Evening star., 1926-03-04

Wonders are being accomplished py
science, especially in the extension OF
the power of the radio. 1t Is now
predicted by q notable scientist tnat
the day will come when the radio may
catch the vibrations of voices which
spoke in previous ages, for there are
not only scientific dicta as to the IN
destructibility of matter" but Ike.
wise of the eternal continuance OF
vibrations of the ether. The waves
may not be caught in the exact spot
Of their origin, but, like soldiers In
the enemy's country. they are for
ever somewhere" in eternal and Inn
mite space.
1t may be assumed that such per.
fection Of radio listening in as will
enable us to hear back through cen
turies is not yet achieved. but may we
not experiment in listening in enough
| to hear snatches of what the nations
premiers have said within the last
month? They have all been telling OF
their dreams and giving their excuses
for what their country is charged in
sins of omission and commission.
In the absence of the true wave
length which would get" Marc An
tony's Grafton over Caesars dead
body. let us hear Mussolini as he tells
of greater Rome and how Italy IS to
eclipse the Roman Empire.
| Signor Mussolini commends the
reorganization Of the debt problem,
but whether he is aiming at the re-
calcitrant United States Senators or
dealing with generalities is not dis
! tinctly caught. Perhaps there was
| too much static to hear him clearly,
| especially on Capitol Hill.
| AS to Locarno. he says 'it is a
| new factor toward the recovery of
Europe" Addressing himself espe-
cialIy to England, he speaks of
| Gibraltar, which makes Great Britain
hence, he extends the hand of cordial
| greeting. He even condescends to
say the intellectual attributes of the
English and Italians admirably COM
plete each other" So he thinks Eng
land and Italy Should have a more
reciprocal comprehension" Italy Is
trying to teach her sons the virtues
| that made Rome great and Great
Britain has forged great empire on
| the anvil she got from Rome-so
| how like two peas In a pod are the
| English and the Italians! But his
voice fades before he discusses Eng
| lands approachment to Germany and
| Austria, and the waves seem to cross
I with others coming from France.
| y u * +
| It is the voice of Poincare. but the
\ hand of BRAND. NJ. Poincare has
been President Of France--even has
been premier, which is of far greater
power. He Is explaining what hap
| pened to him and France: BY the
! dual election system candidates for
| election to the Chamber of Deputies
were bound too closely to the de-
| tense OF purely local interests. A
COMPROMISE was agreed upon: A
hybrid which preserved the defects
! Of the old system, however. while 1t
| encouraged electoral coalitions. When
Germany failed to pay her repara
| tIons account France had to repair
wars damage at her own expense
and trust to future collections. That
| made France pinched financially
| Then there was world wide con-
spiracy against French exchange
| Poincare says so himself--so that
there came a collapse in the franc;
1t wasn't worth a nickel. Premier
Poincare had to meet the collapse
| in money value by proposing to in
| crease taxes one-fifth. In most prov
inces the opposition cried, mo more
taxesr' which cry was as seductive
Of votes as IL 1t had promised mo
more war"
! Poincare fell. Before his fall he
| had re-established the French en-
bassy at the Vatican. His success
sors. the Cartel government, unter.
| took to abolish it. in the policy OF