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Evening star., 1925-04-12

The sequel. presumably a government
of the Centre or general elections. Per-
haps we may say that happily at last
the atmosphere has been cleared. What
ever may hitherto have been the psy-
Geological justification for withholding
from the French public the awful ex-
tent of the governments fiscal embar-
easements, it's all out now. The new
government must take the bull by the
horns. and a very formidable beast 1t
is. A solution must be found, II less
offensive. not less drastic, than M. Her
riots forced loan"
The world will watch with intense
interest the coming developments. in
France and the reaction to them, which
will find expression in the German
election.
Germany.-Not DR.. Jarres but the
redoubtabIe Field Marshal Won Hin
denburg Is the candidate of the Right
for the presidency.
Hindenburg's candidacy has formal
ly been indorsed by the Nationalfsts,
the Peoples party. the Bavarian Peo-
pies party, the Economic party, the
Hanoverians and the Land Leaguers.
Representatives of these parties in
the Reichstag number 202, as against
the 232 representatives of the parties
of the "Weimar Coalition" Socialists,
Centrists and Democrats).
No doubt Hindenburg will also get
the votes of the National Socialists
(the Ludendorff crowd, whose repre-
sentatives in the Reichstag number
IA, as Ludendorff has declared for
him. 1t is an interesting specula-
ton whether communists CAS- seats
in the Reichstag) will. as the Weimar
throw
their votes largely to Marx. There
is rumor that, just to make trou-
BILE. they will vote for Hindenburg,
but this seems too fantastic.
So that's that, and a very spicy
development to be sure. The issue
is as clear cut as any political issue
could be. Hindenburg, whose pres
tige as a great soldier and an honest
man is thoroughly deserved, is a hard
man to beat. He is IS years old.
The report that Stresemann threat
ened, should Hindenburg be nomi-
mated. to go over to the enemy. TAX
ing with him a considerable part OF
the Peoples party. should, in view
of Stresemann's record, be received
with a grain of salt, though the
argument attributed to him, that VIC
tory of Hindenburg would mean all
the fat in the fire again in respect OF
lOTclBH TcidllOlep Is d SoiHpcliIh5 OhC
Official reports show $4,000 unem-
ployed in Germany at the end OF
March, as against $1,000 at the end
OF February.
4 X
Ruxsia.--The new Russian minister
of war says that the red army Is not
big enough. Its present strength is
said to be 562,0 900.
What Soviet Armenia needs most is
irrigation. The first irrigating canal
in the country, some 40 miles long
was opened the other day.
No more concessions in the Baku
oil field TO foreigners. I. e., to any
one not a citizen of one OF the re-
publics federated under the aegts OF
Moscow, says the premier OF the
Transcaucasian Federation. He claims
that production in that field is now
SO per cent of prewar normal and
Evening star., 1925-04-12
Everyday Religion
RESURRECTION POWER.
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN, d. D.,
Bishop of Washington.

II"HAT I may know Him and
the power of His resur-
rection Phil, lilo.
L From the beginning of
His ministry to the end,
Jesus taught men that He had come
into the world that they might have
life, and have il more abundantly If
there are any two words that were
ON His lips more than others, they
were these. light and life" He de-
clared Himself to be the Light of
the World" and again he said: "Ye
Will not come unto Me that ye may
have life" His most intimate friend,
st. John, declared concerning Him
that "iu Him was life, and the life
was the light OF men" 1t is strange
that as the centuries wore on men
came more and more to associate Jesus
with the things of death and of life
beyond. 1t has largely been reserved
for our own time to discover the true
meaning of the life of this Master
Man and to realize that 1t was His
high purpose to bring to the world
not only A larger conception of life
In the future, but a larger concep-
tlon of life in the present. It is only
as we relate Him more and more to
the life of the present world that we
make clear to our vision the true pur-
ppSt anu TIE nlSH aim OF his MIN
istry. 1t is perfectly true that Jesus
is the revealer of life beyond the
grave, and that He said, Because
live ye shall live also; but 1t is
equally true that He is the revealer
Of life's finer values here and now.
That the Apostle Paul had this con-
ception Is quite evident Indeed, he
would go so far, in making real TO
his consciousness the meaning of his
Masters life, that he would actually
seek to enter into the Fellowship
of His sufferngs," that through fell
lowship in His sufferings he might
experience the JOY and power of His
resurrection.
= x x =
Every Easter we naturally. and
very properly, think of the Easter
message as it concerns those whom
we have loved and lost awhile" All
our hymns-yes. all our other sym
bolisms-and the flowers that we
bring into our sanctuaries are sug-
Sestive of resurrection power as re-
lated to life after death. What we
need in this great world of ours to-
day is vitalizing resurrection power
"a power of renewal that is present
and operative here and now. Some
one has said: Man is an eternal
becoming" and again, that "he is
not so much a fact as a possibility"
We have SO long interpreted Christ
Evening star., 1925-04-12

" HE platform of the conserva-
tives is wisest, most humane,
most Intelligent. They ana
4 lyze the human record as
carefully and fairly as
scientists analyze the earth. and
base their claims on the known rec
ord.
If Doc Cook appears and claims
he has made a great discovery In hu-
man betterment, conservatives ask
him to prove II.
If he cannot he is discredited.
The conservatives contend that
there is true method of advance
ment. This they recommend, and is
sue warning against others. The no.
tion preached SO much today that
conservatives offer a program reek-
ing with dishonesty is the most cruel
of the long list of false charges made
against honest r1en.
The unwise, unfair, foolish, must
have excuse for failure.
However unworthy a man may be,
he will not admit he is wrong; so he
criticizes those doing somewhere near
as well as men should do.
X x X
I know a man who was divorced
from his wife for seven months.
Finally they concluded to remarry
and finish out their lives together.
They were remarked on the 21st of
July. On the morning of the 22d of
July she "jawed" him, and by noon
they were quarreling as much as
ever. That evening she left his bed
and board again, and hasn't been
back since. There are terrible pos
sibilities in this love the moving pic
lures make so much of.
X 4 x x
~
delicacy in criticism of the people
Let us reason together" they said
Lately they are more brutal. Writers
say: You fools, what's the matter
with you? Here I have been telling
you for years. and you pay no atten-
tion I'm becoming tired trying to
save you. Next thing I'll do I'll put
you in Jail"
Fugitive sentence ! think should
| be generally admired: 'Tt is not
| enough to do good; it must be done
in the right way"
X
I once knew a man who declared
! that a newspaper of his town hac
| bounded him for years" and who
| carried a pistol with a view of shoot
| ing the editor. Being interested II
| newspaper work l looked up The
case and found that the accused
| newspaper had almost never men
! toned the man, and never discredit
/ ably. The EDITORS offending was tina
| he had not freely given his space Il
| praise the man. There was actually
| no reason why the editor should have
! done this, as the man was of small
! Importance, and did nothing to legit
| imately attract the attention of re
porters. Most newspaper hatreds ar
| like this: Editors are hated becaus,
| they do not print more free notices
| Newspapers appear day after day
and when a citizen observes that h
| is not mentioned he becomes resent
| full. He decides that he is a good. o
! better, than many of those who ar
| mentioned and praised, and, in man
cases, begins carrying a pistol to US
| on the editor. and declares he is be
| ing bounded" A Gown 1 am familia
! with has one of the fairest, most en-
! terprising and most useful newspa
pers I know; yet there is NOR
| clamor in that town for new pape
than IN any other I know.
| X x X
When you are not getting alon
| very well, behave a little better tha,
| you have been behaving, and a wa
| out will usually present itself.
Evening star., 1925-04-12
PRISON REFORM TACKLED
ON LARGE SCALE BY 7. S
Expansion of Facilities for Paid Work
and Special Handling of Women
and Youths Planned.

years duration are served out in State
prisons
In 1924. the production was valued
at 1855, ,036.74, and the bonuses to-
tailed s52.613.50. Just how this money
is needed Is shown by the fact that
when a Federal prisoner is discharg-
ed, the law provides that he get only
So in cash, a s12 suit of clothes, and
a ticket to his home or place of con-
viction. There is no provision even
for overcoats.
Whatever industries are established,
however, will be devoted solely to
turning out supplies used in Govern
ment or State institutions or depart
ments, nothing going on the open mar
ket, ii Is said.
A site containing 202 acres was
donated for the women's institution at
Anderson. and it's acceptance recon-
mended by a commission composed of
Attorney General Stone, Secretary of
the Interior Work and Secretary of
Labor Davis. To this will be added 800
acres, adjoining, to be purchased for
s4S, 600, and an advisory board will
recommend the nature OF the industries
to be established there.
Personnel of Board.
This board is composed of DR.. Mary
B. Harris, formerly IN charge of the
workhouse for women at Blackwell Is
land, New York, and more recently
secretary of the International Asso-
citation of Policewomen here, who has
| been named superintendent at Anderson;
Mrs Catherine Filene Dodd and Miss
Julia X Jaffry, both of Washington, and
two other members still to be chosen.
Dope, by the way, is responsible for
40 to so per cent Of the women's
case, according to Mrs. Mabel w.
Willebrandt, Assistant Attorney General,
who explained that the prisoners either
were addicts or were brought in for
traffickng in drugs. The former will be
! treated at the Anderson Prison, which
will be the first ever founded by the
Government for women, who heretofore
have gone to State institutions.
| Preliminary arrangements at Alder
son will provide for the care of 200
inmates and the first expenditure Is to
be $1,0S1, 400. When completed, 1t will
| be a 500 inmate institution, at a total
cost Of s2.114,6o0
The institution for males is expected
| to be located at some abandoned World
War cantonment and commission con-
sisting Of the Secretaries of War and
| Interior and the Attorney General has
| been instructed to choose site.
The Government has been greatly
! concerned over the problem Of youthful
first offenders, for, In the cases of
| those under IS years of age, it has
| been necessary to find a place Of in
generation in some State establish
ment. while others could only be herded
| into the regular Federal prisons, where
they were forced into contact with
hardened criminals.
| Figures from the National Training
School for Boys here show that from
! IS to so per cent of the first offenders
become useful citizens when returning
| to outside life, this being considered a
fair indication of what may be expected
as plans outlined are developed
Evening star., 1925-04-12
Prague Presents Solid Front
To Diplomacy of the British

lain when he came to Paris and Geneva
bearing British Endorsement OF the
German proposal along with the veto Of
the protocol
All of which explains why Prague is
in addition to having fascinations of its
own, an exceptionally interesting CAPT
tai. politically speaking, at the present
hour, for il is, in a sense, the headauar-
ters Of that European policy which is
now in conflict with the narrower west
ern policy of the British government
ana, for the second time, the Genoa cor
terence being the first. 1t is Mr.. Benes
who has really blocked an ambitious
British attempt to organize peace in
Europe by obtaining a guarantee from
Germany in the west in return for per
mission for Germany to expand in tho
east and south at the expense of Poland
Czechoslovakia and by the annexation
of Austria
Have Own Viewpoint.
Moreover. I find myself highly re-
warded for a brief stay in Poland
and Prague. because one is able from,
these positions to perceive that there
is IN addition TO the British. French
ana herman purposes and situations
which are fairly familiar to Ameri-
cans, a European point of view. a
cofnblnation of policies and interests
"a ShlaIleE states, having still q very
large aggregate population and very
real military and political Influences.
This European point of view is a
fact that has to be reckoned with.
ana TO ignore il is to make fatal
miscalculations. So far in the past
fVe years the French have been far
more successful in their foreign poll
cy than the British because thev
have taken intelligent interest In
this European state OF mind, while
the British have ignored 1t, misup-
derstood it or fatally underestimated
its Importance. The present episode
is. believe, final example of the
Importance of the European point of
view. Germany. at the instance of
England. has made proposals for a
guarantee pact in the west, but with
certain very clear reservations as
to the east. AS a result all the east
ern states. but Poland and Czecho-
slovakia in particular, have been
moved to action and have found
comprehending hearers in Paris
Now, success or failure for the
whole British effort at security de-
pends on the extent to which Ger
many can be persuaded to extend it
from west to east. And the key Of
the lock remains in Prague and the
decision will have to conform to Eu-
ropean s well as western require
mentS.
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1925-04-12

intimate in the speech which led to
his esignation as minister of finance,
to satisfy commercial exigencies,
though partly for the latter purpose
1t has been disclosed in this connec-
tion that the Bank of France has ex-
ceedcd by 3,13O0OO.o 900 francs its legal
limit of advances to the state, the lat
ter in order to redemption of Sc
curities falling due, and further. that
this illegal procedure began in jan
uary, since when the weekly state
ments of the Bank of France have
been manipulated so as to conceal the
real state of affairs. A correct state
ment was rendered on April 81
"A forced loan is proposed of 10
per cent of the capital wealthy OF the
country, to bear per cent interest
Inasmuch as under the proposal the
government would accept In subscrfp-
tion Outstanding government secur-
tiles, it is seen that such a loan would
substantially be equivalent TO a con-
solidatlon loan, existing securities
bearing s or Z per cent interest being
converted in perpetual bonds at 3
per cent. The proposal provides that
subscriptions may be paid In INSTALL
ments spread over five years. On a
fairly optimistic estimate, the plan
working smoothly, the yield from
about 1000, ,000, 900 francs.
1t was at once seen that the govern
ment could not long survive the dis
closure of the illegal procedure of the
bank of France and (much more dam
aging) the concealment of that proceed
ure. On April 10 the premier was in
terpellated in the Senate concerning
that business. and after fierce debate
a motion of censure was carried, 156 to
1874, whereupon the government re-
signed.
NJ. Francois Marsal Poincare's finance
minister, led the attack on the govern
ment, and Poincare concluded it in his
most devastating style. 1t Is under
stood that NJ. Francois Marsal was
coached for the occasion by NJ. Mil
lerand, who had just joined the Senate.
having defeated the rival candidate, 3
to /.
NJ. Francois Marsal ascribed the mis-
fortunes of Herriot primarily to the
hostile attitude of his government
toward 1.-The producers and the middle
classes" the which resulted in lack of
public confidence. the which. in turn re-
suited In a flight of capital, a fall of
state securities and unwillingness to
renew the latter on their falling due.
NJ. Herriot ascribed his woes in part
to inheritance of difficulties from the
preceding government, and In part to a
conspiracy of his enemies to undermine
confidence in his government. His gov
ernment was compelled to meet matur-
ing loans contracted by previous gov
ernments and could not, like preceding
government, solve the difficulty by
raising new loans because the lending
resources of France had been exhausted
by those governments. II he had re-
sorted to illegal eXpedients and had
temporarily concealed them, he had so
acted for the good of the country.
No one, ! think, really questions the
honorableness of NJ. Herriot's motives,
but I think it a fair statement OF the
matter TO say that the world quite
agrees with the French Senate that he
has been very i'll advised in his methods.
He would be in a much better position
today had his government fallen in Jan
uary.
Evening star., 1925-04-12
WHAT is THE MATTER WITH
OUR SCHOOLS?
By DreuU Pearson.

the most popular course In college
Every one took economics in order to
learn how to make money. Today, al
Dartmouth, English and sociology are
| both more popular. This is a good
sign. To me a. college should give
boy a liberal background rather
than teach him a specialized trade.
Q. What is the cause of this ma
terialistic tendency?
A. Parents, as much as anything
Most parents have hammered it into
their children's heads that they must
get out and make a living. 1 think
that the parents are more to blame
for the present plight of youth than
any other single factor
I recall one man who complained
to me that I was running his son. I
asked what he wanted me to do with
him, and the reply was: Let him
come out just as good a Democrat
as when he entered and just as good
Presbyterian, and an ADLER bust
ness man than I am"
Didn't Want Boy to Grow.
In other words, this father wanted
his boy to remain unchanged. He
didn't want his boy to grow. He was
content that he should be an exact
replica of the old man. He didn't
realize that throughout history the
most discouraging periods OF human
stagnation have been when men quit
thinking-when we refused to change
But the world has never stood still
and probably never will So we
might as well get used to changes
and it should be the place of the edu.
Gated man to analyze the good and
the bad in the old and the new and
select the best in both.
We can teach our boys most any
thing. We can teach them to put
their entire faith in war, and that
they must prepare to fight France
And in so years they will fight France
That's what Germany did.
Or we can give them a. vision oil
the leadership they can give to this
| changing and faltering old world, and
in so years they will be leading 1t.
Evening star., 1925-04-12
MEXICO is GOING AHEAD.
NEW ATTACHE ASSERTS
F. Suastegui Plans to Promote CONNER
cial Relations Here-Says Revolutions
Are Ended i'm His Country.

sarbanzos, gIycerin. graphite. rubber,
cedar, oak, mahogany, hides and skins,
honey, kapoc, manganese ores, oysters,
pearls, pineapples. rice, shell fish. sugar,
tanning barks, tomatoes and vegeta bles,
turpentine and vanilla beans. 1nciden-
tally, as he stated, Mexico is the orig
inai home of the vanilla bean, which
leads the world in quality. selling at a
minimum of so per pound, while the
same product from other countries aver
ages 81 per pound.
Field for Exporter and Investor.
AS to business opportunities" in
Mexico. Mr.. Suastegui called attention
to the great natural market which
Mexico offers to the American exporter.
In this connection he said: "Responsi-
BILE firms In Mexico are honor buyers,
and even in times of depression and
difficult conditions they have met their
obligat tions. Many of the losses sus-
tanned during the revolutionary period
were due more to indiscriminate selling
and lack Of ordinary care in selecting
their trade connections than to the po-
litical situation which at no time
affected all sections of the country.
Conditions are now ripe for an increase
in transactions. and firms placing their
wares in the Mexican field will build
up a substantial business for the
future"
Mexico welcomes capital with open
arms, declared Mr.. Suastegui. I'VE
want it, we need it, and all we ask in
exchange is fairness and just dealing.
The INSCRIPTIONS promoter and the un-
prepared dreamer have done more harm
to Mexico by creating prejudice in the
minds of the real business men than
all of our political disturbances" As
to what pioneering can do in Mexico,
he called attention to the fact that in
1911 the oil industry was so small that
the total production amounted only to
12,552,79S barrels, whereas now 1t
averages 1000, 900 barrels annually.
The Mexicali Valleys large cotton crop,
he added, dates from the last few
years; the great Cananea copper mines
in Sonora were only a possibility 80
years ago; the great rice crop in the
Yaqui Valley has been built up in the
past few years from a negligible pro-
duction to 10000 tons; the banana
plantations in southern Mexico are also
the creation of recent years, and SINH
larly through a list of other products.
Seriously mt work.
'All this shows what pioneering can
do in Mexico" said Mr.. Suastegui,
''and that what we need Is men of cap7
ital and enterprise to familiarize them
selves with the enormous undeveloped
resources of our country, SO that they
can intelligently contribute to its de-
velopment, benef1ting Mexico and them
selves thereby"
Mexico is seriously at work, the peo-
pie everywhere realize 1t and the re-
construction period through which the
nation is now passing will soon result
conditions, in the opinion of Mr..
Suastegui, and in the upbuilding of con-
stantly increasing. business relations
with the United States and the other
nations of the world.
Copyright 1880
Evening star., 1925-04-12
Pyjamas for Street Wear?

Newspapers in Buenos Aires are
seriously debating the propriety of
the adoption by men of pyjama coats
for street wear during hot weather.
Frequently in Summer the burning
winds from the pampas make the city
unbearable. Gentlemen of the old
school bravely stick to heavy dark
clothing right through the torrid
weeks Ducks" or palm beaches
are scorned as foreign. Men of the
tradesman class, and particularly
taxicab drivers, have begun to COM
promise by wearing pyjamas, and the
custom threatens to become general.
The pyjamas are, many of them, of
bright and varied colora
Evening star., 1925-04-12
Medieval Miracle Play
Is Presented i'm Church

A medieval miracle play, THE Dance
of Death" composed in Lubbock in the
18th century, but with modern re-
finements Of expressionistic stage
technic, has been given In Berlin by
the Holtorf troupe of amateur actors
from Holstein.
A stage was erected in the Koster
Kirche, one of Berlin's oldest churches.
The actors were almost all young and
from the so called youth movement"
One by one the personages, the Monk,
the Nun, the Mother, the Child and
the Old Man, appeared and told their
several stories, and one by one they
were drawn into the circle of dane
ing death and led away. The spec
tators sat in the church pews.
often in former days miracle plays
were given in churches, but a spec
tacle of this kind in a church was
new to modern Berlin and attracted
many spectators aud much attention.
Evening star., 1925-04-12
Theaters in Copenhagen
Have Suffered This Year

In Copenhagen this year the theater
season has been very bad. There have
been very few successes and most of
the directors have lost money. There
is only a small amount of cash among
the people and the majority of the
population are saving rigidly They
spend money for only the most neces-
sary purposes. A very famous the
ater, the Betty Nansen, owned and
directed by one of the best Danish
actresses, will have to close soon be-
cause the owner cannot carry on for
lack of money. Her friends have
started a. public collection in an ef-
fort to save the theater, but are not
expected to succeed. Betty Nansen
is known in America, where she was
connected with a film company years
ago. She played at that time in an
1bsen drama