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est fashion. They might accept now
the Bonar Law proposal Of two years
ago-to pay the difference between
German payments to Britain and ,
Brttain's payments to us-but that is
the maximum. And if they have to
take on the British with the American
debt the only conceivable course Is
to continue to assert their inability
to pay either. Moreover, Just as long
A. France and Italy make no ateiS
to pay US the British are unlikely
to bring any pressure upon their con-
tinental debtors.
The regrettable phase of the whole
discussion is the certainty that it has
and will continue to engender hard,s
feelings in both Britain and America
People in this country have not the
smallest notion of the resentment the
British felt over the original Bald.
win settlement. Only those who have b.
been in England or follow the British!
press and magazines can rightly ap-
preciate this. Now there is bound to
be some resentment in Washington.
as 1t is perceived that British action.
has blocked discussion of the debts
or the continental states to US. p
Want New Debt Farley. sas
In the end British policy obviously
aims at a new discussion Of debts
not alone as between European states,
but with America present The only
other solution satisfactory to the
British would be a modification OF
the British terms with US on the basis
OF any terms we may make with the
continental states and extension OF
those terms to Anglo-continentaI
debts. Neither solution being con-
ceivable from our point of view, the !.
promise is Of a considerable, If not
a permanent, deadlock; satisfactory to
the continental states, since it allows
them to escape from all payments
wholly unattractive to us, since ii
precludes our deriving anything from"
the continent, and only moderately
pleasing to the British, for they wiiisi
nave to continue paying us while get
ting nothing from the continent
AS it stands, IL all our European
debtors should agree to pay on the
basis Britain is paying US, the sum
would equal, IL 1t did not exceed, the
annual payments which Germany can
conceivably make under the Dawes
plan, and in reality the whole trans
action would be the transfer from
Germany to us of the reparations to-
tails, passing, to be sure. through the
various continental hands. Such q. So
luton would in very truth put Europe
In financial servitude to us, were its
politically and economically possible.
as 1t Is not, that we could profitablg.
continue long to take such paw
ments. ifi-
In reality, debt discussion nowtf
stands adjourned indefinitely, both in
Europe and between Europe and the
United States. And 1t cannot be re-
opened until there has been some
States and Great Britain.
(Copyright. 1924
Evening star., 1924-12-14
Howe About
All This Pep Bunk-The Average of Fools
Turning Success Into Failure.
BY E. ". HOVE,
The Sage OF Potato Hill"

THEY say this country is going
to hell. We are idling toe
much, quarreling too much
i spending too much.
Adults are crazy and young
people too smart.
There IS too much golf, too many
automobiles, too much jazz In foot
and head.
Millions of people are drinking
and think 1t smart.
We have many other habits equally
bad.
For one thing, we are condemning 6
the reactionists, when they are pre-
cisely the men we should put in
charge of affairs.
have a friend who has been cred
tied several years with owning his
and after he had paid the mortgage
the accumulated interest and back
taxes he still owed 50.
Too many of us own our homes that
way. Too many business houses are
controlled by owners like my friend
who had two automobiles and rode
in them almost constantly, to the
neglect of his affairs. He fell heir
to good business from his father
but wrecked 1t by membership in
foolish clubs, by being an automobile
enthusiast. by taking too long vaca-
tions, by being a modern live wire.
A good fellow, this man.
Too good a fellow.
He complained to me bitterly when
he said goodbye.
He actually had nothing to COM
plain about. except his own bad con-
duct He had good friends and good
neighbors. All were willing to help
him. He was formerly an industrious
man.
The modern spirit-this pep thing,
this live-wire thing-got him.
He is a good workman, but insist S
on such short hours people cannot
afford to hire him.
1t isn't the country that is going
to the devil; it is the people. We're
having too good a time and not work
ing and saving enough. We've lost
control of our children; they are not
being properly taught. If we do not
ourselves behave, our children will
not.
save us-the newspapers. The Re
publican organization, the Democratic
organization, the churches. are weak
things compared with the news
papers. At the end of the week my
room is filled with newspapers, maga-
zines and books. / do not go to
church, L do not attend political
meetings, but know everything that
is going on. No scrap of informa-
tion of good advice escapes me be-
cause of the newspapers and maga-
zines l see. They are the supreme
power in the land. They reach every
body-rich, poor, black, white. Occa-
sionally there is a radio, a preacher,
an orator, but no home is without
newspapers and magazines.
Iappeal to the editors, fine fellows
all. Quit criticizing the country:
jump the people. They're running
away.
We have the same country we've
always had, and it is all right; but we
have a different people. They're too
progressive, too idle: they have a lot
of new ideas, and there is no sense in
them.
But there Is a lot of sense in the
old wisdom we respected long ago.
x x X X
/ know certain old doctor quite
well-all in all, one of the best ones
have ever known-widely respected
for intelligence, medical and general
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now has 25, large and small, which
were built for war use), then Col.
Jones promptly makes that better
equipment show improved results.
And his entire service Is primarily
for the protection of life and prop
erty at sea, and he Is on the qui vive
to maintain the boast "10S years of
service without the loss of a single
life" because of mistakes in survey
charts
Now hark back to that new book
OF his on THE Evolution of the Nauti-
cal Chart" The nautical chart-the
special work of the Coast and Geo
detic SURVEYS an Indispensable ad =
junct to the economic development
of the nations of the world. 1t has
long been true, and it is constantly
becoming increasingly so, that no
political unit, be it hamlet or nation,
is sufficient unto itself. Each is in
meshed in an intricate network of
| intercourse which radiates to all
parts of the world.
1t is the nautical chart which
guides that vast and important part
of this intercourse which must trav-
erse the trackless waters of the
ocean. Without these charts the
great ports of the nation would be
as effectively closed to maritime
commerce as though blockaded by
an invincible feet of dreadnaughts.
Directly or indirectly, the nautical
chart has it's influence upon the life
of every individual of the nation; of
the farmer in the Middle West, de-
pendent upon a European market for
his crop or a foreign source of sup
ply for his fertilizer no less than
for the importer or steamship op-
orator in New York City.
n X x x
The Coast and Geodetic Survey does
tho pioneer work of the country
both on land and sea. It's men, who
are at once navigators. and engineers,
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and are the best combination along
these lines in the world, because
when they start their Investigations
they have no charts to guide them
and they must be everlastipgly cor
rect to the last ten-thousandth Of an
inch. That is their sacred creed be-
cause the lives of all men who go
down to the sea in ships depend uporf
their accuracy. They plot the ever
changing roads of the sea with pen
and ink; they measure the strength
OF the oceans currents with minute
mathematical exactness; they comb
the ocean for pinnacles of rocky
mountains and locate them, so that
the mariner who follows may not pile
his ship upon them.
And ashore, when a railroad Is to
be built, or big sewage system for
a municipality, or a State water
plant, or great transcontinental high
ways, or irrigation projects. two
things have to be ascertained-
where does this undertaking start
what's the exact position in the
country, State. county or munich
pality. You have to get the latitude
and longitude on any such project
In order that such information may
be readily available, Col. Jones' bu-
reau is completing precise tri-
angulation- network which consists
of what he calls "triangulation"
marks, which are bronze discs set in
cement, each bearing a number, and
which will eventually be placed SO
to 100 miles apart all over this land.
There are now 10000 of these mark
ers in place and any one has but to
send the number off one of these
bronze markers to the Washington
headquarters and by tho next mail
will go forward to him the exact lati-
tude and longitude at which it is
placed.
x * X
Similar markers to the number of
so 900 called precise levels havA heeD
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mann is for such coalition. Any
| but the briefest span Of life for such
a coalition would seem inconceivable
| unless the Nationalists have had a
| miraculous change Of heart or unless
the Democrats and Centrists have had
miraculous change of heart in the
site sense. To be sure, one hears
many of the Centrists never ad-
ted the republic to their heart of
I hearts. and that the party inclines
to the Buerger bloc idea. One does
| not know what to say about that. But
| the Democrats, the party most con-
| genial to us in America: what should
they be doing in that gallery?
The following tabulation, showing
distribution of seats in the new Reich
stag. not final, but probably nearly
accurate. will enable the reader to
| check up on my observations:
Socialists. 1873: Centrists (clericals),
81; Democrats, 81; Peoples party, So:
alists, 104; Extreme Nationalists, IA;
Communists, A. Total, 4s4
The makeup of the previous Reich
stag was as fellows Figures almost,
| not precisely, accurately:
Socialists, 100; Democrats. 25; Cen
trists. 62; Peoples party, a: Bavarian
Peoples party, 16; Nationalists, s6;
Extreme Nationalists, %; Commu-
nists. 62; others. "a. Total. 457.
Analyze and compare these tahles.
bearing in mind that the new Reichs-
tag has 80 more members than the
old, and that gains" spoken of are
proportionate gains. The only party
which has greatly gained IL the -.
cialist. 1t has taken over ene-t -thir1
of the Communism Representatives.
The Extreme Nationalists have lost
moro than half their Representation
which has been distributed among
the Democrats, Centrists, Peoples
party, Bavarian Peoples party ana
Nationalists, all these parties having
made petty gains, the Democrats the
largest.
It will be seen that, after all. the
election results present certain re-
assuring aspects, as follows:
% The monarchical bloc in the
new Reichstag' is only 50 per cent ~
strong as the republican bloc. These
blocs were Of approximately equal
strength in the old Reichstag.
90 Phe Extremists groups, Com
munists and Extreme NationaNists
! have been desperately weakened.
CD Assuming that the Peoples
party and the Bavarian Peoples
party remain loyal to the Dawes
PiShJ VIC SAOoA AaAoJoA NY LUZ LudI pan
is 81 per cent in the new Reichstag
| as against 81 in the old.
ca The republican strength in the
new Reichstag is about equal to the
anti-republican. as distinguished from
monarchical. 1t was far less in the
cid.
The Marx government has an
nounced its intention to resign. A
good many are of opinion that the
new government will be of the same
complexion as the old: 1. e., a minor
ity coalition Of the Centrists, Demo-
cratic and Peoples parties, depending
on the 'benevolence" of the Social
lists regarding foreign policy
Baron Ago Won Maltzahn has been
appointed German Ambassador to the
United States to succeed Dr. Wied-
feldt. He was one OF the chief franz
ers OF the Rapallo treaty between
Russia and Germany.
Greoce.-Charles p. Rowland, law
yer Of New York, has been appoint
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Grcst Britafn.-On December the
new Parliament was formally open
ed by the King with the usual mag
nificence.
The most important items in the
speech from the throne were the an
nouncement that the government
would resume and straightway put In
execution the project OF great naVai
base at Singapore and the statement
that the pledge given by the former
Conservative government, headed by
Mr.. Baldwin, Of extension Of opera
ton of the principle of imperial pref
erence would be fulfilled. The speech
also fntimated that the safeguarding
of industries act would be applied
according to it's intention. AS to the
Egyptian question, "the British DO
mands were designed to secure re-
spect for those interests which are
Of vital concern to tho empire.
Lloyd George was conspicuous In
the following debate. He expressed
regret that the speech contained no
reference to the question OF the inter-
allied debts, and in his happiest style
set forth how unjustly heavy Is the
British burden in that connection. He
praised the strong stand OF the gov
ernment in regard to Egypt, though
regretting inclusion OF the question
of the water supply for Egypt in "a
document which in its form was puni-
tive" He deplored the sinister in
dications" Tin the specify "of an in
tentfon to ramble in the desert OF
protection"
Mr.. Macdonald flercely attacked the
speech His tone was not happy; but
he had reason" in pointing out that
the Conservatives, polling 100000
votes, got 400 seats in the Commons,
whereas the Labor party, with $780,
900 votes, got only 150 seats.
Replying to criticisms, Mr.. Baldwin
stated that the subject of tho inter
allied debts omitted from the speech
only on account Of its intricacy;
there would, he hoped, be de-
bate on the subject in the Commons
in the coming week. AS to his atti-
tude on protection. II WILL" he said
employ the safeguarding Of indus
tries act to safeguard efficient indus
tries where great unemployment is
caused by unfair competition. I will
not introduce protection into this Par
lament, nor will use the safeguard
ing act as a wedge for introducing it."
1t shows. how important, in British
eyes, is the question of the interallied
debts, that debate on that question.
the following week, was precipitated
in the Commons on the 10th. Glanc-
ing at the conversations now In proc
ess in re the French debt to the
United States, Winston Churchill. the
chancellor OF the exchequer. declared
that "any payment made by our
debtors in Europe to the creditors In
the United States should be accom-
panied simultaneously by proportion
ate payment to Britain" He said that
the famous Balfour note of three years
ago continues to be the basis Of Brit
ish policy regarding the interallied
debts. His speech justihes the expec-
tation entertained by many that he
will accomplish great things in his
new role.
France.-It was quite to be ex-
pected that the Communists in France
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The Story the Week Has Told

ed by the council OF the League Of
Nations to succeed Mr. Morgenthau
as chairman of the Refugee Settle
ment Commission, which under league
auspices Is directing the work Of re-
lieving and establishing the Ana
tolian refugees in Greece.
Four-fifths Of the bonds Of the
Greek $5o,000,000 refugee loan, the
proceeds of which will be expended
by the commission, were offered on
tho London market on December Z,
and were subscribed fifteen times
over. The rest of the bonds will be
offered on tho New York market
Mr.. Morgenthau holds rather cynical
views as to the motives of the British
In backing tho Greek republic. OBJ
viously they are backing 1t.
United States of Amerfca.-Our
government is in receipt Of
note from the British government in
which the latter states It's willing
ness, for reasons given, that our Gov
ernment should share Gn satisfaction
Of our claims against Germany in
the collections under the Dawes plan;
except that pursuant to the Wads-
worth agreement) we should out of
those collections be reimbursed the
cost Of our army Of occupation on
the Rhine-namely $3.50, 0,000.0 600. The
point In controversy Is delicate one,
and there Is a great deal to be said
on both sides. A nrm answer has
been sent.
Notice OF sundry matters of i'm
portance, such as the naval question,
must be postponed.
The League e Naa1sas.-The coun-
~AN 80 ~ -
In session at Rome. At the instance
Of Austen Chamberlain. foreign Sec
retary of Great Britain and British
representative on the council, It
agreed to postponement until its
March session of "the preparatory
work for the conference on the re-
duction OF ornaments" contemplated
by the protocol Of arbitration and
security" The chief ground Of the
British governments request for de-
lay Is the necessity of thorough con-
sulation by 1t with the dominion gov
ernments before a decision regarding
the protocol can be reached. But
scarcely less important than the at
tftude OF the dominion governments
Is that OF the United States; and no
doubt the British are hoping that. as
time wears on, some intimation of our.
attitude may be forthcoming. The
British are very unwilling to risk
the danger Of running foul of us
while enforcing an economic block
ade under league mandate. Would II
be possible to achieve an understand
ing with our Government to forestaIl
embarrassments in that kind?
Our Government has accepted the
invitation to participate in an inter-
national conference under the au-
spices OF the League Of Nations, of
representatives of states. members
and non-members of the League, for
the purpose OF considering a conven-
tion with respect to the international
trade In arms. munitions and imple-
ments OF war. The conference will
open In May, 1925.
Evening star., 1924-12-14

should give an obstreperous welcome
to Krassin, the new Soviet ambassador
to France, on his arrival in Paris;
quite to be expected also that Zino-
view should send a characteristic note
to the French brethren upon the occa
sion Cor in anticipation thereby urgin"
them to get busy.
1t was to be expected, morrow.
that NJ. Herriot would thereupo
nists by the police. These expectations
were fulfilled. As a result of the
roundup some sixty or so foreign Com
munists, mostly Italians, were kicked
across tho borders. 1t is probably
true, as NJ. Herriot thinks, that the
Communist menace to France Is not
very serious, that the police are al
way in touch so as to be able to fore
stall any important move; but there
Is a general feeling that Herriot has
not been very we'll advised in bracket
ing In his public utterances the
clerical menace and the red menace.
It does seem like looking for trouble;
but apparently Herriot was 80 exas-
perated under the conviction that the
alarm concerning the Communists
was largely due to fermentation by
the gentry of the extreme right, that
he lost tho humorous aplomb which
would best have served his turn.
GermaDy.-The results Of the Ger
man elections on December 6 were
not very satisfactory. President
Ebert and Chancellor Marx had hoped
for q combined working majority in
the new Reichstag Of representatives
OF the Socialist. Centffst and Demo-
cratic parties; tho parties which pro-
fess staun0h loyalty to the republic
and the weimar constitution. The
parties IL just short of a majority,
an improved showing for an out-and-
out republicanism but not enough.
On the other hand Counting the
Peoples party and the Bavarian Peo-
ple's party as monarchicaD, the COM
bined representation of the four
monarchial parties is considerably
less than the combined republican
representation. But though the Com
munists are not, of course, monarchical,
they arc anti-republican, and, COM
bining them with the monarchists,
you have an anti-republican bloc of
about tho same size as the Republ-
can bloc. The thirty or SO representa-
tives of petty parties (the Economic
party, the Farmer party, etc) are
probably about equally divided on
the question of republic versus mon
archy.
There would seem to be no immedi-
ate danger for the republic, so long
at least as there is a decided ma
5ority in favor Of fulfillment of the
Dawes plan; but the prospect for a
progressively liberal policy looking
to consolidation Of the republic would
appear dubious
The difficulty Of forming a satisfac-
tory government is almost precisely
what it was. No coalition command
ing majority would be harmonious.
Such conceivable coalitions are as
follows:
/. Socialists, Centrists, Democrats,
Peoples party, and (perhaps) BavarE
ian. Peoples party. The cementing
element of such a coalition would be
support of the Dawes plan. Strese-
mann, head of the Peoples party,
swears that he won't hear to such
q coalition.
3. Nationaiists. Peoples party.
Bavarian Peoples party, Centrists
and Democrats, Buerger bloc. Strese-
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A Good Workman.

II Timothy, 2:15-"A workman that
needeth not to be ashamed"
A MANS or a woman's work is,
~ in the end, the thing that de-
"A termines their worth in the
4 \ world. Not their disposition
their ecentricities, their
knowledge of their fortune, but their
work. Time was, in England, when to
be in trade, to be occupied with busi-
ness, was to stain the fair escutheon
OF family pride. But today trade fur
nfshes some of-the choicest names for
royal recognition and preferment.
The question universally asked con-
cerning a man is. What has he done?"
Not what does he know, or what is
his social status, or what is he worth?
Some one has fairly stated that mo
man is born into this world whose
organized society there ought to be
no idlers. The drones are as unwel-
come in the great Industrial work
room as they are in the beehive. II
has been said with some force that
the kind of work we do has a deter
mining influence upon our character
frequently the work or profession
an which man engages comes to
ieave distinct mark upon his fea-
Ioi Co. IuIS Is pTe-eHllHeHtlv true
where man loves the thing in which
he is engaged.
X x X
In our time we have become so ac-
cuStomed 10 the product of the ma
chine that we have lost some thing of
the art that once characterized the
genius of the hand worker. The in
diViduaiity that distinguished the lat
ter Is lacking in the work that the
machine produces. How many of us
come to be but small and inconse-
quenttal parts in a vast machine. We
are much like the man we saw some
time ago assembling car. The
chassis was on an endless belt and
as 1t moved slowly along each work
or contributed his little part. He was
kept within definite limitations as to
the space in which he did his work.
over and over again through the long
day he did but one thing. and while
he contributed to the making of d
car we could not but reflect that 1t
was monotonous and uninteresting
task.
How many of our young men, and
women too, get into certain habits of
doing their work mechanically and
automatically. Many man of promise
fails of large attainment because in
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Stamping Out Locust.

After three months absence I'm fbez.
kalaharf descent wastes the South
African government locust expedition
has returned to civilization. Tns
only natives seen were tiny bushmen2
leading carefree lives, shooting buck.
with bows and arrows, and CARRYING
hresticks to produce flame for cook
ing. Col. Williams, the leader of the
expedition, says that the explorations
have been of considerable value In,
tack1ing South Africa's greatest curse.
The breeding grounds of untold mir
lions OF locusts were discovered near
the great Makalahari salt lake.,
whore watchers in future will rspsr4
locust swarms by wirelseA
Evening star., 1924-12-14
Hyenas in England.

Beneath a stalagmite floor in the
caves at Torbryan, near Newton
Abbot, Devon, England. remains of
hyenas and footprints and pottery in
dicating human occupation have been
found. In previous explorations of
the caves prehistoric remains Of men
and animals have been discovered
and also the tooth OF q hippopotamus.
Tho present explorers have failed to
discover any further trace Of the
Evening star., 1924-12-14
just a Bit Suggestive.

From the Boston Transcript
The report that the Prince Of
Wales WIN soon visit the gold coast
does not mean that he II about to
return to America.
Evening star., 1924-12-14

BY HENRY w. BUM.
-HE following is a brief sum-
mary Of the most important
news Of the world for the
seven days ended Decem-
Der 10:
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Funding of Debts to the U. S.
Is Blocked by British Policy

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