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Evening star., 1926-11-07
White Russia Peasants
Burn Atheist Paper

Interesting details are given bv q
Wllno newspaper AS to the fate ~
atheist propaga nda among the peas.
ants of White Russia. just across The
frontier. The Atheist. a weekly sna.
clally written to convert the peasant
is scattered broadcast through ali tha
villages every Friday. but mirac1.
lously disappears before Sunday. in
spite OF all the efforts Of the authori.
ties. Recently a whole CONVOY of the
weekly was destroyed in a most spec.
tacular manner at the village of Sa.
mochWalowicZ. 1t was solemnlv
burned on the village green. while the
peasants sang the penitential psalms
under the leadership Of the parish
priest. The latter was afterward ar.
rested and transferred, under very
strong guard. to the nearest G.. p. Z.
at Reezczenicy. The bolshevik press
Is continually tearing its hair over the
growing religious enthusiasm among
the peasants. There is a widespread
belief that the bolshevik regime Is q
foretaste Of the reign Of Antichrist
and that the second coming Is not far
hence. Prayers for it's speedy ap.
proach are made.
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lieve, will be used by Germany. The Fokker
Co. in Holland. ia sending a continual stream
ct planes to Russia and great many plants
are turning out parts OF these almetal planes
which. 1t is expected can be assembled very
readily. And France. since the armistice, has
known that, although forbidden By the very
terms of the peace treaty to construct aircraft.
Germany has been steadily devoting money
which should have been paid indemnity to
chemical research and experiments in poison
gases and constructing in friendly countries
the most powerful types OF planes in existence
today. With Germany moving steadily ahead
toward its objective-the development OF air
power-and devoting the combined efforts OF
its people to the accomplishment of this pur
pose. it is not to be wondered that France
while decreasing her military and naval forces
has expanded her air force until today France
Is the dominant military air power in the
world.
France has been unjustly charged with i'm
perialistic ambitions and has been taxed with
directing her air policy to further such ambi
tions. Her answer has been emphatic dis
clainer of imperialism, and rejoinder to
the effect that her policy is determined by her
geographical situation. Recent disclosures as
to the military plans and activities of Ger
many justify this defense.
France says. too, that she: as Well as any
other country. is justified in developing
strong aeronautica industry for purely com
mercial purposes. That is also the frank
bition of every other nation of world i'm
portance. In this connection it may be well
to remember that the French first to
offer substantial encouragement to the Ameri-
Wright brothers at time when there
was little financial encouragement for them
at home, and that only small amount for
military plane two. France built a monu
ment to the Wrights before one was thought
of in the United States. their birthplace where
their history making invention had met with
ridicue md doubt.
The economic and financial problems of com
mercial aviation in Europe have been almost
everywhere considered from the same general
viewpoint. AiI'ways have been traced to
svnchroniZe with the great commercial cur
rents.
Government subsidies granted mainly in
the form of bonuses for the purchase of ma
terial, the basis of gross receipts. for useful
mileage or the number of miles 6oWn with
load. rance. England and Germany pursue
almost the same general policy in this respect
Russia does not pay such bonuses. Planes
and equipment belong to the Soviet govern
ment which also bears the expense Of opera
ton and it pays the operating company an
additional fee amounting to one-fifth Of its
expenses.
In Europe the airplane has become political
force has greatly strengthened her place in the
political armament of Europe. British states
manship was first to recognize this. The air
WAYS of the Franco Russian company have
brought Paris much closer to the capitals of
the Little Entente. Russia Is spending as
much she afford to utilize the airplane
not only as defensive arm, but az a means
to commercial expansion
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ma ssiveneSs." he mantilla is going.
bobbed hair and the shingle are com
ing. legs are emerging. Even Spain is
surrendering to the spirit of the age.
* * x x
Italy-For the third time within
six months and for the sixth time
since he assumed the dictatorship
MuSsolini has by the merest hair es-
capped assassination. The would-be
assassin this time was Il boy OF is,
who fired on the Duce as he was
leaving the stadium in Bologna. where
vast throng was gathered. The
crowd fell on the boy and stabbed and
beat him to a pulp. The Duce be-
haved OH this occasion with the Gus
tomary GOODNESS in the face OF dan
ger. but it does not appear that he
eXerted himself as greatly as. to the
great extent of his heart and head
ne did on previous similar occasions.
to prevent general "reprisals' against
those known or reputed to be enemies
of l'ascism. AT any rate, such re
prisals'' against both persons and
property have been taken on II con-
sidera bic scale, and on the 4th de.
four days after the attempt on his lifel
Mussolini ended a speech to vast as
sembly al Rome with the omlnous
words: ''TOmorrOw YOU shall have
the measures You are all awaiting.
1t has To he presumed that the Duce
is personally averse to such measures
as his auditors were awaiting. but
felt it wise to humor them for the
once, intending gentler cOunSelS when
their deaf and blind passions should
have subsidized 1t is doubtful If there
is any parallel in history to the pres
ent infuriation OF the Fascist popu-
lace. Sundry anti-F'fench outrages
are especially to be deplored.
Mussolini proceeded at once 10 full
fillment Of the promises above quoted.
On the morrow thereof the cabinet
council, under his presidency, APPROX
ed a number OF repressive and puni-
tive measures Of extreme severity
aimed at eXtirpation of anti-Fa scism.
These will be submitted to the Cham
ber on Tuesday. and thereafter to the
Senate both of which bodies may be
counted on to pass them. The method
adopted may be the best toward the
end proposed. but history indica tes
that it may not.
Syria-The "Syro- Palestinian Con
gress' has memorialized the League
Council. expressing the hope that the
Council is not, as rumored. proposing
TO transfer the mandate for Syria now
held by France to some other coun-
try. for that such action would be "a
conservation OF the lille gtimacy Of the
French mandate" OF course. one may
not hope that the Syrians will be al
lowed to misgovern themselves like
other peoples, but it is not unedifying
to learn their point of view. However,
perhaps secretly the gentlemen Of the
congress hope that the French will
stay on for a while. for they are put
ting Syria economically on her legs.
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Fosdick Charges Army Has Program
To Militarize American Education

becoming famous. In DIR. Fosdick' s
class at the Union Theological Sem
mary tickets have to be issued for
admittance so that visitors and the
curious will not pre-empt the seats
Of students.
AS I shook hands with the little
giant" Of the American pulpit. l took
one more look at the sturdy. vigorous
character before me. Once again I
thought about the type Of minister
that makes money for the cartoonist-
pallid, emancipated, STOPPING ap-
partitions who make vice attractive
and virtue odious by the somberness
and narrowness of their lives.
Modern life is getting thrill out Of
living. The world Is no longer a re-
ligious vale of tears. Humanity no
longer lives 'enveloped In q cowl.'
People are no longer raped on the
head in church for browsing out q
boring sermon. or compelled to go to
church. The policeman who directs
traffic must stand In the street. He
must touch what he directs. The min.
lister today. who is to direct souls
successfully, must live with the people
and touch their daily lives.
That is why Dr. F'oSdici: is such a
successful director of spiritual traffic.
Evening star., 1926-11-07
Foch Sends Greetings to America

Of my army. ! cannot sacrifice it.
7" which | replied:
Sire. just tignk of your respon.
SibilitN and he certain thai YOU will
sacrifice your army if YOU attempt to
retreat
| left two documents drawn up in
haste on the corner of A table with
both Of ITEM which were conceived in
almost identical terms:
We shall remain on the spo:
We shall defend the lines we hold"
These were not orders; they were
counsels. | merely persuaded the
King OF the Belgians and the English
marshal so we'll that the advice given
was good that they issued orders in
consequence. And | really believe
that |. who had no right to command
at that time. commanded then. Only
had discovered the right way OF
commanding"
x
Yes. but YOU know. sir" said |.
smiling, that there are some people
in the world who maintain that YOU
have not discovered the right way OF
negotiating. They reproach you with
! that armistice which you signed. eight
wears ago. in the forest of Compiegne.
They even say that you reproach il to
! Yourself. II there had been no
armistice. they say. the next allied
drive would have reached the Rhine" "
Nonsense" cut in Foch sharply
Did we not reach the Rhine with.
out fighting" Listen here and mind
my words: What is an armistice? An
armistice is suspension Of hostilities
! the purpose of which is 10 discuss
, peace by placing the countries that
! have consented to the armistice in a
j situation which will permit them tc
enforce that peace.
Did the armistice which | signed
on November II. 1918. fulfill this pur
pose" Yes. since on the 2Sth OF
June. after seven months Of negotia
tiors. Germany accepted all the condi
! tionS of the allies
Il said 10 NJ. Clemenceau. on the
llth OF November, 1918. at
o'clock in the morning. when brought
him the document which had just beer
signed in the forest OF Com piegne:
Here Is my armistice: YOU car
now make any peace YOU wish. / ar
able 10 enforce it. If peace has no.
been very good one. is it my fault
/ | did my job: it was up TO the heads o.
the government TO do theirs
Foch arose and. emphasizing eaci
one of his words. as if to be sure O
! summing up the interview thoroughly
he said:
ITO command is nothing To nego
tiate is nothing. What is necessary
/ is to understand those with whom on,
has TO deal and TO make ones sell
thoroughly understood by them. Tt
understand each other well is tn,
whole secret OF life
And Foch evidently meant also tha
il was the secret Of the life Of nation.
the same as that Of individuals. tn,
secret ~ peace and war. the secret o
commerce aud OF friendship.
tcopyrtght. le2e.l
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was $50. But how much of this gain
was genuine resulting from POin-
cares admira bic measures; how much
is to be attributed to speculation. II -
irnlbssibe to say. 1t seems to be
the general opinion Of those best
qualified to speak on the matter that,
however admirable Poincare's pro-
gram of selfhelp. the limit of prog
yesS under that program toward the
fiscal and financial rehabilitation OF
France has merely. if indeed not
quite, been reached; that further
progress (even. perhap ps, retention of
the gain achieved is possible only
through stabilAtion Of the franc,
such stabilization to Dresuppose las
in the case Of Belgium foreign loans
and credits. and the loans and credits
to be Forthcoming only after ratitica-
ton of the debt agreements with the
United States and Britain the former,
at any rate)
To those unfamiliar with the fan
tasticalities of the financial scheme of
things It may seem a strange saying
that the franc has been appreciating
too fast. seeing that par thereof is
1913 cents: but such is the fact. In
deed. the French government has been
checking the rise. But the reader of
this article expects facts, not fan
ia sricaitA's beyond Persian or Ara
hian tales. Without Il fifth sense YOU
wa nder forlOrn in the region Of inter
ma tional exchange.
The French Parliament rea assemblies
on November y. and then we Sha II
see which are right--those who assert
that the 1927 budget will he the first
business. or those who are no less
sure that the Berenger agreement
will take the preference. Either way.
ii will be a fascinating session. and our
elections and foot ball season behind
us, we shall fortunately be free to fol-
low that drama. Stresemann and
other German bigwigs have been loud
ly declaring that progress of the
Thoiry program waits upon ratif1ca-
tion of the Berenger agreement: and
so do smell in such proceeding evi-
dence of cahootism with the willy
BRAND
Spain.-Another plot developed on
French soil. and having for its OBJ
ject overthrow of the Primo de Rivera
government and the independence OF
Catalonia. has been nipped in the bud
through the alertness Of French secret
service men. who have planted in
quod a considerable number of the
chief conspirators. mostly Spania rds:
but including some Italians and Brit
ons. Not impossibly the importa nee
of the affair has been exaggerated by
the press.
The promised National Assembly is
or is not to be convened in the near
future: reports differ.
Spain Is soon to have the best tele-
phone service in Europe through
american enterprise provided by the
international Telephone and Telegraph
Co."
A tremendous building boom Is MAX
ing Madrid pre.eminent for marble
Evening star., 1926-11-07
Asserts False Charge
Made Against Farmers

To the Editor Of The Star:
A recent issue OF The Star carried
statement made by Mr.. r. D. Marshall
OF the Terminal Storage Co. in which
the gentleman charges that farmers
were paid s. apiece to sign a petition
recently drawn up by them favor1nK
the m!d-city site for the new market
center. AS the originator Of that peti
ton. and as a bona fide farmer OF
Suitland, Md. I feel II is only fair to
the public to deny this charge, which
is positively untrue.
The farmers are 90 per cent in
favor of staying with the retail mar
ket. Mr.. Marshall will find IL rather
hard to pry them away from this posi-.
ton on the subject.
This fond dream to make two dol
lars grow where one grew before for
certain interests, at the expense OF
the farmers and public alike, feel
will not come true: The masses do not
even know where the Terminal Stor.
age plant and Municipal Fish Market
are, owing TO dealers in every section
OF the city supplying their wants
along these lines.
L. J. HARRISON.
Evening star., 1926-11-07
BY VERNON KELLOGG.

Director. National Research Council
Belgium's strong man of the hour
Is Emile F'rancqui. Although a min
lister without portfolio, he is the domf-
mating figure In the Belgian Cabinet.
and the bold and energetic policy Of
financial rehabilitation and stabiliza e.
ton just adopted by Belgium is
chiefly to be credited to his ingenuity
and influence.
F>rancQui is one of the biggest of
BelSium's big business men He Is
vice governor OF Belgium's greatest
private bank. the Societe General.
and is a conspicuous figure In Congo
development. But he Is a man Of no
political ambitions.
Liberal in Politics.
He is a liberal as regards political
interests, hut has taken no part I'm
political affairs beyond those neces-
sary to put into execution his flnan-
cial plans for the nation. When all
these plans are achieved he expects
to retire from - cabinet. having
entered it only elp his country
in time of great - Il.
This is not the first time tha,
F'rancQui has distinguished himself
by undertaking a great effort TO serve
Ills COhItLi WI lItiOu tllC ioIlE
days of Belgian occupation during the
war he was the head of the powerful
national committee, which cooperated
with the Hoover Commission in the
food relief Of Belgium. Subject only
TO the general German control of the
country. this committee was in effect
the government" of Belgium, and
Francqui was its bold presiding
genius. But with the end of the war
and the return of King and Cabinet
TO Brussels. THIS committee promptly
relinquished all its power.
Poincare Held Back.
The recently adopted measures OF
Belgian financial rehabilitation were
not undertaken earlier because of
Belgium's sympathetic rela tions with
France, but when Francqui, after re-
peated conferences with Poincare
found that he could not induce France
to join with Belgium In a common
plan. he boldly undertook 10 have
Belgium proceed independently. The
measures adopted by him have re.
suited in providing. "a largely in.
creased national income from new
indirect taxes and 4 from the pri'ate
Evening star., 1926-11-07
BELGIUMS STRONG MAN LACKS
AMBITIONS IN POLITICAL FIELD
Emile Francqui, One of Country Biggest
Business Men, by Vigorous Methods
Places Finances on Stable Basis Now.

management of the nationa lly-owned
railways. The budget has been bal
anced and a large amortization fund
established to meet the maturing of
the national funded debt And.
finally. the Belgian franc has been
stabilized.
AS sequel to these vigorous meas
ures, large foreign loan has been
promptly and heavily oyers1bscribed
I'm England aud America Aitosether
Belg1ums strong man seems 10 have
solved successfully Belgium's great
financial problem. and the relief To
the Belgian people as regards both in
ternal and external trade should he
prompt and effective. IL is CRAFTY.
ing 10 all friends of Belgium TO see
in this tremendous effort a new tansi
bile evidence Of the persistence Of that
splendid national spirit so conspic,I
ously exhibited during the Great
War
Copyright. 1926l
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letic and physical training. but why
should the War Department take
charge Of them?
II do not believe that the present
campaign to de-Americanize our
American schools will succeed.
come from an old American stock.
That is why so earnestly oppose the
present endeavor of the military es-
tabIishment to get control OF our
schools. The War Department has no
legitimate business in our educational
institutions.
''It is hopeful that at least Boston
University has abolished compulsory
military training after trying 1t, and
that the Massachusetts high school
principals have recorded their un-
qualified opposition to military train
ing for school boys by a vote of $50
to g."
FOsdick's Success Secret.
I was busy taking notes and rack
ing my brain for perhaps another
question. Some one Knocked on the
door. Another caller had arrived. In
fact, they come all day long. That is
one Of the penalties a man pays for
Evening star., 1926-11-07

Queen Mary has set new fashion.
or. rather, revived an old one by
taking to wearing a Shetland shawl.
several of which size bought during
her recent visit ~ Scotland.
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IS exhausted: how can y"u demand
yet another such effort nj it?'
The American Army. said Per
shinS. is not Vet ready: how can YOU
think of throwing it into the conflict?
Il could easily have replied by Civ
Ing a formal and categorical command.
hut that is not my way Of acting.
know only too we'll that one obeys
badly if one has to obey unwillingly.
/ preferred to take the tone Of an
adviser rather than that Of q chief.
| preferred to convince each one of
them that my plan was perfectly pos
s,hle and feasible.
TO lais said that | would place
a French army under his command.
the army OF Debeney. which could but
Natter and stimulate him.
To Pershing declared that |
knew very we'll that the young Amer
was only too anxious TO cover itself
with glory.
To the Belcians | promised to let
them have both British and French
troops. who would he placed under the
command of King Albert: and. AS they
-aised the objection that the King did
NOT possess Il staff officers license. |
replied: All right: | will send him a
French licensed chief officer of the
general staff--Gen. Degoutte.
Thus each of them, finally. through
haps. merely because he was placed
face to face with his responsibilities,
,allied Of his own free will TO my
IDEAS. And everything went far bet.
Ter than if had simply imposed my
authority"
X !
The marshal drew a whiN from his
ripe and continuing 10 le1 his reni
niscences fall. one hv one he pursued
Il have known far more difficult
hours than that. For instance. those
of November 1914. when ! prevented
the allies from abandoning Ypres. Al
hat time I did not possess any docu
ment comforting the high command or
me. Then | was not comInaE'ier-in-
chief Of the French army. | was only
a simple general. In the conferences
which I had with him. French said:
az am field marshal and am alone
responsible toward England for the
rate of the British army. ! am of the
opinion that that army should retreat.
To which ] replied,
II have no orders TO give 10 YOU
I only take the liberty OF rendering
my advice to you. and | am just think
ing Of the fate Of your army. which is
very dear 10 ne. II il retreats II Is
lost. for the retreat will turn INTO a
iisaster No one can prevent NSr
from commanding. but only lust thint
Of YOUR responsibility.
On his side the King Of the Belsians
during the conversations | had with
him said TO me:
The constitution holds me respon
s'hle 10 my people for what remains
Evening star., 1926-11-07
BY HENRY w. BUM.

HE following is az brief sum
mary of the most important
news Of the world for the
CAVIAR, layS eDdei November D.
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France. late the franc has ap-
preciated markab bly The last quo.
ia ton thereof on New York exchange
mentioned by me in these columns
was that of September 3. namely. 2,92
cents. On November the QuAation
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