Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-02
z SOIR, Brussels.-At the time
of the French Revolution there
was scarcely community or

of the French Revolution there
was scarcely a community or
IL district in all of France that did
not plant its Tree of Liberty"
We wonder how many of these arboreaI
monuments survive today? This would
be an interesting little by-path for
some French historian to follow, giving
the public the results of his investiga-
tons.
The tree, through the ages, always
has served as a durable souvenir of
popular feeling and traditions historic.
1t has been symbolic of our own coun-
try, of the strength, growth and In
tegrity of the nation. Both in the
Flemish and in the Walloon con-
troversies the tree was ever type of
the living forces inherent in both
parties, and all other nations and move
mentS at different times have used such
an emblem upon their banners, and as
badge of their vitality and fruitful
ness. Upon the approaching occasion
of the national centennial of our indie
pendence, the little hamlet of Marbles
Nodrenge, in the canton on Jodoigne,
has announced its intention of planting
Tree of the Centenary" and it is
assuredly to be hoped that this fe-
licitous initiative will be followed
throughout the whole country, both for
our own terrifying in national ideals
and to enhance the patriotism OF our
posterity.
Suspend
Passports to Tour Peru.
Ell TELEGRAPH, Guayaquil. Senior Ed
uardo Higginson, consul general of
Peru, in New York City. announced
recently that his government had de-
cided to suspend the requirement of
fpp
Peru, in order to stimulate travel to
that republic.
MexicO's Population
Jumps Since 1921 Census.
FL Dictamen, Vera Cruz.-The official
returns Of the general census of the
republic (MeXico), which have just been
completed, show that the popula-
ton of the nation is now 16,404, 900 per-
sons of both sexes. as contrasted with
the 14.334 780 persons computed in the
general census of 1921. These figures
show a net increase in the population
of 2,069,3 souls. The most populous
state In the republic is that of Vera
Cruz, with 1,376865 inhabitants. The
only state which did not increase in
population during the last decade is
Colima, which shows a decrease OF
sc, 904.
The officials in charge of the census
express their satisfaction with the CO.
operation extended by all the people,
which, 1t Is believed. has made this
count the most complete and accurate.
as we'll as the most informative. of any
that has yet been taken in the country.
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Dublin Newspaper
Claims Cash Sale Record.
Irish Independent, Dublin.-One hun
dred and thirty thousand and seventy
eight copies of the Irish Independent
were bought and paid for daily during
April last, an increase of 6,275 copies
daily as compared with the net daily
sales in April, 1929.
The foregoing are average net daily
sales. after free copies, copies spoiled
in printing, and unsold copies are de-
ducted--that is sales for which cash
is actually paid. This represents a sale
per diem of about five times that of
any other Irish morning newspaper.
It is a position to which no newspaper
in any country in the world has at
tanned.
MilIet's Grandson
Jailed for Counterfeiting.
Neues Wiener Tagblatt. Vienna.-One
Of the latest Partisan scandals, and not
a romantic one this time, Is the inter-
esting case of Jean Charles Millet. the
grandson of Jean Francois Millet, whose
animated commerce with counterfeit
replicas of the elder Millet's paintings
melted him vast sums. While the elder
Millet, for all his art and talent, fire.
quently went hungry, and, with his wife
and family, generally lived i'll desti-
tute, hand-to-mouth fashion, his grand
son was not so simple. He did tar pet
ter with false pictures than his progenl-
tor had done with the genuine. He ar
rived at the same situation in the end,
however, for he let all the money he
acquired through these fraudulent pro-
cedures slip like sand through his nm
gers. II he sold an imitation Millet in
the morning for 10000 francs he would
spend 10000 in the afternoon Tor an
n,,k..,nrl,iin a. larxa and the REMAINING