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asked as her reward the head Of John.
who had refused her love.
And now, the great forerunncr be-
ing dead, Jewish hopes. blighted a"ain,
sought some other embodiment and
resting place. Who was this pale and
handsome youth who had stood in the
Jordan under Johns baptizing hand
and had seemed TO himself to De a
great saint, His dark eyes burning with
zeal to serve His people and lighted with
the vision Of Gods kingdom come upon
the earth? Did not legend say that
the holy old man Simeon. when he
had seen this lad as an infant brought
to the temple for circumcision. had
pronounced over Him these prophetic
words that were to be song of parting
for many centuries, Now let thy Serv-
ant depart. o Lord. according to Thy
word. in peace; for mine eyes have
seen Thy salvation, which Thou hast
light for revelation to the Gentlles
and the glory of thy people Israel?
Perhaps 1t was through this gentle
voice that God would speak the glad
tidings Of justice and liberty and peace
to all men Of good will
The Beloved Teacher.
Let us tell the tale again; 1t Is the
greatest story ever told, and surely the
world will never tire of 1t.
Is 1t only legend. or did Jesus reall,
exist? It Is a legitimate doubt, as the
passionate skepticism Of Brandes has
shown: and the mist of myth that has
gathered about the name OF Christ has
provoked truth h-lovcrs occasionally to an
extreme reaction In which everything Is
denied Legends grew up about st
Francis. too. and about Alexander. even
before they died: nonethelcss. presum
ably. these men existed. Doubtless the
myths have distorted the man. but what
flgurc In history has not been warped
with inevitable romance? We may b
content with the conclusions OF Klaus
ner. the great Jewish scholar. who ha:
vindicated the historicity OF Jesus: and
We may say with the skeptical Renar
Evening star., 1928-02-12
CONGRESS MAY SETTLE
ALIEN PROPERTY CLAIMS
Senate Expected to Act Soon ON Bill
Providing for Machinery to Solve
Cerman-American Problem.

600 600 is to be Immediately available
The foregoing items make total OF
Sl3S. 100000 that would be available
shortly after the enactment of the
pending bill The Senate committee
points out that the payments from
Germany on account of the costs OF
the Army Of Occupation will continue
to come into the Treasury aside from
| this fund for the settlement OF other
claims.
| In explaining its action in amending
the House bill SO as to provide also 1or
the settlement Of Austrian and Hun
garian claims in this same bill. the Sem
ate finance committee explained that
the awards against Austria will not eS-
coed S3,0o0.0O0 and the awards against
Hungary not more than $1,000,000.
"The alien property custodian. the
committee continued, "haS slightly more
| than Sl2.000.000 Of property belonging
to Austrian nationals and less than
ST .0oO,o00 belonging to Hungarian ma
, tionalS. The government OF Austria
has proposed that she be permitted to
deposit sum sufficient to pay the
claims against her OF American ma
tionals, and that upon such deposit the
property belonging to her nationals held
by the alien property custodian be re-
proposition has not been made by Hun
gary. 1t is understood informally that
she will provide for the payment in
/ full of the awards against her"
Policy Declaration Eliminated.
The only section of the House bill
which was eliminated by the Senate
committee was the paragraph contain
ing declaration of policy regarding
the payment of the various classes of
claims. The Senate group felt that the
present situation Is unprecedented and
that 1t is not possible to predict what
future situations may be-.
1T Is the opinion of the committee. :"
said the report, that the terms of
the present bill are a sufficient indi-
cation of the policies of Congress to
be applied to the present situation
Future situations. If any. must be
dealt with as occasion demands OF
course. the committee Is In unanimous
accord with the proposition that pri-
vate property of enemy nationals may
not be confiscated, and will not be
confiscated. by the United States for
the payment of the debts of the enemy
government. The United States has
always recognized. and doubtless a.
ways will recognize. the sancti:y of
an enemy natlOnai. we nave always
steadfastly insisted upon according
private property full protection In the
event Of war. We have no reason to as
sumo that this policy will be departed
from in future. Nevertheless. your COM
mittee did not believe that any good
would be accomplished by the declara-
tion OF policy contained in the House
bill"
The payment of the awards to tn.
United States on its own behalf Is
postponed under the measure until
after the private claims have been met
Becaus. of the various amendments
| made by the Senate committee. the bill
will have to go to conference IT, as
seems likely. the Senate passes It, At
this early stage Of the session the con-
ferees would have ample time In which
to work out conflicting sections.
Evening star., 1928-02-12
Three Leaders of Old
Hungary Still Alive

Hungary had three cN,StAadsns men
N pael,c life when the World War
eseSe oas'~ stephen lHSsa. Ccant JULIUS
AhdsaSSy and Count Albert ApySasays
TlSSa Mas shot at the elese es the war
Count Aneeayt Is ssin active IN ycslts-
cal lite although ne eieSS aes entirely
anrsove es The present government. Aa
II leettimsss and thinks Prince Otto
shansd ha placed aa the HUNGARIAN
thfnne Count AnA,aSsy has INST res
Tired ttoM politics bsS'ause he disAxreeA
with the guSegnnAent. hts eleSstSM TO
fatllaMeitt Mas annuilsSi nSxAllss ea
dla nst resa,se enough SeteS ~ cSannsy
With the law HE wlN aes run asx,n
NAtn the eleeti<ass ate secret IN fAs
eeuAtt, a. Well a. IN the clgteS As the
tMvSeht ga,etaaeht has at leaSt feur
more wears nj power aud CS.uat An
dsassS N setting atC0g In wears he
might nA live ta run IN All cpen eseee
uen Count Apls'nS, Ia Also sslns So
that altel ltssa the i've ether ola fssv
Ntes et Nanxsssan ISshsics age ea -
>etae at Alsal4seasaS,
Evening star., 1928-02-12
Air Experts Oppose
"PubIicity" Flights

Continued from First PageJ
ample room aboard for obtaining sleep
and comforts that have been denied
the pioneer flyers.
Before long distance ocean flying
becomes q paying proposition, II is
agreed by students Of the question that
safety must be offered beyond a reason
able doubt. and then comfort. and.
finally luxury. II Is for this plane that
the aeronauttcal enthusiasts are labor
ing.
Would Experiment.
They would rather cali dead halt
on ali ocean flying for the next two
years and spend the time over the
drafting board and IN the factory
creating a craft Infinitely superior u
the Spirit Of IT.. Louis Al the mo-
ment aer0nauttcai engineers see no i'm
mediate prospect for giant planes with
many engines" carrying passengers at
the rate of 100 "A load across the Al
lsntic Or Pacific. T0dsy's knowledge 0f
srrOnslticai engineering cannot guar
antee such a plane, but the scientists
are willing " admit that somebody
some day VIII build knch "A plane
There iE another school of thought
at work On A pian whereby a plane
VIII moi be forced ~ leave these shores
for d foreign ppit With only general
knowledge of weather conditions In
DlldOcAaD,
Flyers over Americas tTaDsll)nliueuthl al
airways are given weather information
every few miles. ~ b) speak, Therefore
u Ia argued, transatlantic passenger
plane cannot be expected 10 take on
from Europe with only a general knGwl-
edge of the weather ahead.
One solution 0f the problem 0f sup.
plying information at regular intArvalf
already has "a possibility IN The Sea
drOnie" system, developed by ", II
Armstrong an engineer 0f Wilmington
Del His present plan calls for eslab-
| IisbmsHl III eight landing flelds"
aDcip)fed i1 the Dcehn al A00-nije
intervals. beginning 400 miles M The
American coast and ending the same
distance On The British af French
c0sb,k Constant communication would
ealst bet@ssn plane and the next
sssdfoins giving d weather service CiDse
" The efilriency af the prshsnt haDs-
continental system.
The plan IL moi regarded as fantastic
by aeronsuiicsl auLbDriias, Who have
| lndofhsd IL be The only ~ niiGn known
u, date for safe tfsnsoe/Anie nyins.
Evening star., 1928-02-12
THE STORY OF JESUS.
The NIcssianic Hope.

I'm the sixth year of the Christian
era nh insurrection broke out In
the northern provinces OF Judea.
! led by Judas the Galilean. Quiri-
nus. the Roman governor. had
ordered a census. to ferret out all tax
| eyaders: and the Jews, accustomed TO
a theoracy, and considering all civil
power as usurpation and all taxation
| as robbery, gathered together their re-
naming weapons. and fought once more
to free themselves from the yoke OF
Rome.
1t was not merely the taxation that
oppressed the ancient pride OF Judca.
Everywhere In the land Greek and Ro-
man customs. dress and speech -four
;shed; and pagan idols. athletic games
and bacchanalian festivals dcsecrated
temples and streets made sacred in the
memory of the Jews by their imme-
mortal struggle for liberty. And in every
home was poverty: not the wonted and
bearable poverty of the open fields and
the friendly stars, when men peacefully
followed the flocks and lived with them
their quiet life. but a new and cruel
thing, the poverty of the huddled city
mob, the dirt and stencil OF almost
homeless crowds. the mean and bitter
penury of slaves who could remember
their ancient freedom.
* Il *
Periodically this helpless proletariat
of Judeas cities bore the terror of Ro-
man armies and Slave-raiding Roman
generals. Fifty years before the birth of
Christ $4,000 Jews were sold into slav-
cry: doubtless this was one of the grim
stories that He read when He pored over
books in His youth While He lived as
a carpenters son at Nazareth. an en-
tire town nearby was sacked by the
Romans and every man inhabitant sold
to the Simon Legrees OF distant Italy.
Jerusalem. like Antioch. Athens Alex
andria, Carthage and Rome itself, was
feeling as only Egypt had felt before,
the widened cleavage between poor and
rich, and each rebellion against Rome
was tinged with a social revolt that
aimed at domestic tyrants. too. Every
city seethed with sedition.
The uprising of Judas the Galilean
was put down: but the Jews have
never really bcen conquered and have
never really surrendered. The expecta-
ton of delivcrance grew stronger as
persecution increased: 1t could not be
that God would let a people bear such
contumely and suffering. soon He
would send them a mighty leader who
would overturn and punish their
enemies and bring freedom and
Justice to Judca. Men read with cling
ing faith the prophecy Of Micah, W.
that out OF Bethlehem shall come
forth a governor who shall be shepherd
OF my people Israel: the Book OF
Enoch. written at this time, comforted
them with the description OF a great
last judgment. in which the poor
would be taken into heaven and the
rich thrust down into he'll; the Book
OF Daniel filled the suffering heart
with vision OF the Son of Man"
who would lead the Jews into King
dom of Heaven AS the Babylonian
captivity had raised up the prophets.
SO the tyranny OF Rome and wealth
gave birth to Christianity.
1t was during these years OF turmoil
Evening star., 1928-02-12
1927 Was Healthicst Year i'm History.
Workers. Insurance Records Show

The healthiest year IN history was
1927, Only 81 deaths for every 900
persons Is the record for group vi
insured wage~workers that numbers
ohe-Seventh Of the total population og
the United States and Canada
III the death rate OF 1896 had pre-
vailed, a,aoa persons among the insured
group now living would have died and
II the rest Of the population improved
Its health AS much same 80 900 lives
were saved, II the death rate ot ID
wears ago, 1911. had not been reduced
~ per cent to the present figure last
years death list would have NUM-
hcred I2,afo more among the insured
group,
These facts are shown by the sta
tisticS ot the Metropolitan life hlSurs
anee ca, reporting the mortality ef It's
industrial policy holders. which has been
found 10 retect the trends of the
whole population,
The outstanding health tact of 1897
was the hig dfcp IN the tuberculosis
mortality, the rate vt aae per 100 900
representing u decrease ot a. pes cent
tr"m the previous minimum ot deaths
from the great white plague, Recent
surveys have shown that this reduction
0Pt"NS w et hsA& ~ AN <eusNtN
rural and urban, caioied and white,
and extends to ali occupations aud
branches M industry
Three ot the diseases of childhood
measles scarlet fever and Wheaping
cough had enco,ttaslngly Mw death
rates, while Influenza and pneumonia
reauhed unexpected how reeorxss, Never
except IN the wears imneaiatels fol,
having the hig mnuensa epiaamNs et
lpla amt iala has Ihere eeen ~ his
drop III the number at deaths Ie,ssn
these much dreaded plaques,
lo ea.ntethalanee these gratifying
results, The toll Ut cancer Was higher
than ever hetafe aud that oi diabetes
temalned tile saNe a. last Nvag IN spite
NJ TIVE increasing use at insulM This
however, " NO staAasN o. drawing the
Evening star., 1928-02-12
We Swccncys.
M RRUCE' H4R1ON.

that was hidden In that tall,
uaunt framsf Who was Sweeney.
anyway just one OF the Tor.
gotten miliions
What a countless army they
are. the unknowns ot history.
tho Sweenoysi
Who was the owner OF the
Garden Of Gethsemans. where
Jesus OF Nazareth loved 10 re-
tire tof peace and rssts Some
rich man ot friendly interest and
open heart, some Sweeney,
Who was the mother et Soc,
ratss' What"underpaid teacher
taught shakespeare to raads
What evsrwoeksd country daes
tor tended Joan OF Aref
Swesueys~wali awesnsys,
30 inteTwavsn are tha threads
ot human lite that no angle
contact 10 trivial, IN our mast
casual mamsnts we entertain
an0sisl around the humblsst at
Ne are ths influences that taueh
eternity.
The wafId viii never know our
names, but u esanot do w,thant
us, We carry on. we aWsensss.
tU1ht
Evening star., 1928-02-12

and the apparent victory of paganism
over Jewish faith and rites that a
strange sect Of devotees appeared in
Palestine, who called themselves
Essenes. They were the Franciscans
of Judea. protesting against the heart
less pleasures of tn" rich, and adopting
a life of puritanic simplicity and almost
monpstic seclusion They became a
distinctive order, marked Off with
girdle and white robe. They con-
demned city life, trade. slavery. COM
petition and wealth: they healed the
sick with herbs and took no payment
they practiced community OF goods
and ate supper together daily as re-
lieiols feast. Their tradition and their
spirit passed down into the Carpenter
Son.
AT first 1t seemed to the Jews that
their Savior had come in the person
of John. whom posterity would call the
Baptist. His father Zacharias. well
coming his birth. predicted that ne
would lead the revolution against
Rome. And when John. grown to be
80, came out into the pubic places
and called upon every man 10 or
spiritually reborn through the symboI
OF immersion many hundreds followed
him. Surely this strange and holy man
was the Messiah. the Redeemer VINO
would bring salvation to Israel. NOV" ;"
says Josephus. when many came IN
crowds about him. for they were greatly
moved by hearing his words. Herod.
who feared lest the great influence
John had over the people might put 1t
into his power and inclination TO raise
a rebellion for they seemed ready to
do,anything he should advise), thought
1t best. by putting him to death, to
prevent any mischief he might cause
and not bring himself into difficulties
by sparing a man who might make him
repent Of 1t when II should be too late" "
Every one knows the rest OF Johns
tragic story. for Oscar Wilde. drawn
irresistibly TO this tale OF blood. has
told In silvery stream Of volupiuous
poetry how Salome, dancing for Herod
Evening star., 1928-02-12

fiotation must be prcsupposed. Should
they be sold, the proceeds would fall
as capital sums into the treasures OF
the allied governments. afiording great
easement 10 the latter. Besides the
s240, 900 900 above mentioned. the Ger
mans are required TO pay In the NOR
NAL Dawes year" transport tax
totai!ng s72, 100000 drom thc rail-
roads, and budget contributor OF
1912 500 900: total. 100000.
No doubt such consummation
would expedite French debt settlements
with Britain and the United States
Some are even bold to opine that
France might be able TO get easier
terms than the Berengcr ones should
she agree To turn over her share oil
the $4,000. .000.0 900 approximately ST.
O00, 900 000y to us In one fell Swoop
These same gentry see In Brands ut
terances a sure indication that our
Government has notified It's approval
of Offering the bonds on the American
markets. Obviously II would be a
whooping enterprise.
Brands speech above referred IL
concluded significantly as follows: Il
believe that this problem OF peace
should be linked up with that Of repara
tons and ! hope that the year 1923
will not close without settlement II
the grave question as whole and II,
manner which will consolidate al
hopes OF general peace"
Apropos Of the recent exchanges be.
tween Stresemann and BRAND. one re-
calls the famous remark Of Gen. Dawes
that II the allies had not been on the
Rhine Germany would not have accept
| ed the Dawes plan.
| China. THE long delayed fourth plcn'
nry session OF the central executive
committee of the Kuomintang has al
| last been briefly held In Shanghai. =
Of It's 80 members being present, ant
Gen. Chang kai-Shek presiding The
general announced his program. He Ii
opposed 10 allowing the Nationalist
movement To be dominated by peasant
and labor elements as under the Han
kow regime lie would deal drasticalls
with armed labor forces and agricul.
tural unions" He would conciliate tht
support of the merchant class, lie h
not anti-f0reign. He would promote
education, especially rural education
and scientific studies directed toward
reconstruction"
During the period Of Communist
control" said he, "the kuomintans
policy WAS one of destruction. The peo-
pie were used as tools In "a class atrug
gle and misled by various fallacions
Evening star., 1928-02-12

~ HE frat public man , ever
interviewed was John A.
Johnson, son OF a poor
widow. who made his way
up from dire poverty 10 become
Minnesota's youngest governor.
Hs spoke OF man, whose
nams | have long since forgot
ten. That man loansd me
books, when | was olsrktna IN a
country DRUG store" said the
governor. "Hs encouraged me
10 rsadi he paid my subscription
at tho library. To him. more
than any other. ! owe whatever
am"
Recently ! ran across this sen'
tanes in q life ot Lineotnl
abraham Lincoln attended
aehaoi IN indiana. His hrst
teacher was Andrew Crawford,
his second man na med
Sweeney his third wss Assi w,
Dersey,
A man named Sweeney, Was
he . good tssehsr2 Did he ever
sit with young Abraham IN front
ot the tire Al n,aht and talk 7
Did he suspect Al all the powsr
a.
Evening star., 1928-02-12

conclusion thar inSu!in is ineffective,
Siat'sticianS declare that the average
aye Ut diabetes at death has increased.
and that without MSu,n the diabetes
death rate would undoubtedly run even
hlgher than Il now is
The automobile Continued It's guilty
role III 1921 aS principal cause II fatal
aecidentS, AsaacSt as MANY W.
ea,nerS' children tCSt their lives IN isF.
II Was poinled cut. frSNn autonaani.s
accidents aS tryin nleslSles, scarlet fever
and whN,Wny cough cometned, while
the number N mctsW car fatalities a. q
whole MAS dtsse,e that oi 10 years s~,A
Evening star., 1928-02-12
The Story fCivilization

of his "Story of Civilization" to he pun.
lishcd next Sunday. DR.. Durant will tell
OF Mohamncd.
Evening star., 1928-02-12
BY HENRY w. BUM.

following is a brief summary
of the most important news OF
the world for the seven days
ended February IL:
Evening star., 1928-02-12

w YITH millions OF dollars Of
property to be acquired here
wv by the Federal Government:
and probably great deal OF
Evening star., 1928-02-12

"HE settlement of American claims
against Germany and the return
of alien property taken over by
i this country, comprising one OF
Evening star., 1928-02-12

Continued from First Page,
Evening star., 1928-02-12

TN the sixth year of the Christian
era an insurrection broke out IN
the northern provinces of Judea,
/ led by Judas the Galilean. Quiri..
Evening star., 1928-02-12

Under tjlis bill. which IT. expected 10
keoytne law la the near future, many
claims would be settled Immediately
sff payments expedited on the others
Payment III clsifas IL n, be made ffotn
II special deposit account " be set up
In the Treasury. The funds i0 this
account would c1Dinf tram the following
syiiftAk
The ~ pef cent ~ German property
temporarily retained by ube alien pf1p~
e!ty custodian, tstifnstad st 40 900, =
600 the German share ~ aH unal-
l,csHd interest fund approximately "
tzb 300 900 gaymstits received from
Germany under the Paris akTeeBisBt
ghl.1l viii amount W $l3 5000 400 ny
September of tiIig year snG continue w
Got,is ia IL lhe rsLe ~ 80 100 900 an
uusiiy thereafter ltf appropriation "
be- made ~ .oYsf ihe flbins ~ bff F.
man nstionels f0I the ships patsta,h
es1A yadIe slSt..aa. Lssta niiinh Aao.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-02
I ICE R I QUIT | s
BUREAU JOB

Having been elected to the presi-
dency OF the University Of Florida,
July ., DIR. John J. Tigert, Conn
missioner Of the United States
Bureau of Education. has handed in
his resignation to become effective
September i The announcement
of DIR. Tigert's election to the Flor
ida institution was not announced
until yesterday. He has been Com
missioner Of Education since 1921.
Secretary of the Interior Roy o.
West expressed regret over DR..
Tigert's decision and stated he would
transmit his resignation to Presi
dent Coolidge, recommending its
acceptance. No successor to DIR.
Tigert has been considered. accord
ing to Secretary West, and no one
had been recommended to him.
Dr.. Tigert is a native OF Nash
vile, Tenn. and before he was
appointed Commissioner of Educa-
ton he was professor of psychology
and philosophy at the University Of
Kentucky. He holds honorary de-
grees from Bates College, Rhode
Island. College and the University
of Mexico.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-02
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