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Evening star., 1921-10-23
Diaz, Beatty and Jacques.

70 Gen. Diaz Of Italy. Admiral
Beatty OF England and Lieut.. Gen.
Jacques Of Belgium, Washington will
this afternoon extend a reception
which will. in q measure, convey to
the distinguished guests Of the Ameri.
can Legion q realization Of the honor
and affection in which they are held
by all America. It 10 q matter OF re.
gret that Marshal Foch Of France
could not have arrived with them, that
the welcome might have included the
fighting representative Of each Of our
principal allies upon the western front.
Yet his spirit will ride with his con-
freres as they receive the applause
which is their due. and Washington
will be in truth paying homage to him
with them. 1t will be matter Of
pride and pleasure to every Washing.
tenian to salute those whose genius
and determination played so vital a
part in the triumph Of the allied
armies. Nor will the tribute be the less
gracious because it will include in the
giving q proud hurrah for the Ameri-
can lads who played their part in
cEilization's effort, and who are today
the hosts Of these gallant figures from
overseas.
Evening star., 1921-10-23

years. Goods country" became q
familiar description. applied now to
the country At largo and now to some
particular state or section, as fond
appreciation moved the person speak
ing.
But IN the past lew years II has not
been heard - osten. We heve been
asked to believe that this is the DEVILS
country; that his satanic majesty is
directing its affairs: that good ends
the best ends-would be served BY re.
casting its Institutions, and making
them conform TO the new ana i'm.
proved governmental philosophies;
that George washington and his COM
patriots were we'll enough Tor their
day and within their limitations, but
had their limitations. The country has
outgrown their work.
Some Of this gabble comes from men
ana women who were born and reared
In America and have never known
from experience any other form Of
government. These Rumanians are
able from experience to compare
America with other countries. and
they think Of It and han It as Goods
own country" and as last AZ possible
are making tracks back 70 It.
Evening star., 1921-10-23
Funds for the
Sufferers.
DIGEST OF FOREIGN PRESS

|Qucntly shown quite openly. In other
cases 1t II seen underlying the cam
paign for help carried on by the world
boureeoisfe:
ITO say the very least" according
to the writer, "the capitalist classes
are preparing to help the starving
because they don't want to allow the
riches they mean to exploit.
But the point of view of the pro-
ietarian class Is quite different The
workers OF all countries know that
soviet Russia is the brain, the soul
and the heart of the proletariat revo-
luton. From one end Of the earth to
the other. the workers know what
the fali OF soviet power would mean
to the proletariat The workmen of
the whole world know that the very
existence Of soviet Russia fncarnates
the triumph OF universal revolution.
"For this reason they understand
that to help soviet Russia is to help
themselves, that to help the STRIVING
peasants and to set soviet Russia on
Its legs again. 10 to strengthen their
own position In the struggle against
contribute to the victory Of universal
''The proletariat of Europe and
America" the writer thinks. "wili
know how to paralyze the greediness
of bourgeois classes in the domain OF
hunger. They will also know how to
prevent the campaign of help to the
starving from upsetting the power of
the soviets. Thanks to the help of
ants Of Russia will make use of all.
which is given them by the bourgeois
world without injuring the solidarity
OF public power"
Evening star., 1921-10-23
BRYAN and Hitchcock.

Mr.. Bryan and Mr.. Hitchcock. at
one time allies and co.workers, have
long been rivals for party favor In
Nebraska. Last year they clashed
over the San Francisco convention.
Mr.. Hitchcock desired Instructions for
President. Mr.. Bryan opposed. Mr..
Hitchcock won. Mr.. Bryan desired q
place on the states delegation to the
convention. Mr.. Hitchcock opposed.
Mr.. Bryan won. Thus tho clash re.
suited In q draw. Or, in the lingo Of
the playground at school, in a dog.
fall. Neither came out on top.
Has Mr.. Bryan's removal to Florida
reduced his pulp in the Blackwater
state? II so, will Mr.. Hitchcock get
the benefit?
A senator is to be elected in Nebras.
ka next year, and Mr.. Hitchcock, 1t is
understood, aspires to succeed himself.
He has achieved influence in the Sen.
ate. He led his party in the chamber
for a time, and is still one Of its strong
forces there. He is sixty-two years old,
vigorous in health. and an aggressive
debater.
In the fight for the ratification Of
the treaty Of Versailles Mr.. Hitchcock
championed the pact, and was in close
communion with Mr.. Wilson on the
subject. This led to the supposition
that the senator would oppose the
treaty with Germany negotiated by
Mr.. Hughes: and when it was an.
nounced that the senator had been In
vited to call on Mr.. Wilson at the lat
ter's home the supposition seemed con.
firmed.
But Mr.. Hitchcock not only voted
but spoke for the Hughes treaty, and
helped muster the democratic support
the treaty received.
And SO the question: As the sena-
tor is not in favor now with either the
Bryan or the Wilson factien Of his
party. viii he encounter the opposition
of both in his race for reelection? He
is strong at home, the strongest demo-
crat in the state now that Mr.. Bryan
has betaken himself to pastures new.
Evening star., 1921-10-23

ball is thrown by the fact that. &C.
cording to Ruth, he was offered $780,
600 il he would play next year in out
law base ball, the prepayment guaran-
teeing to deposit that amount to his
credit at the beginning Of the season.
But. says Ruth, in a new-found access
OF devotion to the law OF the game. he
would rather play with the present
management Of the Yankees than
make any KIND Of fortune outside.
60 the incident closes with the public
wondering how far this big money
process 10 going when a man can COM
mand 500, geo a year simply for swing
ing a stick Of wood against a leather
ball.
Evening star., 1921-10-23
The Incomplete Record.

Commenting upon the failure Of the
Congressional Record to carry any
STORY" Of the exchange Of personali-
ties the other day between two men,
bers Of the House, the New York
World says:
1t makes no difference what the
circumstances may be. the dignity of
the House forbids the use of such In
decorous language, with or without
justification. Therefore. when 1t
actually happens, the uncivil remarks
are conveniently expunged from the
Record.
There IL a slight error in this criti-
cism. The obnoxious words were
uttered in the course Of a speech by
one Of the members. and later. upon
the request Of both members. they
were expunged from the Record. But
the speechmaking member had, under
the rules of the House, the priv.
ilege Of withholding his remarks 'for
revision" This is common practice,
against which there has been much
complaint in the past. Consequently
the Record as now printed carries
no reference to the exchange OF re.
marks and the expungement.
This Is not an especially important
matter, but it does suffice to call at
tention to the muchabused practice
of Withholding remarks for revision,
which greatly lessons the value Of the
Congressional Record as Journal of
the proceedings OF Congress. 1t Is
more Objectionable than the practice
of giving leave to print" as a result
Of which many pages are printed OF
matter never spoken in either House
or Senate.
Every session or two an effort is
made to correct these abuses and to
make the Congressional Record a
faithful, complete transcript Of the
proceedings. But the two privileges.
of withholding for revision and Of
leave to print. seem to be too firmly
established to be uprooted. Some day,
perhaps, there will be a reform IN
this respect and the Congressional
Record will be greatly increased IN
value.
Evening star., 1921-10-23
Clean Washington,

In the course Of the meeting at the
District building Thursday night to
effect . permanent organization for a
cleaner Washington, Col. Keller, the
new District Engineer Commissioner,
and Col. Sheriff.. superintendent Of
public buildings and grounds. agreed
in declaring that Washington is the
cleanest city they have ever seen.
They also agreed in urging that the
people can do moro to make It cleaner.
Those who encounter dirty places IN
WashinSton--and they are to be found
ARE prone to declare that the city Is
filthy and badly kept. AS matter of
fact there are few streets that are not
clean throughout. Indeed. the average
10 SO high that the bad places are the
moro glaringly In evidence.
Most Of the dirt In Washington is on
the vacant lots. All Of the streets and
alleys are regularly cleaned. the latter
perhaps not as frequently as they
should be. There are no places in
streets or alleys where dirt accumu-
lates for weeks or months.
Sometimes behind fences. on private
property, dirty conditions exist, trash
accumulates. blown paper is allowed
to remain. The Commissioners cannot
compel the cleaning UP Of these places
unless the conditions become . nuis.
ancs and q menace to health.
The present plea IL for q special
sprucing up OF the city for Armistice
day and the opening Of the arms con-
ference, when Washington viii be un.
der observation BY representatives. Of
many foreign nations. 1t will take but
q little cooperative effort to make the
city shine in every part. The people Of
each section should feel that they are
under just as close scrutiny as those
of all others. While the ceremonies
will center on Pennsylvania avenue
and in the vicinity Of the White House
and State Department. all washington
will be the host. and 1t should put on
its best dress for the occasion.
The hope always il that these occa-
sional city-wide clean-ups win have
some permanent effect in fixing more
upon every Washinstonian
tho habit OF civic cleanliness.
Evening star., 1921-10-23
Ruth Hepents.

Babe Ruth. base balls mightiest
slugger, has come to the conclusion
that he 10 not greater than tho law
that governs the game. After uttering
several sharp statements In defiance
Of the order Of the chief justice Of the
sport to desist from transforming fol.
lowing the world series. he has sud.
denly seen the light, and, acknowledg-
Ing that he was badly advised. has
quit the tank circuit" on which he
has been hitting home runs to the
great delight Of small crowds. Natu-
rally with Ruth's detection the touring
aggregation goes to pieces. He was
the whole show. Soon his penalty for
breaking the rule forhidding world
series contendera from appearing In
exhibition games viii he dxsd. and he
win probably pay It and 90 back to
comparative ehacurity until the spetng
training ssasen opens. An aAtsrssting
sidslight on thu swollen yalusa IN haseI
Evening star., 1921-10-23
A Capital City for the World.

An American architect. now living
in Rome. has designed a city to serve
~ capital OF the United States of the
World. The Tribune Of Rome tells
about Il, and holds that the creation
Of this city would be a long step to-
ward realizing that world harmony
toward which the peoples OF the globe
are striving. It says: .-.
The American architect Andersen
Is living in Rome. He is an artist of
great talent and imagination and has
built the universal city. the great
world center where all states and peo-
pies are equally represented. He has;
built 1t. you must understand, on the
map. in wood and plaster. but with
models Of such large proportions and
furnished with such minute details:
that the day when the fraternity OF
need is felt for founding a common
alliances turned into metrepSii moth.
Anderaen's plan into execution.
This enormous and wonderful town
IL to have In the central part huge
buildings n WhiSn Wouad Ge N,a ,ne seaH
the temples OF politics. Of Justice, OF
science. commerce. industry. art mu-
sic, etc. Each people would take
s .ss a' o9 Gss :s cnS ss oss q M
and emba ssies would be suppressed.
because the contact bstween the diff
voloDSd through the delegation per-
msnently established in the future
metropolis. believe all conflicts and
fore the Wondrous majesty Of the
ereopa9us established there. Every
thing has been provided for and cal
culated from the plan. regulating the
the fountains, the squares, the tram
ways. oven the water supply and cleo
tricity. We know already how many
lamps, trees. statues this interna-
tioneI city would hay- ~ ts tire.
mendous effort OF imagination .sd
GsntinT-to carry It out. 1t is worth
saying: Design the place where this
difecfing eSnfer cf the earth 10 to be
conSfrucTine 4 and 6nd the fldh.
nSHSS6ie faith to animate II, to helA
Il together and make 1t work"
Evening star., 1921-10-23
Goods Own Country"

Yhst was q very interesting special
caS;egram from Athens. Greece. Tho
Star published yesterday. It told the
story Of some Rumanians who had
made their pile" In the United States,
and somewhat under sentimental in.
auonces had returned to the old home
TO invest their savings and live hap
ply ever afterward. Disillusioned by
the disorder and hard conditions the
war had produced throughout Eu.
rope, they were now on their way back
to America. and thinking Of It and de.
scribing It In their conversations A.
Goods own country" Hero, II any
where. was happiness. and they were
on their way to share IN It again.
This phrase was coined in AEnsrica
ky Americans. and used frequently SsR
Evening star., 1921-10-23

Having reorganized the bureau OF
foreign and domestic commerce on
businesslike basis OF efficiency, along
expert commodity lines. Secretary
Hoover is going before Congress to
urge Increased appropriations for for
sisn trade development as a big busi-
ness proposition, on the basis Of new
trade actually won through the fed
eral aid during tho present fiscal
year.
He is going as the business manager
of q corporation would go before his
board Of directors, laying down facts
as to the increased business done and
directly, traceable to the federal de-
partment, and pointing to concrete
and specific illustrations OF trade
that can be had through the good Of
fees Of his department.
Secretary Hoover will try to induce
Congress to make these increased ap-
propriations for extension of the for
eien service activities of the bureau
because 1t is good business to do So,
= E' e..
AS an illustration. Of the activities
of the bureau during the fiscal year
1s2o-1921 he will show that nearly
10000 commercial inquiries were
handled by mail through the bureaus
Offices, in this country. Circular OF
form letter and reserved Information
on the trade opportunities amounted
TO additional tens of thousands.
Moro than half . million trade lists.
containing the names of prospective
foreign purchasers Of American goods.
were sent out by the bureau In an.
swer to requests during the year. :
An important service performed was
that Of affording opportunities Tor
Amerioans TO participate In large
public works projeots throughout the
world. One outstanding feature dur.
ing the fiscal year 1920-21 was the
Morwell electric project In Australia
Through the efforts Of the federal
bureau American concerns were sue
cessful In obtaining contracts amount.
ing to more than 1910 900 at normal
exchange. A single American com.
Dany states that II secured a contract
Tor roo miles Of cable for use IN the
MorWsll project ''according to the
Specincations sAcured from the bu.
reau OF foreign aud domestic 'com:
meFua," adding the Information thai
,Hssyly halt miliion dellsxS"
That 10 cited ~ one OF more than
500 puhlio works opoortunitiAs placed
Evening star., 1921-10-23
Politics at Home
Wilson and Vardamsn.


WIN Mr.. Wilson's influence bS exert.
ed in next years senatorial race in
Mississippi?
The situation justifes the question.
Among the candidates for the seat
now occupied by. Mr.. Williams-who
does not care for longer service--is
former Senator Vardaman, between
whom and the former President no
cordial feeling has ever existed. In
deed. in the contest between Mr.. Var.
daman and Mr.. Harrison Mr.. Wilson's
sympathies were strongly with the
latter. and became q factor in the
Harrison campaign.
Mr.. Vardaman is keen to come back.
He likes politics, and has many friends
at home despite his relations, or want
Of relations, with the man who for
eight years was the national leader Of
the democratic party. Upon surrender.
ing his seat In the Senate to his sue
cessful rival he returned to the old
stamping ground in philosophic mood.
and has since been making himself a.
agreeable as possible to the voters.
Can Mr.. Vardaman come back? Not,
it is said. IL the Wilson power In the
commonwealth can prevent.
Has that power diminished in the
Bayou state since Mr.. Wilson left the
White House? Mr.. Wilson'S interest
N politics is unabated. and he has
abundant time for observation, and op.
portunity through friends for making
what power remains to him felt. Like
every politician Of consequence, he
keeps books. and close track Of both
friends and enemies.
Both Mr.. Williams, who is volun-
tarily retiring from the Senate. and
Mr.. Harrison. who is auspiciously be.
ginning service in that body. are
classed as Wilson men. Each has best
ed Mr.. Vardaman in a senatorial tus.
sic. and should they unite against him
next year his way would be made OK.
ceedingly difficult.
The fight, Of course, will be made in
the primary. The republicans have
only a skeleton organization in the
state, and a democratic nomination to
any Office Is equivalent to election.
Evening star., 1921-10-23
Charles Tries Again.

Charles Of Austria-Hungary II Per.
sistent. Il not altosesher WISE His sec
ond attempt to regain the throne has
begun with a flourish. Landing at
oedenburg, Hungary. in an airplane
from Switzerland, he was received
with acclaim by the troops stationed
there, who swore allegiance to him,
and, according to late dispatches,
started on the way to Budapest. The
number Of the troops is stated to be
$4,000, and more may join the stand
ard Of the monarchy. But the Hun
garian government Is ready to resist
him. Word has been sent to his fol-
lowers to disperse and resume their
stations. A pitched battle may be
fought. The little entente" Csecho-
slovakia, Jugoslavia and Rumania,
which threatened to take military &C.
ton on the former occasion when
Charles tried to regain the throne, will
stand ready to participate. The allied
governments will probably have some
thing to say. But II Charles manages
to establish himself at Budapest. and
to resist the initial efforts to oust him,
a serious problem will be presented.
Conditions in southeastern Europe are
not sufficiently stable to permit such
an upset without disturbing the gen
eral equilibrium. 1t is to be believed
that Charles has had some assurances
of support from within Hungary, else
he would not have ventured. If he is
defeated another exile will be in order.
but doubtless under circumstances Of
greater security than before.
Evening star., 1921-10-23

College boys are volunteering to run
locomotives In case Of a strike. The
modern college boy is a stalwart and
courageous specimen, inclined to make
energetic determination compensate
for lack Of experience or technical
training. II the college boy should be-
come involved in any kind OF mix
up it is safe to say the locomotive will
not get the best Of 1t.
Evening star., 1921-10-23
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Lower Freight Rates,

In tts decision handed down yestoes
day reducing freight rates on certain
agricultural commodities in the west.
ern territory, the Interstate Commerce
Commission makes clear Its belief that
a progressive lowering OF transporta.
tion charges Is necessary II the coun-
try Is to return to a healthful and en-
during business basis. Recognising
that the law makes it the duty Of the
commission so to adjust rates as to
give the carriers a chance to earn q
fair return on their real value. the
railroads are nevertheless told by un.
mistakable inference that 1t is up to
them to help themselves by reducing
operating costs; that the rest of the
nations business cannot be unduly
penalized in order that they may earn
a profit.
1t is pointed out to the railroad man
agements that in most other lines Of
business war-peak prices have been
substantially reduced, in some lines to
below pre.war levels, and that the ne.
of values requires that there be a
lowering Of transportation charges. In
the process Of reducing operating ex.
penses in order that transportation
charges may be reduced. all elements
which enter into operating costs must
expect to share. This includes equip
ment and supplies of all kinds, labor
and overhead costs, not overlooking
the high salaries Of administrative and
operating officials. For any one ele-
ment to hold back and insist upon re.
tanning its wartime gains, now largely
increased by the reduction Of other
costs. is not only unfair. but ia futile.
for the logic Of circumstance Il
stronger than the will Of any man or
set Of men.
That there must be an equalizing Of
prices before there can be any stable
prosperity is SO generally recognized
that 1t is dimcult to understand the
reasoning Of any interests which de-
mand that they shall be made an ex-
ception from the general process Of
equalization. The buyers strike" was
ended only when dealers had revised
their prices to harmonic more nearly
with the reduced cost Of production.
The shippers strike will end only
when freight rates are brought down
to comport more nearly with the value
Of commodities transported. When
this Is done the railroads will increase
their earnings through an increased
volume Of trafic. and the railroad
workers will more than regain their
wage losses through steadier employ
ment and decreased cost Of living.
It may be that this equalization Of
prices cannot be brought about with
out opposition. but no opposition can
prevent its being brought about. and
the Interstate Commerce Commission
has rendered a distinct public service
at this particular time by stressing
the necessities and the logic of the
situation.