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pie peasants, or the most innocent
in the quiet homes OF social men.
The murderers who do sincerely
repent are those who have been
drawn into crime through impul-
sive violence or an unfortunate fit
Of passion.
The object Of committing muir.
derers to the gallows is to restrain
others by the terror such a death
inspires. But II severity Of punish.
ment had any restraining effect we
might as well return. to medieval
practices and add torture to death.
The torture Of criminals had no re.
straining effect in the Middle Ages,
and public sentiment today would
revolt against It.
THE HUMANE WAY.
But the same process Of reason.
ing and sentiment which has led to
the abolition Of torture should, II
legftimately pursued. lead to the
abandonment Of death by hanging.
II capital punishment be not abol.
ished, tho least that q humane
spirit should demand Is that the
method Of killing should be devoid
Of barbarity. The brutal murderer
must be suppressed. but We could
accomplish this painlessiy in a
lethal chamber, or by 30 arranging
matters that the convict should
unconsciously pass away In his
sleep.
So long a. chloroform. opium.
hyoscine hydrobromide and carbon
monoxids are procurable, just %
long will the gallows-and, for that
matter. the guillotine and the cleo.
trio chair-be indefensible.
Once we adopt this measure Of a
gentle death without suffering for
relieving society Of dangerous indi-
viduals. we may extend the process
to pitiable idiots. who have not a
ray Of intelligence. and grow up
moro brute-like than beasts. with
out a word. without an idea. with
out q feeling.
The measure might be extended
also, with proper safeguards. TO
incurable lunatics and such other
hopelessly diseased beings for
whom life has neither worth nor
pleasure. Many Of them would
gladly take the cup Of poisoa. n
one wers $1,000 ~ their 80
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BY SIR j. FERGUSON---
(Joint General Manager of LoyRs Bank
Industry Alone Can Revive Sick Coins of Austrian
Crown Gnberan Printing Of Marks Panomme and Horse and
Cart Are Required Carry Enough Rubles to Obtain Ordinary N
stiles 0f Life I'm Russia Nsl-l.t~-a9
stiles of Life in Russia.

starce. But this state Of affairs
IL - utterly allen to all concepts
of m itual commercial welfars that
It cannot continue Indefinitely.
One great question of the day.
as portentous in its ultimate re-
suits AZ those OF the Washington
conference, 10:
when will these chaotic curren-
cies regain their equilibrium"
HARD TO PREDICT. .
He would be a bold man who
would speak with assurance on
tho trend Of financial or even indus
trial events for so comparatively
short q period as the next three
years. But this much IL certain:
The remedy IL not in the lap Of
the gods but in the hands Of the
people, No amount Of scheming or
written agreements will ever re-
store foreign currencfes TO a sound
basis. Only industry. hard work Of
an unremitting nature, can effect
that.
Labor holds the keys Of the con.
tinental safes. Without European
trade our cost of living cannot re-
turn to its pre-war level. So close II
the alliance Of labor and finance
that. although labor scarcely re-
Allies It, without the one the other
must perish.
speak Of finance" OF course.
as quite distinct from the labor
conception Of capital"
Thus It becomes more obvious
every day that the foreign ex-
changes will only attain stability
when full commercial relationships
are restored. not only with tho
United Kingdom but with the other
great manufacturing countries Of
the world. Prosperous trade alone
win restore the currencies: for ma
tional wealth is nothing more than
commercial prosperity. With all
the gold in the world we should be
bankrupt without trade.
The fear has been expressed that
Germany will attempt to rid herself
of the incubus Of paper money
which her presses have piled up by
writing off SO many hundreds Of
millions as dead" That, I think,
would be a crime and a blunder of
the gravest nature. Such an act
would be a pirate bankruptcy, q
failure" which would rock the
foundations Of International finance.
Germany may be playing havoc
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-01
By VISCOUNT BRYCE
Modern Den0craes,
KnoWn Of British Governmental Authorities)
That Japan Should Accept the Proposals Made at Washington Only
What Would Be Expected BY Those Who KNOW Both the Financial Re
sources of Japan and the ShreWdness of Her Statesmen

desire war. nor long. a. soldiers
and sailors did in Prussia and Aus.
tria and to a large extent In France
also. fop Opportunities Of displaying
their capacity in action. America
Is the only great country in which
the fighting services are exempt
from all that Ia expressed by, the
word 'militarism." the poison It
is hard to extirpate in Europe.
Like all the other branches of the
English stock. the Americans are
first-rate fighters when the need
for fighting arises. But they feel.
more than any other branch has
yet come to feel. that mutual de-
struction is the worst use to which
human energy and courage can be
put,
SAW JAPAN'S VIEW.
That Japan should accept the pro-
posals made at Washington
though this. also. has created some
surprise--is only what was expected
by whoever knows both the finan-
cial resources OF japan and the
shrewd Judgment Of her statesmen.
She is doubtless ambitious: nations
that have suddenly risen to power
and are flushed with victory are
prone to self-assertion and indulge
the impulse to expand in new terri
tories. But the responsible leaders
know that their country. though 1t
has made money during the war. is
not rich: and the last thing they
contemplate Is a trial Of strength
with America. Japan's action in
the conference may do much to dis
pei the unreasoning prejudice which
a section Of the American press has
labored to create against her. 1t is,
nevertheless. true that the questions
which concern her relations with
China in Shantung and Manchuria
are thorny. The greatest skill will
be needed to adjust those relations,
and to stabilize conditions In China
itself. a vast country with an in
dustrious and intelligent population.
but apparently drifting. IL not into
anarchy. yet toward a separation
into three groups of provinces.
North. South and West.
Politically weak, as she Is, China
has nevertheless helped to extri-
cate herself from the morass in
which the revolution Of 1911
plunged her: but to find the mode
in which help can be given without
wounding her susceptibilities and
creating that most troublesome of
political contrivances. a joint pro-
tectorate Of several foreign powers,
will require both tact and q re-
sourceful ingenuity. Fortunately,
the aims which should govern Brit
ish and American policy are the
same, so We may hope for an honest
and close cooperation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-01
Ton-a-Time Shovel
Is Shown i'm London

A GIANT shovel which shiftS .
ton Of earth with each scoop
and . steam-roller with rubber dire
arc among the interesting features
at the public works, roads and trans-
port congress and exhibition at he
Royal Agricultural Hall. London.
From all parts Of tho country
came surveyors and engineers lSek-
ing for new road surfaces and ~
vices for saving the money OF the
ratepayers.
The giant shovel Is propelled 10, .
steam engine which exerts . stz-
ton cutting pressure on the show.
The shovel descends from . grsat
height and. like an immense clutGh-
ing hand, grabs q huge chunk ~
earth-it also treats rock and chain
in the same way-and deposits ~
load where required. The apparatus
10 moved from place to place On
caterpilisrs. like q tank.
A rubber-tired steam-roiier q.
hibit In an answer TO q recent -
test against the noisinso q hsnDy
vehicles. ~
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the picture IL released the officer IN
question viii be completely removed
from the play.
Awaiting An Answer. SIS
Otherwise. and apart from this--
my greatest reason for profess
there does not seem to be much In
the picture to Justify its tide. n
does not to my mind distinguish
clearly between fiction. rumor.. ~
fact. It does not in any way $780,
the value Of rumor or quote aut,yos.
ity for fact. II raises tho vheIs
question Of how Lord Kitchssser
was betrayed. 1t does not answsr
the question. =" t4S
I am not. however. among thoes
who object to the whole idea Of ne
loss Of the Hampshire AZ the motif
for . screen play. -ft
II such production twithoss
casting reflections on the. innocsht,
can help to bring truth tom out.of
the maze Of rumor and conjseeuys,
then II WIN have helped me- S,ts
achieve the dearest object OF my,iffs.
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IN HOSE who have followed the

" HOSE who have followed the
movements Of opinion in Amer
lea since the great war win not
have been surprised either at the
enthusiastic support given by the
people to President Harding's pro-
posal to hold conference for the
reduction Of ornaments or at the
pleasure with which they have re-
ceived the hearty acceptance BY
Great Britain Of the clear and bold
plan outlined by Mr.. Hughes. Both
the President and his Secretary OF
State already enjoyed the conf
dence and respect Of their fellow
countrymen. Their present action
will further strengthen their posi-
ton. and will show Mr.. Hughes to
be what those who know him per-
sonally have long believed him to
be, one of the ablest and strongest
public men America has possessed
in this generation. 1t is fortunate
that he has as a colleague in tho
conference a statesman SO expert
enced and so wise as Mr.. Root.
REASON FOR ARDOR.
The reasons for the ardor which
the Americans have shown on be-
half of disarmament are worth ex-
planning, for most people in Eng
land seem to have supposed that the
Judgment delivered by the people at
the Presidential election a year ago
expressed a settled purpose to dis
engage themselves altogether from
Old World affairs. That was by no
means the case. Though they de-
cided against accepting the League
Of Nations in its present form
largely because parts Of 1t were so
obscurely expressed as to lend them
selves to Misrepresentation. 1t is
probable that II 1t had been proper
ly put before them. and kept out
Of the vortex of party politics. they
would have Joined IN it. At one
moment 1t was on the point Of being
accepted. Two currents OF feeling
run strong In the American people
which Europeans often fail to
understand. One 10 a dislike Of
war, q sense Of it's horror and
futility and essential barbarism. a
desire to see peace permanently
established all over the world.
This sentiment is far stronger in
America than anywhere in Europe.
unless. perhaps. in Norway and in
Switzerland It has grown and
spread within the last two genera
tons, 90 that the kind Of aggressive
! imperialism" which was much in
evidence in the United States from
time to time In tho last century.
when the vulgar sort of politicians
thought It q popular thing to talk
Of extending the United States to
the North Pole on one side and the
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Isthmus Of Panama on the other,
has almost entirely disappeared.
The last ebullitiSn Of 1t was in
the war with Spain. in 1898. but
they presently came to regret the
annexation of the Philippine
Islands, and they have resisted
with exemplary GOODNESS the tempta-
lions Of invasion and annexation
which the disordered state Of
Mexico offered them. even when
they received provocation from the
ill-treatment of Americans there.
They have also a feeling. real
though somewhat vague. that AZ
q great nation they owe a duty to
the world. Knowing comparatively
, little of the politics of Europe.
they are afraid of being drawn
into complications there, and bark
back to Washington's advice to
avoid 'entangling alliances" But
this Is compatible with a sincere
wish to further the cause of peace
and goodwill and freedom when
ever and wherever they can do so
without assuming responsibilities
the end of which they cannot fore
see. Such an opportunity of help
ing the world was presented by the
President just as they were be-
ginning to think that they had been
falling hack too far a year ago
into q self-contained isolation. and
they gladly welcomed the oppor-
tunity.
U. 8. FELT BURDEN.
It also happened that the burden
of taxation began to be severely
felt in the United States. Bust
ness IL extremely slack. Hardly
anyone is making money, yet
naval expenditure was continuing
to be high--a burden they may
well think absurd when there is
no power in the world that has not
much to lose and nothing to gain
by quarreling with. them. Bust
ness and humanitarianism point
for once to the same policy. 1t
Is felt that an unsettled Europe.
seething with. possibilities Of war.
will retard the recovery Of produc-
ton and commerce for the New as
for the Old World.
Note, also. that there is in Amer.
lea no military caste thinking
constantly of war. and regarding
war as its natural occupation.
The army is, in proportion to the
size Of the nation. incomparably
small. The officers of the army and
navy keep themselves strictly apart
from politics. They are professional
in spirit. highly trained, proud Of
their training, many Of them men
of great ability and technical COM
petence. respected and trusted
by the nation. But they do not
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" brute Of . murderer Let
me answer the question by
! first putting other queries regard
ing milder forms Of crime.
Why show mercy to the man Who
defrauded . number Of poor people
Of their hard-earned savingSf
why show mercy to the man who
seduced another mans wife or
daughterf
Why show mercy to the man who
bursles your house or sets II on firsf
No doubt, II we had our own way.
We should kiln all these malefactors;
but in civilized society the adminis-
traitors Of the law. whose function It
L. to keep public order, take charge
Of the offenders, and having been
found guilty. ssntsDos - rasssd
upon them
u In the cass u murder. the most
fsrocious II cFtmss. whatever the
canse may havs besn, thsre 10 only
one sentence; which II death by
hanging.
s No matter whether murder was
committed for gain. for lust. for
revenge. or to secure the safety Of
the murderer, or unintentionally In
committing some other felony. or
To escape from an unhappy mar.
riage. or from some other motive;
no matter what the ago, sex. or
condition. whether due to passion
or design. We have but one treat
ment--the hangman's rope and the
feIon's grave.
RELIC OF BARBARISM.
Resentment In the case Of murder
u generally % strong that nothing
viii satisfy the public but the
death Of the brutal offender.
But why death by hansingf
II IL by no means to the credit
Of civilization that % gruesome
O relic Of barbarous times a. tho
gallows should still exist. Hang
ing Is a survival of the time when
the death punishment was intended
90 be q public exhibition. Now
that executions are private. the
saliows 10 . clumsy and needlessiy
revoiting instrument Of death.
Crix.e cannot b. puf down by
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mere severity. In Queen Eliza
beth's time out of every thousand
persons born five were actually
hanged, as a matter Of rtcorded
statistics; yet It did not eliminate
crime. A hundred years ago the
death penalty was still in force for
forgery.
Punishment by hanging does not
stand towards crime in the rela-
ton Of direct preventive. and AZ
q means Of lettering others; 1t
viii deter only favorably constitu-
ted men, and will operate with
least effect precisely on those on
whom It Is most needed to act
powerfully-ths reckless, daring
villains.
NO CHECK TO CRIME.
The crime Of murder Is usually
committed under stress Of emotional
excitement, or by individuals who
have carefully estimated their
chances Of detection and punish
mont. In neither class Of muir
derers does death by hanging
operate - q check.
The fiercer the passion, the more
II win engross the whole mind, the
less capable will the individual be
Of realizing the fear Of the gallows
and applying It as q restraining
motive.
II he possessed sufficient power
Of reflection to realize the terror Of
death by hanging he would use
more artful means Of crime in pref
erence to violence. It 10 bad judg-
ment to commit q murder.
PUNISHMENT AND EFFECTS.
The murderer who Is to be feared
most Is the one who carefully lays
his plans and who prefers slow
means to achieve his end-poison-
Ing. for example-to quick and vio-
lent ones; he does not expect to be
found out, but reckons with the
possibility Of escape. He does not
feel or dread the consequences Of
his deed. for his conscience Is not
strong enough to torture him for
his guilt.
According to the evidence of
night.wafchers Of prisoners coh-
demned 20 death. they sleep -
soundiy - rural cotsagsrs or ~
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with her credit az . Reputable shuC1r
ness country. but hestate to thilk
she would take such q sujci6i1
step as that.
Gambling in the mark may ihsRo
been responsible for its unperiS,
ieled deflation. but o...y in, q 9Hqll
degree. To those business coucoeSo
or families who could afford toiloslE
away large sums Iof money for ~
benefit Of future generations, tie
German mark offered agrseaA1e
possibilities. 1t may be ten. ysaSo
or even moro before their iuvsee.
ment bears its best fruit. but q TIRE
time the risk seemed worth ,taiinf.
English investors are not 20 deep
ly involved as has been Supposed
and tho investment IL not entirely
hopeless by any means. Qnlts
tiny demand on the exchange ssrvso
to send the mark up 200 or ~
points. This IL caused by q buySr
feeling tho Market" and II II qui}o
obvious that many people have m.
shaken confidence in Germany1o
ability to survive. 80
But the whole question Of tho
mark turns on whether the defls>
ton 10 the result Of chaotic ccudi-
lions in middle Europe or whsth2r
Germany herself connives AZ IL
collapse-a question which only
time can answer. 80,
MORE RISKS. HARDER WOBK.
Tho really sick coin Of Eurpps0n
finance Is the Austrian CROWN In
value in Britain IL nil: It hasc To-
gether with the ruble. been excised
from ordinary calculations. But evsu
Austria's case In not entirely, out
side the pale. 800
The resumption Of business. rslo.
tionships and the resultant strength
ening Of commercial coffidsncs
would improve even the sick Aus
TRAN crown. Vienna In already o.
fering US q market, but before NOR
chandise can be sent to her Britnan
must have some reasonable grounds
for expecting payment to the fun
value Of our own currency.
A bold scheme alone win solve the
Continental puzzle. and no doubt. the
country that has the courage a
take some risks win. and deserves
to. reap the benefit.
But this say In all sincsrity:
given the most perfect ana boldest
scheme In the world, It would fall
to the ground unless backed up BY
industry.
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HE Bought Himself a Plush Hat"

ace upon a Time there was .
Working Horse who used to lie
awake Nights framing up
Schemes to Corral more Collateral
to leave to the Olive Branches.
They may have looked like jump
son Weeds to the rest Of the World
but to Pa and Ma they were AL
Olive Branches.
Pa was a self-made Proposition
Sole-Leather. Hand-stitched and
Four-Ply. with Rivets around the
Edge.
His Business Career had been one
long Rassle with Adverse Circum-
stances. Nothing was ever handed
to him on a Sheffield Tray with
Parsley around 1t. The World owed
him a Living. but in order to COL
lect it he had to conduct his Argu-
ments with a piece of Lead-Pipe.
He was out for the Kale. II you
know what that means. He was col
lecting Hebrew Diplomas and he had
special Liking for the light-colored
Variety with a large C in the Cor
ner.
He was going to provide for his
Family. regardless Of what happen
ed to other Families.
He had a little Office back of the
Bank and made a Speciality of help.
ing those overtaken by Trouble.
Any one in Financial Straits who
went to the Back Office to arrange
for a Loan was expected to open
Negotiations by removing the Right
Eye and laying It on the Table.
Pa had Moron whiskers and q
Mackerel Eye and wore Shawl In
stead Of an overcoat and kept little
Bag of Peppermint Drops In his
Tail-Pocket and walked Pussy-Foot
and took more Stock In Isaiah than
he did in the Sermon on the Mount.
The above is merely Rough Out
line, but 1t will help you TO under
stand why his Wife preceded him to
the other Shore.
They had been brought up In the
School of Hard Knocks. but they
wanted Bertrand and Isabel to 60
through Life on Ball Bearings.
Pa finally went to his Reward.
according to the Local Papers, and
then It came out that Bertrand and
Isabel had $4,000 each, which was
more than Pa had ever turned In to
the Assessor.
These two Children had been shell
tered from the Great World. al
though never stinted in the matter
Of Sassafras Tea or the Privilege
Of reading Books written by Jo-
sephus and others.
A. soon as he came into his In.
heritance. Bertrand booked about in
q startled Manner and then bought
himself q Plush Hat and began to
cultivate Pimples.
A few Days later he might have
been seen riding in q Demonstrat-
ing Car with a Salesman who wore
Goggles and who told him that all
the Swell Guys were putting in
Orders for the 5000 Type with the
jeweled Mud Guards. And next
Morning the Sexton observed that
Father. by turning over in; the
Grave. had somewhat loosened the
fresh Earth.
Isabel stopped wearing Things
that scratched her and began order
ing from a Catalogue, because the
Local Dealers didn't carry anything
but Common Stuff. Also she began
to Entertain, and the first time she
served. Hot-House Asparagus In
January. the House rocked on its
Foundation.
All Statisticians agree that a
couple Of Heirs can spend Much
Money and yet besides IL they do
not work at anything else. Especial
iy whom every Pearl In the Rope
represents n Chattel Mortgage and
q fancy weskit In a stand-off for
One Months Rent Of . good piecs
~ Ten ProUrrtv
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jBv DIR. B. HOLLANDER---

(President
Systematic Study Character)
GaloWs Denounced as Relic of Barbarkm by Scientist who Pleads
for Adoption of the Leh Chamber the More Humane Way Out for
Condemned Human Beings.
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Bv KITCHENI.SR'S SISTER.
ORANGES E. J. PARKER, S
Soldier, Tells HOlD He Died, a

ORANGES E. j. PARKER, Sister of EngLands
Soldier, Tells How He Died. a Victim of German U-Boa)
RaSpun the Russian Monk Told the Germans That My Brother Was
About to Visit Rusa"An English Officer nwitngy Told Woman
Spy the Secret of Lord Khenes Sailing and the Rest Has Be
come TRAGIC History. NJ
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LONDON. Dec. 81

show any mercy b .
" brute Of . murderer Let