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Our Envoy to the East
Is S. Al

German rs we'll as at Latin and Greek
A professor limited. The unknown
beckoned. Perhaps 1t was the romance
Of distance and strangeneSs. For there
Is a deep well OF romance, q love of
mystery. In the complicated nature of
this man.
Johnson Most Unusual.
Indeed, Of all the men in our foreign
service whom know-and know
many-JOhnSon is the most unusual.
When 1 seek his most Identifying char
acteristicS, think first Of his sense of
humor. He Is always gay.
No one more than he loves a good
story and none can tell one better. Not
for nothing is he the light of the
Washington dinner table He has the
light touch for every subject and the
ready laugh for every witticism. Yet
always his mirthfulnesS Is gentle, his
humor kindly.
In this gayety and humor he has
much in common with his Chinese
friends. For they Il am told are a
humorous people, who laugh at the
same kind of jokes that we do, a kind
Japanese. I am told that he can jest
in Chinese like a native and those who
know tell me Of his sitting about with
Chinese groupS-high low, anywhere
swapping stories, quoting the we'll worn
Chinese aphoriSms which they love and
own in multitudeS.
His mind seems to proceed in much
the Chinese way. Some one told me of
hearing him in conference with an i'm
portant Chinese official. There was
something that our Government wished
the Chinese official to undertake
johnson opened the conversation by
talking about sword play. What was
the origin of the rapier thrust as COM
pared with the cut OF the broad sword
The conversation ambled on from one
subject to another-none Of them hav-
ing the remotest connection with the
matter in hand.
Proceeds in Chinese Manner.
At the end of nearly half an hour
my American friend grew restless
Your American business man is &C
cuStomed to directneSS. And then, all
of sudden, he realized that the Chi
nese oflcial had been led by johnson
into thinking up and proposing for
himself the very idea which they had
mutually hoped would eventuate.
By long habit of life in China, John
son had proceeded in the Chinese
manner.
Yet in spite Of that long habit Of
| LIE ne has remained 1ncurably anC
utterly American among Americans
Hear him addressing a. commercial asso-
citation in Pittsburgh, and you may
think he Is just a Rotarian business
man. Hear him addressing a bar as
ISOLATION in Washington and you may
think he is just a city lawyer. He
reaches back into his Chinese expe-
rience to illustrate mis- points, but he
! chooses them infallibly. When he re-
members that he sat as an assessor
in consular court Che did so, by the
way, when he was barely % years old y
it is not merely to describe the curious
| system of which he was a part but tC
tell the STORY Of Four Ducks" Some
thing like this:
When he was living in Shanghai he
had a house with a little pond beside
1t where he kept some ducks Sitting in
the court one day q Chinese was
brought before the mixed tribunal. He
had been arrested on suspicion because
though obviously poor, he had foul
CONTINUED on Fourteenth PaRe.)
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Japanese Diplomat
Retires From Service

Keichi Yamasaki, diplomat and for
merly Japanese consul in Chicago, has
retired from the diplomatic service and
Will be an associate secretary of the
Institute Of Pacific Relations. The in
stitute is an organization devoted to
"fact-nnding" about the Pacific as a
means OF bringing better understanding
to Pacific peoples.
YamaSaki was formerly japanese con-
sui In Chicago, and has served also in
New York, London, South America and
Honolulu. He will join the general
STAN of the institute, whose headquar-
tiers are In Honolulu. DR.. Ray Lyman
Wilbur, former president of Leland
Stanford University, was chairman Of
the institute until he became Secretary
OF the Interior In the Hoover cabinet.
YamaSaki is a man of broad culture.
and when consul general In Honolulu
was known to have advocated friendly
relations between Japan and the United
States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
BY ANNE HARD.

|HIS Winter, for the fifth time.
Nelson johnson will enter the
Chen Nun gate in Peiping on a
Il mission for the Government of
the United States. This time,
as Minister to China, that entrance
marks his achievement of the highest
post possible in the two lines of inter-
est which have directed his life-China
and the foreign service.
For the second time career man"
is chosen for this important post. This
fact is in itself significant. It is sig
nificant of growing belief that the APP
pointment of Ministers Plenipotentiary
! and even of Ambassadors should not
always be regarded as political plums to
deserving party members but as recog-
milton both OF performances and Of
trained abilities in the service itself.
1t may be arguable that there is less
proof Of this new tendency in the case
of China than in that of any other
post. For, admittedly, China has al
ways been and will doubtless always
remain, the great international enigma.
For China more than for any other mis-
sion there is necessary both theoreti-
cal and historical knowledge and first
hand experience.
The China of yesterday was paradox
cal in its violation of every Western
tenet of accepted dogma. The China
OF yesterday was frankly the antipodes
where men walked on their heads. West
ernerS who best knew China Synthesized
it into phrases which accepted the con-
Trajectory and summed the impossible.
You cannot hustle the East" they said,
and China never changes"
Has Seen Beginning Of Change.
Young johnson, barely entering his
ma jority. went into that China and
within two-score years has seen China
begin to change, has seen China stirring
with what may be the first muscle
stretching toward hustle"
johnson himself, regarding that China
of today, looking back along those two
score years nearly continuously spent
in the midst of China, compares her to
the Italy of Cellini
THE life of a people in danger" he
remarked, italians wearing q sword
no unity anywhere-the individual de-
veloping, reaching forward to unknown
things. When great changes are hap
pening within a people, who is aware
of what will come forth?
In China even the language Is
changing. handed my Chinese
teacher a New Testament. He glanced
at It, laid it aside. Isn't 1t a good
bookp' 1 asked. oh, the book is all
AIC SdlOS wv Az 10 dAASAChb
guage.'
Did he know the meaning of what
he said-of what he implied"
johnson sees himself going back to
China which not only can change but
is MISUNDERSTANDING toward some
thing which he is too wise to predict
but changing.
II China we're indeed in the curt
apothegms of the observers of yester-
day, "unchanging," the quality and
temperament of the man whom we
choose to represent us there might be
of comparatively little Importance.
Demands Best in Understanding.
But the China of today. stirring more
and more unitedly against the Western
accepted doctrines of extraterritoriality,
the Western-owned concessions, the
Western generations of trade the
Western self-constituted "superiorities,"
retaining from her past the curiosities
of the Chinese individual temper and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
BY RALPH v. d. MAGOFFIN.

Department Of Classics. N. Y. q.
Perhaps there is no better authority
on the Indian Southwest than Prof. E.
B. Renaud, of the University of Denver.
He has, of course, recognized that the
antiquity Of the American Southwest
may not equal that In Western Europe
or in Southern Africa. But in the
5000 years or so Of its archaeological
history 1t can show q complete cul-
tural evolution"
Those early peoples acquired and cul-
tiVated a new type of food, maize, and
with 1t they so were changed from no.
MAIDS to sedentary agriculturists. From
rude shelters they moved to stone COM
munity houses, and with such a mo-
mentouS change came the evolution to
urban culture.
Oddly enough, too, that transforms
ton came before the natives had any
practical knowledge of metals. They
practiced masonry made pottery, de-
veloped religious ritual, and yet were
still in what the. European would call
the New Stone Age. They could not
write. They had no alphabet. They
knew no way to keep historical record
such as the Mayas and Aztecs, at the
same time, had.
There were three classes of Indians
in our Southwest-the camp jewellers,
the Apache and Navajo; the village
Indians of Arizona, such as the Pima.
and the Pueblos, who are represented
by four linguistic groups. the Tewa and
Keres. of the Rio Grande; the Zuni, of
New Mexico, and the Hopi of Arizona,
Up to about 1000 B. C. in the San
Juan basin west of the Colorado River.
Indian nomadic hunters roamed about
after small game. Their women gath
cred grass seed, wild berries and edible
roots. Then came the introduction of
maize. a descendant of the "teacentli"
which had been cultivated for long
time in Mexico and Central America.
With the increase In good food the
population also increased. The nomad
began to settle down.
At first they built pole and mud
houses. They enlarged caves or dug
cistS In the hard floors of the caves in
which they might store excess maize.
They were compelled in sandy localities
to use stone and adobe mud as mortar
and plaster. The grain storage cistS
slowly developed into burial places, In
which the dead were put, with the
knees drawn up and the head and
shoulders covered with a basket. They
had not yet begun to make pottery, but
they knew how to weave and to make
baskets. From the latter accomplish
ment has come the term basket
makers"
It may have been about 500 BIC.
when these people learned how to make
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he. AS a Kansan knows Kansas, as a
New Yorker knows New York, because
he is of 1t, so does Johnson know China.
Left College for Mukden.
Still boy. with q boys opennesS to
impression, a boys enthusiasm for the
untried, though with an intellect preco-
ciouSly awake to learn. johnson left
college in Washington for his first ap-
pointment as vice consul and language
student" in Mukden.
The way he arrived at that appoint
ment was characteristic.
Under our system the Language stu
dent" supposedly, one would think,
chosen for his aptneSs at languages
his -mindedneSs) must also pass ex-
aminations in commercial law and in
ternational law and bookkeeping and
various other subjects rather OF the
beat of the linguiSt.
No tutor for young johnson. He
simply got from the department the
list of subjects required and sample
questions; found law books for himself;
read passed his examinations and de-
parted-with no flourish Of trumpetS or
notes in local society columns-into the
unknown.
1t was merest chance really, which
determined his choice of q way of life.
He was fond of languages; excellent at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
Scrapping of Armies
Would Finance League

Arithmetic, according to an Italian
proverb, is not a matter of opinion.
A mathematician in Geneva has re-
Gently figured out that II the nations
that complain about the expense of
the League of Nations" would scrap all
their armies and navies they could sup
port the League at present costs for
oS5 years out OF one years savings. AS
Is known, the costs Of the League are
reckoned in units of about a thousand
English pounds (about $4,000. The
81 member states are assessed for Gas
units. But the same members spend
annually for military purposes no less
than 675,4l0 units. or enough for 6sS
years OF League existence. Take your
pencil and figure it for yourself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29

The other day one Brazilian Deputy
shot and mortally wounded another on
the, floor Of the federal Chamber Of
Deputies at Rio de Janerio.
On December "A President Yrigoyen
of Argentina narrowly escaped the at
tentions Of an anarchist, who, however,
proved a bad marksman. A fusillade
from policemen and detectives accom-
panying the President in his automobile
did for him. Assassination is becom-
ing the fashion again. The other day
a train carrying the Viceroy of India
was bombed. The train was wrecked
and number of passengers were killed,
but Lord Irwin escaped.
The general elections of December %
in Egypt resulted in capture by the
Wafd, or Nationalist party, of 206 of
the 232 seats In the new Parliament.
The world will watch the ensuing de-
Velopments with greatest interest; eSpe-
clally with reference to the treaty offer
made to Egypt several months ago by
the British Labor government.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
BY HENRY w. BUM.

THE following is a brief summary
of the most important news OF
the world for the seven days
i ended December %:
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Cooke, of Gaithersburg being the host

Cooke, Of Gaithersburg being the host
eSseS.
Mrs. Harry A. Dawson and sons. Har-
ny and John, of Rockville motored to
Reading. Pa. on Thursday for a stay
of several days.
Additional Notes
OF Special Interest.
Mrs. Sarah E. Beatty OF Ossining.
N. Y. is at the home OF Mr.. and Mrs
Franklin B. Charles. Somerset, for
visit of several weeks.
Mrs. Calvert Cissel was hostess to the
Gaithersburg Thursday Night Bridge
Club at her home in Gaithersburg this
week.
Prof. Quincy Wright, instructor in in
ternational law at the University OF
Chicago, is at the home of hts parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip @. Wright. at Capt.
toll View for q short visit.
Mr. Allie Jones Of Jamestown spent
several days during the week visiting in
Washington and Baltimore.
Mrs. John c. Brennon entertained at
bridge at the home Of Mrs. william
Dudley at Woodside Tuesday afternoon
The high-score prize was awarded to
Mrs. j. Herbert Cissel.
Mr. Gardner Hunting. we'll known
author and prominent in motion picture
circles and Mrs Hunting Of Detroit were
guests the greater part Of last week Of
Mr.. and Mrs, F. Barnard Welsh In
Rockville.
Miss Edna Bell has returned to her
home in Gaithersburg after spending
several weeks in Rockville.
After spending several months in
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Record of Activities
| Listed During Week
By Rockville Society
Wedding Listed in Early
Future Calendar - News
Notes From Adjacent
Communities Numerous
Social Events.

ROCKVILLE, Md, April 27.--An-
nouncement has been made that the
marriage of Miss Louise Griffith Mob
ley, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
w. Mobley of near Rockville, and Mr..
william Glasscock Fletcher of Upper
vile. Va, whose engagement was re-
Gently made known, will take place at
noon on Saturday, May IS, at the home
Of the bride-elect's parents.
Mrs Roger Shaw of Rockville and
mother, Mrs. Lawrence Flack of Ken
sington, motored to Chester. Pa, Sum
day and spent several days visiting Mrs.
Flack's son-in.law and daughter, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. William Wiley OF
Gaithersburg were the last week end
guests Of relatives In Lovettsville, Va.
Miss Mary Kingdom, Rockville, was
the guest q week ago Of Mrs. Henry
White at Dickerson.
The annual card party of Court
Archbishop Curley, Catholic Daughters
of America, of Gaithersburg, was held
Wednesday evening in ST. Martins Hall,
Gaithersburg. It was attended by a
large number Of guests from various
parts of the county and elsewhere and
proved a social and financial success.
Mrs. Hannah Schwartz, grand regent,
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No. / Murray avenue to a house on
Prince George street, next to the corner
of College avenue. where she and her
sister, Miss Julia Trenholm, will re-
side.
Mr.. and Mrs Henry T. Wickham
who have been visiting their son and
daughter-in-law, Comdr and Mrs. Will
Hams Wickham on Maryland avenue,
left on Monday for their home at Hick-
DRY Hill, near Richmond, Va.
Mrs. Ernest Jordan Of Ontario, Canada,
Is the guest of Mrs. Elroy L. Wander
kloot, wife of Lieut.. Comdr. Wander
kloot, at her residence on Bowyer road
Saturday afternoon Lieut.. Comdr. and
Mrs. Wallis Gearing entertained in
formally at tea for Mrs. Jordan at their
residence on Bowyer road.
Comdr. and Mrs. Battle Hosts
At Roads Club Dinner.
At the dinner, which was given by
Comdr and Mrs. Charlton E. Battle on
Saturday evening at the Annapolis
Roads Club. the guests were Mrs Will
liam j. Giles Mrs. Ernest Jordan of
Ontario, Canada; Lieut.. Comdr:- and
Mrs. Elroy L. Vanderkloot, Lieut..
Comdr. and Mrs. Norman Scott. Lieut..
Comdr. and Mrs. Richard Barry. Lieut..
Comdr. and Mrs. Walden L. Ainsworth.
Comdr. and Mrs. John B. Pollard and
Lieut.. Nicholas B. Van Bergen.
Miss Bonnie Todd has returned from
Newport, r. l., to her residence at 247
King George street Miss Todd spent
the Winter in Newport as the guest of
her cousins, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Joel
R. P. Pringle.
Friday afternoon Mrs. Theodore w.
johnson entertained at a small and
informal tea for her cousin, Mrs. l..
Craven Bruce of New York. Mrs. John
de P. Douw and Miss Lucy Holiday
assisted in the dining room. Mrs.
Bruce formerly lived in Annapolis.
Real Admiral and Mrs. John Halligan
left the West Coast accompanied by
their daughter, Miss Kitty Halligan,
on April 20. They are expected here
to be the guests of Mrs. Halligan's
sister, Mrs. Hamilton Gale. for short
visit before going to Norfolk, Va, where
Halligan's new tour of duty in COM
mand of the aircraft squadrons.
Comdr. and Mrs. M. E. Manly and
Mrs Manly's sister, Mrs. L. G. Bertolete,
were among those who went to Balti-
more Saturday to attend the Maryland
Hunt Cup race. They were the guests
for luncheon of Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar
Allen Poe at their residence in the
Green Spring Valley.
Mrs '-,>nton Hall Pollock of st. Louis
is the guest of her daughter and SON
in-law, Lieut.. Comdr and Mrs. Josesph
Malcomson, at their residence on Prince
George street.
The Tuesday Bridge Club met at the
residence of Mrs. Julian Timberlake on
Bowyer road.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-28
Senator and Mrs. Schall
To Entertain Minnesotans

Senator and Mrs. Thomas D. Schall
will entertain the members of the Min
nesota State Society at Wyncrest, their
beautiful suburban home in Berwyn,
Md, Saturday, May IL, from to Z
O'Clock at garden party.
May IL is one of the outstanding days
in the history of Minnesota. Being the
seventy-flrst anniversary of the admis-
sion of the State into the Union, it is
usually observed by Minnesotans in
Washington In commemoration Of the
founders of the State.
This meeting. It is predicted. will be
an occasion of more than usual in
terest from every standpoint. A cordial
invitation is extended to every Min
nesotan, whether resident of Wash
ington or a visitor, to attend.
The president of the society, Miss
Bede johnson, announces this as the
last meeting of the season. A brief
business session will follow the garden
party, when the annual election Of Of
ficers will be held.
Announcement cards are being sent
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headed the committee of arrangements.
Prizes were awarded. souvenirs distrib-
uted and refreshments served.
Miss Mary Tully of Orange, N. j.. Is
spending several weeks in Rockville as
the guest of Mrs. Porter Ward.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Schropp and
son have returned To Hazleton. Pa,
after a visit of two weeks at the home
of Mrs. Schropp,s father. Mr.. James
Mclaughlin, and Mrs. Mclaughlin in
Rockville.
U. of M. GIee Club
Charmingly Entertains.
A concert by the University of Mary
land Glee Club proved one of the most
enjoyable events Of the week in Rock
vile. It was given under auspices of
the Rockville Parent-'reacher Associa-
ton in the high school auditorium last
evening and attracted large gathering
A dance followed Mrs, J; somervell
Dawson, Mr.. L. Fletcher Schott and
Mr.. Kenneth Petrie composed the COM
mittee in charge.
Miss Mamie Waters of Baltimore
spent the week end Of April 20 at the
home of her sister. Mrs. Laura Griff1th
at Laytonsville.
Miss Virginia Moore was hostess at
bridge and luncheon in her home at
Gaithersburg Wednesday afternoon, her
guests numbering IS. The high scores
were made by Miss Annie Trundle and
Mrs. F. Carroll Walker.
Mrs. Ewing 0. Herbert of Hollywood
Calf. Is visitor at the home of her
brother and sister-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs
Milton D. Kirby. at Germantown.
DR.. and Mrs. August Humid of the
Bethesda neighborhood sailed from New
York Thursday for a European trip.
Mrs. Harlowe Burt of Washburn
Colo, has been visiting her sister, Mrs
Edward Boswell. ST., at Cabin John.
One OF the most elaborate of recent
card parties in Rockville was given al
the Montgomery Country Club, Rock.
vile. this afternoon. Mrs zadoc M
Cooke and daughter. Miss Alverds
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Lauder Song Writer Dies.

Alexander Melville. who wrote songs
for Sir Harry Lauder and many other
Scotch comedians. died recently In
Glasgow hospital. Although paid well
for his songs. his generosity soon got
him into debt and in his last years he
frequented common lodging houses and
lived on the charity OF few friends.
"Killiecrankie." "Risin' Early In the
Morning." and "Tobermoy" were among
the songs he wrote for Lauder.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-28
France Sues for Electricity Tax.

NANCY, France (R.-Electric cur.
rent is merchandise because it can be
measured, in the opinion of the Court
Of Cessation here AS result the Gus
toms authorities have sued the local
electricity corporation for $3,200,000.
representing current imported between
January, 1925. and January, 1923.
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out by the secretary, Mrs. Percy NJ
Bailey, on which are printed directions
on how to reach Senator Schall's home
by street car and automobile.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-28

Florida. Mr.. George w. 3. Bartlett re-
turned a few days ago to his home In
Gaithersburg.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-07
Eunice PringIe, on Stand,
Slated to- Undergo
GrueIIing Quiz.
RAJ Tinted Pre-,

Blu United Press
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 7.-Eunice
Pringle was on the witness stand in
superior court again today, attorneys
for Alexander Pantages continuing
their attempt to break down her
testimony that she was attacked by
the wealthy theater man.
She already had been subjected
to croSs-examination of Attorney
Jerry Geisler, but he has failed to
shake her story.
The 17-year-old dancer, speaking
in a soft, confident voice, told the
jury that Pantages lured her to his
secluded consultation room to dis
cuss booking for her act and then
made frantic love and attacked her.
She probably will be asked by
Geisler to re-enact the asserted at
tack scene for a third time.
After she has concluded, w. l..
Gordon, tenant, of the Pantages
theater building, will be called by
the state. He was one of the first to
reach the consultation room after
the girl ran into the corridor,
screaming for help.
He is expected to testify concern
ing an unidentified woman reported
to have helped Pantages arrange his
clothing in the excitement which
followed Miss Pringle's screams.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-07
SLACK Makes
TALK TONIGHT
Scheduled for Address at
Church Dedication.

Mayor L. Ert Slack will speak to-
night at Tabernacle Presbyterian
church on the second program dedi-
eating the new educational and rec
reational addition to the church.
Special programs will be held all
week.
Tonight is Indianapolis night and
the Rev. Mr. Ernest N. Evans, Indi-
annapolis Church Federation secre-
tary, also will speak. Several Or
ganization meetings will be held at
the church Tuesday and the Rev.
Clyde Howard of the Chicago Sec
ond Presbyterian church, will speak
at night.
Family and open house night will
be observed Wednesday night. The
Rev. l.. j. Sheriff. of the Louis
vile Presbyterian church, will speak
Thursday night and the weeks cere-
monies will end Friday night with a
basketball game and movies.
Plea for a general educational
program in connection with church
work was made by the Rev. William
Chalmers Covert of Philadelphia in
an address at the church Sunday.