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Evening star., 1922-02-05
Child Cruelty.

1afcadio Hearn wrote to a friend
many years ago that he liked living
in Japan. because he was never made
conscious of his lameness there either
by children or grownups. He was
struck by the fact that even the small
est gamin in a japanese city was
taught never to hurt the feelings of a
cripple or person suffering from any
disability. They order such things
well in Japan; but in New Jersey a
few days ago a crippled boy, stung, so
the account said, by the taunts of
needless playmates. took his own life
The tragedy of the crippled boy. who
wanted to play with other children of
his own age. must touch every par
ent. 1t may lead some parent to take
his-or her-own children OF for
quiet talk on the subject. Once
touched, in the fine sensibilities dis
played by Japanese children, the nor
NAL, healthy American child will re-
spond in the same genuine way.-St.
Joseph News Press independently.
Evening star., 1922-02-05
A Message From the Quail.

Quail return thanks to the police. 1t
might make this palmer to old citizens
to say that the partridges return
thanks to the police, but space is too
slim and time to short to adjust the
dispute between our fellow citizens
that quail is a partridge and that a
partridge is not a quail.
The police in the outlying parts of
the District scattered food on the
snow for the birds. The food was fur
nished by the Department Of Agricul-
ture, and the quail. or the partridges,
also nod their heads and say Bob
White in grateful appreciation Of the
thoughtfulness and goodwill Of the
gentlemen Of that department (which
sends out seeds and does quite a num-
ber Of other things.
no report. has come out Of Rock
Creek Park, but it, is q safe bet that
the superintendent and his aides set
UP free lunches, breakfasts and other
meals for the Bob Whites who have
chosen the park as their home. Many
ordinary citizens have contributed to
the. food-fund for the partridges and
have extended their hospitality to all
the other birds that spend the winter
with us insteads Of going to Palm
Beach, Havana or the Bahamas. To
ali the kind folk Of Washington, its
suburbs and neighbor villages the
birds send greetings, and those that
have survived the great snow Of 1922
give their promise that they will sing
as merrily as they can when spring
comes, that they will do their best
to guard the home gardens against
weeds and unfriendly insects, and that
so far as lies within them they will
fight against any temptation to raid
our cherry trees and grape vines next
season.
Evening star., 1922-02-05

will depend upon the spirit in which
1t is entered upon. II 1t should take a
partisan turn, and be conducted with
this years campaign in view. it will be
protracted. Otherwise, If it is conduct
ed with recognition of the proposition
that politics should stop at the sea-
shore, few weeks should be sufficient
to dispose Of the facts.
Neither Senate leader will be able to
muster his party's full strength behind
him. But the prospect is that. to-
gether, they will muster votes enough
to put the pacts over, and thus seal
the work Of the conference with per.
feet success.
Evening star., 1922-02-05
Rate by NIailLPayable in Advance.
Russia in the Equation.

Opposition to American participa.
t1on in a conference at Genoa or
elsewhere in which the soviet govern
ment of Russia is represented is max
ing itself felt. This opposition does
not come from any one source or
group or class; it has no organized
propaganda back of it, nor is it ap-
parently animated by any motive
other than sincere belief as to what
is best for America and the American
people. 1t is volume Of public senti.
ment which ought to be and must be
taken into account, and it is making
the question of sending representa-
tives to Genoa one Of the most difficult
the government has been called upon
to decide.
Reluctance to have dealings with
Lenin ia felt even by those most in
favor Of American participation in the
proposed conference. but they are un-
able to see how any practical thing
toward the restoration If Europe Is to
be accomplished If Russia is to be
left out Of the equation. Informed
opinion, both in this country and
abroad, is that unless Russia is to
participate it would hardly be worth
while to hold the conference at alL
We are told that under existing con-
ditions talk Of trade with Russia is
chimera; that Russia has not the
wherewith to pay, and that her prom.
tses to pay are worthless. That prob
ably is true, but it Is not the vital
thing involved in the question of Rus
vital thing was found and pointed out
by the committee which the Chamber
Of Commerce of the United States sent
to Europe. 1t reported that "the
credit and capital Of the stronger ma
tions cannot be employed in sufficient
amounts to overcome the present
crisis without assurances Of settled
conditions
And there can be no assurance of
settled conditions" so long as Russia
constituting a menace which keeps
other millions armed in France and
the countries along the Russian bor-
der. There can be no return to nor
NAL processes in Europe until a way
is found to remedy this situation. If
1t is not to be remedied at Genoa
things will go from bad to worse until
aome other way is discovered. Few
will be found to quarrel with the
theory that there should be no recog.
nition of Lenin and his fellow boil
Sf1evists, but it is a condition Of the
hardest kind the world is up against,
and unless effective remedies are APP
plied there threatens to be complete
breakdown of all that civilization
holds most worth while.
Evening star., 1922-02-05
Politics at Home
This Years Democratic Card.

In democratic circles there is more
on the card this year than the con.
gressional contests. They are in the
forefront, of course, because the democ.
racy IL putting great store by the No.
vember result. It il extremely de-
sirous Of controlling the next House at
least, feeling that II it can accomplish
that it will have put one over on the
republicans with an important bearing
on 1924.
But along with this desire goes q
desire to control the next democratic
national convention: and here and
there are maneuvers to that end.
Several presidential booms are al.
ready booming, and in the hands OF
very capable boomers. Here a state
delegation is sought in one boomers
interests; there, in the interests. Of
another boomer; yonder, in no particu.
lar interests, but simply control in the
interests of whatever course may ap'
pear the best to take when the time
comes.
The republicans are not, and have
no reason to be. busy or anxious on
this score. As respects 1924 nobody
appears on their horizon but the Presi,
dent. He has made so excellent a
start, and commands so much admira.
tion and confidence. his denomination
is put down as certainty. He is even
now so much Of an asset. his party
this year in its congressional cam
paigns will conjure largely In his
name, asking the voters for another
Congress to support his policies.
Two years in advance is early for
figuring on state delegations to ma
tional convention. But as the times
are new and conditions unusual, and
democratic hopes. to the surprise OF
many democrats. are rising. forehand
ed men are yielding to an urge to "go
to it" at once. and "lay pipe" for wha,
promises to be as spirited convention
as the party in all its history has ever
held.
Evening star., 1922-02-05
The Senate and the Conference

Mr.. Lodge and Mr.. Underwood, with
their armament mission discharged,
Wilt soon be in their seats in the Sen.
ate again.
The work in the Senate has not been
delayed on account Of their engage
ments elsewhere. Being in town, with
in easy reach. they have been able to
keep in touch with Senate procedure,
and to advise. with their neutenants az
occasions required.
The future work Of the Senate
should be much facilitated by the en-.
fragments these two senators are now
concluding. When the treaties grow
ing out Of the armament conference
ars submitted for ratification, the pres
enoe Of two men familiar with all de-
tails and able to answer all questions
on the subject should make for the dis
patch Of the business. Q
'Etfrl. the length Of the discussion
Evening star., 1922-02-05
The 1924 Brand.

There has been no comment on the
fact that the Dayton function was
called a jackson day banquet. Did the
spirit Of Old Hickory preside? Did the
guests recall the old favorite and his
performances? And is the illustrious
shade coming back, 30 to ny?
The democratic. campaign Of 1920
was not conducted under the Jack.
sonian banner. None Of the time
honored Jacksonian shibboleths was
employed. The name Of jackson was
not 90 much as mentioned during the
tussle.
The wilsonian banner alone was in
evidence. GOV. Cox promptly un-
furled It, and carried it at the head Of
the procession. As soon as convenient
after nomination, he called on Mr..
Wilson 1T the White House, made his
obeisance, and received Mr.. Wilson's
blessing.
The campaign was lost. The voters
mustered in enormous numbers under
the opposition banner. and q victory
was achieved which for size and en-
thusiasm stands alone in the counTy's
history.
And yet Gov. Cox In his speech at
Dayton did not lower his colors. He
stood, he declared, flag in hand just
where the republicans had stopped him
two years ago. Evidently. Old Hick.
ory did not inspire him that evening.
Mr., Bryan now and then invokes
Jeffersonian democracy. Now and then
some man invokes Jacksonian democ.
racy. Gov. Cox, it is seen, stands by
the wilsonian brand. 50 we have JEFF
fersonian, Jacksonian and WilsoniAn
democracy. These three; but the great
sst Of these in 1894 will be-which?
Evening star., 1922-02-05
Women Advise Women.

The movement for organizing a
woman's party, with the view Of OBJ
tanning legislation on matters in which
women are intimately interested, re.
ceives no encouragement from women
now in legislative commission.
Addressing political club composed
Of women, Representative Alice Rob.
ertson Of Oklahoma, who loves Con.
gress so well she has announced for
q second term, gave this advice in
Baltimore recently:
say Join the party In which you
believe and then start in on the
Evening star., 1922-02-05
French Militarists Harm Country

PARASITIC harm which the French
nationalists and militarists are doing
to their country is shown in the fol-
lowing article in LHumanite by Fe-
licien Challaye. He says.
"Too little attention has been paid
to the following lines of'Gen. Lacroix,
writing in the Temps, on November
q, with regard to the Reorganization
of the supreme council Of national
defense. =. They should be placed
among the documents of French
imperialism-beside many recent
speeches and articles protesting
against all idea Of disarmament.
".From point Of view Of material,
the war of tomorrow will not be the
same as that Of yesterday; 1t will
be Influenced by new elements, the
creation, the working and the utili-
zstion Of which It will be we'll to
follow attentively. The question of
preparing the nation for new war
takes such general character that
its study can no longer be the work
Of a single ministerial department
ETC.
Let US relish these words new
war; war Of tomorrow and the
future tense will be- For this is
not a question of hypothesis or a
possibility. It 10 q categorical af-
firmation, the precise announcement
of an event looked upon as.inevitable.
ain any. reasonable society" says
the writer, "the individual who wrote
these words would be arrested. i'm
prisoned and condemned to a heavy
murder is q crime how much more
criminal is the provocation to murder
thousands and millions Of men. This
retrograde militarist in announcing
war helps to hasten Its coming. Grim
inal magic, which by conjuring up
the shadow will end by making It ap..
pear for the ruin and Anal death of
humanity.
"Henceforth these words and all
those which express in any other form
the Same thought hinder the efforts of
all those who are trying to keep peace
and to spread the spirit of fraternal
reconciliation among all peoples and
How pleased Ludendorfr and the
nilitarists over yonder must be on
reading these words, translated into
German and published in the nation
alist press.
Opposed to them is q large number
Of German communists, socialists and
honest people of all classes, who are
struggling step by step to prevent
the recurrence of war, to kill the
spirit Of war. ME wieder KrieE!'
(Never again war; they say.
'They tell the German people that
the people of France also have had
enough of war; that the era Of ma
tional wars IL over.
'Thsn the militarists toll them OF
the sanguinary prophecies of the
French militarists, where they see
the will for war expressed and ami
mating the French people. What bet
ter justification could they have for
revenge? All militarisms are joint
ly and severally answerable; they are
all accomplices In their common prep.
aration Of the same crime.
.sIf manifestations Of French impe-
ria1ism make the mistake Of weak
ening the forces for peace in Germany
in their painful struggle against the
spirit Of revenge they have still other
consequences, serious from national
point Of View, among the people who
were our allies.
"FFance appears today" continuel
the writer. more and more like what
Evening star., 1922-02-05
u. S. Must Still Feed Belgium

1921 as in 1920, of which probably
one third was re-exported to France,
the Netherlands and Germany. This
increase in corn consumption is de-
serving of special consideration by
the American producers and shippers
prejudice in Belgium against corn as
a food for men. women and children.
it being usually looked upon as a
cattle feed. Canned corn, for eX-
ample. is absolutely unknown. This
prejudice runs down into the lowest
sive campaign Of education showing
how to prepare the corn for human
consumption would, undoubtedly, re-
suit in a much larger market for
American surplus corn production
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While frozen beef from Argentina
is a market feature of the Belgian
meat supply, the United States in the
first nine months of 1921 shipped in
100000 pounds of fresh beef and
more than 100000 pounds of frozen
pork. A voluminous trade in beef
from the United States and cattle for
slaughter awaits only tho improve
ment of franc exchange. which is
now practically prohibitive. The op-
portunity for building up an imor-
tant meat trade is shown not only by
! the IacC CnaI DelSiuHL mus AaPoIs
at least a quarter Of all she con-
sumes, but that other countries, Ger
many in particular, are looking LOT
supplies of preserved meat through
Belgium as a distributing center.
Rel9ium gets the bulk of her bacon
and lard supply from the United
States, and the re-export trade, espe-
cialIy in lard. to Germany, France
and Switzerland is increasing rapidly.
50 4
For the benefit of those who are
planning the development Of trade in
food products between the American
grower and manufacturer and the
Belgian consumer the United States
government agents from each Of the
three departments. Agriculture. state
and Commerce, have been sending In
suggestions that distributing agen-
cies and sales campaigns should be
given early and earnest attention. The
population of Belgium Is appr roximate-
" that Of New York city. and the
country is one-quarter the size of
veyed the field as O foodstuffs market
say that this means that the ,Amert-
can house must reach out into the
smaller industrial communities. where
the workmen have considerable pur-
chasing power. -.
The ''bread cast upon the waters"
during the war days, when the
United States fed the starving Bel
eians as a great humanitarian duty
and privilege, has resulted in one Of
| the best advertising campaigns ever
carried on for the sale Of foodstuns
! In foreign commerce.
Evening star., 1922-02-05
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PH1LANDER JOHNSON.
Resolution.

Resolution.
Turned q new leaf gladly,
January One;
Faults remembered sadly
With them I'd be done!
But we cannot smother
Follies that pursue.
Had to turn another
January Two.
Lessons for our learning
Gather by the way.
Had to keep on turning
New leaves every day.
Evening star., 1922-02-05

The unexpected snowstorm recalls a
number Of quadrennial- suggestions
that the date Of the presidential In
auguration ought to be changed in or.
der to avoid the bareback menace. It
usually happens that the snow is for.
gotten by the time the. thaw is COM
Dlete.
Evening star., 1922-02-05

The United States must continue
to supply to Belgium large percent
age of the food consumed in that
country, and other large quantities
to be distributed through Belgium,
especially to Germany.
Agents sent by the department of
Agriculture to study the agricultural
needs Of Europe. to investigate the
market there for American farm
products and to survey the economic
conditions with special reference to
American agriculture SO reported to
the national agricultural conference
called by President Harding. Their
opinion is confirmed in dispatches
from commercial attaches sent out
by the Department of Commerce and
the consular agents Of the State De-
partment.
X X *
These three. government depart
neutrality-suspicious., Commerce and
State-are frow cooperating to ad-
wise the American farm producer Of
the market that is awaiting his crops
in and through Belgium. This ad-
vice. of course, extends also to manu-
facturers and packers of foodstuffs.
Belgium is a potential as well as q
present market, and seems destined
to be An important distributing CEN
Belgium, through density Of popu-
lation and restricted nrea, Is COM
pelled to import about three-fourths
Of the grain consumed and about
one-third Of the meat supply. With
strategic rail connections making
easy access to practically all OF
northern and central Europe. there
already exists 2 considerable trade
in food staples through commission
houses and agents at Antwerp.
France takes about 81 per cent of
Beleium's food exports. the Neither.
lands 20 per cent. ana Germany 10
per cent. Polish and Rumanian hrms
in Belgium.
The American grain industry has
been advised by United States gov
ernment agencies that Belgium must
import at least $4,000 tons OF wheat
tion. The year 1891 witnessed very
decided decrease in the shipment Of
wheat flour to Belgium. but this is
accounted for by the fact that home
concerns are now milling practically
all of the -four. There IL confrma.
tton Of this in the fact that there has
been . 100 per cent increase in the
quantity Of American wheat Inn
There is q very marked increase
also in the importations Of corn and
corn products for human consunip-
tion-about seven times as much in
Evening star., 1922-02-05

The Turkish veil IL coming into
fashionable use. Recent tendencies OF
costume justify 1t. The Turkish lady
conceals her features, believing 1t does
not matter how her ankles may be dis.
closed. providing her identity is un-
known.
Evening star., 1922-02-05

A fine was imposed on members Of
Bergdolls family for cruelty to ami
mails. The animals were horses who
are evidently victims Of disciplinary
ideas which might have been applied
with advantage earlier and elsewhere.
Evening star., 1922-02-05

While not doubling the sincere in
terest Of statesmen in the District Of
Columbia. Representative Moore, be-
ing Of a practical turn Of mind. inti-
mates that Congress should say it with
approximations.
Evening star., 1922-02-05

Local conditions have compelled our
national (and 1ocaD legislators to ad.
nit that there are occasions when the
snowdrift is entitled to a. measure Of
attention as well as the landslide.
Evening star., 1922-02-05
Newspapers in Washington.

We read of clerks in the government
departments at washington wrapping
newspapers around their legs under the
Impression that they would thus be
protected from the snow while plod-
ding through the drifts mistaken
idea Of: the power of the press..--Bos-
ton Transcript. &
Evening star., 1922-02-05

sC,il II the latest Of Alaska's resources
to become prominent. All the fortune
seeker has to DO is to name his favorite
article. Alaska has 1t.
Evening star., 1922-02-05

The enthusiasm Of the taxpaying
citizen concerning the glories Of mill
tary conquest lessons. as he becomes
more familiar with the overhead
charges he Is expected to meet.
Evening star., 1922-02-05

The principles Of "sovietism" have
been greatly modified, but Lenin and
Trotsky are inclined to retain the
name as a trade mark.
Evening star., 1922-02-05

\ A wise economist, personal or politi-
cal, bears in mind the ancient ad1noni.
ton against being penny wise and
pound foolish.
Evening star., 1922-02-05
A Phase Of Unemployment.

ANYBODY looking for work out in
your town."
Lots Of people," answered Senator
Sorghum. ',The great trouble is that
nobody who<Frites to me seems to care
much about any job except post
master"
Evening star., 1922-02-05

Anti.tobacco ayitators will at least
admit that the cigarette stump affords
some of his most hopeful clues to the
crime investigator.
Evening star., 1922-02-05

Every man who ia caught in q snow.
drift in a strange city imagines that
the snow is being cleaned of much
better in his own home town.
Evening star., 1922-02-05
DIGEST OF FOREIGN PRESS

Germany appeared before the war
the enemy of universal peace.
1.-THE deplorable effect produced on
Great Britain by the refusal to dis
arm OF the French representatives at
Washington could not be dissimu-
lated.
american opinion suffered the same
shock.
Trench imperialism does harm to
France, and iso1ates her in a world
where everybody is wanting peace.
"Nationalism is the worst enemy Of
the nation"
Evening star., 1922-02-05
Optimism.

"Don't you know the authorities
have requested people not to make
Jokes about prohibition?"
II don't care II they have" protested
uncle Bill Bottietop. "I'm one O. these
kind O. fellers that makes it a rule to
laugh at their troubles"
Evening star., 1922-02-05
First Principles,

A motor car brings joy complete.
A street cars handy, as rule. =
But when q blizzard hits the street.
Oh, how wish had a mule!
Evening star., 1922-02-05

"1t's ell right to laugh at yoh
troubles up to q certain. point" said
Uncle Eben; ''but Il you keeps It up
too long, you begins to look foolish. !"