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The Washington herald., 1921-02-19
Enter, MIR. Won Trpitz.

There IS nothing more impressive than the great
solicitude which all the German leaders of the old
regime have for the United States. They have
wonderful sympathy for this country and can see
US already surrounded by enemies as they once
said they saw Germany.
The latest of these contributors to this sym
postum of anxiety for our welfare is Won Tirpitz,
to whose genius for getting in bad, Germany owes
her unrestricted submarine warfare. 1t was he
than any other, who forced the United States
to enter the war
If his judgment as to remedies and policies for
this people is as valuable as it was for the Ger
mans, it is something to be regarded only by its
avoidance. He also has that mental inno-
which has characterized all the others Of his
bund in his apprehensons for America.
This country is now, he says, where Germany
was before the war. That is, of course the United
States is the real commercial competitor of
Great Britain Like Germany, we would rival the
British on the both in naval power and in
merchant marine
Arrayed on the British side or tied by British
influence, is all the rest of Europe whils Japan will
always aim according to Won Tirpitz to create
enmity between this country and Great Britain
To American memory is also recalled quite incident
ally and with Prussian naivete the Alabama of civil
war days which, of course is not calculated to in
crease American trust in the British.
1t certainly is uncommon, thoughtful and kind
OF Won Trpitz and his bund to take such brotherIy
interest in the United States after what we did to
them and theirs, including their ambitions 1t
shows that they bear rancor. They would keep
US out Of bad company. They would warn us and
be an ever present raven to possibly trustful
complacency
They wish us good not harm. All they want is
another great war and that may come quickly, 50
Germany may be neutral, gather in the trade of the
world, supply the belligerents, avoid the payment
OF all reparations for this war; and after dog has
eaten dog, be in fact the worlds master
These Prussian philosophers have at least
learned that world dominance may come in the
other way of letting the rest do the fighting Yet
do they also show that this world has no place for
that and that the ambition to dominate, or even
the. fact Of excessive power, is the greatest of
menaces to world peace.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-19

Congress has an unparalleled op-
portunity to stimulate trade be-
tween the United States and China
in the pending Dyer bill, which
would place American business men
on the same footing as the British
hrms, operating there, Commodore
l.. Volpicelli, for twenty years Ital-
ian consel general in Southern
China said when seen at the La
fayette.
Commodore Volpicelli has lived in
China for nearly forty years. He
has written two books on the Far
East: THE China-Japan War" and
Russia on the Pacific and the ST.
berian Railway" besides a pamphlet
on the silver question, and many ar
ticles on the Chinese language.
He started the propaganda which
abolished judicial torture in China
and during the frequent revolutions
in Canton in the last years, he work
ed persistently for peace among the
rival factions and received hu-
merous war medals for the dan
gerous risks he cheerfully faced for
the cause of peace.
American trade with China will
collapse unless the present handi-
caps are removed from the Amer
lean business man, Commodore Vol
picelli declared
The Washington herald., 1921-02-19
REPLIES TO ~. OPINION.-

REPLIES TO ~. OPINION.-
To the Editor, The Washington Herald:
n. Opinion no doubt stands Tor
no opinion. which quite sC-eps
with the signer's letter. She has no
knowledge Of what the IriEhmsr %
today is doing. ] have run mi
against a most wonderful PROPOSE
tion the Irish in this country an.
doing to help this country They
in fact do more for the country
than they get credit for. but tbs,
doesn't matter, the Irish are not
looking for publicity.
am connected with a local in
surance company. have some data
to offer your readers that might
prove 10 them thai the Irishman Il,
worth having in this countr,.
England as she has always hrr7
doing Is and always has ronfroTfsF
the insurance OF this country. r.-
day though, she is losing f- and
mighty fast. The Irish America
here in this country Is asking that
the British INSURANCE COWBanfa. Do,
boycotted. The American public TS
helping them and the thing .s wor.
ing out sDlendidly- England ur 10
date has lost nearly $500. 600 O0u of
insurance from this country. the
money is being put in American
companies and that muu,N D.. being
kept in this country. We need
more plans Of that sort hrra 10
make America the most vuud,rrr'
and most powerful country ON the
map. SOME OPINION
The Washington herald., 1921-02-19
HELIUM BALLOON Gas
NOW WASTED DAILN

More than one million r... .rr
OF the valuable noninfamman. las,
heiium, which might I,- u.s..
balloons and sirships. emrruv~d for
elther commercial or mili-trf F..r.
poses, are wasted every das. &C
cording TO Dr.. Richard g. Moore,
chief chemist of the Bureau ~
Mines, who addressed the Columbus
section OF the American Chemical
Society at Ohio State University
This gas, which is superior 70
hydrogen, because 10 ". l..l a.
plode, should be conserv,a. said nr.
Moore. During the war the army,
navy and the Bureau OF Mines CO.
operating, did experimental worF
on the extraction OF heItum from
natural gas, and a larEr CN'raCtlon
plant was built and read, for pro-
duction purposes at the CLOSE ol tho
war. Already 100000 ruhi, f00i or
the gas have been produced and are
in storage in Texas. Congress is
now being asked for sufficient
FUNDS TO complete experimental
Work and produce for commercial
and future military needs
Dr. Moore said that hclium Is
FOUND in the air in the proportion
OF one part TO 1855. 600 by volume, in
the gases which come from springs
and in certain natural gases in the
United States The fact that helium
exists in these American gases In
reasonably large quantities makes
the whole question OF its use in
aeronautics, not only commercial
possibility, but a practical under
taking. ". D
The Washington herald., 1921-02-19
MAY Day Fete.

Mr. w. Darcy Ryan has a right hunch The
Herald votes for the May Day fete which he has
proposed. 1t should be quite evident that Washing
ton may as well kiss good-by to any elaborate in
augural festivities for the future. These are gone
They probably will not return
1t IS hardly possible that any future admins
tration will venture to revive them This may
seem foolish to Washington and to many outside
this city. But precedent is precedent and the dec-
sion Is that of economy mad in spots 1t is
response to that simplicity supposed to be so
distinctive of democracy of the American brand
But May Day fete would be Washington's
own. Washington would do this for itself 1t
would be one thing Washingtonian that was wholly
free from Congressional or government supervision
or control 1t would be good for Washington to do
one big thing all by its lonesome and to conceive
run, manage and accomplish one thing without any
interference.
Moreover, no other city has such Setting for
such an affair. No other has such streets, such
wealth OF public buildings, so much of architectural
magnihcence, or an equal beauty in flowers and
foliage, in parks and water frontage, in the open
ness of its plan and advantages for decoration
Just hint, there is nothing that can compare
to the dome of the Capitol with it's night lighting
This is just one feature. The play of searchIights
on the White House, the Monument the Mall
and along the Speedway would form other incidents
Washington. has everything conceivable that lends
itself to spectacular effect
Here also is the place in America every
one wants to see. Here Is where everyone wants
to come Here is the shrine of their loyalty, where
they outpour that love of country in every American
heart If there is special OCCASION they will come
in foods, and be richly paid for the coming
ie he
The Washington herald., 1921-02-19
AMERICANS HARD HIT
IN DOUBLE WAY.

This affected Americans in a
double way: All those employed as
managers and directors, who had
built up during long years of intel
ligent, patient work a large busi-
ness, were suddenly dismissed. All
those who had invested their capi-
tai and thus indirectly had built up
a large business, suddenly found
that their capital would be con-
trolled by strangers, whose interests
were often antagonistic to Ameri-
can interests. They were no longer
allowed to take care of their own
property.
ITO register their business as
American business they would i'm
mediately be subjected to both State
and Federal taxes, owing to want of
special legislation devised for the
special conditions of doing business
in the Far East.
''I was in Shanghai in the fall and
winter of 1919 and remember vivid
ly the CONSERVATION among the
Americans. at the sudden hostile
legislation enacted by the British
authorities. l knew the manager OF
the kstor House. the principal hotel
in Shanghai, which had always been
an American hotel. I knew that he
had sacrificed his position as cap
tain of one of the large steamers. I
knew what intelligence and pains he
had expended in raising the Astor
House to the height of prosperity,
and l was told he had been regret
, fully dismissed. as the new ordi-
nance required it"
Volpicelli recommends the imme-
diate passage of the Dyer bill,
which would make impossible the
above, and similar dismissals and
failures which marked the close of
1919 in American business circles in
China
Now Americans have the great
est opportunity IN their history to
build up a large trade in China" he
said. THE only thing wanting is
just legislative treatment by their
own government" F.w.G.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-19
THE HERALD BOOKSHELF
BOOKNOTES

discovers any number OF clues which
indicate that murder has been done.
There were many good reasons for
numbering Raymond Austin, and
the young detectives problem is
to discover which OF those who
would be more or less justified In
having done the deed belongs the
doubtful honor. When Peter Clan
cy, the sleuth, announces that he
knows who is guilty, three person-
confess. The identity Of the muir
derer, however. is very painstaE-
ingly concealed until the last mo-
ment and the reader is led to sus-
pect not only the three who confess
but three or four others. The guilty
person is so shielded by the author
from suspicion that when he sud
denly Acknowledges his guilt. it re-
quires a good deal OF explanation
to show how he could possibly have
been the murderer.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-19
Fooing With the Buzz-Saw.

This Congress now closing its final session, en-
acted a budget law. 1t was vetoed by President
Wilson on what seemed to many but technicality.
The House, however, accepted his judgment and
made the change necessary to meet his objection.
ThecSk did not have time to do this, though
apparently disposed to do So
1t swas the confident expectation of the public
thatone of the very first acts of this final session
would be to complete the passage of this most i'm
Portant measure 1t regarded as the greatest
The Washington herald., 1921-02-19
SPECTROSCOPE AIDS
DYE ANALYSIS.

What Kind and how n-u.H light
a dye transmits or abso-hs can h'
determined and can hc used m
identify that dye. n J W.Nirho1'
told the stan meeting ar the Eu-
reau Of Standards yesterday
Each and every dye las its .v7
''transmittancy'' factor. nr sard
which varies regularly with Che
concentration OF the dyo SOLUTION
Ihus' spectral analysis "G aRg sr-
iutlons can be used To supplement
ana in some cases r,pIag. rn.
chemical methods of analysis .w
commonly used. For siuTrs wrN-
lures this method can also b. used
In many cases. said Mr. Non 1nrHS
The Washington herald., 1921-02-19
Big Land Deals Closed.

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. Feb. 18.
e. F. Burkholder. of Streator, Ill,
has purchased. Cabin HILL" in Han
over County, containing 1,12O acres.
He has purchased also the Gourd
Hill Farm, in Hanover County, con-
tanning $40 acres. His SON. in law,
Ralph Harmon, purchased lao acres
of land in Hanover County, all from
the Great Eastern Land Company.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-19
THE UNDERWOOD MYSTERY. by
Charles J. DUtton. CDood, Mead
and Company

>lleAl ltc AFbNNOlls ADOON.
and Company
No time is wasted by this author.
The plot begins to thicken on line
FIVE of page. one, Thereafter things
get thicker and thicker until il ap-
pears that all the possible solutions
OF the mystery have been proved
course, and it is a surprising one,
though to US it did not seem to be
particularly ingenious. A very IA
nous and scholarly detective, named
BARLEY, and his DR.. Watson, whose
real name (poor devilD is Pelt, are
engaged to solve the mystery of the
murder~of John Underwood, a very
wealthy man. Mr.. Underwood is
found dead in his library, the doors
and windows of which are all found
locked from the inside. The suicide
theory has to be abandoned because
the pistol with which the maCnate
was shot is not to be found. and,
furthermore, there is no motive for
suicide. Underwood's son. his sec
-etary, his wife and a friend of the
latter, are all at one time or an
other apparently guilty of the
crime. Then, to complicate mat
ters, the author introduces robbery,
assault and blackmail. which quite
effectively keep the reader. as well
as Pelt and the local police, off the
right trail. 1t is a good story, but
unfortunately rather carelessly
written. Even in an atmosphere
of violence there is no good heason
for including the English language
among the victims
The Washington herald., 1921-02-19
THE BEST SHORT STORIES OF

1920. Edited by Edward ].
O'Brien. (Sman, Maynard and
Company
Mr.. O'Brien's yearbook has be-
come an institution No matter what
we think of his taste, he remains
the only American who makes a
painstaking, annual appraisal of
our magazine fiction. To be sure,
in 192Os w, D. Howells' collection
of great American short stories and
the o. Henry Memorial collection.
edited by Blanche Cotton Williams
and others, were published, but
neither of these actually competed
with Mr.. O'Brien in his field. Mr.
Howells selected Great American
Stories" covering a period of years.
The O'Henry Memorial collection
contained fifteen stories published
in 1919 from which two prize stories
were selected, but apparently did
not represent so wide a reading of
magazines as does Mr.. O'Brien.s
yearbook. Since 1915 Mr.. O'Brien
has presented eachs year a careful
analysis of magazine fiction, con-
tanning not only a rating of au-
thors and stories, but a rating of
magazines as we'll on the basis of
the percentage of distinctive or
good stories published during the
year. Any such work, has, of
course, a historical value and is or
deep interest to all students of the
short story. Its weakness, ,natur-
ally, lies in the fact that the whole
thing hangs on the judgment Of
one man. II you happen to disa-
gree with Mr.. o'Brien, his painstak-
ips selection is of small use to you.
But he has the virtue of being eS-
plicit as to the reasons for his
choice, perfectly definite in his crit
icism, and as consistent, probably,
as It is given man to be. He, asks
first of all for sincerity. He has
no use for the author who COM
promises with his readers. that is,
who writes what he thinks they
prefer. He tests a story, both as
to subject matter and as to style,
and IL it meets both tests, classifies
The Washington herald., 1921-02-19
Scientific
Notes and
Comment
Calendar of Meetings;
Activities of Societies
In Washington

biological society. Co,mo, Club,
this evening. 4 u'rlu, .rr-ou.-
somes in Relation 90 %. r,drrv' los
DR.. Z. r. McCung .H.-a6fr- as
Factor in tho Resistance q
Guinea Pigs 10 Tuberculosis" by
Dr. SewaIl Wright
Archaeological Societ,. rcsider~s 81
Charles Henry Butler 1885 c
street, today. O'Clock T-oG il
NJ. Robinson. or Johns Tnpkr.
University. viii speak on -Ar.ac~-
logical ENcs walton IN Western
Asia and the Seven Chu-, hes -
Asia"
society for Philosophical Inquiry.
Public Librar,, today. Z 81 Co.,. .,.r. K.
Discussion OF Hcnrs F.-.-.r- =
paper "ReCoEnitious Er PHI
Iosophy." led by Prof Z. q ErH-
ardsOH-
George WashinEIOH Jui,crSity
Medical Society. Medical E. ding
1895 II street. this .N.E.r- ,
o'clock. Recent nsl.Horu.0 0fs
in OtoloEy." by pr O. 0. $. ..-r
papers on use or Ma g.. Ir-~
Thomas 4 Groove- ... D. 8
Merritt, Case I.rl.-r Dr.. Ii.
Thomas M. Foley.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-19
WHILE EUROPE WAITS FOR
PEACE, by Pierrepont B. Noyes
CThe Macmillan CompanyO

(The MACMILLAN Company
This book is small enough to go
in the pocket of any Senator or Rep
resentative. 1t is small enough to
go in the pockets of those who
make the noise which Senators. and
Representatives listen for when
they put their ears to the grouno.
The facts which are contained in
this beck are so stated and are OF
such a nature that they could be
carried N the heads of Senators
and Representatives and the rest
| of us without displacing anything
which we could not well AFFORD to
lose. From April, 1919, to June.
1920, Mr.. Noyes was American rep
resentatives on the Rhineland COM
mission. He has naturally been in
close touch with the problems OF
the peace settlement. Further
more, he is not writing to exercise
his Imagination, and his ConClu-
sions are not based on their capac-
ity to collect votes. Mr.. Noyes is
the head of a great business en-
terprise, and as far as we know
does not want to be elected to any
thing. He is neither an ignorant
idealist nor a rabid reactionary. He
does not hold that the League of
Nations is a perfect political in
strument that will cure the worlds
ills in the twinkling of an eye. nor
does he give us auy of that fantas-
tic bosh about American partiCipa-
tion meaning the surrender OF our
sovereignty and the loss OF our in
dependence. He enVisages the Eu-
ropean situation as it affects Amer
ica as a whole and not as it per
tains to one or another of our ra-
cial and political groups. Mr.. Noyes
believes that the world needs a
League of Nations, but he also be
lieves that no league can be effect
i've without the United States. He
believes that the German indemnity
should be placed at a figure tha;
Germany can pay. AS France would
necessarily lose by this, he advo-
Gates that we reT1nquish. our claims
against France for our loans dur
ing the war. He does not favor the
cancellation of England's debt to
us. Mr.. Noyes backs up his argu-
ment with facts clearly, coRciseIy,
Nand briefly presented.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-19

If the United States Treasury is bothered
to find space in which to store its filthy lucre,
it might spread it around little among the
folks who have no fear of financial germs
The Washington herald., 1921-02-19

After passing the compliments of the season,
Senator Dial and Judge Lands may be expected
to lunch together and enjoy the joke
The Washington herald., 1921-02-19
THAT AFFAIR AT THE CEDARs,-
BY Lee Thayer Doubleday, Page
and Company.

dno company.
According to the blurb on the
jacket of this book. this new story
by Mrs. Thayer is more than a
thrilling mystery story. 1t is, We
are told. a novel of American life.
We think this is unfair to Mrs.
Thayer. AS a novel Of American
life, 1t Is not much, but as a mystery
story. it is very much above the av-
erage. For one thing several Of
the characters are drawn with more
than one dimension, which is un-
usual in mystery stories. and it is
this perhaps that is responsible Tor
the business about novel of Amer
lean life. The story opens briskly
with the shooting of Raymond Aus
tin. At first it appears, to be sui
eide, but a liksble young Irish de-
tective who happens along quickly
The Washington herald., 1921-02-19

Next to an operation for appendicitis, ex-
tracing sufficient income to satisfy Uncle Sam,s
needs is the most fashionable pastime
The Washington herald., 1921-02-19
WANTED. A FOOL. by Philip Cur
tiss. lHarper and Brothers.l

NiSS. NtldIbt anu ol lONltl -
An erstwhiIe actor returned from'
the war answers an advertisement
headed. Wanted: A Fool" His ad-
ventures. naturally, are many and
hair-raising. There are so many
complications and so many side
Issues dragged into the story that
at times it becomes arduous read
ing. but there is plenty Of action
underneath all the wanderings and
philosophizing. There is also a good
deal of stage atmosphere which DR..
CuTtiss has handled so successfully
in the past, a love interest, and nU
merous thrills. The story is too
cluttered, however, for comfort, and
one feels that il the author would
try it again cutting out all unnec-
essary complications this time. 1t
would be a far better and more in
teresting performance.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-19

After four years of experience as a vocalist
1t is to be hoped Paderewski may be induced
to let the piano again do his talking
The Washington herald., 1921-02-19
WHITES AND JAPS NOT
SUBJECT TO CHINESE LAW,

Under existing treaties with
China, white men and the Japanese
as well are not subject to Chinese
laws nor controlled by Chinese Of
ticials. Therefore, whenever for
eigners in China are defendants in
a civil or criminal case they are
tried according to theit own ma
tional laws and in their own courts
by their own judicial officials,
either their own cOnsuls or the
judges of the supreme courts.
Similarly when Chinese are de-
PENDANTS in suits brought against
them by foreigners they are treated
according to their own national
laws in their own courts and by
their own officials.
Chinese investments in foreign
firms have increased as the years
have gone on, and Great Britain
has secured the larger share of
these interests, Volpicelli says.
Owing to lack of adequate laws
covering American trade in China,
America has had no part in this
industrial joint account or COOP
erative development. The Uppor-
tunity is opened to Americans now
to make the first real steps in this
direction in connection with the
proposed legislation for Federal in
corporation of companies in China"
said Volpicelli.
Up to a year and a half ago all
Americans who wished to invest
capital in business in China, regis
tered their companies in Hong-Kong.
They thus secured the protection OF
a foreign flag and were allowed to
manage their companies as they
found best But in 1919 a Hong
Kong ordinance made it compulsory
for all British companies registered
in China to be controlled by British
The Washington herald., 1921-02-19

II as distinctive. He has, OF
course, his prejudices. and, being a
serious-minded gentleman, leans
toward the tales which many read
ers classify as unpleasant Also he
makes great deal Of what he
calls the Henry James tradition"
holding very high in his esteem
such authors as write with the
Henry James air of sophistication.
Nevertheless he seems open minded.
Only ten of the authors whose sto-
ries appear in the 1920 collection
have appeared in the year book be-
fore, and OF the other ten. few have
names that are widely known
among magazine readers. katherine
Fullerton Gerould. Wilbur Daniel
Steele, and Rupert Hughes are
there, to be sure, but they are
flanked by konrad Bercovici, Edna
Clare Bryner. Ethel Storm and 9TH
ers whose presence suggests that
Mr.. O'Brien is not bound by the ira
dition of name at least.