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going to and returning from the same:
and for any speech or debate in either
house they shall not be questioned IN
any other place"
This provision Of the Constitution
was adopted to insure against depletion
of congressional ranks for political pur-
poses by judicial interference. It did
not grant members immunity from
prosecution for felonies or breaches Of
the peace. No member of Congress
House or Senate-can violate the law
with IMMUNITY on the score Of his ofncial
position. But he cannot be taken from
his place in Congress or from his pas
sage to or from that place by any
process of arrest save for some actual
breach Of the peace or felony or act Of
treason.
Undoubtedly ethical considerations
should govern in the matter of congress
sional broadcasting of gossip, but it is
painfully evident that in some cases
they do not. The Congressional Record
is full Of instances of Ill considered
indeed, MISUNDERSTANDING on the
moor OF House and Senate which can
not be effectively refuted and which
cannot be challenged in law. Occa-
sionally the legislative body itself has
checked and reproved these exhibitions
OF '''""'ty-licensed spleen and vim
dictiveness, but in many cases grievous
harm has been done by the unleashed
tongues Of legislators taking advantage
of the freedom of debate and their
constitutional immunity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-07
The United States in Haiti,

Prompt action by the authorities in
Haiti has probably prevented a grave
development of the trouble that has
been brewing in the island for some
weeks. With the declaration of martial
law in Port au Prince and Cape Haitien
and the effective disposal of Marines
the disorders, that were becoming seri-
Gus, were allayed. and now with a
fresh contingent of troops on the way
1t would seem assured that a dis
astrous development has been averted.
This unfortunate occurrence almost
exactly comedies with the statement bv
President Hoover to Congress in his
annual message that the situation in
Haiti, where this Government has now
about 700 Marines, Is much more
dificult problem than that in Mica
ragua, and that the solution of 1t is
still obscure. He said in this message
that If Congress approves he will send
a commission to Haiti to study the
matter in an endeavor to arrive at
some more definite policy than at
present.
A statement issued by Secretary
Stimson outlines the nature and cause
of the troubles in Haiti. The usual an
nual allotment of $4,000 for scholar
ships at the agricultural school had
been curtailed by $4,000 to pay needy
students for practical farm work on
the school grounds. The students went
on strike October 81 as a protest.
Sympathetic strikes were declared in
the medical and law schools. With a
presidential election approaching, polfti-
cal elements fomented propaganda
against the administration and sought
to bring about strikes in other schools
and among the government employees.
BY the Sd Of December the strike move
ment had spread throughout the coun-
try. The next day customhouse en-
ployes at Port au Prince quit work after
destroying property and mistreating
American officials. The disorder had
reached the point Of gravity when
last wednesday the American high
commissioner issued q proclamation
making effective the technical condi.
ton of martial law existing for several
years.
This is altogether a political situation
in Haiti. Undoubtedly there is in
volved certain degree of resentment
at American participation in the adj
ministration of the republic. That
participation is by virtue of q treaty
entered into between the United States
and Haiti in 1915. The presence Of
American advisory officials and Of
American Marines has prevented civil
war in Haiti, has kept that country
stable, has saved lives.
The President has in effect asked
Congress for authority to send a COM
mission to Haiti to ascertain whether
the time has come for a revision or q
cancellation Of the treaty of 1915. While
that treaty remains in effect, however,
this Government is bound to keep the
peace in the island, even though in
doing so it may supersede the native
government temporarily.
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Morrow Impresses Nation
AS Wise Choice for Senate

to call commercial Imperialism. That
was no small achievement"
y X
1.-THE common opinion is that he is a
good deal of a man. That alone should
make him welcome in the Senate" con-
cludeS the Milwaukee Journal dnde-
pendent), and the South Bend Tribune
independent Republican, offers the es-
innate of his standing to date: His
work as Ambassador to Mexico is a
bright chapter in American diplomatic
history. That all concerned believe that
others can carry on successfully is the
inference to be drawn from the sena-
torial appointment"
1.-The prospect that M. Morrow will
seek nomination for tllG Senate in the
primaries of next March, says the
Hartford Times independent Demo-
cratic), lis an agreeable one from the
Republican partisan standpoint and Of
excellent promise nationally. If he is
made a candidate, only a Democrat Of
finest type could hope to contest sue
ceSsfully the Morrow challenge at the
polls. The administration has not yet
spoken its word of approval for the
New Jersey developments, but there
seems little doubt they are to have Mr..
Hoover's warm acquiescence." The De-
troit Free Press independently believes
JIldb Tile 5CndJC VI Tic OIllOCu OIdIcS
will gain in strength at serious expense
to the diplomatic service" and that 1.-THE
net result will be advantageous to the
Nation"
The Kansas City Star Independently
pays the tribute that Mr.. Morrow has
demonstrated that he possesses the rare
combination of practical ability and. dis
interested devotion to enlightened pa
triotism," while the Duluth Herald On
dependent Republican, and the Muncie
Star independent Republican, expect
him to be an extremely able Senator.
Some suggestion has been made that
Mr.. Morrow would be good presidential
timber, after Mr.. Hoover" according to
the Charleston Evening Post (independ-
ent Democratic). ut is not fantastic
idea that he may have given a hospi-
table reception to the suggestion" The
Chattanooga News independent Demo-
cratic) also feels it Is possible his ac-
ceptance of the senatorial post means
that his ambitions aim higher than the
upper branch of Congress"
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Foreign Troops in Shanghai Only
Protection From LOOters i'm CITY

revised in 1884 and, while disclosing q
system OF consul-guardianship showed
the necessity of determining the ''ri0htS
OF the foreign communities and the for
nation OF a body capable Of lending
legal sanction to measures essential for
the security of the foreign concession
and the taking of legal action against
the Violators OF public peace and order"
During this year thousands Of Chimes
refugees had flocked into the forei0n
areas because Of civil war In the hinter-
land. 1t was from the land regulations
OF 1854 that the view grew up to the
erect that the concession was outside
OF Chinese jurisdiction, even though
II became the mecca Of thousands Of
chinese and the asylum of Chinese Do
ntical refugees.
In 1859 the revised land regulation
received the approval of the powers
ministers at Peiping, and it is notable
That these regulations, which consti-
tuted the municipal constitution ar
Shanghai, had not been submitted for
approval OF the Chinese government,
nor was any provision made in them
Tor participation by the Chinese in the
government Of the foreign settlement.
IL was not until after the famous
Nanking road incident of May 80, 1928,
IN which agitation was directed at the
SSAAOAOA VI 0IAdLlBIldl, CIll-
nese We're admitted to representation on
the municipal council.
AS conditions now stand any bylaws
or amendments to the land regulations
once approved at the annual ratepayers'
meeting must obtain the sanction of the
diplomatic corps at Peiping before be-
coming valid. In other words. the reins
OF government rest in the hands of
the powers at Washington. london.
Paris and other world capitals.
The recent history of Shanghai is
one OF expansion, but expansion ar
powers and territory opposed bv the
chinese. The elements of disorder ana
OF maraud1ng armies. which led In the
past to defensive neutrality" have
never been far away even in receng
years. The threat, It seems. REMAINS.
though the protestations have become
more voluble and pronounced.
=. what Is to happen to Shanghai? Are
the representatives of the powers OF
the world who have "extrality'' rights
and business interests in China ALWAYS
TO govern the city? A city built on
chinese soil, even though granted Ia
1912 by the Emperor Of China to for
eigners. Is 1t never to be governed bv
China as cities in the interior arey
These are the questions which are
today being asked, and their answers
oelng suggested in the light of present.
Gay Chmese national aspirations It Is
upon these questions that the attention
OF the world Is being conferred.
(CopyriEht. 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-07
Immunity and Justice.

In all likelihood the cause of justice
Il not tmpeded by refusal of members
Of the Upper House of Congress to APP
pear before the grand jury of the Dis
trict for the purpose of giving evidence
regarding case now under considera-
ton. For 1t is altogether probable that
they have no evidence TO give. They
may have, as indeed has been indicated
In one case, some "hearsay testimony"
respecting the homicide that Is being
Investigated. AS persistent critics of
District affairs, giving frequent express
sion to their views and concepts on the
floor of the Senate, they have naturally
been furnished with great deal of
gossip by people who wish to bring the
Police Department, the courts and the
District government itself into disrepute.
But as witnesses before the grand jury
they would have little to say that could
be used as evidence, II anything at all.
Therefore, the invocation of clause of
section 6 of Article I of the Constitu-
ton by them does not check the I'M
foldment of the mystery which the
grand jury is now attempting to solve.
Judge Gordon was well advised in his
refusal to cite the two Senators for
contempt of court upon presentation Of
their names by the grand jury as re-
calcitrants. The fundamental law re-
specting congressional immunity is clear
and unmistakable. 1t says: THE Sena-
tors and Representatives shall
in all cases, except treason, felony and
breach Of the peace, be privileged from
arrest during their attendance at the
session Of their respective houses and in
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like ours. Every reader feels this to be
true.
Another thing we always have ad-
nired book men and women for Is their
ability to get involved in exciting hap
penings.
Forget the omniscience Of the author,
consider only the activities Of his char
acterS, which reflect him in everything
they do or say.
There are few books In which one
cannot discover the likes and dislikes of
authors. He may reveal himself not by
what his characters do or say so much
as by their inner urges.
However it may be, the author stands
forth plainly enough in his creations, so
that If we focus attention on them we
may forget for the time the man Cor
woman) who put them together.
These mental robots, unlike mocha
nisms, impress one as life does. The
worlds so-called mechanical men are
but machines with human coverings.
The heads and faces, hands and arms
have nothing to do with the wheels,
wires and cogs.
Cover wheels. wires and cogs with as
many humanlike coverings as one may
please, In the end 1t is nothing but a
mechanism.
Book characters, wireless, cogless,
nevertheless move, live and have their
being because they are reflections Of a
power greater than themselves.
Their happy fate is to be involved in
so many and great actions that whether
they be happy or sad, meritorious or
III, as the majority of men understand
those terms, they nevertheless seem to
enjoy their literary life more than hap
V1NnY&al0 fWaa IL
the petty affairs of the every day to
which their lack of capacity sentences
them.
The ;1ddest thing in the world is to
know that one has only one real life,
that OF the mind, and to find that this
same mind is not big enough, broad
enough, deep enough, on the one hand,
nor petty enough, shallow enough, ego
tistical enough, on the other.
To long for. mighty deeds and not
De able to perform them, and to know
that one will never be able to perform
them; to be able to see a way into the
mysteries Of life and yet be unable to
push the clouds back farther; to have
ones tongue refuse to utter the grand
words which should be uttered, but will
not come forth; to see solutions gleam-
ing bright, but to watch them vanish
because a dead mans brain thousands
OF years gone asserts itself adown a
trackleSs path
What iS this but deep sadness, which
a book character can never know, be-
cause he Is q reflection from this and
carries Just so much of the CLEAN with
him, but no more? They indulge In
mighty deeds, exult in longings which,
satisfied or unsatished, are destined to
have q f1nality which real life seldom
has for the average man (reader).
Book characters are our brothers, be-
cause often they are more ourselves
than we can ever be. Being bone and
sinew Of real men, they are real men
plicable character Of that relation. In
times Of action, material or mental,
few would want TO be characters in
books, but at other times few there are
who would not be willing to change
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Skeptic.
Once told O little boy
There was no Santa Claus.
1t did not seem to chill his Joy
Or bid his laughter pause.
In shops the good old Saint he found
Or met him in the street
Where mortals on the way were bound
To joyousness complete.
That little boy just looked at me
And softly sang a song.
He spoke no word. but I could see
He thought that I was wrong!
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again. It's persistence accompanies not
the slightest good, but does q three
fold harm: Annoyance to the improper
recipient, added useless burden to al
ready hard-worked public servants, from
the Postmaster General down to the
substitute mail man, and, lastly, useless
expense to the sender. Mid-November
should be time marked on the calen-
dar in every store and every business
house for a thorough trimming of the
mailing list. If the proprietors desire
to keep it the same size or enlarge it,
let them add live ones"
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Munchausen's Tales
Are Held Truly Great

From the New York Sun.
A hunter out of ammunition shot at
deer with cherry stones, but 1alleo
to bag the animal. When ne encoun-
tered the same deer some time later
cherry tree was growing from its headI
The story Is recorded among the taou-
lous tales told in a tavern over bottle
by that extraordinary adventurer and
arch lair, Baron Munchausen. So long
and so well has the world been enter
tanned by the baron's stories that
memorial is to be raised to the narrator
in his native City of Bodenwerder on
the Weser River. 1t will depict him
astride his famous horse that, when
cleft In twain, continued to drink.
The collection of extravaganza tales
published as THE Singular Travels,
Campaigns, Voyages and Sporting Ad-
ventures of Baron Munchausen" have
amused rrown-ups and children for
nearly $50 wears. The stories were
originally attributed to Karl Friedrich
Hieronymus Munchausen, German SOL
der, born In 1870, who in his youth
served In the Russian army. His repu-
tation as a story-teller has been sup
ported by accounts of friends whom he
had entertained, quite unaware that his
absurd creations would ever be more
widely circulated. But he lived to 81
and saw his tales in print. Many are
the aspersions cast upon his good name,
but certainly no one mas ever uenleo
his truly great imagination.
OF the tales themselves, 1t Is known
only that they were compiled about 1875
by one Rudolf Erich Raspe, a literary
man, who, under penalty for embezzle-
ment. had fed from CasSel to London.
But the original collection Of Mum
chausen's adventures was enlarged in
successive editions with borrowings from
Castiglione, Henry Bebel and Lucian.
Even satiric tales based on the exploits
of Montgolfier, the first balloonist, and
Of Bruce, the explorer of the Nile, some
how found their way into the company
Of the barons enormous yarns.
The memorial at Bodenwerder will be
unique in its commemoration OF one
who has so long held the honor
dubious, II unexplained-of being known
TO posterity solely for his ability Is .
lar,
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1t is estimated that nineteen billions
VII be spent In American industries
next year. Many Government worker
win regard with hopeful welcome the
suggestion that the greatness of ma
ton should, in some part, be measured
by the nberality of its pay roll.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-07

Everybody is a Christmas worker in
cooperation to bring cheer. Old friend
Santa Claus has organized the largest
Of mergers, on lines Of human gen.
erosity,
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In order TO make Washington, D. c.,
model city 1t will be necessary to find
some way for gangsters who may be at
tracted by its beauty to locate else
where,
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There are times when even the most
accomplished senatorial speakers are not
eager to talk. Oratory is a gift that
requires congenial inspiration for its
best display. 49,.
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In the hurry Of holiday shopping
especial appreciation Is due to those who
make sales with neatness and dispatch
and also with politeness. One lima
tured person behind a sales counter
can spoil the day for hundreds of
shoppers.
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pilates in Florida. and finally tossing
of the story of his youth and adj.
ventures and dashing into fiction about
viking boys, when, again like the
tragic rogue elephant, he is caught
at last In the oozy marsh Of poverty
ana age with no prospect Of pulling
himself out"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-07

Bravery is instructive in human char
acter. No airplane crash has ever de-
tered pilot from starting the next
flight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-07

A Russian statesman, however reason
ably inclined, Is never allowed to forget
as he formulates remarks that he has a
large and difncult audience to please.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-07

Providing employment for the many
is about as big business as the organ
izers of the Nations resources could
undertake.
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This DEFENDERS income tax INSTALL
nlent should be cheerfully paid, in the
light Of the happy New Year greeting
In store from the Treasury Department.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-07

In making an alcoholic gift a viola
ton Of law, the Alabama Supreme
Court dealt the final blow to that old
social menace, the treating habit.
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1t is stated in terms of popular science
that the "superman" is in process of
development. According to one Of @.
B. Shaws plays, he is already here.
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Why Not Call a Cab?

From the South Bend Tribune.
Pedestrianism is showing Q healthy
increase as the distance between the
parking place and the office lengthens
q block each year.
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1t Was Just Established.

Prom the Asheville Times.
The stock market made the mistake
possibly OF Interpreting Mr.. Einstein
had been abolished.
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Jobs for Grid Heroes.

From the Knickerbocker Press (Albany).
The season being over. those non-al-
tru1stic foot ball players might be used
as mentors to students in the colleges
OF business and finance.
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This Is a Joke.

From the Detroit News
Americana: Ordering the new GEN.
slis to begin on April / and expecting
the public to answer the doorbeli.
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Varied Impressions.

Vaf1eu Impressions.
you have been coming to Washing
ton for many years"
yes" answered Senator Sorghum.
Have your impressions Of this great
city changed?"
I'm certain respects. 1t has bigger
and more beautiful buildings. but pretty
much the same old line of talk"
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Jud Tunkins says he's glad arrange
ments are being made to provide work
for more people. Maybe some of the
lazy folks he knows may want to 20
with the crowd and enjoy the new ex-
perience.
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IF every man spoke right out VIII
what he thought" said Uncle Eben. ~
heap o. conversations wouldn' be more
dan two minutes long"
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Member Of the Associated Press,

Inc Associated Press is exclusively entitled
70 the use for republication Of all news els
patches credited to it or not otherwise cred
TIED in this paper and also the local news
published herein. All rights of publication OF
special dispatches herein are also reserved.
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No Honest Affection.

Fraternal love that rings quite true
In gangland can't abide
Each Damon in a day or two
Takes Pythias for a ridel"
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IInmanaReahIe Minority.

Just when some wise and careful chap
Has most things going right,
In some far corner of the map
The people start a Tight!
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New Back Seat Driver.

"Shopping?" asked the friend who
noted the car full of bundles.
yes" answered Mr.. Chuggins. "And
I am having my parking troubles. MY
wife is bad enough when she drives
from the back seat, but Santa Claus Is
worse"
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many may be compelled TO suffer for
the mistakes Of q few"
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The adventurous life Of Trader Horn,
the story of which Is continued in
Harold the Webbed; or, the Young
Vikings. Being Volume Two Of the
Life and Works of Trader Horn" In
cluded hunting, prospecting for min
erals from Abyssinia to the Cape:
bookkeeping in Rhodesia; bricklaying
IN Kentucky-a euphemism for max
ing mash-tubs for rmoonshiners: paint
Ing pictures or inn signs indiscrim-
1nately as he tramps the states: catch
ing African butterflies In his youth
for collectors; and In hts maturer years
collecting unastod0n bones for phos-