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Evening star., 1923-10-07

ed fsr its sayety ind bssvtv. And lt
had streng moral apestties. Perhaps
its stiffness, formallty and hauteur
discouraged familiarity. There was
also something stalwart in its char.
aeter ana constitution. It. dld net
.shiysF, pine and wilt under the gfst
cool breath Of Boreas. 1t required not
a mere touch, but a stout stroke from
Jack Frost to knock it out.
OF course, the dahlia never was
costly and exclusive IN the tsnse that
orchids and some roses are. It bright,
ened the garden Of the cottage and
the plain farmhouse as well as the
garden Of the manor house, and IL
lent its beauty to the table whereon
were tewl and greens and hemiHy and
fatbaek. It served at tables dressed
with thick and Clipped crockery as
gayly as 1t served at tables decked
with dainty china with gold rims on
cups and sauceFs. In short, the dahlia
is not a social climber and not a
newcomer in our midst.
Evening star., 1923-10-07
Through Cars Needed.

The Public Utilities Commission has
been informed that the residents. Of
Randle Highlands want through
transportation service from their sub
urb 'ta7the heart Of the city and not a
short line across the Pennglvenia
avenue bridge" Several nnonths see
the commission authorised the ssteh-
lishment Of a bus line to take the
place Of q short transfer car line
which now runs from Pennsylvania
avenue and 18th street southeast 70
Randle Highlands. It Is likely that
the desire Of residents OF Randle High
,lands is also. the desire Of all the peo-
pie in the trans Eastern branch sec
ton who depend4 on the Pennsylvania
avenue bridge for access to the, city,
The bridge y the factor which delays
through street ear service, and With q
hridse strong enough safely to bear
the modern cars Of the Capital FFae-
tion Company there Is little doubt that
the Penhsylvenia avenue line % that
system would be extended aeross the
Eastern branch ana far into that large
and fast.building section between the
river and Rowen rosd.
For several years residents OF that
region have been doing what u With
in their power TO secure an eet Of
Congress making appropriation for q
modern bridge II - believed that the
present bridge IL teo light for the tref.
No It carries. The ..ney~" Hennsyi.
vania avenne bridge il now shout
thirty.two ysars old. In that tins.
Evening star., 1923-10-07
The Dahlia.

There have been recent announce
raents Of dahIia shows and of flower
exhibitions In which members Of this
gay troop have been principal per-
formers. The dahlia glows In fewer
shops. and many persons carry II
home to shed brightness. Recent pub.
ncity. for the dahlia has led some COM
meAtators to write that It has beeeme
q fashionable flower, that It has risen
from q lowly station to ena Of ems
tnenos Ia the hsst society, and that
from Q simple country fewer II has
been promoted to the post Of favorite
with city folk. This Is misleading. and
q reflection on innumerable dahiias
that have blooned and gone.
The dahlia has been, held In esteem
longer than "a century. It has been
nourished and respected by rich and
poor. The dahlia grew in those gar
dens which were part and parcel of
great estates In the Potomac country.
II grew near the porticcs Of mansionsI
snd y box.bordered gardens Of
mAnseA Long before many n ear
present families. of prunaanence he.
game prominsnt the Aahlia was court
Evening star., 1923-10-07
Member of the Associated Press.
German Politics.

Formation of a new ministry by
Chancellof Stresemann closes q week
Of stirring German happenings. There
has been much backing and filling al
Berlin, with rapid changes Of plan
This new ministry is revival Of the
old coalition government. Stresemann
had hoped to form a non-partisan cab.
met, but he found it impossible to OBJ.
tain the necessary reichstag support for
such an organization. It appears that
in yielding to the political exigencies
he has alienated the support of
SHINES, representing the great indus
trial interests of Germany. SHINES
has declared war on Stresemann, and
it is believed that the new ministry
will be short-liyed. What will follow
it can only be copjectured. r
SHINES, 1t is reported, believes that
Germany must have a military die.
tatorship similar to that prevailing in
Bavaria. This, however, does not I'm
ply advocacy of a monarchical reac-
tion. There is nothing to suggest that
Germany's business magnate favors
the restoration Of royalty. What he
wants is restoration of industry.
One result of the shifting of politi.
cal conditions in Germany during
these past few days Is that the de-
cision of the Stresemann government
to abandon the policy of passive re-
sistance in the Ruhr has been accept
ed with little or no reaction after the
first outbreak of communism at Dues
seldorff, which was quickly sup.
pressed. Similarly the monarehical
movement at Kuestrin, which proved
to be fash in the pan. has led to no
further demonstrations.
Much is coming to light now to in
dicate that the royalist movement has
been carefully fostered for some time,
and that but for the Ruhr decision
and the premature Kuestrin affair a
monarchical reaction might have been
by now in full swing. Bavaria's move
ment in favor of the Wittelsbach
regime has undoubtedly operated as a
check against the menarchieal reac-
SaSh 40 ,oiiiCi ksuht6 W SSA
No progress has been made during
these days of political turmoil in Ger
many toward settlement Of the COM
plicated Ruhr question. The next move
must be made by Germany. The
French remain in the Ruhr, and are
endeavoring to effect a restoration Of
industrial activity there. This will
probably take little time. The re-
sponsibility, however, rests at Berlin,
and it is expected that as soon as a
working government has been organ
lied there with full reichstag support,
or a dictatorship has been created
with full power, there will be some
progress toward adjustment Germany
cannot continue. indefinitely to hold
back from any satisfaction Of the al
lied claims. 3
Evening star., 1923-10-07
Good Roads in Virginia.

Virginia Is coming on in its good
roads program, and The Star recently
published an announcemept by the
state auditor that the Old Dominion
has spent s10,00o,eoG this year on
roads, which is $1.750,0o0 more
than was spent last year. II these
roads are built so that they will re-
main in good condition for a reason
able time the money spent will yisid
dividends In increased land values,
ease of transportation of produce,
greater freedom Of commu nication, in-
creased tourist travel and in other
ways. 1t has been the experience Of
all states that good roads are a good
investment. A.
The good roads theory is an old one.
and creeks We're the highways. and
when occasion required it people used
the Indian trails. AS settlement moved
back from the payigable waters roads
were laid out. The roadmakers mere
lys marked the route and chopped
down trees that were In the way.
There was no thought of surfaeing
the way with gravel or broken rock.
In wet weather these roads were 64f-
ficult of Passage and often impassible.
AS settlement and traffic. increased
demand for. better roads became in
sistent, and state and county did what
they were able in meeting the demand.
The need of hard -bottomed, straight
through roads grew, and the era of
turnpike building opened in this region
about the year 1900. Private capital
enlisted in the work, and states and
counties subscribed to stock in turn
pike companies. Generally they did
not yield satisfactory return, and
often no return at all on the money
invested, so great was the cost Of
building them. Toll charges We're a
check on commerce.
Soon after the opening of the rail-
road era, which may be set down for
this region as the early part Of the
second quarter Of the nineteenth cen
tury. interest in turnpike building
languished, and public opposition de-
veioped against toll roads and toll
bridges. The sentiment for free public
reads was strong, but taxpayers could
not bear the cost Of good reads or
feared to assume 1t, and generally
when a turnpike company failed or
the pike was taken over by the public
the road became bad one. E..
With the coming Of the automobile
the good roads advocates became es-
pecially active, and new 1t is an un-
usual person who raises q voice In op-
position. People want the best read a
road-builder can lay down. Maryland
has made remarkable headvay, and in
roads ranks with New England and
the northerly middle states. Virginia
has Jagged behind, but is coming
strong. In the neighborhood Of Wash.
ington Virginia and Virginia counties
have made over many miles Of an
cient turnpike and old. county road,
and the work is going on at an en-
couraging pace. =
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1t many trlumphs yet to come. One
is ipclined to believe Paul, especially
when he coupled his optimistic state
ment withtthe admission that he now
has ffty-two bands In operation.
Whitenan was made an honorary
member of New Yerk'g famous Dutch
Treat Club this week, and he brought
his own personal band along with
him. 1t was the same band that
played 50 often for the Prince OF
Wales while on the other side, and
take tt from the trombone and saxo-
phone players, the prince is certainly
some dancer.
II get some awful wailops from the
true music lovers every NOW and
then for jazZing the classics" said
Whitemaa to the writer, "but I be-
iieve i we are right If we can bring
the classics to the people, even In the
ferHa of dance music, I believe we
are cultivattng the taste of many who
could be reached In no other way.
Take the Song of India fer instance
SINCE II has been played by the dance
of the original song has been doubled
OF tFiPled, After they hear the real
thing, they may say how rotten we
played it, but anyway we get 1t oyer
and that's our justification"
y
The rumpus out In Oklahoma stirred
UP many things, but not the least
was the stirring up of the Hon "BiIl"
SuIzer. one time known as the Henry
Clay" Of the House of Representatives
In Washington, and later the gov
sFner Of the sovereign state OF New
York, until he was impeached and re-
moved from office. Some of the papers
tn
analogy between Gov. Walton's ease
and that OF Gov. Sulzer. The Hon.
Bill had long been In retirement. but
this was too much for him. He sailed
forth, and this is what he had to say;
"As several newspapers have called
attention to the supposed analogy of
Gov. WaIton's case In Oklahoma and
my case In New York, will you be
good enough to say for me that there
Is no analogy?
AT a conference at the executive
mansion In Albany the evening of
August 8, 1913, nay friends advised
me to sign q proclamation declaring
martial law In Albany county and In
sembly because 1t was about to meet
In violation of the constitution of the
state, --..
Suffice it TO say that refused to
sign such a proclamation and said
then and repeat now: No man is a
greater believer than. L am in the
supremacy of the law. No man. high
or low, raeh-or poor, Is above the law,
no matter what he thinks are his
rights or what he believes to be his
grievances. No man must take the
law in his own hands. Sooner. than
sign that proclamation declaring
martial law TO save my office ] will
sacrifice the governeFship. on the
principle that the law is supreme and
every man must bow To its supFem-
acy.'
"The fact that I was advised the
assembly was to do an. unlawful act
was no reason why ! should take thh
law In my own hands. II i, had 20
go through now what ! did go
through In 1913 would do today
just what ! did then-=submit to the
civil authoTities.r
Evening star., 1923-10-07
Hollands Queen Rich Enough
To Afford to Cut Own Salary

deceased him, the whole of the for
tune which he had inherited from his
father, from his grandfather and from
his Russian mother, as we'll as the
fortune of his brother, Prince Henry,
passed into the possession of his only
child, the at that time eight-year-
Ole Queen WiIilelmina, who has ad-
ministered her vast private property
In the most sagacious and clever man
ner, regarding Ii as a sacred trust for
her own little girl and sole heiress.
Of time. is destined to follow her on
the throne, not as queen but as king
Of the Netherlands.
If the budget for 1894 presents a
deficit which 1t Is necessary to pro-
vide for and which win require the
imposition of new .axes on tobacco,
beer. spirits and upon tea, 1t is be-
cause Of the heavy naval expendi-
lures to which the crown and gov
ernmeRt are committed, and sooner
than consent to which Jsnkheer de
Gser. oneeof the ablest flnanciers of
the Netherlands, resigned last sum-
msF his. seat in the cabinet as min
lister Of the treasury. He knew that
he weald be. unable to balance his
budget with the increased naval ex-
psnditures and declared that these
were contrary to the spirit Of the dis
armament congress at washington,
down their naval ornaments and to
scrap a number Of their battleshfps'
He insisted that there WAS no press-
Ing need for these expenditures at q
time when, as admitted in the queens
1I ~ <9nwN -
ing and unemployment was showing
serious increase. His eolleagues in
the cabinet and the majority In the
states general were Of q contrary
opinion and ,oEk the gt9gand that
Il is hswevef. likely that there
viii be a fierce fight In the lower
chamber when theV moment arrives
toF the disenssioa ,s Ss e.a Ct shs ,s ne. taxes
her recent speech from the throne,
ana the adversaries Of the pro-
.jected imposts have already made 1T
abundantly clear that they regard the
terrible estaciysm that has SO re-
pirs as having materially changed
the situation. -,
This brings to light, for the FIRST
time. that the great power which
Holland regards ae peril To- her
rich East Indian possessions Is Japan.
AZ long as the Angie-Japaneee al
lieaes wes In sxlsteAos tha Dutch
people Fegarded II ~ = safsguafd sad
a. sort Of British restFsint gpon
possible Japanese aggression. Nos
that tAs hard and fast aitiapes which
existeA' hstvesA these two Grsat
maritime pewers he's bean abandeasd
at the Washington disarmament eon-
their East Indies ~ safe 40 bsfors.
And that Is why they have en-
parked, for the sAhe ef protection, On
heavy naval expenditure, invelviAg
Seses. For it ID 9horoughly ukdsf-
staea that the money -ysaatFsd. pn4Sr
the hsad Of naval aefeAasa, ID nat
ier the eonatFAetteH ef eeacoast
bufiding OF an elabesats eystam u
h&rheF defegsess Of erNiseTs and az
Submarines. Tor use iA the Dutch East
indies,
Evening star., 1923-10-07
MEN AND AFFAIRS
BY RoBxRr r. SMALL

David Lloyd George, who set foot
upon American soil for the drst time
on Friday. knows more about the
world war than any other man, Mylns
or dead. Lloyd George not ealy
knew the politics and the economies
ana the diplomacy Of the wsr, but he
knew all about the actual aghtipg.
In this respect he differed wholly
from Woodrow Wilson.
The eotemporaneous addresses Of
the two men. to Congress on the part
OF Mr.. Wilson and to parliament on
the part Of Mr., George, form an In
teresting comparison. From the
moment the United States entered
the war. President Wilson began talk,
Ing about the bases of the peace
His fourteen points soon were effun-
eiatsd. During most OF this time.
Great Britain was lighting with her
back to the we'll, The British people
did not want to know abeut the bases
OF the peace. They wanted to know
how the battles were. going on the
western front.
II was given TO Lloyd George to
tell them, and his analyses OF the
military situation We're masterpieces.
They showed the, British premier to
pc 2 man Of many sides. His was 40
fighting from personal contact with
II. Many military experts were made
by the war. Some historians also
game Gam, iHss s, nat. nationsi u not world
Compare With Mr Ioyd dss a.opge sse.a ashss sahs.s
he sat down to pen the situation for
the British people.
Lloyd George WAS brave. He did
not attempt to minimize British
ments showed that In the single
month. Of May, 1915, the British cas-
losses Of the American army proved
the lloyd George reeitais OF TACT
and hopefulness OF the man.
His, addresses to parliament were
T., gift Of Ged te the Eagiish:
morals bucked up. When things were
darkest. Floyd George would take
the rostrum, and he never spoke In
vain. His addresses, eabled to this
The actual dghtins Of the war never,
interested Weodrew WILSON. II held
Lloyd George enthralied. President
,sans MsHn aamps ao'p'rsasd tss as,ens as as
works. Lloyd George was among the
workers half Of his time. Mr.. Wilson
felt nothing Of the material side OF
the war, lloyd George feveied In it.
The most famous statement made
by Lloyd George was that the war
would be knockout" for Germany.
1t was q strange turn OF fate that
as he was received at the city hall
there were bawkers in the outskirts
of the crowd crying:
"one million German marks for
25 cents.'
b.. x y II
Paylowa, the Russian dancer, Just
back from Europe, thinks she sees
the dscline OF jazs In the offing. Paul
whiteman, the .Jazz bandmaster, just
back from Europe, is certain that
jazz ds in it's infancy and has before
Evening star., 1923-10-07
By THE MARaUIsE DE FoNTENoY.

Il
II Queen wilhelmina, who. accord
ing to the highest court of justice of
the Netherlands, is officially "the
king"-all officials being required to
take the oath OF allegiance, not to
Queen" Wilhelmina but to King"
Wilhelmina-has officially announced
her intention Of reliRauishing 20 per
cent OF her royal civil list Of $500. .o0e.
inclusive Of allowances, for the forth
coming financial year, it is because
the budget Of 1924 already shows a
deficit Of s75,69e.eea and that drastic
economy Is consequently the order of
the day. Indeed, In her speech from
the throne on the occasion Of her
opening the states general. Or ma
tipnsl parliament, the other day, she
declared that all official salaries
would be mulcted like hers to the ex-
tent Of 90 per cent. OF which 10 per
cent will be payable on the lst of
January, 1924, and the remainder in
next July.
Not that the queen will suffer frem
this REIMBURSEMENT OF a .poFtisn of
the the Slsi l,s, Ra'd e hsg BY the sedax re-.
rulsr Of the old world and her private
ou.s Sssane Of osansas sR wsleh silass she is .ssss
head. has algays esss renowned for
excepting in the case OF the queens
osanse, who, the victim of a dis.
graceful political intrigue Of Napo-
leon III, becAma e spendthr'ft and
wasted his life and his resources In
dissipation in Paris, as the sorfy hero
padss. He died before her birth.
king william ! Of Holland was a
very shrewd business rasA and devot-
ed much OF his tnhsrited wealth to
arofitabie commercial ENTERPRISES In
Holland. but more especially in Java
ana Ia his other colonial possessions,
ali OF which proved most lucrative. In
fact, everything that he touched
seemed 70 turn to gold, The fortune
which he left was etiil further In
creased by his son and successor, VIII
liam n, who shared his genius for
commercial and industrial enterprise,
and whose wife, the Grand Duchess
Anne Paulovna OF Russia, daughter
Of the Inflated Cxar Faul I. brought
him an immense dowry which was
further adasd 10 hy her brothers. csar
Alsxaadsr and EmpArey Nieh-
eias /. sAs left the gFsatsr parties
81 hsr ava festuRa ta her yepHGes
ssa. the sailsv Ppiaee Haary sf the
Nethsslanas, whe A!vateA ht1sslf u
ttissss ssstHsssss IN tAs psssS nsas md = West =
Quite late Ia .ltfe ha married 2 ststs.
es ~ Iate pa6hess QE CeRnAught ana
When hs died, suddenly In 1885, no
will could Be found. eonseauently,
lis widow. who sus5eSasntiy yedded
Femels cepteaf With The ssttleWsgts
wSich he hAd made upon her ~ the
das 81 Ser maFvlaHa. while the wheis
n IN gyest fortune was teksl eA9Yaa
~ - II 81 he prptcyty % the reiGAiHg
f3use af the NetAaFIande. -
'l0h the sdsafh of the late King wiz.
Ham m HID two sans having pre-
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there has been n asiehty ckgnUs N
trafic demands On snsls, aMd Avi1gss.
It is clear that SftssRs g the sse-
tion between NinHssota svspuA ~
Anacostia road and Bowen soeA ere
entitled to through car service. and
they can probably get It ~ soon ~
they get proper bridge. There n
through car service from the Asacea,
tia. csnsress Hsishts, DAnninG and
Seat Pleasant sections Of ths Eastern
branch country, but the Reantng and
Anacostia bridges are mo4eyn sfspe,
lures and their stability IL shevs nus.
picion. 80
Evening star., 1923-10-07
that many of the pictu

Assertions that many of the pictures
admired as works Of Rembrandt are
spurious lessen the happiness OF psp-
Pile who have enjoyed and admired
them. Va art the question of the folly
of being wise when ignorance Is bliss
comes up for frequent consideration.
Criticism is forced to admit that works
may be valued for their archaic In
terest and personal associations more
than for their intrinsic beauty.
Evening star., 1923-10-07
Revised POLES Manual,

The District Commissioners have ap-
proved a revision Of the police depart.
ment manual. and the mast important
feature Of that reyisien relates 10 the
won,an's bureau. The main object a
the revision was to simplify phrase,
ology that misconstructioR or miseon,
ceRtion would be diAieuit. The yem-
aa's bureau ID given the status Of q
paiies precinct 40 tar A. consistent
with. the bureaus special work, It II
plainly set forth that ''policswemsn
are priyates Of the metropolitan pelice
department." and shall be governed
by the rules laid down Tor the guild
ance Of privates and by the general
rules Of the department In 90 tar, a.
such rules are applicable and con.
sistent with the special class Of work
performed by peikeewemen,"
In the opinion of the police auth0rt-
ties the change In relation to the wem-
ans bureau will make fer regularity
and harmony, The head Of the bureau
has felt that It should be responsible.
directly to the superintendent Of pe-
lice, and her objection to precinct
status for the bureau Was On general
principles, believing that because of
the wording Of the manual cantrover-
sizes. might arise. She has said that
there is complete cooperation between
her office and the police admintstra-
tion, and 1t is clear that things are
working smoothly and effectively. In
the opinion of the Commissioners and
the major Of police the Fevis3eR OF the
manual will insure eentlnlaaee Of this
desirable condition. Fhe desire Of the
public Is that there shall be harmony
and effective cooperation between all
branches of the police department.
Evening star., 1923-10-07

When considering PHILADELPHIA
love for the United States Constitution
the tourist will kindly keep his eyes
on the Liberty bell and pay no atten-
tion to the twelve or thirteen hundred
saloons.
Evening star., 1923-10-07

In some parts Of the world the title
dictator" once regarded as repulsiFe
with tyrannous suggestion, is coming
to be regarded as implying censerva-
tive and responsible authority.
Evening star., 1923-10-07

Crequet has been taken up by AM
bassador Harvey. The game 10 played
with light mallet. and affords vaiu-
able mild preliminary exercise fer A
gentleman who may contemplate
welding a hammer later on.
Evening star., 1923-10-07

Newport summer residents may be
called upon to testify in gambling
prosecutions. It is q rather inhospita-
BILE way for Rhode Island to wind up
a social season.
Evening star., 1923-10-07

The fact that there are enough idle
people to do a little heeklins will ap-
peal to. a distinguished and phllpsephi-
cal visitor merely az a phase Of the
unemployment problem In America.
Evening star., 1923-10-07

AS a tribute to the prudence of Will
helm Hohenzollern 1t should be noted
that he is not attempting to play any
personal politics with the present Ger
man situation. 4
Evening star., 1923-10-07

As prices advance the anthracits
miner is liable to find he needed the
wage increase in order to buy fuel for
his personal use.
Evening star., 1923-10-07

The personal popularity sf- Lloyd
George is such that 1t may even en-
able him to revive interest in the west
in the league Of nations.
Evening star., 1923-10-07

Some fine legal points are Involved
In the Oklahoma incident. but the par
ties thereto are in toe excited a frame
Of mind to give them deliberate atten.
ton. y
Evening star., 1923-10-07

Evidently Senator-Elect johnson
shares the belief Of the players in
"A Midsummer Nights Dream" that a
proper lion should roar gently and net
frighten anybody.
Evening star., 1923-10-07

Baekers of Bapyrus are strd dhsiyaof
the opinion that what 1ev has won by
the preliminary decision is the oppor-
tunity to show that he is gsod ioser.