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Evening star., 1924-05-06
Looking for Soviet Collapse.

Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaie-
Witch, former commander-in-chief of
the Russian armies, who has been
quietly living near Paris, has given
an interview ON the situation in his
homeland which expresses the hope Of
the anti-soviet Russians that the pres
ent bolshevfk rule in that country win
soon collapse. The exiles from Rus
sie, many Of whom are in France, are,
it is stated, constantly In receipt Of
news Of q cheering nature. An intense
struggle for power, II is reported, is
going on between the Stain trium-
virate, which succeeded to the Lenin
authority, and the moderate groups.
The economic situation, for a long
time desperately bad, is not irnpruv-
ing. Efforts by the soviet government
to establish active trade relations with
England are not meeting with sue
cess. Discomfort with the bolshevik
regime has become increasingly mani
fest throughout Russia
The only chance for the main-
tenance Of the soviet rule in Russia
has been for that country to reorgan-
fxs its industries on the basis Of self
support without any dependence upon
foreign supplies or markets. That has
proved to be impossible. RuSzia Is in
-
Evening star., 1924-05-06
The sTwelve.Mile Treaty" "

Some weeks have elapsed since the
ratification Of the socalled twelve
mile treaty between the United States
and Great Britain, under the terms of
which this country has the right to
search British ships for contraband
liquors within a space Of an hours
steaming from these shores. Now It
is announced that King George has
signed the treaty, and that within a
few days it will be transmitted to
Washington for an exchange OF rati-
fications. Until this formality is ef-
fected the treaty will not be in force
But as soon as the exchange is made
it will be lawful for the United States
to pursue and stop and search any
British ship within the prescribed dis
tance from shore, instead Of the tradi-
tional three miles Of international
custom.
While the treaty has been in course
Of negotiation and ratification the
United States has been strengthening
it's forces for the execution of the law
against the importation OF liquors. A
large fleet OF swift vessels has been
assembled. The plans are laid for a
descent upon Rum Row." as the fleet
of contramnd carriers is called. While
all are not of British registry, it is
likely that the line of anchorage will
be moved out for all of them.
Probably there will be an immediate
move for a transfer of registry from
the British to other flags on the part
of these smugglers. But such changed
registrations will not be surely ef-
fective to avoid capture and seizure.
The purpose of such a shift would
be obviously that Of breaking the
American laws. Admission of such
ships to registry would not be a
friendly act on the part of other gov
ernments.
Many of the rum-runners are Amer.
lean ships. 80 far as they are regis
tered. Some of them are not registere
at all, but are merely freebooters of
the seas. They do not come within
the territorial waters, plying outside
Of the three-mile limits.
The chief problem heretofore has
been to check the traffic between the
ships lying on Ruin Row" and the
shore. With the smugglers anchored
only three miles off shore it has been
fairly easy to transship and send the
contraband cargoes to the land by
small, swift boats. With the radius of
possible search and seizure extended
to approximately twelve milestone
hours steaming-this process Of trans
shipment is not so easy.
This treaty is still subject to con-
sideration by the Supreme Court,
which has heretofore ruled that ships
cannot bring liquors in under seal for
use on outward voyages. This priv
ilege is granted by the new arrange
ment with Great Britain. It remains
to be seen whether a concession de-
signed to aid in the enforcement of
the law will be construed as in con-
fiict with the purposes of the statute.
Evening star., 1924-05-06
Proposed Public Buildings.

A convincing report has been made
TO the Senate by the committee on
public buildings and grounds in favor
Of enacting the bill to construct new
government Office buildings at Wash
ington. This bill would provide for
constructing, at a cost of $5o.ooo, 900
over q five-year period, buildings for
the Bureau Of internal Revenue. De-
partment ofJustice, General Account
ing Office. Department Of Agriculture,
4 national archives building, a build
ing for the General Supply Committee
and ONCE buildings to house the forces.
of the Alien Property Custodian, Bu-
reau OF Effciency, Civil Service Com
mission. Federal Trade Commission.
Federal Power Commission, Commits
sion OF Fine Arts, international Boun-
Diary Commission. United States Tariff
Commissson end other government
Evening star., 1924-05-06
Districts Treasury Tax Surplus.

The Senate has passed the Phipps
bill formally rendering available for
appropriation the Districts accumu-
lated tax surplus, which the joint con-
gressional District surplus committee
has found TO exist after all legal or
equitable deductions from it have been
made.
The Capital community warmly
appreciates the vigor and skill with
which the members OF the joint sur
plus committee, Senators Phipps, Ball
and Harris and Representatives Hardy
and Wright, have pushed and are
pushing this measure toward enact
inent.
The bill now goes 10 the House Dis
triCt committee. which in the last
Congress approved it and favorably
reported it. Like action may probably
be expected from the committee in
this Congress and by cooperation of
the District committee and Repre-
sentatives Hardy and Wright Of the
Joint surplus committee, and with the
sympathetic consideration Of the ap-
preparations committee the bill is like
ly in this Congress to be pushed to
enactment.
Elsewhere in The Star today is
printed a petition to Congress urging
the enactment of this legislation,
which was submitted to The Senate
after the favorable report upon this
bill by the Senate District committee.
It is signed by the Citizens Joint Com
nittee on Fiscal Relations Between
the United States and the District of
Columbia, representing the Board Of
Trade, the Chamber of Commerce, the
Merchants and Manufacturers AS
sociation, the Federation Of Citizens
Associations, the Bar Association, the
Columbia Heights Citizens Associa-
ton, the Northeast Citizens Associa-
ton, the Georgetown Citizens Asso-
citation, the City Club, the Bankers
Association, the Real Estate Board, the
Rotary Club, the kiwanis Club and
the Civitan Club. 1t sets forth the rea-
sons which in equity justify the enact
nent which will release, on the proper
basis of proportionate contribution,
the accumulated tax money which
Congress has in the past not per-
mitted the District to expend for its
maintenance and development.
Washington earnestly hopes for the
speedy enactment Of this vitality i'm
portant piece of legislation.
Evening star., 1924-05-06
Are You a Sympathy
Chaser?
By JOHN CARLYLE.

This is an editorial for married
men. The average man in his d.
mestic establishment has a falling.
1t is sufficiently prevalent to be called
common to the family male
The head OF the house is a SYM
pathy seeker. He is especially keen
on the scent or sympathy when he is
guilty of son2thing or othor. he ma v
not be guilty Of a grtevous act- not q
thing that could by any stretch fto
called even :.domestically cnminas.
But somewhere along the rfne he hiss
been thoughtless, careless Of some
body else's rights and prfvileges-ir-
different to somebody's hopes CT
course tho somebody Is his wife.
Men are more likely to be guilty ef
this sort of thing than women-hy
the proportion of at least ten to onA
Having LEANED by experience that
ordinary apology is "A fruitless mas
ter of form and cures nothing, arm
usually being Ignorant or the precise
nature Of thA onense, anyhow. the
stupid male, running true to form.
Immediately fakes the tran IN the
chase for sympathy.
He ouickly- dons his martyr suit
He puts on hfs mask OF injured 1nno-
Cence, IF the case Is, an agSravAtett
one he hurrfeGly sttrs up little phys
icaI ailment, so that he may com:
plain comfortably and, pointedly. The
thing he is really trying to do, of
course, is to turn his wtfe's grief for
his misdeeds into sort OF renorse
and grief for himself and his imaEi.
nary mental, physical and spiritual
ills.
He finds fI:equent occasion - per.
haps all in a. fsw minuteS-to refer &c
his own commonplace performances
in such way as to. cast them up In
heroic mold. He whines his virtues,
If any, into his wife's patient ear.
Poor, stupid man! He fools nobody,
least of all hie wife. His horoica are
mock heruics, and are instantly -rec-
ogniZed as sucsl-
How easy to avoid all this, one
might say, by s. simple, frank apology.
No SO. Most apologies in domestic
life are insincere- Few hit the mark
What, then, shall the male of the
species DO about TIT Easy enough
Simple enough The thing for him to
do is to admit, fnwardly and honestly,
his errors, whether he knows what
they are or not, and not try to build
the fabric of an elaborate alibi out of
the vapors of sympathy, martyruom
and mock heroicS- Let him 60 about
his business sweetfy, seeking thought
fully to impFnve his -'relAtionshipo
Time cures all and with swiftness.
And, finally, let him remember that
only a very stupid man makes the
same mistake twice-
bcWHSnf 1aEx
Evening star., 1924-05-06
Hylan-Town Politics.

All is not happy in Hylan-Town.
Tammany is in a turmoil over the
selection Of successor to Charles F.
Murphy to preside over the wigwam
and lead the tribe. Mayor Hylan has
''gurnmed up the cards by opposing
Surrogate James A. Foley, son-in-la
Of the late Mr.. Murphy, who Is the
choice Of the regular organization and
supported by Gov. Smith. who, indeed,
suggested him for the office.
The first reaction from recent
statement of the mayor against the
selection of Surrogate Foley was a
loud outcry that Mayor Hylan was
speaking for William r. Hearst
rather than for himself. A veritable
storm followed. The mayor came
back by denouncing the charge as
bunk The New York World said
that the mayors protest was "the
voice Of Hylan, but the hand Of
Hearst
In the meantime the situation is
complicated by Mr.. Foley himself
holding back in the acceptance of the
!,roffered leadership. His hesitation
is asserted to be on the ground Of his
health. It may be, too, that surrender.
ing a position whose emolument is g.
salary of s17,500 a year for non.
paying leadership is being considered.
The old-line Tammanyites are up in
arms, crying that to let Mayor Hylan
"get away with his opposition to
Surrogate Foley would be to surrender
to Mr.. Hearst, and that they cannot
afford to do it. The real crux Of the
situation is said to lie in the possibil-
ily that Gov. Smiths presidential
prospects might be involved in dis.
astrous row in Tammany prior to the
national convention.
Evening star., 1924-05-06

tain itself thus. It has vast resources,
comprising all sorts Of materials used
in the arts and industries. but it lacks
the mechanical organization for their
development. 1t is a buying rather
than a selling nation outside of, in the
past, its agricultural products. But it
cannot buy with a deprecated, vir-
tually a worthless, currency, and
without credit.
Now after seven full years Of revo-
luton against the czarist regime and
six and a half years Of soviet rule,
Russia Is in economic distress, her
people are impoverished as a whole
and are robbed OF initiative by the
adoption of communist schemes Of
stateAowned and state-governed enter.
prises. The great experiment has
failed. Now comes the period OF in.
trigue for power following the death
Of the strongest man, Nicolai Lenin.
Had another appeared as strong as he
to replace him there would not now be
the prospect of collapse which 50
greatly cheers the refugees in France.
It is naturally assumed that in case
of a breakdown Of the soviet organi.
zation in Russia the most likely party
Of power will be that of the former
monarchists, at least for the first
stage Of change. In that event Grand
Duke Nicholas is generally recognized
as leader. He is q Roulanoff, is widely
popular, and. as his present interview
shows, has broad and liberal views.
He does not expect, in the event Of
an overtmn OF the soviet, that all
properties sequestrated by the bolshe.
visits will be restored. He hopes to
see Russia start fresh with such repa-
rations as are physically and economi.
cally possible, and with full repudia.
ton of the crimes committed in the
name Of freedom by the fanatics.
Evening star., 1924-05-06

Offices spread about the Capital and
generally in private structures The
building program proposed In the bill
has been urged by the President in
messages to Congress, by the Public
Buildings Commission named to make
a survey OF the governments build.
ing needs at Washington and by other
public agencies.
The Senate committee, after consid.
ering all facts, reports that unless
early action be taken by Congress to
relieve the present situation it is only
a question Of time, and a very short
time at that, until the government
will find itself in an impossible sit
uation due to the rapid deterioration
of the so-called temporary war build
ings." The situation is now very
close to what can be reasonably called
impossible" Many government au-
thorities have called the situation
''intolerable." There are stu twelve
Of the temporary, or war emergency,
structures in use, and the committee
says "they are veritabie fire traps, of
the fiimsiest wooden construction, and
present constant and most danger
GUS fire hazard" The committee also
finds that several of them ''are
crowded to the roof with priceless and
irreplaceable records, the destruction
Of which would mean a staggering
loss to the government"
Much public business is carried on
in Washington under difficulty and
danger which no business man would
approve. A large annual rental is
paid to private property owners, a
number OF government-owned struc-
lures are but gigantic shacks, en-
ployes are crowded, their quarters are
insanitary and there is great danger
Of loss Of life and records by fire.
Evening star., 1924-05-06
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN

Q. What were the immodiat,
scources Of the plots OF "As You
Like IT. and "A Winters Tale"?-
A. "RosaIind." by Thomas Lodge,
and "Pandosto," a novel by Roherj
Green, gave Shakespeare the sur-
gestions for these plays.
Q. Please tell me how to make
some easily digestible liquid foods
for sick person.-N. M
A Milk. eggs and srueis are
for the sick. Beef juice is very
nourishing. To make it, cut tn
meat into small pieces and heat it
slightly; then extract the juice By
saueezer. Beef ea tea resS has little iaog, nooT-
ishment, but is stimulating To max,
it, soak chopped beef in water e.
an hour; cook, slightly over hga
water until it becomes reddjsa
brown, stirring the while; then sra
son. Albumin water is made ~,
pouring the white of one egg ana
one-half pint of water into a bot
tie and shaking the mixture wei
A nutritious orangeade is made Oy
beating the white of an egg witt
| one teaspoonful of sugar, and add
ing the juice of an orange and fiyr
ounces of water. Barley water /,
often permitted when no other foo
tablespoonful of pearl barley TO ono
quart of cold water; boil 1t two
hours; add water from time to time
Strain 1T and add enough boiled
water to make one quart.
@. Are there more blind men r.,
blind women?-A. 8.
A OF the enumerated blind in
1920, 30,16o were males and 22,407
females.
Q. What is sausage poisoning
A. Sausage poisoning is the term
used in Germany for botulism.
2. Why are undertakers so
A Undertakers were formerly
The present term is merely cou-
traction of this expression.
@. What is the most valuable
| precious stone?-C z. T.
A. Probably the most expensive
known as the oriental amethyst.
This is really a sapphire of ame-
thyst color. Our amethysts are only
quartz Real amethysts, emeralds,
rubies. and sapphires belong to the
corundum series and are all of the
same composition. There are only
q few of these valuable oriental
| amethystS in the world and these
are guarded by Indian rajahs.
| Q. Was Noah Webster a colIeE.
| graduate?-F. T. A.
A. He entered Yale University at
| the age of sixteen years and was
| graduated at twenty. A great part
of his life was devoted to education,
years being devoted to the compost
tion of a dictionary. He aided In
| founding Amherst College.
Q. Who was the Man With n,
Iron Mask?-B. S.
| A. Opinions still differ as TO the
| identity of the prisoner confined in
| the Bastile who was known as the
Man with the Iron Mask He was
buried under the name of Marchiali
and has been said to be the Duke
| of Vermandois: a son of Louis XIV
an elder brother of Louis XIV:
twin brother of Louis XIV and
son of Anne of Austria; Count Mat
| thioli and others.
(Rdve you question so1s So1rlt or
| stUeredF Send it TO The Star Inforno>
tion Bureau, Frederic J. Hdskis, dirtc-
tor, 1920 North Capitol street The only
charge for this service IS cents in
stamps for return posto0e.)
Evening star., 1924-05-06
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE

Emily Newell Blair. vice chairman OF
the national committee
Judson c welliver, who has been
member OF the White House STAFF
since the advent of the Harding ad-
ministration. is recovering at the
Naval Hospital from a serious op.
Grafton for gallstones. Weuiver, who
has had a distinguished journalistic
career, functions at the Presidents
elbow as a liaison officer between the
White House and vox popun He
has access to the mail bag and its
daily burden Of letters from the plain
People; keeps in intimate touch with
newspapers and generally has his ear
affixed to that particular portion Of
the ground where it will do the ad
ministration the most good. Ones
"Jud" was high priest in the Roose-
velt progressive movement. He was
on duty on the Marion front porch
in 1920. During the world war Wei
liver was an American newspaper
correspondent in London.
4 4
Mark Twain devotees in washins-
ton win foregather in force on the
evening OF May 10 to launch the na-
tonal movement for turning his
birthplace, at Florida, Mo, into
shrine for the admirers of Hucklc-
berry Finn and Tom Sawyer. Cont
mental Memorial Hall, the beautiful
headquarters Of the Daughters of the
American Revolution, will be the
scene of a meeting in which Col
George Harvey. Irwin Cobb. Clara
Clemens Gabrilowitsch (Twains
daughter) and others will participate
The object is to raise funds for the
conversion OF the old Clemens home
stead, near the Mississippi River, into
q mecca which will attract Marks
constituents throughout the ages.
letter from President Coolidge is 70
be read, which describes Twain as
'the most characteristic American
author"
When a dictionary OF the Washing
ton political language is compile It
will contain definitions like this:
Pubiicity-Your views on a given
subject
Propaganda The other fellows
views.
Non-partisanship-Y own pres
entation OF an issue.
Pardsanship-Any attitude in oP'
position to your own.
Copyright, 1oA)
Evening star., 1924-05-06
Favors Ani-Weapon Law
Writer Backs Proposal Sponsored
by Rathbone.
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
Every Iaw-abiding citizen who lis
tened in to the address Of Represent
ative Henry r Rathbone Of Illinois
on -Lawlessness in the District OF
Columbia" must have wished that the
remedial measures he advocated could
be speedily put into effect in the Dis
trict
Your paper is always ready to help
advance the best interests OF our city.
It Is criminal as you have often
responsible persons obtain firearms in
the District Why are bootieggers
allowed to 60 armed? When they
become known to the police and are
carrying weapons, concealed or other
their Weapons confscated and a
heavy penalty imposed. Why should
they be allowed to carry death-deal-
ing weapons to protect themselves in
their law-breaking, that they may
FIRE upon the guardians of the law?
Why can we not have a measure
passed at once. as suggested. making
the fact that an automobile Is equip
ped with q smoke screen, even though
IL ts not being used then, liable to
confiscation- No one eouips an auto
mobile with a smoke screen for legit-
innate purposes, and 1t should be made
prima facie. evidence of criminal in
tent One officer, as stated, has
already been seriously II not pefma-
nently injured by tts usa
The life OF every one using our city
streets is surely imperiled enough
without allowing drunken drivers of
automobiles to increase those dan
gers. What do they care for a small
fne; nothing but q Jail sentence, as
the representative stated, will hold
them In check. If some of the howl
ers for personal liberty could be the
ones run down a few times and maim-
ed for hfe by these drunken drivers
they might be able to see that there
is such thing as carrying personal
liberty to the point where 1t ceases
to be personal liberty.
Why can we not have the law in the
District changed 80 our policemen
can arrest a person violating the
eighteenth amendment Of the Consti-
tuition at once instead OF giving him
time to escape while the policeman is
hunting UP q prohibition officer and
reporting TO him that he may make
the arreet2 What could be more alb
surd than such an arrangement
Il certainly would increase the safe
~ Of our streets II all the recon-
mendatfons OF Representative Rath-
bone could be made part Of our city
laws GEORGIA ROBERTSON.
Evening star., 1924-05-06
Why Should Aviators
Paw for Good Roads ?
To the Editor OF The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
What about this two-cent road tar
on gasoline? Does that apply 10
motor boats and airplanes? Ane
if so, do you think 1t is fair. Per
sonaIly, I don't
I can't see how they can. tax
motor boat for using the roads, when
ft rarely ever does. The same ap-
plies to airplanes. They might
charge the airplanes for the use oil
the Milky Way, but I don't think
this would be proper They don't
have to keep the Milky Way in re-
pair. SO why soak the aviator?
I've never seen any road repairmer
working on Hampton Roads; in fact.
this road has been sadly neglected
and is very rough in places. But the
motor boats. will have to pay tha,
extra cents just the same.
OF course, 1t is immaterial TO me,
as the only time I use gasoline is in
the fall, to clean my last years hat,
but I ask you, Mr.. Editor, do YOU
think 1t is fair to those poor unfor-
tunates who own airplanes ana
speed boats? They have to use so
much gas and they never use tha
roads. Q. r. HII1LEAFss.