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signed. the action Of the United
States at the Washington confer
ence In understood by the Ameri-
can people in its true light.
Many Of them are approving the
alliance because they regard it as
a step toward an association Of
nations. All of them know that
1t is exactly the sort of alliance
which Washington had in mind
when he gave his solemn warn
ing against entering an alliance
with foreign nations.
When Washington uttered his
memorable warning he had in
mind just such a treaty as was
signed at Washington-a treaty
between a few powerful nations
entered in to preserve their own
interests and to unite their
strength against other nations.
Tennyson had not then sung of
"a Parliament or man or q Fed.
Grafton of the World" Nobody
had dreamed that in effect this
could be achieved.
Tho balance Of power" theory
then dominated the nations, and
in self-protection alliances and
ententes have existed until the
world war Of 1914. With its end
men with vision saw that the
world would lapse back into the
balance Of power" alliances and
ententes or there must be an as
ISOLATION Of nations to undergrad
the peace of the whole world.
The United States killed tho
successful operation of the
League Of Nations. That organi.
zation, born in the glow of pa
triotism and practical statesman
ship may function to some good
end. But without participation
by the United States 1t must
hobble along.
1t had in its conception. and
would have brought in its opera
ton II this country had not
turned back when the world
needed Its stabilizing influence,
such reconstruction as would
have prevented the smashing Of
business and destruction of values
and the loss of faith. Last No
vember it was recognized in
Washington that the policy of
isolation had brought what Wood.
row Wilson predicted-disaster at
home and abroad.
A conference OF a few nations,
with narrow anad restricted sub
jects, was called in the hope that
some way could be found to re-
duce tho burdens OF armament
and settle the Pacific problems,
which two questions were deemed
inseparable.
What will be the result Of the
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treaties there signed? That Is In
the lap Of the gods. All Of US
hope that this departure from
Washington's solemn warning will
truly usher in "a new epoch" as
promised by President Harding
and his associates. II the Senate
ratifies 1t will be because n ma
Jority Of that body believe that
no longer shall the dead hand rule
the living world.
They will not lose their venera-
ton for Washington because they
are adopting the policies which
are essential to the welfare Of this
generation. Paris il nearer Wash.
ington today than Mount Vernon
was to New York In Washington's
day. 1t is fiction to suppose that
the ocean separates this country
from Europe as It did in Wash
ing's day. Instead Of a separa.
ton, the ocean truly unites us by
means of radio. cables and quick
water transportation. II Wash
ington were living today he
would change his point Of view to
meet changed conditions, as he
did when he transferred his
allegiance from the king to the
republic he founded.
WILL PROVOKE OPPOSITION.
II may be that the alliance will
turn out to be a blessing. II
ratified by the Senate. let VI
hope SO. But in my judgment any
alliance Of three or four big ma
tons Is as sure to provoke and
invite an opposition alliance a.
that night follows day. Tho
Pacific pact tends to other ALI
ances unless it shall be broad
ened so as to admit every other
power which may be interested
in Pacific problems.
We are headed toward other
European alliances when the coun-
tries now excluded are restored to
stable conditions. II the English.
speaking nations and France and
Japan have an alliance for the
protection of their interests, the
day will como when Germany and
Russia and other nations ex-
cluded from this alliance will
organize an alliance Of their own.
The four-power alliance invites
a return to the balance of power
policy which was largely RESPONSE.
BILE for the world war.
The alternatives are every ma
ton for itself and the devil take
tine hindmost" or a league or
association OF all free nations.
We have accepted the slterna.
tive which experience has shown
contains the seeds Of :ealousies
and wars.
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that the women electors want to
hear what the men have got to
say to them.
Yet am not referring here
simply TO women electors. There
are great numbers OF young men
possessing the vote whose In
terest in current political history
begins with the Great War, and
who care little about what pre-
coded II. To these the name OF
Lord Grey conveys no very clear
meaning. When will our political
organizers turn their attention to
the new electorate.
HATES TO TRAVEL.
He has no great liking for
meteoric PUSHES about the Cont.
nent. We may be quite sure that
he would not trail southwark to
the shores Of the Mediterranean
with a long retinue OF satellites
and sycophants. He would Ger.
tainly not incite the Greeks TO
wage war in Asia Minor.
do not think the bulk Of tho
electors bother very much about
his record. They are thinking OF
other things. II they change their
Prime Minister. they will look
specially for a man Of lofty char.
acter and stability OF purpose.
They will seek. IL they are
wise. one who cultivates a Ger.
tain austerity OF life, one who is
not likely to have his Judgment
clouded and his convictions color.
ed by too hectic and exuberant
environment. They will try to
find a simple man OF simple
tastes, who prefers the British
countryside Of Continental trains
de luxe.
We want . stay-at homo Primo
Minister.
NEED NEW PREMIER.
But what Of Mr.. Asquith, who
appeared on the platform side by
side with Lord Grey7 The rela-
lions Of these two leaders of the
Liberal party are obviously based
upon mutual loyalty and devo-
ton. There is no unseemly rival
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California Bans
Red Peoples of
Flanders Field

BAKERSFIELD, Cal, Mar. 4.
FLANDERS peoples. made
famous by prose and verse
in tales of battles won and lost,
have been classified as an OBJ
noxlous weed and as such must
be destroyed under provisions
of the law controlling plant
pests.
This is the substance Of q
ruling by the State horticul.
tural commission.
Soon after the war popular
funds were made up In many
States with which large guam
titles Of seed were purchased
and planted Unfortunately.
Now comes the order to destroy
the flower because of it's pro.
olivity to strange TO death
more tender vegetation.
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part and is used by the reader and
umpire; the second line Is called
the lower part. and is printed on
cards which are used by the
players, who are divided into two
parts.
Each party. therefore. naturally
possesses fifty playing cards.
One party sits facing the oppos.
ing party. and all arrange their
cards on the table before them,
face upward. Then they listen to
the reader. who recites the upper
line Of one of the hundred poems.
The side which has the lower
line Of that poem must immedi-
ately pick 1t up and throw It
away. II a member OF the oppos-
ing party sees 1t first he may
take It up and put 1t away. and In
its place he can give a card from
his side and 80 diminish his num-
Der Of cards The winning party
Is, OF course. the one which first
get rid of all its cards.
This Is not only interesting as a
game in itself. but also It has q
great effect in educating the feel.
ing for poetry. unconsciously. but
effectively and naturally.
Moreover. in the royal court at
the New Year anybody may pre-.
sent an original japanese poem on
q certain subject announced by
the Emperor some time before
hand. perhaps during November.
Tho few selected az worthy
say. about five h every million
poems presented-are read at the
special celebration Of poetry in
the presence Of all the members Of
the royal family and ministers.
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BY TAKAHITO IDAI,

Translator Of Homer into Jdpa-
nese, in an article In tho London
Dali Mail.
r AM greatly hnored by tho in
terest that u being taken in
the poetry Of my nation.
In Japan In ancient times-say
from the ninth to the fifteenth
century-poetry played a most i'm
portant part in helping to promote
the official rank of a courtier, SOL
der. or citizen: that 10 to say. II
a soldier was q poet he could
easily be promoted to the position
Of, say a general. Therefore,
naturally all folk were taught
from their childhood how to mako
poems. especially thirty ono VET
ters."
AT the beginning Of the four.
teenth century the famous selec-
ton, called ''Hyakunin-i sshu"
cone Gem From Each Of One
Hundred Poets') was collected by
the famous poet, Lord Teika Full
wara. and It has become 30 popu.
lar that even initerate orphans
can recite all Of them.
Throughout the following 600
years this selection was used as a
game and formed the most popu-
lar plan Of the New Year holiday
in every family Of Japan. from
the royal court down to the beg
gar's circle.
The game is quite simple in
idea.
These poems. composed of
thirty-one letters. have two lines;
tho first one II called the upper
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1ERMANY enjoys today .
II narrowly limited degree Of
freedom; freedom for her
citizens to gamble and for her
Government to make concessions.
The German Government has de-
finitely abandoned almost all
forms of active policy and In be-
come Enthusiastically passive in
the hands Of tho Entente. With
alacrity It yields to France, to
Britain. to Poland. to Belgium. to
working men. to strikers. to
everybody. for II 10 q Government
of "fulfillment," and fulfillment
will spell ruin to all concerned.
DR.. wirth's task Is to reduce the
Versailles Treaty ad absurdum by
executing 1t. He IL playing the
role of Samson In tho Philistine
temple. Not only 10 the German
Government yielding thus systs-
matically to every self-asserting
State and public body, but tho
average German finds It daily
harder to withstand the tempta-
ton to throw all moral restraints
to the wind and adopt Bolshsvist
tactics in his own individual
fight for existence. Hence the
spread Of Bolshevist psychology.
That crimes against the per-
son and property should have in
creased. and that the prisons
should be almost as crowded as
the hotels. are not themselves
very alarming symptoms. They
are phenomena that recur after
every great war. The real omen
lies in the fact that crime 10 no
longer regarded in the Same light
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telescopes, and has since been a
faint telescope object.
During the last few months,
however, Is has been brighten
ing again. and is now visible In
a 6-inch glass. There Is, therefore,
the possibility Of its reappear-
ance as naked-eye star, and
astronomers are carefully watch.
The importance Of the recent
increase Of brightness In the Per-
seus nova" is that, should 1t
prove the precursor to its subse-
ouent temperance as a naked
eye star. 1t will be possible to keep
1t under observation as 1t develops,
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~ between them. and there never
will be.
Should the Free Liberals. with
their 500 candidates. obtain a
working majority at the next
General Election. there will be no
dispute about the Premiership be-
tween Mr.. Asauith and Lord
Grey.
I suggest. however, that II the
Free Liberals come back to power
after being purified in the fires Of
adversely, they ought TO offer the
country a new Prime Minister.
The younger generation OF cleo
tors wants to start afresh. Mr..
Asquith was Prime Minister for
eight years. We should begin
again with a Prime Minister en-
tirely free from the war habit"
Of mind.
Doubtless Mr.. Asquith freed
himself from the atmosphere Of
the war long ago, but the nation
still associates his name with Bit
ter differences upon war issues.
ECONOMY" IS THE CRY.
At the same time. II cannot be
too often emphasized that the
vital issue before the electorate is
Economy! Economy! Economy"
Neither Lord Grey nor any other
statesman Is likely to satisfy the
nation as prime minister unless.
after allowing for the service OF
the debt and the payment Of pen
sions. he cuts down the country's
expenditure to somewhere near the
level Of the late Victorian era.
The reason why Mr.. Lloyd
George Is now so profoundly mis-
trusted by business men and all
classes Of taxpayers and ratepay-
ers Is that he IL held TO have
fooled the country over eIpodi
ture and taxation. On matters Of
national finance he has forfeited
public confidence.
When he said that tho Geddes
Economy Report would be pub
lished in full, few accepted his
statement. Most people supposed
that there was a trick somewhere,
and they were right. The original
text OF the Geddes report will
never be published. The coalition
dare not face It's disclosures. II
the full report were published the
enraged taxpayers would fling the
Government from office tomorrow.
I have heard many men say late
ly that they do not much care
who they vote for 30 long as they
down taxes and rates.
The party that goes forth TO
battle this time on economy and
nothing else Is going to receive
the entire support Of tho women
electors.
Some people are inclined to fear
that the Free Liberals may spoil
their chances by dwelling too ar
IDENTIFY upon their program Of
social reforms. That remains TO
be seen. but just now economy
and widespread social reforms are
incompatible.
When We have cut down tax
alton, got industry going again,
and found work for tho two MIL
lion unemployed. II VII be tin,s
enough to talk Of fresh SOCIAL TO
forms.
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Experts Decry
Force as Cure
of Social Hills

Universal Service Staff Correspondent
CHICAGO, March 4.-Reformers
will let the prodigal public try
everything once and get enough OF
1t II they follow the advice given
here by students OF social condi.
tons.
THE reformers have an idea We
can prevent vice by legislation"
said Maurice Gregory, head Of the
Friends Association for the Pro.
motion of Purity. The prodigsl
son tried all the vices. and he was
jolly glad to get back to his dad.
Trying to stamp out social mai
aides by force Is like trying -
mend a watch with . sledge.ham-
mer. It simply can't be done. The
idea that vice can be suppressed
by suppressing the woman Is rad
ically false. There is no morality
where there is injustice"
DR.. z. H. Pratt. physician, takes
a similar view.
Don't try to legislate away
cigarettes" he said. Cure the
nerve forces that create a dc
mand for cigarettes. Don't stamp
out appetites. Make them your
servants. Don't talk about sen.
suality. Convert 1t into spirit.
uality.
Every evil force can be con.
verted into a power for good. A
lily can grow out Of a mud-hole.
For twenty-five years the REFORM
ers have been diagnosing the Ills
OF the world. It's time to do some
constructive work and quit talk.
ing.
They talk about the menace OF
the movies when they ought to be
putting the right movies into the
schools and churches"
Following this, Mr.. Gregory gave
his views on birth control and
said there was no cause for alarm
in the spread Of birth control
propaganda.
Genealogical charts" he said,
show that large families run In
cycles. There are periods OF fer.
tility and non.fertiiity. and these
are governed by natural laws.
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IL characterized by sudden transi-
lions from one extreme to another.
Today he Is a highwayman, tomor-
row a saint. Between the two
states there is no visible bridge.
A short time ago o rough. brutal
commissar entered a tiny room I'm
Moscow. where a titled old lady
was spending the close OF her
days In solitude. poverty. and
physical suffering. He was accom-
panied by three ruffianly looking
fellows. who proceeded to take pos
session Of the chamber. What are
you doing here. you old WITCH"
cried tho commissar. occupying =
whole room to yourself while
workinsmen have not a roof over
their heads? These comrades are
going to lodge here. 30 make room
for them" But. little father, I
am old. and the room il
Shut up; they are going to share
the room with you. That Is the
long and the short OF IT," There
upon he left. Tho lady then be-
sought the intruders to take pity
on her. IT am old and friendless
and Ill. My lot In miserable.
Please dent make It harder
:" After a pause one
fellow exclaimed to the other:
Tho devil take her. Misha! What
say your" "All right" was tho
response; whereupon the third.
turning to the lady, said: God be
with you. little mother" and they
all left her in peace.
WORLD REVOLUTION.
It Is curious to note the way in
which Lenin's oracular utter.
ances are assimilated by the rank
and file as well as by the leaders.
One Of them, when tainted with
the false prophecy and the eco
nomic breakdown Of the Bolshe.
visit regime, retorted with the flip.
pancy which characterizes them
all: THE Christians believed in
the second coming Of Christ. They
adjusted their daily lives to that.
And they have waited now for
nearly 1000 years in vain. He
has not come. Yet they have not
forsaken Christianity in conse-
quence. We. too. believe In the
coming Of the world revolution.
which will realize our ideal, and
as yet only four years have gone
by since our innings began. We
offer mankind a paradise in this
world, which is a more difficult
undertaking than one in the next,
and we are not nearly as far
from the fulfillment OF our prom.
Use as are the Christians from the
realization of theirs."
The natural enemy OF the Boil.
shevists then In not so much a
political party. which stirs no
fiber In the soul Of the typical
Russian, As the Christian religion.
Hence the intensity OF hatred
which they manifest towards it
and the ruthlessness with which
they prosecute its apostles.
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ToNDITIoNS are not improving
" in England and millions Of

ToNDITIoNs are not improving
" in England and millions Of
men and women are becoming
convinced that things will not take
a turn for the better until We get
a change OF government. Mr..
Lloyd George says: Try a confer.
ence at Genoa" We have tried
conferences at Versailles and Sevres
and Spa and San Reno and
Lympne and Chequers and Brus-
sells and Washington and many
other places.
Not one OF these conferences has
done anything to improve tho lot
Of our own people. and I cannot
think that the arrival Of a thou.
sand delegates at Genoa, with gold
clubs and dancing pumps complete.
will provide any cure for our do
nestle troubles.
The immediate cause Of our
plight is that we have been wildly
and foolishly misgoverned ever
since the armistice. The first and
most obvious remedy Is to try an
other form Of government. and that
is why we ought to have a general
alaofior x.rttho,,t dalay
GLADSTONE'S STAND.
Viscount Gladstone, the inheritor
of an honored name and a great
tradition. goes a little farther. He
says bluntly: why not try an.
other Prime Minister"
I said something Of the same
sort myself recently. and many
people asked: But who can take
the place Of Mr.. Lloyd George?"
Hundreds of men think they can
do so. but It may be confidently
asserted that we have among US
at least a dozen men OF great ex-
perience. any ono of whom could
fill the office Of Prime Minister to-
morrow with competence and dig
nifty.
One such statesman Of the first
rank. Viscount Grey of Fallodon,
has just made a dramatic reappear-
ance In the political world after
having lived as recluse for five
years. l am not prepared to say
that Lord Grey is necessarily the
best man now available for the
duties Of Prime Minister, but I
urge most seriously that he is the
type of man we want. and that the
electorate should carefully consider
his claims.
Tho trouble Is that vast numbers
OF new electors, and especially the
women electors, know nothing
whatever about Lord Grey OF Fal.
loden, and perhaps are hardly
familiar with his name. Our poll.
ticians have never grasped the
amazing change which has como
over the electorate since the year
1918.
WOMEN IGNORED.
They still talk in the old politi.
cal language as though they were
addressing the old constituencies,
For example, in all the great
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By LOVAT FRASER---
distinguished English Writer)

Engand Wants New SaaHome Premier Britain Should Begin
Again with Prime Minister Entirely Free From the war Habit
of Mind Lloyd George ON Matters of National Finance Has For
feitcd Public Confidence"
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FAMOUS NEW STAR"
OF 1901 REAPPEARING

Recent Increase of Brightness i'm the Perseus
"Nova" Gives Astronomers Opportunity to
Study Phenomenon That May Solve the
Mystery of the Evolution of the Stellar
Universe.
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POETRY A GAME in
JAPAN FOR 600 YEARS

From Royal Court to Beggar's Hovel, ANUS
ing and Instructive Recreation Is Most
Popular Feature of Japanese New Year
Celebration.
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Bv JOSEPHUS DANIELS

(Secreary of the Navy in Wilson's Cabinet)
The Senators who Favor New Alliance Have Ceased Quoting George
Washington the Aiance Agreed Upon BY the Washington Confer
ene Reves To the Old Balances of Power and Carry lin There Very
Essence the Seeds of Jealousy and WAR;
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WOMEN IGNORED.

They still talk In the old politi.
cal language as though they were
addressing the old constituencies.
For example, in all the great
speeches delivered during the past
fortnight not a word has been
said to the women electors.
There seems to be an impression
that special appeals to women
speakers, but my observation in
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Translator Of Homer into Japa-
nese. in an article in the London
Dali Mail.
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INCAPABLE OF HATRED.

As a matter Of fact. neither ma
tional nor racial hatred can be en-
grated on the Russians. To poll
tics they are indifferent, and even
professional politicians are provirI-
cially, when not parochially. ig.
nored: socially they lack cohesive
ness. and psychologically they are
born mystics and yearn for a wider
outlook on the world than any
which nationalisn can provide.
They need the whole universe a.
a field OF interest. Christianity
supplied them with that and more,
for q time, but in its shriveled
forms It finally failed to satisfy
them. II was then that Marxism
entered the country and presented
them with what they were seeking
in the form Of universal brother
hood and the promise Of an early
millennium on earth. These prom.
ises have not boon kept. and Lenins
with his usual bluntncss has pro;
claimed the fact to tho world. but
he was careful to add that tho
error was merely the result OF v
characterization OF the cate.
Psycholosically. the Russian,
like the CLIMATE 81 his nstiv. land.
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The signing OF the alliance
with Japan, Great Britain and
France Is the perfect apology Of
fered to Woodrow Wilson by
those who accused him OF betray-
ing the interests of America by
an agreement signed at Yer
sailles to preserve the peace of
the world by an agreement with
all the free nations OF the world.
so FAR as reported in tho press,
those who Topped over from be-
ing hostile to all alliances to
signing an alliance. which II con-
summated carries tho challenge
to q counter alliance. have not
written q letter of apology to
Woodrow Wilson for what they
said about him whom no was
sweating blood in Paris trying to
prevent the disasters which fail.
urs to ratify tho League Of Ma.
tons has brought upon the
world.
But. though ne written apology
has been forwarded and no public
not Of recantation has been
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0N the night Of February 81
~ %. 1901, DIR. Anderson. an