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Evening star., 1923-05-13
BY HENRY ". BuNN.

IT HE following t. a brief summary of
the most Important news of the world
/ fer the seven days ended May las
CAina.-on the night Of May 8, bandits In
undetermined number dsralled the Tientsn-
Shanghai express at dsseiate spot In Shan
tung, near the Klanssu border, did q little
shooting tappasentiy less In malice than to
satisfy eethetie requirements, but unfor-
tunately one foreigner was killed), and drove
off to held for ransom to a stronghold In
the hills upward of twenty-five foreign and
more than hundred Chinese passengers.
Perhaps an equal number escaped or were
let go, It appears that all the foreign women
and minors have now been released except
one Mexican woman. who elects to remain
men have Been ilb@erated @ d'a az msssensers m to
convey the ransom terms to the authorities;
eight Americans, are still held.
nswildered and dismayed to discover that
eass ase been ressosed q ehns
ss theS had fondly thought: Ths dean Of
chinese saSine, 'rSS sna dsmanded in the name am Of
the foreign representatives that the Peking
Ss paying
as oeal into the
affair affair be Instituted, In which the diplomatic
promised compliance.
Whether Of his own motion or In resp; rssponse es
governor OF Shang tung made little delay in
Thsse auiekly SURF surrounded the :bandits strong: strong:
m a
Some reports declare that the bandits ex-
in order to silence tho troops Are: but this
does not seem to be established The latest latest
the of the But
ITspor. is, doubtiess true thss the bandits d,1s
their captives unless fire should and
their terms Of ransom should be accepted
be mis-: The attack on the bandits strong
9n pendng the Of G nege
ations. now in train, between the Chinese
inteTnssionai. Inc Of this ehsrnins episode,
ndGe Ssnd,ry o of the open primitive sort is not
The Chinese are the shrewdest and most
philos9piea p people in the world They reeog-
rolor of smack Of bandtsy hdn and
honestly professed
BSs ,hfTs is limit sor The pr0fss,on ,,,s of
seonomis pressure: and its ranks were heayliy
army after its defeat last summer. Besides
all over China soldiers disc discharsed from the
pay owing them are apt to turn bandits The
were for heavy na
haps besides TO compel the government 10
give them empiosmen.; Touio seem zen Yi t
engineered by elements in opposition in order
discredit internationally the Peking gov
ernment. That is an explanation subtle
and elegant to be readily accepted. 1 find
myself reassured by the report that the
bandits compelled the Americans to play jazz
music on instruments included in the booty:
behavior which argued them capable of the
softer emotions.
* X X
Turkey-One hears that the ex-sultan of
Turkey has issued or is about to issue a mani
festo to the world of Islam urging the faith
Evening star., 1923-05-13

intruded upon. Indeed, 1t is related
that a temporary foreign member.
alarmed at seeing a low armchair
occupied in a dark corner for three
days In succession by an old gentle
man apparently asleep. approached
him to investigate. and found that
he was stone dead-had been so. in
fact. for all the three DAYS None
of this servants had ventured to dis
turb him.
The late Lord Salisbury, before he
attained political eminence. was a
habitue of the club. and it was there
that he is said to have indicted the
most brilliant of his articles in the
Saturday Review" when prior to the
death Of his elder brother he was glad
to add to his relatively scanty al
lowance from his father by contribu-
tions to the press 1t is related that
he was deferred from frequenting
the club In later years by the loss of
valued umbrella which he priced
not by reason OF its beauty or ele-
gance' but as a very old friend. He
ascr1bed the disappearance of this
old-time companion to the Influx of
bishops who abound at the Atheneum.
and whose honesty, at any rate. In the
matter of umbrellas, he strongly i'm
pugned-so much so that the hier-
archy of the Established Church of
England has ever since labored under
the widely prevalent imputation of
an 1ndinerence to the rights of
'Meum" and Tuum", where umbrellas s
are concerned.
Evening star., 1923-05-13
The Story the Week Has Told

full to ignore the act Of the Angora assembly
which abolished the suitanats and separated
the ealiphats from its tsmporalitiss, fnoi-
dentally dsposing him, the protestant from
both his tsmporaiitiss and spirituslstiss.
The protestant has soms very hard things
to say about Mustspha Ksmsi. He iiksns his
own flight to the hsGirs Of the pr0hst. Keep
1t up, sir, keep it UP. BY 10 doing you may
relieve US Christians'of very considerable en-
barrassmsnts,
Some one proposed that the Lausanne con-
ference be adjourned over Asosnsion day,
whereon one of the Turks. blue with emotion,
declared that proposal to be the last straw;
It was an Affront to the religious susospti-
bilitiss Of the Turkish delegation. The Chris
tans did not press the matter.
Russis-On May a note from the British
government was delivered to the Moscow gov
ernment which makes certain definite de-
mands Of the latter and states that IL with
In ten days from the delivery Of the note
Moscow does not forward to London salts
factory reply, the British government Will
consider the Anglo Russian trade agreement
void The demands are in substance as fol-
lows:
Reputation by the soviet government of an
np0iafs in A.s oondaoted ,oa by Muaco1t ooais ana
promise to recall those officials; admissions ,
ss shs soxst Ges,hs os and
jscts inficted by agents or institutions OF the
y british subject and the deaths by drowning
Of certain British trawlers. and INJURIES .te 10
action Of boishevist patrols beyond the three, rec
nile m na and pay
replies OF the soviet goyernment to proses,s
aSs nj Mossow Sy Mr. on Sessi Of the Roman
priests tried at Moscow: Instances OF anu
afsnt,dm nTstsn pf ahe
men). especially in Persia, Adghani,shan ,;h greaI
it cannot be said now, as its enemies ,aav have
least seems about to demosa solHan IN 1,rue m
'uss Aas. ot ,Hee tHe Russia Church council is be-
attend the magnificent ceremony OF s.aaac instaaia
church. .iDm as Archbishop of Moscow, vedensky
having been elected to tha, once tSsr ey Srons sns
have united to outvote the Living Church
the ss csnras Sss soSue bore wit
the other day that there Is no per perseSa Sa
ton of sesOsz neshs s IS
doing good, while many OF US who iS., are pc,
yssensv SE he soviet is
trying to bring about evangelical brotherhood
approVed ap red by the conciave But that the 100
per cent communists and atheists are not go
sneientv ng 10 Te appears from the foowing in
T'rayda the communist organ.
1T is understood that party VIII not
give it's blessing to a church which
blesses us. even 1t does not give the com
munistic label that group of bourgeoise
who abandon their old attitude and support
u.s." say the 100 per cent Simon-pure COM
munists to Krasntsky, Nedensky and the
other lickspittles.
I'VE have said thousand times that
liGion is the opiate of the people. and it
tinues be whether you call your church
orthodox or living: or apostolic; or what you
please. An dnwashed muZhik by any other
name would smell as sweet. truth we heard
last night at the Art Theater for nothing.
whereas in New York 1t would cost you So
from the company. Consider yourselves
Evening star., 1923-05-13
Government Printing Office Sets
Record for High Speed Production

Some of the demands made upon
the government printing off1ce-and
met with record breaking speed
could not have been compiled with
by any other press force in the world
according to George H. Carter. the
public printer.
For example, s1.s16,OoO income tax
forms for 1922 were printed in about
thirty da 3, the government printing
office being called upon to make up
for the long delay by the Treasury
these forms. Had 1t not been for
the great speed with which the forms
came from the big battery or presses
Income tax returns could not have
been made by thousands OF tax payers
within the time fixed by law.
The printing of the income-taX
forms alone required 1.172.169 pounds
of paper cut into S.776.892 sheets. The
total cost of the forms was approx
mately S350,000.
tance handled by the government
printing office in record time was
the report and minutes of the con-
ference on the limitation of arma-
ments. This document made $40
printed pages, every line or wnlch
office in twenty hours. The first form
Of the fifty-seven sixteen-page sigma
lures reached the press room at 1880
am. and 1900 complete copies were
sent to the bindery at $50 pm. of
the same day. Paper-bound copies
were delivered to the President and
Congress at 9 am. the following
morning, or 40 hours after the manu-
script copy was received. The print
ing was done on twenty-three auto
maticalIy fed presses, which turned
out 1s5,s20 Impressions. requiring
$3.50 pounds of paper for the 1880
Evening star., 1923-05-13
Noted British Authority Declares U. S.
Too Late to Get Foreign Oil Lands

Biologists and petroleum technolo-
gists in the government service who
have for the last decade been insist
ingly insistent in their recommen-
dations that this country should look
abroad for oil and acquire rights in
the potential oil fields throughout the
world to meet IL certain need within
a few years view as particularly sig
nificant comment just made by Sir
Edward Mackay Edgar, president of
the British Controlled Oil Fields, Ltd
In view of the great stir made by
British interests protesting against
the gigantic concession of Rear Ad-
niral Colby NJ. Chester, L. S. n, re-
tired in the Mosul district, by the
Turkish parliament at Angora, the
American Petroluem Institute has
also called the attention of biologists
and petroleum technologists to the
statement by great British au-
thority that America has waited too
long TO look abroad for OIL
United. States Often Warned.
Such forward-lookinE geologists as
DR.. David White, chief geologist of
the geological survey, Department of
the Interior, have repeatedly warned
administrative officers of the govern
ment, Congress and private enter
prise that the future welfare of this
country absolutely requires foreign
oil reserves under American owner
ship and operation. The Chester con-
cession promises one such very i'm
portant reserve in the Mosul district,
bordering the rich Mesopotamian
field, especially since it is imperative
for safeguarding the operations of
our American merchant marine, not
to mention the United States Navy. to
have dependable supplies in that part
fof the world.
1t was the announced decision of
the Standard Oil Company of New
Jersey to exercise the option given it
hy the British Controlled Oil Fields.
Ltd, for the development of the east
ern division of the Buchivacca oil field
in Venezuela, paying royalty of one
twelfth of the total production to the
Evening star., 1923-05-13
How a Representative
Is ssMade" in House

With a record exodus Of veteran
members with the passing of the
Sixty-seventh Congress-notably "Un-
Gle joe Cannon, after fortysix years
service. and Senator John Sharp Will
liams sixteen years in the House and
twelve in the Senate-and with many
veterans returning to the Sixty eighth
Congress, notably Henry T. Rainey
OF Illinois, Gen. Isaac r. Sherwood of
Ohio and Cordell Hull of Tennessee.
the democratic national committee
chairman. it is timely to consider
The Making Of Representative
This subject was made famous
some years ago in talk by that war
horse of democracy. former Speaker
Champ Clark, who was almost Presi-
dent. This subject is particularly
timely, too, with an unusually large
number of youngsters coming into
Congress, because Champ Clark gave
this sage advice:
The best rule is for district to
select a man young enough to learn
and to grow, with at least fair capac-
1ty. Industrious. honest, energetic,
sober and courageous; and then keep
him there SO long as he discharges his
duties faithfully and well. Such a
man will gradually rise to high posi-
ton and influence. His wide ac-
quaintance with members helps him
anna azingly"
There is encouragement from the
Speakers chair for the young men
just coming in-who are ambitious to
earn name in Congress.
There Is also an authoritative ex-
planatfon of why seasoned men
should be kept on the job-because a
man has to learn to be a representa-
tive just as he must learn to be a
blacksmith. carpenter, farmer, enEi-
neer, lawyer or doctor-because a
useful and influential member of Con-
gress Is made largely by experience
and practice.
Here Is an example out of the his
toric past. The old Charlotte district,
in Virginia, knew this and kept John
Randolph of Roanoke in the House
till he became a great national fig
ure. Then the Old Dominion sent him
to the Senate and Gen. Jackson sent
him to st. Petersburg
The Danville district, Illinois. knew
this and kept "UncIe Joe" Cannon
records for length of service.
The Springfield. Mass, district
knew this and have kept Representa-
tive Frederick H. Gillett, now
Speaker. .on the job for thirty years.
Evening star., 1923-05-13
Hot Springs Cure
By Radio Activity

In these days when radio is a word
to conjure by it is interesting to
note that the remarkable radio ac-
tivity of the curative waters of the
forty-six hot springs which are COM
pletely under government ownership
and control in the Hot Springs res
ervation in the Ozark mountains of
Arkansas are of unquestioned virtue
in many diseased conditions far be-
yond that of the twenty chemical
constituents that government analy-
ses of these waters have disclosed.
Tradition has 1t that the curative
properties Of the hot Springs were
Evening star., 1923-05-13
Now Senior Member
OF Navy Wage Board

Rear Admiral j. X. Robson, chief
of the bureau of engineering, has
been selected as senior member of
the Navy wage board. succeeding
Rear Admiral Joseph Strauss. who
was relieved at his own request.
Admiral Robson left Washington
last week on a tour of the navy
yards to get first-hand information
about labor conditions in each yard
and in commercial lines in the va
rious localities. He will confer with
the different local wage boards ard
further the department plans for es-
tablfshing a standardized method of
procedure for recommendation for
the new wage scale. which is to be-
come effective July /.
In addition to this. the assistant
secretary has written personal let
ters to the commandants of the diff
ferent yards. calling attention to the
discrepancies in the reports received
by the former board from the local
boards and urging their personal at
tention to the work of the new boards.
1t is expected that the local boards
reports will all be in by June l and
that the Navy wage board will com
plete its report for approval in time
for the new wage scale to become
effective July /, when the present
,sTale expires.
Evening star., 1923-05-13
. HE following ts brief summary Of
the most Important news Of the world
/ fer the seven days ended May 1at

known to the Indians long before the
Spanish invasion. 1t is probable that
they were known to De Soto. who
died in 1912, less than a hundred
miles away. 1t is tradition that In
dian tribes warred for their posses
sion, but that finally a truce was
made which enabled all tribes to
avail alike of their waters.
This reservation is the oldest ma
tional park. having received that
status in 1882, some forty years De-
fore the wonder of the Yellowstone
first inspired Congress with the idea
that scenery was a national asset de-
serving of preservation for the use
and enjoyment of succeeding genera
tions. No esthetic consideration was
involved, however, in this early act
of national conservation. Congress
was inspired only by the undoubted.
and that time inexplicable. power or
these waters to alleviate certain
bodily ills. The motive was to retain
these unique waters in public pos
session in order that they should be
available to all persons for all time
at a minimum. even nominal. cost
The reservation is a tract or 92O
acres inclosing all the forty-siX hot
springs. Eleven lighthouses are in
the reservation and a dozen more in
the city of Hot Springs, all under
government regulation. There are
also cold water springs OF curative
value. The reservation contains. also.
IAN Army and Navy hospital. the med
ical staff of which officially affirms
the waters marked curative value
for rheumatic and many grave all
ments more or less kindred.
Recently the National Park Service
has established on the reservation
the Certel system of graduated ex
ercise which has proved SO success
full at the celebrated springs of Bad
Nauheim, Germany. Courses have
been laid out on the mountain slopes
with distances scientifically estab-
Iished and plainly marked by monu
ments. The length and character of
the walks are determined by physi-
clans according to the condition and
progress of the patient.
Evening star., 1923-05-13
Some Facts Showing
Growth of Uncle Sam

1t is interesting to note how the
grown.
James Madison reported the consti-
'tutional convention at Philadelphia
i'm 1887 which sat from May ii until
September II, little more than four
months.
Madison's widow was paid $4,000
for the manuscript of that report.
During the recent tariff debate, the
Senate reporters turned out every
week more than twice as much copy
as the whole of Madison's journal
of the four months. constitutional
The record of debates of the Ameri-
can Congress since it began amounts
to a little more than 100000 printed
pages. Of this vast total consider
ably more than one-third has been
made since Theodore Roosevelt was
inaugurated President In 1901. This
gives a slight idea of the increasing
Volume of work done by Congress.
While the Constitution was being
debated in 1887. the opinion was
freely expressed that one federal gov
ernment could not possibly take care
for long of the affairs of a nation so
great as this would become. Yet the
federal government is still perform
ing that daily miracle, while there
are many persons. in organized blocs,
who continually complain because the
government is not doing more.
But where the early congresses
or less since the 60th Congress
opened on December 2, 1907. Congress
has been in practically continuous
session and. the 9th Congress. which
was the first in history to have four
sessions, occupied a total of 624 days.
Thus Congress has become an al
most perpetual sitting body with
members and senator's for months at
a time taxed to such an extent that
during the S7th Congress more men,
hers died than in any previous two
Evening star., 1923-05-13

SSnSs sns
desired at Lausanne. was on May 10 shot dead
e n: A'ss' At Irs;::E' :%ss
" sssrs snt h &.
sHq hs,s s1x.sn s fhsr sns sa SS
shsvlst cruelty that he committed the deed
no eontsot n With % The ssi.. Saonai s hsaRae @
fths Swiss fasOistI5, which had served notice
on voronsky and his encourage to quit Swift
Germany-I strongly advise those who have
not done to read the Franco-Belgian joint
note rejecting the recent reparations proposals
of Germany 1t Is a remarkable document.
Lucid. dignif1edi to my mind 1t would not be
possible to make a better presentation Of the
Franco Belgian position.
The British cabinet is preparing a separate
reply. The other day Lord Curzon read to
the lords and Mr.. Baldwin to tho commons
identical statement expressing the regret of
the British government that "the best and
most natural course of procedure" had not
been followed. namely. "to return concerted
reply from the governments of Great Britain.
France. Italy and Belgium; and most par
ticuarly since an opportunity had thus been
lost "of once more testifying, by joint COM
munication. to the solidarity Of the allied
entente"
1t may seem to some that this Is rather a
striking instance OF begging the question. but
Il Is pleasant to know that the allied entente
is quite alive and kicking. all right. all right.
The British will separately reply to the Ger
mans. and presumably the Italian government
will do likewise.
Herr Krupp Won Bohlen and the nine other
officials of the krupp works who were tried
by French court-martial charged with re-
ssponsibility for the affair. Of March 81 at the
Bohlen was sentenced to fifteen years. i'm.
asR ana 50 pay fine of
tho same or smaller, except In the case of
two officials. who. having fled to Berlin. were
years imprisonment.
The British Empire-King George of Great
Britain called the Pope at the Vatican on
May and received very cordially-a
business not without Importance. 1t was. 1
believe. the first papal audience to Protestant
sovereign.
The Free State government has turned down
tine recent proposals of De Valera. with whom
II has been conducting n roundabout corre-
He was In turn offered definite terms by that
government. to which he replied with his
@ carad SIS The Free State
declaring that only one further communca-
namely. one unequivocalIy accepting it's terms
1t IS declared that the Free State government
arrested De Valera. but has preferred to leave
him at liberty. for the reason that with him
in jail there would have been no one left with
whom to negotiate peace.
x X K
United States Of America-On May Q Judge
John c. knoX,~in the United States district
court New York city, rendered a decision de-
clarng void the law which limits the amounts
of liquor physician may prescribe. No doubt
appeal Will be taken by the drys to the
Supreme Court
The exodus of negroes from the south under
charge Of northern labor agents steadily con-
tinues. and the situation thus created is caus-
ing great alarm to southern planters