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Evening star., 1924-02-18

Although Lloyd George has denied
that he authorized the statement as
| to the secret compact between
Wilson and Clemenceau. his denial is
taken with several bags of salt in
this country, where it is regarded by
many as just another illustration of
the Lloyd George personality.
"In spite of his honorable and eff
fective career during the war;" the
Columbus Dispatch declares. the
British ex-premier has so often ut
tered trouble making words since his
retirement that the best hope now
seems to be that such utterances will
lose their power to harm, because of
their very frequency" and his correc-
tions cannot undo the harm that
has been done by opening old sores
and starting renewed insinuations at
time when every thoughtful per-
son should be striving to promote
good will and friendly understand
ing And it is well known. accord
ing to the Louisville Courier-J Journal.
chat in casual conversation socially
Mr.. Lloyd George is exceedingly pro-
life of many and varied remarks
;: i: x !:
Whatever be the facts. the Des
Moines Tribune feels the action of
Lloyd George in waiting until after
the death of Wilson to speak OF a
secret agreement "merited the con-
demnation it received from both the
London and Paris foreign offices.
But "the world will not be deceived
by his belated attempt to set him.
self up as the one who was fighting
for ideal solutions" the Brooklyn
Eagle insists, because Lloyd George
was the ideal comnromlser ana MS
chief function was 20 persuade botn
Clemenceau and Wilson to make com
promises which they both liNed 10
regret The most important pom.
to consider is the state OF f'rench
and British nerves, in the opinion
Of the Springfield Republican,, as the
incident may leave soreness enough
all around to embarrass premier
MacdonaId's latest approaches 10
Premier Poincare for the promotIon
of the reparations settlement Inc
Richmond News Leader also feels the
sensation ''is of interest today chief
ly for the glimpse 1t gives OF VIVA,
Macdonald's foreign policy Is 70 be'
as Macdonald INSTRUCTED the British
ambassador in Paris to present the
formal apologies of his country TO
France for what might be regarded
as an affront."
Although denying he ever gave out
the statement which caused such
furore in diplomatic circles in Eu-
rope and America, the Kalamazoo Ca
zette notes that "the Little Welshman
outlined d position in nowise diner
ent from that which he repudiatcd
except that now he labels as IA loyal
agreement what before he was re-
ported to have Charged was a secret
While the events
which happened during his absence
were honorable and above criticism.
the Hartford Times maintains N IN
apparent that Lloyd George may
have expressed himself upon them in
such a way as to lead Mr. Spcnder to
suppose that the former premier was
re m mniscently resentfui." Anyway
the Boston Transcript wonders what
was the occasion for the heat and re-
sentiment which he certainly dis
played In the tntervicw---an interview
which was written by Mr.. Lloyd
Evening star., 1924-02-18
IN TODAY'S SPOTLIGHT
BY PAUL Y. COLLINS

On last Friday :he foreign rela-
tions committee OF the Senate re-
ported, with its approval, treaty be-
TWEEN the United States and Cuba.
which has lain in the archives Of the
committee for twenty years. awaiting
due consideration and action.
The treaty, which comedies the Isle
of Pines to the republic of Cuba, will
come up for action upon the floor of
the Senate probably this week. 1t will
meet bitter opposition inspired by
American citizens who claim to own
more than three-quarters of the real
estate of the isle and who allege that
they were induced to settle and invest
there by statements from our gov
ernment officials, soon after the treaty
with Spain. that the isle was a part
of the territory ceded by Spain to the
United States at the close of the
Spanish war
Spain cedes to the United States
the Island of Porto Rico and ct'1"r is
lands now under Spanish sovercisu.y
in the West Indies, and the Island of
Guam, In the Marianas, or Ladrones.'
x X 4 *
On August 10. 1899, George Bridges,
an American, inquired of the War De-
partment regarding the Isle of Pines:
Does 1t come in as Porto Rico or
under the same conditions as Cuba?
1 expect to go there In November
The answer to this inquiry from tho
War Department, August 10, 1899,
was as follows:
referring to your communication
Of August 10 instant. I am directed by
the assistant secretary of war
(Meiklejohn) to advise you that this
island was ceded by Spain to the
United States, and is, therefore, a
part of our territory, although IL is
attached at present to the division of
Cuba for governmental purpos IS.
- You are advised that the
disposition of public lands must await
the action of Congress.
Very respectfully.
JOHN J. PERSHING,
Assistant adjutant general"
On the strength of this attitude
of the War Department. it is alleged,
hundreds of Americans have invested
in the isle plantations. yet almost
Immediately after the above letter
btgan the diplomatic movement to
cede the island to Cuba.
When the United States was ne
to turn over the Island of
Cuba to the newly formed Cuban re-
public tMarch >, 190D. the treaty
for that purpose received an amend
ment introduced by Senator Platt. as
fellows:
That the Isle OF Pines shall he
omitted from the proposed constitu
tional boundaries of Cuba, the title
thereto being left for future adjust
ment by treaty"
The PLAT amendment" has be-
come famous in all discussions since
then regarding the Interpretation of
the Spanish cession. for Cuba and
title was not fixed by the Spanish
cession. but was left open for future
by treaty"
In accordance with the require
ments of the Platt amendment. the
Cuban ronstitutio convention MAY
20. 1902. by its instrument trans
ferring the government of Cuba to
its president and congress. declared:
1t is understood by tho United
States that the present government
of the Isle of Pines will continue
as a de facto government pending
the settlement OF the title to the
said island by treaty. pursuant to
the Cuban constitution and ths act
of Congress OF the United States ap-
proved March ?, 1902"
Evening star., 1924-02-18
Deplores Auto Crashes.
Writer Would Aid Research in
Brake Innings by Standards
Bureau
To the Editor Of The Star:

10 the Editor OF The Star:
IL has been with marked interest tho,
have read the strong editorials and
timely news articles you have published
stressing the Importance of doing everv-
thing possible to reduce the number O.
automobile accidents. During the wear
1923 the persons killed in motor crashes
numbered enough to populate a city the
size OF Annapolis. Nd.
You can further help lower this terri
Die toll by urging Congress to appro-
pirate a suitable sum to permit the
automotive division Of the bureau of
standards to continue its research work
which has resulted in the conservation
OF countless lives and a saving to the
motoring public Of -$10,0O0,o0O per an
mum on their yearly brake lining bill.
which is but one Of the numerous econ
omies that have been effected.
Dispatches from Washington state
that the entire appropriation planned
for the automotive division is but s15.-
900. Unless this sum Is increased not
only will the present research work be
curtailed, but some Of the activities will
be discontinued.
There is no doubt but what the whole
country will welcome tax reduction.
but there is nothing of greater impor-
tance than the reducing Of accidents.
An appropriation of $50,000 would en-
able the bureau of standards to con-
tinue its splendid laboratory expert
ments and should result In fewer fatal.
tiles and greater savings to the motor
lists, whose taxes amount to millions of
dollars.
Pedestrians should be especially glad
to write their representatives on this
subject, as more "jay-walkers" are IN
jured than motorists. 1t is OF vital i'm
portance that a car driver be able to
stop quickly and human lives depend
upon the quality OF brake lining, which
today Is Of high standard because Of
the severe specifications set by the gov
ernment's experts. who make daily
tests OF that product. understand that
the bureau Of standards may cease
these tests Of brake Innings. because Of
the lack Of tho necessary funds.
ARNOLD A. MOWBRAY.
Evening star., 1924-02-18
Lloyd Georges Statement Worth
Taking Only for What 1t Contains

Georges close friend and biographe"s
and which Mr.. Lloyd George rcpu
dates only TO the extent OF the u.s..
of the phrase, secret compact. Bul
we on this side are going TO be
quite cool. calm and collected about
Minneapolis Tribune insists, because
Eve have other problems here Al
| home, any one of which bulkS larger
| in the American mind than alm"s1
anything that could now possibly BE-
said about things that Went on at OF
| around the peace tables five YEAR :
ago" The Lansing State Journay
agrees Europe may become excited
over the charge. but the United states
will remain calm. realizing that such
an alleeation has been properly char
acterized as ridiculous.
THAT the WeIsnman had gone mai
if he said it was the only conclusion
is the way the Knoxville Sentinel
puts il. because THE story was $"
stupid and 'preposterous. as il ha>
been contemptuously characterized
by international statesmen Of both
Britain and France. that il should noi
have imposed upon the simplest mind
that had even the most distant in
Springfield Union regards it as a re
mark able misunderstanding on the
part of q reputable British Journalist, ,
because the facts concerning tho
controversy and agreements regard
ing the Rhineland have been publish
ed on both sides OF the water. and
further remarkable because Of the
assumption that Mr.. Wilson would
make a secret agreement that could
have no standing without an act of
Congress" At any rate lit would Ger
tainly not increase the good feeling
toward England i'll America I" hear
it insinuated that Woodrow Wilson
tried to put over any secret aGrct-
ment in Paris in the opinion "f fhe
Savannah Press.
After all, though when YOU Sit'
things" the Detroit Free Press main
tains there doesn't seem to bc YER
much to the Lloyd George state
ment." For. as the indianapolis News
sees it, 'the only question left Is a.
to the origin OF the interview and
the responsibility for its iuaccurac4
Which, the Newark News explains
game from Journalist with an cA
aggerated impression Of his own in
portance." inasmuch as ''ie Let l.
and fircside companion at The Britts j
war premier; however, new it
over, Lloyd George MAY glare. hu'
II is Spenders cue to STRIKE StliA
grin" And the Atlanta Journal hope
"the newspaper correspond nj, Wh"s'
flair for a striking story $" sadly 10
trayed his judgment. viii H"t t"rg'
the lesson"
when the excitement "f this anuIr
has blown over there Will remain r,
highly significant addition to th'
worlds knowledge of what happened
at Versailles" the Toronto star con
riudes because the new tnturmatioG
concerns the united states more tha1
ANYBODY .lsu. Thr \ ruw lrarn that y
was the ttuit.d states which si1iu's
with France against Great liritHki
gave the treaty IT, substantial traute-
work. aud '1G all tins handed l;u-
rope IN "a EwalU of dilflrulti,r Nutri.
uA, which did 20 much to get her la
should not run away aud stay awaN
but should help get her out.
Evening star., 1924-02-18

Having refused a retainer from Mr..
Sinclair. Mr.. Colby sees no reason to
discuss the matter further. The atti-
tude is sensible enough. though indi
eating an unusual readiness to evade
the spotlight which public opinion
who shuns temptation.
Evening star., 1924-02-18

England's labor government finds in
the dock strike an opportunity to
utilize a line of information and ey.
perience in which it's responsible rep
resentatives are naturally expected to
be most proficient.
Evening star., 1924-02-18

Protest is renewed by Col. Bryan
that the theory Of evolution demoral.
trace the connection suggested by Col.
Bryan. there is no doubt that a de.
moralizing influence has been at work
somewhere.
Evening star., 1924-02-18

The internal revenue bureau re-
quires returns as usual, regardless Of
proposed tax revisions. The fact that
Congress is compelled to procrastinate
is no excuse for the taxpayers doing
likewise
Evening star., 1924-02-18

That Senator Walsh Of Montana
should be hard to please in the matter
of oil prosecutors is not surprising
The information he has been sitting
may be regarded as enough to cause
an, mans faith in human nature to
waver.
Evening star., 1924-02-18

L. is finally admitted by Mr.. Sin.
clair that all the interest and excite
ment the L. S. A. could offer did not
fade out when the big race was over.
Evening star., 1924-02-18

An impression prevails in the United
States Senate that facts available are
sufficiently startling to make it un-
necessary to add a gossip department
to the Congressional Record.
Evening star., 1924-02-18

Even should the Senate committee
produce no further revelations, the at.
torneys in charge of the oil prosecu-
ton will find enough material on hand
to keep them going for some time.
Evening star., 1924-02-18

The fact that he is liable to be reck-
Iessly fired on makes the bootlegger
even more of a rnena, to the law
abiding public than he was before.
Evening star., 1924-02-18
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Evening star., 1924-02-18

Col. Bryan is going to the demo.
cratic convention. There is no room
for fear that anybody will succeed in
slipping an evolution plank into the
platform.
Evening star., 1924-02-18
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON,
A Negative Satisfaction

A Negative Satisfaction.
I'm proud Of what left unsaid."
Said Hezekiah Bings.
Though oratory oft has led
To very splendid things,
Impressions which have tempted me
To speak before the throng
Have faded, and must agree
That maybe I was wrong.
It's great to make an audience roar.
But it will bring a sigh
If you should find you've started more
Than you can verify.
Though my remarks have never led
To fame's loud trumpetings,
I'm proud of what haven't said"
Said Hezekiah Bings.
Evening star., 1924-02-18

Stock quotations reacted to the oil
scandals in a way that made Wall
street feel like an innocent byStan nder
menaced by a grease gun.
Evening star., 1924-02-18

1t is undoubtedly the wrong time OF
wear to look for enthusiasm concern
ing a flight to the north pole.
Evening star., 1924-02-18
The Innocent and the Guilty.

did you tell the sheriff he might
shoot at a fleeing bootlegger?"
YEP replied Cactus Joe. 1.-THE city
council decided that he could shoot
SOS to scare him, bein' careful at the
same time not to hit him.
That's a humane idea"
But it amt workin out. In a
crowded street the bootlegger's the
only one that's perfectly safe.''
Evening star., 1924-02-18
Polar Research.

The old north pole is lost again,
Though in the same position.
To get discovered now and then
Would seem it's only mission.
Evening star., 1924-02-18

Jud Tunkins says q heap Of talk
now going around makes a Jazz band
sound harmonious by comparison.
Evening star., 1924-02-18
Cllleaslled.

CnIeaShed.
Il understand you are helping to
hold an investigation"
"Not strictly speaking" answered
Senator Sorghum. "This investigation
has gotten past the place where any.
body can hold it,
Evening star., 1924-02-18
Warming.

81 warn you that man is a fortune
hunter"
MY DEAR" answered Miss Cayenne,
my father would hesitate to insist on
his working twelve hours a day for
$50 a week. Don't warn me. Warn
him.
Evening star., 1924-02-18

@. What make and caliber rife did
Col. Roosevelt use for big game
while hunting in Africa Il. +. II.
\. Col. Roosevelt used Winchester.
Holland Springfield and Fox guns
lie says in his book. THE Winchester
.4o5 is at least for me, personally. the
medicine gun for lions" AT another
place in his book he makes the fol-
lowing statement: The Winchester
Evening star., 1924-02-18

81 know a man dat can't tell de
truth" said Uncle Eben. Hes mighty
good company. too. lie has to be SOS
he kin make new friends an 0ud
somebody to believe him."
Evening star., 1924-02-18

The Pasadena Community Players,
one Of the many little thcatcr COM
panies In the United States, have
been producing John MaseGeld's play
Of last spring, '1delloney Ioltspur"
Tho cast was selected from over 4
thousand volunteers.
Evening star., 1924-02-18

Q. In social gathering, when A
proposes toast to b, should B drink
from his glass?- m p s
Evening star., 1924-02-18

G. What are the average earnings
Of railway workers?-T. p. D.
a: The average compensation of
railroad employees in 1929 was
S162oao.
Evening star., 1924-02-18

Q. Which character in Little Won1-
en-" was supposed to be the author?
&c. B.
A. The character of Joe is the
author, Louisa NJ. Alcott.
Evening star., 1924-02-18

q. What musical Instruments do tn
Chinese play?-C. Il. G.
A. The Chinese use drums, cvnDat.
horns, lutes. castanets and fut-1,.
There are three varieties cf bnli~-
po-chung, te-chung and pieu- chung.
Evening star., 1924-02-18

Charles r. Flint, the we'll known
financier. whose Memories Of an Ac-
tive Life" have recently been pub
lished, can claim the distinction Of
being the only man who has ever
delivered q warship to belligerent
nation in time of war. Mr.. Flint.
known as "the father Of trusts"
bought the Chilean cruiser, Esme-
ralda and delivered her to Japan dur
ing the RuSso-Japanesc war.
Evening star., 1924-02-18

4. DR.. Charles Eliot was the orig
inal author Of the quotations about
which you have inquired They were
edited. so to speak. by President
Wilson, who slightly changed tn"
@ording.
Evening star., 1924-02-18

g. What is psychoanalysis?- o.
A. Psychoanalysis may be defined
as a,system or method of medical prac-
tice which aims to interpret various
disorders through the fundamental
causes in the nature and experiences
Of the individual.
Evening star., 1924-02-18

tenths of l per cent of it will cause
and death. Carbon
monoxide is odorIess, colorless and
tasteless, and cannot be detected by
any of the senses
Evening star., 1924-02-18

A. When A proposes a toast to B,
and the toast is drunk, B should not
drink the toast proposed in his honor.
Evening star., 1924-02-18

Q. Which star sends us the mok'
heat?-H. :. )
A. The star Alpha Orionis sends the
most heat TO the earth.
Evening star., 1924-02-18

q. Should a woman be addressed as
Mrs. DR. Blank"?-S. L. ".
a. The wife OF a physician does no,
share his title. She is addressed as
Mrs. Blank" If she is a physiciaS
herself she is known professionally
as DIR: Blank" and socially as Mrs
Blank"
Evening star., 1924-02-18

@. What is the highest city in the
United States?-J. X.
A. Leadville. Colo, is the highest
city. being ] OLA feet above sea level
There are other settlements that havt-
greater attitudes. but they arc not
| claSsed as cities
Evening star., 1924-11-18
sl,ionabIe in Color as IN Line

The rich cranberry red shutter and green, taupe
and the many tan shades shown best advantage in
these suedes: and the finer qday of lster bolivia in
the conservative taupes brown and black And these
supple fabrics particularly adaptable the long,
straight lines of the prevailing mode.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1924-10-16
The Cassiar Witchcraft
(Portland OregOnian)

When the hunting failed, so runs the story, and no man could say whither the caribou had gone, cer- tain Indian wards of the Canadian government, in the far north coun- try, cast about for a cause. It was evident enough, they argued, that providence had never intended them for starvation, and that some mys- terious and evil influence had brought their hunger to pass Sorcery? Their plight could be due to nothing else. So they made a prisoner of a fellow tribesman, of the name of Atol Moccasin, charg- ing him with the monstrous offense, and they killed him slowly, very slowly, in the name of the nation. He was glad to welcome death.
 Truly a strange tale and such a one as Jack London would have written so graphically as to reveal the lean ribs of the executioners, the grimace of the dying victim, and all the savage squalor and desola- tion of the strange land in which it happened. It is that sort of brutal and superstitious judgment which the white race abandoned some cen- turies ago. Our priests and our judges were wont, in times past, to
The Wrangell sentinel., 1924-10-16

appease the offended gods by human sacrifice. If the sins of people were heavy they sought scapegoat. When the corn failed certain lives were taken to propitiate providence And ever and always the law searched for sorcerer and witch, and when it had found them-or had pretended to discover-they were piously and cruelty slain.
 It seems never to have occurred to those ancients, or to the Indians of the Telegraph Creek country, to inquire as to their own responsibil- ity for the misfortunes visited upon them. A prudent people, having ac- quired wisdom, make thrifty provi sion against possible diversity. The tribes of the north have known have known starvation before now, and once having known the pinched belly you would say that they should have seen the necessity for storing food against famine. But they had faith in the continued favor of fortune, as represented by game---and when the game failed they blamed not their own unpre paredness for the hunger that beset them, but the suposititious sorcerer. And him they slew
 Civilized peoples no longer be- lieve in sorcery. They shudder to think of an ignorance so dense and terrible as that of the Indian mur derers of Atol Mocassin. Yet the truth is that they reason quite as poorly as did their vengeful fore fathers For they still believe in scapegoats. How is that? What sensible fellow holds any such be- lief? Any number of more or less sensible fellows do, though they dc not phrase it quite so clearly. They make scapegoats of their governments. If the crops fail, or if the law of supply and demand bring lower prices for their prod ucts, or create labor surplus, they spring to their respective soapboxes and curse the govern ment as the necromantic source of al their woes.
 The government, of course, has quite as little to do with the calam- ity as they---and even less. The
The Wrangell sentinel., 1924-10-16
Wrangell Sentinel

government is as stricken and alarmed as they are---and even more so. But logic and common sense are lost in the lifted shout of !'---precisely as they were lost in the distant, primitive Telegraph Crek country, when his downward and, after many days, gave him death.