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Evening star., 1925-05-03

Once individual conscience Is discarded the
public servant becomes either political autom-
atom or the mere foil of sinister forces which
are most proficient in the art of peddling prop
aganda. There is nothing more pathetic in
the Senate than to these whom their
colleagues recognize as mere dupes, men who
from the beginning to the end of their careers
do nothing except to answer the signal of the
party bell ringer.
There is only one test that it is fair to ap-
ply in determining whether the Senate has or
has not deteriorated That test is the moral
seriousness of it's members. After all, the only
reliable standard to measure the Senate by is
not whether the members are obedent to party
leadership, the cultural or social or finan-
cal standing of the Senators, but their moral
seriousness. 1 doubt whether measured by
this standard, the Senate today be branded
inferior.
The real reason for the propaganda against
the Senate, the real reason for the effort to
spread the delusion that it's personnel has de-
Perforated since the Senators have been direct
ly elected by the people is the presence in that
body today of new, substantial. aggressive,
Independent and progressive type and spirit.
Here men from the very bone and sinew
of the various groups that represent the life
and soul of America. Great problems never
more difficult of solution, are pressing for ad-
judication. Who would deny the farmer, the
toiler, the consumer, even the socalled "rad-
CAL" as well the lawyer, the business man,
the manufacturer. the millionaire, a hearing
and a representation in the American Senate?
Is it not significant that much of the present
complaint comes because of the very demo-
cratic character of the Senate?
I believe that the Senate should be cosmo-
poltan in it's makeup. From such a represen-
tative body the rights of all are most likely
to be sateguarded, whether they are rich or
poor, strong weak.
No political system will insure exact justice
at all times between the producer and the con-
sumner. the employer and the employe, the
wealthy and the poor, the financial interest and
the middle class. But, If the scales of equality
Evening star., 1925-05-03
Polish Peasants Soon
To Get Federal Land

Poland is still discussing agrarian
reform and it is probable that there
will be a distribution of land this
year. Several hundred thousand acres
have been marked for government
purchase and resale-purchase at low
prices and resale on easy terms. The
big estate owners are not opposed to
releasing part of their holdings if
that would bring content to the small
farmers. 1t seems, however, that
coVetous peasants are more in evil
dence than peasants who really de-
sire land. They want the choice bits
of estates adjoining their own small
patches and are not rushing to ac-
cept government offers to clear for
est land and break new soil Accord
ing to the concordat recently arrived
at with the Vatican, Poland may buy
from the church such land as the
church wishes to sell. In the case of
sale the clergy will be allowed to
retain a certain number of acres or
accept the equivalent in cash The
land so purchased by Poland from
the church estates will be placed with
the other parcels and be distributed
some day-according to the general
agTarian reform.
Evening star., 1925-05-03
America and Great Britain
Are Drawn Closer Together

Britain in any undertaking so long
as the treaty continued.
Great Britain was only too glad to
swap the hard and fast alliance with
Japan for an understood agreement
with the United States This, in fact
was the important achievement of the
Washington conference. Japan, in re-
turn, was given full guard over the
open door" in China, but has known
from the beginning that this is an
empty honor, so long as Great Britain
and the United States act together in
their mastery of the seas japan
felt she had been euchered out of an
advantageous world position. She
cherished that alliance with the white
peoples of Great Britain. She has
felt shunted aside ever since its de-
nunciation.
The United States and Great Britain
acted in common and complete accord
at the Washington conference. and
have continued TO do so ever since.
The entente has been growing.
! Lastly comes the cruise of the
American fleet to Australia almost i'm
mediately following a war game" in
the Pacific. The peoples of Australia
and New Zealand are preparing such
welcome for the Americans as they
never have laViShed upon any one else.
They regard the visit as a visible sign
of the new order in world affairs
Japan feels the visit is a blow to her
prestige in the Pacific-an American
armada of 64 vessels sailing to the
antipodes and making merry while
there. Japan thought the United
States and Great Britain would keep
out of the far Pacific. She thought
particularly that the American fleet
would hug its own shores.
Bad Feeling i'm Japan.
There is admittedly "a bad state of
feeling" in Japan about the whole
trend of the world events, but there
is nothing in the naval maneuvers or,
the friendly visit of the American
fleet to friendly people in the British
colouies to which Japan may take Of
ficial umbrage. !
The United States and Great Britain:
inevitably have been drawn together 4
Their influence for good is immeas-l
urable, and no one of sense believes
it ever will be used for Ill. Other ma
tions may be taken into the new ac-4
cord as they prove themselves worthy. s
Evening star., 1925-05-03
BY ROBERT II. SMALL.

0 HE significant thing in the
news today is the growing en-
tente with England. The pass
| 4 ing of Great Britain back to
| the gold standard. after the
! balancing of her postwar budget: the
| rise of the pound sterling to virtually
! pre-war parity and the establishment
| of a 100000. 900 British credit in this
| country are but the tangible evidences
| of the community of interests which
! have been drawing the two countries
closer and closer together as friends
and companions in an upset world.
The vociferous praise of the bulldog
| courage and determination of the
| Brttons in pulling themselves clear OF
| the muck and Welter of the war. the
| funding of their debts, the cheerful
ness under back-brealIing taxes, which
has been expressed by the press from
one end of this country to the other
| is even more valuable evidence of the
! entente which is being based upon
mutual respect and good will of the
| peoples rather than upon the acts of
| officials of the Government.
Colonies Influence Trend.
You can get no admission in official
| circles today that the United States is
| more friendly disposed toward Great
! Britain than any of the other coun-
| tries with which we have treaties of
peace and amity. But it is a fact that
ever since the United States entered
! the World War the English-speaking
peoples have been pulling hard and
fast together. Maybe the British col
onies have been responsible for the
constructive alliance. Englishmen
who live and die by the British Isles
have been frankly told by their gov
ernment that the peoples of the col
onies feel the strongest sort of SYM
pathy drawing them toward the pol
icies and purposes of the United
States.
So strong has grown the world
feeling that the United States and
Great Britain are pulling together" ."
other nations are beginning to take
notice and to wonder at the influence
and power of the new international
arrangements. And yet they can
hardly be called arrangements" +"
Common impulses and common in
terests might be a better phrasing of
the unSpoken, unwritten understand
ing.
Japan is particularly concerned
She feels that an Anglo-American en-
tente, whether expressed or merely
implied, will always serve as a check
to possible Nipponese ambitions.
Japan feels that the white men of the
west are in league against her. Japan
contends that the whole scheme Of the
Washington arms and Pacific prob
lens conference in 1921 was to pro-
vide an excuse for Great Britain to
break her treaty of alliance with that
country. There is no doubt that the
British representatives to the Wash
ington conference frankly were told
that the United States looked with
disfavor upon this alliance and could
not feel wholly at ease with Great
Evening star., 1925-05-03
Prelate Pays Homage n
To Queen of Italy

First formal homage, it is said, paid
by a prelate of the Vatican to the
Italian reigning family since the cap
ture of Rome, was paid short time
ago in the Italian capital. Don Lo-
renzo Perosi, director of the Vatican
choir. was directing his oratorio
Moses" in the Costanzi Opera
House Noticing Queen Elena in a.
box, he led his orchestra through the
royal march.
Evening star., 1925-05-03
French Should Avoid Shame of Barter
Over War-Debt Payment Says Borah

ally prosperous. She has more gold than prior
TO the war. In 1923 the export trade of France
stood at the figure of 30,433 900, 900 francs In
1924 1t reached the total of Al 454 900 900 francs
an increase In one year Of one-third. In 1923
the French manufacturers exports stood at
l6'z39ooOOO0 francs. In the following year
they stood at 24S61 100000 francs. This, of
course means the employment of skilled ex-
pert and highly paid labor, and, with high
wages, correspondingy high spending
The reports on file in the Department of
Commerce justify the contention that there is
no longer justification for delay in the adjust
ment of this debt upon reasonable terms. Prior
TO the war France was buying abroad more
than she was selling. Her exports now far ex-
ceed her imports. Her production of coke alone
Is more than double what it was prior to the
war. Her coal and power plants have been
greatly enlarged and made vastly more eff
clent. The British department Of overseas
trade. under date Of June, 1924, has this to say
concerning the economic conditions in France:
Her ore-mining industry has recovered.
Her potash industry has got into its stride and
Is increasing its export to markets formerly
possessed by Germany. The linen cotton,
wooen and jute industries of these areas, all
of which were severe sufferers in the war have
finished the re-equipment of their works and
have been producing to the full extent of their
labor supply The metallurgical. engineering,
chemical and miscellaneous industries of the
same have likewise completed their re-
construction and have been unusually active,
especially since all mlSRlVlnRS relative to the
coke, and, therefore, OF the steel supply, were
diSsipated.
Great Trades Prosperous.
Outside these areas the great trades have
been and are equally prosperous. The Lyon
silk trade the lace trade at Calais and Caudry,
the artificial silk trades, the Troyes hosiery
trade the Paris fancy y-article and luxury goods
trades. the motor vehicle industry in several
centers, the watch trade Besancon, the
heavy chemical trades at Paris, Lyon and
elsewhere, the dyestufs industry at Lille,
Paris and elsewhere, the porcelain trade at
Limoges. the bauxite production in the Var
these and other great export trades all tell the
same tale.
Apart from the prosperous dynamic state
Of the French economy, it may be also noted
that it has increased in permanent fashion
its industrial capacity, which is now far
perior from the material and technical stand
points to that of 1914"
There other facts which seem relevant
to full understanding of this subject. France
has the most powerful army in the world. Ac-
cording to the latest reports. she has active
army of 629, OH men, a reserve army of 4,S70,-
988 men, total of $4,000 men. The army
of France, active and reserve, is more than
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Evening star., 1925-05-03
+. S. Senate Far From DeteriOrating.
Says Walsh, Assailing Critics Claims

and justice cannot be balanced the safety of
the Republic, of all society, in fact, demands
that they tip more easily in favor of those less
able to protect themselves. The country has
never suffered from such a cause.
Evening star., 1925-05-03
WHAT BORAH THINKS.

"The fact is that the French
people are refusing to carry their pro-
portion of tax burden resulting from
the great war, and by SO doing they
are not only asking the taxpayer Of
the United States to forego the prin-
cipal, but in effect to pay interest upon
the amount which we loaned France"
The American taxpayer is not only
paying the cost of our military estab-
liShment, but is in fact paying for the
maintenance of the French military
establishment, or large portion of it,
and at time when the French tax
payers taxes are less than one-half
what they are in the United States"
IF | were a Frenchman and think
ing about the future of my country
and trying to estimate her security
against the events OF coming years, |
would not underestimate the value of
solemn contracts ConscientiouSly kept"
1T is now six years since the war
closed. No proposal to pay or adjust
either the principaul or the interest
has been submitted by the defaulting
debtor
There can be no mistaking the
meaning OF this language of these lead
ing men of France. 1t is reputation.
1t is dsavowing the contract. 1t
strikes at the very foundation of in
ternational integrity
"If the most solemn and binding
Obligations are TO be disregarded, there
is no alternative III international al
fairs but force"
Evening star., 1925-05-03

some two years ago, I'VE want to take part
in making better world. but it must be clear
that sacrifices and charity from America can
not alone bring about cure for those evils
which now work against our economic pro-
Evening star., 1925-05-03

comes in the Senate than ever before"
There is more political independence
in the Senate today than formerly"
"The classification of Senators as
conservatives and radicals is a much
misrepresented and much misunder
stood division
What more need be said in justihca-
ton of the presence of irregulars' in
the Senate than that the changing
economic problems of the country are
responsible for their being there"
1T is much safer for our common
country that the discontented farmers
should express their discomfort through
political action than remain inarticuate
and become, in due time, the impover-
ished and bitter followers of really dam
gerous radicals"
Il am not sure that the rise of the
'blocs' in Congress does not fore
shadow complete political realign-
ment in this country"
1T must be remembered in making
comparisons that the Senate today has
more problems and problems of greater
complexity to be debated and is more
continuously in session than formerly"
Evening star., 1925-05-03
Cannot Claim Inability.

Doubtless the French taxpayer feels his load
is heavy enough. Doubtless the American tax
payer feels his is too heavy, and under the
circumsta most unfair and unjust. II the
French taxpayer is prepared to say that there
are reasons why this debt should not be paid
at ALL that it is really not owing, that is
thing, but in the light, of the facts and figures
available and indisputable he cannot claim
inability to meet the obligation.
France is by comparison with other coun-
tries a rich country. Her national wealth is
s74 o37 .673 600. Her people prosperous.
Her large business institutions are exception
Evening star., 1925-05-03
AS WALSH SEES SENATE.

There are more men of meager in
comes in the Senate than ever before"
Evening star., 1925-05-03
BY SENATOR WILLIAM E. BORAH,

Chairman of Committee on Foreign Relations.
tn HE facts and conclusions in this article
are in my opinion, not modified by the
presidential election in Germany.
fair adjustment of the French debt
neither economically nor in good conscience
depends upon the adjustment of reparations
with Germany. / have undertaken to show
the obligation it exists and the ability of the
debtor to pay and neither of these propositions
are modified by the German election. Neither
should right to adjustment depend upon
French politics nor psychological conditions to
be utilized in French politics. If France had
never collected any reparations from Germany
it would hardly be contended that that would
have cancelled our loan. Upon that theory we
would be placed in the position OF practically
guaranteeing reparations. This is a matter
wholly between the United States and France
and not conditioned upon the action of other
nations We claim that the facts disclose the
ability of France to make an adjustment. and
certainly the obligation to do so will not be
disputed.
French Taxes Lower.
The per capita taxation in France in 1924
was S335S. The per capita taxation in the
United States 1924 was between s6S and $50.
1t is not surprising that the taxpayer in the
United States under these circumstances, feels
that he should be informed why he should be
expected to continue to pay interest on the debt
which France owes the. United States. When
the French government is willing to impose and
the French people are willing to pay anything
like the tax which our people are paying, there
will be little difficulty in reaching basis OF
settlement in reference to this debt sufficiently
fair and adequately liberal to all parties con-
Cerned. The fact is-and it cannot be success
fully disputed-that the French people are re-
fusing to carry their proportion of the tax bur
den resulting from the great war, and by so
doing they not only asking the taxpayer
of the United States to forego the principal,
but in practical effect to pay interest upon the
amount which we loaned France.
Should the French debt be adjusted upon
the same basis that adjusted the debt OF
Great Britain, the annual payment, both prin-
cipal and interest, upon the part of France for
the next 0 years would be less than S155.OO0,-
000 In year out of the 62 years during
which the payments would run would the an
nual payment exceed SITS. 00O reason
able estimate of the taxable wealth of France,
particularly when you take into consideration
her present industrial growth and development,
carrying tax anything like the tax the Ameri-
can people pay, would easily meet these an
nual payments.
The obliga tons and the burdens of the war
cannot be met without great sacrifices, and this
is true relative to all the peoples who were
engaged in the war. AS Mr.. Hoover declared
Evening star., 1925-05-03

There is more political independence
in the Senate today than formerly"
Evening star., 1925-05-03
BY DAVID |. WALSH,

Twice Governor of Massachusetts, and Until
Recently United States Senator.
e. :: +: e.: T.;
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"If the most solemn and binding
obligations are to be disregarded, there
is no alternative III international al
fairs but force"
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Copyright, 1925.)
Evening star., 1925-05-03

1t is no new policy on the part of
the United States that Secretary Kel-
logg plans to institute. He means
merely to carry out our traditional
policy, pursued with more than or
binary vigor by Secretary Hughes.
Mr. Kellogg, like Mr.. Hughes, will
omit no opportunity to show Central
and South America that charges of
The Winslow mail., 1925-02-20

of them here to participate in the
activities of the Grand Chapter OF
the Masonic and Eastern Star bod
les. Those whom we saw were:
Mrs. Riley Walcott, Mrs. j. S. Fol
som, Mrs. J. B. McHOOd, Mrs. Jess
Holm, Mrs. Lou Holm, Mrs. E. H.
French Mrs. E. R. Thornton, Mr.
and Mrs. H. E. Young, Mr.. A. l..
Good, and Mr.. Bob" Corkhill.
Also other well-known people from
neighboring towns in attendance
were: Judge and Mrs. Sidney Sapp
and Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Hennlng,
and Mrs. Rice, the worthy matrOn,
all of Holbrook, and DR.. E. S. Mil
Ter of Flagstaff
The Grand Ball at the Shrine
temple Wednesday was brilliant
success, an event which the visitors
will not soon forget.
Mrs. Frona Parr and Mrs. Cora
Walcott of Win5low, were both very
active in Grand Chapter affairs, and
both had honors bestowed upon
The Winslow mail., 1925-02-20
NEWS FROM THE LEGISLATURE
By KATHARINE JONES

approved by the committee of the
whole in its session Friday. A
public hearing on senate bill No.
70, by Senator Favour, relating to
the recodifcation of laws and the
creation of a code commission, was
announced for Monday evening at
eight o'clock. A bill of interest
to the north made it's debut in the
house, introduced by Mr.. Embach,
giving to the land commissioner
authority to assist in the develop
ment of water in the dry farming
district east of Flagstaff and ap-
propriating $4,000 for that pur-
pose. Bakers day in the house saw
a failure; the senate bill provld-
ing for the Standardization OF
weights of loaves was defeated.
This misfortune may have been
due to the fact that it, senate bill
No. 13, was voted upon on Friday
the thirteenth.
Saturday senate bill No. As, re-
quiring drivers to stop at a greater
distance than fifty feet from rail
way tracks at crossings, was rec
commended by the committee OF the
whole, for passage as amended.
The original intention of the bill
was to make a violation defense
in the event of a damage suit re-
sulting from an accident at cross
ings, and although this feature was
eliminated in the revision, it would
The Winslow mail., 1925-02-20

Full-sized balloon tires,
for which steering mech
anisrn, body lines and
even the tenders were
especially designed. AL
tomato spark control.
Lights controlled from
switch on steering wheel.
Upholstered in genuine
nohair. Natural wood
wheels. Dome and rear
corner lights. One-p;ece
windshield, automatic
windshield cleaner, rear
view mirror. Inspection
lamp. Motoneter, heater.
Instruments, including
clock and gasoline gauge,
in single grouping. Step
pads and kick plates.
The Winslow mail., 1925-02-20

The senate adjourned Monday al
terncon through respect to the
president. Mr.. Winsor, whose moth
er passed away at Haskell, Okla
hona. Mrs WinsOr was loved anu
esteemed by many friends in Arl-
zona having made her home with
her son in Yuma for number OF
vears.s The remains were shipped
to Yuma for burial Sunday after
noon. Acting President Sims ap-
Dointed a committee to attend the
funeral. Those named were Sena-
TORS Favour, Moore, Donnelly, Ell
lott, Thornburg and Sims, ana
Messrs. Morgan and Rhodes, from
the house. Others besides the COM
mittee were in attendance.
The bank guaranty law has been
fbe weeks paramount topic. Logic,
onnetimes twisted and sometimes
sound. and sentiment, have tlnged
fbe debates with interest and varl-
ety. Friday Senator Winsor, chair
man of the select committee ap-
nointed to consider the bonding fea-
tures of the Cox bill and other
banking measures, stated, 1t is
not sufficient to advance objections
and declare opposition to what IS
proposed. What is desired is con-
structive, sane, effective Legislation
which will throw adequate sale
guards about the peoples earnings
which are entrusted to the banks,
and in determining what that
should be | am positive the bank
ers themselves can be of the great
est assistance if they will" Dur
ing the week bouquets, contribut-
ed by people vitally interested IN
the bill, graced the desks OF those
senators who had plead in its be-
half. One offering held card
labeled From a little boy who lost
his first savings in a bank
Wednesday Senator Favour OF
Yavapai county, donated senate
joint resolution No. 8, for the rati-
fication OF the Colorado river COM
pact with conditions and provisions
designed to eliminate certain de-
fects, viz: That it does not dis
tribute the water among the states
of the lower basin; that 1t does
not set out a basis on which such
a distribution may be made; and
that it does not determine the
rights of the signatory states in
the matter of power developed
within the several states. Satur-
day Mr.. Lines offered motion that
the rules committee be instructed
to bring in a rule calculated to re-
lieve the congestion in the commit
tee on agriculture and irrigation,
of the resolutions bearing upon
the Colorado river questions. The
motion was agreed upon, so doubt
less the Colorado river will flood
the abode of the solons and tenn
porarily submerge all other ques-
tiOnS.
Senate bill No. 76, by Senator
Favour, for the regulation of the
practice of law, the elevation OF
the standard of ethics of lawyers
and the determination of unworthy
members of the profession, was