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Evening star., 1921-11-27
Trotsky in Luxury.

Special correspondence Of The Star
from Helsingfors, Finland, printed
yesterday, gave an interesting picture
of the daily life Of Leon Trotsky. now
military dictator Of the soviet republic
Of Russia. 1t is to be hoped that this
will be read by every person who has
the least sympathy with the soviet
regime In that unhappy land. For it
shows how far from true brotherhood
and communal equality those who are
guiding the destinies of Russia have
gone in their wickedly acquired power.
Trotsky. once struggling journalist,
is established with all the luxury and
the ceremony of a monarch. He is
guarded more closely than ever was
the Car Of Russia. He is attended by
soldiers wherever he goes. keeping at
safe distance all representatives Of
the humble people in whose name he
and his colleague, Lenin, are now
ruling. He eats the choicest Of food,
abundantly supplied, while millions Of
Russians starve. He resides In pal
ace. with every conceivable comfort.
while vast numbers of the people
shiver in the cold of flimsy dwellings,
and fight for the smallest allotments
of fuel. He lolls in the seat Of the
former car at the theater. He lives,
in short, the life of a king. To reach
him with a petition or proposal Of
any kind it is necessary to wait per-
haps for days while the plea for an
audience is being considered by subordi-
mates and fiunkies before it reaches
the great man himself. The far.
spreading network of wires places
the military dictator in communica-
ton with every part of Russia, by
telephone or telegraph. He moves his
armies about like a Napoleon. He
commanders vast supplies for the
maintenance of these forces while the
people suffer for necessities Of life.
This is Leon Trotsky, commissar Of
the people, friend Of the proletariat,
high priest Of the revolution, whose
fervid words four years ago in the
tribune Of the assembly scorned
wealth and comfort and luxury and
demanded the establishment Of gov
ernment of equality. This is Leon
Trotsky. prototype Of the plain peo-
ple This is he who arises in every
overturn Of state, grasping for him
self the wealth that he has condemned
and the benefits and advantages that
he has denounced in others.
Evening star., 1921-11-27
Andre Tardieu, Friend Of America

"No Frenchman more deserves the
nome Of friend Of America than NJ.
Tardieu, the former frencn nIs n !,
commi ssioner to the United states,
declares Hugh A. Bayne, coanse. ior ior
teryiew published in the Paris edi-
ton Of the Chicago Tribune, during
the course Of which the efforts OF N.
Tardieu to facilitate Franco Ameri-
can cooperation and co-ordlnauon
during the war years are oetalied IN
an interesting recital.
.T,ong before the entry Of the
United States as a belligerent in the
world war NJ. Tardieu as head OF the
French mission, by his energy, busi-
ness ability and tact. had succeeded
in directing a great ana steady
stream Of her economic resources to
the aid Of France" says Mr.. .Bayne.
"When America entered the war and
her corporation became direct these
talents Of NJ Tardieu, reinforced by
the knowledge and experience OF
American conditions already gaineu,
contributed to the vast and complex
ton effective. an aid 30 substantial
that the effectiveness. Of Americas
participatien can never be Justly es-
timated without awarding to NJ. Tar
dteu q credit which proves him to
have been one Of the substantial con-
trtbutOr0 TO tne unAl fiCtoIy.
Americas and Frances gratitude
to M. Tardieu Is due not only for the
work ne did during the war. but fol
the tactful and sympathetic assist
ance he rendered in the liquidation
of Americas vast assets and liabili.
ties in France which. the Liquidation
commission Of the American War De.
lpartment wound up. As counsel oi
that. commission I had many oppor.
tunites to appreciate his sympathetic
Evening star., 1921-11-27
Exclusive Argentina.

Argentina, the South American re-
public, is making bold bid for the title
Of the most exclusive country in the
= Stringent as the present immigration
regulations are, they are to be stiYened
on January by a clause which lays
down that. in addition to the thumb
print required at present, those enter
ing the country must have a complete
set Of finger prints taken at the Areen-
tine consulate in London. says the Mail
Of that city. The authorities are strictly
impartial in regard to the application OF
the regulations. which apply. II is
stated. to merchant princes, wealthy
travellers and the poorest immigrant
in addition to the finger prints. all
passengers for Buenos Aires require a
police certificate that they have never
been proceeded against for offenses
against the public order during the last
five years, nor for offenses for which
they have been imprisoned during that
period. They must also have q medical
certificate that they have not suffered
mental -derangement, and this must be
signed by doctor and countersigned
and scaled by the police. They must
provide. too. minute. description Of
TSs.s 5uls. apply 70 an. ers.. e
ShipS who land"
Evening star., 1921-11-27
The Lilly White" Movement.

Will the lilly blacks Of Virgins
support the republican candidate fol-
United States senator next year.
They did not support the republican
candidate for governor this year, and
he was showed under. The demo
cratic candidate had some seventy
thousand the best of the poll.
The lilly blacks" 1t will be remem
bered, were asked by the lilly whites
to stand aside in the campaign. The
republican appeal was to the white
voters. The lilly blacks" nominated
a candidate of their own-a lilly
black"-and he received about 10000
votes.
The action Of the lilly whites" was
taken before President Harding visit
ed Birmingham, Ala, and in his
speech there called for a square deal
for the colored man at the polls
Nevertheless, the action was not re
scinded, and the lilly white" cam
paign proceeded as it had been begun
The matter is of small consequence
so far as Virginia is concerned. II
the republican division this year hal
not taken place the democrats would
yet have won with ease. If the divi
sion is healed and the republicans pre-
sent themselves solidly at the poll,
next year the democrats will win. In
existing circumstances Virginia Il
"set" for the democracy, and will re
main "set" as long as the circum
stances exist.
The matter is important in the ligh'
Of the general situation. The coloret
man is a voter under the Constitution
and President Harding insists that HI
should be accorded his political rights
In some Of the eastern and in some q
the central states he is a factor In thu
republican calculations. and his sup
port both in nominating convention
and later is solicited. The fear IL tha
he will be chilled in those sections, 4
not indeed converted into an opel
enemy, If the lilly white" movement
in the south spreads either through
the liberation or the open encourage
ment Of the national republican
leaders.
Evening star., 1921-11-27

Assurance is also given by Secretary
Hoover to the commercial interests Of
this country that the new service will
not supersede the cable news, which is
an established feature Of the prompt
advice that; the Department OF Com
merce gives on spot news affecting
American business from all parts of
the world. So far as possible. the
Intention; ts rather to improve. the
quality and servicsablensss Of these
cabled reports. supplementing them.
ana interpreting their significance in .
later critical review fortified by peri
odical written reports from the over
seas REPRESENTATIVE Of tho bureau Of
.foreign and domsstic commerce and
from the agents Of the consular
The oresnisation Of commodity
divisions enables the Department of
Commerce. to place technical informa-
ton before the American business man
in a form most acceptable and OF the
most practical value to their respec-
tive trades. It is not forgotten, how.
ever. that a grasp OF fundamental
economic conditions and q ready means
Of understanding the business trend
in foreign markets. are often Of equal
importance with detailed trade infor-
nation. =
Evening star., 1921-11-27
Trade Advice by World Areas

experts also collaborate with the
commodity and technical divisions in
work of interest to particular trades
in their respective areas.
AS far as possible the new service
making public reports on regional
surveys will treat of conditions in
areas having a substantial economic
unity and covering as broad a terri
tory as practicable. In most instances
the economic will accord with the po-
quently be made to summarize the
outstanding tendencies of the broader
region Of which each unit is part.
The reports on Great Britain,
France, Germany and Italy are al
ready out. Other reports scheduled
are: December 5-Conditions in South
America, with empahsis especially
upon Argentina, Brazil. Chile and
Peru. December PA further series
Of summaries for western Europe
treating particularly Spain, Belgium.
Holland and Scandinavia; coincident
with this will come the first general
discussion of economic conditions in
the far east, including particularly
Japan and China.
Surveys for each region win subse.
quently appear at regular intervals
with due consideration given to the
most convenient time for each. OF
course, the American business man
must appreciate the fact that surveys
treating Of economic conditions in the
far east cannot, cover as late a date
as similar surveys for western Eu-
Evening star., 1921-11-27
kDr. Lorenz and the Cripples.

kDr. Lorenz and the Cripples.
Making his first visit to this coun-
try since the great war began in Eu-
rope, DR.. Adolf Lorenz Of Vienna is
again in the United States on an er-
rand Of mercy. Persons interested in
the cure Of physical deformities have
contributed to fund to bring him to
this country. and Friday he opened
his first clinic in New York city for
the practice Of what has come to be
called "bloodless surgery" The hos
pital which provided facilities for the
clinic was besieged from an early
hour. 1t is estimated that no less than
1000 cripples. old and young, went or
were taken to the hospital in the hope
of receiving treatment. Though he
worked hard and fast, the great Aus.
trian orthopedist could see but one
tenth Of the applicants. But from day
to day they Will be given a chance un-
til every case within range has been
examined.
At the close Of Fridays clinic Dr.
Lorenz said that he was appalled, by
the ravages Of spinal disease in this
country. He said he was convinced
from observations that day that the
infantile paralysis epidemic Of several
years ago must have struck the
United States with ten times the
virulence it manifested anywhere in
Europe"
This is q surprising statement. We
have known In this country, Of course,
that the outbreak Of what il known as
infantile paralysis-which is not "in-
fantile" at all in It's range Of malevo-
lent action, attacking old and young
aIike-wss widespread and severe, but
we had no thought that with the high
average Of nutrition that prevails in
America a. against some parts Of Eu.
rope such a greater degree Of virulence
could possibly be developed here.
IL there something In the diet Of
our people, or In their lives, to make
Evening star., 1921-11-27
JaH Murder Mill in Action.

Nep York radicals took a turn at
sS9nd demning American judicial proc
-esseaiFriday night, in imitation Of the
-ttRAihunists and red internationals of
rEIt9pe, who have denounced the con.
-uinhaonz Of Sacco and Vanzetti for the
ssHufdef Of paymaster. Some $500
osnsp and women Of all the brands of
Iauairssncy assembled in an opera
,,2or9s and sang and cheered and ap-
ras,Ruded sentiments Of extreme radical
RAY uttered by group Of the best
kho~n spellbinders Of the third inter.
rationale group. The speakers took
-efs iasual lines Of denouncing the
Gsiirts as under the control Of the
>Sbourxeoisie' Of America. They de.
clared that Sacco and Vanzetti had
sSSSp,, condemned not on the evidence
oSutilon their records as communists.
that the jurymen had been terrified
and Influenced, that capitalism had
demanded and claimed these men "a
victims, and 50 on through the whole
-ftgmarole Of untruth and preposter.
'ISSSais I,,Sais exaggerstion characteristic Of the
sb frothing red.
IsU1 Observers were present at the meet
III hE taking notes. They doubtless took
ssnote Of the speech Of one Ludwig
sfI Ig6re. who wrought his audience to a
nj Wild demonstration by a terrific de-
" duunciation Of the American govern.
10 inent and courts and advocacy Of ''di-
.nSect mass action" meaning thereby,
roAnd plainly 80 stating. revolutionary
uprising Of the masses TO overturn
Evening star., 1921-11-27
Heard and Seen

What Postmaster General Hays eats
for dinner when visiting a friend in
New York city should prove OF in
terest to all those who wonder at the
secret of his ability to work twelve
to eighteen hours g. day, without q
murmur. 49,.
The Postmaster General is some-
thing OF corn bread iend. it seems.
preferring real old. fashioned corn
bread to any other sort. He drinks
no coffee with his dinner, although he
does take q cup Of coffee for break
fast. understand. ~.
He is very fond of chicken fixed
after the creole style. and this the
friend has served up in profusion
whenever Postmaster General Hays
drops in. Creamed potatoes are
among the limited LIST Of vegetables
he will eat At these dinners he in
variably drinks milk.
He likes a grape fruit salad with his
dinner Looking over this list, it
would be hard to pick out anything
particularly that he eats that could
be said to be responsible for his in
dominable pep" unless. it is the vital
corn bread.
But what he does not do, in nv
opinion, Is the secret: He never eats
too much. He quits before he is
full" and thus emulates the example
OF Cornaro and many others who have
believed that the average person
daily eats a great deal more food than
necessary. Perhaps. also, the fact
that he does not smoke has something
to do with it.
Evening star., 1921-11-27
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON

The Gentle Fibber.
Il like a fibber now and then"
Said Hezekiah Bings,
For Truth, employing tongue or pei
May say unpleasant things.
I like the man who will assert
That all is well today,
And that the various thoughts tha
hurt
Must swiftly fade away.
He who is rigid in the truth
Is very fine, I know:
And yet he's like an aching tooth,
A constant source of woe.
Although must respect him when
ITnvarnished fact he brings.
I like fibber now and then,''
Said Hezekiah Bings.
Evening star., 1921-11-27

There is no justice in blaming the
traffic cop who neglects the jam at a
crossing for fifteen or twenty minutes
in order to lecture the occupant Of q
f1ivver that has strayed from the path
OF regulation rectitude. He is doing
his best.
Evening star., 1921-11-27

The pessimistic writer's on the con-
ference should observe the experience
of the hard-winter prophets whose
predictions refuse to come true.
Evening star., 1921-11-27

An army Of trained and specialized
trade Investigators is now making
survey of conditions throughout the
world by regions for the beneht OF
American business men. who are be-
coming interested as never before IN
foreign trade opportunities and pit
falls. The first batch Of reports on
these surveys are already being dis
tributed by the bureau of foreign and
domestic commerce. and the CONNER
cial interests Of this country are as
sured by Secretary Hoover that from
now on summaries and interpreta-
tions of current economic conditions
in other countries will be forthcom-
ing regularly.
The first report, already published.
covers certain countries Of western
Europe-Great Britain France. Ger
many and Italy-and are to be fol-
lowed by similar brief surveys cover
ing the most important developments
in finance, commerce and industry and
their significance covering the prin-
cipal countries of the world.
American business win know that
hack of these reports Is the constant
service in many countries OF a train
ed and in many cases specialized force
Of trade INVESTIGATOR and trade pio. PIC.
Denartment Of Commerce will draw
this advice is the cumulative store OF
information amassed by these three
~ The department has 1s com:
mercial attaches, 81 general and
special trade commissioners, 1S as
sistant trade commissioners and
force Of Is assistants In omces STU
ated in Is countries.
800 American consular oficers' are
also at its command.
(3) Foreign newspapers and perl
odicals numbering 295 and written IN
ia languages are regularly indexed
and Clipped In the research and geo
graphic divisions OF the department
AA
with these sources Of Information
the bureau Of foreign and domestic
commerce aims to make periodically
available In a highly condensed form
the same service which is being con
tinuaily furnished in more detailed
fashion in special studies undertaken
at the request Of commercial organ
ixations. The commodity .divisioni
supply information Of peculiar inter
eat to Individual industries. Til,
Eeograptic divisions. In addition t
theif general supervision Of the in
formation service overseas. prepare
economic material Of general interes
Ito American business. :, The reEfona
Evening star., 1921-11-27

In the meantime, the Railway Board
and the Interstate Commerce Com
mission continue to struggle, un-
noted, with some rather serious prob
lens.
Evening star., 1921-11-27

The Nobel peace prize does not ap-
pear to be any inducement to the style
Of statesmanship that regards war as
inevitable.
Evening star., 1921-11-27

China finds that the questions re-
lating to the open-sea are even more
prominent than the open door.
Evening star., 1921-11-27

Germany does not hesitate to pro-
test that she is not nearly as wealthy
as the volume Of marks in circulation
would appear to indicate.
Evening star., 1921-11-27

There are often moments in world
affairs when the dove Of peace looks
almost as insecure as Thanksgiving
furkay
Evening star., 1921-11-27

French statesmen insist that their
army is necessary in order to preserve
the mind of Germany from tempta-
tion.
Evening star., 1921-11-27

Any halt in the negotiations for
arms Limitation means bad news for
the taxpayer, in whatever country he
happens to live.
Evening star., 1921-11-27

England must regard it as regret
full circumstance that Lloyd George
cannot be in several places at the
same time.
Evening star., 1921-11-27

The address Of BRAND seemed SIM
sple reading enough until the necessity
AROSE uor reading between the lines.
Evening star., 1921-11-27

Occasional mention Of q trial must
recall to the ex-eaiser the adage,
Threatened men live long"
Evening star., 1921-11-27

Experts are inclined to- predict
either a very large war or none at all.
Evening star., 1921-11-27

Do government employees loaf on
the Job?
A gentleman passing through the
big building presided over by Mr..
Hays decided to test out the ques-
tion for himself. In the center of
the Post Once Department building
Is a gigantic court, with the corri-
doris of all eight floors overhanging
the court like great balconies.
Coming from the Postmaster Gen.
erals office on the fifth floor, the in
vestigator stopped halfway down the
hall, and looked out into the court
He commanded view of all of the
corridors on the west, north and south
sides, he himself being on the east
side.
He was struck by the number of
persons standing in the various corri-
dors. looking over the rail into the
court, talking to each other in small
groups of two or three. He counted
twelve persons thus apparently doing
no work, and then walked around
to the south corridor. where he COM
manded view of the east corridors.
There he saw four more persons
idly leaning over the brass handrails,
thus making a total of sixteen per-
sons apparently doing nothing at one
time. He did not count in this sur
vey persons who have desks placed
in the corridors. and were at work.
although visible from the point Of
vantage.
The same gentleman. however,
made the same sort of investigation
the next day. and failed to discover
a single person hanging over those
rails. or apparently idly gossiping
in the halls
So the question is still open.
Is it easier to look at clock
or your watch?
City Postmaster Chance answered
that problem involuntarily one day
last week, when repairmen had taken
the face. hands and all the works"
out of the big clock in his office
His secretary reminded him of the
fact that he had an engagement at
1890 o'clock
The postmaster was standing at the
window, to one side of the clock,
and could not see it's face Forget
ting all about the helpless condition
Of the big timeplece, he jumped
around in front to see the time.
When the empty clock case greeted
him. Postmaster Chance took out his
watch. CHARLES e. TRACEwELL.
Evening star., 1921-11-27
Responsibility for the War.

MILAN.-A writer in II Secolo COM
ments at some length upon a recent
pamphlet by Prince Max of Ba-
den, who was German chancellor at
the time Of the armistice. He says:
prince Max Of Baden's pamphlet,
The Moral Offensive is a prelude to
work Of revision of justice relative
to the question of responsibility for
the war, proving that Germany is not
alone guilty Of having started the
war and of having unclaimed the ter
still suffering. and who knows for
how long we shall still suffer.
1.-The initiative of Prince Max of
Baden was preceded by many English
publications in which opinions of
those are expressed who wish to com
bat the 'untruth of the story of Ger
manys sole responsibility in starting
the war; and who think that with
out a general revision Of the existing
treaties it will not be possible to
obtain moral and economic recon-
struction of our continent.
According to my idea," says the
writer, "they are wrong to investi-
gate history with the idea that 1t will
lead to a revision of the treaties, as
these were more or less the results OF
military victory, and if Germany were
really entirely innocent of the war,
considering how it ended, she would
not have much to expect. Europe has
been going through a crisis of brutal
ity for the last five or six years which
shows no sign of lessening: This can
be observed in the tone of our Jour
nalistic polemics. Justice and cor
rectness, we will not even speak OF
benevolence. the essential qualities OF
ethics, are rarely admitted as duty
nowadays, Just in exceptional cases
they are regarded as convenienees,
which means that the whole science
of ethics is being reduced to eco
nomics, which is really the science
Of convenience. 1t would seem tnen en-
absurd in such moral surroundings to
a1nect much from a yerification of re-
snpnsibility. A penal code is being
prepared at the present time. an in which sihea
when Germany has proved that her
euiit was the guilt Of all we shall be e
at the same point where we started.
Evening star., 1921-11-27
Longevity.

''Methuselah was a wonderfully old
man." s,
IT never could see, commented
Farmer corntossel. awhy Methuselem
insisted on telling that yarn about
his age. There weren't any news
papers in those days to print his pic.
ture and make a fuss over him."
II has noticed" said Uncle Eben.
dat de man who got his wealth by
runnin' a crooked policy game is de
one dat's most anxious to put on airs
about how much meney he's got
Evening star., 1921-11-27

, The Ultimate Remainder.
The egotist, despite his mirth,
Becomes a lonely elf,
And finds at last he has on earth
One friend, and that's himself.
Evening star., 1921-11-27

"Never try to entertain a girl by
quoting poetry to her." said Jud Tun.
kins. Its liable to make your ordi-
nary conversation sound terribly fiat"
Evening star., 1921-11-27
Overwhelmed.

Overwhelmed.
Grateful posterity will rear a
monument to you?"
What's the use?" inquired Senator
Sorghum. When a monument is put
up people have so much to say about
it that people forget all about the sub.
ject Of the statue
Evening star., 1921-11-27

Wednesday, November. %, 1871, an
election was held in the District for
delegates to