Evening star., 1924-04-06

Some be saying that Stresemann ct
Gle are throwing a gigantic bluff,
hoping to scare Gen. Dawes and his
colleague into modifying their report
to the advantage of Germany
charming idea
The German government has at last
replied to the allied note of March 5,
which demanded that said govern
ment facilitate renewal of allied in
specdons to ascertain the state of
propose the military control" of
Germany be turned over to the coun-
Gil of the league of nations.
At Friedrichshafen, in Wuerttem-
berg, Germany, on the northern shore
of the Lake of Constance (the Boden-
touches on two important aircraft
One is plane for Amundsen's polar
venture: the other is the Zeppelin be-
ing built to our reparations account
which is to sail soon for her adop-
tive country. The Germans are lay
ing themselves out to produce a bet
ter craft than the Shenandoah; and
II will be exciting to compare tho
performances Of the two mammoth
ships
Itaiy-"Ttaly," declared Musolini in
his speech the other day on the fifth
anniversary of the birth of fascismo,
has pursued and will continue to pur-
sue a pacific policy. But naturally"
he added with his customary refresh
ing candor, cit Is impossible to pur-
sue successful foreign policy unless
the country is disciplined and armed.
1t is useless to put faith in humani-
tartan and pacifist idealists. We must
nave an army, a navy and an air
force"
This has the ring of "the olden
days, the good odd days of yore."
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United States of Amerbca.-The
President has nominated Harlan Fiske
Stone to succeed Daugherty as At
torney General Mr.. Stone has been
dean of the Columbia Law School
since 1910. Last year he resigned that
position in order to devote himself
exclusively to law practice, but the
resignation does not technically take
effect until June 80. of this year
The nomination is generally acclaim
ed as a happy one.
Congress is being asked to appro-
pirate for a regular postal coast-tc-
coast airplane service, involving night
flying between Chicago and Cheyenne:
machines to start each day from New
York and San Francisco on a sched-
ule of twenty-six hours and fifteen
minutes. The route between Chicago
and Cheyenne is sufficiently provided
with illumination and emergency
landing fields.
There are estimated to be about
100000 motor vehicles in the
world of which about $500, 900. or
over so per cent, are in the United
States Great Britain has about 650.-
600. Canada about the same number
are nowhere. There is one motor
vehicle for every seven and three
tenths persons in the United States
California leads among the states
with a motor vehicle for every three
and one-half persons. Our produc-
tion in 1923 was over 1000. 900
vehicles; about $4,000 trucks, the
rest passenger cars. The Ford plant
turned out a little more than half
of the total.
Franz Halls painting, The Laugh
by the Duveens to John r Thomp-
son, the restaurant man, for $3.50. 600
Mr.. Thompson is collecting on the
grand scale.
Netes.-A conference of Russian
and Rumanian representatives to
discuss sundry matters broke up on
April 2, after brief exchanges on the
Bessarabian issue.
The ocean tonnage of today ex-
ceeds the pre-war ocean tonnage by
30 per cent. but is doing 40 per cent
less. business. .-..-.--.-