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Evening star., 1924-02-10
BY Frederick Cunlinre-Owen, C. b. L

BY Frederick Cunlinc-Owen, C. b. Z.
NINCE Eleutherios Venizelos re-
mains the only Hellenic states
L man who commands any de-
gree of confidence in political
and financial circles abroad, and since
it was on the strength of his resto-
ration to Office as prime minister that
Great Britain, the United States and
other foreign powers recently decided
to accord official recognition to the
Greek government the news of his
resignation has come as severe
shock. 1t has been a shock calculated
to disappoint the hopes that had been
revived for the restoration of the po-
1itical and economic stability of the
nation.
1t should, therefore. be widely known
that the new administration which has
taken over the reins of govern
ment at Athens is composed entirely
of Venizelists, headed as premier by
his old friend and close associate,
Georges Kafandris. minister of jus
tice in the outgoing cabinet. and able
lawyer. who came to America in 1916
in behalf of the provisional and pro-
entente government which Venizelos
had set up at Salonica and who is re-
membered chiefly as the author of the
drastic agricultural reforms for the
creation of small holdings which fol-
lowed the conclusion of the great war.
Will Stay In Athens.
Moreover, venizelos himself has an
nounced his determination to remain
at Athens. The state of his health
does not permit of his active partici-
patton in the daily political wrangles
in the boule in which as premier he
has. since his return to Greece, been
obliged to take leading role-and
nowhere is polemical strife unre-
strained and so noisely violent as in
the single legislative chamber al
Athens.
But he will be in the background
TO give the benefit of his sagacious
counsel and vast fund of experience
not only to the new Kafandris cabi-
net, but also to the nation at large,
irrespective of parties, to advise
them disinterestedly, since he has no
the foreign issues by which they are
confronted. His one patriotic aim is
to win for his nation confidence
abroad and confidence at home in his
capacity as the wise old man of
Greece.
VenixelOs in Doubt.
When Venizelos returned to Greece
recently he was in serious doubt
about the wisdom of dethro9ing the
dynasty on the ground of its affili-
ations with a number of the reign
ing families abroad and especially
with that of Great Britain. For he
has always been strongly imbued
with the belief that British good will
is indispensable to the welfare of
the Greek nation.
Before he had been very long.
back in Athens he became alive to the
fact that the continuance of the
dynasty on the throne could only be
achieved by bloodshed and that the
resentment of it's foes was so bitter
Evening star., 1924-02-10
The Story the Week Has Told

tabha. whereas the Dalai Lama is an
incarnation of Avalokitesvara. who
ranks below Amitabha in the Bud
dhist pantheon. But because of the i'm
portance of Lhasa the Dalai Lama
acquired the political supremacy and
came to be known as 1.-The glorious
king" while the Pantschen Lama had
to content himself with the denomi-
nation of "the glorious teacher" and
no doubt the consciousness ofEreater
sanctity.
We hear that the present Pantschen
Lama has forsaken his monastery at
Tashi Lunpo for unknown parts
Some say he has gone to Mongolia to
Lhasa government. 1t is high time
for another Tsongkapa.
i; !: = *
United states Of America.-The
outstanding event of the week, Of
course, was the death of ex-Presi-
dent Wilson. One of the most inter-
esting presidential messages of re-
cent years was President Coolidge's
special message to Congress of jan
uary %, in which he declared that
"The economic situation in certain
wheat-growing sections of the north
west is reaching an acute stage, that
requires organized cooperation be-
tween the federal government and
the local institutions of that terri
tory for its correction" announced
that he had directed the Secretaries
Of Commerce and Agriculture to con-
ested groups to devise a practicable
plan of action" and presented in out
line the remedial, measures which
commended themselves to him as fol-
lows:
"The refunding of the pressing
past due indebtedness Of the farmer
in the territories most seriously af-
fected: financial assistance through
federal agency to enable wheat
farmers to make the change from a
farming; the restoration, wherever it
would be helpful, Of the impaired
capital of banking institutions in
the distressed section, and the crea-
tion by private capital of substan-
in the plan of reorganization; and
the extension of the time during
which the War Finance Corporation
can make loans"
On February representatives of
taries of the Treasury. of Commerce
and of Agriculture and the managing
director of the War Finance Corpora
tion. and representatives of the "in-
terested groups agricultural, bank
ing. industriaD met in conference at
liz
ton of the conference was its in
dorsement of a plan presented by one
Of its committees for creation Of a
$10.000,000 corporation to assist in
the emergency" A committee was
appointed to organize such a cor
poration. The conference cordially
indorsed the Presidents suggestions
looking to refunding and extension
Of existing Indebtedness of the farm
ers, and appointed committees to CO.
fn fn
Of this and other desiderata. In his
very fine address to the conference
the President heartily commended
the Norbeck-Burtness bill now before
Congress which calls for an appro-
priation from which loans would be
made to wheat farmers (ascertained
to be of the proper temperament,
experience and industry") to enable
them to diversity their crops and pur-
chase live stock and poultry. With
Evening star., 1924-02-10
u. S. British Unity
Fused by Wilson
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taller than he really is. The cheers
roll up and down the room-not SO
much loud as long-continued. and, by
a delightful touch, which brings his
teaching days to mind, the President
silences them by motion of his
hand. The smile which accompanies
the act deprives it of any suspicion
of pedagogy, but it Is none the less
amusing to see the potent. grave and
reverend signors of the city brought
to silence like class of exuberant
students. ->..
"He warns to his subject at once.
His heart is full of it. He has come
on mighty mission: a charge is laid
upon him as the. prophets of old. His
face is softened and lit up: the voice
is clear and thrilling. The out
stretched right hand has in it a ges-
ture Of eagerness. The personality
impresses the mind Of the hearers
and yet one feels that the man is en-
tirely sincere in his desire to merge
himself in his message. Unflinching.
rock-like in his determination you
see him to be. Yet this is not the
worlds dictator, but the interpreter
of it's best thought. He has been
touched by the warmth of his recep-
tion; the answering emotion vibrates
in his words. But he will not take
the greeting given him either here or
in Paris to himself. 1t is the voice of
one people speaking to another peo-
pie. He speaks Of the fighting men
and for what they have fought, He
speaks of the dead. 1t is now for
others to see that their lives were
not lost in vain Thus he sums up
the mission which has made it seem
to him a paramount. duty to break all
precedent and quit the soil of the
United States during his term of Of
flee. ..
"One realizes that this was the
great decision of great man."
Thus we have epitomized the gen.
eral British thought of President
Wilson at the time. In his every con-
ference with Premier Lloyd George
and the statesmen of England this
feeling was made manifest. Wherever
he went civilians paid him similar
tribute. When President Wilson went
to Carlisle, there to pay tribute to his
mother at her birthplace. he 'imme-
diately won the hearts Of British peo-
pies as "human-hearted, filial-mind-
ed man." When he visited Manches-
ter, the greatest Of England's manu-
featuring centers to the north, he
was welcomed as homecomer more
than as President.
But ever and ever he was welcomed,
as he always attributed, chiefly be-
cause he represented America.
England through her welcome to
the President said, in effect:
Let bygoneS be bygones. Let there
be common bond of sympathy be-
tween US. Let us ride down those in
terests which seek to. prolong an
tipathfes that once may have existed
Let us rally around the common cause
preached by your greatest leader. Let
us help implant our best on the worst
of the world. Let us be complete
friends in the truest sense. Let us
interlock so closely our international
destinies that our steps may be as
one, our words as one, our ideals as
one. Let us be, with all the words
imply, real kinfolk.'"
And Great Britain today strives for
;hat end.
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ment Of our own side in the matter.
We made it plain to the people that
the strike was not of our making, that
we did not intend to be beaten, but yet
we did not want to win. If you un-
derstand what mean by that Mr..
Cosgrave added with a quizzical look
at me.
well, the strike started, but YOU
can't organize a successful hunger
strike among $4,000 prisoners. At first
thousands struck, then hundreds, then
it dwindled to a handful, and now it
has been called off. AS fast as they
abandoned the strike, we released them
from the jails. They took an honor
pledge to refrain from active politics,
which some of them, unfortunately,
did not feel themselves bound to keep.
At any rate we have only about 5000
. in our prisons at present"
The Republican Position.
What is the position Of the repub-
licans today?"
They have become more of an op-
position party than an opposing army.
no more right to object to their op-
position than the tories of England
can object to the labor party-as long
as they refrain from violence"
Can you give any concrete examples
showing how the republicans are swing
ing around to the government point of
view?" i questioned.
Before answering President Cos
grave lit a cigarette-he smoked an
especially prepared brand wrapped in
rice paper-blew a couple of smoke
rings meditatively, and finally said:
Difficult to give such cases. But
for one thing our civil police are now
all over the country, completely un-
armed. We have taken the opposite
policy from the English. They sent
and they were hated like poison. Our
police are entirely unarmed, and they
have had no trouble with the people
even in the most hostile districts.
IF you could remain here a while
and talk to the people, you would
notice the change that is coming over
Ireland. The irre.ulars are beginning
to desert the ranks of De Valera. They
see that the salvation of Ireland lies
in peace and business prosperity.
When a house burns down." the
president continued, watching his
smoke rings, "the newspapers feature
it in the headlines. But when that
house is slowly built up again. it never
appears in the papers, and few people
know about it.
THE Irish nation has been some
thing like that. Today we are slowly
building up our nation.
There Is only one other thing to
tell you." he said as he rose to shake
hands, I'VE who make up the govern
ment are not particularly enthusiastic
over our jobs. We run the risk of as
sassination. We have to make difficult
decisions. 1t is not easy to sign death
sentences and to keep the prisons full.
But we have been lawfully elected,
and believe as Lincoln did that. "a
house divided against itself cannot
stand e'have taken Lincoln as our
model over here. We are trying to es-
tablish permanent government of the
people, by the people and for the peo-
ple.' And until the people show by
their vote that they want some one else
in power, or some other kind of gov
ernment. we intend to stick at our
jobs"
Evening star., 1924-02-10
Real Workers i'm the National Capital

Prosecute a minister? Say! What
sort Of a nut do think I am?"
During the height of the census
rush 107, 900 people work at it. To do
SO with success they must know ex-
actly every boundary line - every
boundary line of every village, town,
city, county, township-in all of the
states. And they must be sure of it.
This City's Lines JuEEled.
There is a prosperous western city
which coaxed manufacturers to settle
there by juggling the city lines. A
long skewer of county territory was
run right into the heart of the city.
In it the manufactures were placed.
There they had all the advantages of
city lights and water and fire and po-
lice protection, for which they paid
farmers taxes. But when the census
was taken that city lacked by a good
many thousands the population it
thought it had. 1t made a terrible
fuss.
But there are your lines" said Mr..
steuart. These people are not in the
city,
Dang it, they ought to be-" ex-
ploded the mayor.
But they're not"
To make sure of those boundary
lines there is a geographers' depart
! mtnt in the bureau. in which the
slightest change anywhere in the
United States is recorded.
An even more interesting slant at
the bureaus job is in the statistical
department. Machines do the part
that -and-ink men and women
| used to do. A stack of perforated
cards is run through a machine at
the rate Of hundreds a minute, a
lever is pulled. and there are the
! statistics all nicely columned and
| totaled. There may be more elabo-
rate adding machines in the world,
but none that do just that sort of
| a job.
! "Where did you get them?" I
sked.
1--WE made them." said Mr.. Stewart
| Shake hands with the inventor
| Mr.. Eugene La BoiteauX.
Mr.. La Boiteaux shook hands. turn
ing to do so from his drawing board.
| Hes inventing another machine"
said Mr.. Steuart. Getting ready for
| the next census
That is the way the census is
greatest machine for accountancy in
the world. 1t has been popularized.
too. When Steuart took charge all
sorts of facts were gathered. but
they were published in the ten or
eleven volumes of the decennial CEN
sus. Now the newspapers get daily
releases with all sorts of facts--how
many married women work for a
living and how many just play
around with the frying pan and the
baby; what is the bonded indebted
ness of Detroit: how many aliens
work in the mines; what the coun-
try is worth, anyhow.
Forty-four years of government
service. Not quite that, for he quit
and began the practice of law after
he had become .the head of the divi-
sion of manufacturing statistics in
the eighties. The next director of
the census asked him to come back.
He has been promoted, step after
step, until now he is the head of the
works.
Why Government Workers Stay.
Just as many-perhaps most-of
the bureau chiefs in Washington have
won promotion the same way. He
SCOTS at the idea that the govern
ment service is slackwater in
which the unambitious are content
to float
Evening star., 1924-02-10

seven days ended February 9:
The British Empire.--Three men,
bers of the labor government are to
be elevated to the peerage-sir Sidney
Oliver. the secretary of state for In
dia; Gen. Thomson. air minister, and
Sydney Arnold, undersecretary for
the colonies. The law requires that
at least one secretary of state and one
undersecretary of state be members
of the house of lords. One wonders
whether these gentlemen feel ag-
grieved over their translation.
Mahatma Gandhi. as who should
say Saint Gandhi," "the Hindo nom
cooperation" leader, has been uncon-
ditionally released from prison by the
British Indian authorities on the os-
tensible ground of his i'll health. In
was sentenced to six years imprison-
ment without hard labor. No doubt
the government was glad of a preteXt
for releasing him, though it has no
assurance that he will not resume
It seems to be generally taken for
granted that the British labor gov
ernment will scrap the project of
great naval base at Singapore. So as
suming, the Australians are raising
X X X
France.-Poincares proposal that
the government be vested with au-
thority to effect retrenchments in the
public services by decree during the
coming four months finally was voted
by the chamber. The constitutional
point involved provoked long debate.
some Of it on a high plane. The ulti-
mate assent of the chamber (estab-
fishing so dubious precedent) shows
how apprehensively the present finan-
cial crisis is regarded. In discharg-
ing large number OF functionaries
dangerous crop of hatred, No doubt
the bill proposing an increase of 20
per cent in taxes OF almost all cate
gories will also be passed. In this
the devil and the deep sea. If they
refuse the increase, the franc may
collapse. If they vote it, they may be
committing political suicide. Being
good patriots, they will prefer the
latter.
Russfa.-Alexander Rykov has been
chosen to succeed Lenin as president
of the council of commissars. He is
an economist Of some note, but his
character is not masterful. No doubt
the latter fact explains his selection.
He will be an inoffensive figurehead.
and the wires will be pulled by a
of strong or cunning men
of the executive council of twenty
one.
Rykov is said to be of Finnish
stock. thoroughly Russianized. He
was born a peasant, but received a
university education. A more i'm
nortant appointment is that of Djer-
jinsky as head of the supreme eco
Evening star., 1924-02-10

nomic council. This Pole is the most
salient personality among the fol-
lowers of Lenin. He is a super-Robe-
spierre: more cruel and relentless:
than the Sea green incorruptible."
Not that he loves cruelty for itself,
but he will stop at nothing in the
| imagined interest of the cause. AS
head of the Cheka he killed. banished
or drove to deepest cover the op-
ponents of the soviet regime. AS
minister of railroads he eXpunged
graft and restored organization and
efficiency of personnel; only lack OF
funds for repair of deteriorated, or
purchase of new rolling stock setting
bounds to his achievement. He is not
All economic expert, but an executive.
AS head of the economic council his
mandate is to execute the program OF
the state planning board which will
presumably be based on a narrow con-
struction of the new economic policy.
That policy is compromise. I'm
der it the big industries remain
nationaliZed, the smaller Industries
are fairly emancipated and restraints
moved. The operation of that policy
presents a unique opportunity Tor
an efficiency comparison between
nationaliZed and privately run INDUS
tries. During the past twelve months
there has been a loss in the operation
tween 250,0O0,000 and 400 100000 gold
rubles, as against a profit of between
100, 100000 and 250.000.OOO rubles for
the privately run industries. The
admit that the above figures tell
true story. that they fatally condemn
the policy of naturalization. They
think, or SO profess, that Djerjinsky.
by applying to industry in general
and to trade the methods used by him
in recovering the railway system
from ruin, will vindicate communistic
economic theory.
What mortal man can do Djerjin-
sky will do. But non-Russian export
opinion seems fairly agreed that not
more than 20 per cent of the deficit
shown above was due to graft or
linefficiency. A certain admiration,
nevertheless. is due the old guard
for their refusal to abandon a cher
ished policy before it has been dis
lenge of cavil. 49, -
The Russian government has re-
piled to the British note of recogni-
, tion, concurring in the sentiments
and acceding to the proposals of the
latter and designating NJ. Rakovsky
as Russian charge d'affaires at Lon
don pending the appointment of an
ambassador. One hears. however.
that M. Tchitcherin is far from de-
lighted with the British note. for,
though recognition is unconditional,
that note makes it clear That Brit
ish credits to Russia will not be
forthcoming in satisfactory volume
until Russian concessions substan-
TALLY equivalent to those previously
demanded as conditions precedent of
negotiation have been written into
a treaty.
X X
Tibet.-The matter is obscure, but
there seems to be schism in the
body of Lamaism. There are two
great Lamas. the Dalai Lama Of
Lhasa and the Pantschen Lama of
Tashi Lunpo in farther Tibet. By
rights the Pantschen Lama should
A. lxA af h. lai Iax
Evening star., 1924-02-10
BY HENRY W. BUM.

HE following is a brief sum-
mary of the most important
news of the world for the
Evening star., 1924-02-10
By HERBERT COREY,

w HEN you want him to talk
NN about himself and he
v v wants to talk about his
work, what are you going
Evening star., 1924-02-10
Says Gold FromU.S.
Delays Irish Peace

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Evening star., 1924-02-10
Why Government Workers Stay.

Why GOVernmeat WOrkerH stay.
Just as many-perhaps most-of
the bureau chiefs in Washington have
won promotion the same way. He
SCOTS at the idea that the govern
ment service is slackwater in
which the unambitious are content
to float
The Washington times., 1924-02-11
ACTS
On Gas TAX
TODAY
Automobile Reciprocity With
Maryland Hinges on Fate
Of Bill.

The question Of automobile reel.
procity with Maryland will be set
tied today in the House on the
second District day Of the present
session.
II the House passes the gasoline
tax bill, providing for reciprocity.
the Senate Is expected to concur ID
its action without delay. Strenuous
efforts Will be made, however, to
kill the gas tax bill and to substi-
tute q compulsory reciprocity bill
which would withdraw Federal road
funds from any State refusing to
recognize the automobile license tags
Of the District or any other State.
BIantOn Offers Bill.
The substitute will be offered by
Congressman Thomas L. Blanton
of Texas. It has been pledged the
support Of q number of members,
particularly on the Democratic side.
A number Of Republicans also have
endorsed the compulsory bill.
The entire Maryland delegation,
led by Congressman Frederick N.
Zihlman, acting chairman of the
House District Committee, will lead
the fight for the gasoline tax bill.
Maryland has taken the position
that reciprocity can only be granted
through the medium of the tax bill.
1t Is argued by opponents Of the
measure that the reciprocity to be
brought about by the gasoline tax
bill is only guaranteed by agree.
ment between the present officials
Of the District and Maryland and
that there is nothing in the bill to
bind their SUCCESSORS to continue
the reciprocity arrangements.
To Bring Up Lincoln Bill.
Congressman Zihlman also is ex.
pected to bring up the Lincoln day
bill to make the anniversary of
Lincoln's birth legal holiday in
the District of Columbia. There is
no hope, however, that action on
the bill can be taken in time to
make it effective on Lincoln's
birthday tomorrow.
This bill, too. viii be opposed
by Congressman Blanton, who
charges that the granting Of the
holiday would prove an unjusti-
fable burden on the Federal Treas
ury, through the loss Of services
Of Government employees.
Efforst also will be made to bring
up the District police and fire de-
paTtment salary bill before the
close of business today. 1t is be-
lieved that this measure has suf-
ficient support to gain its passage.
1t was favOrably reported by the
unanimous vote of the District
Committee.