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The Washington herald., 1921-02-28
Moving Picture Censoring.

Organized labor is opposed to any Censorship
of moving picture theaters. 1t sees in this move
and to take from the working man his pleasure and
recreation 1t also covert attempt to take
from their families this educational advantage
Others who are opposed view this entering
wedge by the purists for blue laws. On the top of
this comes the protest of business men. On the
basis of a preponderance of evidence the District
Commissioners have decided that the present re-
strictive laws sufficient.
But after all the struggle is over, all the stress
and strain is ended, and the moving pictures con-
tnue to move the real value of the agitation SO far
as it is sincere and based on firm grounds, is found
in an order given by of the leading picture
concerns.
1t will censor itself and if this order as pub
shed is carried out it will be definite proof of the
effectiveness of progressive educational pressure.
Laws are not needed correct this sort OF business
so far as it is patiently evil. Moreover, it is but a
further illustration that what people do for them
selves has far more value and conclusveness, than
an attempt to reach the same objective by legis-
lation.
lust as soon as the decent people refuse to
patronize the indecent, the business OF providing
that sort of pictures will fall below profit In fact
it is the fair inference that this is the real reason
of the self-censorship of this picture producer.
1t is also very noticeable that since the public
has begun to do its own censoring, since pictures
have gotten into the schools, since grown-ups and
children have been trained to distinguish and ap-
preciate values the nasty, the sensational the sex
triangle and blood and thunder fast disappearing
from moving pictures. .... e-.s,
In their place is coming real merit artistic and
dramatic worth; educational values and entertain
ment with what is worth while. Along with the
effort just for laws, has gone the really resultful
campaign directed at the movie patrons. The cheap
and degrading has had to meet the competition of
the good and decent
|. The people have been given their choice and
more and more themselves doing the censoring.
Where the attempt by law would have but aggra-
waited the situation the other process is providing
the cure.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-28
Belrian Reparation Bonds.

President Wilson in the dying hours Of his ad-
ministration has notified Congress of another leg
aey. He gives the details Of joint agreement ne
made with Lloyd George for Great Britain, and
Ciemenceau for France, that each government
should accept from Belgium in full payment for
government loans to her, equal amount OF Ger
man reparation bonds.
The only puzzlng factor in this is why the
President has so long kept it to himself 1t is at
least act for which he should have and will have
public approval No representative of this country
would have done less, though probably any other
would have asked Congressional approval in ad-
vance
At the time this agreement was made Congress
would not have hesitated to indorse it Public SEN
tment then,- and now, would have approved any
action purposed to make Belgium's economic re-
covery easier and more certain. There was no
variance Of opinion to her, and only admiration
with the greatest sympathy
Nothing Belgium has done since has lessened
this. Steadfast and uncomplaining during the war,
she has been. equally steadfast and uncomplaining
since the Her people have gone back to work.
Instead one reason for her quick recovery is that
her people were continuously at work.
Comparatively few in her army which was
small by comparison. At home the population was
driven by an enemy master. As refugees in Eng
land and Holland they worked. Their industrial
| morale was not broken 1t was the greatest boon
to have their homeland more their own
and to have the privilege of working there, and
| for themselves.
So it is the more than kindly feeling for Bel
! gium is unimpaired There will be protest from
the people in acceptance of $I7Iooo,ooo of repara-
ton bonds issued by Germany in cancellation of the
Belgian loans. Moreover, the United States should
do at least this much to steady this German bond
issue. We might go farther and adopt something
of the same policy with France.
Such action would help Germany 1t would
put considerable of stability in her huge
reparation debt 1t would make it more possible for
her to meet annual payments, and while some
Americans might halt at even appearance of help
extended to Germany, just good sense argues thai
the sooner she RECEIVERS her economic equilibrium
the greater the measure of world prosperity and
world safety.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-28
Trade Causes and Effects.

Comparative trade tables compiled by The Her
AIDS economist and published on Friday, tell in
concrete form the causes of the demand which the
Fordney emergency tariff bill is supposed to meet
This bill is response to the lower prices of farm
products. and the for this go back to world
conditions.
These tables show the effect of these conditions
onsAmerican markets. In 1913 the proportion of
exports of foodstuffs to the total of exports was
II per cent This percentage increased in 1913 and
1919 to II and "a per cent of the total but in 1920
suddenly dropped to Is, the prewar pro-
portion.
On the other hand, the imports of foodstuffs
in 1913 were - per cent of the total of imports
This proportion increased in 1918 and 1910 to but
IS and 2S per cent and then jumped in 1920 to "a
|per cent
Combining this sharp decrease of exports of
foodstufs with the correspondingly sharp increase
|of imports of the products of the farm in crude or
manufactured form, during last year, shows an un-
usual condition 1t is something that may not have
been fully realized by the farmers save in its imme-
| date effect
But there is much more to it than this 1t is an
| illustration of the whole foreign trade situation
Every other country is struggling through industrial
promotion and other means Of trade regulation to
not only increase exports, but to decrease imports
In this country, because of the huge debts to us
iron foreign countries, the theory which must be
regarded very important factor in practice, is
to. Increase imports in order to get payment for
these debts and stabilize foreign c1edits.
One chief cause for the decline in the exports
of foodstufs last year the low plane of foreign
credit. Those countries had neither the acceptable
money securities to offer in exchange Through
The like cause. imports of foods-sugar being con-
siderzble faetor-increased because foreign people
went without, in order to sell in the worlds one
eash market, and the enormous difference in ex-
e1ange enabled them to do this at profit while
paying transportation and other charges.
Further illustrating this situation, the tables dis
close like increase in imports. with decrease in
ezportt OF manufactures ready for consumption,
The Washington herald., 1921-02-28
Boss Murphy
To- Be Editor
Tanmany Chiefs Error
of II Years Ago Is Re-
called by Writer.
BY RAYMOND G. CARROLL.

NEW YORK, Feb. 27.-Charles F..
Murphy. Tsmmany boss, announces
that he Is going to have a newspa-
per Of his own, a monthly bulletin
of the doings in Tammany Hall.
which will contain straight" news
aoaut the well-known political or
ganization.
distinctly recall Mr.. Murphy as
ne looked and acted exactly seven
teen years ago. George b. McClel-
Ian, as mayor, had been in once
only a short time. and the plums OF
office had been distributed.
Then, as now, the Tammany chief
was complaining of the attitude of
the New York press toward Tam
many. He was a comparatively
young man then. and great things
in the way of reform within the
Organization were expected of him
by many Democrats. In the pre-
vious autumn a number of political
writers of talent had put a bet" on
Murphy, and they came to be re-
garded as friends of the boss"
Naturally their influence in their
respective editorial sanctums was
to the benefit of Mr.. Murphy. As
writers they were of material aid
in promulgating the ideas and am
bitions Of the boss.
What did Murphy do for them:
He helped appoint them to public
office, thus taking them away from
the very jobs where they were in a
position to explain to the public
what the new and de-Crokerizec
Tammany stood for. And then,
having stripped the Fourth Estate
of the only men who were on the
inside" of his confidence, Murphy
wondered why the strange writers
sent out by the newspapers began
to pick flaws in Tammany.
Moral 70 political bosses: II you
have a friend working on a news.
paper, don't be in a hurry to plac,
him where his personal usefulness
diminishes,
The Washington herald., 1921-02-28
BRITAIN TO MAKE
FEISAL, ARAB KING
fspecial Gable to The Washington Herald
and Chicago Tribune.)
COLORADAN SAYS MINING
INDUSTRY NEEDS HELP.

LONDON, Feb. 27.-According to
a high official of the government.
the purpose of Winston Churchilrs
coming visit to Mesopotamia is to
arrange for the installation of Emir
Feisal as king. thus paying Great
Britain's debt to Feisal and remov-
ing a source of irritation to the
French. Mr.. Churchill, who has pust
assumed the office. of colonial Sec
retary, believes 1t is to Great Brit
aims interest to set up an indepen-
dent Arab kingdom under a ruler
who can be depended upon.
1t is Significant that Mr.. Church.
Ill has just appointed Col T. e.
Lawrence special adviser on Arabian
affairs at the colonial office. Col,
Lawrence is one of the leading
British experts on the Orient. Is the
soldier who furnished the forces of
the King of Hedjaz, which fought
against the Turks In 1917, and is
reputed to understand the Arabs
better than any other European.
Emir Feisal has always been q
protege of Col. Lawrence and Is
sure to use his influence in the col
oneps favor.
Copyright, iss1.)
The Washington herald., 1921-02-28
z DEDICATE LIVES
TO AID OF LEPERS

CHICAGO. Feb. 25.-A man and
six women. one Of the women car
rying a l0-day-old baby, waited at
the Union Station today. There
were no tears, no prolonged fare
wells and less than a score OF
friends to wave farewell. Any pas-
ser-by would have thought the party
was leaving on a well earned pleas
ure trip-instead Of setting out for
the leper colony on the Island of
Java
They were Salvation Army work
ers. headed by Capt. Arend Van
Loois and his wife. Five girl
workers were included. The party
was scheduled to sail two weeks
ago but was delayed by the birth
Of Henry America Van Loois. who
Is going to the leper colony with
his parents.
In the group were Capt. German
Mueller, a French girl and Alice
Riggs. an English girl. who met IN
the station today for the FIRST time
since they handed out doughtnus
to the boys in the trenches.
what gives me the COURAGE 10
volunteer for service in the leper
colony" said Capt. Mueller, lis the
desire to continue the service begun
on the firing line. suppose"
The Washington herald., 1921-02-28
MASON DECLARES QUESTION
FREE FROM RELIGION.

To the Editor. The washingtob Herald.
How Puritan can get people to
believe that the Irish question IL
religious one. is more than ] can
see. It's like the things some Of
my brother Masons tell me about
the Catholics hating the Protest.
ants
Born in Chile. of Irish Protestant
parents. I know the part the Prot
estant people have played in Ire
lands fight for liberty. Every lead
er of ireland was a Protestant until
Esmonn de Valera came along. Pad
raic T.arse. the last Protestant
leader that country had. was elected
res,.lCrI n 1916 DUR ~ the h ser
uprising. Eamonn &c ;a!,ra waS
then only a soldier. and was always
ready to lead his men into the thick
est of the tight. He is Of Spanish
blood born in the State of New York.
England could not. in honor, de-
sert the Protestant population.
That's a joke. Suppose 1 should
say, Harding should not be Presi-
dent: we should not desert the dear
Democratic party" don't you think
I'd deserve being sent TO St Liz
Eie's? England is our closest ally;
you are right there, Puritan. she's
so durn close that she now wants
us to forget about the money she
borrowed. Can you name those
man who are Catholics and those
who are Protestants in Congress
who have voted for the recognition
Of the Irish republic2 Now, OF
course, Representative Mason is a
Catholic and we Protestants owe
lots to some Of these Catholics. for
IL was old Billy that spoke about
the mistreatment OF the Cubsns by
the Spaniards. and got the yoke
from the Cubans' neck.
I say. settle the Irish question
and then the tsil-twisting will stop.
A 32d DEGREE MASON.
Washington.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-28
VIEW OF AN ITALIAN ON IRISH
QUESTION.

To the Editor. The washinrtOn Herald:
/ have just returned from Italy.
and can tell the American people
just how my people at home feel
towards England. regarding her
treatment of the people of Ireland.
Our press is much. yes nearly 100
times as honest as the American
press. To me il seems that the
American press is trying to push
the Irish people of the face Of the
map. The Italian press illustrates
in cartoons and photos every thing
that is happening to the Irish peo-
pie. Our criticism of the English
yours. We have one paper that re-
fers to the British as Huns at every
mention and the movies when
throwing the pictures of the Eng
lishs soldiers on the screen and pic
lures Of Lloyd George and the other
notorious murderers a great bit OF
Kissing is done. Italy has in a for
NAL way protested to the English
government and we are to do our
bit towards helping to free that
noble little country. ] hope you
Americans, who have so many Irish
running your government. viii DO
your bit. for what every American
does. other nations will do.
SALVATORE DI PIERRo,
Santa Rosa Apartment.
D February %, 1921.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-28
BODY HAS Low ELECTRICAL
RESISTANCE, TESTS SHOW.

only one-tenth of an ampere of
electrical current may in some cases
cause death. and only a voltage drop
Of from two to three volts Is neces-
sary If within the body" DR.. F.
Wenner of the Bureau of Standards,
said Saturday night, in explaining
to the Philosophical Society, the
work that he, J. S. Martin and Myna
l.. Forman have been doing on the
electrical resistance of the human
body.
The work Of these scientists will
help. to explain why some people
have been electrocuted by supposed
ly harmless circuits and why others
have been able to stand large cur
rents of high voltage.
BY developing a new method of
four connections they have been
able to eliminate the resistance of
the skin and measure the amount of
resistance that is encountered in
the body itself.
The trunk of the body has a re-
sistance of from 20 to 80 ohms, de-
pendant upon the position Of the
body and the person. said DIR. Wen
ner, in giving results of experiments
that were made using the hands and
feet as electrodes. IF the muscles
of the body are tense the resistancs
is somewhat greater than 1t is when
they are relaxed, and II has been
found that when the person is
standing up or lying down the re-
distance is higher than 1t is when
they are sitting"
When the measurement was made
using the hands as electrodes and
the current had to pass through
the arms, the resistance was found
to be 600 to 800 ohms, DR.. wennel
said. Changes in frequency OF volt
age haze very slight effect on the
resistance of the body, 1t has been
determined.
Different people have their owl
amount of resistance value. he said
and also the resistance may change
from day to day. An instance of q
marked difference in resistance OF
the body in July and November was
reported.
The reason why people are no,
more often killed when they come
in contact with common low volt
age circuits of ITO and go volts Is
that their skin protects them, eA.
planned DIR. wenner. The skin wher
dry is capable of causing a poten.
tial drop of many volts, and thu.
prevents the passage into the body
of sufficient current to cause in
| jury.
Burning destroys the skin ant
often allows the current to entei
the body and do its damage, he said
in expaining why burning often &C
companies electrocutions.
All past work on the electrica
resistance of the human body. mucf
of which was done by a Germs n
| Prof. Gildemeister, has been invali
dated by the fact that the effect o
the skin was not eliminated, It wa,
declared.
is the effect of electrical shocl
wholly physiological or is 1t par
TALLY psychological" was the ques
tion that was raised in discussion
Current Is felt more strongly .aftei
a person has experienced a sever,
shock, Ii was declared.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-28
Chinese Bankers Loan
Money to Build Mint
Especial Cable 10 The wsshinrton Hersl,
and Chicago Tribuns.)

Especial Gable 10 The Washington Herald
and Chicago Tribuns.)
SHANGHAI, Feb. 2f.-A Chinese
banking group. or internal consor-
tium, has advanced a loan Of s2.-
5oo.o to the government for the
construction of a mint in Shanghai,
This loan is significant since the
building of a mint is the FIRST step
toward stabilizing the currency OF
the nation.
It Is also the third loan made
within the last two months for con-
structive purposes by the native
banking group. Many of the prime
movers In the group are Chinese
educated in America
tcspyrisht, lsei.l
The Washington herald., 1921-02-28
SURVEY ISSUES ATLAS
OF WORLD GEOLOGY.

Showing graphically and describ
ing the mineral resources and pro-
duction of the world, the first part
of a World Atlas of Commercial
Geology has, Just been issued by
the Geological Survey. over a score
of geologists have co-operated on
the seventy>two maps and their de.
scriptions that show the distribution
of mineral production for various
countries in 1919. The compilation
of this atlas was begun during the
war as part of the task Of keep
ing American Industries supplied
with raw material
The Washington herald., 1921-02-28

American manufacturers as well as American pro-
ducers must be protected from world dumping. but
there must also be care that this does not unduly
hamper the liquidation of foreign debts. and the
establishment Of credits, through which our own
home buying power will be increased with cor
responding increase in consumption.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-28
EXPRESSES HIS DIsAPPoINT-
MENT IN PURITANs.

To the Editor, ne wsshingtos Herald:
A certain party Signed a letter at
lacking the Irish people and signed
the letter Puritan.
Do the readers Of The Washing
ton Herald know what thSt word
means. stands for and what people
under that name are doing7
A Puritan Is a Bolshevik who
came over on the Mayfiower in 1850.
Their idea was to set up a Soviet
government, but they found that
such a government could not exist.
These Puritsns have just finished
putting over a big piece OF props-
gsnds- The Tercenrenary move
ment. the celebration Of the Land
ing of the Pilgrims. the coming Of
new 5e-cent pieces. the printing OF
l-cent. 2-cent and scent postage
stamps, the rewriting of our Ameri-
can histories and the encouraging
OF British-American friendship. is
that beautiful piece OF work the
Puritans have been doing. No one
Eas paid attention 20 Admiral Ben
sons warning, don't let the EngIish
pull the wool over your eyes. NoJ
see men who have been in the
trenches, men who have been Presi-
dent of this country. men VINO one
time meant something to all Ameri-
cans. now doing the utmost to re-
turn to England her lost province,
America.
II ! had my way I'D put every
person who says his people came
over on the Mayfower in. prison.
And. by the way. has the reader
ever looked keenly at those people
who so proudly says Oh, yes. I'm a
descendant of the Msyfower fam
lily. Some look as II they are the
original members OF the Mayfower,
so narrow-minded they are.
Never read and swallow what q
Puritan says.
An American, not hyphenated.
Il Feb 81 IOSEpH CRAICIE
The Washington herald., 1921-02-28
(Ncw York Times.)

From this nation, the most power
full in resources, the most peaceful
in policy and tradition, should have
come the call for a disarmament
conference. In that way We should
have continued to exercise that great
influence for the peace and security
Of the world SO triumphanuy ex-
erted during the Paris negotiations.
Had we retained our place in the
forefront of the movement TO estab-
lish the universal rule OF right, OF
law and of Justice. such step
would naturally have been expected
Of US, we should have been prompt
to take IL.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-28
SYSTEM Of COPPER OXIDES
AND OXYGEN EXPLAINED.

How cupric oxide. cuprous oxide
and oxygen behave together when
they are heated to high tempera-
lures has been studied. by +. Hast
inss smytn ana howard - Roberts
of the Geophysical LABORATORY and
their results were exrta1ned q the
The Washington herald., 1921-02-28
Opinions
of Other
Ed i t o r s
Brief Comment From
Leading Newspapers
Thr0uqh0ut Nation
Baltimore SUM

Is il strange that Herbert Hoover
and the eight great organizations
associated with him are asking that
America shall continue TO feed the
helpless children until Europe can
shoulder its own burden? The work
has already been cut in half through
the withdrawal of child-feeding op-
erations from countries where food
has become more plentiful. The
big job is nearly done; but TO aban-
don il now would be to condemn
$500. 900 children to the starvation
from which they have, during the
The Washington herald., 1921-02-28
Scientific
! Notes and :
] Comment |
Calendar of Meetings.,
| Activities of Societies
In Washington

Mathe matics Club, Bureau Of Stan
Theory Of Resonance" by r. T.
Cox.
Reception 10 Gen. John J. Pershfng,
by members Of the Cosmos Club,
this evening.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-28
Copyright, lss1.)

Property to the value of $117, ,000,-
900. taken over by the Alien Prop
erty Custodian during the war. has
been returned to American-born
wives of Germans. Austrians and
-others..--.as1 -.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-28

Five Of the leading women golfers
in the United States have signined
their intention OF competing In the
british women's championship 10 ee
held in Scotland duripS the noses
CT MAJ
The Washington herald., 1921-02-28

Philosophical Society meeting. Using
very pure compounds, Temperatures
up to over 12oo degrees Centigrade
were reached and three reactions
tina. may take place in the system
have heen discovered.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-28

With girl secretary acting pro tenn
governor of Virginia, feminism seems to be
booming right along
The Washington herald., 1921-02-28

The Herald has received q
ce4nunfeatien ~ 90 yudne
Lssdfs- As o. is un.iE.ed. a.
cannot be used.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-28
CNcw York Herald.)

In the United States a similar
shift to saving had occurred. but we
all know that little attention was
paid by our government to the ne
cessity for saving except as a tune
for lin music. The only savings
were those made by Congress when
Il drew the blue pencil through a
couple of billions Of expenses de-
partment heads imagined were in
dispensable. Under our wasteful
hydraheaded system OF raising and
spending money there is no definite,
central responsibility for squsnder-
ing the public's money, and nobody
gets any glory for saving il. Con-
seouentiy and naturally IL is not
saved on anything like the scale Il
might be.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-28
philadelphia Dedeerl

Mr.. Hoover is right in saying that
something is seriously wrong with
the economic system in this little
independent world OF ours when il
is possible for millions to be starv-
ing in other parts of the earth while
here in America we have a vast
surplus Of food in our warehouses.
If we have the constructive i'm
agination and a thought that reaches
away from our own rooftree, our
bread-winning task. our well-flled
plates and our filled and comfortable
selves, Il must concern and grieye
US to realize the looming differ
ences between plenty and penury in
a world that holds China and Palm
Beach, Monte Carlo and Poland,
Warsaw and Tuxedo. and all the
contrasts that the ruthlessness OF
the barefaced and the mirthlessness
Of the bar footed show us whenever
We look around.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-28

A faithful and good servant is real
godsend; but truly I ID rare bird in the
land-Luther.,