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The Washington herald., 1922-09-19
The Pot Boiling Over.

Is THE brew of another world war steaming
i the sides of the pot at Smyrna? Quite
frequently during the past four years there has
been occasion for outbreak of general hos
tiles. The nations, fighting mad, lined up
against each other over Poland over Upper Siesia,
the original Greek drive into Asia Minor over
the return of the former Emperor of Austria. Any
one of these events potent with terrible pos
sibilities the murder of the Austrian arch
duke in 1914. But war was averted in each in
stance. The nations have not been quick to
reasons for bloodshed since the deuge of blood
that attended the struggle between the allies and
the central powers. But the Turkish capture Of
Smyrna is more serious than anything that has
gone before 1t is attended by so many nterna-
tional complications that like fuses sputtering
toward dump OF dynamite.
Neither the allies nor Germany desire to fight
the world over again. The sober sentiment
botl sides of the late conflict is against further
war among Christian peop!es-at least until the
treasures be replenished But for several
years, since the armistce, in fact Europe has
suffered from a nightmare of Asiatic invasion-of
great conflict between the armies of Christ and
the armies of Mahomct. 1t has been suspected
that Armageddon after all, may not have been the
defeat of Germany but that the Biblical prophecy
still was to be fulfilled.
The growing unrest of the Moslem races has
been watched with concern. In number of
minor conflicts the followers of the prophet have
demonstrated their strength to the extreme discom-
future of Christian peoples. Spain came out second
best in Morocco. France has had her hands full
in North Africa. Great Britain has found India
unpleasant possession.
As Europe has grown fearful Asia has grown
confident. Her people have to the conclu-
sion they can stand up to their old masters in a
drawn fight. Hence they have taken a more ag-
gressive attitude which has increased the concern
of Europe.
Above all, complicating shadow looms Rus
sia. Her great submerged masses long have been
suspected of being Asatic at heart In what direc-
ton will the deluge from the north come when
the battle starts? 1t is than reasonable to
presume that they will be found with the little dark
tribesmen who follow the crescent of Mahomet to
conquests
The Washington herald., 1922-09-19
Pay Of Firemen .

~HIEF WATSON, of the District of Columbia
fire department, wants more pay and
longer vacation for his men. Both these requests
probably justihed-for of al public servants the
hremen have the most nerve-wrecking lives: Prob
ably they not called upon to do anything so
frequently as the average policeman-but the fire.
must sit down and wait for the call through
long. monotonous days while the policeman has
something to take up his mind continually. 1t is
true that the lot of the FIRE fighter has been i'm.
proved greatly in recent years. Less than a decade
ago he duty twenty-four hours day. He
practically confined to the engine house at al!
times. Now he has more opportunity for outside
recreation, but his job still is con6nng.
We believe that many 6remen will agree with
when say that their lives constitute con-
tinual paradox Their hardest months the
months during which there fires. The ex-
ctement of conilagration breaks up the terrible
monotony in which they must exist for twenty days
OF every thirty For middle-aged maa this
condition is bad 1eugh. For young man-and
young ess$htiai in efficient fire depart
ment-it is unbearabe. ~, .s,
D. c. fremen hayGf}ene excellent work during
the past year TheSH Seahad a continual success
sion OF calls, some tfGlsei3 we presume. furnished
they have just passed through one of the easiest
years they ever have had-easy because they were
kept the -
If there bad fire every day or even
every two days would not be highly in favor OF
Chief Wstson's suggestion. We do not believe that
there would be much difficulty in filling the ranks
OF the fire companies at less salaries than are
paid and the vacation might be eliminated entirely.
1t would be ideal sort OF job for the great num-
Der of men who love excitement as drunkard
loves liquor. But at present there is hardly Sc
rious fire month Belonging to the fire depart
ment just is than belonging to the
army in peace time.
We often have wondered how such excellent
type of men can be obtained for such monoto-
service at such low wages The fireman
should be paid for whse he doesn't do-not for
what he does. There plenty of volunteers who
would be eager to undergo all the danger that falls
to his lot, all the hardship and all the excitement,
without cent Of compensation. But there no
volunteers who would be willing to sit in a FIRE
house all day long waiting almost hopclessly for
alarm to sound
The Washington herald., 1922-09-19
Wants Sidewalk Built Beside
Conduit Road.
To the Editor. TIE w.sainston BenIe:

To the Editor. TIE wsshiuston Berse:
In the development OF the "city Of
magnificent distances" may Il not
be in order to consider the Conduit
road as a part of that larger plant?
We pedestrians think Il should
be. The Conduit road is one OF the
scenic beauties OF the surrounding
territory. II is one OF the logical
walks II is one Of the accessible
walks. II is one Of the easy walks.
II is one OF the heslthful walks. It's
two ends are like the famed eno>
Of the rainbow. And Of itself 70 Is
as beautiful as the rainbow. Along
this rainbow OF promise" our chill
dren, the kind we kill on the streets
Of Washington so frequently, live IN,
ever-increasing numbers.
But the ubiquitous automobile
with the pleasure-bent. brain
stormed. shell-shocked driver with
one hand on the steering apparatus
both feet on the gas, and his dis
engaged" hand on the OF shoulder
OF his "sweetie." and his MIND no
where in particular, has we'll nigh
ruined Conduit road for the pedes-
trisn.
The extra cost for q sidewalk.
path, or whatever We may wish TO
call IL, would be very little indeed.
Scarcely any change in the present
engineering plans would be neces-
sary. The need is as great as that
OF a roadway proper for vehicle.
1t is absolutely necessary for the
safety Of pedestrians.
G. W. AYERS.
The Washington herald., 1922-09-19

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U. s. WILL PAY ssssss.sss
10 the Friend Of the Peopis:
What did the United slater pay Colombia for
snd lie csna '0yeErsS 2ssI
The sum nm to. 70 Be be- paid 70 that country for those
yearly instailments of ss.oooooo.
STATE DIVORCE REaUmEMENTs.
To the Friend of the People:
What residence is REQUIRED in the States Of
enter. proceedings for an absolute diyorce7 H. G.
The residence required in Alabama varies from
e s S to the OF ONE n
yesr,ssrequired in Georgia Two years is required
LOUISIANA CLUE IN NEW ORLEANS.
To the Friend Of the People:
+ Where is the Louisiana" Club lssrsrrn lSSatsd!
nis located at Canal and carondelet streets in
New Orleans, La.
+, PRODUCTION OF ANTHRACITE COAL.
To the Friend Of the People:
IN II. dasns sHas of ISIS | and s0I S
US, In 1919: 5s5sl:sai gross tons were produced
a. LEvIATHANs TONNAGE s4,sz.
To the Friend Of People:
wha, is the sn Os tss LsRia
Fifty-four thousnd two hundred and eighty
| .sYNDICATED BY CHICAGO TRIBUNE.
To the Friend Of the People:
Will you please tell me what writer or per
it syndicated and conducted in the newspapers?
A H
later syndicated by the Chicago Tribune syndi-
cate.
The Washington herald., 1922-09-19
Airplane Lines to London
Delight Paris Merchant
Business in Britain, Luncheon in Clouds and
Back Home for Supper Is a.
Record Made. ~ IL

PARIS, Sept. lS.-A French bust
ness man who recently took his bap-
tism of the air between Paris and
London gives the following account
of the success of his business dash
across the channel and back the
same day:
The French business man may not
seem to be a hustler. but1 give you
the following account of a deal
which / carried out with great salts
faction as far AS my banking ac-
count is concerned and a pleasantly
thrilling experience. in the course OF
travel.
An option had been holding
open and watching closely day oy
day reached a stage over night
which meant that IL could be in
London for an hour or two in busi-
ness hours and back In Paris the
same day before closing would turn
me in a handsome profit and estab-
lish my business prestige.
Il Professionally engaged a seat in
a Handley-Page royal mail air liner,
and on the receipt of a letter at
in the morning ] went to the Grands
boulevards, took petit dejeuner and
at a little after 8 got into a cay al
the Place de la Concorde for LIE
Bourget. After passing the neces-
sary customs formalities the Jour-
ney began from this air port al
l0:40 a. m.
'.At had lunch at the London ali
port with my London business part
ner. exchanged and signed contracts
with him, enjoyed an excellent lunch
in comfort. left again at 3:l0 p. m
and at $50 in the evening l was
seated at my usual cafe on the bou-
levards, taking my aperitif before
dinner and conveying to an await
ing friend that the business had
gone through successfully. Through
the assistance Of the airplane l had
carried out q deal which in other
circumstances would have gone ,bv,
The double journey left me exhila-
The Washington herald., 1922-09-19
Whdt Herald
Readers Think
President Harding's Attitude
Toward Railroad Workers.

To the Editor. The Washinrton Herald;
From the following paragraph
from Warren @. Harding's speech
accepting the Presidential nomina-
J tion one would be led to believe that
he was a friend Of the workers. es-
pecialiy the railway employees, but
In view of the fact that the Rail
road Labor Board. q government
agency. has rendered decision
against reducing the railway work.
ers' wages. effective July 1. Il can
be readily understood that the
words. as quoted below. are some OF
the never-ending stream of state
ments by politicians Of what ought
| to be. but TO which in reality they
are opposed as shown by their at
titude after assuming once:
-1 am thinking Of the railroads
In modern life they are the very
base Of all our activities and inter-
changes For public protection we
have enacted laws providing for q
regulation Of the charge for service.
4 a limitation on the capital invested
and a Limitation on capitals earn
ings. There remains only competi-
tion of service on which TO base our
hopes for an efficiency and eXpan-
sion which meet our modern re-
1 Quirements. The railway workmen.
ought to be the best paid and know,
the best working conditions in the
world. Theirs is an exceptional re-
sponsibility. They are not only es-
4
all productive activities of the peo-
pie. but they are directly respon-'
sible for the safety Of travelling,
millions. The government, which
has assumed so much authority soa
the public good, might well STAMP
railway employment with the sane
tity Of public service and guaran !,
tee to the railway employees thad
Justice which voices the AnericsI,
conception of Righteousness on the|
one hand and assures continuity Of
service on the other"
II the United States Railroad
Labor Board had carried out the
IDEAS as expressed by the present
administration head in the fore
going quotation there would be no
cause for strike OF railroad work
ers and the tie-up Of trains, dete-
rioration OF rolling stock and such
Inconvenience to the public as the
strike has caused would have been
ayerted.
II Is indeed unfortunate for the
public and the railway employees
that six men. drawing q salary of
$4,000 each per annun. appointed
by the President as members of the
United States Railroad Labor Board.
three representing the public ana
three the railroads. should have
taken IL upon themselves 20 vote IN
favor of another reduction in wages
OF railway workers. seemingly
knowing that in SO doing they
would create the situation now *.
listing on the railroads OF the couu-
try. BIC. w.
The Washington herald., 1922-09-19
Literature and Filth.

A NEW YORK magistrate wisely dismissed a
"a complaint against alleged obscene books
filed by the vice society the other day. He upheld
the right OF the authors to publish and circulate
them because they were literature, dealing with
phases of current thought" This judge proved
himself OF good deal OF common sense by
such decision. Censorship of literature is OF
the most dangerous practices in which generation
indulge.
We agree that many people disguised and
shocked by of the books issued from
the stalls OF Americas foremost publishers in which
everyday life is pictured without bit of effort to
shade some OF the more revolving details But
certain facts must be taken into consideration be-
fore talks Of censorship. First and foremost is
the fact that American literature has entered upon
period of uncompromising realism. 1t expresses
the spirit of the day-just arthcalism expressed
the spirit of the Queen Anne period or romant-
cism, the spirit OF the Georgian period. The great
est o. contemporary writers would be helpless if
forced to produce works in the style OF Pope or
in the style of Sir Walter Scott We are not
among those who believe that the life OF this real
istic school will be short 1t will remain with US
for the next quarter OF century at least. Its
watchword is Force rather than Beauty, Truth
rather than Art. Some great works of fiction al
ready have resulted from the methods Of this
school and. unless mistake greatly still greater
books will be forthcoming
The American people have lost for time at
least their capacity for dferentating between the
beautiful in nature and the OF the universe
provided that there is difference. Whether this
loss is for good evil we cannot say. But the
poets and the novests in the same class with
their brother and sister Americans. They see
beauty in everything that cxists-but particular
beauty IN any selected corner OF existence. Ltera-
cannot be produced according a set of laws
and all the Judges in the United States could
change the Of presentday literature. The best
.Fsy ,sf'a 7. would be to constitute themselves a
. r-3sarc- ne OF genius now laboring in the
litesa-y s-'d-
Up - ':e present America has had a
nation. ~ -sturc The best her writers have pro-
dIced "a cen but feeble echo of the master
pieces o: Great Britain. France and Germany. Both
Poe and Whitman might have produced something
distinctly American if they had labored in such
hostile atmosphere. AS it is they stand head
and shoulders above any of their countrymen-over
the wishy -washy Longfel,ow, the spneless Holmes,
the prosy Bryant, and all the rest of America s
false idols of literature
Now have a real American school started
a school with wonderful possibilities Let any
rules OF Victorian prudery the genius of such men
Dos Passos, Sinclair Lewis Scott Fitzgerald
and the
The Washington herald., 1922-09-19
Touring Europe,
Day BY Day
BIZ o. o. Mcintyre.

PARIS. Sept. 1.-THE wicked
night life Of Paris naunts its bal
lyhoo along the Boulevard des Ca
pucines. Every few steps the leer-
ing face of guide edges out of
the shadows to inquire of the tour
list: "A, guide. Msieu? See. the
Mystery Dance. the Den Of the
Apache! Yer wicked"
The guides are used to rebuffs.
They are evidently detested by the
worldly cosmopolite. When one ap-
preached an Englishman, he turned
with, "A guide for what? why.
you poor bounder. I've seen more
than you will ever see" The guide
merely. shrugged and turned away.
Peddling wickedness ! in Paris
has its hardships. ! was an easy
catch. Having dined well ! sought
little adventure and so bargained
to see the. Mystery Dance" 1t
was under a cinema In the neigh
borhood and the man in the seat
adjoining said he came from Red
Wing. Minn.
The dance was merely a vulgar
anatomical display which one sees
on any circus lot. 1t is "the feed
err. At its finish the announcer
tells in whispers OF broken Eng
lish of the den of the Apache
which opens at midnight in the
, Montmarte.
This proved similar to the New
York Chinatown opium dens for
those who ride the rubber-neck
| wagons. The den was in cellar.
| 1t was a staged affair with hired
| men and women dancing Apache
dances. The peace de resistance
| was the appearance of the queen
OF the Paris underworld. -.
She entered with a lowering OF
| Tights and appeared a tribe bored
by it all. 1t was late and no doubt
she would have lot OF breakfast
dishes to do when she got back to
her job in someone's kitchen in
the morning.
For those who wished to remain
| at 80 francs "a head 1t was announ ced
that o'clock the daYn soiree''
would be presented at a place on
| the banks OF the Seine. This was
! to be the last word in wick edne g.
| didn't stay. but the man from Red
! Wing did. He said as long as he
had lived In Red Wing be had never
| seen such wickedness And that. I
( think. aptly describes the wicked
| night life of Paris for the tourist
Every Tuesday on the Place de IA
Madeleine the pubic flower market
is held. Beautiful punches of fiow-
ers are sold for so centimes-about
nickel. The love Of the Partisan
for flowers is displayed. The poor
come from all sections to wait for
the close Of tn" ''arket. when TIE
flowers that are left are given away.
One often sees street-sweepers with
Bowers in their coat lapels. Chill
dren carry them tenderly until they
are entirely wilted.
The Washington herald., 1922-09-19


earnest worker in the Socialist
ranks before her husband was
called to head the government, con.
tinues to. urge greater public I'm
terest in public affairs and is ap-
peaiing now to the women Of the
workers to show more interest.
''While there are sixteen women
in the Reiohstag and women are
numbered among those prominent
in labor movements the wives and
daughters Of the average citizens
do not play the. role in public that
American women play" abe said
recently. - +'
Mrs. Ebert has not neglected her
home life. however. The President
and his wife have two sons" Ono
is a reporter on the ociaiist paper
Vorwaerts and the other is a stu
dent Of technology. Their daugh-
ter is a librarian in the Berlin Pub
lie Library. -. - . -
She has changed the. imperial
palace. cold and. forbiddingz while
wllheIm's family used It, to, a COM
Portable home. She apo" her hus-
band 1--we as simply as they were
accustomed to when he was work
ing at his trade as harness maker
while, the Socialists were building
up. their present strength. y:
The Washington herald., 1922-09-19
Gas for Bugs.

d RIG GEN. AMOS A. FRIES proposes that
ID poison gas be used to stop the advance of
the most destructive foreign invader that ever has
stepped upon the soil of the United States-the
dreaded and omnipotent boil weevil For the past
forty years, more less, he has wrought havoc
with the cotton crop OF the South and no effective
weapon with which to fight him has been discov-
cred. The damage he has caused has been almost
incalculsble. Hundreds of prosperous farmers have
been reduced to desperate straits because of his
activities. And he has grown more and more pow
erful from year to year, increasing the area of
his operations. This insect is supposed to have
invaded the United States by way of the Mexican
border and has extended his lines northward into
some sections of Missouri and eastward to the
Atlantic Ocean.
1t seems fitting enough that the most dreaded
instruments OF war be used in forwarding the pur-
suits Of peace. Poison gas already has been proved
one of the most effective Weapons sgSinst insect
pests-and every other means of discriminating the
boil weevil has been a tragic failure Fields have
been sprayed with the most deadly of poisons and
the little insects have grown fat upon them. He
has rejected the bait of poisoned molasses. Elec-
trio currents shot through large areas of cotton
have had no effect upon him. In Short the insect
who presents hideous appearance indeed under the
microscope has been almost immune to the defen-
sye machinery Of the cotton farmer
The boil wcevil is long shouted 1ong-leseed
insect measuring about a quarter of an inch, and
gray in color. 1t marches in myriads of armies
its powers of propagation internal 1t burrows
INTO and feeds upon buds and bolls of cotton Up
% 1921 it had invaded 100000 square miles of
territory. DIR. L. o. Howard, chief of the Bureau
OF Entomology of the Department of Agriculture
sets the extent OF its damage in five years at about
r<,ooo,oooooo.
Gen. Fries certainly will be welcome in the cot
ton country with his gas tanks. The sooner he
The Washington herald., 1922-09-19

rated and fresh as il had gone 80
further than for a stroll in the Bois.
Never again for me the fatigue of
rail-. boat and train. the loss of a
business day each way or two nights
OF discomfort and the attendant
trials and troubles of the trip be-
tween the two capitals
"A word or two as to my feelings
may not be uninterestiug., This was
my FIRST fight Like many others.
l looked upon nying as a fezrsone
experiment. requiring some daring.
But every minute was positive en-
joyment. with no unpleasant sensa-
tion. either on rising. in passage IN
the air or landing. A little tsxi-Ias
over the starting field. a turn to
catch the wind. and before the FIRST
feeling OF curiosity had passed We
were in the air. Mounting Comfort
ably and steadily. within a few
minutes the dials inside the machine
showed we had reached an altitude
of 1.1o0 feet and had an air speed
of some sixty-nve miles an hour.
These dials are fascinating to
watch. as also are the ones on the
side of the twin Rolls Royce $50
noisy. but the noise of the engine
gave me a feeling of comfort-It
seemed to me that with his me-
chanical mind man had solved the
problem of making this element Of
the air. as he has thS earth and the
sea. serve him in the needs OF travel
for business or pleasure and had
worked II all out with indicators
showing speeds. heights. etc The
next time look ed at the dials saw
we were now racing toward London
at little over eighty mile an hour:
that we were 5000 feet up and that
the propeliers were racing round at
$4,000 revolutions per minute.
The sea has a peculiar look, some
thing like pigskin. with creases and
crinkles. but this part of the travel
ing is dead smooth. Landing. which
II had some quaims about. was en-
tirely robbed of all unpleasantness
Circiing twice and veerins at an an
gle. we rapidly came down to earth.
and after but one bump on first kiss
ing mother earth again we TAXED a
few hundred yards and came on the
stand ,.-