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Evening star., 1928-11-25
BY CHARLES LYNCH.

OTTAWA.-Following the return to
Canada's capital of Premier Mackenzie
King, politicians are predicting gen.
eral election for next year. declaring
that the King administration will go to
the country for another lease of Office
on the prosperity plea.
The government led by Mr.. King was
elected in the Autumn of 1925. and itz
term of Office expires N 1880. Th3
prosperity enjoyed throughout the Do
minion this year may have an effect In
determining the date of a general
election.
Just at present conditions favor the
government. 1t Is safe 20 assume that
If an election were held tomorrow the
Liberals would be returned 20 power.
Elections Not Popular.
On the other hand, elections are not
popular here. There were two general
elections in two years-1925 and 1926.
The public got sick and tired Of politics,
and the costs Of the two campaigns cut
deeply into the assets Of thc candidates
for Parliament
Last session the government favored
increasing the salaries of high court
Judges, but the members of the House
of Commons would not agree unless
their own pay of $4,000 was boosted to
$4,000.
ParIiamentarians on both sides of the
political fence have not fcrsaken the
idea of increasing their own salaries,
and the government would not dare
face an election without placating their
followers.
Members of the Canadian Parlia-
rnont-both Senators and CommonerS--
receive $4,000 each session. plus free
railway transportation and travelling ex-
Evening star., 1928-11-25
The Story the Week Has Told

| ing card, and the novel. Frau Sorge, ;
was a best seller The Sudermann
| family, though settled in East Prussia
was originally Dutch of the Mennonite
sect.
Things are booming In Albania under
King Ahmed Zogu. Tirana, the cap
ital, now has what she never had be-
fore, electric lights and daily paper
In Rumania travellers who ride on
smoking cars or who occupy smokers
seats on vehicles, without smoking, are
fined. This is superbly just. and one
could wish for similar practice in this
country, where women seem to take a
fiendish delight in occupying the
smokers seats of buses, ETC., when
other seats are available.
postpone, pending arrival of fuller
information. notice of the fantastic sit
uation created in Bulgaria by the insur-
rectionary behavior of those nice peo-
pie, the Macedonians.
The anniversary of the outbreak OF
the Bolshevist revolution. November q
was celebrated in Moscow with the
usual enthusiasm. Foreign military ex-
perts, observing the military parade, re-
ported continuance Of improvement OF
the red army in drill and equipment"
Reconstruction of Toxic and Yoko-
hama on quake-proof principles pro-
ceedS apace
The permanent mandates commission
Is in session at Geneva, ViScount Cecil
of Chelwood being a member. He is
one OF three devisers thereof (the other
two being Woodrow Wilson and Gen
Smuts). and he declares himself salts
fed with the results therefrom.
An expert investigation brings out
the fact that, whereas only 80 different
kinds Of poison gas had been developed
up to the end of the war. there are now
thousand
(COpYright 1921
Evening star., 1928-11-25

three-month study at first hand of
European conditions, one fact stands
out as clearly and unquestionabiy
provided-that at present the best and
cheapest insurance of the United
States against involvement in another
war Is the possession of an adequate
Navy.
In addition to the Kellogg treaty for
the rcnunciation of war, the nations of
Europe have other arrangements in
tended to guarantee the continuance of
peace The treaties of Locarno were
acclaimed as such guaranty. The
League of Nations and the World Court
are similarly intended to insure peace.
For several years the European powers
have been engaged In negotiations for
disarmament, and a disarmament con-
ference Is to be held In Washington in
1881. England and France within the
last few months came to an under
standing" as to certain phases of naval
disarmament, to which the United
States was invited to become party.
Yet the fact that the diplomats of
Europe consider all these apparent safe
guards as mere scraps of paper -- no
more effective in crisis than the pre-
war treaty guaranteeing the safety and
neutrality Of Belgium-conclusively is
proved by the present-day armamentS
Of the nations of Europe.
Frances Establishment.
France-though Germany is disarmed
maintains an army Of 100000 men.
Her military and naval budget for 1923
wD about 343,3sO,oOO, although she
Processes inability to pay her debt of
$4,000, ,000,0 900 to the United States un-
less we guarantee the payment of Ger
many's reparation obligations to France.
Italy is maintaining an army OF
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party would have put limitation on
the type of cruisers and submarines
needed by the United States but not by
England. The French have few distant
coaling stations and therefore neeC
cruisers of long radius. The agreement
limiting such cruisers and submarines
naturally, therefore, would give Britain
an advantage Is 1t to be believed fol
a moment that France would agree tc
such an advantage without definite
understanding in return that England
would give protection to French posses
sions and commerce in all parts of tbs
world?
What Kellogg Maintained.
In plain and vigorous language, oui
Secretary of State. Mr.. Kellogg, has
denounced the British-French under
standing" as an attempt to place the
United States in position of naval
inferiority. Secretary Kellogg. in his
note to Great Britain, gave clear state
ment to these facts:
I. That the United States has stead
fastly maintained willingness to limit
the construction of all types of naval
armament and to abolish altogether the
use of submarines;
2. That "the American Government
seeks no special advantage on the sea
but clearly cannot permit itself to be
placed in position of manifest dis.
| advantage;
| 8. That the provisions of the British
French agreement would result In
greatly increasing Great Britain's naval
power while seriously reducing the
already inferior naval-defense equip
ment of the United States;
4. That the Washington and Geneva
naval disarmament conferences failed
to accomplish limitation or reduction Of
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Drawn by Worden Wood,

$50 900 men, and her military and naval
budget is $210 100000.
Lord Cushendun of England, address
ing the Assembly of the League OF Ma
tions at Geneva recently, said that lin
large measure disarmament has al
ready taken place." But the fact is that
since England, the United States,
France, Italy and Japan signed the
Washington agreement of 1922 to limit
battleship fleets, England has added
greatly to her already superior feet of
powerful cruisers In fact. England is
now building Ia modern cruisers that
will cost $3.50 O,000.00 to complete. Th3
United States is building but six, and
would not be building those If 1t were
not for the mad pace England Is setting
the balance of the world. Japan and
Italy are each building six and France
is constructing four each costing about
SIS 100000.
Another War Anticipated.
Throughout Europe armaments are
being maintained in anticipation of
another war; The diplomacy. of the
Old World has not changed since the
cataclysm of the last conflict 1t is still
busy with secret understandings" and
unwritten or unpublished agreements
masked as steps to insure peace, but
really intended to build up the oil:
balances of power.
The recently divulged naval under
standing" between Great Britain and
France, solemnly labeled as a further
step toward disarmament, was but a
mask for an offensive and defensive
alliance between those nations, as we'll
as an attempt to draft the United
States into an agreement that would
positively insure Great Britain's domi-
nance and control of the seas.
The British-French treaty. to which
the United States was invited to become
Evening star., 1928-11-25

Chairman of the Naval Affairs Committes
OF the House of Representatives.
T the time this is written SIS
n nations have either signed or
"A expressed their intention to
4 \ adhere to the Kellogg treaty
condemning and renouncing
war and pledging thes settlement OF all
disputes between them by pacific
means. .-..-
Among those nations are Great
Britain, France, Italy and Japan, pos
SCISSORS of the principal naval arma-
ments of the world aside from our own.
Why. then, is 1t the intention OF
those intrusted with the responsibility
of providing for the naval defensive
forces of the United States to secure
enactment at the coming session OF
Congress of bill to provide for the
construction of Is additional cruisers
and an aircraft carrier, involving an
expenditure of $274.000,000?
Such q. bill passed the House OF Rep
resentatives on March II, 1928. by a
vote of 287 to So, and was favorably
reported to the Senate by its naval af-
fairs committee on May 8, 1928.
The answer to the question as to the
need for enlargement Of our naval ar
maInenb Andy Dc ouAnHAdA 4DCu Wy ." Hls
that nations, like men, must be judged
by their deeds or actions, rather than
by their words.
Increasing Strength.
Practically all the nations of the
world have solemnly renounced and
"outlawed" war-yet, with the excep-
ton Of Germany, forcibly disarmed by
her enemies, they are not only MAIN
tanning but increasing and strengthen
ing their armies and navies.
TO one who has just returned from a
Evening star., 1928-11-25
LeprOsy Is Cured
BY Gold Treatment

In the presence of the Esthonian Pres
ident, four persons suffering from lep-
rosy have been discharged from the
leper house on Saa:emaa (formerly
OeseD Island, which stretches west OF
the mainland of Esthonia into the Bal
tic Sea. The medical authorities have
declared them healed from the disease
and fit to return to everyday life The
cure has been achieved by applying
solganal. a preparation containing gold
which is the invention of DR.. Adolph
Feldt. an Esthonian. DIR. Feldt in 1914
aration to Prof. Dehio of the Dorpat
University, and has since been expert
menting, principally In the Koch Insti-
tute in Berlin. DR.. Feldt Is also the
inventor of krysolgan. with which he
achieved considerable success in curing
tuberculosis.
Evening star., 1928-11-25
General Election Next Year for Canada
Is Predicted With Return of Premier

penses. They point out that the Con-
gresham across the border receives
$4,000 annually.
Premier Mackenzie King has his mind
on other matters at present He will
shortly select a Canadian Minister to
Toxic. after which Japan will appoint
a Minister to Ottawa.
The great personal popularity enjoyed
in Canada by William Phillips, the
United States Minister, has added to
the governments prestige in exchang-
ing Ministers with Washington. The
success which followed this exchange
was quickly taken advantage OF by Mr..
King In the exchange of Ministers with
France.
Mr.. Kings first official duty in Ottawa
on his return was to preside at dinner
to Sir William Clarke, new British High
Commissioner to Canada.
Evening star., 1928-11-25
Hawaii Tax to u. S.
Exceeds 10 States

Rejecting the generally prosperous
condition OF the islands for several
years past, 1t is announced that Ha-
waii paid larger total of Federal
taxes to Uncle Sam during the fiscal
year ended June 30 than any one of
l6 States. Hawaii paid 1924, 1882. 90
through the Internal Revenue Depart
ment and an additional $1,000 600
through the Customs Department.
The States which paid less than
Hawaii in Federal taxes are Arizona,
Arkansas, Idaho, Mississippi, Montana,
Nebraska. Nevada, New Hampshire,
New Mexico. North Dakota, Oregon,
South Carolina. South Dakota, Utah,
Vermont and Wyoming. >
Evening star., 1928-11-25
Spain Plans Better
Fruit ImpOrtations

Spanish fruit offers the keenest COM
petition to California's sun-kissed
produce in Europe, to which 1t Is at
present considered inferior. owing to
Indifferent grading and presentation.
rather than because of any great diff
ference Of quality or flavor. It is there
fore of interest for American growers
to know that the dictatorship has
turned Its attention to forcing better
selection and packing on Spanish
growers and exporters.
A vigilance committee has been Gre
ated, under the ministry Of labor, with
extensive powers to inspect exports
Fruit that Is not considered up to what
is to be a high national standard will
be stopped. Dictatorial powers are to
be exercised with regard to oranges and
lemons. gfapes and raisins, plums and
peaches.
Evening star., 1928-11-25

The Star iodcy presents The NTH dh:d
lost OF a series OF articles dealing NTH
MHssoIiFi ard The operation in fto'g OF
Fasc;sm. At the request OF the italian
government, EdwGrd Corsi uisited Itol3
fYw. ifs politicdI. social religious and
Industrial cordstiorS He interviewed
Premier Ndssolipi at length. The STAR
In Publishing this series, does not COM
OF Tire author.
n this connection IL mast he added
fkct Mr.. CoTSi is rerV prom'nent among
He Is head ,p6rter OF HdaTlenl House.
the Ueu knoipn cipic center on the upper
East Side OF Ne1r York, ana notco
he IL "reitRer Fucist nor an drt!-
Fascist" end these articles reflect his
ofru 0bSefTGtfonS,
Evening star., 1928-11-25


Great Britain.-On November Z, Lord
Cushendun. acting British foreign sec.
retary. addressing the Lords, admitted
the demise of the provisional Franco
British naval and military understand
ings and with dignity pronounced their
funeral oration.- They seem to have
been done to death by 4 combination
of vicious attacks by the opposition
parties, fear of offending the United
States and general dislike of the con-
cession to France IN the matter OF
trained military reserves. His LordshiD
stated that Britain was back where she
was before the understandings were
struck. 1T means" said he, I'VE must
find some other way Coward armament
reductions). He was particular to en-
phasize the fact that not only was the
naval understanding dead as Julius
Caesar, but Britain was under no obli-
CATION to support the French position
respecting trained reserves. I'VE could
If we liked" said he, Insist on our old
position" but he added that 1t would be
absolutely futile" SO to do, the other
continental nations in general holding
with the French, and the French being
immovable on this issue.
Winston Churchill has made the i'm
portant announcement that his govern
ment will make an important departure
of policy by way of finding employment
for joblesS workers on public works
undertaken especially to that end as
land drainage, repair of coast erosion
etc.
Cambridge University has accepted
the offer of $3,500000 from the Rocke-
feller Foundation to be applied to estab-
lishment Of new laboratories for scien-
tific research and on condition of the
finding Of 81 100000 additional to BE-
applied to the same purpose. The uni
versity has succeeded in raising ths
additional money
Gibraltar is said to be the most
densely populated spot in the world
! 1t is less than square miles in area
but has a population of nearly 25 900
| including 10000 civilians.
November 10 was the 200th ami
versary of the birth OF Oliver Gold
| smith. It is a common saying that he
was the most lovable of all men OF
letters. In life he was most fortunate
in the sympathetic friendship of John
son, Burke, Beauclerc, Garrick, Sir
Joshua Reynolds and Miss Reynolds; in
death he has been rarely happy in such
biographers as Washington Irving, John
| Forster and Austin Dobson. In THE
Vicar of Wakefield" he produced the
supreme prose idyll of all literature; ir
"The Traveller" and "The Deserted vii.
lage" he produced two poems-didactic
| descriptive, reflective - which, though
! very vulnerable to analytic censure, are
| immortal through a certain "nameless
charm; in 1.-THE Good-Natured Man
he produced delightful comedy: In
"She Stoops to Conquer" an incompa-
rable farce, both deathless. Even his
various pot-boilers are worth reading
! OF natural history he was exhaustively
| ignorant elf he can tell a horse from
| a cow" said DR.. Johnson, that is the
extent of his knowledge of zoology)
But his natural history. as somebody
has said, is as interesting as Persian
tale. One doubts that for lucidity anc
grace his prose has been surpassed. II
| is surprising that his anniversary ha:
been so little noticed.
- II Il
Evening star., 1928-11-25

Italy. -- Premier Mussolni has pre-
sented to the Senate bill providing for
the functions of the Fascist Grand
Council as part of the constitutional
machinery. It provided that the coun-
Gil shall be "the supreme body which
shall coordinate ali the activities of
the regime and eive advice on all mat
Evening star., 1928-11-25

Abyssinia.-Those who have read that
delightful book, old James Bruce's
Travels to Discover the Source of the
Nile" will recall how main feature of
the Abyssinia decribed by him was con-
stituted by the feasts incredible, super
Gargantuan. 1t might almost seem
transferring to his book the feats Of the
Evening star., 1928-11-25
BY HENRY w. BUM.

following is a brief summary
of the most important news OF
the world for the seven days
ended November "a:
Evening star., 1928-11-25
BY FRED A. BRITTEN,

Chairman OF the Naval Affairs Committt
OF the House Of Representatives.
Evening star., 1928-11-25
BY EDWARD CORSI.

7 HAVE come back from italy deeply
impressed by the change that has
taken place in that country since
the war, and particularly since the
nlr Shirts in 1OOO
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-22
MAN WHO'D WE'D NEEDS $50 4 WEEK,
 5000 IN BANK, ECONOMIST DECLARES

DENVER, Colo, Feb. 22--Un- less you have $9OO in the bank and an income of $50 a week don't get married. advises c. A Warfield, dean of the University of Denver school of commerce.
 An income of $50 week, the economist believes, is just enough to get by" on, but there must be prospect of increasing this amount.
 "When the wife must go out in the business world in order to help her husband support their family, motherhood is defeated he declares.
 In no instance does he advise marriage unless there is a sav- ines account of $9O0, an amount not to he spent just because mar riage has at last been attained. but to be kept as nest egg against emergencies.
 "A couple must have this nest egg. With not a dollar ahead, a person is a slave to money wor- ries, and love will not easily sur vive slavery. Many young folks marry and depend on falling back
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-22
Two Commanders Are Blamed for Submarine Disaster
WIRE TAP PINC 6
 ARCU MENTS IN
 SUPREME COURT
Justices Show Much Inter- est in Questioning
 of Counsel

WASHINGTON. Feb. 22-Mem, bers of the Supreme Court of the United States showed keen interest in the oral arguments on three appeals from Seattle chal- lenging the validity of evidence in prohibition cases obtained by tapping telephone lines and lis tening in on conversations known as whispering wires"
 Counsel for both sides in the controversy were closely ques- toned by members of the Stu preme Court.
 Justices Brandeis and Stone in- dicated by their questions they took view of the evidence so obtained as objectionable.
 Justices MeReynolds and Suth- erland seemed to share with the governments view that the evi- dence obtained by tapping wires would be admissible.
 Chief Justice William Howar l Taft seemed impressed with tho facts of the conversation heard by government agents when listen ing as related to the commission of crime.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-22

on the old folks if need be. This
 s cowardly. Marriage is chal-
 enge they had better recognize or leave alone.
 'Newlyweds should not demand so much. They want a car, a luxurious apartment, theatre tic kets and fur coats. All this re- quires a large income. So they both work and forego the. happi- ness of married life to save for these luxuries that are not so i'm portant. If they wait to marry until they can afford these things they are doing an unnatural thing. Postponement of marriage lessens the possibility of happi- ness.'
 Dean Warfield believes that at the, oldest man should not be more than 27 and woman not more than 24 to insure happiness in marriage.
 Marrying young and striving to achieve together forms com radeship in accomplishment that is stronger than waiting three or four years until the income is $50 or $60 a week"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-22
ENGI N EERINC NOT ROMANTIC
 SAYS HOOVER
Secretary of Com m ere e Disagrees with Writers
 Given Gold Medal

NEW YORK, Feb. 22-The TO. nance of adventure of engineer ing exists chiefly in the imagina. tions of the laymen, Secretary of Commerce Herbert c. Hoover said at the annual banquet of the American Institute of Mining and Metalurgical Engineers last night.
 Secretary Hoover was presented with the Saunders Gold Medal for accomplishments as a mining en. gineer.
 Living on the edges of civili. zation is much more of drab affair than current novels on iron tier life lead one to surmise." said the Secretary. "Yet. there en dures to the laymen something of romance and adventure in the engineering profession. Kipling Richard Harding Davis and others have given much high color and romance to our profession. My own experience of this romance has made me wary of it at times. When 1 hear of it I have de sire also to know how long ago it took place. have learned that the romance factor increases with time."
 Secretary Hoover made it plain that he thought no less of the profession just because it did not seem to be painted in as bright colors when viewed from the inside as it did from with out.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-22
Prison Rioters Are Sentenced to Rest
 Of Liues in Cells

SACRAMENTO. Cal, Feb. 22.
 Condemned to serve their natural lives" in Folsom Prison for the murder of T. Singleton, guard, during the Thanksgiving Day riot and attempted jail break. five of the six leaders of the mutiny are back in their cells starting to serve their sen- tences. The sixth is likewise hack in his cell but still serving his old term as sentence has not been pronounced for him.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-22
SWOONS WHEN ENTERS PLEA
 NOT GULL "

SEATTLE, Feb. 22-Almost swooning as she faced the Court late yesterday afternoon, Mrs. w. J. Barkoot entered a plea of not guilty to the charge of first de- gree murder for shooting her hus- band to death while at dinner last Sunday night. She slumped into the arms of her attorney as she was led before the Judge and when she pleaded her voice was scarcely audible. She was returned to the County jail with out bail to await her trial day. which has not been set, Her two daughters, Inez, aged IT, and Helen, aged 10. are held as ma terial witnesses.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-22
ROBBERY CLUE
 ENVELOPES IN
 MURDER CASE
Woman Believed Robbed
 Clothing Set Ahre- Left to Horrible Fate

MORRISTOWN, N. J., Feb. 22. Robbery is believed by the po- lice to have been the motive for the burning of woman whom they have identified as Miss Mar garet Brown. aged 50. employed until last Monday night as gov erness in home on fashionable Park Avenue, New York City. A motorist found the woman her clothing have been with gasoline and set afire. The tragedy took place in a lonely spot. The motorist rush.. ed the woman to hospital where she died from the burns.
 The police ascertained that Miss Brown had $s.OO0 in bonds and $1,000 in cash. Detectives advanced the theory the woman was attacked. robbed, and then brought to New Jersey, her cloth- ing soaked in gasoline and then set afire.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-22
Days Wiu Cain Second
 In Thousand Centuries

LONDON, Feb. 22-Old Grand mother Earth is getting just q little tiny-weeny bit more sun shine in her life as Old Father Time clicks off the revolving cen turies. It isn't a great deal, in the sunshine and daylight mea- surements as reckoned by pnny man. but in her time it may amount to quite a lot.
 Sir Frank Dyson, astronomer. royal at Greenwich observatory has calculated that the days are lengthening at the rate of some thing like one second in every thousand centuries.
 In a lecture on The Observe