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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-01

Tomorrow night ends the oppor.
tunity of the veterans Of the Great
War to transform or reinstate their
insurance certificates under the ar
rangement whereby they may be
turned into other forms Of security.
If the veterans do not take advantage
Of this opportunity their equities will
lapse and they will lose all that their
present certificates represent In the
form of insurance.
Despite all warnings and notices,
first given months ago, there remain
thousands of these certificates uncon.
verted in Washington. The Ameri-
can Legion is lending its aid to all
the veterans, whether members of
the organization or not, to aid them
in effecting the transfer. 1t main.
tains a bureau in the Bond Building
where this work is facilitated, which
will be kept open tonight between
seven and nine o'clock, and tomorrow
night, the last of the period permitted
for conversion, the Office will be open
until midnight.
This service Is offered to all GER
tificate holders and Is designed to aid
those who cannot reach the Veterans
Bureau during it's hours. 1t is to be
hoped that every certificate holder in
the District will attend to this matter,
taking advantage of the service ten.
dered by the legion, and make GER
tain of the conversion before the final
lapse Of time tomorrow night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-01
Another Flight Over Sea.

But for failure of some of the di
recting equipment, the America
| Comdr Byrd's plane, would have
reached Paris, it's objective, on SEIZED
ule. AS it was, the plane was 'lost''
in the sense that its navigators were
unable to establish their location, and
came down short of the goal. 1t was
| somewhat damaged. to an extent yet
to be ascertained, but the four air
men. who had made such a coura.
geous and skillful flight, were not
injured The sea was spanned. how.
ever, and without mishap.
Thus for a third time in a few
weeks the Atlantic Ocean has been
crossed by American airmen, and the
Pacific has been traversed half way.
In these four flights no lives have
been lost. The planes have performed
perfectly. Two of the flights have d.
rectly reached their detectives, Paris
in the one case and Honolulu in the
other. The Columbia, piloted by
Chamberlin, made the greatest dis
lance, though it, too, was lost and
failed to reach goal. The America
would have reached Paris had the
course been kept, and actually COW
cred more than the necessary dis
lance.
Comdr Byrd and his companions
on the America have probably adj
vanced aviation science by their
flight. They were not out for records,
but for information. They had a re-
markable ship" The leader has al
ready accomplished one of the most
extraordinary feats ever undertaken
by man, in his fight over the North
Pole. He Is devoted to the science of
flying, and he set out in the America
to broaden knowledge Of the air cur
rents and to find. if possible, means
Of navigating the air across the sea
despite the stress Of weather.
It will be necessary to await Comdr.
Byrd's reports regarding his flight
before estimating the exact value of
this stirring achievement in terms of
aviation advance. But, apart from
technical information and accomplish.
ment, the mere fact of another sue.
cessful crossing of the Atlantic stirs
the American people deeply. 1t is
true that the feat of Lindbergh, in
flying alone to Paris, makes it difficult
to experience any great wave of emo
ton in response to the flight Of the
four men who conducted the America
through fog and gale and brought her
to land in France. The marvel of
yesterday becomes vertically the COM
monplace of today. Yet it is thrilling
to realize that oversee flying, now &C.
complished four times in less than
six weeks, has been established as a
practical feat.
The continents are linked by the
air, and no doubt remains that in a
short time there will be practical,
regular service between them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-01
THIS AND THAT


but common observance shows beyond
dispute that 80 out Of 100 men think
1t necessary to make a few remarks
to the cashier, after eating breakfast,
lunch or dinner.
Ask Gertie-she knows
X " ~
Lunch is such hurried affair, in
most cases, that little time is offered
for a display Of conversational abili.
ties.
4, Breakfast, perhaps, gives the chaps
who loya to make cute remarks 10
cashiers their best opportunity, for
the spirit of the morning is upon
them. and the lady invariably looks
| her best.
"You are looking fine this morning"
| he says, gracefully lighting his ciga-
| rette with an air which he firmly be-
| lieves Is Knockout"
Dutifully she smiles.
Well, now, what else could girl
| do?
Perhaps she thinks him all kinds OF
a sap. in common parlance, but even
| a lunkhead must be received grace
| fully when he comes with such a
greeting as that, especially when one
| rather thought one looked pretty nifty
| oneself.
that dance longer than o'clock he
continues.
Not quite that long" is her banter.
In actually, she went to bed at $50
o'clock, like good girl.
X X II II
We saw a young man watch such a
display during the entire time Of his
lunch, which he ate leisurely. AS he
tod he fMvp H.
did not miss word.
Without a doubt, he made UP his
mind to furnish the cashier with a
brand .new thrill. It could be seen In
his eyes.
Would it not give any cashier a
grand surprise to be greeted dismally.
in an ordinary conversational tone,
without the slightest trace of roguery?
He prepared for his ia SIX by dropping
his head YEARLY upon his hand, as If
In great pain.
1t worked like a charm.
Whats the matter with your" she
asked, as he sauntered up to the
window.
II have a bad headache" replied he,
In the most solemn tone.
That's too bad"
Have you any medicine for it?" he
inquired
mo" replied she. ct hate to take
medicines. I am sorry"
IT'S a beautiful day, though"
Yes. very"
X * ~
The cashier at an eating place, while
perhaps subjected to more foolish con-
versation than women in most wage.
earning jobs. Is helped by the fact that
most Of 1t is more or less harmless.
and aimless.
When male creatures are well fed,
as they presumably are when they
face the cashier, they generally are in
a good humor. All they want Is 4
chance to air themselves a bit.
Smile prettily, therefore. ladies. 1t
may help some poor creature through
hard working day, and make life
easier, not only for him, but for some
of your sister workers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-01
UNITED STATES
IN WORLD WAR
Ten Years Ago Today

Newspaper dispatches show that
Germany had news Of American
troops reaching France before Paris
got 1t and before American correspond
ents were permitted to cable it to
the United States. ashington
believed to have asked French and
British censors to delay cables and
hold up news of arrival Of our troops,
in spite Of failure to enact censorship
law In Congress. All France
enthusiastic over arrival of troops. and
newspapers are loud in praise of
Americas speed in getting troops
across Boston peace" parade
broken up by soldiers and sailors
and Socialist headquarters ransacked
Acceptance of an amendment
leaving wine and beer undisturbed
expected to pave way for speedy pas
sage of Food Administration bill.
According to. an official British state
ment, Germany Is getting hundreds OF
thousands of tons of foodstuffs an
nually from Holland and Scandinavia
and exports from the United States
to these neutrals alone make it
possible. German papers are
printing stories OF the absolute lack
Of enthusiasm for the war in America,
telling of failure of Liberty loan and
internal riots and disorder in this
country. Even the arrival Of Ameri-
can troops is treated as myth to en-
courage French and British peoples.
Eight out Of Is machine guns
pass rigid War Department tests and
will be recommended for large
scale manufacture. With Sec
retaries Baker and Lane at logger
heads, the coal price dispute may have
to be settled by President.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-01
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

mended them, but, if SO, that was en-
tirely as an individual"
%* Il y
The campaign of 1928 is on. The
Republican national committee has
lust fired the first gun. Bulletin
No. /" is the title of broadside issued
bv Chairman William M. Butler
a 4O.paged pamphlet entitled the
Congress OF the United States" Mr..
Butler announces that 1t Is the first
of series of fact pamphlets. espe-
cially intended for the information
Of those who are called upon to write
and speak in behalf of the Republican
cause" The story Bulletin No. tells
is summarized in the following intro
ductory words: mo legislation by a
Republican Congress has been sec
tional or has profited one class of
people to the injury of any other.
No legislation by the Republicans in
Congress has torn anything down, de-
stroyed any values, threatened any
business, discouraged any invest
ments, brought about any unemploy.
ment. Legislation of the Republicans
in Congress has been helpful, progress
sive and constructive.
y
The Black Hills are Immediately
adjacent to northeastern Wyoming.
Former Gov. Nellie Tayloe Ross of
that State, who is now on the chau-
tauqua platform along the Atlantic
seaboard, was asked by the writer
what political effect President Cool
idge's stay will have upon the North
west. Little. if any," the first woman
governor rejoined. "The Northwest is
complimented by the Presidents ar
rival for the first time in it's midst"
Mrs. Ross continued. "but the intelli-
gent people out there will not be salts
fed with a mere presence. They de-
mand performance-perfor in
the direction Of righting some of the
agricultural countrys crying wrongs.
Much is said of the Vests discomfort
with the Administrations farm policy.
Less is heard of Western discomfort
with the administrations inadequate
enforcement of prohibition. In my
Judgment. that will be one of the
major counts against Coolidge in
1928"
Copyright, 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-01
PHILOSOPHERS
GLENN FRANK

II the average reader has had as
much trouble as have had in trying
to follow with understanding the news
that is coming out of China he has
often felt, as I have felt, the need OF
an hour with some we'll informed, ex
diplomat who could give him, without
confusing details, the background Of
the news.
I have not found my ex-diplomat
but / have this evening read Pau
Hutchinsons What and Why in
China" small book in which is sci
down, with clarity and brevity, just
what I need to know about China's
day-before-yesterda in order to I'M
derstand the dispatches about China's
today.
To lure you into the reading of this
engaging little volume. which you car
do at a sitting. let me summarize Mr.
Hutchinson's summary, condenslne
his condensation:
In 1911, the decadent Chinese EN-
pire, weakened from within and
weighed upon from without, tumbled
leaving a country. containing one
fourth of the worlds population
adrift.
Two types of leadership bid for the
control of confused China:
The leadership of personal authority
like Yuan Shih-kai.
The leadership of democratic ideas
like Sun Yat-sen's.
China chose the leadership of per-
sonal authority, and had its fling un'
der the strOng-man rule of Yuan Shin
kai. He tried in vain to found new
empire; he died; but he left a lusty
I1I @x-Ir Il
tuchuns. OF these we have heard
most of WI Peifu and Chang Tso-lin.
These war lords have about eliminated
each other by nearly 10 years of fight.
ing among themselves.
Meanwhile Sun Yat-sen and his fol.
lowers have kept alive the idea of a
democratic China in a political party
called the Kuomingtang. This Kuo.
mingtang has been growing in South
China during the last 10 years, while
the war lords have been wasting their
strength fighting each other in North
China.
While all this has been going on.
a new nationalism has been coming
to life in China. This new national
ism has been fed by many streams,
such as the student movement. the
mass education movement, the labor
movement, the antt-forclgn movement,
famed by remembrance of ancient
wrongs and reaction to modern
wrongs at foreign hands.
These separate streams came to-
gether in swollen stream of national
ism. 1t started from Canton, head.
quarters Of the Kuomingtang. flowing
north to the Yangtze River and east
to the Pacific Ocean. taking all South
ern China under Nationalist control,
Kidding the South Of the war lords.
and so on its conquering way.
But the Nationalists are split into
two parties, viz:
The Moderates, who think China's
relation to other nations can be de.
termined by negotiation.
The Radicals, who think China's
relation to other nations must be de.
termined by force, just as force was
needed to down their own war lords.
II the Moderates win. the rest of the
world can quickly adjust itself to the
new China; IL the Radicals win, the
rest OF the world must give up its
rights in surrender or get its rights
by the sword.
This is an inadequate hint of an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-01

same time, congratulations are due
the British for the fair way in which
they have acceded fully to the Ameri.
can demand for naval parity. The at.
mosphere has been cleared. There Is
a much brighter prospect of an agree.
ment now at Geneva than there was
forty-eight hours ago.
Notice has been effectually given
that the United States does not pro-
pose to sacrifice its national defense
needs to obtain the successful ne
COLLATION. of a naval limitation treaty
In Geneva. The United States, hav-
ing sacrificed naval supremacy at the
Washington conference, will insist on
its right, then conceded, to parity
with any other naval power. America
and Americans are eager to bring
about a proper limitation Of naval
strength through international agrSe-
mert, for the sake both OF peace and
a reduction of the tax burdens upon
the peoples of the world. In that
spirit, President Coolidge called the
three-power naval conference now
meeting at Geneva.
It is particularly gratifying that
the two great English speaking ma.
tons are finally in accord on the mat.
ter of naval parity. Whether the
United States will construct cruisers
to match cruiser for cruiser with
Great Britain is open to conjecture.
But the United States should have
that right. To put less into a treaty
would be to do the United States an
injustice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-01
Lower Collateral.

The lnotorist Who leaves his car too
absence an eagle-eyed policeman has
attached to his steering wheel notice
demanding his presence at Police
Court. may now go instead to the
nearest precinct and deposit collateral
in an amount designed to punish him
for his misdemeanor, in lieu Of going
to court. This is the intent of the
general order transmitted to members
of his command yesterday by the su-
perintendent Of police, in accordance
with the effort of the Commissioners
to reduce the congestion at court.
Heretofore the collateral surrendered
at the precinct stations has been 80
high that the offending citizen, after
raising the amount demanded, has
been compelled to journey to Police
Court, there to be jostled about in
milling crowds and waste hours from
his business until brought before a
Judge, who returned his collateral. in
the majority Of cases, and demanded a
fraction of it back in a. small fine.
Washington has long since out
grown it's Police Court facilities, and
no permanent enlargement Is in imme-
date prospect. The good citizen,
guilty of some small infraction Of the
traffic regulations, has been doubly
punished by surrendering an exorbi-
tant amount Of collateral and serving,
in addition, sentence of several hours
at Police Court awaiting his opportu-
nifty to appear at the bar OF justice.
Much Of the present congestion is at
tributed to this system. and much of
1t will be relieved when the offending
citizen feels that the ends Of justice
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-01
Reform of House of Lords
Interests American Editors

| America is frankly interested in the
proposal to reorganize the British
House of Lords. Much of the editorial
comment discloses belief that the
almost impotent branch of Parliament
and make it representative of all i'm
portant elements in the national life
is sure to result in a better balanced
and more effective government. At
| present the lords number TAO, in
Guiding the royal dukes, the arch
bishops, the dukes. the marquises, the
earls, the viscounts, the bishops and
the barons. % Irish peers elected for
| life and 16 Scottish peers elected for
| the duration of each session of Parlia'
| ment. Under the reorganization the
makeup of the body would be radi-
cally changed.
One of the important features of the
proposed reforms-the reservation by
the government of the right to nomi-
nate 80 members of the lords of Parl1a-
| ment---is for 1.-The particular purpose
of giving representation to labor and
any element entitled to have it," ac-
cording to the Hamilton Spectator.
AS explained by the Syracuse Herald,
the lords of Parliament" will be
elected by the hereditary peers from
among themselves, as the Scottish
peers are now chosen. In addition,
the crown is to name q limited num-
Der of 12-year members; and the
Labor and Liberal parties are TO De
recognized by appointments OF some
of their followers by the lords. The
Herald thinks that "by an expedient
of this kind working upper chamber
may be produced. and 1t could not pos
sibly be less satisfactory than the
House of Peers as it is at present
constituted"
1.-THE noble lords in the upper house
of the British Parliament" observes
the Providence Bulletin. ARE, for the
most part, resigned to the govern
ment's proposal to reorganize the
structure of that ancient body. They
probably regard the changes as in
evitable. At any rate, the majority
of them seem to face the suggestions
in spirit of amused cynicism." The
Bulletin thinks the new program
marks distinct epoch in British
constitutional history"
X e.
Describing the present status of the
House of Lords, the Detroit News
saws: "Since 1911, when the final blow
was struck at the power of the House
of Lords, that body has had little in
f1uence in government" and this pa
per finds it interesting that the Com
mons, the very body that clipped the
wings of the upper house, now seeks
ito inject new life into the House of
Lords by requiring the King to en-
large it's membership from the ranks
of those who have neither inherited
nor acquired wealth"
where reform of the House of
Lords in the past has taken the shape
of a radical attack upon obstructive
privilege, or at most Conservative
attempt to forestall worse at the
hands of the Liberals, this time there
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-01

is clearly a new motive and q deeper
tone" says the New York Herald
Tribune as 1t sees the Baldwin gov
the great task Of constitutional re-
form" The Pittsburgh Gazette-Times
speaks Of "a great political struggle
forecast, one of the greatest In the
parliamentary history of England" as
the Baldwin government attempts to
qualify the upper house ito act as a
check on radicalism."
The New York Evening Post, dis
cussing the position of the Lords
remarks: Extreme Laborites are fond
of calling 1t a political excrescence,
but the conservative opinion of the
country insists that a second and
more nearly permanent legislative
body is necessary to safeguard British
institutions against the peril of tenn.
porary majorities in the House of
Commons"
That the House of Lords ais declin.
ing, If not in its political dotage," is
the judgment of the Topeka Daily
Capital. which says of the proposed
additions under limited terms that
bringing in members who believe in
sitting late might brace il up some"
The Kalamazoo Gazette feels that at
least Mr.. Baldwin's proposed reform
would tend to enliven the interest OF
English peers in their legislative
functions
X So
How precarious is the existence of
the hereditary branch of Parliament
is suggested by the remarks of the
Asheville Times on the situation,
when it says: "In an attempt to fore
stall radical action which might de
stroy the upper chamber altogether,
the Conservative party is prepared to
submit to further changes in the
power and structure of the hereditary
house" the party realizing that this
body cannot hope to survive forever
as long as it Is constituted altogether
on the hereditary principle"
The Buffalo Evening News is of the
opinion that ito give back to the
Lords even a modicum of their former
power will require a fight" and that
1t rs questionable whether, In spite
of the overwhelming majority pos
sessed by the Conservatives in Parlia-
ment, it can be DONE" AS the New
York Sun points out: "It is plain that
whatever powers are given back to
the Lords must be taken from the
Commons, for there is nowhere else
that they could be found. Even though
members Of the Commons accept
they have very little use for
rival for their own chamber, at
least until they are kicked upstairs
to bed"
Picturing the impotence to which
the once powerful House Of Lords has
been brought. the Portsmouth Morn,
ing Sun says: "Of late years, because
of its excessive resistance TO popular
will. decadence of ability, and In.
crease in members, 1t has lost much Of
its importance In the scheme and plan
of the British government" AS to
the necessity Of its continued exist.
ence. however, the New York Times
"a unicanieral legislature
no doubt appeals to the root-and.
branch radicals; but IL states with a
written constitution find a second
chamber useful and necessary, to a
state with an unwritten constitution
It seems indispensable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-01
Naval Parity Agreed To.

Great Britain agrees to complete
naval equality with the United States.
This is as it should be. It is merely
n continuance of the agreement
entered into at the Washington con-
ference in 1922, when the 5-5-3
ratio for capital ships was made, with
the British and the United States on
IN equality and Japan in the ratio
of 3 to 5. It is that for which the
American delegation at the Geneva
three-power naval conference has
steadfastly contended. It Is what the
American people expect.
The British delegation also has in
dicated that at this time it will not
press for a. reopening Of the decisions
reached at Washington with relation
to the size Of battleships, cruisers.
their armament and accepted age of
battleships. 1t has been clear all the
time that without the consent of the
United States it would not be possible
TO reopen these agreements, and with
France and Italy out OF the present
conference, even with the assent OF
the United States IT might not be
feasible. The demands of the British
relating to the battleships and
cruisers, reducing their size and ex'
tending their accepted age, would
furthermore, have been to the disad'
vantage of the American Navy.
The congratulations of the Ameri
can people are due to the American
delegation at Geneva, headed by Am
bassador Hugh Gibson, for the firm
ness and tact with which the delega
zion has met the situation growing
out Of the British demands. AT the