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Trousers and China.

IL is astonishing news that the Chinese
having cut OFF their queues. turned their
ancient form of government upside down
and adopted the first day of January as
their new year day, have now determined
to Danish their eastern sartoriaI
fashions and dress in European. or Amer
lean. or at least in western style. 1t has
been reported that the Chinese govern
ment has issued a decree that men are
to put by the ancestral blouse and put
on sack coats, that women are to sub
stitute skirts for pantaloons and that men
and women are TO walk i'm shoes of west
ern pattern, perhaps of western make
\ revolution is strange thing Not
content with dealing with essentials, it
bowls over non-essentials Sometimes
finding non-essentials more vulnerable or
easier 10 change than essentials it ex-
ponds too much time and effort on them
To bring ancient governmental practices
up to date with those that have been
fermenting, stewing, churnine, settling.
crystalliZinS and very slowly taking on
form and purpose is something usually
not to be accomplished with the stroke
of a pen or sword, or the publication
OF DEGREES. II is an evolution. To change
the centuries-old habit of mind of A peo-
pie is not the work of a moment or of a
year. 1t is process of generations
II may be said that the ruling inteIIi-
gence Of China had already undergone
this process OF change while rracticinc
the older forms. that long evolution had
preceded the revolution, and that the Chi
nese were republicans at heart and mon
archists only skin deep Perhaps it may
be- Time viii provide the test.
This change of clothes, the taking off
the old and putting on the new, whether
or not impo.j,-.s or, significant, is inter
esting. The rest OF The world has criti-
cised the Chiaese ts'r:n of government as
"a misiit, - 81 icism has not been
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-02

From tl. Boston Herald
Imagine Col. Roosevelt's emotions as ne
roads of this inauguration pageant OF
Ioooo woman suffragists.
Finn, th. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Cole Blease complains loudly that ne
; 49,, i,acaiyed no invitation to the inaugu-
ration IL is evident that the affair Is TO
he run in a quiet and orderly manner
From the New York Mail.
We'll. the democrats are not used 10
Having inaugurations-and they act nke
ii:
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Coy Wilson seems to be willing to start
any old sort Of ball rolling except one
of the inaugural variety.
From the baltimore American
Do your inauguration shopping early.
From the Chicago News.
some Washington women are golnS 10
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-02
At the Musical

''Who is your favorite classical COM
poser"
MY wife told me the answer to that
question this morning" replied Mr.. Cum
rox, thoushtfully. 1T Isl somebody whose
tunes you can't remember and whose
name you can't pronounce
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-02
Engineers Advantage.

1T must be hard worj; to run q loco
motive"
Yes But think OF the satisfaction in
being able to get off in front OF the first
car instead of Juggling n suit case the
length Of the whole train.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-02
As Administrations Change.

You say You are a lifelong demo-
crat?"
Yes answered the man with more
hopes than prospects; Il am one of those
people who believe that a mans life
doesn't really begin until he is forty-five
or fifty wears old
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-02
ANCIENT LOVE LYRIC.

\ luvelorii Babylonian youth
Wrote to his sweetheart fair, forsooth,
| pom brick.
First one: then two: then three or four,
Until they numbered twenty score
To turn the trick.
They quarreled. He demanded. then.
She give his missivcs back again.
Sorry he'd done EN-.
II can't return them SIR said She.
The snffragettcs begged them from me.
They's going IL trtIn en-.
Detroit Journal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-02

Col. Roosevelt will probably not de-
nounce anybody who talks of a political
party merger as an undesirable citizen
until he gets a look at the list of directors
for the new holding company
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-02
Advice.

Inaugural ton day draws nigh:
oh. weather man, in sad unrest,
Do not attempt to prophesy,
But just keep hoping for the best.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-02

The motto, 1T IS always the Lnexpect-
ed that happens, can be INDICATED this
year only by the announcement that
Bryan has been left out Of the cabinet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-02
SHOOTING STARS.
I:Y PHlLANDER JOHNSON.
For a Starter.

What would YOU advise me To do?'
inquired the uncertain man.
"WcE, to start with, I'd advise YOU to
quit wasting time asking peoples adj
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-02

The game that Thomas X. Marshall
puts up is so creditable that it may be
possible To break the rule that guards the
golf scores of great statesmen as state
secrets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-02

The real picturesqueness of woman's
suffrage parade will not be developed I'M
til the dressmakers get more influence in
debating the dbstumes.
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LIFE OF A JOKE.

\ Joker wrote Il little joke
Aud gave il to the press.
1t Knocked around on native ground
For ages more or less.
In time il got across the pond.
Mixed with the English bunch.
The iuarr gray saw il one day
Accredited 10 Punch.
1t went 10 Russia and Ia France
And then In wandered back.
Tor years its been reposing in
A comic almanac.
Pitt shurci1 r.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-02

The assurances from Gov. SulZer and
President-elect Wilson that mo honest
people have anything to fear opens the
way for a Dogenes demonstration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-02

There is no such thing as renewal Of
hostilities in southeast Europe. Hostilities
merely grow more acute from time To
tine
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-02

The youngsters who are disappointed in
matters of skating and bObsledding may
at least console themselves by picking
dandeliOnS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-02

Much as Mayor GaynOr may resent the
activities Of various newspapers, he does
not fail to contribute a liberal supply of
reading matter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-02

Turkey has shown considerable dexter
lily ~ its efforts to maintain foothold
oH TWO continents 1T the same time
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-02

London militant sutfragettes go on
tae priuc'nl. --lz., -;!:5 way to get control
e. -dwmak!pc is by laWbreaking
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-02

William Rockefeller may have his
faults like other people. but he is not
garrulOuS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-02

lipHttS AFTER the emancipation VI
slaves in the District of Columbia a COM
mission labored to adjust the
Negro claims of owners for COM
CLAW, pensations. In The Star of
January ii. 1863. is this news
paragraph telling of the payment of these
claims:
This morning. owing to the announce
ment that the Treasury Department
would commence paying the awards made
by the commissioners appointed under
he acts to emancipate the slaves in the
district of Columbia, a large crowd of
persons gathered at the department, in
and about room No. X. in the second
story. where Mr.. w. r. Woodward. clerk
to the commissioners, and Mr.. l.. r. Lit
Teton. cashier 10 the subtreasury. We're
seated. The routine is this: As the
claimants come in and give their names
Mr. Woodward looks up the number Of the
claim. and Mr.. Middleton gives a check
which bears the same number, the claim
ant sign ng Il receipt on the list of claims
at the same time, and Endorsing the
check. and Mr.. Woodward countersign-
ing 1t with his initials. The check is then
taken to Gen. Spinner, United States
treasurer. where the claimant signs an
other receipt and the check is signed by
that officer. he claimant then can re-
celve his money at the Subtreasury. At
noon today there We're at least 300 per
sons present awaiting their turn. and it
will probably he several days before all
can be paid
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Reasons for
the Court.


Reasons for law Those cases are
the Court. or e 10 aacias anu them
promptly one ought to have very COM
plete knowledge of the existing decisions
and good deal of experience with the
practice before the interstate commerce
commission. You know in taking up
things to be done those things that are
the most difficult are the easiest to lay
aside. ard you wait until you get good
and ready before you decide them. That
is the case with the interstate commerce
questions and appeals before the ordinary
circuit and district courts to which they
are now appealed from the Interstate
commerce commission, but with five
Judges sitting all the time to- decide qucs-
tons involving that kind of law, they can
dispose of them without holding them SIX
or nine months in order to render a learn
ed opinion and satisfy themselves of their
correctness"
1t was about two years later that Presi-
dent Taft made the second speech. He
said then:
Now, l observe that because some gem
tlenan don't like the decision Of the
Commerce Court it is proposed to abol-
ish it, Well, now. there is an appeal to
the Supreme Court, which ought to en-
able those who are interested to have the
court properly advised by a higher court
The reason why favored it and used all
the influence | had to get it into the law
was that it had reduced the time i'll
which the orders of the interstate com
merce commission may be examined and
made effective by judicial confirmation
has decreased the time from two years
to six months as is shown by the COM
parison of the orders and the DEGREES
entered Now l say that is what We need
in all judicial procedure. We need
expedition. You can correct court if it
does Il wrong with appeal from it to
the Supreme Court, but YOU can not cor
rect a court if it is slow. and if You are
going to be remanded to fifty or sixty
different district circuit courts in or
der TO inquire into the validity of the
orders of the interstate commerce com
mission. Therefore you have got to have
the court.
President Taff's statement to the effect
that 1t is some gentlemen who don't like
the decision of the Commerce Court who
are trying to abolish it, expressed the
opinion that Is generally held by those
who favor the court. One official of the
court said that those litigants who We're
successful went home smiling and did
nothing. but those who received adverse
decisions We're in favor of aboishing the
court Immediately and without ceremony
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-02

The United States Commerce Court con-
Justice White. and
Judges and chosen from the cir
I'll Ill., cult judges Of the
Their Terms. country. The regular
term of office is five years, but in order
to prevent a complete change of judges
al any time the initial terms were made
for one, two, three, four and five years,
respectively The judges of the court
are Martin Augustus Knapp, presiding
Judge. appointed for five years; William
H. Hunt, associate judge. appointed for
three years; John r. Garland, associate
judge, appointed for two years. and Jul
liam w. Mack. associate judge. appointed
for one wear AS a result of the impeach
ment of Judge Robert w. Archibald, the
four-year term is vacant. No judge after
having served one full fiVe-year term lS
eligible for immediate reappolntment The
other officers of the court are: George r.
Snyder, clerk; Wilbur ~. Hinman deputy
clerk: F. jerome Starek. marshal. and
James l.. Murphy, deputy marshal. The
offices of the court are IN the southern
Building
The bill now in conference provides for
an appropriation of slightly less than
SoOWO for the maintenance of the Com
merce Court until the end Of the fiscal
year. about $4o.HU represents the
amount necessary for it's annual MAIN
tenance.
Although the cases which come before
the Commerce Court are of a strictly legal,
and therefore technical. nature. many of
them are nevertheless interesting. \ con-
siderable portion of the cases tried by the
Commerce 4 Court are those questioning the
orders of the Interstate commerce COM
mission. The interstate commerce COM
mission is not a law body. but has jurs-
dictiOn over cases relating to railroad
rates, regulations. practices. etc. But if.
al n result of a hearing on a certain case,
it issues an order and the railroad con-
cerned takes exception to it. the matter
then comes up before the Commerce Court.
provided there is Il legal phase to it. That
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-02
BALKANS REFUSE TO COMPROMISE

these had fathers ana mothers who We I,
Tor them: IL WAS the period whom all sof, :
of evils come with the liberation
of peoples and the establishments of state
The blood and tears shed by Bulgaria to-
DAY have nourishcd q splendid harvest
which Bulgaria Ia ready 10 rsan 4 : is hti
inconteStible right. What has Roumani P
reaped from the blood shed in ISIS on bar =
lefields for Bulgaria
Roumania contributed affertiveiy In in
ducinS the Russian empire To give indie
pcndence To Bulgaria. Independence which
has permitted the valiant Bulgarian poo
pie to march with rapid strides in :he
way To progress and 10 Write glorious
pages in history
IL is recalled that the Roumanian arm
crossed the Danube at the most critical
moment of the campaign ana that il Wa
that timely interN enton 1t PteNna whic',
had tue most considerable effect upon tn
, result Of the war for IL was the fan -
Plcvna that decided the fate 0f the cam
palgr
What part. ask RoMmaiia Sons. ii I
the trenty OF Berlin attribute 10 Rounar!t
in the division of territories Wattrcd MI
Roumanian blood?
In exchange for Bsssarabia N h.th Wa
taken from her. Roumania was given "a
part of Dobroudja. which formerly hc-
longed TO her. That fraction of raNacri
province. nearly desert and without real
frontier-Silistria- necessary Ia tli" eeCu-
rity OF the bridge which connects the an
nexed province with Rcu rania. remains ir
the hands ~ Bulgaria Between the tH >
countries the frontier is onNenti0nai =
much 50 that Rpuman.aaS find themSclVc
in Bulgarian territory without KNOWN
il. and reciprocallN.
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Furthermore. We are assured that IL
hostilities are resumed the allies havc
agreed upon a combined
Aims of the offensive move
A,,: which promises a COM
Aio'' plete defeat and perhaps
capture of tine entire Turkish armies
The Greeks in cooperating suggest =
deharkment OF troops in the Gulf III
SaroS. with the object of occupying the
peninsula Of Gallipoli in force. Such a
movement it is claimed. would perm
the allies To dominate the Notifications
of the Dardanelles. while the Greek
fleet i'm the Sea of Marmora could
menace Constantinople
\ dispatch dated ConstantiaUple zHth
ultimo. attributes To TN" Germ;.. am
hassador To Turkey at AN after-uinner
speech at a club in that city in honor
of Emperor Williams birthday certal.
expressions To which the CONSTANT
nople press and the press or Europe at
tach great significance. ANA hence ITS
wide publicity.
Baron Hans Won Wangenheim, Ger
man amba ssador, said: The future %
Turkey lies in Asia Minor The Ger
man interests in Asia Minor are very
great and are bound up with those OF
Turkey The recent note Of the Euro
pean powers promised that turkey
would he aided i'm her future develop
ment. Germany will lend powerful as
siStance in this cause. I'm any case.
however. To all the Turkish possessions
in Asia Germany Will attach the label
Touch me not.
1t is not possible To find fault VIZ
Germany's ambassador for tins so-callr'
note of warning to the powers of Eu-
rope" The language If the ambassad"r
is that contained in the note bN the pow
ers: The future Of Turkey lies in Asia
Minor" Certainly. Besides Il was tho
exact language OF NJ. Poincare. Germany
has interests in Asia Minor. in the Bag
dad railway. but how very small are
those interests compared with those %
Russia in Armenia and the caucasus
Erance i'm the Lebanon-Syria, Egypt III
~ Mediterranean and the Red sea. Eng
land in Egypt and Mesopotamia, Italy in
Massowah and Tripoli.
Oh CHAII.LE-LONG.
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ROumania S
Grievance.

which entered tine field after tue IA! a.
Pleyna and "A few weeks before tho close
Of hostilities. obtained Mitch. Nran a,
Perof. nearly l".opo kilomcters s'iuar.
Greece which did not ire a gun. was
given Thessaly and part Of Epirus'
Roumania accepted with resignation t'it
deciy on of tine great powers. she ias
meyer troubled the peace of the orient
But she has always declared that IL
changes were made in the territorial equi-
librium created by the treaty of Berlin
she would have something to say.
Roumania discusses at length the
promises of Austria and Russia to main
tain the status quo whatever the lssue
OF the war with Turkey. and it was upon
these solemn declarations that Roumanla
regulated her action. And Roumania
thus concludes her plea:
A Close. union OF the Balkan and Dan
ubian states should Toe maintained Tor
mutual security. prosperity and peace.
and thus Europe viii be delivered finally
of the nightmare of the question OF the
orient.
This exposition Of the relations between
Roumania and Bulgaria, very or en- men,
toned. but very little understood. Is eN-
tracted from document prepared by NJ
LShovary Roumanian deputy and former
minister az foreign affairs of Roumahia
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Roumania's
Weakness.

doubtless to the threats % Russia. These
are the weak points of Roumania's argu-
ment The capital point at this moment
is the query: Can Roumania act inde-
pendently? Roumania is suspected with
being with the enemies of the Balkan
allies Can Roumania denounce her
treaties with Turkey and Austria The
hour has come for some such prompt &C
ton and il cannot be doubted that rang
ing herself on the side of the allies kou
mania will receive the consideration she
MAY ask.
The Russian government IL may b.
called denounced its engagements with
Germany in lsS1 and concluded tn
Franco Russian alliance i'm 1881. A. T.
an elementary principle i'm diplomacy thar
in order to offer yourself you must ln
long To Yourself. If Roumania is free a.
herself with Buls aria This Is the cruN "f
the difficulty between Roumania and Bui-
garia.
The military problem which at present
confronts the allies may be briefly To-
sumed here.
Assuming that the Tchatalja oefcnses
and the Turkish forces therein gre SUI
ficient To cover and protect Constant
nople: that Adrianople. Scutari and
Janina may continue their resistance su,
cessfully for time their fail is certain
and within short time. The Turks have
no means of breaking the cir le of iron
that surrounds Adrianople. nor have ther
any means of recoNern. the areas
which separate them from Scutdrl and
Janina. The Turkish armies have been
hopelessly demorsliZed by the continued
and disastrous defeats inflicted hy the
allies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-02

Roumania in "A wori oitatnei dcris!vc
augmentation Of 6'vsl kllomrt,rs square.
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Here was a page of European politics
disclosed to the conference which must
have been highly instruc-
Austria's tive to the members Of
the conference. This
PretenSlon. pretension on the part OF
Austria to discuss questions with gun
in her hand is all the more rexatious
that she had announced that she was
seeking no advantage in the Balkans.
In certain Austrian circles it has been
said that Austria is making a great
deal of noise with the German EN-
peror's saber But it is not certain that
Germany. who is said not to wish Tor
war and will not risk her prosperity and
her future on a throw of dice. will per-
mil Austria to play much longer such a
dangerous game
Roumania presents her side Of the ques-
tion barring all reference to her relations
tn Turkey and Austria, S follows:
In lS11-1S in order to create an indie
nendent Bulgaria 1opoo Roumanians died
at Plevna, Prehova and Nidin and several
thousand others returned to their homes
invalided for the remainder of their days;
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~ have been a federal judge. and /
have had to decide cases arising under
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The argument is strong. but II has IL
weak sides. Roumania refused to az
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Great excitement was caused about thi
time by the proposition to raise an arm
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But there are considerations which have
perhaps induced the Bulgarians to re-
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Pv mail postage prepaid:
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Saturday Star. 81 year. Sunday Star. $2-4o year
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Here was page of European politics
disclosed to the conference which must
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The loss of the first monitor off Hat
teras caused the partial reconstruction of
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FIFTY YEARS AGO
IN THE STAR

For months after the emancipation of
slaves in the District of Columbia COM
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WnlIe Ia garla YIN an
neNed eastern EpuUlrlt,
l."ceived aii.r kilnmr-
tcrs SquaI". S"CVia.
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Furthermore. We are assured that IL
hostilities are resumed the allies have
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Two other judges. George w. Ray OF
Norwich. \. Y. and Arthur l.. San
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ter the pessimism of the middle part
following field reverseS a bet
ter feeling prevailed in
ter Washington. the general
ceiling. sres .'" w o s .nsl sn the
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The Commerce Court has the importan
function Of deciding cases arising unde
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Interesting
Invalid.

In creating the Commerce Court the
act stated that "a court Is hereby created
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inferred as second class mail matter at the post
Office at Washington. n C.
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business Of1re. 18th 81. and Pennsylvania Avenue
New York Office: Tribune Building
Chicago Office: First National Bank Buliding-
European Office: 3 Regent St. London Engianu.
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The United States Commerce Court con-
sists of five judges, appointed by Chief
Tombstone epitaph., 1913-02-02
Financial Conditions
 of Arizona

Between February IA. 1912, the day on which Arizona became e state, and December 3l, the office of secretary Of state Sidney P Osborn collected $42,- ls9 25 The expenses of the office for that period. including all salaries. were SIS .562 A, leaving 6 net profit of more than $20,OO0.
 Five hundred copies of the legisla- tive journsls were printed at . cost of B .450. 55. an exceptionally low bid being received. Less than 25O copies were dist'ihuted. Secretary Osborn says ths, the S3450.5 .55 was wasted and he will recommend that no more money be spent in printing journals.
 It cost $2727 10 to have the session laws printed and the return from cop. ies cold was s92I.2 20. The initiative and referendum publicity pamphlets cost s229l.22. As a result of the mo- tor vehicles registration law $lO,4 ,458 wac collected. the expenses being s99S. 50. At s2. 50 apiece 6S5 notar- isl commissions were i..ned, total $i7I2,50.