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Locations to Be Embassies.

SHANGHAI, China. August 20 Up
A Marking dispatch to Kuomin, off1cial
news agency. today said that it was
understood the Chinese legation at
Toxic and Japanese legation in China
soon would be elevated to the rank Of
embassies, the two governments having
so agreed"
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The Saturday Night Club will hold an
excursion to Marshall Hall Friday on
the Charles Macalster, leaving the
Seventh Street wharf ct 10 am. 2:3o
and 6 pm. r.ckets n1ey be secured
from the chairmrn, Pearl Wolfe, 1887
A street southeast.
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Linen, Palm Beach and Nurotex
Suits, in these sizes: 6-35's, SOS,
l37's, 3-38's, 3-39's. 6-4O's and
7-44's in regular sizes; E35's,
sos, 6--37's, 4-38's, 2-39's and
IA in short sizes; 2-35's, 3
SOS, 9-37's, 8-38's and sos in
long sizes, and 3-37s, 438's, l.
80, 6-44's, 7-46's, l-48 and /
so in stout sizes.
Tropical Worsted mad Flannel
Suits in these sizes: l-35, 1-37 in
regular sizes; $50 In short size;
1-35, Sos, 1-37 and 40 in
long sizes; 2-39's, 3-44's, 7-46's,
3-48's and Sos in stout sizes.
(pireet Elevators to the Mems Ciothins
Department, Second Floor.l
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Switzerland will tax cigarettes b
raise funds for its new pensions.
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ment bench with this phrase: mo
matter II the two people viii not agree
out OF love, they are bound to agree
in the end from sheer necessity"
Sure Of His Optimism.
And so 1t finally turned out. My
Fascist successors violently attacked me
for my policy Of Cancellation and coll
but the force Of reality obliged them to
60 on following and developing this
same policy. It will be the same way
for Europe, and much sooner than one
might be led to believe from reading of
present-day incidents and incompre-
tensions.
I am sure Of my optimism because it
not only does not rely on the problem
atical wisdom of European cabinets but
because it does not care very much for
what they might or might not do to
promote the great advance.
When politicians do something good
in foreign policy. they end by believing
that it has been chiefly their work.
With the exception of some rare cases,
the politicians-almoSt alwayS-are only
notarieSA imagining that they create the
events they have simply entered into
their registers.
European solidarity is already in the
making, not because of governments,
but because-never so clearly in our
history-it is recognized as a fatal ne
cessity by the masses on one side and
by the economic elite on the other.
When this phase will be reached 1t
Is difficult now to foresee. What mat
tiers is to know which way the current
Of history goes, and not to mistake for
the channel Of International life GER
tain turbid rhetorical eddies which, for
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the German capital. u win matter
little when the great Industrial mag
mates from both sides Of the Rhine
have discovered-aS there are reasons
TO believe that they are going to dis
cover-that they have everything to
gain through an entente.
Some Nations See the Light.
Such an entente has already taken
place between Sweden and Norway,
two small but historical countries
whose rivalry destroyed the peace Of
the Baltic world for many generations;
1t is from the Swedish rivers that Nor
wegian factories take. their electric
force. At the opposite corner OF Europe.
Spain and Portugal virtually forgot
their old brotherly antipathy as soon
as they learned to draw common adj
vantages from the Douro. And the
same tendency may be detected in
many other parts of Europe.
Those who do not see this trend re-
mind me of the i:lnkeepers and pos
tilions of the 40s who organized pop
ular demonstrations against the con-
Struction Of railways, thinking they
would be ruined by them.
Thus 1t has always been In this world
Of ours. When great national entities
have been on the point Of coalescing,
inter provincial hatredS have always
seemed to reach their greatest fury.
At the very moment when wars OF
religion were about to vanish forever,
1t seemed as though theological strife
had never been so acute.
The French Terrorists gave the i'm
preston that their riot Of carnage
would never cease, at the very moment
when the atmosphere was on the point
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AGAINST war, and such o sincere mis-
trust Of their old leaders.
But, I repeat, this general state OF
mind may pasS-because the rising
generations quickly forget the lessons
Of the past.
blindness and madness that there are
today some governments which DO not
see the dangers that are In store Tor
our form of civilization II the enfageo
nationalismS and imperialsms are
really going to provoke some day Q
new bankruptcy Of peace. These, ana
these alone, are the accomplices Of the
overadvertised Russian danger.
Hone IN Economic Forces.
Fortunately. however, even II the
governments Of Europe do not give US
very many reasons to hope-hot be-
cause OF any Ill will on their part. but
because they are too slow and cautious
in their moves, and so run the risk OF
losing all the force that they might
draw from the living memories OF the
war-there are other elements, and
probably no less important ones. which
have already understood. I allude To
the economic forces OF Europe. As
Prof. James r. Shotwell said In an e:A-
cellent and far-seeing article published
on the tenth anniversary OF the
armistice:
ultimate success or failure lin war;
must take into account as well the
entire economic strategy and the losses
or gains in industrial resources or n
nancial obligations which must be
measured up against gain or loss OF
a few miles Of territory"
Nationalistic newspapers may bark 81
each other from the French capital and
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Of tightening and life was about to be-
come more smiling and humane.
A century ago, kept prisoner on an
island In the Atlantic, he who had
caused the blood Of half Of Europe TO
dow In hundred battles, knew q mo-
ment Of sincerity. unique in his genius
he dictated the Memorial de Ste.
Helene" which was statement for
the defense; not even when he wrote
his will, set piece for the French
people: but when, on the very eve OF
mis- death, he summoned his last
strength to send his final message to
his son with advice drawn from his
unparalleled reserve Of experience--it
was on that occasion that Bonaparte
was, for once, sincere.
Italian, Corsican as he had always
remained beneath his French veneer
and his assumed but non-exiStent
French patriotism" this man was too
deeply iTnbued with truly Italian family
feeling not to be absolutely genuine
with the one being he loved, his son
and heir. He wrote:
Gordian Knot Of Europe United.
1.-THE aim Of all my sons efforts
future there Is only one way to con-
vince Europe, and that Is through rea-
son. My son should be o man Of new
ideas. The new idea is to reunite
Europe in the bonds of an indissoluble
federation. It is in this direction that
Europe Is advancing. To endeavor to
retard progress would be waste OF
strength. It Is useless to struggle
against the inevitable. cut the Cor
dian knot Of the nations; now 1t must
be united"
| SO wrote the dying man who had
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struggled for 90 many years against
the "inevitahle

str STRUGGLED for 9: !. many years. against
To repeat Bonaparte's phrase, the
"Gordian knot Of the nations was un-
tied" as O result of the World War
which Tin appearance only had given
the lie to the Corsican's vision. The
World War will one day appear merely
as the eliminating proof that we had
come to the end Of Europe as it was
In 19l4-an anarchical Europe with no
real common life and links between
the states except the artificial law OF
diplomatic equilibrium.
Before the war there was but one
guarantee Of q common European ex-
istence-the equilibrium Of the great
powers. The folly Of 1914 proved that
such an equilibrium was no more than
perilous scaffolding; perilous because
1t was artificial, and, therefore, essen
TALLY transitory.
This is, indeed, the only lesson of the
war. We have at least learned mega
tive lesson; that nobody dares trust this
old equilibrium any longer.
No wonder il nobody yet knows what
form the new European order is going
to take. But 1t matters little. One GER
tainty we have, and 1t is the only one
that matters Sorrow and suffering are
the teachers and reveaierS of new hori-
IONS to men and we shall not have paid
too dear for our four terrible years of
war II they have taught Europe that
there Is no longer Q place Tor hatred
and division.
In the italian Parliament some years
ago when was discussing the necessity
in which deeply believed-of a
friendly settlement Of all the questions
between Italians and Jugoslavians
once ended Q speech from the govern
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Continued From Third Page.)

(ConClnOed from InHQ FdBe.l
connected with the war to end war"
and so suspicious of every plan to make
peace permanent, that I quite under
stand-even if / do not mentally APP
prove-certain rash conclusions which
are sometimes drawn In America.
American Conclusion Rash.
These American conclusions are rash
because they mix the errors, they con-
fuse the feelings of the populations with
the timidities and bluffs of governments,
which, afraid of scanty minorities have
adopted the habit of accusing anybody
who is trying to work for peace OF belng
Hacking in patriotism"
The great error of most OF the Euro
pean governments Is that while they
are sincerely welcoming the New World
they insist on keeping one foot in the
old. They call it prudence, diplomacy.
foresight. It is simply the grossesC
historical incomprehension.
The governments of Russia. Ger
many. Austria, Hungary Bulgaria,
were overthrown by revolutions. The
situation is not different in the VIC
torious countries. AS a result OF my
stay in France as Ambassador AFTER
the war, and my frequent visits there
and I mean visits to all parts OF the
country, not only in nationanstlc
Paris drawing rooms-1 reached me
conclusion that the mass OF the
French, Notwithstanding appearances
to the contrary, were and are deeply
DESTROYS Of a true and lasting peace.
In no place in the world was the cry
"war to end war" SO sincere as among
the French peasants, so happy In their
Couce France. And these peasants, on
election day, are the real masters OF
France.
Fears State OF Mind viii Pass.
II the so-called disorders" in italy
after the war have been grossly exag-
Rerated for party reasons, It Is none the
less true that even in my country the
sufferings of long war had created
state of moral unrest which wise gov
ernments-like the one presided over
by the veteran statesman, Giolittt. and
of which I was a member-cured, not
with violence. but with human sym
pathy and generous comprehension.
In Germany and In Austria the pop"
ulation suffered during the war even
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on a cattle ranCn
In Barton County,
Mo, and his early
years were alter
Mated between at
lending the Mis-
four! schools and
punching cattle.
He graduated from
the Kansas Nor
NAL College in the
Spring Of 1897 with
degrees of A. B,
and B. o., and
taught one term o.
country school In
Missouri t1897-96)
closing in time to
enter the Army al
the outbreak OF
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Favorite Partisan Snort.

PARIS R.-Trying TO ride hrst-class
on second-class subway ticket Is the
favorite Partisan sport. Ten thousand
persons are caught at 1t each day and
made to pay extra fare. How many
escape detection is not known.
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MEETINGS THIS WEEK

MEETINGS THIS WEEK.
Col. James S. Petit Camp,
Tuesday night, 921 Pennsylvania
avenue southeast.
Richard ]. Harden Camp,
Thursday night, Pythian Temple.
Col. John Jacob Aston Aux
iIiary, Thursday night, 921 Penn~
SYLVIA mia avenue southeast.
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Europe's Bonds of Peace

more than in italy, where, II only be-
cause we are poorer, We suffered more
than those in France and England.
That is why Germans and Austrians---
I speak, Of course, Of the masses, and
I know that there are mad exceptions
have at present such o hatred
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-11

. short space Of time, now backward
between Shiny banks Of warlike phrases
and nationalistic Ilatreds.
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Comdr. Samuel j. Mcwilliams. who
directs the activities of the Gen. NJ.
Emmett Urell Camp Of Spanish Wal
Veterans. was born February Is, 1873,
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WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

has taken time out of politics to rear
family of six children Her husband,
John T. Pratt. is q lawyer and banker.
Mai. william D. Common, commandment
OF the Army War College in Washing
ton, is about to return from a semi
official trip of inspection to Great Brit
ain. France and Germany. He elected
to put in a Summer leave of absence
studying the staff systems of the British,
French and German armies as they
have been reorganized in the light OF
World War experience. At Berlin Gen.
Connor assumed for the time being the
guise Of representative of the United
States Army, for the purpose Of repay
ing the visit to this country last year of
Maj. Gen. Won Heye, chief of the Ger
man general stan. The German mill
tary authorities gave Gen. Connor a
magnificent reception. Our professional
soldiers await with interest the accounts
they expect Gen. Conner will bring re-
garding the spick and span, though
slender. army establishment the Ger
mans now maintain. Though limited
by the treaty of Versailles 10 roundly
100000 officers and men, who serve
under 12-year voluntary enlistment
system, the Reich's army is considered
finest military fighting unit in the world
today.
Prohibited society item: When Mabel
Walker willebrandt was Assistant At
torney General, she affected an ultra
severe style of hairdressmg, marked by
the brushing Of her semi-raven tresses
straight back from the forehead and
knotted in the rear. Since Portia be-
came private citizen she has sported
a French twist, falling over the brow
in a soft wave. Friends and admirers
say the effect Is pleasing and improv-
ing. Temporal mutantur, etc.
X X y \
Herbert Hoover has a double. and q
senatorial one, at that-Senator Daniel
o. Hastings, Republican, Of Delaware.
The President is taller and the Senator
wears spectacles. but facially, and es-
pecially as to the shape of their heads,
there's n distinct resemblance. At q
recent Washington base ball game MI.
Hastings hugely enjoyed being mistaken
for Mr.. Hoover.
tCopyright, 1897
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Cutting the Postal Deficit.

This administration will make a
serious attempt to reduce the postal
deficit. But there are other ways of
going about 1T than by increasing first
class mail rates. Postmaster General
Brown has denied published reports
that an increase in such rates was to
be recommended to Congress. Such a
recommendation would not only be
highly. unpopular. but it probably could
be counted upon to start q battle in
Congress that would detract attention
from the administrations chief goal
to make the Post ONCE Department a
self-sustaining and efiicient business or
ganization.
Postal deficits, and the reasons
therefor, have been matter of con-
troversy for more than century
ADULTS have shown a deficit in all but
fourteen of the ninety-two fiscal years
since 1897. And the relatively few sur
pluses would probably be curtailed If
proper weight were given to the obliga-
tons incurred during each year. but left
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Nickel Nursing.
A nickel nurser once I met
Who said with conscious pride,
1.-THE dear old home you must forget,
For shall subdivide.
I'll have your land discreetly zoned
And, in your favorite spot,
Where once an acre you have owned,
I'll let you buy lott"
A lesson in finance I learn
AS billions make a bluff
The nickel nurser, In his turn,
May only prove Small stuff"
And as he sails away in quest,
OF new financial fame,
The nickel nurser gets the best
OF each stock ticker game.
Unto commissions you must bow
In every gain or loss,
And when Friend Kitty" says meow
You've got to come across!
When Mighty Money has It's fund
With many a deal so slick,
The nickel nurser is the one
Who gets the real kick!
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A Practical Way to Help
Backward Mountaineers
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
Your recent editorial "Unamerican-
lied Americans" together with the
articles preceding about the situation
in certain Virginia mountain COM
munities, deals with strange things,
indeed. One feels like moraliSing at
length on the revelation Of somber
than talk. The prompt response OF
President Hoover and others Is. com.
mendable with emphasis. For about
forty yeane I have had special interest
In similar situations somewhat farther
from washington, and know not only
the need Of action, but also something
Of the proper process. AS your eoitorlai
states, it is not q matter OF much
money, but of tact, skill and SYM
pathy" in starting and In continuing
the work of reclamation.
Your editorial is also right to the
point in suggesting that formal teacn-
ing Of the three RS should not De me
primary purpose Of school, but the
establishing Of base of operations.
Special caution should be exercised IN
the selection and appointment OF teacn,
ers in such a work. Only such SHOULD
be used as are above the mere routine
of conventional school work. l coulo
say some things along this line from
experience and observation IN similar
fields, but refrain here. The thing now
is to commend, for emphasis, the pro-
posed program. Too much stress Is al
ready being placed, however, on the psy-
chology involved. Michief VIII resuIt
from much emphasis in that direction.
Plain, simple, untechnical use Of COM
mon sense put forth out of hearts that
sympathise and do not permit
for an instant any expression OF con-
descension TO appear will accomplisn
better things than formal laboratory
methods cam
The best approach to such situation
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The New Mexican Air Tragedy.

Finding of the wreck Of the Trans
continental Airport plane, City of San
Francisco, with its pitiful cargo of
eight dead bodies, does not fully solve
the mystery Of its fate. No survivor
Of the disaster remains to tell what
happened in the comparatively brief
night from Albuquerque. 1t is indi-
Gated, however, that the pilot met or
sensed the approach Of violent storm
shortly after taking of and altered hts
course in order to evade 1t. Just what
happened will never be positively
known. The plane, the conditions of
the wreck indicate, was flying low when
the crash occurred. It seemed to have
struck some large trees, about seventy
feet from the ground. These trees were
on the upsloping side of mountain,
toward which the machine was being
driven at high speed. This suggests
that the pilot had either lost contrcl
or did not realize his danger, did s
perhaps know the altitude at which
was flying. The machine plowcd
through the trees, swapping on trunks
and branches, losing its own parts in
this wild career OF catastrophe, throw
ing it, passengers forward with the
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unsettled until later. Estimates at the
close Of the last fiscal year were that
the deficit would amount to $4,000, 900.
exclusive Of the $42,o00000 awarded to
railway companies as additional pay for
the transportation of mails between
1925 and 1929. This prospect brought
from the white House the statement
that the president has become con-
WINGED that the rapidly mounting postal
deficit must be reduced" and the postal
establishment must be operated a. q
"self-sustaining business organization"
This statement has been interpreted as
foreshadowing a thorough re-examina-
ton of the entire postal policy OF the
United States.
Congress ultimately would have to de-
eide upon the proper steps to change
existing policy. Among those most
likely to be studied might be mentioned.
first, an attempt to bring about economy
through recognizing the Post once De-
partment. striving at greater efficiency,
lower costs and the elimination of pcli-
tics from its operations; second. the I'M
position of suitable charges for handling
governmental and congressional mail,
and, third, the abolition Of subsidies or
their payment out Of Treasury, in
stead of postal, funds.
As regards postal reorganization, POST
master General Dickinson recommended
forty years ago decentralization of the
department, with view to more effec-
tive supervision. ana succeeding admin
tstrations have recommended the APP
pointment of an official, TO be known
as the director of posts. who, man Of
thorough business training and expert
enced In postal affairs, would be q per-
manent adviser to the Postmaster GEN
eral. Congress has never seen At to
adopt such a recommendation.
The Civil Service Reform League has
pointed out that the "grossest source of
waste OF the taxpayers money lies in
the present system Of appointing post
masters" and suggests that If the merit
system were substituted for the spells
system, trained men could conduct the
work of post Offices, especially in the
larger cities, with smaller forces and
larger saving to the Government.
Every Postmaster General in the last
generation has recommended that the
Post once Department be given credit
for mail carried free for departments
and members of Congress. In 1928 the
value of this free service was estimated
at about 100000.
The subsidy involved in paying for
transportation of ocean mail has in
creased from shout $1,000, 900 in 1928
TO s23,0Oo,o00 in 1890. Appropriations
for the contract air mail amounted to
$13,3OO,0O0 for 1880. AS long as these
subsidies continue. and 1t is probable
that they will continue. the only good to
be accomplished by transferring the
payments from the Post ONCE to the
Treasury would be bookkeeping credit
in favor of the former. The taxpayers
would foot the bill either way.
An upward revision of postal rates is
not to be considered as the only or the
best way to avoid or reduce a deflcit.
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is for two or three small families to
informally move into such community
and just let the light of truth and Of
good shine through them. Example
affects such mountain folks more than
does precept. Years ago my sister
taught a school In mountain settle
ment. The girls came to school using
snuff sticks a Ia mode. Sister said
nothing about It, But, in short time,
the older girls took notice and said,
Teacher don't use snuff and we're not
going to use 1t any more"
Something practical. Let people who
are retired on pension move out into
such mountain communities, where liv-
ing is cheap, instead of staying In the
expensive city. Let them put aside
their unchristian sectarian notions and
form nuclei for community work in
neglected places, am ready to prac-
tice this, as well rs preach 1t, and am
preparing to 60 to o mountain place
In Just such spirit, rs am retired on
pension. Calls have come from differ
ent places. d. y. SLOAN.