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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-03
MORE EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY
BELIEVED PHILIPPINES NEED
Coolidge Proposal, Opposed by Natives, Declared
Necessary in View of Handicaps Under Which
Governor General Works.

TO sanction any but Filipino appoint
ments and in general desired to con-
tinue to exercise the administrative
powers they had virtually usurped
under the Harrison regime.
Thus. working with his hands tied,
f1guratively speaking, Gen. Wood has
had to push through his reform pro-
gram, checked and harassed at every
move and abused for his commend
able efforts to bring good government
to the people OF the islands. That
he has succeeded in bringing about a
vast improvement in conditions is
tribute to his indomitable energy and
resourcefulness; but the situation con-
tinueS to be an almost impossible
one. In order TO secure the services
of competent men the governor gen
eral must often resort to the eX-
pediency of appointing them ad In
terim, SO that they might serve while
the Senate debates their availability.
In many cases men are holding office
whose nominations the Legislature has
definitely declined to confirm simply
because they are Americans.
Such a situation, of course. makes
it very difficult for the governor to
secure qualified public servants. The
only remedy is to strengthen the au-
thority of the governor general to the
extent that he may appoint his own
administrative staff. The Legislature
should not be in a position where 1t
can definitely block the governor s
appointments out of pure obstinacy or
racial bias.
President Coolidge's recommends
ton is also likely to have important
political effects in the islands. 1t
constitutes a very serious reflection
upon the efficiency of the Legislature
and indirectly is a censure of the politi-
cal leaders in control who have di-
rected the policy and activities of the
Filipino participation in the govern
ment. The Democratic minority is
likely to take advantage of this situa-
ton to discredit the Nationalist
leaders with the people. pointing out
that the Nationalistas have lamentably
failed in their campaign for independ-
ence, and instead of securing any
gains in political autonomy have
invited a backward step" This may
prove a fatal blow to the National
istas and may result in a triumph of
the Democratas at the next elections.
The Nationalistas have been on top in
Philippine politics ever since the Phil
ippine elective assembly NOW the
House of REPRESENTATIVE was estab-
lished in 1907. They have never re-
ceived such a setback as is contained
in President Coolidge's message to
Congress. Giving the Democratas a
chance in office would probably prove
a healthy change in Philippine local
politics.
Copyright. 1929
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-03

news or the world Tor the
i seven days ended January @
France.-Briand, that in
comparable master Of the art Of poll
tics, has won another victory. 1t will
be recalled how early in December las
in order to obtain the support of the
Radical Socialist party (the most mod
crate party of the Left, without whose
support 1t would not have been pos
sible for him to form a government
he was constrained to include a ma
,jority of Radical Socialists in his caDi.
net.
1t will be recalled. too, how the Left
ajority in the Chamber compelled
his first Minister of Finance, NJ.
Loucheur. to resign, and how the Left
majority in the cabinet have violently
hustled themselves to compel NJ. Dou-
mer to modify in the direction of Left
doctrine his program for the reform
and sterilization of the fisc and
finance. 1t was widelJ put about that
surely NJ. Doumer must yield or re-
sign, or, in other words, since BRAND
was in complete accord with NJ. Dou-
mer, BRAND must abjectly surrender
to the Left or lose his political head.
The political carrion crows gathered
in expectation of another political ca
daver.
ish appetites. He had been scouting
and maneuvering and apparently had
at last satisfied himself that he could
form a majority Center bloc. So, pa
thence and argument exhausted, he sud
denly informed his Left colleagues that
NJ Doumer had gone his limit in con-
cession, that If they didn't like his
program they had best resign. But
these gentlemen had noted the drift of
sentiment in the Chamber and having
no desire to wander in the wilderness,
themselves surrendered. They ac-
copied the program and pledged full
support thereof.
Spirit of LOcarnO.
Emerging from the cabinet meeting
BRAND smilingly announced: I'VE have
managed to get the spirit of Locarno
into the cabinet"
NJ. Doumer's bill calls for $500 .000,-
600 francs of taxes in addition to tax
alton already voted to meet the ne
Cessities of 1926. 1t will be remem-
bered how at the outset of his pre-.
miership, on December last, BRAND
wrung from the sullen Chamber emer-
gency authority for 5000 900, 900
francs of additional taxation. NJ.
Doumer proposes to apply the 5000
000,00 of revenue contemplated by
900 contemplated by his bill as fol
lows: Four billion three hundred mil
lion against the estimated budget def.
cit; 1000, 600 to reimburse the
Bank of France, $500, 100000 to go
into a sinking fund for amortization
of the public debt.
The taxation contemplated by the
act of December 9 100000. 00O is
mostly direct. That contemplated by
the new bill $500, 900. 000 is mostly
indirect; $500, 100000 to be derived
from an extraordinary and tempo
rary" increase of indirect taxation
mainly on business turnover; IA bill
lion from boosting tobacco prices;
100 600, 900 from Bourse operations;
600 900, 900 from export duties: 300.-
100000 is expected through improve
ment in methods of collection. 1t is
happily to be noted that $500. 900, 900
of the above is to go toward improve
ment of the treasury's position.
NJ Doumer has not entirely spurned
the Left. He, with BRAND, believes that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-03
Intelligence Increases
Until One Reaches 20

If intelligence We're q visible part Of
human anatomy, like height, SO that it
could be seen and measured with
tapeline. we could easily observe that
the average individual stops growing
at around the age of Is, but that
the brighter child continues to shoot
up head and shoulders above the
crowd until he is 20 years old, or
perhaps older.
Evidence along this line. showing
that all minds, like all bodies, do not
stop growing at the same age, but
that some continue to grow much
longer was presened by DIR. L. l..
Thurstone, of the University of
Chicago, before the American Psyche
logical Association in session at Cor
nell.
During the war it was possible to
compare brightness of men of different
age groups by means of the army
psychological tests said DR.. Thurs
tone. The tests indicated that intel
ligence does not increase III adult age.
Men 80 years old did not do much
better in the tests than men Il years
old. Experiments to determine the
point at which adult intelligence is
reached placed the age level of So
called adalt intelligence in the vicinity
of IA or Is years.
'By a new method of measurement.
a study has been made of 5000 Lon
don children. 3 to IA years old, and a
study Of 10000 American children from
to 10 years. Results show that
brightness increases as far as the
study has been carried, that is, up to
90 years.
1t still remains a fact that the
average brightness of the adult popu-
lation, as measured by psychological
tests, is no higher than that found
among school children in the teens,
DIR. Thurstone pointed out. But bright
children" he added. undoubtedly con-
tinue to grow in intelligence beyond
the conventional so-called adult level
of Is
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Tariff Commission Scored.

tnraclte coal miners and representa-
tives OF the operators.
Tariff Commission Scored.
The Tariff Commission has been get
ting some hard knocks. critics thereof
alleging that it is a partisan body and
that appointments to it have been
made precisely to that end.
According to Marine Engineering
and Shipping Age, 81 per cent more
tonnage was built in American ship
yards in 1925 than in 1924. And So
per cent more tonnage is now under
construction than a year ago.
The thirteenth annual report of the
Department of Labor covering the
fiscal year 1929 is interesting. Sec
rotary Davis notes 1.-The present over
developed state of some of our larger
industries" in particular. the boot
and shoe, flour, and bituminous coal
industries. The larger plants, he de-
clares. glut the market and the small
ones are forced to shut down. The
Secretary finds, in fact, more or less
overproduction in nearly every in
dustry. These findings, however, are
scarcely in agreement with the fol
lowing statement by the Secretary of
the Treasury in his annual report:
While production has been high, it
has been, as a rule, well adjusted to
the rate of consumption and has not
resulted in a general accumulation of
large stocks"
Mr.. Davis again urges the need of
an efficient system for distribution of
workers.
immigration Report
The number of immigrant aliens,
reports the Secretary, admitted in the
grafton act, was $4,000, as compared
with 707. 900 admitted in the previous
year under the old act. He invited
attention to Il large increase in the
smuggling Of aliens and in desertion
of alien seamen at American ports.
He recommends registration of all
aliens in this country.
More than 20.200, 600 motor vehicles
have been registered in this country
in 1925, an increase of about 2,133,000
within tl1--rear, about 7.658 900 being
passenger cars. RE number of mo-
tor vehicles in New York State alone
is three-fourths as great as the total
number in all Europi.
NOTES-Things are looking up a
bit in the British ship building in
dustry.
London seems about to recover its
former place as the WORLDS chief
financial center.
Germany's import surplus in No
vember, 1925, was only $4,000, 900
marks, as against 405,000,000 marks
in November. 1924.
: On December 81 the first governor
Of Rome under the new political sys-
tenn was inaugurated. The ceremony
in connection Herewith was grandoise
to the. nth power, with elements from
imperial and from medieval Rome.
Mussolini was equal to the occasion
and made a very Mussolinistic speech.
He told the new governor that within
five years he must restore Rome in
all her imperial and medieval mag
nifiCance, removing in the process all
modern 'parasitical constructions
and COMMUNICATIONS"
The allied military control commits
sion in Bulgaria will soon be with
drawn.
Many serious floods are reported
from Europe, the Rhine, for example,
rising 35 feet.
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PREDICTS PLANE. NOT AIRSHIP.
WILL BE FIRST ACROSS ARCTIC
otefansson Pins Faith in Air Route as Dozen Exped
tons, Including Detroit Party, Prepare for Inva
sions of Frozen Zone-Says Success Must Come

nificant that it is rumored he has
been trying to secure backing for a
new Arctic flight in 1926.
Still more significant IS the grad
ually crystallizing opinion of stu
dents of the airplane and of the
Arctic. who find nothing discourag-
ing or even new in any of the pub
liShed results of either AmundSen or
Macmillan. We are exactly where
we We're a year ago. except that what
most students believed has now been
confirmed, in part, by trial.
Short Cut for Commerce.
The problem of changing the Arc
tic from a barrier TO a highway be-
tween the continents is important.
for the densely populated countries
of the world lie in a circle around
II, and the shortest distance between
many commercial CenterS lies across
the Arctic
The problem being important. the
failures of last Summer will no more
keep airmen out of the Arctic than
the first death in a crashing plane
kept airmen out of the air. Many
will favor the airship as against the
airplane. For commercial tranSarc-
tic flying l could not we'll say other
that effect in a book published in
1922. and nothing that was uneXpeCt-
ed has developed since then.
But the airplane will have it's place
even in transarctic commerce, and
it looks now as if it, and not tho
dirigible, would win the distinction %
being first across. For there are u.
least three airplane expeditions def.
nitely planned, and one Of them, thA
Detroit Arctic expedition. command,
ed by Capt. George H. Wilkins. ha.
It's take-off set for Point Barrow
about March 90. a month or twc
ahead of the Amundsen-E Ellsworth
schedule.
If they should fail it will not ba
because their task was more difficult
than that of Alcock and Brown wheIA
they flew the Atlantic, but only be
cause their luck was not so good.
And if they do fail one of the other
contenders, with airplane or airship,
must succeed not long thereafter.
Copyright. 1920 GIL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-03
U.S.. WARNED TO BEWARE
OF RECOGNIZING SOVIET
of Joining Socialist League of
Nations, Declares John Hays Hammond
Dangers Are Pointed Out.

and this in spite of the protest of our
great American labor organizations.
which are combating the activities OF
these anarchists.
Sees Brides Offered.
And what are we offered in ex.
change for the qualification Of our
political ideals in promoting soviet as
pirations? The soviets quite frankly
are appealing to our coyetouSnesS az
they did only too successfully to that
Of European nations eager for an OPP
portunity to expand their foreign
commerce. And they are also trying
to bride us by the offer Of industrial
concessions 10 our chromosomes
sions invariably with IL string on
them.
We are told that the economic con-
dition of Russia Is rapidly improving
and will before long reach the pre-uar
status. But even so, Russia's pre-war
commerce constituted less than ,
per cent of the worlds commerce. Our
pre-war trade with Russia averaged
only about 1000 900 a year-a baga.
telle in our foreign commerce. Rec
ignition or no recognition, Russia *
compelled to buy from the United
states certain commodities, cotton
and specialized manufactures. where
IS we are not dependent on Russia
for any of our necessities.
Land of Great Resources.
Russia is a land of great natural
resources, but an enormous outlay Of
capital will be required for the devel-
Opment of these resources before
Russia will have the purchasing power
to become an important factor in
world commerce. Where is this cap
ital to come from? In spite of Rus
STA S profesSed renuncia ton Of her
anti-capital economic theories and the
adoption Of the y. i. P-new eco
nomic policy-the lure will not he
sufficiently great, / believe, to induce
her former European bankers, whose
investments she has conflsCated. 10
render any considerable financial
credit. Culess American investors are
ready to take much longer shots
than is their custom. l very muCi
doubt that there will be any importanS
and sustained financial aid from this
country.
There must be a radical change il
the political. social and economic prin
ciples of Russia before industrial de
velopment can proceed upon a scale
commensurate with her potentiaa.
wealth. But after all are we to rec.
ogniZe Russia from the sordid consi
Grafton of expediency based upon e,as
pected economic benefits? Are We
willing to sell the glorious birthrigh-
of our Nation for a mess of unpalat-
able. fndigestible. non-nutritious Rus
sian pottage-perhaps poisoned?
Copyright 1922
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-03

above set forth are reagsuring.
Word has just arrived that Ny
Smith. his mission accomplished and
his office therefore abolished, will leave
Budapest next June.
China.-Chang Tso Lin having re-
established his authority in Manchuria
the Japanese have relinquished control
of Mukden, the Manchurian capital
The Japanese reinforcements, re-
Gently sent to Manchuria, are being
withdrawn therefrom.
Gen. Hsu Shu Cheng, popularity
known as Little Hsu,' was assas-
sinated the other day by the son of
man whom he murdered in 1918.
The assassin Is q captain in the
army of Feng Yu Hsiang. and is
cousin of the latter. He has not been
arrested and probably will not be, as
the public, which was highly indig
nant over his fathers murder, regards
the act of revenge as justified. Little
Hsu once made a good deal of noise
in the world. He was military chief
of the Anfu party when that party
was giving what might be called the
classic peculative exhibition of all
time, but fighting as only a Chinaman
can fight, he went down before WI
Pei Flu in 1920
Chile and Peru.-Reports that
Gen. Pershing is in such poor health
that he will probably be compelled to
give up his presidency of the Tacna-
africa plebiscitary commission, seem to
be eXaggerative. The general, how
ever, is in need of dental treatment
and will in the near future make a
trip to Washington for that purpose
II the 'plebiscitary situation permits
1t has been given out semi-officially
that the President. scrupulous to
maintain absolute impartiality, will not
consult Gen. Pershing prior to reply
ing to the note of protest addressed
by the Chilean government to him as
arbitrator in the Tacna africa dispute
The plebiscitary commission has re-
solved as follows: The law to govern
the plebiscite shall be promulgated
on January Is, the lists Of voters
shall be made between February 10
and March Is; on April Is the pleb-
iscite shall be held, to determine
whether Tacna and africa shall tin
the words OF the treaty Of Ancon) re
main definitely under the dominion
and sovereignty OF Chile, or continue
to form a part Of Peru
Some are loudly asserting that a
plebiscite will never be held. There
are rumors afloat even that Chile is
stocking up with war material. But
Il is scarcely complimentary to Chile
TO suppose that she will repudiate any
decision. whatever it may be. that
President Coolidge, as arbitrator, may
make.
United States Of America.-It looks
as though the administration were in
for a serious fight 10 maintain the
policy respecting relief for the farmer
to which the President gave full ex-
preston in his speech Of December {
to the Farm Bureau Federation con-
Vention at Chicago. On this side Is
a Clamor for drastic revision down
ward of the tariff, so as TO reduce
the farmers costs Of living and oper-
alton: on that fierce advocacy of the
McNary. Haugen bill or some similar
price-fixing measure. No doubt many
would have both.
The danger of a bolt of Republican
farmers to the Democratic party on
the tariff issue darkens many a life.
Negotiations are still in progress
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100 Years of Life Will Be Average
In 1000 A. d., College Professor Says

and on which he bases his forecast,
is that the gain will be even swifter
than in recent years.
During the past million years the
tendency has been for man to gain
control over his environment with in
creasing swiftness," he explained. "a
second line Of evidence is that since
1910 medical science has begun to cope
successfully with diseases of later
life.
I'm the field of preventive medicine
research workers are making ma jor
discoveries which bid fair to eclipse
past attachments in life saving
Furthermore, new research labora-
tories are being opened, new apparatus
and techniques are being discovered
an increasing number of trained in
vestigatorS is availa BILE, and UMPIRE
cedented sums of money are being
placed at the service of scientists in
this field.
Present tendencies indicate the
practical elimination of disease and of
old age through scientific discoveries
in the next century or two said DR..
Hart.
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BY NORBERT LYONS,
Secretary. L. s. Mission. American Cham|
OF Commerce OF the Philippine Islands

secretary, L. y. Mission. American manner
OF Commerce OF the Philippine Islands.
There is more significance than
might commonly be realized in the
Presidents recommendation to Con
gress that the Governor General of
the Philippines be granted more au-
thority. In the first place. it is the
first official Washington suggestion
for a change in the Jones bill since
that measure was enacted in 1916.
Only four or. five years ago President
Harding assured a Philippine indepen-
dence mission that. mo backward
step would be taken by this Govern
ment. Mr.. Harding's concept of a
backward step" may have differed
completely from that entertained by
the Filipino leaders, but the latter as
sumed that it favored the independ-
ence cause, and were therefore much
elated over the utterance.
Evidently something has happened
since then to bring about change of
viewpoint on the part Of the Wash
ington administration. Gen. Wood s
experience with the practical work
ings of the Jones bill seems to have
been the basis of the change.
When Gen. Leonard Wood and
former Gov. Gen. Forbes made their
tour of investigation In 1921 they
found that the restoration Of the gov
ernor generals authority was neces-
sary for the proper government of the
islands. They therefore recommended
that the governor general be given
authority commensurate with his re.
SponSibiltty. Congress, however, dis
regarded this recommendation, and
when Gen. Wood was made governor
general he assumed office under
the eXtra-legal conditions created by
the Harrison regime.
Government Incompetent.
Difficulties appeared at once. The
legislature and the political leaders
felt that under Harrison they had
achieved" certain rights and pre-
negatives in the conduct of govern
mental affairs which they must not
permit to be taken from them. AS
one Of them publicly boosted, they had
succeeded in making a "fgurehead'
Of the governor general.
Gen. Wood, however, did not pro-
pose to become a figurehead. He
found the government in an almost
bankrupt condition and the depart
nepotism and politics. Many changes
Of personnel and some drastic execu-
tive acts were needed in order to re-
habilitate the governmental finances
and restore a measure Of efficiency to
the government. At every step, how
ever, Gen. Wood found himself
blocked by the legislature and the
Filipino political leaders who refused
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is beginning a study Of measurements
after some work in this direction by
the Michigan Retail Dry Goods AS
ISOLATION and other organizations in
other sections. manufacturers as well
as dealers, are taking lively interest
in the subject. The Associated Knit
Underwear Manufacturers of America
have placed a research fellow at the
Bureau of Standards for study Of
the measurements of knit underwear.
The Bureau of Home Economics of
the Department of Agriculture has
outlined an extensive program of size
study in cooperation with universe
ties and women's clubs. Several large
private firms manufacturing mems
clothing have made and are making
similar studies.
There may be no perfect So" but
at least the various 36s who approach
perfection soon will know more about
the real size of their clothes than they
do now.
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s'Colds" Amict Holland.

In Holland catching a cold is
national trouble. During the Winter
half of the Dutch people shuttle while
the other half recover from colds. The
raw sea winds of the lowlands seem
not yet to have hardened the Hol-
landers. In no country is the hand
kerchief industry more prosperous.
A scientific inquiry into the causes
of colds" in the Netherlands and
means to prevent them has been
organized by the sanitary section of
the University of Amsterdam. The
inquiry will last 35 weeks. From all
parts of the country signs of sym
pathy have reached the heroes of
science who will try to cure Dutch of
great affection. Eight thousand
Hollanders offered to support the In.
quirers In their campaign.