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A Career Man" for China.

Ten days ago, when the resignation
Of John v. A. MacMurray as Minister
to China was announced, regret was
expressed in this place that the services
Of so eminent y Far Eastern authority
could not be perpetuated in the service
he has so long adorned. 1t Is q peculiar
satisfaction to observe that President
Hoover and Secretary Stimson have de-
cided upon q successor to Mr.. MacMur-
ray who qualities in every way to carry
on the latter's work on the other side
of the globe.
Nelson T. johnson, who is promoted
from an assistant secretaryship of State
to be chief of our diplomatic mission
in China, possesses truly unique quail
tiles for that post. He has literally
been In training for 1t the better part
Of quarter Of o century. since Mr..
johnson took his examinations for the
foreign service twenty-five years ago he
has concentrated on China. He has
mastered its language, or at least what
passes most commonly for that tangled
tongue of hundred dialects. He has
been stationed at half dozen key posts
in China as consul or consul general He
knew both Imperial China and Re-
publican China on the spot. For the
past few years Mr. johnson has been in
the State Department. Three secre-
taries Of State, Hughes, Kellogg and
Stimson, learned to rely upon his au-
thoritative acquaintance with the ms
and outs Of Chinese affairs, including
the men successfully in and out Of ONCE
at Peiping and Marking.
There is one especially admirable
aspect of the johnson appointment to
China. 1t is q striking reward for
merit, hard work and unfiagging am
bition to achieve in q highly dificult
and special field of international service.
1t is easy to imagine the personal and
justif1able pride which Nelson johnson,
student interpreter in China in 1907,
will feel when he presents his ere
dentials as envoy extraordinary and
minister plenipotentiary Of the United
States to China in 1880. The honor
now come to him is an inspiration to
young Americans to aspire to serve their
country in the works Of peace abroad.
Incidentally Mr.. Johnson's designation
as Minister to China explodes the
theory that in this era of business 60
getting overseas only the captain Of
industry is fitted to wear Uncle Sans
diplomatic livery. Nelson johnson has
known no other business in his whole
life except the business of perfecting
himself in the science of dealing with
the Orient and with Orientals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-17
Administration Seeks Promotion of
Industrial Prosperity, Not Stock Prices

here and there into a palsy which
would stop initiative and development.
1t Is at this point that the re-
SponSibility of many of our greatest
corporations is thought to emerge. In
the early part Of this year, in spite or
the danger signals set flying by the
Federal Reserve Board in the matter
OF the use Of Federal Reserve credit
for the imitation of brokers loans" for
stock market speculative purposes, these
corporations continued, nevertheless, to
use large amounts OF their money for
the promotion Of those purposes and
for the driving of stock market quo
tations farther and farther upward.
They helped to lead the country to the
top story Of the speculative pinnacle,
from which a few weeks ago it start
ed to jump of to the realistic ground.
1t is thought here lin official circles
that 1t would not be unwarranted to
expect from these corporations some
leadership now in showing to the peo-
pie who have fallen a confidence in
good times on the ground-instead of
in the air-and determination to go
ahead now into new big labors Of pro-
ductive and constructive, instead Of
speculative achievement.
The administration feels that, through
the prospective reduction of the in
come tax rate and through the actual
reductions in New York City of the
Federal Reserve rediscount and ac-
ceptance rates, 1t will have helped To
bring 1t about that money shall be
readily available for such achievement
on a vast scale. To 1t the adminls-
tration is prepared to lend all proper
moral support. The administration
policies in this emergency can be put
into two succinct forms of statement
There has been, is and will be no
governmental Intervention in the pric-
ing of securities in the stock market
for the benefit either of bears" or OF
bulls" There has been. is and will
be all feasible governmental co-opera-
ton in the stimulating Of genuine in
dustrial activities and in the expand
ing of genuine industrial values anu
in the charging Of the genuine, pro-
duction and consumption of goods for
the benefit Of the whole population.
(Copyriaht, 1890
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-17
A Spiritual Epic.

New England has witnessed during
the past few days a strange and pic
turesque spectacle. Nearly half mil
lion people have descended upon the
obscure grave Of a young priest who
died sixty years ago, in the belief that
It possesses some miracle working po-
tency.
The actual facts in the case may be-
come the subject of ecclesiastical in
Vestigation, II this curious phenomenon
continues. But the demonstration it
self appears to have come about en-
tirely spontaneously. Seldom before
has a spectacular social phenomenon
arisen from such obscure causes and
continued with less apparent reason.
For the man himself, It appears, was
one whose name was writ In water.
Practically all memory Of his life and
personality had been lost. Old folks
may have been able vaguely TO recall
him. He was merely one of the mill
lions who have lived and died, appar-
emily without leaving any impress on
the world.
But such curious events never are en-
tirely, detached-never without cause.
What are the underlying reasons why
all New England-for apparently the
throngs at the grave by no means were
composed entirely of Catholics-should
trample so sensationally into the OBJ
livion of this obscure young clergyman?
A possible Interpretation is that he
has been resurrected by the group mind
es the symbol Of the soul Of . people
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-17
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Deterioration in Crime.
There was not quite such frequent Grim,
To terrify the earth.
The public seemed 10 have more tim
For simple, honest mirth,
Until some mystery would amaze,
And loosen every tongue
All that, my boy, was in the days
When Sherlock Holmes was young!
The ordinary desperate man
Was crude and rather dense.
Some writer would invent a plan
OF wickedness intense,
And then expose with clever phrase
Just how our hearts were wrung.
But that, my boy, was in the days
When Sherlock Holmes was young!
How often would some homicide
Bring mighty thrills anew,
And leave us next in peaceful pride!
We knew It wasn't truel
AS we pursue veracious ways
Where cruel songs are sung,
long, my boy, for those old days
When Sherlock Holmes was youngl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-17

halls of justice that the advent of the
woman juror has served not only to
raise the intelligence quotient of juries
as a whole but has added steadying
influence to juries that marks q 0s-
tinct gain. Juries containing women
are reported to be less likely to reach
scatter Drained verdicts than juries
without them.
Jury service by women has served to
increase the number of eligible jurors,
for the ratio of ineligible jurors is
higher in Washington than in any other
city. Government employees and those
having contracts with the Government
are 6ebaIred, and III Washington that
serves to eliminate a considerable pro-
portion of the population. Instead of
seeking to evade jury service, a natural
II not a laudable desire on the part
Of bread winning men, women have
grasped the new opportunity quickly.
They come forward voluntarily and ask
to be allowed to serve on juries and
apparently enjoy the experience. Their
participation in this important phase
of citizenship has been a distinct adj
vantage 10 the community.
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"A JOINT RESPONSIBILITY
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES +. FREEMAN D. d, L. D.,
Bishop of Washington.

spoken religious conviction. doubt
not there are many men who hold
high places in religious institutions who
are Singularly silent upon matters that
concern their deep and treasured
beliefs
To the mind of the great Apostle his
young converts were joint partakerS
with him in the defense and confirma-
ton of the gospel. This implied q
militant and articulate expression of
conviction. In this connection it is in
teresting to note that many of the great
reformations and religious movements
that have swept over states and CONT
nents have been Aed by Christian lay
men. The record Of their fine achieve
mentS in the past has given them place
among the church's outstanding ex-
ponents. They were men who dared to
openly defend and afflrm the faith they
held. II ever there were need for
defense and confirmation of the high
things of our Christian belief, 1t Is the
present hour. A passive belief, how
ever dignifled and respectable its ex-
preston may be in acts of corporate
worship, is wholly inadequate to meet
the pressing demands of this new age.
Our youth in particular are more i'm
pressed by the consistent habit and out
spoken avowal Of Christian belief on
the part Of strong laymen than they
are by the utterance of one who by
profession is an exponent of the faith.
A great lay evangelist like Moody
proVokeS an awakening Of new interest
in and q fresh avowal of allegiance to
the Christian religion and effects a
revival of religious interest that gives
him high place among the worlds
greatest preachers. 1t took a World
War to evoke q fresh demonstration OF
patriotism throughout our country Our
loyalty to flag and Nation was passive
and Indifferent. What we held OF faith
in the Republic and its ideals was Some-
thing that only on rare occasions found
expression. A call to arms aroused
the Nation and brought q ready response
from millions of her chosen sons. There
Is q call to Christian standards and
ideals today that we dare not neglect.
The defense and confirmation of the
gospel Is responsibility that falls upon
clergy and laity alike. We need to be
stirred from our supineness and SNUG
self-righteousness We need to be re-
minded that sacrifice Is one Of the essen
tial elements of our profesSed faith. II
the uplifted Savior Of mankind is to be
made regnant in the hearts of men, we
must stand with flrmness of conviction
for those eternal principles which He
enunciated and which in our more re-
| Elective hours we deem to be indis-
'penSable to the things that are nearest
and dearest to us in life
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-17
Tert: an the defense and con-
drmatton OF the Gospel, ye all are
pnrtakers. philippians, III.

DdrtdkeTS "-Phiipp1anS, IL.
There recently came to me a layman
whose profession is medicine, who had
abandoned his calling in response to an
appeal of his church to become lay
evangelist, Strange as the transition
seems. he had felt a call to assume
an obligation quite foreign to his old
profession. To the mind of the average
person, such a transition seems strange,
but liz It? Is it reasonable to conceive
of the Christian religion as something
that belongs solely for It's propagation
and advancement to an ordained MN
iStry?
Some years ago a QUESTIONABLE was
submitted to England that evoked
widespread interest. The leading ques-
ton was What do we believer" Among
other questions propounded was the
startling one, will the eternal religion
be the religion OF a layman or the re-
ligion of a priest?" Answers to the
QUESTIONABLE were received from men
and women representing every occupa-
ton and profession. Scientists, such
as Lord Kelvin and Sir Oliver Lodge,
joined with professors, teachers, ar
tisans and laborers in attempting to
answer the several queries submitted.
1t was generally recognized that the
ministry as q profession had q primary
responsibility in maintaining the high
claims of the Christian faith. They
were set apart and ordained for this
specific purpose. On the other hand
it was conceded that II Christianity
was to present its appeal with fresh
vigor and power to men and women OF
all types and classes. there was an
obligation upon the layman to assume
joint responsibility with the clergy in
making 1t effective.
In the main the average Christian
man or woman is voluble about every
thing save only their Christian con-
victions. They assume that 1t is not
necessary to make their faith articu-
late. In all other matters that per-
tain to their social, commercial and po-
litical life they freely discuss their con-
victions and at times with marked
vehemence. Donald Hankey, in his
Student in Arms" declared that the
faith of the average British Tommie
was definite but inarticulate. We be-
lieve that this is widely true Of the
average Christian believer. It has been
affirmed of late years that our age is
in q peculiar sense, the age Of the lay
man." More and more he Is taking
his place in the administration Of the
church's affairs, but mere participation
in administrative concerns does not
necessarily imply q strong and out
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-17
Foreign Trade Reports
Reflect Good Times
BY HARDEN CoLFAX.

What has happened in the stock mar
ket and the recession Of security prices
cannot be attributed to Slackening Of
industry and commerce, as rejected by
figures of foreign trade, statistics which
always have been considered a good
barometer Of the weather conditions
surrounding the fundamentals Of bust
ness.
High interest rates have reversed the
flow of gold, it Is true, but the Situa-
ton thus created has failed to affect
commodity prices, thus demonstrating
that the demand was for stock market
financing in the main, If not entirely.
Exports Of gold Slackened in July, 1928,
and the situation November was that
whereas in the 10 months to that date
last year exports of gold exceeded i'm
ports by $42l 100000, in the COR
responding period of this year imports
of gold exceeded exports by 1882 900 300.
Merchandise exports in the 10 months
ended october 81, as revealed by De-
partment of Commerce statistics an
nounced Friday, have aggregated &4,-
274,000,000 this year, the highest total
for that period since postwar def1a-
ton, while merchandise imports totaled
SO, 752, 000, 900, which also sets a record.
In quantities, even better figures would
be shown for prices this year have not
been high in any commodity Of major
Importance in international trade ex-
cept copper.
October exports totaled $3.50, 000, 900
in value, the highest of any month of
1929. This figure is $4,000, 900 below
that of October, 1928, but is the largest
of that month for any other year since
1920. Imports last month we're valued
at 1892 900 900, the highest figure for
october since 1919.
X X * x
The commodity analysis for the first
nine months of 1929, the latest period
for which such statistics are available,
shows, on the export side, that finished
manufactures supplied 50 per cent of
the total, measured by value. as con-
traSted with 47.9 per cent of the total
for the first three quarters of 1928.
These percentages bear testimony to
the industrial activity of the United
States this year and to the demand
abroad for American goods. The third
quarter this year did not keep the pace
set In the first two quarters, but still
gave more than half of the merchandise
exports to the finished manufactures
group.
On the import side of the picture An
ished manufactures likewise showed a
percentage gain i'll the total for the
first nine months of this year con-
trasted to the corresponding period of
last year-22.l per cent, compared to
ais per cent-some part of which prob
ably may be charged to heavy inporta-
ton for stock in anticipation Of tariff
rate changes.
Taking the geographical analysis of
foreign trade for the f1rst nine months,
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Alibi Artists.

At last it has happened; one Of those
ultra -modernistic paintings has been
hung wrong and. inspected and judged
In that position, has received q sub
stantial prize. 1t all occurred in the
Big Burg, too, at the Winter exhibition
Of the National Academy of Design.
The hanging committee which failed to
note the error was composed OF twen-
ty members and associate members Of
that distinguished institution, while the
Jury Of award consisted of five full
nedged members. A photographer dis
covered the error. and with the result
that the mistake was righted, but. as far
as can be learned, the award Of second
prize still stands. 1t has also been
brought out that the same picture was
exhibited in the same position out in
Pittsburgh in the Carnegie Interna-
tional Exhibition Of 1928.
Those who have seen the painting,
however, stand ready completely 70 ex-
onerate all and sundry concerned-even
the artist himself, should he have for
gotten which way the thing was in
tended TO 20. The picture, entitled
The Fossil Hunters" is by Edwin W..
Dickinson of Provin0etown, an artist
not heretofore considered ultra-mod-
ernistic. However, in this case he seems
to have gone the limit. The painting
includes several figures, q death mask
of Beethoven, some oysters and other
items, although no fossils are readily
discernible.
ThiA ridiculous occurrence would
seem to carry . severe and genuine
criticism of the extreme modernistic
trend in art which, frankly, causes an
intelligent public to be undecided
whether to laugh or to cry. Adherents
of this school have consistently claimed
that 1t possesses something" hide
den meaning, which Is far above the
heads of the art-loving public, but is
perfectly apparent to those of the sA-
cred inner circle-painters and painter
jurymen. So seriously do these take
themselves and their products that
uouUeicSS Vic CiaLh Will VIC mdue IldI
this ability to get across" message
to the heart and the mind in tune is
entirely independent Of whether the
picture be hung straight, sideways or
upside-down. The public will keep Its
tongue in its cheek. Let no city and
no art gallery or art museum laugh too
heartily, however. It may, II things 60
on as they have been going, find itself
in the same predicament. Possibly cir
cular pictures, like platters, that can
be spun to any position. may be the
ultimate outcome.
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both exports and imports show increases
in value to and from each Of the six
grand divisions of the world.
BY major countries, exports in the
first three quarters of 1929, compared
to the corresponding period Of 1928, re-
corded increases in value to all except
Germany, italy. the Netherlands, Rus
STA, the Dominican Republic. Colombia,
Japan and the port of Hongkong, with
sweden and Ecuador about even in the
two years. The figures OF purchases
fail to disclose repriSals for q domestic
or foreign policy of the United States.
France, Belgium, the United Kingdom
and Canada and other British domin-
ions have recorded noteworthy increases
in imports. from this country, while
Latin America as Q whole shows sim
liar tendency.
Imports, by value, were larger in the
first three quarters of the present year
than in the same period of 1928 from
all major countries, with the exception
of Norway, the United Kingdom, Mex
leo and Brazil, with approximately the
same figures in regard to purchases
from the Dominican Republic and from
Ecuador.
With commodity prices as to exports
practically unchanged from year ago
on the average, the increase in the
value of exports means a corresponding
increase in quantity, but the gain in
value of imports points to an even
greater percentage gain in quantity Of
purchases from abroad because of lower
average prices than q year ago as to
major commodities which are shipped
here.
Raw cotton shipments are of this
year, which makes considerable hole
In the export side of the story, for
this usually is the largest export COM
modify of the country. BY the same
token, gains in total exports mean
heavy increases in foreign purchases of
other kinds, of which machinery Il an
outstanding example. Wheat, including
-four, and packing house products are
up, thus balancing to some degree the
agricultural situation as otherwise
Sagged by cotton.
Turning to imports, raw silk has
taken q heavy upward tendency in re-
cent months and again probably will be
the largest item, in point Of value,
brought into the country for the fun
year. Crude materials and Semi-manu-
iactured products imported for use In
manufacturing In the United States
show heavy increases this year and to-
gether constitute more than SIS per cent
of all imports. in value, as contrasted
with "a per cent last year, which again
emphasizes the industrial activity which
has marked the year in the United
States. =
(Copyright. 1890
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-17

Three persons were killed in coll
hsion by q street car and an automo-
bile, thereby demonstrating that 1t is
not necessary to use an airplane in
order to get into q crash.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-17

1t is to be regretted that any local
business concern should SO complicate
It's affairs as to add to the already
superabundant material available for
investigation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-17

New York was left without mayor
while Jimmy" Walker went to Chicago
to attend foot ball game. One of the
greatest elements of Walkerian charm,
apparently, is his absolute refusal to
take himself or his title too seriously.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-17

The former Kaiser Of Germany still
holds regard as o man Of wisdom by
never allowing his ample funds to get
caught on the wrong side Of the stock
market. 4
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Tariff Calculation.

The tariff plays puzzling trick
And leaves us in sorry plight.
For hours we do arithmetic
And never get the answer right.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-17

~ arranged. but 1t proved to be flasco,
the shell Of one of the rowers being
mysteriously sawed in two on the eve
OF the race. This led, Of course. to fur
Their disputation, so that the Hanlan-
Courtney match held public interest for
many months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-17

IN stabilizing the Nations business,
President Hoover is looked to for one
of his best jobs of constructive engi-
neering.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-17
Consolation.

This much forever has been so,
To keep our spirits gay
The market cannot always go
One steadfast way.
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"A man who gives you tip" said
Uncle Eben, seems like friend; but de
friendship Is liable not TO last after de
race Is rum" =
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Rough on the Nerves.

cit Is well agreed that liquor will ruin
q mans nerves"
II know it," answered Senator Sor-
ghum. 1T ruins my nerves even to get
into q political debate about It,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-17

Jud Tunkins says he plays the fiddle
for fun, only his family and neighbors
can't see the joke.
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No Quarrel.

do you ever quarrel with your wife?"
Never" answered Mr.. Meekton. MY
parents thoroughly impressed me with
the improperly Of interrupting lady
when she Is talking"