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Evening star., 1923-03-28
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE

There Is good deal Of talk in
Washington diplomatic circles over a
letter broadcasted to the American
press by DR.. Ante Tresich Pavichich,
the Jugoslavian minister. He public
ly condemned a petition laid before
the Senate on March 3 by Senator
La Toilette, entitled "a Plea for JUS
tice for Hungary and for Peace in
Europe" A petition signed by
American citizens of Magyar nation
ality was ordered printed as a Senate
document and thus became a state
paper. The United States govern
ment has always taken a strong atti-
tude toward the private epistolary
activities of foreign diplomats
President Cleveland deported Lord
Sackville-West. British minister at
Washington, for celebrated indis-
cretion. Secretary Lansing's Lusi-
tania note assailed the surprising
irregularity" of Count Bernstorffs s
newspaper advertisement warning
Americans not to sail on allied ships.
John Bassett Moore In his Digest of
International Law" says: "A foreign
minister is here to correspond with
the Secretary Of State. He has no
authority to communicate his senti-
ments to the people by publication.
and any attempt to do so is contempt
OF this government" This observer
Is informed that no formal reprimand
of the Jugoslavian minister, who is
new to the diplomatic career, is in
prospect.
There has just been spirited
passage-at-arm between Mrs. John
King Van Rensselaer,, one of the
founders Of the Society of Colonial
Danes, and Mrs. Rose Gouverneur
Hoes Of Washington. a great grand
daughter of President James Monroe
Mrs. Hoes. an ardent defender of her
distinguished ancestors fame. takes
issue with Mrs. Rensselaer, for insin-
uating that after the battle OF Tren-
ton Monroe Tilted Miss Mamie
Brown, who is alleged to have nursed
him back to health. Monroe's de-
showing that he was nursed by an
entirely different young woman,
named Christine Wynkoop. to whom
he. offered his hand and heart in
vain. as she was already pledged to
another. Mrs. Hoes bitterly refutes
Mrs. Van Rensselaer's imputation
that James Monroe was an "obscure
Firginian.'
i
The gallantry with which julius
Klein. director Of the bureau of foreign
and domestic commerce. threw himself
into the breach in defense of Herbert
Hoover in the sugar squabble is typical
Of the Napoleonic loyalty Hoover in
spires in his subordinates. The Secre-
tary Of Commerce has the reputation of
being an autocrat in any domain which
he happens TO rule. Yet there probably
have been few men in American public
life who extorted such affectionate de-
votion from their lieutenants as Hoover
does. The army of men and women
who served in the Food Administration
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Thomas Bradley.

In the death of Thomas Bradley
Washington has lost "a son whose place
will with difficulty be filed. His life,
demonstrative of what personal abil-
ity, aggressiveness and integrity can
achieve, was lived in the service of the
city he loved. 1t stands today as an
inspiration to those who carry on
Born near Chevy Chase and cdu-
Gated in Washington, Mr.. Bradley be-
came a resident of the city in 1883. At
the age of seventeen he entered the
service of the Washington Loan and
Trust Company, and was rapidly pro-
NOTED through the various offices to
the position OF vice president and real
estate officer. He served two success
sive terms as president of the Board
OF Trade; was one of the founders Of
the Washington Real Estate Board
and served upon it's executive commit
tee for many years, and was vice
chairman Of the committee on taxa
ton and assessment of the citizens
joint committee investigating the fiscal
relationship between the District of
Columbia and the federal government.
In a score of other fields he evidenced
his devotion to the community and
his ability to translate that devotion
into concrete deeds Of usefulness.
1t is upon men of the stamp of
Tom" Bradley that Washington. or
any other community, is dependent
Tor it's progress and Development
men who combine practical ability
with high vision and a sound appre-
citation Of civic responsibility. Ills life
cannot but serve as an inspiration to
others to follow along the paths he
walked.
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| finance committee Of the chamber Of
deputies that to date the economic re-
suits from the viewpoint Of realization
Of guarantees had been of slight i'm
portance. and while still holding to
| the belief that prolonged and stable"
| occupation would eventually produce
the desired guarantees, he seemed to
find encouragement in the fact that
; leading German industrialists had
made several attempts to open direct
negotiations with the French govern
ment. He had refused to deal direct
ly with the industrialists, but in in
, dicating a willingness to listen to their
proposals if made through the German
government he gave indications OF
something more than a passively re-
ceptive mood.
In Berlin, Won Resenburg, the Ger
man foreign minister. addressing the
foreign relations committee OF the
reichstag. declared unequivocally Ger
many's Willingness to submit the en-
tire question of reparations to the in
vestigation of an international com
mission of business men, the commits
sion to determine "at the earliest pos
Sible moment the extent to which
Germany already had fulfilled her
obligations; her ability to meet them
in the future and the manner in which
they could be met" This done, and
the results accepted, he declared his
governments readiness to undertake
to negotiate 4 foreign loan, the pro-
ceeds to be paid over to the allies on
account Of reparations.
The foreign minister remained dis
creetly silent on the matter of COM
plete French withdrawal from the
Ruhr as prerequisite to negotiations,
and there is a generally accepted be-
lief that Germany has abandoned that
impossible demand. Germany will be
satisfied II is indicated, II France will
refrain from using occupation as
club when negotiations are under
taken.
1t may require Il considerable
amount OF optimism to read into these
signs any prospect Of an early settle
ment Of the Ruhr problem, but it is
pleasant to find some grounds for
hope. even If we know in our hearts
that optimism chiefly holsters it.
Evening star., 1923-03-28
Railroad Efficiency.

Senator Couzens of Michigan recent
ly issued a statement charging that
the American railways had not in
creased in efficiency in the last eight
cen years, and that they are now seek
ing to make savings primarily by re-
ductions in wages. This allegation at
tracted widespread attention, and
was taken up at once in railway man.
agerial circles. Today comes to hand
brief in defense of the railways
by Julius kruttschnitt, chairman
Of the executive committee of the
Southern Pacific Company. recognized
as one of the leading practical railway
officials Of the country.
In statement given to the press
Mr.. Kruttschnitt asserts that Senator
Couzens' assumption that the chief
railway economy has been reduced
wages Is mistaken. Out Of a reduction
of approximately 81 ,000, 900, 900 year
in labor cost Of railway operation he
claims that only $3.50, 100000 repre-
sents decreased wages. The balance.
he asserts, has been the result Of eff
ficiency and economy of operation. He
points out that the railways in 1922
carried a traffic not greatly less than
that of 1920. To do this, he says,
( they employed an average of 1,645,-
237 employees in 1922, as against 2,012,-
500 in 1920
Commenting upon Senator Couzens'
charges that in eighteen years there
has been no improvement in loconlo-
tive performance, Mr.. Kruttschnitt
holds the statement to be erroneous.
He says that during the past eighteen
years the increase in power Of each
locomotive, plus the increase in the
number of locomotives, produced an
increase of 81 per cent in the aggre-
gate power Of freight locomotives, so
that with only 81 per cent increase
in power they have moved 139 per
cent more revenue ton miles" Sena-
tor Couzens had quoted from Henry
Ford's suggestions for effecting econ
omy on railroads and elsewhere. Mr..
Kruttschnitt says that Mr.. Ford, "a
novice in the business Of running a
railway" arrives at conclusions which
are at variance with the experience
and judgment of those who spent their
lives in the study of the subject.
The railways are to be under dis
cussion increasingly from now on,
and the public will be interested. Ex-
changes Of views between laymen and
experts on the great question of man.
agement and efficiency Of the peoples
transportation system ought to prove
enlightening.
Evening star., 1923-03-28
Interest in Progressive Attitude
Continues Acute.


The general debate concerning the
attitude which the progressive lead
ers inside Of the publican party
will assume toward President Hard
| ing and the latter's denomination con-
tinues the chief source of editorial
discussion throughout the country.
1t is accepted, Of course, that with
the party machinery in his hands, the
President very easily can compel re-
nomination. But there is an appar-
emily growing curiosity whether he
will make concessions to the opposi-
tion in order TO present a united front
to the democrats in the struggle of
1924.
1t must be remembered al the out
set, the Boston Transcript Gnd. rep.)
points out, only the perfecting of a
presidential primary law and its en-
actment in five or six battle-ground
states would put it within the power
of a militant republican, standing in
the tradition OF Roosevelt. to contest
the Presidents denomination with
any hope of success. Enough dele
gates from southern states. duly de-
livered, would go far toward en-
abling a national convention of office
of the President No campaign ma
chinery, however, that even SO aStute
a politician as Mr.. Daugherty can de-
wise will avail to re-elect the admin
istration in 1924 If its only political
asset Is the record to date of the late
and unlamented republican Congress.
The courageous and dispassionate
facing of this ugly fact ought to
bring to their political senses the re-
publicans holding office if anything
can" Evidences are not lacking of
a secession" movement, suggests the
Baltimore Sun (dem.). in anaFzing
the situation. "as may be inferred
from the apparently sullen attitude
of some republican leaders in Penn
sylvania. An Independent republican
is in the gubernatorial saddle, and
her republican United States senator's
no longer take unconditional orders
nor are in position TO transmit them.
Why shouldn't Mr.. Pinchot himself
have aspirations. and why should he
allow a practical Ohio politician, like
the Attorney General, to come into
his state and take possession of 1t?
Men have stepped from the guberna-
torial chair into the White House be-
fore this and beaten more brilliant
and popular aspirants than Mr..
Harding"
The Outstanding question, as the
st. Louis Post-Dispatch Gnd) sees
it, is whether the progressives will
submit. The situation In a measure
resembles that when Mr.. Taft was
candidate for second term, except
that Mr.. Taft issued no ultimatum;
he merely used the machine to steam
roll his opponents. The progressives.
under Theodore Roosevelt, revolted
in convention and after the conven-
tion. What will the republican pro-
gressive bloc do under the Harding
fiat? Will they tamely submit to sub
lection and discipline? viii Senator
La Toilette kiss the hand that strikes
him? Will Senators Johnson, Borah.
Brookhart and Shipstead bow sub
missively to the President and the
machine bosses? Is there not SEM
blance of Roosevelt spirit and courage
left in the grand old party?" Never
thless the announcement at this
time is good politics." the Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune (rep.) says, be-
Evening star., 1923-03-28
SHOOTING STARS.
By PHILASDER JOHNSON.
A Glorious Privilege.


It's a mighty consolation, when this
worlds not going right,
To know there's always one thing left
to keep out spirits bright;
A certain privilege that every citizen
enjoys
To speak up and express himself when
anything annoys.
He can put it in the paper; he can tell
it on the street.
But he gets it off his mind, which is
a consolation sweet
When he finds that he's the victim of
some dark, dishonest trick
1t mollifies his feelings when he knows
that he can kick.
So when coal gets dearer and they
raise the price Of beef,
We merely have our say, and it's a
wonderful relief.
1t soothes the disappointment and
ameliorates the pain,
And kind Of settles matters till they
boost the price again.
OF all the benefits which come to ma
tions civilized,
This mental safety valve should be
most cherishingly priced,
For trouble would be simmering and
boiling pretty quick
II the great good-natured public didn't
have the right to kick.
Evening star., 1923-03-28
The President HELPS.

President Harding lends his aid in
the sugar inquiry. He has said that he
is determined to see that the American
people shall not be gouged in the price
they are called on to pay for sugar,
and, with other things, he has ordered
investigation by the Tariff Commits
sion to determine whether there is any
relation between import duties on
sugar and the increasing charges to
consumers for that article of food.
The President recognizes that an alb
normal price for sugar prevails. He
believes that the tariff has little or
nothing to do with this advance, and
the chances are that he is right. The
sense of the public is that the advance
is due to skillful manipulation by
spectators. The public believes that
the price Of sugar is being put up by
the same speculative processes en-
ployed during the war, and which
processes have been used in advancing
the prices OF other commodities. All
power to the arm Of the government.
Evening star., 1923-03-28
Bring Proiteers to Book.

1t ought to be possible under pres
ent laws to deal adequately with the
sugar gamblers and profiteering gen
orally in the necessities of life, but if
81 Is found that new laws are neces-
Sary they should be made ready, and
when Congress convenes should he
enacted promptly and without thought
of partisan advantage. With extortion
in sugar following a winter of eXtor-
ton in coal the American people are
In a state Of mind bordering on vol
canic, and unless some way is found
Of affording them relief they are in
mood to start out on 4 general smash
ing expedition.
1t Is significant sign OF the times
that under provocation such as the re-
cent increases in sugar prices the
people have little thought Of turning
to their state governments for relief.
1t is to Washington, 10 Congress and
the President they look. They hold t.
states rights as a cherished theory,
but become ardent federalists in times
Of stress. They see that the federal
government has taken to itself greatly
incl eAsed powers to levy taxes on the
people, and they demand to know why
there is no corresponding potency TO
protect them.
There already are on the federal
statute books stringent laws to punish
consptracies in restraint of trade. and
there Is convincing moral evidence,
however difficult it may be to obtain
legal proof, that such conspiracies
exist today. Wherever there is an ade-
quate supply Of a commodity and COM
petition has free play it is impossible
that there should be such spectacular
price increases as have been witnessed
in the case Of sugar. The Department
Of Commerce gives assurances that
there Is an adequate supply of sugar.
The price increases, therefore, consti-
tute prinaa facie evidence either Of a
conspiracy or other artificial manipu-
lation Of prices. The government
should use every resource at its COM
nand to uncover the wrongdoing and
punish the wrongdoers. No other
course will satisfy the demands of the
people or justify the billions Of dol
lars the government takes from them
In taxes.
We hear much about the discomfort
which disloyal agitators are preaching
throughout the country. and the
powers Of the government are being
used to suppress their menacing
propaganda. But they are only SOW
ing seed in ground which the coal
profiteers and sugar gamblers and
others Of that ilk prepared for them.
If the government will bring these
original offenders to book, the ground
will be less fertile for the sprouting
OF discomfort.
That those in authority realize the
necessity of prompt and decisive ac
ton Is evidenced by the steps now
being taken by the Department of
Justice and other government agen-
cies, the latest move being President
Harding's direction to the Tariff Com
mission to inquire into the relation
ship between revenue imposts and the
price of sugar. With these activities
under way 1t ought to be possible to
correct the worst Of the profiteering
ills, or to show by the time Congress
convenes what further legislation is
necessary to their correction.
Evening star., 1923-03-28

idoize him. They formed an associa-
ton TO perpetuate their service under
him. Recently Hoover was in New
York to attend their annual reunion.
A little bird whispers that the COM
merce's Secretary slamming attack on
radicaltsm in American Individualism"
did much to rile the La Toilette party
into inlpugning Hoover's connection
with sugar affairs.
X X X K
Archbishop Edward J. Hanna of San
Francisco. reported to be on the verge
of appointment as Il cardinal, was for
mally charged at the Vatican with
modernism in 1907. The accusations
were later disproved and dropped. but
sufficed at the time TO prevent the bril-
liant prelate's confirmation as coadjutor
archbishop of San Francisco. Pope Plus
appointed Hanna auxiliary bishop at
the Golden Gate in 1912, and three years
later he became archbishop. He is one
of Senator Johnson's ecclesiastical lieu
tenants on the Pacific coast, having been
appointed commissioner of immigration
In California during Johnson's COVER
norshtp in 1913. Archbishop Hanna is
native of New York state, in his sixty
second year. and was educated in Italy,
England, Germany and the United
States.
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Ambassador Jules Jusserand is said
to assume responsibility for this one:
Washington School TEACHER Ito class
of tots)-Does any one know who Joan
of Arc was?
Eager Eight year old Miss do. She
was the mother of Noah.
Was Warren g. Harding dra wn will
ingly into the 1924 limelight when
Harry NJ. Daugherty ten days ago an
nounced that the Presidents hat
might now be considered in the ring
Men are asking that question who
often have been told by the Attorney
General how he had to dragoon Mr..
Harding into running for the Senate
in 1914. Marions favorite son had
been defeated for the governorship of
Ohio in 1910. He was disconsolate
and in a mood 70 quit politics for
ever and aye. Daugherty disagreed
He was persuaded that Harding s
possibilities were by no means ex-
hausted. BY a coincidence Harding
was vacatiOning in Florida. as he now
is doing. and there Daugherty pur-
sued him. After something approx
mating Il tour de force. he bounded
Harding out Of his nonchalance and
made him see that he could not only
be nominated but elected senator. And,
a few months later, he was.
:. X
Rotary is row like the British
empire-thc sun never SETS Oh its
far flung qualifications. Japan has
just organized it's first Rotary club.
A score or more Of Nipponese bust-
ness men came together for the pur-
pose at Toxic, and. with the native
American Rotarian principles as their
inspiration, will now spread the
gospel of service throughout the
Mikado's realm.
Copyright 1s23)
Evening star., 1923-03-28
An Unmanageable Intellect,

I'm feeling right ashamed about
The way my mind will act;
I've been unable to make out
The reason quite exact.
know that life's a serious thing,
And that 1t isn't right
To sit this way a-wondering
How soon the fish will bite.
I ought to be a-figuring on
The last and the next war,
And finding where the things have
gone
That folks pay taxes for.
ought to talk Of destiny,
And yet, both day and night,
The pressing question seems to be
How soon the fish will bite.
Evening star., 1923-03-28

and carriers. and through them the
daily mail of nearly SOC, 900 persons, re-
quires above all ready, open mind
and a real, human heart. That Mr..
Mooney possesses both qualifications
there is no doubt. Postmaster General
New is to be congratulated upon his
decision to promote Mr.. Mooney to the
postmastership of the National Capt.
tai,
Evening star., 1923-03-28
Just q Little Bit Better.

Developments with respect to French
occupation Of the Ruhr do not indicate
any decided Improvement in the stu
alton, but the fact that lately condi-
tions have not grown any worse is an
encouraging symptom. And there are
some evidences of slight betterment,
at least In the French and German
states OF mind; a psychological i'm
provement which, properly nurtured
and encouraged, might grow to really
hopeful and beneficent proportions.
Evidence Of this state of mind bet
tsrmsnt comes both from Paris and
Berlin Premier Poincare told the
Evening star., 1923-03-28

A cotemporary says: "Ngon,
West African fruit, may be imported
into this country. 1t Is pronounced
palatable." But for this enlighten-
ment we never in the world could
have figured out how to pronounce
the thing.-Cincinnati Enquirer. .
Evening star., 1923-03-28

This idea of importing tsetse flies to
the United States is incredible folly.
The national slogan will no doubt be
printed, 'Tswat the fly" and vigor-
ously enforced by the federal horti-
cultural board.
Evening star., 1923-03-28

Somebody has invented a motor
that will, it is claimed, drive an auto,
mobile from fifty.five to sixty-five
miles on a gallon Of gasoline. How
far will it drive one on the stuff we
are using TODAY?
Evening star., 1923-03-28
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Evening star., 1923-03-28

It Is said Prof. Einstein's new dis
covery cannot be expressed in human
speech. His theory of relativity left
most OF US speechless.
Evening star., 1923-03-28

In the wilds of central Africa they
are now hunting lions with automo-
biles, probably because pedestrians
are so scarce.-Kalamazoo Gazette.
Evening star., 1923-03-28

"Old Posey" seems determined 10
answer the cynical frontiersman's de-
scription of good Indian"
Evening star., 1923-03-28

Soviet authorities regard Secretary
Hughes pronouncement as long
step backward. 1t is; back to sanity
and morality.
Evening star., 1923-03-28

When you attempt to tear down
things to help the man on the street
and the woman in the gingham ap-
ron, you generally embark on a
course that results in disaster to
those very people first.
III. EDMUND MACHOLD.
Evening star., 1923-03-28

The woman pays. A Seattle man
was sentenced to stay at home for
three weeks.-Little Rock Arkansas
|Dsmocxat, A
Evening star., 1923-03-28

It is to be hoped that when Wash
irgton becomes an ocean port we will
not have a rum fleet lowering III the
offing.
Evening star., 1923-03-28

The report that rural deputies In the
French parliament are opposed to
daylight saving has reminiscent
sound.
Evening star., 1923-03-28

Federal horticulturists oppose even
8 per cent immigration when it comes
to tsetse flies.
Evening star., 1923-03-28

Americans are too interested in
topping chairs moving tables and
other material phenomena and not
the real message of spiritualism.
SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE.
Evening star., 1923-03-28

While / advocate that women give
up basket ball, boxing and rifle
shooting, I don't recommend that
they return to tatting and embroid-
ery-those are the occupations OF
DIR ARTHUR HOLMES.
Evening star., 1923-03-28
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welcome the effort to bar the
nude from the Paris stage. / am
quite willing that they re-establish
tights, though, of course, they are a
bit d-fashioned.
MILE MISTINGIIETT.