The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-13

sun, cries out through the muezzin
his Allah be praised" All things Lay
be possible in Chicago, but an 0rien-
tai Buddhist, salaaming to the sun,
might be mistaken for a Parsee, and
both would be mistaken FOR Moham-
medans if they resorted to the muez-
z!1 to call on Allah for them.
However that may be, it is we'll to
throw in an Oriental touch occa-
sionally in lofty flights of oratory.
When salaaming to the sun, calling
on Allah, and saying the "Om name
padme ON" for Buddha do no good,
It is the habit Of some 0rientals to
say: "For our SINS" Then, as that
seems to cover the case, they shrug
their shoulders ard take anything
that comes next, on the theory that
no matter how bad It is, they must
deserve it. PERHAPS Lincoln had the
cry cr,.' me Americ an improve met
on tbs habit. Whei things were
otherwise intolerable. ne laughed, he
cause they made him "think of a
story" In Illinois, they still lau4h
occasionally. There is no law
against it-yet!
Senator Sherman quoted a CABLE
gram, published in the newspapers
as from London, giving the all sged
text of congratulations sent to the
Kaiser on his birthday by President
Carranza of Mexico. In view of the
fact that ,Carranza is supposed to
represent American Intervention in
Mexico, Senator Sherman thought
we might watch while waiting de-
velopments in connecticI with the
Mexican oil fields.
Senator Gore presented for publi-
cation in the Record the resolutions
adopted recently by the representa-.
tives Of seventeen national farmers
organizations. In one Of them. in
view Of the urgent need OF food pro-
duction, they asked for the parole"
Of young men from the farm, now held
as conscripts in various cantonments.
In the House, after Mr.. Dempsey
Of New York had advocated similar
views, Mr.. Saunders OF Virginia
thought they might subject him TO
the suspicion OF disloyalty. He in
stanced the case Of a father, seventy
years old, whose three sons we're
now held in camp. while urgently
needed on the farm. But II there
were any help in such a case Mr..
Saunders had been unable to find il
in his attempts to penetrs,'e the
minds Of the military authorizes"
Mr.. George ]. Baldwan, fl ancier
and efficiency expert, appe Ifed be-
fore the Senate Committee on Com
merce yesterday to vindicate the
methods OF the Know How American
Shipbuilding Corporation Tor
American International Corpora
tion") and its allied interests at Hog
Island. He is chairman of the board
vice president, director or otherwise
officially related to various inter
locking directorates. promoting. own
ing or controlling each other. Speed,
rather than economy, had been the
object" at Hog Island, he said. I'VE
may have been guilty Of many
things. but the Government will get
the ships at the time promised" he
added. He admitted, in answer to
questions about ''saturnalia Of eX-
travagance," that quite a number Of
things were not warranted as COM
propositions, though, in his
judgment, advisable as war meas
ures. Although somewhat embar-
raised at times, he stood the ordeal
in a way that may excite admira.
ton among other high fnanciers of
the new type" of super-superlative
regardless of cost.