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Evening star., 1927-10-09

the present aspirations of America.
For France and for other countries
their importance is very great.
After having, thanks to her pro-
tective and often prohibitive tariff, de.
veloped her industrial production to
enormous proportions, and after hav
ing created, thanks to increases of
wages and salaries, a vast internal
market, the United States now feels
the need of developing her foreign
trade; she Is seeking without making
corresponding concessions) to obtain
all the advantages which European
countries give each other in exchange
for reciprocal advantages With these
she would be able to enter successful
ly the European markets, thanks to
the formidable power and develop
ment Of her industries. Thus the con-
versation Of these notes really puts
forward the whole problem of the
economic relation of Europe and
America"
Russia.-The Moscow government
has been advised that M. Rakowsky,
Soviet Amba ssador to France, is per-
soma non grata to the French govern
ment. Moscow is asked to replace him.
Trotsky, leader of the Russian op-
position, and M. Vuyovftch. his chief
henchman, have been expelled from
the executive body of the Communist
International by unanimous vote of
the presidium of the International, be-
cause of operating underground"
printing plants for opposition propa-
ganda, "OrganiZing illegal centers, ma
licious SANDER" Summoned before the
presidium, Trotsky put no curb on
his tongue. He declared the men in
chief power, especially Stain and
Bukharin, to be "Bonapartist dicta-
tors" denying derivation OF their au'
thority from the masses, welding an
arbitrary power he would not acknowi-
edge. Every little while Trotsky gets
knocked on the head. but soon bobs
up serenely again.
China.-There is a new development
of greater Importance in the Chinese
situation. After long Wavering. at last
Yen Hsi-Shan, the model governor
of Shansi. has definitely joined up with
the Nationalists Shansi forces are
moving on Peking in two directions.
The fun began with an attack, on the
railroad southwest of KalSan, on Man
churian forces Of Chang Tso-Lin.
super-tuchun Of Manchuria. present
master of Peking, and head of the
so so.called Northern Alliance" (Chang
Tso-Lin, Chang Tsung Chang. tuchun
of Shantung. and Sun Chuan-Feng,
adventurer at large). After bitter
fighting, the Manchurians were
thrashed. and apparently Shansi troops
now hold all that region up to the
passes northwest of Peking. 1t is.
however. doubtful that the passes can
be forced. Other Shansi forces, adj
vancing northeast from Taiyuan. have
reached Chengting, on the Peking-
Hankow Railroad. CThe report that
they had reached Paoting and that this
important point had been evacuated
by the Manchurians would seem in.
correctly
Feng Yu.Ssiang, whose headquar-
ters is, ] understand, at Chenchow in
northeast Honan, has announced the
intention of moving forward at once
, with his "Kuominchun" in several
columns to cooperate with Yen in an
attempt to capture Picking. and Co
operation by the troops at the imme-
date disposition Of the Nanking gov
ernment is to be. expected. The rela-
tion Of Feng to the Nanking govern,
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ment is, however. not clear. Reports
differ as to the seriousness of the
menace to Chang Tso-Lin.
1t Is suggested with some plausibil.
ity that Yen's hand was forced by
subordinates. 1t is to be noted that
Borodin went back to Moscow via
Shansi and his fine Muscovite hand
is seen in that connection.
Fresh Communist activities in South
China, directed by agents newly ar
rived from Moscow, are rumored.
X X X x
McxicO.-Thcy've been at it again in
Mexico in the good old way. On Mon
day a military revolt with political
aims broke out in Mexico City and
some other places, engineered in
chief. it would seem. by Gems. Serrano
and Gomez, both candidates for the
presidency in opposition to Gen. Obre.
GOn, candidate for another term as
president and favored by President
Gales. Some units Of the Mexico City
garrison marched out of the city at
midnight Sunday-Monday and were
joined by Gen. Serrapo and his chief
henchmen, military or ex-military
parently these gentlemen expected ad-
herents to flock to them, but were dis
appointed. They had planned badly
or their plans went ''agley." Within
"a hours loyal troops, guided by air.
plane reconnaisSan overlook and
overpowered the little body, and Gen.
Serrano and 13 of his chief support.
ers. including three generals, were
condemned by a court-martial of sorts
and shot. A revolving battalion of
Torreon was similarly dealt with, and
all the officers of the battalion were
executed. Apparently there was an
emeute at Vera Cruz, with similar re-
suits, but the accounts thereof are
foggy. Under circumstances not clear
13 members of the legislature of the
State Of MOrelOs were sent before fir.
ing squads. Other petty affairs here
and there throughout the country are
reported. all. apparently, resulting dis.
astrously to the insurrectos.
According to the government only
two insurgent groups remain in the
field, tOtaling not more than $500
men, under Gems. Gomez and ALAMEDA
respectively. Says President Gales
"The rising is suffocated." There are,
however, reports or rumors in a con
trary sense.
IHe WdT cry OIL the 1nSurfeCtOS was
No reelection, lie. of Gen. Obregon.'
We have here a revival even more
sOrdid than usual, Of the wretched
old Mexican drama of insurrection.
X X X X
United States of America.-The fol
lowing is a little faded as news, but
important: Secretary Wilbur has ap
proved the report of the airship com
petitive board awarding first prize to
the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. OF
Akron in a competition Of designs for
Navy dirigible of gas capacity OF
6,500,000 cubic feet. The proposed
dirjgible would be the largest in the
world. 1t would be equipped to carry
| five airplanes for it's protection (be
| sides gun batteries) and to launch
them and pick them up. It's cruising
! range INFLATED with helium) would be
about 12.500 miles: its crew compile
ment, As officers and men: it's maxi
| mum speed. 80 miles an hour. The
Goodyear Zeppelin Co, however, has
declined to submit fixed bid for con
struction of the craft designed by It,
the project being so vast and in a
new field. 1t proposed to do the work
Evening star., 1927-10-09
What Does Europe
Think of Us?
Continued from First Page.)

learned only fairly recently and latest
among European communities.
Having learned, however, Geneva
looks upon the United States with diff
ferent eyes. No longer to be consid-
cred future convert, we have become
a dangerous enemy. Always an oppo
nent of the League, may We not be-
come a danger to all Europe? Reject
ing the League spirit, shall we not
presently embody the spirit which in
Europe the League was created to
combat?
Thus, in a curious way Geneva is
becoming the center of suspicion of
the political purposes of the United
States. Having failed to bring us into
the League, not few of the servants
of the League are coming to believe
that we are, in fact, becoming mill
taristic, that Uncle Sam is tending to
put on the Prussian helmet instead
of the more familiar headdress. There
is a great shaking Of heads over u.s.
not in bitterness. but in sorrow. Not
threats. but mournful warnings are
being uttered
And. since Geneva is a European
center, from it there is slowly. but
! surely, spreading the new interpreta-
| ton Of America. Concomitantly there
is being preached the doctrine that
Europe must combine to save itself
from the American peril, to check the
expansion Of the new imperialism. In
any event. the fact which set out to
record is plain. Uncle Shylock mas
lived his hour in the international
cinema. The American peril remains,
but it is now a peril of imperialism
And while all Europe suspects us, 1t
is at Geneva and within the League
that the latest Interpretation of the
American menace is taking form.
Americas contribution to Europe to
save the old continent from itself, is
becoming the rallying point Of the old
continent resolved to protect itself
from the menace of the new.
~s,<hA
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on a cost-plus basis. Apparently the
Navy Department will have to ask
for a larger appropriation or for per-
mission to contract on a cOStplus
basis. The two airships for the Brit
ish government now approaching COM
pletion have each a capacity of 5,000,-
600 cubic feet; the Germans are build
ing one with capacity of 3,750,000
cubic feet. Thirty seven designs were
submitted for the competition. In an
article in Foreign Affairs. Isaiah
Bowman, director of the American
Geographical Society, observes: 1.-The
total farming population upon the "a
national irrigation projects of the
West after 25 years of Government aid
and generosity is but $4,000, pop
ulation equal to that of the city of
Hartford. Conn, or Grand Rapids.
Notch is about to be purchased jointly
by the State of New Hampshire and
the Society for the Preservation of
New Hampshire Forests, and so will
escape ruin. The Old Man of the
Mountain will continue to enjoy his
forest domain.
X X x*
NOtes-A spicy item from Spain.
Four republican leaders have been ar
rested charged with planning sedition
and five generals have been arrested
for petitioning the king to restore the
old parliamentary regime and revoke
the decree announcing a national as
sembly for October 10.
At Willendorf in Lower Austria,
where not so long ago the so-called
"Venus of Willendorf," was brought
to light, an antiquarian has just dis
covered a, set of toilet materials once
no doubt, the dear possession of some
prehistoric Nordic beauty. 1t includes
sticks of graphite. Jumps of ochre
and rouge in a receptacle. The graph
ite pencils show signs of much use.
The graphite was applied along with
the reindeer fat to make it stick.
It's an ill wind that blows nobody
good. The Mississippi flood has had
as one result an increase of demand
for Egyptian cotton, thus restoring
prosperity to the daughter of the
Nile, recovering her from the doleful
dumps.
A respectable authority informs us
that there are still at least 1000 900
human beings in slavery, mostly in
Africa.
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Budgets Total $1,o0O,OOO.

Here, in the States listed, are bud
gets tOtaling about $1,20O.OOO. In ad-
dition there is the national organiza-
tion's budget of $500, 900 and it's spe-
cial appropriation of $4,000 to be used
purely for political purposes, making
3. grand total of $1,750.0O0 to be spent
in 1928 by the 10 State leagues listed
and the parent organization at Wash
ington.
1t would, Of course, be erroneous
to assume that this sum will be
thrown by the drys into the political
campaign. From 80 to 90 per cent,
according to DR.. Mcbride, is spent to
meet routine expenses covering activi-
ties that continue from year to year.
regardless of politics. That phase of
the work is termed educational by the
dry leaders.
In Illinois, for insance, the educa-
tional work includes the hiring of %
speakers every Sunday to make brief
addresses, telling of the leagues work
and generally of it's need for funds,
from the pulpits of as many churches.
That is the established practice and
the expense of carrying on the work
comes under the educational heading.
High Schools Visited.
Again. in western PENNSYLVANIA
every high school is visited at least
once during the scholastic term by
league lecturers. Generally they H.
Evening star., 1927-10-09
League Aids Undergo
Stiff Examinations

Whatever can be said for or against
the League of Nations, all persons ad-
nit that its secretariat Is we'll
organized institution, a model for all
conferences. One Of the valuable
features is a corps of very efficient
stenographers. typists and secretaries.
In the selection of these assistants
the examination is severe, a thorough
knowledge of shorthand and typewrit-
ing being required as well as the
knowledge of several languages. Be-
sides. the candidates are supposed to
have much general Knowledge. Dur
ing recent test a British girl was
asked to organize theoretical voy.
age to Persia. The girl hardly knew
where Persia was. After much
thought and near the time limit
she found her answer-"apply to q
tourist agency"
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maSnates concerns the popularity Of
Ice cream containing gelatin. For
years 1t was used much as stabilizcr.
thaf Is. to prevent the ready formation
or ice crystals. Nowadays iceless re.
frlgeration eliminates that possibility.
so many manufacturers do without
gelatin.
Yet some persons prefer the smooth
taste gelatin gives to ice cream. In.
deed, experiment four showed that
some 63 per cent of 394 purchasers
preferred ice cream with 1 per cent
gelatin. Twenty-three per cent wanted
ice cream entirely without it and the
others insisted on a content of IS per
cent
Contrary to the popular belief, the
rat content of ice cream has little eff
rect on the quantity person will eat.
A test was made with two common
grades of ice cream. one containing 10
per cent fat and the other Is per cent.
1t was found that the average person
can consume 1.2 pints of the 10 per
cent and liz pints of the Is per cent
cream.
Evening star., 1927-10-09
BY HENRY w. BUM.
NHE following is a brief sum.
mary of the most important
news of the world for the


news of the world for the
seven days ended October s:
Tire British Empire.-The British
Labor party meets in annual confer.
cnce. Ramsay Macdonald challenges
the premier to general election. "They
have been delayed too long" he de-
clares. THE Labor party is deter
mined to present to the nation definite
pledges Of workable reforms rather
than vague propaganda for distant
Socialist state.' Some say that in
this statement Mr.. Macdonald had in
mind not only the votes of the electo-
rate but also rapprochement with
the Liberal party.
The entire body rises to it's feet for
minutes silence in honor of Our
two great comrades, Sacco and Van
zetti."
Evidently Lord Arnold, the Labor
peer, does not find his noble asso-
ciates entirely to his liking. II tell
you," he exclaims. "as one within it,
that the House of Lords will never
give Labor a fair deal. The House
Of Lords is blind to the signs of the
times. 1t is callous, selfish. cynical.
inconsistent, factious. obstructive, un-
scrupulous and utterly reactionary. :"
The conferees are delighted to hear
their lordships' peculiarities hit off
so neatly, but their joy is too great
to bear when the famous Jack Jones
shouts, 1.-THE only reform / am willing
to give the House of Lords is chloro'
form" The ambulance corps is in
requisition-many ribs are burst.
The lower house of the Indian Par.
lament has gone on record as in
favor of legislation for abolishing
child marriage in India. Abolition OF
that hideous custom would be, per
haps, the greatest boon India could
know. 1t cannot be abolished in face
Of fanatic prejudice? Oh, yes, it can;
but the British authorities are fully
aware that infinite tact is indicated. J"
X ** X
France.-The exchange of notes be-
tween the French and American gov
| crnments on the issue created by the
| French government decree of August
| 30 continues. In the latest of the
series the French government STANDS
| firm in it's refusal to grant the 'un'
conditional most-favored nation treat
ment" demanded by us. but protests
strong desire for an accommodation.
1t suggests that the authority vested
| III Tie IIcSlOclIt NY tIlC VI oh~S
Cumber act to lower as well as raise
duties to limit of so per cent be ex-
ercised toward such an accommoda'
ton. 1t is an extremely interesting
controversy. Possibly it will have i'm
portant effects on our coming presi'
Dental campaign. Just conceivably
1t will cause the tariff to be made the
main issue Of that campaign. The
Democratic contention, in such case,
would be ito summarize a recent state
ment by a Democratic bigwig) that
our tariff policy is choking our export
trade, that it has provoked the menace
of combined economic action against
us. that 1t Is responsible for our agri
cultural problem of overproduction
etc. etc.
lie Temps Of Paris elegantly sets
forth it's view Of what is deemed the
nub of the Franco.American con
troversy. as follows:
"It would seem that the conclusion
Of FrancoGerman accord has of
fered the Government of the United
States an occasion to affirm principles
ana formulate demands which reflect
Evening star., 1927-10-09
Chinese Women Urged
To Seek independence

Chinese women and their remarked
sisters were the subject Of earnest
consideration at a meeting of the
Shanghai Young Peoples Association,
composed Of leading Chinese women.
1t was pointed out that, according to
the traditional conception. a woman.
when she remarked. should be looked
down upon. Such a mistaken and OBJ
solete idea, the chairman said, must
be corrected. An appeal was made to
those present to work among the
women of all classes of Chinese so
ciety so that many of the agc.worn
customs which have now become the
bondage on Chinese womanhood may
be discarded" The meeting also dis
cussed the status Of women in indus
try and decided that something be
done to enable them to achieve eco.
'.orr'" and social Independence.
Evening star., 1927-10-09
Finland Favors Brides.

Finland has a unique customs regu.
lation. Duties on imported silks are
high and they are one Of the chief
sources of revenue to the state. But,
strangely enough, those duties do not
apply to one class of persons-namely,
the brides. Any newly welded
woman entering Finland with bk
trousseau is duty free.
Evening star., 1927-10-09

Eote--Two United States Senators. Bur-
ton X. Wheeler, Democrat. of Montana.
and Hiram Bingham, Republican, of Com
Eecticut. went to China during the Sum
ncr to discover by personal observation
wnat was wrong there and how. if posi-
bic, the United States could assist in
finding remedy. They have written for
Tho star and North American Newspaper
Alliance their conclusions and suggestions.
which l"tef on undoubtedly will he laid
before tho Senate. Senator Wheclers
:rtic'e appears below That by senator
Bingham Will be published next Sunday.
Evening star., 1927-10-09

Note In the fifth installment of his
"Story of Civilization TO be publlsned
newt Sunday. Dr. Durant will tell what
Buddhism is and will bring the story of
India's civilization down to the present
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Continued on Eleventh Page)
Evening star., 1927-10-09

n ORE than $1,750,00O will be
M spent by the Anti-Saloon
wv League organizations of the
1 L United States during the
Evening star., 1927-10-09

England's strong-arm policy in the
Orient has failed. If the United States
Ioii0ws the advice of some of her pro-
British citizens, she will fail. The Chi
nese hate the British. They have eff
fectively boycotted Britishs merchan-
disc. The Standard Oil Co. has bene-
fitted by this boycott. as have other
Americans. The British don't like it
and want us to join them, forcing the
Chinese to boycott us all.
This Government should send its
most trustworthy men TO the Orient
10 make an intensive study OF politi-
cal and economic conditions. The tim"
is at hand. 1t isn't question of senti
ment. but of hard-headed business.
We have not been as actively con
ccrned about the Orient as Great Brit
rim Is. because Great Britain has to
consider India If China wakes up
~.r-. ~I-..' T."''~ ~~A ~ +h~ ~"~+ ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-06
ARMY SUPPLY BILL
PASSED BY SENATE
Measure Carries $3.50, 000,-
600 and Increases Military
Forces to 1880.

Carving a total of $3.50, 900 900 for
next years expenses, or almost $4,000
900 more than was proposed by the
House the Army supply bill was
passed yesterday by the Senate.
The measure provides for standing
army of 1880 men, and goes to con-
ference for the ironing out of minor
differences between the two houses.
Additional appropriations agreed to
by the Senate include 100000 for the
Improvement of Fort De Russy,
Hawaii; $3.50, 900 for the repair, main
tenance and construction of roads,
bridges and trails in Alaska and ST.
600 for the purchase of land at Camp
Maria, Tex.
The Revolutionary battle of Cow
pens interrupted for some time the
triumphant march of the bill when
Senator Blease, Democrat, South Car
DINA, objected to omission of $4,000
item to survey the Cowpens battle.
field in his State and the Kings Noun
tain battlefield in North Carolina.
Chairman Wadsworth OF the mill
tary committee told Senator Blease
that the War Department already had
been authorized to make the survey,
but Blease insisted there should be a
specific appropriation.
The South Carolina Senator then
started to read a 50-page account of
the battle of Cowpens. A compromise
was reached, however, and the bill
passed with $500 amendment pro-
viding for surveys of battlefields gen
orally
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-06

lane driving is bad enough In itself,
but combined with this vagary it is
infinitely more hazardous and trying. ;"
In cities where passing on either
side has been permitted for years, this
authority points out. webbing or
weaving from one lane to another" Is
rarity. One learns quickly that to
change ones lane in New York, for
instance is foolhardy. AS result. one
does not do it, 1t Is pointed out.
Lines Indicate Waste.
Any of the wider thoroughfares
where white lines have been painted to
designate safety zones and cross-walks
graphically illustrate the waste of
traveng surface. In the center of the
streets the lines are quickly worn
away Near the right curbs they show
few signs of wear.
Safety zones particularly suffer
from the left-lane driver. The mo-
torist who attempts to pass another
vehicle is compelled to traverse the
outer line of the zone if he is to avoid
a collision. The wear on these zone
markings is mute and emphatic evil
dence of where Washington drives.
The lesson it teaches is fraught with
significance.
Pennsylvania avenue, one of the
most heavily travelled arteries in the
city, reveals the ''keep-tothe-left"
tendency at its worst. This thorough
fare, 125 feet wide, one of the broad
est city streets in the country, repre-
sents a waste of more than 40 feet,
according to searching survey
After making allowance for the
angle parking there is sufficient room
fAr IoV Of fr.oP all do
of the car tracks. Even in the rush
hour of the morning and evening, one
never sees three-lane travel on the
avenue. Vehicles may be stopped
three abreast at an intersection over
which a traffic officer presides, but
the instant the go signal is given, the
first car pulls far over to the center
of the street. A majority of those be-
hind follow suit. Instead of having
100 cars in one block, they may be
strung out over three. Thus, the Ave
nue. might we'll be only 80 feet wide.
for all the use made of the 20 feet
nearest the curbs.
Other Streets Similar.
Sheer necessity occa sionally forces
the traffic into two lanes on this thor.
oughfare, but never does it seem to
create the three that are possible.
But 1t is not only on Pennsylvania
avenue that the traffic veers far to the
left. All other wide thoroughfares re-
fleet the same tendency. Connecticut
avenue, Rhode Island avenue, both in
the northeast and northwest sections;
Massachusetts, avenue, Maryland ave-
nue., Wisconsin avenue-all represent
a great deal of wasted paving surface.
Connecticut and Wisconsin avenues.
two newly paved and widened arteries
that bring thousands into the business
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-06
SWIMMERS IN RACE
AT CATALINA ISLE
Without Incentive of $4,000
Prize, Three Women and
Man Enter Contest.

BY the Associated Press
THE ISTHMUS, SANTA Gaia
LIMA ISLAND, Calf, February s.
An impromptu race across the San
Pedro Channel was in progress to-
night, this time without the incen-
tive of $4,000 prize, as two swim
mers splashed their way through the
chilling waters and two others
awaited propitious moments to make
their starts. In the lead was Mrs.
Myrtle Huddleston, a 30-year old
mother of Long Beach. Calf, who
plunged into the channel here at $3.50
this afternoon and an hour and a
half later was estimated by onlookers
40 have made about miles.
At that time Peter Meyer of Gin
cinnati was just leaving the shore.
At $50 he was reported mile and
a half on his way over a course of
20-odd miles.
The schedules for the other swim
mers called for Miss Martha Stager
of Portland to make the plunge at
1910 o'clock tonight and Mrs.
Charlotte Schoemmel of New York
to follow her at 1875