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AMBITIOUS ITALY AND GERMANY
WATCH FRENCH CRISIS HOPEFULLY
Former Sees Chance to Take Tunisia in Morocco.
Teutons to Gauge League Demands by Result.
Heavy Taxation Called Only Hope.

could be extracted. 1t was his post.
war budgets which have led to the
present crisis by postponing high taxa.
ton and borrowing without essential
securities. Even now 1t seems that
the new French government is not
prepared to stabilize French money
by the only sound means, or indeed
by any means.
Heavy Taxing Urged.
Inspired forecasts which have reach
ed here show that Poincare intends to
pander to French national sentiment
by postponing settlement of debts
with England and America and al
lowing new imitation of paper money.
He will imposes new and heavy In
direct taxation, but will not increase
the income tax on those rich people
who hitherto have successfully evaded
sacrifice. He hopes to restore conf
dence and keep French money steady,
not so much by financial reform and
drasic measures as by reassuring>capi-
tai which was scared out of France
by threats of a capital levy and
socialistic attacks. 1t may work.
Poincare's name. his reputation for
honesty and strength and his powerful
oratory may actually stop that flight
which was disastrous. France is
easily hypnotized by words and
emotion. But personally, / do not
believe that any hypnotic eloquence
can restore the franc to it's old values
unless farmers and manufacturers are
taxed to the bone, like those in Eng
land, and unless the entire French
nation agrees to shoulder heavy bur-
dens and financial Sacrifice. mot yet
have they revealed any such readiness.
Those, eXperimenters may patch up
some agreement between themselves
compromising between all their all
ferences in policies. But is 1t likely
that there will be a political truce in
France among their followers? The
whole country is seething with politi-
cal passion. It's nerves are on edge.
Hatred and hostility rage between
radicals, Socialists, Communists, Con.
servatives and Royalists, all of whom
accuse each other of treachery and
corruption.
Poincare will be a great wizard II
he can control and dominate all those
passions. If he does so, he will prove
his quality of genius and save France
from grave and perilous disorder. If
he falls, overwhelmed by political in
trigue like all his predecessors, or re-
pudiated because he demands too
much sacrifice from all classes, there
will be no alternative government for
France except military dictatorship
with the risk of social revolution. It
is profoundly to be hoped by all friends
of peace in Europe that Poincare will
succeed by constitutional methods and
by some hypnotic power of person
atty. But the ordinary laws of eco
Monies are not as a rule subjecs TO
hypnotic suggestion.
Copyright. 1920
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Little Hope for Peace.

This was decided yesterday by the
conference of miners delegates, but,
since the government and mine own
ers already have rejected the bishops
plan, the decision is looked on as Civ
ing no hope for peace. Its only i'm
portance lies in its acceptance of the
principle of compulsory arbitration
on the wages question.
A. j. Cook, secretary of the Miners
Federation, who hitherto has opposed
such arbitration, has received stormy
criticism from the extremists of South
Wales and other districts for his adj
vocacy of the bishops plan, which in
Cludes arbitration.
Mr. Cook said the heavy importa-
tons of coal were working against the
miners cause, and that something
must be done
After heated passages, Mr.. Cook
and the executive board carried the
day in recommending that the men
accept the arbitration principle, with
the distinct understanding, however
if was not to apply to hours, but only
to wages and other conditions of
work
The fact that the miners are send
ing a deputation to the United States
is taken as indication that no imme-
diate settlement is expected.
The House of Commons has voted
continuance of the emergency regula-
tons for another month.
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Paris Not Excited
BY Play Depicting
Bachelor Woman
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
PARIS, July 30.-Victor Mar
guerite's play. founded on his book,
La Garconne" (The Bachelor
Woman). has been produced with
out disturbing the serenity of TIE
theatrical atmosphere. For the
first performance bicycle police
patrolled the street where the
theater is situated, several officers
of the Republican Guard were
present in the theater, and a
strong squad of privates occupied
the cellars, but no incident
brought them into action. The
only manifestation made was
when the author was called at the
end of the play to receive the
audiences applause.
Critics have discussed the play,
although many refused to notice
1t, Few of them have anything
good to say ABOUT it as a play,
but there is no sign of a revolt
against the play.
The play follows the book close
ly, and treats of the life of free
dom" led by the heroine, Monique,
freedom bling represented by the
author by cocaine taking, opium
smoking and bachelor existence,
supposedly a reaction from the
bourgeoise habits Of her family
and former fiance.
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Good Work.

Ny car was acting also-ranic, 1t
would not go, except by spells; sum-
moned Trix, our best mechanic, who's
been described as wearing bells. A
dozen other gifted voters had wrought
and labored round my hearse; they
claimed to he expert with motors, but
only made mine run the worse. why
do you asked the village pastor, en-
gage cheap men to fix your boat?
Their service only spells disaster, it is
not worth q phony groat. | always
view cheap things with loathing,
want the hest my purse can buy;
cheap helps as bad as shoddy clothing
engage man whose price is high.
When my old car is in a panic, and
has blind staggers and repeat, send
for Trix, the boss mechanic, and he
soon makes 1t good as wheat. You'll
shudder when you learn his prices,
but he will surely earn his pay; he'll
do as much work in three trices as
cheaper men do in a day. And what
he does he does correctly, of trouble
shooters he's the king; he plies his
wrenches circumspectly, he makes
your motor purr and sing" The par
sons words impressed me greatly,
summoned Trix to fix my bus; he
came, serene and strong and stately.
and got to work with little fuss. He
tinkered with the differential, he
monkeyed with the bendix drive, and
breathing dirges penitential, he pot.
tered with the pistons five. At last
my car was running sweetly, no
longer did the engine pound; he had
removed those ills completely which
made it buck and paw the ground.
asked him for his bill thereafter, and
it was large, no doubt of that; / paid
it, though, with mirth and laughter,
and gave, as bonus, new hat. To
get results is our ambition, and we
reward the expert swain; to get re-
suits is the fruition of all the plans
we entertain.
Copyright, 1926. WALT MASON.
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GERMAN PLANES SAVE
3 DAYS ACROSS RUSSIA
SHeavy Commercial Type Make Trip
in Five Days, Where Trains
Require Eight

by Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily News
BERLIN. July 31.-The Germans
Nare pointing with pride to the achieve
9nent Of two heavy iunker com
mercial airplanes which have just
completed a fight of more than four
Thousand miles across Russia to Lake
sBaikal in five days elapsed time and
-four days actual flying time, as com
nared with the rail trip Of eight days
and nights
This is the first step in developing
an arrangement with Russia for CO.
:operation in commercial flying, es-
Publishing an air mail route from
Berlin to Vladivostok and Toxic. The
flight was not designed to establish a
speed record, but to test the reliability
Ifor commercial purposes of the big
nplanes.
The Germans We're well pleased
with the results. There were no mo-
Sor troubles or accidents. The leader
ynf the expedition was DIR. Robert
fKnauss, an army staff major during
1he war.
+(Copyright, 1926, by Chicago Daily Newsl
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trance Of the company into mass pro-
duction in the light plane field. AL
though admitting enthusiasm over
the prospects of the plane, they de-
clare the project is still in the ex-
detrimental stage.
Designed by Otto Kappan. young
German engineer employed in the
Ford experimental laboratory, the
little plane is powered by a three
cylinder, air-cooled motor The pilot
sits about midway Of the wing, which
is placed along the top Of the fusil-
age. 1t has wing spread of % feet,
is Is feet long and weighs $50 pounds.
1t is planned to replace the motor with
a three cylinder engine, which will
bring the weight down to about 80
pounds
The fusilage and wing construction
is Of metal with fabric covering. The
motor, turning over at 1900 revOlu-
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BEER PARLORS TO BAR
ALL WOMAN PATRONS
Men in Vancouver Force Action,
Directing to Presence of
Feminine Sex.
By the Associated Press.


VANCOUVER. British Columbia.
July 31.-Women will be excluded
from beer parlOrs in Vancouver after
August Is.
James Daniel Pearson, president Of
the British Columbia Hotel Mems
Association, said last night that the
association has decided to bar women
partly because many men objected
to the HEesence os women"
WISE the parlors were operated
under the strictest supervision Of the
licenses and the government, con-
siderable criticism was offered in the
press and by the public he said
1--WE also found that many men had
made objections to women being I'm
these places.
''Prohibitionists also denounced the
fact that licensed premises admitted
women. While we think there was
no ground for some of the criticism
of the last named. all these factors
have influenced us in our decision.
We have no desire to give the public
offense and hence our decision to bar
women"
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BY SIR PHILIP GIBBS.

LONDON. July 31.-It will be ex-
traordinarily interesting to see
whether Poincare and his collection
of eX.prime ministers of all parties
can pull France out of its present
crisis and can steady public confidence
as well as national finance.
Much more hangs on this than the
exchange value of the franc or the
payment of war debts. Peace or war
In Europe and the whole European
system of alliances and agreements,
which has been built up uncertainty
upon the Versailles treaty, will be
thrown into the scales of fate by any
further weakening or breakdown of
French national strength.
Political chaos in France, anything
like social revolution, would ineVita-
bly, lead to dangerous pressures and
racial rivalries among surrounding
nations, resentful of their present
state of cherishing ambitions which
clash with French interests.
Italy is watching this business with
sharp eyes. Already French prestige
in Europe has been lowered, while
Italy has gained in power. New ma
lions like Jugoslavia, which formerly
clug to French protection, have
lately joined hands with Italy with a
EIbWlHB LdllH III lldlldH ulplOIidSS
and statecraft With her population
increasing by a million every year,
Italy has urgent need of expansion
and her eyes are fixed upon French
Morocco-Tunisia-a upon her old
possessions, Nice and Mentone, which
she sold to France half a century
ago for mess of pottage. Mussolini
will make a tiger pounce if French
craftsmanship is overwhelmed by
some national folly of weakness or
hySteria.
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j. S. MINERS SEND
FUNDS TO ENGLAND
Substantial Sum Raised Here
for Strike Relief, Says
Labor Official.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HAZLETON. Pa, July 31.-Thomas
Kennedy, international secretary
treasurer Of the United Mine Work
ers. said today that a 'substan.
tial amount" of money has been
sent to England by American coal
diggers for the relief of the striking
miners of the British Isles.
Donations continue to come from
various district organizations of the
miners union and from local unions
TO whom appeals were sent.
Among the district organizations
contributing heavily, Mr.. Kennedy
said. is district -, which embraces
the State of Illinois. Under the terms
of referendum vote taken in that
district approval was given to a pro-
posal that the district give $25 900.
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MILAN AND GENOA DARK.

ROME, July 81 CP).-Milan and
Genoa, Italy's foremost industrial and
shipping centers, respectively, were
plunged in darkness yesterday when
violent storms, sweeping across Italy
from the Dolomite Alps to Sicily, put
their power plants out of commission.
Catania and other Scilian cities were
visited by cyclone. Snow fell near
Udine, covering the mountains. All
of northeastern Italy was inundated
by rain and hail, accompanied by
icy winds.
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"CROAKERS" ANNOY
GERTRUDE EDERLE.
Continual Calamity Talk
About Channel by Camp At
taChes BotherSOme.
BY GERTRUDE EDERLE.

~ Radio to The Star.
CAPE GRIZ NEZ, France. July 81
If people here were as considerate
of my feelings as Paul Berlenbach
says people around his training camp
We're to him. I'm sure I'd have much
better chance of swimming the Eng
lish Channel In a copy of a New
York paper from him, which has just
reached us, 1 read that Berlenbach
said, just prior to his battle with Jack
Delaney, that nobody in camp during
his training period ever spoke about
the coming contest. Here. however,
everybody talks about nothing but the
channel. and l think they show real
lack of consideration.
Every meal orders are given mo
channel talk" and yet, before the first
course is served some one looks out
of a window and says, unctously,
winds changing" or-'it1l be a good
night tonight" Then when the night
turns out to be bad the same person
solemnly chronicles, Didn't | tell you
it would blow up bad tonight?"
Brings Book to Table.
So all YOU can hear is talk of the
weather. the wind and the tide. 1t
has reached a stage now where L
i ] am not eating l sit with my fingers
sin my ears, unpolitely burying myself
in Zane Grey's Heritage of the
Desert" which, as you know. concerns
q part of the world as far away from
the English Channel, both in distance
and in character, as it is possible for
me to roam.
II is borne in upon me, that the
people here are channel crazy" and
at seems their peslSy task and desire
us to frighten swimmers by talking
of the terrible things that probably
sSvill happen to any one daring to swim
On this water
If there wernt so many of these
''croakers" discouraging, I verify be-
1ieve that more people would have
heretofore succeeded in crossing.
Farstad Defied Rules.
One needs only to cite the case of
2Dlav Farstad to show these calamity
james up. Farstad knew nothing
about the channel swim He is a
= Norwegian policeman, and during his
kEhort vacation the notion of besting
the English Channel hit him. He
couldn't stay here long, so he came
i and hoped into the water without
the usual heavy grease coating, and
SNNI MiIiiOdl wearing Tie necessary
goggles. Farstad had no trainer, he
had no pilot, ard he had a poor sort
of tug. He became lost from this
, tug, and was missing four and a half
hours Yet he persevered for 16
hours and As minutes.
Olav FarStad was back in Boulogne
sthe next day and said he felt fine He
would have tried it again right away.
. but his vacation was over and he had
{ to return TO his job. He's a wonder
@ful man. I think. if he, under the
disadvantages that he faced could
stay In the water for so many hours.
i, with my experience last wear. NV
Iraining this year, and the fact that /
viii be piloted by William Burgess.
sRnd accompanied by the best obtain
sable tug, surely should be able to get
across, the croakers to the contrary
1Copyright. 1926. by Chicago Tribune News
Servicc.I
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tons a minute, gives top speed Of
about So miles an hour The plane
lands at 80 miles an hour and has a
stalling speed of a little over 80 miles
an hour.
Among those who witnessed yester-
days demonstrations was Frederick
Won Krupp, famous German in
dustrialist
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-31

w / t h an "air
rhiYver. =
Rumors of ex-
periments with a
baby airpla n g
w e r Q confirmed
yesterday when
the famous in
dustrialist. on the
occasion of h i s
63d birthday gave
a s NC C e S S t u ]
demonstration of
the tiny monopo.
plane, a product
Of his laboratories.
The demonstra-
ton. Ford officials
were careful to
point out, does not
&C vat herald en-
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SETTLEMENT FAR OFF.
No Hope Felt for Success of Church
Peace Plan.

LONDON, July 81 LF).-The peace
proposals offered by the churchmen of
the Anglican and free churches with
a view to ending the coal strike will
be submitted to a district ballot of
the men themselves, returnable
August I. Should there be a con-
siderable ma jority either for or against
the proposals, the vote will be taken
as f1nal but if the voting is close an
other conference of delegates may be
held.
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SEEDS BEING TESTED.
q. S. Station Developing New
Chrysanthemun for North.

An intensive experiment is under
way at the Arlington experimental
farm of the Department Of Agricul-
ture looking TO the production of
early towering chrysanthemums for
the Northern States, where these
flowers seldom come into bloom be-
fore they are killed by heavy frosts.
DR.. H. L. Milford, in charge of
the experiment, has 5000 seedlings
under test and already has obtained
blooms from IL seedlings
BY using the seed of these he ex-
poets eventually to breed a family
which will blossom reliably every
year during the last two weeks Of
September.
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Indians of Bolivia have returned to
the cities after their usual Summer
ftrek to the harvest fields and urban
streets again are filed with bronze
Figures in newly-purchased bright
80 iT1aaOt
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FORD AIR FLWER"
SUCCEEDS IN TEST
Auto Maker Sees 350-Pound
MonOpIane Triumph on
His 63d Birthday.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
DETROIT, July 31.-After produc-
ing and distributing more than
$4,000 900 Of his famous automobiles,
Henry Ford has come to the front
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-31

The King wears the crown of Eng.
land only at his coronation. On other
state occasions he wears the state
crown.
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Germany's Policy Waiting.

Germany is watching France with
cold and calculating eyes. In Septem-
Der the question Of Germany's entry
into the League OF Nations comes up
again. 1t is certain that If Germany
enters that assembly, her policy of
pressure for revisions Of many points
unfavorable to her national pride and
purpose will be determined by French
weakness or French strength. 1t is
quite possible that Germany will offer
economic assistance to France, some
thing amounting to commercial
alliances. but only at a price which
France may be forced to accept If
social conditions are in chaos.
Russia is watching France in her
fever-stricken state, and Poland
whose national security is bound up
with French power and prestige, is
getting anxious.
It will be seen, therefore. that this
French crisis is not trivial in its
character. 1t is not merely limited to
another conflict between party poll
ticians and popular clamor. Its
out come will vitality affect
world peace and European sta.
bility That Is why these anti
American and anti-British demon.
STATIONS of French mobs are ex-
lieIlely IoOllSn ana dangerous, What-
ever their immediate excuse. France
cannot afford to ALLEVIATE her friends
and least of all England. who for self
interest as well as sincere good will
desires a peaceful and prosperous
France as a foundation of European
stability.
Present Plan Doubled.
] am very doubtful whether the
present combination of French pre-
miers will rise above party interests
to avert further troubles. There is no
love between them. Herriot and
Poincare have exchanged too many in
suits to be loyal in cooperation. Their
views on social liberty and world poll
tics are opposed. Herriot is demo
cratic, socialistic. internationally mind.
ed. Poincare is autocratic, contemp-
tuous of social liberties and intensely
narrow in his nationalism. All of them
are guilty of having pursued unsound
theories of finance and having duped
their people for years with illusions
and falsities. Even Poincare, patriotic
and honest IN intention, was primarily
responsible for that fatal propaganda
in France which pretended that Ger
many would be forced to pay for the
constructions of devastated areas
and all war damage, when he well
knew that no such vast sums Of gold
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Washington times., 1926-08-24
SEYMOUR RITES
WEDNESDAY

Funeral services for Arthur e.
Seymour, IS years old, 1854 Ken
nedy ST., N. W., for more than
seven years secretary Of the Wash
ington Chamber Of Commerce, will
bt held tomorrow afternoon at 2:30
o'clock at st. Andrews Episcopal
Church, New Hampshire Avenue
and v Street, Northwest. The Rev.
J. j. Dimon, pastor OF st. Andrews,
will officiate. Interment win be in
Rock Creek Cemetery.
Pallbearers viii be from among
members Of the chamber. An ex-
ecutive committee meeting Of the
body IL being held today to select
those who win bear the coffin. =.
Mr.. Seymour died yesterday after.
noon Of a heart attack while at.
tending meeting In the chamber
offices in the Homer Building. He
had been in Ill health for three
years. and had recently been absent
from his office for two weeks be-
cause Of illness.
During the World War he built
up the reputation Of selling more
Liberty bonds than any other
speaker In Washington, making APP
proximately 200 speeches for that
purpose.
Born in McGraw, N. r, on April
II, 1851, he moved to CORTLAND as
q young man OF 20 years. shortly
afterward becoming head auditor in
a large concern there.
Coming to this city in 1895, he
went into the correspondence d.
vision Of the Census Office, being
made chief Of the division some
years later and going from that
post to the chamber position.
It was while he was correspond
enco chief that he supported the
sale Of Liberty bonds, attracting
the attention Of members Of the
Chamber Of Commerce. They were
so impressed by his ability that he
was elected secretary Of the cham
Der In January OF 1919.
He was highly pleased by both
President n. A. Leese and Vice
President Charles w. Darr, both
OF the chamber. for his outstanding
work for the term.
Surviving him are his wife, Mrs.
Lolita Caverly Seymour. the former
Miss Lolita Caverly. Of this city,
whom he married In 1902; one son,
Arthur Irving Seymour, % years
old, cashier at the Washington Ho-
tel. and two brothers-in-law, Robert
B. Caverly, Of Philadelphia, and e.
r. Caverly, Of New York city.
The Washington times., 1926-08-24
NAVY Is TRANSMITTING
WEATHER MAPS BY AIR

Transmission Of weather maps by
radio IL the object Of an experiment
planned by experts at the United
States Nays powerful Arlington
station here.
Receivers have been furnished to
the ships ''Kittery" and Trenton"
and the tests are scheduled to take
place next week.
Weather observations transmitted
by radio to ships have enabled them
to avoid storms, and success in
sending a weather map will be a
long step farther in the part radio
is playing to make the sea safe,
according to Navy experts.