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The Washington times., 1921-10-16
ISSUE
BY CORNELIUS VANDERBILT, JR

ssrded the conditions demanded
by Rpssia AZ not only destruetise
OF equal opportunitiss OF the com
mercial nations. but as an In
frinsement on Chinese sover-
eighty. These aggressive acts In
Msnchurta and Korsa following
these demands produced . strong
war feeling in Japan"
There 10 a strong var feeling
In Japan today. and II IL directed
at the United States because this
country 'is attempting to Question
Japanese infringement on Chinese
sovereignty which likewise is prov
Ing destructive Of the equal op-
portunities of the commercial ma
tions. t-.
In the opinion OF Americans.
the renewal OF the Anslo-Japanese
alliance win signify thst England
condones everything that Japan
has done I'm the orient With re-
spect TO China and Siberia. II
win mean TO Americans that Eng.
land approves Japanese foreign
policy with all its sinister threats
TO the world at large. 1t win
meap to Americans that japan
has obeysd to the letter every
concept OF the alliance with refer
ence TO the open door In China
and equal opportunities there for
the other nations. when Amcrt-
cans know that she has done
nothing Of the sort. ..:.
Americans are both alarmed and
annoyed by the Anglo-Japanese
treaty renewal. They are alarmed
because most Americans are con-
vinced that we must fight Japan
some day unless she reverses her
foreign policy. and annoyed be-
cause England. knowing this to be
a fact. may be willing to ally her
self with a nation with whom we
may one day be plunged into hos
tilities. .,.
Misunderstanding should be pre-
vented. especially during these
times Of uncertainty. The great
Eng)ish-speaking races should be
brought closer together. with q
true understanding Of each other.
Anglo-Japanese alliances will not
serve to create a better under
standing. On the other hand. they
Will only arouse further discord
and probably cause a falling apart
of the two great powers upon
which the world depends for fu-
ture peace and good will.
The Washington times., 1921-10-16
FRENCH PASS UP OFFER
OF FREE CEiEWING=GUM

novelty for French smokers to
smoke real tobacco. and they haven't
got used to 1t yet. French tobacco
is contrived from an Algerian weed
and is said to have provided the
original inspiration for the use of
poison gas In the war.
But the gum remained--tough
plastic--after It had remained in the
rain for a year or so-and insolv-
able. Not having the Teuton fac
ulty for ersatz the French scientists
detailed to the problem have not yet
found a why to turn It into. pneu-
matte tires. india.rubber collars or
war bread. There was a suggestion
that It be all melted down and used
for paving highways, but It turned
out that there was an insuffiency
Of highways.
While all French tobacconists.
cafes, bars and street hawkers are
persistently supplied with chewing
gum, their only patrons to date have
been American tourists and small
boys who got the habit from Ameri.
can doughboys during the war, and
who. despite parental punishment.
have not since been able to rid them
selves Of It. Inasmuch as small boys
usually depend for their supplies on
their own agility and the absence OF
mind OF the saiesmen, the revenue
from this source has been remark
ably small
The Washington times., 1921-10-16
By ARNOLD BENNETT
Famous Author Tells the Truth About the English Came Crisis and We
hemeny Declares Bons Should Take Sport as Pleasure and Not
Attempt to Use as Means Supremacy as Seems to acs
tlccd In Countries Where Object is Win, Not Play the Came

affairs is directly or solely respon-
sible for the perfectly marvellous
failure OF England 10 win = single
match against a. colony with one
tenth OF Enslsnd's raw material 70
choose from. This years Austral
Ian team happened TO be m~neg-
erie OF highly exceptional talents.
But / do suggest that cricket will
not flourish again as II might until
the authorities undergo a change ~
heart. And say that the same
applies to various other games.
Il see no reason why. In order
to be professional. Il should. b
necessary to lose caste and suffSr
ridiculous social humiliation. After
all. this Is not the eighteenth e%p-
tury; it happens to be the twentieth.
And stern professionalism. whe<hsr
paid or unpaid, 10 bound TO conquer
In the upper layers Of games. -
Victory Demands Organization.
The attitude which is antagonists
to professionalism Is. and must b.
antagonistic to the essential factor
In the attainment Of the finest pos-,
sible standard of play-nanisly.
strictly scientific and strenuous or
ganization, with a view not 10 .
great lark. but to a victory. Ttss'
percentage Of professionals to the
total body Of players need not be
large. but the existence of per-
centsse. duly honored and remuner-
ated. is necessary II any game IL TO
prosper fully. The day Of the isu-,.
premacy Of amateurism and ANA 7
teurishness Is over. (" t.
Britain will no doubt realize this
fact long after the rest OF the world
has realized 1t. but'1 believe that
she will realize It and that the re-
dictionary mandarins Of today wyl
either mend their ways or be over
thrown. Professionalism, the in
vasion OF sport by the scientific or
BUSINESS spirit, may have a bad
side. SO has amateurishness. ~
No development that may happen
in the organization OF the very high
est skill in games need affect, save
beneficiaily, the general practice Of
games by the people at large.
The average youth and maid and
man and woman will go playing
with average skill, and with the
proved beneficial effects, whether
Britain wins championships ! or
loses them. s'''''
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Tor the most part these bodies can
not or WIN not updefstsnd that an
sport becomes Dsors, and more dem.
oerstic 70 Il upuss breed gsmss which
are performances and plsyers who
are performers. ~ =.
Game 3ecesaes PesfsSmance.
Skill u developed TO such q point
that Inevitably the game 10 trans
formed into performsnce-into
stsr-turn. The number OF people In
terested IN the game increases with
the increase Of players. and these
people want 70 see the star.turns.
In exactly the same way as they
want TO see Q circus.
They cannot be kept out OF the
grounds. They are ready enough to
pay to enter. Hence gates and gate
money and what is called the com
mercialization Of games.
The transformation of game In
to q performance Is justifiable for
two reasons. First. it gives an tn
nocent and proper pleasure to large
portions Of the population; and, sec
ond. 1t keeps up the standard OF
play and is a valuable means OF
education for the ruck OF players.
But. of course, Il tends to create q
class Of players for whom the game
Is more than a game-or less than
q game. For these players the game
is q business. a profession, a nvli-
hood. And whether or not they
make money out Of the game. they
are professionals.
Now the authorities that rule over
sports in Britain have always
frowned at professionalism in
games. They have not been able
TO scotch II. but they have done all
they could to discourage IT and to
put slur upon It. especially In the
greatest traditional national game,
cricket. In cricket the authorities
have undoubtedly sacrificed effic-
iency to the spirit Of snobbishness.
This cast.iron attitude on the part
Of the authorities often gets them
into dreadful difficulties, and they
, can only get out OF the difficulties
by pretending vigorously, that GER
tain notorious professional are not
professionals, but merely amateurs.
Thus a miserable atmosphere Of
make-believe and deceit is created.
All which may be very noble and
splendid, but 1t is not cricket.
I do not suggest that the state Of
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"ftEkE are certain fssctions IN
the United States that are
inherently anti. British. Amer
leans Who constitute the real
FIBER and backbone OF the ooun'
try are friendly to the English
people.
But there is ono issue. how
ever. In which the majority OF
Americans coincide, They stand
unaiterabiy opposed to a renewal
OF the Angio-Jspsnese alliance.
Much misunderstanding between
the two countries viii be swept
aside II England refuses 70 renew
this obnoxious treaty.
Misunderstanding do exist be-
tween England and America
Americans are prone to believe
that England's foreign policies are
modelled on thoroughly English
lines. and with little consideration
for others. The American man In
the street has his opinions. one
of which is that England has
grabbed nearly everything on
earth and Ia still reaching out
for more" Furthermore. he has
the idea that the Enslishman Is
uppish and stiff-necked toward
Americans and puts on a double
suit Of reserve in their presence.
He 10 prone to criticise every
thing Yankee" and to minimize
American achievements.
Now, the Anglo!Japanese ALI.
ance was all right In so far AZ
II served it's. original purpose.
which was directed at Russia. It
was entered into as . purely de-
fensive alliance. Lord Lansdowne
declaring II to be "a measure OF
precaution," which in no way
threatened the present position or
legitimate inserests of other pow
ers," and that 'it may become an
offensive alliance only where At
tack is the best mode Of provid-
ing for. the defense" .......
/ quote from a well-known JAP
anese writer: 'The Anglo-Japa-
nese alliance is nothing more than
the formulation Of those principles
which the great powers have al.
ready declared or pledged them
selves to observe in the Far East.
such as the open-door policy of
the United States, Great Britain
and Japan" -, 49,.
Let US proceed step further.
Russia made series Of demands
on China in 1903 and Japan re-
The Washington times., 1921-10-16

of them we cannot pay for electric
lights. In others there is no saYif-
tary accommodation. We are forced
to work with apparatus twenty
years out OF date. Machines which
we invent ourselves we cannot use
for lack Of money. The benefit OF
our researches 1t felt everywhere
abroad. but we are not susceptible
to It ourselves. 70
1 do not blame the French gov
,ernment. They have budget
which. try as they will. they csanot
balance. It is not the moment. to
insist on charging II still heavier.
Besides, we work not only & for
France, but for the whole world. In
our. laboratories. insufficient as they
are, have been born processes and
discoveries thas have revolutionized
the medical and scientific worlds.
The greatest savants in France,
many of them, are SO poor that
they have to accept salaried posts
an otuci thdl bhSh AahiiiNs iioS 'FoS
stsrve. They are forced to the de:
testable refuge of giving lessons, Of
writing for newspapers, of capitaliS-
ing their discoveries. -",.
Time is thus taken up which
should be given to essential re-
search, '.. $50
I know a scientist-one of the
best.known names In the world
whose annual income Is $4,000 francs
about a thousand dollars a years
on which he supports his wife and
four children. This man has made
discoveries which have saved liter
ally thousands OF lives, and which
have in many instances made other
men rich. -
What is TO be done7 do not
know. l offer no solution. i break
my lifelong habit Of not writing for
newspapers to tell of things as they
are In the hope of some one with the
love OF French science in his heart
will evolve some method by which
we can be rescued from grindinr
poverty and French science given
a decent chance to live. -. sS.
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otNb'OtN' A"'
KIT AVE animals souls? II
there is a future exist
ence for US. will our dogs,
cats, birds, and horses be there.
too?" asks the London Daily
Sketch. in publishing an affirma-
tive answer by T.. s. Hawkins,
whose recent book. The Soul Of
an Animal" is careful study Of
an ases-old question.
YES" says Mr.. Hawkins, argu-
ing that the reasoning powers and
emotions exhibited by many ant
mails really put them on q higher
plane than the lowest human be-
ings. Mr.. Hawkins urges that:
In justice to all other living
creatures, we should surely COM
pare humanity as a whole with tho
animal creation, or an average
type Of each. The comparison will
not please the sanctimonious, who
would ascribe a soul to the vilest
human being, yet refuse It to the
noblest dog, horse. elephant or
bird. II Is difficult to realize why
we should be expected to raise our
hands in horror. as so many people
do, at the mere idea that an ami
NAL may possess a soul-it seems
only reasonable, indeed inevitable,
II we believe that man himself has
an immortal soul.
MORE THAN INSTINCT.
II the average thinker Of ready
made thoughts is confronted with
instances not only OF reasoning
power In animals. but Of altruism
and self-sacrifice that would shame
many Of those whom Mr.. Hawkins
calls "Cocksure Christians" he viii
reply. triumphantly. Instinct"
But instinct will not account al.
together for some of the instances
Of reasoning power adduced by Mr..
Hawkins. And 1t Is not only a
matter Of reasoning. Some animals
(which here includes birds) show a
strong moral sense.
Probably no amount of argu-
ment or evidence will convince the
"Cocksure Christians" who, as Mr..
Hawkins says, seem TO enjoy
their sheap triumph over the brute
creation" He adds: E'.
''Self-sacrifice is regarded as one
of the highest ethical expressions
OF mankind. Frequently It is
against all reason. What. then, Is
to be said of birds and animals
that have martyrized themselves
like saints by enduring the ex-
crucisting pain Of being frozen or
burnt to death on their nests.
rather than forsake their youns
ones. And It is worth remember
ing that such seif-sacr,fioine ami
The Washington times., 1921-10-16
ny Universal Service.

PARIS, Oct. IL.
m HIS will probably turn several
million telephone girls green
with envy. but the truth must
be told: There are approximately
16,540,2o0 sticks of chewing gum in
France. in perfectly good condition,
which nobody wants to chew.
The gum has been the biggest
problem the French government has
had to handle since the armlstice.
Even the Upper Silesis, the Fiume.
the zap. the Dantzig and the Rus
sian problems have one by one faded
into utter insignificsnce beside the
burning question: How to sell that
chewing-gum when the French
won't chew7 ,.....
The French optimistioally took
the gum along with some millions
of tons Of other things, including
American patent tobacco and type
writer's, mousetraps. pocket wire
less apparatus and cannon, jumbled
together in the American stocks.
They turned the cannons over 70
the artillery, they got rid Of the
typewriters, the flivvers and the
mousetraps, and they even educated
the French >smoker to such an eI-
tent that after two years only two.
thirds Of the American patent to-
bacco remains to be sold.
The trouble about the tobacco
uas that II was tobacco. II was q
The Washington times., 1921-10-16
HAVE ANIMALS SOULS?
"YES," SAYS AUTHOR

'sThe SanctimoniouS Ascribe a Soul to the Vilest
Human Beings, Vet DENY 1t to the Noblest DOG,
: Horse Elephant, Bird-Animals Nave. Martyr
lied Themselves for Their Young," }" Says 7. S.
Hawkins, Whose Book Discusses Ages-0ld
Question. .a..
The Washington times., 1921-10-16

mails do not possess, for their en-
couragement, our own conception
OF rewards to be enjoyed as the
fruit Of their spiritual perfection.
JIM CROW AND LALLA.
Even a lower form Of altruism
may be regarded as evidence Of a
soul, Mr.. Hawkins suggests: and he
cites the case Of a tame crow which
deprived itself OF dainties to feed a
younger crow that had been put In
his charge. Jim Crow, the older bird.
adored meal worms. They were one
of the things he likea best-but
now he kept them all for LaIla> (the
younger bird. I could never make
him swallow one. He gave her all
hts favortte food as II II WIS the
most natural and the only thing TO
do; he was an object lesson in unset
fishness.
IT sometimes shut the door lead
ing into the garden, hoping to make
him swallow the meal worms in
stead of starving himself; but he
uttered the most piteous caws. which
sounded more like a dogs bark than
the voice Of a bird. had to release
him. when he would hurry off at
fun speed with his bonnie .bouche for
Lalla. / really believe he would
have starved himself II had not
shut him up with huge supper at
night" .....
COLLIE'S REASONING. To-.
Apart even from any question Of
SOUL" some Of Mr.. Hswkins's
stories of animals and birds (he Is a
bird-lover above all else) show a reA-
soning power that cannot possibly
be dismissed as instinct, the story
of the kindly. collie that not only
acted as foster-mother to some young
chickens but at the same b. time
showed a nice knowledge of what
\ was good for her own puppies.
"If they were offered sugar she
would take 1t gently from them and
return It to the giver; II given bis
cult in exchange she would give her
puppies the biscuit and eat the sugar
herself"
II animals haven't souls, some OF
them at least can reason as clearly
as good many human beings, and
their unselfishness sometimes puts
us TO shame. .a S.
The Washington times., 1921-10-16
Rent Cut Sc Month on.
Homes i'm Ohio Town

MIDDLEToWN, Ohio. Oct, 15.A
AVA A local real estate company
renting sixty houses announced q
IS month reduction in rent on ~
dwellings,. -,
The action was taken in an effort
10 meet the wage readjustment
which has been made by local IN
r..'f = officials ot tho oorQpsny
The Washington times., 1921-10-16
BY Universal Service.

PARIS, Oct. Is.
IN HE world was amazed when it
learned that but for an
American donation, Madame
Curie. di.coverer of radium. might
possibly have been forced to aoan-
don her researches owing to pepury
OF equipment and lack OF the very
metal she had discovered.
Now Professor Richet, OF the
Academy of Medicine OF the French
Institute, winner Of the Nobel prize
for scientific research and one OF
the most illustrious figures IN the
scientific world. reveals for the first
time that practically every French
savant is suffering under the same
enormous handicaps which nearly
ended Madame Curie's work.
BY PROF. RICHET.
E@ (Of the Institute Of France)
PHYSIOLOGICAL laboratories
which I direct are In a state OF
INDISPENSABLE penury--the more pen
ible since laboratories in the United
States, Holland. Denmark, Ger
many, Eusiapd and Switzerland are
provided with every aid by the
state and want for nothing.
It is a miracle that despite defec-
tive installation we have been able
to achieve the discoveries which
have been made this last year.
have calculated that with the
tiny additional sum of eighteen thou
sand francs we might succeed in
making both ends meet. But with
that sum we could not buy the addi-
tional apparatus which is vitality
necessary--we could simply pay our
debts. .il,.... ..-.
with our present annual income
allocated among three organizations
Of research---of 10000 francs-7about
,s0o--we cannot even pay for the
food which our animals, to be used
for experimental purposes, consume.
Scientists m the United States viii
be amazed when say that eleven. Of
the greatest scientists in France are
working annually for less than II
costs them to live, We are spending
all ouur personal fortunes that sci.
entific research may not, perish. .
France has been the home Of tho
greatest medical discoveries Of the
age. 1t will be so no longer unless
our appeal Is heard and money Tor
absolute necessities is forthcoming.
Our laboratories are hidden away
In attics, in Easements. in old houses
failing apart from. dccav. In sonc
The Washington times., 1921-10-16
SCIENCE BALKED BY
POOR PAY OFFERED

Mime. cuFie's Case Typical of Poyerty-Stricken
French Savants, Says Prof. Richet, Winner OF
Nobel Prize, Telling HOW Famous Scientists
Must Neglect Researches for Other Work i'm
Order to Keep Their Families From Starving.
The Washington times., 1921-10-16
Catch Big Fish.

SANTA BARBARA, Cal. Oct. 16.
1t took several other fishermen
and passing sutomobilists to help II.
A. Hendricks and his brother, r. l..
Hendricks, land two black sea bass,
or jewfish, which totaled 200 pounds,
here.
The Washington times., 1921-10-16

ton. There are Ice, 900 japanese In
California In round numbers. Being
excellent farmers. they are fast ap-
propristtng TO themselves the choic-
est lands In the State. By working
comparatively they have lowered
property values to their advantage.
AS result the State has passed
laws prohibiting all orientsls from
owning land. but permitting them
short-term leases.
EXCEL AS FARMERS.
Whites cannot compete with the
Japanese as farmers. Thus is a
proved fact In California. When the
Japanese move In the whites must
depart or be economically marooned.
The agitation In California against
the japanese is. therefore. princi-
paliy economic. II has It's racial
Disadvantages as well. No social
status exists between whites and
Orientalss There is no common
ground Of understanding. They are
absolutely unassimilable. Interracial
marriages are rare occurrences and
usually are not lasting.
California's principal concern Is to
preserve the State as a country for
the white race. Statistics show that
the Japanese multiply even faster
in the Occident than they do In their
own country. There are some com.
munities in central California that
are exclusively japanese. the whites
having been forced to depart else
where to gain q livelihood.
These communities have their own
Japanese language schools. and the
younger Japanese are brought up
pretty much after the insnner Of
their people across the Pacific.
Buddhism has been implanted In the
State, there being no less than
eighty-five Buddhists temples al
ready erected. with others contem-
plated.
INFLUX BREAKS PROMISE.
the "gentlemen's agreement" de-
signed to prevent an influx Of
Japanese labor into the United
States has not been faithfully
kept. in the opinion of leading
Americans. Japanese students"
and business men" have been
pouring into the United States un-
der this agreement, but statistics
prove that these Japanese either
enter the employ Of farms controll-
ed by their countrymen or lease land
themselves for agricultural pur-
poses. Moreover, the Mexican bor-
der has been an easy means Of in
gress for japanese laborers.
Japan has repeatedly denied
through her officials in the United
States. any attempt to colonize Low
er California and Northern Mexico.
Yet official Government records
sweep away all doubts on this
score.
A decade ago large Japanese
syndicate sought to purchase from
an American syndicate vast tracts
Of land" in the region of Masdalena
Bay for colonization purposes. For
mer Secretary of state Knox
stopped the sale from being consum-
mated by informing the Americans
that 1t would create a huge outcry
in the United States. This is a mat
ter Of record in Washington.
During the war there was a re-
currence of japanese activity in
Northern Mexico in which great
tracts of land were being considered
for purchase by another Japanese
syndicate. Japanese attempted to
secure exclusive fishing rights along
the entire Lower California coast
littoral, and negotiations were be-
gun with Governor Cantu, but sub
sequently dropped.
SCHEMES TO ENTER U. s.
/ know with indisputable certainty
that the United States Government
is In possession Of facts that high
The Washington times., 1921-10-16

~ (Tbis Is the second and cosoisd-
sng article is Mr.. Vanderbiits re-
eis,o Of ths Japanese and Pacific
questions and their bearing on the
disarmament conference at Wash
tsgton,)
The Washington times., 1921-10-16

m HIS will probably turn several
million telephone girls green
with, envy, but the truth must
The Washington times., 1921-10-16
LONDON. Oct. Is.

VVTHEN q man. discouraged by
w, some setback. says: sIm
W no good" no doesn't mean
The Washington times., 1921-10-16

LONDON. 9et. is.
KIT AVE animals souls? II
there is a future exist
ence for us. will our dogs,