Evening Star Newspaper, January 14, 1933, Page 6

TENIN: 5 rful in piling up the huge vote for THE EVENING STAR mm in the House than sympathetic UL DRty W eng Sy consideration of the maximum welfare | 3 PSR of the Filipinos. It is also well known | | that in the new Congress this sympathy -January 14, 1033 for the farmer, as cgainst the world, | —— | concretely cxpressed in votes, is even more irresistible in its strength than in | the Congress absut to die on March | And to seme legiclators there may be a slight appeal in the argument that| the pending comp:om ed by this | -— WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY. THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company | Business Office 11th_St. New York Office: 1 Chicago Office: Lake Michig Europeau Office ent St.. London, Rate by Carrier Within the City. Ihe E 43¢ per month lss | ate the Filipinos than Such consi| courte, swerve veto cf a icn, touched hu 60c per month of the | . in his opin- ally the prestige and 652 per month 5c_per copy ¢ enid of each month 1nd: r tion made at 3 may be in by mail or tclephone mea $4.00: 1mo.. 40c The Bureau of Efficiency. s dif t he proposal lish the Burcau of Ef fMiciency as a A Sound Hocve: A i th Veto. 2 approprie 8 into the Uniteg s Tre 11 in relation to the G crnmen ge budget of more than $4,000,600.000 as to accomplish prac- for or against budget It would t.%2 the abolition. and barrel, of about ten eaus of an equal size be- sizable dent was made in the Federal budget The question of the bure: tinued existence, therefore, can: approached sincerely frm the an its cost to the Government should be a2n objsctive a bureau's scrvices and whether it is the part of wisdom to dirpense with them There was a definite neei felt for such & bureau when it was created al- most twenty years sgo. It was cstab- lished as an incependent agency to cupply the President, Congress and the administrative heads of the Govern- ment with iaformation requiring spe- cialized study and to make recommen- dations for improvements and short cuts in governmental busin There are figures to show that the monsy actuaily saved by ti vetoed bill. s veto mes- 4 convincing sses of the 5146 stock s con- t b le of There = i sal of the | of Filipinos no: of it does not de- serve the approval of & t a: the mp- a compromise enactment of t Congress. few of the faults of tho vetoed bill as indicated by the Pres- dent it dees not define clearly what the relations of the United States and the relations | wasted -in gos Philippines will be after the establish- ment of “independence.” Will reten- tion by the United States of military and naval stations in the Islands and promise of endeavor to secure interna- tioz-2 neutralization of the new “na- of its recom- mendations which have been acopt:d largely exceeds the money spent by the Government in mfntaining the bureau. But as an indcpendent bu- | Teau, responsible only to Congress and to the President, and given the occa- sional 4ask of studying methods and | ways of improving the methods of other governmental establishments, its work has, at times, aroused a natural antag- | onism. It is equally true that such antagonism has been ghort-lived, and once #he bureau's recommendations have been adopted they have survived | §ion” imply the responsibility of the Onited States to protect Philippine neu- trelity in casc international neutraliza- tion is refused by any great power, or, being promised, the promise of neu- tralization is brazenly broken? Of what | value today in Asia is even a solemn treaty, guaranteeing not merely neu-| trality, but the territorial integrity of | & neighbor nation? If this responsibility 1 may by any course of events be imposed upon the United States, the vetoed | measure deprives America of the power | and authority of control which should | sccompany this Tesponsibility. For | everybody must agree with the Forbes- | on their merits. With the complex | problem of government réarganization | awaiting the incoming administration, | the bureau's services as an investigative and advisory agency will be more in demand. If other commissions or existing bureaus are to serve atmosphere, and then along definite aerial routes to the poles. One | of the findings supporting this picture | is that the intensity of the rays is| greater at the magnetic poles than at | the magnetic equator of the earth. | The other is that their intensity appar ently increases continucusly at higher aititudes. i ‘The Belgian sclentist’s contribu'ion to | the subject is that of having noticed in his ascents the increasing intensity of which Dr. Compton < Prof. Piccard is one of the scores of men who are searching the universe for new sources of power, Mankind exists in a treasury of mi values, but to fnd them, to under them and to em to practical, utilitarian glous business. Hund:ods of ti working on the prob- lem. ins are made from day to da: Scme of the victories are dramatic, al- mest ers have little Washington's guest ening labored for years before mentioned on the front pages the ncwopapers. Now he has ar- €d. And that fact makes easier the s_confreres, mbus of the stratosphere his ultimate gcal. That ved for some follower cen- But meanwhile he meni. With M. Do- he had made millions which normally m at all. of < der a m wouid not intercst the —_— ) enuine peace is in, who r 5 & manifes which py g in by Prof to contemplate ion of the universal courses in E 11 as physical lativities what Herbert Spencer re- ed to as 2 reGuction from the ho- mogencous to the heterogeneous. desired s ——— - Referring to alleged laxity of marital in Russia, Trotzky rather cynically intimates that the Soviet dif- iers from other governments in admit- ting it and saving time that might be D. = ) In discussing Laval interviey ences to Scnator Borah's elogu 2 coupled with intimation that he has more than he needs of the diplomatic ability to hold his tcngue. = g John D. Reckefeller is still playing golf and the public rejoices as much in a demonstration of stalwer the aggressive intrusic youth. age as in of flaming - ] e Advocates of a sales tax might argue with reason that it would at least dis- pose of suspicion of irregularity in in- come tax transactions. ——— —— | A machine age is described as de-; velping with all kinds of variations; | but the old cash regicter is still the ma- chine most preminently in evidence. o r——— Monopoly is wrong, but a filibuster | sees no crime in monopolizing the con- versation. —ror | week | picture, THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. He who does not feel the compulsion of numbers scarce can understand him who does. The man who never thinks of ques- tioning the popular thing cannot, for his part. and for the life of him, un- derstand the other. The questioner will have much the betier chance, however. because he has that fundamental virtue, curiosity. He wonders about what the other merely sccepts. ‘This is one of the basic splits in hu- man thinking. elwa; cause it is human nature It is so common, indeed, that it is seldom given consideration, but it plays a part whenever two human beings meet If a 13 T the thousands of copies. one type of person will accept it eagerly and find it good ‘The er will be suspicious of it simply because it is selling so largely. It will have to prove itself to him The first will chew the gum his fal- low citizens are chewing, mostly be- cause he knows they are chewing it The other will question that gum, and try to fi is not ‘better. ‘The first .will listen to a popular radio program because ecvery one else is listening to it. If the other suggests that the pro- gram in question is “the bunk,” or really poor stuff. the first will look at him in perfect amazement The great Jo Jones “the bunk”? Why he g four thousand “iron men” or singing a few minutes cach evening! How can he be poor? Here one discovers the original East and West, and never the twain shall meet, indeed. In all outward essentials the two men may be as alike as twin peas in a rather small pod. but somehow they are com- letely separated inside Wast begins.” The real difference comes in the ways of acceptance. One accepts without question, auto- matically, the other questions on gen- cral principles Acquicrence is automatically made for he other by many persons outside his circle, with whom he has no acquaint- ance, and whom he will never know. They decide for him, however, (al- though he will never know it) just what he shall like. They supply him with his “reasons” for his likes. He is the perfect slave of forces out- side himself. force; which he does not even recognize exist, and who. therefore, he can disclaim in all hones This is one of the biggest reasons (but there are others) why the man of the other type learns at last to avoid all argument with him, In his youth, when the search for truth went on in the light of day, he fondly believed that all a man had to do was to see a truth and proclaim it, for it to be accepted by an eager man- Day by day he grows nearer to a be- lief that the truth is more precious than he thought. and must be well hid, in many instances, after it is found. to prevent it {rom being sullied by tiose who gre unable or unwilling, or both, to cothprehend, The futility of arguing about such | matters as these s apparent when one realizes at last that the fellow who cannot understand why one does not speak well of a certain vulgar motion is absolutely sincere in his protestations. interesting be- | 1 out if another brand | “where the | He cannot understand. | He does not understand. If he did, but had a wink in his eye; | if he could be brought to comprehend, despite his slavery to the mass lil he would be worth talking to. ‘ Perhaps he is very | ing to, after all, but only as a horrible | examp! ‘what & fee soul falls into. questioning mind. Let it be emphasized that this sort of | mind 1s a gift, in the first place, but it | may be acquired, in the second. Whether one who has it not should attempt to secure it, is a question even | the questioning man would hesitate to attempt to answer. Ancient_legends picture God giving certain gifts tofman, but only on the pain of certain painful understandings. He who is without questions, in the everyday life, perhaps is happler far, | everything considered, than is the man or woman who instinctively is blessed or cursed with curiosity. He is saved doubt and the pain of the attempt to be fair. Hov: difficult it is, in a world where | self-interest often conflicts with social interest, to be fair! Only those know who have tried it. Just how many have tried it is a matter for conjecture. Many a man thinks he is being fair when he isn't, while many another has never even made an at- tempt #¢ fairness his whole life through. Usually the latter is blissfully unaware of his failing, and it is not a very long transfer from this point to that whereat a human being fails to comprehend how anythirg which is thoroughly popular can be regarded in any light except as thoroughly good as well. Yet it is not difficult to explain it An elementary class would consider the following case, for instance: That of a popular cigaretic Millions upon millions of them are | sold every year That shows they meet the taste de- mands of millions of Americans, does it not? Then how does it come about that this snooty person here dares to brand “tasteless"? how it comes about: He realizes that the manufacturer, in striving to suit the iasie of the com- posite ~ American, compo: hundreds of thousands of separate ine dividuals, has succeeded in turning out & product which offends none of them. t is not too sweet for any one; it is not too “straight” for any one. 1t is not strong; it is not too mild. It is. in other wore a perfect product—perfect in its w now its way not happen v o ¥ person who says he does not like it. He holds himself aloof from the crowd. What the crowd likes he in- stinctively draws away from, because he knows that in order to suit that multitudinous taste a certain leveling process has taken place. Myriads of experiments have been conducted to take out the burn, to take out the sweet, bul to refrain from taking out just too much bite, or too much sweet. If you want something distinctive you will have to go somewhere else, for distinctiveness was ruled out at great cost. But the point is that the man who wants distinctiveness wants it. and has a right to it, if he can find it, He should not have to bear the burden of querulous complaints from standardived people who have not yet come to the point where they realize the value of the questioning mind. He should be looked up to as the hero some think he is. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Mental Stimulus. | Speakin’ of folks that you don't quite | agree with, | Wood report when it says: “We M& |tne nev president in this respeot, |Sometimes theyre folks that it's better | ommend that under no circumstances should the American Government per- | mit to be established in the thpp\ne‘ Islands a situation which would leave the United States in a position of re- | sponsibility without authority.” | But without this continuing protec- | torate of the United States, the new independent ‘“nation,” without army, | navy or militia, and without a national | sentiment binding together Tagalogs | and Vizayans of the Northern Philip- their staffs must be enlarged by new personnel. It only seems rea- sonable that the Bureau of Efficiency, | miliar with the governmental set-up, should be utilized and it would in ad- dition appear to be only logical to sup- | pose that the dictates of econcmy would be more nearly met by the bu- | reau’s retention than by its scrapping. | There is an additional factor to be .| considered In connection with this | pines, and the bitterly hostlle Mahomelan | o, 5 i one tnat arises in con- Moros of the Southern Philippines, | » Rt et o ori | nection with any bureau in the Cov- will be thrown defenseless into an | ernment service. This is the factor i s of nafions _“:1‘ °‘nif“t"‘i‘“‘;‘: | o humane dealing with employes. Until and i:mvs ifl[‘:(’i‘r““ :‘l: d; ns to be | Were is & clear-cut case established, perialistic ambiti | showing that the 's abolitl { subjected to peaceful infiltration con- 3 We bureaiie gbolition. 45 in_the public interest, there is no jus- “5 the Asia- ! i = quest by “‘:m(;::::‘e]:'a‘;r_'::m tification for arbitrariiy throwing forty- eonquering t . thr es, involv y The dangers and injuries of the eco- | t0Tee employes, involving as many momic warfare to which the new “na- tion” will be exposed when deprived of frec trade with the United States are | even greater and more certain than the families, out of work. Old laws have aiways been trouble- some to the courts and the public to be with, Keepin’ you tryin’ to think with expert- ness, 'alrtady well equipped with experts fa- Makin' you follow their thoughts with alertness. Folks that just soothe you and smooth you and flatter | Get you in wrong at the end of the| matter. get the most help from the folks | that make free with The honest opinions you don't quite | agree with, A Suspicion. “Miss Passeigh is a delightful musi- cian,” said the young man. “¥-yes,” said the young woman. But she insists on playing continual- ly in a minor key.” “Of course. IUs the only means she has of suggesting that she isn't of age.” You Not a Reliable Rule. | “Man,” said Willie Wishington, in an {hreatened miltary and political dan- | Eminent minds are now suggesting that | ®ffOrt 10 seem wise, “is the creature of gers. The veto message pictures forcibly | the disasters to Tesult from this eco womic warfare. The wisest of our statesmen have held that after a necessary period of piepa- ration for self-government the Filipin Baving atteined the self-governing ca pecity and having siudied the advan- teges and disadvantages of full inde- pendence and complete separation from the United States, should then decide thoughtfully whether th wish to cut United States or to con- the more sccure freedom ip in the Amcrican family appurtenant tersitory of Under the vetoed ake this vital de- ciy by voting fox tution in ad- of cxperimenta- inos are denied this decision endence” is as- ©f membr as citizen the United pill the F ision incide & proposed form tion. the privilege of mak Their approval of sumed. ‘Ihe President i there may be “blue laws” e tion to bankruptey proced: S e Threats of divorce in Hollywood society continue to show how frequently | 2 motion picture star may be a reigning | favorite everywhere except in his home | cirele, LR Prof. Auguste Piccard. At one time or another in his career. every celebrity visits Washington. Last evening Prof. Auguste Piccard, Belgian physicist, was here. a guest of the Na- tional Geographic Society. One of the most picturesque personalities of the period, it is not unnatural that he should be one of the most widely celebrated. A new figure in the world scene, he has been in the limelight during only the past two years. But what a tran- splendent limelight it has been! His friend, Sylvester Dorian, has secured for him such quantities of publicity as y are granted to honest men. He s had almost as much attention at n in rela- upon the stron: economic benefit in this ex gion for a section oL our o through Philippine independen he seys: “A laige pei L tion for the passage ol sumed 1elief to certal cultural industries from compet Philippine produ we t for these people and we must not let | our sélfish interest domivate that trust hands of the international press Al Capone and Jimmy Walker, Of course, certain phases of M. Do- rian’s ballyhoo have been a trifle weird. | | S0 it is just as well that Prof. Piccard has visited Washington. Had he failed " { to appear, there might have been some ground for supposing that he was just a myth, a fictional character like e of H. G. Wells and Edgar Rice Bur- roughs. t is known that, despite However, from an agricullural poinl| y ‘porian's” romances, the voyager of of view during the first period of Pre-| yne geratosphere is real. It was a man, sumably t#0 years it gives no Prolec-|ang not just an idea, that rose ten ton of any kind. During the follow- | 0 apove the mountains of Switzer- ing five years it gives N0 effeCtive 1ung on August 18 last protection. * ° ° In any evenl the| pior piccard's specialty is physics sugar benefits enure more largely 19 gng nis present concern is with cosmic | n people e when wotiva- pre- foreign producers than to our own farmer: * If we are to base our action upon economic consideration— and I do not nmeglect its importance soen miso we should gve regard to eur farmers, Workers aud business men waose livelihood, particularly upon the Pacific Coust. Will be lurgely destioyed by lack of positive provisions for ve- clprocal trade & which they can predicate thelr future.” It is well known, however, that the gugeestion of some measure of relief for & group of our farmers in these trou- £lous times to be derived from fire grant more [ m&m independence, rays. No-lay reader need worry about | not understanding the subject, for neither Aces Prof. Piccard. He makes no vimm to being able to explain phenomena. Al he can say with surance is that, according to his servations, cosmaic radiation does not come from cosmic space at all, bul | vather is produced in the uppermost the as- ob- A. H. Compton has been more une- quivocal in his statement to the effect | that: | Cosmic rays are electrically charged | vagrants of space, shooting earthward | mote , wavering as they | £rom distan ' Abproach the Jowes strata of the earths . meals man: Wirecday week. environment. See how his eonversa- tion invariably reflects his surround- | ings.” “But does it?" queried Miss Cayenne. | “Have you reason to doubt it?” “Yes; T have so oiten observed that’ the young men who consume the most lunch reom pie and milk talk the loud- est about terrapin and champagne.” Envy. White man bets his money, Makes a heap o' talk. Race-hoss travels on de cars; White man has to walk. A Convenience. “So you are taking up theosophy “Yes,” answer Mr. Cumrox. see, mother and the girls are dead set on having parties and receptions and things. And if I could only fix up| some arrangement for seeming to be when T really ain't, life would be vastly more cheerful.” | Recklessness. “Charley, dear,” said young Mrs, Tor- kins, “(he beby next door swallowed a quarter.” “It wen't hurt the child.” “I know. But isn't it terrible how careless some people are with money!” “When a man goes aroun’ askin' ad- vice,” said Uncle Eben, “he’s ginerally | contemplatin’ sumpin’ foolish an’ is lookin’ for moral support.” e Technocracy Means Chipe. om the Nashville Banner. Institution of the Technocrats' four- hour day and four-day week would certainly mean a magnificent revival in the demand for whittling timber. ] Cassius-like Gangsters. San Antonio Evening News. g abit of going without | before a “job” should put Chicago police on guard against dangerous men | who have & lean and hungry look. ——— Bubbles and Froth. From the Nastville Banner. Another trouble is that we are being Fr From Ga fter independence upon | strata of the eerth’s almosphere. Dr.| asked to keep up champagne govern- | ments with our beer incomes. ——————— Popular in the Pen. From the Indianapolis News. A y inmates of penal in- 'wwmuwnun: | master his environment and the Basis for Future Inquiries Seen in Social Trend Report The country is inclined to believe that the report of President Hoover's Re- search Committee on Social Trends, while suggesting a measure of new co- ordination as a means of overcoming maladjustmefits in social life and in- dusiry, is largely a comprehensive study of present conditions. The ability of the investigators is recognized, and their careful préparation of material is accepted as & basis for future in- quiries involving a search for effective Temedies. To some, the report is opti- mistic as contrasted with assumptions regarding the ideas of technocrats. Taking an optimistic point of view, the New York Herald Tribune holds that “it excludes the idea of a Utopia or of an ultimat> panacca,” and points oul that “ihe general view of soclety, the general concept of the nature of the | social mechanism,.and consequently of | the manner in which we should deal with it, accord with recent thought.” | Referring to the scope of the work | done by Dr. Wesley C. Mitchell, chafr- | the Herald Tribune understands that "\h(iy have envisioned society not as a single, static arrangement, but as a complex of moving factors, each acting and interacting on the others.” E plaining further. that paper states: these movements, these changes, ail proceeded at exactly the same Tate, there would be no trouble. The strains arise when one clement is moving more rapidly than another—as, for example, when corporate organization develops more swiftly than corporation when industrial production outruns the distributive machinery, or when the day-to-day conditions of urban life change more rapidly than ths conven- | tions and customs built up to guide the individual in his day-to-day conduct. | The committee findings suggest that by measuring and comparing the different | rates of progress one might theoreti- | cally detect the points of greatest stress and perhaps even lay the groundwork for action which would lessen the strain, smooth the way and hasten the adjust- ments."” “Few men are so reactionary as to i | doubt that change is essential fo prog- | years approaching the ress” states the Oklahoma City Tim with the suggestion that “if glarin faults are faced squarely, the chances of correcting them are improved.” I is convinced that “the basic ides of a living standard compatible with whole- some living conditicns is definitely an American {deal.” The Rochester Times- Union auotes “one of the significant | paragraphs in the report,” which advo- cates “more purchasing power in the hands of wage earners,” and the Times- Union ecomments: new about this emphasis on the neces- sity of purchasing power. But there is little discussion as to what may be done, if anything, power. Who wants to hand out pur- chasing power unnecessarily, anyhow? Unemployment relief, unemployment sura and similar palliatives are 1f distribution of purchasing, s basic, is there anything which can encourage it, or even force it? If | there is, the business world could be made to hum with activity, and em- ployes would enjoy a satisfaction of wants never before experienced. The course of industrial life has been just the reverse, Business brains have done a great job at production and cutting costs. Now it looks as though they would have to do something about cul- tivating customers able to buy.” Observing that there is indicated “a | gradual adjustment to & new scale of living,” the Rock Island Argus su that this committee “does not 'a'::?. with the technocrats that there is or choas or collapse.” It adds that “they declare mankind's brightest hope is the future of applied science, and new in- | ventions are regarded as a factor in creating employment.” The Chicago Daily News draws the conclusion that "I economics the trend is toward more co-operation, more deliberate Dllnnl'fif. less unregulated ecompetition, while “in social life the trend is toward great- er democracy,” and “in politics the trend is toward concentration of respon- sibility.” The San Antonio Express re- cords that “the objective is to help man many him. > law, | “There is nothing | to distribute purchasing | Believing that President Hoover is in harmony with the spirit of the re- | port, the San Jose Mercury Herald de- clares that, “having the ‘expert engi- | neer’s grasp of industrial forces, he saw | that industry could overcome its ills {only through intelligent co-operation, and that the essential thing to do was to arouse the spirit of co-operation.” The Youngstown Vindicator summa- rizes the activitles represented: “While the committec does not consider that jany economic plan after the Russian | teshion is possible, it does recommend | the organization, at some time, of & National Advisory Council, including scientific, educational. governmental and | economic representatives, to consider | the basic social preblems of the Nation. | Such a council would aim to co-ordi- nate modern trends so that they would benefit the people as a whole, ‘slowing up the changes which occur too rapidly ond, speeding up the changes which ag. " “Much of the body of the report deals with the obvious, but it makes the ob- vious new by the process of correla- | tion,” thinks the Minneapolis Journal. with the further econclusion that it “avoids dogma and invites constructive thought.” The Appleton Post-Crescent ~ | is convinced that “on the whole, it is not a gloomy picture of our future | which is painted, and in vivid contrast |to the dire predictions of technocra ‘The Louisville Courier-Journal behfl(‘s‘ | that the conclusions “will be studied further by other minds, and subj: intensive thought and experiment.” In eriticism of some of the sugges- tions growing out of the report, the Boston Transeript states: “On high au- thority we are reminded that it is diffi- |eult to dhtln!ullh between the long- | time trend and the short-time tendency. The distinction | the tendency was emphasized by Prof. | William F. Ogburn in comment upon | the report of the President's committee. | Prof. Ogburn was a member of the com- | mittee. In his statement he explained | a fluctuation, not from a trend. The trend ‘u something to be determined only by | the study of events over a period of lifetime of a | generation. If the trend is upward there will probably be temporary recessions The world just now is experiencing one of them. = Prof. Ogburn holds to {the opinion that, in this country, at |least, the upward trend persists not- | withgtanding the present short-time tendency. He holds that the long- | | time economic outlook is bright, with | new: .machinery in prospect that will create new jobs and a higher standard of living. He does not expect, however, that change from the short-time ten- time trend will occur overnight.” “Is a bill to be introduced in Con- gress” asks the Kansas OCity Star, providing for & more impressive integr tion of social skills and fusing of so- cial purposes? We fear that would be too formidable an undertaking. Pe | haps the best that can be hoped for is that the country will go along making becomes evident. Meanwhile, the latest report will be filed along with many | other similar documents &nd—we hat | to admit—forgotten.” | “The report might be summed up" | according to the Newark Evening News, “as showing the old and the new in everlasting conflict, whereas the need is for co-operation. 'That stfnds out as the truth, whether the syllogism as a | whole is correct or not. As such it |applies not only internally to thjs | its inter-relationships. ——— Ballast. | Prom’ the Springfield Republican. | A giant wave that swept the liner | Majestic on its way to New York | welghed 1,500 tons, bu Bt ecla which served as ballast. e Technocracy. | Prom the Omaha World-Herald. | This talk about technocracy will prob- nfi eouunui unn.l/jome one is able to much worth talk- | of and bacomes, if he does not possess the | sed of many | THE LIBRARY TABLE BY SARAH G. BOWERMAN. | Inamanner not too usual with sequels, “Sons” (John Day Co.), by Pear] Buck, continues the originality and vigor of “The Good Earth.” At the beginning of “Sons,” Wang Lung, the old Chinese peasant, lover of the soil, who has built up the family fortunes by his hard work and thrift, dies and is buried in a grave dug in his original plot of {land. His three sons, who before his deoth have plotted over his fortune, | promptly sell most of the land for which he has labored with love most | of his life. Wang the landlord and Wang the merchant live with their wives and children in the town house with iis many courts, acquired /by Wang Lung in his later days of | prosperity.* Wang the Tiger, the young- st, is a petty war lord and demands that land encugh be sold immediately him his share of the property so that he may build up his army and become one of the great war lords. Lotus, Wang Lung's first concu bine, now a fat old woman, lives with her persecuted attendant in her court of the town house. Pear Blossom, the voung and gentle second concubine of Wang Lung, takes the idiot daughter of Wang Lung and his first peasant wife and goes to live in the little carthen house in the ficlds where Wang Lung has sed all his early life. There she is joined by the hunchbacked son of Wang the landlord, for whom the rest of the family can find no place in their greedy lives. This small group, isolated from the activities of the popu- lous family, forms one of the centers of interest of the story. When “the fool” finally di Pear Blossom goes into a nunnery the deformed youth devotes himself to the service of a tem- pie. The carthen house and tne sad old fields about it are l=ft to await the | next phase of their existence. Wang the Tiger is the most impor- an. figure of “Sons” and much of the story concerns his conquests. He is considered by all who know him as an unusually merciful man, one who kills only when he is “justly” angry. Yet his murders seem rather frequent. He does not spare the one woman whom | he ever loves, the woman he has coerced into mar him, after killing her lover. He'is unressonably surprised, it seems to us, when he discovers her treachery to him. After his one ro- manc: he turns savagely and single- mindedly to warfere, determined to be- come a great war lord and to waste | no time on human relations. He con- | tinually demands more and more money | from his brothers, who are afraid to | refuse him because they think they may at any time need his protection for their property from bandits and rival war lords. He attacks and captures towns, imposes as heavy taxes as he thinks he can collect, intimidates local civilian officials, and grows ever more powerful. As he contemplates his suc- cess, he is seized with desire for a son, to inherit all he has to ge. marries two wives, one a learned woman, who gives him a daughter, who later becomes a “modern woman,” the other | & coarse and ignorant country woman, | who gives him a son. This son becomes the idol of Wang the Tiger's ambition. | 8o he ANSWER BY FREDERLI | | | | | Any reader of this newspaper is wel- | come to make use at any time of the free information service of this depart- ment. Address your inquiry to The Washington Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washing- ton. D. C.. and you will receive a per- sonal letter in reply. Inclose 3 cents !in coin or stamps for return paostage. Do not use post cards. Be sure to state your question clearly. and to write your name and address plainly. Q. Are there more males in the United States and Canada than fe-, males?—S. J. 8. | _A. In 1930 the male population of the United States totaled 62,137,080 and female 60,627,965. In Canada the male population was 4,529,945 and fe- male 4,258,538. | | Q. Wnat proportion of our exports | and imports is shipped in foreign ves- | sels?—D. C A. For the year ending December, 11931, 641 per cent of our exports and 66.1 per cent of our imports were car- ried in foreign vessels. This, of course, refers to the water-borne commerce. | Q. Are there two kinds of margarine? —W. 5. W. A. There are two kinds of margarine —oleo oil margarine, made of animal | fats, and nut margarine, made of vege- | table fats. Q. Were many officers _court-mar- tialed in the World War?>—B. B. A. It is military practice to maintain secrecy concerning courts-martial, but, in _his memoirs, recently translated into Eriglish, Marshal Joffre says that while he was commander in chief of the French Army he court-martialed 50 generals for cffenses ranging from costly errors to cowardice. The number of officers of lesser rank was proportionately large. Q. Who devised the system of abbre- tions of chemicals in formulas’—G. D. < 3 . A The present system of symbols was devised by Berzelius, and consists of abbreviations of the names of the | clements with small figures at the lower right hand to denote the number cf atoms of each element present. Q. What was the real name of Lau- | rence Hope?—N. M. J. | A. Laurence Hope is the writing name of Adela Florence Cory Nicolson. She was born in 1865 at Stake Bishop, Gloucestershire. England, She died of poison, self-administered, at Madras, | India, October 4, 1904. Q. What states compose the Ger- | | man Republic?>—R. H. | A.. Prussia, Bavaria, Saxony, Wurt- temberg, Baden, Thuringia, Hesse, | Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Old- | | enburg, ~Brunswick, Anhalt, Bremen, | | Lippe, Lubeck, Mecklenburg - Strelitz and Schaumberg-Lippe. S TO QUESTIONS C J. HASKIN. A. Aethted bread is made by charging the water used for wetting ihe dou with carbon dioxide (gas), then work- ing it up in inclosed iren or vacuum kneading machines and putting it di- rectly into the oven, instead of allowing the gas to form in the dough from the fermentation caused by the working of yeast. Q. How out?—W. The thinnest sheets known to ¢ been mechanically made of gold are 0.00001 millimeter thick. This would indicate that if a cubic centimeter of goid could be hammered out to the same thickness it would cover 100.000.000 centimeters, or 100 square meters, equivalent to about 120 square yards. thin can gold be hammered B Q. To what political party did Abra- ham Lincoln belong before the formte tion of the Republican party?—F. V. A. He was a Whig. Q. Please name some naturalized Amcn;ln citizens who became famous. A. There are so many only a few can be named. James J. Davis, United States Senator and former Secretary of Labor, Wales: Jacob Gould Schurman, former American Ambassador to Gefe Canada; Mary Antin Gratrau, Russia; John McCormack, er, Ireland; James Couzens, United States Senator from Michigan, Canada; Samuel Gompers, late labor leader, England; Franklin K. Lane, late Sec- retary of the Interior, Canada; David W. Davis, former Governor of Idaho, Wales; Charles P. Steinmetz, electrical engineer, Germany. Q How many agents and investi- gators were employed in enforcement of the national prohibition act during its early enforcement?—C. L. A. In 1920 948 people were thus em- ployed. In 1921 only 608, but the numw ber then increased year by year, until 1932 saw 2,300 peo; on the pay roll. Q. Did Joe | joke book?—N. L. A. He did not. Joseph Miller was a | comic actor, whose name was attached, after his death, to a popular jest book, published in 1739. Q. Please give the names of Gen. | Rabert E. Lee's pallbearers?—E. K. G. A. They were: Judge F. T. Anderson and David E. Moore, sr., trustees of Weshington ~ College; ex-Gov. _John Leicher and Commodore M. F. Maury for Virginia Military Institute; Prof. W. Preston Johnston and Prof. John Ran- dolph Tucker, professor of Washington College; Capt. J. C. Bonde and Capt. J." C. Moore, soldiers of the Confederate States of America; William G. White and Joseph G. Steele, citizens of Lex= ington, Va. Q. How many crippled chijdren are there in the United States?—] le'meT actually write & Q. When did the drama come into| common presentation?—C. S, E. | A. The earliest European drama is the Greek, which, growing up in con- nection with the festival of Dionysius, culminated in Attica, where the festival came to be celebrated by the perform- A. At a conservative estimate, there are 400,000, Is there some place in Nevads where a divorce may be obtained more quickly than in Reno?-—H. S. A. The six weeks' residence require- ance of a tetralogy, consisting of one comedy and a trilogy: of serious plays | or tragedies celebrating a connected se- | ries of mythic episodes. In Medieval | Europe mystery, miracle and morality Wang early begins to train .. m as a | future war lord and later sends him | | to military school. But the boy has | 1o taste for fighting and finds his great- | est pleasure in walching the Deasants | niave™ geted in connection with the ¢ or Bl working in their rice felds or in roam- | chyurch festivals preceded the appear- ing about the country and observing | gance during the Renaissance, of the birds, plants and crops. At the time | modern drama which has developed be- when Wang the Tiger expects his son's | giges tragedy and comedy, tragi-comedy, return from the military school, ready | melodrama, opera, burletta, farce, etc. to help him in his warfare, he learns | . | | that the youth has joined the southern | Q. Who appoints the poet laureate of | revolutionary army. Worse humiliation | Engiand?—M. A. | ment to file a divorce petition is com= mon throughout the State of Nevada. After the petition is filed the quickness | of the dlvorce depends on the amount of congestion in the court, number of cases to be tried, and the amount ef' defense offered. . Q. How many co-operative societies are there in the world?>—S. C. A. Data compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics covering the various phases of the co-operative movement ted to | between the trend and | that the country is now suffering from | dency to the resumption of the long- | | the necessary adjustments as their need | | country, but to the whole world &nd | t it could not | vail against the 40 tons of sturdy | is yet to follow for Wang the “‘"‘1 when his son deserts the southern army and tells his father that he will be | nothing but a farmer. When the son | takes refuge in the old earthen house | in the original fields of his peasant | grandfather, the cycle completes itself, | as the third generation returns to the | | soil won by the first and given up by the second. Heredity has asserted | itself, | | * ok ko |, “Sons” contains many interesting pic- ‘ | tures of customs and activities of pres- | | ent-day China. There is the develop- | |ment of the “new" or independent | woman, who goes to & foreign school on | the coast, insigts on marrying a man of | her own choosing, refuses to serve her mother-in-law, and chatters glibly sbout many things. the house of many ¢ together peaceful affair; the wives and | concubines quarzel among themselves and often the lord of the house finds that the only wisdom is silence or ab- senting himself. The frequenting of |tea houses (not such innocent places as the name implies) by the men ap- | | pears to be usual. Bribery of everyone | concerned whenever anything is to be accomplished, with the size of the bribe | determining the “honor” of the recip- |ient, is represented as common. The ‘caving of face,” that is, the necessity of pretense and the use of elaborate subter- fuge whenever any one is obliged to yield in an affair, is amusingly illustrated. Perhaps such subterfuge is not altogether unknown in Western countries. Famine and floods, the capture and recapture ? cities and districts, the extortion of es. the smuggling of arms, the sub- servience of civilian officials, are all part of the picture. * % % x In the title poem of Edwin Arlington Robinson's new collection of ms, “Nicodemus,” Caisphas, the high priest, and Nicodemus, who pleads with him for the life of Jesus, are represented as | friends. Caiaphas appears as a poli- | tician. who is not averse to favoring a friend. not belong to Jerusalem and may | auietly make his escape. The ethical Mr. Robinson's narrative poem of & year ago, “Matthias at the Door.” It is the soul of Caiaphas which Nicodemus is trying to save. Jesus will be fulfilling his mission by his martyrdom; only his body will die. But the soul of Caia- phas is about to 2I=. * Warwick Deeping's latest hero, “Smith,” is, like his others, just a com- mon man, more courage and conscience than the average man. Smith loves his work as a carpenter and is ambitious to rise, | even hopes sometime to be a member of the firm of Samson and Hoad. For a time his luck is good, then it changes | and misfortunes come rapidly. Through | | these misfortunes and the energy of | his wife, Sybil, in helping to meet them, | Smith comes to appreciate his wife an | to value the simple joys of life. It will be seen that this is not a remarkable book, but Mr. Deeping’s novels are al- ways popular. | * ¥ % ¥ | Something of a debate, with all the tenacity of defense and the evasion of |iscues of attack usually pertaining | thereto, is presented in two volumes on the Sino-Japanese question, “China Speaks on the Conflict Between China | and Japan,” by Chih Meng, and “Japan Speaks on the Sino-Japanese Crisi by K. K. Kawakami. In Mr. Meng's book Japan appears as an aggressor without any justification: in Mr. Kawakami's book Japan is represented as acting in treaty-breaking China. The introduc- tion to Mr. Meng’s book is by W. W. Yen, Chinése Minister to the United States; that of Mr. Kawakami by Premier Inukal of Japan. * % k% In “The Rueful Mating” G. B. Stern has indulged herself in light recreation, relaxation, and has of course ad nothing to her literary reputation. Probably authors of really good and im- | periods, but their readers are inclined o wish that they would go on Mediter- rapesn trips, or to South Africa for huatiwg, or on some and would refrain from wrl polar expedi i Saoanel] The family life in | js not the chief product of Argentina, ourts is not an al- | byt it has been found over a long period throughoyt the world show more 400,000 societies of all types lllm"l countries. High Lights on the Wide World Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands . He is appointed by the King. Q. What is serated bread?—W. B. B. IARIO DEL COMERCIO, Bar-, to any Fabian policies, tending to tire® ranquilla—The prosperity of | out the enemy at the cost of & longer the tine Republic depends | campaign. We are simply using the upon its wool. At least, wool | best strategy that offers, and as is the barometer which pre- | the advantages and disadvantages sages what may be expected soon in| our situation, sometimes it is hard the world of trade or commerce. Wool | distinguish one from the other.” * k% % Germans Impostant Part in for of o | of time that when wool begins to rise |in value the probabilities are strongly | in favor of a better business. At pres- ent wool is commanding a better price, | and so hopes of a radical improvement | in general trade are rising correspond- ingly. | RA}:y yet this trend is not marked, but Diario "'Del Comercio, Barrans quilla.—Brazil's recent revolution, now :upfhl:-od, had at its head the Gen. Ber kn-me indicates, is | though Brazilian born. He suggests that Jesus does | import of the narrative suggests that of | who has perhaps a little | a feeling of confidence is gainingstance calls to mind that the Gere ground and experts are convinced that, mans have long been active in Brazil, | despite what problems still confront & since the seventeenth century; in fact, universal trade revival, commerce has| when the first Jesuit missionaries from | finally started up the grade. This con- | the south’'of Germany began their la- | ception is supported by the knowledge borious and dangerous journey up the ! that_during the few years there| Paragusy River. This was the incep- has been much overhauling and repair- | tion of a German movement of Brazil, ing of machinery and very little dis- | until in these days in the State of Rio carding & wcu}x.‘_ S&gs ngn &:‘:i g’rlndg og?mfim nlo?e th;re are mulrfi ipme: o | X T ‘f,?.‘.‘n‘?.'f‘.c‘luu And production’ will b8 | born n Germany oF Whose mmedisce {quite heyond capacity for repair, and | ancestors came from that land. In when foreign orders are then placed | the capital of this State, Porte Alegre, | for new units, Argentina will again have | it is estimateds there are about 50,000 | profitable markets abroad for all her| descendants of German stock. In that |own output. It does-not seem that| city and elsewhere throughout the State | these reciprocal benefits can be much | there flourish German schools, news- | longer delayed. papers, socia) organizations and confra= * k% ternal groups, which maintain and for~ Bolivian Youth Tells ‘;Ut}i' the old Teuton customs and trae i itions. Of Chaco Conditions. | 'This influx of German blood has done La Razon, La Paz—We just had & |ymych to make the new country diligent | very antg:zstinx rg‘m_ “}:;1;‘?9;‘;;";“{;';;.“ prosperous, though eolonies of the | Antonio Rivera, who is | Fatherland have not grown as rapid) front on a brief furlough. Don Juan | yinca™tRo Great War ‘as they did ber Antonio has given us his impress#lS | fore” During this later period, how- of life in the fleld. olti- | €ver, there been a greater meas- As is well known to all loval olti-| re"of co-operation between Germans 2ens of La Paz, this young man, in his | 7 "pe 14 continent end in the new early 205, enlisted as a private at the |y, matiers of education and religious breaking out of hostilities, and in l‘he cultivation, and there is no doubt that short space of three months was DIO- | 55 soon a5 world industrial conditions | moted to a lieutenancy by virtue of his | 4 ove “inoge intelligent and ener- [ briliiant_behavior in combat and his | JRBIOV these, intelgent ane eners patience and fortitude during the hard- | g o T Ph aesionment of German ships of the campaign, on the march mgs in the camp. We asked him u‘;‘f'g; and prestige througheut the life was really tough. U 'the "eftort. to nccnxrllfil;sh’;u:‘)" ————e— other worthy success.” Trepl ieut. e | Suan Antonio Rivera, “campaigning, The Nation’s lle,l(h with the army is in no respect an €asy | From the Lincoln 8tate Journal. life nor child's play. It is, OWeVer, | Depressions must be good for gemeral an excellent school for hardeniig | health. This conclusion is based not museles, strengthening_endurance and | only on the record for the year for 1933, leveloping character. It is in the army | but on the recollections and fragmen- self-defense against a disorganized and | i age, manhood and patriotism Hre” brought 't their moble and ilus- trious fruition. Only mroggh difficul- ties can we reach the skies. We agreed and asked him if it is| true, as the enemy has been insisting, | that the Bolivian offensive was weak- | ened by the inclemency of the climate, the impenetrability of the forests and| the vermin and disease which suddenly appeared in the midst of previously un- infected environments, even before the | Paraguayans had fired their first volley. Lieut. Rivera replied that such asser- tions were merely species of the hostile | methods employed to undermine the | vian morale. “Really,” he said, “these conditions, especially the first two, are an assist- | | ance to us. We must not forget that the Paraguayans are handicapped by them even more than we are. for they must ope-ate in the same sector, and tary reports of other depression’ years. That meaps that to no apprecisble extent has dzpru_nlnn reached point where any considerable number of peoe ple have been reduced to the famine or hunger stage. Hunger brings eman- ciation and emanciation exposes the human system to all sorts of ailments. The past year's records show an une usual decline in pneumonia cases. The ‘country as a whole has suffered but slightly from influenza, although, the fear is expressed thdl the epidemic is be- ginning and may spreed rapidly during the next few months. "Tul cases have been less numerous. Accidents, traffic and other cazuses, have shown remarkable decline, possibly owing to less use of the roads and lessened in dustrial actlvity. R R 2 r s s ek Eomae o} ceater fact ded | tain sides are adaptable to any clim: portant fiction wre entitled to their rest | increase in heart disease, Bright's dis- | ease and cerebral hemmorrhage cases. Further heart cases have shown a higher mortality record than usual. their troops are in no degree as inured 1o the climate &s our own men, particu= larly those from the higher and colder zones, who from their life on the moun- | 2. | —= e As for what are considered the spa | Z 2 | hngers’ of ) Ohaco, ‘this wilderness | Downstairs Culture, | is & protection to our forces, as well Prom the Omala World-Herald. | as 8 menacing wilderness. A whole| Sclentists would rate o soclal | division can lie concealed in. the tangled | standing by the living room farnishings, underbrush secure from discovery by but there are those who would hold to enemy wirplanes which might easily | the theory that the true test is the otherwise signal its location to the foe's ' cellar. artillery. As mrl no}uncened lll‘_uckl by ———y bty y Rl lantry, sucl res= 2 e scusible. Towe Tha Deoyests Sol in security the ' From the Roanoke Times. With the All-American foot ball ac-