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Evening star., 1922-11-17
Defends Gas Experimentation on Animals.

hood to pay every decade or SO for
the most costly Of all criminal vices.
unpreparedness. I realize that you
do not wish to imply that you would
prefer the future sacrifice or the
sons, and possibly daughters, too. OF
the present time. And surely you
must realize that any dogs used in
necessary experimentation would have
been shot long before by the pound
master in the cities from which they
were obtained. l hope you realize
that / use the word necessary" ad-
visedly. There Is no haze surround
is necessary. 1t is the choice Of
few animals now or a host of other
peoples sons at some later time.
And then the third:
"3. II such experiments are being
made. is it with the knowledge and
sanction of the high Army officials
ultimately responsible"
Let me tell you a secret. Miss
Hough. 1 have noticed that there are
inch In the average Army officers
home than there are in the average
civilians home. You might ask why"
sometime in The Star editorial col
umn. and know that in doing SO you
are going to stump" the entire Army
INTO IuCOueTeuI SueuCc. buS Tie l6Cl
will nevertheless remain that when
ever you speak Of race suicide" to an
Army officer he thinks that you are
starting to give him a tip on q new
entry at Laurel. This being SO. It nec-
essarily follows that Army officials.
high or low, would rather see a few
animals experimental upon than have
their sons uselessly sacrificed in the
next war. They know that any such
useless sacrifice is the price Of unpre-
paredness. and in this particular case
the unpreparedness would take the
form of the physiological and patho-
logical fundamentals connected with
the science Of war. All thinking peo-
Pile with children will express the
same opinion.
OF course. Miss Hough. 1t goes with
out saying that people who actually
compare the worth Of dogs with chill
dren would be unable to follow this
or any other line of reasoning. and I
you were trying to make any such
contrast. In your case l realize that
you had not arrived at a last analysis
at the time of writing. The last
analysis cannot be otherwise worded
than the choice between the few ami
mails and the many humans. Person
ally, Miss Hough, I would sacrifice
all the dogs In the world IL 1t would
bring back one American boy from
his hero's grave in France. and were
you to disagree with me l would alter
the statement by hypothetical assur-
ance that the one boy would be your
overwhelming from q sleep In for
egn soil that began october. 1915
and then surely you would be In &C
cord with the world Of thinking par
enthood. r. L. ADAMS.
Evening star., 1922-11-17
Redistribution.

An appeal to President Harding by
the National Federation of Federal
Employees for the early enactment Of
,ne reclassification bill puts that matter
directly in the line Of executive recon-
nlendation to Congress. The President
is rold that "as a measure of efficiency
and economy in administration this
bill is second to none that will come
before Congress at Its next sessions" "
Reclassification is an urgent business
need Of the government. Until 1t is
effected the appropriations for the ad-
n1inistrative work of the United States
must be confused and larger than nee
essary.
At present the governments ad-
nlinistrative machinery Is a patch
work. the result of many years of oc-
casionaI additions and enlargements.
without coordination. There Is no
system. A Civil Service Commission
regulates. in large measure, the ap-
pointment Of the personnel. assigning
nominees for service to various de.
quired but with no regulation as to
duties or pay. with no uniformity in
respect to relative responsibility and
compen nsation.
Many widely differing standards are
maintained at present in the depart
mental and bureau service. Each or
tGnizntion is distinct unit In re.
seect to it's duties and pay scales.
When Congress appropriates for the
administrative service it Is met with O
confusion that necessarily makes for
waste. while in the service itself in
justice is done to many through the
inequalities that prevail.
Rec.assification is simply a measure
of equalization. such as any business
ofganization would adopt The pend
ing bill has been passed by the House
by an overwhelming majority and has
been approved by the Senate commit
tee on civil service. Now it is hoped
that the President will put the matter
squareiy up to Congress as a duty
which It owes to the government. to
adopt a measure that establishes the
principle Of uniformity OF duties and
pay, and that for the first time in its
history puts the federal administration
upon an. even foundation in respect
TO It's working personnel. II there are
faults in that measure they can be
corrected.
Congress has at all times the power
o, amendment. 1t should not continue
to delay action in the hope Of securing
n: the outset so perfect a law that 1t
will never require change. Such law
has never yet been enacted. and prob
ably never will.
Evening star., 1922-11-17
Here and There in Washington
BY THE MAJOR''

OF them to indulge in. quiet little
smile. The amused ono was William
]. Burns.
CPEAKING Of detectives reminds me
- that the astute head Of the in
vestigating department Of the United
States Shipping Board. Frank Burke.
is a many sided genius. for In addi-
tion to being able to run down and
ferret out crimes of complex char
acter he is mechanical genius his
latest achievement being the con-
s.ructicn Of smart -look'n~ motor
boat that Is capable of making twen-
ty-three knots per hour. In order to
achieve this speed without using one
Of the mammoth gas engines that are
usually installed. Burke secured and
put in place a I00-horsepower air.
plane motor. with the result that he
has one of the fastest boats on the
river.
A RATHER choleric retired officer
4 whose ey"sight is not quite 50
good as it formerly was happened to
be standing at the corner of nth and
H streets the other morning wh", he
saw a trolley car come round the
curve opposite the Metropolitan Club
His comment was as follows: with
the prices they are charging us for
transportation 1t is an outrage for
the company to permit such disrep-
uta BILE looking cars to run through
our city streets. think that shall
write letter 10 the authorities con-
cerning the matter" The criticism.
however. was not a just one. Had the
morning been less misty and the
critics eyesight keener he would have
noticed that it was the sandcar on its
early morning round Of the company's
trackage.
THE other day while strolling dowr
i F street I happened to run across
. friend Of mine, a retired banker
who Is always doing something for
somebody. one Of those individuals tina
Just cannot help going to the aid Of SOM
cne that he happens to hear Is in dis
tress. and, accosting him, I asked wha'
he was doing slowly WALKING down .ha
thoroughfare and he made reply as
follows: about two months before
Christmas I make up list of the
things that want to give my friends
then I take that list downtown with
me and I go Notwithstanding 20 Sc
II can see something that / thinI-
they will like better. and if fin'
something that think will give their
more pleasure 1 go in and buy it and
make the change on my list. / like
to do my shopping early because
can pick and choose at leisure and
think that the greatest joy one car
have is selecting the gift. and ther
besides that 1 am not In the way OF
others who have. because Of limited
time. to put of their selection of
gifts until they can spare few
hours, and 1t also makes it easier for
the clerks"
A splendid argument for the "S.1o-
carly" slogan that We read every
year.
Evening star., 1922-11-17
Mussolini's Challenge.

MuSsolini takes the center OF the
European stage. which recently kemal
Pasha, st!ll standing in Asia, occupied
by deputy. The italian premier, leader
Of the recent bloodless revolution,
proves that ne is no mere maker Of
gestures. He makes no pretense Of his
purpose to bring about a revolution in
fact In italian affairs. to give his coun-
try a government of action rather
than one of speculation and compro-
mise.
At Rome yesterday Mussolini stood
forth in the chamber Of deputies and
declared his independence of parlia.
mentary support. His words are re-
markable in their directness and
significance:
am today performing In this hall
what is an act Of purely formal defer
ence toward you. and for which ! do
not seek your thanks. Italy has given
herself a government outside. above
and against any designation by par
lament. Now I affirm that revolution
has it's rights. and I add that l am
! here in order to defend and make
most of the black shirts revolution by
inserting it intimately as q force
tending toward development. progress
and equilibrium In the history Of the
nation.
Italy has suffered during recent
years from parliamentary instability.
Ministries have fallen one after an
other because Of the inability Of their
leaders to control combinations in the
deputies. Compromises have led them
into difficult paths. During the recent
communist manifestations the govern
ment was not strong enough to adopt
effective measures Of suppression, and
! had it not been for the fascist. led by
Mussolini. Italy would have been
turned over to a soviet rule.
Mussolini would not, of course.
adopt such an attitude or take such
tone in addressing the deputies If he
were not hacked by large, compact.
determined force Of ardent loyalists.
opposed to the communist elements.
He mentions this force thus:
with 100000 youths perfectly armed
ard ready for anything. might have
punished the enemies of the fascismo.
I might have bivouacked my troops In
this very hall. I might have closed
parliament and ruled with purely
fascist government say I might
have done these things. but-at least
for the present. have not wished to
do them.
No more definite warning could have
been given than that, especially the
phrase ''at least for the present" The
challenge is unmistakable. Mussolini
will stand or fall on it. For Italy her
self the result must be good. In the
field of foreign relations there may be
| difficulties. The fascist leader de-
clares for the maintenance Of treaties
| and for the support OF Italy's allies.
But he pronounces this formula: I'VE
: give nothing If we receive nothing In
! return" Italy must have its quid pro
quo. VIII that be Fiume? Will 1t be a
| larger vote in the councils OF the
powers?
Evening star., 1922-11-17
Blue Ribbon Winners.

A horse which had been driven be-
tween the shafts of garbage wagon
at Fort Riley. Kan, was entered In
the national horse show at New York
where he captured the blue ribbon and
the coveted cup for chargers. He was
lifted from his menial drudgery and
elevated to the ranks Of champions be-
cause some man. with more discern.
ing eye than most. recognized inherent
qualities which environment had all
but obliterated. But for the chance of
this mans coming. the equine aristo.
crat Of today might have dragged out
his weary life providing motive power
for the garbage cart.
The name Of the horse was Sub
mersible." What coincidence Of Mt.
ness. Not only was he submersible.
but he had been submerged. Fate had
played a scurvy trick upon him. and
then made recompense. What ser
mon Is there, what a theme for the
philosopher! A text for the sermon
might well be:
1.-THE race Is not to the swift. nor
the battle to the strong. neither yet
bread to the wise. nor yet riches to
men Of understanding. nor yet favor
to men OF skill; but time and chance
happeneth to them ALL"
Fate Is as prankish in its deal
ings With men as with horses. I'm
numbered "Submers!bles" Of the
human kind are doing the humble
work of the world. while the prizes
and blue ribbons of life go to their in
feriors. Now and then some master
with a discerning eye chances by and
the merits Of submerged one are
given recognition. But this happens
so seldom that we always wonder at
it. Once hitched to the garbage wagon
of drudging toll, 1t is not often that
either horse or man escapes.
We may think we are the architects
Of our own fortunes and the captains
Of our souls, but, after all. fate deals
the cards. and we are more or less
helpless pawns in the playing Of the
game. We strive. we succeed or fail.
and merit or the lack Of merit is not
the whole Of 1t. Virtue does not always
triumph, much as we would like to be-
lieve 1t does. and the laborer often is
more than worthy OF the wage he gets.
The thing that keeps US striving is
eternal hope that the discerning eye
will not pass US by. and that the
destiny which shapes our ends will de.
cree that to US shall come the favora-
BILE happenings Of time and chance.
Evening star., 1922-11-17
To Hon. Woodrow Wilson:

Washington, August IS, 1916
Ny Dear Mr.. President: have haf
alks this morning with three men
III of them democrats. all of them
'trongly for YOU under any circum-.
ances. None of them is rela
them have recently been out Of this
ity and believe that they have
-nowiedge of the feeling of the coun
-y. All express the same view. and
want to tell it to you in case you
rite message to Congress.
They say that the people do no.
~rasp the meaning of your statemen-
hat society has made its judgment
n favor of an eight-hour day. This
he people think. is a matter that can
Ne arbitrated. They ask THY can't
& be arbitrated? They say that the
'ountry feels that you have lined
Yourself up with the labor unions
'rrevocably for an eight-hour day, as
-sinst the railroads. who -''f- -
bitrate the necessity for putting in
an eight-hour day Immediately, and
irrespective of. the additional cost
to the railroads. They say that the
men are attempting to bludgeon the
railroads into granting their demand
which has not been shown to the peo-
pie to be reasonable. This demand
is that the men should have ten hours
pay for eight hours work or less
They say that II this question can
not be arbitrated the railroads ns,st
yield on every question, and thai
freight rates and passenger rates. in
stead of going down, as they have for
the past twenty years, must inevi-
tably increasingly go up. They say
that the people do not realise that
you have been willing to entertain
any proposition made by the rail-
roads, but that you have stood stead
fastly for something which the men
have demanded
Now, all of this indicates a lack Of
knowledge Of what your position has
been. I am giving you the gist of
these conversations because they rep
resent a point Of view. SO that IL you
desire you may meet such criticism.
You must remember. Mr.. President.
that the American people have not
had for fifty years President who
was not at this period in a campaign
bending all Of his power to purely
personal and political ends Your
ideaIity and unsefishness are So rare
that things need to be made particu-
lariy clear to them.
Faithfully yours.
FRANKLIN X. LANE.
Evening star., 1922-11-17
To the Editor Of The Star:

10 tn0 EQitOE OF 1ne EtAr.
God bless the women. When the
world begins to appear a trifle common
place and prosaic, and boredom like
BanQuo's ghost percolates the blue funk
Of wholly tranquil evening. one Of the
gentler sex will come to the rescue II
you give her half a chance. For those
of us who are married we may find
her without stirring far from the golden
oak morris chair; for those Of US who
are not 80 lucky We may have to look
in at Keith's occasionally, but on two
ev, nings of late I have found her on
The Star editorial page. bewitchingly
entertaining in her wolfskin OF serious
mess.
Miss Housh and Miss McCaffrey. in
recent letters to the editor, have
buckled on their armor. and. entering
the lists against the warrior Gen.
Fries, have endeavored to find the
weak point in his helmet of logic
with their. leveled Watermans. AS
have noticed that Gen. Fries intends
to answer further in another pub
licatfon, l hope that he will not take
1t amiss II add a word or two here.
A week or ten days ago Miss Hough
aimed three queries at Gen. Fries In
her letter to The Star. I cannot ',surp
the right answer, as that Is Gen. Fries
prerogative, but l can prescribe a
palliative in the Interim case Of the
family doctor applying the generally
known remedies before the specialist ar
rives for consultation. Miss Hough
"symptomises" as foliows:: S.no ..,u.,.
ing with poisonous gases after going
on record, through her duly accredtt-
ed representatives, as opposed to their
Fair enough, but let me ask one.
too: Are you, Miss Hough, satisfied
with "eoing on record" against thieves
entering your home, or do you lock
your doors in addition to your decla-
ration of disapprobation.
And the second is like unto 1t:
"2. Are such experiments being car
rfed on at Edgewood Arsenal at the
cost OF suffering to animals?"
Regardless of the exact answer.
Miss Hough,. would you prefer that
mothers offer their children for nee
essary experimentation in the place
Of animals? II you will recall. many
mothers lost their boys on the fields
OF France in the late war. Had ex-
periments been conducted prior to the
war instead of during the war, many
lives would have been saved to those
mothers. We're you blessed with
children Of your own, Miss Hough,
you woulA realise that one or more
sons or daughters 10 q rather high
price 70 6sk mothefhood ana father
Evening star., 1922-11-17
To Hon. Woodrow Wilson:
Washington, June 8, 1916


My Dear Mr. President: I see by
the papers that it Is repeatedly an
nounced that you are writing the
la form. Now. ] wan to & the
liberty of saying that this is not alto
gether good news to me. Our plat
form should contain such an appre-
:iation OF you and your administra-
ton that you could not write It, much
'ess have II known that you have
written 1t. 1t should be one long JOY
sul shout Of exultation over the
achievements OF the administration,
and 1 can't quite see you leading the
shout
The republican party was for half
century a constructive party. and
he democratic party was the party
IF negation and complaint. We have
.aken the play from them. The
democratic party has become the
,arty of construction. You have out
ined new policies and put then. into
fleet through every department.. from
;'a;e to Labor. Therefore our p;a :
form should be generously filled with
words of boasting that will hearten
md make proud the democrats of the
'ountry--a plain tale of large things
imply done.
II there is any truth at all in the
newspaper statement and any pur-
pose in making it. perhaps the end
hat Is desired might be reached by
statement that YOU are not under
aking to write the platform, but
hat, at the request of some of the
eaders. you are giving them a con-
.rete statement Of your foreign
policy. Faithfully yours.
FRANKLIN K. LANE.
Evening star., 1922-11-17
Already Under Way.
Says Cbairman Hull Of Il

Says Chairman Hull Of the demo.
cratic national COMMITTEES:
The victory won by the democrats
in the late election has heartened the
democratic party throughout the ma
ton and created general desire
among democratic leaders for the i'm
mediate beginning Of an active presi-
Dental campaign.
The campaign Of 1924 is already un.
der way. Wednesday morning, the sth,
saw stir and hustle in the organization
circles Of both Of the old parties.
There are no idle periods in those
circles nowadays. What is known as
'xhe eternal git-up-and.git" is the
latest, the present. wear. We have
now continuous politics. Tho game
never. stops. 3
We'll. why should It steo7 Etsrnal
vigilance. IN tho price Of liberty. SO
Evening star., 1922-11-17
A Clear Conservative Majority.

Wednesdays elections In Great Brit.
ain resulted in an Unexpectedly large
clear majority for the conservative
Iarty. Andrew Bonar Law. premier,
will have a margin Of at least eighty.
seven votes in commons. whereas
when the balloting started It was ex.
pected that he. would have but q
plurality. and would be obliged to sum.
mon aid from one Of the liberal groups
to maintain his ministry.
Next in Importance to that result
IS the rise Of the labor party to second
place In the parliamentary equation
While the conservatives have suffered,
despite their success. net loss OF
twenty-three seats in commons, the
laborites have gained sixty, giving
them at latest reports 1873. and a lead
Of eighty-four over the Georgian lib
erals. who rank as third party.
The third important result Is the
relegation Of Lloyd George to q rela
lively obscure position as to his own
following. his group now standing al
fifty-four, a net loss Of seventy-three
seats. While the former premier may
remain as a factor in the parliamen
tary situation. by reason Of his ability
to cause embarrassment, this election
is regarded at present as putting him
definitely out Of reckoning as pos
s.ble future organizer Of govern
raent. Such a prediction, however, d
no. safely to be pressed. as the Welsh
man has surprising way Of recupera
ton. He has. 1t Is true, never before
suffered so emphatic a defeat in an
election.
Some minor points Of interest ap
pear in the returns. One avowed com
ynunist will sit in the next house, and
one prohibitionist. Unless q bye-elec
ton should be held, and favors him.
Winston Churchill, long a figure od
prominence in British political affairs
Will disappear from parliament,
through a defeat which 1t IL reported
staggered him. H. @. Wells. labor can.
didate for the house. remains IN doubt
Of his tate. He made Q tnrs1d canvass
whsoh aroused no interest, ana even Il
Evening star., 1922-11-17
LREADY many washingtonians

4 LREADY many Washingtonians
~ have availed themselves Of
~ the enjoyment of the hunting
a season and hardly day
passes but that dozens of men motor
out to points OF vantage In Maryland
or Virginia. 1t is really astonishing
how sweet to the ears is the baying
Of the hounds as they dash forth on
the trail OF the quarry. Likewise
noticeable Is the wonderful increase
In appetite and the restful slum-
ber that follows a days hunting.
All of which brings to mind story
that Is going the rounds concerning
what happened to q local huntsman.
1t appears that this young man. who
is rather a fair shot, has been brag-
eing for the last month about what
an excellent marksman he was. In fact,
he quite emphasized his prowess with
shotgun and rife. and his overcon-
fidencc resulted In his undoing. Last
Monday afternoon he and party OF
others departed for the hills of Vir-
ginia and shortly after dusk arrived
at the home of the one who was to
be host during the couple OF days
shooting. After partaking of true
Virginia hospitality the party retired
for the night. so as to get an early
start. 1t was not until about II
o'clock, however. that they managed
to scare up any game and the ac-
knowledged Dick Dead-Eye got
chance to show his skill. Bang! but
he missed. a little while afterward
he met with the same misfortune, and
so 1t occurred all during the day, not
a single cottontail reposed in his
bag when the tired and hungry party
came In for supper. That night the
young man came in for quite lot of
toshing and he retired disheartened
and crestfallen young person. 1t was
not until the next morning that he
was enlightened as to why his marks
manship had been SO poor the day
before: one Of the party told him that
In order to deprive him of some of his
egotism they had substituted shells
containing no shot. 1t cured him of
his habit Of Dragging.
INtER one WHO hHo"S " illdHi q;
L Burns. head of the bureau OF in.
vestigation OF the Department of Just
tice, knows that he is one of the best
dressed men In the country: in facti
this famous sleuth looks far more
like a prosperous banker or cabinet
officer than tho detectives described
in stories. Some time ago two men
were discussing. while riding in a
street car. the famous Investigator
and one Of them. in a voice that could
be heard several seats away. declared
that he knew Burns very well. that
he had seen him upon many oc-
casions; whe-eupon his friend asked
just what kind OF a looking man the
detective was. The first speaker de-
scribed a man about six feet two.
weighing about 220 pounds, coal
black hair. bushy eyebrows. clean
shaven and a man who wore oh! well.
fairly good clothes. All of which
caused a gentleman seated in the rear