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The Washington herald., 1921-10-13
Interprets Abdul BAHIA.
To tn. Editor. tn. Washington Herald:

To the Editor, The washinston Herald:
Like a rose found covered by
the weeds Of life. like a well OF
Leathesn waters found in the des-
ert's dusky heart. like the rustic OF
the wings Of love is the revelation
of Bah. Bahaolla and Abdul BAHIA.
BAHIA (the Walt Whitman Of the
Easp is fastening the flame
winged day predicted in Tennyson's
''Locksley Hall" Consider the
candle how 1t weeps its life away
drop by drop that il may shed its
light" says BAHIA.
And consider humanity how IL
~eeps it's eyes away in search of
light. No material organ can play
the hymns OF Bahaism; the harp OF
the universe touched by the fingers
OF creation chants IL. When people
embrace this doctrine, no longer
the martyr chains shall rattle. no
more will mankind drink wine salt
with tears" Gold will be toppled
from its lofty throne. SEIZURE will
be poetic. pure. Joy will be so prev
alent that pain would be a luxury
the only wars declared would be
against wars; the only hate would
be the hate of hate. We would
commune with the Infinite, 10 learn
that beauty is eternal. We would
Judge a man by what he is. not
what he has. We would deem art
of life the heart There would he
no anarchists. Communists, Social
lists or capitalists, but only broth
ers and sisters, or in other words
Bahaists. Jews and Gentiles. white:
and blacks, would dwell in har'
mony as perfect as the music OF
the spheres, for as Abdul Bahs
says, We will obey; beware oi
prejudice; light is good in whatso'
ever lamp II is burning. A rose IL
beautiful in whatsoever garden q
may bloom A star has the sam,
radiance whether II shines from tn,
East or from the West"
EDWARD J. IRVINE.
The Washington herald., 1921-10-13
BRITISH RULE HELD
THEIR ONLY HOPE

God permits England to continue
to rule India because British gov
erlment there is the only hope of
the underdog." says Commissioner
Booth-Tucker. former head of Sal
vation Army Work in India. Com
missioner Booth-Tucker and his
wife are on a two months tour Of
the United States, having arrived
from England on the Adriatic re-
Gently.
Il hold no brief for the govern
ment there by reason of any preju-
dice in its favor, for l was cast in
prison by British authorities for
holding open-air religious meetings
when l first reached India with
four companions forty years ago in
Salvation Army work l stayed in
prison a month. We obtained the
right to hold such meetings as a
result OF the fight my companions
and l put up.
IF it were not for fear of the
British government and the power
it exerts for internal peace. it is
my honest opinion that hundreds of
thousands of Hindus would be
massacred by the fighting Mo-
hammedans in the present state OF
unrest in India. The Hindus are
not fighters"
Before entering the Salvation
Army Commissioner Booth Tucker
was assistant government COM
missioner in the Punjab for five
years and is familiar with the work
of the government from that ex-
perience Mrs. Booth fuckers
father was governor Of Bombay for
forty years.
For nine years after he had be-
gun the work in India Commissioners
Booth Tucker was in charge of Sal
walton Army work in this county
with headquarters in New YORK.
Mrs. Booth-Tucker Is on her first
visit to this country.
Gandhi will ultimately fail in his
self-appointed mission to drive the
British out of India, in the COM
missiOner's opinion, but he may ac-
complish a certain amount of good
in the process.
Gandhi's policy of passive resis-
tance. civil disobedience, or non-co-
operation, as il has been variously
designated, is not as thoroughly
successful as is generally believed
according to the commissioner.
The Washington herald., 1921-10-13
Vocational Training.

VOCATIONAL training Tor service men still
" waits upon a settled program. 1t is not true
that little or nothing has been done On the
contrary, much has been done, with the net re-
suit of proving what mistaken, inadequate,
inadvisable or effective of more harm than good
1t has been a process OF elimination. One thing
should have been apparent from the start: That
farming these men out could not fail to be
failure 1t has so proved. There few
who can best be placed in special positions or
in vocational schools. But the great bulk must
it would seem, be handled in bulk.
There are in this country number OF indus
trial plants which have been closed, or are
close to abandonment. They are equipped for
varied trades These could probably be leased by
the government on reasonable terms. There are,
also, training camps with buildings which could
be eouipped with machinery and which have hous-
ing facilities for any number. Enough OF both
or either of these could be used to care for all
the service men entitled to rehabilitation, in large
groups.
1t would seem than these men could be pro-
vided for more economically, and cared Tor more
efficiently; that they would be more contented
and have better advantages il grouped IN this way
nv themselves in considerable numbers. They
are at disadvantage when mixed IN with men
wtn are in perfect physical condition, are in their
ments in which the service men could not join.
Their program should be, for them They alone
should be considered and they should not have to
adapt themselves to others who have not had
their experience and misfortune
Grouped in considerable numbers, they would
find congenial companionship, and entertainment,
arnuscments and sports suited to them could be
provided Very many OF them need school work
down to the primary grades. All should have
school advantages adapted TO their chosen voca-
tion They should have wide choice in crafts
and should produce for the market things the
market demands. They should form complete
industrial entity, with wholesome surroundings
and an encouraging environment.
There must be plenty of locations where these
group units would be welcomed and every outside
advantage provided. In these localities are GER
tanly the needed plants, largely OF war indus
tries, easily transformed to peace production.
They would be wholly under government control
and management. 1t would make what should
be: Government responsibility, while everywhere
are Legion posts to act liaison agencies between
the men and those in authority, to be father con-
fessors to the men, to bring congenial comrade-
ship and to see that grievous mistakes were
made
The Washington herald., 1921-10-13
The Other Side.

MERICANS have never been jostled by for
"a cign peoples they have not been elbowed
u BY their neighbors; they have not had to
constantly consider others in all their dealings, and
have not had to get the other fellows viewpoint
Foreign affairs is to most of US, good deal like
AIRY tales. They almost unreal, concern a
wholly different life than and are too far away
like Mr. Bakers war--to get to to
hem.
The average American seems to regard the COM
ing Washington conference as occasion on which
sHhs government will offer others the blessing OF
its friendship and distinguished consideration. He
Aknows his country is unselfish, least he has been
told so often enough. and he knows by the
book that it alone in this. Sitting the pinnacle
OF this spirit OF beneficence, he reckons that
have the money and the rest OF the world is broke
that they ALL except Japan, owe us; that debtors do
sSc to hear their creditors, and that they will all
be tickled to pieces to follow wherever choose
10 lead
But if the conference is to be the success all
Americans devoutly wish, we need to get rid OF
lot of our national cocksureness see ourselves as
1hers see us, and others they regard themselves
and their affairs which foreign affairs
Nc need a and broader view OF other coun-
, .Ties 1t was just this Frank H. Simonds gave in
his article in the Sunday Herald. 1t is altogether
the valuable OF the prcconfcrcnce discussions
Mr.. Simonds is frank, to the point, practical and
does not bother to feed ego.
There are few Americans familiar as he, with
.hc motives, policies public opinion and conditions
in foreign countries He tells what it is time all
E.lmericans should realize, that approach ques-
tions as our foreign relations ''n the abstract,
Without regard the international relations That
: IS to say, we approach all questions from the
American point of, view, or from the point of view
pf odr administration and reason that this same
point OF view will prevail in all other countries" 4"
= sour proposal is unilateral, they follow our
views and virtue will be its own reward"
This is more bluntly what The Herald has tried
to impress. We cannot deal with others on Jug
handle basis If determined to get results we must
be ready to match demands with obligations All
eag=eements carry considerations which are mutual
Are Americans ready endorse the considerations
which must be granted to gain considerations? So
far VIC have not been. We have refused to Join the
stesguc OF nations. We have refused to ratify the
franco British american treaty. We have picked
from the treaty OF Versailles what is to our own
The Washington herald., 1921-10-13
Discusses Japanese in China.
To the Editor, The Washington Herald:

To the Editor, The washington Herald: -
While the Washington confASSocS
is drawing 'near. the Miksdo's
spokesmen have repeatedly declared
that Japan's policy of commercial
and territorial expansion is based
on an economic necessity, as she
must find outlets for her surplus
population. For the last two de-
cades. her emigrants to various
countries have amounted to large
numbers. Unfortunately, several ma
tions have recently enacted laws
prohibiting Asiatic immigration.
Cold regions such as Siberia and
tropical countries such as Java are
not particularly attractive to the
Japanese, as the japanese race has
shown small capacity to acclima-
| tization. In force OF these circum-
stances, the Japanese have a strong
tendency to colonize in Manchuria,
Shantung and Fukien. where cli-
mate Is relatively more agreeable to
them. and where folkways and So
cial usages of the people are funda-
mentally similar to their own.
! The question then arises: by so
doing is Japan able to alleviate
materially the pressure Of her pop
ulation?" First, let US consider the
density of Japanese and Chinese
population. Kioto-fu and Nagas-
aki-ken. from which Il large body
OF emigrants is drawn. are peopled
at 3o4 per square kilometer or lis
per square mile and 252.7 per square
kilometer (or sS.7 per square mile)
}, respectively. Many have emigrated
to Shantung whose density is 52S
to a square mile; and to Fukien
whose density is 2s2 to a square
mile. The japanese have thu.
come to places where the struggle
for existence is appreciably severer
and yet they are telling the world
that they are solving their surplus
population problem, In Manchu-
rian villages where the density is
low. the Japanese are not able TO
compete successfully with the
Chinese farmers, as the latter gen.
orally surpass them in efficient
management and cheap labor. Ir
other spheres OF influence" sharr
practices Of japanese exploiters ar,
far more ruthless than those oi
Western capitalists. This induce;
the grieved Chinese to say that
though both the European and the
Japanese bleed us. the lattel
hurts"
Moreover, Japanese emigrants q
China have moved from a relative
ly hiRher wage-level to a lowel
waGe-level, as the following tabl,
will show:
The Washington herald., 1921-10-13
/ DEsCRIBEs USE OF
RADIO DIRECTION FINDER

What a coil OF a few turn, n,
wire on a frame three or four. fee,
square attached TO a condenser wifi
accomplish In radio work was toId
by l. Z. Whittemore, OF the rsS,.
section Of the Bureau Of STANDARD,
al the meeting Of the local SectioD
OF the American Institute Of Eiec-
trical Engineers.
This apparatus is the radio djrec-
con finder which is now being Ds.5
to guide marine navigation. as an
aid 20 aviation. and as a means N
avoiding Interference from Other
transmitting stations and from tbs
troublesome "strays" II enables
the operator at a radio recelyinf,
station to determine the direction
OF radio transmitting station
from which he is receiving signals
The direction finder was Brst
used by the early experimenters in
high frequency electric currents
namely. Hertz, Braun and BloDds,
There have been. OF course, numer-
Gus developments in the directio,,
hnder since the early dayS. ~,
most important having taken MA,
curing the war. Many improve
ments were made Simultaneously ip
dinerent places" Mr.. whittenore
SAID He told Of the Fundamental
work Of the Bureau OF Standard
on this apparatus. and described
the type OF direction finder deveI-
opeo by the Bureau OF Standards
FOR use on shipbOard.
The radio direction finder NAV
be considered as operating because
OF its presence in a rapidly alter
mating magnetic field" he said
when the coil is turned in such a
direction that its plane is parable
10 the direction Of transmission OF
the waves a maximum signal is re
ceived. When the coil is turned s.,
that its plane is perpendicular t..
the direction Of transmission OF IN.
radio waves a minimum signal Is
received. Wien the coil is turroE
IN its maximum position Tho
strength Of the receiver signal r.
greater. for coils having large
number Of turns and for coils hav-
ing larger dimensions. provided
| these do not change the resistance
| OF the coil.
The coil antenna or direction
finder is useful in studying tile L,-
havior Of radio waves. An inter
estinE example Of this being de-
termination Of the position of tn.
wave front in the vicinity Of a..
Washington Monument. II We
! learned incidental to eNperimer's
along this line that the uatu...
wave length Of the Washingi r
Monument is approximately Spr
meters.
The usefulness OF the direct .o..
T finder has been greatly increase
on account OF the availability q.
powerful amplifiers These ampIG-
hers use a device called an electro
tube which has been developed
greatly during and since the war
4 Other improvements on the simple
direction finder include the elm e.
nation OF "antenna effect" by To-
use Of balancing condensers," thu
l analizing the capacity OF the tw
terminals OF the coil TO the grouu,
It is also important TO consider tEf
effect OF the detector since il ord.
narily increases the resistance a
the antenna and therefore decrease
the intensity OF the signals
The Washington herald., 1921-10-13
Bryan, a Credit to U. S.
To the Editor. The Washington Herald:

aug heTll0s
There are several old adages that
your correspondent. Charles woos-
ter. should consider. One is that
men should be judged by their
strength of character and not by
their weakness" Another, "'Tis
said best men are nodded Of their
faults" william Ewart Gladstone
was heralded for many years Of his
latter days as THE grand old man
of England" for he, like our Amer
lean commoner, was more than a
statesman: he was an evangelis, of
civic Righteousness and Christian
principles. l am tempted To say
shame to the citizen of Nebraska
that is blind for any reason to the
fact that William Jennings BRYAN
is distinguished, good American.
Yes. any man that received the
nomination of the great party of
Thomas Jefferson three times and
that around 100000 voter. wanted
him for President. is not a dis
credit to Nebraska, the United
States or to the civilized world.
Political vagaries are common
among our greatest men; it's but
the chan off the genuine wheat
True. indeed, Mr.. Bryan's political
reforms looked radical at times, yet
strange to say much he advocated
is now incorporated into amend
ments to the Constitution Of these
United States. He Is yet accused
of visionary cure-alls, but II some
mind didn't look up into the stars
TO find uplifts for mankind civiliza-
ton would stagnate. We may not
reach the high spheres, but We will
get out Of the mlre of ancient nom
progressiveness.
One OF the strange habits Of our
citizens is decrying our public men.
Other nations make demigods Of
their distinguished statesmen
build monuments to them almost
before they pass out, but We only
do It when they are dead. IL we do
II at all. Hundreds Of patriotic
men in Congress and elsewhere are
at heart striving to make America
a better place to live in. happier
place and a place Of full Justice.
Such men as Mr.. Bryan may have
idealIstic dreams. but Mr.. Wooster
or any man will not find them an
archistic, militaristic or Bolshevis-
tic pills. o
The Washington herald., 1921-10-13
MU26,kGH
Dayby DAY
impressions:
bA00RsMtwe
Iibat1flIliI!: a

NEW YORK, Oct. 'l2.-Burlesque
Boulevard runs block OFF Broad
way in Forty-seventh street The
Columbia Theater on the corner Is
beehive of burlesque booking Of
fices and the home OF the burlesque
wheel. over a Mexican cafe near
the stage entrance is the Burlesque
Club.
strewn along the block are at
least a dozen inns given over to
people of burlesque--knights of the
slap-stlck and ladies of the span
giles. The sidewalks and doorways
are filled from noon until midnight
with "piff-awmers" from what
Broadway calls the hurley one"
The girls are merry razzle
dazzle of color. Red hats. Gay
fringed frocks. And zebra shoes
Three hutch-like drug stores in the
block thrive on the sale of cos
metics. Every lip is carmined and
all eyes shadowed. The men run to
striped collars and one-button cut
tons that fare out from the arm
pits.
There is a brutal frankness about
the comradeship, yet under the sur
face burlesqueness is hrm at
tachment for each other. The chat
ter is Of a personal nature and
somewhat biting in its sarcasm. l
saw one girl walk up to a fellow
in a quick-lunch entrance.
Hello. Frank" she called jaunt-
lily.
He didn't lift his hat He merely
rubbed a finger across her cheek.
"Whadda you smear all that war
paint on your mug for? G'wan
wash it off. You look like a bull
fight She only laughed and went
on her way.
Women are skirts" and James"
and the men Johns" and Biscuit
Buyers" 1t is not unusual in the
evening to see the women smoking
cigarettes in the little street
groups with the men.
There is a spirit of buoyancy and
of reckless living. The women
seem giddy Drained and the men
pitiless in their human fellowship,
and yet when one Of the crowd falls
on evil days all extend the helping
hand Cheerfully.
1t is a short step today from
burlesque to the average musical
comedy. The performances are free
from the smut that once made them
haven for summers. The women
patrons do not sit in curtained
boxes. And the visiting buyer from
Altoona is not even shocked at the
display of what is known in the
better circles of Altoona as limbs
Franklin =. Adams. the humor-
ist, as always amazed at the brew
ity of the headline writer's. He
wonders If it would be possible to
talk in headlines. For instance
two tennis players:
What do you say to a Net Tilt
"All right. I'll Clash with you
A chill rain fell over Bryan,
Park. One thousand tobless mer
stood in the slashing downpour
The picturesque Mr.. Zero" was In
the center trying with his oratory
to lift up their spirits. In all the
years ] have been prowling around
New York to see what / could see
! have never seen a sadder sight
l saw one young boy, coatless and
| in a ragged shirt, grab a sandwich
| from a basket and bite through the
paper covering. He was too hun
cry to wait to unwrap It, And
| shortly afterward I saw him with
his face upturned singing with tn,
| rest:
| Pack up your troubles
In your old kit bag
| and smile-smile-smil
The Washington herald., 1921-10-13
Open Court letters to The HeralA
hIgA#@Af5S15 5b8IGse&b fEaA

his membership or nonmembership
in any organization.
Does Mr.. Kirby's declaration
seem revolutionary to you? There
is nothing new in il. 1t is con-
tanned, in substance. in the Declar-
alton Of Independence The "pur-
suit Of happiness" is the right to
engage In any occupation one
chooses. Every American has the
right TO be protected in the peace
full pursuit Of his employment, re-
gsrdless Of his membership or nom
membership in any organization.
You and /. as writers, enjoy this
liberty. Why should We help those
who sell men by affecting surprise
when a two-hsted person from
Texas says something that has been
true since the stars sang in the
morning Of Creation?
EDMUNDS TRAVIS
The Washington herald., 1921-10-13
Dalny (South Japan taver-
1.GN- -. A.NI,A

Even giving some allowance to
small differences in the cost of liv-
ing in these two regions, the
japanese are actually receiving
much lower wages than their
brethren in the same occupations
in Japan. Furthermore, in Japan,
wages and living cost keep pace
with each other fairly closely. as
the Osaka Department Of Indus
tries has recently shown that TAX
ing 1914 as the base year, wages
have up to 1920 Increased to 1853 per
cent, while wholesale prices have
advanced 40 per cent. In China,
the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture
and Commerce has found for the
wholesale prices in Shanghai, for
example. have increased 40 per
cent, whereas the increase in wages
hardly exceeds so per cent. The big
gap between the rate of increase
in wages and in living cost has
caused serious maladjustments in
the Chinese population. and has
vitality affected Japanese In China.
Generally speaking. Japanese colon
ization in China today Is not an
economic success. There appears no
great inducements for further in
fiux of japanese emigrants in any
large numbers. In what ways, then
can Japanese emigration relieve
overcrowdedness in Japan?
am thus led to surmise that the
population argument. like many
arguments advanced at the Paris
conference, is designed to cast
smoke screen" behind which
Japanese diplomats will play the
! real drama of 'Dai Nippon" Here
! are a few indications. Prominent
Japanese ara corstzutiv stfpplytng
The Washington herald., 1921-10-13
Call of Duty Wins
ODer Lure of Paris

PARIS. Oct. 12.-The call Of duty
as monarch Of poverty-stricken
people has overcome the siren song
Of Paris pleasures. and Prince Alex
ander Of Serbia is going home to
be King of Jugo-Slavia. The Jugo-
Slav Legation In an official COM
munique today denies the report that
the prince has decided to abdicate
in favor IF his brother, George. and
remsi- in Paris. ~
The Washington herald., 1921-10-13
!. pd,,or. tn. washington Herald:

To the Editor, The WashihttOn He
Having been Furnished a copy OF
John H. Kirby's statement on un-
employment, / was surprised to
notice the following in your issue
of Sunday:
IAN Appeal for the unemploy-
ment conference to declare in favor
of the open shop, or American plan
OF employment, was made In
statement last night Of John Z.
Kirby, Houston. Kirby asks
the conference to declare for the
right Of a citizen to take employ
ment and be protected in the peace
full pursuit thereof regardless OF
The Washington herald., 1921-10-13

The Herald has found that certain
writer's sign fotitisus Names - thsss
ewn- In . few Instances vs fnd these
have escaped eur nstics. We viii here
sftsi :seuire not eniy the Mama but The
directory address. The opon Court must
net be abused. II 10 fer fair. inpsr.
senai, informative discsssisa and state
msnt Of spinten-
The Washington herald., 1921-10-13
Defends the Horoscope.

To the Editor. The Warrington Herald:
By all means let the Horoscope
remain in your columns. Perhaps
Fred. ]. Schwab takes IL too seri-
ously. Remember the stars in
cline, but do not compel"
We were afraid you were going
to discontinue publishing the horo-
scope. We Invariably send the pa
per to our friends on their birth
days and 'it creates talk" ~ moth
ing else.
LIBRA. THE SCALES.
Wa ShinRton n q
The Washington herald., 1921-10-13

WIFI lllS
former Gla d }
Vanderbilt.
The count MAI
ried Miss Wander
bilt in 1905. tie
visited America
frequently before
she war and has
made one WISH
here since the
armistice. When
the United States
enemy and the
Countess Szechcnyi
became an alien
enemy adm the
alien property
custodian to Q X
over nearly 81
OOo 600 worth OF
The Washington herald., 1921-10-13

To the Editor. The wsshinston Herald:
The Puritans lived long ago
And suffered much. I'm told.
From raids by savage Indians
From hunger and from cold.
They bore their lot with fortitude
And ] don't just see how
We've any right, to dig 'em up
And make them suffer now.
T. 7. 7.
The Washington herald., 1921-10-13
WHO'S WHO IN
THE DAYS NEWS

Count I.aszlo SZechenyL of Euoa
pest, Il is understood, H. TO be huh-
sary's minister TO the United stat
after the treaty Of peace is rauheu
He is familiar with the tnite"
States as hS spent much tim" mere