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indignant woman voters who were
greatly aroused over the conduct of
a certain district attorney who was
charged with encouraging evasions
of the Mann act. /, too. with the
proof presented became furious, but
in a saner moment called in person
upon the district attorney in question.
After five minutes conversation /
found out that all the evidence that
had been presented against this gen
tleman was utterly false. / went
back to the chairman Of the women's S
Indignation meeting and pointed out
the absurdity of the charges made.
The chairman, however, refused to
make any apology or recant any of
her charges. She said that since they
(meaning herself and some lieuten-
ants) had succeeded in getting the
woman voters worked up in favor of
a woman candidate for district attor-
ney they did not propose to retract
anything they had. said. The big idea
was to arouse the WON IN voter by
fair means or foul. That settled my
opinion about the morality of women
in politics. Remember that 1t was
the woman vote that elected Mayor
Thompson in Chicago, the mayor
who made every effort to prevent the
draft and who refused to have Liberty
bonds sold at the City Hall. Remem-
ber also that Mabel Willebrandt, as
Assistant Attorney General of the
United States, got up on the stump
like any old hack politician and de-
Tended Daugherty. Women are not
coming into politics to better politics
They are coming in for the offices at
stake and to satisfy foolish and vain
ambitions.
Q. 1t was said that women would
be more humane in politics than men.
Have you observed whether this has
been true?
A. From the legislation that has
been advocated by women one might
get the idea that we were standing
on the edge of a moral millennium.
But what few people realize is that
those humanitarian proposals in great
part are simply the clap-trap slogans
Of ambitious office seekers who think
this the best way TO get elected.
What I have observed in Maryland
is that the women who are active in
politics and who talk in high-sounding
terms about the need for humane
legislation are the women who want
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Helpless Before Aircraft.
BN {. VI. KEYS.

The ocean was not conquered when
few hardy Vikings from the North
or soldiers from Italy first crossed it.
our West WAS not conquered when
the first overland pioneers reached
the Pacific. The conquest of an ele-
ment means its reduction to the peace
full uses of mankind, so that he may
gather the tangible profits of its use.
In that sense the conquest of the air
has barely begun. Even in Europe,
where commercial aviation is sup
posed to be supreme, few if any of
the air lines pay a profit from their
operation. The use of the air lines is
81 sporadic in their nature and the
cost of operating them is so high that
they could not today be maintained
without subsidy paid by the taxpayers
of the veniOuS countries.
Pioneers of Air Modest.
In this country we go about the
conquest of the air commercially in
the same typical American way that
we used in the conquest of the West,
and for that matter, of the East
nearly a century before. The railway
pioneers asked and received very
much more in the nature of subsidy,
land grant and privilege than any one
wants in the establishment of air
lines. The age of direct subsidy in
this country passed when the last land
grant was made to the last pioneer
Western railways, and has been sue
Ceeded by Il period in which indirect
subsidy has been granted most Law
ishly for the building up of transpor-
Jation in all forms. The Federal Gov
ernment has established a system of
Federal aid to road building. All the
States and municipalities have been
lavish in their expenditure of huge
sums of money for the same purpose.
All of this aid to transportation has
been given in order that the CON-
merce of the country may move freely
and that thereby the turnover Of
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A DARING INDICTMENT

Mrs Rufus Gibbs leader of Maryland treads upon
tcksh ground when she advocates of the nineteenth
amendment. But she has her
indictment
politics:
!. They have shown they moral than
That they will the kind of political trickery
as
That their socaed campaigns for humanitarian reforms
Just the subtertuges OF politicians keep the lime
light.
That the ermutiplying demand for laws
gradually
ou bsolute
5. That politics to
of which certain leaders capitalize
husbands influence
That have shown they interested and that
the majority of them right do wish to
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The Story the Week Has Told

1ndia.-The committee appointed in
1924 by the British Labor government
to examine what grounds there
might be for dissatisfaction" with the
government of India act of 1919 pre-.
sented q majority and a minority re-
port. The majority report recommend
ed certain notifications of the act with
out fundamental alteration of its char
acter. The minority report recommend
ed that the act be rescinded and the
dyarchy experiment chucked as a fail.
ure and that new system be devised
more answerable to the genius of the
Indian people, but contemplating,
though by a different route, the same
grand objects as those of the ''dyarchy"
experiment-namely, gradual educa-
ton of the Indian people in sef-gov-
ernment and acquisition by them of
complete autonomy when that educa-
ton may have sufficiently advanced.
A good many Britons agree with
the astute Aga Khan that it Is ped
antry and folly to follow British or
other western models at all closely in
shaping the Indian constitution. The
Earl of Ronaldshay, one time gov
ernor general of Bengal and a first
class authority, thinks the British
would be well advised to take hints
from the constitution for the native
state of Mysore, recently drawn up
by committee of natives of that
state. If western parliamentary in
stitutions are not working any too
well in the west, the Indians may be
excused for doubling their suitability
to India.
1t is not surprising that the ac-
counts of what has taken place in
India are so confusing that it is i'm
possible satisfactorily to form a gen.
eral estimate of the situation-so vast
is the country, SO huge the popula-
ton. such is the variety Of race, re-
ligion, language, etc. The All-India
Congress seems to be in a state Of
coma. The more Gandhi is revered as
saint the less he is esteemed as states
man. The preposterous brief accord
between the Hindus and Mohamme-
dams has gone a-glimmering. The
Swarajists are divided in opinion. A
little before his death, c. r. Das made
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jobs. They are terribly jealous about
men holding good positions. They
want woman put in Office because
she is woman and not because she
is necessarily qualified. These high
sounding trumpeters are inwardly
consumed by a feminine bias.
thought at one time that women
would be more humane in politics.
but 1 have seen those who have risen
up to contest the spoils of Office too
much to ever think that any more.
Q. Do you think that today the
majority Of women are interested in
the holding of Office or the use of the
ballot?
A. No. I do not think so. Both
the eighteenth and nineteenth amend
ments were passed by militant mi
norities. They did not represent the
Judgment of the American people at
all. Recently a statistical study was
made OF the interest of women in
politics by an expert employed for
that purpose by the Maryland Asso-
citation Opposed to Suffrage. Twelve
towns and cities. including Baltimore,
were canvassed pro and con on the
suffrage amendment. The result was
that l and 1-20 per cent of those ap-
preached were neutral, per cent for
and 81 120 per cent against the amend
ment. Generally speaking. women
vote much less than men, and yet 1t
costs this country $4,000 day to let
women vote. Thus the senseless high
cost of living is further explained.
Q. Have you observed any evils
resulting from women's entrance into
politics?
A. Yes. many. The paramount one
is promotion of Capitalization under
the hypocrisy of tenderness by
woman office seekers. The philosopher
Spencer warned that women in poll
tics would call upon the Government
to do everything. And that Is the
present program Of many Of our wom-
an political organizations. Next to
this evil, ] would place the demands
of inexperienced women to hold posi-
tions Of great responsibility. I un-
derstand that woman organizations
have pestered the life out of the Presi-
dent to appoint women to important
places in the Department of Justice,
such as administrative assistants and
assistant attorney generalships. The
average claim handled by such Off.
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French colors, 10 killed Including
F'renchmen), 80 wounded uncluding
FrenchmenD- Brigands and Dana
scene insurgents, "a killed. Forty Ar
menian civilians massacred by tnsur-
gents. Damages to property (esti-
mated. the equivalent Of $2.125. 900.
No Europeans killed or injured.
The Permanent Mandates Commits
sion of the league has referred to the
French government for comment sun
dry petitions and complaints arising
out of the Damascus episode referred
to it.
X X X
Persia.-At last Ria Kahn, premier
and in effect dictator of Persia since
1923, has accomplished his dear pur-
pose of abolition of the Kajar dynas sty.
On October 81 the Persian Mails of
Parliament voted such abolition, ap-
pointed Ria Khan chief executive
and provided for the convoking of a
constituent assembly, which should
determine the permanent government
of the future" 1t is generally thought
that the constituent assembly will be
entirely guided by the wishes of Ria
Khan as to the character of that gov
ernment, and speculation is rife as
to what those wishes may be. Does
Ria Khan propose to be Shah or does
he intend a republic-or what? He
is said to be great admirer of Mus
tapha Kemal, but it does not follow
that he considers the Turkish Re
public a suitable model for Persia. In
any case, one may be sure that Ria
Khan will continue to be boss of the
show in Persia-and very good thing
that for Persia. He has centralized
authority and established law and
order in a degree unprecedented.
The Kajar dynasty began with one
of the most atrocious of despots and
ends with a wretched little sybarite.
Ahmad Mirbza, the deposed Shah, lost
the throne because he could not tear
himself away from the pleasure
haunts of Europe, avhereof he has
been the darling for some years.
Even the religious fanatics gave him
up at last.
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Chances of Death From Liz ghtning
Are Found Less Than One i'm Million

Fear of lightning is far out of pro-
portion to the grounds for it, accord
ing to the revelations of a survey
made by DR.. Arthur w. Gilbert,
Massachusetts commissioner of agri-
culture. This survey showed that the
chance of death by lightning is only
one in more than a million.
For example, during a five-year
period in Massachusetts only 19 per-
sons were killed by lightning, an
average Of 3.8 persons a year. This
is only one ten-thousandth Of 1 per
cent Of the States population. 1t
figures out one chance in 1,013,770 of
a person being killed in the Bay State
by a bolt from the clouds.
The survey indicated that the man
on the farm Is ten and half times as
likely to be struck by lightning as
his city brother, due to the scarcity
in rural communities of steel-framed
buildings, trolley wires, etc. that in
the city relieve much electrical tension
while a thunder storm is gathering
But, DR.. Gilbert assures the farmer,
If he is in a house properly equipped
with lightning rods during storm he
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AERIAL DEFENSE INQUIRY
/ Misunderstood BY MANY
Not Due to Clash Between Army and Navy
But Prompted by Fundamental
Need, Aviation Expert Says

pressed in the general staff doctrine
that 1.-The function of other arms IS
to assist the advance of the infantry
In practice they mean dlrectly
assist" From this Interpretation
comes the opposition to an air force
on the ground that the formation OF
such an organization would ROD the
infantry of the aid of the AIT Service.
No one who advocates giving more
weight to aircraft in our scheme of
national defense is in favor OF nam
pering the Air Service in any way;
quite the opposite.
Flying Alters Views.
A full understanding of the effec-
tiyenesS of air power forces one to
the conclusion that failure to utilize
aircraft to the fullest extent is
disastrous impediment in the way of
proper national defense. 1t is a sig
nificant fact that most officers who
were transferred into the Air Service
from other arms have become ver.r
strong advocates of a realignment OF
our defense organization, whereas
they formerly were equally opposed
to any consideration of the ideas of
flyers.
The public should understand that
the President did not appoint the air
board headed by Dwight Morrow,
in order to settle a service dispute.
The board was appointed to investi-
gate the situation and determine the
proper place pf aircraft in national
security. The overwhelming amount
Of evidence presented to them will
undoubtedly lead them to recommend
an increase in the degree of recogni-
ton accorded aviation by the Gov
ernment. One of their points will
probably be a statement of the rela-
tive functions of the Army and the
Navy, but merely to elucidate the
situation. not to give either service
a decision in this imaginary contest.
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Learning two languages at once Is
a handicap to children rather than a
help, and 1t may also have the odd
and unexplained effect of making
them uncertain in their choice be-
tween right and left handedness.
Three psychological research work
ers of the University College of
Wales, D. r. Saer, Frank Smith and
John Hughes, have come to this con-
clusion as a result of their investiga-
tion of large groups of children in
the Welsh schools
Some of these children know only
English, while others have been
bilinguists. speaking both English and
Welsh, ever since they have been
able to talk. The tests used for pur-
poses of comparison included the
Stanford -Binet intelligence scale.
tests for high-handedness, for rhythem
and large variety of verbal tests.
Not only were bilingual children COM
pared with one-language children, but
in each of these two groups children
in the rural areas were compared
with children in the urban schools
The tests indicate that the one
language child in both rural and
urban schools has an advantage over
the bilingual child. The difference is
more pronounced in the case of rural
than of urban children.
DIR. Saer's explanation of this diff
ference turns upon the. degree Of
bilnEpaliaQ. AL degreaa Of bili1-
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and sound financial conditions. The
nation is superficially prosperous,
there is no unemployment and ex-
ports exceed imports. The recent
wheat crop has been almost unprece-
dented in late years. But the bur-
den of the war debt remains insup-
portable.
Germany Better OFF.
Germany, having gone through in
flation and reputation, Is in a better
state as consequence. having abol-
ished her domestic debt and stabil-
lied her currency. But she must
have foreign capital to get back to
normal conditions, and she can only
get foreign capital by giving clear
proof of a pacific purpose. Ratifica-
ton of the Locarno pacts would see
her out of the woods. Yet 1t is on
precisely this point that her present
cabinet which is intelligent and
strong, is now held up.
France needs confidence more than
anything else. Her own people have
lost confidence, they are sending their
capital abroad and refusing to take
new government bonds. A colossal
amount of unfunded obligations are
rapidly falling due and there is no
present way to meet them A capi-
tai levy will not suffice, because it
will inevitably ALLEVIATE capital and
thus in the end defeat its main OBJ
ject. France also needs peace and
the Syrian and Moroccan campaigns
must place new burdens upon her
treasury.
In the end it may be that France
will have to follow the example of Ger
many and go through bankruptcy
by the imitation route. The results will
be disastrous for France immediately
and for Britain and the other Euro
pean countries indirectly We shall
suffer corespondingly as the purchas s.
ing power of France and the adjacent
states is diminished. Yet the chances of
any escape from this crash are RAPIDLY
diminishing and there is no evidence
of any competent leadership available.
Reputation Inevitable.
If France does go through bank
ruptcy then the reputation of her
governmental debts abroad is quite a 8
inevitable as the elimination of her
domestic debt. Our policy in closing
our capital to France while the debt
to us is unsettled may easily bring
about French collapse, but such col.
lapse will infallibly result in the re.
pudiation of the existing debt. Person.
ally cannot see any present hope
for the governmental finances of
France. Absence of reparations from
Germany to meet the costs of recon.
struction of the devastated area. fol.
lowing the destruction of French capi.
tai during the war, has produced a
situation seemingly without remedy.
Nevertheless, I do not believe that
new debt negotiations with us are
likely or that better terms for us will
be offered by Painleve or any successor.
If, as seems likely, BRAND succeeds
Painleve and the new cabinet has a
decidedly more Conservative charac.
ter, there is even less chance of new
debt negotiations, for BRAND was
driven out of office before mainly be-
cause of his American failure in the
Washington conference. and nothing
is more certain than that he will try
no new American experiment.
lCopyriEht 1925A
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cials Is around two million dollars
With not a single large corporation
in America employing a woman law
yer, isn't 1t absurd and alarming to
find woman Office seekers demanding
to be appointed to such positions!
Lastly. women In politics have further
cheapened women in general. We are
fast reaching the time when men
will show women no respect or
courtesy and when those touches of re
f1nement and womanliness which have
been SO important to civilization will
be gone.
Q. What about the fact that we
have two woman governors and two
woman congressman?
A. 1 am such a believer In local
selfgovernment that IL Wyoming
wanted a woman for a governor and
Tennessee a monkey for the same
office, wouldn't object, so long as
the woman stayed in Wyoming and
the monkey in Tennessee. The women
now holding the offices you mention
tism that should be rebuffed by the
American people. All these women
are doing is to hold their husbands
factions together. They were not
elected because of any ability. The
fact that no woman Congressman
has ever been reelected shows that
their election was only a passing fad
or fancy. Other States may take UP
the fad, but / don't look for any
feminine Congress.
n X X
Q. Why do you think that women
are not successes In politics and why
they will never succeed?
A. Because the woman who Is go
ing into politics and who will con
tinue to go. If possible. is the office
seeking type or the vain and am
bilious genus. They will not improve
politics. They will make our political
life worse. They will eventually be
repudiated. In all that l have said
I do not want 1t understood that
l think that woman is the inferior
OF man Intellectually or otherwise
She Is not. She is merely specialized
to do certain work which she should
do to the exclusion of all else. l think
that women could do anything that
men could do, but I know that men
could never do women's work. Hence
the necessity for women to stay in the
home and keep out Of politics. Fig
ures show that 78 per cent of the
women in the United States are sup
ported by husbands. Why should
the remaining minority be allowed to
bring into politics the worst possible
traits-those of the woman office
seeker and ambition chaser?
X X
Q. How would you meet the prob
lem of women in politics?
A. l would repeal the nineteenth
amendment and let the States decide
If women should vote and run for
office. / again repeat that we should
remember that both the eighteenth
and nineteenth amendments were the
work of militant minorities We
should make sure that we have the
sober majority opinion of the Amer
lean voter. Women do not need the
nineteenth amendment for protection
Women Will always get more when
they ask for thing because it is
right rather than if they campaign for
1t as Republicans or Democrats.
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and the memories of the red peril are
still very vivid.
Conceivably, Luther and Strese-
mann will now dissolve the Reichstag
and precipitate a new general cleo
ton. If, in the meantime, the allied
armies of occupation should be with
drawn from the Cologne zone and
other similar conciliatory gestures
made, there is little doubt that the
result might be a sweeping victory
for the Locarno pact, but it might
also involve a marked strengthening
of the Socialists and perhaps destroy
the Luther r-StreSemann combination
In the bargain
On the other hand, it seems more
likely that in the end the National
lists will manage TO divide their vote
and shuttle out of all responsibility
for Locarno, while at the same time
avoiding the blame incident to de-
stroying the agreement. This is what
they did in the case of the Dawes
plan. but on the whole their ma
neuvers cost them prestige, for the
obvious hypocrisy of the operation
disglisted the general public, while the
failure to make good their words
angered the extreme wing of their
party. That the Nationalists will
come squarely into the open and
fight the treaty as a united party Is
totally unlikely, because, even if sue
cessful, their action would ALLEVIATE
big business. which wants peace,
loans and markets.
French Becoming Disguised.
The French situation is infinitely
more obscure. Dissolution is more
difficult to produce, although not i'm
possible but there is no sure sign
that an election now would clear the
air. on the contrary, recent minor
tests have seemed to indicate that
the Cartel des Gauches would win
again. The single hope of the more
Conservative opposition is that IN the
end the radicals and Socialists Will
make such mess the country Will
rise in disgust They have already
done much The trouble in Morocco
is mainly due to the refusal of the
radicals, under Socialist pressure, to
reinforce Lyautey in time, While the
Syrian mess is the direct conse-
ulence of the sending of Sarrail, no.
toriously unfit but having a great
deal of political pull.
PainIeye. while Il thoroughly good
and we'll meaning man, IS IN no
sense a leader and was total fail
ure as. premier during the war. His
nartv is committed now to the cap
ital levy, but to enforce it will mean
to fight all the financially consider
BILE interests of the nation. France
cannot abandon Syria or give up the
Moroccan campaign, yet the Social
Isis demand the termination of both
affairs without regard to the conse-
uuences. moral or material.
At the moment France has no
leader to whom to turn. The mass
nf the weil-to-do have lost all con-
fdence alike in the Radicals led by
Uerriott and Painleve and the Con-
reryatiyes led by Millerand and
Poincare. Both have failed to make
s@ace and bring about tranqullA