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Evening star., 1923-12-12
Baldwin to Garry On.

When the British elections last
week showed an overwhelming vote
in rejection OF the protection proposal
of the conservative party, and that
party was relegated to Il plurality
place in parliament from Il majority
position, there was some expectation
that Premier Baldwin and his minis
try would resign. Just what would
happen in that contingency is prob
stronger of the two opposition par
ties, could not be expected to organize
q ministry, and there is less likelihood
of a liberal ministry. Prospects Of
coalition were dimmed by immediate
announcements on the part OF leaders
Of the two opposition parties.
Yesterday the cabinet formally de-
cided to meet parliament when II
assemblies on the Sth of January and
to carry on" until its inevitable de-
feat occurs. This decision was based
upon the belief that it is the "con-
stitutional duty of the ministry to
meet parliament at the earliest pos
sible moment.
1t is expected that the laborites
rather than the liberals will shortly
after the opening of parliament pro-
pose a vote of mo confidence recit-
ing the sins of the ministerial party.
The fate of the ministry will then de-
pend upon whether this vote is ac-
ceded to by the liberals. 1t may be
deemed the better liberal tactics to
maintain the conservative govern
ment in power for time rather than
precipitate Immediately another gen.
eral election. In that event a coali-
ton will, in effect, be established.
Should the vote of no confidence
carry, however. the ministry would
be compelled TO resign and there be-
ing no party strong enough to re-
place it, an appeal to the country
would necessarily follow. With the
protection issue eliminated By the
vote of last week n new alignment
might then result, possibly yielding a
parliamentary majority for one of the
parties and permitting organization.
Evening star., 1923-12-12
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC HILLIAM VILE

tionai convention leaked out during
tho recent week end than the wires
were burdsned with kilograms to
Cleveland hotels making reservations
for rooms. Single. double and en- suite.
A Washington newspaper correspond
ent records triumphant experience.
Ifs tsiSgraDhsd a Cleveland business
man 10 saeiire accommodations either
Mt n hotel or n club. Came the fol-
loving reply Within two hours:
lo"sw,sS fn,a to pn5 p,n1tss y1u uR om aa ne CONE
vsntion Hall Have car and chauffeur
for your exclusive use. also private
office and photographer"
The proposition was accepted.
y y i
Army and Navy circles are still
ringing, and are likely to for many
"A day, over the headgear- throwing
episodes at the recent Army Marines
foot ball gume In Washington. An
Army back having hurled his helmet
over the line Of scrimmage In simula-
ton of the ball, his team was penal
lied fifteen yards at critical mo-
ment for the Army, which lost the
game within three minutes. Admiral
Eberle, chief of naval operations,
was superintendent at Annapolis
from 1915 to 1919. During a foot
ball game a Navy player was guilty
of unsportsmanlike conduct. which
passed unrebuked by the referee.
Eberle left his box on the side lines,
strode onto the field, and demanded
that the play be penalized. Ihe
monstrated: Admiral, I'm referee OF
this game" Eberle replied: II know
you are. but I'm superintendent OF
the Naval Academy" Thereupon a
disciplinary ruling ensued.
Mon privileged to attend the re-
cent anniversary dinner Of Wash
ingtons Association of Oldest In
habitants" heard some delightful ora
tory from the Rt. Rev. James t.
Freeman, tho newly consecrated
Bishop of Washington. A passage In
his address, directed to group OF
ninety-year-oId members seated near
him. was exquisitely put. God grant
you light at eventide. my friends,
said Bishop Freeman. Dr. Freeman
began life as railroad man. lie
was for fifteen years. after leaving
school, with the Long Island and
with the New York Central lines be-
fore entering upon his theological
career.
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Woodrow Wilson's most severe
mental and phys cal ordeal is under
gone when he finds himself in the
presence of wounded soldiers OF the
world war. The former Presidents g
breakdown, during his brief Armi-
stice day speech on his own door
step was due to the fact that he was
ringed by a crescent Of men who
were stricken in action. as Mr. VIII
son feels he himself was, though In
a different field of battling.
Copyright. 1921
Evening star., 1923-12-12

That the new German cabinet OF
Dr. Wilhelm Marx is an experiment
which cannot be expected to last
long Is the opinion of the majority
of American editors. They realize
that. after all. the new chancelior
holds power with the reluctant con-
sent Of the various parties, ana tnat
such power only will be continued
until such time as a general cleo
ton can be held in safety. But 'ha'
he will be able to act as a MOSES
who can lead Germany and the Ger
man people into the promised iaho Is
admittedly very doubtful.
The New York Post emphasizes that
90 a centr1st he has accepted the
treaty Of versailles" and IT believes
because of this fact the socialists Will
work with the centrists In adopting
program that may benefit Germany
because roentrists and socialists De-
tween them represent an overWheim-
inr majority of the German people.
These two great popular parties are
willing to accept the results or the
war and to fulfill treaty obliga-
tions as far as is humanity possible.
With a government at Berlin trying to
do it's best the next problem is one
for Poincare."
On the other hand the Salt Lake
Tribune claims that Marks minority
cabinet merely emphasizes the con-
tinuance of the parliamentary I'M
passe growing out of the absence or
strong majority government. and
TO this extent the new ministry is
also a purely political max eshift
body, wedged in between traditional
hostility of the German nationailsts
and the precarious neutrality OF the
socialists, for the nationalists prob
ably will greet 1t with derision be-
cause of the rebuke administered TO
them by the bourgeolsie parties
mockers seat In parliament in view
of the failure of the middle parties
10 create an all-around straight
bourgeoisie coalition.
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This opinion IS also held by the
Canton News, which says: "The Marx
cabinet is a compromise of three par
ties the clerical, German peoples
and democratic organizations in that
country-and 1t offers the antagonis-
tic nationaltsts and socialists chance
Of a lifetime to inaugurate a policy
that will cause the present ministry
to collapse whenever it seems desir-
able to take the ANAL fling at the cabi-
net. Until a more substantial and en-
during leadership is established 1t fs
manifest nothing definite In the way
Of public welfare service may be ex-
pected out Of Berlin. Things for the
moment will revert to state of do
nothingness. which If continued Will
Forum declares the three parties.
which are enemies OF each other;
merely recognise the necessity or
having a cabinet and have Joined to-
gether for that purpose" while "at
the Hrst indication Of battle they
will divide and go their separate
viii fall Or, as the New York Times
puts It, "expedients for carrying on
Evening star., 1923-12-12
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

If Taxes Are Reduced.
If taxes are reduced, it will be pleas
ant.
OF ready cash we'll hold a new sup
ply,
And feel as if we'd had Christmas
present
AS in our happy childhood days
gone by.
Wen find our faith restored in tradi.
ticn
That brought so large a share Of
gentle glee,
And in the Capitol make position
Each year for a gigantic Christmas
tree.
Each citizen will be firm believer
In the effect Of speeches and of laws,
And brand the person as a base de-
ceiver
Who says there isn't any Santa
Claus.
Evening star., 1923-12-12
Downfall of Marx Predicted
By Many American Editors

may be unsatisfactory. but at any
rate they carry on.
IF such a government can denver
the leadership that Germany needs in
this troubled hour OF national destiny,
the age Of miracles is not past, as
serts the Norfolk Vfrginian-Pilot,
which holds the need Of the hour is
for a straight party government, op-
Grating with a sure mandate from the
that cannot be had
without a new election-or firmly
knit coalition, knowing its own mind
and possessed of the strength and CO.
hesiveness necessary to translate
its program into action.
Regardless of the fact that all the
political parties have been disposed TO
make large concessions Tor the sake
of domestic peace and rehabllltatlon'
the Chicago Daily News believes the
length of the cabinets career will de-
pend not a little ION the way In which
Gen. Won Seeckt, commander of the
national army, exercises the extraor-
dinary powers that have been confer
red upon him." for while his anti
communist. measures have been rigor-
Gus and have aroused suspicion and
resentment he is believed to be a
sound constitutionalist and a resolute
opponent of the royalist plotters.
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AS the Portland Express sees II, the
advent Of Marx is significant of no
particular change in policy and pre-
saees no new order of things, because
the cards that Stresemann held have
simply been shuffied and redealt, but
what most observers are looking for
in Germany eventually is dictator
ship; II is becoming evident that the
German dictator must arrive; the al
Tentative is not pleasant to contem-
plate" The Lynchburg News concurs
in this belief, because Marx can only
receive the treatment at the hands of
that body that Stresemann received"
which raises the question through
are now, Germany possesses the ca
pacity to exist as q republic. whether
instead dictatorship. ironfisted, res
olute and ruthless, represents the real
need of the hour" To which the
Tokeka Capital adds. 'ut almost ap-
pears doubtful whether the German
people are politically minded for a
liberal form OF self-government, and
unless they can better manage their
Germany would seem to be dark. for
these are matters In which little help
can be expected from the outside"
After all, however, the Houston
Chronicle says, Marx Is admittedly a
makesh!ft, put up to bridge over a
threatened collapse and nobody ex-
poets him to remain at the head of
! affairs any longer than it takes the
politicians to get their wind" while
the Brooklyn Eagle concludes he
should be able to carry on till Ger
many faces new reichstag elections
early next year" The general opin-
ion may be summed up in the remarks s
of the Richmond News-Leader:
"a government kept alive because
the largest political party, itself un-
able to command q majority. declines
for the time to act against the minor
ity attempting to administer affairs
that is the sand on which Marks
structure rests today. No more need
be said. A downfall. in g continuing
political crisis. is simply matter of
q few weeks"
Evening star., 1923-12-12

One of the contributory causes of
Premier Baldwin's smashing defeat In
the British elections was popular
disapproval of the debt settlement he
effected at Washington. An snre-
| corded story In that connection
reaches this observer from London.
At the Pilgrims dinner in honor OF
Ambassador Harvey on October 23.
at which Baldwin praised Harvey's
cooperation In the funding agree
yirile premier of Australia, 8. NJ.
Bruce. When his turn came. he pro
ceeded to charge the banquct-hall
with electricity by telling Of tho
gain drive with Australia by Great
Britain: The mother country. Bruce
I said, had imposed much harder
terms on the Australians than Amerlca
asked from the British--terms so dras-
tic, the premier from down under" ex-
planned, that Australia was pleading for
reconsideration of the settlement. The
speech was not reported I'm next MORN
ing's papers.
Two former senators of the United
; States were engaged In "reminiscences
In Washington the other day-James
A. OGorman of New York and
Charles s. Thomas OF Colorado. They
sat together In the Sixty-second, Sixty
| third and Slxty-fourth Congresses
1911-1917). Thomas, who was en-
route to Denver to celebrate his
golden wedding anniversary at the
end of the month, recalled to OGor-
man that no fewer than forty-two
men who were in the senate with
them have meantime passed away.
Only eighteen of their old-time col
leagues arc still members of the
Senate. O'Gorman found the ngures
incredible, but Thomas said he had
checked up. O'Gorman paid his re-
spects to President Coolidge Mt the
White House and revived a prophecy
the New Yorker made at the Man
haitian Club four days before the
Chicago convention in 1920. He pre-
dicted, In the presence or 1ncreduious
witnesses. that Harding and Coolidge
would be the ticket.
One Of the ideal links between
Cuba and the United States Is r. r.
! Gown, newspaper magnate OF New
York, Elmira, Wilkes-Barre and Ha-
vana. A Cuban by birth and cousin
of the late and well known Senor
Quesada. famous head OF the cuban
junta at Washington. Mr.. Gown mas
! vast business interests. mostly jour
! nalistic, in both the island and In
the United States OF America; Late
| ly he purchased control of the New
York journal Of Commerce, adding
It to his string" of successful news
papers In Elmira and Wilkes Barre
! In Havana Mr.. Gown owns four
! dailies-two published in English and
! two in Spanish. His American news
is supplied to them BY privately
: controlled cable. The GOWNS have
| magnifi ent home on Sheridan cir
Gle Washington, and spend their
/ winters at the Capital.
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No sooner had the news Of Cleve-
lands choice for the republican ma
Evening star., 1923-12-12
A Way to Help Europe.


Although there is bound to be criti.
ctsm from the ''isolationists," the
American people as whole will ap.
prove the assistance which non-official
experts are to render in helping to
solve the problem OF German finances.
That conditions now are such that
this government is willing to sanction
this limited participation in the affairs
of Europe is u triumph for both the
diplomacy and the patience of Presi-
dent Coolidge and Secretary Hughes.
They laid down the condition that be-
fore America could take q hand the
principal European powers must be in
agreement upon a program, and now
that such agreement has been brought
about there is reason to hope that
some worthwhile accomplishments
may result.
The purposes for which the two ex-
ut the very heart of Germany's trou-
tle. One committee is to devise ways
and means of getting back into Ger
many the capital which has been sent
out of that country and sequestered in
safe places. The other is to devise
ways by which the German budget
may be balanced. When these pur-
poses have been accomplished the way
will have been opened for an interna-
tional loan, the proceeds of which will
l1,- av,nn in1
and restore her productivity. Then,
and not until then, will it be a logical
undertaking to determine her capac-
ity for the payment of reparations.
All this will be in vain, however,
unless there has been, or can be
brought about, in Germany decided
change of heart in the matter of meet
ing obligations. Agreement to the
conditions under which the proposed
inquiries are to be conducted must be
accepted as evidence of sincerity on
the part of the German government,
but real power in Germany lies not
with the government, but with the
great industrial groups, such as the
one headed by SHINES. 1t is these
groups which have shipped their capital
outside, while the government, in order
that it might exist at all, has been
compelled to food the country with
almost worthless paper marks. There
is some reason to believe that the in
dustrialists, though their hearts may
be unchanged, have come to a realiza-
ton that they cannot utterly ruin
Germany without bringing ruin upon
themselves, and that they now may
be willing honestly to cooperate in
an effort to save something from the
wreckage. 1t is in this that hope lies
that a way to eventual solution of the
problem may have been found
Eagerness of the European powers
to have this country represented on
the expert committees is due, OF
course, to expectation that when the
time comes for floating a German
loan America will take a large slice
of it. But we have no quarrel with
them on that account This country
is able and willing to make private
loans to Europe whenever there Is as
suranCe that such loans will be helpful
toward general recovery; this both for
the sake of Europe and for the benefit
of our own trade. What the American
people are not willing to do is to con-
tinue to send their savings to Europe
to be squandered in the furthering OF
nationalistic and militaristic aims
without any benefits to the economic
situation.
Evening star., 1923-12-12
BY THE MARaUIsE DE FoNTENoY.

Deep concern is felt, not only
throughout Italy, but also among the
millions of italians in foreign iands as
we'll as among the American friends
and we'll wishers of Italy, for Prince
Emanuel of Savoy, Duke OF Aosta'
and far away the most striking look-
ing member of his house. For at
the time of writing he is lying
gravely Ill, in a critical cohui'loh'
and may have breathed his last ere
this letter appears in print.
Fifty-four years of age, with MS
hair prematurely whitened' ne was
for the first four years of the present
raiep the heir apparent to the throne,
and after the birth of the now nine
teen-year-old crown prince was
slated for the regency, In the event
of any hing untoward happening TO
King y ictor Emanuel before his only
son attained his legal majority AT
the tine when the Duke OF Aosta
married Prince Helen or france
at Kingston n-the-Thames, in 1Sso'
1t wa, generally believed that King
Victor Emanuel was a connrneo
bachelor and would remain sihsle'
consequently, that the duke was oes-
tined to succeed to the throne.
When Victor Emanuel UNEXPECTEDLY
fell in love with Princess Helen OF
Monteneero, who had been destlneo
by her parents as consort for one
of the Russian grand dukes, the
prospects Of the duke becoming KING
seemed to fade. They became sth1
more remote when, after eight years
of marriage. Queen Helen gave olrth
to a. son, and when last year tle
young Prince of Piedmon. az ateainei' iaosai
majority, and had developed into
sturdy. wholesome young man, the
posstbflity of the dukes succession
n the crown must have almost us
appeared from his horizon
His proximity to the throne LED 10
the circulation of numerous stories
during the last quarter OF century
falsely imputing to him designs ror
supplanting his cousin. the present
king. on the throne. There was at
no time any foundation for them, and
the best proof thereof is that the
kinr never made any attempt to
change or modify the provisions OF
the constitution which vested the
Guardianship of the young Prince OF
Pisdmont. and the regency of the
kingdom, in the Duke OF Aosta, in the
event of the demise of the. crown.
Victor Emanuel Ill knew better than
any ono else the extent to which
he could depend upon the absolute
unswerving loyalty and upon the
cornplets devotion and affection Of the
Duke of Aoata, and of the latter's
trotheck, tho Count Of Turin and the
Evening star., 1923-12-12
Duke of Aosta, One-Time Heir
To Italian Throne, Near Death

Duke Of the Abruzzi, to himself ard
to his boy. These three cousins have
always stood conspicuously by his
side on every occasion, aud i'll every
crisis, as his principal guards and as
specially charged with his protec-
tion from every kind of harm.
The Duke of Aosta was one OF the
most successful commanders on tho
Northeastern front of Italy through
out the great war, and was largely
responsible for the direction OF those
wonderful operations in the Alps ana
the air-raising and well-niEh incred-
ible feats of military engineering which
characterized the first two years OF
Italy's participation in the great war.
1t is interesting to recall that the
most brilliant and resourceful or the
mountain warfare was Prince Gelasio
Caetani Younger brother of the If
reenth Duke of Sermoneta and now
Italian ambassador in the United
States, country Where ne .z,. EecelSS ~
his training as a mining engineer,
first Of all as a student at Columbia
University, y. Y, and afterward IN
business as mining engineer IN
Montana and in the Pacific coast
states.
Indeed, the Duke of Aosta's record
as a successful commander in this
great war was without a flaw, and
bv his decision of character, by his
modesty in being always ready to
lend ear to advice and by his personal
herofsm under fire he made a last
ing place for himself in the military
annals of Italy, and above all, in the
hearts of the men who served under
his command.
Several years of the Duke OF
Aosta's childhood we're spent at
Madrid, in the capacity Of Crown
Prince of Spain. with the title Of
Prince of the Asturias which Is tie
Spanish equivalent to the dignity and
title of Prince of Wales in Great
Britain. This was while his father
the late Prince Amedeus. Duke OF
Aosta, younger brother of the mur~
dered King Humbert, occupied the
throne at Madrid. to which he had
been elected by the cortes at the in
stance Of Marshal Prim. But tho
Spaniards resented his presence as
that Of foreigner. incapable of un-
derstanding their character, their
aspirations. prejudices and traditions,
and after an unhappy reign of three
years. during most of which time he
was virtually boycotted by tho
BIdiuueIHd, dS wen as oS Tic LLFSSstsat
he abandoned the throne. declining
TO occupy 1t any longer. and returned
TO his native land of Italy, his queen
sucoumbing not long after reaching
her home at Turin. She was a very
beautiful and clever woman. and it
Is from her, and assuredly not from
his father, that the Duke of Aosta
inherited his remarkable good looks,
and also her great wealth, mostly
derived from mines in Belgium,
whence the duke has ever since her
death drawn large revenues.
Evening star., 1923-12-12
Praises Animal Farm.
Writer Lauds Work of Humane
Society in Capital.

To the Editor Of The Btsri
VIII you give mo a little space In
your paper to say a few words OF
praise for tho Be Kind to Animals
Rest Farm, located in Montgomery
county, Md. but operated by the
Humane Educational Society OF
washin ston, d. O., whose ofiicers arc
all washington residents7 1t GER
tainiy is a credit to tho Capital city
to have an institution where our
dumb friends, when they reach the
age where they oAH no longer serve
man, can spend the remainder Of
their days IN peace and plenty, I was
in Washingto last week and through
the courtesy OF Mr., j. q. Briggs.
out to the farm, and there, amid con-
eminent and tree from aare, weFe
antmalE, ssme tao cid - Wcsk, ssms
Evening star., 1923-12-12

Berlin has it's allurements, but on
second thought the former kaiser may
prefer life in a place where prices are
not so high and conditions are more
orderly.
Evening star., 1923-12-12

Perhaps the people who centuries
ago took things out Of King Tut's
tomb were wandering robbers, and, on
the other hand, they may have been
a party Of scientists engaged in re-
search work.
Evening star., 1923-12-12

A courteous understanding between
Maryland and the District as to mo-
tors is very desirable. After the town
has grown a few more years Wash
ington's congested area viii have to
depend on Maryland for parking
space.
Evening star., 1923-12-12

With campaigns in England as well
as in America to look after, the elec-
tion forecaster is tempted to fold his
hands and admit that the job has
grown too big for him.
Evening star., 1923-12-12
Should Please Mother.
,.,,, ths Nsx York World.

From the New YORK world.
arake mother along; you'll need
her.r is Mary Pickford's advice to the
seori1n ,nahiIiz,nr no., On Hollywood Mother
will be pleased at the implied admis-
sion that she is Of some use in the
world-but suppose she refuses to be
taken?
Evening star., 1923-12-12

The effort to kidnap Bergdoll en-
abled him to bring a damage suit with
a view to making the career Of a
Stacker profitable as we'll as safe.
Evening star., 1923-12-12

Lenin and Trotsky have no hesita-
ton in pronouncing the Russian gov
ernment a great and prosperous sue
cess, so far as they are concerned.
Evening star., 1923-12-12

The only method Of meeting an un-
employment situation that occurs to
various Mexicans is to start a revolu.
ton.
Evening star., 1923-12-12
A Willing Worker.

"Any unemployment in this part Of
the country?"
"Some," answered Farmer Corntos-
sci. 1.-THE only thing that's workin'
on 81 Simlin's place Is a barrel Of
cider"