Evening star., 1923-05-16

Of measure which would bar from
the ports Of England any. ship which
did not carry intoxicants. Whether
such bill will pass or not rests with
the statesmen of that country. in the
light of fts obvious retaliation on the
American ,prohibition. law. When
countries begin retaliatory measures
1t is muchr like. neighbors building
spite fences" and trouble is sure to
follow. Nobody can allegs- that the
eighteenth amendment or the yolstead
law ware .,adopted.-to- spite Eng
land but 1t is beyond question that
II England adopts the proposed law
which do not carry bars IL will be
aimed solely at retaliation against
America. Where will such tactics
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The well known international
banker Frank A. Vanderlip;f COM
plains that mo President was ever
elected because of his knowledge of
foreign affairs. and the same rule ap-
plies to the Senate" :.
Undoubtedly that is true. But does
| not Mr.. Vanderlip overlook the fact
| that knowledge Of foreign affairs" is
not to be compared in Importance with
knowledge of domestic needs and
idean? I'M the valuation OF issues
| it is we'll Recognized principle that
perspective is what measures the i'm
! portance.of the event. Perspective
depends upon the station of the OBJ
server, and the international bankers
look from their foreign positions
rather than from the station OF. the
100 per cent american" Patriotism
like charity, begins at home. ~
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Mr.. Vanderlip proposes to compIi.
| cate our form of government by TAX
| ing all diplomacy and-foreign rela-
tions out Of the hands of the Presi-
| dent and Senate--representin the
people-and. putting the RESPONSE
| bility into the hands of a foreign re-
lation commission. to be purposely
selected because Indifferent to the
will of the people. They would have
| Independent power for a term of
\ ten years or longer. Perhaps moth
Ing could better illustrate the aloof
mess of the international bankers"
position from American domestic
ideals and interests than that propo-
sition. Our Consultation was adopted
year for appropriations revolution
of our form OF of:government. accord
ing to the .xiew 100 per cent Ameri-
cans. aE
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Premier Poincare cabled to Miss
Anna Jarvis of Philadelphia Frances
! greetings for, Mothers day. The
spirit of love of mother is by no
| means confined to America.
In the earliest.nonths of Americas
participation in the war an American
soldier boy was accidentally killed
| in one of the camps somewhere in
France" He was buried in "uneon-
| secrated greund" adjoining the local
/, cemetery. The next week another
| died of pneumonia, and when he. too.
was carried to grave beside the first
| 1t waB noted that some one had been
to the first grave. had smoothed its
mound and heaped a little pile of
hold a bunchfof violets and simple
card: Tine Mere -Francaise"-the ten
| der touch of sympathy from French
mother for the motherheart of
| stranger away off in Iowa.
Somehow that message seems now
| to- be re-echoed by the words of the
premier Of France to the founder of
+ the beautiful American custom of
| special honor to the American moth
sFss and there, is not an American
veteran wkoseheart does not go out
to the millions. of les meres
Franeaises'@eereft and mourning. :.
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Washington is ever interested in
| the advancement of architecture. for
! here is to be found more of archi-
| tectural beauty than anywhere else
i in America There is to be an exhibit
| Of architectural plans in the Corco-
| ran Art Gallery this week during the
| flfty-siXth annual convention of the
| American Institute of Architects.
| The gold medal of the institute is to
| be given Henry Bacon. the architect
| Of the Lincoln Memorial. recognized
| as one of the most beautiful and fit
ting structures of the kind in the
| world.
! Copyright. 1923. by P. V. Collins)
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