Evening star., 1923-05-30
CAPITAL. KEYNOTEs.s )
BY PAUL Y. COLLINS.

Secretary of Labor Davis tells the
President that the conspiracy OF ma
ttons Is even worse, in his estimation,
than the league, for we are sur
rounded by nations determined to
overthrow our protection, so far as
our immigration laws are concerned.
He declares that the situation is a
national scandal wherein boot
leggers line the Canadian and Mexi-
can boundaries, and pirates threaten
all coasts. These "bootleggers" are
not the old fashioned kind. bent on
selling moonshine liquor, but, instead,
they are sneaking aliens across the
border, contrary to our ,immigrat ton
laws.
The Secretary confesses that guard
ing the borders against illegal inlmi-
grafton has broken down with the
present number Of guards. lie has
sent the commissioner of immigratio
and the assistant secretary of the
Department of Labor to Canada to
negotiate an "armistice" with the
Canadian government.
X X X
If it be true that Canada is adver-
tising to secure more citizens from all
parts of Europe. she is as much inter
ested as ourselves in arranging steps
whereby she may hold them from
escaping TO the United States. 1t is
said that the agents who aid in
i; smuggling these immigrants across
the border are working on a COM
mission basis.
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Secretary Of State Hughes is pessi-
| inistic of the possibility of controlling
narcotics. unless the countries pro
ducing them are willing to cooper
ate. He says that there seems TO be
| no way to keep the smuggling down,
since the drugs are so compact that
| they are easily concealed
! This appears TO be one instance
| where internationaIism Is the only
hope OF relief. But. asks the Secre-
tary. how will England. with its
| India poppy enterprise. be induced to
| cooperate, when it refuses even to
aid us in stopping the smuggling of
I iRtoxicants?
| Just az we were getting ready to
accept the theory that anew ice age
Is approaching. as some scientists g
have warned the world the heat
| wave arrives. However, scientists g
insist that there are indications of
an approaching ice cap extending
| down from the north pole, as it has
done, at least three times since geo
! logic records began.
lcebergs are now floating farther
| south In the Atlantic than usual One
| appeared recently in the midst of a
! group of icebergs that was larger
| than had ever been seen by the ship
/ captain who reported il. He esti-
| mated that IL extended above the
| water l20 feet. which means that
What was under the surface reached
I down over 500 feet.
| Such masses of ice cool the ocean
for miles around. and that, in turn.
cools the air which blows over the
| land and sea. Capt Kriebahn7's report
that this big berg did not throw out
! that the breeze was blowing in an
! opposite direction, for ice is ice.
| x x X
/ 1t is scientifically established, and
is conceded both by the Department
| of Justice and the Veterans Bureau,
| that there are thousands of patriotic
veterans who are in jails or peniten-
tiaries. suffering under sentences for
crimes for which they are not men
tally capable of being responsible.
Has anybody heard of any petition
| being circulated and signed by prom :
| inent citizens, asking clemency for
| them?
The Department of Justice and the
| Veterans Bureau are uniting to
| check up the cases and see that
! simple justice is meted out to them
according to their mental conditions.
But. sentimental clemency, Has
anybody asked for il?
4 few days ago the story was pub
lished of a young man in the Virginia
penitentiary convicted of bigamy. who
escaped during the war and made his
| way to Canada. There he enlisted
as private in the Canadian army
He went across the seas and fought
so intelligently that he rose to the
| rank of colonel He was severely
; wounded in battle. but after tw