions. If he distrusted his countrymen, he worshiped his country. If he despised the mob and loathed democracy, he nevertheless served the public weal by his insistence upon a high standard of personal ideal- ism among the so-called ruling classes. There is no deliberate teaching in his books, but an implied moral is ever present. An unmitigated romanticist, fleeing the problems of his own times, he sur- vives in an age of ruthless realism. His novels still are read with pleasure. He aspired to be popular, and he is so. He wished for success, and it came to him. His name is by no means the greatest in British letters, but it is one of the most significant. Scott is eminently worth remember- ing, worth studying. In his personality all the qualities of the human race, for good or ill, did battle. And, like the race, he endures, is commended and measurably prospers. He wrote what he wrote because he was what he was. It is not necessary to constitute him a plaster fetish in order to decently un- derstand and appreciate him. .- A Progressive Defeat. Wisconsin's youthful Governor, Philip La Follette, has been defeated for re- nomination by former Governor Walter J. Kohler, conservative Republican, after one of the most heated campaigns Wis- consin has seen for a number of years. But that is not all. Senator John J. Blaine, a La Follette Progressive, ap- pears to have gone down, also, in the primary yesterday, losing to John B. Chapple, & comparatively untried op- ponent. Furthermore, if the returns so far received can be relled upon, three Progressive Republican candidates for renomination to the House have been dumped by the voters. The results in vesterday’s primary are a bitter blow to the La Follete group in Wisconsin. They have shaken the hold of the Progressive organization on the Badger State. The primaries at which delegates to the Republican Na- tional Convention were elected last Spring gave an inkling of what might be expected in the September primaries. The conservative Republicans elected a majority of the delegates to the na- tional convention for the first time in many years. No more severe critic of the Hoover administration than Senator Blaine has raised his voice in the past and the present Congresses. In season and out he has railed against President Hoover and all his works. The defeat of Sen- ator Blaine by a “stalwart” Republican will come with added joy to the ears of the regular Republican leaders. They will read in the returns the belief that President Hoover, after all, is not as unpopular in the Middle West as he has been painted. Blaine opposed the elec- tion of Mr. Hoover in 1928 and came out openly for Al Smith. He has been ready to support Roosevelt this year against Hoover. Aside from the personal angle, the vote in Wisconsin seems to indicate & tightening of the lines of the conserva- tive forces in the State, which may have its parallel in other States. If that be true, then the predicticns of democratic victory may be decidedly premature. The Democratic nominee for President, Gov- ernor Roosevelt of New York, has been hailed as a “progressive.” It is true that his speeches in the West during his pres- ent campaign tour have rather aligned him with the conservative thought of the country. But the effort has been to «“sell him” as a progressive. If the vote in Wisconsin yesterday is any criterion, the progressives are not doing, nor are they likely to do, so well. The La Follettes in Wisconsin prob- ably are suffering from the fact that they have been in power during hard times. Tt might have been far earier for Governor La Follette to win the nomina- tion, for example, had Kohler been Gov- ernor this year and La Follette on the outside. The inclination of voters to strike at those in power Wwhen times are bad, to make a change on the theory that any change would be for the better, has been manifested many times in elec- tions. Whatever the reason for their defeat. the downfall of Governor La Follette and Senator Blaine is balm to the harassed Republicans, who have been ‘wondering, in view of the Democratic victory in Maine last week, what was to happen. o Germany tried fiat money not so long ago with a result of establishing a parity by which paper money was measured by the bushel, like wheat. o Ecuador's Revolution. alterations by the bullet rather than by the ballot, evidently finding constitu- tional processes too siow and cumber- some to serve their purposes. Victory generally perches on the banners of the contenders who control the army. Nothing on cotemporary record in South America has equaled the ferocity and magnitude of the Ecuadoran turmoil. The week’s battle of Quito was the fiercest in the country’s modern history and one of the major engagements in the annals of South America. The residents of the capital, isolated in the high mountains of the interior, were cut off for days as loyalist troops from north and south marched in behind a battering artillery attack. The single military airplane at the disposal of the government dropped bombs on the capital, while artillery laid down a sweeping barrage on the invading rebel troops. The long casualty list includes many civilians of Quito, who had taken no sides in the conflict between the government and Bonifaz. American diplomatic officials were constantly in the zone of danger. Dr. Alberto Guerrero Martinez, presi- dent of the Senate, has been named Acting President of the Republic, re- placing Acting President Baquerizo Moreno, whose term expired last week. But it would be & very optimistic prophecy to foreshadow that tranquillity has descended upon Ecuador with any guarantee of permanency. The wounds of the late upheaval are not likely to heal quickly. ———— The famous dancer, Irene Castle, as an S. P. C. A. worker, is protesting against the rodeo as an entertainment involving cruelty to a dumb animal and dumb riders as well. As a matter of fact, it is & cruel world that insists on being entertained even if a trapeze per- former breaks his neck or a dancer sprains her ankle. It is only fair to give humanity equal consideration with the four-footed friends. N Oil interests are observing closely the efforts of the Soviet to establish rela-, g tions with French politicians. Much more negotiation will be expected than | would be needed if Alfalfa Bill Mur- Tay were in a position to take a diplo- matic hand in the situation as a petro- leum expert. B The editor of the Taylor (Ill.) Breeze is probably wondering why any cne should have thrown a devastating bomb when an anonymous letter would have been an equally impressive dem- onstration of sentiment without so much danger of police action, It may be doubted whether ex-Gov. Smith as & magazine editor can keep entirely away from current economic discussion. The most expert pub- lisher would scarcely attempt to hold a large circulation with merely a con- tinued story and a cross-word puzzle. S The ancient query as to which origi- nated the other, the chicken or the egg, | is being suggested on a large scale by the question of whether wicked movies Pproduce crime or crime produces wicked movies. e — ‘With so many topics in evidence that require mental concentration, prohibi- tion is in danger of being regarded as affording the relief necessary when con- versation grows heavy and people need “something to talk about.” o Various stories are current as to whether Ghandi is fasting as a means of economic protest or by the doctor's WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1932. BY CHARLES E, TRACEWELL. Two and twenty robins zoomed down upon the lawn at exactly 5 o'clock. ‘They were after robin food. ‘The genuine robin food, as every one may not know, is composed of Ken- tucky blue grass, red top, Dutch white clover and rye grass. Most people call it grass seed, in mix- ture, but the robins know it was in- tended for them. At least they acted as if they knew it. No sooner was the Fall planting of grass seed ended, than they began to gather. ‘That first evening they emulated the famous blackbirds of the nursery rhyme, l;ctul:: r:::ry of thebe“l’uur and twenty,” tl e number. The next evening, just before dusk, there were 17 of the red-breasts. Since then the number has varied, at times running as low as 10, but never equaling the quota of the first day. No doubt there isn't as much seed left, after several days of intensive feasting. ‘They are such jolly fat beggars, in their rusty red coats, no one would have the heart to shoo them away. It is the sacrifice of perfectly good grass seed which bird lovers are willing to make to keep the friendship of their robin friends. Cousin of the thrush, tamest and most beautiful singer of them all, the robin is everybody's friend. His song is not great music, but it is pleasant and cheerful, especially when indulging in the notes which country people name “calling for rain.” Just how much grass seed a flock of robins can eat is difficult to compute. To the householder it seems as if they will not leave a bit of the mixture for germination. Probably it is not as bad | as that; perhaps the robins are more interested in worms, after all, than in | grass seed, no matter how plump. | It cannot be gainsaid, however, that | all of the song birds are seed eaters.| From the tiny goldfinches, now to be | seen darting like erratic arrows across | gardens, to the solemn robins, one | and all they enjoy their meals of rip- ened seed. Happily for them they are under no compulsion to know the names of the varieties in which they are interested. They simply eat, and, in the eating, find the seed desirable, fit food for an honest. bird. “The robin possesses a fine drill, in is nearer the truth. Whenever & home owner sees a hit of writing about lawns, or flowers, or vegetables, he reads it, in order to compare some one else’s ex- perience with his own. If he can ex- genenu the pleasure of disagreement, e thinks himself well repaid. ‘The subject of disagreement with the written word, one may think, is worth an article all by itself. Disagreeing with the spoken word is one thing, but dis- agreement with the written word quite another. When one listens to a speech, one is never sure that he is quoting the orator properly, and therefore hesitates to disagree with him. But with the written words before him he is more }:fely to smite his adversary on the p. Some people, swallowing the modern doctrines of optimism whole, harbor the idea that disagreement is a sort of surliness. This is only true when one disagrees in, a churlish manner. There is & good disagreement, as well as a bad sort of disagreeing. Decent disagreement, if one sees a proposition that way, is a duty, at least to one’s self. Where some people make their mistake, in the matter of differ- ence, is that they think they must enter on a limitless and perpetual dis- pute, whereas the real disagreeing comes first of all in the mind, and need go no_further, in a great many instances. This Is God’s Country And It Will Recover ‘To the Editor of The Star. Internationalists periodically attempt to ruin the United States by mixing in with affairs across the ses. What this proud country is today is due to our protective tarif’. Senator Smoot ‘well says in a recent issue of the Satur- day Evening Post the present phase of internationalism is to tear down the tariff walls. I first saw the City of New York in (1877, when most of it above Forty- second street was goats and shacks. Today the structures in this neighbor- represent billlons. Since 1877 New York has built and rebullt itself many times. Since the advent of the tariff, what is true of New York is true of the Nation. If there is one bridge to rebuild probably we may find a thou- In all probability our en- system may be entirely rebuilt in the next 30 years. But if we tear down our tariff walls to enable our mass production producers of auto- mobiles to tear down the automobile i business of other countries, New York may become another goat town and the Nation another China. Any “dumping” from foreign nations we cannot stand. rts have said good roads have not kept pace with the production of automobiles in this country. If there is anything the matter with the auto iness, maybe that is it. Another thing, I believe, as was said by one of our philosophers—TI think it was Emer- ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. Any reader can get the answer to any question by writing to our informa- tion bureau in Washington, D. C. This offer appliez strictly to information. The bureau cannot give advice on legal, medical and financial matters. It does not attempt to settle domestic troubles, or undertake exhaustive re- search on any subject. Write your question plainly and briefly. Give full name and address and inclose 3 cents Jn coin or stamps for return postage. The reply is sent direct to the inquirer. Address The Evening Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director, ‘Washington, D. C. Q. How is it possible for the United States relay team to run 400 meters in 40 seconds when the record for the 100 meters is 10.3 seconds?—R. T. A. The 400-meter record is made pos™ sible on account of the athletes’ em- | ploying a flying start. In other words, the athletes are permitted to start run- ning within the relay zone and take the baton from the previous runner at | full speed. Q. How many people die of heat prostration in the United States?— M. M. A. In 1930 there were 1,487 persons son—if & man builds a perfect mouse | reported as dying of excessive heat in trap and locates his factory in a forest | the registration area in the United The duty of disagreement is particu- | the world will beat a pathway to his | States. larly a charge on one's self. The danger of it lies in the tendency of door to get the perfect trap. So it is with our automobiles—if our producers Q. It is considered in bad taste to many people to make difference of | bulld perfect machines and know how | begin a letter With the pronoun 17— opinion & sort of god in its own right. | to advertise, especially in foreign coun- | U. It is nothing, this disagreement of which we speak, except in relation to the integrity of mind of the ego. Many persons will find no call upon their minds to disagree, but rather to accept what is placed before them, as good children were supposed to do with their food in the old days. Others will discover that they are never quite so much themselves (and they know it) as when they are prop- erly disagreeing with another. It must be done properly, not on whim, or just for the sake of argument, but solely because one’s own experience, beliefs and ideals contradict what is said or written. Home gardeners are forever disagree- ing. in the most gentlemanly way, with garden writers, and it iy quite proper that they do so. and extremely neces- sary. On no other subject in the world is there quite so much written which is | simply the handed-down wisdom of the | past. This comes about because garden- | Ing is very old. and is essentially the his sturdy beak; with this he can yank up worms from the soil, and it is pos- orders. oo SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. An Unappreciated Effort. Joe Struthers had a feelin' that he must philosophize; He said that Pohick on the Crick would find it had a prize In him. He started in to educate his fellow men, A-censorin’ their conduct rather sharply now an’ then. It wasn't long before he riled the intire neighborhood. “Don’t notice if it hurts,” said Joe. “It’s goin’ to do you good.” An’ when he bawled Si Simlin out for bein’ big an’ slow We laughed (‘cept Si) an’ said, “Go in an’ give it to 'em, Joe.” He went through the directory with a close but joyous care, He roasted Deacon Boggs' new teeth and Sallie Stubbs’ front hair, everybody laughed again, ‘cept those who had to feel The sting of ol Joe's eloquent reforma- tory zeal. An' when at last he'd gotten pretty nearly through the list An’ sible that with it he is able to secure many a covered seed which lesser birds ‘would overlook. 1 If the Fall planting of grass seed has been done half properly, however, there is no danger of the birds making away with all of it Enough will be left: at the same time the feathered creatures will have had their meals. To secure this double duty from the sowing of grass-seed mixture it is nec- essary to dig the seed in wherever there is enough earth showing to permit this action Few gardeners will advocate the up- rooting of reasonably good turf to sow i seed. but if there is a bare spot, with earth visible. the seed should be covered slightly, with fine earth or peat moss, and then tramped down. If old turf is in what may be called a half-way condition, so that there are no really bare spots, but nevertheless the lawn is thin, the best way to sow seed is to sow in the thinner | places, distributing peat moss or earth immediately afterward | Water should be applied soon. care being taken to keep the spray fine, in nrd;r to prevent washing out of the seed. These are elementary rules in lawn | to be kept at their height of beauty and | making, but to those interested in the subject there is something interesting | in their restatement. This is one of the | perennial wonders of the garden, that | amateur gardeners can talk so much about the same thing. forever and a day, and yet never grow tired of their subjects One might think that every one in- terested in lawns had read all that there is to be read about them. and desired to hear no more, but exactly the opposite same today as it was yesterday, in the broad sense. When “Adam delve.” he did it in much the same way as human beings today. Perhaps the instruments he used greatly resembled the garden tools employed by the average home gardener today. so ancient is this craft It has been the pleasant custom of gardeners of all ages to “hand down"” their knowledge from one to another Naturally this has lent itself to parrot- ing of information. What one man sald has been accepted by the next, without much real experimenting: be- cause Nature has been generous, success often comes when radically wrong methods have been used Today entire schools have grown up among amateurs based on nothing more complicated than the best ways to create good lawns. Grass is the very basis of modern home gardening. in the surrounding and framing of a house. Its culture will aiways be a topic of genu- ine interest. not only to those who dabble in grass growing, in a small way, but also to all those who hope to do so. and even to those who may have no direct interest but who realize the necessity for good greensward every- where, if city and suburban aspects are visual satisfaction But to the bird lover the good lawn has another side, and by no means the least. If his grass is thick and lush, it will attract the birds, and furnish them many a good meal. He may add to this happy effect by supplementing their diet with choice seeds of the grasses, such as are included in most “mixtures,” and which we have called here by 'the rightful designation of “robin’s food.” WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. There are straw votes and straw votes, but none is of more arresting signficance than the poll among_the farmers of the country by the Farm Journal of Philadelphia. It will an- | nounce in the October number that its 1932 presidential straw vote in 48| States to date gives Roosevelt an al- of the legendary heroes of Princeton. He it was, as president of the university. who invited the Congress to resume its sessions in Nassau Hall on the Tiger campus in 1783, when a section of the Continental Army mutinied and drove Congress from Philadelphia. Thereupon, for a period of nearly five months, most exactly 2-to-1 lead over Hoover— | Princeton became the temporary Capital 6.639 to 3.369. “For the present,” Te- | of the United States. The Witherspoon marks the Farm Journal, whose predi- | pamphlet, which is to be put on sale, lections are Republican, “it looks contains excerpts from the brilliant ad- gloomy for the G. O. P., which must | dress delivered by President Wilson in He found that he was lonesome, an’ the few that he had missed Turned in with the majority who told a tale of woe, And now all Pohick on the Crick is busy roastin’ Joe. Dispensing With Help. “You say you have a musical educa- tion?” asked Senator Sorghum. “Yes,” replied the young man who is learning politics. “But I don't expect it to be of much assistance in this business.” “You can't tell. There may be so much objection to a man’s recelving Ecuador, though one of the smallest of South American states, is emerging from the most sanguinary and exten- sive revolution of the many that have plunged the Southern Continent into bloody strife during the past three years. Late dispatches indicate that after seven days of continuous combat, the revolt, which raged around the cdpital city of Quito, has been sup- pressed by an overwhelming force of Federal troops. The leader of the uprising, Neptali Bonifaz, is a fugitive campaign contributions that every can- didate will have to be his own brass An Utter Cynic. “So you think women could run the Government as well as men?” “I am inclined to think so,” replied fir. Growcher, “and they would prob- have the rural vote to win in most | States. The Democrats evidently have their best chance since 1916." Roose- | velt tops Hoover in California, Illinois, Indiana, JIowa, Kansas. Maryland, | Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, Okla- homa, Virginia, West Virginia and Wis- consin. Hoover is ahead in New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Ver- mont. The farm vote is a tie in Texas. The Farm Journal believes many farm- ers are undecided and_have not yet made up their minds. It deduces this from the fact that in 1928 by this date | the magazine had tabulated nearly four times as many farm votes as have been | turned in this year. The Hoover total in 11 Southern States outstrips the Roosevelt total because of Republican strength in Florida and North Caro- lina. * K K % Although the foregoing indicates a | strong Roosevelt trend in the agrarian | regions, confidential advices simmering in from the West do not disclose that | the Governor is burning up the farming | sections beyond the Mississippi. A let- ter from a well-informed post of obser- vation in Nebraska says: “Gov. Roose- velt’s speech at Topeka, in which he out- | lined his farm relief program, is being | severely criticized out here. I am of the opinion that he lost votes in his attacks | on the agricultural marketing (Farm Board) act. He spoke in generalities and did not come out with any definite plan. Opponents of the Farm Board, of course, like his criticism of that body, but he failed to go on record in favor of abolishing it, contenting himself with pointing out that it had cost American agriculture hundreds of millions of dol- lars by reason of its plundering, waste- ful policies. It was very apparent that Gov. Roosevelt was not thoroughly fa- miliar with the grave problems which the farmer faces in the States West of Mississippl.” the e EREE O Secretary Stimson's contribution _to the entertainment of the American Bar Assoclation convention in Washington ebly exert a refining influence by sub- | next month will be & unique exhibition stituting pink ribbon for red tape.” Here's To! Sometimes we know not which to toast As loftiest and proudest— from the wrath of the government and its supporters and taken refuge in the American legation. The Federal au- thorities estimate that Senor Bonifaz's attempt to fight his way into the presi- dency cost a thousand Ecuadoran lives. He had been duly elected by the people, but was disqualified from taking office by the national Congress on the ground that his parents were Peruvians. All the news available in this country suggests that the Ecuadoran revolution was born primarily of the same causes which spawned the violent changes which since 1930 have taken place in the nistic, and his affection for pomp and ceremony enabled him to idealize roy- elty and the aristocracy attractively. Bnmkku genius for granted and un- B < governments of Bolivia, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Brazil and other Latin states. Ambitious elements in the aister Americas still prefer to effect political The public man who talks the most Or him who talks the loudest! Conversational Discretion. “Why do you always insist on talk- ing about the weather to your barber?” “You wouldn't have me talk about anything as exciting as politics to a man who is handling a razor, would you?” . Jokes. Oh, jokes resemble boils, perhaps, As mirth to sorrowing reverts; They're funny on the other chaps, But when there’s one on you it hurts. “De man dat thinks he knows more dan other folks,” said Uncle Eben, “is & useful citizen if he kin prove it an’ & loafer if he can't.” of original copies of laws and treaties. 1t will be held in the archives sections of the State Department on October 12, and contain the following historical documents: The fourteenth and eight- eenth amendments to the Constitution; the “lame duck” amendment now await- ing ratification by the States; the se- lective draft act of 1917; the Sherman anti-trust act; the Volstead act; the emancipation proclamation; the proc- lamation declaring the World War; the 1778 treaty of alliance with France; the 1783 treaty of peace with Great Brit- ain; the 1814 treaty of Ghent, ending the second war with Britain; the 1799 treaty of amity and commerce with Prussia, and treaties with Morocco and Algiers, dated, respectively, 1786 and 1795. il Senora Teresa O. de Prevost. a South American lady well known in Washing- ton official life, has made an interesting contribution to the George Washington Bicentenary by arranging for the pub- lication of a monograph of John With- dedication of the Witherspoon statue at Connecticut avenue and Eighteenth street in Washington. %% Any time you chance to pass by Pat Hurley’s tall office building at Fifteenth and H streets northwest, Washington, you're likely to encounter a good-look- ing, upstanding American named Frank Elbridge Webb. He is the second Cali- fornian running for President this vear. | being. the candidate of the Liberty Mr. Webb was nominated at a early in party. convention in Kansas City July on a platform calling for “a squarer | deal” for labor, agriculture and the common people generally. It advocates Tetention of the eighteenth amendment in_the Constitution and payment of the soldiers’ bonus by expansion of the currency system. Mr. Webb does not expect to be elected. * % % % Representative Robert G. Simmons, Republican, of Nebraska, so well known as a former chairman of the House subcommittee on District appropria- tions, is having a tough fight for re- election. Opposing him is another young politician from the Simmons home town of Scottsbluff, a Democrat named Terry Carpenter, who is_conducting a whirlwind campaign. Representative Simmons is asking re-election on his record. especially as a stanch Hoover supporter and a dry. Carpenter is run- ning as a wet. Simmons is pro-Farm Board and anti-bonus. Carpenter would abolish the Farm Board and pay the bonus. * Kk X ‘Weird tales are beginning to circulate about impending “conspiracies” to_turn the election tide at the eleventh hour. ‘They emanate for the most part from Democrats, who depict themselves as the intended victims of the brewing plots. Yarn No. 1 is that employes of Republican-controlled industrial con- cerns are to be warned on the eve of November 8 that their jobs will be in jeopardy if Roosevelt is elected. Yarn No. 2 is that “Republican gold” on something like Mark Hanna lines will be spent in close States to “buy” the election. Yarn No. 3 has it that Roose- velt is to be depicted in Southern States as more pro-Catholic even than Al Smith, on the record of his_appoint- ments to State offices in New York. * x % % Prohibition politics has split one of the country's prominent famiiles wide open. Mrs. Charles H. Sabin of New York, Joan of Arc of the wet women, is a ‘?llur of Mrs. Harry F. Guggenheim, wife of the American Ambassador to Cuba and intimate of Col. Charles Lind- bergh. The two women are daughters of the late Paul Morton, Secretary of the Navy in the first Roosevelt admin- istration. Mrs. Sabin is supporting Gov. Roosevelt. Mrs. Guggenheim is for President Hoover. (Copyright, 1932 Basic Prosperity. From the San Antonio Express. Shoe factories are operating full time. , signer of the Declaration of fodependence and Washington's close and s friend and sponsor, Witherspoon is one That will help put the country on its feet agaln, ? ‘ I contend that the world depression was not due to our tariff restrictions. I may be a crank on the subject, but believe it came about from the effort of England three or four years ago to the gold by dumping vast quantities of silver on the market. sending silver down like a plummet from 64 cents an ounce to 25, wiping out the purchasing power of the Orient and the silver- using countries of Mexico, Central and South America. We manufacture on a gold basis and try to sell to those countries that are on silver. Thus, if the water boy of Mexico seeks to part with his donkey by saving silver to buy a Ford, he finds the more he saves the less he has. The jinricksha boy of China four years ago laid by two Mexs to one gold dollar toward the pur- chase of a Chevrolet: now he has to lay by five Mexs instead of two. The dam- sel in India who seeks an American gingham dress pattern, toward the pur- chase aof which she melts her silver ornaments, now finds the coveted dress pattern receding from her gaze. The writer is for the gold standard. but not to the point of our getting all the gold in the world, which is a pros- pect in the near future. He is cog- nizant of the Gresham monetary law and the Bryan 16 to 1 fallacy, contends there should be an interna- tional conference to restore the pur- chasing power of silver. The most ridiculous bugaboo that ever emerged from New York was the danger of our | Boing off the gold standarc. To do it | We would have to dynamite a mountain of gold. John Sherman had only small hill when he resumed specie pav- {ments in 1879. I conclude with the statement business men will be worried sick for fear Hoover will not be re- elected, and economists inside of two years will be asking what shall we do with our twin mountain of gold. for this is God's country and will recover. JEREMIAH JOHNSON. —————— A Plea for Mercy f«; Unfortunate Qysters To tae Bditor of The Star. On September 8 there appeared in The Star, under the caption “Anes- thetics for Oysters Arouse Public Specu- lation,” a series of comments quotec from different newspapers. gome of which expressed a fair andgsensible view of the as yet problematical ques- tion as to whether an oyster is capa- ble of experiencing pain. There was an attempt at facetiousness on the part of some of the writers of these articles which certainly does not reflect credit upon themselves or the newspapers they represent. It is not likely that many people have feelings, but inasmuch as Dr. Vera Koehring is said to be an authority on bivalves and states they do suffer from the present ruthless method of opening their shells and at the same time advo- cates a more humane process. it would seem that the least any intelligent per- son could do would be to give serious thought to her plan. Pain. even though it be to the lowli- est creature living. is not a mirth-pro- voking subject. Any manifestation on the pait of humankind to spare cther creatures from unnecessary suffering is evidence that civilization is not at a complete standstill. In many ways man is still dominated by the rule of the Jungle, but, considering his supremacy over the lower creatures, the gift of speech and comforts of modern life. he should be ashamed to take unfair ad- vantage of their helplessness. Those of us who regard the just | rights of all living creatures would ap- preciate your giving due consideration to this and other problems of animal | welfare and see that they are fairly | championed in your worthy paper against all shallow arguments to the contrary by unfeeling persons. A. P. HAMILTON. | Where They Pay To Hear Poetry From the San Francisco Chronicle ‘Whether one regrets or rejoices in the decline of poetry he will be interested in the news from Bogota. The Colom- bians still revel in the fine frenzy of the poetic muse. So keen is their interest that despite the depression they fill one of the largest of the Bogota theaters every night at $2.50 a seat to hear a popular elocutionist recite verses. Ova- tions, flowers and columns of newspaper space are bestowed on the artist and her art. The furor seems to go beyond any ever occasioned in northerg climes by poetry or poetic recitals as such. The poetic Elizabethan dramas are hardly comparable, for these had too many other elements contributing to their popularity. In Victorian days the elocutionist flourished in this country. Schools sprang up in which young ladies were taught to recite (with gestures). Com- petitions were held, medals awarded and the elocutionist was a feature of benefit performances in Main street towns. ‘Christmas in_the Workhouse” and the ‘Face on the Bar Room Floor” became as familiar as the torch song of today. But the top price for admission to the local “opry house” was a quarter. Bo- gota paying 10 times that sum is inex- plicable by any standards known in this cooler-blooded land. Even a Hollywood star “in person” has reason to envy put India on the gold basis, securing | know positively whether or not oysters | B. A. Beginning with I is permissible and often desirable. Q. What is the term for the sign on the front of a street car to indicate where it is going?—L. R. A. Tt is usually called the destination sign. Q. Is the time sent out from Arling- ton obtained from star readings, or ad- Justed from Greenwich time?—C. M A. The Naval Observatory says that station is operated directly from the Naval Observatory by observations of certain fixed stars made with a tele- scope. In reducing the observations account is taken of the difference in longitude between Washington and Greenwich, but the time observations themselves are actually made in Wash- [nfwn. HASKIN. Q. Do boys dive for onins harbor at Honolulu?—A. W. D. A. About 50 native divers are water most of the time and coins tossed them from the arriving ships. to these divers annually. chmc 18 meant by meliorism?— A. Meliorism is the belief that the improvement of the world by human effort is not only possible, but that such improvement is a law of evolution. The term was first used the novelist George Eliot. Q. How old was Solomon when he became King?—N. R A. King Solomon succeeded to the | throne of his father at the age of from 12 to 14 years, exact time not known. He reigned 40 years. Q. How far does the average good swimmer go under water’—M. G. A. The distance which a person may swim under water varies as to conditions. Probably an average swim- mer in a pool can swim 30 feet under water. M. Pauliquen in Paris, France, on November 3, 1912, remained under water 6 minutes 29%; seconds. Jack Trivilla of Avalon, Calif, swam under water 12641 yards in 2 minutes 1335 seconds at the Salt Water Natatorjum in Seattle, Wash., July 25, 1912, Q. Please differentiate between comedy and tragedy —E. 8. A. Drama is a composition in prose or in poetry, usually intended to be acted upon the stage, presenting a story by means of characters speaking and act- ing in situations contrived to develop & plot, with such accessories as scenery, etc. Tragedy is that form of drama or of dramatic composition in which the theme is solemn, lofty or pathetic, being a great action or series of acts. | Comedy is that branch of dramatic art that portrays laughable incidents or characters, or the ludicrous, the satirical or the gay, in & familiar or humorous | style. It is opposed to tragedy, or cere- | monial drama. | @ What has become of the country | which_was called Transylvania’—H. D, | A, Transylvania was until 1918 a por- tion of Hungary. Its official name is | now Ardeal Linked With The report of Attorney General Mitchell on the eviction of the bonus army from Washington and the action of the American Legion convention in | favor of immediate payment of a cash |borus brings the whole question of { veterans’ legislation to the f The merits of the march on Washington the attitude of the local and national = 'authorities toward these marchers and the use of the Regular Army to drive them out of the Capital are coupled with the question of the rights of the | veterans to a cash bonus and the eco- nomic results likely to follow should |such an expenditure be placed upon the | Federal Treasury. The major criticism of the Attorney Generals report is ed upon its characterization of the personnel of the bonus army. while the demand of the American Legion for the bonus is met with a sentiment strongly |unfavorable to such a payment at this ! time. | Discussing the riots in Washington, the Cincinnati Times-Star (Repub- lican) says: “It was only a question of time until such a situation resolved itself into an elemental issue of law and order on one side and anarchy and revolution on the other. The Hart- ford Times (independent Democratic), ! !while holding that the selecting of |Legion week for the issuance of the statement was “quite certain to add to the President’s troubles,” believes that | “the course taken by Mr. Hoover in | dealing with the bonus army seemed |to be wholly dignified and correct. re- quiring no apology.” The Times adds that “‘patience shown toward an | essentially lawless element and an un- American enterprise.” The Lincoln | State Journal (independent Republic- an) feels that “the men who got up |the movement, while their intentions might have been the best, should have realized that such a march was an in- | vitation for the adventurer, the agi- |tator and the criminal. and that it |%as an attack on good government.” { The Port Huton Times Herald (inde- | pendent), emphasizing the controversy |over the part played by the Commu- | nists, concludes: “Their success in |creating trouble will long provide (erounds for the unfortunate suspicion |in the minds of many people that the [uhole business was not on the square.” Enumerating blunders that it sees in | “ex-service men's_experience to date,” |the Fort Worth Star-Telegram (inde- | pendent Democratic) declares: “The poorest blunder of the collection was | the one which grew into a copy of the |Coxey Army debacle, that became |known as the Bonus Expeditionary Force. The climax of blundering ar- rived with the ‘martyrdom’ of the !‘marchers’ encamped about Washing- | ton. which came to pass with the order to the Army and Marine Corps to bring tanks. bayonets, gas and Cavalry into_ action _against a collection of whelly inoffensive misguided individuals.” As to bonus legislation, that paper holds that “there mever has been a spirit of pa- triotism contained within any provision for undéserved pensions.” The San Prancisco Chronicle (independent Re- publican) avers that “the Attorney General's statement has the merit of bringing out from the President a clear declaration that the list of bad char- acters should not be taken to reflect upon the many thousands of honest, law-abiding men who went to Wash- ington.” “It is unfortunate.” thinks the Ok- lahoma City Times (independent), “that fear, necessity or political strategy led the administration to use the Regular Army in forcing the bonus marchers ‘out of Washington.” That paper adds. however, that “no amount of sympathy Ifor men ejected by force from their humble hovels should blind the Na- tion’s leaders to the real danger of the bonus payment at this time.” The Rock Island Argus (independent) con- cludes: “Public opinion does not seem to support the veterans in any demand for the immediate payment of the bonus. The debate at present seems to be cen- tering more upon the personnel of the bonus army and the manner of its ex- pulsion than upon the bonus itself.” The Sioux Falls Argus-Leader (inde- pendent Republican) sees “conviction that the Government acted wisely in the bonus incident.” and contends that “it is extremely unfortunate that politi- cal expediency has been allowed to 'Sympathyifo"l; Bonl;s Army though probably | that Colombian elocutionist. How does Issues Involved did his duty and action was taken. not against a body of service men seeking of the bonus. but against ted and largely composed of men foreign to the ideals of patri- otic service, who had seized a righteous and were abusing its right and llege for the purpose of fostering discontent and the spirit of revolution.” The Chicago Daily News (independent) also attests the public belief that there existed “menace to public peace and order.” * = “President Hoover,” according to the Birmingham Age-Herald (Democratic) “‘undertook to get rid of an intolerable situation, but he did so in such a clumsy or callous fashion as to arouse sympathy for people who were not entitled to it.” Contending that “the bonus marchers should never have | been permitted to mass their coersive presence for the purpose of frighten- ing Congress into responsive action.” the Age-Herald concludes: “That it was not dealt with vigorously, or that a belated effort to deal with it vig- orously turned out to be such a hys- terical procedure. does not touch the big principle which must be borne in mind, namely. that redress is to be had through the ballot box and not through the pressure of mobs.” The Newark Evening News (independent) agrees that “Mr. Hoover acted too tardily . It is declared by the Dayton Daily News (independent Democratic) that the President has sought justifica- tion, not only on the merits of his action, but by attacking the char- acter of the men against whom he sent his troops. * * * To use force, perhaps necessary, against a body of service men is one thing; to employ slander is another and less bearable thing. This course bids fair to be costly to the President.” The Scran- ton Times (Democratic) advises: “In= stead of attempting to blacken the rep- utation of the bonus army, in which were many sincere, even if misguided men, it would have been better to jus- tify the calling out of tne troops on the ground that grave disorders had broken out and that public welfare demanded the suppression and expul- sion of the B. E. F." | “Lack of tact” is charged by the Asbury Park Evening Press (inde- pendent Democratic), with the criti- cism: “The superfluous and uncon- vincing apology he has submitted for his action against the bonus army evinces a grave lack of discretion.” The Akron Beacon-Journal (independ- ent Republican) asserts that “World War veterans and their friends could abide in patience the denial of their petitions, but they will resent repeated taunts that. in persisting to urge them upon the Government. they deserve to be branded as criminals_and Com- munists.” The Columbia (S. C.) State (Democratic) believes that “the Amer- ican Legion vote, asking for the cash payment of the bonus, though last year it voted down a similar resolution, will, of course, be evidence of the failure of the Hoover force and arms ejection | policy, with alibis.” * ok ok X Discussing the question of facts in- volved in_the controversy between At- torney General Mitchell and Gen. | Glassford, the Baltimore Evening Sun (independent Democratic), declares: “Attorney General Mitchell is a poli- |tician and a part of the administra- tion, hence it is important for him to make the best political showing possible for the administration. Gen. Glass- |ford is not a politician, and he has no reason to consider the political effects !of anything he says. Incidentally, it | may be added that he is still no yes- man and evidently does not intend be made the goat.” “Serious weakness of the case that has been built up by the Attorney Gen- |eral in support of the Government's |action,” is found by the Rochester | Times-Union (independent), through | the fact that Gen. Glassford “explicitly | denies some of the Attorney General's |statements.” The Youngstown Vindi- | cator (independent Democratic). how- | ever, states: “While one may not sgree with all of Mr. Mitchell's conclusions, the report proves that the presence of the veterans in Washington had brought about a condition which could not fail to cause serious trouble.” That paper adds that “even before the riot, Gen. she do it? And does she recite real poetry or ‘only the Colombian version of “Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight"? — e Bird Gatherings. From the Toledo Blade. This is the season when birds of & feather flock together. Even the Eng- lish sparrows are holding family re- unions, relatives as far distant as fifth cousins attending. Financial Note. From the San Jose Mercury Herald those Tea, it is revealed steeped !in numismatic lore, serves as leg: itender in Northern Manchuria, prob- sbly because it can be so conveniently liquidated. o Practice Cruises, Prom the Greensboro Daily News. Perhaps the Naval authorities think | Washingto: cause distortion in so critical a case.” |Glassford had been criticized for not * *x | doing his duty and for encouraging the That the action of the Government |bonus army to remain in the Capital.” was dictated by common sense is the | The Providence Journal (independent) belief of the Boston Transcript (inde- |concludes that “Gen. Glassford's own pendent Republican) and the Goshen reply is all the evidence necessary to News-Times (Republican), while the Salt | show that a dangerous condition of af- Lake Deseret-News (independent) offers | fairs existed in Washington and that the judgment: “Mistakes may have he had made no serious attempt to been ‘made in the method of their ex- |end the menace.” ulsion, s it was also a terible mistake | Pointing to the matter as “inept in- or them to march down on Washing- | tervention,” the New York Sun (inde- ton with the hope that a great army |pendent) advises: “It ought to be would overawe Congress with its pres- |€vident by this time at Washington, ence. But political friend and political | &s it is usually evident everywhere, that foe of the President must acknowledge that, in this extremely delicate situ- ation, he did what he conscientiously felt was the only thing that could be | done under the circumstances.” Similar approval is given by the Oshkosh Daily Northwestern (Republican) and the Minneapolis Journal (independent Re- publican). Asserting that the camps were a menace to the health and safety of n, the Philadelphia Evening that two years at sea will train the Bulletin (independent Republican) says: graduates in of judiced Ameri. weathering ms! “The j - can will be the President reason spent on matters in which the emotions are involved is reason wasted.” | The Connellsville Courier (Republican) |feels sure that “the public, which in- | cludes many former service men, is not lin accord with the methods by which the B. E. F. seeks to secure immediate | payment of the obligations that are not due until 1945.” The Spokane Spokes~ man-Review (Republican). feels that any group which “expressed approval of the disorderly invasion of the coun- a"y‘l Capital would discredit itself with e u-': mass of thinking, pstriotic