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agreements covering regions within which the land or air armaments of one country could constitute potential threat to another coun- try. Geographical continents have been suggested as regions appro- priate for land and air, limitation agreements.
 The American land and air force constitute a threat to no one. They are at minimum strength; their reduction has been suggested by no one as a necessary condition precedent to general arms limita- ton. This reduction of our land forces has been rendered possible by our favored geographical posi- ton. l realize that the problems of armaments on land and in the air in Europe are beset with difficulties which in all justice we must recog- nize and, although this government will always be ready to lend its assistance in any appropriate way to efforts on the part of European or other governments to arrive at regional agreements limiting land and air forces, it would hesitate to make specific proposals on this subject to European nations.
 The problem of the limitation of naval armament, while not sue. cessfully treated, in part, by an agreement among the five leading ni can be definitely dealt with by further agreements among those powers.
 It will be a contribution to the success of the preliminary work now going on at Geneva should the great naval powers there agree upon a further definite limitation of naval armament.
 It is my intention that the American representatives at Ge- neva should continue to discuss with the representatives of the other nations there the program for a general limitation of arma- ments conference. If such a con- ference should be possible in tho future, on a basis generally accept able, this government would. of course, be highly gratified. Pending the formulation of the plan for such a general conference, how ever, I believe that we should make an immediate and sincere effort to solve the problem of naval limitation, the solution of which would do much to make the efforts toward more general limitation successful.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-25
Bobby Gets His Ace.

Twenty years of assiduous bonn
bardment of far-away golf pins came
To satisfactory end yesterday for
Robert Tyre Jones, jr. student
father, world medal play champion
and outstanding amateur golfer Of
the world. Bobby Jones of Atlanta
one of the marvels of the contem.
poraneous world Of sport, registered
his first hole in one.
For nearly two decades Jones. the
reigning open champion of the two
great solfing nations Of the world
the United States and Great Britain
has been laying iron shots up close
TO the pins about as consistently as
any golfer In the world. Until yes
terday he had never holed In one
shot from the tee. Meanwhile the
golfing nobodies-men who would
deem it an honor to wrest a trifiing
little mug of silver from a mediocre
field Of tournament entrants-have
gone along holins aces from the tee
in nonchalant fashion. All over the
land, every day Of the golnns season,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-25
Student Gives View
on Chinese Treaties

To the Editor OF The Star:
Granting that we want to abrogate
the unequal treaties. many American
friends OF China would say. with
whom shall we open negotia tions?"
For even part of official Washington
has made it known that there is
no person or party which can repre-
sent the whole of China, and that as
long as such condition continues the
United States Government will prob
ably refrain from taking the initia-
tive in making new treaties with
China on an equal and reciprocal
ba sis.
Whom shall we deal with in China
IL the question Is asked in good faith,
a satisfactory answer can easily be
found. On the other hand. IL the
question is intended to be an evasion
the interrogation faces two strong
horns OF dilemma. In the first place,
there exists at Picking a de jure gov
eminent of China. still legally recog-
niZed by the nations OF the world as
the government of all China. In the
second place there is at Wuhan the
Nationalist government. which has the
moral support of at least the major
ity, if not the whole. of the Chinese
people. and which is the de facto gov
eminent of the Chinese people and at
the same time the de facto govern
ment of more than One-half of China
proper One fact which even the most
casual observer has grasped in the
present situation in China is that both
the Picking government and the Ma
tionalist government are for the abrO-
CATION of the unequal treaties. 1t has
to be 80, because the Chinese people
are one in dema nding that the SOW
ereign rights of their nation be re
stored
II the question is asked in good
faith, the answer is: Deal with the
party that has the support Of the Chi
nese people. IL this principle is recog-
niZed and adhered to. the modus oper-
andi can be easily worked out. NeSo-
tiations can be opened with either the
Chinese government de ture or the
Chinese government de facto. or both,
since the Chinese people are one In de-
manding that the powers make new
treaties with China on an equal and
reciprocal basis.
PAUL G.. MENG.
General Secretary of the Chinese
Students Christian Association
in North America.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-25
Scientists Produce
Synthetic Sea Life

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Once more the secret of life has
been discovered. Two savants of the
University of California have. after
26 years of endeavor, produced
number Of synthetic sea urChins. The
echinoderms manufactured by the
California method are said TO be quite
as lively as those brought into exist
ence by the ort nodox and old-fashioned
opera tons Of nature herself. OF course
no sea urchin is ever very lively or
intelligent. At best it is not a master
piece. But sea urchins made to order
which live and move and take nourish-
ment are sufficiently weird and ade-
quately Outla ndish.
We are in no danger of an over
population of sea urchins, neither is
there any likelihood that one of these
children Of the laboratory will ever
develop malevolence and intelligence
to match the fiendishness Of the mon
ster which the unhappy Frankenstein
manufactured from the leavings Of the
dissecting room and scraps from the
charnel house. Naturally created
things are not menac ed. for no echino-
derm Ia going on A rampage. Never
theless il is not altogether pleasant to
think OF scientists going into their
workrooms and making animals.
There is no telling what may happen
when our men do this. A business
which starts with sea urchins may
develop through generations and CEN
turtles TO systematic manufacture
of hyenas or horned toads or human
hoodlums. But we scarcely think 1t
will.
For, at best. the life of sea urchins
is not first class. Their careers are
mechanical. their reactions scarcely
less mystifying or irregular than the
action of inorganic chemical reagents.
There is no more terror in a synthetic
echinoderm than there is in an in
cuba ted chicken
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-25

some one, usually far below Jones In
solf1ng skill. has holed an ace. In
deed. some have been lucky enough
to reach this golfing Utopia twice or
more In a season and history records
that al least two players have scored
twin aces in a single round. Yet Bobby
Jones, admittedly the greatest shot
maker of the present generation. had
never holed his tee shot until yes
terday.
Golf has not reached the decree OF
eXactitude that any man. even me
admitted master that Jones is, can
tell within inches where his iron shots
will stop 1t is frankly and without
attempt at evasion the worlds most
tantalizing game. One day the game
is there The next day it is not.
There is apparently no answer to the
query. Why" Yet day after day
BOBBY Jones has gone along. scoring
lower more consistently than any
man. He leads the renowned Hagen.
winner OF four national champion
ships by something more than
twenty-five shots in the American
open over a stretch of seven years.
And not until Yesterday did he have
the satisfaction OF watching his first
shot nestle into the cup.
Yet it is not unusual for a star
golfer to go on for years before ne
scores an ace. Chick Evans, one Of
the great iron players Of the game,
the master of midiron and mashie.
played for nearly decade and a hair
before he holed one from the tee.
Perhaps 1t liz the very exactitude OF
the masters which withhoids from
them the coveted ace. They know
just how much backspin they can put
on the ball and frequently 1t Is the
backspin which holds the ball Just
short of the cup, where the free-Enn-
ming ba of the duffer may strike the
nag and drop in.
When all is said an ace In golf is
"a happy combination OF skill ana
luck. Skill in directing the ball
straight for the pin. with approx
mate,v the correct distance, and luck
in having the sphere run true ana
straight to the cup without oeihk
deviated by inequalities Of surface
and contour. Now that Jones mas
broken the ice he may run into q
streak of aces. And he may never
get another. 1t is one OF the Vassries
of a most tantaliZing game.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-25
High Bonds.

Recently in Police. Court the assist
ant United States attorney requested
a high bond to hold a criminal for the
action Of the grand jury The prison
er before the court had pleaded guilty
to two HOUSEKEEPING charges and to
shooting a policeman through the
hand while attempting to escape.
In addition, the prosecutor stated
that thirty other housebreaking
charges would he preferred against
the defendant. and that the defenda MT
had already served three terms in the
penttenuary on similar charges.
A bond of $50 900 was fixed by the
court an Axtrenaely~high- bond and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-25
Giants Race Fighting
To Offset Extinction

From the Pasadena star-News.
A race of giants. threatened with
extinction, Is making it's last stand
here along the Pacific Coast. In an
area 425 miles long and 90 miles wide
ire last noble specimens of redwooos
are standing, facing God and man
with stout hearts. ready for any
rate. An epic of the woodlands ~
being written: a tragedy of the trees
Ia being played. The greed and care
lessness Of man on the one hand and
the vagaries of climate on the other
hand are threatening this race OF for
est giants. Oregon and Asia once
bore such forest giants az these, as
FOSSIL remains show. But climatic
changes drove the redwoods to extinc-
ton over,wide areas.
And now forced by fate to make
their last stand here in california,
these majestic monarchs have appeal
as strong as though they were human.
Help to save us from the raVages or
greed. fire and every threatening con
ditton which. man may control'
These trees bear the message of cen
tur1es of existence. 1t Is an epitome
of world history to visit and to con
template them thoughtfully. They
speak the language of poetry-they
are great poems. They speak the Ian
euage of art-they are great land
scape paintings. They speak the Ian
guase of wisdom-they embody the
wisdom of ages. They speak the
tongue OF philosophy--the greatest OF
human philosophers may learn from
them. They speak the language of
patience, Of serenity. of strength, OF
inspii alton. of uplift. They preach
the existence Of God and the verify
Of Immortality more eloQuently than
able divines.
Dir. Ralph w. CLANCY. lecturer and
research associate of the Carnegie In
stitution, at Washington. Is making
vigorous appeals in behalf of the red
woods In lectures. California always
should do it's part to preserve these
noble forests of giant trees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-25

we'll deserved. The recommendation
of the Government and the action OF
the judge should be praised.
1t Is the duty of the court officials
to protect residents Of the city from
such criminals while they are await
ing sentence, and by setting high
bonds ii is practically Impossible for
the criminal to return to his unla wfui
pursuits.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-25
Belfast Considers
Business Manager

Dublin has made such success Of
it's experiment in municipal business
management that Belfast is now dis
cussing the possibility Of initiating it.
Dublin's corporation used to consist
of 80 aldermen and councillors ad-
ninistering a revenue of nearly s. 500
600 annually. Three young men APP
uointed by the Irish Free State gov
eminent displaced the cOrporatio and
RIM the whole city themselves.
AS result there is increased eff
cheney and n large reduction in the
rates Belfast with its corporation of
60 members. controlling great munich
nal enterprises, including the lighting
and the street cars, is thinking Of fol-
lowing Dublin's lead.
The example of the city manager
svstem came from the United States
and has certainly worked we'll In Dub
lin. There was more room for
economy here than in Belfast, where
the rates nave been much lower than
in Dublin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-25
McFadden Bill Widely Backed
AS Aid to Nations Banking

Notwithstanding sharp differences
of opinion over branch bank provi-
sions. public approval of the McFad-
den bill. passed by Congress. Is gen
eral, because it assures continuation
of the Federal Reserve system. Under
he original law the charters would
have expired at the end of a fixed
period.
The measure has been heralded as
giving national banks opportunity for
expansion, says the Wall Street
Journal. whereas. in effect. it re-
striets branch banking, Senator
Wheeler to the contrary notwithstand-
ing. Beyond combining branches to
cities of $4,000 or over, the bill really
gives national or member banks little
more in this respect than is available
to them now. An inherent weakness
is in not allowing the matter of branch
banking to be governed by local state
laws. This will be apparent later on
with further defections of national
banks as a result of competition in
States with more liberal branch bank
ing laws In other respects. however
the new banking legislation will be
undoubtedly beneficial to the banks
and the public. The measure contains
several desirable features. National
bank and Federal Reserve charters
will be made indeterminate, adding sta
bility to our banking structure. Per
haps the most important provision IL
the extension of loaning powers OF
national banks. Here the bill might
he regarded as possessing measure
of imitation, with the farming commu-
nifty the principal beneficiaries.
Another provision would allow ma
tional banks to lend so per cent of
~ ntys n 6QnnalfS estate
for periods up to five years. This
makes about three billion dollars
available"
The measure is described by the
Philadelphia Public Ledger as "the
most important financial legislation
this country has framed in more than
IL years" and that paper adds: THE
Federal Reserve was great instru-
mont in war and In an even greater
implement in peace. The act creating
1t was a national achievement of the
first rank. 1t Is one of the monu-
ments of the Wilson Administrations
perhaps the greatest. The fears felt
for its future have been dissolved and
it is In the way of being perpetuated."
The Portland Oregon Journal takes
a similar position, and the Louisville
Courier-Journal declares "The Fed
eraI Reserve system Is one drastic
form which justified itself 80 quickly
in the eyes of the Nation that both
parties adhered to its cause. The alb
sence of opposition accounts for the
appearance of SO important legisla-
tive matter az an unmarked incident
in a controversy that attracted ma
tional attention"
y
1t is pointed out by the Baltimore
Sun that criticism of the action OF
Congress In EXPANDING these charters
without revising more Thoroughly the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-25

Another diamond rush liz scheduled
for the Transvaal, In spite OIL i'oh"
lions that there are already more dia'
,onds available than dealers care 10
throw on the market. There 10 PIC
t,,esoue excitement in the quest, put'
after all. a diamond mine IL less sa'is-
factory than a good oil we'll. .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-25
Rolling Stone.

Old Jim Jimson's back once more
From a bright an distant shore;
Sha kim hands an glad to greet
Same old friends he used to meet.
Old Jim Jimson's travelled heaps.
Yet. IL an account he keeps
Bout the joys Of those who roam
Might as well have stayed right home!
Jud Tunkins says a scandal, il suf
ficiently financed, may turn into
profitable publicity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-25

Possibly the richest man III '"e
world IL Henry Ford. Possibly ne Is
rohn p Rockefeller. The difference IL
not important, involving only the ais
t,,ction between a good fiivver joke
and a philanthropic silver dime.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-25

Congressional interchanees OIL speecn
are short and snappy The old-time
of studied oratory
limited. whatever might be the stress
~ oninion. by courteous formality
were preferable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-25
SHOOTING STARS.
ny PHMANDER JOHNSON.


Size Does Not Count.
February's kind Of queer
Shortest month in all the year;
But the birthdays 1t contains
Mean a lot in strength ana brains.
February, there you are,
Smallest in the calendar;
Yet in every loyal town,
Still the greatest in renown!
February. Good old Feb.
Fates mysterious weave their web.
DAYS that we account but small
Prove the grsatest, after all.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-25

national banking laws has come from,
a number of sources. Some of the
most distinguished economists and
nna nciers have Joined In It, fearing
that with the issue of charter exten.
sion disposed of it will he dificult. n
not impossible, to secure needed i'm.
provements and safeguards in the
law. Inc sun, however. recognizes
that the new law would put national
banks In better position to compete
with state banks, Withdrawals NJ
which from the Federal Reserve svs.
tenn have caused fear for its perrna-
nency and stability
Admitting that 1.-THE discrimination
against national banks in the matter
or operating branches has been one NJ
the principal obstacles to the svsten's
expansion and consolidation" the Chi
cago Daily News. nevertheless. saws:
fhere Is distinct need Of independ-
ent banks. managed by persons IA.
miliar with local conditions and re-.
quirements. IL the new measure in
operation shall have the effect OF sup
planting such banks with branch
banks controlled from a dista nee. the
results are not likely to be happy"
The Lincoln State Journal states
that the opposition to the bill came
from the fact that the door TO branch
banking In the national system In nut
slightly ajar, even though IL he MT
widely opened. The branch bank fe<~
ture Ia of importance mainly in StateS
like Wisconsin and California, whef,
state banks are permitted to maintain
branches. AS for general branch
banking system. the opposition to il
seems to be as strenuous az ex>- In
the country at large"
n Il
THE present sources Of hostility"
according to the Springfield Republi.
can. ARE In the Western areas Of
agricultural production. which suf-
fered 30 severely from the great credit
dehation following the recent war.
The Federal Reserve banks were
finally forced by broad national inter
ests to check the imitation that had
been so widely extended, but the
groups that suffered the most from
the de1ation have identified the bank
ing system with the causes OF their
economic misfortunes."
There has been bitter objection"
says the Dayton Daily News, even to
80 much branch banking as the Nc
Fadden bill authorizes. The issue has
been before Congress for several years.
Now OF sudden 1T Is settled. Is IL a
beginning at chain banking? Per-
haps. That can only be determined
after a few years experience with the
short step in that direction which the
McFadden bill takes"
The st. Louis Post Dispatch adds
that 1.-THE law of the survival of the
biggest may he a. unwise as 1t Ii ruth
less, hut 1t is here and functionine,
a nd there In nothing to indicate that
the small banker will escape its decree
OF 7extinctions any mora says1t than the
corner grocer"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-25

In Florida Ponce de Leon was sup
nosed 10 discover the fountain of
youth. He undoubtedly located land
of peculiar charm for immature and
inexperienced investors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-25

It might facilitate the work OF tho
sergeant a t-arms IL a filibuster, instead
OF presenting dun readings. could en-
plov some good soloists and a chorus.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-25

There would be more sporting en-
counters IL prize fighters were as
willing to meet In the ring as states
men are in the forum.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-25

Nicaragua, in the midst OF warhke
possibilities, gradually relapses into
the situation of the innocent by
stander.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-25

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The farmers want relief from Con
eress, while the people would like 10
be relieved Of CongrSAe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-25
Our Modern Night Life.

From the Jewe& tKsns.) Republican.
II n about = diffioult to drag an old
fellow out atKnlGht ~ u u 70 keep
young fellow 1n.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-25

There is a great deal of fighting
language" in Congress. Gene Tunney
begins to look like a pacifist.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-25
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-25

Business is business I'D TO the
point where business encounters the
danger of being classified as graft"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-25
Getting Into Politics.

What induced you to go into poll
tics?"
II was not in a position to do any
inducing" answered Senator Sorghum.
II had TO induce the bosses to admit
me"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-25
wild Waves.

What are the wild waves saying,
Sister, the whole day long,"
The prices for board you are paying
Grow every year more strong.
Costumes become more daring.
Real estate, my child,
May wreck you beyond repairing:
And that's why the waves are wild!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-25

"A hermit" said Hi Ho, the sage of
Chinatown. poses az a philosopher.
He could no longer remain q hermit IL
he produced anything to SELL"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-25

A typical Virginia negro nanny,
long in the service OF a Washington
family. was recently given the privi-
lese Of accompanying her mistress
through No. Is Dupont Circle. the
marble pile which the President and
Mrs. Coolidge will inhabit after March
T. As they were about completing the
inspection, the nanny exclaimed: Us
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-25

1t is pointed out by the Baltimore
Sun that criticism of the action OF
Congress In, expanding these charters
without revising more thoroughly the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-25

Q. / have a cellulOid doll. whose face
is full of dents. Can YOU tell me how
to open the seam to get it apart. and
what to do to soften 1t so l can get
the dents out?-N. A. r.
A. The Bureau of Standards saws
that you may use glacial acetic acid
to open the seams of the celluloid doll
face. The celluloid will soften under