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prince and I were small, very young
people"
"And what reply did you give your
motherT
81 do not remember. She counseled
me. and made me promise-but have
forgotten. The prince can ride and
shoot. He recites all the songs of Ii
Pc. He is twenty-four years old, a
pure Mongol"
If this were wanton torture, she de-
livered 1t with perfect calm. Leving-
ton caught his breath, and storm
threatened within him. 1t was both a
relief and an agony to know that she
did not love the prince. Levingtons
personal state was sunk deeper when
he recalled that he was himself a pris-
Oner, and would doubtless be out Of
the way in a short while. And then he
caught the sentence from her lips, a
casual mention:
sour nuptials begin at the new
moon."
Andrew March leapt to the center Of
the rug. and his eyes were ablaze.
Little girl, you do not know life I
You speak Of things unbearable. This
Is criminal. You are white, as your
mother tried to impress upon you, and
they have made you forget 1t. You
cannot be handed about In the oriental
fashion. They are crazy out here.
Yes. they are devilsi"
Now the withered and double
SCARED Chinese servant entered the
room, and at his heels came four of
the huge soldiers, the same who had
ridden down the white men in the
ravine, and who also had appeared
against them before the prince. Their
swords dangled and chinked. Their
boots were free from dust, and the
cloaks upon their high shoulders were
Of heavy raw silk, golden yellow.
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CHAPTER TX.
Below the Walls.

Below the walls.
On his roof again, Con noted that
an awning Of green silk had been
stretched over his doorway, and
couch placed beneath 1t in the open
air, for his added comfort. A silver
pitcher Of wine stood on q taboret,
and he found that the wine was ac-
ceptable, having been cooled in spring
water. But all was secondary, even
the silent departure Of the guards, for
he was thinking in whirl Of Helen
March.
Her innocence was amazing, like her
wisdom-an American personality
with strange diagonals Of the Orient.
Con loved the tang Of desert sunlight
upon her face. her throat and arms
Her shoulders were neither wide nor
narrow. end she was not tall. He re-
membered everything she had said,
and was unable to evade her final ut
terance, which became more and more
a sublimated poison to him. He turned
back to yesterday, recalled how she
had ridden, how her pony had gal
lOped from the top of the ravine after
her word had saved them, how her
brown hair had streamed out from the
soft gray cloak. No Chinese princess
could ever have ridden at such q pace.
But, again, there was the gentle, al
most lifeless movement of her hands,
and the low fullness Of her voice when
she talked Of Tau Kuan.
She was a delightful sorrow to Lev.
ington, as IL all his days, too, had fore
told her. She did not know herself.
She was eighteen. The ways of these
outland people were familiar to her,
and 1t was natural she should love
their national interests, strangely like
Americas, bitterly different. The red
dish palace was home. Her mother
was gone. The grand vizir had
brought her American gowns, street
suits, and other articles the models
had displayed at Sperman's In the city
terribly far distant.
There was no estimating the pains
the old Chinese had taken to secure
such things for her. Con knew at least
Of his connection with the Wedger
house, which must have been arranged
by secret means, and 1t was clear that
Chez Ming had taken many a point
from Cecil Wedger's incipient queens
Of the cinema. The vizir had been
content to cook for a young snob,
merely to garner some information as
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20 the Princess.
his shoulder. This seemed to give q
new pleasure to the princess.
"Besur has made friend" said she.
"He has otherwise nothing but enc
mies-and myself"
"Does he keep you from being lone
ly2" asked Lexington.
"Not at all times. But that is not
his fault"
Besur glanced at her and started to
say something, but forgot. and turned
instead to comb Cons hair with his
small nails.
you have done we'll to grow up in
such excellent health" said Andrew
March.
II could not have avoided It," Helen
replied. Besides, the sick are put to
death. They cucumber the state"
mo doubt" unused her father.
"Have you no doctors?" asked Con.
"Oh. yesi Chez Ming" Besur hid
an acorn under Levington's collar.
'"This is far better than pretending to
speak English with Chez Ming" con-
tinued the princess. "He is full Of
hesitation and rules. I do not like to
be corrected when he Is wrong. i
have tried to speak English with
Besur. Then there are no corrections.
! have tried it also with Prince Yeku-
toi, but ke viii never master it. he
prefers to practice with his arrows.
He Is pure Mongol." s.,
Con remembered that this was her
Grst social moment In white company,
Her father endeavored again to change
the subject.
"Does Chez Ming make many jour
neys to the United Statesf"
She shook her head. HE has gone
but three times within my memory.
Also he has gone to Egypt and Rome
two times, and one time to Paris. I
have the map"
Helen arose and passed to the book
shelf. Con had never guessed that
plain American garments could ex-
press such subtle intimacies Of the
feminine. She did not lose her shy
ness, although it was never a shadow
upon her charm. II have read these
and these" she announced. he un-
derstood that the books were her real
treasures, a bond with her own world,
white tradition. He examined them
wonderingly.
There was a marked copy, original
edition, of the Aquarian Gospel Of
Jesus; Edgar Allan Poe complete m
two worn gray volumes (and by the
appearance of certain pages, Leving.
ton judged that "The Fall Of the House
Of Usher" had been memorized by the
aid of candied fingers early in life) {;
also two novels by Will Comfort; Chi
cago Daily News almanacs for three
years; a fat, ragged dictionary, and q
fine-priat anthology Of Emerson, Car
lyle and Aurelius. There were no
candy marks In the anthology.
-.In Tokyo she was explaining,
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The premium or bonus paid to get
a house to lent is called in England
"the key money" and sometimes
amounts to as much as q years rent.
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udS Uccu bCOICucu Uy IL, bdlu SOu.
But a race does not rise to great.
ness by fear and force" Andrew
March was saying ardently. "A city
cannot become perfect against its WIN,
There IL no love In Tau Kuan."
Helen was pensive. "That 10 what
mother used to tell me-" she said.
March sighed brokenly. Even Besur
halted his self-inspection, and turned
sad small eyes upon his mistress.
Lexington has told you the truth
about our country" March continued.
''The fire that Chez Ming has over
looked is freedom. 1t Is not In his
philosophy. Under his guidance Tau
Kuan might one day be a unified ma
tion, but It would be q race of-Be-
surs."
'tDoes Besur trouble your she
asked Of Con, not hesitating to wreck
her fathers conversation.
"Not at ALL" said Lexington, as he
removed the ape from his neck for the
fifth time. Nor did Con intend to
grow serious, but he felt suddenly that
this was the penalty for his wasted
life-to come into her presence only
in time to find that she was being
drawn into an inevitable gray sacri-
fee. He did not observe the glance
March gave him, look Of trust and
appeal. Helen did not comprehend
the new intensity In Levington's gray
blue eyes; she knew nothing Of the
pain she started in the heart Of this
wanderer. Then her father humbly
asked:
"Are you--are you fond Of Prince
Yekutoir"
She glanced at him quickly and
smiled.
''You are like mother. She asked
that question many times, when the
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desert city with Helen MArch. There
were so many things he had to tell
her, so much he longed to ask also
an additional urgency for a talk with
her father.
Late in the afternoon, he retreated
to his inner chamber, hot and impa-
tient. In the smaller of two rooms,
which were barely furnished, the walls
a creamy white, he flung himself upon
the soft couch, but its touch was odd
ly unpleasant, like caress from the
wrong person. He arose IN disgust.
and stared at the brass lamp with its
fragrant green Oil. The gray boy also
had come I'm out Of the sun, and was
now a-squint beside the divan. Slow.
ly he pulled the cord that set the long
curtains swaying overhead. From time
to time he sprinkled water upon these
curtains, then resumed the tanning.
But physical comfort only heightened
Cons uneasiness. He felt the power
Of the fact that they were bestowing
these elaborate attentions upon him
only to make him better white sire
in the history Of Tau Kuan.
No one came. The sun laid golden
path across the rug Of the outer room.
Levington's repeated requests, invita-
tions and demands for Chez Ming re-
suited In nothing. The day seemed
interminable.
Continued in next issue)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-29
TAKESLEGAL STEP
TO STAY IN ARMY
Col. French Acts Against
Secretary Baker to Pre-
vent Election.

Col. John w French, United States
Army. who rose from a private to the
rank which he now holds and who
saw service in France. today sought
the aid of the District Supreme Court
to prevent his elimination from the
Army under the new reorganization
act. Col. French fled a suit for an in
junction against Newton D. Baker,
Secretary of War, TO prevent him TAX
ing action based on the proceedings Of
final classification board looking to
his elimination either by discharge or
retirement. Justice Hitz cited Secre-
tary Baker to show cause, January 81.
why the. injunction should not be
granted.
Claiming. "hasty. secret and unlaw-
full action" on the part of Secretary
Baker. Col. French tells the court Of
his long military service and that he
has never been guilty of neglect OF
duty, misconduct or disqualifying
habits. Last July. he says, he was
informed that a classification board
had placed him in class b and he re-
quested a court of inquiry, which con-
vened at Fort Sam Houston. Tex, No
vember 1. where he appeared and was
represented by military counsel. No
vember 80 this court recommended
that he be continued in that class.
Col. French says he took steps to
have civil counsel get in touch with
the War Department and to reocest a
hearing before the final classification
board
When his lawyers wrote the ad-
jutant general they were advised. he
states, that the board had already
acted and it's action had been ap-
proved by Secretary Baker
The officer claims that the law
requires approval Of the President
and that the approval by the Secre-
tary of War is without lawful au-
thOrity. Unless the court interferes
the officer declares he will be
eliminated from the Army. to his
irreparable loss.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-29
SECRETARY WHO is ONE
OF THEM, - FARMER PLEA
Want Practical Man as Head of Department
Of Agriculture; Grange Officers
to See Harding.

perience as practical farmers than Mr.
Wallace, but one of the group inol-
Gated that while Mr.. Wallace may not
have been a farmer as long as they
thought necessary, nevertheless, ne
had been on the farm more years than
the appointees Of the past. Here Is
the kind of n secretary of agriculture
the National Grange wants:
a practical farmer. who should be
not only in sympathy with farmers,
but SO identified, by ideas. vocation
and effort that farmers will recognize
him as one of themselves; the head or
the department must be man around
whom agricultural interests and
workers will rally with confidence in
his leadership"
For Protective Tariff.
There's another thing the grange
wants from President Harding's Sec
ing system that will tell the people
OF the city conyincingly about the
costs of the farm. Other things af-
fecting agriculture to be discussed at
Marion include a permanent tariff.
Some of the members of the grange
look askance at the emergency"
character of the present tariff pro-
posals. Some of the duties are re-
garded as too high and as likely to
invite retailiatory tariff wars. while
other schedules are considered far too
low
What the farmers ought to have"
said S. ]. Lowell, president of the
will repre.ent the difference in the
cost of production here and abroad
and nothing more. i believe the job
can be done equitably."
Mr.. Lowell said agricultural condi-
tions throughout the country were
sti O. or Low -OclH he
cost of labor had not come down.
He said he looked for a drop in labor
cost next spring He declared that
while plenty of labor was in idle
ness. the cost wouldn't come down
until some of the savings of the pros
porous period through which the ma
ton had passed were exhausted But
that the cost of labor on the farm
would come down he had no doubt
whatsoever.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-29
PROPONENTS PRESS
FOR SENATE ACTION
ON DISARMAMENT
Foreign Relations Committee
to Meet Monday to Take
Up B0rah Measure.
WILL CONSIDER TREATY
TO REDUCE NAVAL FORCE
Supporters of Resolution Want to
Dispense With Hearings to
Rush Their Plan.

The Senate foreign relations commit
tee will hold meeting next Monday
to consider the Borah resolution look
ing to a reduction in the naval arrna-
ments of the United States. Great
Britain and Japan. Senator Borah con-
ferred with Senator Lodge, chairman
OF the committee, last night, and it
was decided that the committee would
have such meeting. 1t is not the
desire of the proponents Of the resolu-
tion to hold hearings on the matter,
however, but to get action.
Not few members of the foreign
relations committee have already ex-
pressed themselves as heartily in favor
of steps that would result in a reduc-
ton OF armament and lessening of
the burden of taxation upon the people
OF this country and other countries,
and would tend to bring about a per-
manent peace. Among them were
Senators McCumber of North Dakota,
Johnson of California and New of In
diana, all republicans.
Provides 30 Per Cent Cut.
The Borah resolution contemplates a
5O per cent reduction of the naval
programs Of the three countries
named for the next five years. Senator
Borah included in his resolution the
only three powers which have great
navfes today. Germanys navy has
been wiped out. The limit of five years
has been set. rather than longer
period. in order to obtain the assent
OF the nations involved the more
readily. Within the next five years, it
1t believed. it will be possible to get
a pretty good line on what Germany
is going to do. AT present she need
not be reckoned with as naval
power.
To attempt at this stage TO draw
other nations into an agreement for
the reduction of armaments would be
merely to ,complicate matters. it is
held. The chances of obtaining the
consent of France, for instance. 10 a
reduction Of her military armament:
on land. with the conditions all about
her so uncertain, would result in an
impasse.
Means Rig Saving. .7
IL the plan outlined by Senator Yorah
can be adopted. it viii result /. in the
saving Of hundreds Of millions OF dol
lars, probably billiOffs- of dollars. Also,
it VIII be a. first step in the direction
OF disarmament. and it is believed that
a second step would be more easily made
later,
SO far. as the United States is con-
cerned. if it can be assured of q reduc-
ton in the naval armaments in the
countries that might be- her rivals. the
country win have little ito fear from land
forces, It was pointed out today. So the
reduction of the military forces on Ia nd
in this country could very we'll follow
the reduction of the naval forces, with
little regard to what other nations were
doing in the way of maintaining stand
ing armies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-29
Star; 300 Times as Large as Sun,
Is Revealed BY Ne,U Astral Device

is recognized as one of the foremost
authorities in the world on the sub
ject Of light.
The device perfected by Prof. Mich
olson and used in calculating the di-
ameter of Alpha Orionus is briefly
described as follows:
The mirror Of an eiEht-foot reflect.
ing telescope is obscured by an opaque
cap with two Sits. adjusta BILE in width
and distance apart. When the instru-
ment is focused on a star, instead of
An image Of the star, there appears a
series OF Interference bands arranged
at equal distances apart and parallel
to the two Sits. When the Sits are
properly adjusted a di stance is finally
attained between them at which the
fringes disappear.
The angle of the subtended star In
obtained by a simple formula. and
when tho angle and the distance Of
the star from earth are known the
diameter of the star can easily be
determined.
The device was perfected last sum-
mer and taken to California by Prof
Nicholson. and its secret was care
fully guarded until today. On Tues
day the success of the device was
telegraphed to the professor. The
device is accurate to within .000I OF
a second of longitude, or approximately
the angle subtended by the head Of a
pin At a distance of I 800 miles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-29
Inaugural Committee
Heads Leave to Consult
President-EIect Hardinu

Edward B. Mclean and Jesse Smith.
chairman and secretary respectively
of the inaugural committee, and Har-
ry NJ. Daugherty. pre-convention cam
paign manager for Senator Harding.
will leave Washington at 4 o'clock
this afternoon in the President-elect's s
will confer with the senator during
the next two days.
1t was said at inaugural headauar-
ters that the object of the hurried
visit of the inaugural chairman and
secretary was to discuss with the
senator certain matters regarding the
inaugural plans, and at the same
time to lay before him the list Of
committee chairmen and members of
the general inaugural committee. as
selected up to date.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-29

CHICAGO. December 2S.-Results Of
the first successful experiments on an
astronomical device at the Mount Will
son, Calf, observatory, revealing that
certain remote stars in the armament
are many thousand times larger in
size than astronomers had ever sur
missed. was discussed today by Prof.
A. a. Nicholson. noted scientist Of the
University of Chicago. who perfected
the device. before the American Physi.
cal Society. meeting here in conjunc-
ton with the American Association
for the Advancement Of Science.
Under the direction of Prof Michel
son. astronomical experts have just
computed the diameter Of Alpha Orio-
MS, one OF the stars in the constel-
lation of Orion.
The orb is found to be 100000, geo
miles in diameter, approximately 800
times the suns diameter. Its volume is
81 .0O0. 900 times as great as the SUM-
The sun being almost a million times
greater in volume than the earth, this
planet seems most insignificant in COM
parison with Alpha Orionis."
Prof. Nicholson, winner Of the Nobel
prize in physics thirteen years ago,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-29
WOULD REPEAL TAX
ONExCESSPROF|TS
Republican Leaders Also Fa.
vor Extending War Debt
Period.
BY, \. o. MEssENCER.

In addition to the oft-repea ted
piai mt that life is just one blessed
thing after aaothesxfrw te realized
shortly that it is also one condemned
tax after another. Congress already
appreciates this and liz preparing 10
prove Its verify in the early months
Of the new year
In the course of recent hearings on
the emergency tariff bill and the war
nlance corporation, bills, sentiment
was developed in the committee on
ways and means indicating the lean
ing Of republican leaders on the far
question. Their predfsposition Ia ex-
pected to be e-evidenced in the prepara.
ton OF the new tax law by the in.
coming Congress.
There are wide differences of opin-
ION among republicans over plans of
taxation. but some points of agree
ment. Two notable instances of con-
currence are that the excess profits
tax shall be repealed and that the
payment of the wal. debt shall be ex-
tended over period of forty to sixty
years. SO that the whole burden shall
not fall upon this generation.
Disagreement Over Substitute.
ne prlnclpal point Of DISAGREEMENT
Is upon substitute for the excess
pronts tax, which all consent should
be repealed. Shall 1t be tax on
sales. or a tax on undistributed profits
OF corporations. or something of both :?
Such men as Representatives. Long
worth of Ohio and Green of Iowa. on
the committee, favor the tax on un-
distributed profits of corporations
Chairman Fordney and others oppose
this idea, on the ground that it would
hamper industrial progress
A tax on sales is favored bv many
prominent republicans. and upheld by
some eminent hnanciers outside OF
Congress, such as Otto II. Kahn of
New York. The opposition to this
plan is the fear that it would lead to
''pyramiding" of the tax and conse- :
quent increase in the cost of living.
In lieu Of tax on all turnovers, it is
suggested that tax on final retail
sales may be acceptable.
Anyway, the poor gink who starts
out with market basket must make
up his mind to pay the sales tax, and
he may consider himself lucky il he
pays it but once, without having had
several previous sales taxes imposed
upon his purchase. unidentified by
him. but there, just the same.
Those who favor a sales tax on all
turnovers estimate that il would mo-
duce about a billion and a half an
nually. which would make up for the
repeal Of the excess profits tax and
the luxury taxes as well. A tax on
final retail sales is estimated to pro-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-29
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

Six practical farmers. members of
the executive committee of the Ma
tional Grange, sat down to luncheon
here. and. reverting for the moment
to the days of barter, they figured out
the decline in the prices of farm prod
ucts in terms of dollar meal
>. j. Lowell president of the Ma
tionaI Grange. said it cost him four
bushels of apples to get the dollar to
pay for his luncheon. During the war
it would have cost him only peck
of apples. W. H. Thompson of the
Maine Grange. in effect, had to pay a
bushel and a half of potatoes instead
OF peck, which was the equivalent
OF dollar year ago. Leslie r.
Smith of Massachusetts had to offer
Two bushels of onions as -cOntrasted
with the war equivalent of a peck of
onions. Charles w. Holman of Texas
could have gotten his luncheon for
TWO pounds of cotton in war times,
but now he had to contribute eleven
pounds of cotton for the dollar
Prof. T. c. Atkeson of West Virginia
change on wheat. for while his meal
cost him a half a bushel OF wheat,
he would have paid slightly less than
that year ago. A. NJ. Loomis. secre-
tary or the National Grange, had to
pay four pounds of cheese, whereas
heretofore the same dollar meal would
nave been purchased for two and q
half pounds of cheese
VIII Go to Marion.
The Situation brought about by the
decline in the prices of farm products
brought the officers of the grange to
Washington for a general talk on
agricultural policies particularly as they
Will affect the Harding administration.
Several of the officers are leaving for
Marion this week to discuss aericul-
ture with Dir. Harding. They have
read the reports that Henry c. Wal
lace of Iowa, has been selected for
Secretary of Agriculture, but would
offer no comment. 1t is said that they
nave men OF their own to propose to
Mr. Harding who have had mare ax