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Evening star., 1923-06-30
Politics Flavors Comment on Presi.
dents World Court Plan.

Editors positively refuse to agree
on the effect OF President Hardings s
world court address. Political opin1
ion, for the most part. seems to DOM
mate the analysis, although the pros
and cons of the league of nations of
necessity enter into the argument.
There also Is a general disposition to
question whether the Presidents lat
est proposal is practicable.
In this connection the Baltimore
Sun (democratic) says: THE only way
to find out is to inquire. On the whole,
Mr.. Harding. though he may have
washed his hands of the decision
by putting 1T up to the Senate
puts his party associates in some
thing of a quandary. He has made
the issue. Can they safely ignore it.,
or can they defy it?"
The fact that the president has
dared to challenge the judgment OF
public men prominent in his own
party" is worth noting In the opinion
of the Minneapolis Tribune Unde-
pendent), as is the fact that in these
differences he has held his ground
posal would wreck" the world
court. as the Newark News dnde-
pendent) sees it, and it insists "some
of his party leaders have brandished
a club at him and he has bowed him
self to the ground before them. For
such a self-perpetuating. closed cor
poration of international judges as
he proposes, inimical to the genius of
the court as 1t exists, inconsiderate
of the small powers and a menace to
itself. enthusiasm Is impossible. Shall
we not say: Better no court at all
than such an obsolete. big power star
chamber as he advocates. With this
speech vanishes any belief that in
ternational cooperation for peace
and justice will ever be secured out
of the republican party under it's
present leadership. The party is big
ger than peace and the old guard is
the party"
This Is very much the view Of the
Springfield Republican independently
which holds "a self-perpetuating
court would always be exposed to
attack. Is 1t conceivable that the
American people would ever tolerate
a supreme court of justice whose
membership was renewed by the bal
lots Of the judges themselves? The
world court has come to sorry
pass If 1t must be thus constituted in
order to appease the country that
claims to be the most democratic In
the family Of nations"
However, the President Is conf
dent as to the consequences" in the
opinion of the Philadelphia Bulletin
independent republican,, "and much
credit IL to be given to his intimate
knowledge of the situation. The sim
cerity and earnestness of his desire
Evening star., 1923-06-30
SHOOTING STARS.
By PHILASpER JOHNSON
4 Fiji Arbitration

4 Fiji Arbitration.
Two Fiji men loved a Fiji maid
Each tinkled a light guitar.
But she didn't care for the serenade,
She was coy, as most maidens are.
So they talked together, those Fiji
men,
And agreed that the maid was sweet;
They said it once, and they said it
again
She was sweet enough to eat.
They roasted" her for her tickle smile,
Till weary Of dull despair.
They gathered some wood and in an
cient style
They roasted the girl for fair.
And when they had finished the
strange repast
They wandered along the beach,
With each other they now agreed at
last
And the lady agreed with each.
The Fiji elders declared "They set
An example to all the state.
In an obstinate case, they serenely
met
And endeavored to arbitrate."
Evening star., 1923-06-30

for their traffic and having them
temporarily placed on the British reg
lister. Again stands the fact that there
direct traffic In liquor from British
ports to the United States.
All these things demonstrate that
ships flying the British flag and plying
from British ports are engaged In
smuggling liquor into the United
States against the law, which provides
for the seizure and conflscation OF all
craft which are thus employed. The
government at London Is up against
the embarrassing fact that the Amer
lean law, which It must recognize,
makes no discrimination against small
ships In favor Of large, against single
cargo craft and general cargo liners.
Steps. it is stated, have been taken
to prevent the issue of bogus clearance
papers in the West Indies and Ba-
hamas, and to scrutinize all manifests.
There is no mention in the dispatches
Of contemplated means to check the
granting of British registry to sailing
ships bought in Europe for the boot
logging traffic. But 1t is indicated In
the cable reports that Great Britain
now realizes that in order to maintain
its position in favor of the entry of
British liners into American ports with
liquor on board for return voyage con.
sumption it must at least do something
to check the illicit traffic between its
ports and the United States under its
flag.
In short. the British government is
in Il difficult position Of having to aid
the United States in the prevention
of the liquor traffic If it would main
tain the right Of it's mercantile marine
to enter American ports with liquor
stores designed solely for ship use.
Evening star., 1923-06-30
EDITORIAL DIGEST

to unite in this world movement for
adjudication of international conse-
quences cannot be questioned The
essential thing is that the United
States join hands with other nations.
He would be willing to sign the pro-
tocol as 1t stands IL necessary to ac-
complish that object. And he seems
to believe that other governments
holding the same faith as to the es-
sential in view. will be willing to
achieve it. And, in truth. the Pres
identS suggestions do not affect the
plan OF the court in any vital part of
Its purpose and mission"
The Waterbury Republican (re-
publican) holds that "the republican
majority in the Senate can accept Mr..
Harding as the leader of the party,
or it can repudiate him. But they
cannot repudiate him on the ground
that he has been dictatorial. II his
next December 1t will be because
they wish America to be a hermit ma
ton" To this the New York Evening
World independent democratic) adds
that the President has proved the
continued earnestness and sincerity
participate in the court One way or
another the United States should 60
into the court. President Harding is
right about this and we are glad he
sticks to 1t. But 1t is pretty painful
hearing him figure how to get Hiram
Johnson In too While there can be
no question, as the Hoboken OBJ
server independently analyzes the
situation, that the President wants
to harmonize the opposing elements
in the Senate and arouse a favorable
public sentiment In favor of partici-
pating In the world court. 1t will have
to be a pronounced favorable senti-
ment to sway the radical senators
who regard the court as a permanent
part OF the league organization
The facts do not warrant tho
Presidents declaration that American
membership in the league of nations
is as dead as slavery" insists the
Brooklyn Eagle Independent demo-
cratfc). which argues the President is
now endeavoring to show a way out
TO John T. Adams and the die-hard
senators. They have warned him
and pleaded with him in vain. But
they will prevent his nomination if
they can. Mr., Hardings sincerity
and earnestness are beyond question.
But his proffer of peace Is hopelessly
futile. The President will have to go
on with the fight or quit cold and
turn the republican party over to
Adams. Munsey and Johnson" The
New York Tribune (republican) also
insists the league is mot dead and
argues the court needs no such de-
fense. We can join the court and
stay out of the league to the end of
time, and only people afraid of their
shadows require this assurance. But
the effort of the President is gem
erous and sound and he deserves the
support or every open-minded cit
Evening star., 1923-06-30

adopted. whereby this sale of light
wines and beer will be permitted"
r * II 4
There's no let-up in the exodus OF
distinguished Americans European
bound in quest Of up-to date impress
stons "over there" The latest recruit
to join the exploration forces is
Theodore r. Burton OF Ohio, who
knows his old world well from many
trips in former days to study rivers
and harbors condition. He sails on
July IA and will tour Great Britain,
France. Germany. Denmark and Ho1-
land. The annual conference of the
inter-parliamentary union at The
Hague is the immediate occasion Of
the former senator's trip. Burton
looks forward keenIy to visit with
Stanley Baldwin. the new British
acquainted in Washington last win
ter during the debt funding parley.
at which Burton was the spokesman
of the House of Representatives.
~ X
Interesting new DEVELOPMENTS in
domestic prohibition enforcement are
In prospect at Detroit one of the
wettest areas in the country. Earl j.
Davis, United States attorney for
southern Michigan. plans to stamp
out "b1ind-pigs." "speak-easys" and
other camoufiaged saloons by pro-
ceeding legally against the owners of
the property on which such nuisance s
are maintained. Not only in Detroit
but in all the big cities. so-called
drug stores are conducted, the main
business of which is notoriously the
retailing OF hard liquor. either on
prescriptions or without them. Own
ers OF property have discovered that
fabulous rents can be commanded for
leases especially in working class
If landlords can be shown to demand
and to be receiving abnormally high
rentals. as compared to adjacent
property not used for drink-purvey-
ing. "collusion" can be established d
within the meaning of the prohibit
tion statutes. In such cases offend
ing property owners can be prose-
cutsd not only for conspiracy to vfo-
late federal laws. but also for Illicit
collusion. The experiment is bound
to be watched with countryw in
terest. New York city is full of cor
ner drug stores" which pay sky-high
rentals.
X x =
DR.. Sidney L. Gulick. who Is prop
agandizing in Toxic for a Japanese
American joint high commission. is
the missionary son Of missionary par
ents and was born in the Marshall
Islands in mid-Pacific. They were
German then and are Japanese man
dated territory now. A Dartmouth
College graduate. Gulick has been
active in the foreign missionary field
for nearly forty years, having begun
his career in Japan. For six years
he was a professor Of theology in
Nippon. at the Imperial University in
Kyoto. A dozen books on oriental
racial, religious and political theme 3
have come from Dr. Gulick's pen.
One Of them is entitled THE White
Peril in the Far East" His SYM
pathies are enthusiastically pro Jap
anese.
Col" Matt Tighe, dean Of State
Department correspondents. depre-
Gates the idea of war with Great
Britain over ship liquor. '1reland's g
on England's side this time" OBJ
served Matt yesterday. "and thatTl
make a difference"
Copyright 1927
Evening star., 1923-06-30
New High in Water Consumption.

During the recent hot spell the daily
consumption Of water in Washington
ran close to the carrying power of the
single conduit from Great Falls and
the capacity Of the reservoirs and the
filtration plant. On one day the water
consumption was approximately seven.
ty-six and one-half million gallons,
which was a larger amount than ever
before consumed in Washington in one
day. The statistician Of the water
system shows that in round figures
it was q million and a half gallons
more than the amount drawn off in
any other day of the June sizzard, five
day in 1918 and 1919. nine millions
greater than on any day in 1920,
three and a half millions greater than
on any day in 1921 and eight millions
greater than on any day in 1922.
It is not said that the seventy-six
and odd million gallons drawn on the
record day in June, 1923, was in ex-
cess Of the capacity Of the plant which
supplies Washington with water, but
II is believed that this was the case,
and that if such a supply had been
called for during two or three days in
succession, or II heavy demands had
been made for water by the fire de-
partment, it would have been neces-
sary to enforce economies in water
such as Washington has never known.
There can be no guarantee against
the recurrence Of the kind of weather
which lately oppressed Washington,
and at any time the demand for water
may exceed the supply.
Steadily for more than quarter Of
a century the demand for water has
been gaining on the capacity OF the
Evening star., 1923-06-30
Prohibition and Politics.

The council of state superintendent
and leaders of the Anti-Saloon League
Las been III session recently at Wester-
VILE, Ohio. 1t has been engaged chief
ly in the work Of outlining plans for
the fight which ii is recognized gen.
orally is to be conducted by the dry
forces throL yhout the country for the
maintenance of the prohibition law
and for it's enforcement. A report has
come from that point which is Of more
than passing interest, and has a bear
ing upon the political aspect of the
liquor issue. II appears that the lead
ers Of the league regard William Jen-
nings Bryan as no longer an asset.
One reason is that Bryan's recent un-
successful campaign for election as
moderator of the Presbyterian Church
weakened his influence with the
church forces, and further that his ut
tcrances on the subject Of evolution
have caused additional friction.
Furthermore, Bryan is so definitely
democrat that, il is reported, the
league is afraid that he will tag the
dry organization as anti-republican,
while the fact is that the league poll
ticians are strongly in favor Of fol
lowing President Harding's enforce
ment policies and throwing off all al
legiance with the democrats.
At the same time the executive com
mittee of the league has decided not
Of %
major political parties to adopt dry
platform planks. The league will con-
tinue its policy of working for the
nomination and election Of candidates
favorable to prohibition and the eff
:ective enforcement of the law.
Recently at French Lick Springs.
md. evidences appeared that the
democratic leaders are decidedly
averse to any disposition to hook up
their party with the wet cause. Gov.
Smith of New York went there for a
conference-underc cover of "a vacation
fresh from signing the enforcement
law repeal bill, and quickly learned
that his action was seriously EN-
barrassing to his party.
A merely negative attitude on the
subject of enforcement will not suf-
flee. The Anti-Saloon League may not
seek the adoption of positive planks,
but so marked is the issue in the pub
lie mind ON the subject Of enforcement
that the parties cannot avoid some ex-
pressfons upon 1t. Silence is certain to
he construed as a sign Of wet as the
farmer weather prophets used to say
There is every indication that the re-
publican platform will contain a dis
tinct dry plank. The President has
sounded note in his Denver speech,
and the party cannot we'll repudiate
him in its deliverance a year hence,
nor is it likely to desire to do so.
If Bryan is repudiated or cold
shouldered by the Anti-Saloon League
he will doubtless continue as a cru
sader in the dry cause. He will un-
doubtedly go to the next democratic
convention to fight for the adoption of
plank as strong as any that the re-
pubicans can frame. He is too old and
too sincere a fighter for prohibition to
he swerved now from that cause by
any slight that may be put upon him
by an organiZa ton.
Evening star., 1923-06-30
A Secret Worth a Fortune.

The old saying that women cannot
keep secrets has been often refuted.
but never more emphatically than by
8, case that has just come to light in
New York through settlement in the
surrogates court of the estate of the
widow Of William b. Smith, valued at
about s3,000,000. She made her son
the principal beneficiary. and estab.
lished a life trust of $500, 900 for her
granddaughter. The latter entered a
claim for half the estate, based upon
an agreement between her and her
uncle. the heir, to the effect that if she
kept the secret Of his marriage to an
opera singer he would split even with
her on his mothers death. When the
old lady died, and the will was filed,
the granddaughter was allotted her
fixed share. and then presented her
claim to half. Evidently her agree
ment was in such form that the court
could moi ignore it, and now she has
been admitted to the ownership of
81, 5O0.0 900. which is fair price for so
important a secret.
This case should be widely pro-
claimed. Women have too long suf-
fered under the implication Of being
"sieves." They are no more garrulous
than men. The temptation to tell in
teresting things is no more strongly
felt by one sex than the other. Some
of the worst gossips in the world are
men. To be sure, there is not always
money inducement for secret-keep-
ing as in this case. Probably anybody
would maintain silence for a million
and a half, however delectable the
morsel of news.
Evening star., 1923-06-30
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY Frederic J. Hcskin

Q. How long was the Capitol In the
making?-F. r.
A. 1t took seventy years to COM
plete It.
Q. VIII there be any street car
lines on the proposed bridge between
the Lincoln memorial and Arlington?
-R. H. C.
A. At the present time no pro-
visions have been made for a street
car line on this bridge.
@. Where will the annual conven-
tion Of the Chamber Of Commerce Of
the United States be held next year?
L. A.
A. While the location of the next
convention has not been settled. in
all likelihood 1t will be held in Wash
ington or New York. The chamber
expects to move into its new build
ing, Connecticut avenue and H street,
some time next spring.
Q. How tall are the trees at Mount
Vernon set out by George Washing
ton?-C. T.
A. Several elms have been meas
ured and found to approximate nine
ty feet. A sugar maple which was
probably planted by him measures
ninety-one feet and one ash approx
imates 100 feet.
Q. OF what are the corner-stones
of the federal district composed? ?
+. c.
A. The stones are of brown sand
stone, about one foot square, beveled
at four inches from the top and ex-
tending about two feet above the sur
face of the ground.
Q. What became of the flag that
the Americans few at Chateau
Thierry?-C. G.
A. The first flag raised at Chateau
Thferry after the Germans retreated
is in the museum of the National Red
Cross headquarters in Washington.
Q. When will the coal investiga-
ton be finfshed?-C. W.
A. The survey of the coal industry,
which Is being made by the Ham
mond commission. will be concluded
insofar as the anthracite branch Of
the industry Is concerned, on July /,
and for the industry as whole on
September %.
Q. What is the pay and allowance
for a juror in United States court ?
d. A. w.
A. Jurors in federal courts receive
SO a day and cents a mile, with the
exceptions of those In certain of the
western states. where IS cents a mile
is allowed for certain modes of
travel.
Evening star., 1923-06-30
Uncle Sans Dry Ally.

Great Britain's position in regard to
the ships which bring liquor into the
United States is gravely complicated
by certain conditions in the insular
colonies that make it impossible for
the government at London to stand
rigidly against the enforcement of the
American law. One of these is the
looseness with which clearance papers
are issued in the British West Indies
and Bahamas. Another factor Is that
bootleggers or their agents in America
have been buying sailing craft in
Scandinavia and elsewhere in Europe
Evening star., 1923-06-30

Q. Are the eighteenth amendment
and the volstead act the same thing?
u. p.
A. They are not. The former Is
constitutional amendment, passed by
Congress and ratified by the states.
while the. latter is an act OF Congress
which was vetoed by President VIII
Q. When was the practice of using
highly polished surfaces of hard
stone for the bearings Of the smaller
other rubbing contacts INTRODUCED"
"A. S.
A. A patent was issued in 1904 TO
Nicholas Facio, Peter Debaufre and
Jacob Debaufre for the application Of
jewels to the pivot holes of watches
Q. What state in the union Is thk
windiest?-G. W.
A. The weather bureau says that
this has never been accurately de-
termined, and II is probably impos-
sible to make a positive statement
However, Il is quite probable that
state in the union. This is due. to
the fact that the winds are rather
constant at moderately high .veioci-.
ties during the entire year In this
wind may at times average higher
than IN Oklahoma, nevertheless, they
ere not 80 constant or cover so con
pleteiy the entire state.
Q. Are green plums ever used ="
make offvess-L. T. S.
A. Mock olives may be made ?.
home use from unripe plums. A hct
brine composed Of one pound OF ha't
to one gallon of water is poured F1-.
the green plums. Allow II to stand'
for thirty-six hours. Then place the
fruit in a new brine and boil for one
minute. Drain the plums. pack into
and process pint Jars for thirty mir
utes at 212 degrees Farenheit.
Q. Have any kings and queens ever
been divorced?-W. H. A.
A Assuredly there have been kings
and queens who were divorced. Two
famous examples are afforded by
Napoleon.
Q. Were more union soldiers killed'
in the civil war, or more confed
erates2-W. A. D.
A. The casualties in the fedora
army numbered 35s,52S; 110,070 men
were killed in action OF, died Of
disease. accident or other causes. The
confederate loss in killed and wound
ed during the war was about $4,000
men: that from disease, accident and
other causes probably amounted e."
$4,000.
(The Star employs Mr.. Haskin 70
answer questions for the public. He
replies direct to all inquiries. Only
a few answers Of general interest ar
printed.)
Evening star., 1923-06-30
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS.
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE

President Harding's proposal of a
self-perpetuating bench of world
court judges. divorced and detached
from the league Of nations. is some
what paralleled by a projected Sem
ate reservation. The latter provides
for election OF judges by the foreign
diplomatic corps stationed at The
Hague. This consists of virtually
every nation in the world, regardless
of whether it belongs to the league
or not. The proponents of the reser-
walton assert it amputates the world
court from the league even more ef-
fectualIy than the Harding plan. The
latter. after all, contemplates per-
petuation of the bench bv Creatures
of the league, while The Hague dipio-
mats directly represent their govern
ments. large and small. and would
vote as a corps altogether indepen-
dent of the Geneva organization 8
segregation of member nations into
first and second class states.
Albert d. Lasker. just retired from
two years of trouble and turmoil at
the Shipping Board. is going into the
newspaper business sooner or later.
His immediate plans call for a vaca-
tion trip to Europe on the maiden
voyage Of the Leviathan, afterward
for a rest at his home near Chicago,
then q couple OF years of intensive
rehabilitat ation of his neglected ad-
vertising business, and finally plunge
into metropolitan journalism ns a
publisher. Just where he will dig In
has not yet been determined. News
paper owning is really Lasker's first
love. He was 4 boy editor and boy
publisher in Galveston at the pre-
cocious age of fifteen. and never
ceased to banker for return to the
journalistic game. Lasker still is on
times a millionaire, and has an amaz-
ing variety of business interests. but
is far from feeling that his energies
are occupied,
The southwestern corner - Idaho,
which President Harding crossed this
week. is almost as thoroughly iden-
tifed with Mormonism as the ad-
iacent state OF Utah. Five whole
counties are practically dominated
by the co-religionists OF Reed Smoot
and william II. King. in both an
economic and political sense. They
are. like Utah. also important sugar
beet producing regions, and don't
like "BilT' Borah because the Idaho
Demosthenes opposed the Fordney
McCumber tariff rates on sugar. The
cooperative marketing idea has
strong adherents in that section
which explains the Presidents choice
Of idaho as a forum for discussion OF
the project on which American agri-
culturists are concentrating deep at
tention nowadays.
Albert p. Fall, formerly Secretary
OF the Interior. is among the innu-
merable host OF American visitors 20
Europe this summer. In London the
other day Mr.. Fall gave a striking
interview on the controversy which
has arisen over seizure OF liquor on
foreign ships in American ports. He
predicted that treaty arrangement
with Great Britain and other Euro
pean powers Is "the only way out"
because "it IS evident that the Amerf-
can liquor policy is simply inviting
foreign reprisals." Fall expressed
kconfdence that some amendment to
the Volstead act will ultimately be