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tween this country and the other
American republics.

tween this country and the other
American republics.
The United States today is the great
est customer of the American repub-
lies. 1t buys more of their products
than all other nations If their pur-
chases are pooled. 1t sells more goods
TO these countries than any other, and,
indeed, than all other nations. The
balance of trade, however, as between
the United States and the Latin
American republics is in favor Of the
latter. Imports from those countries
into the United States. largely raw
materials, during the last five years
have totaled $5.06S,0 900, ,00o Exports to
those countries from the United States
in the same period have amounted to
$3,7S1 900. 900.
AS President Coolidge pointed out, 1t
is right and proper that the republics
of the Western Hemisphere should be
closely bound together through friend
ly trade. Commerce and good bust
ness make for peace and happiness,
stability of government and freedom
of the people.
The President pledged the United
States to the aid Of pan-Americanism,
which he described as a movement
mutually helpful to all the nations of
the Americas. Private industry, he
said, is and must continue the great
factor in the development Of relations
between the American republics. The
importance Of this factor appears in
the statement Of the President that
under our standard we do not ex-
pect the government to support trade,
but trade to support the government"
The good feeling among nations Is pro-
noted not so much by governments
as by private trade. Governments"
he said, "do not have commercial re-
lations."
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A Series of Fatalities.

Two more Navy flyers have met
death in the startling series of fatal
accidents in the air. Yesterday at
Norfolk, Va, Lieut.. Comdr. Hardy B.
Page of this city and his pilot suffered
a terrible end when their ship got out
Of control, crashed to the ground and
burst into flames. Their bodies were
burnt past recognition.
The Norfolk accident is the third
within the last few days. Eight naval
airmen have paid the supreme penalty
for their defiance Of the laws of grav-
ity. First, Lieut.. Comdr. Noel Davis
failed to get his heavy transatlantic
plane into the air and with his pilot
met death, which removed one of the
foremost competitors for the honor of
being the first to cross the ocean be-
tween New York and Paris without
stop.
Then four airmen flying high in the
clouds were struck down by lightning
and their bodies have yet to be re.
covered. They met their fate in a
way that no human could foresee or
guard against. The Davis accident
was clearly caused by overlooking,
while the Page fatality was probably
due to an engine failure.
Two transatlantic planes have now
crashed because they were unable to
get in the air after long running
start. Capt. Rene Fonck was the first
Evening star., 1927-05-04
Personalities Chief Forces
in Great Chinese Upheavals

Most American observers of civil
war in China are convinced that the
outcome of the present turmoil will
depend on the relative strength of the
personalities leading in the struggle.
A leSsening of Russian influence is
recognized. but the final clash, it is
believed. will be between conservative
and radical. The Moderates under
Chang Kai-Shek are watched with the
greatest interest as likely to hold a
certain kind of balance of power.
AS the Kansas City Post views the
situation, Chang Kai-Shek and
Chang Tso-lin and all the rest fiddle
about trying to outgeneral one an
other. They make little progress in
their military maneuvers because CIV
ing so much time to blocking each his
rivals plans. And China waits and
wonders and starveS meanwhile"
While the Post believes that Chang
Kai-Shek apparently is so near los
ing out with the civil authorities that
he is negotiating for moral support of
the foreign legations" it still comedies
that his withdrawal from leadership
of the Cantonese forces would deprive
the army of the best military direction
thus far seen in the Chinese civil
war;"
A cause of trouble is seen by the
Dayton Daily News in the personal
of Chang. which it includes
under the general classification of
hopes of throne jumpers. THE split
among the Nationalist forces in
China" says the Daily News, sis due
in part to the fear Of one element
that Chang Kai-Shek, the Nationalist
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The Children's Part.

Tomorrow, Thursday, has been
the campaign now in progress to as
sure the erection Of the District War
Memorial. The superintendent of
schools, DR.. Ballou. and the members
Of the Board of Education are to be
congratulated upon their decision that
this is a movement in which the school
children should be encouraged to par
ticipate. The proposed memorial is to
perpetuate the memory of the 535 sons
and daughters of the District Of Co
lumbia who lost their lives in the
With many Of us it is still fresh, for
the stirring events with which it is
associated have carved themselves
deeply into our lives, and while we
live it will never be effaced. But what
of those who come after us? What
they learn of Washington's part in
the war they must learn from us. We
must pass on to them something of
the love and reverence we hold for
those who went out from among us
and never returned. These children
are of another generation. Even now,
to them, the war is something that
occurred in the dim and distant past;
something that shook the earth before
they were born; something to be
learned about only from the pages of
books. So it is hoped that the teach
ers in all Of our schools have not al
lowed this opportunity to pass without
taking a few minutes from the dull
routine Of daily class work to explain
to their pupils something of the pur-
pose in building this memorial, some
thing of what 1t will stand for. If they
thus have failed, the chief aim Of par
ticipation by the children in building
this memorial will have been lost. The
coin to be brought to teacher tomor-
row will mean little, either to the
child or to those who are building the
memorial. unless it is given by the
child with some understanding, how.
ever rudimentary it may be, of why
1t is given. These children are our
men and women of tomorrow. In
their hands we must leave the safe
guarding Of what we hold dear. In
their keeping lies our Nations future.
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to demonstrate that heavily loaded
planes were unwieldy and that the
chances Of a successful take-off were
remote. The Davis crash was almost
identical. For more than a mile the
heavy plane numbered over the field
straining every fiber to rise. 1t did
rise for a moment, but had not at
tanned sufficient flying speed to make
turn necessary to avoid a clump of
trees 1t settled rapidly and although
brave attempt was made to land
safely the ship buried its nose in the
side of bank with death to it's two
occupants.
Engine trouble cannot be guarded
against in the present stage of de-
velopment. This is undoubtedly the
main cause Of air mishaps. Present
day motors are prone to develop trou-
BILE when least expected and although
great advances in the art of construc-
ton have been made, the perfect en-
gine is yet to be built. For time
at least when man leaves the ground
he must trust to luck that his motor
will throb with unceasing regularity
until he lands again.
AS far as the crashes of heavily
laden ships are concerned the remedy
would appear to be simple. Both of
the fatal accidents have been the re-
suit of the take-off space being in
sufficient to get the planes into the
air. The average landing field is not
only too short, but is so rough as to
shake up and impede the progress Of
any plane. To the layman 1t appears
ridiculous that on field on which it
would be impossible to drive an auto
mobile at high speeds an attempt
should be made to attain flying speed
in an overloaded airplane.
At the haywood, ILL.,, terminal of
the transcontinental mail system the
problem of take-off and landing has
been solved. Two hard.packed cinder
runways have been laid down in the
shape of ct" Not only do these
runways provide a smooth and ade-
ouate surface for a take-off, but on
landing they act as drag on the
tail skid to slow up the ship.
These or similar runways should be
constructed on every aviation field in
the country. They solve at once one
of the problems confronting success
full flights. And after the two expert
ences of transoceanic flyers it would
seem little short of foolhardy to make
another attempt to get into the air
without first constructing a long hard
packed take-off space.
Evening star., 1927-05-04
Friendship Through Commerce.

The friendship Of the American re.
publics is based on firm ground, trade
fairly conducted and the principles of
free government. President Coolidge,
addressing the Pan-American Com
mercial Conference last night, showed
the bonds Of commerce that united
this country with its sister republics,
showed the enormous growth of inter
American commerce within the last
half century, and showed the develop
ment within the last dozen years.
Those who heard or who may read
the address of the President must be
convinced of the friendly feeling of
this Government to the Latin Ameri-
can countries. Recent structures upon
the United States Government, charg-
ing 1t with Imperialism toward its
southern neighbors, charging Amer
leans with their exploitation, fall be-
fore the views expressed by President
Coolidge and the evidence adduceq by
t>fim to prove the friendly ana \ad-
yantageous relations which eys& be.
Evening star., 1927-05-04
UNITED STATES
in WORLD WAR
Ten Years Ago Today

Subscriptions at rate of $20,000,000
an hour pour into Treasury Depart
ment in response to call for Liberty
loan subscriptions New York
headquarters so swamped by rush to
joint Officers Training Corps that po-
lice reserves are summoned
Thirteen naval gunners of recently
sunk Rockingham picked up at sea-
reducing final loss to two
House committee split on tax bill, but
agreement reached to tax amuse-
ments After voting 1t down
earlier In day. House puts through
censorship bill in new form, with
many of those who had voted against
it absent from floor Orders
issued in Berlin that remaining Amer
leans be treated as hostile foreigners
Full strength of first war
Army to be organized under seleetive
draft bill announced as 52S.659 en-
listed men and 1888 officers
Eighteen war strength divisions and
10 regiments of HeaYyl Field Artillery
10000 will attefiu officers train.
ing camps,
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THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

repressed by parental hands as to be
seen and heard playing innocently
upon a bugle on Sunday afternoon.
X X X X
Happy youngster," we said, "to be
so untrammeled, to be so unrestrained
as to blow out thy inmost happiness
upon yon shiny bugle"'
"Wa-w-w-wr' he blew.
"What you need, kid. is a good
slapping," we added, somewhat un-
repressed ourself. You ought to be
taught better than to make that noise
on Sunday afternoon"
Sunday really ought to mean some
thing, you know, in a Christian COM
munitY.
Well, Billie, or whatever his name
was, got on the same public vehicle
that we did, just as we knew he
would.
Sure, we knew where he lived!
The moment we heard that bugle,
we knew.
No other section is so happy, so un-
restrained, so unrepressed, as Gay
villa.
over our way, you do as you darn
please, and let everybody else do the
same way.
We heard a group of ladies patheti-
cally discussing the sad case of Spring
flowers in the front yards.
ooh. you can't have any!" said one.
''The children have to play"
Eyes" said another, whose children
grew up in the old days, when chill
dren were harshly repressed. But it
does look as though those who own
the yards ought to have something to
say about it,"
Yes, 1t does look that way!
X X X X
The wonder of it is how any of us
repressed children ever managed to
come out of it at all!
When we were taken to call on COM
pany, we had orders beforehand to
sit still, and not to run all over the
house. We We're to take but one piece
of cake, if any was offered, and we
were not to attempt to monopolize the
conversation.
Contrast the happy, unrepressed
conduct of the modern child; which
procedure is popularly supposed. by
thousands of good mothers, who long
in their hearts to see little Johnnie
become President, to wipe out inhi-
bitions and such demons.
Johnnie runs in, climbs into the
best chair, puts his muddy feet into
the cushions, backs it into the book.
case.
With an unrepressed kick he sends
the magazine rack toppling over, but
Mamma pretends not to see. John is
so unrepressed, you know land he
won't mind thing she says, anywayD
Shortly John has complete charge of
the conversation. The hostess is pre-
tending enthusiasm over Johns latest
adventures.
John darts an unrepressed arm to-
ward the table lamp. and nearly
knocks it for a goal. Then he jumps
up, and begins running from back
door to front door, opening and shut
ting each one some twoscore times.
He is going to be one of these "go-
getters" when he grows up!
Yes, they are fine kids.
We old-fashioned fellers admit II,
but secretly say, TITS too bad they
haven't any manners" Since grown
ups" have to be somewhat repressed,
perhaps it would not be a bad plan
to repress them just little bit!
Please, just a little bit.
Evening star., 1927-05-04
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

G. Does fat meat or lean meat
weigh more?-E. S.
a. The Bureau OF Animal Industry
says that two pieces Of meat the same
size, one lean and the other fat. will
not weigh the same. The lean meat
will weigh more than the fat meat.
The tissues Of the lean meat con-
tain water, which Is heavier than the
oil contained in the tissues OF the fat
meat.
@. How long must a soldier have
been member OF the American Le-
Gion before he can go to the Legion
convention in Paris this FaIl?--W.
l.. 3.
A, He must have been a member
for the years 1926 and 1927 to be en-.
titled to attend.
Q. Does fur coat keep better in q
cedar chest or in a cold place?-E. NJ.
A. A cool, dry place is better. In
all skins. no matter how we'll cared
for, there is a certain amount OF de.
composition going on. It has been
found that cold air retards this
process.
Q. What international languages are
there other than Esperanto? When
were they invented?-R. 2. l..
A. lido was invented in 1907 by two
Frenchmen, Couturat and De Beau
front; Volapuk was invented in 1880:
Idiom Neutral. 1898, by w. Rosen-
berger; Interlingua, 1903, by Prof.
| Peano; Occidental by E. de Wahl.
Other universal languages suggested
are Unial, Europal, Medal, European,
Omney, Domni and Romanal.
Q. What Is the capacity Of the
enormous new locomotive on the
Union Pacific Railroad?-M. z. W.
A. 1t is designed to pull 125 car
loads Of freight so miles per hour.
@. When does Yellowstone Ma
tional Park open?-M. NJ. B.
a. 1t opens for tourists about June
I. The season for campers opens
June IS and closes September 10.
Tourists may enter until October Is.
All dates are, however, subject to
change.
Q. Is tapioca manufactured in this
country? "A. l.. p.
A. Minute tapioca is the only kind
manufactured in this country by
American workmen. Pearl tapioca
and ground flake tapioca are i'm
| ported.
". Wnen was tne Julian CdlenQdT
| inaugurated?-C. L. +.
| A. Julius Caesar revised the calen-
dar, fixing the mean length Of the
| year at 365A days. The first Julian
year began on January 1 of the
forty-sixth year before the birth of
| Christ.
Q. Is there a Smithsonian Zoo other
than that in Washington?-T. A. G.
A. The Washington Geological Park
is the only one under the direction OF
the Smithsonian Institution.
O. How many Indian reservations
are there in the United States?--J. III.
A. There are about 160.
Did yoW eUer 1Crite letter to Fred
eric j. HGSkin? You can ask him dRU
question of fact and get the dnStcer
in personal letter. Here is great
educational idea introduced into the
| liUes OF the most Intelligent people in
| the aC0rld-AmeTicdn newspaper read
erS. 1t is q part of that best purpose
| Of net1SpGper-SerUice. There is no
| charge except 2 cents in stamps for
return postage Address Frederic J.
| HGskin, Director. The EUeninO Star
Information Bureau, Washington,
ID. G.
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Limit of NcAdoo Prospects.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
William G. McAdoo, once more in
the East, has let it be known that he
defies any one to bury his hopes of
gaining the Democratic presidential
nomination. He appears particularly
anxious to nail reports that he will
come out for Senator 'Jim" Reed of
Missouri, in an effort to head off the
movement for Gov. Smith. Being Of a
"never.say-die" temperament, he will
not quit so long as there is any fight
left in him. This fact must be reck-
oned with by the Democrats in 1928,
despite the belief that his following,
which tied up the 1924 convention, has
been widely scattered.
The point in his favor Is that the
Democratic drys have found no other
leader to whom they may turn. They
may support him until the appearance
of some more promising candidate to
whom they can switch. At pEesent that
appears to be about the Linz Of Mr..
McAdoo's pgospectsa -.s--.-..----.--..--a ].
Evening star., 1927-05-04

@. Is there any place on the
Equator that Is covered with snow?-
G. T. A.
A. Snow-capped Mount Kenia. in
British East Africa, Is the only place
on the Equator that is snow.covered.
@. Why is the expression "Davy
Jones" used for the seal. S.
A. The term is used for the evil
spirit that Is supposed to rule over
the sea. Jones liz believed to be a
corruption of Jonah.
Q. How long is the life Of a fiy?--
Z. l.. S.
A The Pasteur Institute has made
experiments that reveal the fact that
the longest life of fly is about 62
days. 1t takes three generations to
span the Winter months.
Q. If 1t is necessary for a gasoline
tank wagon to drag a. chain on the
ground to carry off static electricity,
why isn't the same precaution neces-
sary with pleasure cars?-L. G.
A. 1t is not necessary. 1t is used
on gas tanks to ground the static
which is produced by friction caused
by emptying gas from the truck into
smaller containers.
O. Please explain how a water
mark is put in white paper.-J. III. NJ.
A. Water marking Of paper is ac-
complished by means of a roll con-
tanning the water mark in the form
of raised characters. This roll is so
fixed on the paper making machine
that it presses against~the moist pa
per. The paper is \made thinner
where the raised characters press it,
making the design show against the
body of the paper.
@. How may I safely dispose OF a
quantity of old cartridges?-S. +. W..
A. The National Rifle Association
says that you may safely dispose of
your old cartridges by throwing them
into a river or any convenient body OF
water.
O. What is the record time for the
Pixies Peak climb? What car set 1t
and who drove the car!--M. l..
A. The record time for the Pixies
Peak climb was made by a Chandler
Special driven by Charley Fl. Meyers.
The time was IT minutes and asa sec
onds.
@. Did a colony of Hebrews come to
New England shortly after the settle
ment of Boston?-A. c. K.
A. Shortly after the founding of
the city of Newport, r. l., about
1641, there was an emigration of Jews,
who founded a colony at Newport and
who in return for the religious liberty
established by Roger Williams con-
tributed materially to the prosperity
Of the colony. A synagogue was
erected. Outstanding members of the
colony were Aaron Lopez and Jacob
Rodriques Rivera, who were merchant
princes of Spain. A poem by Henry
Wadsworth Longfellow is dedicated
to the Jewish cemetery at Newport.
There were also colonies of Jews ex-
ceedingly early in Boston and Con-
necticut. but these were few and un-
important compared to the colony in
Rhode Island.
Q. Will the Prince of Wales visit
his Canadian ranch this Summer
NJ. E.
A. He has planned to come over in
August or September. The E. p.
Ranch is situated in the foothills of
the Canadian Rockies at Pekisko,
Alberta.
@. How much life insurance did
President Harding carry?-F. E.
A. He carried S51 100 in policies, all
PAYABLE to his widow
Evening star., 1927-05-04

| Imagine, If you can, the following
conversation between the President of
| the United States and a caller at the
| White House:
Caller-That was a magnificent
speech you made recently, Mr..
President.
Mr.. Coolidge--Tt wasn't
Caller--I enjoyed it immensely.
Mr.. Coolidge--You did not
Caller-Especially / was pleased
with your views on the Mexican
question.
Mr.. Coolidge-Shut your mouth!
You cannot imagine such a CONVEX
sation, of course, simply because the
President is a gentleman, a civilized
being, and would not talk so, even if
he had such thoughts.
Yet he would talk so, If he acted
as a beautiful little boy in the happy
community of Gayvilla acted the other
day. Upon hearing this unrepressed
child-a dandy kid, by the way--we
fell to wondering just why he acted
so, and how it would sound if adults
indulged in the same tactics.
The conversation we overheard, and
on which the above absurdity was
based, ran as follows:
Lady-Johnnie. I saw your picture
Johnnie-You did not!
Lady lin best humor)-Yes, I did!
You were right at the top of the page.
Johnnie---I was not!
Lady determined to remain in best
of humorgOh, yes, 1 saw your
picture
Johnnie-Oh, shut your mouth!
X X X X
Now, the writer of this column was
not brought up to sass his elders,
nor was he allowed to do so. AS a
matter of cold fact, some of his per.
fectly natural remarks to school
teachers were held by those estimable
ladies to be 'impudent."
He feels quite sure that had he In
dulged in any such repartee with an
unknown lady as truthfully set down
here, he would have received q good
spanking, and he believes he would
have deserved it.
Naturally, he feels that Johnnie
would be better lad for one, too.
Perhaps we are too old-fashioned.
It Is terrible to be old-fashioned, of
course. One has SO many opinions to
revisei
Even when one was a timid child
ones self, and realizes perfectly the
beauty of the ultra modern system Of
not depressing" the child, he finds it
difficult to excuse such things.
Today too much of what passes as
repartee is only rudeness; too much
of what is commonly called cute
ness" in children is only lack of train
ing.
In our benighted day and generation
land we are not very old, at that) no
child of respectable parents would
have been allowed to parade along a
street on a Sunday afternoon blowing
blasts from a bugle.
Yet recently we heard this very
thing being done in a downtown
section.
Sounds like Gayyilla,' we said, with
more truth than grammar.
Soon a happy, unrepressed young
ster came into view. Occasionally he
placed a shiny bugle to his lips and
blew forth a note therefrom.
AS it happened, we had just made
an inspection trip of various sections
of the city, and, we give your our word,
in all that roaming not once before
had we come upon child so un-
Evening star., 1927-05-04
Lawns.

In many sections of the city where
there are neither fences nor hedges,
observers this Spring will see tenn
porary fences. usually of stakes and
cord, put up in an effort to give the
grass good chance to grow.
This is hopeful sign. While such
fencings are not things of beauty, in
themselves. their reign is only tempo;
rary. Within few weeks at the most
they will come down. and lawns in
first-class condition will take their
place.
The cooperation of any single COM
munity in this good work marks a
people with common ideal of beauty.
Children must play. but there is no
need that they should prevent beauty
from springing into life.
The beauty of the Springtime is
something every child should know
and appreciate. If not instinctiveIy,
then by instruction and careful point.
Ing out of what to see and do at this
season of the year.
Good lawns are among the beauties
OF Nature. They are the frame to
every out-of-door picture. The color
Of every flower is made but the
brighter for the green lawn. The
grass accents the glory of the rose
and the color in the cheeks Of the
little child as well.
Lawns are alike the priced posses.
sions Of the great landholder and OF
the man with a small plot of ground
which he can call his own. The mod,
ern renter, too, is coming into sense
Of lawn beauty.
Let Washington unite this Spring in
taking care of its lawns, and in thus
building up that beauty for which our
city Ia famous throughout the Nation