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Evening star., 1924-06-26
France and Russia.

1t is reported from Paris that at a
cabinet meeting held yesterday at the
Elysee. under the presidency of
Doumergue, the French government
decided to recognize the soviet gov
ernment OF Russia. This action, 1t
appears, followed Immediately the re-
ceipt from Washington of a note
formally acknowledging an announce
ment from Paris that the French
government intended to take differ
ent course from that of the United
States with regard to Russia. 1t is
now disclosed that during the Poin-
care ministry an understanding pre-
vailed between this government and
France that each would keep the
other informed of any change in its
Russian policy. The exchange Of the
French announcement and the Ameri-
can acknowledgment leaves clear the
way for French change.
This French decision is direct re-
suit of the recent elections in that
country. During the campaign the
Socialists pledged themselves to rec
ognition Of the soviet. They were re-
turned as a majority bloc in Parlia-
ment, and they have now organized
the ministry after forcing change in
| the presidency. So that Herriot's new
| course was mapped out for him by the
electorate. by whose mandate he is
now premier of France.
Before the war the relationship be-
tween France and Russia was close
and intimate. 1t was, indeed, in conse-
quence of treaty of mutual helpful
ness that France became simultane-
ously involved in the great war upon
| the mobilization of Russian troops and
the first act of hostility by Germany
against the cars government. But
that was the Russia of the old regime.
The Russia OF today Is a totally diff
ferent political organism, the antith-
esis of the czarist Russia. Still, the
| official France today, the French gov
ernment since the late elections, is
different from the France Of the war
| period and Of the very recent months.
1t is a Socialist France, and there is
a community of interest between that
| France and the new Russia.
The outcome Of this French recog.
| milton of the soviet government Is
not to be estimated. 1t Is a distinct
triumph for the Moscow government
| While recent efforts to secure recog
milton by Great Britain have failed
Notwithstanding the fact that the
government at London is controlled
| by the labor party, this recognition
| by Paris is decided gain toward in
| ternational establishment.
Evening star., 1924-06-26
Chesterton Declares War
On American Breakfast

There is trouble brewing betW cen
the United States and Great Britain
over the international breakfast
menu. Wars have hung upon sillier
issues, we assure you. so read on. No
less than the bioodthirtsy Nj.
Chesterton filings the gauntlet in our
faces with tn, 'ollowing statement:
'If there is me thing that would
Justify armed assault on the United
States. il is this attempt to introduce
the American diet on the brltlsh
breakfast table The Americans sleep
In hothouses and wake up SO thlrstV
that they are obliged TO deVour quan-
titles of fresh fruit and drink gallons
of water, but it isn't breakfast. III
there is one glorious thing i'll Eng
land which must never die, u IS inc
breakfast of bacon and eggs.
Mr. Shaw is acting in an amhas-
sadorial way for the American people
in the present imbroglio. Hear him:
"Now if Chesterton had attacked
American buckwheat cakes and mo
lasses should have sympathized But
fresh fruit! Ny mouth waters. :
Shaw confesses that he is fond of
American grapefruit and oranges
which find their way into English
markets.
This editorial is written in the fond
hope that II may catch the eye OF
both Mr.. Chesterton and Mr.. Shaw
and thus avert war between the
American and British peoples. For
we have found that breakfast, like
morals, is much a matter or geog-
raphy New England is reputed to
open the day with baked beans and
pie. The south goes in for wheat
cakes and syrup. Californians splash
merrily among their famous citrus
fruits.
There needn't be any war If We can
only get these facts TO Mr.. Chester
tcn.-Rochester Times-Union.
Evening star., 1924-06-26
COURAGE
Il am the master Of my fate,
4 am the captain Of my soul"
tr~ --HENLEY.

Chauncey NJ, ,Depew at different
times in his lffe had to forsake ,be
pleasures of public life for business
and more than once saw the supreme
honors of the. country just before
him, only to be snatched away
Born in Peekskiil, ~. Y, his parent
well-to-do, his boyhood was happy
and he was noted for his skin IN
athletics and for his good humor
After attending the local acadery.
he went through Yale and then
studied law in Peekskill, being an-
mitted to the bar at twenty-four-
Soon afterward he became inter-
ested in politics and his ability as a
speaker was recognized. AT twenty
seven he was elected To the New York
State Assembly and year later was
made secretary of state. but de
clined denomination.
Gen. Grant appointed him minister
to Japan, but Depew declined In order
to accept an offer to become at
torney for the New York ard Harlem
railroad. Later when the Vanderbilt
roads We're consolidated he was
governor of New York and lost.
Three years later he was chosen
general counsel of the entire Wander
bilt system. A candidate for the
United States Senate, his name was in
a deadlock of the State Senate two
months. and he withdrew when the
death of Garfield made an immediate
| choice necessary. He was offered the
office four years later, bat declined
so that he might accept the presi-
dency OF the New York Central rail
road,
Becoming famous as an after-din =
! ner speaker and orator, he was -
prominent candidate in 1883 for tho
| Republican nomination for President,
receiving SO votes at the convention
but withdrew in favor Of Harrisorw
| and gave up his long cherished am
| bition: President Harrison offered
him the portfolio of Secretary or
State, but he declined because OF bf4
| large railroad interests He w,s
elected chairman of the board Of
directors of the New York Central in
1898, and a year later was chosen =
United States senator, serving twelve
years.
| Depew is still active and plans re
being made for a fitting celebration
next month of his ninetieth birthday
anniversary.
Copyright, 1924
Evening star., 1924-06-26
Hope for Washington in Base Ball.

From the New York World.
Washington's base ball team never
has won a pennant. The nearest
thing to a world series 1t ever had
was the conference for the Limitation
of armament: and mighty few of it's
native citizens got in on that show.
One of the earlier issues of Hos
letters Almanac contains this gibe:
'washington: First in war. hrst In
peace, last in the American League"
II the base ball reporters who have
| employed this cruel jest were laid end
to end 1t would please the people Of
Washington very much, provided they
could do the laying.
During eighteen base ball seasons
Washington has had one of the great
est pitchers in the game, No senator
| or representative whom Kansas has
sent to the Capital has been one-half
so popular as Walter Johnson, ma
tive Of that state. Many things may
| be the matter with Kansas, but John
son IL not one Of them.
Now appears the possibility that
Washington may win q pennant and
entertain q world series, with john
son catapulting shoots and curves.
BY winning three straight games from
| the world champion Yankees of New
York washington seized the lead Of
! the American. L46xug ma Dec111o i
fehT C6nt16d6x 1oE-f = s ss'a. sssss q,
Evening star., 1924-06-26
Herbert's Will Observes
Obligation of Father

Victor Herbert. late composer and
cello virtuoso, drew his will in such
way that the bulk of his estate de-
scended to his widow. and daughter.
To his son he left certain sum,
much less than the others received. Int
explanation of this the testator
wrote:
My reason for this distribution of
the property is that my son has re-
ceived a good education and has been
the recipient of many benefactions
during my life, and should be able TO
provide for himself without further
assistance from me-"
The male robin is one of the best
| husbands and fathers in all bird life
While the children are young he hus-
| ties about with energy and effective
ress. But when the second genera
| tion has been trained to fend for il
| self he and his wife go about other
affairs.
After a man has taken his son
through infancy, childhood. youth To
| manhood, fed him. clothed him, sent
him to school and college and got him
job that appears to be permanent
and advantageous. must he continue
to support him? If he decides. as did
Herbert that he has done enough,
and that the rest is up to the son. can
he be adversely criticized? With
every possible advantage already his
can a son. object to being forced to
make good on his own account? If
this enforced self-reliance bring it
| out?
Man is the only animal whose love
and care for his offspring continues
past the maturity of the children.
The implicit obligation of parenthood
to the grown child is development
from the time when a high type OF
| animal began to walk on the ground
| and seek cover at night. Just when
| ethics entered into human life is not
| known, but ii must have been about
| the time that this sense of continu-
| ing obligation came TO life.
1t is a fine point. Yet what Herbert
| did probably has received the entire
| approval of the son if he is of inde-
| pendent character-Newark Evening
| News
Evening star., 1924-06-26
South Africa ''Africander'
BY FRANK II. STMONDS

aratton from the British Empire, is a
severe blow to British pride, a Lon
don comment shows.
Il
How far 1t is a forecast of ulti-
mate secession or separation of South
Africa is open to question, since the
fundamental basis of the Labor
Dutch combination was an agree
ment that the secession question
should not be raised for five years,
nor ever save by a plebiscite. More
Fover, Labor, which is largely made
Up Of English speaking voters, might
De expected to break away from it's
present allies when that issue is
raised.
The real factor however, which so
divides the Dutch on the issue of sep
iration as at least to prevent any actu-
ally serious break between the Union
or South Africa and the British
crown is the danger which threatens
which outnumbers the white ele-
ments in proportion of three or
four to one. A split between the Brit
ish and Dutch fractions of the white
population might easily give the
blacks an opportunity, which there Is
no certainty they would not grasp.
Meantime South Africa, like Aus
traiia, like Canada, like Britain it.
self, like France and the United
States for that matter, has broken
away from the wartime leadership
and SHUTS is one of the last victims
of a world wide movement Massey
in New Zealand is almost the sole
survivor of that group within
Hughes of Australia, Borden of Can
ada and, in sense, John Redmond Of
Ireland.
Today Ireland is a free state, South
Africa has chosen as its next pre-
mier a man who during the war took
up arms against British rule, Canada
has not only dismissed Borden, but
| is at the present moment in contro-
versy with the mother country over
the treaty Of Lausanne, fatty refus-
ing to ratify it because Canada had
no share in the making Of it, Since
Britain itself has a prime minister
and opposed British participation, the
transformations in the Dominions are
less significant, yet they must pro-
foundly interest any student of the
problem of British Imperialism for
the future.
1 remember during the war. when
the late Gen. Botha led a South Afri-
can contingent to the conquest of
German East Africa. the late Col.
Roosevelt. with whom l was lunch
ing. said. with characteristic empha
sis, THAT means that in future
not very distant South Africa will
be Africander.' He meant that the
campaign was a demonstration Of the
purpose of the erstwhile Beers, now
fighting under the British flag, to
conquer the German holdings, but to
possess them when the war was over
and British aid no longer needed.
How accurate this forecast may
prove ! do not venture to guess, but
at least the overthrow of SHUTS
and the appearance of HerZog as
prime minister while the open leader
of the party which advocates seces-
sion as it's major purpose, gives point
to the colonel's prophecy.
Copyright. 1924.)
Evening star., 1924-06-26
The Hornets Nest.

With rod consisting of three short
words Mr.. Johnston of Mobile yester-
day tapped on a hornets nest at
a swarm Of insects that pretty near
put the big Democratic picnic in
panic. "ku Klux Khan" were the
words, as the blow on the nest was
the signal for a demonstration which
must be regarded as one of the most
significant of all the manifestations
of feeling given in a political gather
ing since 1896, when the silver issue
was the dividing point Of parties.
Mr.. Johnston of Mobile was putting
in nomination Senator Oscar Under
wood of Alabama who has been
known as "anti-Klan' in sentiment,
but who has chosen to bring his belief
that secret organizations should have
no part in political questions squarely
into the open through the speech Of
his proposer. 1t was a courageous
move and were it not for other fac.
tors it might prove to be winner.
But there is a reaction to every posi-
tive action and the advancement of
the proposition that the Khan should
not be a political factor carried with
it the very negation Of the dictum.
For instantly, with the utterance, the
Klan became a political factor, and
it is likely to remain such, at least
during the convention. If not during
; the campaign.
In the peculiar circumstances that
prevail at Madison Square Garden the
religious issue is inevitable. Mr..
McAdoo some months ago was the
favorite in the Democratic field Of
candidates. Late in the autumn a
small group Of Democratic leaders met
In Indiana to discuss ways and means
Of heading him of1." 1t is reported
and well understood that they decided
to advance the candidacy Of Gov.
Smith Of New York for tnat purpose
Evening star., 1924-06-26

Every wife has a chance except the
one whose husband says: Il knew
you would understand. Duluth Herald.
There is profit in adversely. and
prohibition has taught medical men
lot about antidotes.-Jersey City
Jersey Journal.
History repeats itself so often that
it sometimes has the. appearance of
stuttering.-Little Rock Arkansas Ga
zette.
A serum has been discovered that
Is claimed to destroy the taste for
alcohol. It's been the idea heretoiors
that moonshine is its own serum.-f
Detroit News.
There is no excuse for profanity"
declares Boston preacher. Evident
ly he has never seen one of those
movie sheiks.--Harrisburg Telegraph.
The sailor of the American Navy is
protesting at the style of his uni
-9QEEs Hs eNkhs to press his suit
u
Evening star., 1924-06-26

balloting, and 1t may prove to be a
protracted and bitterly punctuated
hiatus. The delegates will not pro-
ceed Immediately from the fervor Of
nominating speeches and resultant
partisan demonstrations to the work
Of balloting. They will go to the cast
ing of votes with the row over the
platform-and it will be a sharp one
in fresh memory. There may be a
recess overnight. That would seem
10 be the better policy. II the plat.
form can be adopted today and all
the nominating speeches have been
delivered, and all the demonstrations
have been staged before adjournment,
the convention can proceed tomorrow
morning with the casting of votes,
which may be protracted for many
days.
Evening star., 1924-06-26
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. H1SKM

Q. What is the Pan-American
Highway Commission? ?-E B. H.
A. 1t consists of thirty eight rep
resentatives of twenty Latin Ameri-
can countries and twelve leaders Of
highway engineering and highway
economics in this country. The COM
mission is making a tour of ten
states to inspect and study the high
ways. The purpose of the visit of
the Latin American delegation Is to
| cement the bonds OF friendship be-
tween the nations of the American
continent and to place before the
leading engineers of the twenty
Latin American countries the benefit
of two decades and more of expert
ence Of United States engineers and
economists. 1t is believed, too, that
| those in this country concerned in
highway development may learn
| much to their benefit through this in
| innate contact and association with
the Latin American delegation.
Q. Are there any nations where
gum is not chewed?--N. r.
A. The gum chewing habit encir-
| cles the globe. The American SOL
diers introduced gum to the soldiers
of the other nations engaged in the
countries. In this way chewing gum
| is now known in practically every
country which has contact with the
| world.
.. Where did the Chinese junk
! York city. w.
| A. 1t sailed from Annoy, China, on
May II, 1922. The ship, named the
Annoy, is fifty-three feet long, eight
/ f.A u ~
nese fir and camphor wood, held to-
| gether by bamboo pins. The trip
| across the Pacific required eighty
| seven days.
| Q. What size balloon would carry
| $50 pounds? How long will gas stay
| in balloon?-W. II. +.
! A. A balloon which would carry j SO
| pounds would have about ., 500 cubic
| feet as a capacity (helium). If cir
| cular balloon were 10 feet long, the
| circumference would be 31.4 feet. The
| leakage of gas from a balloon is very
| slight. The balloon will stay in
| fiated at least three weeks If kept at
| the same altitude. AS a balloon rises
| the gas expands, since the pressure at
/ higher attitudes is less. The same
cubical content of gas, either hydro
| gen or helium, will be able to sup
port more on the ground than at a
high altitude.
Q. What material was used in con-
| structing the column in the Place
! Vendome w. M l.
A. The pillar is stone, covered with
| a coating of bronze made from a
| cannon taken in the campaigns of
1905.
Q. What is a good cure for mos
| quito bites?-R. F. NJ.
| A. The public health service says
that bites and stings of mosquitoes
| and other insects are best treated by
| applying a few drops of household
| ammonia and bicarbonate of soda. If
! there is much pain ii may be relieved
| by applying cold cloths or solution of
| boric acid.
| Q. What is an octroi?-W. A. o.
| A This is tax which can be lev
| led in French towns on imports from
| country districts.
| Q. Where was Marco Polo when he
! wrote the account of his voyage 10
| Cathay?-M. P. L.
A Marco Polo lay IN a prison in
| Genoa, Italy, when he wrote his &C
| count of his travels. His first-hand
! knowledge was gained by a resi-
| dence of seventeen years in Cathay,
where he was on official duty.
| Q. If take civil service eXamina-
| tinp and IA tn mass NAV trv .
Evening star., 1924-06-26

that the United States has learned
from experience how difficult it is for
Anglo-Saxon to understand and get
along with Latin American tempera-
ment and vice versa. and it concludes
that ''it may be d good thing to let
Britain have some of the same ex-
perience, and to watch and see
whether, with her greater experience
in dealing with all sorts and kinds of
people, she can handle a trying diplo-
matte incident any better than we
can
THE whole affair." the Pittsburgh
Gazette Times says, seems to have
been due TO excessive sensitiveness
on the part of Mexican officers rather
than to any offense worth notice
committed by the British agent; but
since the friction arose Great Britain
took the only step possible and re-
called the cause of the trouble" Mr..
MacDonald's present attitude toward
Mexico, the New York Times believes,
lis intended to convince Englishmen
that their foreign affairs are safe in
his hands, and by so much it is
good tactics for the Labor party"
although sit will take the outside
world some time to get over being
startled at the sight of Ramsay Mac
Donald bearing himself in an inter-
national dispute very much as would
Lord Palmerston with his tremen-
dous and ote-winning flourish about
civic RomanuS sum-" The action
of the British premier, the Pittsburgh
Sun is confident, will reassure those
persons who are fearful and suspi-
cious of so-called pacitists. The Brit
ish premier has ended relations with
Mexico City not because our southern
neighbor requested the withdrawal
of a British agent. but because of
language that affronted the British
pride"
X X X X
The situation that has developed.
the Louisville Courier-Journal holds,
might have been readily averted
had Great Britain dispatched to
Mexico a representative of ministe-
rial rank when the Obregon govern
ment was formally recognized by the
United States" Since it did not the
Oakland Tribune feels, "the question
is one of how much immunity may
be claimed by diplomat whose home
country has not recognized the land
in which he is stationed.
Evening star., 1924-06-26

]. P. Morgan & Co. Morrow. as every
body knows, is one of Calvin Cool
idge's intimate friends. They were
graduated in the same class at Am
herst After leaving Amherst Nor
row took a course at Columbia Law
School in New York. and there his
friend and classmate was Hodges of
Colorado. The suggestion in this
chain OF college comradeship is that
Coolidge campaign funds can now be
definitely linked up with Wall street
That is the way the Democrats in
New York at any rate, are doping
out" the Hodges affair, and more is
certain to be heard of 1t as the season
for singing mud sets in.
II II
Woodrow Wilson's political last
| will and testament" at length is
public property. II was read to the
committee on resolutions Tuesday
evening, but visibly failed to create
a stir. Hamilton Holt. league of ma
tions zealot, sprang it upon the plat
form builders. Under date of Novem-
ber S, 1922, the late President wrote
Holt as follows:
| Il don't think we need any assur-
ances of any kind from the Demo-
| cratic national committee to enable
us to see our way. So soon as the
new Congress gets to work and shows
its quality Of one kind or another
mems minds will begin to turn to
the presidential contest Of 1924. That
will be the time for both Of us to do
| what l intend myself to do, namely
| bring every Legitimate influence to
| bear to make our entrance into the
| league OF natiops the dominant issue
OF the campaign. My personal opin-
| ion is that we shall find abunda MT
fuel for the fire. and presently there
| after a candidate who will keep the
fire hot and will make it dangerous
for any one whose metal will not
stand the fire.
| Mr.. McAdoo's only metropolitan
newspaper support at the convention
comes from across the river-in the
columns of the Newark IN. J.) Ledg-
er. That journals editor and pub
Usher, l. T. Russell. is red-hot Nc
Adoo man. His comment on the Cal
ifornian's convention fortunes today
was headlined: Concerted Effort OF
! Reptile Press to Destroy William c.
McAdoo to Appease the Wall Street
Wolves that He Drove Out Of the
United States Treasury" Mr.. Rus
sells ticket is McAdoo and Silzer
The Christian Science Monitor of Bos-
ton is circulating in New York a
| National Democratic convention ex.
tra-" designed to give delegates ar
unbiased picture of events In justi.
fication of its enterprise, the editor Of
the Monitor declares that the neutral
atmosphere in which New York prom
ises that the convention will be held
~ q los frrp atoh n
The Monitors convention extras are
sold on the streets adjacent to the bis
hotels and placed regularly in the
hands OF all delegates.
Evening star., 1924-06-26

The impressions of Robert La Fol.
lette will make good subsequent read
ing But they will have about as much
influence on the actual performance as
q revue.
Evening star., 1924-06-26

The date of presidential inaugura,
ton is fixed by law and its ever
probable discomforts must be endured
with patience. But national party
selects it's convention date and brings
it's troubles on it's own head.
Evening star., 1924-06-26

New York is hospitable, but it re.
quires boldness to assume that any en-.
tertainment can be offered as tensely
interesting as that which the delegates
are prepared to provide for them
selves
Evening star., 1924-06-26

In mentioning the classes of people
with whom w. G.. McAdoo ought to
be, and doubtless is. popular the mo.
ton picture industry should not be
forgotten. Mr.. McAdoo was one of
the first of the eminent men of the
country to recognize the films as
worthy OF a statesman's solicitude.
Evening star., 1924-06-26

1t is the opinion of w. j. Bryan that
banquets are more entertaining since
they have been conducted without the
assistance of wine list. So accom-
plished speaker as Mr.. Bryap needs
no artificial geniality to warm the
mood Of his audience.