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Evening star., 1924-09-21
The Way of Peace.

Thy will be done on earth.
~ HRISTIANITY has played it's
conspicuous part in the de-
veloped civilization of the
~ modern world. However
faith in the supremacy of
Christ's teachings may express itself.
however strong or weak the chris
tian Church itself may be. the pre-
vailing power of the Man of Naz-
areth is the largest single factor to
lie reckoned with in any true eSti-
mate of lifes determining influence.
: To our outstanding leaders it is be-
coming increasingly evident that the
one supreme thing needed to stabilize
and strengthen our life today is a
more practical and Immediate ap-
rlication of the teachings and prin-
Ciples of lite as enunciated by Christ.
Industrial as well as political lead
ers express in definite terms this con-
Viction. A new phase has come into
use during the past few months,
namely, ''warless world" II is not
"a phrase that is upon the lips of
avowed pacfists. but it is being used
with equal fervor by military leaders
themselves. There is a universal re-
vuision of feeling against war and all
its attending horrors and disasters.
At length men are beginning to feel
that the physical and economic waste
of war is intolerahle. Instead a ad =
VanCing civilization it impeda it.
Instead of calling forth the finest ele-
ments in human nature. under mod
ern conditions il debaSeS and de-
stroys them. The very ingenuity
and cunning skill of men that in
times of peace are turned to works
OF benefcenCe, in times of struggle
are turned to the creation of instru-
diabolicaily cruel and deviliSh.
The Folly of War.
The folly, the utterly wicked folly
OF war as method of settling dis
putes between nations has never been
more evident than 1T is today. The
recent conferences of statesmen in
Europe. and the more recent action
of the League of Nations are in dem
onStration of the desire of the world
for the abolition of war. and the de-
termination to discover other ways OF
adjusting differences that may from
time to time arise. Have we any as
surance that all these noble plans and
purposes can be effected simply
through acts of parliaments or gen.
tlemen'S agreements" Abe we fatuous
enough to believe that the age OF
universal peace can be ushered in
simply because the economic waste OF
war has been made EVIDENT We dc
not so believe. Human nature is not
changed by any process of legal en-
actment. Before effects can be
changed causes must be eradicated
The homely adage. You cannot make
silk purse out of a soW's ear" still
holds true. We have long sought to
make people good by superimpose
laws. Doubtless these are needed as
the expressed principles governing
our corporate life; but we have abun-
dant evidence of their failure on every
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watch for the performances of Feng
Yu Hsiang, the christian general -
WI Pei Fu's right bower, hoping he
will prove equal to his reputation.
The Lengue.-Apparently all the
fefforts of the league assembly are
being bestowed on the interlock k 81
problems of arbitration. security and
disarmament. Now and then fan
tastically garbed Mir or Rts or
Chutuktu blows in from the outlying
parts of the earth with a grievance.
but he must possess his soul in
patience till the big idea is in shape.
The latest from Geneva is to the
effect that a protocol on arbitration
and security is almost complete d
and that the leaders in the assembly
have decided to recommend, in case
the protocol should be ratified
twhereof they are confidently convo-
cation of an International conference
on armament reduction to open June
10, 1925, in Geneva.
SpOrts.-Beating the British team
by 16 to and again by IA to ), the
American polo team insured the
international challenge cup a further
residence of three years in this
country. The British team was out
matched, though the British Capt.
Lacey was not outshone.
The British team was victorious
in the series of races, off Oyster Bay.
Long Island. between teams of Brit
1Sh and American six-meter yachts.
winning four out of seven races. In
only one race did an American boat
finish first.
In thrilling competition the
American golf team successfully de-
fended the Walker cup against the
visiting British team, though Cyril
Tolley, the British captain, beat
Marston our amateur champion, and
the Hon. Michael Scott soundly
thrashed the redoubtable Sweetser.
Among recent notable track perform
ances were the following:
The 220 yards by Loren MurchI-
son. IN 24.1 seconds, beating the ac-
OF second-an outstanding feat.
Ohcial approval is expected
The 100-yard dash by j. Alfred Le-
coney in 3 2-5 seconds. beating the
accepted world record by one-fifth of
second 1t is doubtful that this will
be accepted as a new world record. an
appreciable wind at the runners back
being reported. Houben of Germany.
who defeated Paddock not long ago.
has been timed in, the hundred at
5-10, but the International Amateur
Athletic Federation has yet to pass
on that performance. Houben is to
visit this country.
X X
Miseellane0us.-OnqS September l 5 our
world flyers hoped on from Washing
ton to Dayton. on the 18th they flew
to Chicago, on the 18th to Omaha, on
the 10Th to Dallas
Reports come to US of nine political
murders in Bulgaria within three days,
but of this charming matter more
hereafter, when the details have been
clarified little. The population of
Bulgaria is between four and one-half
and five millions.
Japan has adopted the metric sys-
tenn.
It appears that after All Zaghloul
Pasha. the Egyptian premier, IL to
Evening star., 1924-09-21

| Greece. governmental and economic.
| The efficient and experienced Greek
| department of colonization (estab-
| lished by Nenizelos in 1919. formerly
under the ministry of agriculture. is
! now completely under the orders of
! commission. Certain revenues have
been assigned to the commission, and
| although the Greek government and
! people have done for the refugees not
merely what they were in duty and
decency bound to do, but all that by
the utmost stretch of generosity they
could do, and this, too. in the best
! spirit imaginable. Consider the as
founding fact that the refugees have
| increased the population of Greece by
about 25 per cent. The Greek gov
| ernment has turned over to the COM
mission as security for the loan title
to two hundred thousand acres of
land.
Arabia.-The fanaticaI Wahha bites.
| the Mohammedan fundamentalists of
| NeJd, in Arabia. are on the rampage
again. They have invaded the King
dom of the Hejaz, ruled over by King
Hussein, who not long ago pro-
claimed himself Caliph of Islam. The
| particular occasion for the invasion
does not appear That truly great
man, Abdel Azz. Ibn Sa'ud, the late
Emir of Nejd, was always at feud
, with King Hussein. whose preten-
sions made him sick. and it seems
probable that Hussein's assumption
of the style of caliph has brought
! those wild and splendid horsemen on
| his back
One report has it that the Wahha
| bites captured the important town of
Taft, southeast of Mecca, and put all
\ l.
| sein has been using a high tone of
late toward the British, though only
through British patronage has he
| been able to maintain himself hith-
| erto against the house of Nejd. 1t is
only few weeks since body of
Wahhabites attacked Hussein's son,
the Emir of Transjordania, and were
| repulsed $50 goes the reporD by Brit
| ish airplanes. Another report de-
| clares that Hussein has appealed to
the League of Nations. The Caliph
of Islam appealing to the League of
Nations is rather rich bit.
Chinn.-The deadlock in the war
| fare near Shanghai has been broken
| The will to run first seized the Che
kiang forces. The third Chekiang
army, assigned to the defense of
| Chekiang province against. invasions
impending or actually in process
| from the province of Flu Kien and
Ngan Hui friendly to the Tuchun of
| Kiang SUD smutinied and went over
to the enemy. With loyal remnant
the Tuchun of Chekiang fed his capi-
| tai, Hang Chau, and Joined the de-
| fense commissioner of Shanghai in
that city, successful defense of which
would seem extremely doubtful.
The Peking government has issued
mandate denouncing war upon
Chang Tso Lin, super tuchun of Man
churia, and ordering WI Pei Flu to
| suppress him, and we have reports
of preliminary clashes between
forces of WI Pei Flu and Chang Tso
Lin at Shan Hal Tuan, Chao Yang
(northeast Chi Ii, little west of the
willow palisade") and elsewhere, re-
ports, however, which require con-
fimation. Innocuous bombing Of
Shan Hal Tuan by airmen of Chang
Tso Lin has been reported. We shall
Evening star., 1924-09-21

" HE following is a Drle1 SUM-
mary of the most important
news of the world for the
seven days ended September
20:
The British Empne.-It seems
pretty certain that the Anglo Rus
sian treaty will have hard shedding
when 1t goes before the commons for
ratification. If the question of ratf-
fication should be made a major issue
and ratification should be denied, the
Macdonald government would, one
must suppose, resign. 1t could win
on that issue only by Liberal votes.
and this is what Lloyd George, second
in command of the Liberal party, has
to say about it:
"In so far as ii is not fake. 1t is
folly. in fact, it is both. 1t was
hastily patched up at the end Of the
session because the prime minister
had been held up by number of So
cialist gunmen of his own party. Let
me emphasize the point that it has
nothing to do with the rights or
wrongs of the restoration of Russia.
1t is purely question of whether
scores of millions of pounds to Rus
out of our depleted till we are to lend
sian Communists, most of which will
be handled and spent by them in their
own way.
I'VE are burdened with heavy debts
and are passing through a period of
unexampled depression. We need all
our surplus cash to finance our own
trade and develop our own resources. 1t
is an act of criminal recklesSness at
such time to guarantee huge sums
of money to be spent in another coun-
try by a government whose principles
are predatory and destructive of all
legitimate enterprise"
Mr.. Lloyd George seems to have
stated the matter correctly. But, of
course, there is a possibility that, to
avoid general elections, enough Lib
eral votes to effect ratification would
be forthcoming after all. More than
once already the Macdonald govern
ment has been saved by the bogy Of
general elections.
Judging from present appearances,
the 'dyarchy' or constitution of
India. is dead failure. That con-
stitution confers a limited degree of
Self-government on the Indian peoples
the idea of it's trainers being gradu-
ally to educate and habituate that
people in elf-government, and from
time to time to revise the constitu-
tion in correspondence with progress
made; India, should she prove capa-
BILE thereof, ultimately to exercise
self government, in the measure that
Canada, Australia and New Zealand
exercise it. Success of that project
presupposes cooperation of the
Indian people, whereas that people
are refusing to cooperate. Roughly
speaking. opposition takes two forms,
active and passive. Gandhi is the
champion of passive resistance, ana
is for absolute boycott of all things
British, including. of course, non
participation in government. c. r.
Das, on the contrary, is for aggre-
sive tactics, for participation in the
legislatures, but only in order to de-
feat government measures and to
show the dyarchy system to be un-
workable While Gandhfs prestige
as a saint increases, he is losing
ground as political leader; the
policy of Das is the one generally
approved.
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The Story the Week Has Told

The provincial legislature has ad-
jCurned, having refused to vote
things necessary, the which things
are being provided by executive de-
cree The Westminster Parliament
has ordered that an imperial COM
mission investigate the situation ana
recommend appropriate action. The
reader will recall Lord Durha m g
mission to Canada in 1888 and how
Lord Durhams report Tin which those
brilliant men. Charles Butler and Ed
ward Gibbon Wakefield. cola borated)
laid the foundation of Canada's pres
ent happiness and greatness. Happy
would it be for India and Britain
should the India commission include
men of the quality of Lord Durham.
of Butler and of Wakefield. The
present impasse as regards the dy-
archy does not justify despair of
happy solution.
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ItaIy.-On September Il Fascist
member of parliament was murdered
on a street car in Rome by work
man, who, quickly apprehended, told
the police that he acted Ito avenge
his brother in idealism. Matteotti."
Obviously Fascist reprisalS were to
be feaed, but the government has
exerted itself StrenuouSly and sue
ceSsfully to prevent such. In sense
that affair has been a boon to the
government, enabling it to make a
great show of magnanimity. Scores
are even now, goes the word, though
there is no reason in that if it be
true, as one hears, that the murderer
was a poor half wit. 1t teeters on an
edge. whether good or evil sha IL re-
suit from Italian reflections arising
out of this affair; J. e., fresh atrocl-
ties or a strong impulse toward paci-
fication. Good, they are saying.
The directorate of the Fascist party
has appointed a committee to propose
amendments to the Italian constitu-
ton. One is rea assured to learn that
the fifteen members of the commit
tee are solid learned men and that
Mussolini has announced that the
main walls Of the constitution must
be left as they are" The constitu-
tion has not been amended since it's
adoption.
We were rejoiced by the report
that the lost books of Livy had been
found. Our joy was brief. Appar-
entity they were not found.
X \ =
Greece.-Some months ago COM
mittee acting under the orders of
the council of the League of Nations
recon enQeu an lnteTnaClOnal loan
of 100000 for the benfit of the
refugees in Greece, to be expended
by league commission installed on
the ground and supervising every de-
tail.
The league commission, headed by
Henry Morgenthau, has long been at
work and has accomplished remark
able results with the funds and ia
cilities at its disposal. The Bank of
England advanced one million pounds
to it at once, and is advancing an
other million. The National Bank of
Greece has subscribed $1,5O0,00O.
The league commission which at
first recommended a loan of six mil
lion pounds now recomm ends ten mil
minions, and the Greek minister of
finance is negotiating for the fioation
of six and one-half millions
Money could not be more worthily
employed; nor more safely, if Mr..
Morgenthau is justified in his assur-
ances as to the promise of stability In
Evening star., 1924-09-21
by DREW PEARSON.

" HE sun and the ocean tides
will supply the world with it's
mechanical energy in that not
L distant future when our coal
and oil resources are ex-
hausted. In fact, long before that
time, according to Thomas A Edison
man will have harnessed the sun and
sea to supply his ever-increasing de-
mand for power and more power
In the opinion of the famous in
ventor, the question of applying to
the uses of man the immeasurable
energy which is now being squan-
dered by the sun and waves merely
depends upon the price of coal. AS
coal becomes Scarcer il inevita bly
becomes dearer, and in- Mr.. Edi-
sons judgment when the price Of coal
reaches $40 a ton economic necessity
will force man to tap the limitless
sources of power which are repre-
sented by the sunbeams and the
waves.
Inventions OF the Future.
l went TO Mr.. Edison to ask him
what he believed were the three
greatest inventions of the past and
what three inventions of correspond
| ing Importance we might look for in
the future. He answered the first
part Of my question very promptly
by taking pad of yellow paper and
writing, Steam engine, reaping ma
chine, printing" However, he re-
fused to be drawn into any predic-
tions as to specific inventions which
were coming in the future.
The question of getting power from
the sun and tides he did not regard
in the light of a prediction, but as
something which is already practical
and which only requires pressure Of
economic necessity TO become an
everyday factor in our social and in
dustrial life.
Power from the sun" said Mr.
Edison, lis not only possible, but we
are already using it. Down in Ari-
zona they have generated 30-horse-
power from this source, and in the
Nile Valley sun motor is being
used regularly. The main require
ment is a good set Of storage bat
teries with which to transmit the
power from places where it is most
easily generated to points where It
can most readily be used. 1t is theo-
retically possible to draw l 900 horse
power per acre from the sun. and as
long that is true we do not need
to worry about our future coal sup
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CONTINUED from flTSI fdSe.D
Germany is being shaped to fit them
Herriot has been more reasonable
than Poincare, a sign of the growing
feeling that there must be developed
a commercial accord with Germany,
followed by the growth of under
standing, if not of amity. Lorraine
iron and Ruhr coal are. by their
proximity. economically allied. The
Ruhr should be able to get its iron
more cheaply from Lorraine than
elsewhere. The Ruhr steel mills,
therefore. are the logical customers
for the furnaces of Lorraine. Lor-
raine, on the other hand, needs the
Ruhr coal. Commercial arrangements
to facilitate this interchange is but
the policy of sensible business men.
That being effected, an amicable po-
litical relationship may follow.
For the peace of Europe no de-
velopment is to be more desired than
a friendly relationship between these
continental neighbors. The growing
German strength, il accompanied by
hatred for France, would bode no
good for Europe.
On the whole, Europe, facing the
promises of the greatest experiment
In the history OF international trade,
makes on the student of conditions
an impression of hopefulness. Eng
land, with her persistence, will work
out of her difficulties, though a firm
hand is needed to stop the pauperiz-
ing effect of unrestricted unemploy-
ment doles, Germany, as has been
seen, has made great strides since
stabilization of her currency.
Acceptance by Seymour Parker
Gilbert. jr., of the post of agent gem
eral for reparation payments finds
the confidence of Europe being re-
stored.
With restoration of full confidence
will come credits, orders and renewed
industrial activity. With the Dawes
plan in full operation, there should
be great progress in the next two
years in bringing back to all coun-
tries a normal industrial life.
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meet Premier Macdonald in London
for a little chat; some allegations on
the Nile. as it were.
Maj Zanni, the Argentine aviator. is
about to resume his attempt to circle
the globe. In a forced landing at
Hanoi Indo China, he smashed his
machine, but a spare plane that had
been stored for him in Japan has now
reached him. ..-
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Economical Congress- Plans
Anticipated in Departments

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BY HENRY S. BUM.

" HE following is a brief sum-
mary of the most important
news of the world for the
seven days ended September
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Europe Seen on Brink
OF Industrial Recovery

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~ HE sun and the ocean tides
will supply the world with it's
mechanical energy in that not
II distant future when our coal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27
SHEFFIELD WILLS MOST
OF FORTUNE TO YALE
University to Get Bulk of Estate
After Death of Brokers
Widow.
BY the Associated Press.


PROVIDENCE, r. H. December %.
Under the terms OF the will of the
late George St. John Sheffield OF. this
city. filed for probate yesterday, Yale
University will receive greater por-
ton OF the testator's estate after the
death Of his widow. Mrs. Amelia
MaXcy Daggett Sheffield. George
Parmly Day. treasurer OF Yale Uni
versity, and Frederick G. Mason OF
Attleboro, Mass, are executors Of the
will
Upon the death of Mrs. Sheffield
the estate Is TO be divided in three
equal parts. one part being bequeath-
cd TO Yale University as a separate
rust fund in memory Of Joseph Earl
sheffield, deceased son OF the testator.
The net income from which is to be
used by Yale College in such manner
as it's authorities shall determine.
The second part is left to the board
of trustees OF Sheffield Scientific
School as memorial TO George
Sheffield, another son, and to be used
Tor the benefit OF the scientific school,
which was founded by the testator's
father. The third part of the estate
is to go to Yale University without
restrictions as to the use Of the income
or principal.
Mr.. Sheffield was q Yale graduate
and called 1.-THE Father Of Rowing
at Yale" and was a retired Wall
street banker.
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taught them that Jesus could use
their resources and abilities. In the
healing Of the man born blind they
saw not only the power Of Christ per-
forming in q public manner a miracle
that testified to His power. but they
also learned, as we all must, the cost
Of following Christ. While the dis
ciples were called upon to help en-
tighten the world they were warned
by the trials Of the blind man OF
perils that they would be called upon
to face by testifying for the Lord.
In the raising Of Lazarus Jesus not
only lifted a veil that hid the future,
but He demonstrated that death did
not end all, He showed his sym
patty with those who mourn and
proved that He was the Master over
death by calling Lazarus back to live
anew his life in the body. 1t served
with the experience at the transflgu-
ration to fit them for a life OF suf-
fering and sacrifice, as they knew
that no matter what trials they
would be called upon to face, they
would be certain to see their Master
face to face after they had crossed
the sea which separates time from
eternity.
In the conversion of Zaocheus they
witnessed the transforming power of
Christs gospel. They saw another
evidence of it's working power, just
as they had during their missionary
journeys in the period OF the Mas
ter's popularity. due to His healing,
miracles and ministry of speech and
service. The period OF the Lord
withdrawal from the centers Of popu-
lation (where for q time 1t looked as
though He would arouse the Galilean
mountaineers to such an extent that
the movement to make Jesus King
would sweep over the nation and re-
suit in His entbronement), had given
Jesus opportunity to complete the
training OF the IL SO that they
were prepared for the rapidly ap-
preaching crisis. Their fellowship
with Jesus had given them visions
of His glory, SO that they were con-
WINGED that He was the Son or GOD,
the Savior of men and their nations
dope. They had yet to realize that
He was the hope OF all mankind.