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Evening star., 1922-02-19
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MARYLAND and Virginia.
A Land Armament Basis.

rCable dispatches indicate that Eu-
rope continues to be primarily con-
cerned as to the terms upon which the
United States is willing to cooperate
tn and lend financial assistance to re-
habilitation of the war-torn continent.
A. great many formulas have been ad-
vanced from this side, but in the end
Disarm,
If they will make Limitation Of land
ornaments the first item on the pro-
posed Genoa conference agenda, and
If the nations will go there sincerely
and intently determined to agree upon
a basis for such limitation, the way
viii be opened for American co-opera-
ton in the fullest possible measure.
This country is willing even to pro-
vide them basis. if they cannot find
one for themselves. Let it be one SOL
dier for each 1000 of inhabitants. The
american people are willing to con-
form to that basis. and the peoples of
Europe ought to welcome it eagerly as
iatolerable difficulties. There is not. in
fact, a nation in the world which could
not afford to conform to it.
fOne soldier to each 1000 of inhabi-
tants would give every nation all the
force needed to maintain order and
police its own domain. 1t would not
give any nation an army sufficiently
large to constitute a menace to its
neighbor, nor would it give any nation
an army 50 large that its maintenance
would end competition in land arma-
nent, more important to Europe even
than that competition in naval arma-
nient should be ended.
: "A basis of one soldier to each 1000
of Inhabitants would give the United
States an army of about lis, 1000 men,
not much below our present military
strength. 1t would give France proper
37,0 900 men, instead of the vast estab-.
lishment of 100000 which now is her
Old Man Of the Sea. With the French
colonies taken into account her total
armed strength would be about 1000
men. Germany would be reduced to
$4,000 men, instead of the 100000 al
lowed by the Versailles treaty. and
France would need never again fear a
German invasion. Russia would have
136, 900 men to maintain order through
out the stretches. of her vast domain,
and the Russian menace would be ef
fectiveIy removed. italy Poland. ku-
mania, Jugoslavia, CzechOslavia,
Greece and the minor states would
release their scores and hundreds of
thousands to productive enterprise;
the war-made deficit in man power
and production would largely and soon
be overcome, national budgets would
be brought nearer to balancing. and
out of this greatest of sanities would
come sanity in other things.
Once such program of Limitation
was accomplished, or even agreed
upon, a life-giving stream Of cash and
credit would begin to flow from Amer
lea to stricken Europe. and its flow
would be prompted not by philan-
thropy. but by good business sense.
And once such program was agreed
upon, the governments which owe this
government money could have all the
time they needed before beginning
payments, for it would make gilt-edged
securities out Of evidences Of indebted
ness now of more or less doubtful
value.
Evening star., 1922-02-19
Politics at Home
Scrapping the Old Parties.

All those IN favor Of q new party
Will signify by saying aye, and are
respectfully invited to meet in Chi.
cago the latter part Of this month.
An organization is to be effected In
time for participation in this years
campaigns. Candidates for Congress
are IN contemplation. Wherever pos
sible. candidates Of the two old parties
for either the House or'the Senate are
to be opposed by men representing the
new purpose.
That purpose is pretty broad as yet.
The time for details has not arrived.
All necessary to enroll under the new
banner Is a belief that in the interests
OF the country the two old parties
should be scrapped; that whatever use.
fulness they once possessed they no
longer possess: that both are now in
decay, and that the same evils are
affecting both.
There is nothing new in this prop
osition. 1t has been stated a dozen
times in the past forty years. and al
most as many efforts have been made
to give 1t life and action. Some of its
protagonists have been men Of ability,
who knew the game Of politics and
had learned 1t in one or other Of the
organizations against which they were
now inveighing.
But, somehow. the old parties es.
capped destruction. and are functioning
today with considerable vigor. Maybe
they will escape again. Nothing Is SO
likely, indeed, as that one or the other
will control the next Congress-. and
that one or the other will be victor in
the next quadrennial contest for con.
troll OF the country.
Still. in q way, both parties should
benefit by this new party threat. It
should set both to a more careful self
examination. and to a closer study of
the country's conditions. Neither has
ever before faced situation even re-
motely resembling that which Is dis
turbing and distressing the average
voter today.
Evening star., 1922-02-19
The Speakership and the Senate.

Mr.. Cannon. nearly half q century
in office, has been content with a seat
in the House. The House atmosphere
has agreed with him, and he with it.
Whether he would have thrived 30
well In the Senate is but a guess.
There is a House atmosphere and
Senate atmosphere. and in more than
one instance a man who had thrived
in the one withered in the other. The
transfer seemed to bring him to a halt.
In half q century but one man who
had filled the office Of Speaker has
passed to the Senate. On the death OF
MIR. Beck Of Kentucky. John G. Car
lisle, who had three times been Speak
er, was chosen to succeed him. Had
he remained in the Senate. Mr.. Car
Isle would probably have duplicated
there his House success. But Mr..
Cleveland called him to the Treasury
Department. and he disappeared in the
failure of the second Cleveland admin
istration.
Michael c. Kerr. Samuel J. Randall,
J. w. keifer, Thomas B. Reed, Charles
F. Crisp. David B. Henderson. Joseph
G. Cannon and Champ Clark all found
the House to their taste. Mr.. Reed
never turned his eyes in the direction
Of the Senate, while Mr.. Clark de-
clined the proffer Of an appointment
to that body.
There is some speculation about Mr..
Gillett. VIII he close his career in the
Senate? Two years from now a sue
cessor to Mr.. Walsh will be chosen.
The republicans Of Massachusetts, lost
the seat through q factional row, and
in 1924 win try to regain it. Mr.. Gil
lett has distinguished himself in the
House, and stands for the best Of Bay
state republicanism. II the republic
ans carry the next House he will prob
ably occupy the chair for the third
time. In 1924, therefore, he win be
very conspicuous in both home and
national affairs, and II q senatorial
ambition were to seize him he might
well hope to realize on it that year.
But in these turbulent times of
swift changes q forecast Of two years
Is most decidedly at the forecaster's
risk. 1t ia perilous to prophesy "un-
less ye know
Evening star., 1922-02-19

Question has arisen as to whether
the pugilist is as demoralizing a social
influence as the prize-fight promoter.
The pugilist is compelled to exercise
some self-restraint in order to main
tain physical fitness. The promoter,
however, is subject only to the restric.
tions of financial prudence.
Evening star., 1922-02-19
Heard and Seen

What do you know about this?
They have an '-anti-whistling" law
over in the Interior Department
building!
Having occasion to call on Stephen
park service, l was coming along the
first floor corridor on the way from the
elevator, when a guard accosted me.
WAS that you whistlingT" he
asked. in decent tones.
Now. the writer had been whistling.
soft whistle, as il were. a few bars
of one of his own compositions
Gen. Dawes is not the only one who
can make up tunes, although his
Melody" is unqualifiedly the best
The guard had keen ears. though,
and caught a note or two.
rs there anything wrong about
whistling softly?" he was asked.
I'm glad to see you have a happy
disposition" said the guard. But you
must not whistle in the corridor"
"Why not?"
We'll, you see. there's an ordsr
against it," returned the guard. '.The
echoes in the hall annoy the clerks"
xx
Although the Bible is the most
widely distributed book in the world.
one would never think SO sometimes
when copy of Holy Writ is desired
in a hurry.
1t is surprising what a hard time
a person will have in an ONCE in
hnding q copy OF the Bible. There
Is dictionary, q work on synonyms.
an atlas and other volumes, but not
copy Of the Bible to be had.
1t would be interesting to know IL
every government department has q
copy of the Bible.
There is at least one big govern
ment establishment which found
itself without a Bible
This is the Washington city post
ONCE. POSTMASTER Chance was sud
denly called upon to decide il a
pamphlet coming through the mails
should not be excluded.
Certain pages in the pamphlet
quoted passages purporting to be
from the Bible. Now. no matter how
New, Testaments. it is often difficult
to place quotation. and especially
to know IL it is exactly right.
Get me copy of the Bible" di-
rected the postmaster.
Hasty search revealed that there
was no copy of the Bible to be found
in the whole city post office. although
the postmaster himself is an earnest
church worker.
Another office boy story.
once boys have q way Of getting
into stories. This one is a kindly
fellow. whose brazen nerve is not Often
sive, because he means we'll
He runs proofs in a newspaper Of
Zee. One day he was trying to i'm
press his fellow office boys.
a proof do it right" he said. when
he says bring him that story on
Panama, I just don't bring that one
alone: bring all the European stuff"
Every art has its rules.
One rule in painting is that the
artist signs his name in the corner
of the canvas. Today many old
paintings are valuable solely because
Of such signatures.
But one man who bought a water
color doesn't approve Of that habit,
evidently.
About a week after he purchased
| the picture he brought it back to the
artist.
What is the matter-don't you like
it," asked the painter.
"Oh, I like it very much" replied
the purchaser. But don't like your
name in the corner there
why, that is quite customary. I
assure you"
"Well, my wife and I think 1t looks
like an advertisement or a billboard
or something" protested the man.
so, won't you please paint II out?"
CHARLES E. TRACEWELL
Evening star., 1922-02-19
The Next War and Who Wants It.

xde NeXC war anu VINO W6Uto ~.
BERLIN.--"He who says another
war is impossible is mad. He who
fails to do all in his power to pre-
vent 1t is a criminal.
but does any one today desire
war?
"Unhappily, yes"
So begins an article by H. Won Ger
ZACH in the Welt am Montag, in
which the writer says there are
forces that are working consciously
for war in Europe today. but France
is not one of them. The article says:
'In Russia there is an antipaciflst
government which approves war as
a means of preparing world revolu-
ton. Not only in theory, but also in
practice, as the attack against the
peaceful socialist republic Of Georgia
proves Trotsky boasts of a million
and a half men-that Is to say. the
most powerful armed force in the
world. They beg aims for the starv-
the the upkeep Of this gigantic army.
and a million and a half men are
forced to serve in the prime Of life
instead of being used to rebuild the
"Horthy,s White Hungary is sat
cose spirit. A few radicals and So
cialists apart. it is hard to find q
Hungarian who does not say: We
want to re-establish the old king
dom of Saint Stephens crown. and
we know it can't be done without
war;
"I won't prolong the list. Just a
few words about ourselves. There
are few nationalists in Germany SO
mad as to count on q war in the
near future, but, unhappily, there are
And often they dream out loud. The
desire for revenge 10 expressed in
thousands Of speeches and articles.
And the suspecting foreigner looks
at these speeches, rather than the
physical impossibility OF Germany's
than at the moral opposition Of the
German masses against any war
"But France! Has she not become
the prime militarist Of the world
since the war?
"I hear her termed so every day.
and not only by Germans The
ity as the Germany OF 1914 many
foreign, pacidsts tell me.
"such judgments seem to me to
lack discernment
81 was talking few months ago
with q we'll informed French pacifst
with a view to learning whether
France would participate in An inter-
national congress on the program.
NO More War; He replied. 4 doubt
Il. Not that our peasants and towns.
mon are. too militaristic. but their
aavinr. They know they did not
want war in 1914 and don't want any
war in the future
"Here, the powerful frencn army
is regarded as q threat to Germany.
One misinterprets French nervous
ness The Frenchman says to MIN.
self, We are forty millions against
sixty-three million Germans! He
hears manifestations of German ma
tionalism. He wants guarantees
Nervousness In bad advieer.
France wants peace. But IN afmine
40 strongly she encourages the MILL
;ary spirit everywhere"
Evening star., 1922-02-19
Senator Calder,

Mr.. Calder wants another term in
the Senate. He II Q Brooklynite. and
in his early fifties. Before entering
politics he was a builder, and had sue.
ceeded in the business world as he has
since succeeded in the political world.
His first service In Washington was
as q member Of the House, and on the
strength Of that he sought and OBJ.
tanned promotion to the Senate. He is
useful rather than snowy as a legis.
lator. His ability and his industry
travel we'll together. He has taken,
and holds, good rank in the Senate.
Mr.. Caldef's equipment and expert
ence as a business man should stand
him well In hand in this race. Busi-
ness Is the watchword. All business
walks show depression Of grave ma
ture. The proposition 10 to build busi-
ness up again. and Mr.. Calder 10 q
builder.
The situation in New York in both
parties, while not chaotic, is confused.
Factionism exists on both sides Of the
fence. Each party. in tho matter of
the senatorship as in that Of the gov.
ernorship. needs q uniher. A party
divided against itself cannot stand.
Mr.. Calder may not be opposed for
the republican nomination. The demo-
cratic nominee does not today stand
indicated. There is talk Of Gov. ZAP
Smith,, and it is said he is not discour.
aging it. He has had a term. and a
successful one, In the governorship.
and the Senate is suggested as a
change He, as Mr.. Calder. is q prod
uct Of the business world; and upon
his retirement from ofiice he sought
another business engagement.
A race between these two men
would add considerable interest to the
New York campaign. Each is recog:
nixed as a good politician, and each
numbers among his supporters some
Of the cleverest politicians IN the state.
all Of whom would get into the game
with their full resources. and play It
with an the slkill at their command
.rirht up to tho day Of election.
Evening star., 1922-02-19

Before seating his guests at an
oyster roast at Palm Beach a New
York bon vivant took pains to eat
some Of the oysters beforehand, and
was seized with ptomaine poisoning.
No host could have been more con.
siderate. -
Evening star., 1922-02-19

The fashion dictation Of Europe Is
evidently at an end. Scarcely had
Paris announced that long skirts were
correct style when American young
women took to knickerhockers.
Evening star., 1922-02-19
Funds, for Foreign Trade Drive

Congress is going to be advised this
week to be liberal In support OF the
foreign trade development program
of Herbert Hoover. Secretary OF Com
merce This will come in the form
Of recommendation from the appro-
priations committee in reporting the
Commerce Department supply bill.
The work Of the bureau OF foreign
and domestic commerce. In the reor-
ranixation Of which Secretary Hoover
has concentrated the principal I'M
provements he has made in the de-
partment, has appealed strongly to
the members Of the appropriations
COMMITTEES, and especially to Repre-
sentative Milton W. shreve Of Penn
sylyania, chairman OF the sub-con-
mittee which has framed the bill:
support Of the foreign trade promo
tion program 10 ono notable instance
IN which sixable increases in appro-
priations have been considered "a
vorably.
Ono thing has been made very clesf
to Representative Shreve and his as
HOClRxe8 on tu0 60uCVtihASSSo
the hearings which have Just been
completed. That Is that the business
mon Of tho country are using the nu-
reau more and moro and demandine
that it receive increasing. support
from the government. They nave alse
heen Impressed with the fact tnat
American business men are beeomin9
moro interested In problems anecune
the financing Of foreign trade and the
actual shipment Of goods. which 10 9
pretty safe assurance that tney are
actually getting the business.
+fk +
The members of the subcommittee
were greatly Impressed during the
hearings when DR.. Julius Klein, ohief
of tho bureau. told them that the
actual inquiries for Information from
American business mon have increas-
ed in the last ave months from 5000
. week to 10000 a week. While the
work Of the bureau has thus been
doubled, the working foroe In the
Washington headquarters has not
been materially increased. and the
bureau is greatly In need of minor
help to handle these inquiries prop
erly. DR. Klein insisted. He poineed
out that this doubling OF the inquiries
Evening star., 1922-02-19

French is regarded as the language
Of diplomacy and English as the Ian
glage of commerce. Diplomacy and
business, however, become SO closely
associated that it is sometimes neces-
sary to talk United States
Evening star., 1922-02-19

In deciding to bar an American lee
turer on rather delicate topics the Jap
anese do not hesitate. to imply that
the undesirable alien may be produced
in almost any locality.
Evening star., 1922-02-19
Trafic Control in Paris.

.PARIs.-The latest Of the many
devices by which the authorities
are trying-without much enthusi-
asm or hope-to render the streets
less dangerous and less confused IL
10 be put to the test shortly In the
Place de L'Opera, snys the corre-
spoudent of the LoAdon Times. This
Evening star., 1922-02-19

Florida has her wiretappers and
California her reckless jazz parties. A
region climatically favored does not al
ways succeed in being as good as it is
beautiful.
Evening star., 1922-02-19

If Darwin had been a Kentuoky
man these legislative attacks on the
theory Of evolution would hardly get
by without starting feud.
Evening star., 1922-02-19

A wizard Of finance usually scores a
nat failure before he gets half way
through his performance.
Evening star., 1922-02-19

Everybody would gladly present the
soldier with a bonus If it did not cost
anything.
Evening star., 1922-02-19

Perhaps the salaries Of film per-
formers are not too high when the
personal risks they run are considered
Evening star., 1922-02-19

the patriotic orations and the weather
bulletins.
Evening star., 1922-02-19

The Calvert Street bridge in now
described as safe but shabby.
Evening star., 1922-02-19
Problems of Prohibition.

AoNDoN.-A British view of the
prohibition problem in America is
given by an editorial writer in the
London Telegraph, who says:
The agreement reached by the cub
lie prosecutors of New York state.
assembled together at Albany, raises
once again that most difficult prob
lem. the prohibition law. The chief
purpose for which this conference of
lawyers was called was to seek
remedy for the wave of crime which
is at present sweeping over the
United States. and the conclusion
reached vas that nat the the; chief contribut-
and contempt with which citizens i'm
all walks Of life regard the law in
question. This opinion may readily
be believed to be correct, 1t is the
the rules concerning intoxfcants arc
hagrantly disobeyed by people Of
every class as and when they can
and an opportunity, Men who are
lsw.abiding citizens, regard this ism,
as so intolerable q violation of their
rights as individuals that they break
Il with easy consciences. The example
thus set to their weaker brethren is
naturally pernicious in the extreme.
II a man of high position breaks one
law without compunction, he has no
moral right to feel aggrieved IL a
less discriminating citizen feels en-
couraged to break q m6re estims BILE.
law. And yet there can be no doubt
that in certain directions prohibition
has done great good in America and
can do stu more. The fault of the
law as II stands IL that 1t goes much
too far. 1t has exactly the faults :bat
a similarly repressive Puritan regime
had in England under the common
wealth. 1t condemns the q innocent
with the guilty. and thus provides the
former with q grievance ard the lat-
ter with an excuse. That you cannot,
change human nature by. the enaction
Of tyrannical laws 10 q lesson that
stares 1t tht reAdef.p -e'N -
Evening star., 1922-02-19

In the presence. Of famine. politics
should cease. The great Chinese prob
Fiem at present Is the food problem.
Evening star., 1922-02-19
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Kinder Remembrance.
Mr.. Blizzard, you will be -
Long in memory held.
Such d record, all agree,
Is.not soon dispelled.
Yet resentments seldom cling
All the seasons through.
Maybe passing time will bring
Gentler thoughts Of you.
Some day-mebbe next July
When the sun il hot,
And the locust lifts its cry
Ger the vacant lot,
Then we'll wish the snow might tall
Through the landscape sad,
And rem1fk that after all
You were not so bad. ~
= Ostentation.
wealth should never be ostenta-
tious in its generosities."
True" replied Senator Sorghum;
especially when contributing to q
campaign fund
Jud Tunlxins says his idea Of a
strictly useless piece Of jewelry 10
silver-tonGued orator with an ivory
head.
Crude Robberies.
Oh since my boyhood homo left
\ DacA ee1lae wave deeper thickens.
I can remember when the theft
Was mostly stealing chickens.
Amid the Discosd.
"Do you enjoy jazz?r
mo" replied Miss Cayenne. 1.-THE
modern dance doesn't permit enough
activity to take ones mind on the
Jazz"
Oars dis fascination about untrhth.
fuiness," said Uncle -Ebep; ''de only.
way some Of us hin seem original ID
to tell sumpin' dat's hard to believe" !"
Evening star., 1922-02-19
FiftylYears Ago
in The Star

The Districts public schools have
never been adequately supported from
Evening star., 1922-02-19
Amid the Discosa.

Oars dis fascination about untruth.
fuiness," said Uncle Ebep: "de only
way some Of us hin seem original -
to tell sumpin' dat's hard to believe"
Evening star., 1922-02-19
Ostentation.

Jud Tunlxins says his idea Of a
strictly useless piece Of jewelry 10
silver-tonGued orator with an ivory
head.
Evening star., 1922-02-19
Crude Robberies.

Oh, since my boyhood homo left
I. EacA ee1As wave deeper thickens.
I can remember when the theft
Was mostly stealing chickens.