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under the best of guidance to enable
talented aspirants to study in this
country. Galleries and private collec-
tions have been created and developed
to bring into range of popular view
and research notable examples of the
art of the past as well as the present.
In this development Washington is
deeply interested. 1t has become, in
truth. in recent years center of art
interest through the erection here of
notable public structures, the creation
of memorials and the establishment
and enlargement of galleries. Here are
located the headquarters Of the Ameri-
can Federation OF Arts, an organiza-
tion that has contributed richly to the
cultivation of the public taste and the
promotion of art development through
out the country. 1t is gratifying to
find the name of this organization in
the list Of those aided by the munifi-
cent gift of the Carnegie Corporation.
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The Route to Arlington.

An illustration OF the need of the
Memorial Bridge as means of access
to Arlington Cemetery was afforded
yesterday by the funeral of Gen. Mel
son A. Miles. The cortege crossed the
river by the Highway Bridge as the
shorter of the two routes to Arlington.
This necessarily blocked all traffic on
the bridge for a considerable period.
There was no confusion as in the case
of the Armistice day ceremonies Incl
dent to the dedication of the tomb of
the Unknown Soldier, but the solemn
procession in token of Nations
mourning for it's departed military
chieftain blocked all transit With the
Memorial Bridge in service these cere-
monial marches from the Capital TO
the national cemetery will be by d di-
rect route. with appropriate setting
throughout. Fortunately the prospect
now is that in comparatively short
time this route to Arlington will be
available. Work on the Memorial
Bridge has been actually begun. In a
few seasons it will be in service, the
dream of decades Of aspiration real
ized.
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Panic in the Subway.

One of the dangers Of intense con-
gestion in underground transit was
demonstrated yesterday in New York
when, through minor accident,
caused by a short circuit in the con-
duction, the insulation of one of the
feed wires burned and the emission of
smoke and the accompanying shutting
off Of the lights caused a panic in
which upward Of 100 persons were in.
jured, some Of them seriously.
The sudden halting of the train, the
presence of acrid smoke and the dark
ness precipitated a stampede for the
doors into the tunnel, where, but for
the prompt action of one of the train
men in running forward and cutting
off the current from the third rail,
been killed by the high power charge.
AS it was, the accident proved that
subway transportation is accompanied
by serious risks. 80 long as passengers
are subject to panic.
No precaution can be effectively
taken against the SUDDEN spread OF
fear and the consequent frantic rush
of people confined within a limited
space. Rules, admonitions, resounding
advice, all are futile in such a condi-
ton. Men and women who normally
are calm become unreasonable in their
excitement. Common sense dictates
calmness and orderly action. But COM
mon sense fees in the darkness and
panic fear supervenes.
1t is shocking to read of the out
rageously selfish and brutal conduct of
men in such a situation, men knocking
down women in their own rush for
exit. trampling over children and
causing more peril than that from
which they were fleeing. Such cow
ards are always to be found in any
crowd. They are unhappily character
istic of the promiscuous herd of big
city. At the same time there is COM
fort In the accounts of others, who
showed their manly qualities. helping
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American and German Isolation

Criticism of the foreign policy of the
United States today by a former I'm
dersecretary of State of the Wilson ad
ministration is not surprising. But
when Norman II. Davis, in his zeal, de-
clares that he cannot entirely escape
the conviction that there Is some sim
ilarity" between the present attitude
or policy of America and that of Ger
many in 1914 he oversteps the bounds
of credulity.
Mr.. Davis, addressing the lnterna-
tional Chamber of Commerce alta ban
quet In this city, pictured Germany
in 1914 as nation sufficient unto
herself and refusing to give her genu-
inc support to efforts for peace. He
might have gone further and pictured
the designs of the German leaders of
those days to break down the peace
that then existed and to extend Ger
man power by conquest of arms.
Because the United States has held
aloof from European politics, has
avoided entering into league which
is fundamentally political, and Is to-
day insisting that the Permanent
Court of International Justice, the
World Court, be divorced completely
from the League of Nations, Mr.. Davis
processes to see some connection be-
tween the policy of this country and
that of Germany a decade ago. Well
informed as he is, Mr.. Davis must, in
Il Il i
Germ any connection, however remote,
between the peaceful attitude of Amer
lea toward the rest of the world and
that of the German Empire in 1914.
The attitude and policy of the United
States today are the attitude and
policy of the United States since the
days of Washington, who warned
against entangling political alliances.
If Mr.. Davis is able to find in that at
titude and policy the germs of war,
then he is more far-seeing than great
Americans of the past. The United
States is doing a tremendous work to-
day, a work that has been under way
since the close of the war, aiding with
its resources to reconstruct war
devastated Europe. Mr.. Davis criti-
cizes this country because it remains
outside of the League of Nations, as
now constituted. He belongs to that
element in the country which believes
that America should go into world
politics to clean it up. The woman
who marries d man to reform him is
equally hopeful of the future. Lasting
reforms come from within. When Eu-
rope as a whole reaches stage of real
devotion to peace, and evidences it;
when her armaments are curtailed in
stead Of increased, the chances for
better international understanding
will be immeasurably improved.
Mr.. Davis is mistaken if he believes
that he can aid the cause of American
intervention in European affairs by
likening the age-old policy of this
country to that of the late German
Empire.
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WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

ranged to deliver a public address in
Louisville in June. Fred NJ. Sackett,
the new Republican Senator from the
Blue Grass State, plans to be present
and possibly will speak. Informal ar
rangements are under way for Joint
debate between Dawes and Senator
George Ii. Moses of New Hampshire.
The President pro tempore of the
United States Senate is now the off,
cial leader of the opposition to the
Dawes plan" The scheme at pres
ent is to have Dawes and Moses blaze
away at each other on a New Eng
land platform. If they are favorable
to the idea, the performance would be
repeated in other parts of the country.
There are the elements of another
Lincoln-Douglas debate in the propo-
sition.
1t is Secretary Kellogg's desire to
name a man experienced n interna-
tional law to the Assistant Secretary
ship of State just vacated by John V.
A. MacMurray. The Secretary of
State is so burdened with major af-
fairs of foreign policy that he feels the
necessity of having among his four AS
sistant Secretaries at least one who
is an international lawyer. To that
end the appointment will probably be
given to some one not now connected
with the State Department, although
the finding of the right kind of a man
at $1,000 "a year. conjures up certain
difficulties. The need for a lawyer
Assistant Secretary has become the
more urgent since the resignation OF
Charles Cheney Hyde from the solici-
torship OF the State Department.
Israel Schapiro. who is in charge of
the Semitic division of the Library of
Congress, had a call the other day
from a retired general Of the United
States Army. He told Schapiro he
wanted to dedicate to the Library a
priceless old volume of Oriental lore
which came into his possession when
the general was on duty in the Philip.
pines. The veteran soldier was not
quite sure just what the treasure was
but it bore every trace of rarity and
value. He felt it to be his duty to be.
stow it upon the national library.
Schapiro, who knows the Oriental Ian.
guages and literatures like he knows
English, hated to disillusion the gen
eral, but had to tell him that the
book was only a frayed copy of a
work which exists in shoals. 1t was
the Koran.
Copyright. 1880
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Developing American Art.

Announcement was made yesterday
that the Carnegie Corporation has
voted the sum of $3.50, 800 in support of
American organizations carrying on
experiments or demonstrations in the
arts, including music. Twenty institu-
tions, including national associations
and colleges, were named as recipients
Wellesley College and Grinnell Col
lege. Iowa, get endowments of $50 900
each for the maintenance of depart
ments of fine arts, and Hampton and
Tuskegee Institutes receive an equal
sum each for the maintenance of in
struction in industrial and applied arts.
Other gifts are for the support of
scholarships and for the expenses of
organizations which are engaged in the
promotion of art development and ap-
probation, such as the American Fed
Grafton of Arts.
The purpose of these gifts and css-
dowments is to aid in the advancement
of the fine arts in this country. The
AIleTlCdH pcDplc nave IedCHGu the
point in national culture where such
works are progressing rapidly. Insti-
tutions of learning and voluntary or
ganizations are producing both crea-
tors and appreciators of art in all
lines. Municipal art is advanced far
beyond the standards of half a century
ago. The public taste has been culti-
waited. A supporting demand for the
works of painters and sculptors and
designers has been created. Facilities
Nav1 oeen provided for students to
pursue their preparatory work. Schools
Of instruction have been established
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The People and Enforcement.

Addressing the Senate special COM
nittee on prohibition enforcement,
Senator Watson of Indiana has just
made the following statement:
can say this, that from the Presi-
dent down, they have determined TO
make a tremendous effort to enforce
prohibition in the United States, and
they are going to use all the agencies
at their command to enforce il to the
limit. Then, if, after * is enforced TO
the limit. the people will not stand for
1t. it is for the people to say SO and 1t
can be modified.
This was said in executive session,
but publication of Senator Watson's
statement was formally authorized. 1t
explains the nature and purpose of
the intensive campaign now in prog
ress by the administration. 1t does
not, however. indicate how public sen
1iment on the subject of enforcement
will he tested or manifested.
There are two factors of Importance
in this campaign of enforcement-cost
and effectiveness. So far it has sue
ceeded. 1t has practically broken up
lying off Atlantic ports for the dis
charge of contraband cargoes. 1t has
practically stopped the inflow of liquor
from that source. Activity on the
part of the rum runners on the Pacific
coast has been noted, but so far as
known comparatively little smuggling
has been effected there. On the ber-
der between the United States and
Canada the traffic has been lessened.
The question is now whether this can
be maintained and how much the
maintenance of the Gordon will cost.
Will the people stand for the eXpendi-
ture of necessary money to give force
and effect to the law? That is plainly
the purport of Senator Watson's state
ment of the case.
Public sentiment will manifest it
self on this subject through Con-
gress. At the next session appro-
priations will be sought for carrying
on this intensive campaign of en-
forcement. If there is pronounced
public opinion against the continue
ton of the blockade around the
shores and borders of the country
and the prosecution of the fight
against bootlegging within the coun-
try it will justify the denial of such
appropriations. On the other hand
an opinion favorable to continued en-
forcement of the law will require the
grant of the necessary funds.
Modification of the Volstead law
has been sought ever since its en-
actment. 1t has been resisted by the
advocates of prohibition on the
ground that it would be d surrender
of the principle of the eighteenth
amendment. Congress unquestion-
ably has the power under that
amendment to frame er 'orcement
legislation, more or even liberal
than the act now on IT, statute
books. A heavy responsibility, how
ever, rests upon Congress in this
matter, and so long as it is believed
at the Capitol that the weight of
public opinion in the country favors
the retention of the present statute
and thorough enforcement, there will
probably be no change in the law and
no denial of appropriation.
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Under the leadership of the Fed
eral Forest Service the recent OBJ
servance of Forest Protection week
has been the signal for widespread
demand from all parts of the country
that more earnest efforts be made in
the direction of reforeStation. The de-
mands probably are more insistent
than ever before in the history of this
movement.
The more practical spirit with
which the matter is approached i'm
presses the Flint Daily Journal, which
remarks that after nearly two dec
AIDES of viewing with alarm the coun-
try's rapidly disappearing forests, a
small section of the citizens of the
United States seems to be really doing
something about reforestation.' The
Journal says of the work done: I'VE
hear these days of incidents that point
to an awakening of public interest.
The National Forest Service an
nounces that it expects to set out 1000
acres of pine seedlings in Michigan
this year, with the hope that it will
be increased to 10, 900 a year later. 1t
is within the power of the United
States to restore to the next century
much of this natural heritage of
which the last century robbed the
present"
Taxing nOtlCe OF the TACT tndI
probably 20 per cent of the people
of Alabama make their living through
the forest industries, or in the manu-
facture of forest products" the Bir-
mingham News declares. The end is
in sight. Only a few years supply is
ahead of US. There are hundreds of
thousands of acres in Alabama fit for
no other use save the growing OF
trees. Under the wise and progressive
law of this State, a pioneer in that
regard, owners of such areas may Sc
questrate them from yearly assess
ment and taxation. 1t is time for the
State to be waking up to its oppor-
tunity and for landowners to take ad-
vantage of it,"
y X * X
A hopeful view of the results of
present efforts is taken by the Topeka
State Journal. 1.-THE Government has
been spending large sums in efforts at
reforestation," the Journal remarks,
land in maintaining fire protection
service. In the meantime the own
ers of forest lands, moved by their
own interests in maintaining a supply
of timber. have been busily at work.
though making no noise about it. In
the Pacific Northwest the timber own
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the weaker ones and trying to stem
the mad rush.
A panic always brings out both the
worst and the best in humanity. No
standard of conduct that prevails in
normal times prevails in such circum-
stances. The veneer of good behavior
strips off from the essential brute,
while the seemingly timid and retiring
person shows the qualities Of true
heroism.
The great misfortune is that the
mechanical devices to facilitate the
dense herding of people into restricted
spaces, and to enable them to move
to and fro in their daily orbits of life
are so faulty as to precipitate these
conditions occasionally. Fortunately
this latest happening has taken no toll
of life. though it has once more de-
veloped the fact that a large-city
crowd contains many decidedly ele-
mental human beings.
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Shaw's Voice ''Canned.''

Bernard Shaw's voice is to be pre-
served for posterity on a phonograph
record for the British Museum The
world is interested more in Shaw's pen
than his voice, yet an author is not
really known until his voice is heard
And Shaw's voice is said to be an
especially pleasing one. He made such
hit recently with the beauty of his
speech, when he broadcast a short
play by radio, that he was urged TO
let the fgramophone people make "a
record.
Shaw is Irish. and it has been said
by language experts that the speech
of cultivated Irishman today is per-
haps the nearest approach in living
language to the pronunciation Of
Shakespeare's time. That suggests an
appropriate performance for Shaw.
Let him recite for a memorial record
some fine passages. from Shakespeare
whom Shaw has sometimes deigned
to regard as . worthy rlyal~Asbuyy
Park Press, - g.1gt -. -
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Tribute.
OF all the splendid year we hail the
gentle June as Queen
Who conquers our affections with a
majesty serenei
Who brings US peace and plenty with
no hint of cruel strife
While hopes that long lay dormant
are revived to real life.
She asks no jewels that We're brought
through suffering and greed.
The dewdrops and the stars are all
the gems that she will need.
So well meet her and We'll greet her
in the honest olden way
AS we offer her the tribute of beauti.
full bouquet.
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At least 10000 people assembled at
Louisville, Ky. showed their utter
failure to comprehend repeated ad-
monitions that horseracing is a repre-
hensible custom. Human nature is an
obstinate element in the affairs of the
world.
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No serious concern is manifest, al
though in addition TO predictions of
another war" threats of earthquake
are brought to the attention Of the At
lantic seaboard. If there is anything
the average American appears to en-
joy, more than anything else, it is an
effort to scare him.
Evening star., 1925-05-20

New York last Monday night in a joint
debate between Gov. Smith and Rep
resentative Ogden Mills at dinner
of the Economic Club. Mr.. Mills
made a vigorous onslaught on the
governors financial policy, which was
hotly resented by Gov. Smith, who
charged that Federal reduction of
taxes seemed to be considered all
right because it was a Republican
reduction" while the Republicans
could see no good in "A reduction,
which was real reduction, simply
because it was Democratic.
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No enterprise is so big that some one
does not advise it's being taken over by
Henry Ford and conducted for the
benefit of the public. Even Wall Street
is now included in the list of sugges-
tions on this line.
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Both the Fourth of July and Armi-
stice day have significance of their
own. There is perhaps no need to sup
plement them with the thought of ma
a day unto itself.
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Germany's experiment with paper
currency does not appear to have cost
much real money to anybody except
rash spectators. 1t afforded an OBJ
ject lesson on the futility of trying to
settle debts with unsecured promissory
notes.
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Jud Tunkins says that if people
keep on abusing the Darwinian Theory
the first thing we know the monkey is
going to turn up with enough pub
licity to give him a political pull.
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United States Senators demand the
right to f1libuster. The early orators
of this republic prided themselves on
the ability to interest and convince
privilege of wearying it.
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While John w. Davis was willing to
accept w. J. Bryan as political as
sociate, through his fraternal affilia-
ton, 1t is not likely that the West
Virginia statesman will permit himself
great commoner's biological conten-
tions.
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Practical Wisdom.

DO you enjoy Solomon's proverbs?'
YES" replied Senator Sorghum.
But he didn't need 'em to demon
strate his wisdom. He showed he was
the wisest man when he established
his position as the richest
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Nations Attention Turned
Again to Future of Forests

ers have built up one Of the most eff
cient forest fire preventing and sup
pressing organizations in the world.
Forty per cent of the South's pine
lumber. it is said. now comes from
previously culled or cut-over forests.
There seems to be little danger that
we shall run out of timber"
The Spokane Spokesman-Review,
while conceding that the forests are
going rapidly, adds: out of the reali-
zation, and from deepening and aC-
tive national interest, a way may be
found to save the forests from practi-
cally complete destruction. A mem
ber of Congress from Washington
State once contended that the forests
of this region were more liability
than an asset, and the sooner they
were cleared away, as he put IL, and
the land cleared for agriculture, the
better would it be for the public here
and in the Nation. Time has proved
that he did not know what he was
talking about"
Y x x
An appeal for a definite and com
prehensive conservation program is
made by the Chicago Daily News,
which quotes former Gov. Lowden in
pointing out the Importance of tax
reform. MT. IOWuel emphasizes tue
glaring inconsistency between the agi-
tation for conservation of forest
wealth and the tax laws of the several
States. He suggests the exemption OF
young forests from taxation and the
substitution of an excise tax on ma
tured forests when used commercial
ly." The Santa Barbara News. con-
demning the Wastefulness that mark
ed the progress of the westward tide
of development from the Atlantic, con-
cludes: Every citizen should not
only give Endorsement to the move
ment, but he should go farther and
make the campaign personal"
The Hartford Times declares that
taking thought for the morrow has
become the order of the day" and tells
of reforestation in that State. per
haps in the next few years we are
going to discover some substitute for
wood, but nobody knows what, and we
are wasting our wood supply out
rageously," says the Des Moines
Tribune. I'm the matter of reforest-
ing Michigan there has been talk for
20 years, even longer, but what has
been done to date amounts to almost
nothing" is the view of the Lansing
State Journal. Referring to a report
of great timber supplies in Brazil the
Charleston Daily Mail observes that
sit would be safer and far more sat
jsfactory to have and maintain an
adequate supply of our own timber as
well as of everything else"
Public Indifference is deplored by
the Manchester Union, in reviewing
the efforts of the past. 1.-THE public
should be aroused" the Union con-
tinues, but one has to fear that just
as an individual subjected to ineessant
shouting is likely to go to sleep, some
thing Hike this has resulted from the
worthy appeals of worthy people Cor
conservation of forests"
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A comfortable salary was secured to
Hindenburg. Evidently what COM
mended him to the German people is
the fact that he is a practical man.
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The BraWI,

The hostile Rum Fleet heaves in sight
With weapons in condition.
We knew that Ticker made men fight
But so does prohibition.
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A considerable amount of intellectual
energy will be devoted to the ascer-
tainment of what the Tennessee Legis.
lature knows about science.
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A retired cabinet officer is soon for
gotten. A favorite of the prize ring or
the base ball field is held in permanent
attention. 1t is the era of athletics,
Evening star., 1925-05-20

Director Eldridge's remarks imply a
reminder that the joke about not be-
lieving in signs is now much too
ancient to be considered funny.
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successful pugilist gets as much
applause as a statesman and never
retires to private life.
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Rum row finds old John Barleycorn
with an acute attack of sea sickness.
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Change.

Times have changed"
.They sure have answered Uncle
on foolin' with bad Ticker folks simply
call cop instead of threatenin' him
with delirium tremens and the gold
cure
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Diminishing Attire.

The fashion annually brings
Surprises still more rare
Till clothes appear to be the things
That people used to wear.