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Evening star., 1923-12-30

economic conditions in Honduras
already serious, will become precari-
Gus.
Should the threatened revolution
occur this note pointed out. there IS
slight possibility of arranging either
for settlement of the outstanding
debt or for loans for greatly needed
economic development. The recent
industrial development of Honduras
will be sacrificed because commerce
will be brought to a standstill, the re-
sources and the income of the gov
ernment will disappear, and any gov
ernment. including the present one
will find it difficult to maintain itself
in Office.
Should a new government in Hon
duras result from a coup d'etat or
revolution or other unconstitutional
means the United States proposes to
practice what it preached to the Cen
trail American delegates here last
year. for the note contains this
threat:
''The attitude of the government
Of the United States with respect to
the recognition of new governments
in the five Central American repub-
lies whose representatives signed at
Washington in February, 1923, a gen
eral treaty of peace and amity, to
which the United States was not
party, but with the provisions of
which 1T is in the most hearty ac-
cord. will be consonant with the pro-
visions of article IL thereof, which
stipulates that the contracting par
ties will not recognize any other
government which may come into
power in any of the five republics
through coup d'etat or a revolution
against a recognized government, so
long as the freely elected representa-
tives of the people thereof have not
constitutionally recognized the coun-
trx-
Evening star., 1923-12-30
THE PASSING SHOW IN POLITICS

principal contenders for the nomination for
the presidency, with the two-thirds rule max
ing it close race.
The main consideration of the delegates,
it is said, will be which of the two aspirants
is calculated to be strongest in the eastern
and central states as a vote-getter for the
party? The democrats cannot look to the
west for votes that will count.
X X
Senator Hiram w. Johnson is expected to
start out early in the new year on speech
making tour, and Mr.. McAdoo also, seeking
support for their, aspirations for the republi-
can and democratic nominations. This will
be calculated to force Senator Underwood
on the hustings.
The republicans are nightly worried over
what Senator Johnson may say about the
G. O. p as it stands, and the sting" his
words may leave when the voting commences
in November. Judging from the remarks he
has made up to this time, he will not mince
words in giving his opinion of the present
makeup of the party, of which he is am
bilious to become the head. There is sus-
picion he doesn't like 'em much.
Every member of the House of Represen-
tatives and one-third the membership of the
Senate must begin the new year by girding
for battle for denomination and reelection.
That seems tough luck for the new members
of the House, who will have to talk before
they have accomplished anything i'll legisla-
ton to show as assets
The democratic and republican congress
sional campaign committees will organize
early in January, and will work later in CO.
operation with the national committees. The
that passers" of the two national committees
are getting ready to go on their rounds for
campaign contributions, although the bulk
of their work will begin after the nominating
conventions have acted.
Evening star., 1923-12-30
Urges New Mail
Bag and Shoes

Uncle Sam is taking a humanita-
rian interest in his employees. Espe-
cially is he desirous Of tightening the
load Of those who afford personal
contracts between the federal gov
ernment and each individual citizen
by delivering mail at your door. An
ticipating the usual heavy loads dur
ing the Christmas season, Postmaster
General New has notified Congress
that q study has been made of the
design and method OF supporting let
ter carriers pouches with a view of
making a comfortable suspension and
adding to its convenience.
Also a high-grade shoe Of winter
and summer types. meeting with the
approval Of tho United States public
health service for orthopedic con-
struction and Of the bureau Of stand
ards for quality Of material, has been
placed on sale through special agent.
This permits carriers and other en-
ployes to provide themselves with a
high-grade shoe, suitable to their
needs, at the cost Of manufacture.
Evening star., 1923-12-30
BY BEN MckELwAY.

HILE Uncle Sam watches
\N with his fingers crossed,
and Latin America looks
on with bated breath.
Honduras, with nary a glance to the
right nor to the left, calmly prepares
to start the new year according to all
the traditions dear to the heart Of
Central. America. The fuse has been
lighted and the fireworks are due to
start any minute. But 1t is neither
the noise nor the briliiance nor the
to cross his fingers or Latin America
to hold it's breath. The interesting
thing about this particular display Of
fireworks is that very recently Uncle
Sam, with all his dignity, advised
Honduras not to play with these fire
works. And despite this advice Hon
duras proceeds to turn up her own
nose while she snaps her fingers un-
der that Of Uncle Sam and proceeds to
light the fuse. Everybody, naturally,
waits to sec what will happen.
The United States has trained OBJ
servers in the State Department who
are so accustomed to the scent of
revolutions in Central America that
they detect the smell from afar of.
That was the reason that noses be-
gan to twitch sensitivey at the State
Department as far of as last sum-
mer, when it became evident that
three candidates for the presidency
Of Honduras were to enter the race.
The representations of those at the
State Department were not difficult.
When two candidates enter a race for
the presidency Of Central American
republic the sky begins to cloud up
on the horizon and the race becomes
crowded, to say the least. But when
three candidates enter the field it Is
time to hoist the storm warnings and
seek comfortable and convenient
shelter nearby.
Warned of Dangers.
The United States. therefore. sent
a note of warning to Honduras advis-
ing the government that the presence
OF three candidates in the race for
the presidency was not only unseen
ly and unnecessary, but dangerous
and suicidal, and that the wise thing
for Honduras to do under the circum-
stances was to reach a satisfactory
agreement among the candidates
which would permit two of them to
run on an equal footing. But Hon
duras proceeded to attend strictly to
her own business.
The recent elections brought out
three candidates, and the results are
as dangerous as the warnings implied.
DR.. Policarpo Bonilla, former
PRESIDENT, and former minister to
Washington, took the field at the
head of one faction. DR.. Juan Arias
who back in 1903 seized the presidency
Of Honduras and actually held 1t for
a short time, headed another faction,
while Gen. Tibureio Carias, governor
Of northern province, entered the
race with nags flying and bands play
ing at the head Of another faction.
All three were elected president That
depends entirely on the point of view.
The government, which supported the
Bonilla and the Arias factions, ad-
mitted that Gen. Carias got more than
50, 900 votes. 1t was likewise admit
ted that Bonilla got $4,000, while
Arias trailed along with : a. poor
81 900. Gen. Carias had plurality
but lacked the necessary majority
and in such a, situation the constitu-
tion OF Honduras provides that ths
Evening star., 1923-12-30
4. BY OLIVER OWEN KUHN.

bn OAlSEh OWEN M Nm
s Europe about to produce an
other queen whose name will go
down through the ages as have
the names of Catherine the Great
| and Victoria, who played a forceful
part in shaping political trends and
| thereby influencing largely the des-
TIMES Of the old world?
This question naturally arises in
view Of the activities of Queen Marie
of Rumania, who today is playing the
continental political cards with a
hand as firm and sure as any Of her
embraces alignments possibly des-
tined to alter. If not wreck, the
| smooth running political plans of the
larger powers.
Queen Marie, charming as a wom-
an, beloved as a queen, nevertheless
has the firmness OF Napoleon when
bent upon realizing her ambitions,
whatsoever they may be. She is the
dominating force in Rumania today,
tho king being well content to mere
" lend himself to her plans, be they
national or international In char
acter. Her wartime activities for
the allied cause brought to her the
plaudits Of the world. Her energy
in rehabilitating Ruman!a subsequent
to the war, coupled as this task was
with far-flung defiance to the Rus
sian soviet in the matter of Bessa-
rabia, has been inspiring, even though
Rumania today by virtue of her war
time sufferings and dfslocatton OF
finances and economical structure
yet has far to go.
Queen Has q Vision.
In the midst of her after-the-war
undertaking the Queen OF Rumania
had a vision. It was clear cut, sue
cinct. She saw opportunity Of linking
her own royal household with those
of Greece and Jugoslavia Through
MARRIAGES of her daughters with the
young King Of Greece and the young
King of Jugoslavia she accomplished
her purpose In this respect, at least.
Her naneuverings in Balkan politics
leading up to the martial reapproche-
ments of the three royal houses were
watched with amusement, but, never
theless, with an underlying feeling
Of admiration and respect by Paris
and London. whatever the obstacles
before her, the queen surmounted
them, oftentimes in as firm fashion as
a man in like circumstances with ike
ambitions would have done. With a
, daughter sitting upon the throne in
Belgrade, with another presiding
over the royal palace in Greece. the
queen in Bucharest undoubtedly saw
consum1nation and perpetuation for
an untold number Of years Of her
real ambition-the force dominating
her every plan-a Balkan confedera-
ton Of nations firmly dominated by
her own force of character feder-
alton that must be considered in the
councils Of the continent and one
which might bring untold prosperity
by virtue of political as well as
economic alliances
Queens Plans DISTURBED.
But q disturbing factor has arisen
in Queen Marie's plans for the fu-
ture. 1t is none other than the custer
of her royal son-in-law from his
throne in Athens. There is serious
question as to whether Greece ever
will be a monarchy again, and as a
consequence the Balkan confedera-
ton proposed by the queen suffers
a setback.
VIII the queen yet be able to bring
pressure to bear upon the Greeks and
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trail American republics, who gath
cred to test the theory that the con-
ference table is the modern and ac-
putes of all kinds between men and
nations. The conference was highly
successful, so far as Washington was
concerned, and led every one con-
cerned to sing peans of praise for
the conference table method and to
forswear the ancient and accepted
mode of revolution. Treaties of amity
and good will among men were agreed
to by all present amid hearty and
prolonged cheers and the Central
Americans packed their bags and
sailed for home with the applause
still ringing in their ears. But the
coming presidential elections in Costa
Rica and in Honduras tended to put
the treaties in the background for
the time being. And while every
body concerned was in favor of the
treaties, nobody was anxious to lead
the way. So the other Central Amer
lean republics sat back and waited
for the completion Of the Hunduran
and Costa Rican elections before the
treaties were put into effect. This
resulted in only one treaty being rati-
fed, this action having been taken
by Nicaragua. The outcome of the
present. difficulties in Honduras will
make the ultimate disposal of the
treaties interesting, for it was the
combating Of such conditions as now
exist in Honduras that led to the Wash
ington conference and the treaties
which came from it.
Serious Economic Results.
The serious economic results of the
Honduran trouble are outlined in the
note which the State Department for
warded to Honduras last summer,
which hao been made public by the
New York Times. This note called
attention to the fact that the
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HONDURANS DEFY i. S..
LIGHTING REVOLT FUSE
What Will America Do? Now CUES
ton of Hour as Result of
Election Troubles.

congress shall decide who actually
won.
Congress will meet this week But
ception among congresses, Is said to
be hopelessly deadlocked. and no re-
relief can be expected from a dead
locked congress. In addition, con-
gress is between the devil and the
deep, blue sea. For, whichever way
1t should decide, observers say, the
decision would only be the signal for
a revolution. .
Gen. Carias seems to have come into
prominence at the head of popular
movement. His supporters have been
open in threats of revolution and are
said to have declared that should
congress fail to award the victory to
their leader they will do what good
Central Americans have done before
taking the government hand and fist
and all that goes with it.
But the present president, Lopez
Gutierrez, also knows which way
the wind blows. Instead of waiting
for the customary coup d'etat, which
ordinarily would come from the
party receiving the smallest number
Of votes. he breaks tradition and
precedent and has the government
engineer coup d'etat ahead of
scheduled time. According to repre-
sentations. the plan of the govern
ment is to hold the chief supporters
Of Cen Carias as military prisoners
until congress meets and decides that
it was not Gen. Carias who won the
election after all, but Dr. Bonilla.
The government is alleged to support
the Bonilla faction. The coup d'etat
had its actual beginning December 21,
when President Gutierrez declared
martial law and threw into prison
about 200 of the chief supporters Of
Gen. Carias.
Terror and killing Charged.
Gen Carias has claimed that the
government not only terrorized his
followers and actually killed some
Of them, but failed to count several
thousand votes cast in his favor and
election. He is said to have offered
evidence that government officials in
the interior were instructed to keep
his vote down, in the hope and belief
that when congress met the govern
ment would have sufficient majority
to pronounce the election in favor of
DR.. Boni1la.
While the stage is all set for a
revolution, additional complications
come up in reports reaching WASH
ington that a band Of soldiers crossed
the border into Nicaragua and raided
the< estates of the Nicaraguan min
lister of finance. This report was
subsequently denied by the. Honduran
|; legation in Washington.
Within the past few days the State
Department has transmitted a Sec
ond note to Honduras through. the
American minister, Franklin Morales,
lat Teguciga1pa, advising the govern
ment there that this country looks
on present manifestations with high
disfavor, not to mention disgust, and
that such unconstitutional procedure
as is at present evidenced in Hon
duras is sufficient to give every one
interested an acute pain. So far as
known. Honduras has not replied, but
goes forward determined to see the
thing through.
Tests Conference Theory.
rhe trouble in Honduras is doubly
Interesting BECAUSE it follows, by
about year. the meeting here last
winter ofIrepre.entatives of the Cen
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7 HILE Uncle Sam watches
NN with his fingers crossed,
" and Latin America looks
IN With hafed breath
Imperial Valley press., 1923-08-06
LITTLE AND BIG TOWNS

respected citizen of Sauk Centre, Mimi, said to
be the original of Sinclair Lewis Gopher Prairie
visited New York recently. He taken for drive
along one of the finest bouevards of the metropolis
He said:
minnesota is spending s2OOOO,OOO year on
7OOO-mile system of state highways that will be the
finest road system in the country when it's finished"
He was given his first glimpse of the Atlantic
Ocean, and he said:
eve have 10000 lakes in Minnesota, and believe
me- they're beautiful bodies of water.
In the end he admitted, "New York's all right, but
you ought to out and see our country"
And he was quite right. He had made his trip to
the big city. He saw the sights and probably appre-
ciated the good things there. But he wasn't dazzled
into forgetting the good things back home in the most
beautiful little town in the country It's quite likely
too, that the New Yorker who showed him about the
city had before heard of Mnnesotas 1000 miles
of fine roads or its 10000 charming lakes.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-08-06
Here you are Ilttle
brown Wrep.

them--for Arabella and | ate near
ly everything-why, those crumbs
wouldn T fill an elephant s hollow
tooth"
"Still ! know for whom they will
make u good meal," " said the bunny
gentleman. "Lct me have the
crumbs. -
Arabella emptied them from the
tablccloth into Uncle Wiggily's taIl
silk hat, and the crumbs were 50
tiny and few that they could hard
ly be seen. But Uncle Wiggily stood
up on the stump and called:
'Come little wren, Come tiny,
brown wren and get these crumbs!
They will be plenty for you! Come,
little brown wrcn!"
Then sweet song was heard, and
a small brown brd-one Of the
smallest of all birds excepting the
humming bird-flew down out Of a
tree and, perching on the stump,
sang most joyfully.
- Here you are, little brown
wren,' said Uncle Wiggily.
The rabbit gentleman emptied the
crumbs from his tall silk hat, and
the wren began picking them up in
his tiny bill. When he had eaten
about half Of them, the brown wren
gentleman said:
"Now will call my wife and Jet
her eat, . and he sang and whlstled
until his wife came. Mrs Wren was
not 50 good singer as was her hus.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-08-06
Brawley Boosts
Date Farm Plan

Further endorsement for the es-
tablshmcut of n county owned and
government maintained date eX-
pertinent station in Imperial Valley
is contained in Il resolution passed
by the Brawley Commercial Club
in favor of the movement. This
resolution shows definitely that the
people of Brawley are heartily sup
porting the movement for establish
ment Of the experimental station,
and they Will send a strong delega-
tion to El Centre Tuesday to urge
the board of supervisors to vote
the money necessary to build the
station.
Judging from the attitude shown
by commercial and civic Organiza-
tions throughout the valley, leaders
in the movement to obtain the ex-
perimental station feel certain that
it is desired by the great majority
Of the people, and are hoping that
the supervisors will act favOrably on
the appropriation next Tuesday.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-08-06
OIL FOR COAL

Bituminous coal operators in Missouri Kansas,
Arkansas and Oklahoma have had their share of labor
troubles in recent years, but inasmuch of the
nations coal fields has been free from discomfort and
disturbance, their report to the United States Coal
Commission does not stress this point alone.
Instead the producers mpaining that the
competition of oil and gas combined with continued
labor difficulties has worked their undoing They can
not sell coal at the prices which the increasing cost of
production makes necessary.
The railroads of the Southwest are turning from
coal to oilburnng locomotives. Public utilities pack
ing houses and industrial plants of every description
find the use of fuel oil cheaper and the supply of it
dependable. Householders learning the same
lesson.
In Kansas City $4,000 oil burners in dwellings and
apartment houses have displaced half mil
lion tons of coal. In Arkansas the of gas for
fuel has resulted in corresponding reduction in coal
consumption while Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma
each burning oil enough to take the place of million
tons of coal year. For reason the oil industry
seems free from the inconvenences incident to labor
disputes, and it gains and prospers accordingly.
If coal operators and coal miners could get to-
gether and face the situation it is instead of they
think it ought to be- they would undoubtedly find that
there is plenty of market for both coal and OIL It's
very plainly of these United stand, divided
fal' situations.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-08-06
TOM SIMS SAYS

Here's summer half gone, and
many of us more than that.
Ford plans to distill coal, which
ought to make a hot drink.
Pussyfoot Johnson has gone to
Arabia, perhaps to stop these wild
Arabian nights.
What the United States needs is
an eight-hour day for the sun.
The shortage of farm labor is due,
perhaps, to the shortage in the farm
laborer's pocket.
Balance of power in Europe de-
pends upon their balance of mind.
\
Here's good news. Young men
will control the next Congress. No
body controlled the last.
\ real mad college graduate in
forms us plasterers III ST. Louis are
getting $l4 day.
Washington will have new one
way streets; none, however, leading
to the treasury building.
Il
An almost six-foot New Yorker
has married midget of 40 inches,
and we II bet she s boss.
Political news belong on the sport
page. When it isn't Il fight some
body's being scored.
Among the breaks of ball game
i'll Atlanta, Ga, We're two fingers
and one jaw.
This has been bad year on sport
champions. Ill rest the heads that
wear the crowns.
Upshaw, of Georgia, says the U.
S. has been on a drunk. Said it i'll
New York, which may be why.
When it comes to getting elected
president these candidates seem to
think they can't miss.
Swimming in strange places is as
dangerous as riding a freight with
a green flagman.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-08-06
SENATOR'S SEEING EUROPE

1t is said that than one-fourth of the United
States senators have gone abroad this summer. This
is a cheering thought.
This country in its splendid isolation had al
lowed itself to become almost entirely detached from
European affairs before the Goods were bought
and sold countries visited but to the social and po
tcal situations in the rest of the world Americans
a whole were densey ignorant of the condi-
tions in Egypt in the days of King Tut.
The war threw us into a strange element. We
splashed and fused and choked and finally got so
could keep going but as to the general principles of
how to conduct ourselves comfortably in relation to
it, still far from well-informed.
Having large number of members of the SEN
go to see for themselves the state of European
countries at the present time will help to great
tent to clear up the general confusion Each will
with the eyes and mind he takes with him. and not
with those of the people he visits. Nevertheless, if
each one has somthing to contribute the total expert
acquired must be valuable. Adding to this the
knowledge of facts and consciousness of atmosphere
acquired by the many ordinary citizens who have spent
time in Europe during the present year, Ameri-
public opinion in regard to European matters
not but take a turn towards greater intelligence.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-08-06

band, but she was very thankful
for the crumbs.
"And if ever we can do you n
favor, Uncle Wiggily, Wen do it, -
said Mr.. Wren as he and his wife
flew away, while Arabella and Bet
ty went back to their homes, very
glad that they had done their part
in feeding the wrcns.
"But ! don t see" cacklcd Ara
bella, Chow such little bird can
ever do Uncle Wigsily a favor"
81 don't see, either" said
Betty.
But about a week after this, when
Uncle Wiggily was hopping through
the woods, all Of sudden there
sprang out at him the bad Bob Cat.
And before the bunny gentleman
could run away, the Bob Cat caught
him, tangIing his claws in the bun
ny's coat tails.
/" Now IN going TO take you off
to my dem" said the Bob Cat, "and
lock you in. Then I'm going to get
the Fox and Wolf and wen nibble
your cars!"
"Oh, dear!" sighed Uncle Wig
giIy, when he found himself locked
in the Bob Cat's den. 81 wonder
if there is a way out?' But the
only hole he could see was the key
hole, and that was too small for
him. Poor Uncle Wiggly did not
know what to do until, all Of a sud-
den, he heard most happy song,
and voice said:
"Cheer up, Uncle Wiggily" !
saw the Bob Cat lock you up, and
/ viii help get you out"
Who are you?" asked the buns
ny.
CT, am the little brown when, -
was the answer, "and ] am 50 small
] can enter through the key hole.
IN come in and bring the key with
me, for il is in the outside Of the
door here, and you then can unlock
il and get away"
So the little brown wren, TO whom
the bunny had given crumbs, flew
IN through the key hole, which was
rather a large one. And the wren
brought in with him the key from