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Attacks on Policemen,

A fiendish attack upon two police
men who in line OF duty attempted to
make an arrest in this city yesterday
may cause the loss Of sight to both of
them. These men went without hesi-
tation to discharge their duty, and
were met with a bucket Of lye thrown
into their faces. Policemen have in
other cases been shot. sometimes been
killed, but only once before in the his
tory Of the District police force have
officers of the law been met with
binding liquids. OF course. there is no
difference in degree of crime between
the person who shoots and the person
who throws a corrosive substance
with the intent Of wounding or maim-
ing or killing. Resistance OF arrest is
in itself an offense.
An unfortunate disposition prevails
on the part of a certain number Of
people in this city to regard the police
as natural enemies, to fight them on
all occasions. Most Of the attacks
upon policemen have come from them.
The law draws no distinctions what
ever, and policemen must obey orders.
They are appointed for the purpose
of enforcing the law and making ar
rests whenever the law is violated.
Any person who aids in any degree in
resistance becomes an accompiice to
an offense which may be more serious
in it's effect than that for which ar
rest is sought.
For these men who in the line Of
duty were so cruelty hurt and whose
sight may be destroyed there is deep
public sympathy. They went to their
dangerous task-a task that should
cot necessarily be dangerous with a
better spirit prevailing toward the
police-with the heroism Of soldiers.
They were as if wounded in battle.
Prompt. sharp punishment should be
meted out to those who in any degree
are guilty in the assault upon them
as lesson to all others.
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sion Of British light cruisers and
another of French destroyers. He
was the only Italian officer to issue
commands from the deck of vessel
flying another allied flag. This force
made brilliant and successful attack
on a division of Austrian light craft
and in its two-hour duration inflicted
very serious damage on the enemy.
For this service the commander was
decorated with the military order of
Savoy. the British order of the bath
and the French efoiH de guerFe with
palms.
Following his promotion to the rank
Of vice admiral. Baron Acton for
period Of more than two years was
commanding officer at Taranto. the
principal naval base of the Italian
fleet, relinquishing this post upon his
appointment to the position OF chief
Of the general stan. which office he
held until last January.
Admiral Acton. who has two broth
ers also in the Italian navy. is one of
the youngest vice admirals In that
service. The fact that during most of
his active career he has been a line
officer. a fighting man par excellence.
has proven a valuable foundation for
his staff duties and experience. He
knows ships: he knows men; he Is an
alert executive; he has both line-of
battle and stan experience. and he is
stepped in naval tradition. His selec-
tion as chef naval adviser to the dele
cation seems to have been the logical
one.
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The American Jungle.

One of the large financial institus
tions of New York has asked for bids
for q bulletproof armored motor car
for the transport Of securities through
the streets Of that city. The cost will
probably be about $4,000, but this ex-
pense IL regarded as a good invest
ment In safety inasmuch as the ma
chine. it Is expected. will annually
handle about $5o0.oo0.ooo in securities
belonging to the company and It's
clients. The company has occasiop
now and then to move as much as q
million dollars worth at once.
Losses through the carelessness of
messengers or the enterprise Of GRIM
inals often run into the hundreds of
thousands, sometimes millions. Ere
made good by the recovery Of the &C.
curities, but with heavy expense. The
investment of $4,000 in an armored
car and the employment Of armed
port service, Is likely to be profitable.
Yes It IL commentary upon our
civilization that it is necessary to safe
guard the mails and the financial Be-
curities in transit by military meas
ures. We are an advanced. enlight-
ened. progressive people. Still our
cities are no safer than the brigand-
infested frontiers. Indeed. they are
less safe than the jungles Of Africa.
Property Is more secure In the wild
places than in the centers Of popula-
ton.
The spectacle of armored cars and
armed men escorting mails and stocks
and bonds through the streets Of our
American cities does not bring com.
fort to those who take pride in the
high development of American cul.
ture.
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A War for Woman to Make.

The women Of New York have It in
their power to break the profteering
that has followed the strike OF the
meat packing employees. They have
only to put their households on a war
basis again.
During the war the women, patri-
Otically anxious to make sure of a
full supply of food for the soldiers.
cut down their purchases of meat as
well as of white -four and butter.
Now we have another, an economic,
war. The meat is not needed abroad.
If the householders do not buy it, if
restaurant patrons will not order 1T,
then the meat will pile up in the
packing houses Very quickly the law
of supply and demand will adjust the
situation.
Since the war meat has not receded
in price as other foods have. The
dealers have blamed it on the public
demand for the best cuts. or on con-
ditions in the west, or, as now, on
NATURAL economic Developments The
present strike has been made an excuse
for sending meat up from 20 to 40 per
cent.
II the consumers will give the whole
meat industry-packers. wholesalers, re-
tailers and strikers-a lesson in nat
ural economic developments by cut
ting down their orders as suddenly
and tdrastically as the meat men have
put up the prices, then the consumers
will bring the proflteers to their
knees.-New York Herald (republi-
CAM.
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soil" for generations, and the families
Of some Of US 60 back to Indian days
in the Potomac valley. The tall,
rounded hills and the deep, steep
sided valleys worn by waters Of mill
lion years to the basic rock Of the
world are our beauty spots. The val
ley slopes are grown with trees, vines
and shrubs Of great variety. 1t is
natural that we should want te keep
little samples of this nearly virgin
country. The only way to keep 1t is
to make Of 1t that thing which we cali
park" though literally to make Of
it common" a tract which all peo-
pie may use. under certain restrictions
for the good Of all.
Then there Is business view.
Cities are better for having parks.
They should get them before the land
10 improved" 1t Is cheaper and does
not have to be restored" The city 10
bound to grow around 1t. 1t is an in.
vestment. Yet. there are difficulties.
1t Is hard to get park. It Is not easy
to get great number Of men to agree
to the same thing at the same time.
Then when park has been secured
there are persons who cannot see 1t
as simple free parkland, but only as
sites for buildings. A splendid site for
this building. An appropriate site for
that building! Some people have a
mission to set up a building. and
everybody with mission thinks that
mission Is bigger and better than a
park. And so. inspired by a mission.
they plot and fight and "propagand"
to get a slice Of park for some pet
building.
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Politics and Journalism.
his Is from Mexico City:

Alvaro Obregon has become a regu-
lar editorial writer for the four Span
1sh-language morning newspapers
here. and his articles on timely topics
have attracted much attention
throughout the republic.
Probably getting his hand in against
the time when he returns to private
life. With the presidency behind him.
either as the result of the expiration
Of his term Of Office or of another
Mexican upheaval, Senior Obregon
might hope for agreeable employment
and influence and profit as the editor
Of a Mexican newspaper, or as a con-
tributor to one.
The thing works we'll elsewhere
Freed from the cares Of office, Mr.
Roosevelt. after his return from the
African hunt, became a magazine and
Newspaper writer at snug figure, and
partly in that way kept in close touch
with public affairs.
After leaving the White House, Mr..
Taft took notes and printed them. and
thus Joined "the noble army of news
paper scribblers."
1t is needless to say that Mr.. Wilson
could command his own price for con-
tributions to the daily press. and it is
not unlikely that if his health per-
n1itted he would take up his pen in
that way.
And it seems certain that in March,
1925, or in March, 1929. Mr.. Harding
will resume direction Of the news
paper he piloted to success before
entering national politics.
In France NJ. Poincare passed from
the presidency of the republic to a
contributors place on a Partisan news
paper. and the chances are ten to one
that If Mr.. Lloyd George were to meet
with a complete overthrow in British
politics he would become power in
London journalism.
"Everybody's doing it now" It is a
good thing to dc
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Lynching.

The Iynching question cannot prop
erly be characterized as either partisan,
sectional or racial.
It is certainly not a sectional ques-
ton, as the record shows victims Of
lynchers north, south, east and west.
In old states as in new states this
spirit of lawlessness has manifested -
self In its most hideous forms.
1t is certainly not a racial questssn,
as the record shows both white and
colored victims. The fact that the col
ored victims outnlrnber the white is
partly attributable to the helplessness
Of colored men under grave charges.
They have fewer friends and are more
easily reached, and lynchers, as a rule,
after cowardly fashion, follow lines of
least resistance.
That something should be done to
check this evil Is appallingly patent.
Il has grown with q sort Of liberation.
Few lynchers have been punished. and
none adequately. No man has ever
been sent to the gallows or to the
chair for having taken life as a
lyncher. Lynching has become one OF
the safest Of pastimes.
Originally, it grew out Of the most
horrible of all crimes-rape. But it
soon spread to other crimes, and men
have been lynched for murder, for
shooting on the public highway, even
for theft.
There is no excuse for lynching.
Laws for the punishment Of crimes
are on the books. The courts are open,
and their processes run. And yet. for
years. bloody minded men have been
taking the law into their own hands,
and have felt. and been. safe in doing
so.
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Human Nature and Parks.

Consider the park question for a
moment. There is a good deal Of hu.
man nature in a mans wish to save
certain tracts Of land from settlement
and improvement" There is good
deal Of sentiment In 1t. There Is also
enough Of that quality which we call
business vision or practical sense.
There are few men who do not like
land in its natural state, and more
especially when 1t gives a pretty view
or makes q fine landscape. There IL
something in our natures which makes
= US love bit Of wilderness. Probably
1t Is ancestral. We are not far re-
moved from pioneer days. when men
made their home in the wilderness and
struggled with 1t and coaxed 1t to yield
them living. II we are not country
bred our father and mother were, and
II they were not country-bred their
parents were. Tho blood-iines Of us
all run back to the country. We like
to keep q bit Of land in its natural
state. souvenir of the past, as It
were. feOpl0 Want In6lr cnlIQren ana
their grandchildren to be able to see
bit Of their native country as it ap-
peared to the ancestors Of those
grandchildren. It 10 human nature,
and good human nature.
The country in which we live Is the
most beautiful In the world. The
country in which every man lives, or
IN which he was brought up"
whether II is mountain or prairie or
covered with northern frs or southern
palms II the fairest land in the world.
That II natural. We in Washington
believe in the beauty of our country.
Very many Of US were born here.
mary Of US have been rooted in the
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regulations Of all the states. even
those in a short range.
OF course, a rcd light ought to check
any motorist and put hira definitely
on his guard. especially when traveE
ing in strange territory. But a red
light is not enough Of q warning Of q
grade crossing, whatever the rules and
the carefulness Of the road users. Any
state that tolerates grade crossings in
the frequented parts, without gates
and barriers at all hours while waiting
for the elimination Of all such danger
points, is tagging in Its provision for
security.
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Who's Who e:s':'es:: e::1: >'%:
MVI-Baron Alfredo Acton.
[<T 0RN to the sea" Is phrase
that may, with propriety
and accuracy, be used In

L<H oRN to the sea" Is phrase
that may, with propriety
and accuracy, be used In
describing Baron Alfredo
Acton, former chief Of STAFF of the
italian navy and chief naval adviser
to the Italian delegation to the arma-
ment conference:
For two centuries his family, which
Is noble as well as ancient. has been
closely associated with the navy
first of the principality of his native
Naples and, later, with that of united
Italy: The traditions of those eentu-
ries of association must have played
a part In the success achieved by this
sailor. Two hundred years ago, In the
days of towering. numbering, wooden
ships Of the line. fighting was done
yardarm to yardarm. Today 1t Is done
often at q range of many miles, or,
again: the assaiiant may approach. ms
of the water. Technique and equip
ment may change, but the love and
traditions Of the salt sea In some
families seem ineradicable.
Acton Is not an Italian name. but
an English one. In crowded Europe
names are often traneplanted, more
especially Celtic ones. The transplant
tation Of English surnames Is not SO
common. however. The Acton family
gets Its name from an officer of Lord
Nelson's fleet who settled in Naples,
married into a seafaring family and
entered the service OF his adopted
country. The family. nevertheless, Is
thoroughly Latin.
Admiral Acton was born in Naples
in 1867. His father. Baron Ferdinan-
do Acton, was vice admiral also.
and was minister of marine. The son
joined the navy when very young.
and In 1884. at the age of seventeen,
was commissioned as "guardamarina.
a rank corresponding somewhat. al.
ensign. From the beginning his serv-
ice was marked not only by q high
degree Of efficiency. but also by GER
tainS delicate and strict attention to
detail and procedure that approached
the realms of diplomacy. Herein the
background of two centuries OF fami-
ly service undoubtedly played part.
Through the various grades of line
service the young officer rose until. as
q post captain, he commanded the
battleshtp Vittorio Emanuele. in the
Tripolitan war, fought in 1911 and
1912, which ended with annexation Of
Tripoli. In this trouble his ship. al
though 1t saw no fighting, had to back
UP the land forces in what amounted
virtually to q long and arduous block
ade.
During the world war Baron Acton
was q rear admiral. He was in COM
mand Of . division of light cruisers
and distinguished himself during the
naval action of May 15. 1917. in the
Adriatic Sea. on which occasion he
had also under his command a diVis-
Evening star., 1921-12-20
Red Lights at Grade Crossings,

A Connecticut motor1st riding
through New Jersey the other night
saw a red light in the road. Thinking
that 1t denoted, as in Connecticut, q
sharp turn In the highway. he pro-
ceeded. but on reaching the light he
found that it Mgnified a steam railroad
grade crossing. Reaching the rails he
at once checked his machine. which
went dead" and before he could
start It train came and struck 1t,
killing one Il the occupants,
Here Is an illustration Of tho need
Of uniform safety signals and rules in
the states. In Now Jersey a red light
means a grade crossing. or other OBJ
In Connecticut 1t means q
turn. There IL 20 much interstate
touring now that people from one
state are quite confused. It is impos-
sible for the motorist to become famil-
lar with every feature Of the motor
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EDITORIAL DIGEST

une Independent republican,. (which
the Washington conference could lay
for peace" The great accomplish
ment" of the treaty. in the opinion Of
the Kansas City Times independently.
'is to accustom the English speaking
peoples to working together In world
affairs" LAS substitute for the
Anglo-Japanese alliance" the De-
troit Free Press (independent) holds
the pact "a stroke Of mastery states
manahfn"
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SHOOTING STARS.
By pHILANDER JOHNSON.

Tho Reliable Myth.
Long ago our childhood CHEEKY
Suddenly turned dark and dreary
When we learned there wasn't any
Santa Claus.
He is left in the position
OF a simple superstition
Who deserves no further laughter
and applause.
Yet his state Of on-existence
Does not hinder a persistence
Which impresses US as affable,
though queer.
We base our calculations
On his generous inclinations;
For he puts in an appearance every
year.
Now, unto mere mortal debtors
People keep on sending letters
And in vain make the suggestion,
please remit
Friends are merry in life's play day
But when winter brings the gray day
We hnd they're very liable to quit.
There's a subtle necromancy
In the ways Of gentle fancy
That assures Us Santa Claus will
pay Q call.
'Mongst earth's figures influential
That seem moro or less essential.
A myth proves most reliable Of all.
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Dealers are now being watched to
prevent them from soaking that de-
lectable shellflsh, the scallop, in water
to increase its size and enhance Its
The stock market is not
the only place in which values are
Influenced by water.
Evening star., 1921-12-20

It Is limited that President Harding
does not play an extraordinary game
Of golf. 1t is the fortune Of very few
men to be heroes to their caddies.
Evening star., 1921-12-20

The theory that soviets inspired the
bomb explosion in Wall street would
be difficult, If ordinary logical proc
esses were expected from sovietism, to
reconcile with Lenin's desire to bor-
row money from American financiers.
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The world is gradually emerging
from the barbaric frame Of mind which
regards annihilation of all surround
ing tribes as the only reliable way to
peace.
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A conference year may do away
with the old theory that civilization
cannot go on without some kind Of
war every few decades.
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1t Is now delicately intimated that
the best way for the admirers Of ex-
Emperor Charles to show their devo.
ton is to take up a subscription to
buy him a meal ticket.
Evening star., 1921-12-20

Recognizing the admiration Of his
particular public for thrift and indus
try, the ex-kaiser bought himself
sawmill instead Of starting maya
zine.
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If the hopes Of peace are fully
realized nations will wonder why any
body desired to retain any battleships
at all.
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An arrangement by which ships can
carry merchandise to the exclusion Of
munitions will be welcomed by tax.
payers the world over.
Evening star., 1921-12-20

There are a few European states
men who evidently do not care
whether they ever become eligible for
the Nobel peace prize.
Evening star., 1921-12-20

It appears to be no longer necessary
for wealth to safeguard tiaras and
necklaces. Burglars are disdaining
jewelry and specializing on liquor and
automobiles.
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China has apparently suffered from
too many local politicians and not
enough international statesmen.
Evening star., 1921-12-20

With the assistance Of Judge Landis
base ball has attained an Intellectual
as well as an athletic status.
Evening star., 1921-12-20

France has faith in her ability to
manage a flock Of submarines more
discreetly than Germany did.
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It will really be the United King
dom Of Great Britain and Ireland
when the cord that binds them is &C.
cord,-Greenville e. C.) Piedmont.
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Tho intense desire Of some movie
people to photograph the sinking
ships comes from their Wish to sec
something sunk that isn't their
money.-Washington Post.
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They've already invented talking
movies. Now will some ono kindly
invent a device to make phonograph
records aot?-Burlington News.
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Released on probation. q woman
charged with shooting her husband
divorce. A theory u taking form in
the minds Of those who have watched
the case closely, that she is trying to
get rid Of him.-Detroit News.
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Count that day lost whose low de.
scending sun sees no new treaty
thought Of or begun.-Pittsburgh Sun
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Dominant influence.

'Your phonosraph rscoeds do not
indicate Q very high Inusical TASTE"
Don't say It loud enough for the
cook to hear you." cautioned Mr..
Crosslots. "She has been threatening
to leave, and We have been trying to
make homo happy for hsr.::
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Averaging Up.

Averaging Up.
Delays WIN make US slrly
When We perceive At last
That they who don't shop early
Must shop exceeding fast.
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Some O deshsee diplomats" said
Uncle Eben, looks Ike dey was after
de dove Of peace VIZ Q carvin' knife,
ssms a. II It was . turksyy"-,
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Wiping Off the States.

Reports from London that Mr.. Lloyd
George is contemplating canceling
war debts owing to great Britain
from the entente states, on condition
that France take similar action to-
ward the states to whom she is
creditor and shall also consent to a
reduction of the reparations due from
Germany, have q certain plausibility,
in view of past British feelers on the
debt question.
Lloyd George is now at the top of
his European fame. owing to his sue
cess in the Irish negotiations. France
is impressed, even in spite of herself,
and. despite her resentment of British
efforts to secure a reduction of pay
ments and a moratorium for Germany.
may be induced to grant the conces-
sions London advocates at the price
of a cancellation of interallied in
debtedness.
Many will consider that If Britain
takes this course, she will really sac
rif1ce no tangible assets, but simply
wipe from her book a lot of bad
debts-bad. that is, as far as any
prospect Of collection In any calculable
future is concerned-and in return
gain Immensely from the resulting
Improvement of the financial position
Of the continent.-Philadel Bulle-
tin independent republican,.
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We can't understand how that bank
in Germany failed for 100000
marks. Some accident in the press
room, probably-Houston Post.
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Is 1t back to the great forefathers,
or forward to the big four fathers?-
Norfolk Virginian-Pilot.
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Jud Tunkins says a man who re-
fuses to listen to advice is reckless.
and a man who tries. to take all he
listens to is more SO.
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A poor man can't afford q valet, but
he can get Observation-Disclosures Sun.
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Every third farm has an auto. 9th
er two thirds must raise corn.-Omaha
News.
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Speaking Of the mailed dst. write 6
plain fist when mailing.-Augusts
Herald.
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Plafn Diction.

''Your constituents say you don't
use classical English"
THAT'S the way want them to feel
about It," answered Senator Sorghum.
when We get together want them
to realize that the object Of the meet.
ing IL to talk business and not to
organize literary society,""