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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-27
M. BRAND on Peace.

M. BRAND scored q Seasonable sue
cess for peace in the French Chamber
yesterday when the Deputies by o vote
of 300 to 26S supported the Tardieu
governments policy Of impeachment
with Germany and Of integral applica-
ton Of the Young plan. The foreign
minister accompanied by Premier Tar
dieu are preparing to attend the Sec
ond, and prospectively nnal, reparations
conference at The Hague. They are
now assured Of q reliable parliamentary
majority for their program Of concili-
alton.
Just before securing his vote Of con-
fidence M. BRAND fred the Chambers
enthusiasm with as notable o peace
utterance as has echoed across Europe
In many day. He was defending his
policy Of closer relations with Ger
many - plans which the late DR..
Stresemann, on the other side of the
Rhine. was so effectively promoting
when death snatched him away last
Autumn. M. BRAND asked the Cham
Der outright whether it wanted him to
pursue the path he had marked out for
France, and, with characteristic elan,
challenged it to summon some one else
to the Quai d'Orsay II Deputies pre-
ferred another path.
There is" he said, IAN old Roman
proverb that says that If you want
peace you must prepare for war. This
IS all wrong. I take the responsibility
for launching another one, which Is, If
you want peace, prepare for peace. The
train for The Hague has not started
yet and If you desire to send another
crew to The Hague conference Just say
the word right now"
Then the foreign minister cried fer
vently:
1t Is easier to whip nations into a
fighting frenzy by heroic battle cries
and the trumpetS Of turmoil than to
make them listen to the words of peace.
The policy Of peace Is drab and I'M
emotional. But in spite of all bitter
attacks and the weight of fidicule will
remain at my post to preach this policy.
II nee4 be ] VIII 60 through my coun-
try like pilgrim telling my people that
peace Is the best policy. And I hope
that my feeble means may find convinc-
ing arguments to end wars forever.
There has been talk, Of which yes
terday'S proceedings In Paris afford lit
tie foundation, that France is going
to the London Naval Conference with
chip on her shoulder. That may well
be. But II the words Of the co-author
Of the anti-war pact and the French
Chambers vote mean anything the chip
will bear the word peace"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-27

command, with no effort to execute IL
by the forcible eviction Of the institu-
tons which form the substance Of the
extraordinarily system.
The mandate, when issued, is to be
! in two parts. The first will declare
that foreigners living in China shall
in future be subject to the laws Of the
J central government and local authori-
| ties. The second will declare i'm
mediate PRONUNCIATION Of o code gov
erning lawsuits involving Chinese and
foreigners.
The simple truth Of the matter Is
that China is not ready to assume re-
sponsibility for the rights and security
Of foreigners. A code Of law and a
judicial system may be set up-already
beginnings in those directions have been
made-but they will not function to
the point Of guaranteeing safety and
! equity. 1t will take some years, per-
haps q good many years, to bring
about a condition in which these guar
antees can be given and accepted.
The Chinese themselves, living in the
treaty ports" the cities where extra
territoriality prevails, in large num-
bers take advantage Of the protective
system under that principle to place
themselves and their properties under
the safeguard of extraterritoriality.
The most substantial native individ-
uals look with dread to the abolition
of these treaty rights. The Marking
government, however, IS compelled by
the more radical element Of the party
that today constitutes the ruling au-
thority to adopt the policy" Of oppo-
sition to extraterritoriality. The de-
mand for the revision Of the unequal
treaties" and for the abolition of extra
territorial rights is political move. q
move to save face" and, unless in
deed the Marking government has COM
pletely lost its head In @ reaction Of
confidence following the recent mill
tary victories over the rebels. It Is to
be regarded as Q tactical declaration,
and not a serious gesture Of defiance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-27
Honesty in Census
Is Held Essential
From the Milwaukee journal.

From the Milwaukee Journal.
President Hoover properly asks the
cooperation of the whole Nation in
the census which will begin on April /.
national inventory is valuable only
so far as 1t is correct and compre-
hensive. It can be that only If every
person fully and honestly answers ques-
lions put to him by the compilers.
The information obtained for the
census, the President advises US, can
not be used for any other than stats
tical purposes. There is, he points out,
therefore no call for the slightest con-
cealment. 1.-THE census has nothing to
do with taxation, with military or jury
service, with the compulSion Of school
attendance, with the regulation of i'm
migration, or with the enforcement of
any national, State or local law or
ordinance. There need be no fear that
any disclosure will be made regarding
any individual person or his affairs, 3
Mr.. Hoover says.
This should be explained carefully in
all our schools, and especially in the
schools for immigrants, for FOREIGNERS
used to other sorts of tallies, are mite
likely to misunderstood.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-27
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

letter from a United States Veterans
hospital in North Carolina:
Have just listened to your talk
OF this evening. Why is 1t news
papers and newspaper men are con-
tinually advertising the Marines?
My outfit was next to the Marines
in the Argonne and didn't find
them superior to American soldiers.
II interested, you can check up on
ballyhooing of the Marines over
other branches of the service is
nauseating."
\ X + y
John v. A. MacMurray, late Ameri-
can Minister to China. has been in and
out Of the State Department this week,
on his return from Peking, and bringing
his successor, Nelson T. johnson, up to
date on the tortuouS course of events In
Far Cathay. johnson leaves Washing
ton on January 6, to sail for China from
Seattle on January IL. William R.
Castle, Jr, special ambassador to Japan
for the period Of the London naval con-
ference, has Just left for the East. He
VIII tarry while in Hawaii, to visit his
father en- route to Toxic. Mr.. Castle was
born in Honolulu, of American parents.
Mr.. MacMurray will be in charge of the
Far Eastern division of the Walter Hines
Page School Of Foreign Service at Johns
Hopkins, Baltimore.
X X X X
Senator Morris Sheppard, Democrat.
Of Texas, was asked this week, apropoS
the arrival of President-elect Ortiz
Rubio Of Mexico, whether he Qike so
many Texans) speaks Spanish. II know
only one word" replied the author of
the eighteenth amendment. Its
'Juarez.' For example, Juarez hell"
X X \ r
When Walter E. Edge deserted the
Senate and New Jersey for the ambas-
sadorship to France, there were tears
and fears in Atlantic City among the
newsboys. For years Mr.. Edge has en-
terta1ned them at a big New Year din
ner. Once upon time he was an At
lantic City newsboy himself This week
the Ambassador cabled his agents to ar
range for the feast as usual, and it will
be given at the same Boardwalk hotel
where it's always taken place.
Copyright, 1929
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-27
Tax Cut Law in Time
For March Collections

from the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Senate having passed the income
majority of So to IA, the measure viii
become law in ample time to prepare
for the March Is collections.
1t Is to be expected that the bill will
be signed promptly by the President,
since 1t embodieS the direct suggestion
OF Mr.. Hoover.
This $3.50, 100000 cut is a Temporary
measure, for one year only. It applies
only to 1929 incomes, cutting i Der
cent OF the normal income tax rates
both corporation and individual, for
TINS year. The old rates will go into
effect automatically when the time
comes 70 collect the income tax for 1880
unless other legislation changes them
before that time,
The bill got through the Upper House
with less political interference than had
peen expected. Certain Senators who
had shown disposition to make it a
political foot ball evidently thought
better OF it. Its final passage was
brought about through a new Coalition
OF regular Republicans and Democrats.
who ignored the attacks of the Repub-
ncan insurgents and a very small hand
tul of Democratic "irregulars."
A reduction for psychology" the
measure was called by those Senators
VINO attacked it. But, despite their
fury, they failed to make q fighting
phrase of that label.
:. The majority of the Senate admitted
IL Is reduction for psychology and
asked, What Of it?" We believe the
majority of the Nation feels the same
way.
This common sense point of view was
emphasized by Senator Pat Harrison,
who declared the mere announcements
that the tax cut was planned had a
highly beneficial effect upon business.
When we know the beneficial re-
suits that the mere announcement had
are we going to back down on Our
word and act like a bunch of children
by defeating the resolution. by not
keeping our promise to support it?''
Harrison demanded in urging the rep11-
lar democrats to support the reduction.
the charges made by opposing Sena-
TORS That tax reduction at this time
Is uneconomic also failed to impress
Chelr colleagues. The Senate evidently
believes the Treasury's condition is such
that the President does not fear budget
troubles next year.
The Treasury in the past has re-
peatedly found unexpected increases in
revenue. They have come to be the
regular thing. Possibly Congress is
counting too strongly on the hone
they'll continue, as income tax collec-
lions IN 1880 are almost certain to show
a decline from this years receipts,
Congress must remember that the
corollary of reduced taxes is smaller
appropriations and guide itself ac-
cordingly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-27

ual former Presidents themselves should
be consulted. Most Of them have earned
! q rest from public service, II they care
merely to rest. But some Of them can
not afford to rest nor would they be
happy at rest.
Former President Coolidge Is COM
paratively youthful. He Is not the
kind to pass his days in idleness. He
has been in public life since he was a
young man, in ONCE after ONCE. If
the people Of Massachusetts believe that
he would serve them well In the Senate,
it certainly should not be considered be-
meath his dignity to accept such office.
There are precedents In favor Of former
Presidents entering the National Legis-
lature. John Quincy Adams, also Of
Massachusetts,, set the first example,
when he became q member Of the
House Of Representatives after his serv-
Ice in the White House. Andrew john
son of Tennessee, who succeeded Lin
coin, was elected to the Senate after his
retirement from the White House in
turbulent reconstruction days.
Massachusetts Republicans need q
leader; some one to lift them out Of the
slough Of despond. Furthermore, the
Senate would be benefited by the pres
ence of Mr.. Coolidge in that body. AS
Chief Executive he was decided sue
cess. AS a legislator he would be Of
great value to the country. He had
much experience In the Legislature Of
his own State before he became gov
ernor, Vice President and finally Presi-
dent. 1t is inconceivable that Mr..
Coolidge himself would be deferred
from entering the Senate because Of
any suggestion that he would be lower
ing himself by so doing. If he deter
mines to remain in private life, feeling
that he has done his whole duty by the
country, that is another matter. One
former President Of the United States
Is now its Chief Justice. Possibly, the
ambition of former President Coolidge,
II he Is ambitious, looks rather to the
bench than to the legislative branch of
the Government, for he, too, has been
a member Of the legal profession for
many years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-27

Speaking of queer hobbies, there is
a man in this town who collects soap
He is neither q manufacturer nor a re-
taller, but simply gentleman who is
interested in soap.
For many years he has purchased
| market. Now no one, unless he has a
similar taste, can have any idea Of the
| hundreds OF makes Of soap for sale.
Not only are there all the popularity
advertised soaps, but there are scores
Of others which have seen little pub
licity. yet sell into the millions Of cakes
every year.
It is needless. to state that this WASH
ingtontan does not collect laundry soap,
but solely toilet soap, as the sort used
for face, hands and bath Is generally
called.
Anything different in the soap line
attracts his attention, with the result
that friends everywhere remembered
him with cakes of soap for Christmas.
No doubt his living room table this
week looks for all the world like the
sample table Of a soap salesman who
has just hit town.
He says that there are no two soaps
exactly alike In composition, so there
are no two with precisely the same
effect upon the human skin.
1t may be well to state, right here,
that the owner of this unusual hobby
Is by no means an effeminate person,
bathing.
Often he has tried to account to
himself for his interest in the subject,
but invariably has given the problem
something interesting, just as postage
stamps are to other men. beetles to
others, glassware to another, fish to
another.
The advantage of the soap hobby, he
points out, Is that he is able to use his
collections, whereas the philatelist can
only look at his prizes.
This soap fan saIthat there is a
mistaken idea in tee world that men
do not like perfumes. The really mas
culine taste, he declares, likes a little
perfume
The toughest customers, he asserts,
are the very ones who invariably carry
perfume on their handkerchiefs. The
best way for men to use perfume. how
ever, according to our soap "fan," is in
the form Of pleasantly scented soaps.
Scent in soap form, according to him,
does not linger long after bath, yet
helps to soothe the beginning of the
Oayh AIlQ dOuS JuSI CIldC COuCQ OF re-
finement to life which the average per-
son demands.
This is something worth thinking
about, whether one agrees with him or
not. Undoubtedly there Is a tendency
on the part of many to make life color
less, odorless, sterilized to the point Of
theoretical perfection.
The use Of lightly perfumed soaps,
after the better methods of the per-
fuIner, may do a great deal to bring life
and beauty into home.
X
The soap collector cannot keep up
with his supply, so that he invariably
has enough in the house to stock q
small sized store.
His greatest difficulty, he is frank to
admit, is to decide which soap he shall
use for his morning bawth. Shall it be
the new green one, the pink one, or the
lavender?
He has come to the conclusion, after
many years Of home experiment, that
American soaps are about the best in
the world, with the possible exception
OF the French. The latter produce
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-27
Coolidge and the Senate.

Long before Calvin Coolidge left the
White House the suggestion was ad-
vanced that he enter the Senate and
continue to serve the country as q mem
Der Of the Upper House Of Congress
Since then the agitation has continued
and many important Republicans in the
Bay State have urged the former Pres
ident to seek the Republican senatorial
nomination, particularly since Senator
Gillett has announced that he will not
again be a candidate for the seat he
now occupies. The reports from Massa-
chusetts, where MIR. Coolidge Is again at
home, are discouraging. His intimates
assert that he will have nothing to do
with the senatorial nomination.
In some quarters there has been q
tendency TO declare that the former
President would demean himself II he
entered the Senate; that having been
the highest executive officer of the land
it would not be fitting for him now to
become a Senator of the United States.
Such argument is the merest tWaddle
No man has been President Of the
United States for more than two terms,
or eight years in all. Unle. all Presi-
: dents Of the United States are expected
to die quietly and in a raref1ed atmos-
phere Immediately after they leave the
White House, they must be expected to
take up some useful occupation. Prob
, ably no citizen Of the United States is
so well qualified to deal with public
! questions as a man who has been at
) the head Of the Government for four
years, or, as in the case of Mr.. Coolidge,
for nearly seven years. What more
honorable or useful position could he
I'LL than the ONCE Of Senator Of the
United States? A high ONCE that has
been held by many of Americas most
eminent and patriotic citizens since
the birth of the republic.
What to do with retiring Presidents Of
the United States has been raised again
and again. Pensions for former Presi-
dents have been proposed, with the
idea that ct least they shall live In eass
Probably the inclinations Of the indiyid.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-27
China and Extratsrritorialitv.

About six months ago, pending reply
nom the United States to q demand
that extraterritorial rights in China be
relinquished, by voluntary abrogation Of
treaty, the minister for foreign affairs
at Marking declared that the system Of
extraordinarily would be abolished on
the first Of January whatever the re-
spouse Of this and other treaty powers.
AZ that time, however, the war" in
Manchuria was beginning, and it was
not believed that China would by the
nrst Of January be in any position to
defy the governments Of America and
Europe. Soon after came the reply Of
the United States, declining to cancel
the treaty but conSenting to q survey
looking to the eventual and gradual re-
cesston of the American Government
from the right of extraterritoriality.
Little more was heard Of the Chinese
position in this matter during the Sum-
mer and Autumn, though from time to
time tntimations have come from Nam
king that the government seated there
cancellation. The Manchurian war has
been ended with a compromise, and
the latest revolution in China proper
has been quelled. Therefore, it is not
altogether surprising to learn, from a
dispatch received today from Marking
that the central political council in
emergency meeting yesterday decided to
Issue an oficial mandate January de-
claring abolition Of extraordinarily in
China.
1t does not follow that the mandate
II issued, will be Immediately effective
Chinese mandates are not always e1ec-
tive. 1t Is trait Of the Chinese to con,
slider . written proposition Is carried
out. regardless Of the facts and re-
suits. Therefore, it may be that th'
mandate will be issued. with Formally
and that 1t win remain as the Chimes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-27

! Laureate the post may be allowed to
lapse.
Q. Please give brief sketch Of Knute
Rockne'S life.-R. w.
A. Knute Rockne was born in Nor
way. When he first attended Notre
! Dame, he was a track athlete and
played in the college band. One Sum-
mer he worked on farm, another on a
| Great Lakes steamer, and still another
a Summer resort, waiting tables. After
IS graduation from Notre Dame, he
.eturned as assistant foot ball coach
! and instructor in chemistry. In 1918
he became head coach.
@. Where Is the memorial to Frances
Hodgson Burnett?-G. S. S.
A. The Ch1dren's Garden, a memo
rial to the author of Little Lord
York City. It is hoped that the garden
will be completed by Spring.
@. How many unemployed people are
there in the United States?-J. F.
A. 1t has been estimated that there
are at least 100000 workers unem.
ployed in the United States today.
@. When and where did Victor Her
bert DIEM. c. w.
A. Victor Herbert was stricken with
heart attack on the way to physi-
clan. Authorities said his death was
really due to overwork. He was enter.
ing the home Of his family physician
when he fell dead. The date of his
death was May'26, 1924, in New York
City.
O. What causes paint to crack in
small lines in all directions2-T. B. F.
A. Paint that is cracked in small hair
lines sometimes running parallel, and
often running croSswise on the grain,
usually indicates improper drying be-
tween coats or an improper compost
ton in the paint. Quite often this is
due to applying a quick-drying top coat
over a slow-drying or improperly dried
tract and expand uniformly with the
under coat Sometimes paint contain
ing large proportion Of zinc oxide in
the top coat may be the cause.
9, Where is the Coolidge DAMP
A. The Coolidge Dam was constructed
by the Bureau of Indian Affairs and
completed during the Spring of 1929.
1t Is located on the ella River in
Arizona.
@. Can an alien purchase land in
Canberra, Australia?-N. M.
A. No estates Of freehold may be
granted in the Federal Territory. Land
within the city area is held on building
leases for maximum of 80 years.
@. Does porcelain expand or contract
when heated?-G. W.
A. It expands when heated. Chemical
composition, texture and temperature
have great influence on the expan-
sion of porcelain, giving some very ir-
regular results, but with most porce-
lains a fairly regular increase Is OBJ
tanned.
Q. When will Chicago's Merchandise
Mart be completed?-N. E. D.
"A. It is planned that 1t will be COM
pleted by May /, 1880. The building
will cost 35,000,0O0. An average Of
1000 workers is employed all the time
In its construction.
@. In playing draw poker, II YOU
hold three cards and ask for three cards
instead OF two, is your hand dead2-
j. j. w.
A. The hand Is not dead. If a player
asks for too many cards and receives
them, the error may be corrected If
discovered before he has looked at them
and before the next player receives his
cards. Otherwise he must accept them
and discard so as to take them all into
his hand.