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Evening star., 1922-05-03
Another Crisis at Genoa.

Genoa reaches another crisis. A
declaration by the allied powers.
which takes the form Of an. ultimatum
to Russia. has been handed to the
soviet representatives. but lacking the
assent of France and Belgium. The
detection of these two powers virtual
ly at the last moment seriously breaks
the unity of the allies. France re-
fused to sign out of sympathy with
the Belgian demand for clause re-
quiring the restoration Of private
property by the soviet. Finally the
British premier secured adoption Of
the agreement with a reservation Of
this character. The Belgians. how
ever, still held aloof.
1t may be expected that both France
and Belgium will ultimately unite
with the allied demands. The French
delegation is in a difficult situation.
The premier insists upon leaving the
last word in the matter to the min
istry. There is strong sentiment at
Paris in favor of the support Of the
Belgian requirement.
Anything less than a united ultima
tum would fail of the desired effect at
Moscow. 1t would give the soviet a
chance to dicker for further negotia-
tons and terms. Realizing this, Lloyd
George is exerting every effort to Sc
cure unity even after the formal pre-
sentation OF the note.
Meanwhile one Of the London corre-
spondents at Genoa declares that the
British premier has informed the
French delegates that England, in jus
tice to her own working classes, will
be compelled to sign q separate agree
ment with soviet Russia If the Genoa
conference fails. This, il true, is but
a frank statement Of the threat that
has been in the air from the begin
ming of the meeting.
1t is plain that there Is decided
rift in the relations between France
and England. Lloyd George is playing
politics with all his skill, to keep the
breach from widening, and at the
same time to keep it from completely
closing. This condition Of antagonism
Is one Of his best cards. But, Of course,
he wants the situation resolved to ef-
feet q settlement Of the Russian af-
fair. In France, at the same time. the
Genoa discussion is affected by politi-
cal considerations also. All of which
goes further to demonstrate the wis
dom of this government in keeping
away from Genoa.
Evening star., 1922-05-03
yY Y YASHINGTONs robin popu-
\Nj lation shows a heavy in
" crease this spring. The

w 7 YASHINGToNs robin popu-
Ni latioi shows a heavy in
" crease this spring. The
attractiveness of the capt.
tai and the bird-protection laws are
the reasons. Word has been winged
or wirelessed through the robin world
that Washington Is a pleasant place
to pass the spring. summer and the
fall, that the people are hospitable
and kindly disposed toward well-be-
haved birds; that it is music-loving
population and appreeiative of good
singing; that Washington cats are no
more ferocious, no quicker on the
jump and not SO underfed as cats
in many other cities, and that there
has been great exaggeration In the
newspapers about a scarcity of ac-
commodations.
;, 1t has been said that the first robin
of spring. sometimes called "har
binger robin" soon after settling here
early in March broadcasted the fol-
lowing message through the ether
(wave length $50 meters): Come on.
Rents are not high-for robins.
Plenty of bowers to be had for nests
and no restrictions on children-I
mean on robinettes. The board Is OK.
and the angleworms fat. Juicy and
careless. The weather prophet Of The
a good season for bugs, and Wash
ingtonians are going in for cherries,
grapes and other fruits to drink"
~
1t has been a long time since so
many robins have hoped, strutted
and trotted on the lawns Of WASH
inston, and they are finding living
easy. There is plenty for thems to
eat. and they make a banquet from
gray dawn till silver twilight.
All birds are hearty eaters, but for
promiscuous appetite the robin rules
the roost, or takes the cake-and the
bugs. worms, caterpillars and the
fruits. The Department of Agricul-
ture once made up list of things
on the robins bill-of-fare. but the
list IL too long for newspaper. Be-
ginning with pimpla marginata Of
the hymneoptera and running through
cicindela hirticollis of the coleoptera
and pontia protodice Of the lepidop-
terra to melampus bidentata of the
mullusca-but no matter.
Perhaps you would not care to read
the whole list. The Agricultural De-
partment prints the robins bill of
fare In a foreign language and 1t is
safe bet that not all the robins can
read it. The average sort of robin.
even those that hop on Boston Com
mon Or the classic groves of George
town College. on the green lawns of
Brookland or the neighborhood of
George Washington University, might
not recognize a chinch bug under the
name of blissus leucopterus. To the
plain, practical, matter -of-fact and
common-sense robin a bug is bug.
SO we will let it go at that
There may be some worms, bugs
OF flies. fruits or seeds that the robin
will not eat, but they are not known
Evening star., 1922-05-03
Time and the Tariff.

The latest calculation In tariff cir.
cles is that the bill now Before the
Senate will be ready for the Presi-
dents signature early in August-not
sooner. Allowance is made for con-
siderable more debate, and then for a
warm tussle in conference. A great
many wrinkles will have to be ironed
out before the final vote is called.
This calculation gives to the new
law three months--August, September
and October-in which to prove itself
before election day.
Is the time sufficient? Probably
not. There is no reason to expect an
immediate and radical change of busi-
ness conditions as the result Of the
new law. Present conditions are the
product Of nearly eight years Of world
disturbance: and normal again is not
to be expected while we wait. We
shall have to work back to it by de-
grees, trusting a little to luck while
we work.
The appeal, then, in behalf of>the
new law will be like this on election
day: Here is measure prepared
with difficulty for an emergency, and
which given a little time and elbow
room will justify itself. 1t is not Of
fered as a. miracle worker. Give it a
trial. Do not condemn it with your
votes on the strength Of what was
said against it in the debate on Capitol
Hill, or on the stump in the campaign
that has just closed. We are headed,
though slowly, for normal, and this re-
vision Of the tariff il allowed opportu-
nifty will help US along
Evening star., 1922-05-03
for capital crime.

arraigned for capital crime.
( Pistol carrying, however, will prob
ably prevail as long as 1t is possible
to obtain such weapons as easily as is
now possible In this District. There Is
practically no restriction. The only
requirement ia that the person give a
name and address-any name and any
address, with no verifcation. The rec
ords kept by dealers. and supposedly
inspected by the police, are vaiueless
In prevention of crime, and as a mat
ter Of fact in Identification Of crin-
inals.
Only through a drastic pistol regu-
lation law can this traffic be checked.
ted that proves the ease with which a
pistol and ammunition can be OBJ
tained here. A crazy person, a drunk.
en- person. person in sudden rage
can get arms without the least diff
Guilty.
Pistol carrying is the hardest Of
crimes to detect. Usually the pistol
carrier is caught only when arrested
for some other offense. There is no
protection at all in the prohibition
against concealed weapons, especially
when the penalties are as light as they
have been heretofore. Perhaps Judge
Mattingly's announcement of an in
tention to apply the law to the limit
may help some, but the real cure for
this evil lies in law which prohibits
the sale Of deadly weapons without the
presentation of permits to buy grant.
ed by designated public authority.
Evening star., 1922-05-03
Robins Flock to the Capital,
Like Other Loyal Americans

to those men of science who have
watched the robin at breakfast,
luncheon, tea. dinner and supper and
have gone through his stomach with
a microscope.
X 4
The robin. who is addressed Official
ly as Planesticus Migratorius. is ex-
ceedingly fond of angleworms, snout
beetles, all kinds of beetles, white
grubs. firefaies. snails and sowbugs.
He eats honeybees-the wild kind and
those that are not SO wild unless dis
turhed-wasps. ants, spiders, thou,
sand-legs," locusts. caterpillars. army
worms, cabbage worms. apple tree
worms and all the other things that
burrow, creep or fly. If the Robin
had the size of buzzard he would
ting dragons. If he had the sea-
going qualities of a duck he prob
ably would go in for shark and devil
Ash.
In the matter of domestic fruits
and wild fruits-which he prefers,
NJ. Planesticus and madame are
gluttonous. Even the little Planesti-
cusses are piggish. OF wild fruits
the robins dietary contains about
sixty-f1ve species and he eats all
kinds of seeds. but he prefers fruit:
OF grain he eats rice, corn, oats and
wheat. but he considers 1t dry eat
ing. Apparently the robin is not sat
isfied for any length of time without
fruit or berries. Sparrows. black
birds and many other species thrive
on dry seeds. but with the robin, IL
berries are not at hand, he will move
on to find them.
Sparrows remain in the north in
severe weather. If they can get
plenty of seeds to eat, but If the
robin stays north in winter he hunts
swamp where cedar, smilax and
wild berries. on which the robin will
make a full meal many times day.
are the saw palmetto. juniper. cedar,
greenbrier, saw brier, cat brier, bay
berries, hackbArries, mistletoe ber-
ries. pokeberries. barberries, spice
berries, ,sassafras berries. mountain
ash berries, service berries, choke
berries, china berries. poison ivy ber-
ries, holly berries, honeysuckle ber-
ries-but why write and read the
All the wild fruits that grow are
meat to the robin, but he revels In
and ravens on the hawthorn, wild
Strawberries, wild cherries, buckle
berrieA wild grapes, cranberries. per-
simmons. olives and elderberries. and
he will help himself to your cher
ries. raspberries, Strawberries. cur
rants igs and any other fruit that
may be growing on the farm, but
generally he will not each much Of
it II there is plenty of wild fruit
in the neighborhood.
His friends say that he will eat
enough worms, bugs, flies and other
enemies of man to pay in full for
any fruit he steals. The leading
ornithologists recommend him high
ly as a useful and handy fellow to
have about the place.
Evening star., 1922-05-03
EDITORIAL DIGEST

barter Of the kind Senator Borah de-
nounces, purif1catio of our politics
and the return OF craftsmanship
would be nearer. Such bartering Is
common and notorious in American
politics, and the selfish voter usually
is as blameworthy as the selfish poll
ttcian.' And the st. Louis Post-Dis-
patch independently believes that "the
wrong of the situation Is by no means
confined to the bonus seekers. nor are
all bonus seekers unjustified In their
wishes. Congress. rather than under
taking to make the bonus bill a
strictly relief measure for the dis
abled, needy and unemployed, has ac-
cepted the. issue. to use Senator
Borah's terms. as merely barter for
votes. The government owes an op-
portunity to every able-bodied soldier
to- make living of his own. A bill
OF largesse for the able-bodied and
employed or independent observes
everything the courageous and defiant
senator from Idaho has said or can
say of it." Paying tribute to Borah's
sincerity in his letter, the Decatur
Ull) Review independently says that
"it develops that he is justified in
having slight regard for the one who
buys off1ce," and it points out that
"one can be sure it will be only a
little while when the burden grows
too heavy for the amalgamated tax
payers; then the jump!ng-of place."
Evening star., 1922-05-03
Immigration.

The immigration question has been
disposed Of for the present by extend
ing the time for the operation Of the
per cent limitation clause Of the
law. But only for the present. The
question IL Of 20 much consequence
now, considered in the light Of war
revelations and what they advise as
to our future course in immigration
matters, that a new law. going to the
root Of all the difficulties we have
been experiencing of recent years, has
become imperative. But It should Be
drafted with care. and this 10 made
Evening star., 1922-05-03
Village Planning.

At the next resort and tourist meet.
ing the name Of the village Of Mon
tague should be inscribed as the Abou
Ben Adhem on the good book. Along
the lake Is an excellent park space
prove. But the innovation il the way
this village has gone about it.
A legal holiday was declared, and
almost every man In town hustled
down to the park with shovels and
rakes, drays and trucks, filling in low
for a big tree planting at other SINH
lar holidays in the near future. And
all the ladies served their sons and
squires and sweethearts with hot cof-
fee and sandwiches to keep them on
the JOB and unfatigued. It was an
scheduled until the park becomes
something tourists will talk about all
the way up and all the way back. I
If every town which could be a
street and scatter Of sheds would go
In for the spirit of Montague and for
good, healthy spell Of tree planting
and general cleaning up. Sinclair
Lewis would be In line for fine ses-
sion OF back talk.-Grand Rapids
The travelling salesman is a drummer,
the office man Is humdrummer.
Syracuse: Heral6
We are an ungrateful people. and one
will look in vain for q statue of the
man WHO invented lemon pie = Balti-
more Sun.
Women with fine complexions usually
act as If they deserved all the credit
themselves. And IL you can believe the
critics. good many Of 'em do
Tacoma Ledger. liz
The Genoa and other peace confer.
ences have. demonstrated the need Of
one phrase in universal language:
You're nothar."-WorcesterT Telegram.
Baltimore has, been holding pam
American women's meeting, although
one would think that American women
had hAd enough panning Proyid dence
Tribune.
Evening star., 1922-05-03

The District Of Columbia taxpayer
does not have to pay half the cost Of
paving if he lives on a country road.
This court decision affords glimmer
of consolation to the District Of Co
lumbia taxpayer, which Is slightly
dimmed, however, by the fact that the
most of the property calling for pave
ment expenses does not abut on a
country road.
Evening star., 1922-05-03
SHOOTING STARS.
BY pHILANDER JOHNSON.

Jingle From Genoa.
Once more the dove of peace so mild
Has tried to coo.
As doves should do
Instead Of being rough and wild.
Once more that dove is tempest.tossed.
1t claws the air
And tries to swear
And says, I'm being double-crossed." !"
Evening star., 1922-05-03

The Civil Service Reform League is
protesting that politics is the deciding
influence in the appointment Of post
masters. Mr.. Work will have to do
the worrying. Mr.. Hays has gone to
the movies.
Evening star., 1922-05-03

Russia has never yet explained to
the satisfaction Of the ordinary intel
ligence how she could afford anything
so gorgeously extravagant as ballet
Russo.
Evening star., 1922-05-03

Chicago's grand opera fund Of
$5e0,0O0 is complete. A half-million
dollars worth Of music is a great deal
to expect in one season. -
Evening star., 1922-05-03

No bonus suggestion has yet been
offered which does not leave the finan-
cial details to be attended to by the
taxpayer.
Evening star., 1922-05-03

It is not Japan's present intention
to interfere in China. The situation is
one which indicates lack Of Chinese
coordination which should be entirely
to japanese liking.
Evening star., 1922-05-03

The tendency to mako White House
picketing a conspicuous form of out
door sport in Washington has not en-
tirely subsided.
Evening star., 1922-05-03

Present hostilities lead to q general
desire among foreigners for China to
close the door.
Evening star., 1922-05-03

Rumor credits C. w. Morse with al
ways having plenty Of spending
money, whether in or out of prison.
Evening star., 1922-05-03

On being released a political prisoner
should be requested not to start any
more magazines.
Evening star., 1922-05-03
No Respite.s .

No Respite.s
Where are you going to spend your
summer vacation?"
There's no such thing as a vaca-
tion," replied Senator Sorghum. "for a
man who has to write letters all day
and stay awake nights campaigning" :"
.Jud Tunkins says what encourage
untruthfulness il that the only way
to interest most people is to tell 'em
something hard to believe.
Prelude to . Smash-Up.
She should have known better!
We saw, with shiver,
She was reading letter
While driving her fivver.
Evening star., 1922-05-03
Prelude tn n Smash Up.
A Point in Doubt.

"Leonidas," said Mrs. Meekton, II
must give you credit for one thing. In
all our married life you have never
spoken an unkind word-to me-"
"No, Henrietta"
"And what I'm wondering is whether
to give you credit for q lovely disposi-
ton or mere lack Of courage"
Evening star., 1922-05-03

IF marchin' in parades was a test
Of sentiment said Uncle Eben. "de
snare drummer would be de mos pa.
trietic man on earth
Evening star., 1922-05-03

Baltimore has, been holding pam
American women's meeting, although
one would think that American women
had had enough panning--Proyidence
Tribune
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1922-12-14

men, are pinning their hopes on some
OF you A. e. F. veterans back home
You may not have popped the ques-
ton; you may only have held Mar
guerite's hand for a minute or two
and kissed her goodbye as you march.
ed away to America and home, but
she, somehow, thinks that kiss was
a promise OF marriage. What you
think about it may be a different
matter. I know one veteran (not
myself, honor bright, who returned
to France, and no less than three diff
ferent girls thought he had come to
marry them. His real purpose was
to marry a fourth. Of course, he
was a thirty-second degree philander-
er. Many French girls, however,
have bowed gracefully to the newt
able and are reconciIed to their un-
married fate.
And our juvenile sweethearts-6,
8 and 10 years old-still remain, but
they have forgotten the English they
once knew, and they beg no more for
"chin-chin gum" and pennies.
But if you doubt that there was
one an A. e. F., go to the photo
graph galleries, all We unbelievers,
and behold the shavetail set forth in
all his glories. He still mounts
guard in half a dozen photographers
shops in the Rue Sainte Catherine,
Bordeaux, and elsewhere. Nine.
Raymonde still holds out in the
photograph shop above the old
Knights of Columbus headquarters
in Bordeaux.
The A. e. F. may be dead and gone
but its bully beef goes marching on.
And the famous goldfish takes his
daily swim down the alimentary
canal Of the French people. Both
were part of "le stock Americain,"
taken over by the French government
and then sold to the natives. And
they want to serve the returned vet
with bully beef and salmon be-
cause they believe he likes it.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1922-12-14
GAS FROM OHl0-BERG WELL
WILL SUPPLY SHELBY SOON

we'll developed about 100000 feet
a day.
Shaughnessy did not want gas
he was after oil-so he turned the
field over to Coste, who went to
London, where he obtained sufficient
financial backing to put in a pipe
line from the wells to Lethbridge
and Calgary for the supplying OF
those cities and about 10 informed
late towns. About 100000 was
expended in this undertaking and gas
was delivered in Calgary at 35 cents
a 1000 feet for domestic use. Mr..
| Coste has developed four or five mag
~nificent gas fields.
Right south of Billings and almost
| directly opposite the Bow Island field
is the Byron gas field of Wyoming,
about 25 miles south of the Montana
line. This is a more prolific field
even than the Bow Island, one of its
wells at flush production giving up
100000 feet Of gas per day. No
use is being made of this immense
reservoir of gas other than that one
we'll vas purchased for the Lowell
suger beet people for the providing
of fuel for their refinery.
Billings is now being supplied with
gas from the Elk Basin field, which
is about 40 miles north of the Byron
field on the Montana side of the line.
In the extreme eastern part of the
state the towns of Glendive and
Baker are being supplied with nat
ural gas from the same anticline,
while the city of Havre has been
using natural gas for a number of
years and gas is being used on a
small scale In various parts of the
state, having been found in shallow
wells sunk for other purposes. One
instance of the latter is that Of a
farmer near Kremlin, just west of
Havre, who was drilling for water
and found ample gas to heat his resi-
dence and farm buildings. He even
piped 1t into his hen house and learn
ed that by thus heating the coop he
obtained more eggs in the winter
than In the warmer weather.
However, all this country lies be-
tween the Byron and the Bow Island
fields, two of the biggest gas fields
in the United States and Canada,
which makes it reasonable to expect
that similar fields may be developed
in this section of the state. 1t is very
possible that there is some connec-
ton between the Ohio-Berg No. 1
we'll, near Shelby, and the immense
pool of gas which Engineer Coste
said existed between Great Falls and
the Canadian line.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1922-12-14
MEMORIES OF A.E.F
THRONC PARIS
This is how France looks in 1922.
Jour years after the armistice:

This is how France looks in 1922
four years after the armistice:
No X. P. duty.
No leggings to roll.
No M. P.s to avoid.
No officers to salute.
No heavy pack to carry.
No Inspections to stand.
No censorship of letters.
No Officers only" signs.
No reduced rates on railroads.
No souvenirs de France" to u
chase.
No provost marshaFs regulations
to curse.
No pay day (unless you happen to
have a civilian job).
No reveille to disturb your morn
ing slumbers.
No Soldiers mail" as a substitute
for postage stamps.
No mess line three times per day.
(You pay for your own now.)
No need to go A. w. O. L., for
nothing is out of bounds, and you
are as free as a general on leave.
No stolen railroad rides. They
collect the tickets now and mo COM
pree" doesn't work any longer.
No free distribution of tobacco.
(You either smoke French cigarettes,
do without, or pay exorbitant prices.)
Paris has lost some of its lure, for
it is no longer out of bounds. AL
though 1t is just as thrilling, care
killing as ever, you don't get exactly
the same kick out of being in Paris.
You're not putting anything over on
any mans army, as In 1918-1919.
You feel as Eve must have felt had
she been told to eat all the apples
she wanted. Nothing is forbidden in
Paris today.
Gabrielle still serves wine in the
Cafe de la Republique, but she has
forgotten all the doughboy English
she aver knew, and you must con-
verse in French. And Suzanne's
home is no longer an estaminet, for
there are no more soldats Americans
in her village.
Occasionally, you meet an Ameri-
can officer in Paris, attached to the
embassy, or the graves registration
service, or on leave from Coblenz.
But you're not in the army now, and
you let the shavetail or colonel pass
by-unnoticed, unhonored and I'M
saluted.
AS for the French girls, they are
just as winsome, alluring and tempt
ing as ever. Jeanne and Yvonne and
Elodie have married French soldiers,
while the rest, who are still unwed
because of the lamentable famine of
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1922-12-14

falling health. Another sister, Mrs.
Holiday Landram, died about a
month ago. Mrs. Virginia Bass was
a native of Virginia. She married
W. E. Bass in 1852 and two years
later crossed the plains from Missouri
to Montana, locating that year in the
Bitter Root valley.
The Bass family was one OF the
best known among the pioneers of
western Montana and the old ranch,
the Pine Grove Fruit farm, as it was
known for years, was n OF the
earliest commercial orchard proper
ties in the valley, being established in
the late COS. The family lived on
the ranch until about IL or 13 years
ago when the ranch was disposed OF
and the home established in Stevens
Vile.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1922-12-14
Pioneer Woman Dead

Mrs. Virginia Bass, 81 years of
age, a pioneer resident of the Bitter
Root valley, died at her home at Ste
vensville after an Illness of more than
a year. Mrs. Bass was the third of
three sisters, all pioneers, who died
at the valley home within the past
IL months.
Mrs. Eta Bass died in November,
1921, after a brief illness and since
then Mrs. Virginia Bass had been in